all legal...

12r all MOT'd & taxed up ready for fun

Nige

 

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It was running like shit, so i gave it a fucking good hiding on the way up
to the MOT place, runs sweet as now

Plenty of power

Not plenty of brake power....

Nige

 

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Oh you ****, it felt fucking scary on 15psi tyres this morning

 

Gave them a good cleanup & the lever isnt actually spongy. They seem to be
pretty fucking good now, just lack initial bite, but full on anchors they
stop pretty well.

 

LOL. You ****.

Paul.

 

That reminds me. I wonder if bikes with sidestands need to be bled
while on the sidestand, on a paddock stand, or if it doesn't matter.
I would have thought that the bleed hole is not at the top while the bike
is leant over and so a large pocket of air will never come out.
Of course if you are just changing the fluid and not letting air in,
then it doesn't make any difference.

The Brembo caliper on my 1981 Ducati had to be taken off and inverted
to get the bleed hole at the top. That's attention to detail....

 

It's always leaked ever so slowly from the front since I owned it. It
needs topping up every couple of months or so. Jeremy rode it with 12
PSI in the front, and cacked his pants.

How do you think I know when the Tiger is low

Paul.

 

Aye, it was a tad wayward, but i soon got to grips with it & started
hammering the **** out of it.

The power is nice, in fact it's epic to the point of anything over 6k on the
road is a waste

Nige

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, M.Badger

Know a lot of lesbians, do you?

 

Really? Do you never use the brakes, or are you just anal about
fluids?

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Thomas

Ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww...

 

I'll be traditional and suggest EBC HH pads, if that's not what it has.
Aggressive little feckers. Sure, they wear disks more than some but for all
the miles you do it won't matter.

 

I like to be proactive on bike maintenance, but changing brake fluid annually
is definitely verging on OCD territory. My standard for deciding on whether
brake fluid needs changing is comparing it to urine- if I would be concerned
about my urine being that dark, it's time to change it. Every two years should
be plenty.

 

Just push the pistons fully back (with the bleed nipples open) when you
change the pads,
Then top up the fluid as you pump the brake to reseat the pads.
That will be enough of a change to keep the fluid fresh.

 

I hate doing it, mainly because I don't seem to be able to do it without
getting the flipping stuff everywhere. Then failing to clean it off
something and finding the paint slowly disappearing.

I've never yet had the fluid boil.

I was surprised at the amount of crud in the caliper when I recently did
an MGB's brakes though - I know that hadn't been changed for "a while".

 

Nailed.

I also am somewhat a victim of my own preferences, when I do screw &
locknut valves I agonize over getting them all to exactly the same
settings, though I don't always try for the middle of the range,
it depends on my current whim. Carb or throttle body sync, I'm happy
to get the idle as close as I can, I've never been able to manage an
exact balance over that wide a range of RPMs. And more to the point,
balancing at a particular RPM means little with no load vs. under load.
Chains aren't much of a concern as the FJR is a shaft and the other
two bikes (EX500s) only see about 3-4k miles/year max.

As it happens I've got the FJR torn apart at the moment for its first
valve check @ 29k miles (3k over!) and I won't be custom grinding
any shims, I can tell you that- anything that's within spec will be
left alone and AFAIK there is only one possible factory-sized shim
that will get it back within range for any particular clearance with
a factory-sized shim installed.

However I am replacing the cam chain tensioner with the superseding
part number on a preventive basis, despite not having experienced any
symptoms or excessive noise, only because I want to have peace of mind...

 

You can flat foot it?

 

Oh come on lads, move on.

FFS I used to put an engraved nickname plate on my bikes and clean them with
toothbrushes. I'd change the fluids and do valve clearances at half the
recommended intervals. I'd buy the most expensive and highly regarded lube
oils.

Now I just ride it, occasional jetwash and it will get thrown at a dealer a
couple of times a year.