VFR Servicing

Christ on a bike. They're not exactly thin.

 

In my late teens, I had very little mechanical know-how, lots of
determination, and a fucking big lump hammer.

 

Love the rust look.

A lovely Guzzi stopped next to us yesterday - looked brand spanking new yet
was a 51 reg - really nice looking bike though I don't know what model it
was.

 

Cast disks, just a bit of damp in the air causes them to rust like a
bastard.

 

In

Good judgement comes from experience;
Experience comes from bad judgement!

 

sweller says...

The cast iron AP Racing discs on the Gixer don't, the bike is parked
outside and it probably gets less use than your Guzzi.

 

They do, once you've removed them.

The allen head is buried deep inside the caliper body and covered by a
slot headed plug. Once the plug has been removed, you can see shiny
metal but it's impossible to see that the bolt has an allen head.

There's 2 distinct areas of friction material on the pads - both had
plenty of wear left, IMHO. He didn't say worn to excess, just advised me
to change them 'soon'.

 

One of these is my current favourite method of attack.

http://www.getme-tools.co.uk/images/0381000.jpg

They automatically adjust. Piece of the proverbial.

Cheers

Paul.

 

Tit. You didn't see the gurt great hex bolt on the bottom then ?

HTH (a tad late mebbe

Paul.

 

Nah, it was somewhere down the bottom of the engine. Anyway, I Knew What I
Was Doing.