(small) Bike Things You've Done Today

It is (was) painfully loud. I love it.
However kidney stones are on a different level

 

Surely the resonance from the system would shatter the kidney stones when riding. Win win.

 

In truth, you could be on to something there?

 

Spotted this on the dreaded bbc website. Read it. Breathed a sigh of relief. No mention of motorcycles at all. Get out of jail free.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cewjdkj8z2go

 

Picked up a really good old school Honda official T- shirt, good quality

 

Discovered a panigale on track will do 8 miles on reserve

 

Not mine. Stone in the chain we think

 

Blimey I’ve never seen that happen before.

 

Is the black ribbon in memory of the latest thing to fall off or stop working?

 

Cheeky bugger.
It’s a purple ribbon, stag was used as sister in laws wedding car so ner!

 

After taking the sprocket off we have found some micro cracks in various places, so looks like alloy rear sprockets have a service life. If you use one hard on track I would inspect it very regularly

 

My guess is that, being Aluminium alloy, they're fatigue cracks. Our big twins probably make this more likely than smoother fours...

/nag
Steel is an alloy too
/endnag

 

Easy to be smart after the event but I did think that the sprocket looked a bit worn. I would have changed that some time ago.

 

Yup so would i

 

Just received the Shoei Neotec 3 colour-way I thought I’d bought at MCL. Helmet City have been great, sent me an overpack box and a return label and sent out the replacement helmet within hours of receiving the one I sent back. Andy

 

Wow, that is beautiful.

 

Noticed I was losing clutch fluid from the clutch reservoir, glad they’re clear on this bike.
Bought and fitted a new Oberon slave cylinder and Hel clutch hose, clutch is so light now

 

Is it likely that leaking clutch fluid can erode the finish on the engine casings?

 

It can but there’s a cut out under the cylinder and it looked to be leaking into the side stand bracket.

 

Could the bolt(s) being overtightened also be a factor?