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It’s been a while, work, holidays then a serious dose of flu have kept me out of the garage until recently. Top part of the engine has been...
Well with the swingarm done it was time to get a bit more serious... [ATTACH]
Wheel bearings are in, minimal hassle. Cooled the bearings and heated the hub as suggested, then worked round with a hammer and punch until they...
Bearings out after a mere half hour of bludgeoning with a two pound hammer and various drifts. I used to start gently and gradually ramp up the...
I take it you’re of the ‘catastrophic failures add character’ approach?
New nuts fitted after borrowing a suitable socket from work. The old nut took some shifting! Heat, impact and breaker bar were required. Moving...
Could be contaminated discs, the wet causing a greater difference between the contaminated bits and uncontaminated areas. A few pretty brutal...
I've been looking into it. The 99 and 2000 bikes had an issue, and for £40 and a bit of brute force I'll make sure it doesn't happen to mine!
Just found the double nut on Ebay, looks like I'm going that way!
So. The altenator nut is tight (awaiting 30mm deep socket to find out how tight) but shows no signs of locktite. Would you A take it off, clean...
This sounds like the culprit then! Cheers, saved me more digging and confusion [ATTACH]
I’ve removed the switch, cut the wires (connector didn’t look too clever) and soldered them together, then added heat shrink. Should I also be...
Update, fairings are off. Usable parts of them are the seat unit, the little bit under the headlight and the V shaped piece. Oh, and the RH...
I’ve been reading about the cables and potential pitfalls, Exige said he could probably come up with something once the battery is moved to the...
So this happened today.... Bad points. Fairings are somewhat fecked Bits of corrosion on the engine and some brackets Front master needs a seal...
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Ah bugger, too far for lunchtime jollies! This working onshore malarkey is highly over rated.
That would be handy actually if you’re about this week. It’s always good to have something to compare to! I’m based in Westhill.
More searching shows that the alternator should be 3 phase after 1999. I take it the easiest way to check is look for 3 wires coming out of the cover?
As far as bike availability goes my biggest problem is living near Aberdeen, somewhat limits choice! Most of the non crashed bikes seem to be...