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Forum: Bikes - Talk & Issues 11-02-24, 09:32 AM
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Posted By Craig380
Re: What have you tinkered with today?

I've always argued myself out of heated grips / gloves because while I do ride in winter, I don't feel I ride often enough to merit the cost of them ... but if I did have them, I'd probably use them...
Forum: Bikes - Talk & Issues 06-11-23, 07:33 PM
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Posted By Craig380
Re: What have you tinkered with today?

Agree 100%, my lad's old Apollo has been taken by my daughter as an urban bike for riding around Manchester.

They're the AK47 of the cycle world: not light, not modern, but you can abuse them...
Forum: Bikes - Talk & Issues 06-11-23, 10:06 AM
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Posted By Craig380
Re: What have you tinkered with today?

Glad it worked for you!

And it's surprising how many cars and bikes are assembled in a slapdash way. When I was on the company car hamster wheel, every new car I got needed a careful going over...
Forum: Bikes - Talk & Issues 23-10-23, 02:54 PM
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Posted By Craig380
Re: What have you tinkered with today?

That's one improvement the Gen 2 / Gen 3 bikes have, the rear caliper is above the disk and held on a alloy casting that slots onto a tongue on the swingarm, so no torque arm needed and it attracts a...
Forum: Bikes - Talk & Issues 21-10-23, 08:04 PM
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Posted By Craig380
Re: What have you tinkered with today?

Remember to give it a quick mist over after every ride (once the engine's cooled off a bit), it'll keep everything looking good.

As mentioned before, when you come to wash the bike, give it a...
Forum: Bikes - Talk & Issues 21-10-23, 08:35 AM
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Posted By Craig380
Re: What have you tinkered with today?

Sorry to hear about your friend, Gary.
Forum: Bikes - Talk & Issues 18-09-23, 02:18 PM
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Forum: Bikes - Talk & Issues 11-04-23, 02:45 PM
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Posted By Craig380
Re: What have you tinkered with today?

Looking very good, Gary - you'd never believe its age nor its mileage!
Forum: Bikes - Talk & Issues 10-04-23, 09:10 AM
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Posted By Craig380
Re: What have you tinkered with today?

This is the thing, the weather this year has been quite the contrast to last year.

Because I'm a sad git, I note my bike's mileage throughout the year. From Jan 1 to the end of March 2022 I'd...
Forum: Bikes - Talk & Issues 04-04-23, 07:18 AM
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Posted By Craig380
Re: What have you tinkered with today?

Those crashbars look good, they go with the semi-knobblies and the street scrambler vibe.
Forum: Bikes - Talk & Issues 17-05-22, 01:37 PM
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Posted By Craig380
Re: What have you tinkered with today?

Bloody hell, and I was concerned doing a fluid change on my ABS SV!
Forum: Bikes - Talk & Issues 12-04-22, 06:39 PM
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Posted By Craig380
Re: What have you tinkered with today?

Agree 100%. I tend to think the main reason that manufacturers dropped split link chains on most bikes was to reduce their risk of warranty claims from customers re-fitting the clip the wrong way...
Forum: Bikes - Talk & Issues 12-04-22, 12:09 PM
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Posted By Craig380
Re: What have you tinkered with today?

Oh yes, the smell of Linklyfe warming on my mum's cooker :D I don't think she was quite as enthusiastic about it, mind ....

It was great stuff, though, as it was so thick even when the chain...
Forum: Bikes - Talk & Issues 12-04-22, 07:55 AM
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Posted By Craig380
Re: What have you tinkered with today?

Mine's on 35K and the factory chain is just over the specified wear limit in the manual, so it'll get changed at some point.

I always paint the lube onto the inside run with a soft 1" brush,...
Forum: Bikes - Talk & Issues 10-04-22, 12:48 PM
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Posted By Craig380
Re: What have you tinkered with today?

I cleaned behind the sprocket cover yesterday. It always amazes me how much sticky black gunge builds up there.
Forum: Bikes - Talk & Issues 20-02-22, 08:22 PM
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Posted By Craig380
Re: What have you tinkered with today?

By eye, ear, or vac gauge? Doing them on my old 380 triple was easy, I adjusted the slides by eye so they were all identical heights at idle and at maximum lift.
Forum: Bikes - Talk & Issues 20-02-22, 04:02 PM
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Posted By Craig380
Re: What have you tinkered with today?

Likewise, on Friday I replaced the plugs on mine, cleaned the air filter and breather sponge, lubed the throttle and STV linkages with PTFE spray etc. Hopefully ready for a midweek spin out once the...
Forum: Bikes - Talk & Issues 20-12-21, 01:33 PM
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Forum: Bikes - Talk & Issues 16-12-21, 07:56 PM
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Posted By Craig380
Re: What have you tinkered with today?

After a thorough shakedown ride yesterday, I can confirm that bleeding Gen 3 brakes with ABS is just as quick and easy as doing non-ABS brakes. No special tools required.

I did run 5 or 6...
Forum: Bikes - Talk & Issues 10-12-21, 08:19 PM
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Posted By Craig380
Re: What have you tinkered with today?

Did a brake fluid flush on my Gen 3. Despite being nearly three years old, the old fluid still tested OK for moisture content, but it's a good job to do while the bike's not in regular use.
Forum: Bikes - Talk & Issues 10-11-21, 08:34 AM
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Posted By Craig380
Re: What have you tinkered with today?

I'm not good with electrickery but I think that's a very wise thing to check, just in case a component somewhere is being heat- or load-sensitive.
Forum: Bikes - Talk & Issues 27-07-21, 08:07 AM
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Posted By Craig380
Re: What have you tinkered with today?

The filter on the SVs is the around the same size as that used on many car engines of up to 2 litres, I guess that Suzuki technicians believe it has the capacity and filter-medium area to not cause...
Forum: Bikes - Talk & Issues 24-07-21, 04:09 PM
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Posted By Craig380
Re: What have you tinkered with today?

Bloody hell, that air filter is FILTHY. Interesting that you get a digital display of readings to help balance the TBs, though.
Forum: Bikes - Talk & Issues 08-07-21, 09:50 PM
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Posted By Craig380
Re: What have you tinkered with today?

I've never considered doing that on the SV, although there never seems to be a need to as the oil light goes out within a couple of seconds of the first start after the oil / filter change.
Forum: Bikes - Talk & Issues 09-06-21, 12:43 PM
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