Sunday 19th August 0900 Camberley Tesco to the coast!

[Fallout]

Jammy, I have a load of issues, but the show stopper is the front brakes. My wheel and/or discs are warped, so last ride out they were .... interesting. Had it all apart at the weekend and am now borrowing a wheel from The Idle Biker to finish my diagnosis! If he lets me, I'll keep hold of that wheel for the weekend (assuming it fixes the problems) and come out on that before I return it and buy what I need to get the bike sorted.

Apart from that, I have a leaking alternator gasket and wiggling clutch lever. Have the spare parts now. Will change the gasket on the next oil change and will change the clutch lever when I can be arsed.

Hopefully I will be out to face death again this weekend.

did you know this when you bought it...or have the problems developed with your interesting riding style

[Fallout]

Spotted quite a few problems when I bought it, like minor fairing issues, old fork seals, chain+sprockets on their way out, but somehow completely missed the fact it has been low sided at some point. Big old scrape on the alternator cover. I was there with Laurie and we both spotted different issues but both missed that.

Would've walked away had I seen it. I think what's happened is it's changed hands a few times recently, and each owner has fixed a few bits, then got fed up and sold it on. Hopefully I'll be the last owner to do that. Once the front wheel issue is sorted, the rest should be standard maintenance work, fingers crossed.

The joys of buying privately... My Sv650 had been lowsided, dead moths everywhere, spiderwebs and a completely fused sumpplug that i'm going to have to drill out. nothing as life-threatening as warped brakes though..

1. Daddyjob - leading - possibly
2. Thunderace - following
3. The Idle Biker - posing
4. Tomor - Chugging along
5. WayneL - possibly *GASP* Really? Haven't seen this man in ages!
6. A random non GM from work
7. Another random from work
8. Fallout- if he doesn't break his bike!
9. Jammy - trying to stay upright!

[DJ123]

I'm now 90/10. Bearings are now pressed in, tomorrow will be bolting the shock on and double checking all the clearences and bolts are good. Then tweeking the suspension to suit me!

Happy days Fingers crossed!

[dirtydog]

Originally Posted by Thunderace

Apologies for the aggressive tone but sometimes there is more chat than details, lets try to keep the bulls**t to a minimum!

Hmmm that didn't quite work did it. You lot chat like a bunch of old women

Originally Posted by Thunderace

1. Daddyjob - leading - possibly
2. Thunderace - following
3. The Idle Biker - posing
4. Tomor - Chugging along
5. WayneL - possibly *GASP* Really? Haven't seen this man in ages!
6. A random non GM from work
7. Another random from work
8. Fallout- if he doesn't break his bike!
9. Jammy - trying to stay upright!

Originally Posted by dirtydog

Hmmm that didn't quite work did it. You lot chat like a bunch of old women

No it didn't, keeping this lot under control is like iceskating up hill!

[dirtydog]

Originally Posted by Thunderace

No it didn't, keeping this lot under control is like iceskating up hill!