What have you tinkered with today?

[NTECUK]

So new bolts and a new different type of rachet on order I guess.
To day I bought a old style Air Arm's connection. Removed the check valve to make a swappable unit to the BSA probe!

[admin]

Originally Posted by NTECUK

So new bolts and a new different type of rachet on order I guess.
To day I bought a old style Air Arm's connection. Removed the check valve to make a swappable unit to the BSA probe!

Yep. Took the bike for a spin and the left fork seal is definitely cream crackered. More skinned knuckles.

[PhilSV]

Finally got the old girl built up washed, polished and ready for the track. Its taken 3 months!!! Fixed the oil weep from the clutch cover, had my forks serviced, serviced the front calipers with seals, fluid and pads sorted the gsxr front end and new bearings up front , cannot wait to thrash her round Cadwell on Monday tea time

[DarrenSV650S]

Brought my bike out of winter storage tonight

Battery back in, air in the tyres, wash the mud off the tyres, oil the chain, it started up no bother

Gonna go for a decent ride tomorrow once family stuff is out the way and weather dependant. But man it was so nice to get back on it

[Littlepeahead]

Told the bloke who had bought my bike 'yes it's got a number plate, I just haven't put it on'. He wants to pick bike up at 9.30am. I've just got home from work at 11pm.

Not sure where number plate is but I've just realised it's got no screw holes in it and I don't own an electric drill. I may be able to find the manual drill but this could be the first number plate attached to an SV using holes created with a lazy fish corkscrew and a lemon zester.

[DomP]

Heat up a skewer on the gas and push it through.

[maviczap]

Originally Posted by DomP

Heat up a skewer on the gas and push it through.

What if LPH only got electric

[NTECUK]

Bit of string and a bendy twig.
You have a bow drill.
Mission survive style !

[Littlepeahead]

Halogen hob! Located the old fashioned manual drill, job done. SV has left the building. I even pumped up the tyres, lubed the chain and put the baffle in for him.

[admin]

Replaced fork seals in the VFR. Fairly straightforward job apart from removing the lower tube as I couldn't undo the retaining nut. The Allen head is deeply recessed and my Allen key was just twisting due to the length needed. There was also the real danger of rounding off the head too.
So off to the local Honda dealer. I quick blast with a hammer wrench and job was done. The rest of the job was fine.
The internals of the VFR fork are quite different to the SV. The fork cap has an adjustment screw which I assumed just wound up the preload. That doesn't seem to be the case as it connects to a rod that runs down most of the length of the tube. Maybe it controls oil flow?