I've been Serviced and Shocked by Spanner Man and Wild Bill

Thought I'd finally get a report in!

Last Saturday there was all sorts of drilling, screwing, pumping, bouncing, lubing, greasing and general dirty goings on at Stewart's Motorcycles.

Oh- and some work done on The Yellow Peril too.

So now I have a lovely pair of Hagon fork springs in, new rear pads and greased head bearings. I had a few seized/snapped bolts done too.

Have to say hats off to Stewart and Bill- a fine pair of chaps with a wicked (and often very, very rude) sense of humour- and I wasn't even charged for the entertainment!

The bike is now far lovelier to ride- just floats into the corners and the serious diving that happened during braking has gone away.

So I can happily follow AlpineStarHero's recommendation of Hagon (I'm gonna get the rear shock done when bonus turns up too).

Also some edjication- I found that I was fitting the shims in the wrong way on the rear pads- so was going through them way quicker than the front pads. It also warped the disc- had that replaced today so I've got a new EBC rear disc and the bike handles even better (less travel on the brake lever!).

All that and I serviced the bike on Tuesday- plugs, filters and fluids. Needs the carbs balancing, but I'll do that once I've got some time and a decent dry day. She actually starts on choke now (was getting well hard to get started in the morning).

I'll bang some pics up when I've got them uploaded.

That V-8 van is a beast and stunning too! Sadly the Capri's been sold now- I would have seriously considered it if I had the cash...

Oh and DirtyDog- you'd be amused at the work needed to get the front pad pins out!! And glad someone else was doing it!!

The capri's gone?!



Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

least there'll be room in the workshop

Hagon's Away!

I saw it being driven away.

[Dave20046]

Hagons are good.
How were you fitting the shims the wrong way?
You mean the s/s backing plates?

Yeah- had them on the leading edge of the pads. The pads gripped stronger, but wore quicker. Duh!

Originally Posted by Alpinestarhero

The capri's gone?!



Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo....

Oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo ooooooooooo

So long as Bill retains the A-Team van for the forseeable future, then all is ok

vrrrrooooooOOOoommmmm...burbleburbleburble

I don't think he'll be getting rid of the shag-wagon for a while yet!

[Spanner Man]

Good morning all.


Glad you're happy with your bike Donal. Shame I forgot to charge you for the entertainment............Actually it's free to all customers, but PC pink fluffy brigade be aware, you might be offended!

Sdaly the Capri had to go, something to do with an excessive VAT return. I'll just have to get something louder & larier than Bills van next year.


Cheers.

Good on yer!

Er- if you get a muscle car, can I have a go?!!