What have you tinkered with today?

[mister c]

She's still looking really good Gary, hats off to you

[Craig380]

Did a general inspection yesterday, which I like to do ahead of winter when I'm riding less: checked the plug gaps (all still within spec 11,000 miles after fitting), hoovered the air-filter and cleaned the breather sponge, lubed the throttle and STV linkages, cleaned battery terminals, cleaned the brake calipers of dust and crud.

[Seeker]

Got new tyres for the GSX (Mich Road 5) and found a general tyre dealer in Louth (12 miles away) who sold them £50 cheaper than local bike dealer. They said they'd fit them between 12 and 5 pm, I showed up at 12:15 and they were waiting for me.
For whatever reason it is much easier to change remove/refit wheels on the GSX compared to the SV.


I also noticed a crack in my Powerbronze hugger in the same place that someone on the reddit/GSX forum had. I emailed PB to give them a heads up that they might have a design issue, they responded that I was only the second complaint they'd received, asked for photos and then (without being asked) decided to send me a replacement. Not a bad day.

[garynortheast]

Replaced the bio chainsaw oil in my Scottoiler with some of the proper, green, bio Scottoil. Hopefully it won't create the sort of black coating on the sprocket that the chainsaw oil caused.

[garynortheast]

Thought I was going to have to take the Scottoiler feed tube off and blow it through as I couldn't see any oil in it. Went out to take another look this afternoon and it's because the tube is slightly yellowed. The tube is all primed and oiling the chain when the engine is running.

[Craig380]

How many miles do you get out of a chain & sprocket set, Gary? I replaced the factory chain & sprox on my Gen 3 at 44,000 miles, although I really should have replaced them at around 40K. The chain was well worn by that point, and the front sprocket noticeably hooked. That was with my usual lubrication regime of painting on a little gear oil with a 1" brush every 400 miles or so.

The replacement chain, a DID x-ring, has only needed one small adjustment in 20K miles so that seems to be wearing well.

[garynortheast]

Not really sure Craig, but at 108,000 miles I think I'm on my 3rd chain and sprocket set.

[R1ffR4ff]

Originally Posted by garynortheast

Not really sure Craig, but at 108,000 miles I think I'm on my 3rd chain and sprocket set.

Have you ever had to check and or adjust/shim the valves and are you on the original clutch plates ?

[garynortheast]

Originally Posted by R1ffR4ff

Have you ever had to check and or adjust/shim the valves and are you on the original clutch plates ?

I'm sure I should really have checked valve clearances, but I never have done so far. And yes, still on original clutch plates.

[R1ffR4ff]

Originally Posted by garynortheast

I'm sure I should really have checked valve clearances, but I never have done so far. And yes, still on original clutch plates.

Thank you

As my 99 is only just coming up to 40k miles I'll leave getting mine checked for another 60,000 miles <BFG> as she's well looked after and never abused