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Biker-Spawn
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 Posted: Thu Jan 21, 2010 11:39 am Post subject: What to do? |
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So, I now have a garage, all my "junk" has been moved across and I really can't decide what to do.
Do I scratch an itch? Clean the bike? Or try out my mechanical (in)expertise?
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biggus
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| Posted: Thu Jan 21, 2010 11:51 am Post subject: |
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Where was the "fit stabilisers" option.
If I were you, I'd clean the bike and ride it.
From my memory of your various bike engine faults, they are likely to require a complete strip down to fix the faults (like the gearbox fault on one of them). This will require at the very least, rocker gasket, head gasket as well as perhaps gasket between the crank cases as you're likely to have to split. them - probably £250 worth of gaskets and sundries...
Unless you have a large clean bench to work on, and some experience of working on engines, a decent torque wrench and the relevant settings I would leave the engines for another day.
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PJ_DJ
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| Posted: Thu Jan 21, 2010 11:53 am Post subject: |
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| biggus wrote: | If I were you, I'd clean the bike and ride it.
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I'd ride it then clean it, otherwise your putting it away dirty 
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JRTFT 
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Biker-Spawn
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| Posted: Thu Jan 21, 2010 12:19 pm Post subject: |
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| PJ_DJ wrote: | | biggus wrote: | If I were you, I'd clean the bike and ride it.
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I'd ride it then clean it, otherwise your putting it away dirty |
Unfortunately it's going to be clean OR ride. Cleaning it ain't gonna be a 5 minute job.
Do we have an emoticon for a bike covered in shite? 
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biggus
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| Posted: Thu Jan 21, 2010 12:22 pm Post subject: |
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| Biker-Spawn wrote: | | PJ_DJ wrote: | | biggus wrote: | If I were you, I'd clean the bike and ride it.
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I'd ride it then clean it, otherwise your putting it away dirty |
Unfortunately it's going to be clean OR ride. Cleaning it ain't gonna be a 5 minute job.
Do we have an emoticon for a bike covered in shite? |
 is the closest I think 
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Biker-Spawn
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Looks like cleaning/maintenance followed by a short ride if I still have the time and the inclination.
Should have me well prepared for the ride on Sunday.
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Suzibabe
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How about not doing any of those and cleaning the flat instead!!!!!
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Flipper
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| Posted: Thu Jan 21, 2010 3:43 pm Post subject: |
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| Suzibabe wrote: | | How about not doing any of those and cleaning the flat instead!!!!! |
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Biker-Spawn
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| Posted: Fri Jan 22, 2010 10:08 am Post subject: |
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| Suzibabe wrote: | | How about not doing any of those and cleaning the flat instead!!!!! |
Are you from this planet??? 
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biggus
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| Posted: Fri Jan 22, 2010 11:38 am Post subject: |
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| Suzibabe wrote: | | How about not doing any of those and cleaning the flat instead!!!!! |
I am so tempted to edit the poll to add that option 
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Biker-Spawn
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| Posted: Fri Jan 22, 2010 11:52 am Post subject: |
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| biggus wrote: | | Suzibabe wrote: | | How about not doing any of those and cleaning the flat instead!!!!! |
I am so tempted to edit the poll to add that option |
I'll tell on you!! 
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Suzibabe
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| Posted: Fri Jan 22, 2010 1:38 pm Post subject: |
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| biggus wrote: | | Suzibabe wrote: | | How about not doing any of those and cleaning the flat instead!!!!! |
I am so tempted to edit the poll to add that option |
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