What have you done on your bike today?
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Is it a permanent fixture? If so I'd paint it black so it's not so in ya face....
I could be puerile and fill this response with sexual innuendo all about how lube is better on the inside of certain things, but I won’t.
What I will suggest however is you should lube the inside of the chain not the outside. ie, apply it to the top of the bottom run. Centrifugal force then causes it to migrate inwards between the chain links, not outwards all over the wheel and rear of the bike as happens when it’s put on the outside of the chain.
Had a friend who despite his many years of owning and riding bikes, should have known better. Put it on the centre stand, fired it up and into first, then held an oil soaked rag to clean the chain but at the top. Shortly after he got the nickname of knuckles. Found the top of one of his fingers 2 days later 
Can't remember if it was here or mordor, somebody posted some nasty piccies of the interaction with their drive chain!
Ah the front sprocket saga , yes I remember that
Having read 9 books in the last two weeks I just had to get out on the Multi. The sun was shining though the frost warning was illuminated on my screen. I took our French lad pillion and my son rode along with us. There was a fair bit of loose grit and mushy leaf litter on the road so I wasn't too heavy handed. I now feel much more content (the rich red wine makes a difference too) Next trip will be for MoT on both the Multi and the DR-Z (Expect it will rain).
What’s wrong with that? Are you a vegan or something?Why you putting milk on your moto sickle chain
He's lactose intolerant Karen.
Doesn't surprise me....
I could be puerile and fill this response with sexual innuendo all about how lube is better on the inside of certain things, but I won’t.
What I will suggest however is you should lube the inside of the chain not the outside. ie, apply it to the top of the bottom run. Centrifugal force then causes it to migrate inwards between the chain links, not outwards all over the wheel and rear of the bike as happens when it’s put on the outside of the chain.
Well done Paul - you didn’t mention fannys once!
The medication must be kicking in
Oh fannies!
Ah yes, sorry - it’s been a tough couple of weeks.
Fannies.
And English was the only o-level I got! To be fair I was away shooting while I should’ve been doing some others
K, ta!I could be puerile and fill this response with sexual innuendo all about how lube is better on the inside of certain things, but I won’t.
What I will suggest however is you should lube the inside of the chain not the outside. ie, apply it to the top of the bottom run. Centrifugal force then causes it to migrate inwards between the chain links, not outwards all over the wheel and rear of the bike as happens when it’s put on the outside of the chain.
Well done Paul - you didn’t mention fannys once!
The medication must be kicking in
Just fannys - without the apostrophe.
You know what he’s like
Ah yes, sorry - it’s been a tough couple of weeks.
Fannies.
And English was the only o-level I got! To be fair I was away shooting while I should’ve been doing some others
Well that certainly escalated! You lot are easily excited, best you have a bit of a wipe up now! Anyway fanny is such a dry termShooting fannies
K, ta!
Well that certainly escalated! You lot are easily excited, best you have a bit of a wipe up now! Anyway fanny is such a dry term.
Do you have a moister one?
Taxed the DR-Z this morning. Went Green-laning this afternoon. Most exhilarating.
See that's a farmer right there...
Bit of duck tape, be good as new
Well, new they’re £90 each, I thought I’d found some second hand ones on German eBay for £35, but after a week of not hearing anything, they’ve decided they don’t have them anymore. So I invested £6 in a metre of heater hose, cut the end off of the old one and rerouted it across the crash bars. Job jobbed.
Yes, it’s far enough away from the exhaust.
I was going to suggest some groovy braided hose to look pretty. I can see now that the choice you've made is probaby the right one...
Won't be long before the next one goes. You can't complain you have had more than your moneys worth out of it (and the bike).
I’ll order new new BMW ones, but at least I can go for a bimble or two while I wait for them.
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Rebuilt the hub on my S4R this morning. I stripped it out last night, all came apart easily, and cleaned everything that was going back together, slid the new RHS bearing on the spindle, one times oil seal and then the LHS bearing(s). Then placed it in the bottom of the freezer. This morning, while I was having my morning coffees and doing my puzzles, I had the eccentric hub heating up to 110deg. When that was ready I took it out to the workshop, sat it on the open jaws of my woodworkers vice and grabbed the spindle from the freezer. Slid the LHS bearings using the spindle in, (they fell in) fitted the circlip, turned the hub over and inserted the spindle again to fit the RHS seal and bearing, used the old bearing to quickly push it home, inserted the circlip and final seal.
I had planned this to go smoothly by having everything clean and ready to go and from the time I grabbed the spindle out of the freezer, it took only about 30sec! Not like last time when it all went horribly wrong and I had to remove RHS bearing again…
I had planned this to go smoothly by having everything clean and ready to go and from the time I grabbed the spindle out of the freezer, it took only about 30sec! Not like last time when it all went horribly wrong and I had to remove RHS bearing again…
I need to get the hub off the 996 for a good clean, it looks like i'll be back on that next summer. I need to put some new belts on it aswell, i know there saying they are good for five years so I'll do the next pair i put on it for a five year change.
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