Pinned So what have you done to your bike today?

Parts arrived, so I put a new battery in Sylvie, put Jack's battery back where it belongs and replaced the temporary screws holding Sylvie's left side panel on with OEM ones.

Will tackle replacing the meter housing on the weekend when I have a little more daylight!

 

My Across carbies were gunked up with blacky-brownish sludge, every jet was sealed. The fuel was rank, the previous owner said it was in storage for 4 years, I believe, and fuel was brown.
As for finding the docket for 98, that mightn't have been the last fuel used, and not all 98/premiums are equal: I bought a 100RON fuel and found out later it contained ethonal. They should ban cheap fuel use in motorbikes....

 

Yes the heat sink will slide down the cord but not over the plug,they go back together no problem, the boots wont stretch over the heat sink or lower bulb though so a little modification was needed to the boot,& surprisingly no allen key came in the box.

 

I started cleaning out the shed so I could store the bikes better and make better use of the shed - 3 bays, 4.5m wide, 5-6m deep and we're out of room. The plan is pallet frames and store the quads on the floor, the bikes up a level. But where to put the raised work benches? And the golf buggy... not mine.
It's going to take a while, day one didn't get far.

 

zxr parts on ebay are there for anyone to bid on. getting too pricey for me.

 

For 200$ its still a bargain whether those motors are running or not, I wish a few of those popped up closer to home.

 

Realised the chain was over-slack the other day so fitted mini-spools, scored a paddock stand from the beer economy page, washed and chamoised the bike, cleaned all the rubbers, adjusted, cleaned and lubricated the chain. I know it's trivial but the adjustment was a new thing for me and, having ridden it now, I understand why I should pay more attention to it. Mind you, it's coming up to time for a new chain and sprocket anyway

 

Sold the GSXR. Bloke is coming to get it Wednesday. Sad to see it go but I didn't find it comfortable enough and the steering feels heavy and slow against the R6 and even the mighty FZR's. Now have to think about a good commuter for Sydney... Back to square one with a ninja 250? Maybe a VTR? Something else? Probably whatever's cheaper.

 

My Gixxer, when I got it, basically wanted to fall over in low speed turns, I ended up putting two washers on top of the top shock mount and lowering the forks 10mm.

It wasn't because I wanted that look of tail in the air, but WOW did it make a difference, felt lighter than the Fizzer after that and rode like a pushbike

But it's all moot no as neither of us have Gixxers - sob

 

Lubed the chain, repaired handlebars, maintenance on the side car, overall clean up..

 

What about a gsx250f? They seem pretty durable, cheap to buy, and the big selling point, I think, is storage! On a motorbike, storage big enough to fit something!!