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Pinned So what have you done to your bike today?

Discussion in 'The Pub' started by kiffsta, Nov 3, 2013.

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  1. ShaneP

    ShaneP Well-Known Member

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    And what is the length at the bottom of the stroke? It may bottom out.
     
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    Yepski.......a match in terms of eyelet to eyelet length seems a safer bet.

    May even go to town cleaning and painting existing shock. Will update on what happens.... Currently doing a carbon wrap on the side panel.........anyone wrapped a shock?...seems a little unlikely.
     
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    I took the XT250 out for a decent ride down south today, did a 215km round trip.
    Bike performed well, and used around half a tank of petrol
    Coming back home just before Myponga (country town) we spotted a huge dead kangaroo on the side of the road, it was laying on it's side inches away from the road .
    If it was standing it would have easily been over 6' tall, and it's hind quarter's would have been close to 3' wide, reckon it'd weigh about 120kg's going by it's size !
    There must be a badly damaged car or truck somewhere close by too

    Picture for illustrative purposes only, not the actual one we saw

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    That skippy looks like it's been on steroids or going to the gym ready to take out the next car that tries to run over it :aggressive:. The XT sounds like it's good on fuel though , hope my old SRX will be as good if i ever get started on it .
     
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    Nothing on the bikes as such but I did score a brand new 200 Amp TIG / Plasma cutter and trolley.... plus a few little items on Jauce for my SRX and a tool kit for 2valve
     
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    Mia got her new Pirelli Sport Demons today!

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    Murdo The Good Doctor Staff Member Contributing Member Ride and Events Crew

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    Nice, I like the sport demons too.
     
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    I've not had them before, but they seemed like a popular choice for this bike. I only rode them the 5km home because of the brake issues that have become apparent. Gotta be better than the 11 year old tyres she had though!
     
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    I bought a Kawasaki gsx750f, lucky it has a Suzuki engine :) And it runs and I paid $300

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    Kawaski GSX...that's...err...rare. :lolsign: Good find!
     
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    Wrapski a go go !

    From this....

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    To this......

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    Yeh baby!!

    On the Balius not an ER5..
     
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  12. my67xr

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    Is that panel cold stretch wrapped ?
    I have seen quite a bit of wrap on/around sharp bend's like that peel or start to peel off after a couple of week's if it's been hot wrapped to shape, and this is stuff done from well known place's here.
     
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    If you use the 3M primer it should be OK... looks good though...
     
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  14. Frankster

    Frankster Grey Pride...Adventure before Dementia Staff Member Premium Member Ride and Events Crew

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    That looks excellent. Have you tried to do a tank?
     
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    Nah.....a tank is a wrap too far for me.

    May consider fender but colour scheme doesn't suit it I reckon. Draft idea below...

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    So last weekend I finally did the rust treatment on my MC21 (which is actually a super rusty MC28 tank from Japan). Fortunately there is still a tank left considering the handfuls of rust particulate that came out. I think it turned out okay and hopefully won't need to run a fuel filter.

    Today I cleaned the carbs again because the LHS cylinder wasn't firing at idle which I thought was a simple pilot jet issue. Turns out it was! I wasn't thinking straight previously and got cheap carby kits from eBay for it and well, that was a mistake. They ended up gunking up the jets so badly. Only thin stuff I has was strands of copper wire to clean them out but they look clean now and the engine idles nicely.

    Next task is hooking up the Eliptech Shifting lights to the MC21. They were on my MC22 so I'm hoping it's a fairly easy install again. It's been a while since I've mucked around with them. Also, if I put a coat of acrylic primer (for rust prevention) on the exterior of the tank, can it still be painted with 2pack? I thought you couldn't do that but recently people have told me otherwise?
     
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    Yeah you can do 2K over acrylic, i used to use Wattyl's 1k primer all the time under 2K
    The only issue you will come across is if the primer is too new, eg recently painted or if you rub it back with too fine paper (use 600w&d at the finest)
    Acrylic take's a long time for the thinner's to evaporate, but the Wattyl 1K primer dry's pretty hard over 2 day's, i've never had a problem with top coating it.

    Now day's most people just use polyester primer's due to getting less sink back problem's

    I you use some Protec etch primer (can get it in an aerosol) it'll stop it rusting for 3 month's or more, longer if wrapped in paper and a sheet
     
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    So, I thought I would finish the other, other DR350 (yes, I meant both others), but the more I look, the more I find to do. And I got called away to fix a tractor whose towball had snapped off. But I was supposed to be doing an assignment for uni - when I tried to dad wanted my help on the 4wd... Bike can wait until next week. I have a car to fix, too.
     
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    Adjusted the chain tension, then went to get fuel and put more air in the tyres.
     
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    Cleaned the XT250 and took it for a ride, booked my Advanced RiderSafe course for this Sunday afternoon and am now cleaning the FZR250 to take that out for a ride.
     
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