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Put some knobbly-ish tyres on my WR125X. It might have involved pinching a tube and then paying someone else to change one of the tyres. Now to go explore some lanes as long as we're not locked down! Megabook fucked around with this message at 22:13 on Mar 16, 2020 |
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Mar 16, 2020 21:48
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Coydog posted:They made a 125cc WRx supermoto?! That owns so hard. Bet it's heckin flickable. It's one of the few 125s that don't feel cramped for a 6'2" rider! Maybe someone needs to setup an exchange program where we send WR125Xs to the US in return for DR650s.
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Mar 17, 2020 12:32
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Made a bigger heat sheild for the exhaust. I'm going camping tomorrow and my paniers kept ending up touching the silencer. Still on the list: check/adjust chain tension.
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Jul 6, 2020 15:37
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Slavvy posted:I hope you used lots of bearing grease, no copper grease, and protip while we're here: get a file and chamfer your lower pad edges, it'll make taking the wheel/brakes on and off a million times easier!
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Feb 18, 2021 12:14
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Everything is copper greased on my bike by the PO so every time I remove a screw it is a case of working out if it should be there or not. Engine mount bolts brake caliper bolts, the screws holding the switch gear to the handle bars, side stand bolts. If PO took it off it got greased  . I think I've removed most of the stuff they fitted so hopefully I've cleaned most of it off.A friend had recommended not greasing the axle to stop crap getting stuck to it, but so far I've just put it on clean rags if I remove it. It was a battle to get out even greasy, so that's not getting cleaned off. Thanks! In terms of stuff I did to my bike, I replaced the handlebars with ones which didn't stop with 1cm of the grips flapping in the breeze and fitted some bar end weights.
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Feb 19, 2021 11:00
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My minor in my on-road (Mod 2) test was for indicating right to move into the right-hand lane to go straight on at a crossroads, then forgetting to cancel my indicator. I went straight across while indicating right. I noticed once past the crossroads and assumed I had failed, the only reason I didn't was that the crossroads was traffic light controlled so I didn't affect any other traffic. In the offroad (Mod 1, need to pass before you can do Mod 2) test there was someone who had been riding for about 10 years on a CBT each day to commute and he had failed the Mod 1 four times. He just couldn't get his head around the hazard avoidance maneuver. He would either go to slow, or not clear the hazard. I think he just didn't trust his brakes. It's a pain that we have to go through quite a bit to get our full licenses, but I think it serves a purpose.
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Apr 7, 2021 13:56
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Today I made no progress on my bike. It had different keys for the ignition, seat and fuel cap when I got it. I bought a replacement set of seat lock, fuel cap and ignition switch cheap from eBay , delivered from China (uh oh). I've already fitted the fuel cap and seat lock, which are fine. But after I fitted the ignition key I found it had a weird fault., The switch operates in reverse from the steering lock. So ignition on = steering locked and ignition off = steering unlocked. WTF? I can't see anything I could have done wrong, but how do you get that wrong when manufacturing it? So, the old ignition switch has gone back on and I am still at two different keys. It's scary to realize it only takes two Allen key bolts to pop the ignition switch and steering lock off though. No wonder bikes go missing so easily.
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May 3, 2021 21:05
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It's a gen 1 sv650, there are 6 wires on the ignition switch.
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May 3, 2021 22:41
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In all fairness a genuine fuel cap on it's own costs more than I paid for the full set, and both the fuel cap and seat lock have been fine. Why am I defending this pile of crap? I have wasted at least 2 hours of my life dicking about with it...
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May 4, 2021 16:36
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The 22mm allen key is usually called a spindle key in the UK and maybe other places and common as muck anywhere that sells motorcycle stuff. I'm not sure where you are but hopefully searching for spindle key might help. edit. Sorry if that is teaching you to suck eggs, but you never know!
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May 27, 2021 18:33
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I bought a new one! The only semi-decent pictures I have are from the ebay advert I took it home on a trailer as it's not got an MOT. I think the PO was underselling it, but he seemed happy... So far, I've noticed the brake light is always on and there is an intermittent issue with one indicator bulb, which both need fixing for the MOT. I'm hoping to have it on the road sometime next week. Fingers crossed.
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Feb 21, 2022 12:10
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Or that rubberized grip mat stuff. Re load limits, I pick the back of my DRZ up by the rack, so I think there's quite a bit of wiggle room in there. That said, I'll probably just break the rack off next time I try it. I had a car battery in the top box of my WR125 once. That rode a bit funny.
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Aug 11, 2022 13:24
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Haha, I had the same on my VFR this year. Couldn't find a long enough screwdriver to adjust it so he just said sod it, it's passed.
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Apr 8, 2024 10:32
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