What did you do to your bike today?

[shaggs147]

Mot done today, all good ...... might treat it to a wash    ...... then again, it'll only get dirty again.
Just thinking of the environment and all that soap washing down the drain 

I'm sure Asif will agree with me 

[doebag]

Well not today but...

Thursday with the help of Ant, we recovered my broken bike back to my house. Confirmed beyound economical repair [Cat C].
The insurers have offered me TOP price in mine and Ant's view. Even with my £400 excess, still well more than I paid for the replacement

Friday Which I collected from Robspeed. It is a 11 plate , identical to my old bike, with 18,000 0n the clock.

My two year old model had 12,000 miles, so IMO quite a good deal.

Buy back from the insurers was more than I was expecting, but long term, the spares will more than pay for themselves if things like ECU, rear shocks give up the ghost.

So many thanks Ant, we must 'do' breakfast again some time

[Zebedee]

Yay back on the road again :):):):)


Sent from my iPhone by mini Elves.

Zeb

[viper]

Well not today but...

Thursday with the help of Ant, we recovered my broken bike back to my house. Confirmed beyound economical repair [Cat C].
The insurers have offered me TOP price in mine and Ant's view. Even with my £400 excess, still well more than I paid for the replacement

Friday Which I collected from Robspeed. It is a 11 plate , identical to my old bike, with 18,000 0n the clock.

My two year old model had 12,000 miles, so IMO quite a good deal.

Buy back from the insurers was more than I was expecting, but long term, the spares will more than pay for themselves if things like ECU, rear shocks give up the ghost.

So many thanks Ant, we must 'do' breakfast again some time

im still buying up body work spares , only need 3 small panels when you are ready!

[virginiajim]

Swapping fuel pumps tomorrow morning..

[virginiajim]

Got it switched out.  Will now put a new filter on the original at my leisure and as I have a non air conditioned garage, it might be awhile.  It's pushing 91 F here today.  However, there is supposed to be a polar vortex headed this way soon.

[coman37]

Left it out in the pouring rain for hours to soften up the dead flies etc, pulled the ramp out of the garage and got the bike up at eye level and gave it a good clean in the pouring rain

Coman

[Kwikasfuki]

Tomorrow won't be work on bike day, but work on car day.

I should really get a new (read new second hand car), but this Audi has done 230,000 miles and not really cost much maintainence wise. Unfortunately I've neglected it somewhat and it needs a bit of tlc. So tomorrow I'll be putting in a new window regulator, and maybe even give it a good clean from the inside (if you thought my bike can get messy, you ain't seen my car)

[Kwikasfuki]

Fookin heck, that was a bitch of a job.

First bit of advice, if your kids offer to help, decline instantly.

Got the window regulator off by drilling out the rivets. New one (from eBay) had a recess not drilled correctly, and once that was fixed, realised that nuts and bolts weren't as good as revets. So bought my first riveter - awesome stuff.

Assembled it all back together, only for the motor to appear to be struggling to get the window to the top. Often it would think it was stuck and pull the window half way down. So off with the panels again, greased everything and now works perfectly.

[pross]

Saturday. tyre pressures checked, spit and polished checked, fitted new bead rider checked.
the went on a local loop ride via Hagley Worcester Kidderminster Stourport and stopped at Bewdley by the river severn and watched the rowing races in the glorious sunshine.
the bead rider was a bit slippery at first but ok after a while. I am away at the end of August on the bike so there may be a better report on the bead rider

there was a fellow in Bewdley on a 1965 mint condition scrot a lambretta 150 we got chatting he was amazed at the size of engine on my baby

I was amazed he did the isle of white on a fiver of petrol 

[Martin#30]

Yesterday, attempted to do the valve clearance service myself. Wow, what were Kawasaki's designers thinking with that combined frame/airbox going all the way over the top of the engine, giving you no room whatsoever to work? No access panel in the frame either.

Getting to the cams is a pig of a job on a lot of bikes, but the GTR really does take the proverbial hobnob. No room to work, the usual emissions related air switching gubbins in the way, plus all sorts of cam position sensors and VVT actuator parts.

I understand now why it is such an expensive service at the dealers. I gave up on the valves, did the rest of the service tasks, and bolted it all back together as I need the bike to get to work.

Martin.

[viper]

Yesterday, attempted to do the valve clearance service myself. Wow, what were Kawasaki's designers thinking with that combined frame/airbox going all the way over the top of the engine, giving you no room whatsoever to work? No access panel in the frame either.

Getting to the cams is a pig of a job on a lot of bikes, but the GTR really does take the proverbial hobnob. No room to work, the usual emissions related air switching gubbins in the way, plus all sorts of cam position sensors and VVT actuator parts.

I understand now why it is such an expensive service at the dealers. I gave up on the valves, did the rest of the service tasks, and bolted it all back together as I need the bike to get to work.

Martin.

I heard that it was a partial engine removal, or at least engine bolts out and tip the engine forwards. If your bike has done less than 30k they probably don't need doing

[viper]

found this pic over the the COG forum , with the valve cover off it does not look too bad for access, was this what you found?

[Martin#30]

found this pic over the the COG forum , with the valve cover off it does not look too bad for access, was this what you found?

Yes, access is tight, but there is theoretically enough room. The battle is that to get the cam cover off - as in that photo - you need to strip the fairings off, remove the fairing mounting frames, two sub-frames, re-locate a lot of wiring, strip all the air-valves and piping, tilt the radiator forward, man-handle the coil packs out the way, and finally wiggle that rubber heat shield to behind the motor.

All whilst working in an area that is 2" max from the cam cover to the underside of the frame.

Every other bike that I have done this on has the frame round the sides of the engine, so you can come in from the top with lots of working space. The GTR design really is a triumph of packaging lots into a small space, enabling a large airbox and fuel tank to be fitted, but this valve service is a PITA.

Mine has done 55k miles now, and I shall ignore the clearances until it starts making more valvetrain noise or running poorly.

Martin.

[Zebedee]

Fitted electric tank ring conversion for tank bag