Pinned So what have you done to your bike today?

Yeh, I'm totally in love with it. It came out so much better than I thought it would. I'm now thinking of doing tank grips with A'Tuin on each side. Nerd, I know.

So, today I did actually drop off the old brake lines locally so they can use them as a template for the new ones. They're not going to be purple. Since they'll be ready by Wednesday, I can live with that. Did get something else that was purple today though.



Bike's in pieces, but hey, I got something pretty. Priorities, right?

 

Madness I say, madness!
I left work Friday afternoon to pack for a weekend trip to collect some bikes - about 1600km round-trip. After some details, like rewiring the trailer plug, I was on my way. To somewhere... I packed a swag so I was sleeping on the side of the road. Sleeping might be exaggerating, it was cold. So much so that I got up at about half past 3 in morning and started off again. A few other delays, like forgetting to get cash out before arriving at the seller's place, but all in all, it was a good trip. The only roo I hit (it was full moon) was just its tail. There were a few dead roos around, so very lucky. The trip went well enough that I even made it home for church. Now I have 1 and 2 half bikes... extra bikes. Time to get some things done and move some bikes on.

 

What did you buy ?

 

2 and a half nightmares. 2 hyosung gt250r parts bikes and a yz250.

 

Couldn't work out what the noise was on the Triumph. So called the Good Doctor in for a health check....

Turns out to be - noisy bearings on the alternator.... time to rebuild it...

 

Aren't you lucky to have "the good doctor" who makes house calls.
But the big question is....
Does he bulk bill.

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Yes, I'm gonna get me one of those

 

I bought a 03 CR250 earlier this year however it was a total turd - so many issues with it that I won't even begin to mention them.

Last week I saw a CRF450 for sale for an odd price. I bargained the guy down and picked it up the next night. The crankcase is cracked and shattered near the output shaft. But it has a lot of nice parts including black excel rims in really good condition and an oversize front brake rotor.



I was pulling it apart to evaluate if it was worth fixing, or scavenging parts for the CR250 (I want the fork and wheels). Hit a major road block with the swing arm bolt. The previous owner must have never taken it out because it was stuck!

After applying heat and WD-40 to no avail I had to get creative as shown below. A crankcase splitter is a very versatile tool. A sledge hammer too! Now I can take apart the engine and see what went wrong and what to do next...

 

This happened today!



Passed inspection & registered!

So stoked - thanks to the guys here & the knowledge base in these forums

Time for a ride!






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Nice one mate ! Bike looks awesome. Is the plate covering the right indicator ? Actually, dam that's a big plate. Vic motorcycle number plates are half that size.

 

Was temporarily fitted off centre (I had to drill some holes to centre it), all good now




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Legend !!!

 

finally got the friends cb350 k4 running right. had to fix points yesterday and replace plugs today and got a consistent spark. then tune the mixture one rhs=easy to do with infra red thermometer.

 

This was on the back of a bike I bought last week

 

fitted new air filter to the bmw and ran it ready for a ride on sunday.