Thunderbolt Posted February 28, 2021 Report Share Posted February 28, 2021 Pulled the old girl out of the shed today. Battery is flat. Carbs are leaking. She doesn’t want to start. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jollygiant Posted February 28, 2021 Report Share Posted February 28, 2021 (edited) Fire is your answer! Or a rivet counting resto, nothing in-between is allowed now.... Edited February 28, 2021 by jollygiant Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkati Posted February 28, 2021 Report Share Posted February 28, 2021 4 minutes ago, Thunderbolt said: Pulled the old girl out of the shed today. Battery is flat. - pump it up. Carbs are leaking. - radweld. She doesn’t want to start. - killswitch engage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunderbolt Posted February 28, 2021 Author Report Share Posted February 28, 2021 13 minutes ago, jollygiant said: a rivet counting resto, Not within the LDU budget. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunderbolt Posted February 28, 2021 Author Report Share Posted February 28, 2021 27 minutes ago, hawkati said: No mention of hammer 🔨 you need to think of your reputation 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gix Posted February 28, 2021 Report Share Posted February 28, 2021 7 hours ago, Thunderbolt said: Pulled the old girl out of the shed today. Battery is flat. Carbs are leaking. She doesn’t want to start. What about the GPZ? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herr V. Posted March 1, 2021 Report Share Posted March 1, 2021 On 2/28/2021 at 10:57 AM, Thunderbolt said: Pulled the old girl out of the shed today. Battery is flat. Carbs are leaking. She doesn’t want to start. Callum, mate, you wouldn't have it any other way! Bet those tyres have another 10 years in them as well 🤣 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunderbolt Posted March 1, 2021 Author Report Share Posted March 1, 2021 1 hour ago, Herr V. said: Callum, mate, you wouldn't have it any other way! Bet those tyres have another 10 years in them as well 🤣 Tyres are great mate. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunderbolt Posted April 1, 2021 Author Report Share Posted April 1, 2021 So a bit of an update on the old girl. Carbs removed, cleaned, put back (using the number plate method), still leaked, off again, cleaned again, back on, yay no severe leaks. Battery, I had to do the connect in parallel thing with another battery, to get it to take a charge. It isn’t great but it is better. The bike starts, yay. Runs a bit fluffy, but runs, so I will take that, up into the loft to find a replacement Speedo cable. Re grease the pitted steering head bearings. A squirt or two of WD in a few place and we are getting there. Six months tax bought today, so a gentle spin may be on the cards. maybe to the shire, to help Scullion? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkati Posted April 1, 2021 Report Share Posted April 1, 2021 2 hours ago, Thunderbolt said: So a bit of an update on the old girl. Carbs removed, cleaned, put back (using the number plate method), still leaked, off again, cleaned again, back on, yay no severe leaks. Battery, I had to do the connect in parallel thing with another battery, to get it to take a charge. It isn’t great but it is better. The bike starts, yay. Runs a bit fluffy, but runs, so I will take that, up into the loft to find a replacement Speedo cable. Re grease the pitted steering head bearings. A squirt or two of WD in a few place and we are getting there. Six months tax bought today, so a gentle spin may be on the cards. maybe to the shire, to help Scullion? You can demonstrate your number plate technique to me?😛 Jolly well done - that's proper progress. I'll be onto mine again after a vile working frenzy this weekend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jollygiant Posted April 2, 2021 Report Share Posted April 2, 2021 9 hours ago, hawkati said: Jolly, well done - that's proper progress. Thanks but I have only taken an old shed down and put it in a skip. Strangely I haven't told anybody this and the only person that knows is my wife........ Are you my Wife? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkati Posted April 2, 2021 Report Share Posted April 2, 2021 1 hour ago, jollygiant said: Thanks but I have only taken an old shed down and put it in a skip. Strangely I haven't told anybody this and the only person that knows is my wife........ Are you my Wife? With all due respect, i'd sincerely fucking hope not! You're taking your jolly name in vain, so stop being so jolly cheeky or you'll get jolly jack tarred & feathered!* *that's what your wife would do, yes? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunderbolt Posted April 2, 2021 Author Report Share Posted April 2, 2021 Well the battery trick didn’t work, it takes a charge, but won’t hold it. Which is bloody annoying. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunderbolt Posted April 2, 2021 Author Report Share Posted April 2, 2021 My own fault I didn’t use the bike or charge the battery over winter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkati Posted April 2, 2021 Report Share Posted April 2, 2021 2 hours ago, Thunderbolt said: My own fault I didn’t use the bike or charge the battery over winter. i couldn't possibly criticise - about to throw another engine in the hawk having grenaded the original at cadwell and i've charged the battery only twice since then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunderbolt Posted April 17, 2021 Author Report Share Posted April 17, 2021 Shake down run today, a few niggles, but no dramas. Very fluffy when hot in town, which is odd as it didn’t do that last year pre LDR. Greasing the headstock bearings has made them better but not right yet, discs are warped at the front, so some hard braking in order to sort that. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkati Posted April 17, 2021 Report Share Posted April 17, 2021 12 minutes ago, Thunderbolt said: Shake down run today, a few niggles, but no dramas. Very fluffy when hot in town, which is odd as it didn’t do that last year pre LDR. Greasing the headstock bearings has made them better but not right yet, discs are warped at the front, so some hard braking in order to sort that. Was it actually overheating or just a fluffer? I'm biased but disc brake warpage is a distinct nono. Noone will mind at all if you get better discs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunderbolt Posted April 20, 2021 Author Report Share Posted April 20, 2021 The coolant temperature sensor is broken, so this is the likely candidate for the gauge not registering. Off to the spares pile. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunderbolt Posted April 20, 2021 Author Report Share Posted April 20, 2021 Spare found, cleaned and installed with a waffer thin bit of ptfe tape. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hylar1000 Posted April 21, 2021 Report Share Posted April 21, 2021 have you a picture of your fine stead sir? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunderbolt Posted April 21, 2021 Author Report Share Posted April 21, 2021 18 minutes ago, hylar1000 said: have you a picture of your fine stead sir? Indeed I do. At P1 last year 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunderbolt Posted April 21, 2021 Author Report Share Posted April 21, 2021 At Bathams last year. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hylar1000 Posted April 21, 2021 Report Share Posted April 21, 2021 7 minutes ago, Thunderbolt said: Indeed I do. At P1 last year i like those colours, and that exhaust Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunderbolt Posted April 21, 2021 Author Report Share Posted April 21, 2021 Just now, hylar1000 said: i like those colours, and that exhaust Exhaust is a full Micron. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hylar1000 Posted April 21, 2021 Report Share Posted April 21, 2021 34 minutes ago, Thunderbolt said: Exhaust is a full Micron. You don't see then often👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunderbolt Posted May 3, 2021 Author Report Share Posted May 3, 2021 Test run today. Brizzle to Croydon, to see an old mate and back. Another mate riding sweeper on a modern bike. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunderbolt Posted May 3, 2021 Author Report Share Posted May 3, 2021 Went to Croydon. The rain that started in Bristol died down. All A roads. Went onto reserve at 120 miles (last year it was 135 to reserve) and the LDUGPZ900R didn’t run right after. Just a bit hesitant. Coming back, went onto reserve again, at 110 miles, as the heavens opened and she really struggled. Limped into a petrol station and filled up, still not 100%. Water in the electrics??? Got home, put the bike away and changed my clothes. My waterproof boots are not waterproof. My all season gloves, nope, cold wet hands. Arai, how come my head got wet??? Working away a bit next week so time to pause and evaluate. Oh and Scullion @hawkati I stayed south of the M4, not in the posh bit of the shire. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunderbolt Posted May 4, 2021 Author Report Share Posted May 4, 2021 Getting concerned about fuel consumption, I brimmed the tank at Chievley, it is well over half gone at home 60 miles later. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ssray Posted May 4, 2021 Report Share Posted May 4, 2021 Usual subjects? Clean air filter? What color plugs? Oil level as the fuel tap can go Pete tong on these Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunderbolt Posted May 4, 2021 Author Report Share Posted May 4, 2021 6 minutes ago, ssray said: Usual subjects? Clean air filter? What color plugs? Oil level as the fuel tap can go Pete tong on these New air filter will put me over budget. I will revisit the plugs etc when back home (working away). Oil was changed, for some quality Halfords sale stuff. I did a leak down and compression test last year and, I think, number 2 pot was well down and blew by the rings. she did 135 miles on 18 litres last year, so 33 ish mpg, down to 27.5 now, but also last year I filled up at Lowestoft and once on the way back to Grantham. so I can work a 75 to 100 mile fill up routine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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