A while back the spring on the left foot peg broke and I eventually got fed up with it flipping up, meaning I had to find it with the sole of my boot and push it back into place.
Also I decided to replace the air filter as it had been on there for quite a few miles.
So I thought the foot peg spring would be the easier job...
... boy was I wrong!
Getting out the retaining split pin was the easy bit, but, because the peg hadn't been removed for gods alone know how long, the peg "bolt" was jammed in place.
I tried wiggling it with pliers and using Plus Gas to free it, but no luck. So then I tried giving it a tap with a hammer, but nothing happened. So then I gave it a belt with a hammer! And then another belt, and another, and another...
Eventually, at last, it started to shift, but I could only get it as far as the bottom of the hanger, so then I tried using a drift to help drive it out, but that wasn't working.
Finally, I decided that, even though I'd padded the end of the hammer, I might have mushroomed the end out, so I tapped it back down and then used my Dremel to grind down the end to smooth it off and, finally, it started to come out, except, of course, I had to remove the bolt for the gear shift to get the peg bolt most of the way out at which point it stuck again, so this time I drove it back in and used the Dremel again to grind the corrosion off the shaft at which point it would (thankfully!) come all the way out.
Except then it looked like the spring I'd bought was the wrong one because it seemed to be too large to fit in the slot on the peg, but after a bit of fiddling and comparing with the other side, I got it back in place. So I gave the peg bolt a polish with the Dremel and a spray of Duck Oil and it's now back in place and working properly.
The Air Filter, on the other hand, was a piece of cake, lift the tank, take the housing cover off, stick the new one in, replace the housing, lower the tank, sorted!