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Re: what did you do with your fazer today ? - celticbiker - 02-12-17
D'ya know, I posted that on another forum recently and I think they all had a hissy fit cos nobody has posted since
ISN'T THAT RIGHT NOG?
Re: what did you do with your fazer today ? - tommyardin - 02-12-17
Foc em all Celtic, if peeps don't like the piss being taken they should keep their heads below the parapet.
Re: what did you do with your fazer today ? - Anquetil - 04-12-17
It was yesterday actually. I'd heard that my favourite 'bikers' cafe, Castlewood cafe, near Uttoxeter, was shutting down so I set off in the pouring rain to find out what was happening. It also gave me a chance to find out if my new Daytona boots would actually keep my feet dry. 60 miles of rain later I was there, with dry feet. On arrival I was the only biker there, but three more arrived before I left.
Unfortunately, the cafe is shutting for good on the 21st January. An office block is being built on the site.
I set off home in the drizzle and everything was going well until I got to Loggerheads, heading towards Market Drayton. I felt a bump and heard a crunching sound under the back tyre. Two miles later the bike became difficult to steer so I pulled into a field entrance., by which time the tyre was flat. It wasn't repairable as there was a big gash in the tread.Shame, as it's a month old Pilot 4. I rang the AA at 12-45 pm and at 2-30 pm a very helpful AA operative turned up.Bike was put on a trailer and We set off for my house.
This morning I rang every motorbike tyre fitter locally but nobody had a Pilot 4 or T30 in stock and I want the bike for tomorrow morning. One fitter could get me a BT023 for this afternoon so I ordered that. I don't have a car so I loaded the back wheel onto my other 'transport' and pushed it across town to the tyre fitters.
Left it with them. Awaiting a phone call to collect this afternoon.
Re: what did you do with your fazer today ? - mtread - 04-12-17
Any idea what the 'bump' was? Shame about the tyre being so new, but I like the wheel transporter. Which GP pit crew did you borrow it from :-)
Re: what did you do with your fazer today ? - agricola - 04-12-17
I think tahts the cafe I pass on the way to Stafford Show. Near the ruined castle. Love that old push chair. Back in the day, we'd have had the wheels and axles, and with three old planks, a few nails and bolts, we'd have made a trolley (Ithink they call em soap box carts these days)
Re: what did you do with your fazer today ? - tommyardin - 04-12-17
Yeah you would not be so keen on the wheel transport/Pushchair if you could see laying on the pavement just out of camera shot is a 5 month old baby crying its eyes out.
I think the bump and the crunch he heard was the baby. :eek
Re: what did you do with your fazer today ? - Anquetil - 04-12-17
It is the one you pass to get to the Stafford Show. Really busy when it's on. When I was a kid in the '50's we did exactly the same thing and made ourselves some trolleys, or 'trogs' as we used to call them. My 'transport' is the chassis of my son's pram. He's 35 now.
Re: what did you do with your fazer today ? - Anquetil - 04-12-17
I think that the bump, followed by a crunching sound was probably a glass receptacle of some sort, mtread.
Unfortunately, with the rain, leaves on the road, traffic, and being an old git, I didn't see it. Just spent an hour in the dark and drizzle, by the light of a table lamp, pissing about trying to get the wheel back in. It's in thank goodness. I shall adjust everything in the morning. Just going to park up the trolley now.
Re: what did you do with your fazer today ? - Freck - 04-12-17
Good to see you’re still getting out and about on the bike Mike :thumbup
Hope you’re keeping well.
Re: what did you do with your fazer today ? - Anquetil - 04-12-17
Thank-you Steve. How is your arm ? Hope that you are managing to get plenty of riding in too.
Re: what did you do with your fazer today ? - darrsi - 05-12-17
Charged my battery, can't believe it went on for around 2.5hrs, the cold weather obviously took its toll, battery's relatively newish.
Think the short runs too and from work, with the heated grips, headlights and spotlights are a bit of a drainage combination.
All good now though.
Re: what did you do with your fazer today ? - fazersharp - 05-12-17
(05-12-17, 01:18 AM)darrsi link Wrote: Charged my battery, can't believe it went on for around 2.5hrs, the cold weather obviously took its toll, battery's relatively newish.
Think the short runs too and from work, with the heated grips, headlights and spotlights, electric blanket, tv, playstation.microwave,kettle are a bit of a drainage combination.
All good now though.
Re: what did you do with your fazer today ? - darrsi - 05-12-17
(05-12-17, 03:35 PM)fazersharp link Wrote: [quote author=darrsi link=topic=6412.msg271973#msg271973 date=1512433109][/quote]
Charged my battery, can't believe it went on for around 2.5hrs, the cold weather obviously took its toll, battery's relatively newish.
Think the short runs too and from work, with the heated grips, headlights and spotlights, electric blanket, tv, playstation.microwave,kettle are a bit of a drainage combination.
All good now though.
Should really get some speakers...... :lol
Re: what did you do with your fazer today ? - Anquetil - 05-12-17
Making the most of the mild weather. Yellow warning issued for snow and ice in my area for Saturday and Sunday. A ride in the hills, stopping at Bala lake. A coffee and a snack , then back to Wrexham via Ruthin.
Re: what did you do with your fazer today ? - darrsi - 05-12-17
(05-12-17, 04:55 PM)Anquetil link Wrote: Making the most of the mild weather. Yellow warning issued for snow and ice in my area for Saturday and Sunday. A ride in the hills, stopping at Bala lake. A coffee and a snack , then back to Wrexham via Ruthin.
Have you doctored that photo, or do you no longer have a number plate?
Re: what did you do with your fazer today ? - tommyardin - 05-12-17
Since fitting the blue spot rear caliper I decided to completely service the front two blue spots.
Spent the afternoon out on the patio in fairly pleasant weather hint of sunshine for a while.
Removed calipers (Left the brake lines connected) gave them a good soaking in hot soapy water hanging in a bucket and used the wife's toothbrush to give them a really good scrub, gently pushed the pistons out a little so i could really clean them (Thankfully no rust what-so-ever) rinsed and dried and red rubber greased the piston, remover the top of the Master Cylinder and gently pushed the piston back into place , removed excess RR grease.
Pads still have lots of life in them so cleaned them and lubed he rear of pads with a smear of Copper Slip along with the pad retaining pin and R Clips.
Spent about 3 hours doing the job but well pleased with the outcome, looks better as well with nice clean calipers.
[size=1.35em]Tip[/size]: The spring that bears down on the pads by the brake pad retaining pin has to go on the right way round, the spring is not symmetrical, seen on one of the pictures below.
Re: what did you do with your fazer today ? - Anquetil - 05-12-17
Bloody hell, darrsi ! I've just rushed out to check that it hadn't dropped off. Yes it is there. Must be the camera angle.
Re: what did you do with your fazer today ? - tommyardin - 05-12-17
LOL It does look like you number plate has gone walk about.
Camera angle was perfect.
Re: what did you do with your fazer today ? - Anquetil - 05-12-17
If you enlarge it you can see the number plate and the red reflector.
Re: what did you do with your fazer today ? - limax2 - 05-12-17
Made sure the Fazer was fully covered before using the angle grinder on a steel item in the vice.
This is always a useful precaution unless you happen to like the look of tiny rust spots on items nearby.