(04-07-19, 10:49 PM)coffee link Wrote: Spent the evening doing a quick repair after some dozy twat turned right in front of me,no indicate no fuck all,I was filtering a load of traffic on my way home and he just made a dive for his drive when he seen a gap in the oncoming traffic.At least he had the decency to put his hands up to it and was very apologetic ,he was concerned I was ok but all I was interested in was my bike,luckily apart from a bent brake lever and scuffs here and there it was ok,I told the bloke I wasn't interested in claiming because he'd probably change his story by tomorrow but I wanted £100 to cover crash bobbins and brake pedal,(I new I'd be able to repair the pedal) he agreed and I followed him to a cash point wishing I'd said more now because he agreed pretty quick,anyway done all the jobs except for the crash bobbin,have a go at that tomorrow unless you can buy 1 in which case I'll use some of the £100.One thing while I was doing the job the bolt that holds the footrest on is a T50 torx,so if anybody's due to do any work requiring taking the rests off worth checking you've got one.
Sounds like you are ok but just a FYI on accidents whilst filtering as far as I am aware it isn't as straight forward as all the other persons fault. There was discussion on here around the subject a while ago.
I don't do rain or threat there of. dry rider only with no shame.
As a longshot you could always contact the crash bung company, and tell them what a wonderful job their kit did in protecting your bike. You never know, they might send you one. Costs nothing to try. Good luck, glad you're ok.
Whizz kid sitting pretty on his two wheeled stallion.
(04-07-19, 11:17 PM)fazersharp link Wrote: [quote author=coffee link=topic=6412.msg300207#msg300207 date=1562276948]
Spent the evening doing a quick repair after some dozy twat turned right in front of me,no indicate no fuck all,I was filtering a load of traffic on my way home and he just made a dive for his drive when he seen a gap in the oncoming traffic.At least he had the decency to put his hands up to it and was very apologetic ,he was concerned I was ok but all I was interested in was my bike,luckily apart from a bent brake lever and scuffs here and there it was ok,I told the bloke I wasn't interested in claiming because he'd probably change his story by tomorrow but I wanted £100 to cover crash bobbins and brake pedal,(I new I'd be able to repair the pedal) he agreed and I followed him to a cash point wishing I'd said more now because he agreed pretty quick,anyway done all the jobs except for the crash bobbin,have a go at that tomorrow unless you can buy 1 in which case I'll use some of the £100.One thing while I was doing the job the bolt that holds the footrest on is a T50 torx,so if anybody's due to do any work requiring taking the rests off worth checking you've got one.
Sounds like you are ok but just a FYI on accidents whilst filtering as far as I am aware it isn't as straight forward as all the other persons fault. There was discussion on here around the subject a while ago.
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I know what you're on about, it can be a grey area but this really was cut and dried,I think the bloke was really relieved I was ok and he'd got himself out of a potential mess.
never look down on anyone unless you're helping them up.
(05-07-19, 01:16 AM)robbo link Wrote: As a longshot you could always contact the crash bung company, and tell them what a wonderful job their kit did in protecting your bike. You never know, they might send you one. Costs nothing to try. Good luck, glad you're ok.
That's worth a try,nothing ventured nothing gained ay?
never look down on anyone unless you're helping them up.
Your crash bungs look like R &G ones, similiar to what I have on my MT09.
If so you can get brand new single ones, I got one for the left side after it was destroyed in my accident in October, just look on ebay,
Got in touch with R&G and they sell just the end caps at £3.40 plus vat,which is ok,then they charge £5.25 p&p! it's only little so I don't know where that comes from, but it's still a hell of a lot cheaper than a bobbin so I ordered one. :\
never look down on anyone unless you're helping them up.
21-07-19, 12:08 AM (This post was last modified: 21-07-19, 12:09 AM by unfazed.)
Serious make over of the 600 today and yesterday, fitted 3 new Serie Oro Brembo discs, calipers cleaned, 3 new sets of brake pads, oil and filter changed, looking forward to a spin tomorrow
Discs were focced, rear was down to 3.6mm with fronts down to 3.3mm
My new best friend in picture 2, blow torch to soften the loctite, had discs off in minutes
Nice early start for a rip roar around Surrey and Kents A and B roads. Breakfast at H's on the A2, been past loads of times, but never called in before. Good food that was reasonably priced, would definitely go again. After a second coffee and a look at the bikes, we rode over to Manston for a look at the Spitfire and Hurricane Memorial Museum. An interesting hour or so. My pal is ex Army, so knew about all the guns and ammo, which saved me having to read the display info :lol .
Back on the bikes to take on the Chilham Bends followed by a thrash down to Leeds Castle. Another good Sunday breakfast whizz clocking 195 of our lovely English miles.
Whizz kid sitting pretty on his two wheeled stallion.
No doubt a day will come when it will be all a bit too much. Then I'll have to stay at home and talk to the mrs :lol . Pushing the bike back in the garage is the hardest job at the moment fortunately. Should be arranging a day trip to Cornwall within the next few weeks, if you fancy it. :thumbup
Whizz kid sitting pretty on his two wheeled stallion.
Nah, no scones. Just a pasty and a pint in the Tamar Inn, chill out for an hour, then back on the bike and home. From south London it's less than 500 miles.
Whizz kid sitting pretty on his two wheeled stallion.
(22-07-19, 08:19 AM)robbo link Wrote: Nah, no scones. Just a pasty and a pint in the Tamar Inn, chill out for an hour, then back on the bike and home. From south London it's less than 500 miles.
500miles,just a small stretch of the legs ,when are you gonna do some decent distances?
never look down on anyone unless you're helping them up.
Removed the rear wheel myself for the first time ??
Had a new rear tyre to fit and was sick of paying the garage silly money to do it so figured it was about time I learnt to strip the wheel down myself.
Cleaned and regreased all the bearings, gave the swimgarm and chain a thorough deep clean, even degreased and polished my sprocket.
Also fitted the new air filter and gave the underside of the tank a quick wipe round and tidied up some of the wiring etc
All in all a productive (and rather bludy sweaty) few hours
(23-07-19, 07:01 PM)coffee link Wrote: It can be a pig sometimes getting that caliper bracket with the slot in it right,I've found it easy sometimes and then a right swine the next. :evil
Yep that definitely resulted in some swear words. Seems like a silly idea to me, surely it would make more sense to bolt it on?
