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Re: Is summat hiding in among the triples?

Posted: Thu Feb 18, 2021 5:47 pm
by Alan H
Well, sussed the boingy front end. Uprated progressive springs had been fitted due to the standard ones not being strong enough I guess, and the spring fitter had forgotten to put oil in..... :? :lol:
And Canneloily's the cheek to call me tight!! :shock:
So I put some in and fortunately I know the right swear words to get the top fork plugs back in.
Did a local lap of the area - only about 3 milesish before it started to spot of rain again, but rides really nice. Very different to the 2 strokes of course, I'd forgotten what engine braking was!
Can't wait to get out and have a good run on it.


Here's a few pics of the headlight....
Off
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Halo
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Dip
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Main beam
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Re: Is summat hiding in among the triples?

Posted: Thu Feb 18, 2021 5:54 pm
by canaletto5
2nd hand fork oil for sale. Left over from failed assassination attempt. PM me for details

Re: Is summat hiding in among the triples?

Posted: Thu Feb 18, 2021 7:38 pm
by Frankibaby7
:D that’s a mad headlight big man :lol: but very cool Alan :lol: :D :roll: :lol:

Re: Is summat hiding in among the triples?

Posted: Thu Feb 18, 2021 11:06 pm
by Alan H
canaletto5 wrote: Thu Feb 18, 2021 5:54 pm 2nd hand fork oil for sale. Left over from failed assassination attempt. PM me for details
Never been used...... :roll: :lol:

Re: Is summat hiding in among the triples?

Posted: Thu Feb 18, 2021 11:17 pm
by PaulD738
canaletto5 wrote: Thu Feb 18, 2021 5:54 pm 2nd hand fork oil for sale. Left over from failed assassination attempt. PM me for details
:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

Re: Is summat hiding in among the triples?

Posted: Wed May 19, 2021 8:42 am
by Alan H
Fitted some engine bars to the GS. What a faff - some strange 'teardrop' nuts under the engine and one wasn't very happy so has been replaced with summat out of the spares box as a 'temporary measure'.
Job done and starts/runs nice.

Re: Is summat hiding in among the triples?

Posted: Tue Aug 03, 2021 7:51 am
by Alan H
There was a slight leak from one of the front calipers recently so I decided to get it sorted. I don't particularly like doing calipers so took the bike to Bill Thomas bikes in Wombwell - nice guy is Steve, the owner and has several classics of his own including a GT550 ( guess where he gets his spares?!), Hippo and T500 and some british diesels.
Anyway, he stripped both calipers and there was a very small scratch on one of the pistons, which was 'just' where the seal was, so I got a couple of nice blingy stainless steel ones from Astrax along with new seals and pads and he remantled them nicely and I fetched the bike home yesterday. Runs nice and handles & brakes lovely with no leaks, so it might be having a couple of outings now.

Re: Is summat hiding in among the triples?

Posted: Tue Aug 03, 2021 8:29 am
by stevewharton
[quote="Alan H" nice guy is Steve, [/quote]

I knew he liked me really, ;) he'll be admitting that he likes my Enfield next and my kettles paintwork :D

Re: Is summat hiding in among the triples?

Posted: Tue Aug 03, 2021 9:15 am
by Alan H
Kettle paintwork is ok, if a little 'fishy', but you only copied what I had on my 550J back in about 1974/5.
Of course, I was on about a local Steve. A REALLY nice guy..... :roll:

Re: Is summat hiding in among the triples?

Posted: Tue Aug 03, 2021 12:38 pm
by stevewharton
Alan H wrote: Tue Aug 03, 2021 9:15 am Kettle paintwork is ok, if a little 'fishy', but you only copied what I had on my 550J back in about 1974/5.
Of course, I was on about a local Steve. A REALLY nice guy..... :roll:
No, I've "perfected" what you had on your 550 ;)

And I've asked my wife and she said it's not "fishy",
it's "dragonishy" and she should know :o

P.S.I'll deny it if you tell her I said that :?

P.P.S. All "Steves" are really nice guys 8-)