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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.....
And Canneloily's the cheek to call me tight!!
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
Halo
Dip
Main beam
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
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......
Re: Is summat hiding in among the triples?
Posted: Thu Feb 18, 2021 11:17 pm
by PaulD738
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
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.....
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.....
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
P.S.I'll deny it if you tell her I said that
P.P.S. All "Steves" are really nice guys