What have you done to your bike today....
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chas
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You're a massive poof for buying frozen chips anyhow and not frying potato in a vat of boiling oil like a proper man. Just sayin'.View attachment 18900So would he have approved of this bag of chips I bought the other day...
I nearly ended up in conflict because they had ran out of normal chips..All that was left was vegan chips so I had a heated debate about morrisons trying to feminise blokes by turning them all into vegans by only having vegan and no other option then they explained they are for naked straight people...
LARD! Beef dripping, please.Aren't all chips vegan unless fried in lard????
Anyway, I've loaded up the GS and will be departing shortly for Ldn
TTFN!
DS
Have a safe trip and a good result on the MoT
I've got gold centres on mine and was worried it'd look odd, I'm ok with them. Your OCD may hit the red thoParts finally arrived, so maybe not today but over the next couple of days, I'll be sorting out my front disk and doing a mini service on the front brake, ready for another MOT test.
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Shame the center of the disk is gold and not black, hopefully it'll look ok though
RESULT!
Doc Strange
Legendary Knight
Back from a nice couple of days seeing chums and family in Ldn.
Great ride down Wed evening - traffic was flowing so well, I didn't even bother stopping for something to eat on the way.
Yesterday departed at 1pm, and bloody glad I didn't leave it any later. I'd say at almost every junction of the M25 and M1 there was a reduced speed limit in place just queuing and sheer weight of traffic. Journey wasn't massively extended because of it, but it made it much harder work - wouldn't have wanted to be in the car.
That and todays weather, mean it'll be a chillin' day Chez Strange!
DS
Great ride down Wed evening - traffic was flowing so well, I didn't even bother stopping for something to eat on the way.
Yesterday departed at 1pm, and bloody glad I didn't leave it any later. I'd say at almost every junction of the M25 and M1 there was a reduced speed limit in place just queuing and sheer weight of traffic. Journey wasn't massively extended because of it, but it made it much harder work - wouldn't have wanted to be in the car.
That and todays weather, mean it'll be a chillin' day Chez Strange!
DS
Scrappy
Legendary Knight
Fitted new brake disk, and gave the brake calliper a clean and mini service with new pads.
I had to be inventive to ensure the bike was secure.
All done... well almost
I was using Moto Guzzi's own service manual, and I double checked the torque figures for everything I touched, but when tightening up the pinch bolts at the bottom of the fork leg, the first bold snapped. So then I halved the torque setting and the second one snapped too. Fortunately one bolt had enough protruding from the opposite side I could get some mole grips on it and wind it out, the other required a bolt extractor tool but luckily came out quite easily. Temporarily put some slightly longer stainless bolts in, and will have to order the proper replacements from Fowlers.
I had to be inventive to ensure the bike was secure.
All done... well almost
I was using Moto Guzzi's own service manual, and I double checked the torque figures for everything I touched, but when tightening up the pinch bolts at the bottom of the fork leg, the first bold snapped. So then I halved the torque setting and the second one snapped too. Fortunately one bolt had enough protruding from the opposite side I could get some mole grips on it and wind it out, the other required a bolt extractor tool but luckily came out quite easily. Temporarily put some slightly longer stainless bolts in, and will have to order the proper replacements from Fowlers.
Don the Don
Legendary Knight
The important thing is you got them out, just looking at them it almost looks like they had a damaged area already.......may just be the light
Sarky B’stard
Legendary Knight
You will pay a premium for a metric Allen cap head bolt that any fastener stockist would hold. Were the broken ones original or a SS substitute?
Sarky B’stard
Legendary Knight
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Scrappy
Legendary Knight
Original as far as I know.
Sarky B’stard
Legendary Knight
I would just replace like for like.
Scrappy
Legendary Knight
That's what I intend to do. I've been looking through the service manuals for earlier and later bikes, it looks like the manual mislabels the bolts and calls them 'calliper bracket fixing screws' FFS
and they should only be tightened to 10nm - Oops!
Sarky B’stard
Legendary Knight
Eytie translation? The calliper probably does use machine screws not bolts but to a higher torque valve nearer the 50nm mark. The pinch bolts have a much lighter load and screw into alloy threads.
Scrappy
Legendary Knight
The calliper bolts are chunky M10 allen bolts (50nm), or 'Front brake calliper fixing screw' in eytie, I replaced those with new ones along with the disk bolts.
Don the Don
Legendary Knight
chas
Legendary Knight
I'll source some pan head socket screws (in black) to finish it but they were from the stainless tub. Coz I 'ad'em.
