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What did you do with your water cooled twin today?

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Well for the sake of organizing all the great stuff going on, I think it's time.

I'll start!

 
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#4,904 · (Edited)
With the judicious assistance of a nylon mallet I managed to reduce the rear disc run-out down to 0.2mm. Idle Hands and all that….
I don’t think it’ll make any difference to the braking but it sure makes a nicer ‘swooshing*’ sound when pushing the bike about.
 
#4,912 ·
Adjusting my steering head bearings



When it went in for service they mentioned that they were a little loose, but because of where I'd mounted the nav they couldn't get to them to check.

The torque settings should be

Adjuster nut 15Nm
Lock nut 40Nm
Top nut 90Nm

They were

Adjuster nut finger tight
Lock nut finger tight
Top nut finger tight

I can only assume that they weren't done properly at the factory when it was built :-(
 
#4,917 ·
Installed a crafton atelier greaser saddle and wasn't happy with the movement I was experiencing as it slid forward and backward. I designed and 3D printed some bits that screw into the seat pan and secure around the loops on the subframe to keep it from moving - worked a treat!



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I have been eyeing off the seats from Omegaracer.com for a while now. Other than the mounting issue, what is your overall opinion of the seat? I appreciate you haven't had it long, but any first impressions would be valuable.
 
#4,914 ·
Shimmed out the top mounting bolts on my colour coded Triumph fly screen. Wind protection ended about 2” higher up on my chest but this also produced some wind noise which I couldn’t detect before 😕

I also took several hours of test riding to undertake a suspension reset on my Nitron shocks. Ended up changing the spring preload by half a turn along with a one click change on low speed compression damping to compensate for a slight change in rider weight. Rebound and high speed damping ended up back in exactly the same positions.
Still feels like a magic carpet ride, but now with added tassels.😁
 
#4,916 ·
Couple of days ago I was jonesing so I went for a 90-minute ride. Started out sunny and 40-degrees F (4.44C). It hadn't snowed in a few days, and the streets were dry. Unfortunately I was heading north, and it got colder. And it got cloudier. And it got windier. Then I noticed all the trees were covered in ice(!) from freezing rain the day prior. Felt like I was riding through a refrigerator that had iced up, lol. By the time I got home temp had dropped to 35F (1.67C), and I was freezing my arse off (even with thermals, and heated gloves). As a bonus, when I began my usual post-ride clean-up of the bike, I noticed a very fine "film" of salt from the roads. Apparently the roads were not as clean as I thought they were. So I got that going for me, which is nice. ;)
 
#4,925 ·
A few small jobs before hopefully starting riding again in March.

Front and rear brake fluid change and bleed, including ABS, only done last year but I find at least bleeding regularly helps the front brakes especially feel as good as they can be, and it only cost about £2 in fluid so why not.
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Did some more work on the dreaded wiring to the clocks and ignition switch, had already opened up the entry holes in the conduits last year but the ignition wiring especially was still showing signs of strain.
This is after removing the self amalgamating tape I added last time, showing the previous damage to the outer sheath near the switch and entry to the conduit.
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Following one of @Kiwidave4 suggestions I've removed the ignition wiring altogether from the conduit but left it in place to keep the remaining wiring tidy. It allows the wiring to follow a more natural route which as you can see is far away from the conduit entry, I would advise anyone with a fairing to do this one thing at least if you do nothing else.
Once the fairings back on its barely noticeable so doesn't look untidy.

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The gauge wiring on the other side runs backwards and is spliced into the main loom, I'd already opened the conduit entry hole but while I had the tank off for another job I loosened the cable clamp and moved the main loom forward, this has gained a little more slack, it was tight against the extended conduit entry before.

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Then a bit of a vanity job, had some light scuff marks on the tank strap probably from my jacket, had to lift the front of the tank to take it off and do it properly.
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Re-brushed with grey Scotchbrite and WD40, cleaned and treated the leather strap as well

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Lastly, while I was doing the front brakes noticed the RH caliper was a bit closer than ideal to the disk, I always align the forks and calipers any time I have the wheel out but did it again anyway.
Took the caliper off, slackened the pinch bolts and pulled the RH fork back and forth a bit to make sure it was free to move, bounced the forks without using the brakes and it settled back about 1mm different than before and gave me better clearance once the caliper was refitted.
Tax it next week and then hopefully first ride of 2022, remembering I've got a new rear to scrub in.:p
 
#4,928 ·
Well my whirlwind of a life has finally eased up a bit to spend some time on the spanners, bike failed MOT last year due to me extending the front forks with DR650 damper rods, the result was doubled front end travel but excessive play when the forks were fully extended as the stanchions were that far out of the bottom tubes, can't believe I didn't notice while assembling them, when on the bike it wasn't much of a problem unless I were to go over alot of pot holes or do big jumps but I certainly didn't argue when the test engineer showed me the play.

So after a few hours after work over multiple evenings i finally reverted the shocks to standard.
Couple of other jobs done were re seal the bead on the back wheel as I've gone tubeless and installed TPMS, it had a slow leak.
Also did the front tubeless work and installed the front TPMS module.

Finally, I wanted to keep the mileage original on the bike after managing to get cruise control on the street scrambler (did it the idiots way by swapping abs pump, clocks and rhs throttle control then putting a bonnie map with scrambler fuelling on)
Until I educate myself further by learning audrino code etc. to bypass the need for the bonnevile abs pump and clocks,
I made a temporary wiring loom to run both clocks simultaneously as the bike won't start with just the original ones because the bonnevile map needs a different authentication than the scrambler.
Will create a separate thread for all that though, will be titled something along the lines of should have just waited till 2018 to buy a scrambler 1200 🤣

Anyway, the good news is that it's passed with no advisories so depending how I feel I may go out for a joyride tomorrow then think about when I'll be stripping it down again for more mods (joking) but it does need a wash and an ACF 50 coat!
 

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#4,929 ·
Great work @Shepsi , look forward to reading the new thread.
You must have really, really wanted cruise control though :ROFLMAO:
 
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finally finished and Sunday was the first ride this year. I like the rear end much better like this!

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Unfortunately, I let the bike fall over to the right (downhill) at the end - stupid place on a gravel car park, no more ground under my feet :sneaky:. That happened very quickly.

Apart from a few scratches on the right side of the engine casing and on the heat protection of the exhaust, the clutch lever broke off :rolleyes:
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Apparently my wrist can withstand more than a OEM aluminium lever. So I'll get new black levers as soon as they're delivered. :cool:
 
#4,939 ·
Just put a BoosterPlug on my 2016 Street Twin.

Chalk, cheese.

I've had a 18 months of riding this and it's particularly annoying because I like to use engine braking but there is constant surging especially in 2nd gear. I've just been out on some downhill twisty slow local roads and all surging has vanished, it is like a completely different bike.

Also stuck a couple of black rubber UK flag design knee grips on the tank, they work well, easier hold ones upper body stable in turns.
 
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