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micknmeld wrote:zimbo wrote:Excellent = but may have miss read this one – is everyone travelling there on 4 wheels or are some riding there on 2 wheels via off road ?????
Where are you at Zimbo? It is possible to ride there off road, but seeing as it is an over night stay on Saturday night, most people will drive so they can carry their drinks etc.
See Micks not a piss wreck is he :laugh: :laugh: All he is worried about is his drinks :ohmy: Not his riding gear, not his spare fuel, not his snacks, not his clothes, no just his beers :huh:
GET HELP MICK, its a bike ride weekend and a social evening sip
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white rocket wrote:anyone keen for a ride in some pine forests in the next month recon i could find a few singles if anyones keen pick a dayI need to get up there soon maybe at the end of April, I have to pre run for a later ride. Would take the 530 for a crack maybe, I have a local ready to lead on some new tracks in a new area I don’t know apparently :woohoo: . Will watch and see when yours is I maybe able to come and could bring the local maybe. Man there are some maybes in there :laugh: :laugh:
Will just watch when yours is and see
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KatGirl wrote:Well got to learn on the weekend what a rear Cush Drive is plus the role the cush bearings and rubbers play. I was out on the XR400 with some ORE riders and felt some vibration in the rear. Upon investigations we found the cush drive bearing was tiny bit sloopy and the rubbers looked compressed. Got some tuition on what to look for and after some bush mechanics with some electrical tape we sorted it out so I could enjoy the rest of the day and more importantly get home.So tonight I did some searching on YouTube to understand it more and funnily enough I found 3 video’s on Tenere cush drive rubber. I recognised the voice and the tongs and sure enough it was TB.
Thanks TB for explaining it all for me….. I now know how to determine if you have a cush drive rubber problem and how to fix it.
I’m off to locate a new set of rubbers and replace the cush bearing. The wheel bearings were replaced not so long ago…..
:laugh: Kat you are welcome, and always welcome here for any hands on learning
If you look in the DIY forum here you will find that and more do it yourself videos etc, look at OBT first (if it isnt there let me know and I maybe able to do one time permitting). When ever you replace the wheel bearings do the cush drive bearing. I will also be doing a demo of my new bearing removal tool soon wait to you see that :woohoo:TB
Pezz wrote:Trailboss wrote:Well much to Pezz’s disgust I have had to shelf the planned resurrection of the XLV. I came down to a few things. Yes I know how the scrapheap works but there is a little but more to it for me. Firstly I have been asked help workout a route and lead the ride. I need something reliable, tried and tested. Secondly we CANT get the parts required. They are a fuel tank and a fuel pump (Pezz may have located a loner fuel pump) but still no tank and its too good a bike that Steve wants to restore later. That means no butchering to make the Scrapheap.Now now there TB, just to clarify a few points above, if I may
It wasnt disgust at all, I was deeply saddened, much aggreived, flabagasted, gobsmacked, stunned, slightly surprised, maybe a little heartbroken
But definately not Disgusted
Love Pezz
:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: OK saddened, much aggreived, flabagasted, gobsmacked, stunned, slightly surprised, maybe a little heartbroken
Next year brother I just cant do it this year
I did offer to ride the XL500 next year but the Wolfman says thats his next years scrapbike. I will have a postie by then anyway TB
Bundyroy wrote:This proves that riding is better for you than walking.Spot on Bundyroy
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Cant kill them with a stick eh :laugh: Like I said only got 900mls out and he has done some miles. BTW he did replace the bearings pretty soon after your place, the hub was stuffed which no one knew. As you know you cant tell most of the time on the sprocket side because of the threaded retainer :blink: The retainer holds it for a while
He has been warned regarding the bearings being a weak link of the bike. Chicken is looking at a three bearing Talon for hisHere are some pictures, I worked out where they were
Chris ready to leave
Pillion (name sorry
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New second hand front
New rebuilt second hand rear wheel hub with tyre
On the way
Thanks again to Pete the Wolf for donating his rear hub off his training bike. Pete I have your new training wheel here and will get it up asap
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Sorry no Pictures they didn’t work it seems :dry:
Chris turned up at the agreed time of 11am this morning wearing these things riding and kick starting his XR600 :ohmy:
Said his steel capped boots has failed :laugh: I scratched around under the house and found a set old Oxstar boots I had from 2006 and said here have these. Chris said he didn’t want to feel like a charity case, so I said he could have them for a dollar
. They had been lying around under the house for 3 years or more so it was good to see them get some use rather than just lay around I had his built wheel yesterday and it was ready and waiting, I had fitted a 2nd hand Pirelli and tube I had here it was only waiting for his disc and sprocket.
He turned up with a pillion :ohmy: better looking then him I may add as I am sure she won’t mind, from the USA. Cant spell her name but she was quick to ask questions of everything I did and held the tyre changer to stop the bead breaker hitting me in the head twice :laugh: :laugh: :pinch:So I fitted his sprocket and disc, the new wheel had brand new bearings fitted and seals. I gave him a set of 2nd hand bearings so He should be OK. He has been instructed to fit new bearing in Perth. I fitted a 2nd hand front tyre and a second hand set of brake pads as his were as we say in the industry “Rooted” :laugh:
Air filter was removed, he has never had it out since he bought the bike second hand in the middle of last year :huh: it was cleaned and re-oiled with Motul, I then drained the engine oil (again never been changed :pinch: ) and got less than 900lms :ohmy: Holds 1.9ls :whistle: I removed the oil filter and gave it a real close inspection given that it had hardly any oil in it. The filter was drained and squeezed, guess what was found. Nothing, no metal no nothing!! Try that with your euro trash
He had bought 2 litres of Motul 5100 so it was poured in, he test rode it and said it was all good. I charged him $115 bucks for the bearings, seals, ultra heavy duty tube, second hand tyres, labour for building the wheel, labour today, boots, helmet, brake pads and for my 5 hrs driving to Newcastle and back to get the wheel on Tuesday night. He was happy I am happy.
He is thinking about trailing us on the Scrapheap ride
I will try and find where the photos stored on my phone :huh: and post them up if I find them
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Yeah I didnt write it up the way I wanted really, was meant to be more about the dash. When we set DJ’s up the lack of a dash was a problem. No where to mount anything and dont start me on the 70’s speedo they have :laugh:
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Well much to Pezz’s disgust I have had to shelf the planned resurrection of the XLV. I came down to a few things. Yes I know how the scrapheap works but there is a little but more to it for me. Firstly I have been asked help workout a route and lead the ride. I need something reliable, tried and tested. Secondly we CANT get the parts required. They are a fuel tank and a fuel pump (Pezz may have located a loner fuel pump) but still no tank and its too good a bike that Steve wants to restore later. That means no butchering to make the Scrapheap.
I will instead be riding the 1988 Tenere 750 which isn’t without requiring some work itself.
Stripped down chasing a fuel issue
Big arse fuel tank
Parts tub
Love this
TB
Ladder Safety :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
Steve can ride anything
http://www.youtube.com/watch?edit=vd&v=xLhyAXbJsgQ
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