RantMachine

I can now confirm that the Bike-It tool sold by sportsbikeshop for £50 does the job perfectly and doesn't break in the process

GO AWAY CONSCIENCE!

Cylinder head Sounds like a plan!

And sort the chain out...

Right then, it's a plan: Here is the route, just shy of 7000 miles to get from Dover to He Ping Lu in China - home of Jinan Qingqi, original manufacturer of the Sinnis Cafe and Lexmoto Lowride. Google reckons we can get there in six days if we ride without stopping, and as far as I can tell the entire route is (vaguely) paved roads! Allowing for sleeping, food, fueling up, and CONSTANT bike repairs... I reckon we could get there in a couple of months Getting a visa for Russia right now might be a tad tricky though. Guess we could stick them on a plane between the Ukraine and Kazakhstan. But on the bright side, the closer we get the easier it'll be to find parts for the bikes; once we hit China itself we'll be finding them scattered over the roads from when they fell off another bike After we've torched the place (and mine and Glorian's bikes) it's 4 hours on the train to Qindao, then we should be able to get a boat to Taiwan and pay a visit to Sanmin District in Kaohsiung City to load Soll's bike with grenades, fit stabilisers, cable tie the throttle wide open and let it loose into the Kymco building. 15 hour flight home from Kaohsiung City to London, job's a good 'un! No more bad luck

Hahahaha, love it!

True that, better to completely fix the thing up at great personal expense so that a Sunday driving pensioner can write you off in a smidsy

My other half has been making a good point: this is the bikes telling us to drop a match on them. There won't be a better time for it...

Dear god almighty we really DO have the curse of the Chinese bike!! A fuel hose comes loose and drowns my bike in petrol, then my chain gives up the ghost. Days later, your chain gives up the ghost, and then a fuel hose comes loose! I'm going to continue advocating a pilgrimage to the Chinese bike factories to burn them down and end the nightmare I had it a bit lighter; mine came loose while riding, so I was aware of it VERY QUICKLY And also my tank is incapable of emptying itself via gravity, so it stopped doing it as soon as I killed the engine. I soaked up any remaining petrol on the bodywork with some rags, gave it a little bit of time for anything left to evaporate off, then gave all the areas that were splashed a thorough wipe with some damp and slightly sudsy cloths and left the cover off next time it rained to be extra certain. That clip is... not sounding very substantial! I know that my pump and injector mean I need a much more sturdy clamp than your carbs, but... my Lexmoto fuel hose had a jubilee clip and it barely did that job on that bike (didn't actually have to release it to disconnect the hose from the carb, just give a gentle tug - very reassuring), replaced it with a worm drive clip. Sorry to hear your luck is as crap as mine

Or you could loan it to me for a packet of monster munch and a can of lilt? If you want to come and get it Oh, and when you place the order, you know the little field that it offers you just before finalising the order for including any notes? Stick something in there about "Please ensure that chain is the new rivet type and not the old spring clip type". I bought the heavy duty chain for mine and the reviews said mixed things; some people got rivets, some people got clips. I called Sportsbikeshop and they said their supplier is clearing out stock of the older packs that come with a spring clip, and it's good to specify in the order notes if you want to avoid getting a spring clip.

If you wait until the weekend, I'll be able to offer a review of the £50 chain breaker / riveter on Sportsbikeshop.

I know someone on here has the Shark Raw, they might be able to comment on it... I think maybe it was GazzyG? Who knows, my memory is shite

Note to self: Attach "for sale" sign to bike when parked.

We should have a pact; if this doesn't sort your bike out, and if my bike doesn't pass an MOT once the new chain is on, I'll set your bike on fire if you set fire to mine

Woulda been tempted if some bar steward hadn't wiped out my 125

Honda water cool over 1000cc engine size probably weigh around 250 Kg to 300 Kg. I can promise you that Pan Europeans and Cross Tourers are not an example of an average bike, in size or weight

Go for a ride in the rain every now and then

Pretty much

I was thinking that too Applying the logic of "buy cheap buy twice" and therefore avoiding the OEM one that has a reputation for being a bit shoddy, I figured that if I get these I know that this is one thing I'll never have to replace ever again in the time this bike has left

Tempting... but instead I went for a heavy duty x-ring DID chain and a set of Renthal sprockets from sportsbikeshop, because apparently I hate money and want to get rid of it as quickly as I can.

How slow are we talking, once you're on a hill? And how steep?

Double f**k it! Chain and sprocket kits out of stock!

Selective quoting FTW

Fitting OEM chain necessitates removing swingarm. Fitting an aftermarket chain instead... Got two chain breaking & riveting tools, one of them fell out of the box during the house move and lost several parts, the other is made of Chinese bike grade metal. f**k it

So where is the f**k it thread now?