fastbob

Yes but what do you need leverage for ? The bars barely move at all when leaning into corners . Wide bars require more movement and can be quite awkward in very low speed manoeuvres . I've got renthals on one of my bikes and I keep meaning to saw a little bit off the ends to make them more comfortable. I've got standard cables, wiring and brake lines by the way plus half inch raisers.

In the poster's profile plus numerous previous mentions .

Looks great, makes a refreshing change from BMW RS 's , narrower too I bet.

Why not saw a bit off the ends of the bars ?

That's what happens if you ride with the tap already on reserve. Not really Triumph's fault.

What's brown and sticky ? ....a stick.

Glad you fixed it and I hope you learned something in the process so that now you have taken your first steps towards becoming a D.I.Y motorcycle mechanic .

Hopefully this will clarify matters once and for allhttp://i.imgur.com/Pmq7gTY.jpg http://i.imgur.com/HOyeRvq.png sorry, couldn't resist.

I understand all of those words, but the order makes no sense. My parents used to have a rhubarb plant but never did anything with it, so I used to dice the stalks and mix them in a bag with some sugar to eat raw. Which I did not know at the time was actually a common way for kids to eat it in the olden days, and apparently still is in Nordic countries. Yep we did that , chew the end then dab it in a bag of sugar , lovely . Rhubarb and custard sweets are still available as well . I have some of my teeth left .

Sounds like a Ducati , starter clutch shagged I reckon.

Same process with the footpeg hangers,chemically removed the scabby paint , sanded out any marks and stains then used progressively finer grades of Tool Station contour sanding pads to achieve a bright brushed finish. Thoroughly degreased then applied clear lacquer also from Tool Station .Again this produces a duller effect but with much greater feeling of depth than silver paint. Before...http://i.imgur.com/x0pFGYr.jpg and after...http://i.imgur.com/zavz0wb.jpg

Ok this is my ER5 before before I tarted it up a bit.http://i.imgur.com/JVc1lqe.jpg And this is afterwards. For the forks I stripped off all the old paint with Nitromors ( beware of imitations , they don't work ) then I decided to go for a brushed finish. Using the aforementioned contour sanding pads I used lateral strokes to get the oxide and marks off then with a careful twisting motion I put fine scratches all in the same direction around the legs . Then I degreased with panel wipe and tack cloth before finishing with lacquer. This does dull it down a bit and oddly enough it looks just like the original finish but with depth. 8000 miles later and they are still looking good . For the radiator cowlings I just stripped the old lacquer and went over them with 2500 grade wet and dry and soapy water then polished to a high shine with a rotary polishing kit on a drill using fine compound. After this photo was taken I lacquered these too which again caused some dulling down. Hope this helps.http://i.imgur.com/E61tejL.jpg

I don't know about the specifics but my first reaction would be to zip tie the new cable to the old one and use it pull it through . This way you might avoid having to remove all the plastics .

Arrrgh ! Go to Toolstation where you can get these in three grades , fine , medium and course. Fine is ideal for preparing plastics but the course is way too scratchy. Because the ones pictured are green I'm assuming them to be the course ones.http://i.imgur.com/onEAAYl.png

I believe this has been debated many times before but why do old fashioned bikes have to use old fashioned oil ? In other words, oil technology has made great advances over the years so wouldn't an old bike benefit from using a semi synthetic oil provided it was of the correct viscosity ? I guess in 1954 you just had to use whatever was available so maybe moving parts were machined to tolerances' that worked best with the oils of the day. By the way I've remembered that Silkolene do an oil for old bikes with the quaint name of Chatsworth that comes in a suitably antique style tin .

The first ten million years were the worst. And the second ten million: they were the worst, too. The third ten million I didn’t enjoy at all. After that, I went into a bit of a decline............. The musical version of The Producers with Mathew f******g Broderick for f**k sake ! This lazy money grabbing shite is stopping new stuff being made . Loved Star Gate but I wouldn't watch the watered-down series ( and spin off ) the list is endless. Play it safe, count the money.

Could be worse, at least Andrew Lloyd Webber and Ben Elton haven't written the musical version . There's probably a CGI Lego version on the way through. I know, lets have a remake of Withnail and I staring Ant and Dec . Titanic, the sequel anyone ?

Absolutely right .

How in the name of sanity can it possibly be a series ?

Yeah lets hope its as good as Highlander, the series . Arrgh !

AC/DC are no more, David Bowie is dead , just about every popular entertainer of any quality is either dead or turns out to have been a rapist or worse and now I've learned that some greedy f*****s are going to make Lord of the Rings the TV series . I used to think old people were just miserable for the sake of it but they've just had to put up with this shit for longer that's all.

Well that's what I suspected all along BUT because you said there was no loss of power I didn't say that was what it could be. If you go onto one cylinder on a KLE ( or an ER5 which has the same engine ) you should definitely FEEL it AND hear it. The good news is that KLE ht leads can be detached from the coils so I would get a metre of standard ht lead , not squashy silicone lead , and just replace both leads. This will probably fix the problem.

There's no quick fix here. There are two ways to approach this . One is to remove all loose material with a wire brush , Scotchpads or wet and dry paper. Mask off one area at a time and spray paint using a primer and some satin or gloss black or silver . Hammerite , as previously mentioned, is very durable but Toolstation do a cheap range of paints that will look OK. Option two is to take the whole bike apart and properly restore each part before reassembling it. Depends upon what your long term plans are really. If you want to sell it for top dollar you will have to spend more time and money than you will ever get back. By the way your KLE looks to be in about the same condition that my ER5 was in when I got it.

The true driving force behind the band unselfishly giving Angus the freedom to jump around and do the twiddly bits . Sadly to be missed.

Demon Tweeks do a range of Miller,s oils for old vehicles but you definitely need to go on a Velocette website for the best advice.