billy sugger

Mines a 1994 version, engine did 123000 miles before LH conrod broke, all now fixed and waiting to be insured, etc to get it back on the road

Riding my 500 is some of the best fun I have had in a long time, even out in the pouring rain

Honda Varadero 125 would suit a tall chap

Changed the front sprocket. Could still here the scraping noise from the chain so decided to investigate further, and this is the result. Yo be fair, the sprocket fits both ways, so maybe I should just turn it round and keep the new one in its chain kit I would have changed the whole lot, but I need a new pin for my splitter and I'm getting too buggered in my joints to be crawling about on the floor. (anyone got a lifting table they don't want?)

My CBF600 does exactly the same on cold mornings. There is a flap in the air box that's connected to a vacuum tube, and this closes off the flow of really cold air into the block

What you all need is Terry Pratchetts' Quantum computer from the unseen University. All you need is some tubing and lots of ants

I fixed my Scott oiler. Heard noise coming from chain, so thought it needs adjusting, etc, turns out chain had sliced through the feed hose that provides the oil to the dual outlet, but the reservoir sits directly above the chain near the front cog so chain still got oiled but the noise was the hose remainder rubbing the chain. I then went out on it to help a fellow biker in distress - - - his chain had come off on the way to here from Daventry for blood test at NGH, so that's my good deed for the day

Doesn't the NEC Bike show have a taster session thing going on every year so you could have a try on a bike at one of their sessions

Yeah, happy birthday @fullscreenaging

Took some scrote with an angle grinder all day to cut through that

Faulty regulator/rectifier, so bike not charging the battery

Maybe we should have a AA or RAC box Calander

I much prefer to let the boy racers get away first and then just blast past, with maybe a little wave.

You've done it again Stu, I can't clear notifications

I have 3, all from today. First one, idiot in a red corsa, coming from my right, in the inside lane of two entering a roundabout, the lane meant for going either all the way round or to take the right hand exit. I'm in the middle lane of three entering the roundabout, right hand lane for going right, left lane for left exit or straight across to next exit, my lane for straight across. I'm already on roundabout when red corsa crosses in front of me, almost taking me and a car on my left out. 2nd one, M6 motorway me in 3rd lane from left, including the hard shoulder, doing 70 having just gone past a fixed camera (thanks satnav), nothing much in front of me and overtaking lane is empty. Along comes a dark coloured estate on my left, virtually matching my speed, that then decides to move over and occupy the space I'm already in . I let off speed, let him in front then moved over into the overtaking lane, pulled level with the driver and made him aware of what I thought of his driving. 3rd one was after leaving the sportsbike shop in Brum. You take a left onto a dual carriageway, and travel a couple of hundred metres to a U turn point to access the opposite dual carriageway. There is always a lot of traffic on this bit so I get in the correct lane as soon as possible. Almost at the U turn point when some idiot in a white car cuts across from my left in front of me and takes the same cut fortunately for that driver, I chose to stop and check nothing was coming before joining the carriageway as I needed the left hand lane for my exit. Someone remarked a week or so ago that I have a short fuse these days, I wonder why

Bikes now up and running. It's purring like a pampered Persian pussy in a feline equivalent of a health spa

To be fair they weren't bent all that much, just the tip, so they weren't sitting in their recess properly. I stuck the valves into a bit of tubing and gently tapped on the high points until they would spin in a drill without a wobble. Partially rebuilt engine, now have 120psi from a cold engine, so a result

I hope she doesn't run her household budget the same way she has got the current one set up, the only ones to benefit from the cuts is those already rich enough (1% of society)

The bent valves were probably my fault from putting rebuilt engine back together. I think I may have lined up the T mark on the alternator with the timing marks in the inspection cover instead of the O mark when I put the cams back on and lined their marks with the head, but if I had then they would be damaged more, and there are no marks on the replacement pistons so they must have been hit when the conrod broke

I have tubing that sits in the camshaft recesses and the chain goes over them just as it does on the sprockets turning the engine over with the starter still moves the pistons up and down, so if there is any compression in the cylinders it should register movement on my tester dial. Indeed, bent valves will likely stay open, so without the cams pressing down on them if not bent their own springs should keep the straight ones closed. As it happens doing it without the cams in place showed both exhaust valves were bent and not sealing completely. Removed valves, and with a bit of ingenuity I was able to straighten them so relapped them in then inverted the head and filled domed area around valves with WD40. First attempt was not good enough so one leaked very slightly, 2nd attempt no leaks

I'm going to remove the camshafts, support the camchain and do another compression test. If I have pressure then it has to be the valves

Hi @Bianco2564 I've not seen any damage to the valves, but that doesn't mean there isn't, and I don't have access to a leakdown tester

When the engine packed in it had bust the left conrod, and the loose end took a couple of lumps out of the area below the barrel, and there was nout wrong with the barrel, thankfully. Because the crankshaft was damaged I bought a used one complete with pistons and rings, and I fitted the complete replacement rather than strip the pistons/rings off my original one. The top end, (valves etc) remained untouched and I triple checked the timing when I refitted the head and the camshafts. I've just been and rechecked the timing and valve operation, and turning engine over by hand all seems to be in working order, from what I can see of the exhaust valves through the inlet manifolds they are opening/closing as they should so I'm stumped. I will drop the exhausts tomorrow and see if I can see the exhaust valves in action

The 500 was due to get MOT'd so thought I would start it and ensure all was well, but lo and behold it wouldn't start. Took carbs off and cleaned out all jets and orifices, both mixture screws were fully wound in and head broke of one that was corroded but managed to remove it. New carb repair kit ordered, and replaced all seals, drain screws and mixture screws. Put it all back together, and she started, albeit reluctantly, and with a misfire on left cylinder After a lot of fettling I managed to get it to idle properly, so I kept her running to check for leaks, but she was still misfiring so took plugs out to check condition - both were fine so while engine was hot I did a compression test - right hand reads 160psi (should be 199), left hand doesn't register anything. Anyway, carbs, airbox and rocker cover off, all seems to be working fine, can see piston rise and fall, so, HELP!

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