borgy95

My favorite stop along the A1 - This place is literally part of a fuel services station along the A1, and can't be missed... After passing it a few times had to share the constant chuckles it gives me. [album]370[/album] For those interested in visiting it's near St Neots

Made home safe. But Just woke up from my post journey nap. Was completely ragged. Favourite moment of the w/e was being asked 'wanna go for a blast?!' cheers megawatt! All in all was a smashing time, and great to meet you all.

I use sdoc dry lube and sdoc chain cleaner they do a fine and dandy job. to be quite honest as is always the case companies have been creatuive and come up with many different methods to achieve the same one. I chose dry lube oil it brilliant. clean your chain with whatever. let it dry go for a 10min ride or so to warm the chain. (no longer rmbr there is no lubricant atm) then spray the dry chain oil on. Why warm, that helps the oil bind to the chain and not flick off when you next ride it. also every 500miles as per the manual - i oil and clean. may given an additional oilling here and there if im feeling paranoid

LOVE IT!

About 3 that's way past beer o'clock I hope to be there by 2 but as its out of my control it could be anytime! Seems i oughta expect some rather boozed faces upon arrival

Bike is at around 34k miles. I believe the oil filter was changed at around 31k. (previous owner had changed it. If i rmbr correctly the engine holds about 1ltr of oil in total? somewhere in the region of 300-400ml... imagining the viewing gauge from abit above the lower limit to the full line. Someones : gonna get a slap! but then you're probably right and i'm in denial.

Talking of oil.... I seem to be topping mine up every month! It's quite odd. What i ahvent yet figured out is if it is a sudden drop or gradual. bar taking a log of whats going on daily im having a hard time finding a trend. aside from i take note of the date i fill and the last two times have been about 1month apart. It may be worth mentioning in 2months i have done 1000miles.

Cool, guess i'll do as little as possible... thanks to the road leading to Mr Ohjayshouse yesterday Im gonna have to give my bike a massive wash down. It's caked in mud and looking very sad! gonna be a great way to start my friday!

As odd as it may sound... i've put a three man in the back of megawatts car... you're quite welcome to bum a spot in the tent. Personally i've had odder arrangements with random people i have just met before, so as long as you're comfortable with it, i'm comfortable with it. i was a student myself not so long ago, i rmbr the dilemmas of being skint as F*** and funding shit on the bare minimum. my condition: no accidental spooning, no matter how much booze you have drunk! OR EDIT: having said all this you may want to consider harrydh3 offer:

Thunder and Monsoon style rain, here down in berks... Just what i like before a weekend camping Bring it on mother nature... cos i is gonna slap her back in deh face and relish in it!

be better off checking the tread

I don't intend to be that guy who has everything go wrong! Esp on my first one... the only thing that will be stopping me riding on saturday is booze abuse. So i've started doing some checks to make sure the fundamentals are covered. You guys mind chiming in where i've missed things worth giving a once over. Fluids: Engine Oil, Coolant, Braking fluid Drive chain: clean chain/sprockets/ relube Tires: air/thread Electrics: check major connections, spot of wd40. Brakes: are they working or not - got to work ok this morning so im assuming they do Generally the bike is super reliable, but thought it worth asking incase there are a couple of bits i haven't considered, given a few hundred miles will be covered over the w/e.

You're not alone ... But as long as there is a map going i usually eventually somehow find my way!

ahh feeling more comfortable about my own now!

lets just hope we get some sun!

Right filled it from the proper place and low and behold i used almost exactly 1.8liters coolant! everything is working like a charm, and what a lovely sunny day to be testing it

No only to flush it, the exit pipe of the thermostat that leads to the fan. then i thought you filled it from the reservoir... kinda misunderstood the Haynes there. I swear i didnt see the radiator ca. i even took off the front fairing! found this diagram for a 600r is it similar for the 500s? if so im gonna slap myself for not noticing it! http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j124/Omega25/GPZ600R/cooling1.jpg

The haynes told me to do it from the radiator filler pipe. Now i may have gone off book a little while doing this Couldn't quite identify this 'radiator filler pipe, so i just detached the one coming off the thermostat and into the radiator. then shoved a hose pipe in and opened the tap. creating a glorious fountain!!! with about four exits I had my coolant filter connections open, and the drain bolt unscrewed and reservoir detached. Realised this, then closed up the coolant filter, kept hosing a bit more then reattached all the piping (including the reservoir at this point, figure i didnt want to fill it with water.) and then drain bolt. So having air trapped is very likely the case... Mr haynes manual says there is a pressure release cap on the thermostat, could be that. Ill give the air release thing a go next. just gotta get out of work first...

so i flushed the system yesterday with water got out all the coolant. (hose in the radiator feeder pipe, drain bolt unscrewed) Topped it up today. accidentally put too much in. a good inch above the full one but still with air at the top and not high enough to get in the feedback pipe at the top of the resivoir. Cos i had to get to work i drove anyway. buit didnt get far as i noticed the engine go right upto max temp quickly. so i turned back. On the way back i noticed it dropping slightly Gonna take the car as a precaution. What miht be causing this? 1 could it be too much water left in the system after in fluched it and now its not cooling properly? and/or too much coolant in the resivoir means its not going through properly? a quick glance at the filter and the coolant does look distinctly water like any help would be much appreciated.

mine is greenish! ahh there is always a complication! talking of mixing the stuff... does that mean i need to wash out the piping when i drain it with water?

Gonna go buy my coolant later on, is there any difference between coolant used in motorbikes and that in cars? was just gonna go ahead and buy 1l of the halfords stuff?

Try it and lets us know? im curious... Ill be honest sounds like an urban myth to me... but if it works, it works.

Do you do shortish journeys regularly? that can be a heavy drain on the battery? as you could be taking more charge on start then you put back in to it during the ride. so overtime it is dipping. I had that issue when i had a v short commute, the type to far to walk but really short to ride.

merlin that website is fantastic thank you. went ahead and just got mtyself a new kit. for a £10 i may as well just replace the whole thing and have it as new. thanks, now i've just gotta go buy myself some coolant... which means halfords trip exciting times !

the coolant filter definately has cracks in it, they just never resulted in a leak. It appear there is a larger one these days. Running the length of it. so i have applied some superglue along the length of it. the pipes dont have any tears in them. yes it is warmer today! In case the glue doesnt hold, im assuming a new filter isnt exactly costly?