Moonraker Posted January 5, 2019 Posted January 5, 2019 Good morning all!So, yesterday evening I rode my bike for the first time in 4 months ( ) as part of the final action of moving house. Safe to say I should have ridden it previously but I had some stresses, house move, job move and a honeymoon to deal with.I'm ready to get back on the bike more often now, including the odd commute again, but I need to get the bike back up to scratch. Can anyone give any advice on what I should do as part of this sort out? For example, my chain is still in great condition but I'll clean it and re-spray it with oil etc but the brakes were stiff, so how's the best way to get these back to ' normal'?What else should I check? I've got my Haynes manual which I'll be flicking through for ideas but who can resist the TMBF knowledge?Thank you Quote
mikestrivens Posted January 5, 2019 Posted January 5, 2019 Riding it on a variety of roads will help to ease things up. Take it easy to start with whilst everything gets back to normal. Quote
fastbob Posted January 5, 2019 Posted January 5, 2019 Here we go again, the curse of the Tokico calliper. Strip down , clean the crap out of the seal grooves, rebuild , bleed . Anything less and you'll only need to do them properly later on . Quote
Moonraker Posted January 5, 2019 Author Posted January 5, 2019 Here we go again, the curse of the Tokico calliper. Strip down , clean the crap out of the seal grooves, rebuild , bleed . Anything less and you'll only need to do them properly later on . Well that sounds fun! Quote
fastbob Posted January 5, 2019 Posted January 5, 2019 Here we go again, the curse of the Tokico calliper. Strip down , clean the crap out of the seal grooves, rebuild , bleed . Anything less and you'll only need to do them properly later on . Well that sounds fun! It's not exactly fun but the results can be astonishingly good . Having said that ,there are many others on here who would urge you not to bother and to swap them for Nissin callipers . Quote
BIKERDAD Posted January 5, 2019 Posted January 5, 2019 Chexk the tyres for air .. top them up . 1st thing I had.to.do on mine Quote
Moonraker Posted January 5, 2019 Author Posted January 5, 2019 Here we go again, the curse of the Tokico calliper. Strip down , clean the crap out of the seal grooves, rebuild , bleed . Anything less and you'll only need to do them properly later on . Well that sounds fun! It's not exactly fun but the results can be astonishingly good . Having said that ,there are many others on here who would urge you not to bother and to swap them for Nissin callipers . Totally sounds like a sensible idea - when I say it sounds fun, I mean I haven't a scoobies as to what I'd be doing!! Quote
fastbob Posted January 5, 2019 Posted January 5, 2019 Well that sounds fun! It's not exactly fun but the results can be astonishingly good . Having said that ,there are many others on here who would urge you not to bother and to swap them for Nissin callipers . Totally sounds like a sensible idea - when I say it sounds fun, I mean I haven't a scoobies as to what I'd be doing!! But you would be an expert after you'd done it. Quote
Moonraker Posted January 9, 2019 Author Posted January 9, 2019 It's not exactly fun but the results can be astonishingly good . Having said that ,there are many others on here who would urge you not to bother and to swap them for Nissin callipers . Totally sounds like a sensible idea - when I say it sounds fun, I mean I haven't a scoobies as to what I'd be doing!! But you would be an expert after you'd done it. We'll see about that one! I'm guessing the reason it feels like my brakes are "on" when I ride the bike was because of the callipers? Any special tools required to do the work or will a toolbox full do? (As well as the bikes toolkit) Quote
fastbob Posted January 9, 2019 Posted January 9, 2019 Totally sounds like a sensible idea - when I say it sounds fun, I mean I haven't a scoobies as to what I'd be doing!! But you would be an expert after you'd done it. We'll see about that one! I'm guessing the reason it feels like my brakes are "on" when I ride the bike was because of the callipers? Any special tools required to do the work or will a toolbox full do? (As well as the bikes toolkit)No time right now but I can give you plenty of tips and tricks later this evening, No special tools are required. Quote
fastbob Posted January 18, 2019 Posted January 18, 2019 Good morning all!So, yesterday evening I rode my bike for the first time in 4 months ( ) as part of the final action of moving house. Safe to say I should have ridden it previously but I had some stresses, house move, job move and a honeymoon to deal with.I'm ready to get back on the bike more often now, including the odd commute again, but I need to get the bike back up to scratch. Can anyone give any advice on what I should do as part of this sort out? For example, my chain is still in great condition but I'll clean it and re-spray it with oil etc but the brakes were stiff, so how's the best way to get these back to ' normal'?What else should I check? I've got my Haynes manual which I'll be flicking through for ideas but who can resist the TMBF knowledge?Thank you Mark , I did write you a lovely detailed account of how I did my brakes but unfortunately, as you may be aware, the server crashed. If you are still in need of some tips , let me know . Quote
Moonraker Posted January 18, 2019 Author Posted January 18, 2019 Good morning all!So, yesterday evening I rode my bike for the first time in 4 months ( ) as part of the final action of moving house. Safe to say I should have ridden it previously but I had some stresses, house move, job move and a honeymoon to deal with.I'm ready to get back on the bike more often now, including the odd commute again, but I need to get the bike back up to scratch. Can anyone give any advice on what I should do as part of this sort out? For example, my chain is still in great condition but I'll clean it and re-spray it with oil etc but the brakes were stiff, so how's the best way to get these back to ' normal'?What else should I check? I've got my Haynes manual which I'll be flicking through for ideas but who can resist the TMBF knowledge?Thank you Mark , I did write you a lovely detailed account of how I did my brakes but unfortunately, as you may be aware, the server crashed. If you are still in need of some tips , let me know . I appreciate the time and effort! I have a couple of advisories from the last mot, one of which needs a 'proper mechanic' (definitely way better than me) so will be taking it to a garage, probably for a basic service to fix so if you can't be arsed to type it out again, it's no problem. If you wish to type it out again, to teach someone something, I'm happy to receive it! Id like to learn some basic bike maintenence! Quote
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