What did you do to your bike today?

[Trooper74]

Ride To The Wall.

Over 600 bikes left from Woodall Services on the M1 at 0830hrs this morning.. Thousands and thousands at the National Memorial Arboretum…  veterans and families … 8000 + bikes ..???

Another amazing day out. Took Connor, introduced him to my fallen comrades at the Wall … 30+ years ago … I’m still full of tears …. 

Edited October 5, 2024 by Trooper74

[Simon Davey]

@Trooper74 

What a lovely picture, we can see the pride. 

[Saul]

13 hours ago, Fiddlesticks said:

A little thing, but the clutch reservoir screws were stuck fast a couple of weeks ago when I came to renew the fluids.  One of the screw heads, being made of one part mild steel to 99 parts butter, just turned to mush on first contact with the screwdriver.

 

Managed to get it loose by hammering in a torx bit, but it's been bugging me since.

 

Not wanting to pay £45 for a genuine Triumph cap and screws kit I found these replacements for £6.10 for 10 (delivered), so swapped them out. I think they look rather snazzy.

 

Thanks for that, inspired me to actually sort out some replacement screws for my Honda CBF's master cylinder as one is chewed right up.     Meant to do something it since I bought the bike back in June but never got around to it.  Used Chat GPT for the exact size and ordered 10 stainless screws from ebay for £2.89. Bargain.

 

Edited October 6, 2024 by Saul

[Mississippi Bullfrog]

On 01/10/2024 at 08:09, RideWithStyles said:

Or more like slightly over sized old school wellies Like the couriers use to?

Derry boots. I used to have a pair when I was belting around Liverpool on my trusty CG125 delivering paperwork. In the winter the roads were awash with diesel so handling was always lively in the wet. 

[Simon Davey]

Yes Derry boots, that was a long time ago. 

[Fiddlesticks]

 

14 minutes ago, Saul said:

  ..Used Chat GPT for the exact size..

 

Good luck!!

 

 

Edited October 6, 2024 by Fiddlesticks

[Saul]

1 minute ago, Fiddlesticks said:

 

Good luck!!

 

I'll find out when they get here on Tuesday.    

[AstronautNinja]

27 minutes ago, Saul said:

Thanks for that, inspired me to actually sort out some replacement screws for my Honda CBF's master cylinder as one is chewed right up.     Meant to do something it since I bought the bike back in June but never got around to it.  Used Chat GPT for the exact size and ordered 10 stainless screws from ebay for £2.89. Bargain.

 

I actually ended up having an argument with chat Gpt when it couldn't work out mpg correctly. Eventually it changed its mind and gave the correct answer

[Saul]

2 minutes ago, AstronautNinja said:

I actually ended up having an argument with chat Gpt when it couldn't work out mpg correctly. Eventually it changed its mind and gave the correct answer

Do you reckon it was because Chat GPT was using the US gallon?  Like everything on the net it does seem to default to is origins.  

[Fiddlesticks]

It just makes stuff up.

[AstronautNinja]

8 minutes ago, Saul said:

Do you reckon it was because Chat GPT was using the US gallon?  Like everything on the net it does seem to default to is origins.  

No it was just talking rubbish, got part of the sum wrong. Took me probably 5 further prompts telling it the mistake before it realised 

[bonio]

2 hours ago, Fiddlesticks said:

 

 

Good luck!!

 

 

 

I once asked chatgpt how to get from Liverpool St to Charing Cross Hospital. It came up with a great route, one I'd not thought of. Only it had me getting off at stations that weren't on the line it had told me to take. And like you, I found it apologed abjectly when i pointed out that it's wrong. It's even promised me to to better, but then failed just the same when it tried. 

 

It's undoubtedly a great tool, but not where you value facts over imaginative suggestions.

[Pie man]

Had to be recovered by KTM. Something strange happened. I decided to turn off the ignition and coast to my parking spot behind the office, didn't want to disturb the offices on the ground floor. I free wheeled about 30ft, however, what I didn't know is that the DRL's stayed illuminated. I toddled off to the office, only to come back to the headlight flashing and battery flat. Phoned KTM recovery and within 45mins the AA arrived. Know we both knew all I needed was a jump start but the recovery patrol officer said I will radio through for a transporter and you will be dropped off at home and we will take your bike to a KTM dealer. Obviously I declined and just said jump start it and I will ride home. Bike has been fine since however its booked in for its 9300 mile service this week. Lets see what they say.  

[Saul]

On 06/10/2024 at 07:50, Fiddlesticks said:

 

 

Good luck!!

 

 

Yep they were the wrong size.    .     Should be M4 8mm not M5 12mm.  

[Fiddlesticks]

1 hour ago, Saul said:

Yep they were the wrong size.    .     Should be M4 8mm not M5 12mm.  

Send ChatGpt the bill

[Saul]

15 minutes ago, Fiddlesticks said:

Send ChatGpt the bill

Yep that's £2.89 I will never see again     I don't mind that much another 10 fasteners to ad to my obsessive SS collection.  

[Mississippi Bullfrog]

Today I was mugged and relieved of £84.

 

By DVLA

[Saul]

52 minutes ago, Mississippi Bullfrog said:

Today I was mugged and relieved of £84.

 

By DVLA

Yeah they are going to mug me for £117  next month  

[curlylegend]

On 06/10/2024 at 11:39, bonio said:

It's undoubtedly a great tool, but not where you value facts over imaginative suggestions.

If you can't trust it, it's a load of shite !

[V650]

On 09/10/2024 at 22:16, curlylegend said:

If you can't trust it, it's a load of shite !

Absolutely  

[bonio]

Not complete shite. My guess it that its fine at coming with anodyne marketing blurb or slogans. 

[curlylegend]

2 hours ago, bonio said:

Not complete shite. My guess it that its fine at coming with anodyne marketing blurb or slogans. 

I'll agree with that.

[Bianco2564]

Replated power valve parts are back on the engine.

The plating didn’t cover the imperfections in the parts as I’d expected so are not perfect but better than before.

The sprung cable clip did however come up well and looks like new.

Pulley is just cleaned up and the original colour. Bought some new pulley retaining screws as they were too far gone.

 

 

[Tinkicker]

Not to my bike, but yesterday I fettled a pair of Bing CV carbs off a 1974 Beemer R90/6 sidecar bike, for the grandad of a young un at work.

 

 

[Mawsley]

On 02/05/2024 at 17:06, smallfrowne said:

 

You've probably seen worse, but there seemed to be quite a lot of goo inside and outside.

 

I haven’t.
 

My idea of mechanics is to sit in a dealership cafe pondering over whether to eat a lot of cake or all of the cake while someone who knows what end of a spanner to hold does black magic to my machine.

 

I could teach myself spannering, but life is short.