What did you do to your bike today?

[V650]

1 hour ago, Mississippi Bullfrog said:

Washed the CBF which was covered in salt. Whilst doing so found some play in the rear wheel bearing. The left hand one turns out to be fine, it's the right hand one that has gone. It's pretty cruddy so I'll leave it to soak in penetrating fluid before trying to remove the bearing. 

 

I'll replace both anyway with new seals. 

My old Kawasaki had 3 bearings in the rear 

Do you have a bearing puller

Edited February 9 by V650

[Mississippi Bullfrog]

6 minutes ago, V650 said:

My old Kawasaki had 3 bearings in the rear 

Do you have a bearing puller

There's a spacer tube in there which means you can't use a puller. They have to be drifted out by angling the spacer from side to side. 

[Stu]

Heating the alloy expands it quicker than the steel bearings and in some cases they can just drop out! 

 

I had it on my mates GS they would not budge until I warmed it up with a heat gun turned it over and dropped the wheel on to a spare tyre I had and they just fell out 

[Mississippi Bullfrog]

Progress so far. Using my home made bearing removing tool. 

 

 

[Ian Frog]

Back in Lanzarote and hired the little V.Strom again.

Famara beach 22degrees at 10 past 10 in the morning so will bimble till late lunch then retreat to shady bar ! 

Got bike for a week for 375 euros includinginsurance which I didn't think was too bad.

Cheers

Ian

[Simon Davey]

@Ian Frog

That's a perfect February 

[Mississippi Bullfrog]

Hmmm...the bearings for the CBF rear wheel arrived, ordered on ebay. One is branded as advertised (Koyo), the other two have no branding on them. I've asked the seller to confirm where they come from before I fit them. They may be fine but the listing said all three were Koyo.

[Mississippi Bullfrog]

The seller tells me they ran out of Koyo bearings so reolaced them from a company called Simply Bearings. 

 

Anyone had bearings from them? 

 

ie Are they from a decent manufacturer?

 

 

[Ian Frog]

There is a statue of this prawn on the road to Orzola and I have always wanted to stop and get a pic of a bike in front of it.

As it's in the middle of a major road Carol was less than keen! So I was pleased to see it's brother in a car park at the Jameos De Aqua just up the road.

By the way this riding in winter lark seems easier this year. 

Cheers 

Ian 

[Simon Davey]

1 hour ago, Mississippi Bullfrog said:

The seller tells me they ran out of Koyo bearings so reolaced them from a company called Simply Bearings. 

 

Anyone had bearings from them? 

 

ie Are they from a decent manufacturer?

 

 

 

"Not as described" Get a refund, because if you're asking us lot, then you're clearly unsure and will always have a nagging doubt.

[Mississippi Bullfrog]

1 hour ago, Simon Davey said:

 

"Not as described" Get a refund, because if you're asking us lot, then you're clearly unsure and will always have a nagging doubt.

That's one option. But I'll have to cover postage. We live some distance from the post office. And they may be perfectly OK. 

 

Just worth asking if anyone has had bearings from them as they're a big supplier. Just that I've not used them before. 

 

 

[Mississippi Bullfrog]

On the other hand ...they might not be OK.

 

I tracked the specifications of the unknown bearings and found they sell them for £3.83.

 

Quite a bit less than I paid for Koyo bearings. 

 

[S-Westerly]

33 minutes ago, Mississippi Bullfrog said:

That's one option. But I'll have to cover postage. We live some distance from the post office. And they may be perfectly OK. 

 

Just worth asking if anyone has had bearings from them as they're a big supplier. Just that I've not used them before. 

 

 

Ask the supplier where they source their bearings from. If it's unbranded China suggest you don't use them. We use SKF bearings which may be made in China but the quality is still OK. I had this removed from the Ducati and it was unbranded and only 2 years old. I think it had been fitted when someone took the wheel off to change the tyre and wrecked the original. 

[Mississippi Bullfrog]

16 minutes ago, S-Westerly said:

Ask the supplier where they source their bearings from. If it's unbranded China suggest you don't use them. We use SKF bearings which may be made in China but the quality is still OK. I had this removed from the Ducati and it was unbranded and only 2 years old. I think it had been fitted when someone took the wheel off to change the tyre and wrecked the original. 

I did precisely that and asked the manufacturing provenance of the bearings. No reply...hence I went looking myself. 

 

Rather cross because the seller had very good feedback and listed the sale as Koyo bearings which are fine. 

[V650]

5 minutes ago, Mississippi Bullfrog said:

I did precisely that and asked the manufacturing provenance of the bearings. No reply...hence I went looking myself. 

 

Rather cross because the seller had very good feedback and listed the sale as Koyo bearings which are fine. 

I think for 4 quid they must be cheap chinesium crap 

[bonio]

@Mississippi Bullfrog You shouldn't have to pay for return postage to return something not as described. Since the error lies with the seller, they have the obligation to cover the return costs. Given they're cheap uns, they might even refund the money without asking for them back.

[RideWithStyles]

Yeah sounds like they got it from a supplier, might be correct for size but no way to confirm it’s actually correct for spec. Send them back and get a refund, bad rep these cowboys.

 

[bud]

Simply bearings will supply all different grades of bearings. I've used them in the past. But I would be looking at a refund if not Koyo, or SKF. 

You want at least an equivalent to what you ordered.

[JRH]

On 12/02/2025 at 14:52, Mississippi Bullfrog said:

The seller tells me they ran out of Koyo bearings so reolaced them from a company called Simply Bearings. 

 

Anyone had bearings from them? 

 

ie Are they from a decent manufacturer?

 

 

I’ve used simply bearings.

 

 

but they were quarter inch OD and 1/8th inch ID shielded 2off we’re £4. 
 

they are fine, but for my RC 300 mm long racing RC boat. 

Edited February 13 by JRH

[RideWithStyles]

Sizes maybe correct but is the spec of load, speed and stresses it has to correct? If it can’t be confirmed consider it not up to the job! A sudden collapse of a bearing or two on a bike is a very serious problem.

[Tinkicker]

One non essential part was missing from my DT175mx.  The helmet lock.  At £95 plus shipping, it was going to stay missing.  Even the odd rusty used ones turning up on fleabay were upwards of £50.

 

Two years of searching later, I came across a company in Singapore specialising in NoS bike parts and found they just got a new one in stock for £50 and free airmail shipping to the UK.

 

Duly ordered.

 

https://www.oldpartsshop.com/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=1584

Edited February 14 by Tinkicker

[Essexboy]

Picked my new steed up from darkest Suffolk and had a chilly ride home to even chillier Essex

 

[Capt Sisko]

I had to investigate an absolute disaster. The heated seat stopped working! I mean if it wasn't for the dirty great big fairing & screen on my R1250RT that diverts most of the cold air away from you, the heated grips, my heated vest, trousers, insoles and gloves, then several woolly layers and a GoreTex suit I might have got cold.  It was only a broken connector and BMW relieved me of £22 for a new cable, but at least my nether regions will be warm.

Edited February 14 by Capt Sisko

[Stu]

On 12/02/2025 at 14:52, Mississippi Bullfrog said:

The seller tells me they ran out of Koyo bearings so reolaced them from a company called Simply Bearings. 

 

Anyone had bearings from them? 

 

ie Are they from a decent manufacturer?

 

 

Used simply bearings plenty of times with no issues at all 

[RideWithStyles]

I laugh even harder as STU being a bm lover yet completely ignores capty post oblivious to it. .

(trying to avoid points to a ban for a bit longer…)