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Re: What did you do to your bike today
« Reply #705 on: June 14, 2014, 09:37:16 AM »
Yup, it's the idler gear jamming. Why? The new fecking gasket is too thin.  :mad:
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Re: What did you do to your bike today
« Reply #706 on: June 14, 2014, 02:16:53 PM »
Quote from: Papa Lazarou on June 14, 2014, 09:37:16 AM
Yup, it's the idler gear jamming. Why? The new fecking gasket is too thin.  :mad:
Quote from: Papa Lazarou on June 14, 2014, 09:15:38 AM
Feckedity feckidity feck. No oil leaks. But bike won't start-just clicks when I press start. Drained new oil. Removed cover, checked wiring-all okay. Checked fuses-all okay. Checked battery-fine. Touched negative on batteryvery, very hot. So, must be mechanical. Remove cover, do up loosely, it starts. Tighten cover-it won't start.

Looks like the starter idler gear is jamming. Time to take the cover off again.  :bash:

In the end, I removed the thick washer that keeps the idler gear engaged with the starter clutch. It now works, with the strong possibility that the idler gear will move out and so disengage with the starter clutch at some point.

Next-not one oil leak but two. The main one is now sorted but: Good grief.
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Re: What did you do to your bike today
« Reply #707 on: June 15, 2014, 09:36:04 AM »
Put new skins on the Viffer for my upcoming trip.

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Also finally got the cramp buster installed.

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Re: What did you do to your bike today
« Reply #708 on: June 15, 2014, 09:42:11 AM »
New front shoe.  Now I can actually make it back out of Region 4 next weekend.  I don't want to get trapped there and have to buy a Harley.   ;D

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Re: What did you do to your bike today
« Reply #709 on: June 15, 2014, 09:45:49 AM »
I was in the same boat. The tires that were on it had plenty of tread left. Just not enough to make it to Clay's and back.  :-\  I'll put them back on when this set wears out.
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Re: What did you do to your bike today
« Reply #710 on: June 15, 2014, 09:46:12 AM »
BTW, I did not clean my chain.  ;D
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Re: What did you do to your bike today
« Reply #711 on: June 15, 2014, 09:58:47 AM »
You'd better get a move on!

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Re: What did you do to your bike today
« Reply #712 on: June 15, 2014, 10:07:16 AM »
Quote from: kneescrubber on June 15, 2014, 09:46:12 AM
BTW, I did not clean my chain.  ;D

Neither did I.
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Re: What did you do to your bike today
« Reply #713 on: June 15, 2014, 12:35:15 PM »
I now have a leak free 25 year old VFR. However, despite thinking that this would be the end of the near-restoration project, it's not. I need to retap several female threads and get a new front tyre. Then I can put the fairing back on.
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Re: What did you do to your bike today
« Reply #714 on: June 15, 2014, 01:12:02 PM »
The guys gonna want it back now.

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Re: What did you do to your bike today
« Reply #715 on: June 15, 2014, 02:09:52 PM »
Put a new front tire on the GSA.  Had a helluva time getting the bead to seat for some reason.   Hot sun and 70 psi finally did the trick.
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Re: What did you do to your bike today
« Reply #716 on: June 15, 2014, 02:24:35 PM »
More Lube!!!!
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Re: What did you do to your bike today
« Reply #717 on: June 15, 2014, 02:45:04 PM »
Quote from: Cookie on June 15, 2014, 01:12:02 PM
The guys gonna want it back now.

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Re: What did you do to your bike today
« Reply #718 on: June 15, 2014, 03:24:52 PM »
(not to, but for)




Cleared a road for it!


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Re: What did you do to your bike today
« Reply #719 on: June 15, 2014, 03:33:24 PM »
Just engage 2wd and roll over that twig.




Oh that's right....you're not a fan of twigs.   :lol:
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