What have you done today thread?
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Re: What have you done today thread?
Got a letter telling me that the ITV (MOT) is due Wednesday.
Bugger. Had to hurriedly change over the tail tidy and silencer.
Simple enough normally, but I chopped wires when I fitted it, rather than check the package contents properly
Also needs the master cylinder changing, but CBA.
I'll get the shop to change it before they ride it to the test centre
Bugger. Had to hurriedly change over the tail tidy and silencer.
Simple enough normally, but I chopped wires when I fitted it, rather than check the package contents properly
Also needs the master cylinder changing, but CBA.
I'll get the shop to change it before they ride it to the test centre
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Re: What have you done today thread?
How do the testers know? Surely they can't have an encyclopaedic knowledge of every bike?
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Re: What have you done today thread?
Yes they do. Big catalogues.
But mainly coz it's a racing MC with no brake light switch.
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Re: What have you done today thread?
Can't you get a brake light switch that relies on hydraulic pressure?
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Re: What have you done today thread?
The shop only charge about €35 an hour. And it'll come back bled with new fluidmangocrazy wrote: ↑Mon Mar 27, 2023 4:32 pmCan't you get a brake light switch that relies on hydraulic pressure?
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What I mean is, can't you use your fancy racing MC with a hydraulic light switch? That way it's legal and you get the best of both worlds. Or are individual components homologated and can't be changed?Yorick wrote: ↑Mon Mar 27, 2023 4:40 pmThe shop only charge about €35 an hour. And it'll come back bled with new fluidmangocrazy wrote: ↑Mon Mar 27, 2023 4:32 pmCan't you get a brake light switch that relies on hydraulic pressure?
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Re: What have you done today thread?
Roomie comes home today. I have to pick her up from LAX at 7.40pm... This means I have to put the house back to how it was when she left a week ago.
Trash day tomorrow, so the bins will go out before I leave to pick her up. This will ensure she doesn't see evidence of amazon & ebay splurges... the recycle bin is full of empty cardboard boxes.
Trash day tomorrow, so the bins will go out before I leave to pick her up. This will ensure she doesn't see evidence of amazon & ebay splurges... the recycle bin is full of empty cardboard boxes.
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Re: What have you done today thread?
I might try that for next time. But if I've pals behind, I dab the back brake.mangocrazy wrote: ↑Mon Mar 27, 2023 4:52 pmWhat I mean is, can't you use your fancy racing MC with a hydraulic light switch? That way it's legal and you get the best of both worlds. Or are individual components homologated and can't be changed?Yorick wrote: ↑Mon Mar 27, 2023 4:40 pmThe shop only charge about €35 an hour. And it'll come back bled with new fluidmangocrazy wrote: ↑Mon Mar 27, 2023 4:32 pm
Can't you get a brake light switch that relies on hydraulic pressure?
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Re: What have you done today thread?
Yes you can get hydraulic brake light switches. But the newer RCS19 and similar M/C’s come with a brake light switch fitted making it a much easier process keeping everything as is.mangocrazy wrote: ↑Mon Mar 27, 2023 4:52 pmWhat I mean is, can't you use your fancy racing MC with a hydraulic light switch? That way it's legal and you get the best of both worlds. Or are individual components homologated and can't be changed?Yorick wrote: ↑Mon Mar 27, 2023 4:40 pmThe shop only charge about €35 an hour. And it'll come back bled with new fluidmangocrazy wrote: ↑Mon Mar 27, 2023 4:32 pm
Can't you get a brake light switch that relies on hydraulic pressure?
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Yes, Brembo must have realised that most of their M/C sales were to road riders, I guess.
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There was a spell where the brakes on bikes were poor when worked hard and everyone was replacing the M/C’s, so many road bikes had them especially if the owners were doing a few track days per year.mangocrazy wrote: ↑Mon Mar 27, 2023 5:47 pm Yes, Brembo must have realised that most of their M/C sales were to road riders, I guess.
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Re: What have you done today thread?
I had an RCS19 on my old 10R,it was night and day difference from stock. The Nissin m/c and Brembo caliper setup of my current bike is pretty much perfect for the road. It's the first bike I've not bothered to toosh with the front brakes. Some things actually do improve over time.
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I remember when I test rode my 888 SP3 in 1992 (?) - the brakes were awful. Mismatched master cylinder and calipers, rubbish pads, and this was supposed to be the homologation special for WSBK at that time. I fiddled about with a different master cylinder (Nissin) and calipers (Billet-6) but it only really came together when I shelled out for the pukka billet Brembo calipers and matching Brembo master cylinder. Since that time, it's been Brembo all the way for me.
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Today, and for the next few days, I are mainly chillin' at the country pile.
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Sent away again?Count Steer wrote: ↑Mon Mar 27, 2023 7:46 pm Today, and for the next few days, I are mainly chillin' at the country pile.
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Nanny's retirement do.Skub wrote: ↑Mon Mar 27, 2023 7:51 pmSent away again?Count Steer wrote: ↑Mon Mar 27, 2023 7:46 pm Today, and for the next few days, I are mainly chillin' at the country pile.
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Having a bit of conservation work done?
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Re: What have you done today thread?
Booked my oldest Jack Russell in on Friday to be put to sleep. Its time and I hate playing God, but I can't leave her like she is anymore.
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