The riding challenge game. Pic of your bike 'somewhere'

[Le_Fromage_Grande]

I had a short ride to Woodbridge and back today, the roads were dirty with wet patches, heated grips and traction control are lovely.

[Trinity765]

I popped out on the Street yesterday as the forecast was "dry" for the first time in weeks. After being so precious about keeping it clean I ended up going through a pop-up ford where the Adur had burst it banks on the A281 (Diablo Supercorsa SP and road mode). There will now be grit in places that I will never reach.

[Skub]

I popped out on the Street yesterday as the forecast was "dry" for the first time in weeks. After being so precious about keeping it clean I ended up going through a pop-up ford where the Adur had burst it banks on the A281 (Diablo Supercorsa SP and road mode). There will now be grit in places that I will never reach.

What about the bike?

[Trinity765]

I popped out on the Street yesterday as the forecast was "dry" for the first time in weeks. After being so precious about keeping it clean I ended up going through a pop-up ford where the Adur had burst it banks on the A281 (Diablo Supercorsa SP and road mode). There will now be grit in places that I will never reach.

What about the bike?

Headers are in the garage rusting as I type.

[mangocrazy]

[Headers are in the garage rusting as I type.

This will probably sound suitably anal, but given the fun and games you've had with earlier Triumph triple headers I'd suggest that you buy yourself a tube or tub of copper anti-seize grease (if you don't have some already). This is the stuff I was recommended and it's ace. A tube goes a very long way (just as well, considering the price)..

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/314815524933

Then undo the exhaust manifold bolts/nuts one at a time, clean it/them, apply the Wurth paste and reassemble. You now stand a fighting chance of being able to undo the exhaust fasteners a few years down the line.

[Trinity765]

[Headers are in the garage rusting as I type.

This will probably sound suitably anal, but given the fun and games you've had with earlier Triumph triple headers I'd suggest that you buy yourself a tube or tub of copper anti-seize grease (if you don't have some already). This is the stuff I was recommended and it's ace. A tube goes a very long way (just as well, considering the price)..

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/314815524933

Then undo the exhaust manifold bolts/nuts one at a time, clean it/them, apply the Wurth paste and reassemble. You now stand a fighting chance of being able to undo the exhaust fasteners a few years down the line.

A mechanic friend told me something similar. He said smother them in copper grease as the grease will burn off but leave a protective layer of copper. Although he said not to undo them unless I'm going to replace the gasket. I'm waiting to get the first service done before I start really playing with it - nearly there - another 100 miles and I'll book it in.

[Trinity765]

[Headers are in the garage rusting as I type.

This will probably sound suitably anal, but given the fun and games you've had with earlier Triumph triple headers I'd suggest that you buy yourself a tube or tub of copper anti-seize grease (if you don't have some already). This is the stuff I was recommended and it's ace. A tube goes a very long way (just as well, considering the price)..

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/314815524933

Then undo the exhaust manifold bolts/nuts one at a time, clean it/them, apply the Wurth paste and reassemble. You now stand a fighting chance of being able to undo the exhaust fasteners a few years down the line.

A mechanic friend told me something similar. He said smother them in copper grease as the grease will burn off but leave a protective layer of copper. Although he said not to undo them unless I'm going to replace the gasket. I'm waiting to get the first service done before I start really playing with it - nearly there - another 100 miles and I'll book it in.

I've got 2kgs of silica beads sitting under it at the moment in an attempt to keep the humidity at a minimum - no idea if that will have any long term effect.

[mangocrazy]

[Headers are in the garage rusting as I type.

This will probably sound suitably anal, but given the fun and games you've had with earlier Triumph triple headers I'd suggest that you buy yourself a tube or tub of copper anti-seize grease (if you don't have some already). This is the stuff I was recommended and it's ace. A tube goes a very long way (just as well, considering the price)..

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/314815524933

Then undo the exhaust manifold bolts/nuts one at a time, clean it/them, apply the Wurth paste and reassemble. You now stand a fighting chance of being able to undo the exhaust fasteners a few years down the line.

A mechanic friend told me something similar. He said smother them in copper grease as the grease will burn off but leave a protective layer of copper. Although he said not to undo them unless I'm going to replace the gasket. I'm waiting to get the first service done before I start really playing with it - nearly there - another 100 miles and I'll book it in.

Yes, I wouldn't touch it until the first service has been done. If you're on friendly terms with the mechanic(s) where it will be done, you could always cheekily ask them if they'd copper grease the studs/nuts while they're doing the first service...? The stuff I linked to was recommended to me by a technician I'd known for many years - he reckoned it was the most persistent copper grease/paste he'd ever used.

I bought a VFR750 new off the dealership where he worked and before the first service he asked me if I was intending to keep it for more than a year or two and I said yes, so when he did the first service he went over all the fasteners that he knew he'd have to disturb when doing servicing and copper greased them all as he knew it was going to make his life easier in the long term. I kept that bike for 6 years and over 80,000 miles and it never let me down. When I px-ed it the motor still felt like new.

[Trinity765]

This will probably sound suitably anal, but given the fun and games you've had with earlier Triumph triple headers I'd suggest that you buy yourself a tube or tub of copper anti-seize grease (if you don't have some already). This is the stuff I was recommended and it's ace. A tube goes a very long way (just as well, considering the price)..

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/314815524933

Then undo the exhaust manifold bolts/nuts one at a time, clean it/them, apply the Wurth paste and reassemble. You now stand a fighting chance of being able to undo the exhaust fasteners a few years down the line.

A mechanic friend told me something similar. He said smother them in copper grease as the grease will burn off but leave a protective layer of copper. Although he said not to undo them unless I'm going to replace the gasket. I'm waiting to get the first service done before I start really playing with it - nearly there - another 100 miles and I'll book it in.

Yes, I wouldn't touch it until the first service has been done. If you're on friendly terms with the mechanic(s) where it will be done, you could always cheekily ask them if they'd copper grease the studs/nuts while they're doing the first service...? The stuff I linked to was recommended to me by a technician I'd known for many years - he reckoned it was the most persistent copper grease/paste he'd ever used.

I bought a VFR750 new off the dealership where he worked and before the first service he asked me if I was intending to keep it for more than a year or two and I said yes, so when he did the first service he went over all the fasteners that he knew he'd have to disturb when doing servicing and copper greased them all as he knew it was going to make his life easier in the long term. I kept that bike for 6 years and over 80,000 miles and it never let me down. When I px-ed it the motor still felt like new.

The same friend rides a first gen VFR750. We swapped bikes a couple of weeks ago for the last leg home. He did better on my Street than I did on the VFR as I initially thought that it had no brakes

[KungFooBob]

Those twin pot sliding calipers Honda fitted to everything from the late 80's to the 00's were total shite.

[mangocrazy]

Those twin pot sliding calipers Honda fitted to everything from the late 80's to the 00's were total shite.

White man speak truth.

[mangocrazy]

The same friend rides a first gen VFR750. We swapped bikes a couple of weeks ago for the last leg home. He did better on my Street than I did on the VFR as I initially thought that it had no brakes

Mine is a first gen VFR750 (an '88 FJ) and the OE brakes were scarcely adequate in the late '80s and downright dangerous today. I did a complete front end swap on mine and it now has 4 pot Brembos. A complete Firestorm front end is a popular mod on those old bikes.

[Le_Fromage_Grande]

There will now be grit in places that I will never reach.

I went to school with a girl called Janet who made the mistake of loudly declaring that she had gravel in her knickers

[ZRX61]

A mechanic friend told me something similar. He said smother them in copper grease as the grease will burn off but leave a protective layer of copper. Although he said not to undo them unless I'm going to replace the gasket. I'm waiting to get the first service done before I start really playing with it - nearly there - another 100 miles and I'll book it in.

Just replace the original nuts with copper or copper plated top-locks. Google "copper toplock nuts" & it will bring up a bunch of links.

which reminds me, I still haven't replaced the header nuts on my ZRX with the spiffy black ones. I think I'll do the outer right one as its the easiest to get to & see how it holds up for a couple of rides before doing the others.... or I may buy some copper ones, altho that's not needed here as the original nuts/studs are fine after 24 1/2 years.

[Trinity765]

If that works,then next up is your bike with something red.

For those who have come here looking for the challenge - to save you scrolling.

[formula400]

Here you go. Red post box

[formula400]

Next challenge is

Your bike next to a Fig tree

[Taipan]

Next challenge is

Your bike next to a Fig tree

[Skub]

Next challenge is

Your bike next to a Fig tree

That one's gonna sit a while.

[formula400]

Next challenge is

Your bike next to a Fig tree

That one's gonna sit a while.

There are loads in Epsom

Thought it was an ok one.