114 Fat Bob FXFBS

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Re: 114 Fat Bob FXFBS

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Rockburner wrote: Wed May 22, 2024 4:30 pm
Count Steer wrote: Wed May 22, 2024 3:48 pm £500 or £350....one still throws 95% (ish) of it away. :(

(They don't seem to include that in the carbon footprint measurements of stuff :hmmm: ).
Aren't tyres somewhat recyclable? There's a fair bit of steel in there, but I guess it might be quite expensive to get it out.
Yes, because they have to be (not allowed in landfill any more). It's a meh process, they do get the steel out and most of the rubber ends up as rubber crumb which they were hunting for ways to use it - like road surfaces, playgrounds etc. A solution looking for a problem to solve. There's oil that comes out of it too, which goes to power gen incinerators. I think some of it goes to make lorry tyre retreads. I believe some of the crumb goes the same way.

I think it's not very efficient and the outputs not particularly valuable but, better than burying them.

(As an aside, some stretches of motorway have drains and tanks to stop water washing off the road onto agricultural land because the particles of tyre make it a bit toxic and contaminate the land).
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Euro7 is probably going to be setting emissions limits for tyres and brakes!

Which means we'll be in the slightly odd situation of EVs being subject to emission's limits :lol: They'll even have their own set of standards for it.
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Re: 114 Fat Bob FXFBS

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I had Cobras on my Speedmaster. Bastard things used to spin up in the wet when accelerating. frightened the crap out of me as they were so bad in the rain.

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There are worse ways to spend a stormy Sunday morning I suppose;

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MrLongbeard wrote: Sun May 26, 2024 1:22 pm There are worse ways to spend a stormy Sunday morning I suppose;

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Skub wrote: Sun May 26, 2024 1:23 pm
Jet bike conversion,amirite? :thumbup:
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Titanium, I would say they're to add lightness :thumbup: but they were available whist the wheels are off when OEM bolts weren't. :banana-wrench:
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DPD fella has just been and dropped off the reason for the Ti bolts :shhh:

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They really are slick in the middle aren't they! I suspect you'd have to roundabout surf for a long time to ever have a chance of hitting those wear markers
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I imagine they'll be well squared off before troubling the wear markers
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MrLongbeard wrote: Sat Jun 01, 2024 6:13 pm I imagine they'll be well squared off before troubling the wear markers
Get it reet over ;)

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Re: 114 Fat Bob FXFBS

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How long did the front discs last?

I thought you'd only bought it new three or four years ago. Or did you just fancy some wavy ones?
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KungFooBob wrote: Sat Jun 01, 2024 6:37 pm How long did the front discs last?

I thought you'd only bought it new three or four years ago. Or did you just fancy some wavy ones?
It's a 2018 bike.
There's load of life (thickness) left in them but I've been getting a weird pulsing / jerkyness at low speeds that I haven't been able to get rid of, tried stripping the calipers and cleaning them, tried freeing off the disc bobbins, so will give these a go.

And yeah I kinda fancied some wavy ones too
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All back together, I'm not convinced with the rear wheel alignment so will see if I can drop into a dealership next weekend to get a second pair of eyes on it.

Lessons learned;
1, next bike will have a SSSA, or a dealer can do it next time
2, if you think copperslip gets everywhere you should try using silver anti seize :angry-cussingblack:
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Init weird how you get used to something being sub optimal, my old tyres were properly squared off and on the wear limit but felt fine, but these new tyres just let me flick it over soooooo easily and just feel bob on.

New brakes are bloody good too :banana-wrench:
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MrLongbeard wrote: Thu Jun 13, 2024 10:21 am Init weird how you get used to something being sub optimal, my old tyres were properly squared off and on the wear limit but felt fine, but these new tyres just let me flick it over soooooo easily and just feel bob on.

New brakes are bloody good too :banana-wrench:
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I can definitely tell the profile on my Road 5's is wonky now. Tipping feels very hit and miss. Done just under 4k on them so far. Will see what they look like when I get back from Cornwall. Depending on how wet it is will depend on what part of the tyre gets used most so they might be toast on my return in 600 or so miles time.
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Another MOT in the bag, and yup it's been a bobbins summer, only 1200 miles since the last time it got done.
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MrLongbeard wrote: Sat Sep 14, 2024 10:53 am Another MOT in the bag, and yup it's been a bobbins summer, only 1200 miles since the last time it got done.
Some nice weather coming for a couple of weeks,starting tomorrow.

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