The Big Red Bus

[KungFooBob]

I'm an impatient tightwad BTW.

Me too, but getting the gearbox off to fix it when I bodge up the head on the plug fills me with fear.

[cheb]

The screwdriver suggestion was tongue in cheek.

[KungFooBob]

I've done worse.

A lot worse.

[cheb]

No room for a hammer and drift?

[KungFooBob]

The fours 'posts' are what the centre stand mounts on. Unless you can get the bike up at height it would be a nightmare.

Not that I need too, because I'm going to wait for the correct tool :p

[KungFooBob]

Suppose I should start putting the fairing back on now...



The FD and gearbox plugs were £6 each, eek!

I've had the front wheel out this morning, discs and reluctor ring off to give the wheel a good clean.

The head snapped off the two top mudguard bolts, rusted into the clips inside the muguard, so pulled it all out and cut them off with the dremel. instead of slide on captive nut clips it will have to make do with a nut and a washer.

[Bigyin]

Just to upset Weeksy...

I think I've used every tool I have... and not put any of them away.

Working in 'confined' conditions is interesting too.

I was fitting heated grips to the auld Fazer today and was reminded of your "confined conditions" picture. How does this compare??

[weeksy]

[KungFooBob]

The postman has been!

Being a flat four it's a piece of piss to get to the plugs.



The old ones didn't look too bad, I think the OEM ones are twin electrode jobbies, so they might have been changed at some point, I've changed them anyway, the threads look a bit oily.



The old oil filter was a bastard, it was on super tight and you're supposed to use a special tool, however I'm a chimp so did it the chimp way. It's a Hi-flo, not an OEM so again, someone has serviced it at some point.



New one fitted hand tight...



and refilled with oil...



That's pretty much all the servicing done, except for the gearbox which can be done with the fairing on.

I could put the fairing back on, but then I'd have to take it off to remove the middle tank panel, i'm still waiting on some carbon wrap to cover up where the paint came off with the old tank pad.

[Rockburner]

I bought myself one of the oil-filter 'sockets'. Probably the best thing evaah!

[KungFooBob]

I know, but I'm too tight.

This is the first engine I've worked on that has a cartridge style filter that actually goes inside the engine and is completely surrounded by oil. Usually internal filters are cheapy paper ones and the cartridge type screw on the side of the engine somewhere.

[cheb]

The old Guzzis are the same IIRC, except the whole sump had to come off, not just a inspection cover.

[v8-powered]

I bought myself one of the oil-filter 'sockets'. Probably the best thing evaah!

A 'must' for the old Rockster! Still got the socket in the garage somewhere...

[Skub]

Post deleted...didn't properly read the quoted post!

[Mr. Dazzle]

I'm still waiting on some carbon wrap to cover up where the paint came off with the old tank pad.

*plonk*

[KungFooBob]

So far this little project has cost me..

£1850 Bike
£123 consumables for servicing, new stainless fasteners and rear caliper rebuild kit.

So £1973.

I would like to sort some lower foot rests, replace the brake lines and hoses and sort a rack to take a givi topbox I have. However I've decided I need to get a few hundred miles under my belt before I spend any more money on it.

It's a cheap, historyless bike that seems ok, but for all I know it might jump out of gear or burn a litre of oil every 100 miles, I've only ridden it less than 30 miles.

Saying that, I've probably had more fun tinkering and cleaning than i'll get riding it

[Rockburner]

So far this little project has cost me..

£1850 Bike
£123 consumables for servicing, new stainless fasteners and rear caliper rebuild kit.

So £1973.

I would like to sort some lower foot rests, replace the brake lines and hoses and sort a rack to take a givi topbox I have. However I've decided I need to get a few hundred miles under my belt before I spend any more money on it.

It's a cheap, historyless bike that seems ok, but for all I know it might jump out of gear or burn a litre of oil every 100 miles, I've only ridden it less than 30 miles.

Saying that, I've probably had more fun tinkering and cleaning than i'll get riding it

Seems a funny thing to say, but the BM engines (especially of that period) like to be ragged, hard. They all seem to burn oil until they're properly run in, but (it seems to me), that most BMW owners of the period were sensible, sedate riders, so never really rode the bikes hard, and so they never get run-in properly. Obviously your mileage may vary and this is just my opinion.

[KungFooBob]

I'm still waiting on some carbon wrap to cover up where the paint came off with the old tank pad.

*plonk*

Just wait until I make three of the fins in the side grills M Sport colours and to break up the red I might get a big star wars Imperial symbol on the sides.. in fake carbon fibre sticky back plastic.

[Horse]

riders, so never really rode the bikes hard, and so they never get run-in properly.

Back in the K75/100 era, a customer at the dealer kept fuel/mileage information, bike continued to loosen up over 17,000 miles!

[KungFooBob]

This is the 2nd attempt.

It looks better in the pics than irl.

It'll do, I might stick some stickers on it to hide the worst bits.