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[and30ers]

Thanks. The location is just a place some couple of hours ride south of Stockholm. Fun roads getting there, good place to grab a sandwich before boarding the ferry that will take you over the water for more fun roads further south.

 

https://www.google.s...568d12d7f4b7bad

Edited by and30ers, 19 September 2015 - 03:23 pm.

[and30ers]

...now deciding what new rubber to put on - PR3's 0r Avon Storms 

 

The Avon Storm 3D X-M tires are about the worst ever tested by Motorrad, zero wet grip and hard/uncomfortable to ride with. PR3s are the complete opposite with massive wet grip and comfy but uninspiring dry feel. If you can afford Pirelli Angel GT it's probably the best all around tire today.

 

Or Pirelli Scorpion Trail II in 150/70/17 rear and 100/90/18 front. Fantastic wet grip, might even be better than PilotRoad 4.

 

http://www.carpe-tdm...opic=43&page=61

Edited by and30ers, 19 September 2015 - 05:52 pm.

[Favs]

Off topic. Tyre thread perhaps?

Perspective injection...did they ever test Avon skidmasters (Speedmaster) or 1970s Japanese offerings?

Today's top tyre is ever destined to be tomorrow's POS. It just keeps going round.

The Avon Storm 3D X-M tires are about the worst ever tested by Motorrad, zero wet grip and hard/uncomfortable to ride with. PR3s are the complete opposite with massive wet grip and comfy but uninspiring dry feel. If you can afford Pirelli Angel GT it's probably the best all around tire today.
 
Or Pirelli Scorpion Trail II in 150/70/17 rear and 100/90/18 front. Fantastic wet grip, might even be better than PilotRoad 4.
 
http://www.carpe-tdm...opic=43&page=61

[Rallyist]

Balanced the throttle bodies on the niner and retaped the HT leads, regarding modern Speedmasters and K70's supplied for classic bikes are now made of very soft construction I barely get 5000 miles out of them on my Scott which only has 20 bhp on a good day/

Edited by Rallyist, 20 September 2015 - 07:43 am.

[arthurbikemad]

Never heard anyone say a PR3 has uninspiring dry feel, I run them on all sorts of bikes including my FireBlade and I'd say they are a supurb dry tyre. Love them on my TDM and I push it fairly hard from edge to edge, great tyres.


Off to give the old clunker a wash

Edited by arthurbikemad, 20 September 2015 - 07:53 am.

[Catteeclan]

Went here yesterday.

 

http://www.henhamsteamrally.com

 

Plenty of bikes to see.

 

Had one of these, not as clean though.

 

 

Everyone had one of these.

 

 

 

And this is how your old exhaust look Muddy. Cheers.

 

[Favs]

Made these to move the topbox rearward - pillions can have a bit of squirm room. The 2 white marks (one on mounting plate and a tiny one on the wing) show how much further back I have moved the rack (1 7/8"). Material is MS 6" x 3" x 1/4" studs are welded in and nylocked to wings.

 

 

[and30ers]

Off topic. Tyre thread perhaps?

 

Yes, that's why I linked the tyre thread in my comment just above your comment.

[and30ers]

Perspective injection...did they ever test Avon skidmasters (Speedmaster) or 1970s Japanese offerings?

Today's top tyre is ever destined to be tomorrow's POS. It just keeps going round.
 

 

Sorry for more opp topic 

 

Motorrad have had 63 mc tyres on test between 2012-2015. Same controlled wet test track, Out of all these tests the Storm 3D wet score was 64% and 61st place. Only besting Shinko 009RR (58% score) and Full Bore USA M-1 (56% score). Best wet score has Scorpion Trail II with 98%, and average wet score for all tested tyres was 83%.

 

I have nothing personal against the Avon company, I just care for the safety of fellow bikers -- even ones mentioning Storm in the "wrong thread".

Edited by and30ers, 21 September 2015 - 07:41 pm.

[TDMick]

300+ trip to Yarmouth n back to see mum.

Thoroughly enjoyed hooning it about and playing with the traffic, watched the rugby and came home.

[LordZed]

Finally pulled the trigger on these 

 

I need to get them dialed in fully, but so far me likey!! 

 

[Blue]

Well yesterday actually. Went out for second run with my other half on the back in the afternoon. Found that now I am getting used to the handling and tyres, I keep grounding out the hero blobs on the foot pegs as well as the centre stand. When I got home I looked at the suspension unit and had a gander at the tools. I have compressed the shock a couple of notches, but it am wondering if I should lose the centre stand? Maybe get an Abba stand for any garage work.

[Taffy]

today the tdm had its right peg scraped for the first time on manor circus on the way home from night shift!

[NickIAM]

I ground the pegs on a track day recently.... The observer (it was an IAM Skills Day) pointed out this was due to my super-moto style (leaning the bike in while I leaned the other way). I didn't even know I was doing this (and I have a few theories as to how it developed) - feels a bit weird not doing it at first.

[sidestand]

I taxed mine ..........really needs new tyres before I take it out for a proper blast 

[PassTheBuck]

Took the side panels off to find a crap connection to the heated grips, got the bugger and was in the process of changing the block when its decided to piss down, Thanks for that !!!!!!!

[TDMick]

I taxed mine ..........really needs new tyres before I take it out for a proper blast 

Do they still send a reminder?

[muddy]

And this is how your old exhaust look Muddy. Cheers.

You've mullered 'em

 

Love the rack on that Fizzy. I could've done with one of them.

[big dave]

Where to start.
Picked up the 900 winter project a few weeks since. Didn't look too bad in the photos but when I got her home she sure was a tired lady. First issue I noted was a smashed up undertray which sent alarm bells of in my head. I was right, on closer inspection I could see that the rear suspension pivot point had sheared off the frame at some point. (Let this be a warning, keep the link well lubricated, more of which later). To be fair the repair had been made and welded to a very high standard and I have no reservations about it. So strip the back end off, managed to get an excellent oe undertray off ebay for £28 and set about swapping over. Not an easy job, lots of electrics to disconnect and reconnect. Still gave me the opportunity to wd40 everything and copperslip all the nuts and bolts.
Then on to checking the suspension link, the two short bushes (front and rear) were in good condition, but the centre (connected to the drop links ) was completely foobarred. Why do people only half repair something and not do proper job ?, doh!
In the post to the fabled Mr Henty for refurbishment then.
I realised that when I had got the bike home that I had forgotten to pick up the spare shock absorber that was advertised with the bike. After getting in touch with the vendor the said item was posted on to me. Opened the box and, WOW, a 9000 mile mint red spring shock, with, wait for it, a linkage in perfect condition attached. So I quickly re attached the suspension with my newly aquired linkage. Greased up all the axle, serviced the rear caliper and reassembled the rear end. The rear tyre still has a slow puncture. I think it's the valve. That can be sorted later. So I'll now have a fully Lee Henty refurbished linkage spare !
Let's move forward on the bike a bit.
Body work needed a few minor repairs. Both the kidney panels needed repairing, which I fixed with some araldite, thin stainless steel sheet and a pop rivet. I was very pleased with the standard of my solution. Another slight repair on the inner os panel and all was well.
Petrol tank lifted and that showed the air box mod had been attempted by simply pulling off the vacuum from the top of the airbox and wrapping a cursery bit of insulation tape around the end of the tube! That could explain the vacuum error code then ! Tube was reattached and the air box mod done by my preferred method of simply pushing a ball bearing up the vacuum tube attached to the os injector.
Further forward. The forks showed some corrosion above the travel distance of the lowers, so a quick clean up and the installation of some fork gaitors to prevent any future issues and that was it. Front calipers cleaned and serviced, all nuts and bolts copperslipped on reassembly. The handlebars on the bike were low renthals and the heated grips were not working so I took the opportunity to retrofit standard bars (thanks chrisr) and some new grips. I had a nightmare trying to get the throttle to work on reassembly, it seemed the return cable decided to wrap itself up at the injector end when I disassembled the throttle housing. An easy fix but very frustrating to source the problem. Front wheel not fitted yet as it needs a new tyre. I'll get the tyre fitter to check my rear tyre's valve while we're at it.
I had removed the after market fuel cans and decided to refit the supplied oe silencers. I'm sure the Fuel cans will sell later.
Decided to check if the thermostatic fan kicks in when up to temperature, so started the bike up. Oh dear,something wrong here, it's stuck at 2.5k revs and does not drop as the temperature rises. We knows what's going on here don't we? Yup, a seized cold start mechanism. Tank up again, airbox off and fat fingers trying to work in a confined space. To be fair the unit came off quite easily. The offending push rod was released, lubricated and the unit reinstalled with copperslip and allen bolts should it need to be taken off at a later date.
Engine restarted, tickover set to 1.2k after warm up and then the fan kicked in just before the temperature gauge reached the red zone.

It's been a long long time since I've really been able to get my teeth into fixing a bike and I have to say I've right enjoyed it. So there will be a sorted 900 up for sale soon and a man searching for another project.

Edited by big dave, 23 September 2015 - 09:30 am.

[and30ers]

Tempted! In Stockholm there is a black 2011 TDM900A for sale, first registration Aug 2012, only 3100 miles, mint condition, no mods. Asking price £4800. How do that compare with UK prices?