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[Bjørge]

Pleased it by replacing knackered rear wheel / sprocket bearings on its friend the '96 CB500 so that they can again go for rides in the hot Norwegian summer 

[Studley Ramrod]

Went for a cycle ride, which pleased my not yet bought TDM, as I saved some money towards buying it, probably. 

[leehenty]

cleaned mine ready for a run friday.

[TDMick]

Commuted to work.

Any miles are good miles.

[sidestand]

Dragged it out of the garage to put the Bagster tank cover on it

Contemplated fitting a Jockoiler, but realised I need a T piece & haven't got time to order one - so I'll take the Tutoro oiler I bought for Boy's bike over to France & fit that one while I'm over there 

[hallrob1]

topped up the coolant expansion tank after it overheated, boiled the coolant and spat some of its guts out of the overflow when stuck in traffic at 30 degrees, why o why does the fan come on so late on these bikes

Sounds like the Radiator Cap - I hope they've gone down in price since I got mine

[arthurbikemad]

Went to Loomies (local cafe) was HOT HOT HOT, loads of crazy super bikers in full leathers sweating like hell, not my idea of fun.  Eat too many chips and burgers :S

[Favs]

Had a bimble about, saw an '08 900 out with his mate in Yarm.

 

Ended up going for Cod & Chips in Whitby via a lot of this......

 

http://vid773.photob...zps210af9ab.mp4

 

 

[arthurbikemad]

Fitted my tyre pressure monitors from Garmin they work with my new 590LM sat nav, not as good as I had hoped and only read in BAR but hay, I don't drink or smoke so wanted to piss some cash up the TDM who knows they may save me from a slow let down, not that I have ever needed a warning light to know I have a flat tyre! Anyway, tiz done.

36deg C here today, they only way to get cool and be cool was take a long slow ride on the TDM.

[dogard]

went down to see a couple of mates in newcastle, 320miles in blazing sunshine and great roads A68. bike ran like a dream. does life get any better. global warming gets my vote.

[Staffy]

Today I ordered some SW Motech crash bars for the 9er.  A few days and they'll be on my doorstep 

[g650xtdm]

Yesterday and today was my valve check adventure . . .

 

All the body parts are off being painted.  I had planned to take the forks off yesterday and change the fork oil, new front wheel bearings, and new headstock bearings.  But I also wanted to re-paint the radiator support, so I figured I would check the valves since I have no idea if it had been done previously (37K miles).  I was pretty much halfway there with the radiator support off, right?  I'm guessing it hadn't been checked and two intake valves were tight.  I was able to swap one shim over but needed the other so the job waited until today.  I had left the gears on and the chain on the gears, but apparently it slipped at some point because now it was a tooth or two off and the engine had moved from TDC at some point.  It got to the point that I had both cams out and I got it back to TDC  - but unsure which cylinder was at TDC.  50-50 chance I guess!  It seems I was lucky as it fired up fine.  Took the opportunity to take a hose to the radiator fins as they were clogged with bugs and then replaced the coolant and synched the carbs.

 

Oh yeah, I still need to do the forks and bearings . . .

[arthurbikemad]

Well kind of today, tried out new Scala rider G9 with sat nav, all those years with no nav audio as I thought why bother just look, much safer way to nav around town maybe I can keep more of an eye on the road and the ever increasing number of nutters on the way to work!

 

Quick pic:-

 

 

And a pic of my eBay LED strip and LED reflectors, I have one at the top too, I wired a couple of diodes and a resistor to the stop and tail circuits so they run STOP/TAIL rather than just a tail light, looks cool at night and with my top box LED's too can see me for miles haha

 

 

[arthurbikemad]

Wanted to check my wheel bal after adding the big TPMS from Garmin, they clock in at 10g so wanted to see if it put the wheel out by much (ok ok so I know it would be 10g), anyway nothing really to see on the static test so left it as is.. happy days

 

 

TPMS = Tyre pressure monitoring system from Garmin, shown here on my 90deg valve. 

[Bjørge]

Finally got to do the valve shims - 93,000kms = +9,000 

All of them out by -0.25 to +0.10, only 1 could be reused. Ordered 9 shims on ebay, going for a vacation  on tuesday & hope parts are in the mailbox when I get back. 

 

One question, though: Will I notice any difference whatsoever, other than the good feeling of being a concious owner & appreciating the fact that cams & everything looked really fine? 2 inlet valves were at <0.05mm gaps, would maybe start leaking at operating temperature ?

[Reaper07]

Treated the TDM with 2 new Avon Storm 3D tyres and gotta say I love them stick to the road like no other.

[arthurbikemad]

Gave the TDM a wash today, quick check over ready for a ride to the BSB at Thruxton.

[Favs]

Shattered, nay smithereened, by backing into a wall, one of the Wingrack indicator lenses.........................atop a drain, where some of the bits disappeared.....................Grrrrr.....looking for my sackcloth shirt.

Edited by Favs, 31 July 2014 - 10:55 am.

[Kalts]

Went for a ride to small, remote MOT station, mostly because the guy in my favorite local one is on vacation and to air out rain suit. Got massive amounts of almost tropical like rain, went through thunderstorm.

Time well spent, MOT done and got to see some old Russian iron the MOT guy has restored and rides, I did not know he is active biker. Rain suit aired? out.. at least it's not dusty anymore because of no use. Autumn is upon us

[dablik]

New throttle cables arrived pm so fitted them and tested with a run up to Daves...fiddly bliddy job though..was noticed by mr supersonic ear to be a tad lumpy at low revs.