Tips and Tricks

Hmmmmm, and i was thinking you meant tips and tricks in an 'adult' kind of way ....

but maintainance is good tooo...

 

well i was screwing today and i used lube and my wife helped to make sure i didnt screw the wrong the hole,so my tip is lube your fairing bolts

 

Do your leather pants have the same studwork as your fairing?.....

 

I'd like it taken on record I have NOT polished his pants!

 

if they did my wife wouldnt of helped

 

Red Rum

the 3.30 @ haydock

is that a Tipp.....

or Shegar in the 12.00 @ Kempton

Or Last One

The Mighty Spurs - To win the Premier Leauge this Year....COYS

 

So no tips then. I have loads , but you wouldn't listen?

 

Don,t use locking glue, use silicone. Antivibe and easier to remove .

 

i use Wurth Locking thread bluse stuff on every bolt then if i undo them remove whats left and re aply ..

 

Copper grease EVERYTHING! (Except the rough side of brake pads and maybe the inside of the petrol tank )

AC 50 anything that's outside and isn't brake related, it'll smoke like hell when you first ride the bike after but won't rust.

Clean your chain before lubing it, no one (especially O rings) likes grinding paste.

Remove the slack from your throttle cable for easier in town riding and more predictible power delivery.

Actually perform your routine checks: Oil, tyres, cables, etc.

More after coffee.

 

Oh, buy a torque wrench an read the instructions!

 

read the insructions, we are mostly blokes, what are instructions?

 

You're only mostly a bloke?!

 

Yes Big Fan of Copper Grease But dont use it every where just on spindles rear of breake pades etc, Chain Maitenace i think is very important so is Tyre Presuares i do a Visual Check ie oil water pads before every Ride

 

exactly matey, anything with a thread on it, plus brake pads.

 

Try not to hit yourself, or something else. Including ratchets or spanners slipping off and you punching ground ... Just put a pillow down or something, You know it will happen.

May be obvious but if doing maintenance check bolts are tightened to proper torque value's and stuff :/ thats about it.

 

You could possibly rephrase that to "Be sure the socket head / spanner is correctly seated before you apply pressure to it, so you don't round off the head or punch the ground." Rather than dragging the bed clothes onto the driveway

It does bring up a handy (and often missed) tip though:

When tightening / loosening lateral bolts (side mounted), always apply the weight downwards, this stops unfortunate things like the bike being pushed off it's side stand / paddock stand - easily done as anyone who's changed a front sprocket will testify.