What did you do to your bike today ??

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Got it out the shed with the intention of giving a clean.. decided i was too tired after the drive back from Devon and put it back in the shed.
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painted the bellypan and front number board. made an exhaust hanger. fitted race seat bodywork.
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Rode it like i stole it the 636 makes me into a hooligan ..... I LOVE IT
"80mph" sorry officer I possibly could not have done that I'm no Valentino Rossi.
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Took the Multis wheels off for some new tyres. Socket slipped and i went full force chest-first into the rear wheel. :(

Bit sore now.
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duke63 wrote:Took the Multis wheels off for some new tyres. Socket slipped and i went full force chest-first into the rear wheel. :(

Bit sore now.
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Nothing today but gonna take the beast out for an hour or two tomorrow and then give it a wash and polish when I get back also clean, lube and check the tension on the chain.
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rocket wrote:Rode it like i stole it the 636 makes me into a hooligan ..... I LOVE IT
Yeah I noticed in Wales.

Haha, lol can't complain I've had a 636 myself and known its the bike that makes you do it, haha.
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Blade wrote:
rocket wrote:Rode it like i stole it the 636 makes me into a hooligan ..... I LOVE IT
Yeah I noticed in Wales.

Haha, lol can't complain I've had a 636 myself and known its the bike that makes you do it, haha.
Every time I get on it I think to my self right nice and steady ride out no stupid stuff .....

It then whispers in my ear go on just do it Muahahahahaha (angel)
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Almost put it in the back of a car when she panicked and decided to slam on the brakes in the middle of the Aston Expressway.

Then spent 4 miles behind a car using cruise control while the driver texted her mates. As she did 71mph on the outside lane of the M6. I had my right hand indicator on and my lights on full beam. 4 miles for her to notice me.
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I hope you told her to put her phone down as you went past. I was sat behind a driver on the m1 on sunday in the fast lane middle lane was free doing 49 mph as he was on his phone. I signalled to him the error of his ways as I went past. I am so amused at the moment they hammer speeders but who's more safe a speeder concentrating on what there doing or a person on there phone looking at a screen with one hand on the steering wheeling.
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Being caught on the phone should be an instant 3 month ban IMO. Probably the biggest issue on the roads today tbh. I include france in this too. Bloody loads of them :(
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Bit of interim maintainence.

New tyres fitted and whilst the wheels were of did the following also.

Chain cleaned, lubed, tensioned and aligned.
Coolant topped up.
Brake caliper pistons cleaned.
Torqued all fasteners.
Adjusted clutch free play.
Changed the oil (new sump bolt + washer)
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Nice productive day mate - well done :)
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Well I have just come in from changing the wheels back to the dry set on the gixer... Man I hate the changing rear wheels!!! arghhhhhh!
Changing them in the pits was not ideal, What I mean by this is the fact I had no idea what size everything was, no tools of my own, a learning curve, with added barracking while I was doing it ha ha, and the pressure of trying to get it done quick to get out on track. So now I have greased up the axial's, added some copper grease to the pinch bolts on the front, and just a good general look around, like you do.

While all this was going on I could not resist giving it a little clean, well one side of the bike anyway ha ha.
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Put my Multi wheels back on. What a ballache it is to remove and replace bike wheels.
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Replaced the battery. I looked at one of the lithium ones in the store and was amazed by how much lighter it was than the conventional battery, but in the end it wasn't $55 lighter for how I ride. If I was looking to shave weight on my bike however, I'd been looking at one
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Pumped my tyres up and set the suspension back from track to comfort
I'm off next week and want to get out on it,anybody fancy a Wednesday ride next week?
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Went out around 6:30 this evening for a bit of fun in the evening sun
Went through Ironbridge, Much Wenlock before heading back to the local Bike/Car meet
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Rode it in the mist.

I've noticed there's fewer cars putting their lights on when the visibility is poor. Thanks for that.
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Not so much done as about to do.

Thrash it round Derbyshire to with in an inch of its life in glorious sunshine (raaar)
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