Sir Fallsalot

I just give her more to do that way she has less time to moan

Its been well over a week since my wife had her second covid jab and she hasn't stopped moaning about her aching arm and now i come on here for some piece and quiet and find i have to deal with yours

There's a hell of a lot of locals riding them and fucking it up for everyone at the moment, it's very hot around here so i'm even more pissed off because I've got to stay away from them. Blackmill moor is particularly sensitive seen lots of reports of farmers joining together to catch people and police out with drones because some dopy bastards taped off a track up there and organised some charity ride event up there without permission. The other problem is lockdown, there are so many people walking where we ride now the complaints have gone up about people being antisocial on bikes its getting beyond Bob

Are you kidding Bob on those gay tyres

Its just after the farm at the bottom only walled for a few hundred yards then opens out after a gate

The one in blue here Bob

Had a tax reminder for the XR this morning and i noticed it says on it "This vehicle needs an appropriate MOT certificate" when i checks it was right it runs out tomorrow, fucking great a valid excuse to ride the bike i thinks, so phones the place i take it hoping because its raining he'll have a cancellation and fit me in. Sure enough he had three cancellations, i thank god for pansies as gets my riding gear on and off i go straight up the Rhondda Valley a horrible place to drive or ride through even in lockdown the traffic is busy. All goes well with the MOT and its a gentle ride home along quieter more relaxing roads like this As Pete says riding is like groundhog day at the moment its the same here but i'm glad of it and stop at Miriam's bench again to look at the world below only for 10 minutes as Gale is blowing again LOL Here's a short vid of the surrounding area you probably seen it before but here it is again lots of water running down the track today and the wind made it difficult to stay on my line When i get to the bottom i see a sign saying the track has a TRO on it so i shouldn't have ridden it. The TRO is so repairs can be made to the track because this Is doing this So even my groundhog route is being eroded away. It was home on the road from only a short ride but a welcomed release.

I think he was knee deep in it story of my life

At least you can get out, your route could change if you had some less gay rubber on those wheels i see lots of dirt roads you could explore in those photos

I think if they got rid of that nose cone fairing and painted it satin black with the gold it would be the dogs dangly bits

Escape sets and gas monitors that turd you done in there in the 70's cant still be decomposing

I'm reading this while my boys shaving my head so that's not happening

Thanks Bob and yes it would be good to meet up for a chat and a pint again ?

It's my birthday on Monday so having a long weekend and a few beers. Now i know that Bob i will be having a drink for you as well as me every year from now on ?

Looking forward to this Bob keep us updated ?

I'ts alive. I don't normally like first time startup videos as i feel it jinxes things but i did it anyway and sure enough i was jinxed got a ohh noo feeling when it wouldn't rev and cut out ? my temporary fuel tank was empty so all's good With fuel in it seemed to run better sounds real quiet and ticks over so much smoother, it used to have a lumpy tick over i'm thinking the carb balancing has fixed that, hopefully it will still be ok after a run

Nice recovery @MooN its such a good feeling when snapped things come out

As a rough description the part I've circled in the photo has a plunger in it which is pushed up by a spring and the space below it is filled with oil as it advances when the chain and guides wear, The oil stops the plunger from moving back once its advanced so keeps the chain tight, the oil in this part will only come out if you turn the tensioner upside down. New oil runs over this part when the engine is running but it does not replace the oil that's in there so hoping cleaning it out will fix it otherwise it's £150 for a new one

Got the engine back together tonight also adjusted some of the valve clearances which was quite time consuming without the proper tool for the job so just the rocker cover to go on and refill the cooling system tomorrow and then i'll find out if my efforts were worth it @Bruce the crows foot worked great for torquing up the cam sprocket bolts, would have had to remove the cam covers to do it with a socket

I've moved to the cam chain tensioner tonight. first job was to remove the cooling system thermostat and fill point relatively simple job which involved undoing some jubilee clips and then covering my garage carpets and socks in antifreeze ffs. after moping everything up and a clean pair of socks this is what i took off Removing that lot gave me better access to the rocker cover looks a bit scary in there i don't think I've done this to a twin cam engine before Didn't take long to get at the cam chain tensioner and only had to remove one of the camshafts. But you have to remove the two R clips and push the pins out to free it from the cam chain while over the cam chain tunnel what could possibly go wrong ? Got it out without dropping anything into the engine but still have to put them back in tomorrow From what I've read the bottom cylindrical part of the cam chain tensioner in the photo below is full of oil and stops the cam chain tensioner plunger from returning once the spring advances it, but when you drain the oil from the bike that part never gets drained and it gets a bit sticky usually around 50,000 miles. So the whole point of this exercise is to flush it out and refill with new oil because as far as i'm aware the oil has been there from when the bike was new which makes it 28 years old. Last photo with the cam out really not looking forward to putting this back together tomorrow might have to get the workshop manual out looks a bit complicated ?

Dear god no did you eat them

I was also talking about when i started riding, there were some great mechanics about then not so much now as their either retired or dead and bike shops now seem to change parts until the problem is fixed instead of diagnosing whats wrong first

Lots of places to get the bike worked on around here i'm just too tight and i used to enjoy it but i am in Pedro's frame of mind now i just want stuff to work, I'm thinking of getting rid of the CB this year so i want it to work right but working on it makes me want to keep it Going to have a look at the cam chain tensioner next as they get a bit sticky on them at about 50000 miles and this bike is just past that and gets a cam chain rattle now and again fixed by stopping the engine and restarting