Buckster Posted May 24, 2023 Author Share Posted May 24, 2023 6 minutes ago, Marcel said: Avon !....isn't that women beauty products ?.....figured you get some gayass tyres.. They have a picture of a cobra on the side, you don’t get more manly than that. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yen_powell Posted May 24, 2023 Share Posted May 24, 2023 7 hours ago, Buckster said: They have a picture of a cobra on the side, you don’t get more manly than that. Is there not a tyre with a mongoose on it? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Six30 Posted May 24, 2023 Share Posted May 24, 2023 9 hours ago, Buckster said: I’m rebuilding the calipers and have ordered solid discs to see how they fair. Thought you would of gone for wavey discs 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boboneleg Posted May 24, 2023 Share Posted May 24, 2023 13 minutes ago, Six30 said: Yours ain’t … it will have that big fat Dunlop bloke on it Uuuuuuuuuuuuuum, I think that's actually Michelin @Six30 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Six30 Posted May 24, 2023 Share Posted May 24, 2023 2 minutes ago, boboneleg said: Uuuuuuuuuuuuuum, I think that's actually Michelin @Six30 That’s what I wrote 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boboneleg Posted May 24, 2023 Share Posted May 24, 2023 4 minutes ago, Six30 said: That’s what I wrote No you didn't 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yen_powell Posted May 24, 2023 Share Posted May 24, 2023 52 minutes ago, boboneleg said: Uuuuuuuuuuuuuum, I think that's actually Michelin @Six30 Bibendum 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XTreme Posted May 24, 2023 Share Posted May 24, 2023 My suspicion is that the fucking trailer warped his discs! No good ever came of hooking up a trailer full of Bibles to a motorcycle! 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckster Posted May 24, 2023 Author Share Posted May 24, 2023 12 minutes ago, Marcel said: What Pete said....what was he thinking. I am just doing Gods work. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boboneleg Posted May 25, 2023 Share Posted May 25, 2023 10 hours ago, Buckster said: I am just doing Gods work. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skyrider Posted May 25, 2023 Share Posted May 25, 2023 18 hours ago, Six30 said: That’s what I wrote hog wash Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Six30 Posted May 25, 2023 Share Posted May 25, 2023 18 hours ago, Buckster said: I am just doing Gods work. Nonce 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yen_powell Posted May 25, 2023 Share Posted May 25, 2023 4 hours ago, skyrider said: hog wash No, that's when he washes his bike. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XTreme Posted May 25, 2023 Share Posted May 25, 2023 23 minutes ago, yen_powell said: No, that's when he washes his bike. You're the last person to talk about washing bikes Yen! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tango Posted May 25, 2023 Share Posted May 25, 2023 Were the previous discs floating? My OH had solid disks on the front of her Bonneville, which we ended up replacing twice because they warped due to the pads dragging. We then fitted a Brembo floating disk and the problem has never returned. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckster Posted May 25, 2023 Author Share Posted May 25, 2023 On 25/05/2023 at 19:51, Tango said: Were the previous discs floating? My OH had solid disks on the front of her Bonneville, which we ended up replacing twice because they warped due to the pads dragging. We then fitted a Brembo floating disk and the problem has never returned. The EBC discs are floaters, I have used solids before and I was able to get them quickly, they are here now. I will see how they last but I want to have a proper look at the brakes and see if there are any reasons they may be failing, I have new pistons and seals here as well so will rebuild the calipers while I am on. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slowlycatchymonkey Posted May 25, 2023 Share Posted May 25, 2023 On 24/05/2023 at 20:53, yen_powell said: Bibendum Have you read the history of Bibendum? Brilliant stuff, he was used to advertise drinking alcohol when you drive to keep the chills away 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yen_powell Posted May 25, 2023 Share Posted May 25, 2023 48 minutes ago, Slowlycatchymonkey said: Have you read the history of Bibendum? Brilliant stuff, he was used to advertise drinking alcohol when you drive to keep the chills away I only know the name because there was a tv programme about him a few years ago. Unfortunately only the name stuck and that it was from the latin to drink. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slowlycatchymonkey Posted May 25, 2023 Share Posted May 25, 2023 7 minutes ago, yen_powell said: I only know the name because there was a tv programme about him a few years ago. Unfortunately only the name stuck and that it was from the latin to drink. Yep “and now is the time for drinking” He was originally a rejected illustration for a brewery that was then used by the Michelin brothers. Theres a great poster of somewhere of him driving a convertible and drinking out of a champagne coupe There was one poster suggesting a drink if you felt tired would liven you back up for driving 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XTreme Posted May 25, 2023 Share Posted May 25, 2023 6 minutes ago, Slowlycatchymonkey said: Yep “and now is the time for drinking” He was originally a rejected illustration for a brewery that was then used by the Michelin brothers. Theres a great poster of somewhere of him driving a convertible and drinking out of a champagne coupe There was one poster suggesting a drink if you felt tired would liven you back up for driving I nearly got run over by the Michelin Man when he was riding a Beemer (I think it was an R90S) on the infield at Silverstone in 1978! Fat Twat wasn't looking where he was going! 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tango Posted May 26, 2023 Share Posted May 26, 2023 12 hours ago, Buckster said: The EBC says discs are floaters, I have used solids before and I was able to get them quickly, they are here now. I see how they last but I want to have a proper look at the brakes and see if there are any reasons they may be failing, I have new pistons and seals here as well so will rebuild the calipers while I am on. I guess that I don't need to mention using a smear of red rubber grease during reassembly? If our bikes were not going to be used for a bit I used pop the calipers off and pump the pistons out a fraction. Then clean the pistons as much as was possible, put a smear of red rubber grease on them and then push the pistons back. Then I'd repeat this cycle until all the pistons moved out at the same rate. Finally, push the pistons back in and leave them until the first use of the bikes, remembering to pump the brake lever and pedal before trying to move them. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckster Posted May 26, 2023 Author Share Posted May 26, 2023 2 hours ago, Tango said: I guess that I don't need to mention using a smear of red rubber grease during reassembly? If our bikes were not going to be used for a bit I used pop the calipers off and pump the pistons out a fraction. Then clean the pistons as much as was possible, put a smear of red rubber grease on them and then push the pistons back. Then I'd repeat this cycle until all the pistons moved out at the same rate. Finally, push the pistons back in and leave them until the first use of the bikes, remembering to pump the brake lever and pedal before trying to move them. I use silicon grease, red rubber grease reacts with dot 4 brake fluid. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busabeast Posted May 26, 2023 Share Posted May 26, 2023 2 hours ago, Buckster said: I use silicon grease, red rubber grease reacts with dot 4 brake fluid. Harleys use dot 4? Is that standard for agriculture? 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckster Posted May 26, 2023 Author Share Posted May 26, 2023 Tyre fitted to the wheel and balanced, £20. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XTreme Posted May 26, 2023 Share Posted May 26, 2023 18 minutes ago, Buckster said: Tyre fitted to the wheel and balanced, £20. Gay! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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