Motorcycle and Scooter appreciation

What is it about the brakes you don't like?

I'll take a photo of my bleed setup, but I use a rubber hose into an old bidon. It then creates a vacuum so the fluid isn't sucked back in, and can leave the nut open and just pump lever.

Servicing calipers is a piece of piss, you could do it with one hand and eyes close.

New seals, red rubber grease, clean pistons with something NON abrasive (I use rag and brake fluid), if they're marked then new piston if marking will go under seals, then reverse bleed to start pumping fluid up from caliper using syringe, then can bleed normally.

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Anyone got a good guide to setting up suspension? There are a selection of controls on my bike and I'd like to get something fairly neutral set up... At the moment the two fork ends have different settings, which can't be great. I'm assuming following the manufacturers guide is a bit futile after 17 years/32k miles!

CBR600f4i btw

http://www.promecha.com.au/roadbike_setup_tuning.htm
http://www.gostar-racing.com/club/motorcycle_suspension_set-up.htm

Nice one, I was only finding broken links earlier.

For what it's worth, there's not a lot worth doing aside from static sag until you know the suspension has been refreshed. New oil, seals and bushes will make a mega difference. If it has progressive rate springs, I'd toss those for linear ones for your weight.

J.

Bike only sag or plus me?

both. then you work out the %. Read the links it'll say.

static is bike only
dynamic is with you.

that double lowside and double save on the one corner during practice at catalunya by marquez
he's doing it more and more often

rossi is 2nd in the championship after an average season, is he doing the hare and the tortoise for yet another gp crown

My favourite is the International hand gesture after a save that basically says 'oooooh shit, gonna take a week before my sphincter opens back up'
Isn't that classic Marquez though? push when there's nowhere more to do so!

@skinny Much obliged Sensei! That seems a doddle compared to bleeding Avid kit.

Could you post a gif/vid?

Linky

Cheers. Impressive.

Insane skills. Answers something I've always wondered, can you recover a low side given enough tarmac and enough knee pads? Answer is yes!

I like that he left a long trail of rubber....with the front wheel.

I'm learning about that here in a different way. Turns out certain types of really hot tarmac act like greased round abouts back home. Fast corners love snatching the front end from under you.

I've saved front end slides on my knee at least twice (more by luck than judgement.)

.....the other 30 odd times, I've lobbed it.....

Marquez isn't the first but damned if he hasn't near perfected the art of not crashing. It looks like something that he's really practiced...I actually wouldn't be surprised to see more riders doing it within a couple of seasons. He's outrageously good at the moment, an incredibly complete rider.

Is this going to be another leg out braking maneuver? I'm sure it works on the track, but have you seen how many cockwombles do it on the road now? It's everywhere here.

Speaking of here. New rubber collecting dust as I can't find anyone here that would replace them for anything less than 100 euros (British plates + twinkle in their eye). How easy is it to balance wheels?

Hi all, first time poster in this thread.

Looking to sell my 1980 Yamaha FS1E after about 10 years of ownership and would rather not go down the eBay route! It’s got MOT until February 2019 but I’m just not riding it and now my MK2 Golf is taking up my time in the garage.

Wondered if there’s any interest among the motorcycling fraternity on here? Comes with stacks of paperwork, hoping for £1300 for it. Let me know if anyone wants more details!

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My dads an my own new aquisitions:
I bought mine first!

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Very cool!

I passed my driving test in 1995 and would now like to learn to ride a motorcycle - my understanding is that I can ride a <50cc bike now, without doing anything, or a 125cc with a CBT and L plates, is this correct or is this Fake News?

Correct.

CBT highly recommended regardless.

Yarp, I've scootered around foreign parts when on holiday but I'm sure that's no substitute for a bit of training.

What's best to get to tool around on before putting in for the proper test - the 125, or will something tiny be fine?

I rented a 125 for a week. I found this to be plenty of time to get used to shifting and general control. Then I had a 3 day Direct Access Scheme training which included both aspects of the test (mod1, mod2).

Don't forget your theory test :)

Then the 1.4 litre superbike?

Exactly.

I did my CBT, then a two-hour consolidation lesson on a 125, then jumped on a big bike and did 4 days (~4 hours a day) DAS.
I also had an extra hour or so before each test just to warm up and settle the nerves.
Paying for the instructor and use of a school bike possibly isn’t the most cost-effective way to learn control basics but I liked having the two-way radio in my ear with instant feedback on anything dodgy (or good).