don't have the spare cash lying round at the moment mate. Just bought new wheels, a 2nd rear stand, and need an alarm fitting this month. Add that onto the car service and MOT... and the holiday to Tunisia in less than 2 weeks


LOL just can't.

thanks mate.

I've just sold mi telly to but a video !

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I reckon given some of the near hysterical reactions here to servicing one's brakes, I reckon we all ought to get "experts" to lubricate and adjust our chains too. Or how about changing light bulbs? Both equally important when it comes to safety. :puzzled:

Mate...I've been dropping a hint at this kind of thing for the last few years and it seems to just never happen.

I know Iconic was working on it, and then had his computer go down on him (oher missus):lol:

I then volunteered to go throuigh ALL of the techinical thread myself and pull out/list all that could be placed in a technical archive...but that seems to have fallen on deaf ears???

Surely not that difficult to achieve, time consuming to get it of the ground , yes...but impossible...no.

Other boards I use have this 'technical archive section' and its invaluable.

ok, calipers and MC are off to MotoSPort@Greedys this weekend to be stripped and sorted out.

Thanks for all the advice guys, even the stuff i didn't like :)

'Kin 'ell mate, they must be sharp! I nearly looped mine the first time I rode it braking into Edwinas, and that was on standard brakes! :lol:

Remember steve....Grease is the word!

Why? Don't jap bikes need maintenace:smug:

Mav,you know,as i do they all need maintainance,i was
using the term loosly,as an example,to try and get it across to the people who don't,spend,and maintain,correctley !,whome may potentially cut corners,to there peril !

Where do we draw the line the Simon ? 3 years ago i couldn't change a fuel pump, these days i could do it in seconds.....

Same with a front wheel ? or an exhaust even a few weeks back..

What's right and wrong ? everything you do to a bike in a spanner sense has a modicum of danger.... But does that mean we all do nothing ?? No, of course not.

You asses what needs doing. And go from there.

I had the simple choice with mine. Find out the possible causes, then try a simple and safe fix (greasing pistons, without breaking seals) and then if not, you move on to someone else to show or do for you.

Steve, it's in the post;)

To add to your point I had never done anything major 3 months ago, now I have stripped my bike down, sent the frame away and totally rebuilt it.

With a little confidence a haynes manual and a lot of advice from people on this site you can do almost anything.

I guess you are right . . .
 

You do what you feel comfortable doing - my point was that there are a few people here who undertake safety critical tasks with a huge amount of ineptitude!!!

This morning Steve - the way you were describing your actions - made you sound totally inept! :lol:

There are things you "have a go at" and their are things that you dont touch - its simple.

As for changing bulbs - well - lets not go there!!!

Khushy

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Which part sounded inept mate ?

i am actually fairly inept.... but didn't think i sounded it on this one. :)

shows how inept you bloody are - you dont even know which bit I am on about!

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Khushy

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As far as i could see, you criticised me for using Copperlsip... which i already stated i wasn't....

you've lost me oh mr spannergod.

its called humour!!!

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hmmmmm spannergod - I like that!!!

Damn, that's usually one of my strongest parts :(

Steve isn't inept. He didn't possess the knowledge. He asked for info, he got replies, he made an informed choice. There's nothing inept about - quite the contrary really. He knows his limitations.

Well there's a degree of common sense when using Scotchbrite. You can get it in varying degrees of roughness. I use it to remove grime and rubber residue in conjunction with something like WD40 but, I certainly wouldn't recommend scrubbing away at the pistons with it!

I never realised that seal kits weren't available for Brembo calipers. If that's the case then what are we supposed to do when the seals fail as they will do eventually?

It seems rather daft when I can get seal kits for any number of other bikes. and I don't have trouble getting seals for Brembo calipers on MZ's.

Maybe that's why they make proper grease for brake seals ? :D