Author Topic: What have you done with your V-Strom today? (Read 1400723 times)

grumps · « **Reply #6400 on:** January 17, 2016, 11:37:41 »

Quote from: Fat Rat on January 17, 2016, 11:36:02

Living in a house with three women,

You bragging or looking for sympathy?

tallpaul · « **Reply #6401 on:** January 17, 2016, 11:38:10 »

Just had a monumental task getting my bike into the conservatory. Sick of getting cold in the garage!! I've done an oil change while the engine is still warm. Now to start my epic list of jobs...

This is my alternative oil tank for the pd mini. I could never find a location I was happy with for the original tank, so I'm trying this fuel tank from a model RC car. It holds nearly as much as the original tank, but in a package size I'm happy with. It is internally baffled and is easy to refill. Winner!

Fat Rat · « **Reply #6402 on:** January 17, 2016, 11:40:27 »

Quote from: grumps on January 17, 2016, 11:37:41

You bragging or looking for sympathy?

Sympathy all the way.

joderest · « **Reply #6403 on:** January 17, 2016, 17:26:23 »

FR you have my sympathy all the way, also have house with 3 females. hence a shed or something to escape to would be nice, but no space to put one.
Oh well, can't have everything !!!!

Fat Rat · « **Reply #6404 on:** January 18, 2016, 19:04:54 »

Further to this thread I finished getting the Strom ready for MOT tomorrow.

Graham62 · « **Reply #6405 on:** January 18, 2016, 20:04:01 »

FR I know what you mean I'm in a house with 6 females

????. The bike is looking great. Did you sort out the bungs for the rear rack?

Fat Rat · « **Reply #6406 on:** January 18, 2016, 20:48:22 »

I improvised

http://www.v-strom.co.uk/smf/index.php?topic=28402.0

tallpaul · « **Reply #6407 on:** January 18, 2016, 20:50:17 »

I prefer those black wheels to the silver ones on mine...hmmm.

Fat Rat · « **Reply #6408 on:** January 18, 2016, 21:02:07 »

Funny, I was considering getting mine powder coated.......Silver.

tallpaul · « **Reply #6409 on:** January 18, 2016, 22:00:22 »

Feel like a swap?!

Fat Rat · « **Reply #6410 on:** January 18, 2016, 22:09:13 »

Sounds complicated.

tallpaul · « **Reply #6411 on:** January 18, 2016, 22:11:00 »

Fair enough!

Fat Rat · « **Reply #6412 on:** January 19, 2016, 10:27:29 »

By complicated, I probably mean that by the time we have each stripped our wheels and traveled the distance between us (without wheels

) it would probably work out cheaper to have them coated.

tallpaul · « **Reply #6413 on:** January 19, 2016, 10:41:06 »

True! My wheels are out ready for having the new tyres fitted, but as you say transport is the real cost.

Fat Rat · « **Reply #6414 on:** January 19, 2016, 12:57:17 »

I took the DL650 for MOT, straight through

Fat Rat · « **Reply #6415 on:** January 19, 2016, 17:15:48 »

Took off the Barn Door Mirrors and added something a little more subtle. Added a 12V Socket.
Sticker courtesy of Snowstrom.

ukiboy · « **Reply #6416 on:** January 20, 2016, 13:59:38 »

Finally got round to giving the Glee a much needed wash as it's been ages since last time and it's been covered in rain, muck, road salt and London's finest road grime. Looks much better now!
After washing I usually let it idle, with a few blips of the throttle to get the revs up, till the fan kicks in to dry things out - what's the thoughts on that? Is it OK to do or does it create any issues?

MartinW · « **Reply #6417 on:** January 20, 2016, 14:35:02 »

I've done that, to both dry the bike and smell the cooking ACF50

However, the correct advice seems to be that it is not a good idea. Condensation forms as part of the combustion process, but the bike is never really hot enough to burn it all away.

I guess it depends how long you run it for though.

Fat Rat · « **Reply #6418 on:** January 20, 2016, 20:46:33 »

Am I bored or did it need doing (maybe both)

The old clamp had welded itself on

tallpaul · « **Reply #6419 on:** January 21, 2016, 21:21:42 »

Whilst waiting for the heating engineer to come and sort out the boiler I thought I'd use my enforced day off usefully, so did a few of the jobs on my list...

Removed and drained the forks.
Checked the valve clearances (all good).
Fitted iridium spark plugs.
Fitted taper roller head bearings.
ACF50 on all the electrical connectors behind the radiator.
Dropped the wheels and new tyres off at the garage for fitting, balancing and new valves.

Still got a load of jobs left though...