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Offline TLPower

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Re: What have you done with your V-Strom today?
« Reply #8940 on: April 11, 2019, 19:30:21 »
@Graham62, I feel your pain. It will all be worth it when the decent weather arrives. :)
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Offline Graham62

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Re: What have you done with your V-Strom today?
« Reply #8941 on: April 11, 2019, 22:21:33 »
I'm hoping that it's something I've missed when putting it back together. The R/R and battery was new last July, so if not them I need to look at the starter but what else ? :dl_smiley_banghead:
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Re: What have you done with your V-Strom today?
« Reply #8942 on: April 12, 2019, 00:40:33 »
A late one tonight... Well morning now  :roll:

Felt the front brakes dragging so cleaned and rebuilt both calipers. I need sleep so will refill and bleed the front brakes with some nice new fluid tomorrow evening, ready for this weekend  :lala:
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Re: What have you done with your V-Strom today?
« Reply #8943 on: April 12, 2019, 09:03:00 »
Beautiful day yesterday so went for a ride with son-in-law-to-be up to Rhayader. This was at the first coffee stop.

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Re: What have you done with your V-Strom today?
« Reply #8944 on: April 13, 2019, 15:44:28 »
Took her over to King's 2 Wheel in Kidlington to look at the new Katana in the flesh, and to hear the sweet, sweet music of the new Delkevic SL10 can.
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Re: What have you done with your V-Strom today?
« Reply #8945 on: April 14, 2019, 22:18:03 »
Stripped down the forks to replace leaking seals. Found grey sludge where the oil ought to be, and some PO had cross-threaded the left top nut and damaged the internal thread on the stanchion. The stanchions are badly pitted anyway, so replacements ordered along with bushes etc. With new tyres, chain and sprockets too, it's been an expensive month so far. Also had to order a new bearing for the sprocket carrier, though the back wheel bearings are OK.
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Offline Barbel Mick

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Re: What have you done with your V-Strom today?
« Reply #8946 on: April 16, 2019, 22:00:48 »
Got it out of the garage to ride it..............wouldn't start, lights, dash went through the motions & fuel pump kicked in. Put a meter on the battery & flat as a pancake? Charged it for 5/6 hrs and it was looking good. Tried to start it & the same conditions!!  :angry-banghead:
Pulled the clutch switch & shorted it out...started!!
No problem, take the switch off & order a new one tomorrow. Why the f*** do they put thread lock on a tiny screw like that, that's made of cheese!!  ### Drilled the head off it, leaving a good bit of it proud enough to get a pair of quick grips on it. Great, it's coming undone.......ah! now its sheared!!!!   :angry-banghead:
Took the whole lever mounting off & I'll take it to my local fellow up the road on Thursday to see if he can get it out.
Will order a new switch (& screw) tomorrow & hope my man can sort the bracket.
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Re: What have you done with your V-Strom today?
« Reply #8947 on: April 17, 2019, 06:20:48 »
That sounds like an all round bad egg Mick. Fingers crossed your "Man" can sort it. :)
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Re: What have you done with your V-Strom today?
« Reply #8948 on: April 17, 2019, 09:04:52 »
That clutch switch malarkey ugh! What it is supposed to prevent? The more I think about it the more pointless it seems to be. 

Hope you get it sorted soon Mick.
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Offline Barbel Mick

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Re: What have you done with your V-Strom today?
« Reply #8949 on: April 17, 2019, 22:35:07 »
Managed an hour in the garage tonight (grandkids are great but they take up valuable motorcycle maintenance time  :grin:) and opened the clutch switch. (I put a meter on the contacts before opening and on operating the switch got no reading).
It has been designed to be opened (is that telling us something  :shrug:) although three hands with two thumbs on each would be a help!
After fifteen minutes looking for the spring, I was being very careful not to let it fly out, I was able to look at the switch. I could see nothing wrong, the contacts were clean, although the spring loaded contact, underneath, not the one you can see, (blue arrow) did seem a bit 'sticky' so a bit of WD40 was applied.
I put it back together, put a meter on the contacts and a full short was showing, operate the switch and open circuit, perfect! (Note, the plunger is pushed in until the clutch lever is pulled in).
I think, before I got the big hammer out  :roll:, if I had sprayed contact cleaner and WD40 into the hole (red arrow) with the clutch lever pulled in I would have sorted my problem.
The switch was connected to the wiring and the bike started fine.
I had ordered a new switch this morning which I will fit, keeping the old one as an emergency spare.
I will take the wing mirror bracket to my man tomorrow in the hope he might be able to remove the broken screw.   
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Re: What have you done with your V-Strom today?
« Reply #8950 on: April 17, 2019, 22:38:56 »
Started the Summer Maintenance schedule. I'm thinking fresh oil in the forks and possibly Hagon Springs? Valve check and Coolant, and there's a few bits that require a lick of paint or powder coat. Should keep me busy on the crapper days of Summer  :)



ps. Tape on the rack is for wrapping round that bolt that goes through the front of the tank, to see if it gets rid of the dunk noise when I hit a pot hole or similar jolt?
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Re: What have you done with your V-Strom today?
« Reply #8951 on: April 18, 2019, 10:34:32 »
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Re: What have you done with your V-Strom today?
« Reply #8952 on: April 18, 2019, 10:52:49 »
They say it has a 'a long beak-like structure', I say it has a large, ridiculous, absolutely adds no value beak!
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Re: What have you done with your V-Strom today?
« Reply #8953 on: April 18, 2019, 12:28:35 »
Further headlight murder in evidence too.
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Re: What have you done with your V-Strom today?
« Reply #8954 on: April 18, 2019, 16:00:53 »
I quite like it if they have the camo paint scheme as an option.  :shy:
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Re: What have you done with your V-Strom today?
« Reply #8955 on: April 19, 2019, 11:16:00 »
Rear wheel off for cleaning. (So much easier in the bathtub!). Chain cleaned and rear caliper given a little TLC.  Chain adjusted a touch on reassembly.
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Re: What have you done with your V-Strom today?
« Reply #8956 on: April 20, 2019, 17:01:19 »
GIVI Airflow screen put back on mine. Was out earlier with the standard Suzuki screen on an I head butted numerous insects.........  :)
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Re: What have you done with your V-Strom today?
« Reply #8957 on: April 20, 2019, 19:30:57 »
Fitted a new set of aux lights, previous ones where a bit on the large side.

quite a good kit complete with all wiring.
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Re: What have you done with your V-Strom today?
« Reply #8958 on: April 20, 2019, 21:53:42 »
Finally fitted the delkevic exhaust system (shiny and a touch loud  :grin:) and did an oil change, oil was clean (500 miles over 2.5 years) so will leave oil filter until next year.
A good clean/polish planned for tomorrow. :thumb:
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Re: What have you done with your V-Strom today?
« Reply #8959 on: April 20, 2019, 22:21:07 »
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or sound  :dl_hyperhysteria:
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