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[Daiwiskers]

They don't make them for the guy on the street to maintain anymore
A neighbor of mine bought a new KTM one hell of a machine but when he took it in for its first service they told him that his warranty was void, as he had over reved it
Have you noticed that all the KTM'S you see on the used market are all low mileage, the odometer resets itself to zero whenever the battery voltage drops

My Harley has something weird going on to I bought it with 41,000 on the clock it now shows 17,000
The year before last I got home from Cornwall the odometer was showing 200 miles less than when I left!

I hate the modern thing of plug the vehicle into a computer to see what's going on

When OBD first came out I thought it was great, now not so much, today you plug in the OBD find the fault repair the thing then find it has to go to the main dealer or someone that has the right dealer software to put out the warning light because your £300 OBD reader won't do it

Some cheap OBD readers will put out most lights but not all

Glad I'm retired and can pick and choose what I want to work on

Yes I even bought a cheap OBD reader and it will put out light's that the expensive one won't but it often won't find codes the expensive one will

Sometimes I wonder if progress is a good thing

Ahhh almost as long as my thread lock post

Dai

[Wheaters]

The best thing the engine designer put in my '91 Honda CB750 - hydraulic tappets.
"All in one" oil and external canister filter was the next best thing.
Servicing that bike is an absolute doddle.

But not as much "fun" as the old RE is.

[windmill john]

My CB500T uses oil sling instead of a filter, hence the need to change oil regularly.

When I had my 800GS, I bought the GS911 electronic tool, as, for example, you could not set the throttle without.

Of course new bikes need less fettling and go faster for longer, but when you do need to fettle....

[Wheaters]

Most of us need a good fettle....

[Daiwiskers]

Bike's are like women you have to throw a bit of money at them now and again,
Tickle em just right, fettle them and ride them now and again

[stinkwheel]

Thanks Dai, today was meant to be tappet day on my Transalp. I bottled it once I got down to removing the throttle bodies. I’ve done tappets before on a carbed Transalp. I just get frustrated with higher tech bikes. The fact you need to remove so much to do some jobs.

Mind you. It's also a honda and therefore the rest of the bike will wear out before the valves go out of tolerance. Just check-em if it gets noisy.

I checked the tappets on my last VFR750 for the first time in its life at 45k miles. None of them were outside tolerance.

Hell, I fitted a set of used cams off a bike that was 7 years newer than my current VFR (performance upgrade) and I only had to fit 2 new shims.

[windmill john]

You’re right Stinkwheel, I gave up because I also knew that historically, trannies and Africa Twins rarely go out of setting. As we all know, not bothered by loose tappets, it’s the tight ones you worry about.

I saw in one of your vids, a Fireblade lurking, so you know about tight space fiddling.

[stinkwheel]

I saw in one of your vids, a Fireblade lurking, so you know about tight space fiddling.

It was actually the wifes CBR6 but yeah, tight doesn't even begin to describe working on that thing. You need a 3ft long screwdriver through a hole in the frame just to undo the jubilee clip for the carb rubbers. As for changing the sparkplugs!!!

[windmill john]

I bring this up every now and then, but removing the petrol tank from a BMW Airhead.... if you rush.... 5 seconds... take your time.... 10 seconds.

[Daiwiskers]

And taking the tank off a oil head, or the battery.

Give me a R80 any day