What have you done to your MT today ? contd

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giff
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Re: What have you done to your MT today ? contd

Post by giff » Sun Sep 26, 2021 12:59 pm

still procrastinating.. i noticed my piston has 89.21 stamped on it..oil control ring is brittle as and now is in three peices.gnats twats.....threw it all in the hedge with the rest of the cranky beast,,,grrrrrrrr,,,im off for some old rosie... :lol: ...thought about steel pony and intermitant starter...horn earth and general earth ,,i have a kicker so i dont realy know much about the little green ones. the kill switch may be sticky, i have had mine fail mot on lights as the mot er didnt know about the kill switch,,,oh how we chuckled when i collected the cranky beast,only took 20 or so kicks tto fire her up...i was too puffed to chucle then... :lol: if there is a lot of oil about your frame it can act as an insulator interupting earths etc,i have had intermitant horn due to oil..good luck
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Post by lardmarc » Sun Sep 26, 2021 1:03 pm

giff wrote: ↑
Sun Sep 26, 2021 12:59 pm
I have had intermittent horn due to oil.
Could just be age.
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Post by giff » Sun Sep 26, 2021 1:26 pm

yes lardmark..my loom has been baked many times and is brittle
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Post by Steel pony » Tue Sep 28, 2021 6:30 am

Thanks wiralman. Excellent suggestions and I will look at them all over the coming weekend
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Post by Laurence » Thu Sep 30, 2021 6:11 pm

Got a puncture, took the jap bike instead :roll:
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Post by 12royal » Mon Oct 04, 2021 1:48 pm

I took my MT for its MoT and it passed with no advisories :D many thanks to Wirralman for the brake pads.
Happy days, Alan
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Post by lardmarc » Mon Oct 04, 2021 3:36 pm

Stocked up on rear lamps while I can.


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Post by Vtrsp1da » Mon Oct 04, 2021 6:19 pm

lardmarc wrote: ↑
Mon Oct 04, 2021 3:36 pm
Stocked up on rear lamps while I can.


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You need help

How much were they?
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Post by Laurence » Mon Oct 04, 2021 6:46 pm

Vtrsp1da wrote: ↑
Mon Oct 04, 2021 6:19 pm
lardmarc wrote: ↑
Mon Oct 04, 2021 3:36 pm
Stocked up on rear lamps while I can.


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You need help
We already knew that :roll:
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Post by lardmarc » Mon Oct 04, 2021 7:04 pm

Vtrsp1da wrote: ↑
Mon Oct 04, 2021 6:19 pm
How much were they?
Reasonably priced. Once they're gone we're stuffed. I'm making sure I've got enough to rebuild a couple of MTs and a Sheffield parks CV500, if I ever get around to it.

https://www.forcemotorcycles.com/collec ... p-assembly
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