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From: Lozzo on 26 Apr 2010 17:22 Salad Dodger wrote: > On 26 Apr 2010 20:56:11 GMT, "Lozzo" <lozzo(a)lozzo.org.uk> wrote: > > > Me Here wrote: > > > >> One assumes the circlip has been removed ? > >> See > >> http://beno.id.au/html/webpages-goldwing/frontForks.html > > > > > > That was going to be my questioon. I spent half an hour pulling > > forks apart before Pip reminded me there was a circlip installed as > > well. Daft thing was I'd just stripped the other fork with no > > bother. > > The "circlip" that Honda use is more of a big wavy bit of bent wire, > and is unmissable when looking at the seal. Same as most others, they pretty much all have that wavy bent wire thing now -- Lozzo Versys 650 Tourer, CBR600F-W racebike in the making, TS250C, RD400F (somewhere)
From: CT on 27 Apr 2010 04:10 Salad Dodger wrote: > Unless a frog sort has blown the seal "Non, eet eez just ze frost sur ma moustache" -- Chris
From: Salad Dodger on 27 Apr 2010 17:30 On Mon, 26 Apr 2010 08:53:53 -0700 (PDT), Thomas <keensurf(a)gmail.com> wrote: >On Apr 26, 8:07�am, Salad Dodger <salad.dod...(a)idnet.com> wrote: >> When you need to do a pair of jobs, that one is piddlingly easy, and >> the other impossible. > >Sometimes you can blame an engineer. (This comes from someone who >retired from a career in engineering.) >I bought an ST1300 after owning an ST1100. It seems as if Honda put a >team of newbie engineers on the ST13 with no supervision. For any >task, the 13 takes twice as many tools and twice as many fasteners as >the 11. Just pulling the front wheel on the 13 takes: 3 allen >wrenches (5, 6, & 17mm,) and 4 hex wrenches (8, 10, 12, & 22mm.) The >left brake caliper is held with socket head cap screws while the right >uses hex head bolts. Absurd. Pah. You're preaching to the choir on Honda's complexity for simple jobs. Front wheel on a GL1500SE: 1x19mm; 4x12mm; 4x10mm; 6x8mm; 6x6mm hex; 4x5mm hex and 1xscrew.
From: Salad Dodger on 28 Apr 2010 11:03 On Mon, 26 Apr 2010 17:58:19 +0100, Salad Dodger <salad.dodger(a)idnet.com> wrote: >Anyway, it's now re-forked. Finish bolting the front on tomorrow, then >it's in the hands of the MOT gods once more. And they have looked upon me with benevolent eyes.
From: Champ on 28 Apr 2010 11:03
On Wed, 28 Apr 2010 16:03:03 +0100, Salad Dodger <salad.dodger(a)idnet.com> wrote: >On Mon, 26 Apr 2010 17:58:19 +0100, Salad Dodger ><salad.dodger(a)idnet.com> wrote: > >>Anyway, it's now re-forked. Finish bolting the front on tomorrow, then >>it's in the hands of the MOT gods once more. >And they have looked upon me with benevolent eyes. Hoorah! -- Champ We declare that the splendour of the world has been enriched by a new beauty: the beauty of speed. ZX10R | Hayabusa | GPz750turbo neal at champ dot org dot uk |