Continuing - So what did you do to your bike today...?

[grog]

worth a look you blokes. did mine yonks ago, didnt replace bolt, it wasnt loose. wacked some super strength loctite on it. a bit over a maintenance / service job but was just making sure. your post Buddy makes me glad i did.

[Mick_J]

I can't believe this sort of thing is still happening, I first experienced it in 1983 on my GSX 1100. 

[grog]

mjgt, youre right mate, had forgotten. gs 1000 and gsx1100 in early 80s, same prob. cant really remember but think i just did bolts up on both. not sure. i wouldve loctited , even back then. probably more pro active then than now. my little stable was gs1000g, gsx1100ex and ducati darmah. still love them all.

[Buddynq]

Pretty sure Jeff put a Key in the shaft on his Katana

[Mick_J]

mjgt, youre right mate, had forgotten. gs 1000 and gsx1100 in early 80s, same prob. cant really remember but think i just did bolts up on both. not sure. i wouldve loctited , even back then. probably more pro active then than now. my little stable was gs1000g, gsx1100ex and ducati darmah. still love them all.

I had an 860GTS 

[gsxbarmy]

worth a look you blokes. did mine yonks ago, didnt replace bolt, it wasnt loose. wacked some super strength loctite on it. a bit over a maintenance / service job but was just making sure. your post Buddy makes me glad i did.

May be worth having the cover off and just loctiting (is that a word?) the generator bolts in the casing given what happened to Endless a few days ago where one of the alternator bolts came loose and chewed up the alternator (http://gsx1400owners.org/forum/index.php?topic=2048.msg23593#msg23593)

@grog
@Buddynq

[IanH]

So, while you guys are battling away fighting 1st world problems I'm enjoying the sun in South East Asia....Thailand to be precise.

What did I do today, I took delivery of my rental Honda CBR125RR (aka Click) and took it for a 15 kilometre spin down the seafront and back.
Don't be fooled by the looks....its a beast!

[Kiwifruit]

The front end looks very Trumpet 
Enjoy Ian.

[Mick_J]

  looks a propper hand full 

[Sweaty]

It could do with a tail tidy 

[northern]

Annual winter bike-fun began.
This year major plan is to Yoshi cam install. Maybe (just maybe) repaint engine.
Minor plans are chain replacement and rear brake rebuild (new pistons).

Bonus plan: If I have time to deal with it - oil temperature indication. Start it 2 years ago,  but still not finished...

P.S. I also have a question - riding on a roads, which are under construction, covers engine with dirt, which with engine heat became hard almost as a stone, and which is very hard to clean. Other thing - this dirt is hard to access cause it's behind the oil cooler and header pipes.
How do you clean this kind of dirt?

[Andre]

Oil (motor oil, wd40, ballistol etc.) is a great cleaner for dirt.

[gsxbarmy]

I generally use SDoc100 Gel ( https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SDoc100-Motorcycle-Motorbike-Gel-Cleaner/182575310964?epid=1105484018&hash=item2a82562874:g:ybAAAOSwUoNaIB2X  ) as it sticks to the bike better than Muc-off and the suchlike which I agitate in those hard to get places with a long 45 degree angled brush (similar to what one uses for painting (like this https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2x-QUALITY-LONG-ANGLED-RADIATOR-PAINT-BRUSH-Decorating-DIY-Plastic-Handle-Pipe/311964641280? ), leave it about 30 mins and then hose it off. Sometimes you do need a second go at it, but generally, being a Gel and "sticking" to the engine, it works pretty much first time. If i can't use SDoc for any reason, then my next choice is Auto-Glym Engine Cleaner http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Auto-Glym-Engine-Machine-Cleaner-1-Litre/263181338343?epid=1504538425&hash=item3d46d486e7:g:zyIAAOSwEQFZqbBP

WD40 - as Andre says - is good - but can leave an oily film on the casings which you then need to get off. Great for removing oil and grease though, once of the best.

[northern]

Thank you Andre and Dave.
Issue is, I cant get SDoc 100 in my country, and ordering outside will make to expensive. But Autoglym I should have in store not far away... Should give it a try.

[Blubber]

So, while you guys are battling away fighting 1st world problems I'm enjoying the sun in South East Asia....Thailand to be precise.

Enjoy.