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

[Will14]

I know my vacuum gauges have little screws on the face to adjust them. I have to make sure they are the same readings before I start. Mind you fiddling with the restrictors in the vacuum pipes can give odd readings too. My gauges are cheap ones though.

Re-balanced the throttle bodies this evening, to get that sweet point No 1 & 2 are doing marginally more than 3 & 4 but it makes a big difference to the bike at idle, tick over is really smooth and steady almost like a buzz, where if they are balanced bang on equal its a little lumpy with some chuffing through the exhausts 

The proof will be in the pudding when I take her to the local bike night tomorrow, I suspect @Hooli was bang on and it's possibly down to the accuracy of the gauges

Cheers, Pete

[Dwain Dibley]

I have treated myself to a tool kit to carry on the bike, and I have done the same for the other two as well.

D.D.

GSX.

[Notty]

my tool kit

[Dwain Dibley]

 

D.D.

[KiwiCol]

I have treated myself to a tool kit to carry on the bike, and I have done the same for the other two as well.

D.D.

GSX.

How about a pic of what's inside? 

[Hooli]

Yesterday but close enough....

I rode a mate's new bike, a 2011 CB1000RA. It's rather fun, awfully light & flickable but damn quick & torquey from naff all revs. Pulls clean from 20mph in 4th up to errrm, dunno I didn't get it over about 90 but it got there rather quick. Handles like it's on rails yet has a decent ride.

I don't want one, I don't like digital dashes & the seat hump batters my coccyx. There's no room to move forwards & avoid it either. However it's bloody fun for a blast & having checked the specs slightly more powerful (& much lighter) than my 14, they are 130bhp & 100lb/ft standard. Obviously it'll be getting a louder can which I'm sure will release a few more ponies too.

[Dwain Dibley]

Quite a comprehensive kit, and fits in the under seat bucket battery cover.

D.D.

[KiwiCol]

Very nice.

[Roo]

It's raining ! put the battery minder on for Tuesday/Wednesday  lol.

[Andre]

Quite a comprehensive kit, and fits in the under seat bucket battery cover.

D.D.

As usual no JIS bits. 

[grog]

Hooli, i also rode Honda. CB650F, pretty much what you said, i was surprised i liked it.Great as a one off ride.

[Dwain Dibley]

As usual no JIS bits. 
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You are right, I have some to replace them with. You would think that Oxford would know this !!

D.D.

[Will14]

So this week has seen new iridium spark plugs (thought I would give them a try never used before) new 3mm ID silicone vac hoses, I had previously replaced the originals with a spare hose that I had for my Carbtune gauges which are 5mm ID and while they fitted there was no resistance fitting or removing them & lastly an original Suzuki clutch switch which surprisingly was only £15 delivered from Robinsons Foundry and replaced a cheap Ebay £5 special

The first thing I noticed when starting the bike was that both the cold start & idle revs once the cold start had cycled were higher than I had previously set it to & the cold start seemed to stay on longer, secondly the bike again feels much more responsive to the point I found that I had to change how I ride the bike slightly rolling off the throttle earlier when coming into tight bends as the engine seems to be running freer with less engine braking, she now sits in second or third gear quite happily going through our silly Welsh 20mph limits so smoothly without any jerking or snatching as she did before & pulls through every gear strongly and no popping through the exhausts any longer on the overrun. Just the one slight bit of hesitation, but I think that was probably me in to high a gear opening the throttle fully leaving a 20mph limit, but soon got up to private road figures 

At a guess although all of the parts changed this week will have made some sort of difference I would hazard a guess that the vac hoses and original clutch switch have had the biggest impact, as the saying goes buy cheap buy twice!

Next on the list now the bike is running spot on will be Hagon progressive front springs, well I need something to do in the evenings 

Have also decided that the Tiger 1050 I bought in November is going on the market, great bike but it has confirmed for me that after 20 years the 14 is the bike for me, so I have one of the first a 2001 model I am going to get one of the last possibly to keep her company

Cheers, Pete...

[grog]

Good old clutch switch fix i reckon Will. Iridium, can of worms but i use them, been in mine 10 yrs. Put one in mower, starts, idles much better.

[Will14]

Good old clutch switch fix i reckon Will. Iridium, can of worms but i use them, been in mine 10 yrs. Put one in mower, starts, idles much better.

I tend to agree grog, think the vac hoses has helped also. Two cheap fixes less than £20 for both and such a big improvement  Think I may get another clutch switch to keep in stock while the price & availability is good