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pyoor_excuseActually, I don't hate it. I suspected what happened today would happen.
I fixed my bike; it turned out the clutch had moved off it's tapered shaft enough to no longer grip it. Having got it all assembled I started it.... and staggeringly it started first time (not bad for 9 months without running); having got it going I tried....putting...it in gear. And discovered that the clutch was staggeringly missadjusted. Tried again, still misadjusted. Tried again, still misadjusted...and the cluch was back off its tapered shaft. Grr.
I need to be a big strong bloke; or as Lauren suggested, use a bigger lever.
So tomorrow it'll be taking it all apart again; hopefully catching all the oil, putting it back together, but this time I'll abuse the torque wrench in my attempt to get the thing tight enough. Still, it was fab to hear her running again; and *terribly* tempting to just take her for an MOT (although she'd fail, atm, she's got a blown bulb).
Anyway, if I get her fixed tomorrow.... then I might be back on me motorbike! Woo! Go me!
It sounded so good to get that lovely 250 2 stroke noise and have *huge* cloud of filthy blue smoke wafting around me...
Oh, and I don't *really* hate it at the moment, I'm just peeved at having to do it *all* again. In rather sad news, the fan I got, my attempt to braze the metal on it lead to the outer ring cracking, so I need to think of another solution to that problem and clean off the braze which, incidentally, hasn't really stuck very well. :(
I fixed my bike; it turned out the clutch had moved off it's tapered shaft enough to no longer grip it. Having got it all assembled I started it.... and staggeringly it started first time (not bad for 9 months without running); having got it going I tried....putting...it in gear. And discovered that the clutch was staggeringly missadjusted. Tried again, still misadjusted. Tried again, still misadjusted...and the cluch was back off its tapered shaft. Grr.
I need to be a big strong bloke; or as Lauren suggested, use a bigger lever.
So tomorrow it'll be taking it all apart again; hopefully catching all the oil, putting it back together, but this time I'll abuse the torque wrench in my attempt to get the thing tight enough. Still, it was fab to hear her running again; and *terribly* tempting to just take her for an MOT (although she'd fail, atm, she's got a blown bulb).
Anyway, if I get her fixed tomorrow.... then I might be back on me motorbike! Woo! Go me!
It sounded so good to get that lovely 250 2 stroke noise and have *huge* cloud of filthy blue smoke wafting around me...
Oh, and I don't *really* hate it at the moment, I'm just peeved at having to do it *all* again. In rather sad news, the fan I got, my attempt to braze the metal on it lead to the outer ring cracking, so I need to think of another solution to that problem and clean off the braze which, incidentally, hasn't really stuck very well. :(
