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Offline Terry in Australia

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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #11575 on: August 17, 2012, 03:36:00 AM »
I took my Triumph Rocket III seats to ACS to get rebuilt. The bike is brilliant, but the seat is awfully uncomfortable  for anything longer than around an hour's ride.

I thought about buying a Corbin seat but I've heard that the Corbin seat for the Rocket III is crap, so I took it to ACS as they supposedly have a "fix" for Rocket seats that makes them really comfy on long rides.
http://www.acmseats.com.au/example-work/triumph-motorcycle-seats/triumph-rocket-111-motor-cycle-seat

It better be good, for 450 bucks!  :o  ;D
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I was feeling sorry for myself because I couldn't afford new bike boots, until I met a man with no legs.

So I said, "Hey mate, you haven't got any bike boots you don't need, do you?"

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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #11576 on: August 17, 2012, 03:49:49 AM »
a rocket three is a big bike and quite expensive,they couldve fitted a "jason recliner"standard and not affected performance in anyway?

(jason recliners are the ant pants of comfort chairs here in australia)
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #11577 on: August 17, 2012, 04:07:19 AM »
Yeah mate, it's massive, and the seat looks good, but it's too thin under your bum and the foam is too soft. When I bought the bike I went on line and asked what the fix was, and all the forum members of the R3 site said, "buy some better rear shocks" so I bought premium Progressive 440's, ($1240.00 retail in Oz, or $700.00 in the US.............) and I didn't notice any difference at all. Great.

I'm hoping the ACM seat will fix it, or I might have to sell it and buy a Harley. Harley's aren't nearly as exciting as Rocket III's, but they are comfy! ;D
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I was feeling sorry for myself because I couldn't afford new bike boots, until I met a man with no legs.

So I said, "Hey mate, you haven't got any bike boots you don't need, do you?"

"Crazy is a very misunderstood term, it's a fine line that some of us can lean over and still keep our balance" (thanks RB550Four)

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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #11578 on: August 17, 2012, 05:17:41 AM »
Ordered this:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Honda-CB750-Front-Disc-Brake-Pads-SOHC-1970-1971-1972-1973-1974-1975-1976-/360470893999?pt=Motorcycles_Parts_Accessories&hash=item53edbd55af


Got this:

So bike is still torn down waiting on All Ball Bearings, that will never come and brake pads that came in as gaskets........wth.....so no wrenching this weekend.
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #11579 on: August 17, 2012, 09:48:18 AM »
Got very very annoyed by the wiring. I am trying to put my 550F back to gether and there seems to be bells and whistles on this thing that....have no place to go. Looks like a resistor, is the size of the turn buzzer but has 5 wires and no markings..one of the wires is pink. frigging thing.
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #11580 on: August 17, 2012, 10:31:04 AM »
Stripped the fake Vetter fairing off Oliver today in preparation for going down visit Dave the Welder to bring home a real Vetter fairing.  Put the Vetter Windjammer III fairing from the wreaked '72 on to make sure the mount was an actual Vetter mount.  It fits.  I'll ride down without a fairing, bolt Dave's on and ride back.

Managed to get the tire off the front of the '72.  Found the valve stem had torn off the tube.  The tube showed no signs of a puncture anywhere, so I put a couple of pounds of air in it and couldn't detect any leaking.  The tire looks to still be good.  The rim is bent and so are the fork tubes and the front fender.

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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #11581 on: August 17, 2012, 01:29:44 PM »
Quote from: Terry in Australia on August 17, 2012, 04:07:19 AM
Yeah mate, it's massive, and the seat looks good, but it's too thin under your bum and the foam is too soft. When I bought the bike I went on line and asked what the fix was, and all the forum members of the R3 site said, "buy some better rear shocks" so I bought premium Progressive 440's, ($1240.00 retail in Oz, or $700.00 in the US.............) and I didn't notice any difference at all. Great.

I'm hoping the ACM seat will fix it, or I might have to sell it and buy a Harley. Harley's aren't nearly as exciting as Rocket III's, but they are comfy! ;D

I'd recommend a Diavel :)
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #11582 on: August 17, 2012, 06:04:13 PM »
Quote from: Dimitri13 on August 17, 2012, 01:29:44 PM
Quote from: Terry in Australia on August 17, 2012, 04:07:19 AM
Yeah mate, it's massive, and the seat looks good, but it's too thin under your bum and the foam is too soft. When I bought the bike I went on line and asked what the fix was, and all the forum members of the R3 site said, "buy some better rear shocks" so I bought premium Progressive 440's, ($1240.00 retail in Oz, or $700.00 in the US.............) and I didn't notice any difference at all. Great.

I'm hoping the ACM seat will fix it, or I might have to sell it and buy a Harley. Harley's aren't nearly as exciting as Rocket III's, but they are comfy! ;D

I'd recommend a Diavel :)

Never heard of them, do they make seats for Triumph Rocket III's? ;D
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I was feeling sorry for myself because I couldn't afford new bike boots, until I met a man with no legs.

So I said, "Hey mate, you haven't got any bike boots you don't need, do you?"

"Crazy is a very misunderstood term, it's a fine line that some of us can lean over and still keep our balance" (thanks RB550Four)

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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #11583 on: August 17, 2012, 06:15:45 PM »
David Silver is awesome. Four days from order to my door!  :)
New spokes & other goodies.
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #11584 on: August 17, 2012, 06:31:22 PM »
Quote from: Terry in Australia on August 17, 2012, 06:04:13 PM
Quote from: Dimitri13 on August 17, 2012, 01:29:44 PM
Quote from: Terry in Australia on August 17, 2012, 04:07:19 AM
Yeah mate, it's massive, and the seat looks good, but it's too thin under your bum and the foam is too soft. When I bought the bike I went on line and asked what the fix was, and all the forum members of the R3 site said, "buy some better rear shocks" so I bought premium Progressive 440's, ($1240.00 retail in Oz, or $700.00 in the US.............) and I didn't notice any difference at all. Great.

I'm hoping the ACM seat will fix it, or I might have to sell it and buy a Harley. Harley's aren't nearly as exciting as Rocket III's, but they are comfy! ;D

I'd recommend a Diavel :)

Never heard of them, do they make seats for Triumph Rocket III's? ;D

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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #11585 on: August 17, 2012, 06:48:26 PM »
Used the newly rebuilt front master cylinder (for the "Evolution" project) to pump apart the brake components for the newest (and concurrent) project (78' 750F "Red Dog"):

TWO rear master cylinders (one nearly beat me, but I got it!) and TEN calipers (just to find three useable pistons).
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #11586 on: August 17, 2012, 07:16:28 PM »
put a 100 kays on the rebore today,i havent let it idle since i fired it up,ill let it idle this afternoon long enough to vacuum sync the carbs,i can feel they are off.
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #11587 on: August 17, 2012, 07:24:47 PM »
My Cb 500 fell over and broke over and broke one of its mirrors.  I had a pair of Ducati mirrors from another project. Unfortunately, the Ducati mirror in the right hand side had an opposite thread.  I had to ret-hread the shaft and the securing nut.  All worked out OK and the mirrors fit just fine.. naturally, it was essential to repaint the mirrors to look OK.  The view from the mirrors in an improvement over the original equipment.
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #11588 on: August 17, 2012, 07:49:16 PM »
Tried to mount a new fender today...... Failed its a very tight fight in the frame. Everytime i would get it centered up where it wasnt rubbing it would shift with any pressure on it...  Really wish i had the cash for a seld so i could make so better mounting points for it... Fell asleep in the building leaned against the wall looking at the bike in distgust. Woke up went inside. Angery vent of sohc4 llmao. Going to try again in th morning with a clear head.
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #11589 on: August 17, 2012, 07:52:46 PM »
Quote from: Gurp on August 17, 2012, 07:49:16 PM
Tried to mount a new fender today...... Failed its a very tight fight in the frame. Everytime i would get it centered up where it wasnt rubbing it would shift with any pressure on it...  Really wish i had the cash for a seld so i could make so better mounting points for it... Fell asleep in the building leaned against the wall looking at the bike in distgust. Woke up went inside. Angery vent of sohc4 llmao. Going to try again in th morning with a clear head.

Post a pic mate, so we can take a look and make some suggestions? Cheers, Terry. ;D
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I was feeling sorry for myself because I couldn't afford new bike boots, until I met a man with no legs.

So I said, "Hey mate, you haven't got any bike boots you don't need, do you?"

"Crazy is a very misunderstood term, it's a fine line that some of us can lean over and still keep our balance" (thanks RB550Four)

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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #11590 on: August 18, 2012, 04:11:18 AM »
Rebuilt both the master and slave clutch cylinders on my VFR750 but I must be getting something wrong in the bleed process because the clutch lever is feather light, the bike changes gear with the rear wheel off the ground, but stalls on gear change on the road.

I will carefully bleed the system tomorrow according to the manual instructions.
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #11591 on: August 18, 2012, 04:21:48 AM »
Been slacking off and haven't done my advancer springs. Points/condensers came in, so now I have two things to do today.
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #11592 on: August 18, 2012, 04:22:15 AM »
Have fun with that Cliff, I rebuilt ken's MC and caliper and replaced all the lines today, so the whole thing is shiny and new, but it's been a prick to bleed, so I packed it all up and I'll finish it tomorrow. The brake lever is "feather light" too, because the lines are full of air, ha ha! ;D
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I was feeling sorry for myself because I couldn't afford new bike boots, until I met a man with no legs.

So I said, "Hey mate, you haven't got any bike boots you don't need, do you?"

"Crazy is a very misunderstood term, it's a fine line that some of us can lean over and still keep our balance" (thanks RB550Four)

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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #11593 on: August 18, 2012, 08:43:07 AM »
I ordered brake pads and got a gasket set.

Pads = 17 bux

Gasket set = 99 bux.

Guess I'll keep the gasket set and go local for some more pads.

Might as well do the caliper and MC rebuilds while I'm at it.

Got ss lines coming.
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #11594 on: August 18, 2012, 10:21:44 AM »
Today I fixed my rear brake issue and a strange clanking noise.  All i had to do was tighten the the brake arm where it bolts onto the swing arm.  So happy now that there is no risk of the rear brake locking up! Beautiful day to ride here in Indiana!
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #11595 on: August 18, 2012, 11:11:17 AM »
Quote from: bailboy on August 18, 2012, 10:21:44 AM
Today I fixed my rear brake issue and a strange clanking noise.  All i had to do was tighten the the brake arm where it bolts onto the swing arm.  So happy now that there is no risk of the rear brake locking up! Beautiful day to ride here in Indiana!
I like easy fixes :)

Ride on...

That's what I did to my bike today as well. :)
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #11596 on: August 18, 2012, 11:21:25 AM »
tried again to take the rotor off, fail.  I feel like I want to tie a chain around it and lift the bike up just by the rotor to get it to pop off and watch the bike smash into bits. But then I would be really sad :-\
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #11597 on: August 18, 2012, 11:38:47 AM »
Worked on the K2 project bike, cleaned and installed  a recently purchased seat...







Thanks to forum member Jared for the sweet deal on the very good cond original seat...






Also changed the bent side stand.  Yes, it's a later model. WTF did the PO do to this??




Really? you must be psycho psychic!
Just pulled the sidestand off today, will ship it Monday. Hope it works for you on your low rider.
[said it was free - payment refunded]

Bike came with no key, ordered and received through ebay this week.
Found out the bike has no spark, pulled off the points cover and surprise - it has a Dyna S!
Charging battery again and need to test...
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #11598 on: August 18, 2012, 12:42:19 PM »
Finally got my petcock to "no leak" status... changed the oil and gave her a bath.
Wife is taking the msf class to get her license...  question is, do I let her drive it?   :-X
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #11599 on: August 18, 2012, 01:19:35 PM »
Finished check-out of wiring on an old project.  Have to fabricate a panel to mount the speedo, ignition switch, etc.
...hopefully get  back to it tonight after  mowing the lawn.
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