Are you nervous about your bike?

STUBBS said:
stop your worrying and enjoy the trip:thumb
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I'd second that. We have had people through carting some much stuff that the thing breaks down under the load! You are going into Europe, not Siberia there will be help available everywhere-you will come to no harm.

Only thing I would add is that credit cards are not always accepted apart from at filling stations, have some cash or the means of withdrawing cash with you.

Enjoy your trip

John
 
I did my FD bearing & seal before I left because it needed doing and had done for quite some time. The engine oil was also changed and I gave the bike a dose of looking at.

I am carrying a couple of coils sticks (I don't know how the second one got in there :nenau), a couple of injectors, spark plugs, and an old alternator belt. I also have a puncture repair kit with compressor, and spare lamps & fuses along with the cable ties, rags and a few additional tools.

I DIDN'T take my old HES assy which was working at the time I replaced it when dealing with another problem. :blast

If you have the space and carrying capacity I think it's worth taking some stuff because it can save you hours, or days, waiting somewhere and if you have a limited number of callouts on your breakdown cover you can save it for when you really need it.
Thankfully I can deal with most of my bike because I have been through most of it over the last couple of years except for the engine's internals. I have given it a hard time and have had to deal with the problems I have given it. I think I'll give it an easier time in future. :rolleyes:
 
On our overland trip through Russia, Siberia, Mongolia and back we couldn't carry everything that we thought we should ... so decided to save some weight and space. I reasoned that wheel bearings, for instance, are a common size and would be freely available most anywhere ... so left the spare wheel bearings at home :D

In to the Altai of Mongolia and I'm changing the road tyres for off road tyres because from now on there are no roads .... you've guessed it. Sue's front wheel bearings shot to pieces :blast

The old guy that had been helping took me about 250 yards away to a bit of a bike bitz place, an old railway carriage ... where I bought a replacement for about 70 pence :thumb

Everything can be sorted ... and it's the sorting that makes it an adventure. You meet some lovely people ...

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Zaragoza!

DitchWater said:
I did my FD bearing & seal before I left because it needed doing and had done for quite some time. The engine oil was also changed and I gave the bike a dose of looking at.

I am carrying a couple of coils sticks (I don't know how the second one got in there :nenau), a couple of injectors, spark plugs, and an old alternator belt. I also have a puncture repair kit with compressor, and spare lamps & fuses along with the cable ties, rags and a few additional tools.

I DIDN'T take my old HES assy which was working at the time I replaced it when dealing with another problem. :blast

If you have the space and carrying capacity I think it's worth taking some stuff because it can save you hours, or days, waiting somewhere and if you have a limited number of callouts on your breakdown cover you can save it for when you really need it.
Thankfully I can deal with most of my bike because I have been through most of it over the last couple of years except for the engine's internals. I have given it a hard time and have had to deal with the problems I have given it. I think I'll give it an easier time in future. :rolleyes:
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See you're in foreign parts Paul, where are you exactly, and where are you off to? My gearbox is in the menders right now. It was making a heavy duty noise when I got back from a great run up to Applecross, and the bearing on the 1st motion shaft is shot. Big thanks to Pauly (Nomad) for his great help with the bike. i guess that's one spare part I couldn't have carried with me, all thing's considered!! :thumb2
For sure I agree again with Mickey, it's getting the problems sorted out that makes the adventure, and gets you connected with some great folks
 
Just got back from a 4,000 mile trip out to the Czech Republic and Europe on my old 1100gs 1994 and 105000 miles on ,all i took was a hall senses and carol Nash ?? and faith in the old girl What else can you do , you cant carry every spare so what you do take will be the wrong part ?? ITS ALL PART OF THE TRIP
ride it enjoy it .
 
Bluebeamer54 said:
Just got back from a 4,000 mile trip out to the Czech Republic and Europe on my old 1100gs 1994 and 105000 miles on ,all i took was a hall senses and carol Nash ?? and faith in the old girl What else can you do , you cant carry every spare so what you do take will be the wrong part ?? ITS ALL PART OF THE TRIP
ride it enjoy it .
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And?? Did it make it?
 
JackoUK said:
See you're in foreign parts Paul, where are you exactly, and where are you off to? My gearbox is in the menders right now. It was making a heavy duty noise when I got back from a great run up to Applecross, and the bearing on the 1st motion shaft is shot. Big thanks to Pauly (Nomad) for his great help with the bike. i guess that's one spare part I couldn't have carried with me, all thing's considered!! :thumb2
For sure I agree again with Mickey, it's getting the problems sorted out that makes the adventure, and gets you connected with some great folks
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I'm stuck in Zaragoza Mate. :blast

I'm waiting for the delivery of a new hall sensor assembly because mine is dying. It should be here today and if I can get it fitted and test the bike I should be off to Barcelona tomorrow. I should have been there around last Sunday but my bike failed the day after I arrived in Spain. I'm having a tour of the Iberian Peninsular and will probably ride back through France and take the train back to Ashford. I may even see you at September's meet in The Plough. :thumb
 
DitchWater said:
I'm stuck in Zaragoza Mate. :blast

I'm waiting for the delivery of a new hall sensor assembly because mine is dying. It should be here today and if I can get it fitted and test the bike I should be off to Barcelona tomorrow. I should have been there around last Sunday but my bike failed the day after I arrived in Spain. I'm having a tour of the Iberian Peninsular and will probably ride back through France and take the train back to Ashford. I may even see you at September's meet in The Plough. :thumb
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Good luck with the Hall sensor thingy, I should say that's the OTHER spare that I take with me as well as the ignition loom piece!! Be good to catch up if you make it in Sept.,
 
I'm hard me ..... I take less than fuck-all ... and then half it.

Before I go abroad, I do several things to make it more of an 'adventure'.

First I change the good tyres for ones that have 1000 miles less tread on them than my expected mileage.
I then empty half a cup of water into the fuel tank to provide that little bit of hesitation and misfire, just when I'm not expecting it. Thats quite exciting.

After that I tightly ziptie the ignition wiring to the frame and wiggle the bars around for an hour to initiate the fraying process.

Loosening-off nuts and removing the nutlock stuff, then retightning to the wrong torque gives a certain exciting 'anticipation of doom' feeling which is essential for a continental adventure.

Lowering the oil levels in all areas gives pleasing whines and knocks. Ive spent many a happy hour in the blistering sun on 'knock location' duties.

Of course ... you cant ever go away without loading the wrong maps into the satnav. The basemap takes you down more interesting roads than the pansy proper mapping would do.

And to top it all, for that final bit of holiday magic. Take a credit card provided by 'the bank of fishguard' or something obscure like that.
It will work eventually .... but your arsehole muscles will be tight for several agonising minutes as you stand, dripping wet, at the hotel reception at nine oclock in a 'one hotel town'.

Oh, I forgot. At the end of the holiday, on the last night. Always be at least 200 miles away from the ferryport. Any closer and your a poof.
 
Are you nervous about your bike

Not half as nervous than if it was a 1200 :hide
 
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