petrol pipe tip

[peepingtom]

just incase some of you are as bumb as me

while doing some work on my RT i thought as its sunday id start having a couple of beers as it was 12.30pm on a sunday. i wanted to get the bike running today after a few maintenance jobs and in my haste i forgot to put the petrol pipe balance pipe in. I'm renewing it but after i fitted the carbs i spied a hole and realised i hadnt put the poxy bit of pipe in before bolting the air box down
its my pet hate bolting down the air box as its so akward

anyway i decided very quickly that was the last thing i wanted to do was to strip it all back down again

i found a nice piece of bamboo and pushed it through under the air box , taped up the new pipe to it and pulled it through without the drama of taking the air box off

well i was happy with my bamboo fix, other stix or grasses may work to if out in the field adventure riding

have you got a worse piece of airhead to take off ???

 

[Big Jets]

Nice one Tom, Airhead airbox I feckin hate that left hand Allen bolt in front of the rubber thinges ,Jeez am havin palpatations just thinking of them ,Ill have a go of the bamboo snake.(was the hose you used braided by chance).

 

[Big Jets]

Wait till you got to change your driveshaft gaitor ,it would be easier wrastling an Alli gaitor,

 

[peepingtom]

Wait till you got to change your driveshaft gaitor ,it would be easier wrastling an Alli gaitor,

oh god yeah i hate that too thats reminded me ive still got to put the new fork gaiters on and fork boots things in the faring

I tried for a while to get the new fat gaiter over the fork leg but the poxy thing needs a zip on it or velcro !! ill be glad when all the jobs are done an i can just enjoy riding it



yes the hose was braided and why is all that gubbins in the air box ???? the propella bit and the tube ! whats the point ?

 

[jackassdave]

drive shaft gaiter is easy ,provided as kenny says ,you have the drive shaft perfectly level.
i put one on peepingtoms rt ,before i sold it ,as i put it on the driveshaft wasnt level and i was there for about 5-10 mins trying to get it on ,i did level the drive shaft first ,but when i stepped back to look it wasnt perfectly level ,so another piece of wood under the wheel ,and then it just slid on .
make sure its perfectly level before you start,and you will have no problems .

 

[(RIP) Tibs]

Timely bit of advice, thanks for that!

drive shaft gaiter is easy ,provided as kenny says ,you have the drive shaft perfectly level.
i put one on peepingtoms rt ,before i sold it ,as i put it on the driveshaft wasnt level and i was there for about 5-10 mins trying to get it on ,i did level the drive shaft first ,but when i stepped back to look it wasnt perfectly level ,so another piece of wood under the wheel ,and then it just slid on .
make sure its perfectly level before you start,and you will have no problems .

 

[ELIMINATOR]

Sell it, and let someone else finish it for you.

 

[peepingtom]

Sell it, and let someone else finish it for you.

no chance !! back wheel now painted black to match the front

looks 10x better imho along with lots of other bits painted too and a few jobs done and money spent looking forward to getting the lasts bits done and on the road again

ill post some pictures when its done so you can regret selling it and put some of those rice burners up for sale and get yourself a proper quality machine

 

[The Other PaulG]

have you got a worse piece of airhead to take off ???

I reckon the oil filter cover on a P-D with crash bars and oil cooler is enough of a bitch.

Fortunately you only have to do it...err...oh, quite often.

 

[ELIMINATOR]

ill post some pictures when its done so you can regret selling it and put some of those rice burners up for sale and get yourself a proper quality machine

That's why I bought a Guzzi.

 

[ELIMINATOR]

Come on then, post some photos?

 

[peepingtom]

Come on then, post some photos?

im riding it but can't fit those pesky rubber boots that fit in the fairing so may cut the fuckers off as I'm not taking the forks out again

i can't post them as I'm a numpty , ill send you a couple if you like . pm me your e mail

 

[jackassdave]

e mail the pics to me ,and ill post them .
its because youve got one of those apple things

 

[Kenny]

I reckon the oil filter cover on a P-D with crash bars and oil cooler is enough of a bitch.

Fortunately you only have to do it...err...oh, quite often.

You could take off the uneccessary oil cooler and piping and revert it back to pre oil cooler style

 

[jackassdave]

heres the finished article from peepingtom

 

[jackassdave]

black wheels look nice

 

[The Other PaulG]

You could take off the uneccessary oil cooler and piping and revert it back to pre oil cooler style

That's interesting...

I presume it's been done before and it doesn't lead to overheating problems if the bike's used, say, off-road in the summer?

Is it just a case of sourcing a new filter cover plate, without the oil cooler take-off and return, or is there an internal modification that's required too? Does it use the same filter if it's de-coolered?

I was going to apologise for hijacking the thread, but I can't remember what the thread was originally about anyway...

 

[peepingtom]

its all interesting to me keep it coming

I've had a 100gs with the oil cooler removed because of an HPN tank and it was fine

 

[Steptoe]

just incase some of you are as bumb as me

while doing some work on my RT i thought as its sunday id start having a couple of beers as it was 12.30pm on a sunday. i wanted to get the bike running today after a few maintenance jobs and in my haste i forgot to put the petrol pipe balance pipe in. I'm renewing it but after i fitted the carbs i spied a hole and realised i hadnt put the poxy bit of pipe in before bolting the air box down
its my pet hate bolting down the air box as its so akward

anyway i decided very quickly that was the last thing i wanted to do was to strip it all back down again

i found a nice piece of bamboo and pushed it through under the air box , taped up the new pipe to it and pulled it through without the drama of taking the air box off

well i was happy with my bamboo fix, other stix or grasses may work to if out in the field adventure riding

have you got a worse piece of airhead to take off ???

Poke a long screwdriver throught the hole, fit one end of the pipe onto it, and push the pipe and pull the screwdriver.

 

[Steptoe]

That's interesting...

I presume it's been done before and it doesn't lead to overheating problems if the bike's used, say, off-road in the summer?

Is it just a case of sourcing a new filter cover plate, without the oil cooler take-off and return, or is there an internal modification that's required too? Does it use the same filter if it's de-coolered?

I was going to apologise for hijacking the thread, but I can't remember what the thread was originally about anyway...

Be careful. The spigot inside the oil filter chamber is a different length between the oil cooler and non cooler. You'll need to change those as well.