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Messages - Athame57
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« on: July 14, 2026, 08:10:27 PM »
During these days of intense and incredible heat I have shied away from riding simply because I cannot bring myself to ride in shorts, trainers and teeshirts. This however, is a decision borne from getting older and feeling that "one should be sensible".
I would never, but absolutely never become one of those fools riding in shorts. That said in this recent heatwave the leather jacket has been swapped for a Harrington jacket, a leather jacket is just too hot for the middle of London where live and it starts to feel very heavy in this heat too. I've bought myself some unlined gloves too, but the boots stay.
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« on: July 14, 2026, 08:05:23 PM »
During my teenage years I could not afford leathers, it was jeans & Wincheater,
This sounds like me when I was a London despatch rider in the 1980s. I got myself a new RG 500 Gamma ( and another after it was stolen) I seemed to spend so much money on that and everything else I never did get proper leathers either! The one leather jacket I had was too damn small for me and fell out of favour.  Mind you the LC brigade of the 80s ( remember them?) favoured jeans and paddock jackets too. 
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« on: July 10, 2026, 06:15:36 PM »
I got a nice little parcel today, it contained 4 x 10mm sockets.  I'm so fed up with looking everywhere for it when I need it I thought 'hey, buy a bunch of them and this won't happen'. We shall see! 
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« on: July 10, 2026, 10:51:10 AM »
Welcome aboard the good ship Honda-SOHC Dave!
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« on: July 09, 2026, 02:25:13 AM »
The previous cables were from a supplier I won't use again because 1/3 of the parts I purchased from them for my 400F back then did not fit even though they were stated as being for the 400F;
Especially on Ebay some items get listed for more models than they fit. Also other models often contaminate search results for the one you want! I got a centre stand sent to me for a different bike. 
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« on: July 06, 2026, 07:24:45 PM »
Not a bad view to wake up to 😁
Cool as a mountain stream Julie!
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« on: July 05, 2026, 06:26:59 AM »
Wrong film Bryan but still funny.
I thought it collapsed after a few days didn’t it.
Ya ya! But vee haf rebuiltz it! Actually my parents went there, all that remains of the old one is the guard towers, but there is now also a museum about the battle there.
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« on: July 04, 2026, 10:31:06 PM »
Waiting for a ferry across the river Rhine in Germany.
You could have crossed at Remagen, the bridge is still standing!
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« on: July 04, 2026, 04:52:42 PM »
Was a common practice to file one spline out of the arm so you could move it round and use up the brakes shoes, brake shoes were expensive!
LOL! The last time I had mine changed the mechanic said I was doing it too soon.
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« on: July 04, 2026, 09:56:16 AM »
There's often a "blank" spline area on the spindle to prevent the brake arm being moved incorrectly to another part of the tooth engagement too.
Prevents both wrong assembly position or someone trying to compensate for knackered shoes by moving the arm 
Yup, I noticed that.
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« on: July 04, 2026, 09:02:48 AM »
As you will have found out as you slide it in place the shaft moves into the hub.
That is exactly what happened Ted, I even wondered if this was a fault in itself. I'll have to find something I can press into service to help with that.
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« on: July 03, 2026, 08:37:50 PM »
I finally decided to fit the dust seal and washer for my rear brake drum. Alas, it caused so much trouble when I went to put everything back together I gave up with it. It was stopping me from getting the brake arm fit in a way that let the securing bolt pass through the recess in the brake shaft. Is this unusual, is it really important anyway? 
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« on: July 03, 2026, 08:29:18 PM »
100% in agreement with Ken on the rubber tubing, that spring really does dig into the paint.
Before you remove the brake pedal George make sure you can see the dot mark on the shaft and the corresponding one on the brake pedal. If you can't see one mark it yourself otherwise you'll be taking the pedal on and off trying to find it's best position for your foot!
I behaved like an idle sod and let the professionals do it again, the job looked difficult without my own garage to do it in. Snag is I forgot to take that piece of tubing with me. Oh well, if I get problem I'll use the artists brush....
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« on: July 02, 2026, 10:17:48 PM »
Can I suggest you also consider sliding some carb overflow tubing over the metal tang that goes against the frame, it protects the frame paint from damage.
You can. I have some in the house.
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« on: July 02, 2026, 06:02:02 PM »
Thanks for this guys. As it's come to this I've booked my bike into a local workshop who are rather good. Too blooming hot for that much effort without my own garage! 
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