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Offline johnny

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Re: What Did You Did To Your Motobrick Today ?
« Reply #3675 on: May 05, 2019, 04:35:15 PM »
greetings...

cafe racers have tiny cups...

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Offline Martin

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Re: What Did You Did To Your Motobrick Today ?
« Reply #3676 on: May 05, 2019, 05:15:03 PM »
I replaced the return line from the FPR to the tank.  I tried the local BMW shop 4 weeks plus for a OEM hose plus $63.00 AU. I had found that the EFI hose (unbranded) from Supercheap crimped over too easily at the bend into the tank. A neighbor told me to try a local speed shop
( Motorsport Accessories) for the EFI hose clips which they do stock. I went back on the off chance that they might stock a better quality EFI hose and bought a metre of 5/16" submersible for under $20.00 AU a metre. They only stock submersible and sell it for external and internal use. "5/16 STEALTH444 SERIES EFI HOSE 444-06-M EXCEEDS SAE30R10. A couple of days later I went back and after signing up as a member I bought two more metres for $35.35 AU. Autobarn was the only other local place that could get submersible but it was $100.00 per metre.

 I went to Bunnings and bought a metre of 13mm foam insulation sleeving from their plumbing department under $4.50 AU. The EFI hose will slide into the foam sleeving but it's requires a bit of lube in the form of talcum powder. Placing a funnel in the end of the sleeving and squirting a heap of talcum powder into both ends allows you to work the hose through. Apply more talc if needed and blow out the hose when your finished. As a precaution I still fitted the Unicoil but added a second hose clip below the coil to keep it in place. I had experienced the Unicoil sliding down the hose when refitting the tank. To replace the hose required removing the lower airbox and sliding the tank back. The job took around 1 hour.

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Offline frodef

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Re: What Did You Did To Your Motobrick Today ?
« Reply #3677 on: May 06, 2019, 03:50:07 AM »
Fitted a new positive brush on my starter. Got a cheap chinesium brush of approximate size and shape, filed down the carbon to make it fit in the holder. Seems to work, but who knows for how long. Also, put my motorcycle pants through the wash, so if into the lottery this might be as good a day as any. And, fixed gear indicator display (1 segment missing is ok, 2 is not), and tachometer, the needle had been stuck for a couple of years now.

Offline herseyb

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Re: What Did You Did To Your Motobrick Today ?
« Reply #3678 on: May 07, 2019, 05:19:27 PM »
Finished sewing my clutch boot back up and have it adjusted to spec.  Waiting on a few free hours with good weather to rip through a can of seafoam and get everything good and hot.  Some new brake fluid and I should be ready to roll for the season, knock on wood.
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Offline TriSpark

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Re: What Did You Did To Your Motobrick Today ?
« Reply #3679 on: May 07, 2019, 08:19:41 PM »
I fitted 2 new EBC front brake rotors with SBS pads, and I am putting in the miles to bed them in each evening this week. The originals had lasted 104,000 miles and rattled badly.

Also replaced the leaky oil sight glass window with a new one and cured that annoying dribble.
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Offline Scott_

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Re: What Did You Did To Your Motobrick Today ?
« Reply #3680 on: May 08, 2019, 06:49:31 AM »
So last weekend I started having issues with my Fuel+ system, not coming on, or not staying on when it did come on...
Started troubleshooting power connections to it and realized that I was also having intermittent tail lights... not a good thing.... 
Ended up finding a broken wire at the ignition switch.
Instead of drilling out the security bolts I opted to remove the upper fork brace to access the switch and make repairs.
This situation also gave me the opportunity to route the wires better to help avoid the issue coming back anytime soon.
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Re: What Did You Did To Your Motobrick Today ?
« Reply #3681 on: May 11, 2019, 05:53:20 PM »
Had enough of the distracted drivers merging into my lane, or creeping through without stopping at a 4-way.

Installed a Fiamm 72112 "Freeway Blaster" snail horn, and it's certainly louder (133dB .. measured from what distance? But it's LOUD!) The OEM spade connectors slide right on, a simple alum. stock bracket was made and attached by a 6mm hex to the tripletree, uses the existing relay, and there's enough OEM wire to place the horn centered just under the tripletree and protected by the fairing. The stock disk horn was left in place.

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Offline Martin

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Re: What Did You Did To Your Motobrick Today ?
« Reply #3682 on: May 11, 2019, 07:58:39 PM »
Nat one of the better modifications I've done was to fit a 130DB Nautilus air horn which is wired in with a 6" LED running light. The OEM horn is still wired into the circuit. I have a separate switch which allows me to switch the Nautilus and LED running light off as 130DB horns are illegal in QLD. The LED running light has reduced being cut off by a large percentage of cars. And if I am cut off the Nautilus lets them know of their error.

When I first fitted it I used it on a car that's was cutting me off. As I pulled off the highway to refuel, the car followed me and as I pulled off my helmet, the car driver approached me. I was pretty much expecting a blue. However to my surprise he proceeded to apologise for cutting me off. I used it the other day after a car pulled out in front of me from a side street. At the next set of traffic lights a 4x4 pulled up along side me and said the guy was an absolute idiot. He then said how much he liked my Nautilus and said the only other thing better would be to mount a train airhorn.

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Offline rbm

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Re: What Did You Did To Your Motobrick Today ?
« Reply #3683 on: May 11, 2019, 10:12:45 PM »


I saw this arduino-based electronic horn and thought "This would be great for my bike.  Truck airhorn!!"  That ought to wakeup the neighbours.
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Offline riots100

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Re: What Did You Did To Your Motobrick Today ?
« Reply #3684 on: May 11, 2019, 11:20:36 PM »
New tires - Bridgestone T30 EVO



and a good cleaning (a clean motobrick is a well running motobrick)

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Offline BeemerDrew

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Re: What Did You Did To Your Motobrick Today ?
« Reply #3685 on: May 12, 2019, 10:13:19 PM »
A while back my K1100LT fell over in the garage whilst I was moving it around - I didn't get the balance right and over it went, however, it didn't hit the ground but the left hand mirror got the brunt of it when it hit the garage wall.  Took a lot of effort to get it upright again and ended up with a broken casing on the mirror.  It's been like that for a while but it totally let go a week or so back, necessitating me removing the mirror and epoxying up the casing. 

OK, so the mirror and casing have to come off.  How do I remove it.  I recently bought a new, used  temp gauge from Drake, so I thought I would put that in at the same time and removed the cubby boxes etc and the bit with the interior light and speaker holes from the fairing.  This revealed three bolts with nylex nuts holding the mirror on.  10 mm socket no probs - except the bolt turns along with the nut!  Where the hell is the other end of the bolt and how do I stop it turning?  Half of the mirror casing was completely detached, so I could see the other side and there was a small hole in which I could see the slot of a screw when I shone a torch up there.  It was about 3/16" diameter and needed a very slim screwdriver to get in the hole.  I had an old one which I filed down until it fitted in and was able to get two of the nuts off.  The third just wouldn't stop turning despite putting a lot of pressure on the screwdriver.  Whilst I was doing this, I was wondering how I was going to get the mirror back onto the fairing.  With the cover fixed, there was no way I could use the screwdriver - very mysterious. 

So I consulted Dr Google and got the Chris Harris video of replacing the glass in the mirror.  However, he had the unit in his hand and on the bench - no mention of how he got it off the bike.  More Googling with the same results.  How the hell does this work? 

Anyway, finally got the third nut off and the mirror unit comes out.  On inspecting it, I got a pair of pliers and grabbed the shaft of one of the three bolts and found that it wiggled about and when I pulled on the bolt it came out!  It was clipped in as was the other two.  The slot in the screw was quite large and it suddenly dawned on me that the mirror is simply clipped onto the fairing, not bolted!  I could have just yanked it off.  Anyway, I put the nut and bolts back in and tightened them up and mixed up some epoxy and stuck the mirror casing back together.  The epoxy takes some time to set and cure, so I just left it overnight and will have a go at putting it back on tomorrow.

I can tell you I felt a right wally once I worked out how the mirrors are attached.  No doubt you all read this and wondered what the hell I was doing! 

Oh well, I always seem to learn the hard way.

cheers


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Re: What Did You Did To Your Motobrick Today ?
« Reply #3686 on: May 12, 2019, 10:34:55 PM »
If you had let the bike hit the floor like it's supposed to do, you would have immediately seen how the mirror is attached(along with a busted fairing, bent levers, scraped tragkorb and all sorts of other mayhem.)

It's unfortunate that a bike that is so clumsy and topheavy is so easily damaged when it's dropped.  Probably the only shortcoming in an otherwise brilliant design.
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Re: What Did You Did To Your Motobrick Today ?
« Reply #3687 on: May 13, 2019, 03:07:24 AM »
Broke the headlight dip switch as the pass light seized, so stripped it and fixed it. The screw ‘raised hole’ part holding the switch to the unit snapped, so I fixed it with a big dollop of Araldite 2 pack glue.
Works ok now, and save £169.00 on a new one.
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Re: What Did You Did To Your Motobrick Today ?
« Reply #3688 on: May 13, 2019, 03:10:40 AM »
Went to start it this morning.
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Offline mdk_mdk

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Re: What Did You Did To Your Motobrick Today ?
« Reply #3689 on: May 19, 2019, 02:54:49 PM »
Installed my cases from Marshall, just had to replace the worn-out, split hinges on the bottom of each case ($20 from Beemerboneyard)
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Offline billday

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Re: What Did You Did To Your Motobrick Today ?
« Reply #3690 on: May 19, 2019, 03:17:48 PM »
Installed my cases from Marshall, just had to replace the worn-out, split hinges on the bottom of each case ($20 from Beemerboneyard)

Your last pic brought a question to mind: how many other beekeeper/k-bike owners are there?
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Re: What Did You Did To Your Motobrick Today ?
« Reply #3691 on: May 19, 2019, 03:22:13 PM »
A few nights ago I rebuilt a knackered transmission gear position switch.  The internals were filthy and the potting around the wires was crumbling.  After cleaning everything with Deoxit and making sure it all worked I cleaned out the old crumbling potting and repotted the wiring at the top with West System epoxy.  Next day I wrapped the joint in the body with self amalgamating tape.  I'm pretty sure it's now a lot more water resistant that before. 

Photos to follow.
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'92 K100RS16V "Moby Brick" (RIP, deceased in a vehicular assault)
'94 K75S Special Edition Dakar Yellow "Cheetos"
'89 K100RS Special Edition "Special Ed"

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Re: What Did You Did To Your Motobrick Today ?
« Reply #3692 on: May 19, 2019, 03:27:28 PM »
We just started beekeeping this year with 2 hives. Lots of beekeepers here in NJ.
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Re: What Did You Did To Your Motobrick Today ?
« Reply #3693 on: May 19, 2019, 06:01:42 PM »
We just started beekeeping this year with 2 hives. Lots of beekeepers here in NJ.

Yes indeed. I've been to the North Bergen club meeting once or twice.  Let me know if you're ever up my way.
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Offline Martin

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Re: What Did You Did To Your Motobrick Today ?
« Reply #3694 on: May 19, 2019, 06:51:16 PM »
I fitted a twin socket USB handle bar mount. There are heaps available some with a second 12v socket and some with a voltmeter. However there's not much room on the 75s bars so I went for a smaller rectangular one. I ended up mounting it between the mounting clamps above the steering head bearing. Plugging in a device requires the bars to be on full lock and the inbuilt on/off switch is virtually impossible to activate. To counter the switch problem I wired it into the ignition. The unit comes with a tethered waterproof cover, and comes with two mounts best described as adequate,  a handle bar mount or a mirror mount. https://www.aliexpress.com/item/Mayitr-1pc-Waterproof-Motorcycle-Dual-USB-Charger-With-Cover-On-Off-Switch-Mounts-For-Motor-Handlebar/32949153126.html?spm=2114.search0204.3.301.27193dc6bHESUb&ws_ab_test=searchweb0_0,searchweb201602_6_10065_10068_10130_10890_10547_319_10546_317_10548_10696_453_10084_454_10083_10618_10307_537_536_10131_10132_10133_10059_10884_10887_321_322_10103,searchweb201603_52,ppcSwitch_0&algo_expid=69d7310d-e4fe-4460-ade5-87863822e0ed-44&algo_pvid=69d7310d-e4fe-4460-ade5-87863822e0ed&transAbTest=ae803_4
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Re: What Did You Did To Your Motobrick Today ?
« Reply #3695 on: May 20, 2019, 02:59:41 AM »
Yes indeed. I've been to the North Bergen club meeting once or twice.  Let me know if you're ever up my way.
my father used to keep bees, here in England. Clover honey always seemed to taste the best.
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Offline herseyb

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Re: What Did You Did To Your Motobrick Today ?
« Reply #3696 on: May 20, 2019, 10:58:54 AM »
We have 3 hives going this year back near the ole pig barn.   Apple trees are in bloom right now, lilac and dandelions.
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Re: What Did You Did To Your Motobrick Today ?
« Reply #3697 on: May 20, 2019, 12:07:52 PM »
Yesterday my wife and I went for a little ride into the hills to check out a town called Sarchi famous for making furniture.  On the way thee the tachometer needle started dropping and acting weird. On the way home it stopped working altogether except for the occasional flicker to 1k revs or so.  So today I took it off and gave the pins a good clean with contact cleaner and some 600 grit wet and dry paper.  Connected it all up again and it seems to be working perfectly again.  On a side note now that I have my STreet Triple I am quite enjoying letting the K be used in a more gentle way, more appropriate for its age. I was beginning to feel like I was abusing the old girl taking her out on group rides and wringing her neck  a little to try and keep up with the newer more powerful bikes in the group.  I think semi retirement will be good for her, now I can also do the valves and maybe even the piston rings as well.
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Offline SDCR john

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Re: What Did You Did To Your Motobrick Today ?
« Reply #3698 on: May 20, 2019, 06:54:01 PM »

and a good cleaning (a clean motobrick is a well running motobrick)



That, is a great looking motorcycle.
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Offline BlitzenGruv

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Re: What Did You Did To Your Motobrick Today ?
« Reply #3699 on: May 23, 2019, 02:47:27 AM »
Put on the bags and strapped the sleeping bag and tent to the back. I'm headed to this rally on Friday.
https://www.bmwmoal.org/rally.php
Less than 50 miles from the house, should be fun.
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