Them's the Brakes!

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Them's the Brakes!

Post by M.V. » Wed May 16, 2012 10:22 am

Today, this arrived:
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Which becomes this:
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Happy Days!
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Re: Them's the Brakes!

Post by Stankflapper » Wed May 16, 2012 10:26 am

Women can never see the beauty in stuff like that.... Bikeporn!

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Post by M.V. » Wed May 16, 2012 10:40 am

Stankflapper wrote:Women can never see the beauty in stuff like that.... Bikeporn!
Tell me about it! "Oh, it's radial is it? Why is better again?"

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Re: Them's the Brakes!

Post by cal » Wed May 16, 2012 11:02 am

mmmmm sleek! I like! 8)
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Post by cobbadiggabuddyblooo » Wed May 16, 2012 11:54 am

AAAH Birmingham Hip replacement... I've had one of them
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Post by M.V. » Wed May 16, 2012 1:37 pm

cobbadiggabuddyblooo wrote:AAAH Birmingham Hip replacement... I've had one of them
Is that like a liverpool kiss?

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Post by Stu99 » Wed May 16, 2012 1:39 pm

Stankflapper wrote:Women can never see the beauty in stuff like that.... Bikeporn!
X2.
Very nice indeed. :thumbup:
It must be true, I read it on the internet.

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Re: Them's the Brakes!

Post by M.V. » Thu May 17, 2012 1:41 am

2 Hours, 6 beers & lot of Dodgy Brothers making do, I ended up with this:
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Don't laugh at the hose clamps, it was all I had #-o The MC uses a much smaller hose than the old one, need to order a few more bits from Mr. Yamaha to neaten eveything up, but will do for now.

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The action is a lot more pregressive, with a lot less initial bite. This is a bit scary when you forget that & blast off into traffic :shock: Better than caffeine!

My commute is about 15km, by the end of it, I had the hang of it, really progressive feel, I could feel the rear starting to lift & still felt in control, very happy :)
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Re: Them's the Brakes!

Post by bagmaker » Thu May 17, 2012 5:02 am

you need to paint the fence
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and those who cannot

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Re: Them's the Brakes!

Post by M.V. » Thu May 17, 2012 6:14 am

Renting mate, the landlords lucky I could be bothered putting 3 million screws in it to keep the dogs in.

I told him we needed a new fence, he came & looked at it & said I'd done such a good job it didn't need replacing :?

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Re: Them's the Brakes!

Post by Stankflapper » Thu May 17, 2012 7:16 am

M.V. wrote:2 Hours, 6 beers :)
Champions effort!

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Post by M.V. » Thu May 17, 2012 12:16 pm

Stankflapper wrote:Champions effort!
The beers or the time? 'Cos I reckon I could have done the M/C in an hour if I had all the right bits... :)

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Re: Them's the Brakes!

Post by trixynut » Thu May 17, 2012 1:00 pm

Maybe it was the 6 beers that made it take 2hrs!!

Nice work though =D>

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Re: Them's the Brakes!

Post by M.V. » Thu May 17, 2012 1:12 pm

trixynut wrote:Maybe it was the 6 beers that made it take 2hrs!!

Nice work though =D>
Cheers! There was a lot of head scratching & beer drinking, you may be onto something there... 8-[

New clamps & hose ordered from Mr. Yamaha, 10 days from Japan, we'll see about that. :^o

Oh, & I angled the levers down a little, because the brake lever was catching on the fairing bracket before full lock. Oops.

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