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  Topic: If your wife was a geek
wedge

Replies: 2
Views: 3697

PostForum: The Dungeon   Posted: Mon May 30, 2011 2:05 pm   Subject: If your wife was a geek
only if she said it in that order
  Topic: Cat carrier, handy!
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Replies: 7
Views: 7708

PostForum: The Dungeon   Posted: Sun Apr 17, 2011 6:08 pm   Subject: Cat carrier, handy!
Bypass the rat idea and feed dead cats directly to the live ones?
  Topic: changing rear wheels
wedge

Replies: 7
Views: 7191

PostForum: Tech   Posted: Sun Apr 17, 2011 10:38 am   Subject: changing rear wheels
They must be on a slow boat, in stock here.
  Topic: Fox Twin Clicker on a 1996 K1100RS?
wedge

Replies: 12
Views: 13430

PostForum: Tech   Posted: Wed Apr 13, 2011 2:44 pm   Subject: Fox Twin Clicker on a 1996 K1100RS?
Grandma sucking eggs kind of question, but is it actually the right way up?
  Topic: K1100LT bogs down???
wedge

Replies: 16
Views: 20625

PostForum: Tech   Posted: Wed Mar 23, 2011 10:07 am   Subject: K1100LT bogs down???
Fortunately on off on off sounds more like a coil. I'd go for cleaning the earth first.
  Topic: K1100LT bogs down???
wedge

Replies: 16
Views: 20625

PostForum: Tech   Posted: Mon Mar 21, 2011 2:00 pm   Subject: K1100LT bogs down???
it would run smoothly while I was standing on the pegs. (Hope this isn't it, because it's costly.)

Only if you go under a low bridge...
  Topic: Turn signal cancel button return spring issue
wedge

Replies: 17
Views: 16828

PostForum: Tech   Posted: Mon Mar 21, 2011 1:57 pm   Subject: Turn signal cancel button return spring issue
I'm sure you'll have a jar or something full of working and non working click-top biros somewhere. I've used springs from these to fix switchgear before (try a few to get the right diameter)

Just m ...
  Topic: Another LT wheels and tyres question...
wedge

Replies: 2
Views: 4731

PostForum: Tech   Posted: Sun Feb 27, 2011 11:31 am   Subject: Another LT wheels and tyres question...
I assume it was more a case of why they didn't fit the narrower rims to the K1 and RS - because they were sportier models therefore fashion dictated they had to have wider rims.

If you're coming up ...
  Topic: Startup and idle
wedge

Replies: 11
Views: 14521

PostForum: Tech   Posted: Sun Feb 27, 2011 11:25 am   Subject: Startup and idle
The krauts and ities never did get on well!

I can think of one occasion about 70 years ago...
  Topic: cleaning off grime
wedge

Replies: 7
Views: 8954

PostForum: Tech   Posted: Tue Feb 15, 2011 2:23 pm   Subject: cleaning off grime
Don't forget to wear goggles with brake cleaner, it's designed to come out of that can with force inevitably leading to splashing - and it burns, my god it burns. Not that I would know ofc having neve ...
  Topic: K1100RS THROTTLE HOUSING CONTROL UNIT
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Replies: 20
Views: 18177

PostForum: Tech   Posted: Thu Feb 03, 2011 6:44 pm   Subject: K1100RS THROTTLE HOUSING CONTROL UNIT
All this does is let you know if someone's moved the thread since it left the factory, same effect as the seal on a box of chocolates lets you know the shelf stackers haven't helped themselves to your ...
  Topic: Today's project: Variable heated insoles
wedge

Replies: 8
Views: 8196

PostForum: Tech   Posted: Wed Feb 02, 2011 10:02 am   Subject: Today's project: Variable heated insoles
Whilst cruising you can lift your toes and tuck them in a bit to just above the exhaust heatshield and by the clutch cowl on the other side. Helps a bit
  Topic: K1100RS restyle - Monster/TpR mashup
wedge

Replies: 30
Views: 57369

PostForum: Tech   Posted: Tue Jan 25, 2011 4:39 pm   Subject: K1100RS restyle - Monster/TpR mashup
When you park up, tilt the bike to the right for 10 seconds before putting on the side stand
  Topic: One for the painters
wedge

Replies: 1
Views: 3620

PostForum: Tech   Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2011 4:38 pm   Subject: One for the painters
Presumably there's a temperature at which it's safe to bake a tank without removing the pump etc and temperatures which are definitely unsafe.

My painter (who seems a top bloke) is planning on 70 c ...
  Topic: K1100RS restyle - Monster/TpR mashup
wedge

Replies: 30
Views: 57369

PostForum: Tech   Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2011 4:33 pm   Subject: K1100RS restyle - Monster/TpR mashup
That one does it for me, the tpr one doesn't at all. It's too scruffy and cobbled together looking to say "nice bike" and too tidy to say "nice rat"
  Topic: Caliper Cleaning
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Replies: 5
Views: 5121

PostForum: Tech   Posted: Sat Jan 22, 2011 2:37 pm   Subject: Caliper Cleaning
I assume you mean to get rid of crystallised brake fluid? I use boiling water then literally "wash them up". Apparently an overnight soak in cola does the trick too. Don't use anything caust ...
  Topic: UK K1100LT for sale (Cambridgeshire) UK
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Replies: 0
Views: 2798

PostForum: For Sale   Posted: Mon Jan 03, 2011 2:15 pm   Subject: UK K1100LT for sale (Cambridgeshire) UK
93 on a K Reg, 116,000 miles so over the teething stage and getting into its stride for its second hundred thousand.
Used every day during uni term for a 120 mile round trip. New tyres fitted 200 mil ...
  Topic: clutch replacement update
wedge

Replies: 5
Views: 5365

PostForum: Tech   Posted: Sat Dec 18, 2010 1:19 pm   Subject: clutch replacement update
carbon steel welded to an otherwise stainless system...lol.

That's so they can sell replacements to you a few years down the line.
  Topic: Rad cap failure symptoms
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Replies: 2
Views: 4024

PostForum: Tech   Posted: Tue Oct 19, 2010 1:32 pm   Subject: Rad cap failure symptoms
93 K1100LT coolant header starts doing the fountain thing while the temp gauge is only reading 11'o clock (i.e. one mark left of centre)

needless to say no fan by this point. Coolant itself is a lo ...
  Topic: DIY Grip heaters fix
wedge

Replies: 8
Views: 9007

PostForum: Tech   Posted: Sun Oct 03, 2010 3:39 pm   Subject: DIY Grip heaters fix
please
 
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