What did you do to your bike today

Posted: Mon Apr 24, 2023 1:25 pm

smurdoch wrote:

Chris, you have a mechanic that will actually work on these old dinosaurs?
Are you still dealing with Terry at Wolfe?

No I'm not, he has left London. The last time I took my bike to Terry,(spring 2020) he let a new younger mechanic work on my bike. It was an absolute mess when I picked it up. I won't go into all the details, but I had to take it back 2 times to get it fixed. Never again.

I'm taking my bike to an ex Wolfe Worx mechanic, Matt Wieckowski that has his own shop now, called https://bigdreammotorcycles.com/

He loves working on old bikes and also does restorations.

Chris

Posted: Mon Apr 24, 2023 5:48 pm

That's disappointing to hear about Wolfe Worx.
I had heard he moved to Blenheim but didn't know the shop was going as well.
Glad you found somebody else you trust. There are so few of them around.

Posted: Thu Jul 06, 2023 7:23 pm

Basmn called me up and wanted to talk about electric cars ..... NOT! Laughing

He suggested we go for ride this week. It's a humid 31C today but what the heck, we rode north into the hinterland. Little traffic so riding was great and the Canadian Shield makes for lots of lakes and swamps which in turn creates super twisting roads. We found most of them freshly paved to boot!
300km's later we split off into our separate directions and are back home in refreshing air conditioning.

Red CB1100F Joined: Jul 19, 2010 Posts: 6369 Location: Ct

Fitter wrote:

Basmn called me up and wanted to talk about electric cars ..... NOT! Laughing

He suggested we go for ride this week. It's a humid 31C today but what the heck, we rode north into the hinterland. Little traffic so riding was great and the Canadian Shield makes for lots of lakes and swamps which in turn creates super twisting roads. We found most of them freshly paved to boot!
300km's later we split off into our separate directions and are back home in refreshing air conditioning.

You guys didn’t call me??!!! Laughing

It’s a great summer so far on this end. Enjoy and ride safe 🇺🇸🇺🇸

Posted: Thu Aug 10, 2023 12:23 pm

Well, a few days ago I got auto canceling blinkers working on the bike. I had been putting it off because it's not something I really felt I needed, but there have been a few times where I forgot to turn them off and probably looked pretty stupid driving down the road. I can tell you it's pretty neat. Then the next day I got stuck waiting in traffic and overheated the damn thing, so now I haven't ridden until I get a chance to check everything out and make sure nothing got ruined. Too bad cause I had just changed the oil.

Hawk Joined: Jul 14, 2012 Posts: 401 Location: New Zealand

Decided to revisit the brakes on my 900.
Replaced all rubberwear as a shop nearby make them up and can do stainless.
Stripped calipers and master cylinders as well.
Going to silicone brake fluid the same as the rest of the Hondas so will last .
No more corrosion worries.

Posted: Mon Aug 14, 2023 4:16 pm

Went to the VRRA Races in Mosport yesterday and watched the Vintage Road Racing Association competition with Gabe and Basmn.
1st time I saw sidecar racing and I found it quite entertaining.

Posted: Mon Aug 14, 2023 7:44 pm

Synched the carbs on my 750/810. They were within spec, but I adjusted 1 and 4 a smidge to get them in spec-er. Made a difference!

Steve

Posted: Mon Aug 14, 2023 7:53 pm

Nice pics Tom! I wonder when the last time that 3 beautiful F bikes graced Mosport at the same time??

I haven't been there in years!!!!

Chris

Hawk Joined: May 20, 2006 Posts: 332 Location: england

Managed a few hours ride out over the North Yorkshire Moors, taking advantage of our Indian summer

Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2023 1:46 pm

Nice F