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Cautionary tale (sorry it's long but please read it)
DIR By: Max Headroom
Date: September 23, 2019, 9:50 am
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The other weekend we had an MT-01 meet at Devil's Bridge in the
Dales. I headed up there with Nikk and Bally, we stopped for a
bite half way then continued. 3 Minutes later I was at the side
of the road with my pants and the bike soaked in 15 litres of
petrol! I believe the only thing that saved me from being a ball
of flames is we'd stopped for about 3/4 hour so the engine had
cooled, without that I would literally have been toast. We
managed to make a repair and still had a good day but my
paintwork is completely trashed.
Before I wrote about this I wanted to understand why my fuel
return hose failed, which I managed to do this weekend. It was a
combination of me being too concerned with the esthetics and
re-using old parts. Years ago I'd moved the fuel pressure
regulator because I'd removed the cover, but I didn't want an
ugly fuel pipe sticking out the side so I made a steel section
with a short hose. I then re-used an old Jubilee clip I'd had
hanging round in my tool box for years.
For the last MOT I replaced the short piece of hose, as it was
leaking very slightly, with thicker fuel line but still stuck
with the old clip. To make sure it didn't leak I REALLY
tightened it.
Over-tightening the clip caused 2 tags on the inside of the clip
to dig into the pipe, the thicker hose and vibration from the
engine did the rest. It broke away completely, I was too busy
trying to catch up so didn't notice till the engine stalled due
to an empty tank!
It didn't really sink in until later how close I was to death
through stupidity. I've just bought 10 new clips for £4.00!!
This is doubly stupid as I'm an engineer working in an industry
where I'm always banging on about safety.
Max
#Post#: 876--------------------------------------------------
Re: Cautionary tale (sorry it's long but please read it)
DIR By: gorilla
Date: September 24, 2019, 2:59 am
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That could have been nasty glad you and the bike are ok i want
to see the bike in the flesh before you burn it :o
#Post#: 877--------------------------------------------------
Re: Cautionary tale (sorry it's long but please read it)
DIR By: mt01ash
Date: September 24, 2019, 2:28 pm
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I think its a case of the BALLY curse I can remember him turning
up at an MT meet just after his luggage bags had court fire on
the back of his MT-01 just saying lol
so are you going to do a winter respray
Ash
#Post#: 878--------------------------------------------------
Re: Cautionary tale (sorry it's long but please read it)
DIR By: Max Headroom
Date: September 27, 2019, 2:07 am
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Bally curse, that explains everything :) and yes I'll be
spending the winter stripping it down and respraying the frame
etc. Already done a proper replacement fuel hose that's longer
and free to flex and doesn't rub on anything!
In the rebuild I'm also making a few comfort changes, it was
hell for long motorway spells (200 miles), I'll be lowering the
footrests and raising the handle bars a tad, also I need to have
the seat modded or grow a fat arse :)
#Post#: 879--------------------------------------------------
Re: Cautionary tale (sorry it's long but please read it)
DIR By: Jota
Date: September 27, 2019, 10:58 pm
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Hey mate , nasty experience. You've prompted me to check mine.
Would appreciate if you could keep us posted on the comfort
changes you are doing. I find mine is a bit painful for long
hours in the saddle. Great set up for sports riding but
definitely not touring. But then again I'm 61 now so the joints
don't flex like they used to. How these young blokes contort
themselves onto an R1 and tour is beyond me. Cheers Steve
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Re: Cautionary tale (sorry it's long but please read it)
DIR By: Danmt
Date: September 28, 2019, 12:27 am
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Re. the seat, I have been using an Air Hawk air filled cushion
for some time. When you find the correct inflation, all rear end
pains disappear.
Then there is the remaining problem of sitting on the
"Gentlemans Sausage" after a while. Careful choice of underwear
helps a lot here.
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Re: Cautionary tale (sorry it's long but please read it)
DIR By: TimR
Date: September 29, 2019, 1:25 pm
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Deja Vu...!! :-[ ;D
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Re: Cautionary tale (sorry it's long but please read it)
DIR By: rickblue21
Date: October 8, 2019, 7:59 pm
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Glad your ok mate
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