Bloody Thing!
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Bloody Thing!
Kaupy1962 Thu 05 Dec 2013, 11:26 pm
Got on The Bandit to leave for work and noticed a shiny patch on the left hand fork dust cover. Sure enough, a blown fork seal!
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paul Fri 06 Dec 2013, 12:45 am
Damn that's annoying
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Ewok1958 Fri 06 Dec 2013, 4:14 am
I'm in full sympathy - I went into the shed last week to find fluid near the front wheel of the TRX - sure enough, the front left fork seal is leaking (straight down onto the brake caliper too). Must be the season for it.Kaupy1962 wrote:Got on The Bandit to leave for work and noticed a shiny patch on the left hand fork dust cover. Sure enough, a blown fork seal!
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Ewok1958 Fri 06 Dec 2013, 5:30 am
Always good to have someone to blame - thanks for volunteering Hammy!
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Hammy Fri 06 Dec 2013, 5:46 am
Sez the little furry one with his pole in his hand.Ewok1958 wrote:Always good to have someone to blame - thanks for volunteering Hammy!
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madmax Fri 06 Dec 2013, 7:36 am
well they say these things happen in threes, so that makes the rest of us safeHammy wrote:You can all blame me. I think I started This.
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Kiwisteve Fri 06 Dec 2013, 4:32 pm
I hope that doesn't mean another 2 bikes are going to fall over for no reason!madmax wrote:
well they say these things happen in threes, so that makes the rest of us safe
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Hammy Sat 07 Dec 2013, 12:11 pm
Hang on. Dr Evil just mentioned a little mishap. One to go. Oh Paul !Kiwisteve wrote:I hope that doesn't mean another 2 bikes are going to fall over for no reason!madmax wrote:
well they say these things happen in threes, so that makes the rest of us safe
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Boatz Sat 07 Dec 2013, 4:01 pm
+1madmax wrote:well they say these things happen in threes, so that makes the rest of us safeHammy wrote:You can all blame me. I think I started This.
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paul Sat 07 Dec 2013, 5:18 pm
Mum always said I was a mishap , does that count ?Hammy wrote:Hang on. Dr Evil just mentioned a little mishap. One to go. Oh Paul !Kiwisteve wrote:I hope that doesn't mean another 2 bikes are going to fall over for no reason!madmax wrote:
well they say these things happen in threes, so that makes the rest of us safe
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Hammy Sat 07 Dec 2013, 5:56 pm
Sure does.paul wrote:Mum always said I was a mishap , does that count ?Hammy wrote:Hang on. Dr Evil just mentioned a little mishap. One to go. Oh Paul !Kiwisteve wrote:I hope that doesn't mean another 2 bikes are going to fall over for no reason!madmax wrote:
well they say these things happen in threes, so that makes the rest of us safe
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madmax Sat 07 Dec 2013, 8:45 pm
No I think I might have been the third. Well I hope so anywayKiwisteve wrote:I hope that doesn't mean another 2 bikes are going to fall over for no reason!madmax wrote:
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Kiwisteve Sun 08 Dec 2013, 7:39 am
Yep, me too
Otherwise we might all have to start carrying some foam rubber to place beside our bikes when we stop
That'd be a good use for one of your new panniers MM
Otherwise we might all have to start carrying some foam rubber to place beside our bikes when we stop
That'd be a good use for one of your new panniers MM
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madmax Sun 08 Dec 2013, 7:58 am
Second function of panniers is large crash knob for rear of bike
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Kiwisteve Sun 08 Dec 2013, 8:02 am
madmax wrote:Second function of panniers is large crash knob for rear of bike
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Kaupy1962 Mon 09 Dec 2013, 11:18 pm
The stupid thing is, I haven't ridden it. It had been parked on the side stand while I was in Brisbane for 3 weeks. It didn't have a leak before then.
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Ewok1958 Tue 10 Dec 2013, 7:50 am
The TRX was also in the shed a while after its previous ride before the seal went. They must just get moody.
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jstava Tue 10 Dec 2013, 3:16 pm
Sit down time is not good for fork seals. I suspect neither is the use of side stands.
I almost always have had the greatest number of fork seal failures in the left side, and on bikes that have been kept on side stands for extended periods of time.
Maybe only my imagination, but seems to be true. Other members opinions please.
I almost always have had the greatest number of fork seal failures in the left side, and on bikes that have been kept on side stands for extended periods of time.
Maybe only my imagination, but seems to be true. Other members opinions please.
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2wheelsagain Tue 10 Dec 2013, 4:04 pm
jstava wrote:Sit down time is not good for fork seals. I suspect neither is the use of side stands.
I almost always have had the greatest number of fork seal failures in the left side, and on bikes that have been kept on side stands for extended periods of time.
Maybe only my imagination, but seems to be true. Other members opinions please.
Cant see how the side stand has anything to do with it any more than road camber sees the left leg extended more than the right........
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jstava Tue 10 Dec 2013, 10:07 pm
Yeah, probably only a coincidence.
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