Do you do your own work on your bike?

[Icey]

Just curious....

[bazzashazza]

if i touched anything technical on my bike i'd break it :P

[evilkeneval]

mine's under warrenty so no.
my 400 i do work myself on though:)

[Snowy]

Yep - none of my bikes have ever seen a dealer other than for tyre fitting/balancing.

[SkyJawa]

Yep - try and do as much as I can!

[Nokesy]

Would always try to do it myself but am still learning so first time is usually under watchful eye of our neighbour David!! ;D Gonna have a go at changing my car brake calliper tonight which has seized - (with David's supervision of course!!) ;D

[blurbiker247]

Alawys used to in the past, did oil filter change on beamer last week, determined to do next service.

[sigg21]

depends what it is,

[Dabz]

sort of...I watch while Paul demonstrates what to do

[R1chie]

I try to if it isn't too technical, although I'm held back a lot as all my tools are in the North East so if i can't scrounge any I head to nearest mate's house

[Icey]

What do you class as too technical? :)

[Sinz1000K3]

If i got the tools and know roughly what todo..i'll give it a go, but mainly take it too someone with the relavant items to hand.

[furry]

nah get gav to do it, lol
do a few bits but whats the point when gav lives in the same house as me. i do his car he does my bike, sorted

[ChrisW]

Well we plunged ourselves in at the deep end and have just done the clutch (changed the friction plates) and the front brake (change of pads, new fluid and a general clean up). Its so easy on a bike compaired to the car!

Clutch change on the bike...

1) Drain oil and unbolt casing, numbering the bolts as you go
2) Wind out pressure plate retaining bolts in the typical pattern and remove old plates
3) Oil up new plates and fit, refit casing.
4) Fill with oil (changing filter if need be)

Of course there are things that can go wrong, on Icey's the exhaust rear hanger bolt thread was damaged which made it a pain to refit. But compaired with the car which was...

1) Raise on axle stands by at least 2' and remove front wheels
2) Unbolt CV from Hub, split bottom ball joint and remove drive shaft on driver side
3) As 2 but remove intermidiate shaft as well, drain transmission fluid
4) Remove air filter, radiator, pipe work, exhaust downpipes and part of the electrical loom
5) Disconnect gear linkage, speedo drive and reverse switch
6) Support engine and remove transmission mounts
7) Unbolt gearbox from block and seperate
8) Lock flywheel inplace and unbolt pressure plate in the typical pattern
9) Refit friction plate and pressure plate using centering tool
10) Refitting is the same as removeal ;D

So anyone that works on a car SHOULD do the work on their bike to, its like a walk in the park! ;D

Blue, if you want a hand with the service or need some tools, let us know, I'm sure Icey will want a ride out and I need as much experiance working on bikes as I can get! :)

[ONFIRE]

Well done! 8-)

Priorities, used to do my own car\bike mechanics when I was a kid..case of having to guess. ::)

I do the necessary Bike still under warranty!

Hey don't have a problem with diy mechanics, bugger if it goes pete tong! ;)

[evilkeneval]

anyone else ever noticed you always have bolts left over?

must be spares!:)

[Icey]

;D

I think I'll have that problem when I put all the bits back on my mini, if not then theres not going to be enough :o

[evilkeneval]

super glue and gaffa tape!
my caviler used to be held together by the stuff!

[Rod]

:) I do the things I can, Shop for things I can't. I always get them to go over it every 3000 miles

[Foo]

if i did the maintenance on my own bike it would never run again.......... mind you, a mate of mine did some work on his gearbox on his 250 and left a 10mm socket in it :D

[Icey]

Do you have pit bitches then? ;D

[Foo]

Do you have pit bitches then? ;D

oh hell yes!!! what are friends of if not to call in lots of favours when i break my bike ;)

[evilkeneval]

having pit bitches must be so cool. i'm jelous!