AndrewElvisFan

As long as its quick enough for streaming porn hub eh?

I was referring to yours when 'towing'!

Blue is good for me!

It's item 2 on this diagram. The bearing on this side was ok and packed with grease.

Could be - checked the manual and there should be 2 collars and they look in the pic to be more substantial. Given the amount of rust and dirt in the hub doesn't look as though its been shielding much!

Ok by me - either design

I think I just found the collar at the wrong end! Bearing doesn't look too healthy either! Also looks like someone before me had fun removing them as there is scoring inside the hub.

Oil seal out - fairly sure it shouldn't look like that!

Cheers Jimmy! Just got one side out (had to break for kids lunch). According to the manual there should have been a collar but this was missing. Just need to get the brake side out now. Also has oil seal which looks all nylon? Was going to use a chefs blow torch but this has made me think twice on that.

Ok. Struggling to remove the rear wheel bearings without the proper tools. Anybody got any ideas before I get the sledgehammer or blow torch out?

First 'proper' bike on the road. Had twist and go for 6 years before this one and before that 20 years ago had a 250 for playing on in fields (unofficially!). Had several 4 wheeled buckets of nails in last 20 yrs which seemed to be relatively easy to sort for MOT test! Spotted a few biggies and sorted for the bike just missed these couple of little jobs. I live for learning curves - fingers crossed the weather stays dry until I've sorted it!

Or about 1000 miles!!

I thought pastel colours were the choice? Which website is it - is there a full range of pastels?

I see. In that case, black on yellow gets my vote

Now that's why I let mrs elvis choose paint colours and I just do the painting!

Wasn't the original colour we all agreed on grey? I like the new design and really don't mind what colour(s) are used.

I hadn't ridden at night since changing the bulb which blew Weds, my front wheel was spinning freely when I checked it last weekend and honestly hadn't felt it binding, I could feel a small amount of play in the rear wheel and was expecting an advisory and I didn't realise a wrong bolt in the rear brake back would give a fail. The original bolt had rusted so I had to drill it out and replace it with a normal nut and bolt last September. It was corroded so much I didn't see it should have had a split pin! All in all I think inexperience answers your question! In 20 years I've not presented a car for MOT and had it fail and this was my first bike to present for testing.

Fingers crossed when I take them out to clean them they'll slide back in ok.

Cheers!

Headlamp switch faulty - somehow dipped has become full after last bulb change?? Easy fix to swap wires over. Binding brakes. Need to remove calipers and replace seals. Hopefully easy change - on order. Rear wheel bearings excessive play. Should be easy change - bearings ordered. Rear brake back plate insecure. Caused by incorrect nut and bolt. New one ready to replace. 2 advisories on tyres - need to replace sooner rather than later but can wait a week for payday! Not too bad for a 20 yr old bike. Saving nearly £200 on labour as long as I can get it all done myself. Would have to be a Friday though - can't get the bits til Monday so will be refitting bits in the dark and probably finishing off Tuesday morning. If anyone has any tips for what to be careful with re brake calipers I'd be more than grateful.

Most guys will find this funny!

Isn't it amazing how the most innocent of comments can be misunderstood and dragged into the depths of depravity! Only the other night I was researching images of a famous ship which sank. You wouldn't believe what came up when I typed 'tit pic going down' into Google!

I could but I wouldn't wish to get the blame for any posts that may appear if I did!