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wrench report: Yay to Fuggit to Yay again
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Plastic is on the bar, help yourselves to the beverage of your choice.
I've always wanted to be able to bring an inexpensive bike lift back
from the States. Only problem was the amount of excess baggage I'd
have to pay. Well last week I found a lift that worked for several
others, so gave it a try and it was delivered on Thursday. I
assembled it, and amazingly with two 1 1/4" pieces of wood on the arms
it slides under Mr Bike (dyna with the low sump and guard) and I can
pump the pedal sufficiently enough to be able to steady Mr Bike before
stepping off him and finishing the job in the more orthodox fashion.
Hey presto, Mr Bike is up in the air, sitting securely on the lift
with the help of some straps. So I proceeded to fit new left and
right grips, the cheapest ones I could get at the dealer. All went
surprisingly well and all I did was follow the instructions. Then I
figured I'd give the scoot a service, all was going well until I
wanted to undo the five screws on the primary cover, then the curse of
the Torx struck for the first time with a vengeance. One of them
undid nice and easy, the other four little bastids just refused to
budge (I'm wondering if I go for a ride mebbe they will have loosened
thanks to the heat?). However I do finally manage to dislodge them I
will replace them with something that is not Torx. I guess on the
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May I suggest aircraft bolts.
A friend of mine did that with every bolt on the bike.
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Or, hex drive. Has a hexagonal hole in the head instead of a "star" like
Torx does. Much less likely to strip out than the Torx. Shoot, even a
Philips or slotted head would be less likely to strip out than a Torx,
assuming you use the correct size driver.
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Noted. Hopefully I won't need to pull the cover off for a while but
allen bolts was kinda what I was thinking.
My shout
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Glad it went well other than that.
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plus side I don't really need to get the cover off I can pour in a
measured amount of primary oil through the other opening.
Then as the sun was setting I pulled out of the garage to take Mr Bike
for a road test down into the centre of London. Not nearly so many
lunatic cage/scooter/cyclist types, but I kept my guard up just in
case. Everything seemed to run just peachy. I like the new grips as
they are fatter than the stock ones I've had until now. Don't need to
move the hand so much to get moving. It'll take a little getting used
to but it won't take that long. I noticed a nice side effect of
changing the grips, my front brake is firmer! I guess that just
taking the reservoir and lever off the bars dislodged some air or
something, I dunno, but the front brake is much better.
So road test over, ticked all the boxes went home and sat down with
Mary and ate dinner.
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