Friday, July 24, 2026

Index - of sorts anyway. Think of it as a guide. 05/07/2026

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  Bikes 'n' stuff The joy of motorcycling 14/12/2011 A 400 Monster 28/12/2011 Once again, Minnie finds herself without a motor 30/12...
Saturday, July 4, 2026

320mm / 6 bolt front brake disc options and rambling

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Front brake discs for 320mm, 6 bolt applications. You know, pretty much everything Ducati, Aprilia, Guzzi from mid 90's to 2008 ish. I h...

Timing belt adjuster thread failure and repair 2V models - a Pantah in this case.

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  I had a Pantah in for valve clearance check and belt replacement, and undoing the tensioners got me the day wrecking jammed bolt and torn ...

Airbox / Air inlet mods for Sport Classic and Hyper Motard 2V

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  Fixing the Sport Classic and HM airbox restriction the cheap way. {{digressing}} The expensive way is the StarAce airbox. A customer bro...

748 / 916 Replacement fuel pump - pick up extension required when using later style pumps

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I see a few pre 1999 model year 748 and 916 with running issues after the fuel pump has been replaced with a non original pump. I checked t...

Marelli 5AM "bad software" issue

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This may be one of those instances of me making something up to try to explain something I've experienced. I have a customer who used to...

Chain and sprocket replacement on a 996 - with a difference

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I had a 996 in for a major service, and chain and sprocket replacement was one of the required add on jobs. With a difference, as it turned ...