Post by simon0867 on Apr 11, 2015 10:45:23 GMT
Despite being summertime all week while at work it's showery and windy today (sods law). However did get out for an hour to complete a couple of jobs on the scoot.
My original plan with the alarm was to run it off a separate 12v battery and holder, unfortunately this didn't work as the alarm is designed for a lead/acid bike battery. So drilled a small hole in the seat basin and ran the wires to the battery. Going to test it this weekend and make sure it isn't going to put too much drain on the battery, however as I'll only be arming it at night then hopefully it will be fine.
Next job was something new to me, changing the front disc pads. Noticed the brake was squeaking a bit recently, apparently this is easily fixed with some copper grease on the back of the pads. Seem to make sense to renew the pads anyway and I'm glad I did as they were quite worn.
The top one isn't too bad but the bottom one is well worn, the marker grooves are hardly visible. Fitting the new ones was actually quite easy and with the addition of the copper grease hopefully that's the squeak gone too.
After that just time for a wash down and then the rain came on.
Hope you are all having a good weekend.
My original plan with the alarm was to run it off a separate 12v battery and holder, unfortunately this didn't work as the alarm is designed for a lead/acid bike battery. So drilled a small hole in the seat basin and ran the wires to the battery. Going to test it this weekend and make sure it isn't going to put too much drain on the battery, however as I'll only be arming it at night then hopefully it will be fine.
Next job was something new to me, changing the front disc pads. Noticed the brake was squeaking a bit recently, apparently this is easily fixed with some copper grease on the back of the pads. Seem to make sense to renew the pads anyway and I'm glad I did as they were quite worn.
The top one isn't too bad but the bottom one is well worn, the marker grooves are hardly visible. Fitting the new ones was actually quite easy and with the addition of the copper grease hopefully that's the squeak gone too.
After that just time for a wash down and then the rain came on.
Hope you are all having a good weekend.
