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Tango
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| Baloo wrote: | | BarryH wrote: | | You'll find that they'll have a locking compound on them. I wouldn't personally put copperslip on the caliper mounting bolts myself |
Based on past experience with corrosion and having to change to titantium bolts to stop that on both blade and gixxer, I always now put a small amount on and constantly check the torquing. |
Thought I read someplace. The bolts on new fireblade calipers have to be thrown away when the pads are changed. Thus they only need removing once.
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| BarryH wrote: | | Cpt.Slow wrote: | | the thought of losing something so incredible and special |
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Matty
Cant keep it up!
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| tango wrote: | | Baloo wrote: | | BarryH wrote: | | You'll find that they'll have a locking compound on them. I wouldn't personally put copperslip on the caliper mounting bolts myself |
Based on past experience with corrosion and having to change to titantium bolts to stop that on both blade and gixxer, I always now put a small amount on and constantly check the torquing. |
Thought I read someplace. The bolts on new fireblade calipers have to be thrown away when the pads are changed. Thus they only need removing once. |
To be honest most caliper bolts if not all on bikes are supposed to be used once. Something to do with them being stretch bolts from what I remember being told!  |
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PJ_DJ
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The thieving bunch of c&*%s at the Post Office who have 'lost' 3 mobile phones I was sending for recycling even though I sent them recorded delivery.
LOST my arse what did you do drop them down the back of a sofa, DOUBT IT some bastard has nicked em, and is probable recycling them somewhere else and getting the money for them 
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southernspeed
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| Matty wrote: | | tango wrote: | | Baloo wrote: | | BarryH wrote: | | You'll find that they'll have a locking compound on them. I wouldn't personally put copperslip on the caliper mounting bolts myself |
Based on past experience with corrosion and having to change to titantium bolts to stop that on both blade and gixxer, I always now put a small amount on and constantly check the torquing. |
Thought I read someplace. The bolts on new fireblade calipers have to be thrown away when the pads are changed. Thus they only need removing once. |
To be honest most caliper bolts if not all on bikes are supposed to be used once. Something to do with them being stretch bolts from what I remember being told! |
Most caliper bolts are too short, thick and use a too lower torque to be stretch bolts. Not heard of this before although some of the newer radial brakes have long bolts. Plus the conventional caliper bolts work in shear not tension.
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Lil Mush
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Oi you, get on with your job! 
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| Lil Mush wrote: | | Oi you, get on with your job! |
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As long as Lil Hornet is kept watered and fed throughout the day...
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biggus
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| southernspeed wrote: | | Matty wrote: | | tango wrote: | | Baloo wrote: | | BarryH wrote: | | You'll find that they'll have a locking compound on them. I wouldn't personally put copperslip on the caliper mounting bolts myself |
Based on past experience with corrosion and having to change to titantium bolts to stop that on both blade and gixxer, I always now put a small amount on and constantly check the torquing. |
Thought I read someplace. The bolts on new fireblade calipers have to be thrown away when the pads are changed. Thus they only need removing once. |
To be honest most caliper bolts if not all on bikes are supposed to be used once. Something to do with them being stretch bolts from what I remember being told! |
Most caliper bolts are too short, thick and use a too lower torque to be stretch bolts. Not heard of this before although some of the newer radial brakes have long bolts. Plus the conventional caliper bolts work in shear not tension. |
Well said SS... Matty, sorry mate, you've been misinformed (probably by a caliper bolt salesman ), there is of course always the exception to the rule which no doubt some pedantic cnut will spend all day googling to find
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andi
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| Posted: Thu Aug 13, 2009 12:23 pm Post subject: |
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| BarryH wrote: | | Cpt.Slow wrote: | | the thought of losing something so incredible and special |
Cryptic posts are not allowed....... |
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The Mouse
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| Posted: Thu Aug 13, 2009 12:49 pm Post subject: |
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| andi wrote: | | BarryH wrote: | | Cpt.Slow wrote: | | the thought of losing something so incredible and special |
Cryptic posts are not allowed....... |
Changed job Barry |
I think you may need to look back and see who complained about about 'cryptic' posts first
Anyway, have we had a update on how you slept last night |
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andi
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| Posted: Thu Aug 13, 2009 12:56 pm Post subject: |
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| The Mouse wrote: | | andi wrote: | | BarryH wrote: | | Cpt.Slow wrote: | | the thought of losing something so incredible and special |
Cryptic posts are not allowed....... |
Changed job Barry |
I think you may need to look back and see who complained about about 'cryptic' posts first
Anyway, have we had a update on how you slept last night |
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Va Va Oops
Va Va Yes yes yes yes!!!!
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| biggus wrote: | | southernspeed wrote: | | Matty wrote: | | tango wrote: | | Baloo wrote: | | BarryH wrote: | | You'll find that they'll have a locking compound on them. I wouldn't personally put copperslip on the caliper mounting bolts myself |
Based on past experience with corrosion and having to change to titantium bolts to stop that on both blade and gixxer, I always now put a small amount on and constantly check the torquing. |
Thought I read someplace. The bolts on new fireblade calipers have to be thrown away when the pads are changed. Thus they only need removing once. |
To be honest most caliper bolts if not all on bikes are supposed to be used once. Something to do with them being stretch bolts from what I remember being told! |
Most caliper bolts are too short, thick and use a too lower torque to be stretch bolts. Not heard of this before although some of the newer radial brakes have long bolts. Plus the conventional caliper bolts work in shear not tension. |
Well said SS... Matty, sorry mate, you've been misinformed (probably by a caliper bolt salesman ), there is of course always the exception to the rule which no doubt some pedantic cnut will spend all day googling to find |
Need to change my front pads (F650GS - 2008). Not got a Book of Lies for this bike. Anyone know what the torque settings for the calliper bolts should be?
tbh, despite owning a torque wrench, I've previously gone with 'tighten it', 'tighten it a bit more' and 'you're a girl - tighten it some more' but I'm prepared to accept that this may not be the best approach!! |
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Va Va Oops
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Back on topic for this thread...
What has pissed me off (the other day but is still really annoying me) is that the taxi driver' whose people carrier I gently nudged with my front tyre back in March, is now claiming over £1000 in repair costs and £5000 for a replacement hire vehicle - oh, and he is apparently still suffering from anxiety when driving - due to post traumatic stress disorder
What a ************!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
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wivvy's dad
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| Va Va Oops wrote: | Back on topic for this thread...
What has pissed me off (the other day but is still really annoying me) is that the taxi driver' whose people carrier I gently nudged with my front tyre back in March, is now claiming over £1000 in repair costs and £5000 for a replacement hire vehicle - oh, and he is apparently still suffering from anxiety when driving - due to post traumatic stress disorder
What a ************!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
Would he be a "gentleman of colour" by any chance? |
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Va Va Oops
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| wivvy's dad wrote: | | Va Va Oops wrote: | Back on topic for this thread...
What has pissed me off (the other day but is still really annoying me) is that the taxi driver' whose people carrier I gently nudged with my front tyre back in March, is now claiming over £1000 in repair costs and £5000 for a replacement hire vehicle - oh, and he is apparently still suffering from anxiety when driving - due to post traumatic stress disorder
What a ************!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
Would he be a "gentleman of colour" by any chance? |
As it happens (as instantly spotted by my PA - who happens to be Indian), he is of Pakistani origin ...as too is his GP who has bugger all physical evidence (just the patient's claims of pain and discomfort) but lots of experience of writing medico-legal RTA reports ...indeed his statement claims that he writes approximately 200 of these per month (doesn't sound much like a 'general' practitioner to me!!)
Personally, I think that he - and probably the GP too - is a twat despite the colour of his skin, rather than because of it. Some people are just plain fecking dishonest |
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Jay1
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| Posted: Thu Aug 13, 2009 11:19 pm Post subject: |
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| Va Va Oops wrote: | | wivvy's dad wrote: | | Va Va Oops wrote: | Back on topic for this thread...
What has pissed me off (the other day but is still really annoying me) is that the taxi driver' whose people carrier I gently nudged with my front tyre back in March, is now claiming over £1000 in repair costs and £5000 for a replacement hire vehicle - oh, and he is apparently still suffering from anxiety when driving - due to post traumatic stress disorder
What a ************!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
Would he be a "gentleman of colour" by any chance? |
As it happens (as instantly spotted by my PA - who happens to be Indian), he is of Pakistani origin ...as too is his GP who has bugger all physical evidence (just the patient's claims of pain and discomfort) but lots of experience of writing medico-legal RTA reports ...indeed his statement claims that he writes approximately 200 of these per month (doesn't sound much like a 'general' practitioner to me!!)
Personally, I think that he - and probably the GP too - is a twat despite the colour of his skin, rather than because of it. Some people are just plain fecking dishonest |
Sad to say but this is the norm not the exeption. I deal with sooooo many of these types of claim it's untrue. And the insurers are powerless. As there is a body of supposed "medical evidence" that confirms that whiplash injuries are possible at very low speed (2-3mph and over). It's generally seen that if there is damage to the vehicle and a medical report to support an injury, a judge is highly unlikely to throw the claim out, as he has to either exept the £expert" evidence, or find that the claim is fraudulent. County Court judges don't like making the contentious call so the claim succeeds. Because of this, on the whole the insurers will not run the claims to Court. As the expense in pursuing a low speed impact defence is HUGE.
The one thing to me that may make your claim worth defending on fraud grounds though is the credit hire. It's often a case, when people are in it for the money that a fabricated hire claim will be the biggest part of the claim. The company I work for certainly look a lot harder at defending these types of claim than we do the Low speed impact injury cases. If you have hit the rear of a car, with a bike, and caused no damage to the bike, there is no way the car would be put off the road. Have you voiced your concerns to your insurers?
These claims really boil my piss. I have no problem with legitimate claimants who have genuinely suffered loss and injury, but these twats are a different matter. It not only makes my job a pain in the arse, but what they are doing is theft plain and simple. It's not "playing the system" it's fraud and it's stealing, in any other circumstances they'd be prosecuted, but as it's an insurance claim it seems the rules are different.
And as you say the Dr's don't help things. My missus had an accident several months ago and has had quite bad back pain since. The insurers sent her to see a "GP" for an "examination". Well she was asked to fill in a form, was then in there withthe guy for no more than 3 minutes when he asked her a couple of simple questions and thats it. No proper examination or anything. they simply make money from writing reports, which all say the same thing and aren't case specific in any way shape or form. The Doctors should all be regulated and have to conform to set standards, with questions and exams designed to establish whether there is actually a legitimate injury. It'll never happen but hey ho.
And thinking about it, without all the dodgy claims I might be out of a job 
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Phoenix
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Firecracker
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| Posted: Fri Aug 14, 2009 1:07 am Post subject: |
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Yikes, Phoenix! Sounds like you've had a worse time of it on the ex front than I have!
Singledom - deffo the way to go!
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ChoccieMuffin
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You should do with your exes what I've managed.
Current bloke's too scared to even consider dumping me! 
It does mean I don't have anyone around to babysit though, but that minor inconvenience is fine by me, considering the benefits. |
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SkateKitten
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| Posted: Fri Aug 14, 2009 10:31 am Post subject: |
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Not pissed off exactly but a bit gutted - was supposed to be picking up my new car tomorrow but its not ready yet
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biggus
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| Posted: Fri Aug 14, 2009 10:38 am Post subject: |
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| SkateKitten wrote: | | Not pissed off exactly but a bit gutted - was supposed to be picking up my new car tomorrow but its not ready yet |
Did you go for the Alfa in the end?
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Matty
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| biggus wrote: | | southernspeed wrote: | | Matty wrote: | | tango wrote: | | Baloo wrote: | | BarryH wrote: | | You'll find that they'll have a locking compound on them. I wouldn't personally put copperslip on the caliper mounting bolts myself |
Based on past experience with corrosion and having to change to titantium bolts to stop that on both blade and gixxer, I always now put a small amount on and constantly check the torquing. |
Thought I read someplace. The bolts on new fireblade calipers have to be thrown away when the pads are changed. Thus they only need removing once. |
To be honest most caliper bolts if not all on bikes are supposed to be used once. Something to do with them being stretch bolts from what I remember being told! |
Most caliper bolts are too short, thick and use a too lower torque to be stretch bolts. Not heard of this before although some of the newer radial brakes have long bolts. Plus the conventional caliper bolts work in shear not tension. |
Well said SS... Matty, sorry mate, you've been misinformed (probably by a caliper bolt salesman ), there is of course always the exception to the rule which no doubt some pedantic cnut will spend all day googling to find |
I stand corrected then 
Cant remember who it was who told me or if I 'read' it somewhere in the book of lies |
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Matty
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| Phoenix wrote: | malicious, vindictive twat bitch of an Ex, fcuking glad I'm not with her any more, jeeeeeeezus!
fuck! that woman is pure evil ! |
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