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Garage Night TV Forums Tag: ktm 950 adventure - Recent Topics http://www.garagenight.tv/forum/tags/ktm-950-adventure Find out how to fix your bike en-US Thu, 09 Sep 2010 19:23:40 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.1 <![CDATA[Search]]> q http://www.garagenight.tv/forum/search.php Waz on "Ep 5: Replacing steering head bearings" http://www.garagenight.tv/forum/topic/ep-5-replacing-steering-head-bearings#post-51 Thu, 20 Aug 2009 21:38:15 +0000 Waz 51@http://www.garagenight.tv/forum/ <embed src="http://blip.tv/play/%2B33CrEEA%2Em4v" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="320" height="270" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed> It’s a key area of wear and tear on a bike, and especially a big trailie - so replacing the steering head bearings is one of the essential jobs you’ll have to come to grips with on a long trip, or just as a long-term owner. Pete’s KTM 950 came back from South America with knackered steering head bearings, and in this episode we show how to remove the worn-out ones, pack the new ones with grease and install them. <div class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 110px"><a class="flickr-image" title="Stick with us" href="http://www.garagenight.tv/stick-with-us" target="_blank"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3284/2888965327_eb4077da6a_t.jpg" alt="Stick with us" width="100" height="69" /></a><a href=http://www.garagenight.tv/stick-with-us>Stick with us! Get the official sticker by supporting Garage Night</a></div>Most automotive and motorcycle bearings are in constant, full rotation during their life, so they wear evenly as they turn. But steering head bearings move very little when you’re riding - generally rotating just a few degrees side to side. This makes them particularly prone to uneven wear, especially if they are not kept properly adjusted. Think about it - you’re doing big miles, mostly in a straight line, over rough roads. Shock is transferred from the wheel, through the fork legs, via the triple clamps/yokes to the steering head bearings. <a href="http://www.garagenight.tv/ep-5-replacing-steering-head-bearings/">Ep 5: Replacing steering head bearings</a> Waz on "Ep 8: Chain and sprockets part 2" http://www.garagenight.tv/forum/topic/ep-8-chain-and-sprockets-part-2#post-44 Thu, 13 Aug 2009 07:59:35 +0000 Waz 44@http://www.garagenight.tv/forum/ <embed src="http://blip.tv/play/%2B33TqxQA%2Em4v" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="320" height="270" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed> Missed part 1 of Chain and Sprockets? <a href="http://www.garagenight.tv/?p=14">Click here</a> With the old chain taken off and consigned to the trash, Trent and Pete remove and examine the old sprockets, install the new ones and rivet the fresh chain in place on Pete’s KTM 950 Adventure. <div class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 110px"><a class="flickr-image" title="Stick with us" href="http://www.garagenight.tv/stick-with-us" target="_blank"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3284/2888965327_eb4077da6a_t.jpg" alt="Stick with us" width="100" height="69" /></a><a href=http://www.garagenight.tv/stick-with-us>Stick with us! Get the official sticker by supporting Garage Night</a></div> Along the way, Trent discusses correct chain tension, the different ways a front sprocket may be attached to the countershaft, and why you should NEVER use a worn sprocket with a new chain - at least not if you want the chain to last. Pete talks about how changing the sprocket ratio - in his case, the number of teeth on the front sprocket - has improved his bike’s driveability. There’s an interesting aside, too, on the possible negative consequences of going for a smaller front sprocket. <a href="http://www.garagenight.tv/ep-8-chain-and-sprockets-part-2/">Ep 8: Chain and sprockets part 2</a> Waz on "Ep 9: New spokes on an old wheel" http://www.garagenight.tv/forum/topic/ep-9-new-spokes-on-an-old-wheel#post-22 Sat, 11 Jul 2009 19:30:18 +0000 Waz 22@http://www.garagenight.tv/forum/ <embed src="http://blip.tv/play/%2B33btQQA%2Em4v" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="320" height="270" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed> Watch Waz and Trent dismantle the wheel in <a href="http://www.garagenight.tv/?p=10">Ep 3: Sand, heat and nipples</a> and <a href="http://www.garagenight.tv/?p=11">Episode 4: Wires, shocks and smoke</a>. A spoke wheel is a thing of beauty. Here at Garage Night, you can’t tell us otherwise. Cast wheels might be acceptable if you ride a road toad, but if you’ve got spokes, you’ve got class. <div class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 110px"><a class="flickr-image" title="Stick with us" href="http://www.garagenight.tv/stick-with-us" target="_blank"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3284/2888965327_eb4077da6a_t.jpg" alt="Stick with us" width="100" height="69" /></a><a href=http://www.garagenight.tv/stick-with-us>Stick with us! Get the official sticker by supporting Garage Night</a></div> Just think, each thin metal spine is fragile on its own, but strong enough when laced together with a bunch of buddies to bear several times the weight of your bike when you’re full on the brakes, or keep your wheel from crumpling when you smash through a wash-out. And no matter how you try, for elegance of both form and function a cast or billet wheel can’t come close. An old, neglected spoke wheel is NOT a thing of beauty, though - as I found when I bought a complete secondhand USD fork front end for my bike and discovered the seller had been less than honest about its condition. The Garage Night guys were never going to let me put it together in that state. So the wheel had to come apart. <a href="http://www.garagenight.tv/ep-9-new-spokes-on-an-old-wheel/">Ep 9: New spokes on an old wheel</a> Waz on "Ep 12: KTM forks on a BMW part 2" http://www.garagenight.tv/forum/topic/ep-12-ktm-forks-on-a-bmw-part-2#post-26 Wed, 15 Jul 2009 10:00:41 +0000 Waz 26@http://www.garagenight.tv/forum/ <embed src="http://blip.tv/play/%2B32BkYJ1AA%2Em4v" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="640" height="510" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed> Missed part 1 of our KTM fork conversion? <a href="http://www.garagenight.tv/ep-11-ktm-forks-on-a-bmw/">Click here</a> This is it. After two years of theorising, trial and error, parts fabrication and emptied beercans, we’re ready to bolt the new forks on to Richard’s Beemer. <div class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 110px"><a class="flickr-image" title="Stick with us" href="http://www.garagenight.tv/stick-with-us" target="_blank"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3284/2888965327_eb4077da6a_t.jpg" alt="Stick with us" width="100" height="69" /></a><a href=http://www.garagenight.tv/stick-with-us>Stick with us! Get the official sticker by supporting Garage Night</a></div> Last episode we discussed exactly what components we were using and the modifications being made to fit them up. This time round we’re actually installing the yokes, steering lock and stops, forks, wheel and brakes – everything that’s needed to get Richard’s “number one” bike back on its wheels. Pete and Rich show off some custom bits that we made - a neat adapter plate set-up for the steering lock and a tidy steering stop that bolts up nicely. As we post this episode, Horizons Unlimited Mountain Madness (the HUMM) is less than a week away, so Richard’s suspension will be getting a full workout as “Team Garage Night” (Waz, Richard and Garage Night apprentice Etienne) go up against about 150 other competitors, including last year’s second placegetters <a href="http://www.garagenight.tv/mountain-madness/">the Mushman Candidates</a> - Pete, Trent and James. <a href="http://www.garagenight.tv/ep-12-ktm-forks-on-a-bmw-part-2/">Ep 12: KTM forks on a BMW part 2</a>