Hi ..(back again)

Tom · 09-04-2023, 12:35 PM

Was a Monster owner a long while back on a S4 (senna) .. recently picked up an old 98 M900 that I'm just tidying up ..
Just had wheels and few other bits back from powder coating and getting it all back together, hoping for shakedown run later but I'm having to remind myself of foothangar bolt/spacer combinations!!
I'll get some pics up at some point .. just need to search on here first an get back in the shed ..
Anyway .. hi .. (local to Leamington/Stratford area)

Tom

Bitza · 09-04-2023, 10:53 PM

Well welcome back Tom, and good luck with the project.

slob · 10-04-2023, 06:23 AM

welcome back

mickj · 10-04-2023, 10:25 AM

Welcome back to the forum Tom.

Tom · 10-04-2023, 12:38 PM

Cheers .. pretty much rolling but having a mare bleeding the clutch since replacing the servo for some reason! Other than that should be back on road for a couple of weekends until I decide between rebuilding original forks or swapping like a 916 set up ..

Nickj · 10-04-2023, 02:41 PM

Welcome back to the fold Tom

Odd isn't it that everything at the rear end seems to be a pain to bleed, I guess we should count ourselves lucky that some genius didn't develop a twin disk rear brake

Darren69 · 10-04-2023, 03:24 PM

Welcome back. Did you fill the slave with fluid before hand?

Tom · 11-04-2023, 03:17 PM

Thanks all for the welcome, and I have a clutch! Yes i'd pre filled the csc and had bled through the old fluid before hand so thought I'd be starting with a good system pretty much just needing a bit of a bleed from the inevitable air from the joint at the csc.
After a bit of searching on here it turns out it really is a pig to bleed ..and I can now also confirm that from my own experience!
Tried leaving it overnight with lever pulled back .. was finding some bubbles in reservoir on ''stroking'' the lever .. and started to find I was almost able to ''milk'' these bubbles out just by stroking the lever which had me suspecting the master wasn't getting a full travel.
Basically removed the lever so I had direct access to the pin and then found I could really get to the air and started getting a bite point and could see the plate moving.
Still taken lots of bleeding and also removed the wax plug so I can access the adjusting screw in the lever to the plunger .. really happy with it now!

Anyway ..long story short .. bikes ready to roll so now it's raining!! My bad . sorry!

slob · 13-04-2023, 09:08 AM

Location corrected Tom

Tom · 13-04-2023, 07:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by slob

Location corrected Tom

Thank you very much .. I shall update my bike too

09-04-2023, 12:35 PM	#1
Tom Senior Moment Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Leamingon Spa Bike: M900 Posts: 37	Hi ..(back again) Was a Monster owner a long while back on a S4 (senna) .. recently picked up an old 98 M900 that I'm just tidying up .. Just had wheels and few other bits back from powder coating and getting it all back together, hoping for shakedown run later but I'm having to remind myself of foothangar bolt/spacer combinations!! I'll get some pics up at some point .. just need to search on here first an get back in the shed .. Anyway .. hi .. (local to Leamington/Stratford area) Tom __________________ It's easier to get forgiveness than permission :burnout: :twisted:

09-04-2023, 10:53 PM	#2
Bitza Silver Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Poole Bike: M900ie Posts: 514	Well welcome back Tom, and good luck with the project. __________________ Bitza

10-04-2023, 10:25 AM	#4
mickj Registered User Join Date: Jun 2018 Location: Clevedon Bike: M1200s Posts: 565	Welcome back to the forum Tom. __________________ Keep the rubber side down. Mick

10-04-2023, 12:38 PM	#5
Tom Senior Moment Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Leamingon Spa Bike: M900 Posts: 37	Cheers .. pretty much rolling but having a mare bleeding the clutch since replacing the servo for some reason! Other than that should be back on road for a couple of weekends until I decide between rebuilding original forks or swapping like a 916 set up .. __________________ It's easier to get forgiveness than permission :burnout: :twisted:

10-04-2023, 02:41 PM	#6
Nickj Too much time on my hands member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Forest Of Dean Bike: S2r Posts: 3,208	Welcome back to the fold Tom Odd isn't it that everything at the rear end seems to be a pain to bleed, I guess we should count ourselves lucky that some genius didn't develop a twin disk rear brake __________________ "The final measure of any rider's skill is the inverse ratio of his preferred Traveling Speed to the number of bad scars on his body." Song of the sausage creature

10-04-2023, 06:23 AM	#3
slob . Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: East London Bike: Multiple Monsters Posts: 9,738	welcome back

10-04-2023, 03:24 PM	#7
Darren69 Transmaniacon MOC Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: Sutton In Ashfield Bike: Multiple Monsters Posts: 6,095	Welcome back. Did you fill the slave with fluid before hand? __________________ Roast Beef Monster! Termignoni and Bucci - Italian for pipe and slippers! S4 Fogarty, S4R 07T, 748, Series 1 Mirage

11-04-2023, 03:17 PM	#8
Tom Senior Moment Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Leamingon Spa Bike: M900 Posts: 37	Thanks all for the welcome, and I have a clutch! Yes i'd pre filled the csc and had bled through the old fluid before hand so thought I'd be starting with a good system pretty much just needing a bit of a bleed from the inevitable air from the joint at the csc. After a bit of searching on here it turns out it really is a pig to bleed ..and I can now also confirm that from my own experience! Tried leaving it overnight with lever pulled back .. was finding some bubbles in reservoir on ''stroking'' the lever .. and started to find I was almost able to ''milk'' these bubbles out just by stroking the lever which had me suspecting the master wasn't getting a full travel. Basically removed the lever so I had direct access to the pin and then found I could really get to the air and started getting a bite point and could see the plate moving. Still taken lots of bleeding and also removed the wax plug so I can access the adjusting screw in the lever to the plunger .. really happy with it now! Anyway ..long story short .. bikes ready to roll so now it's raining!! My bad . sorry! __________________ It's easier to get forgiveness than permission :burnout: :twisted:

13-04-2023, 09:08 AM	#9
slob . Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: East London Bike: Multiple Monsters Posts: 9,738	Location corrected Tom