Newbie Pete
Newbie Pete
Morning all. Newbie Pete saying hello.
Completely new to any sort of forums so apologies in advance for any lack of forum etiquitte! I have had my red/white 98 4XV R1 for about 18 months now. Partly stripped down at present to restore the OEM bodywork. The bike is in great condition with only 11,000 miles showing and has got suspension/exhaust/carb upgrades, which ultimately I want to return back to factory standard. I thought this would be a great place to get some advice.
Completely new to any sort of forums so apologies in advance for any lack of forum etiquitte! I have had my red/white 98 4XV R1 for about 18 months now. Partly stripped down at present to restore the OEM bodywork. The bike is in great condition with only 11,000 miles showing and has got suspension/exhaust/carb upgrades, which ultimately I want to return back to factory standard. I thought this would be a great place to get some advice.
Re: Newbie Pete
Hi Pete welcome to the forum ,u r right this is a great place for advice I'm sure someone will be able to answer any question you may have ,so fire away
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Re: Newbie Pete
Welcome in Pete. Loads of knowledgable people in here to help you.
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Re: Newbie Pete
Welcome to the forum Pete, and a good opening post from a forum newbie
Only thing missing was a pic of your pride and joy, the link below will tell you how to post pics
viewtopic.php?f=4&t=144" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Monkey face, aka Jompy will be along later to tell you not to use the torque setting in the manual on your sump plug, he can be a ham fisted monkey and he knackered his first time around..... He does talk a lot of sense, as do the other guys on here, they are full of knowledge about all sorts, so any questions, just ask.
Oh and we have a great sense of humour so join in with the banter and fun.
Welcome
Stephen

Only thing missing was a pic of your pride and joy, the link below will tell you how to post pics
viewtopic.php?f=4&t=144" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Monkey face, aka Jompy will be along later to tell you not to use the torque setting in the manual on your sump plug, he can be a ham fisted monkey and he knackered his first time around..... He does talk a lot of sense, as do the other guys on here, they are full of knowledge about all sorts, so any questions, just ask.
Oh and we have a great sense of humour so join in with the banter and fun.
Welcome
Stephen

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Re: Newbie Pete
Welcome to the forum Pete, and a good opening post from a forum newbie
Only thing missing was a pic of your pride and joy, the link below will tell you how to post pics
viewtopic.php?f=4&t=144" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Monkey face, aka Jompy will be along later to tell you not to use the torque setting in the manual on your sump plug, he can be a ham fisted monkey and he knackered his first time around..... He does talk a lot of sense, as do the other guys on here, they are full of knowledge about all sorts, so any questions, just ask.
Oh and we have a great sense of humour so join in with the banter and fun.
Welcome
Stephen

Only thing missing was a pic of your pride and joy, the link below will tell you how to post pics
viewtopic.php?f=4&t=144" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Monkey face, aka Jompy will be along later to tell you not to use the torque setting in the manual on your sump plug, he can be a ham fisted monkey and he knackered his first time around..... He does talk a lot of sense, as do the other guys on here, they are full of knowledge about all sorts, so any questions, just ask.
Oh and we have a great sense of humour so join in with the banter and fun.
Welcome
Stephen

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Re: Newbie Pete
Welcome in Pete
Cracking first post for a forum virgin
as for the sump bolt it wasn't the first time I'd done an oil change but fucking annoying all the same , new crush washer everytime ( what's the point in trying to save £2 ffs ) and nip it up to about 20nm 
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Re: Newbie Pete
Welcome in pete as said plenty of knowledgable peeps here (sadly I'm not one of em
) get stuck-in mate & get some pics up 
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Re: Newbie Pete
So you did it more than once..... Silly monkey [emoji87]jompy wrote:Welcome in Pete
Cracking first post for a forum virginas for the sump bolt it wasn't the first time I'd done an oil change but fucking annoying all the same , new crush washer everytime ( what's the point in trying to save £2 ffs ) and nip it up to about 20nm
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Re: Newbie Pete
Hi Pete, welcome to the forum Pete.
I've always been fond of the name Pete.
Pete.
I've always been fond of the name Pete.
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Nooooo !Steve R1 wrote:So you did it more than once..... Silly monkey [emoji87]jompy wrote:Welcome in Pete
Cracking first post for a forum virginas for the sump bolt it wasn't the first time I'd done an oil change but fucking annoying all the same , new crush washer everytime ( what's the point in trying to save £2 ffs ) and nip it up to about 20nm
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I'd tightened the sump bolt up a few times with no problems & then it broke

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So you did it correctly a few times and then fooked it up ! [emoji87][emoji85][emoji86][emoji204][emoji205]jompy wrote:Nooooo !Steve R1 wrote:So you did it more than once..... Silly monkey [emoji87]jompy wrote:Welcome in Pete
Cracking first post for a forum virginas for the sump bolt it wasn't the first time I'd done an oil change but fucking annoying all the same , new crush washer everytime ( what's the point in trying to save £2 ffs ) and nip it up to about 20nm
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I'd tightened the sump bolt up a few times with no problems & then it broke
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Nope ! but sounds about rightSteve R1 wrote:So you did it correctly a few times and then fooked it up ! [emoji87][emoji85][emoji86][emoji204][emoji205]jompy wrote:Nooooo !Steve R1 wrote:So you did it more than once..... Silly monkey [emoji87]jompy wrote:Welcome in Pete
Cracking first post for a forum virginas for the sump bolt it wasn't the first time I'd done an oil change but fucking annoying all the same , new crush washer everytime ( what's the point in trying to save £2 ffs ) and nip it up to about 20nm
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I'd tightened the sump bolt up a few times with no problems & then it broke
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jompy wrote:Nope ! but sounds about rightSteve R1 wrote:So you did it correctly a few times and then fooked it up ! [emoji87][emoji85][emoji86][emoji204][emoji205]jompy wrote:Nooooo !Steve R1 wrote:So you did it more than once..... Silly monkey [emoji87]jompy wrote:Welcome in Pete
Cracking first post for a forum virginas for the sump bolt it wasn't the first time I'd done an oil change but fucking annoying all the same , new crush washer everytime ( what's the point in trying to save £2 ffs ) and nip it up to about 20nm
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I'd tightened the sump bolt up a few times with no problems & then it broke
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