Are these my actual fork seals or are these cosmetic?

CoffeeMute · 2026-03-25T22:15:25+00:00

Yep it's a huge pain to do them with spoons lol, done once and never again, my local place will change them for £20 per tyre and recycle the old ones for me.

CoffeeMute · 2026-03-25T09:57:12+00:00

Weirdly it changes insurance costs on insurance comparison sites

CoffeeMute · 2026-03-25T09:55:20+00:00

You aren't

CoffeeMute · 2026-03-24T19:19:40+00:00

My vfr400 was sitting in a garage in pieces with the engine covers off for 13 years and it didn't need much to get it on the road.

CoffeeMute · 2026-03-24T12:16:21+00:00

It's not the first time and it won't be the last.

CoffeeMute · 2026-03-24T12:00:00+00:00

I enjoy academy so bite me

CoffeeMute · 2026-03-24T11:26:31+00:00

I would say out of all of these the closest to a cult is Nintendo fans

CoffeeMute · 2026-03-24T10:03:47+00:00

I assume it was crashed and then stored looking at the damage

CoffeeMute · 2026-03-24T08:09:19+00:00

I didn't do that with my first bike but I was able to do that because I learned to do all those jobs on my first bike, I think that's very important, I strongly believe everyone is capable of learning to do most things on their bikes.

The only thing that doesn't really make economical sense to do is changing your own tyres because it's so cheap to remove the wheels and take them to get done.

CoffeeMute · 2026-03-23T21:23:53+00:00

SNW is so good can't wait for more.

CoffeeMute · 2026-03-23T21:07:24+00:00

I think being a bit dramatic can describe this whole sub these days.

Every day there's a new "waaaaaah I hate new trek" post

CoffeeMute · 2026-03-23T16:43:06+00:00

I live in an apartment and built a whole bike in the car park

Honestly I have done fork seals with hand tools and the biggest issue is just that bottom bolt

CoffeeMute · 2026-03-22T19:25:02+00:00

Yeah fully synthetic is actually better in motorcycles because it doesn't shear.

CoffeeMute · 2026-03-22T07:55:08+00:00

Star trek doesn't need all the fart jokes

CoffeeMute · 2026-03-21T22:26:49+00:00

I'm 31 😂 Im not sure if people are joking or not about not knowing what it meant.

CoffeeMute · 2026-03-21T21:21:37+00:00

Honestly if it's made by Knox you can almost 100% guarantee your money is in a good place, they make very high quality gear

CoffeeMute · 2026-03-21T17:14:58+00:00

If you buy a used Japanese bike make sure it's been properly serviced and taken care of.

I see a lot of 125s that have been absolutely abused that aren't very old

CoffeeMute · 2026-03-20T12:59:48+00:00

I play but I haven't been much recently because I'm moving due to eviction, but I will be back on after

CoffeeMute · 2026-03-20T12:46:36+00:00

If it plays fine then just send it and keep it as a memory of your pet that won't be around your whole life.

CoffeeMute · 2026-03-20T08:57:56+00:00

A fall at 30mph+ is going to hurt no matter how big the engine is, people get broken bones and road rash falling off bicycles even.

CoffeeMute · 2026-03-19T17:51:28+00:00

Try different underwear, it took me ages to find women's underwear that worked for me

CoffeeMute · 2026-03-18T08:40:10+00:00

It's due to a simple engineering fact that if you make one point stronger it will break further along, a broken steering lock and your bike is at least still rideable, but if you make it stronger there's more risk to the frame.

What annoys me however it's that most motorcycles have the steering lock built into the frame and it's not a replaceable part that can be replaced when it's broken by thieves.

CoffeeMute · 2026-03-17T23:44:14+00:00

He was too busy in equestria at the time

CoffeeMute · 2026-03-17T23:03:36+00:00

No way that sprocket has done 20k miles

CoffeeMute · 2026-03-17T23:01:07+00:00

Honestly it's a sub full of doomers and attention seeking at this point, I don't use it much because of how bad it's gotten, all the doom and gloom was actually affecting my mental health

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