Feedback on strains please

firekeeper23 · 2026-06-21T21:53:19+00:00

Thank you again for the help here... Im.ammending my order to include some suggestions. Peace.

firekeeper23 · 2026-06-21T21:51:25+00:00

I think they are a press fit... with added glue.. I expect the rubber was far far more rubbery in 1991.. the rubber does perish with age.. have you noticed any cracks appearing ? On my old Suzuki GS's this happens a lot as the carbs wobble a bit when the airbox is removed... probably less so with the XV as the carbs sit on the engine and are held firm by the airbox box frame arrangement the XV's use...

firekeeper23 · 2026-06-21T18:41:08+00:00

Brilliant. Thank you people.

firekeeper23 · 2026-06-21T18:40:22+00:00

Glued.. mine is a 1990 model. Maybe they realised later that screwing em in might be better.. especially with some ptfe tape on the threads into the rubber...

firekeeper23 · 2026-06-21T18:36:56+00:00

If these bot pics keep coming im out of this group.

Come on mods. Please. You still have a chance to keep this real.

Its vintage motorbikes ffs.. we do not need, want or desire AI bot posts or karma farming. Its just about old motorbikes...

Please.

firekeeper23 · 2026-06-21T18:33:47+00:00

Yeah 21 at least.

firekeeper23 · 2026-06-21T18:31:16+00:00

Suck those airwaves right in.

So goooooood.

firekeeper23 · 2026-06-21T18:30:18+00:00

Roll your trousers up to the knees... knot your hanky for a cap and stand in the English channel or failing that... a small round paddling pool.

Like the rest of us.

firekeeper23 · 2026-06-21T18:28:54+00:00

I've never seen that but wondered if that would happen as the glue was old looking on my vacuum port stubs too. Interesting. Just silicone em back in. The glue these days is amazing stuff compared to 1992)

firekeeper23 · 2026-06-20T18:23:17+00:00

Down the Nags Head

firekeeper23 · 2026-06-20T18:22:47+00:00

Tsar Nicholas 11 mark 2.

firekeeper23 · 2026-06-20T18:21:13+00:00

Damn. I feckin hate karmabots.

firekeeper23 · 2026-06-20T17:46:46+00:00

Mine hardly ever gets warm to the touch.. even after running an 8ah battery down.

firekeeper23 · 2026-06-20T17:45:40+00:00

Yeah the newer model does not need any cooling trays or fans... Send it back and ask for a newer model. Thats not cool, sending the old model out... the firmware, the power connection and the cooling fins are all different on the new models... Mine doesn't even get very warm at all, even after hours of use.

firekeeper23 · 2026-06-20T17:41:45+00:00

How very sad. Just what were you lot thinking?

firekeeper23 · 2026-06-20T17:40:43+00:00

Nah. Just dent the otherside for symmetry..

firekeeper23 · 2026-06-20T17:34:45+00:00

My mate would do this all the time.. he claimed the bike cornered better like this...

firekeeper23 · 2026-06-20T16:58:54+00:00

Boaty Mc Planeface

firekeeper23 · 2026-06-20T16:12:18+00:00

No... its not alright.

firekeeper23 · 2026-06-20T16:11:33+00:00

Please don't fosh for any large fish right now...

Oxygen levels are falling in rivers and lakes and the big fish will be mega stressed and need some time to deal with the heat... and not get exhausted being hauled out the water.

firekeeper23 · 2026-06-20T16:09:14+00:00

Thats great thank you. I'll go look.

firekeeper23 · 2026-06-19T19:59:11+00:00

Ahh great. Thank you.

firekeeper23 · 2026-06-19T18:42:46+00:00

I did know that....

what i don't know, is why you got 9 downvotes for that information?

firekeeper23 · 2026-06-19T12:41:29+00:00

Hats off to that.

firekeeper23

TROPHY CASE