The last king bearing?
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Hmmm ..... this is interesting .....
https://www.moto-abruzzo.net/aprilia-ca ... apo-lives/
.... and this .....
https://www.moto-abruzzo.net/2017/no1-c ... dashboard/
.... and this .....
https://www.moto-abruzzo.net/repaired/
.... and this .....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VsUnZxsY_L4
.... and this from AF1 with pics of split bearing and encoder ring ....
http://www.apriliaforum.com/forums/show ... man!/page3
https://www.moto-abruzzo.net/aprilia-ca ... apo-lives/
.... and this .....
https://www.moto-abruzzo.net/2017/no1-c ... dashboard/
.... and this .....
https://www.moto-abruzzo.net/repaired/
.... and this .....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VsUnZxsY_L4
.... and this from AF1 with pics of split bearing and encoder ring ....
http://www.apriliaforum.com/forums/show ... man!/page3
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Drop the bike off Andy.D-Rider wrote:I have been looking worldwide .... and I do know where there is one.fatboy wrote:Perhaps you need to cast your nets further than our bonny shores.D-Rider wrote:..... you can really go off peopleblinkey501 wrote:I have a spare. So I'm sorted.
TBH the concern over the lack of a spare king bearing is the biggest thing stopping me spending much on improving the Fut.
That doesn't mean I have no plans but I worry that it'll all go pear-shaped if the bearing gives up.
Are Futs popular in the good ol' US of A ?
All the parts are available over there for the home mechanic to repair a Falc water pump but alas over here you can buy the parts but need access to an engineering shop to assemble the parts
Ridiculous price but may be that I need to dig very deep.
Need to work out how to avoid import duty at very least.
I can strip/Grease/Re assemble the king bearing for you?
Tolerance will be our undoing.
Cheers Jay - very kind offer but I'll get round to going over these things in due course.blinkey501 wrote:Drop the bike off Andy.D-Rider wrote:I have been looking worldwide .... and I do know where there is one.fatboy wrote:Perhaps you need to cast your nets further than our bonny shores.D-Rider wrote:..... you can really go off peopleblinkey501 wrote:I have a spare. So I'm sorted.
TBH the concern over the lack of a spare king bearing is the biggest thing stopping me spending much on improving the Fut.
That doesn't mean I have no plans but I worry that it'll all go pear-shaped if the bearing gives up.
Are Futs popular in the good ol' US of A ?
All the parts are available over there for the home mechanic to repair a Falc water pump but alas over here you can buy the parts but need access to an engineering shop to assemble the parts
Ridiculous price but may be that I need to dig very deep.
Need to work out how to avoid import duty at very least.
I can strip/Grease/Re assemble the king bearing for you?
Just about to have a new garage/workshop built - so that'll make maintenance easier.
I think the Fut is going to have to be SORNed for a couple of months anyway.
I've hit the same problem with you re insurance - the company deciding to move out of the bike market and the £50 cover for the second bike disappearing. Current best quote for it is 5 times that - I guess that's because I only have 1 year NCD on that one as I only bought it last year.
I'm thinking I'll have to wait until the Autumn when the Falco insurance comes up and use the max NCD on that one to start a new multibike insurance for both.
It's a right con the way they tie NCD to one bike and I'm supposedly such a higher risk to them on the Fut than the Falco.
“Scientists investigate that which already is. Engineers create that which has never been.”
-- Albert Einstein
-- Albert Einstein
Well that's a blow.
The King Bearing I've been watching has gone up in price today ..... now over £200 MORE than yesterday.
It was more expensive than I wanted to pay before .... which is why I was umm-ing and ah-ing ..... £200 price-hike kills it.
The King Bearing I've been watching has gone up in price today ..... now over £200 MORE than yesterday.
It was more expensive than I wanted to pay before .... which is why I was umm-ing and ah-ing ..... £200 price-hike kills it.
“Scientists investigate that which already is. Engineers create that which has never been.”
-- Albert Einstein
-- Albert Einstein
Yeah but there is the ancient saying that goes:old git wrote:Believe someone somewhere used to say
'he who hesitates is lost'.
"He who spends 25% of what they paid for the bike on a single bearing for which they have no immediate need, is a braver and more wealthy man than me"
Sadly that 25% has now become 37.5% .......
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Ive used Bemoto as an alternative Andy. They do multibike policies.D-Rider wrote:Cheers Jay - very kind offer but I'll get round to going over these things in due course.blinkey501 wrote:Drop the bike off Andy.D-Rider wrote:I have been looking worldwide .... and I do know where there is one.fatboy wrote:Perhaps you need to cast your nets further than our bonny shores.D-Rider wrote:..... you can really go off peopleblinkey501 wrote:I have a spare. So I'm sorted.
TBH the concern over the lack of a spare king bearing is the biggest thing stopping me spending much on improving the Fut.
That doesn't mean I have no plans but I worry that it'll all go pear-shaped if the bearing gives up.
Are Futs popular in the good ol' US of A ?
All the parts are available over there for the home mechanic to repair a Falc water pump but alas over here you can buy the parts but need access to an engineering shop to assemble the parts
Ridiculous price but may be that I need to dig very deep.
Need to work out how to avoid import duty at very least.
I can strip/Grease/Re assemble the king bearing for you?
Just about to have a new garage/workshop built - so that'll make maintenance easier.
I think the Fut is going to have to be SORNed for a couple of months anyway.
I've hit the same problem with you re insurance - the company deciding to move out of the bike market and the £50 cover for the second bike disappearing. Current best quote for it is 5 times that - I guess that's because I only have 1 year NCD on that one as I only bought it last year.
I'm thinking I'll have to wait until the Autumn when the Falco insurance comes up and use the max NCD on that one to start a new multibike insurance for both.
It's a right con the way they tie NCD to one bike and I'm supposedly such a higher risk to them on the Fut than the Falco.
Tolerance will be our undoing.
Well time moves on and things start to resolve themselves:
I am now the owner of a King Bearing.
So:
There's going to be a bit of a wait 'till I get it in my grubby hands but all good
I found a better quote .... still 3 times what I paid last year but I'll cash it in in the autumn when I can start a new multibike policy using the Falco's maximum NCD ..... so the Futura is still on the road.D-Rider wrote: I've hit the same problem with you re insurance - the company deciding to move out of the bike market and the £50 cover for the second bike disappearing. Current best quote for it is 5 times that - I guess that's because I only have 1 year NCD on that one as I only bought it last year.
I'm thinking I'll have to wait until the Autumn when the Falco insurance comes up and use the max NCD on that one to start a new multibike insurance for both.
It's a right con the way they tie NCD to one bike and I'm supposedly such a higher risk to them on the Fut than the Falco.
The £200 price hike went away .... and also the exchange rate improved a bit - so I decided to buy it while I could .... a bit of an investment / insurance policy.D-Rider wrote:Well that's a blow.
The King Bearing I've been watching has gone up in price today ..... now over £200 MORE than yesterday.
It was more expensive than I wanted to pay before .... which is why I was umm-ing and ah-ing ..... £200 price-hike kills it.
I am now the owner of a King Bearing.
So:
Tick ! .... dug deep but not as deep as I thought I would have toD-Rider wrote:Ridiculous price but may be that I need to dig very deep.
Tick ! ..... and shipping tooD-Rider wrote: Need to work out how to avoid import duty at very least.
There's going to be a bit of a wait 'till I get it in my grubby hands but all good
“Scientists investigate that which already is. Engineers create that which has never been.”
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I looked at buying an exhaust for one of the bikes from the US.D-Rider wrote:Well time moves on and things start to resolve themselves:
I found a better quote .... still 3 times what I paid last year but I'll cash it in in the autumn when I can start a new multibike policy using the Falco's maximum NCD ..... so the Futura is still on the road.D-Rider wrote: I've hit the same problem with you re insurance - the company deciding to move out of the bike market and the £50 cover for the second bike disappearing. Current best quote for it is 5 times that - I guess that's because I only have 1 year NCD on that one as I only bought it last year.
I'm thinking I'll have to wait until the Autumn when the Falco insurance comes up and use the max NCD on that one to start a new multibike insurance for both.
It's a right con the way they tie NCD to one bike and I'm supposedly such a higher risk to them on the Fut than the Falco.
The £200 price hike went away .... and also the exchange rate improved a bit - so I decided to buy it while I could .... a bit of an investment / insurance policy.D-Rider wrote:Well that's a blow.
The King Bearing I've been watching has gone up in price today ..... now over £200 MORE than yesterday.
It was more expensive than I wanted to pay before .... which is why I was umm-ing and ah-ing ..... £200 price-hike kills it.
I am now the owner of a King Bearing.
So:Tick ! .... dug deep but not as deep as I thought I would have toD-Rider wrote:Ridiculous price but may be that I need to dig very deep.
Tick ! ..... and shipping tooD-Rider wrote: Need to work out how to avoid import duty at very least.
There's going to be a bit of a wait 'till I get it in my grubby hands but all good
The import duty adds insult to injury. It's not good.
Tolerance will be our undoing.
An exhaust would be too big ..... but a little bearing in luggageblinkey501 wrote:
I looked at buying an exhaust for one of the bikes from the US.
The import duty adds insult to injury. It's not good.
“Scientists investigate that which already is. Engineers create that which has never been.”
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Re: The last king bearing?
I'm pretty sure it was his last one rather than the last one.KitchenSync wrote:........ He told me to look after my king bearing as he just sold the last one! Not sure if he meant THE last one... but he's like Indian Jones for finding obsolete parts so you can be pretty sure there aren't many out there any more.
I bought one last week from AF1 last week. After that, their live stock status showed none in stock and it would take 6-8 weeks (or something like that) to re order.
That has since been updated to show "Special Order: Arrives at our Warehouse in 5-7 Business Days"
So it looks as though they are still available .... at a price.
“Scientists investigate that which already is. Engineers create that which has never been.”
-- Albert Einstein
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