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Wow, phenomenal work! I love the nakedness, and how the red frame really stands out in a sea of black. Well done.   : New page, no content. Sorry.
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Sir.Tucker posted:Got my first bike in March. Have been working on it since then and finished yesterday. Quoting this for next page, bloody hell that looks good. Red, black and a dash of white, the proper colors of a motorcycle.
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Jul 11, 2010 22:11
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Wow, that looks like a completely new bike. And it looks really cool too. Great job!
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Jul 11, 2010 22:55
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Sir.Tucker posted:Got my first bike in March. Have been working on it since then and finished yesterday. Nice Duc
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Jul 12, 2010 01:23
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I can't compare to that. Friday, I managed to get to the DMV and a VIN inspection, and get the plates from the R1100RS transferred to the KLR. It took 105 minutes for them to help 19 people. 
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Jul 12, 2010 01:57
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The DMV is the worst place in the world. I went a while back to get a CO drivers license, and it took four hours for them to handle ~50 people. Changed the oil in the KLR today. I even got all fancy and used a new crush washer instead of reusing the old one like an idiot. Probably should have done more work, but I was feelin lazy so I went back inside.
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Jul 12, 2010 06:31
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Pssh, takes me like 5 minutes to get anything done at mine, pack it up DMVailures 
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Jul 12, 2010 12:24
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Rode the gently caress out of my Ninja both days this weekend in the local twisties. It's easier to tell how and what to improve about your technique when you can compare rides back to back.
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Jul 12, 2010 15:08
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lancemantis posted:Pssh, takes me like 5 minutes to get anything done at mine, pack it up DMVailures  I've never had a wait longer than a couple minutes at the DMV in my town. Going to the main DMV office for the county is terrible, but I rarely have to go there.
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Jul 12, 2010 17:01
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Sir.Tucker posted:Got my first bike in March. Have been working on it since then and finished yesterday. Nice Seca! I recently did a naked conversion too. Where'd you get that sweet headlight?
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Jul 12, 2010 18:45
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ari.gato posted:Nice Seca! I recently did a naked conversion too. Where'd you get that sweet headlight? I got it from Ebay. http://cgi.ebay.com/UNIVERSAL-HEADL...=item35a1a70031 The built in lights are terrible, I'm going to have to do some custom work to fit some HID's in there. Oh well. *Sneak Edit: Thank you for the all the nice compliments!
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Jul 12, 2010 19:59
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Putting a new style logo on an old style bike is pretty cool by the way. Think it works on a lot of types.
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sklnd posted:The DMV is the worst place in the world. I went a while back to get a CO drivers license, and it took four hours for them to handle ~50 people. Probably has a lot to do with my choice of days, though. If I hadn't waited until Payday Friday at 1pm, the KLR would have likely gone faster - and if I hadn't waited until the 29th of June (on my 30 day grace period for my May tags)... =) *Usually* I'm in and out in 20 minutes, maybe 30. Yesterday, I insured it (for reals, not the 'you already have motorcycle insurance, so you're covered for a shortish period of time' coverage). Colorado recently (either a 2001 court ruling, or a 2008 change in law) had a ruling at the State level that Uninsured Motorist protection follows the *driver*, not the *vehicle*. quote:In DeHerrera v. Sentry Insurance Company, 30 P.3d 167 (Colo. 2001), the Supreme Court held that Sentry Insurance was incorrect in its reading of Colorado Revised Statutes 10-4-609. The Supreme Court instructed Sentry Insurance (and by implication all of the other insurance companies writing policies in Colorado) that UM/UIM benefits follow the person and not the vehicle. Additionally, the Court stated that one premium is sufficient to cover an entire family of drivers compared to one premium per car. So, if you are in Colorado, and have UIM on your bike and your car, call your agent, and drop UIM on the bike, which is pretty spendy. It works out really well for me - the car policy has 100/300/100 Liability, and 100/300 UIM, while the bike policy only offered a max of 50/100 UIM for $145/year, which was 54% of the total cost of the policy. Kenny Rogers fucked around with this message at 16:27 on Jul 13, 2010 |
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Finished changing the oil on the Firebolt today (it helps if you have the oil and filter before you drain everything). I was happy to see that, unlike my Blast, the drain plugs didn't empty directly onto my pipe. Then my dad and I figured out a way to wire in the GPS that we had lying around, and mounted some bags that someone gave us. Now I won't have to wear a backpack for the 4 and a half hour ride to New Hampshire this weekend.
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Jul 14, 2010 02:04
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i put some non lovely mirrors on my klr to replace the $10 ebay mirrors. Now I can actually see stuff behind me, AMAZING
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Replaced the rear bearings, chain, and sprockets! I had a lot of fun getting dirty and realized that my local shop really jacks up the price for an hour or two of work and makes a lot of money on parts too. After taking the rear end apart I figured out that a spacer was backwards between the cush drive and wheel, probably causing the bearings to break in the first place. The only other people to have taken apart the rear end are at my local shop, so I think they messed it up. I ended up putting the bearings in the freezer for two or three days then sliding them into place. The rear end went back together without a problem, but as I was tightening everything back up it seemed like I didn't fully seat a bearing. After a little hammering everything is fine! Next on my to do list: See if the bad bearing messed anything else up, get some improved mirrors so I can see behind me and not just my elbows, better tune the suspension, and get new leathers (matched jacket and pants).
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Jul 14, 2010 18:19
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Physically reinstalled the carb and hoses on the KLR. Tomorrow, the rest of the running gear and a power test.
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Armacham posted:i put some non lovely mirrors on my klr to replace the $10 ebay mirrors. Now I can actually see stuff behind me, AMAZING hoho`win posted:Next on my to do list: See if the bad bearing messed anything else up, get some improved mirrors so I can see behind me and not just my elbows, better tune the suspension, and get new leathers (matched jacket and pants). I wonder how many riders with custom mirrors would buy a television in the shape of a teardrop or Maltese Cross. Or have it sitting at knee level. Televisions show reruns of Friends. Bike mirrors show live footage of INBOUND UNGUIDED MISSILES. The latter's more important, but you ought to have a widescreen in both cases. Even if it looks as dorky as hell and interrupts "the lines of the bike."
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My bike has been having issues with the carb, engine kept on dying when I opened the throttle all the way. Turned out I combined just the wrong stuff when I made one carb out of three leftovers. Cue my dad digging two fitting complete carbs out somewhere. Dirt and grease from 40 years:  A lot of scrubbing, flossing, WD-40-ing and elbow greasing later (times two):  Now I have 2 brand shining new replacemenet carbs and one of them should surely do the trick.
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Jul 16, 2010 17:10
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Restarted the KLR, seems to run ok (while stopped, not under load yet). Need a couple of bolts for the tank. Changed the oil. Goal for the weekend is to get everything to an approximation of clean and shiny.
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Jul 17, 2010 05:23
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While I waited for my oil seals to arrive so I can actually ride again, I decided I had enough of looking at dead bugs, grease, dead bird remains and all the other 67,000 miles of grime and crud that had accumulated on my bike over the past 20 years. I tore it down to a rolling chassis and engine in the driveway and then armed with a bottle of dish soap, an old tooth brush, a hose and a small tupperware tub I spent all afternoon making my old BMW look like this.  
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Jul 18, 2010 07:34
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Oh I love those GSs so much. Looking good!
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Jul 18, 2010 12:04
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Bled the front brake again and adjusted the points gap on the CB750K. The gap was way off. Static timing is next.
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First I hole-saw'd the baffle plate out of my Star 13's muffler. Then I rode to Fred Meyer and bought a pair of Rubbermaid-type storage bins that fit in my saddlebags perfectly so that they retain their shape when empty. They look way better now and I won't have to worry about my sunglasses getting squished and scratched someplace in the corner of the bag. We also changed the wife's R1150R's crankcase oil out with fresh Mobil1 20w50 and took it for a spin.
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I began step one of Project 11k mile maintenance: New front tire. Click here for the full 800x600 image. As you can see it was well and good shot.  Click here for the full 800x1067 image. Please forgive the motor oil stains in the carpet. Tomorrow will entail taking the wheel to the shop for the tire install, Engine oil and transmission oil change, and front rotor sanding to alleviate shuddering under heavy braking.
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Crashed the balls off of it a few days ago. I was coming around a long right sweeper at about 5am, just taking a nice little cruise, when all of a sudden I straighten the bike up and, what do you know, there's a loving mini-roundabout 20 feet in front of me. I was probably going 40-ish mph. Tipping it around the actual turn wasnt an option; the streets were flooded from sprinklers being on, and it was far too tight a turn to not lowside (right into the curb). I slow the bike as much as possible and point it right at the curb so it would hop up into the grass, hopefully minimizing damage. Wheel hits the curb, I do a motherfucking ninja-rear end jump for like 30 feet and slide on the grass to a stop. Bike does a face-plant and completely smashes the fairing, fairing stay, gauge cluster, and headlight. 100 bucks later and my bike is back to looking like it did before I found a front fairing, that poo poo sure didn't last long  fake edit: sorry for the text-wall
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Watched smoke pour off it. Seriously though, hoo fricking rah. Finally wiggled the indicator back into working, got the front wheel back on, got the brakes wiggled out and installed. Job's good so book the MOT. Roll it outside, turn it on, pish, oil everywhere. I'd tried removing the oil filter earlier in the build but the drat thing would not come off. Seems I'd punctured it with the chain oil filter tool, and it burst when the engine started. Very promptly turned the engine off, cleaned up the driveway, the bike, the car next to the bike, my friend's little brother, my friend's mum, next door's car and the wall beyond. Then the drat oil filter decides that it does want to come off, so it's back on with the new one, topped up with oil, job's a good'un. Now I've got to wash the oil off the header pipes, that was the aforementioned smoke.
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Orange Someone posted:Now I've got to wash the oil off the header pipes, that was the aforementioned smoke. Eh, just ride it til it burns off. You can pretend you're riding a two-stroke 
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AncientTV posted:Eh, just ride it til it burns off. You can pretend you're riding a two-stroke It did smell a bit, but it's all off now. Annoying thing is that it was brand new oil. Mainly I didn't want to turn up at the garge with it looking like that. Oh well. On the other hand, it failed the MOT. 3 minor problems (grip not secured properly, traveller for the rear brake is sticking and the headlight is aiming at the sky) but there's a bigger problem. Some sort of sticking/resonance problem with the front brakes.
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N183CS posted:While I waited for my oil seals to arrive so I can actually ride again, I decided I had enough of looking at dead bugs, grease, dead bird remains and all the other 67,000 miles of grime and crud that had accumulated on my bike over the past 20 years. I tore it down to a rolling chassis and engine in the driveway and then armed with a bottle of dish soap, an old tooth brush, a hose and a small tupperware tub I spent all afternoon making my old BMW look like this. God I love those old Paris Dakar's. Very nice bike.
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Went to give the bike a wash today and saw this. Some little bastard likes my SV enough to set up shop 
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kylej posted:Went to give the bike a wash today and saw this. AWWWWWW 
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Dropped it off where it belongs. The Ducati dealer 
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Orange Someone posted:. . . . Turns out, I'm gonna need new calipers and pads on both sides of the front. They're not sure about the disk. Bollocks
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Its been a long while since I've posted anywhere in CA, apparently I've been just as neglectful of the Ninja. Checking out the grease coated center stand and surrounding areas last night after traveling on the freeway at 80 MPH for about 20 miles (like every day), I noticed a long bolt sort of hanging out of its hole, not doing its boltly duty. It was coated in grease/grime as well, so I think it's been out for a while. It was trapped by the frame, which explains why it didn't disappear like the nut/washer did. Turns out its the lowest engine mount bolt! Got a replacement nut/washer this morning, and that extra vibration that I've been noticing for a couple weeks, as well as the whine at higher speed are both gone. Its also shifting more smoothly.  I really need to clean the whole underside and check everything out. Also wire those loving nuts in place.
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sirbeefalot posted:Its been a long while since I've posted anywhere in CA, apparently I've been just as neglectful of the Ninja. Good catch. It's a filthy and neglected area of a bike in general, but worth monitoring for this and other reasons. Half a turn on a motor mount bolt can turn chaos to bliss. Be sure to torque it to spec.
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Found out that when transporting loose cans & bottles of beer in the tankbag the caps of the bottles can sometimes run against the bodies of the cans, creating weak spots. These weak spots will then cause the beer to leak all over the inside of the tank bag, the magnet mounting pad for same, and the gas tank and side panels of the bike itself. But it's a drat good stout as it turns out!
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Topped up the oil. I can't be sure but I think the clutch was slipping when the engine is cold. Tomorrow we will see. Also adjusted the mirrors with a spanner for the first time since owning the bike. No more lop-sidedness.
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i made a crap-flap for my rear shock with 2 zipties and an old innertube
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Changed maps in my PCIII. Set it to the Euro Stock map, seems to be running a lot less rich than it was. I don't think the M4 slip-on map was for the shorty GP pipe I've got. Gonna leave it for a tank of fuel and see if my economy improves (currently at ~7.2L/100km, which is bullshit). As an added bonus, my laptop fell off the fuel tank while I was doing it on to the concrete floor, which somehow fixed the non-functioning trackpad! Score!
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