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A laser pointer is really handy for installing frame sliders. Line it up on the bolt, install the fairings, drill at the laser pointer mark.
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Phat_Albert posted:"Measure a million times, cut once" its the frame slider installers creed. Or if they're available for your bike, no-cut sliders are a godsend as long as they don't use single bolt mounts for their brackets. Anyone got any experience using Engine Ice when doing a coolant change? I just did the first change in 10,000 ks on my Daytona. it was running a bit low on coolant and it's getting hotter here so I'm hoping it'll make a bit of a difference
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Figured I'd post this here than start a new thread. I want to put new boots on the ST1100 as it sleeps over winter. I use it as a pretty utilitarian bike.. mostly around town/utility but carve up the odd mountain road if I can squeeze it in with some highway riding. What's some decent multi-purpose rubber for it? 110/80-18 160/70-17
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slidebite posted:Figured I'd post this here than start a new thread. Motorcycle superstore has pilot roads for 117 up front in 110/80/18 and rear 160/60/17 for 144, those should be pretty well suited for what you're doing.
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Dec 24, 2010 03:30
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http://stlouis.craigslist.org/mcy/2127514916.html How awful of an idea is it to bring this home and try to bring it back to life as a project if you haven't started riding yet?(msf in the spring  )
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Russian Bear posted:http://stlouis.craigslist.org/mcy/2127514916.html Edit: maybe not that specific one, who knows what the frame looks like.
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Russian Bear posted:http://stlouis.craigslist.org/mcy/2127514916.html Buy it, spend a bunch of time and money fixing it, take msf, find out you hate riding. Buy a bike in decent condition for your first bike.
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Oh god, here I am again with that drat Spree. Is it a good idea to take apart the engine to see if there are any problems? What should a healthy engine look like inside? Also, how do I take a spark plug out?
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blugu64 posted:Buy it, spend a bunch of time and money fixing it, take msf, find out you hate riding. Gut feeling was telling me bad idea, should listen to that more. I'll wait for msf and keep an eye out on cl.
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Jr. posted:Oh god, here I am again with that drat Spree. If you don't even know how to take a spark plug out i'd hold on the tearing the engine apart thing for a bit 'til you get more experience, you'll need a few special tools, a gasket set... And most likely won't have the eye to see any problems unless there's some kind of cathastrophic failure. Unless you bought the bike to learn how to wrench. If so, get a service manual and go to town! What problems are you having this time ?
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Jr. posted:Oh god, here I am again with that drat Spree.
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Jr. posted:Oh god, here I am again with that drat Spree. If you dont know how to take a spark plug out, you're basically guaranteed ruin all the seals and gaskets while taking the engine apart, and then you'll REALLY need to rebuild it. What sort of problems are you expecting to find in there? Spree engines are about as simple as it gets, and things will need to be really messed up inside it for it not to run.
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chryst posted:So the gas mileage on the warrior has plummeted. I was getting around 100 miles to the tank, and now it's around 80. Running in cold weather without getting up to temp will definitely kill your fuel mileage. Since it's gotten colder my bike barely hits the lower line of normal (165 degrees) on the oil temp gauge by the time I make the 10 mile commute to work. I've seen my fuel mileage go from an average of about 140 per tank to as low as 100 if I'm doing nothing but commuting. I too thought something was wrong until taking a few long trips where it got up to temp and the mileage was back to normal.
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niethan posted:Wait arent you the madman who builds bike frames with duct tape? Please don't die. Excuse me, madwoman, and yes I am. I've graduated to better things, ie making my own carbon frame and making panniers. Remember me as a hero! Phat_Albert posted:If you dont know how to take a spark plug out, you're basically guaranteed ruin all the seals and gaskets while taking the engine apart, and then you'll REALLY need to rebuild it. It doesn't seem to get any kind of response from the kickstart is why I'm asking about spark plugs. Also, I was just curious, as automotive engines tend to always full of sludgey poo poo if you buy them secondhand. I'm trying to cover all my bases.
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Jr. posted:Excuse me, madwoman, and yes I am. I've graduated to better things, ie making my own carbon frame and making panniers. Remember me as a hero! Take the spark plug out, touch it to the side of the cilinder and kickstart it. The spark plug should make a spark! To get the plug out, pull the spark cable out and use the apropriate wrench to get it out. Also Jr. posted:ie making my own carbon frame Carbon Fiber frame ? Elaborate on that, please! I've been experimenting with small carbon fiber pieces recently and an looking into any sutdying material avaliable 
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Dec 26, 2010 01:21
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Jr. posted:making my own carbon frame and making panniers. This sounds a lot like a thread in need of posting.
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How bad is the maintenence on Ducatis? I might have a line on a cheap '07 Gt1000 thats in awesome shape but I have heard horror stories about being raped at the dealer for parts/labor/bikes bursting into flames of passion while being ridden.
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Here's a quote from a recent thread:quote:In 2007 (or maybe 08), Ducati dropped service costs by 50% on all new bikes. It was a combination of some increased intervals and set service prices (although of course that's at dealers only).
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sw0cb posted:How bad is the maintenence on Ducatis? I might have a line on a cheap '07 Gt1000 thats in awesome shape but I have heard horror stories about being raped at the dealer for parts/labor/bikes bursting into flames of passion while being ridden. A GT1000 will be fine. It's a 2V engine in a low state of tune. The only thing that will cost extra over a Japanese bike is getting belts changed.
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And the belts were pretty easy to change on the 2Vs, I thought.
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Phy posted:And the belts were pretty easy to change on the 2Vs, I thought. Depends on the model and how much crap is covering the belt covers. Looks like a non--issue on the GT though. 
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I like how that GT1000 has classical styling and even the old dual rear-shock deal, but then has inverted forks and gently caress-off huge brake rotors. drat.
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My poo poo tastic vehicular luck (see my whining in the chat thread) seems to be stretching to this week as well. On the way home from work today I noticed my headlight was kinda dim and my dash lights were as well. When I got home I checked the battery with a multimeter and found it was at 10.8V no matter how much I revved it so yay, charging system poo poo the bed. Pulled the melted plug off my R/R and viola, there is the problem. My plug and R/R are both trashed. The regulator even has a nice hole burned into the epoxy on the back so that's that. I do have a spare from some Honda or another that in addition to having a gigantic heat sink compared to the original it has wires sticking out of it instead of tabs so I can cut off the offending plug and hard wire it in there. The only issue is one extra wire on the new part. I've got three yellow, one red and one black on my bike harness. The new R/R has three yellow, one black, one red and a green. Anyone know where this green is supposed to go? I'm thinking it's maybe an exciter wire that needs to be wired into a key on power but I'm not sure.
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If you've got an extra green wire there's a 99% chance it's meant to jack into a wire that receives power while the bike is on. The other 1% chance is that it's meant to be a (second?) ground wire.
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Actually reading into it, the red is positive and the green is negative. The small black is an excitor wire I'm pretty sure. I was forgetting my Japanese color codes for a second.
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Yep, on my CBR F2 the green wire was the ground wire.
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Primo Itch posted:Take the spark plug out, touch it to the side of the cilinder and kickstart it. The spark plug should make a spark! Spark plug: I pulled that sumbitch out and it was completely caked in carbon. Looks like it's running too rich. And regarding the carbon frame thing, I got the ideas here and here. It's in the planning stages. These are my references: http://www.sheldonbrown.com/rinard/carbon_fiber.htm and http://www.bmeres.com/carbonframe1.htm plus, google "make carbon fiber frame" for lots more. I've thrown a guide up on the last few pages of the bike commuter megathread of the tutorial in progress for panniers(http://www.webpages.ttu.edu/adrigale/ffpan1.htm for firefox). Sorry! I'll not derail any further. Does anyone have experience re-titling a bike, especially in Texas? AveMachina fucked around with this message at 09:59 on Dec 28, 2010 |
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FuzzyWuzzyBear posted:I like how that GT1000 has classical styling and even the old dual rear-shock deal, but then has inverted forks and gently caress-off huge brake rotors. drat. Yes. Its pure sex, too bad the loving gas tanks apparently melt if any ethanol touches them. I guess theirs a class action law suit against ducati about it right now, very depressing.
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sw0cb posted:How bad is the maintenence on Ducatis? I might have a line on a cheap '07 Gt1000 thats in awesome shape but I have heard horror stories about being raped at the dealer for parts/labor/bikes bursting into flames of passion while being ridden. Just call your local Ducati dealer/independent Duck specialist and ask. Ask them what the intervals are on the bike and what they charge to do each service. For the 2010 696 and 796 2v engines, both of my "local" Ducati dealers were quoting rates that wouldn't be significantly more than I'd pay for my Hornet. I don't know that they grandfathered in older engines though, hence you should call and ask what Ducati specify for that particular bike.
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sw0cb posted:Yes. Its pure sex, too bad the loving gas tanks apparently melt if any ethanol touches them. I guess theirs a class action law suit against ducati about it right now, very depressing. Wait seriously? I thought the only issue with them was the enormous gap between the rear wheel and the subframe
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Phy posted:Wait seriously? I thought the only issue with them was the enormous gap between the rear wheel and the subframe I knew about the melting Ducati tank problem, but are they still stocking bikes with them?
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I just bought a drz, and its missing the right bar end slider and the insert. The bike has a Renthal Fatbar, and the sliders are from supermotoengineering.com, but neither site makes any mention of the insert piece which the bar end screws into. Will the Suzuki oem one fit in there? I'm failing at Google today.
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Yeah, it should. But I'd probably just pick up some handguards instead of just replacing the bar end slider. I'll have some for sale soon if you want to buy used or new they're about $80-$100 online. I like the Acerbis Rally Pros, they're solid as hell and fit nicely.
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Z3n posted:Yeah, it should. But I'd probably just pick up some handguards instead of just replacing the bar end slider. I'll have some for sale soon if you want to buy used or new they're about $80-$100 online. I like the Acerbis Rally Pros, they're solid as hell and fit nicely. It came with handguards. Its just the right slider/insert are missing, which means I can't mount the right handguard.
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FuzzyWuzzyBear posted:I like how that GT1000 has classical styling and even the old dual rear-shock deal, but then has inverted forks and gently caress-off huge brake rotors. drat. Don't forget the unsealed spoke wheels so you've gotta run Pirelli Phantoms! sw0cb posted:Yes. Its pure sex, too bad the loving gas tanks apparently melt if any ethanol touches them. 1) That's the 848/1098/1198 and 2) only an issue for you US chumps with that pisswater you call fuel.
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Hibajubwa posted:It came with handguards. Ahh, my mistake. What brand of handguards? Some of them use different sizes of bolts, so I'd pick up a bar insert kit on ebay, usually they're around 20$.
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Z3n posted:Ahh, my mistake. What brand of handguards? Some of them use different sizes of bolts, so I'd pick up a bar insert kit on ebay, usually they're around 20$. They're Zeta guards, I can't find the model on their site, but they're nice enough. I found the bar end mounts once I figured out the company name (there's just a Z on the guards.) Once those and the sliders get here I'll be ready to go romp even harder (no officer, I didn't just ride a slalom down the center median trees.)
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JP Money posted:Motorcycle superstore has pilot roads for 117 up front in 110/80/18 and rear 160/60/17 for 144, those should be pretty well suited for what you're doing. Thanks for the recommendation. I'm in  so the Superstore probably wont work out, but if Pilot Roads are good rubber I'll see if I can get a deal on them.Thanks.
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slidebite posted:Thanks for the recommendation. I'm in I run pilot powers, and they've been good to me so far for 2500 miles. The rear looks like it will need replaced here in another couple hundred miles or so depending on what the weather is like and how hard I can go push corners / stop riding highway all day long. From everything I've heard, you can expect ridiculous rear end mileage out of pilot roads. I'm considering getting just the rear next time around and pairing it with a slightly more sporty pilot power up front since the front PP takes forever to wear down.
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slidebite posted:Thanks for the recommendation. I'm in http://www.petes-superbike.com/ The only way to go for Canadians. Seriously cheap.
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