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Z3n posted:there are no corners in Florida! Does Mootmoot know about this?
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Friend of mine helped fabricate a fender eliminator. lovely cell phone pick, but you get the idea.
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Z3n posted:Hate him a bit less because there are no corners in Florida! Or mountains! Same amount of retirees though....
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Pure water + WW is an old trick for hot rods running hi-po engines with old stock radiators. Unless you're running on the ragged edge of cooling system capacity (which no street-ridden bike in vaguely stock condition is going to be) the cooling advantages of water or pure water+WW over water+AF aren't going to be noticeable. If you think you're at a point where it will be noticeable, it probably means something in your coolant system is failing.
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Took it to a mechanic. I don't have room to work on it at my house.  Getting carbs cleaned and rejetted, new air filter, fairing mount fabricated, GSXR forks set at the proper height, and other various odds and ends. Peg risers are coming in next week then it's off to Highway 9 again. 
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Sir Cornelius posted:Does Mootmoot know about this? What is your deal you creature? Anyway I'm going to get rid of my black shorties and get some normal length black Pazzios. Shorties are kewl and everything but I've lost a lot of clutch control; with my stiff alpinestars GP Pro gloves I need something with more of a sweeping length for fine clutch control.
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Cornelius has found the Yin to his Yang 
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mootmoot posted:What is your deal you creature? Post a video of you downshifting on the highway, I would like to see your fine clutch control.
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I put some stuff on a couple things.. 
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NIIIICE
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SaNChEzZ posted:I put some stuff on a couple things.. I'm seriously considering doing this in black/red for the DRZ. I love the half & half look.
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Feb 27, 2012 16:59
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Someone on supermotojunkie did it with adhesive vinyl, which is a great way to get 99% of the look without risking expensive wheels.
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two tone wheels is simply the best visual upgrade to any supermoto or dirt bike sport bikes get rim tape and look drat good in it
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All of my friends are hating, but they either don't have motorcycles at all or have yet to enjoy a supermoto, so gently caress em' 
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SaNChEzZ posted:All of my friends are hating, but they either don't have motorcycles at all or have yet to enjoy a supermoto, so gently caress em' Motard and retard sound very alike for a very good reason. I believe one causes the other but not in every case...
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Spiffness posted:two tone wheels is simply the best visual upgrade to any supermoto or dirt bike gently caress it. Do both. Put blue reflective rimtape on the white side, and white reflective rimtape on the blue side.
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I've been thinking that maybe a completely asymmetrical design might work quite well, like an orange wheel on the front with maybe 1/5th of the diameter black, and then the inverse on the rear. I might run it by the local powder coating guy. EDIT: Hmm, According to Googletm you can not only powdercoat over anodised aluminium but apparently it might offer a better surface than bare Al. ReelBigLizard fucked around with this message at 22:38 on Feb 27, 2012 |
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ReelBigLizard posted:I've been thinking that maybe a completely asymmetrical design might work quite well, like an orange wheel on the front with maybe 1/5th of the diameter black, and then the inverse on the rear. I might run it by the local powder coating guy. That'd be awesome. I'm probably gonna do the spokes on the SV blue with white areas between the spokes.
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The orange / white KTM wheels are pretty rad too. Really tempted to do something like that Edit: or go with RBL's thoughts and run a white rear wheel and a KTM orange front. Aargh fucked around with this message at 23:08 on Feb 27, 2012 |
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ReelBigLizard posted:I've been thinking that maybe a completely asymmetrical design might work quite well, like an orange wheel on the front with maybe 1/5th of the diameter black, and then the inverse on the rear. Depending on the shade of orange it'd look like you were rolling around on Pac-Mans
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Feb 28, 2012 00:51
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BMW HP2 Megamoto with quartered blue and white wheels.
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SaNChEzZ posted:I put some stuff on a couple things.. So you just taped over the spokes, disc and wheel to paint? Did you tape your rear sprocket or remove it for the rear wheel? What kind of sanding prep is involved? I may do this to my DRZ this weekend, I just want to make sure I prep it all properly and don't screw it up. I want it to look good.
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Ponies ate my Bagel posted:So you just taped over the spokes, disc and wheel to paint? Did you tape your rear sprocket or remove it for the rear wheel? What kind of sanding prep is involved? I may do this to my DRZ this weekend, I just want to make sure I prep it all properly and don't screw it up. I want it to look good. Took off wheel, degreased the rim, masked off spokes/valve stem. Didn't prep the original surface, 2 coats of primer, light sanding with 220grit, masked off half the wheel, 2 coats of white, masked off the white side, 2 coats of blue. Also, playing cards between wheel/tire make it so you don't have to mask the whole tire, trade secrets my friend.
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I thought about doing this last year and didn't cause it'd be the pretty bike at the track. Ended up with a bunch of red anodized parts and a red chain and maybe I should just do it this spring already.
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Feb 28, 2012 01:23
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SaNChEzZ posted:Took off wheel, degreased the rim, masked off spokes/valve stem. Didn't prep the original surface, 2 coats of primer, light sanding with 220grit, masked off half the wheel, 2 coats of white, masked off the white side, 2 coats of blue. Awesome, I will be doing this very soon!
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After months and months of searching, finally a blue OEM front cowl with no cracks popped up on Ebay for my 636. It only had one small picture, so I contacted the guy asking if it had all the mounting tabs intact. The next morning I saw I had no reply...because it was sold already. Seriously starting to think about a streetfighter conversion at this point.
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Feb 28, 2012 12:10
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The universe is trying to tell me something; Yeah I know how toasted this tyre is, I've been ragging on it because I was going to replace it this weekend anyway It think it's telling me to make crazy orange Pacman wheels.
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Feb 28, 2012 12:55
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You hit the nail on the head. 
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Mega pro tip when spraying a color on top of a different color: for an extra crisp line with zero bleed, mask off your area, then spray one more coat of the first color over the area to be painted the next color. If you didn't spray a base color you can use a compatible clear spray before you spray the next color. This seals the edge of the mask and prevents any of the next color from bleeding under. (Those shots look pretty drat good even if you didn't do that, SaNChEzZ)
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Gave myself an excuse to see the bike in storage today. Old heavy rectangular bar-end mirrors on the left, new ones on the right.  this picture is horrible sorry  Think those were the last aftermarket pieces still left on the bike from the previous owner. I hate having other people's poo poo on my vehicles, felt good to get those ugly things off.
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kylej posted:Gave myself an excuse to see the bike in storage today. Old heavy rectangular bar-end mirrors on the left, new ones on the right. Can I have them? Please? I need a big mirror and give no fucks how it looks. In fact, the uglier the better. Today I remounted the carbs only to discover that for some reason the starter switch no longer works. loving motorcycles, why can't everything just STAY fixed?? Here's a solid tip though: soft carb insulator boots are easier to work with and don't crack on accident! So how do you soften 30+ year old hard as concrete carb boots? I'm glad you asked. Here, have a shameless plug and link to corresponding blog post: http://gnarlywrench.blogspot.com/2012/02/protip-soften-carb-boots-remount-carbs.html
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GnarlyCharlie4u posted:So how do you soften 30+ year old hard as concrete carb boots? What is the wintergreen oil for? I've used straight xylene before and it does a super job of softening up rubber on its own.
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I didn't realize the clutch cable on the DT175 was so far gone until I replaced it today. I couldn't slack it enough to remove from the lever on the engine case so I had to cut it to get it off. Oiled the new cable up as much as possible because I figure you can't over-oil the thing, and installed it. Went on without trouble, didn't even need to lift the tank. Also cleaned and oiled the chain, topped up the gearbox oil, and re-positioned the handlebar by tilting it aft by like 1 inch. It's going to be a different bike! On the downside, I discovered that I'll need a new throttle cable as well.
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Today it was snowing. Boooo. While I wait for less poo poo weather and new tires I put on some New Grips because the stock Tuono ones feel poo poo slick and thin.  Just something to pass the time really.
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As the search continues for a blue cowl, this guy tries to sell me one that he obviously sprayed himself.  "The tabs are all there, just cracked and glued back together." "So the tabs are damaged?" "The tabs are intact."
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Feb 29, 2012 12:09
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 Brought the above plate to the DMV today to be destroyed. I love how it shows the fun acceleration of my 636.
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Feb 29, 2012 18:59
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You have have the DMV destroy old plates? You have to destroy old plates?
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Feb 29, 2012 19:04
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Yeah. That's part of insurance requirements here too, if I want to get my bike off insurance.
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Mcqueen posted:Today it was snowing. Boooo. While I wait for less poo poo weather and new tires I put on some New Grips because the stock Tuono ones feel poo poo slick and thin. Hm, those mirrors look like mine. A quick GIS says I may have just figured out where in the heck the mirrors on my Ulysses came from. I thought they may have been fleabay generics at first, but they work too well.
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