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Finally sold the 636 for $4k, so I can cross off the first of my short term goals. We had some fun times together but sometimes a person and a bike just fall out of love. Maybe in a year I'll get a ZX10 or 14 but for now I'm happy with my sumos. 
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Spent Saturday trying to work out why my taillight wasn't working. Been finishing work a bit late recently so having a working light on the back is always a plus. The connecter was all sorts if hosed by a PO but still seemed to be delivering current. The a bit of searching online reveals its probably a broken connection inside the sealed unit. Had to cut into it with a soldering iron, low and behold there's a wire not connected to anything so i soldered it back in place and attempted to reseal the unit a bit but will have to look at that again. Plugged it back in and all of a sudden the headlights weren't working either. Had enough for the day, farings back on and time for a beer. Overnight i remembered about such things as fuses and double checked them first thing in the morning, bingo problem solved. Still need to work out a way to properly reseal the tail light unit and redo the connectors but so far im happy.
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Jun 13, 2012 02:45
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Finally got a hold of the crimping tool I needed, turns out it wasn't the right size exactly, but it got the job done. Now all I need to do is stick it all back together and adjust the chain tension and the DRZ will be ready to ride again with fancy new tail lights.
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Jun 13, 2012 03:33
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Yesterday I pulled the upper fairings off my scooter to fix an annoying play in the steering. It's all plastics that lace together in mysterious ways meaning there's exactly one way to put it together again and if you get it wrong it won't fit, even though it looks like it should. So ten minutes pulling the fairings off, two minutes tightening the guilty bolt and forty minutes plus a whole lot of cursing and two pinched/cut fingers to put it back together. And today I noticed the speedometer no longer works. 
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Jun 13, 2012 13:00
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Fixed the oil spewing out of the overflow tube and airbox issue on the CRF. Now it's leaking from either the shift shaft of counter sprocket shaft. I guess that's progress.
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Jun 13, 2012 13:22
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Collateral Damage posted:Yesterday I pulled the upper fairings off my scooter to fix an annoying play in the steering. It's all plastics that lace together in mysterious ways meaning there's exactly one way to put it together again and if you get it wrong it won't fit, even though it looks like it should. Use a grease pencil on the inside of the plastics to number them as you take them off, follow the reverse when you put them back on. Obviously you can use something more permanent if you want, but I've found that grease pencils work fine for my needs.
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Jun 13, 2012 16:36
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  I finally found (and fixed) this bastard short that has been blowing my fuses. Good timing too, since I'm off to Le Mans tomorrow morning!
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Jun 13, 2012 16:46
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P.S., a broom, a flattened cardboard box, and a tarp make life so much easier when working on the sidewalk.
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Jun 13, 2012 20:02
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MotoMind posted:P.S., a broom, a flattened cardboard box, and a tarp make life so much easier when working on the sidewalk. I'm a man of simple needs, the fact that it wasn't raining was good enough.
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Jun 13, 2012 22:34
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Linedance posted:I'm a man of simple needs, the fact that it wasn't raining was good enough. If you time it right, the rain eliminates any need for the broom, etc.
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Jun 13, 2012 22:35
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Found and fixed an oil leak on my wife's bike. Unfortunately now it wont turn over. Goddamnit. I think its the battery. I want to get rid of this bike. Suzuki Savage (ls650). I'm spending more time fixing poo poo with it than she spends riding it.
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Jun 14, 2012 02:37
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DRC lights for the DRZ are installed and working. I'm not completely happy with how my work turned out, but I did learn a bit about the bike and in the end the lights are working, which is what counts I suppose. Bad news, the license plate holder doesn't fit my plate, so now I'm going to have to figure out something before I can ride it again. Linedance posted:I'm a man of simple needs, the fact that it wasn't raining was good enough. My work space is a mosquito infested patch of hard dirt available in the 1 hour between getting home and darkness. I can't wait to have a garage.
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Jun 14, 2012 03:24
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GanjamonII posted:Found and fixed an oil leak on my wife's bike. Unfortunately now it wont turn over. Goddamnit. I think its the battery. So let me tell you about this SV650 I have that you guys might be interested in...
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Jun 14, 2012 08:01
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Resource posted:My work space is a mosquito infested patch of hard dirt available in the 1 hour between getting home and darkness. I can't wait to have a garage. My work space consists of having my bike street parked under a street light. Although I do make use of Cornelius' place when I feel like having abuse hurled at me.
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Jun 14, 2012 09:20
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Sup outdoor garage buddies. I went out and bought a 7x7 roll of carpet that I just shake the poo poo out of when I'm done and then shopvac the topside when I unroll it. Sure, it sucks that you're limited to good weather and daylight hours and finding a flat surface, but goddamn is sunlight the best light. For content, on Tuesday I took the tank off the girlfriends EX500 to get it ready for powder coating. I told her to burn up as much as she could, but there was at least a half gallon in there still and man, there has to be a better way to get it all out. I ended up taking off the fuel pump and shaking it out through that hole into a funnel, although I don't think I should reuse any of it because there were pieces of gummed up paint from where the pump was mounted falling in as well. Then I ran a dry garden hose from her cars exhaust directly into the tank for about 30 minutes, voila, no gas/fumes. My friend was impressed when I dropped it off, he said usually when people bring in tanks they reek of gas. Unfortunately, they had an order of parts go the same color yesterday when I dropped it off and they didn't get mine blasted in time, so we are still waiting on seeing it finished. That's the lovely thing about getting something done as a favor, but at least it's not my bike that's down.
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Jun 14, 2012 17:02
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Woo, DRZ is ready to ride again. Chain tension adjusted and license plate put on sideways (no idea if that's legal) but at least I'll be able to ride it. Next step, oil change before I move. Also, make shift cheater bar for rear axel nut was disconcerting, but it all went well in the end.
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Jun 15, 2012 02:12
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Oil change! Need to buy another to put in the shelf. Anybody know standard radiator fluids for sv650
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Jun 15, 2012 05:02
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loving rode the thing! Bought the bike used a few months ago, and finally got the oil changed last weekend and registered this week. Rode it to the bike shop for a once over and new tires and...a Street Triple is a nice step up from my old 250, wow!
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Jun 15, 2012 14:00
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Captain Apollo posted:Oil change! Need to buy another to put in the shelf. Same as other bikes I presume, distilled water with a mix of off the shelf anti freeze appropriate for your area? If it never gets below zero where you are, just distilled water will do.
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Jun 15, 2012 14:36
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shaitan posted:...a Street Triple is a nice step up from my old 250, wow! How close did you get to flipping it over backwards? 
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Jun 15, 2012 15:34
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ReelBigLizard posted:Same as other bikes I presume, distilled water with a mix of off the shelf anti freeze appropriate for your area? I'd still put some antifreeze in there, it's supposed to help lubricate moving parts and retard corrosion.
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Jun 15, 2012 17:59
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Set up electrolysis on the gf's GS500 tank for rust removal since it's been sitting unused for like a year. It removed about 90% of the rust overnight, so I'm going to run it again tonight and hope it clears the last little bit up. I'm pretty happy with the results, and compared to installing the springs on the centerstand, this part is a cakewalk.
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Jun 15, 2012 20:25
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Discomancer posted:Set up electrolysis on the gf's GS500 tank for rust removal since it's been sitting unused for like a year. It removed about 90% of the rust overnight, so I'm going to run it again tonight and hope it clears the last little bit up. I'm pretty happy with the results, and compared to installing the springs on the centerstand, this part is a cakewalk. Use a fresh annode or clean the old one before you do it again.
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Jun 15, 2012 20:32
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GnarlyCharlie4u posted:Use a fresh annode or clean the old one before you do it again. 
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Jun 15, 2012 20:46
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Finally got around to finishing the job I started last week. Still a few things left to do (reconnect electrics, install 2 more sets of screws holding the inner fender to the outer, find a way to stabilise the rear fender, since the white tail is missing 2 bolt holes that were present on the yellow one.) ZEB'S DEAD, BABY! LONG LIVE ZEB!    
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Jun 15, 2012 20:51
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Discomancer posted:Yeah, I took some steel wool to the old one last night so it's good to go for round 2. The anode has a lot of life left, but there's also a lot of bike to derust Don't forget about how well vinegar de-rusts things too. Also don't forget to swirl a little gas+oil in your tank after you de-rust it or it will flash rust.
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Jun 15, 2012 21:00
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GnarlyCharlie4u posted:Don't forget about how well vinegar de-rusts things too. If you use an alkaline electrolyte for the electrolytic de-rusting, you'll actually passivate the metal and prevent rust from taking hold for at least a day or so, giving you plenty of time to get the tank back on the bike and full of gas for protection.
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Not my bike but I spent the morning today being deafened by a Fireblade in the back of a truck. Sorted out some fuelling problems, specifically tracking down fuel starvation problem at high rpms and tuning for its new akrapovic system. ended up finding a cracked vacuum hose which was causing that and dropping the needles 3 clips which fixed the pig rich idle. This run was prior to sorting it out, as the bogging and flameshow show, I've no video of the later dyno runs as i was standing inside the truck holding a fuel bottle over my head to keep enough juice flowing into its gaping maw. It pulls sweetly from idle now, power is up to 124bhp up from 117 last time with the old exhaust system. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YF-OJOIyp9A edit: its last dyno a few months ago https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8HLIRaerdow echomadman fucked around with this message at 22:31 on Jun 15, 2012 |
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Jun 15, 2012 22:24
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GnarlyCharlie4u posted:Don't forget about how well vinegar de-rusts things too. Good call on the vinegar, I've been using it to get rid of the rust on the external bits, and it's working pretty well.
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Jun 16, 2012 01:04
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Tightened my chain, since it got kind of loose as it wore in over the last couple hundred miles. By how much slack there was in the chain I was afraid that I'd have to pull the axle all the way back to its stops, but in the end it only needed to be moved back about 1/16". Geometry is surprising. It's a fair bit quieter now, and the bike seems to shift better too. Nice.
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Jun 16, 2012 01:05
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Do you have a roller chain on your CL? I am wondering how much life I can expect from mine...
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Jun 16, 2012 01:09
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I do, yes, because apparently O-ring chains are just a little too wide and will chew up the clutch actuator. Bad news. However, I have no idea how long this chain will last. I've heard numbers ranging around 5000-7000 miles on the hondatwins and sohc4 forums. Not like standard roller chains are expensive, so I guess be conservative and replace early?
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Last night was a whirlwind of bolts, screws, washers, spacers, gorilla tape, and Trex synthetic decking. I'm about 80% of the way to getting my Caribou cases mounted up to the Uly. I guess I probably should have taken photos, but I'll do that when I finish up.
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Jun 16, 2012 16:54
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Saga posted:How close did you get to flipping it over backwards? Haha, Front tire never left the ground. I'll def want to know how to wheelie so I will know what to do if I ever do it accidently.
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Jun 16, 2012 18:45
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Installed some new bars and grips. Way more comfortable than the stock setup. Went for a nice long ride. Renthal road medium bars.    Tampa Skyline off in the distance. 
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Jun 16, 2012 20:37
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BlackLaser posted:Installed some new bars and grips. Way more comfortable than the stock setup. Went for a nice long ride. Awesome man... looks so nice out! What are you doing inside? Get back in the saddle!
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Jun 16, 2012 20:50
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KozmoNaut posted:Put some Oberon bar end mirrors on the Bandit: Dapper as gently caress. Looking really good with the Tomaselli bar! If they also kind of work for you, it's great plus 
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clutchpuck posted:Last night was a whirlwind of bolts, screws, washers, spacers, gorilla tape, and Trex synthetic decking. I'm about 80% of the way to getting my Caribou cases mounted up to the Uly. I guess I probably should have taken photos, but I'll do that when I finish up. 
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Looks good, I like it!
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I love the British Racing Green.
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