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How much do manual motorcycle tire machines cost? Tire irons are great and all but I'd be willing to spend a premium for the convenience of one.
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Mar 23, 2013 04:48
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BlackMK4 posted:https://vimeo.com/62376248 I love the puff of oil smoke. Rings haven't seated in awhile. Xovaan posted:How much do manual motorcycle tire machines cost? Tire irons are great and all but I'd be willing to spend a premium for the convenience of one. 2k, give or take.
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Mar 23, 2013 07:21
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lol2k http://www.bestbuyautoequipment.com/Motorcycle-Tire-Changers-s/423.htm Dunno about this one: http://www.harborfreight.com/portable-tire-changer-69686.html Up to 20" http://www.harborfreight.com/semiautomatic-tire-changer-67517.html
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Mar 23, 2013 07:27
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drat they've gotten cheaper since I last checked. Progress!
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Mar 23, 2013 07:36
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BlackMK4 posted:https://vimeo.com/62376248 Epic, had any luck with your tune? I just watched your video of the engine making GBS threads itself, jesus I would've shat myself or been thrown off.
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Mar 23, 2013 07:40
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Helped my buddy and mechanic change the fork seals on a GL1200. Pretty painless with two people. Unless you forget about the air suspension holes in the tubes and spill oil all over your table.
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Mar 23, 2013 07:43
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Z3n posted:drat they've gotten cheaper since I last checked. Progress! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOlFE_JHCqQ Something like this seems super legit too! Not bad for ~$500 shipped
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Mar 23, 2013 08:51
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Xovaan posted:Something like this seems super legit too! Not bad for ~$500 shipped
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Mar 23, 2013 13:56
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You can also change tires just as easily with a set of spoons and a wheel stand. Go on youtube and watch the tutorials from guys that are good at it.
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Mar 23, 2013 14:50
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Yeah it took longer to get the wheels off the bike than to get the new tires mounted.
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Mar 23, 2013 16:39
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My local place charges £5 a tyre for fitting and balancing, (and an extra fiver each if they have to take the wheels off the bike) or free if you buy the tyres through them - are American places so much more expensive (or are you changing tyres so often) that these sort of things start to look attractive, or is it just a desire to be able to do everything yourselves?
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Mar 23, 2013 19:27
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The nearest place is $46 per rim to change the tire, and that's if you bring your own.
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Mar 23, 2013 19:31
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Yeah it's pretty expensive now. When I move down south again, I'm gonna have two other people in my house with motorcycles that will need tire changes, so it makes sense for me to get a machine. I've done the manual way several times now and it's a pain in the rear end. Having even a $50 harbor freight kit would save me tons of trouble.
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Mar 23, 2013 20:04
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I paid $70-something the last time I needed an inner tube replaced.
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Mar 23, 2013 21:33
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I paid $80 per wheel for my most recent set of tires, including balancing. That was bringing the bike in to the shop; if the wheel had been loose, it would have been like $30 per. It's pretty expensive...
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Mar 23, 2013 21:40
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drat, my guy charges $35 if you just take the bike in. $5 if you bring the wheels. He also beats online prices for the tires. I'm so glad I found a decent mechanic in my area. I bought some of the levers from rideitmoto.com. I'm really impressed with the quality. They had a promotion going for free grips and I didn't think they'd be worth using, but I really liked them and went ahead and installed them. So far I've done about 90 miles on them and I'd put them on par with CRG as far as quality goes. For $75 shipped I couldn't really ask for more. I ordered them Sunday night and had them Friday, so shipping was quick and included tracking.  
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Mar 23, 2013 22:06
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Ponies ate my Bagel posted:drat, my guy charges $35 if you just take the bike in. $5 if you bring the wheels. He also beats online prices for the tires. I'm so glad I found a decent mechanic in my area. Maybe its not a factor where you're riding but those grips look like they'd freeze your hands in cold weather, just using the levers in winter makes my fingers cold touching the metal through my gloves. I used to tape them up in winter back when I had a half hour commute.
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Mar 24, 2013 00:08
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echomadman posted:Maybe its not a factor where you're riding but those grips look like they'd freeze your hands in cold weather, just using the levers in winter makes my fingers cold touching the metal through my gloves. I used to tape them up in winter back when I had a half hour commute. Marfan syndrome.
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Mar 24, 2013 00:23
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echomadman posted:Maybe its not a factor where you're riding but those grips look like they'd freeze your hands in cold weather, just using the levers in winter makes my fingers cold touching the metal through my gloves. I used to tape them up in winter back when I had a half hour commute. Central coast isn't known for being to cold. I doubt I'll have any issue with it.
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Mar 24, 2013 00:57
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KARMA! posted:Marfan syndrome. Could be, could also be aluminiums awesome heat sinking powers and wet gloves in winter.
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Mar 24, 2013 01:27
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Over the past few months I've done a bunch of poo poo to my $200 SV, including: - new freeze plugs (the reason why it was a cheapo find) - replaced calipers - installed stock naked SV headlight - wired up a Vapor - new chain, fluids, spark plugs, etc. - replaced wiring harness - cleaned the poo poo out of the carbs - replaced pretty much half the bike that was missing; subframe, rear plastics, tail light, rearsets, clutch actuator, chain slider and guard and on and on and on My plate holder comes in Monday, kind of unintentionally symbolic of it being ready to go, I think.  Next on the list is cleaning off the lovely rattle-can job on the frame and fork legs. Thankfully it wasn't prepped, so the stuff is just flaking off. I'm thinking of using aircraft stripper to get rid of it instead of going to town with a scrub pad, but I've never used it before, and I actually don't know if it's safe to use on those things. Confirm/deny.
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Mar 24, 2013 02:23
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It'll probably screw up the clearcoat. I'd just scrub it off.
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Mar 24, 2013 03:38
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Figures, at least it isn't well bonded at all. Later to come is a paint job, and I'm going with Gulf. Trite, maybe, but I've always wanted to own something in those colors 
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Mar 24, 2013 03:45
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Gulf colors are the best.
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Mar 24, 2013 04:59
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Geirskogul posted:I've said this before, but am I the only goddamned motherfucker who carries a small fire extinguisher on every vehicle I'm riding that's powered by the explosions of a refined petroleum? They're pretty small and can be strapped almost anywhere, even on a faired motorcycle. One of those could have stopped that fire back when it was simply a complete rewire and some new fairings and before it became a complete write-off. Look at this poo poo. It's only like I don't think either can fit under my Bandit's seat. Any smaller alternatives? Maybe this? http://www.aerostich.com/hawk-fire-extinguishers.html EDIT: I'd also want to fit a small air compressor under there as well. Is there a goto one? Ziploc fucked around with this message at 19:42 on Mar 24, 2013 |
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Mar 24, 2013 19:39
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Still too big?
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Ziploc posted:I don't think either can fit under my Bandit's seat. Any smaller alternatives? Maybe this? http://www.aerostich.com/hawk-fire-extinguishers.html I think there's a SLIME branded compressor people like. They usually take it out of its housing to save space.
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Mar 24, 2013 19:49
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echomadman posted:Could be, could also be aluminiums awesome heat sinking powers and wet gloves in winter. I rode with those grips yesterday in mid 30's and they were fine. Yeah my hands were cold, but that's because it was 30 and said grips are not heated. They don't feel any different from rubber through typical winter gloves?
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Mar 24, 2013 19:50
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Somehow managed to break a head bolt while torquing it. Shouldn't be hard to extract, the torque spec is only 18 ft/lb and I hadn't even reached that, plus I oiled the threads before I installed them. I'll pick up some left-hand drill bits this week and have at next weekend.
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Mar 25, 2013 01:34
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Commodore_64 posted:I would quite recommend soda blasting those cases before your planned polishing. All it takes is a siphon type gun, a beefy air compressor, and a bunch of blasting soda. It works wonders. So, I must thank you for this suggestion. After some serious soul-searching the other day while trying to clean the burnt oil off my engine parts with paint thinner and rags, I decided that the back corner of our wood shop, which is full of sawdust anyway and has a central vacuum, would probably be okay to blast some small parts in. I picked up a siphon gun at Harbor Freight along with 50 pounds of soda, set up with a respirator and goggles, and...wow. I'm never cleaning anything bigger than my hand the old way again. Sure, the wood shop looked like Scarface's penthouse after a bad windstorm after I was finished, but it sweeps up, and I cannot believe how well that stuff strips off old oil and grease. Four hours of blasting and I went from most of the parts looking like this:  to this:  No polishing, no scrubbing, just rinse off the soda and dry it. (it's just stacked back together to see what it looked like...there's nothing inside) I was planning to go in and brighten up the fins with a scotchbrite but who needs that any more? This looks exactly the way I want it to...showing its age and miles, but taken care of. I think I'll just take a buffing wheel and shine up a few things here and there, right over the patina. Totally happy with how this turned out. And my brain cells thank you for putting me on to something completely non-toxic and non-odorous instead of paint thinner. Even a faceful of blasting soda is way more pleasant than that. In other news, here is the state of my engine right now (sorry about the blur):  Aside from those random gasket pieces I still need to razor off, I am officially done disassembling and cleaning the engine! Everything is in good condition once you get down below the pistons -- the oil filter was basically loaded with glitter, but it must have done its job because there was surprisingly little gunk in the oil pan considering the size of the hole in the piston, and the crank and transmission both operate beautifully. So, while I still need a few more parts and am going to send the cylinders out for boring tomorrow, it's all reconstruction from here out. 
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Mar 25, 2013 06:25
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stevobob posted:Somehow managed to break a head bolt while torquing it. Shouldn't be hard to extract, the torque spec is only 18 ft/lb and I hadn't even reached that, plus I oiled the threads before I installed them. I'll pick up some left-hand drill bits this week and have at next weekend. Did you buy new bolts? One time use only on those...
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Mar 25, 2013 07:26
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BlackMK4 posted:Did you buy new bolts? One time use only on those... I did. Three of the four head bolt holes have alignment dowels and one of those three has a rubber tube o-ring and a metal collar that sits on the o-ring, and I didn't notice when disassembling but the metal collar stuck in the head. I still didn't notice during reassembly and doubled them up, one ended up cock-eyed and snap goes the bolt. So basically it was my own drat fault for rushing. 
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Mar 25, 2013 11:23
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wallaka posted:Yup. did you partially inflate the tube before installing it? it makes life a lot easier, especially getting the valve stem through. protip: slide the spoon back and forth, and wiggle it a little to make sure it's ONLY grabbing the rim of the wheel, not the tube too. Xovaan posted:How much do manual motorcycle tire machines cost? Tire irons are great and all but I'd be willing to spend a premium for the convenience of one. http://www.nomartirechanger.com/Articles.asp?ID=257 get this. it's been invaluable to me so far. M42 posted:The nearest place is $46 per rim to change the tire, and that's if you bring your own. drat! We charge $20/wheel off and $40 front, $50 rear +$5 for tubes Also +$15 if you neglect to tell us that you used tire slime or fix a flat. That poo poo is impossible to clean up. GnarlyCharlie4u fucked around with this message at 21:30 on Mar 25, 2013 |
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Mar 25, 2013 21:25
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Today I decided to fix my broken speedo pickup. The little tabs on the magnetic sleeve which fit into the slots on the wheel and impart motion had broken off due to unknown reasons.  So I quite literally just superglued the magnetic sleeve to the wheel bearing seal. It works now, hopefully for long enough to sell the bike. It's next to impossible to find a replacement because they don't seem to fail very often.
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Mar 27, 2013 10:00
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Slavvy posted:
Looks pretty identical to the speedo pickup I replaced on my SV650. Have you checked bikebandit, ebay or one of the other sites? I had no trouble finding one.
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Mar 27, 2013 14:00
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Hooked up a charging socket with built in charge meter. Fits neatly around the tool bag, too. Pleasantly surprised that the battery seems to have done well during the winter without a trickle charger hooked up, since I have no mains near my parking spot.
Collateral Damage fucked around with this message at 22:12 on Mar 27, 2013 |
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Mar 27, 2013 22:01
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uhh, is this bad? new one in 
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Mar 29, 2013 23:53
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Joined the AMA, that sort of counts.
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Mar 29, 2013 23:56
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I got her back from winter storage and suddenly I am no longer trolling craigslist anymore 
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Mar 29, 2013 23:57
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Since I put the leaner race map on the Buell, I've been getting some ping. I went online, looked for solutions, compiled them into a checklist, and started checking them off. Last night: Pulled old spark plugs. They were beat up, carbon-encrusted, and a heat range too hot. The rear one is a chore to get to with the rear head all boxed in. Going to put new 9EIX plugs in after double checking my work with the timing while the plugs are out. I've devised a better system for checking the timing. Instead of bumping the engine via the rear wheel, I am going to remove the idler pulley to slack the belt and manipulate the drive pulley while the spark plugs are out.
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Switched out the gas tank and fairing for black ones, also cleaned the shocks because they were nasty. All I need to do now is sand and spray the crash bars and the mudguard... but that involves removing the front wheel and I don't own a stand.    
Sock Weasel fucked around with this message at 19:31 on Mar 30, 2013 |
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