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I installed SW-Motech locks on my quick-lock saddlebag racks. Now you'll need more that a screwdriver to walk away with $800 worth of luggage!
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Jun 9, 2014 00:56
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petercodeine posted:Finally swapped the bald-rear end BT-45s out for a set of Pilot Streets. Yeah it's always a surprise going from square to round tyres, doubly so when you change brands/models as they'll have slightly different profiles.
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Jun 9, 2014 10:03
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Going from squared off Shinkos to new Pirelli Angel STs certainly was noticeable!
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Jun 9, 2014 12:50
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Fresh oil, oil filter, drained half my gas into my lawnmower can, and evicted a Texas Motorcycle Spider from under my seat. Also I ordered some valve shims. I'm a few thousand miles overdue and I think I may be having issues related to that  e: I know I can just check the drat thing without any shims on hand, and that it's not hard. I'm just suffering from a severe bout of 10-14hr workdays right now and I really don't feel like taking apart the motor at 4 in the morning. Marxalot fucked around with this message at 13:05 on Jun 9, 2014 |
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Jun 9, 2014 13:01
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So I've been having problems with Bike Bandit's shipping times recently, especially with critical parts I needed to repair my SV-650 after a wreck. Well, I ordered a new Pirelli rear tire for my R1 Friday afternoon, got a "your order has shipped!" email today at 9:30, and my tires, (and S&S gauntlets I ordered with them) appeared on my porch around 1pm, I literally did a double-take when I saw the tire sitting there I was so surprised. So I headed up to the ol' storage unit and pulled the rear wheel (along with the baldest, most squared-off Pilot Power ever) off of the R-1 and threw it in the wagon, took a whole 15 minutes, why the gently caress do dealerships charge twice as much if you bring in the wheel alone VS the wheel still attached to the bike?
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Jun 10, 2014 02:42
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Elviscat posted:So I've been having problems with Bike Bandit's shipping times recently, especially with critical parts I needed to repair my SV-650 after a wreck. Well, I ordered a new Pirelli rear tire for my R1 Friday afternoon, got a "your order has shipped!" email today at 9:30, and my tires, (and S&S gauntlets I ordered with them) appeared on my porch around 1pm, I literally did a double-take when I saw the tire sitting there I was so surprised.  you mean the other way around, right? AFAIK because some bikes are really cunty to take wheels off of so it averages out, and it means freeing up a stand/lift/whatever to do it as well as generating the associated paperwork when you're working on A Vehicle instead of just some random wheels. Not to mention they're then responsible if the bike doesn't ride straight or the chain flaps around or a bolt comes loose or whatever the gently caress, there is just exponentially more hassle from an administrative point of view.I work on cars every day and I'd be absolutely thrilled if customers routinely rocked up with four wheels and tyres on their own, with no vehicle to put them on, and told me to fit them.
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Jun 10, 2014 04:27
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Slavvy posted:
Yeah I've only ever seen it the other way around. When I got my sport demon's put on it was 40 a rim or 160 with the bike.
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Jun 10, 2014 04:36
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Yeah, meant the exact opposite of what I said 
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Jun 10, 2014 04:42
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Just swapped over my spare set of Ohlins forks onto my Tuono. Taking the original set of Ohlins forks to Super Plush Suspension to have them serviced. Also bled my rear brake which required taking off my caliper and hanging it at weird angles just to get out the air bubbles. Next on the list is fitting new Michelin Pilot Road 4 tires and setting the sag for my weight. And maybe a valve check.
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Jun 10, 2014 20:09
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Put blue rimtape on the front wheel, now both wheels are sparkling! 
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Jun 10, 2014 22:23
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Got out of work early, run the R1 wheel and a brand new Pirelli Diablo Rosso II to the dealership, 8 hours later pick it up, which takes an hour because 500 firetrucks had to show up to the world's most minor fenderbender, directly outside the shop. Race 25 miles to my storage unit, place closes at 6:00, I get there at 5, clean roadgrit/chain lube off of everything, refresh grease everywhere, torque the axle nut back on at 5:53 pm, super happy, because what's sexier than fresh rubber?  Time to put my tools ba.... hey, what's that sitting in my trunk?   motherfucker 
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Jun 11, 2014 01:19
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Ride it anyway I'm sure it'll be sweet.
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Jun 11, 2014 01:34
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Slavvy posted:Ride it anyway I'm sure it'll be sweet. Hmmm, I have always wondered what it'd feel like to shred a rear wheel bearing on a motorcycle going 80+ MPH.
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Jun 11, 2014 01:37
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Getting a sudden flat on my zx10 at 160km/h was pretty entertaining.
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Jun 11, 2014 01:39
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What am I supposed to be looking at in that picture? The round shiny metal cylinder?
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Jun 11, 2014 01:46
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Odette posted:What am I supposed to be looking at in that picture? The round shiny metal cylinder? Yup, it's basically an aluminum spacer, goes between the axle and the wheel, keeps the inner race properly positioned in the main radial needle bearing, I noticed something was off when I was re-assembling it, but in my haste I was just like "eh, must just be designed like that."
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Jun 11, 2014 01:51
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I didn't want to just keep my bike locked up for a week, so I checked out my valves at 4AM in the drat dark without any shims on hand anyways. The intake is about as perfect as you can reasonably get, but both exhaust valves are at the minimum range that suzuki says is kosher. The bike was almost due for a check when I got it, and I've blown right past that particular maintenance interval for the last 6kmi :V In positive news, I'm pretty sure my issue (suddenly dying/running like there's no gas in it) was related to some bad gas/water in the gas/possible loose vac line to the petcock. Either way, it runs like a charm again.
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Jun 11, 2014 02:11
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Finally got my stripped brake caliper mount bolt out. This bolt extractor set worked great. http://www.irwin.com/tools/screw-bolt-extractors/13-pc-professionals-industrial-set Still waiting on my special MV rear wheel nut removal tool to arrive so can't finish the tire change until tomorrow.
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Jun 11, 2014 03:09
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My Traxxion Dynamics fork tools came today so I get to do my own fork seals for the first time in a couple of hours.  edit: First fork took about an hour, second one was ten minutes
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Jun 11, 2014 23:30
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Completely failed at brake bleeding, even with a helper. Fluid is clean but spongy. Guess I gotta go to the shop with my tail between my legs. Successfully changed the coolant though!
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Jun 12, 2014 07:37
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Cleaned the huge blob of poo poo some passing pterodactyl-sized goose decided to drop with pinpoint accuracy right on top of my seat before I headed home from work. 
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Jun 12, 2014 08:18
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Top tip - keep one of those little packs of antiseptic hand wipes (or screen wipes if you can swipe some from work) in your jacket/bag for that sort of situation, and also for removing dead bugs from your visor.
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Jun 12, 2014 08:25
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goddamnedtwisto posted:Top tip - keep one of those little packs of antiseptic hand wipes (or screen wipes if you can swipe some from work) in your jacket/bag for that sort of situation, and also for removing dead bugs from your visor. I have some in a ziploc bag in my underseat storage, but this was such a big splat I had to go in and fill my water bottle up to hose it off first. It was seriously a huge glob of poo poo, like 6-7cm across and maybe 1cm tall. Never seen that much bird poo poo in my life.
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Jun 12, 2014 08:59
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Yousomuscle posted:I changed my oil for the first time today, I feel very proud of myself and also covered in filth.
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Jun 12, 2014 12:20
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astrollinthepork posted:Completely failed at brake bleeding, even with a helper. Fluid is clean but spongy. Guess I gotta go to the shop with my tail between my legs. You probably just have some air in the lines. The normal bleed process is hold down the lever, crack the bleed screw so fluid comes out (lever will lose pressure), close bleed screw, release lever, and repeat until no air bubbles are present. Remember to keep the reservoir topped off so you don't suck in air. Personally, I just installed speedbleeders. You crack them open, and start pumping the lever and adding fluid until there are no more bubbles. Also, be very careful if you're going to ride your bike to the shop with improperly bled brakes.
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Jun 12, 2014 13:45
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Take the top off the reservoir and pull/release the lever rapidly. I bet you have air up at the top of the line. Once that is done re-bleed again. I find when I've had to bleed system it's a 24hr process to let the air to get to the ends of the lines.
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Jun 12, 2014 13:54
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The original bar ends on the SV where scratched and bent to hell, so I went over to my Suzuki dealer to get some new ones. They cost 70 USD each. These cost 7 bucks for two. Good enough. 
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Jun 12, 2014 14:21
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Changed a tire/wheel somewhere that didn't have a bike stand or jack.
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Jun 12, 2014 14:44
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Get to garage for an MOT since it expires this Friday; "Yeah mate looks like your bearings are knackered, I know a guy who can do the repairs for about £50" (who isn't available until Wednesday the week after) Ok then, I get home and wife recommends another garage someone at work uses instead. On the phone "What do you mean they failed it on bearings? Come on down and we'll have a look at it" At the place "Well then my friend, it appears the nut holding the wheel was loose and very well would have fallen off, making you pretty dead" Quite the experience. It was also pretty cool hanging out with two old eccentric mechanics who started wrenching the bike as soon as I wheeled in, grumbling that car test centers who dabble in bikes are poo poo, and did another test there and then. 
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Jun 12, 2014 21:50
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Posted to wrong thread.
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Jun 12, 2014 22:08
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Super Slash posted:Get to garage for an MOT since it expires this Friday; "Yeah mate looks like your bearings are knackered, I know a guy who can do the repairs for about £50" (who isn't available until Wednesday the week after) I did some work on the rear end of my bike that required me to remove the rear wheel, I couldn't find the new cotter pins I had bought, so I just used the old one. Couple days later I ride it to a shop for a new rear tire, tech calls me back and says "hey, check this out, last shop you went to didn't do a very good job!" I had like, 1 1/2 threads left on the castellated nut for the rear axle  .
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Jun 12, 2014 22:15
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Got the brakes bled correctly I guess. I see where I went wrong but I'm not going to type it all up. After giving it another go they still felt spongy to me so I took it the shop. A mechanic I trust told me they're good. I guess I was expecting something more from new air free fluid. Replaced my rear brake pads too. Didn't notice how thin they were.
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Jun 12, 2014 23:10
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New tube, nice clean chain, back tire back on, de-spidered it again, washed the bugs off. Time to ride out to Central Texas in a couple hours and flatspot the gently caress out of my pilot powers even worse e: I should probably shim my exhaust valves first but whatever~
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Jun 14, 2014 13:26
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Washed the thing and replaced my clutch cable, it was worn through in one spot and leaked where it goes into the crank case. Also replaced the primary cover, old one had cosmetic damage since I got the bike. That clutch mechanism sure is neat. When I was almost done I dropped my ratched into that container full of oil.
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Jun 14, 2014 21:28
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High Protein posted:When I was almost done I dropped my ratched into that container full of oil. Keeps the mechanism running smooth.
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Jun 14, 2014 22:14
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High Protein posted:When I was almost done I dropped my ratched into that container full of oil. I've done this so many loving times. Gearbox oil is the worst cause you never get the bloody smell out.
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Jun 14, 2014 22:47
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My 17mm ratchet has been seeping oil ever since my very first oil change. I've tried to get it out to no avail.
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Jun 14, 2014 23:27
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And don't make the mistake of dropping it in solvent to try to fix it. Your only hope at that point is to disassemble the tool and clean+re-grease everything. And if it's a snap-on, good luck with that!
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I knocked over my oil pan into my ratchet set case once. Now I just claim it's an anti-corrosion coating.
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