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High five Beadrider buddy. This thing is swank.
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Cycle Asylum: The beads are for your rear end.
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Jul 31, 2014 06:58
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Does a beadrider allow your butt to slide laterally?
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Jul 31, 2014 14:43
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Only if you want it to.
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Jul 31, 2014 15:04
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Someone needs to stick a beadrider onto a sumo.
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Jul 31, 2014 19:59
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Or get a mesh seat cover.
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Jul 31, 2014 20:46
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It will definitely let you slide your hiney around a lot more than you might expect. It took a little getting used to. It's been mid-high 80s all this week, and I think they're definitely good for some airflow in the crotchal and assal regions.
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Aug 1, 2014 03:47
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Bled the brakes. Yep, that was the problem! Both the front and back lever feel good and firm now and the bike's back to stopping on a dime. Hooray! Also installed the speed bleeders at this time. drat does that ever simplify the job! As long as you don't have toooo much air in the system, anyway -- I squirted too much fluid out at first before installing the speed bleeder, and turns out if you have a large bubble in the system you simply can't build up enough pressure to open the check valve and let it out, so you have to bleed that one out the normal way. Now that they're installed though goddamn is this much easier. I wonder why bikes don't come with these installed by default? I think I paid $13 for the front and back together... Also oiled the chain and adjusted the tension, other generic maintenance, yada yada.
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Aug 2, 2014 00:52
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Sagebrush posted:I wonder why bikes don't come with these installed by default? To drum up business for service departments.
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Aug 2, 2014 01:04
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Rode home from the BMWMOA rally, about 2800 miles round trip through VT, NY, ON, MI, WI, MN and back. Won an award for oldest bike ridden to rally. Had a few minor problems on the way. Luggage kinda broke off, that was my fault. Electrics went out-ish a few times, that turned out to be the screw terminals on the generator loosening up. Clutch had a dragging issue once which went away that I never figured out. Spark plugs fouled up once. Burned or leaked about 3 quarts of oil on the way. It has a lot of blow-by, needs a new top end. Mirrors had to be tightened 2-3 times. Replaced the rear tire. Some bolts fell off the hinged rear fender after the tire change, that was my fault again. Had a little gas leak at the petcock that seemed to go away on its own. Ran out of gas about a quarter mile from a gas station once. Actually a "gas bar" as they call it in Canada. It sounds more fun than a gas station but it's not any more fun. And every Canadian credit card reader was like ERROR CANNOT PROCESS ANTIQUE AMERICAN MAGNETIC STRIP CARDS. And then it processed it but it just wanted to tell me my card sucked first. You can tell it's a BMW rally, just look at how precisely they're all parked.  Just LOOK
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Aug 3, 2014 05:58
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Still more reliable than clutchpuck's buell
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Aug 3, 2014 07:43
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Despite my best efforts it hasn't backed out any fasteners. 
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Aug 3, 2014 08:17
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Rev. Dr. Moses P. Lester posted:And every Canadian credit card reader was like ERROR CANNOT PROCESS ANTIQUE AMERICAN MAGNETIC STRIP CARDS. And then it processed it but it just wanted to tell me my card sucked first. Ah, I remember when they did that. I hung onto my antique magnetic-strip-only card as long as I possibly could, until one day I went to the bank and the teller said "I'm not giving this back to you, it's not secure any more. We'll mail you a new one with a chip shortly." My credit card had gotten stolen two days before, and despite my pleas, she kept my debit card, so for the next week I had no way of paying for anything besides cash, and no way of getting cash other than actually walking into the bank and signing a withdrawal slip. It was like living in the 1890s 
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Aug 3, 2014 08:19
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There's a surprising number of not-BMWs at the BMWMOA rally. Also, fuckin' A on riding the old bike all the way around there, you are much bigger of a man than I to attempt that. I'd be paranoid as all hell that something big would happen to the engine (throwing a rod, etc.) and I'd be stranded out there. You got an award for it though, which is great. How comfortable was the bike for that distance?
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Aug 3, 2014 10:32
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nsaP posted:Still more reliable than clutchpuck's buell I chuckled. Good work Rev that's pretty badass. You've gotten pretty good at the whole bikes thing, next up, get a girlfriend. Too bad you didn't make a vlog it probably woulda been worth watching.
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Aug 3, 2014 11:16
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Did my best to scrub off the last of the remaining fork oil from the front right rotor on the FZ6. I still need new pads, but at least I might have more than just one useful rotor now. Also, ordered a battery/plugs/speed bleeders for it. Pads get to wait another 2wks until next paycheck. And speed bleeders for the DRZ too. That thing deserves some fresh brake fluid. e: The blown fork seal has been replaced before anyone calls me a retard for scrubbing off a rotor with a still leaky fork seal 
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Aug 3, 2014 14:53
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Rev. Dr. Moses P. Lester posted:You can tell it's a BMW rally, just look at how precisely they're all parked.
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Aug 3, 2014 16:09
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My boss rides a K1200 and covers it at work once it cools down. It makes me feel like a neglectful owner being parked next to his clean, unfaded, covered bike while my filthy,faded, scratched all to poo poo bike sits there dripping oil and chain lube all over the ground.
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Aug 3, 2014 16:17
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Bugdrvr posted:filthy,faded, scratched all to poo poo bike Theft deterrent 
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Aug 3, 2014 16:40
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Coveted parking supremacy. Laziness and mindfulness all in one.
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Aug 3, 2014 17:25
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Ripoff posted:How comfortable was the bike for that distance? M42 posted:Theft deterrent
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Aug 3, 2014 17:52
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Radbot posted:Coveted parking Oh, we have this in San Francisco.
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Aug 3, 2014 18:35
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Adjusted the suspension from "small lady" to "fat guy" and then went for a ride with my wife and kid. Great way to spend a morning.
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Aug 3, 2014 21:08
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I dropped it! Was riding merrily through sandy hook and came into this:  Bike came out fine, bent the rear brake pedal and pushed the exhaust in a little but I rode it home and fixed those right up. Steering is fine, all levers are good, lights still work. I'm extremely glad I decided to take the metal backings out of my signals so instead of cracking the fairing they simply plopped out. My biggest regret is that I wasn't wearing my GoPro. Also thank god for ATGATT, Came out completely unscathed, gear has a few rips but is fine otherwise.
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Aug 3, 2014 22:36
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Aug 3, 2014 22:37
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Oglogoth posted:I dropped it! That's too bad. A good friend of mine had a similar occurrence last year, while doing slightly above highways speeds on a big sweeper, but the worst part was it was a construction crew with no signage whatsoever.
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Aug 3, 2014 22:57
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slidebite posted:That's too bad. A good friend of mine had a similar occurrence last year, while doing slightly above highways speeds on a big sweeper, but the worst part was it was a construction crew with no signage whatsoever. Same thing happened to me. Construction crew were working at 10pm at night (what the gently caress), no signage & they had somehow managed to spill oil all over this one sharp turn. So of course, I went down! Oglogoth: Are the levers cracked? Mine broke about a week or so afterwards because there was a very small crack that I somehow missed.
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Aug 3, 2014 23:53
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Odette posted:Same thing happened to me. Construction crew were working at 10pm at night (what the gently caress), no signage & they had somehow managed to spill oil all over this one sharp turn. So of course, I went down! front brake lever has a scrape on it but doesn't appear to have any cracks. Seems like the exhaust and rear brake lever took the brunt of the damage. I bent the rear back into place and It seems fine but I guess I won't know till next time I ride it.
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Aug 4, 2014 01:36
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A good reminder to never go around blind turns (any turns, really) faster than your sightlines would allow you to stop. The street isn't a racetrack with turn marshals and brooms sweeping all the junk off all the time. You never know if there's going to be a sand pile or an oil slick or a stopped car or a moose or whatever.
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Aug 4, 2014 02:46
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Finally was able to install the stupid used Happy Trails SU rack I bought used. It didn't come with the mounting hardware, took HT a good month to respond to my calls/emails and another month to actually ship it to me. When it finally got here the tabs to move the turn signals weren't in the kit, I had specified I need everything including those tabs, all I had were the racks themselves. Another month later those get shipped to me. Finally go to put everything together and another bit that the signal tabs bolt to is missing, luckily a trip to the hardware store for some big washers and some dremeling I can do without those. Last time I ever deal with Happy Trails, seemed like a nice idea using a US made product for easy/fast support but if this were SW-motech or something I imagine it would have gone a lot faster.
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Aug 4, 2014 03:23
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Found golden flakes in my oil drain pan today after a diagnostic oil drop. They weren't frosted. Helllllooooo new rod bearings and possibly more headaches that I didn't really feel like dealing with. This has been the best summer season in 10+ years and I froze my balls off all god drat winter. My loving luck.
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Aug 4, 2014 04:22
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Synced my throttle valves today. I think of everything I've done to my bike so far this is easily the most noticeable difference. I was hoping that adjusting my exhaust valves would be noticeable but I couldn't really tell after it was done, this made everything feel a lot smoother and the bike's more comfortable to ride. It's an SV650 so it's not like there's no vibration but I think the throttle valves must have badly needed this because there's noticeably less vibration in the seat/pegs now.
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Aug 4, 2014 20:47
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After my DRZ's engine seized I replaced it with a 400E engine, which doesn't have a neutral indicator. Without a neutral indicator I can't start the bike while it is on the understand, so today I removed the sidestand kill switch. I also left my key in the fork lock while moving the bike, so now that is hosed. 
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Aug 5, 2014 06:24
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Chichevache posted:I also left my key in the fork lock while moving the bike, so now that is hosed. How does this work? I don't really understand what you mean. A steering lock that breaks the key sounds pretty terrible.
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Aug 5, 2014 09:27
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OR a steering lock that can't handle a disgruntled mechanic forcing the forks to turn.
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Aug 5, 2014 10:15
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Key sticking out of fork lock (which is unlocked), forks turned, key snapped off?
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Aug 5, 2014 10:41
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Nidhg00670000 posted:Key sticking out of fork lock (which is unlocked), forks turned, key snapped off? Yeah, this. I forgot I left the key in and I moved the forks and bent the key that was in the lock. I hadn't actually locked the bike yet.
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Aug 5, 2014 17:54
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Replaced the R/R and went for a ride.
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Aug 5, 2014 19:03
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Chichevache posted:Yeah, this. I forgot I left the key in and I moved the forks and bent the key that was in the lock. I hadn't actually locked the bike yet. Ok so my mother definitely dropped me on my head when I was a toddler: what is a fork lock? I've been assuming you meant the steering lock you engage with the ignition barrel but clearly this is something else.
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Slavvy posted:Ok so my mother definitely dropped me on my head when I was a toddler: what is a fork lock? I've been assuming you meant the steering lock you engage with the ignition barrel but clearly this is something else. Maybe I'm using the wrong terminology. It is the lock on the forks so that when I turn the wheel all the way to the left I can lock it in place so that the wheel can't be turned again until I unlock it. A (laughable) anti-theft device. I can take a picture of it when I'm out in a few hours.
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