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I got new tires. Oh. My. God. I feel like I stole someone's much more rad bike. It wants to corner. It wants it so bad. I barely lean and suddenly I'm deep in a corner. They're Michelin Pilot Streets. I wanted Roads, but they don't make them in my size.
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Streets are a great tire for all the smaller-tired bikes out there.
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Oct 1, 2014 03:44
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I cleaned my carb, which was the first big project (for me) that I decided to tackle with my bike. I must have done something weird with the throttle cable, though, because now when I turn to the right my engine revs to ~5k. I bring a new definition to the term "power steering"
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Oct 1, 2014 15:53
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You probably have it adjusted too tightly.
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Oct 1, 2014 16:17
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Or you routed it weird
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Oct 1, 2014 16:20
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Yeah, I didn't give it enough slack. I'm gonna deal with it this weekend when I adjust my valves and drop a socket into my engine or something.
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Oct 1, 2014 18:23
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I've been cleaning, painting and fitting stuff back together to try and get it ready for registration in the next few weeks.  
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Oct 4, 2014 07:45
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Oil + filter change. It was very, very nice to do a simple thirty minute job for once.
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Oct 4, 2014 21:35
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FluffyDice posted:I've been cleaning, painting and fitting stuff back together to try and get it ready for registration in the next few weeks. You really made this look like a million bucks, well done! Just needs an aftermarket can for maximum F1 soundingness.
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Oct 4, 2014 21:37
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I learned something cool about motorcycles today! If, when checking your oil at the gas station, you forget to tighten the oil cap back down, the bike will almost immediately eject it onto the ground because of the crankcase air pumping effect, but you won't necessarily notice that this has happened until a mile down the road when you lean a little harder to the right and dump a quart of oil all over your foot and leg  Then you get to leave the bike in a parking lot as you walk back along the road looking for the cap (found it) and then walk to an auto parts store to buy some replacement oil and then walk back with a fistful of paper towels from the gas station to try and wipe off your tire and rear brake and exhaust and everything else. The bike is fine, but I ruined a pair of pants, and my right boot is probably going to smell like used motor oil forever now. Sagebrush fucked around with this message at 05:12 on Oct 5, 2014 |
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Oct 5, 2014 05:09
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I replaced the starter in my Zuma today. It started normally about twice, then slowed and then just clicked. Pulled the starter out of its orifice and hit the button: it spins normally. Hmm. So I pull the transmission cover and start poking around. The starter gear sets don't move at all (the crank spins normally,) so I remove the variation to check the starter clutch. The outboard half spins freely because it's stripped it splines (and made a mess of the corresponding splines on the crank and the inboard half is frozen completely, it's bearings packed with belt dust. I have lost at Craigslist roulette.
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Oct 5, 2014 05:34
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Boys who love boys
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Got the GSXR750 title notarized, if all goes well I will be flying to Seattle soon...
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Oct 5, 2014 07:55
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Sagebrush posted:The bike is fine, but I ruined a pair of pants, and my right boot is probably going to smell like used motor oil forever now. That's just the smell of manliness and a hard day's work. Go get yourself a Coors and turn on the game.
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Oct 5, 2014 16:50
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FluffyDice posted:I've been cleaning, painting and fitting stuff back together to try and get it ready for registration in the next few weeks. drat, that's clean as gently caress. Nice job!
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Oct 5, 2014 17:39
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BlackMK4 posted:Got the GSXR750 title notarized, if all goes well I will be flying to Seattle soon... ...and it's sold. Edit: And the bike I sold it for was bought the same day. Ahahaha.  guess it was time to get out of the sport anyway.
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Oct 5, 2014 19:42
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Stopped the planned weekend trip early and instead swapped tires on my brothers bike. His metzler m7s started to really deteriorate, glad we spotted it and went home.  He was happy with his new Pilot Road 4s.
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Oct 5, 2014 22:25
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Discovered after chasing a carb issue on my Moto-Guzzi for about 6 years that it's actually an ignition issue. The advance mechanism is working backwards. It's actually retarding the spark until like 4000 rpm. Trying to imagine how that's possible. About to open it up and hopefully find out.
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Oct 7, 2014 00:10
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Is there a name for "if you think it's ignition, it's the carbs / if you think it's the carbs, it's ignition" ? If not, there should be.
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Oct 7, 2014 01:01
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Rev. Dr. Moses P. Lester posted:Trying to imagine how that's possible. Italians.
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Rev. Dr. Moses P. Lester posted:Discovered after chasing a carb issue on my Moto-Guzzi for about 6 years that it's actually an ignition issue. The advance mechanism is working backwards. It's actually retarding the spark until like 4000 rpm. Trying to imagine how that's possible. About to open it up and hopefully find out. Voting PO put something in back to front/wrong way around.
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Oct 7, 2014 06:45
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clutchpuck posted:Is there a name for "if you think it's ignition, it's the carbs / if you think it's the carbs, it's ignition" ? HotCanadianChick posted:Italians. Italian engineering 101
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Oct 7, 2014 07:59
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Cleaned the chain for the first time on the GS500e. I checked the chain slack and made sure it was all in spec after preparing myself for my first chain adjustment. Found out it didn't need it which is a good thing. It was all incredibly easy for I can follow directions, and have some previous automotive common sense.
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Oct 7, 2014 22:29
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Been doing a bit of engine work the last little while. Figured I'd replace the nasty looking exhaust studs and nuts with some new ones. Hey I got most of the last one out!  
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Oct 9, 2014 00:09
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Changed the fluid on the front and rear brakes and the clutch. Clutch looked like chocolate milk, rear break like old honey, and front brake like weak iced tea. I hope this doesn't mean my clutch is failing.
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Oct 9, 2014 06:44
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Milky oil usually means water got into it somehow. How much do you ride this bike?
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Oct 9, 2014 07:05
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Tail light bulb died on my FZ6 when I went out for lunch at work. Fed the bike a new one. Which reminds me to put my new throttle tube and tail light cover on the DRZ. Want a bike that will destroy a tail light cover through sheer vibration? Get a DRZ.
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Oct 9, 2014 14:05
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Put it in a storage unit for two weeks, because my garage is getting renovated and I wasn't allowed to keep it in the garage at work for that long. October in Sweden means pissing rain every day, so it's not like I would be doing much riding anyway.
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Oct 9, 2014 17:34
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Sagebrush posted:Milky oil usually means water got into it somehow. How much do you ride this bike? Between 1 and 20 times per week, minimum 8 miles per trip. The clutch is hydraulic; all I did was swap out DOT4 fluid in all of these, no motor oil was harmed.
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Oct 9, 2014 17:38
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Probably means the clutch line hadn't been flushed in a while.
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Oct 9, 2014 17:59
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I put the engine shrouds back on the Zuma last night and took it for a test spin around the block. As I was making a left-hander to come back onto my street the back end squirmed from dat 70cc powah. As I pulled back into the driveway I looked down and saw I was leaving a trail of drops. The (newly re-installed) feed line to the oil injection pump had come off and was dumping my sweet 2-stroke oil on the ground. 
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I changed my mind at the last minute going up my driveway (all gravel) and ate poo poo at about ~2mph. Broke the drat mirror. Otherwise the bike is fine, though. Note to self: Don't change your mind. Just do whatever you were doing.
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Oct 11, 2014 17:45
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Lynza posted:I changed my mind at the last minute going up my driveway (all gravel) and ate poo poo at about ~2mph. Broke the drat mirror. Otherwise the bike is fine, though. Note to self: Don't change your mind. Just do whatever you were doing. I have safely gotten through so many terrible decisions over the course of my riding career by always committing 100% to whatever I'm doing.
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Oct 12, 2014 06:57
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Z3n posted:I have safely gotten through so many terrible decisions over the course of my riding career by always committing 100% to whatever I'm doing. Lesson learned: It is possible to lean WAY WAY more than you think you can lean. Until you can't. Hard parts and/or gravel let you know when you're beyond your limit.
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babyeatingpsychopath posted:Lesson learned: It is possible to lean WAY WAY more than you think you can lean. If you stay on the gas, lift your inside foot up, you can drag hard parts and still have more to lean, as long as you dont have solid mounted pegs. Gravel, just stay on the gas and you'll be fine, try and stand the bike up as much as possible.
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Stuck the stock exhaust back on the 749 and it made the bike feel rideable. Exhausts really gently caress these bikes up without a tune.
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Oct 12, 2014 21:08
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Z3n posted:If you stay on the gas, lift your inside foot up, you can drag hard parts and still have more to lean, as long as you dont have solid mounted pegs. The worst part is that I regularly go up my driveway in 2nd, come down it in 2nd, no problem. Gravel doesn't bother me. But I thought, "I should check the mail" right as I wa starting up, and that was the end of it. I's the derpiest. Has anyone had any experience with the turn-signal mirror combos? They're pretty cheap, which makes me think they might be shoddy.
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Lynza posted:The worst part is that I regularly go up my driveway in 2nd, come down it in 2nd, no problem. Gravel doesn't bother me. But I thought, "I should check the mail" right as I wa starting up, and that was the end of it. I's the derpiest. Happens to us all - at least the damage wasn't more serious  I'd look for an OEM set, if you can stand the aesthetics - they're pretty decent. The knockoffs are gonna be hit or miss, although Chinese stuff on ebay is getting better, slowly.
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Oct 13, 2014 04:15
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Made the last payment. Huzzah.
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Lynza posted:Has anyone had any experience with the turn-signal mirror combos? They're pretty cheap, which makes me think they might be shoddy. I tried them on my SV650 and the quality was really bad. Could barely see the signal during the day and the mirrors were awful and one of them eventually broke itself off from the wind pushing on it.
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