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No pictures, but I took my F800GS out for "real" adventure yesterday. Did some NorCal backwoods "roads" with a half dozen water crossings. I was really surprised at how well the Anakee 3's held traction. One muddy spot where I started losing grip, but momentum just carried me through. Some fairly technical stuff for that size bike. I need a GoPro.
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Crayvex posted:It didn't take me a month, I just put the project on hold because I had other stuff to do. It's April in Michigan which still means the mornings are in the 30's. drat, guys, glad to see that CA is still full of love. Work smarter not harder, thats all I am saying.
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Apr 12, 2015 16:44
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EX250 Type R posted:Work smarter not harder, thats all I am saying. (shrug) I don't see how taking 10 minutes to save factory grips is a waste. To each their own.
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Apr 12, 2015 17:23
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Don't mind him, he's grumpy from the micro concussions.
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Apr 12, 2015 17:31
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Everything could have been installed a month ago when you tried and failed because you were too cheap to spend 10 bucks on some new grips.
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Apr 12, 2015 17:49
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Clearly, CA has finally achieved menstrual synchrony.
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Apr 12, 2015 17:51
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I don't understand why people are bickering here when there is a perfectly good riding challenge to do okay see ya later
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Apr 12, 2015 17:54
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Yeah sorry its your time and your money and you can do whatever you want with it. Any particular reason you didn't get actual heated grips over whatever it is you installed?
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Apr 12, 2015 18:23
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EX250 Type R posted:Yeah sorry its your time and your money and you can do whatever you want with it. Any particular reason you didn't get actual heated grips over whatever it is you installed? I installed those kind of heated grips on a KZ1000P. (Which I did cut the grips off of  .) They got warm enough but they were hard and uncomfortable. They started showing wear within a year. That's why I wanted to preserve the stock grips.
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Apr 12, 2015 19:54
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Spent a few hours today trying to diagnose where the dirt keeps coming from that keeps blocking the pilot jet on my sumo CRF100. Ended up rinsing and seafoaming the tank, replacing the pilot jet, and installing an in-line fuel filter.  Only to open the airbox up and find that it looks like someone had explosive diarrhea in it. Sigh. New filter and element on the way.
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Apr 12, 2015 20:23
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Wondered what that horrible clunking/clicking feel/sound was for the last few weeks. Cleaned and lubed my chain, and realized I have like 3" of slack (it's supposed to be slightly under or slightly over 1" on a Ninjer 300). Figured out how to tighten up the chain, did that. No more horrible clicking feel when I accelerate!
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Apr 13, 2015 01:15
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Lynza posted:Cleaned and lubed my chain, and realized I have like 3" of slack  (CBR250R; Not my bike.) That chain had been falling off regularly before the owner packed the bike away for winter. Dragged his feet ordering a new one (and replacements for all the bent-to-gently caress adjustment hardware), so it's taken until now to do anything about it. I have to drive him like a slave to get him to take care of necessary stuff. Already replaced a bent brake lever and some missing fairing bolts, changed the oil and filter only a couple thousand miles late, and tossed the completely destroyed and ugly Two Brothers muffler in favor of a carbon fiber version one of my other friends used to have on his GSXR. Looking back at that photo right now in the reply preview I can see the sprocket also has no more teeth. I know he's been riding that thing around since I took that photo. It's an odd feeling, realizing all that stands between your friend and certain death is yourself... Mostly unrelated: The oil filters for these things are adorable, like a little filter-shaped candy. VVV Oh, durr, I see now. Still not much less horrified at the general state of everything there, though. VVV Frosty- fucked around with this message at 18:47 on Apr 13, 2015 |
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Apr 13, 2015 01:55
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Frosty- posted:Looking back at that photo right now in the reply preview I can see the sprocket also has no more teeth. I know he's been riding that thing around since I took that photo. If I'm understanding you correctly, what you're observing is an illusion. There are teeth on the sprocket, but the grease from the chain sort of makes it appear like all the teeth are worn off.
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Apr 13, 2015 16:14
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Broblems. Been having starting issues with the Buell. It will light up and try to turn over but once it hits compression, I get relay clicking. But not like the battery is dead, very excitedly toggles the relay off and on and doesn't run down. The old battery was original mfg in 2007. I had it on the charger for a couple nights to eliminate the battery possibility, tried to start it, and chug chhhhug chhhhuuuuuuuuugggg *click*. That's what happens when a battery is dead so I replaced it. Dead cold with a fresh battery, it fires right up, doesn't even take half a crank. Took it for a ride. Everything seems great. Except for at the gas station and the homebrew store it tried to give me a clicky relay thing again. I think since the new battery is fresh enough, I could coax it over TDC and get it going. Pulled the starter relay. A couple of the posts were tarnished up pretty good so I sanded them down to shiny metal and used some contact grease when reinstalling. Checked all the other relays under the seat and did the same for them; there are two more behind the number plate I'll check tonight. It's kind of tedious because it's intermittent and seems associated with the bike being warm. So I can't just pull it into the driveway and hit the starter; I have to ride it until warm and give it a few stops and starts. Also bought a multimeter, because I think it is inevitable that I will need to use it.
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Apr 13, 2015 16:49
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I had a similar issue when I had my Sportster. It ended up that that negative battery cable had corroded and broken inside the insulation. Depending on how good the connection was inside the insulation, it would react all the way from no power at all to starting normally. Not sure if this would apply to your situation, though since yours sounds like it's heat dependent. Your bike being warm probably does take more juice to start as compression has built up in the cylinders so that may account for the difference in a cold versus warm startup. Electrical gremlins can be a bitch to track down. Good luck!
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Apr 13, 2015 17:51
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Fortunately, I suppose, the bike doesn't have a million electronics to diagnose. At this point it's down to the other two relays, the ring terminal for the starter, chassis ground(s) (also ring terminals), or a wiring break. I kind of suspect the terminal on the starter - gets hot, expands, loses some of its contact? clutchpuck fucked around with this message at 19:17 on Apr 13, 2015 |
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Apr 13, 2015 18:06
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Scrapez posted:I had a similar issue when I had my Sportster. It ended up that that negative battery cable had corroded and broken inside the insulation. Seconded, this cable is subject to all sorts of contortions and stress due to being inaccessible from the starboard side, plus trial and error routing during batt install. After 7-8 seasons of this, they start getting gnarly and are worth the 5 bucks if you're putting together an online order for upkeep bits anyway.
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Apr 13, 2015 18:55
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Scrapez posted:I had a similar issue when I had my Sportster. It ended up that that negative battery cable had corroded and broken inside the insulation. Depending on how good the connection was inside the insulation, it would react all the way from no power at all to starting normally. Not sure if this would apply to your situation, though since yours sounds like it's heat dependent. Probably not coincidently I am also having this issue with my Sportster. I'll take some photos and maybe some video if I can recreate the sound and experience again.
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Apr 13, 2015 21:18
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  Cheapass way of going from  to 
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Apr 13, 2015 22:39
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Why would you remove the best looking exhaust in recent history?
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Apr 13, 2015 23:14
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Spiffness posted:Why would you remove the best looking exhaust in recent history? Boat anchor
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Apr 13, 2015 23:17
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BlackMK4 posted:
Post a BMI of 16 or less or admit how wrong you are
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Apr 13, 2015 23:20
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Spiffness posted:Post a BMI of 16 or less or admit how wrong you are BMI is horse poo poo. Coming to THill?
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Apr 13, 2015 23:22
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Yep, I'm in. The open days are as good as it gets.
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Apr 13, 2015 23:52
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It'll be a first for me. I went to Chuckwalla last month - first Cali trackday for me - and it was heaven compared to the poo poo that is Arizona trackdays so I can't wait. 
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Apr 14, 2015 00:08
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ThirstyBuck posted:
Shined it up, lubed the chain, and sold it. 
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Apr 14, 2015 01:17
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Spiffness posted:Why would you remove the best looking exhaust in recent history? To me it seems like a barista exchanging a square eye piercing stud for a round one. He is right that it looks better.
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Apr 14, 2015 20:36
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 Finished my fairings but I need some new front signals
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Apr 14, 2015 20:50
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Looks gorgeous! Nice work.
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Apr 14, 2015 21:01
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Ola posted:To me it seems like a barista exchanging a square eye piercing stud for a round one. He is right that it looks better. The tragedy is that the rightest exhaust is rare as gently caress and only seen on the factory bikes, although some folks make replicas:  
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Apr 14, 2015 21:18
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Expensive as gently caress does not even begin to cover what a 999RS exhaust costs
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Apr 14, 2015 21:25
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Spark makes a cheaper replica.
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Apr 14, 2015 22:12
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Rode it after a bit of a dry spell. My season began on 3/12, which was just part of freak warm snap in MI. Took the bait. Cleaned something off my heat shield that could only be described as a gob, and could only have been placed there by a time-traveling Sid Vicious with a mouth full of Guiness and Skoal. So c'mon everybody! Find yourself a body double and jump on your trailered Honda CB. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1DFDx1Skv5k
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Fixing Buell FFUs (factory gently caress ups, I feel like with Buell this deserves an acronym): the wire loom under the frame over the engine isn't routed right on my Uly. I had the temp sensor wire just sitting on the rear rocker box, under a bit of loom, and its heat resistant sheathing was visibly starting to wear... so I zip-tied the heat sensor wire and the loom going from the injectors or whatever up off the engine. Not sure if this *fixes* anything, but it makes me feel better about things. With how many zip-ties I've been adding to secure the loom it's starting to look mighty Italian.
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Apr 16, 2015 16:57
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clutchpuck posted:With how many zip-ties I've been adding to secure the loom it's starting to look mighty Italian.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zips
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Racist slang is so wonderfully stupid when you're from a different culture.
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Apr 17, 2015 01:47
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Yeah I had no idea. I'm just thinking Aprilia here.
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clutchpuck posted:Yeah I had no idea. I'm just thinking Aprilia here. I figured, I couldn't help myself.  Slavvy posted:Racist slang is so wonderfully stupid when you're from a different culture. I'd love to hear some of yours, but you eliminated all of your minorities. edit gently caress. I forgot you're a Kiwi and not from Tasmania. I don't know why I always confuse the two. 
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Apr 17, 2015 06:11
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Because neither one matters
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Put 412s on the sportster and have the fork springs to do soon, too. Pictures tomorrow. Slowly making it fun and comfortable for two up. New seat and backrest next, then performance. Then new bike once I get a job!
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