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That's a comforting last post to see after just resurrecting my 85 gl1200. Shoutout to the genius that combined the connections for main bike power and starter solenoid on the same plug. Separated those connections out into their own fused line direct to the battery and left the solenoid wires on the plug. After some other electrical TLC she's happy. Now, of course, I'm faced with the inevitable question of "do I dump more money in this bike or sell it and get another?" I picked it up about a year ago from a guy whose father rode it forever, then he took over, and finally got to the point where he wasn't riding anymore. She's had the carbs fully redone and timing belt replaced recently. New shoes and battery as well. It needs need new exhaust and new brake/clutch lines (I'm assuming, it's doing the whole "drive me for a while and gradually your clutch handle will do less and less" dance), both of which I'll have someone else do, so maybe a grand with labor. Only thing I'm not sure about is if I go aftermarket then I might (probably will) need to get it rejetted, and carbs are black magic so I've no idea what to expect there. If I can find a stock unit that's not totally rusted out I can always go that route, I suppose.
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Dr. Light posted:I got caught in a ton of rain, found out my flasher relay housing disconnected so the relay was dangling, and flooded it with water. Dried it out overnight, plugged it back in, and now the signals get brighter, but don't blink when switched on. Looks like I'll be ordering a new one (no auto stores have the right type near me) and using hand signals for the next few days. I'm just going to try to stealth camp in the national forest on the way and back from Albany.
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May 19, 2015 21:54
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Took it in for it's 6000 mile service. It's a happy beik.
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May 20, 2015 01:28
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Traded my FZ-09 this afternoon. The FZ-09 was a great bike, but the additional power, handling, and creature comforts on the S1000R can't be beat. Doing the break-in miles and having a truncated rev limit is agonizing. On the other hand, having heated grips made riding in this bullshit 45 degree weather totally bearable.  
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May 20, 2015 02:18
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GnarlyCharlie4u posted:Sorry for the late reply, I've been... out. If you were having problems with the caps being cracked and leaking, you can just slather epoxy over them and put on some aftermarket caps to cover the epoxy, it's a common enough repair that there's fixes widely documented for it: http://www.randakksblog.com/gl1000-cv-slide-cap-variations/ Shmirgin44 posted:Traded my FZ-09 this afternoon. The FZ-09 was a great bike, but the additional power, handling, and creature comforts on the S1000R can't be beat. Doing the break-in miles and having a truncated rev limit is agonizing. On the other hand, having heated grips made riding in this bullshit 45 degree weather totally bearable. Those are both fantastic bikes and both are on my short list for replacing my FZ1 in another year or two. I loved riding my friend's S1000RR, I can only imagine how much nicer it is with the better ergos of the single-R version.
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May 20, 2015 07:05
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GnarlyCharlie4u posted:Sorry for the late reply, I've been... out. I remember reading the original sagas of the carb nightmare. I imagine someone has made an EFI conversion for these old wings?
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May 20, 2015 09:16
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Replacement pillion seat came for the Bandit, so a quick after dinner replacement job.
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May 21, 2015 02:54
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Replaced the previous tail tidy which was apparently illegal here because the turn signals were too close together. Kind of proud of managing to hook the new blinkers up correctly the first time. Need to get a new license plate holder because I managed to break the old one taking it off.  As a bonus the new tidy has a few holes where I can attach cargo straps.  I know it needs a cleaning, but I ride down dirt roads at least once a week so it rarely lasts..
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May 21, 2015 12:52
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HotCanadianChick posted:If you were having problems with the caps being cracked and leaking, you can just slather epoxy over them and put on some aftermarket caps to cover the epoxy, it's a common enough repair that there's fixes widely documented for it: I know Randakk's bible by heart. I can quote url's like Evangelicals can quote bible passages. It's not the caps. Backov posted:I remember reading the original sagas of the carb nightmare. Then again I could always do the weber conversion. 
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May 22, 2015 00:18
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GnarlyCharlie4u posted:I've seen one. I never saw it to fruition though. With the requirement to roll your own throttle linkage to do that conversion, it'd be easier to just get the stock carbs running well. 
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May 22, 2015 01:25
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HotCanadianChick posted:With the requirement to roll your own throttle linkage to do that conversion, it'd be easier to just get the stock carbs running well. Doesn't an EFI 1200 motor fit in your frame?
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May 22, 2015 01:46
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I changed the oil today. As I was pouring the green Motul into the engine, a kid stopped by the garage and asked "Are you trying to fix your bike?" Trying? I'll fight you, kid. 
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May 22, 2015 03:40
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Ripoff posted:I changed the oil today. As I was pouring the green Motul into the engine, a kid stopped by the garage and asked "Are you trying to fix your bike?" This could have played out as a 1950s educational film. "You see Timmy, we don't always fix things because they're broken, we often fix things so they don't break in the first place. Let me tell you all about the maintenance, its purpose and its practices." *lights pipe*
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May 22, 2015 06:17
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Iridium spark plugs. The engine is far smoother now. Whether that's because it has Aprilia electronics and iridium sparks at lower voltage or it's just new spark plugs or it's the fact that they're projected tips, I don't know but whatever it is, it's great. It would have been nice to not have to take the airbox off to replace the spark plugs though.
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May 22, 2015 15:22
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I run the DCPR9EIX on the Buell and they almost cannot foul. That's good because it takes like an hour of fiddling in tight spaces to swap plugs.
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May 22, 2015 16:23
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Ola posted:This could have played out as a 1950s educational film. There you go.
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May 22, 2015 20:12
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Ordered up some Spoke wraps and a new set of tires for the supermoto. Now I just need to wait for my adventure bike tires to get in next week and do the tire swap. Rear scorpion trail on the tiger is going to be mounted on the supermoto. Replacing Tiger tires with shinko big block e804/e805s
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May 22, 2015 22:01
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Noticed a hesitation and thunk when accelerating. Turned out to be a loose chain, adjusted and lubed it at a service island on the NY turn pike
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May 22, 2015 23:59
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Replaced the stock battery with a Shorai Lithium battery. Previously I also installed an EZPass mount as well as an X grip ram mount for my phone/nav. Next will probably be adjustable levers and rear sets and a fender eliminator.
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May 23, 2015 00:11
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Took out the top bearing race but hosed up the bottom one and now it is wedged  . Going to travel this weekend and when I get back I'll hammer at it some more or give in to my rage and murder it with a dremel till its out.
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May 23, 2015 02:16
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Had to replace the chain, it developed baaad loose spots that you could pull off the sprocket while the rest of the sprocket was tight and made low speed riding disconcerting. A big thumbs up for Bob Weaver Motorsports in Niagara Falls for getting me in on no notice and doing it for under $100 chain and labor. The Strom rides much smoother now.
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May 23, 2015 17:13
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Took it out for a ride after getting my 1964 S90 out of winter storage and then the shop to fix the seat/clean the gunked carbs. Riga has lots of lovely cobblestone streets, and so the side mounted key vibrated out of the ignition at some point. So now I have to replace the ignition cylinder with one that might actually hold the key in place.
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May 23, 2015 18:34
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Carbs back in Honda:  It starts up quickly and runs! Check the compression, and it's dead even across both cylinders! Except it's still way too low for the recommended specs:  Then I broke the right spark plug putting it back in after the compression test.  Ugh, time to call it a day and have some beer.
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Backstory: Purchased bike a few months ago, knew it had been wrecked. Front fender didn't match rest of bike paint scheme and tank had several dents in it. The side covers, bags and rear fender all had several nicks, scratches and dings. Got a good deal on the bike so I wasn't too concerned about it. Fast forward a month after purchase and bike won't idle and is running like crap. Turns out, inside of tank is destroyed...original liner flaking off, rust, possibly a dead animal inside...who knows. Bottom line, I had two options: 1. Pull the tank, clean up the inside and re-line it. (This would leave me with a nice shiny tank inside but the outside was still a dented piece of poo poo). 2. Purchase a used tank and have a paint shop try to match the rest of the bike. (Then I'd have a dentless tank, however, this was a special "Radical" paint scheme from HD and they did not have the paint codes for it in their system. The chances of having a shop be able to match the color exactly and re-do the original design exactly were about slim to none from what I was reading on the interwebs. I was pretty bummed and resigned to the fact that I was going to re-line a lovely dented tank and that was that. Until...I was strolling Ebay and what do I find? A complete NOS set of the tins for my bike in the same radical paint scheme. http://www.ebay.com/itm/140457280199 YES! Look at price tag and  whoa. After thinking about it for a couple weeks, pricing a complete paint job for the bike including a used tank, I said gently caress it and bought them.TLDR: Rusted tank, custom paint hard to match, several options to fix bike, gently caress IT WHERE'S MY DEBIT CARD. So...This is what I did today: New stuff in the mail:  Emptying gas from tank:  One of the dents and some of the nicks in the tank:  Tank, Front Fender and Side Covers removed:  Top View:  Rear Fender off:  Naked and Afraid:  Tins that were removed and bonus new bag and side covers in background:  Didn't really run into any issues with the removal other than Harley's decision to put a torx head bolt in the very front of the rear fender was asinine. There wasn't much room between the bolt and the rear tire, certainly not enough to get a torx socket and ratchet in there. If it were a regular 1/2" standard head bolt, I think you could remove it without having to unhook the shocks and lift the bike. So that wasn't a huge deal but annoying. Also, broke a piece of plastic off of the fuel regulator when I was removing the hose between it and the fuel filter. Had to run to the Harley shop 45 minutes away to get that and pay a billion dollars for it. Bike is all naked and ready for the new tins to go back on tomorrow. Should be like a new bike and after all is said and done, I'll still have less into it than I've seen Road Kings going for around here with plain black paint jobs.
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May 24, 2015 00:47
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No 3/8" drill handy for your EZ-Out? No problem!
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Chris Knight posted:No 3/8" drill handy for your EZ-Out? No problem! Finally managed to split the crankcase on my Zuma. Tried a couple of pulley/steering wheel pullers but most were not wide enough for the bosses in the case. Finally found one that would work, a rental at Autozone, but the longest M8-1.25 bolt I could find was 90mm which was barely enough for the magneto side, but a good 40mm too short for the other half. I hit up every hardware store in town looking for a longer bolt, metric threaded stock or couplers. Some folks they say have been able to tap the cranks/bearing out with drifts or sockets, but these suckers wont budge for me, so the old crank gets to spend a few more days in the transmission case and it looks like I will be sending my GF to the specialty fastener store on Tuesday.
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Chris Knight posted:No 3/8" drill handy for your EZ-Out? No problem! Did this happen while putting in or taking out the plug?
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Managed to change the rear tyre on my green drz, it only took 2 hours and a shitload of swearing and this time I didn't pinch the loving tube or put the tyre on backwards. Figured I'd also take the five minutes to replace the hosed clutch cutoff switch with a new one I've had sitting on my desk for two weeks now. I also got a new seat made last week which is a shitload more comfortable than the stock seat was. Looking forward to finally being able to ride it again now that I've got all this new poo poo on it.
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May 25, 2015 15:24
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I replaced the o ring for the starter clutch cover on my DRZ. Old one was crusty as hell, so hopefully that is the actual source of the oil leak I've been chasing down.
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May 25, 2015 20:36
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Pulled the rear wheel to inspect the bearings. The wheel has a tiny bit of play and that might be what's causing the bike to feel unstable in low speed turns. On closer inspection the bearings looked fine but I'll probably replace them anyway. 44500 km on the clock.
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May 25, 2015 21:16
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I washed it. Sort of. Technically. ...because it rained while I was at the gym.
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Today I bought the loving bearings. Not so cheap though, 125 american dollars, and I still have to go back for one of the dust seals. Just hope they do the trick.
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Getting the bike ready for Thunder Hill on 6/1 at the last minute. Went to swap new tires on and realized when I crashed the thing I ended up mushrooming the end of the front axle enough that it destroyed the nut/threading surface over the 4-5 times I've removed it since. Tracked down an axle for a 2009 Monster 1100 on eBay that was super underpriced and local so I went and picked it up. Mounted new tires, flushed the clutch and front brake fluid, installed Performance Friction 95 compound pads, taped the front lights, removed the plate, and cleaned it a little bit. 
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May 27, 2015 05:25
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Bike looks great Gunna shunt you off turn 6 with my supermoto
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Remember that recall on Conti tyres? Well, noone's gonna accuse me of working fast. Took care of it today, finally. Two hours start to finish, including the trip to the tyre place.   And then twenty seconds later it started POURING down (the picture is taken literally as the first drops hit the street, I was standing with my phone in hand after taking the picture of the mounted wheel). So I'm still not sure it won't fall off next time I ride it.  
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May 27, 2015 14:25
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Spiffness posted:Bike looks great That's cause I went down on the other side Gotta make the other side match 
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Couple days late: changed the Uly's oils. Was expecting a milkshake mess from the primary, but it was looking OK. Nice to have a baseline on maintenance though. Engine oil is engine oil. They Harley parts guy told me about how they changed the bottle design so it's easy to pour. Too bad I'm pouring it in an Erik bike designed so it isn't easy to pour into. I totally didn't strip any drain plug threads this time. Did 700+ miles over the weekend and it didn't drink a drop. Reminds me why I went through the hassle of getting another one with 55000 less miles on it.
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BlackMK4 posted:That's cause I went down on the other side xx9 broz: 
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May 27, 2015 20:39
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Sailed past 10000km on the cbr250 today. Aside from a dumb PO that managed to fry the clutch by 1800ks and a brake light switch that carked it, haven't had a single issue with the bike. Testament that Hondas made in Thailand still hold together like Hondas should.
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Installed a cyclops 3600lumen led H4 bulb. I think i gotta be sure my low light is adjusted to my load from now on.. Osram nightbreaker low  Osram nightbreaker high  Cyclops low  Cyclops high  I think I need to modify/make a new rubber baffle around the base though, the stock one didn't fit. Not sure how much debris/humidity it actually blocks, it pretty closed in by fairings.
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