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Ozmiander posted:More disassembly. Found out why the steering felt like it had detents... Why, that'll buff right out. 
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clutchpuck posted:Californians and cute in the rain. I make a point of going out and riding just about every time it rains. It's my favorite riding
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I made a DRZ power wheelie out of a turn in second. It was the babby-est power wheelie, but I was turning in first, shifted up without the clutch, went back to WOT, and the front came up  . I'm so proud of that little bike.Chichevache posted:I make a point of going out and riding just about every time it rains. It's my favorite riding Chichevache posted:Crashed it. Twice. I bet this guy's DRZ won't power wheelie for him. The bike doesn't respect him enough to do that.
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Rain isn't just rain - rain after a long dry period is a lot worse than regular rain. All sorts of particles, rubber and oily poo poo builds up on the road and when the rain comes it froths up to an effective decyclant.
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I'm not looking forward to the first rain Athens. The streets in this city are 30, 40+ years old. They are worn down to a polished shine. That is not an exaggeration, at night they they appear to be wet because they reflect neon signs, street lights, etc. I think the next thing I post on this thread is going to be my bike with some bark-busters and sliders. Winter is coming.
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Somebody needs to invent an upgrade to turn motorcycles in to baby walkers.
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Ola posted:Rain isn't just rain - rain after a long dry period is a lot worse than regular rain. All sorts of particles, rubber and oily poo poo builds up on the road and when the rain comes it froths up to an effective decyclant. As a resident of lowland Washington for the last 28 years, I can assure you I am familiar with this phenomenon. It has a smell.
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GnarlyCharlie4u posted:Towed it home. drat dude, sorry to hear that. Not a good week for 90s bikes around here.
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KARMA! posted:Somebody needs to invent an upgrade to turn motorcycles in to baby walkers. 
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Checked the valves and synced the carbs. Only one intake valve on the rear cylinder that needed adjustment. 
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Sep 19, 2015 19:52
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So goddamn jealous of that bike.
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Unfucked some more PO bullshit.  Lower one is the one that came out. Frame screen. I noticed at the last oil change it was really hard to remove, and threads looked hosed, so I bought a used one from ebay.  1200mi oil change woo  yeah the PO left me this kick rear end stripped case plugs. I bought the blingy red one on ebay for a dollar. the TDC plug was also stripped, and would leak when I wound the engine over 8 thousand.  I think just the countershaft seal leaks at this point. 
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Why is there a pipe with a high pressure banjo fitting at one end and what appears to be a simple hose and clamp setup on the other end? Is that just suzuki being suzuki?
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Slavvy posted:Why is there a pipe with a high pressure banjo fitting at one end and what appears to be a simple hose and clamp setup on the other end? Is that just suzuki being suzuki? yes. that hose slips over the frame screen and connects to the oil feed for the pump. There is no pressure through that hose. suzuki does some weird poo poo....
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Oh gently caress, I stripped my oil drain bolt thread a little. It was being a bastard to undo, and being the bike is second hand and hosed with before I assumed it was glued so I took a breaker bar to it. WRONG, I completely forgot that the bolt being upside down means you change direction. I at least didn't go too far with it and cleaned off the bolt then soaked it in superglue and got it tight as I could, then replaced the oil filter and refilled it. I was also going to adjust the chain but I don't have a big enough socket wrench to loosen the axle nut, so I left the bike alone too disheartened to run it up and down the road to rinse the oil. At least I watched Mad Max. Would I be best just taking it to a shop to get the plug retapped?
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3800 lumen cyclops headlight (not that purple irl) I also started to install rearset riser plates. Right side went on fine, left side's bolts are apparently jbwelded on or something. I tried to get them off to no avail, the heads are starting to strip a little  
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Please report back your real world experience with that headlamp. I wonder about the saturation an led can give, and that one is cheap enough to be worth considering.
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Super Slash posted:It was being a bastard to undo, and being the bike is second hand and hosed with before I assumed it was glued so I took a breaker bar to it. WRONG, I completely forgot that the bolt being upside down means you change direction. I at least didn't go too far with it and cleaned off the bolt then soaked it in superglue and got it tight as I could, then replaced the oil filter and refilled it. Adding this to "Yes Buying New Is Worth The Extra Money.txt"
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Coydog posted:Please report back your real world experience with that headlamp. I wonder about the saturation an led can give, and that one is cheap enough to be worth considering. By saturation, do you mean how even the light is across the ground? Mine probably won't be amazing, since you need a LED reflector in your headlight for it to work 100%, and mine is also bubbling in a few spots (lol delkevic). I got it mostly because my old H4 was yellow, unbelievably dinky, and invisible during the day. I'll try to get a pic once I get those rearsets sorted.
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Coydog posted:Please report back your real world experience with that headlamp. I wonder about the saturation an led can give, and that one is cheap enough to be worth considering. I've had one in my bike for several months now. It looks great at night - it's noticeably better than the halogen version (Phillips motorcycle one), and hasn't died after 6 months like the other ones I've had in there. I'd say I've got about 8k miles on it so far. I think it definitely is going to depend on your light setup, though. Mine's all reflective and throws weird patterns, but that's just Kawasaki not putting much effort into their headlight assemblies.
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M42 posted:3800 lumen cyclops headlight I am really, REALLY interested in those bulbs for my Striple as the stockers are not much chop, but I'm very concerned about the HID-in-reflector-housing-douchebag thing as it's one of my pet hates and I imagine these are likely to suffer the same - I note that they supply shims with the kit now though so you can control the spacing of the bulb in the housing so maybe that can eliminate it... I haven't managed to find any usage shots for my bike thus far.
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Bike died on 101 half an hour ago.  It's me, I'm the new mootmoot.
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You're the new razzled, moving gradually into coydog territory as you discover it just ran out of gas.
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Slavvy posted:You're the new razzled, moving gradually into coydog territory as you discover it just ran out of gas. I filled it up less than twenty minutes before it died.  Funny thing is, when it died it behaved exactly like it would when it ran out of gas. When I got it to the side of the freeway and tried starting it the light went out, like a dead battery. I left it on the side of the road and I'm going to pick it up tomorrow.
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stator take a poo poo?
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Chichevache posted:I filled it up less than twenty minutes before it died. Have you tried putting the petcock on prime/res and/or bump starting it? If it's the stator then you probably would have been losing your speedometer/really dim lights for a while before it actually died. e: How old/cheap is your battery
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Marxalot posted:Have you tried putting the petcock on prime/res and/or bump starting it? If it's the stator then you probably would have been losing your speedometer/really dim lights for a while before it actually died. Never mind what I said Marxalot had this same problem a few months ago. Check your battery.
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Battery is less than a year old, but it is cheap and we all know DRZs go through batteries almost as fast as they go through oil. I'm going to buy a new battery and take it with me to where I left the bike. Hopefully a quick swap and I can get home. If it is the battery then it died after I had been on the highway for almost 20 minutes, which seems odd to me.
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Chichevache posted:Battery is less than a year old, but it is cheap and we all know DRZs go through batteries almost as fast as they go through oil. I'm going to buy a new battery and take it with me to where I left the bike. Hopefully a quick swap and I can get home. DRZ battery/charging system is piss easy to check with a multimeter. All you need to do is take off the battery cover and you're there. And the plugs that you poke at to check the resistance on the stator itself are all accessible without removing anything. That said, the stator should have been giving you some obvious signs before stranding you. Like your speedometer dying. Bump start the bike and go over it with a multimeter. Comedy option: Chichevache imploded another DRZ motor. e: FWIW my stator lasted about 20kmi and I haven't needed to replace a battery in a long time. Marxalot fucked around with this message at 17:04 on Sep 20, 2015 |
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Marxalot posted:e: FWIW my stator lasted about 20kmi and I haven't needed to replace a battery in a long time. This is what I've generally seen. 20k per stator. Do the "free power mod" while you're in there. and if it is your stator, locktite the gently caress out of it when you replace.
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cursedshitbox posted:This is what I've generally seen. 20k per stator. Do the "free power mod" while you're in there. and if it is your stator, locktite the gently caress out of it when you replace. You know, I could see it being his kickstand switch. Destroyer of Bikes posted:When I got it to the side of the freeway and tried starting it the light went out, Was it turning over at all? Did you at least get that CLICK CLICK CLICK noise that the bike makes when the battery is too flat to turn over? Was your speedometer still lit up
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Marxalot posted:You know, I could see it being his kickstand switch. oh right, keep it simple stupid.
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Marxalot posted:You know, I could see it being his kickstand switch. I already removed the kickstand switch.  No clicking. The lights just go off completely. Marxalot posted:DRZ battery/charging system is piss easy to check with a multimeter. All you need to do is take off the battery cover and you're there. And the plugs that you poke at to check the resistance on the stator itself are all accessible without removing anything. None of those signs were there before it died. Speedo and lights were both fine, until they weren't. And I put oil in an hour before I left, so if the engine seized again... 
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Did you overfill it?
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Z3n posted:Did you overfill it? I don't think so?  Anyway, I brought a battery out there and tried starting it, no go.  Looks like I'm going to have to haul it back tomorrow.
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Chichevache posted:I don't think so? Is it turning over? Did you try to bump start it? Did you pull the choke knob out? e: How many miles are you getting out of your DRZs before they implode? I'm at around 22kmi now. Should I buy a second one as a backup??? Marxalot fucked around with this message at 01:03 on Sep 21, 2015 |
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drat, that light is wild. I tried to get the photos as accurate as possible, but they're still not quite so. The brighter areas in the pics are less bright irl, and the darker areas are brighter - basically the light distribution is more even than it looks in the photos.  I walked around the lot to see how it looks to an oncomer. LEDs are directional as hell, so unless you are driving at me head-on (and low to the ground), it doesn't seem to have that irritating shiny blinding quality like crappy HIDs or the ridiculous blueish projectors some new cars have (I'm looking at you, hyundai  ). Also, bike is on the stand and pointing uphill, so the beam is way higher off the ground than normal.
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You've just definitely answered my saturation question. I wasn't looking for a smoothness rating, but you gave it earlier. But that looks like it has excellent light saturation. How a bulb like that can be gotten for less than 70 is beyond me. I'm sorely tempted to pick one up, but am held back by silly biases towards yellow incandescent that is more fitting on my 80s~ biek. You have a great looking SV and I'm glad it fell into such an attentive owner.
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