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-Zydeco- posted:1975 ST90  It's PERFECT!
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Oct 11, 2015 19:15
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Winterized my bike today. First I put on some ugly, cheap, tiny handguards: And then put on some even uglier handlebar muffs:  My awesome winter gloves from the past couple seasons broke and I couldn't find them in stock anywhere. I figured this was the easiest and cheapest way to keep my hands from going numb this year. The muffs are also super easy to put on/take off so it will be perfect for cold morning and warm afternoon commutes for the next month until I'll need them on all the time.
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Oct 11, 2015 23:24
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Got a bunch of poo poo done on the motor rebuild/upgrade for my 1956 BMW R50. Got the new carbs mostly together, ordered two totally unique thread taps to hopefully fix the remaining unassembled parts of the carbs (M6x0.75 and M15x1.0), bent and filed and cleaned and finally fixed the worst hi-beam switch in the world and got it working again and then rigged up an LED headlight bulb for it, sandblasted and painted the new airbox, got the bearings on the camshaft, replaced a circlip on the mechanical advance, soldered together a loose terminal for the kill switch wire. Also hosed with the moped a bit and think I discovered the starting problem is the starter clutch shoes were contaminated with grease or oil and were slipping, so ordered a couple new ones. And tightened the throttle cable.
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Oct 12, 2015 02:44
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Pics, dude!
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Oct 12, 2015 04:28
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As Nero Danced posted:Am I seeing it right, that it's a hondamatic? What's the clutch lever do? Those bolts are probably M6x18mm with a 10mm head.
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Oct 12, 2015 14:57
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Rode about 300 miles this past weekend on the FZR. Was surprised I wasn't extremely uncomfortable by the end of it. Last mile of the trip my front sprocket nut came off. Walk of shame that was. Check my post history for lols. Everything is cleaned up and back together. Ready for a track day at MSRH next weekend!
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Oct 12, 2015 18:04
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God drat piece of poo poo cheese metal Kappa/Givi key. I can open the box which still has half a key inside the lock, but not the other one. The other one contains all the groceries I just bought.
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Oct 13, 2015 15:04
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 Let it take a nap after a 700 mile trip to death valley. E start quit on day two for fuckwatever reason. day 3 it started working after I forgot to turn the kill switch off and kicked it for 5 minutes solid. Noticed the torque limiting gear cover was leaking a little so I pushed it over to replace the O ring and generally look the starter bullshit over. the wifes bike? lolololol  One of these things is not like the other.    It just rolled 30,000 mi the day before too. Uhauled the fucker home. He's ordering a ported/polished big valve head and a 790cc kit for it.
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Oct 13, 2015 23:53
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Fuuuuuuck.
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Oct 14, 2015 00:16
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My heart sank the second I saw that lower valve. What bike is it, again? Seems like a good a reason as any to upgrade it, but I am not sure how much of an upgrade 790cc is. Is it a 750 of some sort?
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Oct 14, 2015 01:23
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2006 DR650. Hes not even had it 6 months either heh.  it went pop about half a mile from furnace creek ranch.
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Oct 14, 2015 02:01
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650 to 790 sounds like a pretty decent power boost. Good thing it didn't pop when you were out on the trails or something. I see you put the dirt wheels back on for that excursion.
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Oct 14, 2015 02:05
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Coydog posted:650 to 790 sounds like a pretty decent power boost. Good thing it didn't pop when you were out on the trails or something. I see you put the dirt wheels back on for that excursion. We're super fortunate it didnt explode the day before, we were thinking of running some single track stuff back towards the hotel, but at last minute decided not to. That morning when we filled our bikes Id noted that it was sounding a bit off. rode south to artist drive and it was closed so the group backtracked north, right as he passed the resort it died. yeah I burned the dogshit out of the t63 on that trip though. playing catchup with R1200GSAs on the highway isn't fun or easy. and on the fire trails I tore some chunks out of the side lugs. fwiw I went from 400 to 424 in mine. ever lil' bit counts. 
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Oct 14, 2015 02:08
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Are dr650's reliable in general? My gut tells me an air cooled Suzuki tractor should be pretty reliable but I'm not familiar with them at all.
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Oct 14, 2015 03:25
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e: nm
BlackMK4 fucked around with this message at 04:08 on Oct 14, 2015 |
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Oct 14, 2015 03:58
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I finished replacing all of the in-tank fuel system parts on the F4i. It was formerly cutting out over 10krpm, conveniently removing most of my powerband. I think it was close to complete failure, given the condition of the hoses and the crud in the bottom of the tank. While I wasn't able to test the rev range in my lap around the block, at least nothing is leaking. We'll see how it does on my next track day. Oh, and I upgraded the handgourds on the DRZ 
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Oct 14, 2015 04:16
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kuffs posted:I finished replacing all of the in-tank fuel system parts on the F4i. It was formerly cutting out over 10krpm, conveniently removing most of my powerband. I think it was close to complete failure, given the condition of the hoses and the crud in the bottom of the tank. Owns.
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Oct 14, 2015 06:09
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kuffs posted:I finished replacing all of the in-tank fuel system parts on the F4i. It was formerly cutting out over 10krpm, conveniently removing most of my powerband. I think it was close to complete failure, given the condition of the hoses and the crud in the bottom of the tank. This is fantastic. I gotta do this this coming weekend. Today I installed a new battery and ripped out the PIAA aux lights from the PO. Replacing them with LED.
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Oct 14, 2015 07:15
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kuffs posted:I finished replacing all of the in-tank fuel system parts on the F4i. It was formerly cutting out over 10krpm, conveniently removing most of my powerband. I think it was close to complete failure, given the condition of the hoses and the crud in the bottom of the tank. One of the many things I will miss about my poor dizzer is playing dress-up for the holidays. 
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Oct 14, 2015 08:11
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Ola posted:God drat piece of poo poo cheese metal Kappa/Givi key. What about the other givi key on your key chain? Other case? My key's plastic broke in half when my case was jammed by some sand. Those keys are not meant to last it seems.
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Oct 14, 2015 09:01
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The other key is for the top case, which came with the bike. I bought the side cases later and haven't matched up the keys. Thankfully I had a spare key in a drawer, so dinner went as planned.
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Oct 14, 2015 09:12
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Stickers   e: no, I've never washed my bike, why do you ask M42 fucked around with this message at 22:44 on Oct 15, 2015 |
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Oct 15, 2015 22:25
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M42 posted:Stickers Come do Fontana, AutoClub speedway. It looks like a wiener! 
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Oct 15, 2015 23:17
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Perfect, I was just thinking I needed a second dick on my bike
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Oct 15, 2015 23:30
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SaNChEzZ posted:Come do Fontana, AutoClub speedway. It looks like a wiener! That looks like a really fun track I must say.
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Oct 15, 2015 23:55
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Sunday: washed & waxed it 
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Oct 16, 2015 00:41
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Finally got the TL delivered, nice previous owner. I'm probably a colossal idiot for getting another bike but i've always wanted one. Installed a new battery I had waiting, she fired right up easily, checked the charging voltages, all checked out, just have to deal with front fork springs which arrive tomorrow.   
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Oct 16, 2015 05:36
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I've wanted one of those for so loving long. Has it still got the horrible factory shock?
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Oct 16, 2015 06:39
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Slavvy posted:I've wanted one of those for so loving long. Has it still got the horrible factory shock? yes, although it's supposed to be better than the one on the TL1000s, wont be able to find out until after I swap out the fork springs tomorrow. Debating whether or not to get some aftermarket cans for it, stock cans don't sound though. 
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Oct 16, 2015 07:09
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SaNChEzZ posted:Come do Fontana, AutoClub speedway. It looks like a wiener!
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Oct 16, 2015 07:12
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infraboy posted:yes, although it's supposed to be better than the one on the TL1000s, wont be able to find out until after I swap out the fork springs tomorrow. "Better than the TL1000S" isn't saying much. I know you can get ohlins replacements which bolt in but I have no idea what they cost. Despite their questionable reputation and strange design decisions I really, really like those bikes and I'm insanely jealous. Please don't highside yourself into a tree.
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Oct 16, 2015 07:12
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Slavvy posted:"Better than the TL1000S" isn't saying much. I know you can get ohlins replacements which bolt in but I have no idea what they cost. Despite their questionable reputation and strange design decisions I really, really like those bikes and I'm insanely jealous. Please don't highside yourself into a tree. Thanks! ended up getting it for 2400$, just needs a few things like the fork springs which I got from racetech for 100$ and I may as well change the fork oil while i'm in there and the battery was 52$,
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Oct 16, 2015 07:21
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^^^Great buy on that TL! It looks good, and that's a pretty good deal, especially since it's something you have always wanted. Today I got a MAD TYTE HONDA Lawnmower cable CUSTOM fitted to the ninjette clutch. 100% better than before. It's so clutch. Seriously, though, the clutch cable snapped in the mountains while I was well and far away from civilization, and 2 hours from home. Since I was already moving, I resolved to not stop until I got to the cool Union Powersports shop in blairsville, about 15 miles away. It was not a fun ride, and I'm just glad I know how to do clutchless shifts. There WERE a couple clutchless shifts that were painfully hard and poorly done. The guys at the shop seemed certain that I didn't do any damage with those, and I hope they are right. I showed up, told them what happened, and asked if there was anything at all they could do for me so I could limp the bike 2.5 hours home. I took the risk on this shop in particular, because they were really awesome to work with when the chain on my SV snapped two years ago, during a mountain ride. I hoped they wouldn't send me away with a "well we don't have your part in stock", and they didn't disappoint. Two of their top mechanics got right on top of the problem, and dug around the shop for stopgap options for me. In the end, they had a random honda cable that looked like a clutch cable and was long enough, just needed one end fabricated to fit with 30 minutes of angle grinder finesse and install. It was 85.00 out the door, and the pull is 1/3 the weight of stock. It feels like butter and I'm sad that I have to order a stock one asap to install, since it feels so nice. While I was waiting the other mechanics took me around the back of the shop talking about various cool bike projects they had going on, and generally let me wander. Was pretty cool. What is even more cool, they remembered me and my SV from two years ago. They even remembered the mods the SV had. Good folks. Coydog fucked around with this message at 23:55 on Oct 16, 2015 |
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Oct 16, 2015 23:51
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Chris Knight posted:Pics, dude!  Here's the heads and case all clean. Almost ready to start putting poo poo together. Note the case is single piece, there is no split, unlike every lesser brand of motorcycle such as the British and Japanese and Italians and Americans. 
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Oct 17, 2015 02:45
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Thats pretty neat
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Oct 17, 2015 14:21
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What goes in the braincase looking thing at the top?
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Oct 17, 2015 20:37
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Slavvy posted:What goes in the braincase looking thing at the top? Air filter.
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Oct 17, 2015 20:50
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Today I put a new fork on it. Went for a test ride, thinking I'd kill two birds with one stone and ride to the wine shop to buy a bottle of champagne for the neighbor who is 40 today. On the way there I found that one of the fork seals were leaking and that one of the calipers was rubbing on its brake disk. Made it to the shop, a 20 minute ride, 10 minutes before it closed. Found I had forgotten my wallet. Started for home, frustration with the futile trip made me accelerate sprightly. Exhaust was suddenly very loud, I pulled over. The end bit of the exhaust had fallen out. Turned around, saw that bit in the middle of the road, thankfully not run over. Stopped on the side of the road, walked over to it. It had now been run over and was bent. Rode home loudly. Got home, went to get a rag in my side case to wipe the leaking fork, the side case which has a broken key in it. I can no longer open it and have to break the lock. Oh and my right rear indicator is no longer working even though the bulb is fine. Time to park the bike for the season I think.
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Oct 17, 2015 21:19
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Started winter prepping it. Winter is coming and we've already had a couple of black ice incidents because most people haven't put winter tires on yet. 
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Oct 17, 2015 21:22
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I fixed my wonky rear turn signals. Before:  After:  Then I needed to fix the hack job the PO did on some plastic repairs. While I was waiting for the glue to dry, I put some vinyl on the instrument surround. 
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Oct 17, 2015 22:08
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