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Bit of a laundry list of things I've been avoiding due to moving house. The fjr got a new oil and filter, LED headlight bulbs, tyre pressure, and brake bleed. The xr got new front and rear braided brake cables from HeL and phew are they so much better. Rewarded myself with a sunset visit to my local trail. Moving out of a large town into the countryside was the absolute best decision.
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Some parts from Coober arrived today - ECU, airbox lid, and Hell Yeah pipe (cat delete)  
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Sep 9, 2020 22:27
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 I've been considering having bren flash my ecu for shits and giggles (I want a poo poo octane map mostly)
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I put my Euro tail on finally. Old and busted   You might wonder why it's disassembled so far, it's because the drunk Austrians that banged my bike together in their shed smashed the brake light wiring in between the upper and lower subframe, and I couldn't extract it.  Anyways, looks pretty good, I'm sad I'll have to bodge the license plate back on if I want to take it on the road again, for now I think I'll keep the plate in my backpack when I'm trail riding.   I need new turn signals too, there's no way to get the old ones on without looking stupid, and they're poo poo anyway, the lenses aren't gasketed, so mud flows in and coats the lens from the inside. I was thinking either flush-mounts up near the brake light or a setup like this:  Thoughts?
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Sep 10, 2020 02:23
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That mini stalk set up in the last pic looks pretty sweet to me!
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Sep 10, 2020 02:32
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TheBacon posted:That mini stalk set up in the last pic looks pretty sweet to me! I thought so, I think I'll go with that, put a couple identical ones up front too since one of them has had the lens smashed out by a tree. I forgot mention, a couple of the bolts holding the tail on backed out like 1/2 a turn, and boy did it do a number on them and the metal insert that is *supposed to be* in the tail 
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Took a ride to the office downtown to grab what was left of my personal belongings since we're not going back there any time soon, and are also not supposed to be going back to that location if and when they do reopen. Perfect weather for a city ride too, and the traffic was reasonable. When I got home I somehow managed to park it exactly in the spot where the kickstand sunk into the fresh asphalt when they redid my street a couple months ago. Made me laugh when I looked down and saw it exactly in the divot lol.
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Sep 12, 2020 22:17
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   Well gently caress am I ever tired of the color red.
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Revvik posted:
Sorry to inform you about your truck...
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Sep 13, 2020 11:50
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I hear that more often than you’d think.
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Slapped some hammerite on the more egregious/reachable rust spots.
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Resolved a coolant leak. I didn't tighten any of the jubilee clips properly when i installed new hoses, because I'm a moron and it was a bastard of a task getting them on in the first place. I also set my rear shock sag properly, it feels great now. Unfortunately it means my forks feel like rear end so now I also need to fix those up.
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Either I suck at TIG welding or the stud is made of tungsten carbide. Whatever it is, I can't get anything to bond. So plan B is: exhaust gets new gaskets, and 3 of 4 possible nuts installed.
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Sep 13, 2020 21:15
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Slapped a lower profile tail light situation with a cleaner plate mount on the Road Glide, and to compensate for the slight lack of lights, put a fuckoff bright LED brake light on the bottom. It was a real pain in the rear end without a lift. I also removed the tank badges in favor of something more unobtrusive. The CVO bikes, the ones that add $11k to the sticker for mostly cosmetic upgrades, have super low profile HD badges, but all CVO parts are restricted to folks who actually have CVOs. If you try to order them they'll ask your VIN. So I found an Etsy page from some dude in like Romania that just machines the badges and mails them overseas. I'm kind of nervous about lining them up, but running it naked has started to grow on me. 
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Sep 14, 2020 00:02
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Strife posted:CVO https://www.harley-davidson.com/us/en/motorcycles/cvo-street-glide.html I had to look these up. Starting at $41k for a loving harley?! Are they just taking advantage of a market that doesn't know any better, or is this a halo bike they never intend to sell? Anyways, I love your mods. The bike looked sharp, but this is quite an improvement. Great work finding a knockoff badge. It's sweet, and shouldn't be locked away to some stupid edition.
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Strife posted:The CVO bikes, the ones that add $11k to the sticker for mostly cosmetic upgrades, have super low profile HD badges, but all CVO parts are restricted to folks who actually have CVOs. If you try to order them they'll ask your VIN. lol this is so dumb
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Coydog posted:https://www.harley-davidson.com/us/en/motorcycles/cvo-street-glide.html They sell plenty of them - search for used CVOs on CycleTrader, you'll get more hits than you'd expect. CVOs get the 117 inch version of the Milwaukee 8, a beefed up version of the 107/114 that's only available in CVOs, but like Strife said, pretty much everything else is cosmetic. Paint, wheels, etc. The bigger motor nets you an extra 12 lb/ft of peak torque (125 total) and sub-100 peak hp. You'd do better buying a base model and dropping 20 grand for custom paint/whatever and Screamin' Eagle or other hop-up parts, if you thought spending $40k on a motorcycle was a good idea. You'll lose your rear end on resale either way.
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Not to be a dick but those new CVOs on the Harley page look like rear end for $41k
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Jazzzzz posted:They sell plenty of them - search for used CVOs on CycleTrader, you'll get more hits than you'd expect. You can actually buy a $28k Road Glide Special, a $6k 131ci crate motor directly from HD, $1500 on exhaust and an intake, and wind up with a much better motorcycle. People who buy CVOs don't actually ride them though, they're just trophies.
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Got the procycle breathe easy kit onto the DR. Just in time for a thunderstorm, so I doubt I'm gonna get to actually ride it today. Like I said in the other thread, the carb bowl screws had been hosed with so hard that just removing those two little things took about as long as everything else put together. I was hoping not to have to take the carb off, per various videos, but I obviously ended up taking it right off anyway, so that was... well, not fun really, but I feel like I learned a fair bit.
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Sep 19, 2020 07:47
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Today I snapped my clutch cable in the middle of a ride. Thankfully managed to get home without too much drama this time. By chance it happened right next to an auto parts store, but I didn't have my wallet to go buy a replacement then and there. This 100% happened because I hosed up the install earlier this year and chewed the cable up where it screws into the plug at the top end. I'm 50/50 whether to get a real cable cutter or just go through it with an angle grinder this time.
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Renaissance Robot posted:Today I snapped my clutch cable in the middle of a ride. Thankfully managed to get home without too much drama this time. By chance it happened right next to an auto parts store, but I didn't have my wallet to go buy a replacement then and there. I used an angle grinder on some bicycle cables the other day and it unraveled the steel braid so maybe worth trying a real cable cutter.
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Renaissance Robot posted:Today I snapped my clutch cable in the middle of a ride. Thankfully managed to get home without too much drama this time. By chance it happened right next to an auto parts store, but I didn't have my wallet to go buy a replacement then and there. When you buy the replacement, buy two. Then route them both at the same time but tuck the ends of the second one away. This way, if it snaps again, it's a 5 minute swap instead of stranding you.
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Got a pair of these pliers and finally got all my brake caliper pistons out. Now I'm trying to figure out if these are adequately cleaned, or if I need to spend more time on them / maybe use very gentle sandpaper? I think the black stuff that isn't coming off is past the dust seal anyway so I'm not sure it matters, but it kind of drives me crazy to not have it 100% if I'm going to have it completely apart. Clean:  (Looks like the center could use a bit more work here)    Before:  Bonus shot of the other caliper, not looking great in there: https://i.imgur.com/9WGPc40.mp4
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The centers of the holes don't really matter, the most important thing is a clean bore and smooth seal lands so they don't stick out unevenly. Those pistons need more work though. Sandpaper is too aggressive and will gently caress the finish, the better option is a brass/alloy wire wheel, get them polished and surgical.
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Sep 20, 2020 04:10
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Scotch brite is a good polishing agent too.
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Slavvy posted:The centers of the holes don't really matter, the most important thing is a clean bore and smooth seal lands so they don't stick out unevenly. Having done this quite recently, and annoyingly documented it here, get a copper brillo pad. Totally safe, easy and anything it fails to remove is definitely a problem.
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MomJeans420 posted:Got a pair of these pliers How pissed would you be if you got a set of these and then took the calipers off only to find PO put the pistons in back to front
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Put a new battery in the Sprint. loving British engineering at it's best. I had to remove four fairing bolts, the left luggage rack and the tank bolt just so I could tip the goddamn battery up and pull it. Then the negative lead was so short I had to fiddle with the connector bolt on it's side and pray it didn't disappear into the guts of the bike as I tried to screw it in. What a pain in the rear end.
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I have a dremel with a wire wheel and scotch brite pads lying around, I'll start with those but pick up those copper brillo if needed. Renaissance Robot posted:How pissed would you be if you got a set of these and then took the calipers off only to find PO put the pistons in back to front I could actually see that happening if you weren't really paying attention, because it may seem like it makes more sense to have more surface area contacting the brake pads.
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The first thing I did was unfuck the rear suspension on my Nighthawk. A month or two I replaced the stock suspension with some Progressive shocks and springs. I couldn't reach the target sag, and the ride was really harsh. I eventually figured it out, for whatever reason instead of putting the eyes on coaxial with the shock:code:code:The second thing I did was replace the kickstand pad that someone stole off the bike a year ago: 
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Ulf posted:The first thing I did was unfuck the rear suspension on my Nighthawk. A month or two I replaced the stock suspension with some Progressive shocks and springs. I couldn't reach the target sag, and the ride was really harsh. I eventually figured it out, for whatever reason instead of putting the eyes on coaxial with the shock: Got a pic? That's pretty bizarre, I don't know why you would intentionally design a shock to have a bending force imparted on it constantly.
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 On the left, Progressive 412-4211s. On the right, an original Showa. It would work if the bike also had the eyes offset. I'm guessing this is some all-in-one solution to fit some more popular bike than mine. EDIT: Searching for "progressive 412 offset" shows a lot of people with the same problem, and this pdf: https://www.progressivesuspension.com/assets/files/PDF-Metric/3080-002-Instr-412-Cruiser.pdf quote:Offset lower eye may be rotated in or out to gain clearance where required. This can be used to gain clearance for the lower cover, if this does not work, removal of the lower cover may be necessary. I guess it's intentional to fit their blingy spring covers on everyone's café projects. EDIT2: I forgot the most important part, which is never give Progressive Suspension your money. Ulf fucked around with this message at 23:18 on Sep 20, 2020 |
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MomJeans420 posted:I could actually see that happening if you weren't really paying attention, because it may seem like it makes more sense to have more surface area contacting the brake pads. I mention this specifically because that's how I found the pistons on my ZZR600 the first time I took them off. Made spinning them round in the calipers for light cleaning really tough. Ulf posted:I guess it's intentional to fit their blingy spring covers on everyone's café projects. It'd have to be for cafe stuff, why else would you have an impossible to clean cup on the bottom to catch mud and rain against the spring 
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I like how I've never seen or heard of this nonsense before, and it isn't even like the fourth most hosed up thing about progressive I've seen, yet it's also totally unsurprising and in character.
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Replaced the clutch cable last night, managed to get the adjustment perfect on the first try. 
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Winter is coming, and my nx250 needed a new rear. Me and my brother bought the tools needed last year. Some light calculation landed us on breaking even after 8 tires. Plus, we can do as many studs we want on any tire, not just the 2 types we found supplied locally. The base price on the tires was crap too. We're limited to 9mm achors with our gun, but we could go longer studs, but as we need to be able to use it on asphalt without skipping around we're sticking to road legal length at least. I think we're a bit over the legal stud number pr square cm, but no one checks that on bikes. bikes are also except from the local studded-tire-in-the-city-air-pollution-tax. Demo shot done by my brother as he studded the tires last year.  Plan stud pattern and make holes with cheapo dremel knockoff  ReaDY THE GUNNN  and done 
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Sep 23, 2020 17:21
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that looks fun, i want to experience ice racing once in my life
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It's very fun and also rewarding skill wise. After getting used to uneven ice under varying depth of loose snow cover or uneven glare ice most other surfaces feels like cheating. Edit: and you can get yourself into even more silly situations than usual on a bike, like how to park in winter without needing the side stand. 
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the shag seat makes so much sense to me now
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