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NitroSpazzz posted:Thanks Slavvy. Another Slavvy success story.
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NitroSpazzz posted:Wow...how many times did I take that stupid thing apart. I dropped back to one spring and found the magic spot, I had underestimated how much force it took to actuate. I could barely get it to move with only one spring and vice grips on the arm, there's no way I could have managed with two. Reinstalled the second, put it back in the magic spot and messed with the cable for a bit to take out most of the slack. It worked! Think I'll make another cable and I'd still like to redesign the holding mechanism on the pedal. You're welcome now how about HenryJLittlefinger posted:let’s see a picture of this thing
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Oct 3, 2021 21:17
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 Lazy quote from post your ride thread in AI NitroSpazzz posted:Long overdue
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post on the Locost I picked up a couple weeks ago. To start things off this car is what's referred to as a Locost which is a low cost version of the Lotus/Caterham 7 cars built using the guidelines put together in Ron Champion's book "Build Your Own Sports Car For As Little As 250". The book goes over donor vehicles, building the frame, wiring and more recent editions have a section on racing them. I had looked into building one years ago but knowing how bad I am at big long term projects I didn't.
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Oct 3, 2021 21:49
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HenryJLittlefinger posted:That fuckin owns Funny how the more you make a car like a bike, the less terrible it becomes. That is a very good car.
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Oct 3, 2021 22:06
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What’s the lifetime of final drive components?
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That chain drive setup both intrigues me and loving terrifies me in an alternating fashion.
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Oct 4, 2021 01:12
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HenryJLittlefinger posted:That fuckin owns  100% would thrash
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NitroSpazzz posted:
Love it! Also love how you're willing to sacrifice the weight of a head unit and some speakers because without that is it really a car?
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Gorson posted:Love it! Also love how you're willing to sacrifice the weight of a head unit and some speakers because without that is it really a car? Carteret posted:That chain drive setup both intrigues me and loving terrifies me in an alternating fashion. HenryJLittlefinger posted:What’s the lifetime of final drive components?
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Oct 5, 2021 10:52
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I need some videos/sound from that thing
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So am I seeing that right, it's basically got no diff? Just a solid axle with 100% drive to both wheels at the same time?
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He said it has the LSD from a Miata, which is a clutch-type IIRC. This is maybe just a sprocket welded or riveted onto the basket?
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Here's some video from National Corvette Museum spring 2019, the gopro had gotten loose over the course of the day so by video end it's a video of the sky. I was fighting fuel starvation all day really bad out of corners where I had to brake heavily, ended up being garbage plumbing from the previous owner. This was first time on track with the car or at NCM, great track by the way. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ly7kQlBI3S8 Toe Rag is correct, it's the guts from a Miata LSD with a sprocket welded to it. Simple but it works pretty well.
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NitroSpazzz posted:Here's some video from National Corvette Museum spring 2019, the gopro had gotten loose over the course of the day so by video end it's a video of the sky. I was fighting fuel starvation all day really bad out of corners where I had to brake heavily, ended up being garbage plumbing from the previous owner. This was first time on track with the car or at NCM, great track by the way. How does that work? Like don't LSD's need oil and stuff? Or is it welded up or something?
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There's a fill/drain plug. Fill it up about halfway and it seems happy, more than that it weeps until it reaches a happy level.
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Oct 5, 2021 21:39
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NitroSpazzz posted:it weeps until it reaches a happy level. Hell, same
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Thoughts on stainless oil filters? I ordered a replacement filter over the phone at a local shop for my DRZ just to have one for my next oil change whenever that is -- they ordered me the wrong filter not once but twice, and the manager apologetically offered to give me this for the same price. I don't care about saving money in the long run but if it doesn't suck and I never have to replace it then cool I guess. Online thoughts about stainless seem to be either BEST THING EVER or KISS YOUR ENGINE GOODBYE so is this a new "how do I break in my engine"? Yeah I don't know how you gently caress up an oil filter order either, I can go order one on Amazon right now :P
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Martytoof posted:Thoughts on stainless oil filters? I ordered a replacement filter over the phone at a local shop for my DRZ just to have one for my next oil change whenever that is -- they ordered me the wrong filter not once but twice, and the manager apologetically offered to give me this for the same price. I ran one of these in my DRZ. The previous owner had installed it so it was in there for several thousand miles. Had no issues with it, but I also never sent the oil off for testing so have no empirical evidence for how good it was doing at filtering.
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Martytoof posted:Thoughts on stainless oil filters? I ordered a replacement filter over the phone at a local shop for my DRZ just to have one for my next oil change whenever that is -- they ordered me the wrong filter not once but twice, and the manager apologetically offered to give me this for the same price. On the one hand, it's not going to filter jack poo poo because a steel mesh is basically a gaping hole compared to a paper element, you'll just be turning your filter into a mere debris screen. On the other hand, lots of small bikes don't even have a filter at all and make do with a mesh + sludge flicker. On the gripping hand, it's a DRZ and likely won't care either way if you don't do anything stupid.
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I know there are a few of us on here with MT03s. Has anyone put a windscreen on theirs that they like? I have the additional problem of being 6'4 so I assume I'll need a super dorky tall one to take wind blast off my head. Also with said dork level I assume it comes with a top box too.
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Russian Bear posted:I know there are a few of us on here with MT03s. Has anyone put a windscreen on theirs that they like? I have the additional problem of being 6'4 so I assume I'll need a super dorky tall one to take wind blast off my head. Also with said dork level I assume it comes with a top box too. I don't have a MT-03, but you don't necessarily want a head level screen because it puts all the wind blast onto your head. Chest and shoulders is better until you get to Goldwang size fairings that shield you fully.
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Yeah, unless you're going full dadbike a better crash helmet is always going to be a cheaper and much more effective solution.
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It's important not only how tall the screen is, but where exactly the wind coming over the top is hitting the rider. I bought a 2" taller screen for my Oldwing and at 6'2" the wind coming over the top causes buffeting around my helmet. If it were a few inches lower, that wind might just hit me in the chest and I might not get the buffeting. I could probably light a match and hold it lower behind the screen there's so much wind protection down there but I'm just tall enough to catch that turbulence. I need to add a deflector.
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I’ve had this on the goldwing for like two years now and it’s fantastic https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08S7GH7DY/
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Oct 11, 2021 13:30
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Jim Silly-Balls posted:I’ve had this on the goldwing for like two years now and it’s fantastic Ordered! Thanks
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Oct 11, 2021 13:43
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A single layer windshield will always give you really bad buffeting unless it extends clear above your head. That lip JSB linked works a treat to smooth out the airflow no matter how high or low the top of the shield is, it's great.
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Oct 11, 2021 13:59
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The daddest of dads add an extra lip on top of the first one.
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High Protein posted:The daddest of dads add an extra lip on top of the first one. This is the final boss you need to defeat before you can ascend to true dadbike mastery  Gorson posted:Ordered! Thanks One thing to note is that if you mount it like they show it in the amazon ad, its gonna break. After reading a ton of reviews on them, everyone complaining of breakage had one thing in common, they were mounting them with the arms fully extended upwards, which puts a ton of stress on them, and they snap. If you mount it with the arms facing down and sitting behind the windshield extender, you should be good.  The locking portions on mine did eventually loosen up and get wobbly and I had to put some real bolts in there, but YMMV on that one. I've got a few thousand miles on mine set up like this, with tons of highway riding, and it's been great. 
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Yep. Got one for the Bandit when I started doing long trips on the highway, moved it over to the GSF when I got it. They're so good. 
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Lips on lips on lips until it looks like a lighthouse lens
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The ultimate in comfort
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who knows how to form optically clear polycarbonate and wants to get in on this Fresnel windshield business I just came up with deflects wind like you wouldn't believe and you can use it to start fires when you're moto-camping
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Jim Silly-Balls posted:This is the final boss you need to defeat before you can ascend to true dadbike mastery A little bit of vomit came up when I saw this.
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Slavvy posted:A little bit of vomit came up when I saw this. Aww, I was like that the first time I fell in love, too.
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Russian Bear posted:I know there are a few of us on here with MT03s. Has anyone put a windscreen on theirs that they like? I have the additional problem of being 6'4 so I assume I'll need a super dorky tall one to take wind blast off my head. Also with said dork level I assume it comes with a top box too. I don't know how long you've had your motorcycle but my advice is to really, really wait before you commit to getting a huge dorky dad screen for your naked bike, because you really will adapt to wind blast over a period of months and several thousand miles. I thought I wanted one of these when I first got my bike, but after four or five thousand miles I found that highway speeds really didn't bother me like they used to. Now I'm glad I saved a few hundred bucks and avoided having to look at that thing all the time. I still wouldn't want to do a cross-continent interstate journey on my naked bike, probably. But if I wanted to do a ride like that I wouldn't be shopping for windscreens, I'd be shopping for a different bike.
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You absolutely don't need a barn door windscreen. A small fly screen that blocks some of the wind from hitting your chest but still leaves your head and shoulders in clean air can make a huge difference for riding longer distances at speed on a naked bike.
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FBS posted:I don't know how long you've had your motorcycle but my advice is to really, really wait before you commit to getting a huge dorky dad screen for your naked bike, because you really will adapt to wind blast over a period of months and several thousand miles. I'll see if the yamaha screens (they're small) are available then. Can't seem to find any reviews on those surprisingly.
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This one? https://www.shopyamaha.com/product/details/new-front-cowl-2020-mt-03 My friend ordered one, and it was on back order for over a year. I’m not sure if she ever got it actually. Good luck!
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