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cursedshitbox posted:Image is a link to an album of what's in the log.
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slam dem bars yooooo    (Had to remove the bars to loosen off the steering head cap nut to make another go of fixing the front end; it's certainly improved now though I'm not sure it's perfectly straight. Whatever, it'll do and if it needs further work it'll get picked up on at MOT.)
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Sep 2, 2022 06:42
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How often do you drop bolts down the gaps in your decking?
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Sep 2, 2022 07:45
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Only three times so far, but yeah it's terrible. It's getting ripped out at some point and replaced with a concrete slab and metal shed to keep the bikes in (which was supposed to happen this year but we've run out of free time to see it done, so it'll not be til next spring now)
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Sep 2, 2022 13:16
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Sold it today. Very bittersweet. Good price but I hated leaving it in the lot for the last time :|
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Sep 2, 2022 22:24
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right arm posted:Lol california lol he's in Switzerland
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Sep 3, 2022 19:30
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Jazzzzz posted:lol he's in Switzerland ah, european california
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Sep 3, 2022 19:40
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right arm posted:ah, european california The surf culture isn't quite as strong there.
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Sep 3, 2022 19:48
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Finger Prince posted:The surf culture isn't quite as strong there. Gun culture is also quite a bit stronger there.
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Sep 3, 2022 20:38
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Where does the incomprehensible pseudo language come in play in California though
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Sep 3, 2022 20:49
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TotalLossBrain posted:Where does the incomprehensible pseudo language come in play in California though Don't say that about Italian!
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Sep 3, 2022 21:04
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TotalLossBrain posted:Where does the incomprehensible pseudo language come in play in California though Taishanese
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Sep 3, 2022 21:17
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My wife spotted a box sitting in the rain on our back deck last night. No idea how long it’s been sitting there. Thanks delivery dude! But you could have read the instructions and put it in the parcel box next to the front door… Coincidentally, it’s Father’s Day today and what was in the box is a B&B off-road rear rack. It’s nearly like it’s not there.  Now I need to find a knockoff pelican box and design or find a quick release mechanism. Then off to the dadbike thread.
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Sep 3, 2022 23:22
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Spark plugs and PAIR delete. Plugs were trivial other than #3 which was a little tight, but moving the coil out of the way and using the spark plug tool in the factory tool kit made it easy enough. The plugs were all barely finger tight so that was cool, more fun from the hacks the PO had working on this thing. Probably tightened by the same moron who tightened the drain plug that disappeared on me when I was riding it home after purchase. Also wired up a relay and installed a USB port. Trying some VHB first as I really don't want to drill into the frame and there's not really a better place to put it. Also prewired for heated grips I have coming so that should be a pretty quick install.   
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Sep 4, 2022 01:00
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opengl128 posted:The plugs were all barely finger tight so that was cool, more fun from the hacks the PO had working on this thing. Probably tightened by the same moron who tightened the drain plug that disappeared on me when I was riding it home after purchase. To be honest, I'd rather have fighter-tight spark plugs than gorilla-wrenched plugs. It's fine if a plug unscrews itself, then you can just screw it back in after dealing with the noise. Too tight and you might be looking at a helicoil job.
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Sep 4, 2022 03:08
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Horse Clocks posted:My wife spotted a box sitting in the rain on our back deck last night. No idea how long it’s been sitting there. Thanks delivery dude! But you could have read the instructions and put it in the parcel box next to the front door… Ok. That’s slick; do they do side racks for panniers, or am I missing something with off road soft luggage.
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Sep 5, 2022 00:02
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New clutch cable and oil change. I wasn't at the Honda specified oil change interval but man does the gearbox feel nice all of a sudden.
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Sep 6, 2022 06:52
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Slide Hammer posted:To be honest, I'd rather have fighter-tight spark plugs than gorilla-wrenched plugs. It's fine if a plug unscrews itself, then you can just screw it back in after dealing with the noise. Too tight and you might be looking at a helicoil job. Agreed! I randomly threw a clutch cover on a parts order a while back since it was cheap, even though it was indefinitely backordered and I never expected it to ship. Lo and behold it randomly showed up today 2 months later. I was briefly tempted to sit on it since mine wasn't that bad from the PO, but I couldn't resist throwing it on. New screws too for good measure.  
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Sep 7, 2022 23:03
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Replacement baffle arrived so I reinstalled those, cranked the screws in with red loctite. Looking forward to next week's commute being significantly less ear-splitting.
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Sep 10, 2022 13:44
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Grip heaters and new grips. Kind of annoyed, I've used these same heaters on 3 bikes now, and they used to ship them with a bracket for the round rocker switch if you don't have a fairing or similar to drill a hole and mount it in. That's what it looked like on my Street Triple. Since they don't include it anymore I got a universal handlebar mounted switch. It's functional but a little chunky for me. May keep an eye out for a cleaner solution, or could probably fab something up since its really just a bracket with 2 different sized holes on it. Went with the same Pro Grips I put on my Ninja 250...checks notes...over 15 years ago (gently caress me), since I really liked them then. Wiring was pretty simple since I prewired for these when I installed the relay and the USB port.   
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Sep 11, 2022 21:13
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That's so much better looking than the 80s style controller Oxford uses.  Maybe I'm just precious, but I don't think I could live with that.
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Sep 11, 2022 22:22
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best I’ve seen outside of OEM integrated ones (KTM, BMW, etc) are the koso apollo ones
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Sep 11, 2022 22:57
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Toe Rag posted:That's so much better looking than the 80s style controller Oxford uses. And you'd think being big and clunky would equate to reliability but they gently caress out for no reason all the time!
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Sep 11, 2022 23:37
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right arm posted:best I’ve seen outside of OEM integrated ones (KTM, BMW, etc) are the koso apollo ones They lasted like six months before the rubber grippy poo poo wore away. I trimmed them down and slipped foamies over. https://imgur.com/a/f1Y8YSu got like two years out of em this way till an element died. When it did I stripped the driver out and turned it into a heated gear controller. https://imgur.com/a/O1sBeLH My husbands AT is still rockin' em but he has maybe 10k-mi on the bike.
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Sep 12, 2022 00:19
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Agreed the Oxford controller is lolhuge. I liked the look of the Kosos but glad I didn't spring for them if they don't hold up. Really I went with these because I like that the heating and grips are separate components, just like keeping your modem and router separate. And it's just 2 different elements in each grip that take 12v, no fancy controllers, just a 3 way switch. Cheaper, too. Heaters were $45 and the grips $20. And they've served me well in the past.
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Sep 12, 2022 01:15
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opengl posted:Really I went with these because I like that the heating and grips are separate components, just like keeping your modem and router separate. And it's just 2 different elements in each grip that take 12v, no fancy controllers, just a 3 way switch. Cheaper, too. Heaters were $45 and the grips $20. And they've served me well in the past. This is how I would design the thing. Idk what the real term is but I think of things like buttons integrated into the grips, a digital controller etc as 'fanciness' and to me it's just paying extra for stuff you don't actually need and just get because it looks better on a spec sheet or makes you feel cool, with an unacceptable hit to longevity and ease of repair. Suspension you adjust with a button instead of a screwdriver is the same thing imo.
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Sep 12, 2022 02:01
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Engineering for the sake of engineering
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Sep 12, 2022 03:12
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Jim Silly-Balls posted:Engineering for the sake of engineering Sometimes, but often it's just cheaper to put a mass produced pcb with some membrane switched in a mass produced injection moulded square box, like in the case of the Oxford heated grips.
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Sep 12, 2022 04:38
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Harley ones look ace and are completely unobtrusive.
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cursedshitbox posted:They lasted like six months before the rubber grippy poo poo wore away. ya I pulled the OEM KTM grips off my first set and now have an off-road set with renthals and a second set for idk lol
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Sep 12, 2022 19:10
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Since we're on heated gripchat, I've never had great luck with them. They either dont work for me, or they cook my palm while the top of my hand freezes. I didnt want to do my standard routine of bar mitts on the goldwing, so I opted for deflectors.  These replace an existing bolt in the bottom of the mirror and mount the swivel on that. I loctited the mounting bolt in, because I can already see it loosening up with all the twisting. You just turn them by hand to block or aim the air. So far they work really well. When they are in the blocking position, the air around your hands is extremely still. Even with gloves off I still really couldnt feel much. Granted that was at 75 degrees, so we'll see how that holds up when its down in the 40's later in the year, but all the dads on the dadforums swear by them. When they're open, you can basically aim the air at your hands, or inwards towards the center of the bike which hits your chest then.
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I recently installed Oxford heated grips on my SV650. The control unit is somewhat huge, but what bothered me more was the really thick cable to it. There's also quite a lot of it, the controller, the two grips and the power cable all meet up in a big rats nest. Last time I did this (on a Versys 650) I had plenty of plastic covers to tuck cables behind and also mount the controller on. Now, I managed to tuck the whole mass in behind the instrument cluster nicely out of sight. The bracket it came with puts it at a rather funny angle and the LEDs aren't really visible when seated, but I can just cut out one of my own to fix that (and maybe mount it to the bar directly rather than the bolt for the whole clutch/mirror assembly).  I got the "Evo" grips which are temperature controlled, which so far seems like a functioning idea. I had the regular ones on my previous bike and often had to adjust them while riding (set them to something high until warmed up and then dial it back down). It hasn't been too cold yet (like +10°C the other week), but so far I have just set it to its lowest setting and left it at that, it warms up at full power and then just keeps it there. It's wired to switched power so it just starts up at whatever setting it was when shut down, and I've never had to fiddle with the buttons while riding so having it at a weird angle has so far not really been a problem, but I would still prefer it slightly elsewhere.
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dadbike... dadbike...  dadbike... dadbike...  dadbike... dadbike...  
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This is the way
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Almost colossally hosed myself by changing the oil using the wrong drain plug (which allows 2 critical transmission components to fall out). If you are familiar with the GN125, I am talking about the neutral stopper and its spring. Didn't notice the stopper at first; with a  on my face ("oh? A spring came out. I hope that that's not critical."), put the spring alone back into the drained sump hole and then that drain plug. Filled up oil. Only before disposing of old oil did I notice the stopper. After looking it up a couple of hours later, went "oh poo poo," quickly drained oil again, then removed spring (still in place, thankfully) and reassembled with the stopper in correct order.
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Sep 15, 2022 20:08
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Slide Hammer posted:Almost colossally hosed myself by changing the oil using the wrong drain plug (which allows 2 critical transmission components to fall out). If you are familiar with the GN125, I am talking about the neutral stopper and its spring. This exact thing has happened to me as well.
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Ask me about pulling the oil pump spring on a horizontal honda motor instead of the oil drain plug
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Fuuuck What I did today was drop my Scrambler taking it off the paddock stand. The paddock stand isn't one with bobbins on and not perfectly stable. I was drawing it back on the stand and it wobbled so I decided to put it on the side stand... Which wasn't out. Need a new clutch lever and gear shifter. Slight ding on the crank cover but not enough to bother repairing. Scratch on the mirror and bar end. This is doubly annoying because I was going to take it back to the dealer to have the brake disc looked at, I'll need to replace these bits first or they'll just say I've hosed it up myself.
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