what did you wrench on today??

[ddaniels]

Hey Dave, I'm thinking of getting the same risers for the Bandit; did you pick them up locally or order them from somewhere? How did you figure out the cable lengths you needed?

I'm thinking of getting the holeshot handlebar set that comes with the right length cables for the bike already included based on what I see on his website

Scott, you must be talking about the pivot risers since the Bandit already has handlebars. The pivot risers were approx. $20 on EBAY.

[ddaniels]

Scott, I had put ROX risers on my FZ1 and they were perfect. Highly recommended for the Bandit, only don't get ROX, get cheaper copies from EBAY. These seem just as good a quality as the ROX, which were about $80 if I remember correctly.

[ddaniels]

Also, Scott, I didn't change any cable lengths on the FZ1, just rerouted.

[ddaniels]

Hey Dave, I'm thinking of getting the same risers for the Bandit; did you pick them up locally or order them from somewhere? How did you figure out the cable lengths you needed?

I'm thinking of getting the holeshot handlebar set that comes with the right length cables for the bike already included based on what I see on his website

Scott, I just took a look at the Holeshot setup. Those look great and I doubt you would need the swivel risers with those bars. You should try it out without the extra risers first. BTW, I didn't know you had a Bandit.

[cowboyup3371]

Scott, I just took a look at the Holeshot setup. Those look great and I doubt you would need the swivel risers with those bars. You should try it out without the extra risers first. BTW, I didn't know you had a Bandit.

Thanks; I'll consider it but am trying to think of a cheaper route for now seeing as how holeshot wants $400 for the bars and cables. The money isn't a big issue but I would like to see all of my options so I'm going out to Iron Pony tomorrow. I don't remember Speigler being out here so I guess I need to do some looking.

I just picked the Bandit up on April 2nd

[pete]

Gave my dash on the 450 a new lease on life between yesterday and today. Love the Acewell gauge but unfortunately the O rings that make the buttons waterproof perished a while back and the catch with the design of the 2853 is that water pools around the buttons while it's parked outside of work when it rains. I'm an all weather rider so that's a little bit of a PITA.

Anway, a mate suggested I try some external buttons and just seal up the gauge face, and he kindly supplied a couple of waterproof buttons as well. Those went on the dash today and I sealed the existing buttons up with RTV, and I also replaced my 10mm LED voltage indicator with one of these: http://www.sparkbright.co.uk/sparkbr...ge-monitor.php

And unfortunately that is now showing I have a charging problem... I thought my battery was flakey after my New Years Eve slide down the road on some diesel, but alas it doesn't look like it. I'll disconnect the stator from the SH775 tomorrow and see what the AC voltage looks like... fun fun!

[gustovh]

A few weeks ago the wife and I went on a trip that included New York. For our 47th anniversary we bought ourselves a painting from a local artist, it was just the canvas no frame. So today I finished and hung the picture in it's new frame above our bed. I kinda like it.

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[cowboyup3371]

Picked up some basic risers from Iron Pony today for the Bandit and adjusted the rear brake pedal as the PO had it so far down I had problems reaching it when I stop (he claimed he placed it that low as he was too heavy on it). I started in on replacing Charmayne's horns but had to stop for a little bit this evening and will pick it back up later.

[kerrfunk]

FINALLY! I'm on the road again!

Last fall my right engine cover started leaking oil somewhere. I couldn't locate the leak, but my right pantleg would be oily after a ride

I found a new cover on eBay -- one that looked nicer anyway -- and switched em, putting a fresh gasket on.

Bike wouldn't start. I forgot to choke! Then my choke cable broke.

Ordered a new one, it arrived a few days ago, and I got to ride today! Just 20 miles with my daughter because we had a busy day, but I got to ride today!

[Burque73]

Spent most of the day working on both bikes. It was time to check the valves again on the GS and only needed to change one shim. 41K miles on that bike so far. Afterward, I had the Carbtune plugged in and was working on re-syncing the carbs but one just would not cooperate. Instead of an auxiliary tank, I used the bike's tank propped up on saw horses. Just a small extension on the fuel line and I ran it on prime for the task at hand. I went from one carb to the next tweaking just a bit with terrible results, then realized I forgot to plug the vacuum line to the petcock. Since it's not something I do often every time is like the first, learning all over again. Finally got all four pretty close once I stuffed a bolt in the open hose.

On the KLR I got the subframe and foot peg bolt upgrade done. Drilling through the frame for the top bolt sucked a little bit. I almost cooked my 20v cordless drill but after two batteries and lots of oil I made it through. The long bolt pushed right through and fit nicely.

Sure has been nice working in a cool garage. Soon it will be too darn hot to spend much time wrenching in there. My door doesn't seal very well so the elm tree seeds keep blowing in underneath, swirling around when the wind blows. At least fumes don't build up in there with all the air leaks.

[Himble]

Changed out the oil pan with a replacement which has the correct sump plug (I'll refurb the replaced unit with a time-sert or equivalent at some stage down the track.)
Changed the oil filter & oil. Whilst under the bike, removed the prop stand, degreased/paint stripped/repainted all components. When paint has cured, will refit.
Noticed that there are no exhaust pipe gaskets fitted....Grrr! Guess that's the next little job!!

[pete]

Confirmed my stator is toast... resistance measures 1.3 to 1.6 ohms across all three legs, but two of the legs struggle to get above 50VAC once the rev's get up there, and the third leg barely gets beyond 20VAC, so it's definitely bad. At least the SH775 still looks like it's doing its job.

To complicate matters the end broke off the headlight switch a few years ago so it's permanently on, so I can't even help it a bit by turning it off at the moment, really need to do something about that too...

[Steve]

Finally got a chance to do something that qualifies a post in the thread.

My son and I started working on his bike, getting ready for summer in general, and our "little ride" in particular.

Did some clean-up and gasket scraping after this, but this is pretty much the current state:



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[pete]

I managed to "dodgy up" a headlight switch last night to save my battery a little until my stator arrives.

Turns out the Aussie 450's wiring harness has the output of the headlight switch going from the right control block to the dimmer switch in the left control block via a single bullet connector rather than through the plug, so it was a simple matter of mounting a waterproof switch on my dash bracket and effectively splicing it in with a male and female bullet connector. Problem solved!

[GSXR7ED]

Finally got a chance to do something that qualifies a post in the thread.

My son and I started working on his bike, getting ready for summer in general, and our "little ride" in particular.

Did some clean-up and gasket scraping after this, but this is pretty much the current state:



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That looks like fun, Steve!


Ed