What is this wire?

[Noreg]

Honda once used a nice rubber tip that flipped the side-stand up providing you hadnt leaned over too far. Its time for a retrofit. Get a bigg rubber eraser and a stove bolt.

I've ridden off with it down. I suspect norwegian roads have a similar feature, its so bumpy here that the sidestand will be pushed up before you get up to speed. Generally the grinding noise alerts me pretty quickly.

[Rich82GS750TZ]

this thread will never be complete without that phone video!
c'mon now ... none of us will laugh, promise!

Ok, against my better judgement (like so many things, lately), here’s the shakedown ride that almost ended before I even got out of the driveway. Oh, and my wife likes to make sudden, artistic, landscape/portrait orientation changes when shooting video. Sorry. And remember, you promised not to laugh.

[BigD_83]

OK...that generated a chuckle, only because I think we've all done similar things in the past

P.S. I never promised I wouldn't laugh

[1948man]

Ok, against my better judgement (like so many things, lately), here’s the shakedown ride that almost ended before I even got out of the driveway. Oh, and my wife likes to make sudden, artistic, landscape/portrait orientation changes when shooting video. Sorry. And remember, you promised not to laugh.

You handled it well. You should have just said you were testing your technique of emergency kickstand raising.

[Redman]

Rich,

Good recovery. I too have recovered from driveway or parking lot take offs. But in my incident last year, I got up to maybe 50 mph, and didint figure out what was going on untill right before going off road (and something kicked me in butt and pavement coming up to my face).

THere is more to the Honda setup than just the rubber finger. The Honda setup (on my 86 VT500 anyway) kinda doesnt lock into place untill have bike leant over onto it., so if the stand is down/forward while bike upright it doesnt take much for it go back over the cam-over point and then spring return, but with bike leant onto the stand you can not push it back/up. Harleys do that too, which is why they dont go as far forward as we would be accustom to, but with bike leant over on it it is locked into place.

Noreg,

Well, we resolved your "what is this wire" question.
And verified your oil pressure swtich and light operation.

We got you pointed in the right direction for the oil leak in that area, and the cam chain tensioner operation and repair.

And i Diverted the conversation with mentioning the sidestand light (that you dont have).
Sorry, Mostly I wasmaking a joke about some people are more concerned about it than others. Well, at least I didnt divert the conversation even further by showing xrays of broken bone.
My 82 650G had sidestand switch light. THen got 80 850G that I dont recall not having one. THen got 82 1100GK that has one. Os, apparently I thought all had it (along with gear indication).
But then again, untill last summer, I haventy been too concerened about it, and havent paid much attention to it.
But we got Steve to set me straight (again).

[850 Combat]

I suspect that the vacuum petcock, clutch / starter interlock, and sidestand light are the result of product liability nanny switch suits.

The oil leaks you have, with the exception of the oil filter housing if its a stripped bolt, are pretty easy to fix.

[Noreg]

I suspect that the vacuum petcock, clutch / starter interlock, and sidestand light are the result of product liability nanny switch suits.

The oil leaks you have, with the exception of the oil filter housing if its a stripped bolt, are pretty easy to fix.

Two of the bolts got stuck to the acorn nuts and came out, the third one is too far in, and I'm lacking a washer (its too far in). It is also possible I slightly snagged the o-ring when installing it. My first oil filter change ever (on any vehicle) so I am sure my technique will improve.

I am ordering all the stuffs and things I need now.

[850 Combat]

Sometimes the oil filter gasket just doesn't want to lay in the groove.

[Noreg]

Sometimes the oil filter gasket just doesn't want to lay in the groove.

Im scared to open it again, Im afraid I will make it worse. I will make sure to have grease on hand next time to glue it stuck. And also have a very clean bike. I think some sand or grit made it leak first, and then I over torqued the nuts.

I just put an order in for new studs and nuts and washers, fingers cross they arrive before my next oil change (1600km /about 1000 miles). I'll put the new studs in with green loctite, and then use proper torque when reassembling. It will take some time to brake clean all the oil out. But I am sure I could survive riding some other bike for a week.

[Steve]

When you get your new studs, take note that there are more threads on one end than on the others. Put the end with fewer threads into the engine.

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[Noreg]

When you get your new studs, take note that there are more threads on one end than on the others. Put the end with fewer threads into the engine.

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The gapped part, is it supposed to be inside or outside the engine? I really dont want to stuck it the wrong way.

[Gorminrider]

the unthreaded portion is for the thickness of the filter's cover...if that's what you mean.