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What did I do to my bike today

Started by Argh Oh, September 12, 2015, 12:04:33 PM

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DachshundUberAlles

Performed the 3481 mile "service" on the VFR. Changed to oil and filter and installed a new set of tires. Trying Pirellis this time. Diablo Rosso Corso on the front, Diablo Rosso II on the rear. I'm trying a different set up on the front, changing from the stock 120/70 front to a 120/60 to see if that might "quicken" the front end feel a bit.
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Chuck A.

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Nice Goat

Changed air filter.  New whiter headlight bulbs and whiter LED driving lights.  Finally got a new relay and installed my 10,000 decibel horn.








IBA #63019 - 2022 Yamaha Tenere 700 - 2023 Yamaha XMAX 300
Deep thought: "Pie and coffee are as important as gasoline."

Nice Goat

Gave her a good rubbing ... cleaned all her dirty bits ... found a staple in the rear tire, but it didn't go all the way through, thank goodness ...

IBA #63019 - 2022 Yamaha Tenere 700 - 2023 Yamaha XMAX 300
Deep thought: "Pie and coffee are as important as gasoline."

01YZF6

Front led flushies, rear dual led turn/BRAKE Signals

jrobinson

Finally dug down to the problem, the shifting pawl, now to put everything back on the Harley.


JBMFT

Quote from: jrobinson on March 25, 2016, 09:40:32 AM
Finally dug down to the problem, the shifting pawl, now to put everything back on the Harley.



You are a brave man.

Chitza

Spent half the day removing the old, dead battery and looking for a replacement. No luck.

Checked and cleaned the air filter.

Then added prophylactic protection for my new fork seals :)
Loud pipes make me hungry for Valium biscuits and scotch gravy. - kdtrull

Yeah....ham it up, crackers.   ;D -kdtrull
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Justin

Chitza

Completed my lessons in German vocabulary.

Loud pipes make me hungry for Valium biscuits and scotch gravy. - kdtrull

Yeah....ham it up, crackers.   ;D -kdtrull
The politically correct term is "Saltine American". -KevinB

norton73

Quote from: Chitza on March 29, 2016, 06:33:10 PM
Completed my lessons in German vocabulary.



The old BMW airheads had a battery that was almost as difficult to remove. An old joke was that the first thing on the assembly line was the battery, then they built the bike around it. :)
Loose nut holding the handlebars

Chitza

#71
Now that I have a new battery, I need more light with less watts used so I can run heated gear and charge my phone. My stator only puts out 400w with the bike using almost 300 of that.

I got these from ADVmonster, saving me about 75w in headlight usage.


They were a perfect fit but the H3 low beam bulb required some engineering with a paper clip to replace the OEM clip that held the bulb in place. Plug and play!



Everything buttoned up and now I have light!



I'll take some night time photos soon. And review the functionality over the OEM.


Before(top), after(bottom) for comparison:

Loud pipes make me hungry for Valium biscuits and scotch gravy. - kdtrull

Yeah....ham it up, crackers.   ;D -kdtrull
The politically correct term is "Saltine American". -KevinB

Chitza

Loud pipes make me hungry for Valium biscuits and scotch gravy. - kdtrull

Yeah....ham it up, crackers.   ;D -kdtrull
The politically correct term is "Saltine American". -KevinB

terryrussell1


RubyRider

Really Bright!...................................Nice Setup!
If you aint smokin, you are eatin dust!