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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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Nice Goat

Quote from: bblass on June 21, 2018, 12:25:20 PM
That harbor freight lift is GOLD!


Best $80 that I've spent in a while
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Fencejumper09

Quote from: gulfcoaster on June 21, 2018, 04:25:10 PM
Are those the Motoz?

The rear is the Motoz Tractionator HT and the front is the Pirelli Scorpion Rally. This is the best combo I have found for traction and mileage!

The rear howls like crazy but it is glorious offroad!

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DonJuan

Quote from: Fencejumper09 on June 22, 2018, 06:40:43 AM
The rear is the Motoz Tractionator HT and the front is the Pirelli Scorpion Rally. This is the best combo I have found for traction and mileage!

The rear howls like crazy but it is glorious offroad!


Good looking set of knobs.  I don't mind the howl on the road. The only thing that bothers me about running aggressive tires on the road is braking distance increase.


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Nice Goat

Went riding this morning (about 80 miles) to get the rest of the corn out of my tank.  Got home and decided to put on new tires and heavy-duty tubes in preparation for my trip next month.  Dunlop D606s and IRC HD tubes.


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springer

#350
Quote from: Nice Goat on June 24, 2018, 03:18:58 PM
... IRC HD tubes.

I have found the Michelin HD tubes a pain to take a patch. Have you had the same results with the IRC?
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Nice Goat

Quote from: springer on June 24, 2018, 03:23:47 PM
I have found the Michelin HD tubes a pain to take a patch. Have you had the same results with the IRC?

Usually I carry a spare tube.  I've only ever had to patch one tube in my life, and I can't remember what brand it was.
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DonJuan

These could be the sexiest brake lines ever. I'll begin the changeout on the ZRX tonight.





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DonJuan

#353
I cleaned the brake jelly out of my lines and calipers today.  Sprayed them out with brake cleaner, now soaking overnight with fresh DOT4. Then a final wipe down and cleaning and she can go back together.


I bet it'll stop better after this. That's a pretty telling mixture of brake cleaner and rancid brake fluid.



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DonJuan

Too much orange goo remained in the calipers for me to feel good about reassembly. That and I couldn't resist spending $68 on rebuild kits.


Spent most of the day trying to clean up the parts, waiting on new seals to get here next week.

Brake cleaner didn't work.

Brake fluid didn't work.

Gasoline made a small dent in the grime.

What worked?  S100. Yep, good ol S100 did the trick.



A 30 minute $100 brake pad change turned into a two week $400 brake system rebuild.

I do it every time.


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merc16

Wow ! They look new !

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Nice Goat

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Mulley

DonJuan, it looks like S100 did an impressive job cleaning those. How much was the cleaner vs the elbow grease?
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DonJuan

Quote from: Mulley on July 06, 2018, 07:53:40 PM
DonJuan, it looks like S100 did an impressive job cleaning those. How much was the cleaner vs the elbow grease?
Maybe 5 minutes per piece of scrubbing with a toothbrush, after a 20 minute presoak. Before that they looked rough.

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Random pics of Big Blue's swingarm upgrade with a titanium pivot shaft and a lighter pivot tube from ZX6.

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