What did you do to your motorcycle today?

**Bugs** · 08-13-2012 08:11 PM

dropped the bike off early april. FINALLY got it back about a week ago. (rebuilding and repairing a 22 year old FZR600 would be easier if parts were a) available b) still produced c) easily diagnosed d) all the above..Answer is d).

Since then, scrubbed the bike clean from sittining in shop for 2+ months. Scrubed and oiled the chain and adjusted tension.

Now im getting re-aquainted with the old gal. Drove 10K last summer. 2k this spring, and then it went into the shop. Hoping to do another 5-10K this year. (kms fwiw). Still, Lots of riding to do).

**mad8vskillz** · 08-14-2012 09:47 AM

Originally Posted by Metallitubby

Down 4? You bought the wrong bike duder. Me -1 front, +4 rear!

owheely?

**TBT-Syncro** · 08-14-2012 12:52 PM

Originally Posted by Metallitubby

Down 4? You bought the wrong bike duder. Me -1 front, +4 rear!

doh, was supposed to be +4, went from 38 to 42

**Metallitubby** · 08-15-2012 07:48 AM

Originally Posted by mad8vskillz

owheely?

Da

Originally Posted by TBT-Syncro

doh, was supposed to be +4, went from 38 to 42

Ya had me worried for a sec.

**nhbubba** · 08-15-2012 09:03 AM

Yesterday I did a 'track day' with my V-Strom. I have never ridden that hard in my life. Beat the **** out of my tires, brakes, and my legs!

Sign rolling out of the infield says "Welcome back to speed limits". Indeed.

**TBT-Syncro** · 08-15-2012 06:03 PM

installed my 42 tooth along with a new DID chain.
also changed the front pads from OEM to EBC HH sintered pads (holy friction batman)

next up changing my lower triple clamp to drop the offset from 16 down to 14.

**Knock Sensor** · 08-15-2012 07:31 PM

Originally Posted by TBT-Syncro

installed my 42 tooth along with a new DID chain.
also changed the front pads from OEM to EBC HH sintered pads (holy friction batman)

next up changing my lower triple clamp to drop the offset from 16 down to 14.

Granted I changed to non bent rotors which helped tons, but switching to those ebc hh pads was a huge improvement as well.

**Spinnaker** · 08-16-2012 01:42 AM

Originally Posted by Knock Sensor

Granted I changed to non bent rotors which helped tons, but switching to those ebc hh pads was a huge improvement as well.

I put those on my SV and flushed fluid before my ERC. During the stopping drill the instructor of 15 years told me he had never seen a bike stop as fast as mine

**sonicGLI** · 08-16-2012 02:07 AM

Cleaned and waxed the chain. Aligned the front-end (a lot more involved than I thought

) which turned out to be pretty much in line in the beginning and gave her a much needed bath (sorry, no photos

)

Next weekend is coolant flush/replacement and some rewiring on the shoddy job that the guy did for the lights on the rearend. They work fine, just bugs the hell out of me how horrible the wiring job was

**atomicalex** · 08-16-2012 02:56 AM

Greased the fork stanchions right above the seals. Will do again tomorrow morning before I sit my butt on the bike and compress the fork.

Hopefully this removes a bit of the stiction I have been noticing lately.

also... thoroughly enjoyed the nice, cool weather this morning. I need to figure out a twisty way to work. The highways are not cutting it any more. There is one and only one thing I miss about Philly: Riding home from Valley Forge to Manayunk on the 23 and Old Gulph Road/Spring Mill Road. I can only imagine how much fun those would be on a bike. I want to tear through the ford in the road and get slideways and power out of it up the hill like a crazy motocross rider with my feet sticking out and all.

**GoRacers** · 08-16-2012 09:38 AM

Dropped it off for new tires this morning.

**hrama803** · 08-16-2012 10:09 AM

Rolled over 28k on the odometer..

**rpmk4** · 08-16-2012 12:52 PM

rode to work with a 50% change of scattered evening thunderstorms... they should be arriving within the hour...****!

**mad8vskillz** · 08-16-2012 05:47 PM

Sv: finally put on the f3 wheel with new sprocket and cush. Rides fine

Romano's track sv: made a list of parts in need of repair or replacement... It's a big list...
Nsr: gear oil, chain, etc. Still need to fix fibeeglass and get new fasteners
Crf: pulled the wacky oily engine out and put in a whole i bought online (will see how it works out) ran out of time before getting fuel and stuff hooked up.

Not bad for vacation day 1... (i took off work to go to indy motogp, that fell through, so i now have 5 days of staycation)

sent from a submarine using an enigma machine

**sonicGLI** · 08-16-2012 07:26 PM

The week of:

- Changing the oil
- Changing/flushing coolant
- Cleaning/waxing chain
- Washing/Polishing/Waxing Bike from top to bottom

... is finally over. It was totally worth it

**ANSAracingb** · 08-17-2012 12:33 AM

Rode it to work, and thought about cleaning it when I got home...but I didn't follow through with it. That's what the weekend is for!

**atomicalex** · 08-17-2012 03:54 PM

PLPs and more PLPs.

Then, I bought these...

http://www.louis.de/_30d0d556e094f49...artnr=10014221

**mad8vskillz** · 08-17-2012 08:44 PM

Originally Posted by ANSAracingb

Rode it to work, and thought about cleaning it when I got home...but I didn't follow through with it. That's what the weekend is for!

Cleaning? Bleh. Dirt under 1" doesnt affect performance and over 1" falls off by itself.

I found a nail in my DAY OLD sv tire. Off it comes for an inside plug.
The crf is almost done. Need a carb rebuild and a clutch lever. But i rode it around with no clutch and weird carb issues anyway.

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**mad8vskillz** · 08-17-2012 08:45 PM

Originally Posted by atomicalex

PLPs and more PLPs.

Then, I bought these...

http://www.louis.de/_30d0d556e094f49...artnr=10014221

Need nurburgring shape ones like my 1552 keychain

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**soldierguy** · 08-17-2012 10:19 PM

The pic alone is worth the quote. Very nice!

Originally Posted by sonicGLI

The week of:

- Changing the oil
- Changing/flushing coolant
- Cleaning/waxing chain
- Washing/Polishing/Waxing Bike from top to bottom

... is finally over. It was totally worth it

**soldierguy** · 08-17-2012 10:25 PM

I cleaned mine today...got the grime off of it from riding a bit in the rain and from sitting in the parking lot at work all week.

Oh and yesterday evening I felt like doing a little tinkering. It hit me that I hadn't ridden my Guzzi with the stock exhaust can on it...I had a Mistral carbon fiber can put on it before I took delivery. So for the heck of it, I put the stock exhaust on it and took it for a ride.

2 hours later (after the stocker got cool enough to touch), the Mistral was back on. Its not that the stock can is bad...it's just heavy and waaaaayyyyyyy too quiet. It's a shame to have an Italian V-twin muffled down so quiet.

Tomorrow: a ride in the Rockies, no particular destination in mind.

**mad8vskillz** · 08-18-2012 06:11 PM

Got the rear plugged with a mushroom and vulcanizing plug. Scored a free clutch lever and perch in the process.

Then soldered a rr plug on my buddy's customer's gixxer, changed a 1125rr tire (btw, what a pain in the rear job, the axle is left threaded and the swingarm was too wide for all our stands), changed some innertubes on a dirtbike, replaced a chain and sprocks on another gix... I guess i spent like 5hrs in my buddys shop helping him earn money and stuff.

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**hrama803** · 08-18-2012 06:54 PM

I tightened the chain... Hearing a weird sound and vibrations on the shifter...

**nimmo** · 08-18-2012 09:53 PM

Abused the tires at a track day

**turbinepowered** · 08-21-2012 09:14 PM

Left it at work, because I gashed my fingertips at work and can't squeeze the clutch lever.

I have better bandaging on now, I'll pick it back up tomorrow.

**Northren vr6** · 08-21-2012 11:31 PM

Originally Posted by mad8vskillz

Cleaning? Bleh. Dirt under 1" doesnt affect performance and over 1" falls off by itself.

I found a nail in my DAY OLD sv tire. Off it comes for an inside plug.
The crf is almost done. Need a carb rebuild and a clutch lever. But i rode it around with no clutch and weird carb issues anyway.

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What year / cc Crf do you have?

**Knock Sensor** · 08-24-2012 01:20 PM

New squishy gel grips to make riding it longer than an hour more tolerable.

**mad8vskillz** · 08-24-2012 01:26 PM

Originally Posted by Northren vr6

What year / cc Crf do you have?

'04 100. will be used for spec 100 class in minigp

**42green** · 08-24-2012 01:38 PM

bought two tire tubes
one the wrong size
tried mounting one tire - failed
going to the local shop to get them done...

**42green** · 08-24-2012 03:49 PM

back from the shop. now all i have to do is get them back on the bike within the next week so I can ride to Lime Rock

**Metallitubby** · 08-24-2012 04:45 PM

new grips and almost bought a 2012 RC8R... almost

**PlatinumGLS** · 08-24-2012 04:48 PM

Going to be bleeding the clutch today. Might clean it as well...

**BlkMkVGTi** · 08-24-2012 10:25 PM

Originally Posted by Metallitubby

new grips and almost bought a 2012 RC8R... almost

Shoulda coulda woulda

**bomber vw** · 08-24-2012 10:27 PM

Took her for a quick ride..

**AshyLarry** · 08-25-2012 04:18 PM

Technically I didn't do sh*t, but I paid and rode it home. Finally back from the shop with new fuel pump, Factory pro intake, timing rotor and jet kit. It went from too fast, to wayyyy to fast. Huge sh*t eatin' grin on my face the entire way home. Now to give it a decent clean up.

R1 Shopping tomorrow....

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