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jeffy ole boy
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Posted: Sun May 4th, 2008 02:43 pm |
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Dave wrote: LOL... None yet...
Maybe later today. Hopin' to get the OL out with her bike and I'll grab the camera. This is a whole new experience for me. Totally different feel to the bike.
Guess I got about 20 miles on it yesterday. City streets and freeway. Not too bad. Preacher was right about the power-steering thing. Goin' down the freeway, all I gotta do is THINK about changin' lanes, I'm there...LOL...
Pretty comfortable though. Just take a bit of time to get used to... SOunds pretty cool.... Like having a different bike huh?
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Dave
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Posted: Sun May 4th, 2008 01:00 pm |
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LOL... None yet...
Maybe later today. Hopin' to get the OL out with her bike and I'll grab the camera. This is a whole new experience for me. Totally different feel to the bike.
Guess I got about 20 miles on it yesterday. City streets and freeway. Not too bad. Preacher was right about the power-steering thing. Goin' down the freeway, all I gotta do is THINK about changin' lanes, I'm there...LOL...
Pretty comfortable though. Just take a bit of time to get used to...
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Vero Steve
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Posted: Sun May 4th, 2008 12:47 pm |
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| Pictures???????
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Dave
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Posted: Sat May 3rd, 2008 06:58 pm |
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Got everything done except the front tire. Took it for a spin. City streets and freeway. Gonna take some gettin' used to. Adjustments to my riding style...
So far, I'm happy with the swap...
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Dave
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Posted: Sat May 3rd, 2008 12:41 pm |
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Well, the bike ain't done. But, I'm close. I have to connect a hot wire to the two idiot lights that I'm keeping. (Neutral and Oil) Like a dumbass, I put 'em in place and wired 'em up. Hit the key and nothing. One wire to the sensor, one wire to ground. Hmmm... Yeah, that don't work at all! I'll be correcting that today...
Gotta put the tank back on after I fix that wiring goof. When I started this I had better than half a tank of gas. So, I unbolted the tank, popped the fuel line loose, disconnected the crossover tube and was able to lift the tank off with very little gas spilling. Think I could reverse that process? Oh hell no. I ended up showered in gas. Gas all over the bike, the ground and me. After I got out of the shower, I decided I gotta drain the tank...LMAO!
I've got to pull the side cover off the trans and connect the clutch and adjust it yet. The cable they sold me was for a early model, like a shovel. I swapped the pin in the clutch lever with one for an older model and that end is taken care of.
Front brakes are bled and I don't have any leaks. I used a hard line connected to the banjo-fitting at the master cylinder and then connected to a SS flex down to the junction block. No leaks and a good lever feel, I'm happy...
Should get all of that done today. Still got the front tire and rear master cylinder to take care of. But, it should be rideable sometime this morning...
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Vero Steve
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Posted: Tue Apr 29th, 2008 02:28 pm |
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| Dave get on ebay they have tons of the take off mirrors for $20.00. I buy them all the time, mirrors last about a year down her in the salt air.............Good old Flordia lock tight....salt corosion
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Dave
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Posted: Tue Apr 29th, 2008 01:00 pm |
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When I bought the bike, it had these ISO-style grips on it and they've always been comfortable (the brass or copper plating is showing through the chrome) Maybe I just don't know any better. I ran the soft-spongy types on my last bike, I wasn't too thrilled with those either. Grips and the rear-foot-pegs are the last of the "Personal-Touches" left from the previous owner. Short of checking the VIN, he'd never know it was the same bike...
Yeah, I've looked at those metal grips and thought that they'd be terrible after the bike sat in the sun (or cold) for any length of time. Definitely not something I want to deal with.
Vacation day today...
Gotta get my ass in gear and finish the wiring. So, I'll make a parts run for some 16 ga. wire and some odds and ends...
Also down to the indy to see what we can do about the clutch cable. One thats on it has a loop at the end for the lever, new one has a slug (I guess that's what you'd call it) on the end in the same place. Not sure what I'm gonna have to do. Get a new cable or a new lever that will work with this one...
Maybe I'll see what the indy has for grips while I'm there. Last time I was in, I looked into some new mirrors. My mirrors are both cracked and have pieces missing. Time to replace 'em. Thinking about just running down to Homer Depot and getting a piece of mirror and a glass cutter, try making new lenses on my own. Wouldn't cost much and its gotta be cheaper than replacing the heads on the mirrors...
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Vero Steve
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Posted: Tue Apr 29th, 2008 12:02 pm |
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I can relate to the old boots , just had mine overhauled again, cost me $50.00 but its like giving an old friend a new life......I love my old boots.........LOL
On the grips, I usually buy the HD grips off of Ebay. you can find them for under $50 bucks all the time. The Kuryukan grips I hate and the Arlen Ness all metal grips wear like iron but get hot as hell in the Florida sun....so I just stick to the HD ones and the last me a couple of years or so...........
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Dave
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Posted: Mon Apr 28th, 2008 04:27 pm |
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LOL...
I was ponderin' that idea last night while I had some dinner cookin' on the BBQ and drinkin' a few beers...
I just don't like much of what's out there. These are old and comfortable. Like my favorite boots...LOL
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Vero Steve
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Posted: Mon Apr 28th, 2008 04:21 pm |
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| I replace my grips every couple of years.....When I start get black hands from them they gotta go.............
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Dave
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Posted: Mon Apr 28th, 2008 12:59 pm |
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They were brand new!
In perfect shape. Almost too nice for me to mess around with. Now, I gotta get a new set of grips now to match 'em. Old worn ones fit my hands really nice, hate to get rid of 'em just because they're ugly...LOL
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Vero Steve
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Posted: Mon Apr 28th, 2008 12:50 pm |
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Dave wrote: Yeah they worked out great!!!
They are a bit different than the OEM ones. OEM, the turn-signal switched locked in the on position or in the off position. These are a "Momentary" button. No worries. Not planning on using them anyway, not right now...
Did run into an issue with the front brake light switch. Until I realized it was a screw up on my part. I've got a bit of a gap between the switch housing and the brake lever mount. Just enough that it won't shut off the brake light. So, I've got to close the gap up...
Great, they were in a box a stuff that I bought from a dealer that went out of business a few years back, they looked new or real close to new
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Dave
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Posted: Mon Apr 28th, 2008 12:40 pm |
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Yeah they worked out great!!!
They are a bit different than the OEM ones. OEM, the turn-signal switched locked in the on position or in the off position. These are a "Momentary" button. No worries. Not planning on using them anyway, not right now...
Did run into an issue with the front brake light switch. Until I realized it was a screw up on my part. I've got a bit of a gap between the switch housing and the brake lever mount. Just enough that it won't shut off the brake light. So, I've got to close the gap up...
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Vero Steve
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Posted: Mon Apr 28th, 2008 12:13 pm |
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| Dave... Did the switches work out ok for you? Last edited on Mon Apr 28th, 2008 12:13 pm by Vero Steve |
Dave
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Posted: Mon Apr 28th, 2008 11:02 am |
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Yeah, I've heard the power-steering comparison before. I can deal with that.
I'm just hopin' that I like 'em more than I did the original "buck-horn" bars that were on the bike. Those were really uncomfortable and I didn't care for the way they felt while riding. Never felt like I had the control to take one hand off the bars. With the drags, that went away immediately. Hope its the same with these. They're only 12-inch. Not real tall. But, my arms are about shoulder height when resting on the bars. My seat is pretty low.
Got the final wiring started yesterday. Looks like it ain't gonna be all that tough. Just tedious. Still gonna use a few switches on the bars. Most of 'em actually. Only thing ain't gonna be used is the turn-signals. Not right away. Might eventually hook up a set.
Need to hit an auto-parts store today and get some wire ad plug in connectors...
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the preacher
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Posted: Sun Apr 27th, 2008 11:00 pm |
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Dave:
After the drags, you are gonna feel like you got power steering that is REAL touchy. Be careful. Shouldnt take far to have the feeling for them. If you wobble a little when you start out, thats normal making the change from drags. Leverage difference, you do not realize you are constantly correcting, the leverage will "show you.".
You are gonna like them. Been riding with apes most of my life, save a couple trips to dragbar land for long trips, etc. (wind gets tiring after about 400 miles into a 600 mile trip.)
RSDF
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Dave
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Posted: Sun Apr 27th, 2008 01:08 pm |
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Actually, the bars feel pretty good so far. They feel pretty much like they should be right. I don't have to lean into 'em or away from 'em.
With the drag bars, I was always leaning into 'em.
First ride is going to be interesting...
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jeffy ole boy
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Posted: Sun Apr 27th, 2008 12:59 pm |
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Sounds like its not gonna take much more to get the project done... If your like me I don't have alot of patience I like to git r done... LOL! But taking your time is certainly the better approach and getting it right.
Do the bars feel good? Do you have to lein forward much to grab on to the bars? Just curious how comfortable you think they'll be?
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Dave
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Posted: Sun Apr 27th, 2008 11:14 am |
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Well, bought a set of those step-drill bits and some jeweler's files at Harbor Freight yesterday. (I was runnin' all day. Got new batteries for my drill motor at Sears, and made a few other stops too, I slept late and still beat up the honee-doo list pretty good before I started my stuff...LOL)
The bars are on, the controls are on, the wiring is all running inside the bars. Can't see any of it until ya look at the bottom of the bars between the clamps.
Throttle cables aren't exactly what I was lookin' for. But, they'll work. They have a 45-degree bend, I would rather have a 90-degree bend (comin' right out of the housing)
Clutch cable ain't gonna work. Wrong type of connection at the lever. Old one (that works) has a loop on the end and a pin goes through it and the lever. New one just has a "lump" on the end. So, I'm gonna have to look into either a new lever or another clutch cable. Bike swap-meet is today. So, I'll look around while I'm there...
Otherwise, I still got the front tire to replace and the rear master cylinder. Oh, I got the wiring to finish up too...
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Dave
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Posted: Fri Apr 25th, 2008 01:06 pm |
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| Yup! That's them...
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