| Author | Message | ||
     Ratbuell |
Fitted a set of Avon Trailriders. Much better fit for an ADV bike than my last set (PR4s)!  Scuffed in for about 75 miles and me likey. Nice transitions, good grip, decently quiet, good on-center stability. We shall see for treadwear... | ||
| Ratbuell |
I have no idea why the angry face is on the message header. First post from the new Android. Must have fat fingered something. | ||
| Ourdee |
Angry face? That's passion brother!  | ||
| Ourdee |
Good lookin' meats there. | ||
| Swanthog |
What's the story with the cannisters? Are those off the shelf? Thanks. | ||
| Ratbuell |
Yep, they're tractor owners-manual canisters. I painted the lids black to cover up the "MANUALS" logo, and had reflective decals made for fuel and first aid. 2 bolts each can, to the bottom of the saddlebag - RTV in the hole, and a large fender washer on the interior of the bag under the loctited nut. The fuel side carries a 1L MSR fuel bottle, perfect fit and 17 miles I don't have to push, should the need arise. | ||
| Dtaylor |
Good call on the Trailriders, Joe. What do you keep in the cannister behind the license plate, and how is it affixed? (Message edited by Dtaylor on August 27, 2018) | ||
| Ratbuell |
It's there for fuel when I don't have the side bags on. I want to say I attached it to the bag rack bars... I keep a small Slime compressor and rope plug kit in the Buell underseat bag, so I don't have to put it in there, and my Buell tool roll is strapped into one of the bags. Although I suppose I could move it to the tube, and free up some room in the bag... | ||
| Tootal |
And I thought those were rocket launchers!!  | ||
| Ratbuell |
Nah. Drop a 9v battery on the ground and it gets rid of tailgaters just as efficiently (and it's cheaper than rockets). Um. I've heard. I DO love riding the bike again. Put the 12 primary back in, sooo much more relaxed on the highway now, not nearly as high-strung. Fresh tires, fresh service...maybe one day I'll service the forks. | ||
| Tootal |
Joe, I don't want to hijack your thread but you mentioned fork service. You and I are nearly the same size so I'll tell you what I did. I was researching Showa forks and found that all of them except for ones for Harley/Buell all used 5wt. fork oil. Now they may have been custom designed for Harley type E but just for fun I used Amsoil 5wt. fork oil and it made a huge difference! It seemed before that when I tried to adjust the forks it didn't make much difference. After switching to the lighter oil you can really feel the difference when you make an adjustment. I can back the fork adjusters off and float down the interstate and then make a quick adjustment and run the Dragon. I don't get that shock in my wrist anymore when hitting smaller road imperfections. Most folks want heavier oil when they need a heavier spring. But IMHO you need lighter oil for them to function correctly if you don't weigh to much and I'm 210 lbs. Just one mans opinion and food for thought. | ||
| Ratbuell |
Much appreciated. I'm...uh...striving to get back to my fighting weight (and I'll leave it at that). Bike has '07 progressive-rate factory springs in it, and honestly I don't think I've serviced the forks since 10k miles (just did the 35k fluids-change). It should probably get done this winter. I'll just have to make the tools - I have a drawer of specialty factory tools but mostly EFI stuff, along with some frame/neck bearing stuff...no fork tools though. |
