| Author | Message | ||
     Jst |
Fog, How's your bandwidth? I've got tons of pictures of my rebuild/customizing. I can zip them and email them if you're interested. JT | ||
| Bluzm2 |
Fog, I can show you mine decorated with salt!!! | ||
| Snail |
Jim Wit, our houses are the same color. What are you using for decking? Paul | ||
| Phillyblast |
btw to jump back to the RS on ebay, I assumed the seller just made a mistake in the listing since there's a shot of the title in the pics. now back to preparing the sub-floor for the bathroom before I start looking at the ad again. | ||
| Bluzm2 |
Philly, Step away from the edge....... Aww what the hell! Go for it!!! Dooo Eeeeeet!! | ||
| Rattler |
Heck Philly if you don't.... I might!!! Dale A. | ||
| Jim_witt |
Paul, Upper deck (in the original picture above) is a rubber membrane over plywood. It was an eight-coat process (for me). On each coat you sprinkle super fine rubber particles (looks like sand) over the wet rubber paint for a cushion effect. It actually worked out pretty well “if” the carpenter would of done his job correctly. I’ve had a butt-load of problems with quality workmanship with top dollar wages paid. I’m pretty disappointed with the entire adventure to date. Probably end up selling the place in a year or so and build what I really want …… dunno. The picture below is the redwood decking on the bottom floor. I used the rubber membrane on the upper floor so you could be on the bottom floor decking and not get rained or snowed on (sort'a).  BTW, congrats! Somehow I knew you'd kick some serious butt! Wish I could have been there this year. -JW:>  | ||
| V2win |
Has anyone here tried to modify a Mikuni so the throttle return spring is not so strong? My wrist wants to give up after a few hundred miles on the road. I have heard several complaints about this but as of yet no solution. Ideas? | ||
| Ccryder |
John: Next thing you'll be complaining about is the clutch is too hard to pull, and you have changed employers to a bike magazine  . I heard you needed my help today with some ribs. Later Neil S. | ||
| Leftcoastal |
VTwin--Try a "Throttle Rocker" it's a plastic piece that wraps around the throttle which allows you to rest the outside of the palm of your hand on a flat tab-like piece, thus relieving your grip. About 10 bucks at most bike shops. Don't leave home without it! | ||
| Buellbob |
throttle rocker is great for long distance rides. just take it off for around town riding. Bob | ||
| V2win |
Neil, Yep, you were on our minds. Lots and lots of ribs. Leftcoastal, I already have a Throttlemiester. The problem I have is that I did a get off several years ago that ended up with me in the hospital and 13 fractures in my right hand/wrist. I ended up in a cast for 18 months trying to get everything to mend. My wrist never did get all its strength back and ended up with about 60% of its mobility. What I want to do, is change/alter the spring on the Mikuni. We ride a lot of curvy roads where a throttle lock just will not work. After a couple of hours my wrist begins to go south. I was hoping that someone here had already done the homework for me.  edited by V2win on September 28, 2003 edited by V2win on September 28, 2003 | ||
| Bartimus |
V2win, I've done the mod on one of my bikes that runs a 42 Mikuni. I just cut 1 or 2 coils off of the top of the spring and reinstalled it. Just remember that this spring closes the carb when you release throttle. Make it too weak and your throttle may not close properly which tends to cause problems. Good luck | ||
| Bartimus |
Jim_Witt, are you going to be heading up to the TorqueFest? If so will you be going down to Phoenix or just heading up from home? I'll be coming through Payson on Friday afternoon on my way up to ShowLow if you want to hook up. | ||
| Shotgun |
v2win, the Throttle Rocker is not a throttle lock in any way shape or form. It just sits on the end of your right grip and allows you to control the throttle with the heel of your hand, without having to use your wrist at all. | ||
| Nevco1 |
v2win...Having both breaks and carpal tunnel, I do two things to alleviate the pain you are referring to and neither involve a throttle lock or throttle rocker. First, I support my upper body via my stomach and back muscles. Second, I hold the grips in my fingers, not the palms of my hands. In essence, I do not put much load on my hands plus my wrists and elbows are not locked and move like a lever. The key is to try and keep your forearms roughly parallel to the ground. Additionally, in cold damp weather, I sometimes use neoprene wrist supports (with thumb hole) that wrap the palm and wrist. These were a great training aid at first to help with the two steps listed above and now I use them very seldom. I tried a throttle rocker for a while and tossed it. It caused me more grief in traffic and the twisties than it was worth. However, I do use a throttle lock on long rides when I feel the need to shift around. | ||
| Jim_witt |
Art, I'm sure I won't be making the trip (bike or in a car). I have a couple of herniated disk (L4-L5) in my lower back. Just had the MRI on Thursday. Had to double up on my muscle relaxers and pain-killers just to get up and back to Pine today ...... and I wasn’t even the one driving. The last time I screwed my back up it took me 2 to 3 weeks just to get the inflammation down. Not fun stuff, -JW:> | ||
| Snake |
Hey guys! Where is the best place to buy a chain drive conversion kit for a 96 S1? I snapped a new belt this past weekend and figure it's time to step up to the plate and get the chain? Do they come with a chain tensioner? I have a 88" nallin kit in it.... Any help would greatly be appreciated. | ||
| Court |
Totally non-motorcyle.....best highway/street tires for a pickup? I've been running Goodyear Wrangler RT/S and reading about their poor performance on wet pavement. The world seems quick to cuss and slow to suggest. Anyone had good luck with anything? I'm looking for highway, not heavy lugged go anywhere hummer rubber.... Court | ||
| Bads1 |
Court check out Bridgestone Dueller H/T 's they are pretty quiet and last.Have them on my 4 Runner they do well in all conditions.I've had Goodyear and BF's with Goodyear cupping on me at about 35,000 miles and the BF's just simply had poor ride quality. | ||
| Yardbird |
Michelin makes the best light truck tires IMHO. I have them on my Z71 and on a 4wd Suburban. Quiet, nice ride, good wear characteristics. Costco sells them pretty reasonably. YMMV etc etc Yardbird | ||
| V2win |
Court, A tire that I like is the Dunlop Sport Rover. Its great in the wet. Good mileage. Check out the Tire Rack site. edited by V2win on September 28, 2003 | ||
| Clydeglide |
>>>>Michelin makes the best light truck tires IMHO. Without a doubt. Probably the best tires for most applications. LTX M/S on the Jeep. X Ones on the Chevy. 40k+ miles on the Chevy tires. Still round, no vibration at ANY speed and have never been rebalanced since installed! Jeep tires have 20k miles and look like new and still round. I was in the car service biz for 20 yrs and have had the fewest problems with Michelins. | ||
| Road_thing |
Highway? You mean to say you take that wimpy little truck out on the highway?? You'd be road kill down here in Texas! Get a real truck!  r-t  | ||
| Henrik |
Another few pictures on the Team Elves site. Enjoy. Henrik | ||
| Mbsween |
Guys, just a reminder, 4 wheels is two too many, unless you're going to a track day. Court what the hell does one do in Manhattan with a pickup? | ||
| Al_lighton |
URGENT Wheel bearing question- Hypothetically, or course, lets say that someone installed a brand new 62205 bearing on the wrong side (i.e. one 62205 + one 6205 on the pulley side, and one 6205 on the brake side), and only figured it out AFTER putting all the other new bearings in too. And lets say, in this hypothetical situation, that one was required to remove all of the said brand new bearings from the wheel using a blind bearing puller (slide hammer style) that extracts the bearings by yanking on the inner race. That means that the significant extraction forces from the slide hammer are tranmitted from the inner race across the ball bearings to the outer race to get it out. In this HYPOTHETICAL situation, would you HYPOTHETICALLY use the extracted bearings or get new ones? If the Hypothetical bearings exhibit no notchiness whatsoever, is there still a reasonable chance that the races and/or balls have been coined in the extraction process anyway, and that their life has been substantially reduced? I need an answer right away, as I'm in the final throes of readying the bike for Torquefest. Lastly, before I get slammed for not putting it in the knowledge vault, I couldn't..the wheels section is locked for some reason. | ||
| Davegess |
Buy new bearings, take those numbers to a bearing supply house and save some bucsk over your Buell dealer. | ||
| Iamike |
Al, What is the difference between the 2 types of bearings? When I replaced mine 27,000mi. ago I used the 6205 on both sides. I would say that if you are in a pinch they would be ok, but if you buy them from a bearing supply store (less $), change them out when you can. Granted we are on two wheels, but bearings are pretty resiliant. After I pulled mine with a slide hammer I couldn't feel any roughness at all. | ||
| Al_lighton |
Neil S (ccryder) called, he uses lots of bearings in his job. He said to replace them as well, which is what my inclination was anyway. No big deal, Kaman Direct ships them to me from a bearing supply house that's only about 10 miles away, so I'll get them. OR would, if I was in such a hypothetical situation  Mike, the rear wheels have 3 bearings...two 6205's on the pulley side, and a 62205 on the disc brake side. The 62205 is about .10" or so (guess) wider, but has the same OD and ID. Probably has a higher load rating. But if you put the wheel together with 3 6205's, then your swingarm has been squished together by .10" or so more than the design, OR, your bearing inner races aren't in compression. Both sound bad. You sure you did that? I'd fix it if I was you. OTOH, if you did it 27,000 miles ago, I'd replace all three of them now anyway. Al |
