| Author | Message | ||
     Ourdee |
Cyclops makes an LED bulb that fits it too.  | ||
| Court |
Somebody thinks like I do . . . my Uly, thanks to the HD Police Bike folks . . has the Whelan TIR3 brake light and Whelan TIR3 turn signals on the hand guards. I don't want to be seen . . . . I want to be OBNOXIOUSLY VISIBLE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGOHF5VzppU (Message edited by court on September 25, 2021) | ||
| Ourdee |
Amen. Preach it pastor Court! | ||
| Ourdee |
I used a radio shack project box and epoxy to re-home the F1 light:   | ||
| Ourdee |
After Crusty was gifted a "Sit & Fly" seat cover at WVBR and rode home on it, He won't stop singing it's praises. So, I knew what I had to do. I wasn't taking a chance on the cheap Fleebay knock offs being the same as the branded "SIT & FLY"! I bought their next to the largest seat cove to insure I got enough material to do both my seats on the himalayan. It came early and I spent time today re-apolstering the seats; the scrap left over:  making rear:   setting it for fit:  and the front:  | ||
| Ourdee |
This mesh is over 1/4 inch thick. Latching and unlatching the seat takes a firm smack now. | ||
| Ourdee |
Helmet lock? The Indians don't need no stinkin' helmet locks. I found the cheapest to buy helmet locks on Ebay are reproduction or replica locks made for old hondas. About $9.oo.  | ||
| 04buell |
Carol here. I had a sit and fly on my Versys 650 and loved it. Sold the bike but kept the sit and fly. Won’t fit anything we have now but if it would for Jerry’s Versys 1000 it would be on it!! It’s a great seat cover. | ||
| 86129squids |
Hey RD! How's the front suspension on that thing? With the added weight of fuel, would you need heavier springs? I got to look at a lady's new Himalayan yesterday at The Shed, very nice bike. Turns out she's a new rider, the RE is her first motorcycle! Already been offroading with it... even as a "newbie" rider she speaks our language, as in dropping the bike, etc. And, she's been putting serious, regular miles on hers. Even had an Itchy Boots sticker!! Her hubby was riding a 2021 HD, some kind of new Softail with the new 4 valve motor... a small bike. He said it would scoot. Now I'm thinking about one of those, if I ever get around to getting a new bike. I've always liked Royal Enfield, once knew a guy in Knoxville who had an original. | ||
| Ourdee |
Front is about right for me with the weight. | ||
| 86129squids |
Dang... now I want to do that Sit-N-Fly mod to the PC. Maybe I can find a spare seat somewhere, to experiment with. I'd rather play it safe, make sure I don't FUBAR the original seat and stuff. I'm gonna call you Farkle King from now on.  | ||
| Ourdee |
Operation "MINDCRIME":   Dragon and wolfpen decals are now bonified. | ||
| 86129squids |
Dammit man!!! I was out at Deal's Gap yesterfrickinday!!! AND I stopped at the dang Chilhowee Lake Trash outpost/boutique!!! Even had an outstanding beer bratwurst at the Deal's Gap store's deli. With chili, jalapenos, and slaw on the side. Damn tourist.    | ||
| Ourdee |
So, on an XB you can do a TPS reset and calibrate the ECM to recognize a closed TPS, On the Himalayan you can adjust the TPS to change the signal voltage going to the ECM. I checked my closed throttle signal and it was at .66 volts. So, I have readjusted it to read or send .68 volt signal at closed throttle. That makes the mixture at idle richer. Now it doesn't stall at start up. To work on getting a true O2 sensor reading at higher RPMs I deleted the air injection system. It injected fresh air into the exhaust prior to the header and O2 sensor. No bueno, if you want an accurate read on the stoic. Got the stock plug out and replaced it with an Irridium plug too. I gapped it .002" more open than the stock plug was at. Another trick to smooth out the idle. Deleted another system also, remind me to tell you about it sometime. With a few thousand miles on it it is loosening up nicely. May be after Christmas before I can get a hold of a TEC cam for it. They are having trouble keeping up with demand. The overlap on the TEC cam allows starting without a need to hold the exhaust valve open. Low and mid range don't loose any torque but the higher end is improved 20%. That power is enough to increase the front sprocket by one tooth. It will let the machine pull highway speeds at lower RPMs. | ||
| Ourdee |
There was a panel and post missing when I moved in. I am going to replace the missing panel and put a 9" wide double gate in. That will clean up the street view of my outdoor staging area.  | ||
| Ourdee |
I've found a better amount of mono-wheel trailer info on the web now days. Even finding videos of different builds. My part to overcome with limited tools is hooking the trailer to the Himalayan. If I built a reverso muffler, the rear footpeg bracket would be an ideal pivot point for the trailer yoke to attach to. Not today. I pondered building a hitch sub-frame to attach to the frame of the bike. Too heavy a piece of hardware. I have decided to pivot the yoke from a pair of brackets on the swing arm. The brackets will be attached to the swing arm with the rear axle. There are enough threads on the stock axle, if I remove the washers and use 1/8" doubled up plates with the axle clamping the inside plate to the swing arm. The second plate is welded to the clamped plate with a hole cut to clearance the axle and nut. The yoke will pivot on a 1/2" removable pin in the first version. Here is a sketch of my thought.  | ||
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| 86129squids |
ba da ba ba baa... I'm grokkin' it! Dang if you're not just a tinker. Popcorn phleeze. Maybe microwave prok rinds...? | ||
| Ourdee |
I am looking at another way to attack this. I may buy a second swing-arm used and weld a pad and bracket to it. | ||
| Ourdee |
Today I installed the front and rear cameras on the himalayan. They are plugged into a recorder under the seat that comes on when the bike is started. I have them set to record onto a 32 gig card in a loop. There is an auto lock that saves video whenever there is an 8G shock to the recorder. It all hides very nicely. | ||
| Ourdee |
The ground at TWO's was soft this last time down. I took an 1/8" thick piece of aluminum and epoxied it under my kick stand.  | ||
| Ourdee |
Didn't work. | ||
| Whisperstealth |
I had a piece of steel welded on to the kickstand of my KLR650. Worked great. The stock set up was very poor. | ||
| Ourdee |
I will probably just weld a big washer on it. | ||
| 86129squids |
The original owner of my PC welded a nice pad to the kickstand... best option, fo sho. | ||
| Ourdee |
Oh, back to the fence posts picture; Here is a quick sketch of the idea I had for the gates on my sally port. A place to be hidden from the street as I stage free junk for projects around the homestead.  | ||
| Ourdee |
I cut the steel for the top of my gates yesterday. Before I could take the grinder outside and clean the burrs off for welding it started raining. Every time I get ready to get my grinder and welder out it starts raining again. So, I have had time to rethink my trailer mounting to the swing-arm. I have a new set-up envisioned that is much simpler. I'll be mocking up the mounts after I weld the gate's overhead structure. I should think about changing the wheel on my chop saw too. | ||
| Ourdee |
Big Foot:     | ||
| Ourdee |
Gate header:  |
