>>> Reminder: Please adhere to the forum rules! <<<

Pages: 1 ... 13 14 15 16 [17] 18 19 20 21 ... 160   Go Down
Print

Topic: What did you do to your bike today  (Read 147837 times)
0 Members and 2 Guests are viewing this topic.
DrMikey
*

Reputation +16/-0
Offline Offline

Years Contributed: '08, '10
Years Supported: '11
Motorcycles: 2003 R1150RT
GPS: SW Cheddar Country
Miles Typed: 693

My Photo Gallery





Ignore
« Reply #320 on: May 23, 2009, 01:23:04 PM »
Wired up my HID headlight. What's slick is that this Beemer came with factory fog lights. They use H7 bulbs. They are now my "default" low beam. I still have the stock high beam, and the HID can be switched off. Because, as everyone knows, HID's are legal for off highway use only.  Wink
Logged
Where are we going and why am I in this hand basket?
Members, please login to hide this ad.

Guests, please register to hide this ad.
« Reply #320 on: May 23, 2009, 01:23:04 PM »
 Logged
jakieboy
DonP.
*

Reputation +2/-0
Offline Offline

Motorcycles: 2007 ST1300
GPS: SoCal, OC
Miles Typed: 226

My Photo Gallery





Ignore
« Reply #321 on: May 23, 2009, 01:43:17 PM »
Fitted a set of 2Bros cans,K&N filter and a 60psi fuel pressure regulator. Bigok
Logged
You can view all my cycling pics here;
http://picasaweb.google.com/don.jakieboy.pouliot
Snapping Twig
*

Reputation +0/-0
Offline Offline

Motorcycles: 1985 Yamaha XV 700
Miles Typed: 150

My Photo Gallery


Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum.




Ignore
« Reply #322 on: May 23, 2009, 05:53:04 PM »
Gave my Virago a belly full of Redline 20-50 and a new filter, then I swapped out the fork oil and shortened the spacers 5mm for a bit more sag and turned the Race Tech Emulator another full turn for less brake dive.

Let you know how this works our tomorrow when I take it down the coast - SF, Pescadero, 84, Skyline 4 corners, 84, coast, SF.
Logged
Earth First!

We can log the other planets later.
chornbe

« Reply #323 on: May 23, 2009, 05:57:48 PM »
Today, to my bike:

* I rode the piss out of it.
* I scraped both sides in an S-turn.
* I broke 10k miles.
« Last Edit: May 23, 2009, 06:02:41 PM by chornbe » Logged
Trebor Snave
*

Reputation +0/-0
Offline Offline

Motorcycles: 1987 Honda XR600R (plated), 1984 VF700F
GPS: Helena, MT
Miles Typed: 13

My Photo Gallery




Ignore
« Reply #324 on: May 23, 2009, 06:19:48 PM »
Drained the oil and changed the filter, then realized I don't have any oil to fill it back up with. EEK!

So I spent the rest of the afternoon tearing out the old air shock and installing something a little more up-to-date.
Logged
rodm850g
1 of vocal minority
*

Reputation +10/-0
Offline Offline

Motorcycles: 79 GS 850 GN,80 GS 1000 GT,99 VFR800Fi ,03 V-Star 650 Silverado,04 ST1300A
Miles Typed: 276

My Photo Gallery





Ignore
« Reply #325 on: May 23, 2009, 06:42:57 PM »
Today,we put some color on my oldest bike...79 GS850G model...did a base coat clear coat...uunder a shade tree....and thats where the term shade tree machanic came from. The base coat looked flat and abraisive ...Then Tim {my painter and Bro in law} started laying down the clear....with the first coat the metallic started popping out big time! My fuel tank had a couple of dents I repaired and I remarked to Tim I couldn't see where I had done the repairs.....Tim quipped he was "fixxin to show me where the dents were...} only he couldn't see where I  had worked....I have a decal kit for it and when we get that work done three more coats of the clear are going on.....This will be the completion of a 1 1/2 year project......I'v owned this old bike since 1983 so its sortta special to me.....it rides  good, is good on fuel
Just one of those keepers that come along...I would post pics but I cant shrink them enough to get em by...suffice to say this thing will look just like a new 1979 model...I can't wait to get some fuel in it and go for a ride......

                            Rodm850g
Logged
enough of this talking/typing crap I'm going riding
ScottysB12
Bonestock B12
*

Reputation +22/-13
Offline Offline

Miles Typed: 2604

My Photo Gallery





Ignore
« Reply #326 on: May 23, 2009, 07:35:03 PM »
I exposed steel treads...they werent there when I left for my ride!!! Crazy
Logged
2003 Bandit 1200S
Porterville, CA
Gold Bond - it's like a 1,000 little gnomes with icey hands massaging your boys.
Members, please login to hide this ad.

Guests, please register to hide this ad.
« Reply #326 on: May 23, 2009, 07:35:03 PM »

 Logged
surfsup
old guys rule... !
*

Reputation +1/-10
Offline Offline

Motorcycles: weeStrom
GPS: down east - nc
Miles Typed: 1977

My Photo Gallery





Ignore
« Reply #327 on: May 24, 2009, 04:31:48 AM »
cleaned it (yesterday).
Logged
“I want to know God’s thoughts … the rest are details.”  ~ Albert Einstein
DredheadV2.0
Descendant of terrorists
*

Reputation +112/-201
Offline Offline

GPS: Las Vegas, NV
Miles Typed: 13137

My Photo Gallery
« Reply #328 on: May 24, 2009, 07:39:05 AM »
Quote from: rodm850g on May 23, 2009, 06:42:57 PM

Today,we put some color on my oldest bike...79 GS850G model...


I had one of those - it was my first bike displacing more than 160cc.  I miss having the shaft drive sometimes.

Like yesterday, when I took off the front sprocket cover to repair the damage the loose speedometer sensor had caused, which meant a lot of cleaning of year-old chain grease and stuff.  After the JB Weld set and I put everything back together, I figured I was so greasy I might as well clean the chain.  Adjusted it a bit too.

Lastly, I replace the broken left front turn signal, which has been that way since last August.  Just never got around to it, mostly because my bike always manages to fall over somewhere within a short time after fixing the turn signal that got broken the time before.  Sigh.
Logged
I must drink beer.  Beer is the mind-killer.  Beer is the little death that brings total obliteration.  I will face my beer.  I will permit it to pass over me and through me.  And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see it's path.  When the beer has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.
REAPER
*

Reputation +0/-0
Offline Offline

Motorcycles: FJR1300
GPS: Southaven, MS
Miles Typed: 256

My Photo Gallery


If your friends don’t ride, you need new friends!




Ignore
« Reply #329 on: May 24, 2009, 08:08:30 AM »
Changed the oil, and took it for a ride!
« Last Edit: May 24, 2009, 08:10:12 AM by REAPER » Logged
IBA # 18877
MSTA # 13066
You're where you are today because of the choices YOU made in the past so don't blame anyone else!
Papa Lazarou
*

Reputation +169/-309
Offline Offline

Years Contributed: '09
Years Supported: '11
GPS: Sussex
Miles Typed: 7990

My Photo Gallery





Ignore
« Reply #330 on: May 24, 2009, 08:24:55 AM »
repaired a rear indicator. which promptly detached itself when the engine was started again. Stil, it works.

Then rode it a light speed all around Sussex. Brilliant fun.
Logged
Chair, the Society for the Pointless Promotion of Pessimism
02Tac
*

Reputation +8/-40
Offline Offline

Motorcycles: 02 Bandit 1200S
Miles Typed: 2212

My Photo Gallery





Ignore
« Reply #331 on: May 24, 2009, 08:21:26 PM »
Rode it for some photo tag action
Logged
The road is NOT your personal race track - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VruWHHEnZGw

Have you played the riding game phototag? - http://phototag.webs.com/
Galo
Non cogito, ergo zoom
*

Reputation +54/-84
Offline Offline

Motorcycles: Yes
GPS: Just West of PDX
Miles Typed: 4492

My Photo Gallery





Ignore
« Reply #332 on: May 24, 2009, 09:26:36 PM »
Ahh....rode 80 miles of twisties with my 22 year old daughter riding pillion....she's a hoot...
 Inlove
Logged
Not all who wander are lost
JRR Tolkien
 The literacy levels of those who are the most staunchly anti-immigration could be a good indication of why they are so terrified of the increase of Spanish-speaking US citizens. Perhaps failure to grasp one language is too much of a handicap to learn another. stfrrr
wbrisett
*

Reputation +1/-1
Offline Offline

Motorcycles: 2007 Buell Ulysses, 2009 Buell 1125CR, 2009 BMW R1200RT
GPS: TX
Miles Typed: 812

My Photo Gallery





Ignore
« Reply #333 on: May 25, 2009, 04:10:28 AM »
Wrecked it!  Mad2

I'm going to post what happened in the ride report section. I'm pissed....

Wayne
Logged
Members, please login to hide this ad.

Guests, please register to hide this ad.
« Reply #333 on: May 25, 2009, 04:10:28 AM »

 Logged
Papa Lazarou
*

Reputation +169/-309
Offline Offline

Years Contributed: '09
Years Supported: '11
GPS: Sussex
Miles Typed: 7990

My Photo Gallery





Ignore
« Reply #334 on: May 25, 2009, 04:31:42 AM »
You ok?  EEK!
Logged
Chair, the Society for the Pointless Promotion of Pessimism
wbrisett
*

Reputation +1/-1
Offline Offline

Motorcycles: 2007 Buell Ulysses, 2009 Buell 1125CR, 2009 BMW R1200RT
GPS: TX
Miles Typed: 812

My Photo Gallery





Ignore
« Reply #335 on: May 25, 2009, 05:24:19 AM »
Quote from: Corporal-General Lord Pig on May 25, 2009, 04:31:42 AM

You ok?  EEK!


Yes. Short of some bruising and very minor road rash where the mesh jacket gave way, I walked away from a 70 MPH crash without any major injuries. The same can't be said for the bike. While it looks OK from the surface, it's now leaking oil from the valve area, which is not a good sign (on the boxer engine, this is a sign that I've punched a hole in the engine).

Wayne
Logged
surfsup
old guys rule... !
*

Reputation +1/-10
Offline Offline

Motorcycles: weeStrom
GPS: down east - nc
Miles Typed: 1977

My Photo Gallery





Ignore
« Reply #336 on: May 25, 2009, 05:50:00 AM »
glad you are OK - which bike?
Logged
“I want to know God’s thoughts … the rest are details.”  ~ Albert Einstein
crashtech
*

Reputation +2/-2
Offline Offline

Motorcycles: 2000 ZX12R
Miles Typed: 393

My Photo Gallery




Ignore
« Reply #337 on: May 25, 2009, 06:08:16 AM »
Sucks totally!! Glad you are ok though. I saw the pics...Dudes k1200s is repairable. I'd like to have it. Your bike did not look to bad either but if you say it has a hole in the engine its gone. Go ahead and cash in your insurance.

I cleaned mine....it wont quit freakin raining. Crap I should have moved to seattle?
Logged
sagerat
Ural Tourist; BMW R1200GS Adventure
*

Reputation +29/-32
Offline Offline

GPS: Central Orygun
Miles Typed: 4961

My Photo Gallery





Ignore
« Reply #338 on: May 25, 2009, 01:22:35 PM »
Semi-crash related, I put red duct tape on the left side of my KLR's headling cowling while I prowl e-bay for a new one.   Lol
Logged
The poster formerly known as VFRfan

Money can buy motorcycles, which means money can buy happiness
Ramming Speed
Cat Bell Installer
*

Reputation +4/-0
Offline Offline

Motorcycles: 1999 VFR , 1982 XT 200, 1974 TY250, 2009 KLX250SF
GPS: Phila-burbia PA
Miles Typed: 227

My Photo Gallery





Ignore
« Reply #339 on: May 26, 2009, 09:51:04 AM »
I took the TY250 frame and related pieces in to the local shop for sandblasting and paint.
Logged
Pages: 1 ... 13 14 15 16 [17] 18 19 20 21 ... 160   Go Up
Print
Sport-Touring.Net » The Tech Zone » Mods & Maintenance » Topic: What did you do to your bike today
Jump to:  



ST.N

Copyright © 2001 - 2011 Sport-Touring.Net.
All rights reserved.
SimplePortal 2.3.1 © 2008-2009, SimplePortal