Finished coverting clipons to Renthal Street bars. Getting new Dunlop Q3's next week. Race Shop rebuild front shocks with new springs, emulators, etc. week after that. Then a track day in October I hope.

 

Washed the commute gear. Rinsed a lot of fine black dust down the drain...

 

Not the SV, but I finally got a photo worth buying from my trip to The Dragon last week.

 

I found a Power Commander V on ebay for $150 and I couldn't pass on it. Got it Saturday and installed in about 45 minutes. I have a Leo Vince highmount and K&N filter so the website map matched my setup pretty well. Smoothed out the entire fueling range but the biggest improvement was the mid range pull. Big difference. Maybe next year I'll get a custom map done but for right now it's all good!

 

Friday on the home commute - I've been offline all weekend...

 

Nice file tag!

 

This weekend...

Adjusted my clutch, at which point the adjuster broke, and revealed a very frayed clutch cable, so the bike is parked for a few days. However, I also started painting a helmet...

One coat of clear left to be applied, and re-assembly.

Tried to clean off some tape goo with the reducer, which stripped off a little of the purple near the tail... But I'm leaving it. Not bad for a nearly 25 year hiatus from using an airbrush.

 

That looks awesome! But...someone has to ask it: are you sure the paint is compatible with the shell? I can't remember which is sensitive to what, but some paint will eat into the shell a bit which can compromise the integrity in a crash. Would suck to have it split apart on you just when you need it the most.

 

I see your calculus workbook is very important to you...

 

My wife is taking Finance right now, and had her stuff spread all over the table...

 

I did something stupid which scared the crap out of me.

Oil change. This time with filter. Looking forward to switching to Rotella T6, I carefully drained it, replaced the filter etc.

Filled it up with new oil, the window showed upper level when vertical on level surface (in garage).

Started it, let it idle for half a minute, revved it to 4K or so couple of times, shut it off and waited couple of minutes.

Checked oil level. Empty! Even tilting bike to right no oil would show in window. I felt my heart drop.

Filled an additional ~3-400ml until window showed upper level again. Started it up again, no problems. Let idle a minute, shut off, checked level. All OK now.

I didn't ride it yesterday due to rain but today during the day started worrying. What if I ran it dry for a minute? Would the oil pump get any suction? If the sump was dry, probably not..

When I got home from work today, I tried to start it. It wouldn't. It cranked fine but would not start. Eventually after 'helping' it with some throttle it would run but not after first making some scary clonk sounds.

At this point I was expecting the worst. I could kick myself for not measuring and filling in the 2.9L as prescribed.

After a while I got it to idling without throttle, and let it run for a while. Temperature seemed fine.

Took it for a ride- and everything seemed fine again. Runs great, temp normal.

Need to check compression..

 

I wouldn't worry so hard about it. You would have still had plenty of oil film in there from the old oil and what got pumped through before you revved it. I doubt a few quick revvs would put enough stress on the engine to run it dry in such a short period. Remember, you still had 2.5L of oil in there. I bet the oil warning light didnt even flicker. Just ride, be happy, and check the oil glass at normal intervals.

 

You should be fine. There was plenty of oil in the engine. If the oil light didn't come on (it shouldn't have), you had adequate oil pressure the entire time.

When you initially checked the oil level the filter was empty, so the level was up. When you started the engine the filter filled with oil and the level when down.

 

you're right, the oil indicator symbol and light didn't come on, I would have caught that.

Kind of strange though that it wouldn't start yesterday; it would always start quickly (and does now, too). Maybe the SV's way of telling me 'I will forgive you this time but don't mess with the oil level ever again, ok??'

Btw the Rotella T6 really feels great on the shifter

 

you're right, the oil indicator symbol and light didn't come on, I would have caught that.

Kind of strange though that it wouldn't start yesterday; it would always start quickly (and does now, too). Maybe the SV's way of telling me 'I will forgive you this time but don't mess with the oil level ever again, ok??'

Btw the Rotella T6 really feels great on the shifter

T6 is good, but I've found that shifting did degrade after 1000 mi or so. Not terrible, but noticeable.

 

Went hauling ass around the Smoky Mountains

 

^ What pants are those?

 

BMW Rally II Pro

'Ts funny Priest. Pic of an SV and you see the pants.
Peripheral vision

 

To be fair, we did spend the last month staring at your bike.

 

Oh dear... it's been a while.

Recently replaced fork oil and dust seals. While everything was off I also replaced the awful notched steering stem bearings with a tapered set.

After I got everything back together the r/r pooped out taking my battery and stator with it. replaced the r/r with the recommended GSXR unit and all that good stuff. Chugging along to 100K miles continues.

 

-Installed Oxford heated grips that I got for christmas last year
-Installed galfer sintered brake pads on the front
-Changed oil

Cant wait to go out for a ride now.

 

did my first 'real' mod to the bike. added a bellypan. 5 more posts and i can post a pic! im pretty happy with it

 

I fabbed up some mounts for my Kappa MonoyKey
bags. I had bought the SW-Motech side racks that
Twisted Throttle said would work with my Givi top
rack/case, which did not jive. I sent the side racks
back to Twisted Throttle. I hate having to return
stuff, but if I have to butcher and weld I may as
well start from scratch.

I relocated the turn signals to the license plate
bracket where the reflectors mounted.

Now I just need to make the bottom mounts,
and extend the turn signal wires. I really wanted
the SW-Motech racks to work! Now I'm looking
at it thinking I just saved over $500. Now under $50... :vroom:

 

Finished up the racks today, and extended the
signal wires. Turned out to be pretty tough!
Not as "pretty" as Sw-Motech, but I'm only
in to this project for about $50. (including the Monokey hardware!)

All done! :vroom:

Next I really want to take my oldest son on a
camping trip on the bike. Only thing is, not sure
where to strap the tent on the bike. I have a web
net, and could secure it to the top case. Now i can
take the top case off when riding solo, but it's really
handy for long trips, and riding 2 up!

 

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I hope that sign in the background isn't foreshadowing anything!!!

 

Nice!

Can you strap the tent to the top of one of the side cases?

 

Oh yeah, that's an option! That way I can get to
stuff in the top case along the way. ccasion14:

I hope that sign in the background isn't foreshadowing anything!!!

Just Halloween! :icon_biggrin:

 

Yep, good idea. Also, great setup you have there!

 

Hah, I just went and got a tent that folds small enough to fit IN the side case. [emoji14]

 

Where do you put the beer?