[mwood]

got my bike running after 6months being on deployment...now on to doing routine Maintence today


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[mg66]

Fitted and balanced a new front tire ready for the rally. Rear still has plenty of meat on it. Got a new Conti Motion rear sitting in the shed ready to go if need be though.

 

[Real_PhillBert]

got my bike running after 6months being on deployment...now on to doing routine Maintence today


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Glad you got your bike up and going again, Welcome home! Thanks for your service ccasion14:

 

[JollyGQ]

magicsauce!!!

well, not having a garage, i had to figure out some near-comical balancing acts... then i figured out which ones were stable. :rock:

with jackstand supporting/lifting just behind oil filter with kickstand down, one can easily rock the bike back and forth shifting weight from forward to rear. it naturally is front-heavy so when the forks (or even just the wheel) is taken off, the center of gravity shifts to make it rear-heavy. 3 point of contact are rear wheel, kickstand, and jack. it was surprisingly stable actually.

awesome! I'll have to remember that. my homemade remedy was this:

Easy to put on the stands and then I let air out of rear tire and the front end goes up.

 

[kicsibors]

awesome! I'll have to remember that.

Glad I can contribute my ingenuity to help you out! :thumbsup:

 

[dry_humor]

bled and changed both front and rear brakes earlier, then took her for a test ride to taco bell for some lunch.

 

[nowherekid109]

Installed a givi windscreen and some givi hard sidebags

 

[safromnatti]

this is a link

Replaced it with a K&N


Great SV blog. Anyone on here?

 

[Danimal]

FOOOOK!

12 hours later

it's just money...right?

 

[blue72beetle]

Pilot Road 3's are awesome. A bolt sticking out of them is not.
:sbmfacepalm:

 

[Jeep0312]

Lubed it up and adjusted the clutch free play.

How much free play do guys like in your clutch?

 

[amaff]

FOOOOK!

****, that sucks. I'm surprised there weren't able to dismount and patch that from the inside though.

 

[JollyGQ]

FOOOOK!
it's just money...right?

ouch..that sucks...that tire looked pretty new too. I prolly would shoved 3 plugs in there and rode it for a while...lol.

 

[solarae]

Rode the heck out of it cuz the sun was actually shining and it wasn't raining and below 50 for a change. I'm over this effin La Nina thing thats messin up my high Norcal weather.

 

[kvesi122]

Rode ~100 miles today for my first real ride on the SV. Man I love this bike.

 

[jbswear]

I hosted a Maintenance Day today. We checked valves, changed tires, changed brake lines, flushed brake lines and clutches, installed new rear shocks and front springs, and nobody got hurt!

Here's a pic early in the day with about a third of all the participants:

Cutting a chain off with a pneumatic grinder:

A neighbor that was interested in all the bikes:

 

[Jeep0312]

That is awesome.

 

[TomServo]

Looks like someone pushed the "Add Drama" button in your front yard

 

[jbswear]

Looks like someone pushed the "Add Drama" button in your front yard

Bwahaha!

 

[Renderw]

Today I added a 12volt socket to the trunk along with 2 usb outlet. drained the rad and flushed the entire system then filled it with distilled water. cleaned the air filter, and know i'm looking into tank risers...
Track day coming up in less then a month.. usbs are to charge the "spy cames" little 720x480 @30fps run for about 45min then need a charge.. $7 each from china.. there on order..upto 32gig micro sd card needed as well.. but cool little cameras.. check them out
http://www.ebay.com/itm/REAL-3-808-WIRELESS-SPY-CAR-KEY-CHAIN-HIDDEN-CAMERA-CAMCORDER-FREE-shipp-/290689814272?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item43ae768f00