[OfirMX]

Tightened and waxed the chain.
She's now ready for some winter riding.

 

[2xs]

Picked up some parts....

 

[r0ckrat]

Wrapped a little duct tape around a tearing grip puppy until a replacement can arrive (day after tomorrow. ) I'd rip it off, but having grips of different diameters might be worse.

 

[matt gent]

Went for a test ride on my leaning sidecar project:

Rides/drive fine, now to make a body for it so Bogart the dog can come along for rides.

 

[r0ckrat]

OOoh... Fascinating! I look forward to seeing where this one goes!

 

[2xs]

yesterday I removed the POs hack aux light wiring harness, and installed a pre built harness for LED driving lights with a relay, and master switch (LED lights will get installed later).

I also built a small shelf on the bar to re mount my grip heater control and add the LED light switch.

Yes, this setup was designed for a Jeep, but since its LED the low current draw will work better then the crapshoot lights the PO had installed (last pic)...

I would have posted this yesterday, but I ended my day playing Star Wars TOR....

 

[bighammer]

Went for a test ride on my leaning sidecar project:

Rides/drive fine, now to make a body for it so Bogart the dog can come along for rides.

DUDE, that is awesome! :rock:

Can't wait to see it finished. Keep us posted.

 

[r0ckrat]

Replaced the fuse for my heated grips. Morning temps have been chilly (55) here in SoCal the last few days, and I was missing the hot hands...

 

[r0ckrat]

Hey Matt Gent - here's an idea for the body...

 

[max384]

I ditched the unreliable bulky HID headlights for LEDs! :rock:

Out with the old...

In with the new

The retaining clips and headlight boot needed modified, so what I thought would take ten minutes ended up taking an hour and a half. But, it's definitely worth it.

The light output is much better than my 35 watt HIDs, they don't blind oncoming traffic like the HIDs did, they're instant on, and they only draw 20 watts on lo and 30 watts on hi. Assuming they're more durable than my HIDs (which isn't hard), I'm happy with my purchase.

For anyone interested, I got them at Cyclops Adventure Sports. http://www.cyclopsadventuresports.com/3600-Lumen-H4-H6M-LED-Headlight-bulb-_p_83.html

They're $60, 3600 lumens each, with hi and lo beams.

 

[farmer_frank]

^ I think that deserves it's own writeup! We're always looking for more light output.

 

[max384]

^ I think that deserves it's own writeup! We're always looking for more light output.

After I run them for a few months, I'll do a writeup. As of now, they're just an experiment. I still have an extra halogen bulb in my topcase just in case these sh*t the bed while I'm on the road.

Though, they're getting great reviews at Cyclop's vendor page on advrider: http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=948701

 

[Squid_billy]

Bellypan installed!

 

[ozzie-crawl]

Tested the front brakes out.

 

[schnoomy5643]

Came home from college for the first time in about 2 months. Fired it up to go for one last ride this season, and it started spewing fuel. So instead I just started to winterize it...

 

[Bidou]

Replaced my bent fork with ones with emulator and stiffer spring




Now looking for a rear shock replacement
Sadly I won't be able to test ride the bike and see the difference since its around freezing temp over here


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[sath182]

Went out and explored my local national forest yesterday.

 

[r0ckrat]

Put the thermal and rain linings in my jacket for this mornings commute, and turned on the grip heaters.

I'm soft, I admit. It was only 55*...

ccasion14:

 

[2xs]

First day I DID NOT ride into work.
I rode year round when I had my '03 SV650S, but mostly because I did not have a car.

With my '04 SV1000S, I wont ride in the rain, Cold? yes, Rain? no.

I have a Jeep for that...

 

[unixfool]

Installed lower fairings (last night).

I bought them used and they were flat black in color. I'll also be taking them off soon so I can spray the underside of the fairings.

I'm not sure if I'm up to the task of trying to match the OEM copper paint, though, but the black isn't as bad as I thought it would be. It helps that I already had black wheels, front fender, and tank grips.