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Today I installed the rest of the hoses, retightened some hose clamps, fit the air filter, put coolant, put some gas, cleaned and lubed the chain (WD40 wasn't enough, had to scrub it with a brush, soap and warm water), inflated the tires which had only lost about 20% pressure after all this...

I'll definitely add the clutch cable on the "to do list", after I get the bike started. Yes, it would have a high change of causing a crash if it failed in the wrong moment. Do you have any experience with non OEM cables? OEM would take a LOT to arrive... IMO chain and cable lubing is a bit...

Did you by any chance check how freely that cable moved inside it's housing after you removed it from the clutch slave? With that amount of fraying it should have binded a bit... Re the WD 40- I know it's not a lubricant but it's quick and easy, works great at cleaning gunked up parts and...

I don't think it's the cables, after going fully opened to fully closed and something felt like vaguely popping inside (with the cables on it never rolls that much) the throttle just felt weird even before connecting the throttle cables. At all times the bars were straight or almost straight...

Update: -mounted the engine inside the frame; though I have no problem lifting it and moving it around, it was impossible to both lift it and tilt it in the right position (would have needed to have one extra hand). Long story short, I bought a jack like this...

One friend has a V-strom 650 XT. Riding high speed gets it poor mileage (identical consumption as my VTR1000F, tested petrol station to petrol station) and sketchy handling due to the large vertical fairing dragging air and unloading the front end. The handling is also sketchy on moderately...

As far as I can remember, the EU law requires a minimum of 4-5% "bio fuel" content in petrol, so you shouldn't find ethanol free petrol anywhere. According to the spec sheets from one of the largest petrol station chains, regular petrol (95 octane rating) has "up to" 10 or 12% ethanol, and...

Ok, I'll put the new plugs. For the Honda- I did put (and ran it with) fuel stabilizer in late autumn. I didn't drain the carbs because I've read mixed opinions about this- some say drain it, some say don't drain it because it will make the rubber inside dry out quicker. As dad pointed, it...

Speaking of getting closer, I've: -installed the head and torqued the new head gasket -swapped one of the exhaust shims- it was right near the lower (tighter) clearance and I've decided to replace it with one of the other shims (was 198, put a 194). At this point I must have removed and...

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Got and checked the new shims- they seem to be the right size. Took off the head and left it with alcohol till tomorrow (to check if all valves fully seal). I might be able to fully close up the engine by the end of this week.

I tried that on partzilla but the results aren't relevant. For some reason, they use different part # for different years and models. Even with Honda, there are multiple models (for example 600f4, 600f4i and 900rr) with identical calipers BUT part # aren't the same.

Hello, I'm left with an extra set of 03-05 R6 brake calipers which I will sell locally. There are many bikes, such as the FZ6 S2 (the S1 has different mounting holes), early R1, R6, Road star, etc- pretty much everything that is Yamaha, axial, and has the two painted spline circles have (at...

Yes, they do make some of that popping noise while you have the throttle closed.

This is one of the multiple planned obsolescence (scare) tactics used by the stealerships worldwide. The more setbacks the customer has in maintaining their current product - purposefully overpriced parts, purposefully prolonged lead times, or plain simple refusal of service if the product...

While reading the voltage on the display did you also measure the battery voltage with a multimeter?

Checked the shims with the large clearances and they are marked 194 and 195. So I've ordered one "5 pack refill kit" from hot cams of 7.48x2.00- still waiting for the confirmation but hopefully they're in stock. edit: they're confirmed and should arrive before the end of this week

Any update re the wilbers shock? And to whom might know: what's the difference between the S1 ans S2 models, as far as the rear shock is concerned? A S1 with a S2 rear subframe will fit shocks for an S1 or S2 or both?

Time to upgrade comes when: -reliability becomes an issue -repairs require unreasonable resources -newer models are vastly superior Other than that, it's upgrading "just because". Nothing wrong with that, but I try to ask myself the following: -will I actually benefit from the upgrade, or I'm...

Didn't think of this one! Might end up doing it if they won't have what I ordered on stock. However (apart from the cheapest crap) tools are something I've never regretted buying or owning. Something like a socket, even if only of average quality, will last a LOT (might even use it for life)...