kawipilot

This bike is off the market! :} 

not sure how do delete this thread or if that's necessary thanks for looking!

heres a new link for the sale ad

http://dayton.craigslist.org/mcy/4534292687.html

Follow the link to view details

Please no trades unless you are trading cash money

I am happy to answer pertinent questions

http://dayton.craigslist.org/mcy/4521450242.html

Ok so after reading your replies, thanks by the way, here goes. I put the cartridge kits and seals in both forks in less than an hour.(over the winter)

It cost me $215.00 trackside to have bloody seals replaced. I guess I never thought motorcyclists would bend a fellow rider over like that. Hell I gave a guy i didn't even know a $400.00 set of rearsets after he wrote his name and address down on a freakin shop towel so he could keep on riding. He actually crashed again and paid me within 60 days for the set I gave him. That brothers and sisters is how riders treat each other, not taking advantage of a guy 10 hours from home with a seal leak. Just sayin.

I do all my own Maintenance, but showed up to a track day with badly leaking fork seals and needed them replaced. I had the tools but wanting to throw the guy a bone I had Superbike Suspension do the job. These were freshly redone forks with new cartridge kits, oil, seals installed this spring. What would you fellow riders think is fair to pop out leaky seals, install new ones and fill em up with oil should cost? Maybe I am gettin old, but I thought $ 150 should cover it. Please voice your opinions.

Purolator pure one filter and Amsoil. Can't beat it with a 2 ton stick.

Found it. Best of luck man. Me and my fam as well as all of us at Dayton Childrens wish you a full and speedy recovery.

anyone know how to get to Jeff's carebridge website?

You are fortunate to have had no mishaps. Still it is a bad idea. Most petroleum distilates including motor oil will damage rubber. Tire lube contains ingredients specifically designed for ummmm.... tires and it actually gets sticky as it dries "gluing" the tire to the rim. Drop Dunlop, Michellin, Pirelli, Bridgestone or rubber hoops r us a line and see what they think of your idea. Better lucky than.......

To the original author of this thread do what you will, just do it with all of the knowlegde at your disaposal.

Really sounds like a carb issue. Yank 'em off and go through them bottom to top, & pitch that old fuel of you havent already.

Once again I am impressed with the folks at the Mid Ohio School, and all those in attencance of this day. A better bunch a people you'll never find. Hell I barely rode, but I still had a great time wandering about the paddock talking to everyone. I wish everyone well throughout the winter months.

I use drain oil to seal tires to bead

Using drain oil is an all bad idea. Motoroil WILL degrade the rubber, and could cause the rim to spin inside the tire, bad during acceleration, but even worse under braking. Buy commercial trie lube.

I went in with 4 others and bought a No Mar tire changer and balancer. I recouped my investment in one year. I change tires for guys from work and thier buddies from time to time and they are glad to pay $20 bucks a wheel.

Ferodo are great pads, but also consider Vesrah pads. They have worked well for me on several bikes and you can usually find 'em relatively cheap.

Welcome

Do yourself a favor and make your way to Parkersburg WV and ride SR 47 west for 63.5 cuuuuurrrvy hilly miles then turn around and ride back. There is a park not to far off the exit with parking for boat (motorcycle) trailers. I would reccomend trailering down in case of a mishap, it's a long way back to pick up a broken bike. The pavement is excellent, except for about 4 miles, we only had to pass 4 cars both ways, and we saw one cop about 300 yds from the trailer. It is 3 hours from Dayton, and worth the drive.

I-70 w to I-77 s exit @ SR 47 Parkersburg enjoy.

Welcome

Welcome

were those pressures recommended to you or did you just come up with that figure on your own?

I did miss type the front was 29.5 NOT 27.5

The front is .8 PSI below Michelins reccomendation, and the rear is spot on. Although I do tend to fly by the seat of my pants I generally take set up type stuff seriously I just can't type worth a damn. As also reccomended by Michelin your hot PSI should only be 1-4 PSI over cold.

Welcome

As requested by some, here is my feedback on the Michelin Power One.

As you all are aware I am not the fastest guy out there( or even the 10th or 11th), but I am also far from the slowest, so take the following information with that in mind.

I used warmers for the first session, and when I came in for a 20+ minute break, the rest of the time the tires stayed more than hot enough w/o. The grip was awesome. I was able to drag a knee in the keyhole the first lap. Feedback was the best I have felt. The bike felt most remarkable under braking. I had the rear off the ground trying to avoid someone elses disaster, and the bike felt "stable." These 190/55 are a bit taller than the Pilot Power in the same size but after a lap or two I hardly noticed. My last two 30 minute sessions were my best of the day (mid 1'40"s)[i use a calendar instead of a lap timer] and the tires never got greasy, wear was even and less than expected. pressures hot 26R 27.5 F

If I had the money I'd buy another set for spares today and that's saying something 'cuz I'm a cheap ass.

Anyone know what happened to Spies last Sunday? Some sort of mechanical problem put him out in the opening laps.

Here's an FYI/ Invite. A few of us are riding @ Barber MSP July 11 and 12. Other than being hotter than hell it should be a great time. There are still openings, so bust out the credit card and go a little deeper in debt in the pursuit of speed/ happiness.

:idhitit:MMMMMMMMMMMMMMM Muscle control gooooood

You can drink cheap beer, or watch low budget porn, but never ever skimp on safety equipment. Buy the best you can truly afford.