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Yeah.. it's empty

Today's fun. Atleast they are done and back on the bike.

Maybe 1"x2" and 2"x3" to layer it and enough resin to saturate. I see you are up in columbus so unless you have a reason to come down this way don't sweat it. I appreciate it though.

Just bottled last night. Tried the stuff right out of the fermenters. The blonde is a little wit flavored with alot of orange in the finish. The dark strong ale is just a brick to the teeth.. It's gotta be in the upper barley wine range with probably 10%abv or more. I can smell and taste the alcohol. Will haveto see what it does in a few weeks once carbonated. I found it's going to cost about $25 in materials to fix a little 1.5" split in the fiberglass of the lower fairing. They don't sell anything less than a sheet of FG and a big can of resin. If anyone happens to have some FG scraps and a little resin I could use, I can throw a little cash your way and maybe some brew Otherwise I'll probably just leave it and vinyl over it.

yep using a steering head stand. It probably slipped some time in the past up to the top of the bar riser.

No problem, ask away. After the first few batches I stopped using my hydrometer. It's going to ferment fine. As long as the room temp is above 72deg I havn't had any problem bottling after 14 days. You just want to be sure it's finished fementing so the bottle doesn't get overcarbonated. It won't hurt the beer to let it go for longer either. I've let a beer sit in the fermenter for 3months before out of lazyness. It came out fine. Monitoring temperature of the ferment I also find unnecessary, it won't get too hot unless the room temp gets up to or over 80deg. However it is a good idea to check the temp of the wort before you add the yeast. If it's over 85deg it can shock the yeast. I find the best thing you can do is keep things as sanitary as possible. The biggest danger zone is the time after the boil stops and before fermentation begins. That's when other bacteria can take hold. It won't hurt you (It's not backyard moonshine), it would just make the beer taste funny. Keep the lid on the pot when cooling, and cool as quickly as possible. Don't let anything touch the wort that isn't sanitized.

This would be for the folks who's drink of choice isn't bud light. I believe the ingredient kits are pre-hopped Liquid extract. Super simple, and small enough batches to brew up in your average soup pot (No aluminum. Stainless or enamled steel only). A good way to try out the hobby if you arn't sure. Cheap enough that if you don't like it, pass it on to someone else. Last time I was at Listermann I believe they even stocked a few ingredient kits for this. I've never used one of these little kits, but it doesn't take much to do. 1) Sanitize the fermenter. Boil tap water and malt extract, let cool to about room temp (ice water bath is best for speed) pour into the fermenter with the yeast. - Let it ferment for 2 weeks. Its fun to watch, the first few days is the most vigorous. 2) Sanitize the bottles then add a little sugar to them so the yeast can munch on it and carbonate. Pour beer into bottle and cap it. - Let sit for 2 more weeks at room temp for carbonation (75-78deg is best, no lower than 70deg) then chill, open and pour into a glass slowly as to not disturb the yeast at the bottom of the bottle.

Last week I painted the front fender and rear handle flat black since vinyl wouldn't fair well. Got in a pair of chrome mirrors with LED signals in them for added visibility (no pics yet). I also got a set of inexpensive saddlebags. Same brand as the tail bag so it clips right in. I was off today so I took a trip out to the storage unit for a few hours. I put on a new clutch lever. The old one was usable but busted and a bit sharp. I'll save it as an emergency spare. I replaced the clutch cable too so I wouldn't worry about it. lubed with gun oil, nice smooth lever movement now. Needing to get started on the front end, I popped off the risers and I was met with this... (top of the forks) That doesn't look right to me. Shouldn't they be set evenly? They will be comming off to do the seals, but just was curious for future reference. I moved on and pulled the springs. The suspension on EX500s is very flacid (for light little asian riders?). I tip the scales well over 200lb. Since the rear end got a stiffer spring; I needed to do something for the front. After doing some calculations I went ahead and cut 7" off the springs. The calculations showed I should cut more off, but hopefully it will match up ok with the rate of the rear. The little box in the pic is a 1khz pulse dimmer circuit I just finished soldering up. So the LED signals in the mirrors have the same dim "running" feature as dual filament signal bulbs. All parts sourced from radioshack believe it or not.

Personally I like the bikes that just have the seat fairing and front fender. Then a round headlight and simple gauges. Maybe fab up some scoops/shrouds for those radiators. Just depends what you'd rather do.. wrench or ride. Keeping the mods simple will speed up the project and get you on the road quicker. But whatever you do I'm sure I'll be . I just searched "rc51 reservoir" on fleebay and got atleast one result for a factory front brake res.

I just bought 2 cables after reading this lol.

Ever get home, runs fine, then the next morning it wouldn't start because it was empty? I have.

It's a stopper with a sort of one-way valve (all silicone). They seem to work well and clean easily. Sometimes' date=' when new, they don't want to stay in if it is too damp though. [url']http://www.williamsbrewing.com/7-VENTED-SILICONE-STOPPER-P2666C94.aspx I still use a normal airlock setup if Im brewing up a bunch, since I've only got 2 of those stoppers and 4 fermenters.

Installed some parts to get them out of my bedroom.

Another day in paradise

Finished up the tank. I decided to reverse the colors from my first thought and change up the black on the seat fairings.

Can a cop even realy ticket you for stopping for 3 seconds? Doesn't seem long enough for any sort of obstructing traffic violation. If there isn't anyone coming I'd go, but if there is you'd bet I'll stop. I don't care what they "want" me to do.

Facebook.. never touch the stuff

Thanks, right now I'm just looking for some hardware. One of the grommets on the tank where the side fairing pops into. And a windscreen screw/nut. I should be able to live without it, but I imagine I'd be able to find something similar enough at lowes. So last week I was bad and placed an order for some delkevic slips. Splurge purchase. Put em on Friday, they sound very nice:D and maintain resonably low sound levels with the baffles in. night and day from the leaky factory lawnmower setup. They do stick out in a bit goofy way, but I can live with it. Went down to listermann to pick up some ingredients. Brewed up some Belgian blonde and dark strong ales last night.

How can something with a beginning, and is expanding be infinite? infinity +1... sort of like dividing by 0.

Took the battery out for some reason and left it in the back of my vehicle. This morning it finally flopped over and started rolling around while driving to work. I was able to pull over within about 20 seconds and maybe an ounce of electrolyte leaked out. Thankfully I have a vinyl mat in the back lol.

Thanks, Picked it up for 800 bones. While I doubt it will ever be a diamond, It looked like some sort of gem in the rough to me.I found Big3's refurb thread... I doubt mine will look that nice John pointed me here actually, I joined ex-500 forum first. Based on the poor attitude of the mods over there.. IMO they should have made the wiki, and saved themself the effort of the forum. Just lurking around I can tell they have no patience for people; even when folks are making the best attempt to cure themselvs of ignorance. Some people learn differently than others... a fact that seems to be missed over there. I doubt I'll be very active on that forum.

93 ex500. 4400mi and bts. I put a couple hundred mi on it sofar. She starts up and runs well. And the price was right. I'm a new rider, but not afraid to get familiar with my vehicles. I figure I'd share my progress on it, and maybe learn a thing or two from the locals. I like the blue, but everything is either covered with decal residue or scratched up. The tank has a pretty deep kiss in the right side from the bar, and was deeply gouged and rusting from the razor/chainsaw used to remove the decals. Missing the upper fairing obviously and the fairing frame is all bent up with mounts busted on the headlight and cluster. The Targa lower is covered with gelcoat cracks and has one full 1"-1.5" crack through the fiberglass. One other little issue is the suspension. It's very mushy, and probably only meant for a 150lb rider. Also there is rust bubbling out from under the fork dust seals. Started to get the parts off a few weeks ago, but got a good bit done this week since I took time off. I replace the gheto hack job fender delete and stripped off everything else that was either going to be replaced or I could work on at home. Need to get some early momentum going on the project otherwise I'd get lazy as the temp drops. Having an apartment with no garage, rattle can gets pretty tough to do this time of year. So, always wanting to learn a different technique, I thought I'd try my hand at vinyl wrap. Silver semigloss IMO it looks on par with rattlecan but is a much more fun process. The black is avery's "flat", I'd call it satin. Sofar, on the tank, I ground off the rust and roughed up the paint. Then liberally applied the amature bodyworker's best friend;). Finished it off with primer so the vinyl sticks. I got the silver on, and I'm covering the top with black. I don't have a wide enough piece so I'll need to order more. Hit up ebay for parts: - Rear fender (seen above) - Low mi sv650 shock - Later model bar ends - Beat up but repairable upper fairing w/ flush mount signals, windscreen, bracket, and 1 inner trim piece - The other inner trim piece I drilled out the holes on the sv650 shock and mounted it up. The rate is about 430lb/in vs the ex's 300lb/in. It feels more solid now. It also raises the rear by over an inch. I can still easily flatfoot while seated though. I need to do some more research before I tackle the forks. That's what I've got sofar.

To truly rule out the relay, connect gnd and 12v directly to the coil side of the relay so be sure it switches and cranks. Then I'd check gnd continuity to that relay contact, from the diagram I'm looking at, the only thing in the way of the gnd is a clutch lever switch. The 8v doesn't seem right, it might not be sourcing enough voltage to energise the relay coil. All I see between it and the battery is the start button, kill switch, ignition fuse, ignition switch, and finally the main fuse. I don't see any way for the ECU to prevent cranking. There are just a few wires going to the ECU that lets it know the starter circuit is receiving power.

Think about it this way.. if it comes in rolls, that means it's pliable enough to be rolled up. IMO that's pretty soft. It may be able to "bounce back" but never 100%

It's good stuff. Get a good kick of vanilla at first, then it tapers off to just tasting like good porter towards the end of the bottle. Sounds crazy to mix in a milk shake, but I'll haveto try it.. Now that I think of it I've heard of doing something like that with guinness. Try sam adams cherry wheat and have some fresh cherries with it.. That's a desert also.