What did you do to your bike today?

[Pauly]

[TimTheAzn]

Me likey

[max power]

Patched a tube on the road Saturday right as the storm caught up to us on the SOAL.  

[max power]

Burned the chicken strips off the ol sixfiddy doing sumo stuff on knobbies last night in Hocking. 

[durk]

Little clean up after a ride over into PA today. 

 

[durk]

Helped my brother in-law with his SV650 today. Installed new tires, new valve stem in the rear tire, new front brake pads, adjusted the clutch, threaded an over sized bolt for his seat that had stripped out threads, new chain and sprockets. Not a terrible way to spend a few hours in the garage. 

[Connie14]

Prepped the Wing for a weekend trip to Deals Gap with my daughter.  It might our last long trip in this big girl.

[Pauly]

Be fun. Have safe. 

[Tonik]

Eat blue crab bisque.

[Gpaw]

It's officially a sport tourer now

[Connie14]

40 minutes ago, Gpaw said:

It's officially a sport tourer now

Rumor has it that these bikes are easily converted to a unicycle with the twist of the wrist.

[Pauly]

1 hour ago, Gpaw said:

It's officially a sport tourer now

Maybe stand further away to take the pic next time? Lol

[motocat12]

2 hours ago, Gpaw said:

It's officially a sport tourer now

 

with an official sport touring race exhaust?

[Pauly]

1 hour ago, motocat12 said:

with an official sport touring race exhaust?

That isn't an exhaust. It's a spray can full of hornets tripping on bath salts. It's obnoxious as hell.

 

[Grokked]

Rode to a meetup in Mt Morris PA, then rode to lunch (pictured), followed by an unplanned battery transplant at my last fuel stop.  Replacement was not exactly OEM spec, but it fit in the battery space, started the bike and I got home the same day.

[Pauly]

Glad you're back on the bike, Ben. You said by the end of August and you smoked that deadline. Nice job! 

[Pauly]

3 hours ago, Grokked said:

Rode to a meetup in Mt Morris PA, then rode to lunch (pictured), followed by an unplanned battery transplant at my last fuel stop.  Replacement was not exactly OEM spec, but it fit in the battery space, started the bike and I got home the same day.

The new electronics packages are nice, but in situations like this, I miss being able to bump start my motorcycle. 

[Pauly]

I rode mine to WV this weekend for 3 days of zooming. 

[max power]

Chased scooter trash around rural Kentucky last weekend and SEO with the fishin shack bubbys this weekend.  1100 miles for my week of freedom. 

[MSerfozo]

Finally made a little progress today.  Got the throttle cables connected, the clutch slave cylinder bracket installed, and the shifter reconnected.  I put the battery on the charger so it'll be ready when it's time to start it up.  Im probably only a few days away from riding again. It'll be the first time since last fall when I started the engine swap project.

[MSerfozo]

Started it!  First time since last Dec. when I started the engine swap.  Ran it for a few minutes then shut down to check for oil leaks.  So far, so good.  I'll start and run it a few more times, then put some gas in and go for a ride.  I'm anxious to see how much difference I can feel with the new engine.

 

[Tonik]

That is awesome, congrats!

[MSerfozo]

Rode it about 150 mi to start getting myself in shape for the Sept group ride.  Went from Gahanna to Ash Cave and discovered a slight oil leak so I came straight back home.  The right side of the bike was pretty shiny with oil film so I washed it in the driveway.  Got some copper crush washers ordered so I should be back in business in a few days.

[MSerfozo]

I attempted to seal up my oil leak with new crush washers and a smear of Hylomar on all sealing surfaces.  I'm always nervous torquing those 14mm hollow aluminum banjo bolts but all seemed to go well.  No test rides yet due to the rainy weekend.

In the meantime, the guy who built my engine mentioned that it can get hot in traffic.  I remembered that his donor bike had 2 oil temp gauges, one for oil going to the oil cooler and one for oil coming from the cooler back into the sump.  So I ordered a gauge pod and fabbed an intermediate bracket to mount the pod to.  I got the gauges mounted today. 

Eventually, I'll probably remove one on the oil gauges and mount the O2 gauge I got from the donor bike.  That'll be an off season project because I'll need a bung added to my exhaust pipe.

[Pauly]

Installed a new bracket to mount the gps where I don't have to stare at my feet to read it. I also ditched the OEM saddle for a new Sargent. Original would become uncomfortable after 300+ miles. My buddy's RT has a Sargent. I did a 700 mile day in that saddle and never got sore. Hopeful for similar results on my bike.