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jefferson

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    93 VFR, 99 ZRX 1100, 78 XS750, 2-83 XZ550RK.

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  1. Those master links are the cats meow. No special tools needed and very easy to do. Can't get things too tight or out of whack.
  2. The sound level on Supertrapps was adjustable by removing or adding discs. If it's too loud take some discs out.
  3. I'm not much of a believer in what kind of tripe the government spews.
  4. Those things went missing on several bikes I own. Just weight that's not needed and no discernible noise increase, unless you were using a sensitive instrument to measure with. If I ever get into the engine on mine those gears won't be spring loaded afterwards.
  5. I have no ethanol premium in my pressure washer and it's been in there for years. Never had an issue with starting or running, other than when I forget to turn the ignition on.
  6. The biggest thing to be concerned with is ethanol fuel. It doesn't take long for it to draw water. If you have it I would drain it out of the tank and carbs and leave the cap off the tank to dry. I always use no ethanol fuel unless I'm on a trip and can't find any. In that case I figure it won't do any harm as it's going right through the tank. It's sitting around with ethanol in the fuel that does the harm. Keep the battery topped off and I wouldn't start the bike during it's slumber as that just puts moisture into the engine and oil. It's also best to change the oil before putting the bike up for the winter as that will get rid of the old oil with the acids and contaminants in it and give everything a good coating of fresh oil.
  7. Confirmed what I was thinking. I shot them an inquiry anyway.
  8. Thanks for that. I will be checking that out. The subframes are different I think between the 2 versions, but worth a look.
  9. A mod we did on the stators on our Yamaha Visions involved drilling a small hole in the center of the bolt that held the flywheel on. There was pressurized oil behind it and this allowed a spray of oil onto the stator. They did the same thing on the Ventures.
  10. Race Tech has springs and that's what I have sitting here. Got them slightly lighter than the recommendation and I have read that Captain 80's does that also.
  11. Well it's been quite awhile since I have really done anything on the bike. I did find a left turn signal that was in good shape and reasonable. Same goes for the left hand passenger peg assy. Been looking for both for quite a while. Got the lens all smoothed out and polished and then started in on the passenger peg. Cut, drilled and ground out as much as I felt comfortable with and got it bolted on to the bike. I can't remember what I posted about the ti cam cover bolts, but they are on now and there was a .22 lb. weight savings. The left rear footpeg bracket shaved off .37 of a lb. I did drill out that fork bolt too.
  12. I've never weighed myself that way, but an estimate would be 170 to 175.
  13. Well I got the tire mounted on the new wheel so I could then weigh the old wheel. My scale didn't go that high and showed me an error so I had to take things apart and weigh them separately. I looked at the weight of the new wheel and thought this is going to be good. Stock to stock we have 21.14lbs. versus 17.03 which is 4.11lb difference. I was shocked. Never thought there would be that much difference. Well worth doing. With the lighter components there was an additional weight savings of .35 lb. for a total of 4.46 lbs saved. The new wheel has 2 wheel weights on it also that the old wheel didn't have. I may try spinning the tire and rebalancing to get rid of those. Now to do some drilling on the fork tube bolt!
  14. Thinking about the fork lower with the stripped bolt last night and I think I may use a cheap allen wrench and JB weld it into the hole. That should take care of the issue. I really don't want to inadvertently drill into the leg and then have a leak due to the damage.
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