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Wow. Just wow..

Thank you!

The 970 lb Ohlins spring that came off my 5th gen shock has 6.75" free length & the 2.25" ID.

I may give this a try on my next camp trip, I need to stay with the 20" width since I have the BA sleeping bag. It's nice with REI's return policy that you can try something out like this and return it if you're not satisfied. Thanks!

Which model did you get? I wasn't totally happy with my 1.75" Thermarest so I upgraded to the 2" or 2.25", whichever it is, but it is that much more bulky. The Big Agnes pads pack pretty small. Was it as warm as the Thermarest? In the store it just felt like a miniature air mattress so I was worried about comfort and heat transfer, although I've read a lot of good reviews on them. All the camps I've been to have concrete or wood benches so I just carry one of the REI/Thermarest seat pads which pack down to the size of a can of Red Bull. I took a camp chair on a couple trips and never used it.

It hasn't given me any problems since the fix. I ended up using JB weld to hold it in place, and with that in mind, I machined out a fer gaps in the portion of the rod sliding into the subframe (just narrow sections where I let the lathe dig in deeper than the surrounding material. My thinking was that this area would fill with JB Weld increasing the shear-strength of the bond. ...probably overkill, but it can't hurt! :) Good luck on your repair! Dale Thanks, I couldn't get ahold of my machine shop guy today and got a little impatient so I just threaded a rod in to each part and reassembled that way. I suppose it could be welded at some point. Good enough for the fairing but I don't know that I'd hang the Givi's off it again. I guess the best solution would be a solid rod threaded at each end like you did, welded to the subframe to replace the entire hollow shaft. Thanks for the idea, my original thought would have messed the entire thing up I think.

Thanks! I just had my subframe break exactly where your's did and think I'll try your fix. Headers and the rest of the bike looks great. :fing02:

This was being discussed at the Summit. PM Cassandtim or Darth Bling, they may have some ideas on what they were thinking about w/ the RR mirrors.

I got BLS's peg lowering locks fitted to my 1KR, I'd bet they'd fit on the 750 too and then you can use the VFR or CBR pegs, if that's what you're looking for.

I gotta ask why you store your VFR in a large frig? Or was the air temp sensor just on the blink? :blink: :biggrin:

The right caliper ended up mounting up nicely without any mod needed, everything is lined up.

I haven't seen any noticeable difference. Price was the same as the 530 kit and the RK 520 seems to be wearing fine over the first 4K miles.

All the pressure, let's see you install two forks, a wheel and two calipers in less than 2 months!! :laugh: :huh: :beer: :goofy: I have the wheel on and the left caliper, they're all lined up ok, same as with the original forks. I'm using the same slimmed down right spacer, took about half the width off Jamie's original dimensions (~5mm down to about 3mm I think?). I think I'll have the same issue with the right caliper alignment, need to take some material (~2mm) off the mount on the fork or the caliper bracket to get it lined up. I'd be further along but all the brake parts were pretty cruddy and needed cleaning. That bit of anal retentiveness is your fault for posting such nice pics of your super clean build. :blink:

If you look at the pics above ...on the right clip on....mine is the one on the right....I have a 2000 So that is what I would consider offset The one on the right here would be the "straight" one in the poll I believe. It's inline with the bar. BR, correct me if this is wrong.

'00 with offset pin Got a pic? Just curious now...

Just to be clear, I think the intention was: is the locating pin straight, (inline) with the handlebar (not the upper triple). or is the locating pin offset from the handlebar. Some of the responses seem vague.

Man, looking great, you could eat off that thing. :dry:

I'm using the same left switch gear on my '86 1000. Hope the throttle works!

Nice electrical but good grief that's a lot of work, cut & splice for me. :mad: Seb, here's a pic. Was 'told' this is the DK 1/6 turn, I don't see any markings and can't verify it but it came from a track bike rental shop owner. I assume the cable slot diameter is slightly larger than OEM, but I don't have an original to compare.

Looking good so far, Bailey is right, looks like it just came off the showroom floor. I've got a Dan Kyle 1/6 turn throttle originally for a RC51, I think it would mate up to the 600 switch gear? If you want it PM me, not sure if it needs a different length cable or not. Looking to get rid of it.

Looks great, good to see that first kit out there and installed. It really looks like a nice set up, very well done. BTW, not sure what the issue is but the image post doesn't seem to work in this thread? Tried to post from my galley also and just getting the html tags.

Definitely, looks great. :huh:

I got the Big Agnes Encampment long bag, +15 degrees. http://www.bigagnes.com/Products/Detail/Bag/Encampment Picked it up at REI for 20% off. The difference with Big Agnes is they have no insulation on the bottom, just a sleeve for a pad, 20" wide for this one. I picked up the 1.75" REI pad, same design as the Thermarest. I've also read the 2.5" pads are very nice but the 1.75 worked fine for me. The pad provides the insulation between you and the ground and being in a sleeve on the bottom of the bag you don't roll off of it. Seemed to work great for me. Has a built in pillow pocket, draft collar around the neck, zipper draft protection. I tried conventional mummy bags but they were too restricting for my tastes.

My goal was to keep it as simple as possible so I don't have to think too much, all the camp gear in the duffel.

I think the down bags will pack the smallest, I've read down to grapefruit size? My synthetic packs to about the size of 2 small cantelopes. Also looking for a cable lock, more for the hotel stays than camping. Looking at the Eureka tent Phormanluge mentions, I think those side entry types would be more convenient than the style I got with the end door, although I haven't tried them. Here's a possible route I was thinking (going clockwise), still changing it around though. Summit route