No8 Wire Extraordinaire
Did Shannon dam today, last post.
https://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/s...t-there/page26
Wish I'd changed rear tyre earlier.
I loaded an angle app and tried fork. 116, or 24*. Seems sharp. [EDIT. 26° brain fart] Tried the 690 next to me. 26° also. Ok.
Now the gravel roads there are mostly easy but some rough areas.
The rear is not so skittery and the bike also wants to turn rather than plow. Standing or sitting are improved for sure.
It actually felt playful.
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Note edit. The change according to ai would be to 28° to put it back to standard. Which is pretty slack angle. No wonder it plowed a bit.
But picture of specs gave the rake as 26°.
I kinda wonder whether they wanted a lower seat after they designed it and the tyre manufacturer said yes. We'll make a queer size for you.
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So here's the plan for extending the sidestand.
Mill 1 mm step for the foot to locate in. Drill and tap 3 M5 holes.
Trim to suit and squirt of black.
Reattach sidestand.
And that's where I have to find where the spring went. I used a spring pull, it put up a fight then disappeared at pace. Didn't even make a sound, just went off to hide.
I've checked the obviously trajectory. Then the less obvious ones. Then the bash plate. Then the other areas for 30 min.
Sigh. I do have other springs in collection but you have to be careful, it is critical to have right length, strength and closed end hooks.
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So look again.
Take bicycle up hill road. Horrible but should be done.
Silly tyre needs air.
Ponder and peddle.
Look behind 765. No. Lie on ground and scan. Nothing.
Check gaps on bike to see if it's Kennedy's magic bulleted up there. No. Should I really lie underneath? Seems extreme. Idley check chain tension. It falls off on ground.
Hey ill take that as a win.
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LoL. Small springs are even worse, especially if they escape off the workbench!
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Ok next.
10mm plate, about 1mm recess cut in. 3 x m5 holes drilled and tapped.
Loctite, file and sand. Squirt of black zinc.
Hardest thing was trying to get spring back on. Tried bending and filling gaps with spacers. Did nothing useful. It's a double spring.
Ended up wrapping a ratchet tiedown around the rear tyre and putting puller handle through anchor eyelet.
Donned safety facesheild and easy as.just.
Makes bike much easier to lift off stand and should be less scary to use on slight slope as was case Sunday.
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I should do something like that on the R1. It already has a small plate, but it leans a long way because of the 55 profile tyre and rear suspension mods. I have to careful on soft ground or gravel - it nearly fell over recently when the stand slipped off a rounded stone.
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I have found an easier way is to attach the spring to both anchor points before putting the pivot bolt in, then using the stand as a lever to get it to where the bolt goes in. As always YMMV.Originally Posted by F5 Dave
Did the Striple fork seals successfully, your compression tool worked well. Will bring it back next time I am passing.
it's not a bad thing till you throw a KLR into the mix.
those cheap ass bitches can do anything with ductape.
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My mate with the GS has just bought one. He was off today to try it on a metal road.
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Get him to read this thread. Bigger rear tyre appears to be the key.
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I'll suggest that, but it's a long thread now. It's only done 4,000 km and is on the original tyres.
He really enjoyed it after his GS1250, said it was much easier to ride in gravel. Why am I not surprised! Hopefully I'll get a ride soon.
Where do they sit under the new rego pricing?
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No idea I'll guess I'll find out in February
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petrol before July 26 3months 6 months 12 months 0-60cc $117.06 $225.54 $442.41 61-600cc $123.27 $237.90 $467.13 600 and over $154.04 $299.44 $590.20 electric $120.99 $233.40 $458.14
petrol after July 26 3 months 6 months 12 months 0-60cc $114.37 $220.09 $431.52 61-250cc $120.58 $232.45 $456.24 251-750cc $158.08 $307.48 $606.26 over 750cc $210.62 $412.56 $816.45 electric $118.20 $227.82 $446.96
for the first time ever I am considering not rego the bike for the full 12 months .$68 bucks a month to register the 1250 At the rate I am riding at he mo its $17 a ride
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Yes, I normally put my rego on hold over winter. But I might pay for 12 months instead.
I asked the question as I'd like a light adv bike as well as the R1. But it's just too expensive to run 2 bikes, even if the second is a 450.
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Rego for both mine (650 and 765) is getting ridiculous, so they will no be on hold and only registered for weekend or week as required. (once the three month initial period is over) This is easy enough to do online but there is some doubt about whether they go back on hold OR if the hold period is cancelled and another three months on hold has to pass before the short term reg can occur again. MAGNZ is getting into this in a big way, including an Auckland protest ride planned for 30th May.
it's not a bad thing till you throw a KLR into the mix.
those cheap ass bitches can do anything with ductape.
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