What Have You Done To Your Bike Today?

[Skully521]

HID oh yer! so needed it haha
with angel eyes

 

[Trinith]

I'm not putting my bike on a 3 foot tall stack of wood blocks, sorry. The center stand is part of the bike.

 

[CurlyBlakey]

I'm not putting my bike on a 3 foot tall stack of wood blocks, sorry. The center stand is part of the bike.

Honestly it works, centre stand down, blocks under the downpipes, I've had both wheels off two bikes and they've been stable as anything like that Or of course you could invest in some paddock stands..

 

[Trinith]

I'm not putting my bike on a 3 foot tall stack of wood blocks, sorry. The center stand is part of the bike.

Honestly it works, centre stand down, blocks under the downpipes, I've had both wheels off two bikes and they've been stable as anything like that Or of course you could invest in some paddock stands..

You're missing the point. The point of the bike lift is not to hold the thing upright while the wheels are off it. The point of a lift is to hold the entire thing several feet off the ground so you don't have to bend over as much to work on any given part of the bike. In this case I had it in the back of my truck, so I could stand nearby and not have to bend over at all.

 

[CurlyBlakey]

I'm not putting my bike on a 3 foot tall stack of wood blocks, sorry. The center stand is part of the bike.

Honestly it works, centre stand down, blocks under the downpipes, I've had both wheels off two bikes and they've been stable as anything like that Or of course you could invest in some paddock stands..

You're missing the point. The point of the bike lift is not to hold the thing upright while the wheels are off it. The point of a lift is to hold the entire thing several feet off the ground so you don't have to bend over as much to work on any given part of the bike. In this case I had it in the back of my truck, so I could stand nearby and not have to bend over at all.

I see, yes I was

 

[Mikesmotorbike]

You're missing the point. The point of the bike lift is not to hold the thing upright while the wheels are off it. The point of a lift is to hold the entire thing several feet off the ground so you don't have to bend over as much to work on any given part of the bike. In this case I had it in the back of my truck, so I could stand nearby and not have to bend over at all.

have to ask though, doesn't the effort required to lift a 200 odd kg motorbike onto a truck out-weigh (no pun intented) the effort required to bend down?

I see why you did it, but I wouldn't be attempting to put a bike up there unless really necessary, especially as the trucks out there are massive!

 

[Trinith]

have to ask though, doesn't the effort required to lift a 200 odd kg motorbike onto a truck out-weigh (no pun intented) the effort required to bend down?

I see why you did it, but I wouldn't be attempting to put a bike up there unless really necessary, especially as the trucks out there are massive!

Mine is a pretty small truck, actually, but no it doesn't take that much effort. I've loaded it back there many times, and have all the right ramps and whatnot. Two people and about a minute of work and it's good to go.

 

[Sponge]

Well.. Didn't really do it today, but I did put a new side stand on.. and mirrors, I kinda felt the need to see if the truck/car/van/bus whatever behind me is going to kill me or not. Also still need the fix the speedo, but not really sure what's broken on it.. the cable.. or the thingy by the wheel.. or the gage on the handlebar..

 

[Mikesmotorbike]

have to ask though, doesn't the effort required to lift a 200 odd kg motorbike onto a truck out-weigh (no pun intented) the effort required to bend down?

I see why you did it, but I wouldn't be attempting to put a bike up there unless really necessary, especially as the trucks out there are massive!

Mine is a pretty small truck, actually, but no it doesn't take that much effort. I've loaded it back there many times, and have all the right ramps and whatnot. Two people and about a minute of work and it's good to go.

Ah right, if you have all the ramps and someone to help I can see why it's easier

 

[ToastToGo]

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[matth1138]

Well, after taking a hiatus from riding all winter due to a jammed lock core in the fuel filler cap, I went outside today to arrange a tow to the local shop to break out the cap. Of course, before I called the truck, I thought "Let's give this one more try..."

Keep in mind that I've pretty much tried weekly over the past 3 months to unjam the core by shooting lube in keyhole and jiggling the key, pushing, pulling, twisting (that sounded dirty) to get the cap to open up so I can fuel the bike.

So this morning I unhooked the battery tender, turned the ignition on to make sure the battery was good, and then tried to unlock the cap.

Lo and behold, it popped right open with nary a fuss.

This, of course, is after ordering a $250 fuel filler cap assembly from England.

Anyway, in response to "What have you done to your bike today?" : I've fueled her up for the first time in months, put air in the tires...and rode her.

Order has been restored to my universe.

 

[ToastToGo]

Anyway, in response to "What have you done to your bike today?" : I've fueled her up for the first time in months, put air in the tires...and rode her.

Order has been restored to my universe.

Yayyyyy!!!!

I wonder why it gave all of the sudden...is it warmer there now? I'm hoping you can either super-lube that lock so it doesn't stick again, or maybe installing the new filler cap lock still isn't the worst idea. I know though...freaking $250...that's a lot of money.

 

[crackthepipe999]

I called out the AA because as I was riding my starter motor kicked in :S I stopped and turned the ignition in and left it (motor not running) while I took a look at it and without touching the starter button it started itself and starter motor wouldn't turn off again. I believe I have moisture in the relay :/ that'll be tomorrow's job to rectify that

 

[UnstableBoy]

I looked out the window at it sitting in the yard covered in snow.... stupid weather... supposed to be nice this weekend though.

 

[Chris033081]

I took on the task of upgrading all the turn signals to LED and installing a run-stop-turn module with flashing brake function.

Here are the parts and the break down.

 

[Chris033081]

Here is the finished rear LED lights. The braking unit is set to pulse 4 times and then remain solid. The rear turn signals act as running lights for better visibility and flash with the rear light. When the signal is indicated, only the rear center light will pulse on brake.

 

[Trinith]

I took on the task of upgrading all the turn signals to LED and installing a run-stop-turn module with flashing brake function.

You may have done this already, but could you write up an actual parts list? I'm going to be doing something similar, and I'm having a hard time figuring out what's quality and what's crap.

As for what i did to my bike today, I looked at it over the top of a textbook, sitting lonely in the parkinglot.

 

[Chris033081]

I went to custom dynamics website. Ordered a LED conversion kit with all the modules and load balancer.
It was a direct for all the connectors.

The website has metric and canbus wired bikes and universal kits too.
The whole kit ran about $280 US with new lens covers, silicon sealed LED packs, run-stop flasher, and load balance module. Toughest part of the install was fitting everything under the seat.

After I found out the rear turn signals were wired backwards...fixed that and all was good.

 

[matth1138]

New parts vs old parts.

 

[Chris033081]

Nothing like a new cap and rotor set to bring that spark back.