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angryhampster
Oct 21, 2005

High Protein posted:

Some kind of a back rest/sissy bar really makes all the difference on those. Without it you keep sliding back, it's horrible.

Edit: And without after-market shocks they keep bottoming out 2-up too.

Yea I just need to get a pad. I've got a mini-lowboy sissy bar and a Mustang "wide vintage" seat. The shocks are stock length aftermarket units from Progressive.

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IcedPee
Jan 11, 2008

Yarrrr! I be here to plunder the fun outta me workplace! Avast!

FREE DECAHEDRON!
It's time for Adventures in Fork Seals with Forums User IcedPee!

I've never done this before, but I watched a video about it on youtube, so that practically makes me an expert. Let's get started!

When removing one of the brake calipers, I encountered this guy here:



rear end in a top hat. Who cuts out the head of a bolt and then just puts it back (super tight, I might add)? Had to cut the fucker out with a hack saw. Also to be noted, my nails look a mess now. Gonna have to get them did before I go out. In any case, a new set was only $17 + s/h



Unfortunately, it doesn't end there. The seal was beyond hosed. Only the rubber would come out, and it peeled off like flaky paint.



gently caress this, all this work is making me hungry.



Be careful when boiling your fork! If you over-cook it, it can get mushy. A little prying, and it finally came out.



So, now while I'm cleaning everything up, I've got the replacement here:



Now, I know where the seal goes, so I'm going to phrase this last question as intelligently as I can: Where's the other little rubber doohicky supposed to go? :downs:

Edit: afterthought: The condescending, but informative, dude at the bike shop implied that, since my seals were shot and leaking oil onto the brake rotors, they would have to be cleaned somehow before it would pass. Is there any special way I should be cleaning them other than giving them a wipe-down and then just using the brakes a few times as normal? I don't wanna go back to the guy and have him tell me he won't pass it until he changes the seals himself (for $200).

IcedPee fucked around with this message at 01:40 on Apr 6, 2012

GnarlyCharlie4u
Sep 23, 2007

I have an unhealthy obsession with motorcycles.

Proof

IcedPee posted:

It's time for Adventures in Fork Seals with Forums User IcedPee!

Don't listen to what anyone else tells you. hosed up nailpolish and greasy hands is sexy.

While we're on the topic of seals, has anyone tried the SealMate and NOT hosed up their seals or scratched their fork tubes?
http://www.sealmate.net/

IcedPee
Jan 11, 2008

Yarrrr! I be here to plunder the fun outta me workplace! Avast!

FREE DECAHEDRON!
I'm a dude, though. If I ride a girl-bike and have long hair, is that still ok?

Fkin
Apr 19, 2003

by Y Kant Ozma Post
Looks like I might be taking a new job down south. The result? MEGA road trip down to Oklahoma City on the Dyna. This should be fun! Trying to figure out what the best way to go is to avoid lovely weather from seattle to OKC this time of year. Obviously going through Montana or Colorado is totally out.

Beve Stuscemi
Jun 6, 2001




IcedPee posted:

I'm a dude, though. If I ride a girl-bike and have long hair, is that still ok?

I have the weirdest boner right now.

ReelBigLizard
Feb 27, 2003

Fallen Rib

GnarlyCharlie4u posted:

Don't listen to what anyone else tells you. hosed up nailpolish and greasy hands is sexy.

While we're on the topic of seals, has anyone tried the SealMate and NOT hosed up their seals or scratched their fork tubes?
http://www.sealmate.net/

Not tried them but it seems like a reasonable idea, if there's grit in the seal sharp enough to scratch the stanchion then it will already be scratching it with the motion of the fork. A (what I assume is) plastic card is not going to scratch hard chrome. The only real danger seems to be that you could wreck the seal, but then you were going to have to change it anyway.

The main problem with the product is that it isn't much of a product, by which I mean, cut one your own out of a white HDPE jug (like the ones that commercial fluids come in).

Sagebrush
Feb 26, 2012

I paid $12 for two brand new fork seals and the guy wants $8 for that piece of plastic. I know there's more labor involved in replacement than in whatever you do with that thing, but why not just do it correctly?

Scrapez
Feb 27, 2004

IcedPee posted:

Edit: afterthought: The condescending, but informative, dude at the bike shop implied that, since my seals were shot and leaking oil onto the brake rotors, they would have to be cleaned somehow before it would pass. Is there any special way I should be cleaning them other than giving them a wipe-down and then just using the brakes a few times as normal? I don't wanna go back to the guy and have him tell me he won't pass it until he changes the seals himself (for $200).

Get a big can of brake cleaner and go to town on them with that and a rag. They'll clean right up. Just put something underneath like a towel because if they're really dirty, that black poo poo will drop all over the ground and make a mess.

ReelBigLizard
Feb 27, 2003

Fallen Rib

Sagebrush posted:

I paid $12 for two brand new fork seals and the guy wants $8 for that piece of plastic. I know there's more labor involved in replacement than in whatever you do with that thing, but why not just do it correctly?

Its a pain in the arse doing a fork seal. You need a couple of specialist tools for seating the seal and setting the oil level too (although I hacked my own tools when I did it). Look up youtube guides on fork disassembly for an idea.

Sagebrush
Feb 26, 2012

ReelBigLizard posted:

Its a pain in the arse doing a fork seal.

I know, I've done it. But I figure you might as well do it properly, since a new fork seal will last tens of thousands of miles anyway and it's critical to the performance of the bike.

That little tool looks like it's a patch at best and useless at worst, and it isn't much cheaper than brand new parts that you know will solve the problem. That's all.

ReelBigLizard
Feb 27, 2003

Fallen Rib

Sagebrush posted:

I know, I've done it. But I figure you might as well do it properly, since a new fork seal will last tens of thousands of miles anyway and it's critical to the performance of the bike.

That little tool looks like it's a patch at best and useless at worst, and it isn't much cheaper than brand new parts that you know will solve the problem. That's all.

Like I said, I wouldn't pay money for one, but if a seal gets a small leak I'll definitely grab some thin HDPE or similar and give this a try. The concept is perfectly sound; those hydraulic wiper seals have two sealing surfaces and a groove in between to collect dirt and oil that gets through one or the other. If the only thing holding that wiper seal open is a bit too much grime then hooking it out isn't a patch, it's a fix, and you have nothing but a couple of minutes to lose by trying it, and possibly several hours of time to save. As much as I like wrenching on my bikes, a lot of the time I have better things/people to do/see.

Fkin
Apr 19, 2003

by Y Kant Ozma Post
Sun came out today in Seattle (I know wtf right?). About 200 more break in miles on the springer rebuild.

Nuevo
May 23, 2006

:eyepop::shittypop::eyepop::shittypop::eyepop::shittypop::eyepop::shittypop::eyepop::shittypop::eyepop::shittypop::eyepop::shittypop::eyepop::shittypop:
Fun Shoe

Fkin posted:

Sun came out today in Seattle (I know wtf right?). About 200 more break in miles on the springer rebuild.



That leather tasseled mud flap on the front fender is really the icing on the cake. Love it.

Fkin
Apr 19, 2003

by Y Kant Ozma Post

Boat posted:

That leather tasseled mud flap on the front fender is really the icing on the cake. Love it.

There is one on the back fender too.

angryhampster
Oct 21, 2005

Some ironhead porn for your Saturday:

New Accel super coil:


Bug juice on the air cleaner cover:





Loving the super coil. Makes cold-starting much easier.

Fkin
Apr 19, 2003

by Y Kant Ozma Post
Amazing weather in Seattle today. Grabbed lunch at the party going on at downtown Harley then rode around the sound and took the ferry back.

















And the ferry ride back



Edit right click and open in new tab to see them better.

FlerpNerpin
Apr 17, 2006


James Toseland buys a Harley...

poo poo, this means that there is at least one Harley rider on the road I can't make fun of. I have to be more discerning now :(

http://www.visordown.com/motorcycle-news--general-news/james-toseland-gets-a-harley-shocker/20457.html

I'd love to see him rail on that thing

redscare
Aug 14, 2003

Spiffness posted:

James Toseland buys a Harley...

poo poo, this means that there is at least one Harley rider on the road I can't make fun of. I have to be more discerning now :(

http://www.visordown.com/motorcycle-news--general-news/james-toseland-gets-a-harley-shocker/20457.html

I'd love to see him rail on that thing

The man's got himself a purdy Softail.

Marv Hushman
Jun 2, 2010

Freedom Ain't Free
:911::911::911:

Spiffness posted:

James Toseland buys a Harley...

poo poo, this means that there is at least one Harley rider on the road I can't make fun of. I have to be more discerning now :(

http://www.visordown.com/motorcycle-news--general-news/james-toseland-gets-a-harley-shocker/20457.html

I'd love to see him rail on that thing

No shocker here...he's a retiree :)

clutchpuck
Apr 30, 2004
ro-tard
Any of you fellas know a thing or two about tuning ECMs, even specifically Buell ECMs? My Ulysses has a dyno tuned fuel map set with a static AFV and the O2 sensor disconnected. It is tuned well for sea level, but I like to tour and I am concerned about fouling plugs going over the continental divide or whatever.

If I reconnect the O2 sensor, it is going to lean the whole map out as learn-mode calibrates itself by applying global injector duration corrections to get it as close to 14.7 AFR as it can.

I seem to have a couple options (and maybe more I am not aware of?):

1. Have the bike re-tuned on a dyno, and target 14.7 in the learn mode region of the RPM/TPS grid (<30% throttle, steady 1500-4000rpm). The drawback is that it will run hot.

2. Get a wide-band O2 sensor and controller setup similar to the Zeitronix Zt-3, and configure the narrow-band output to switch over at 13.4ish.

Any advice? Other options I should explore?

clutchpuck fucked around with this message at 01:07 on Apr 17, 2012

Z3n
Jul 21, 2007

I think the point is Z3n is a space cowboy on the edge of a frontier unknown to man, he's out there pushing the limits, trail braking into the abyss. Finding out where the edge of the razor is, turning to face the darkness and revving his 690 into it's vast gaze. You gotta live this to learn it bro.
If it's tuned well it really shouldn't foul plugs at high altitude. You'll probably notice some decreased performance but I wouldn't mess with it until you've had an established problem with it.

clutchpuck
Apr 30, 2004
ro-tard
That makes sense, if carb'd bikes can do Teton Pass, I guess my static-tuned bike can?

2ndclasscitizen
Jan 2, 2009

by Y Kant Ozma Post

Spiffness posted:

James Toseland buys a Harley...

poo poo, this means that there is at least one Harley rider on the road I can't make fun of. I have to be more discerning now :(

http://www.visordown.com/motorcycle-news--general-news/james-toseland-gets-a-harley-shocker/20457.html

I'd love to see him rail on that thing

I'd say that there's one more you can make fun of, Toseland is a tool.

Fkin
Apr 19, 2003

by Y Kant Ozma Post
Got my new apes and tac on the my Dyna.

GnarlyCharlie4u
Sep 23, 2007

I have an unhealthy obsession with motorcycles.

Proof
Harley says:

DEFY STEREOTYPES!
http://www.harley-davidson.com/en_US/Content/Pages/dark-custom/stereotypical-harley.html?source_cd=Banner_2012Q1_YA_StereoTypicalHarley

(but no really, buy into the culture while you're at it)

Beve Stuscemi
Jun 6, 2001




Uh, are they not reviewing what goes up on that banner from Twitter?

:stonk:



Quick, someone post some horrible stuff followed with a #StereotypicalHarley hashtag

Beve Stuscemi fucked around with this message at 17:57 on May 17, 2012

Beve Stuscemi
Jun 6, 2001




Uh, they definitely arent.

TWITTERHAVERS, STRIKE WHILE THE IRON IS HOT!!!

EDIT: I would also bet you could get hilarious instagram pics on there with the same hashtag



Beve Stuscemi fucked around with this message at 17:56 on May 17, 2012

BlackLaser
Dec 2, 2005





:eyepop:

BlackLaser fucked around with this message at 18:29 on May 17, 2012

Frozen Pizza Party
Dec 13, 2005



Yep. Now everyone knows my name :(

GnarlyCharlie4u
Sep 23, 2007

I have an unhealthy obsession with motorcycles.

Proof
Dan-it layer dan you beat me to it:



Edit:
Why aren't my tweets tweeting?
https://twitter.com/!/gnarlycharlie4u

quote:

Tires on my trailer? Replaced annually. Tires on my Softail? Same ones that came with the bike. #Stereotypicalharley


nevermind:

GnarlyCharlie4u fucked around with this message at 19:03 on May 17, 2012

GnarlyCharlie4u
Sep 23, 2007

I have an unhealthy obsession with motorcycles.

Proof
Since mine don't seem to work, can someone please tweet "Androgyny: My Road King is a garage QUEEN. #StereotypicalHarley" and take a screenshot?

also:

Safety Dance
Sep 10, 2007

Five degrees to starboard!

Okay, I'm proud of these:




Haha, the imgur.com filename is FuckL.png

Edit:
Yours made it up, GnarlyCharley

Safety Dance fucked around with this message at 19:04 on May 17, 2012

GnarlyCharlie4u
Sep 23, 2007

I have an unhealthy obsession with motorcycles.

Proof

Safety Dance posted:


Edit:
Yours made it up, GnarlyCharlie


YESSSSSSS IT'S WORKING haha.
I am having way more fun than I should with this.

Rev. Dr. Moses P. Lester
Oct 3, 2000
You guys are mean to Harley.

FlerpNerpin
Apr 17, 2006


This is the funniest poo poo I've seen in ages.

Errant Gin Monks
Oct 2, 2009

"Yeah..."
- Marshawn Lynch
:hawksin:

IcedPee
Jan 11, 2008

Yarrrr! I be here to plunder the fun outta me workplace! Avast!

FREE DECAHEDRON!
In all fairness, it's a pretty god drat stupid campaign.

Anyhow, I have an actual biek question. My carburetor is running too rich (actually belches fire with its dying gasp sometimes :black101:) and while I can get lots of great info on how to adjust it, they don't tell me WHAT the gently caress to adjust, nor do they tell me a good way to know what carb I've got on the damned thing.

What I have is this:


The stuff I read acts like there should be only the mixture screw and the throttle adjustment screw, but as you can see, I have three screws. The one in the center of the image (left hand side of the carb) is obviously the throttle adjustment, but what are the other two on top?

IcedPee fucked around with this message at 20:12 on May 17, 2012

Lanky_Nibz
Apr 30, 2008

We will never be rid of these stars. But I hope they live forever.

PLEASE tell me this is one of you guys. :psyduck:

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karms
Jan 22, 2006

by Nyc_Tattoo
Yam Slacker
Why? That's pretty typical harley worship to me.

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