If you have to take the forks off the bike to change the oil, put in better springs. You can never have too much suspension (if that makes any sense).
There is wisdom there. Luckily, on a dirt bike, the forks come out pretty darned easily. And I have an improvised stand that'll get both wheels off the ground and hold the bike reasonably stable.
Set aside some money and just watch NewEnough to see what shows up.
I've been doing that for a little bit at least. I've had this crazy thought of saving up the coin for a set of MotoPort kevlar gear, but that'll easily be $800-900 for the full jacket/pant set. And yes, their website sucks a golf ball through a garden hose.
I admit I used to be totally anti-JR, but their quality has really improved over the past couple of years. Now it's hit-or-miss with the hits being really surprisingly good, and not just Throughly Bad (their leather and leather/textile gear crashes much better than their textile-only and their mesh is still pretty godawful).
If you're anti-JR because of their philosophies or their China-based production or their inability to spell things or get ideas across in their literature, well, then, OK. ;-)
Value inspections (at least on my bike) wasn't that bad once you got all the air box crap off. In fact the easiest part about the whole thing was inspection. It was a bit of work those to get everything above the valve cover off though. :P
I've also heard some pretty good things about shift racing gear, they have both textile and leather motard gear. Although I haven't owned any, I have heard some good things about their MX gear. Cyclegear is always hocking their stuff to so I'd watch for their year-end closeouts comeing up when the 08 stuff hits their shelves.
It's not the valve clearance inspection I'm worried about, it's what I do when the valves are out of spec. Step 1: remove camshafts.
And there are lots of horror stories floating around about not tightening the bolts on the upper cam journal assembly (it's one cast piece for all the journals on each cam) evenly, and warping. Apparently they're matched to the head, so you get the fun of putting an entire new head on the bike if you screw up.
And I haven't even begun to contemplate the game of musical valve shims...
hmm... well when the gsxr's crankshaft was being repaired, I think the manual had a specific pattern(if I remember correctly)to tighten the upper bolts down too. Torque wrench required of course, but you didn't tighten them down, you snugged 'em then slowly tightened them in the pattern in the manual. It took a while but as long as you follow the manual(at least the suzuki one was awesome) it was all good.
*ohm pha ohm pha* <-- music for your musical valve shims
I'm only going to do braided cables with a set that duplicates the OEM setup, and splits the lines down on the lower part of the forks. And that set is a bit pricy. On the plus side, I can get them with orange PVC covers on the lines. :-)
Thanks! Enjoy your turkey day, and get out to Jiminy this weekend! Mountain is open Fri-Sun, and my friend superlib is a snowboard instructor there this year!
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If you have to take the forks off the bike to change the oil, put in better springs. You can never have too much suspension (if that makes any sense).
3. Textile jacket/pants - something suited to dual-sport riding, and relatively easy to clean. NOT Joe Rocket.
Set aside some money and just watch NewEnough to see what shows up.
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There is wisdom there. Luckily, on a dirt bike, the forks come out pretty darned easily. And I have an improvised stand that'll get both wheels off the ground and hold the bike reasonably stable.
Set aside some money and just watch NewEnough to see what shows up.
I've been doing that for a little bit at least. I've had this crazy thought of saving up the coin for a set of MotoPort kevlar gear, but that'll easily be $800-900 for the full jacket/pant set. And yes, their website sucks a golf ball through a garden hose.
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I admit I used to be totally anti-JR, but their quality has really improved over the past couple of years. Now it's hit-or-miss with the hits being really surprisingly good, and not just Throughly Bad (their leather and leather/textile gear crashes much better than their textile-only and their mesh is still pretty godawful).
If you're anti-JR because of their philosophies or their China-based production or their inability to spell things or get ideas across in their literature, well, then, OK. ;-)
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Value inspections (at least on my bike) wasn't that bad once you got all the air box crap off. In fact the easiest part about the whole thing was inspection. It was a bit of work those to get everything above the valve cover off though. :P
As far as the ABS repair, 3M makes a lot of incredible products to repair ABS. I know there is a pretty good how to on the yzf site here: http://www.yzf600r.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=35888
http://www.yzf600r.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=39197&highlight=abs+welding
I've also heard some pretty good things about shift racing gear, they have both textile and leather motard gear. Although I haven't owned any, I have heard some good things about their MX gear. Cyclegear is always hocking their stuff to so I'd watch for their year-end closeouts comeing up when the 08 stuff hits their shelves.
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And there are lots of horror stories floating around about not tightening the bolts on the upper cam journal assembly (it's one cast piece for all the journals on each cam) evenly, and warping. Apparently they're matched to the head, so you get the fun of putting an entire new head on the bike if you screw up.
And I haven't even begun to contemplate the game of musical valve shims...
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*ohm pha ohm pha* <-- music for your musical valve shims
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This one's on my list too.
You forgot to add braided cables. :)
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