nydhags
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posted September 15, 2008 06:31 AM
Flies Removed + Other Stuff Added
I had to change my tires this weekend (5800 miles in 9 weeks) so since I wasn't going anywhere I figured yesterday would be a good time to start enhancing the bike.
My list included fly removal, Brock Gen 3 CF, Power Commander, Speedo Healer, Change brake and clutch lines, change front brake pads, remove canister, install Hugger, radiator gaurd and swing arm spools.
Staring with the Fly Removal, I had a lot of anxiety and possible even missed a night of sleep, but I have read so many post regarding fly removal that I was able to do it by memory.
My wife had the Klien screwdriver I picked up in the Van with her, so I ran to home depot and picked up their Husky Pro #2 screwdriver they were out of the longer Kliens. The run warmed up the motor so after I removed the bodywork, I proceeded with the fly removal.
Warm motor, Tighten then loosened all screws, then removed the loosened screw and with a magnetic pickup pulled it out.
The Bike is still apart after 16 hours with a 2 hour break for a meeting, I gave in around 2AM. I'm task oriented and try to get things done in one shot but when tools started disappearing in my hand I figured it was time to call it a night/morning.
I was able to take a quick run up the street to warm the bike up for the TPS calibration (it was reading 2% at idle) and could feel a difference, cant wait to get it back together and take a midnight run to open her up
I still have about 2.5 hours of work to do , mainly bleeding the lines and putting it back together
I'll post pics when done.
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Peno
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posted September 15, 2008 07:05 AM
Congrats and feel the true beast she is
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billeason
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posted September 15, 2008 07:28 AM
I'M taking it that you sync that 2% closed tps setting and zero'ed it out? You may also want to check wot, sometimes this will be 95-97% on the 14's. I recalibrate the 14's on every 2nd oil change, it becomes just part of the maintance routine per brock's recomendation. If you already know this just disregard....... Bil
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nydhags
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posted September 15, 2008 08:45 AM
Thanks for the info, I did Zero it out, but I didn't know that it had to be recalibrated as a part of maintenance.
I thought it was a set it and forget type thing.
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billeason
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posted September 15, 2008 12:11 PM
In theory it is,but if you read brock's forums on maint, it should be checked every so often along with the map. It only takes a few minutes and like i said above they do get off!! Bill...
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nydhags
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posted September 16, 2008 05:32 PM
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