Bunbun

Didn't ride for a month and a fucking mouse ate a fist size hole in the Sargent seat I have. I'd like to replace it. Anyone selling a used non-stock seat? Going to see what sargent will say a repair would cost... Bun

Your license. Bun

The one here just does net metering. I work for a power company that is going to (hopefully) have a large part in a new wind farm. Unfortunately, XX_rider is correct. Not always producing. But you can store the power with batteries and and invertor, otherwise it just runs the meter backwards. I'm probably going to be putting in a fairly large solar array in my next house with a small wind generator for evenings/ nights and cloudy days. Won't do a whole lot, but small wind turbines aren't terribly expensive.

Well, they don't work for one thing. Er... they work pretty well actually. The smaller ones don't make a lot of power, however as long as the wind is blowing, it's making at least a little juice to offset your bill. You need to make sure your area supports net-metering before you do anything else. The more wind, the more power, however you can get too much wind which could really screw up the unit unless it has a safety cut off to allow it to spin. They may have fixed all this in recent years, I don't know. But yes, they do work. ETA: The house I'm in has a small one and it produces about 7 or 8 kw/ on a good day. Not much, but it's tiny. It was here when we moved and I've never bothered to find out much about it. Landlord deals with it. Bun

Just installed some forks with racetech springs and valves. Rear is a penske that is also very new. Just trying to get them to work together properly. Got most of it dialed in but the finer points are giving me some issues and I can't figure out if it's me or the settings. Bun

I'm trying to setup my suspension properly and I'm kind of at an impass and not entirely sure what I need to do to correct a problem. First and foremost, I need to either do the 6mm shim or increase my ride height. Turn in kinda sucks. Occasionally I feel the front end want to push out a little bit. Kind of like when your front tire is low and it feels a little sluggish in a corner. Doesn't feel like that at any other time than in a corner and my tire pressure is good. Rear feels like it also wants to push out occasionally. It has yet to actually step out, but I swear that's what it wants to do. I've only noticed it a few times and generally only when I'm leaning into a corner, right before the apex. And really only when I'm going at a pretty decent clip, but it doesn't always do it. I even went around the same corner 5 times at the exact same speed and tried to keep very good posture in order to recreate it. The first and 4th times it did it, the others felt excellent. 90% of the time, the bike now holds a line really well, feels planted and the suspension is absolutely fantastic. I can't really fix the front, but I figure when I increase the ride height and fix the back, the front will hopefully work itself out. Any help would be... helpful. Thanks! Bun

Yay! Forks finally came in yesterday. I got up this morning and replaced the my forks with the lightly used racetech built forks. True to estimates, it took exactly 2 hours. Maybe slightly less. Went out for a ride after lunch and... holy crap. I have a new bike. It's one of those "why the hell did I not do this earlier?" feelings. With the penske in the back and racetech stuff up front, the bird is significantly better in the corners and I don't even have it dialed in properly. I need to adjust for better turn in, however I have so much more stability and tracking. Not to mention the ride quality. Thanks mrbadexxample for the forks, Joe for the writeup and everyone else for the help. I don't think I'll want another bike for a couple more years now. Well, I'll WANT one, but won't buy one at least. Bun

Nice write up, thanks a bunch! I was afraid I was going to have to remove the upper fairing, etc. Bun

With any luck, I should be receiving a pair forks tomorrow (hopefully). I leave for TEXXT on Friday at noon. My question is "How long does it take to remove and replace the forks on the blackbird?" Never done it and I'll be doing it in sub-optimal conditions. Think shade-tree mechanic. Got all the tools though. I REALLY want to get them on the bird before texxt so I can get some help sorting my suspension and to actually have some good handling. Anyway, thoughts or ideas from those that have done it before? I figure I have ~2 hours of daylight assuming I bust ass home from work on Tues, Weds and Thurs. Possible? Bun

Likewise, paypal sent. Bun

I'll grab the forks. Can also paypal tonight Bun

Ugh, suck. I recently had a ground problem that made the FI surge and die. Both the negative terminal on the battery and the bike ground were loose. Once tightened back up everything was fine. Check all the grounds and look around to see if you've got any worn wire insulation on anything major. If all that fails, you could start to remove fuses from non-essential circuits to see if you'll get lucky and have it be something you ride home without. Other than that, I'm out of electrical ideas Bun

yep, that did it! Terminal AND the bike ground were loose. Bike ground was was barely loose -- think it was mostly the terminal. Bun

well, thanks for the ideas, I think y'all may have called it. I checked the terminal connections and the ground screw on the battery was about a turn or so loose. Hopefully that'll do it -- appreciate the 'other set of eyes' and the KISS reminder Bun

Interesting you mention the battery. I've had a few other very minor issues with the electrical and I was thinking my battery may be dying. I've not replaced it since I've had the bike (2 years) and I have no idea if it was replaced at any time by the PO. Good thing to look at. I've checked fuses, however I haven't checked much other electrical related stuff -- good call, I'll do that here in a few minutes. Thanks for the assistance and any other ideas are welcome! It's an 02 bird btw eddy -- no issues with that year for the loom that you know of? Bun