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    Horse Power loss?

    in The Garage

    Posted

    We have a guy that delivers paperwork at my department that has is an online distributor of Amsoil. If there is any interest, I'll talk to him and see what he can do for us. Just a thought.

    Rich

    StPeteXX

    any news on the Amsoil ? :grin:

    Exhaust can, titanium or carbon?

    in The Garage

    Posted

    Don't worry I had my bird all of 30 minutes.. Jumped off the slap from the dealership and stopped to grab some dinner. Going 85 mph for 20 minutes tends to get the exhaust kinda warm..

    I got got off the bike and mentioned to my friend (also just picked up his new bird) that I liked the dual exhaust look :roll: while doing this and nothing thinking I rested my finger tips on the can :shock: I instantly burned my finger tips, and lost feeling in them for about a week :oops:

    I would recommend using your tongue on the header after a good hard ride :twisted:

    Exhaust can, titanium or carbon?

    in The Garage

    Posted

    I guess I don't care about the appearance of carbon fiber, but the advantage I see is that it doesn't get as hot as the titanium could.

    After a hard run, I can see the side of a carbon can being cooler than a titanium can. I don't know that to be the case, but I would think it so.

    J.

    How often are you going to get off your bike and touch your exhaust? :shock: :lol:

    mirror screw

    in The Garage

    Posted

    I recently removed my houseing to attempt in tinting my turn signals..

    I nearly screwed mine up attempting to get the screw out.. I used the biggest screw driver that would fit.. with a flat tip.. not the point ass philips screw drivers.. and held my mirror really tight and put alot of ass into it..

    Might wanna see about trying a impact driver.. I have had good luck with them in the past on stubborn screws.. I really need to get another one myself :wink:

    Its a miracle (kinda)

    in The Garage

    Posted

    :grin: ok not really..

    Did alittle fork/handle bar adjusting this evening while we are having some shitty weather.

    I lowered the triple tree 1/4" and raised my bars a whole 1/2"

    Feels super comfy.. and as a added bonas I can almost completly flat foot the bird :lol: I am only 5'9" roughly

    I yanked out my rear shim (5.3mm) cause of my lack of touching the ground.

    I am going to redo it but only use (3.0mm) of shim this time and see how this improves the handleing. She was super sweet in the twisties with the previous shim. I took it out and rode the mountains again :sad: and just plainly sucked.. :mad:

    Thanks Demon for the tip. :wink:

    AVON 45/46 wear

    in The Garage

    Posted

    I am running 36F and 38R on my Avons. That is what most of Avon users are running. Won't take long to ruin a tire with the wrong air pressure.

    I got about 3200 or so out of my rear right now, and will probably have to replace it within the next 1,000 miles if that..

    No I don't do burnouts either, I do mountain roads like a crack whore looking for a fix :wink: Took off yesterday and rode over to the BRP for most of the day. 480 miles later I came home from playing :grin:

    Installed the D&D Slip-ons!

    in The Garage

    Posted

    Yeah on my 750 I had before my bird I had a full D&D, along with some other mods :wink:

    You heard me coming from over 2 miles away :shock: Buddy lived 3 miles down the road from me.. He could hear me catching every gear if I was putting foot into her ass.

    I kinda miss that bike now.. I enjoyed bouncing her ass off the rev limiter

    Avon tire splitting

    in The Garage

    Posted

    Yeah Hatchman who the bike in the pictures belongs to, told me that a friend of his also had the same problems with their tires..

    they both have stopped running avon tires and moved on to Diablo's for the track.

    I probably only have a couple more trips to the mountains before my rear AV46 is gone. I will probably get 4500 to 5000 miles out of it.

    Will try a AV50 and see which one I like better :wink:

    Avon tire splitting

    in The Garage

    Posted

    bike is a 2k2 Aprila mille he races.. He did that at VIR

    Wish I could make my tires look like that.. :wink:

    Mine don't have the balling up like that.. but have seen mine do some cold tearing before..

    I got the little ripping on the left side about a inch or so long and on the right side just alittle bit.. :???:

    Was curious if others running the AV46 rear had the same problem? I plan on going to the AV50 next go around

    Avon tire splitting

    in The Garage

    Posted

    noticed my rear tire sorting splitting after a joyful ride in the moutains :shock:

    I have seen it on another riders race tires doing the same thing.. My digital camera is dead. But got some pics of his tire showing it..

    I can email them to someone if they can post them up..

    I know I was riding hard in the mountains but didn't think I was pushing that hard :???: Kinda looks as if I ran over something, but its on the left and right side at the exact same place on the tire..

    Horse Power loss?

    in The Garage

    Posted

    i also thought about that.. yesterday I was flat out flogging 3rd gear.. and bike temp went up too 210 while riding the twisties..

    but would go down to 190 on normal roads... it was also hotter than hell yesterday.. sweat was pouring off my balls like water coming out of a garden hose :twisted: :shock:

    Horse Power loss?

    in The Garage

    Posted

    On my little group ride yesterday we were talking about bike maintance. We compared what chain lube we used, and all that fun jolly shiznit

    Well engine oil came up.. I mentioned I was running the Mobil 1 15w-50

    Buddy of mine couldn't believe me. Said that running that thick of a oil was actually robbing my engine of HP.

    He runs Mobil 1 bike oil in his 929, and think his 996 ducati..

    How much HP is being robbed? I figured no more than 2 or 3.. We talked about thicker oil compared to thinner oil running in a tight spec high performance engine..

    Avon road hazzard warranty

    in The Garage

    Posted

    I used it for my front tire that developed a really bad shake not too long after putting it on... right at 1,000 miles on it..

    their email was down when I did it... go to the avon site and get the phone number.. they are in washington state.. but got a 1(800) number to them..

    they will tell you to take your tire to a dealership to get the tread depth checked

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