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Went back through my old conversations. Heres one from 13 years ago. I'll make something that will work based on this. Skip, You're more than welcome to borrow the tool. Are you changing out the bearings and races? I also made a rig to press in the new races. It's a piece of 1/2" threaded rod about 15" long with two nuts and washers. Use your old races and two large sockets and tighten the nuts to press in the races. It works great. If you look in the Honda manual they sell a tool that presses the bearings which I based mine off of. Just their's is much prettier... mine was free I didn't like the idea of beating in the races while the bike is balanced in mid air. Cheers, Brett

Anyone have either the homemade variety (Or steps to make one) or the spendy honda version they would be willing to lend me? I'm trustworthy and honest and have never been arrested. Well, 2 out of 3.

Braking hardware, axle nut and pinchbolts all fine. With front end suspended there is a slight movement form front to back if I pull and push the front wheel. very slight but its there. I bought the bike with 40000 miles and it now has 128000 miles. Never replacedd the steering head bearings on this one but did on my last.

So took the bird out for a few hundred miles today. Had fun. Got back and was heading to the gym when I felt a clunk from the front end. I;m not sure if the handling feels a bit heavier. At a standstill bars move freely right and left. Once moving in a straight line.no play at all when trying to wiggle bars back and forth. Have the front end off the ground now. Noticable detente dead center. Other than that no slop no play. Just put new front wheels bearings in a few weeks ago. It just felt weird. Checking frame to make sure nothing farged. Any ideas? Gremlins? Biden?

Thanks guys. Wasn't thinking.

Title says it. Scratched ok. Prefer no cracks. Thanks!

Bearing had been in the ocean a few times. I go to the OBX every year. As the saying goes...rte12 one road in, one road out, sometimes. Saltwater at the S curves around Rodanthe is a common thing depending on tide and winds. Sometimes there’s no choice.

Noise while riding. Was feeling a bit of a tick when throwing the bike through some corners the last couple of days. Then some louder ticking I could feel even more. The round metal circles on the rotor opposite side of bad bearing started rubbing against something. Not quite sure what. It was suprising though. No wobbles. decelerate with hands off bars no wobbles and bike stayed on track. Weird.

On top of the stator I just replaced. I would ask the question but am afraid of the answer.

I think the bearing might have an issue.

Course anything lube related has always been a hit in this place.

Dielectric grease is the most important thing!

Whats the best way to remove spades from an old connector without fucking it up. I want to wire directly to new spades and use the old connector.

I paid $144 for my Ricks stator. Old rectifier. 14.5 volts at Idle. drops to a little over 13 when rpms are brought up. Think I may replace the rectifier also. The old R1 fix worked on my last xx. Much cheaper than Honda. Like Ricks! Stator definately was fried. Basically 5 volts across two of the yellow wires. Now about 25 volts at idle and up over 50 when revved.

That's what I ordered.

Yeah. That's what I ordered.

The xtra capacity is always good as I run heated gear in the colder weather. I've put the higher capacity stator in my last 97 and if not mistaken I think an R1 rectifier was also part of the fix. Its been quite a while and my memory sucks.

OK. Pretty sure stator is fried. I'm getting maybe 5 volts AC max across acouple of the yellowx. So recommendations on new stators for a "97?

red wire, green wire three yellows. Which ones should the red and black test leads be connected to. How much voltage should I be reading?

Having some charging issues (only 12.7 volts @ 5000 rpm) nad am looking for the info on how to test the stator. REplaced stator and rectifier a number of years ago on my first bird but can't find the thread. Just want to rule out the stator before i buy a new rectifier. plug into rectifier looks awesome for a 23 year old bike. No corrosion.

Sure. She got $2250. Guy offered her $2200. She said she wanted 2300 but would settle on $2250. Sold. She’s happy.

A few years back I changed the steering head bearing on my previous XX. Think it might be time to do the same for this one. Does anyone have that home made tool that was floating around a number of years ago? I got it the first time from AirborneXX who is no longer with us.

Thanks for your initial interest. Have fun with the scooter!

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OK. So what are you thinking.