brianmacza
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John, have any CCT's in stock that you can send me up here in Michigan?
Got me a bike full of broken dishes.... dammit.
Got yours ready to go out tomorrow, Tuesday.
I have only one left in stock untill next week when I will have 10 more coming in.
John
Hi John,
Mine has started making slight noises - wondered if it is CCT or the PAIR system making the noises...
What would be the CCT cost be including shipping to Johannesburg, South Africa?
I'm gonna make a PAIR blockoff plate from 6mm aliminium - just need to make a template first.
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Check your tire pressures too...
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Anyone done this program? We got the Windsor Pilates DVD's last year, I tried the introductory DVD once, and even though I'd been wanting them for some time, never did it again. Thinking of giving it another go as it's no impact, and my joints are starting to ache again with the extra weight I'm piling on.
Plus........seems like whenever you see someone who does pilates/yoga.......they're a very "lean" muscular, rather than bulky. I believe they say something about it being from working your long muscles or something??? Right now........I'm kinda shaped like Jerome Bettis
I did Pilates for a couple years with my late wife. Helped my dicky back immensely, and gave me much more flexibility and stamina.
Also developed quite a decent sixpack - the core excercises work the gut area bigtime.
Oh... and if you do it in classes, the wimmen look great!!! I was the only guy
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seems quite comprehensive... coud be a target for the repost nazi tho
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This is likely to affect ground clearance as well, isn't it?
great for getting a knee down in campus
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I use autosol on my exhausts and rims to get the gunk and tarnish off....
is the only thing I found that works great on melted shoe rubber on exhausts
B
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Have the OEM Stones on the '03 and couldn't agree with you more,
The OEM ones are by far the worst
I tried the BT010 and BT020.............
Not much better......
Didn't inspire me to try the BT014......... :icon_hand:
A few here swear by the Metz....compelling enough to maybe give them a run....
I just went from a BT010 front / BT020 rear combo to a matched Metzeler Z6 front and rear and the difference was amazing. I hadne't scraped footpegs either side before on the Bird, but manage now on a daily basis on the freeway cloverleaf exchanges on my way to the office.
And I'm the same woosie not-very-ballsy rider I was before... no changing in a telephone booth shit for me
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Just another possibility...
Are your running lights very bright, but the flashers aren't?
Mine is a Euro spec bike - no running lights
B
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Let me guess, they flash very quickly too since you swapped out the rear signals too ?
Replace the flasher unit with an eletronic one and it will normalize the flash rate. Ask John01XX where to get one.
tHe flash cadence seems about right... the bike came with fugly aftermarket rear signals...
the front ones are just too darn dull - in bright sunlight its almost impossible to see them.
I'm gonna clean the contacts anyways and see if I can get a higher rating bulb... perhaps that may make a difference.
Tx guys
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My front turn signals are quite dim - at night it isn't a problem but during the day you need to look twice to make sure they work. The rear signals are bright enough, but they are liddle aftermarket fake carbon fiber jobbies (were on the XX when I got her) that I'd like to replace at some point anyway.
My worry is that some dumb semi-blind geriatric is gonna take me out in the middle of an intersection.
Any ideas?
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I've still got the 0.90 NM Wilbers springs, they were in the bike for +- 5 days.
Lemme know if you want them.
The static front is 22mm and the loaded is 32mm
The measurement was done according to this article http://www.cbrworld.net/fireblade/suspensi...ds_by_andy_.htm
how much?
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what did you do with the other springs? Take em back? or do you need someone to take them off your hands?
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Arctic - does the bike FEEL better with the new tyres?
Reason for the question is that I changed from Bridgestone BT010/BT020 combo to a Metzler Z6/Z6 matched set, and with no other changes besides chain lube manage to scrape both pegs - where with the Bridgestones I only *occasionally* touched the toe of my boot down. (I am a self-confessed woosie allergic to road-rash and hospitals)
The Metzlers are far more confidence inspiring... could this be part of your problem? The bike just FEELS better thru corners?
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I had the exact symptoms on my '97 - was the kill switch.
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I have had unending shit with my battery (6 month old Yuasa (sp?)) losing charge...
I tested the alternator output and the regulator function and everything was within the spec described in the manual.
Discovered that the battery had an intermittent break between 2 cells - no chance of taking either a full charge OR maintaining the charge it had.
Result? My local Kawasaki dealership swapped it out under warranty (altho no real warranty exists for shit like this in the circumstances) - top marks to DNA Kawasaki and my new mate Bruce.
My charge system is back to 100% function and I don't have to push start the bird in the mornings anymore.
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just don't get your thumb in the way 8)
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You can use a device called a hall-effect generator (alias a pulse sender)
If you have access to a breakers yard with vauxhall or opel cars, the 1990 to 1996 astra uses a hall effect generator to send a signal to the in-car computer to calculate fuel economy.
Take the device and wire it to the line to your cluster and whack a drill onto it... tadaaaaa....
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unleaded always burns black anyway - no deposits on the pipe to show white/grey
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I have an Oxford magnetic expandable tank bag - has a fanny pack and shoulder straps in various pouches. Have been up to 270Kph (after putting my speedohealer on) and it didn't shift at all. It has a map pocket on top, pockets on both sides and at the back.
Will try put a pic up as soon as I have one.
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It took me 15 minutes including hoisting the tank off....
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WHat size back tire did you put on? Have you put a shim on your rear suspension?
It almost sounds like the back has been raised too far and the steering head angle is making it too twitchy - this could come from having a 190 on the back and a 6mm shim....
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K&N sucks
Well... I'll disagree with you on that one...
K&N's are great for freeing up some extra ponies, but...
they have to be cleaned regularly, and installed properly (on a Carbed bike).
How often is "regularly"? I put a K&N in about 6000 miles ago - the freeways in my area are very dusty (just come out of winter and the rains haven't hit properly yet - Southern Hemisphere) and I have noticed a performance falloff kinda sorta - could be I'm just used to the bike now after 8 months. Worth a wash and reoil??
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My kit had preformed H7 bulb bases for the HID bulbs - fits snugly enuff.
The only thing I have noticed is that when my low beam is aimed so that oncoming cars aren't blinded and whinging, the high beam points slightly lower than it should. High beam lights up an area about 300 yards ahead of me where the H7 bulb setup had it running straight down the road to what would have been infinity.
Still makes an awesome difference tho.
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I read this thread and went straight out and checked my oil levels... 9500km since the last filter/oil change and the oil still looks gold - its a full synth Castrol (dunno the version but it was DAMN expensive) and it is still at or slightly above the full level.
Has anyone got wisdom as to how long it takes to cloud oil on an XX? My old CB900FB gives me gungy black stuff in about 3000km from a change...
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