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Several of the guys on this forum report that the K&N filter will NOT flow as much air as the stock Honda air filter. The advantage to the K&N then becomes singular, in the fact that it can be cleaned and used over and over. YMMV

16kg Racetech on a '95 CBR900RR shock! EDITED TO ADD: I weigh about 195 without gear, so I'm guessing an additional 15lbs with jacket, pants, boots, glolves and helmet.

I finally got the driveway repaired. I found some "ready mix" in a 40lb. bag that is made for patching large gaps in existing concrete. It has fiber in it and will supposedly adhere to existing concrete very well. Gray in color, no aggregate in it, and a very dry mix and somewhat hard to work with.

Wow! An erector set XX. First one I've heard of! :grin:

Joe, can you PM or email me some of your knowledge! I feel like such a dumb fuck after reading some of your posts.

Thanks Chris, I'll "borrow" some form work.

I drilled into the triple clamp to mount a RAM mount for my GPS. Here is a pic of that.

I received mine today (Fri.). I'm going to use the red locktite. I rather be safe than sorry.

Not to alarm you but, get someone out there that knows what they are doing! There is a reason that there are TWO safety devices on the dryer instead of one. If this guy is bypassing one of the elements, you are asking for trouble. Get it done right. Is it worth have your house burn down if something goes wrong??

Or....you could do this:

Justin wrote: Dude, YOU don't have to search through all of the tire threads, let the COMPUTER do it!

I've been running a '99 XX like this since I bought it in 2001. One word of caution, make sure that the clamp bolt is never any higher than the top of the fork tube. And don't consider the cap of the fork tube as part of the fork tube. If you abide by that criteria, and double check your clamp bolts once in a while, use some locktite on the clamp bolts, you will be fine with that setup.

Just a thought. When you are trying to light the woodstove, do you have a gasfired furnace in the house? If you do, and the blower is running, maybe there is some "leakage" and it is sucking air, instead of all of the air returning to your furnace through the return air vents. If that would be the case, and the furnace blower is running, it would suck air down through your woodstove vent? Just a thought.

Me likey! I took the liberty of looking at all of you pics (#1 thru #7) and it looks like a major OUCH! What happened?

This is my 3rd set of Avons, the first set was the 35/36 combo and they don't make those anymore. I'm on my second set of the 45/46 combo and I have nothing but great things to say about them. If they are warmed up properly, they STICK, STICK, STICK. I've got scratches on both sides of my lower fairings to prove it. Ask anyone that rode with me in N.E. Tennessee this past summer or 2003, they will vouch for the stickability of the Avon's. I've NEVER had any wobble, or feelings of the tires trying to slide out on me, and I've had them to the very edge of the tire many times, I.E. NO CHICKEN STRIPS AT ALL. I would trade them for a white shirt and a piece of Ass,.....that good, really.

That strictly depends on how agressively that you ride, and it sounds like you don't ride very agressively. The most that I've gotten on a rear Avon is approx 7K. I ride wheelies ocassionally, love the feel of a hard accelleration through as many gears as the road conditions will allow. So in answer to your question, I believe the Avons will deliver that kind of milage, if they are not ridden very hard.

You two post hogs need to quit taking up so much space/bandwidth with your longwinded questions and answers. :grin:

The whole purpose OF the O-rings is to NOT have to try and lubricate that area behind them. They are suppose to be "sealed" behind the O-rings. Any spray or ???? that causes the O-rings to NOT do their job is, in my opinion, detrimental to the chain.

What do you mean 1/4 to 3/8 variation? Is this the amount of movement that you have when you push up on the bottom of the chain, at mid point between the sprokets? If that is what you are talking about, the chain is adjusted Waaaaay to tight. That adjustment should be between 1" and 1 1/4". Also, WD40 is somewhat corrosive and could have cause the rubber "O" rings to fail. Honda chain lube is good stuff and BTW, I almost never clean my chain (maybe twice a year). I got almost 20K out of my original chain, and I ride pretty agressively.....also putting about 150 HP to the rear wheel.

Joe said: Like your arsenal of various weapons wouldn't?????????????? :shock:

What Chris said. I've had mine in for about 10K. When I replaced them I could definitely tell a performance differnce, but the plugs that I took out had about 12K on them, even though they looked pretty good.

Gotta ??? for anyone that has concrete/flatwork eXXperience. My driveway is on a slope, guessing about 5 to 6 degrees, and over a period of time (the house is almost 30 years old) the driveway sections have "slid" a bit. I now have gaps between the sections that are appox. 2" wide. I can see the dirt inbetween the sections. My question is this: What can I use to fill the gaps before winter so that the water/snow/etc doesn't get in to it and freeze, causing further damage. Should I just get some ready mix and put in it, should I use some kind of "plastic filler, or ????????? Thanks in advance

Avon 45/46 combo and this is my third set of Avons. As far as SBBXX's comment about not doing well in the rain, I felt that the Avons did very well in the rain and wet pavement. Could just be different impressions of the bike and/or tire, or could be legitimate concerns on his part. Maybe running too much tire pressure, etc.

Hey Nik, are you gettin all of this valve talk? This almost makes me want to put the laptop down and go out and check my valves...... NOT