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    in The Sales Floor -- For Sale/Wanted

    Posted

    Wow!

    Good luck with your sale Sean, your XX is set up nicely and will make someone real happy at a great price.

    No way I could sell mine, it's been with me longer than any bike I have ever owned, I'd never be happy with the actual price or trade I'd get for it and besides it's like part of the family like our dog and if he ain't going neither is the XX. :icon_lol:

    Why the CBR1100XX is the best bike ever

    in The Garage

    Posted

    Tipping it in is one thing, picking it up and changing direction is where the XX (or any heavy bike) shows it's weight, even with aftermarket wheels.

    I also hear that it show's it's riders ablitities on tight and twisty California roads pretty quickly........... :icon_razz:

    Burned connector for R/R need some help please

    in The Garage

    Posted

    Indeed I did, Now I am only getting 12.5 back at the battery,did I not solder the 3 wires from the stator in the correct sequence?

    Well you can add me to the "Cooked Connector" list, very new stator and R-1 RR but I did make use of the original connector's when I replaced the old.

    Guess I'll just strip, solder, heat shrink the wires straight through and see how that holds up, any update on how your's is doing Brian?

    All is running well. Even my tach is working well. Go figure. I just broke the connector apart and cleaned up the wires, soldered them together, heat shrink then electrical tape. So far so good. I guess it was just a corroded connector.

    Great to hear, that's exactly what I'm going to do with mine. :icon_biggrin:

    Well, how's it coming? Did you fix the old girl up yet?

    Burned connector for R/R need some help please

    in The Garage

    Posted

    Well you can add me to the "Cooked Connector" list, very new stator and R-1 RR but I did make use of the original connector's when I replaced the old.

    Guess I'll just strip, solder, heat shrink the wires straight through and see how that holds up, any update on how your's is doing Brian?

    All is running well. Even my tach is working well. Go figure. I just broke the connector apart and cleaned up the wires, soldered them together, heat shrink then electrical tape. So far so good. I guess it was just a corroded connector.

    Great to hear, that's exactly what I'm going to do with mine. :icon_biggrin:

    DDM tuning has some super pricing on HIDs at the moment

    in The Garage

    Posted

    Not sure I understand your method, so the spacer "shim" would go over the glass portion of the bulb and then slide down to the base of it? Then of course put into the projector assembly?

    Yes.

    Ok, my only concern would have been on limiting the amount the bulb enters the headlight assy, if no ill lighting effects it would seem as another viable way to install them.

    Not sure I understand your method, so the spacer "shim" would go over the glass portion of the bulb and then slide down to the base of it? Then of course put into the projector assembly?

    That, or you could be non-conformist and put the spacers on the back of the lamp housing and insert the bulb through them. :icon_whistle:

    Being in that configuration the bulb glass would be in direct contact w/ the spacer, I understand why Eric suggested using as stated below.

    The Spark Plug ends suggested earlier, would be made of Silicone Rubber, and would be Heat Inert, meaning they won't Shrink, or Melt, or Catch fire..... due to the heat of the bulb, etc.

    DDM tuning has some super pricing on HIDs at the moment

    in The Garage

    Posted

    Now I did not use the garden hose washers as other had suggested, I used the foam ring that was included in the original packaging that my bulbs came in over 4 yrs ago.....(gasp).... :icon_razz:

    The foam ring withstood the heat?

    I've not done anything yet, but for those who did the hose washer route, any problems to report? I doubt I have any spare spark plug wire lying around.

    Yes sir, it sure has as of 4 years and counting, It didn't look like it was exposed to any real heat upon my last inspection..the ring is outside of the projector assembly so I'm sure any heat is pretty minimal.

    The shim goes between the bulb base ring and the headlight housing.

    Not sure I understand your method, so the spacer "shim" would go over the glass portion of the bulb and then slide down to the base of it? Then of course put into the projector assembly?

    I didn't think anything should get in the way of the bulb being inserted into the assembly as far as it would allow. Others have cut the original spacer off of the stock bulb and utilized it in the stock position but I preferred not to cut into the stock spacer....not that it would be that hard to buy another if you were pressed to put it all back to stock form.

    DDM tuning has some super pricing on HIDs at the moment

    in The Garage

    Posted

    or between the bulb and the wire cage that holds the bulb in place.

    Exactly ^

    If you put the bulb in and swing the retaining wire over you will notice that it will not cinch down tight enough to hold the bulb in it's proper place.

    Now I did not use the garden hose washers as other had suggested, I used the foam ring that was included in the original packaging that my bulbs came in over 4 yrs ago.....(gasp).... :icon_razz:

    Had to replace one bulb a few months back, think it may have become a victim of my stator/RR going south but just speculating on that...anyhoo the packing foam ring I had used worked very well and only showed crushing in the area it was under pressure...no spontaneous combustion or anything...... :icon_razz::icon_lol:

    Cold Clutch

    in The Garage

    Posted

    Will! I can t belive you dogged me like I was a bad guy for not telling him about the clutch. and it sounded like you thought I was a shady character.

    Holy thread bump Batman!!!

    I don't feel I "dogged" you per say but I know you enjoy the wheelies and I put 2 & 2 together, I don't know what you told him when he bought it so maybe he misunderstood what you descibed to him. :icon_think:

    sorry I though we had a better relationship than that.

    This thread is over 4 years old....we need relationship counseling if we are ever going to repair it..

    But you never show up at the meetings.... :icon_razz:

    first off I did tell him about the clutch, I know I did, I also told him that it had done it since the day I bought it and had no real problems with it other than what he stated. but as you know I was trying to sell the bike which I thought to be well worth the price even with the clutch issue ( I put about 20000 miles on that warped clutch) I am sorry he didnt understand or misunderstood what I meant , and I didnt mean to misslead him in anyway. he also got a fucken rocken deal on that bird. while I rode it hard on occasion (yes I did quite a few wheelstands) I never abused it did all maintence religiously, and loved that bike like it was of my own blood. I know he enjoys that bike everyday, as I saw him riding often for a year or two after I sold it to him. anyway, I hope he still loves it,

    Pretty small world in the XX community if I can identify your ride after you sold it.... :icon_lol:

    And yes I can testify that you are very proficient at teh wheelies.... :icon_wink:

    and hope you are doing good too. maybe we can go for ride someday, I have a spiffy new cruzer which I should be able to keep up with you on!

    Hope you are doing great as well Jimmy and you know I love you. :icon_smile: :icon_comeheresign:

    Throttlemeister Help

    in The Garage

    Posted

    My big hands catch the throttlemeister and turn it while running the twisties on a turbocharged XX.

    Before I launch myself off the road, is there anything I can do to move it or keep it from engaging so easy?

    :icon_eek:

    I have a little of that problem myself, Big hands suck... I have found that some gloves don't grab it as much, also having maybe a lip or raised edge of the handgrip helped keep the edge of my hand from engaging it.

    Fuck I only installed it for the "looks" I never use it, its so much easier to use the NEP than the TM....

    WTB Plastics

    in The Sales Floor -- For Sale/Wanted

    Posted

    I'm just amazed you kept all that stuff around Will.

    I just kept telling myself that one day I'd put it all back to stock and sell it,

    I can now see that day will probably never come... :icon_redface:

    As for my forks which set do you prefer? I could let go of my salad forks but no way I let my dinner forks go...salad eaters....vegan cake eaters.... :icon_smile:

    WTB Plastics

    in The Sales Floor -- For Sale/Wanted

    Posted

    What do you have? Anyone have anything they would like to part with?

    I have a set of stock exhaust cans, a stock seat, some stock turn signal lenses, a pair of stock bar ends, some slightly used (65k) stock fork springs, 1 stock headlight bulb, some stock fairing bolts (the dimpled ones) in various sizes, the little sticker that tells you which way to turn the key in the ignition (don't ask I ordered it by accident :icon_rolleyes: ), a pair of the clip rings that keep the stock bars from going past the top of the fork tubes, a pair of stock clipons, and maybe a useable LP tank bra in black......

    Not sure if any of that helps.... :icon_lol:

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