What Did You Did To Your Motobrick Today ?

[F14CRAZY]

20w in the forks seems too thick. I've run Bel Ray 10w and it feels good. I have Progressive Suspension front springs though. That oil seems fine ranging from ambient temps below freezing to like 95f

[Martin]

I live in Queensland which is probably hotter than Spain, and I'm with Crazy and RBM I think 20W is way too heavy. I even think 15W may be too heavy but is probably a better starting point.
Regards Martin.

[The Mighty Gryphon]

I don't know much about the damping characteristics of the K1 forks, but I have SAE 10 in the forks of my K75RT, and riding on concrete paved roads is awful.  The ride over expansion joints and cracks is very harsh.  Most other surfaces are OK, but I think even these could be smoother.  I hate to think what it would feel like with SAE 20. 

[Laitch]

Many of us are eager to know how your bike handles with that SAE 20, d_g, so we hope you will post here with your opinion after your ride.

[dark_gap]

Many of us are eager to know how your bike handles with that SAE 20, d_g, so we hope you will post here with your opinion after your ride.

I promise I will, in other bikes I have been using SAE 15, but in newer ones...I think or maybe I wish that SAE 20 will compensate the trace of time over the springs...anyway if not I will spend only 2 hours more and 12€ of fork oil in the change...I believe that in the wrong choices is where the learning is  :euro

The friends who have recommended that fork oil use to ride old ducati and bikes like that, also do some performance over them...I believe them...but I need to try.

(Sorry about my english tonigh, I was doing some Enduro riding and celebrating the ride with some beers.. )

[Laitch]

I believe that in the wrong choices is where the learning is  :euro

In many cases that can be true, d_g, but in many other cases you must wait until you get out of the jail, divorce court or hospital before you can try out your new learning from your mistakes. Sometimes it's cheaper to let others make them for you. That way, you will have more money to buy motorcycle parts, especially springs.  :hehehe

[The Mighty Gryphon]

(Sorry about my english tonigh, I was doing some Enduro riding and celebrating the ride with some beers.. )

Nothing wrong with your English.  It is wa-a-a-a-y better than my terrible Spanish. 

And, there is no need to apologize, enduro riding is supposed to make you thirsty for beer.

[Martin]

I used to ride Enduro and Motocross on and old Ducati RT450 ( Not old at the time ) , and before that I had a new 1969 Ducati Mountaineer trail bike. I am pretty sure I never ran 20W waiting with interest to hear the outcome.
Regards Martin.

[TimTyler]

Removed the plugs from my center stand, hosed out the tubes. The water came out a little rust colored, but no chunks at least.

Cleaned with pipe cleaner, dried with heat gun and coated the inside with Frame Saver. The Frame Saver stuff takes a while to dry but coats the surface with a sticky rust inhibitor.

[K1300S]

dang....i shoud'a done that while i had the center stand off the bike last week!

[Martin]

I used to work in Bass Strait for Esso and they used a lot of products by a company called LPS. And they had a real good product called LPS 3, goes on as a liquid, and dries to a waxy coating. Really good at rust prevention especially in harsh environments. I use it in places like my centre stand, where you can't really get in. It's made in Illinois so you should be able to get it easily. They make really good products I also use LPS 1 a contact cleaner.
Regards Martin.

[Elipten]

LPS is good stuff

[F14CRAZY]

Time to swap in an LT center stand. They're solid instead of being tubular

[Inge K.]

Time to swap in an LT center stand. They're solid instead of being tubular

?????
I'll guess you mean a 4V center stand, which have straight legs.
But those is also made of tubes, exept the foot lever....and they also breaks, but it's not so usual as those
on the 2V's.

[Nine80seven]

Started polishing the pipes, 85KRS

[F14CRAZY]

Time to swap in an LT center stand. They're solid instead of being tubular

?????
I'll guess you mean a 4V center stand, which have straight legs.
But those is also made of tubes, exept the foot lever....and they also breaks, but it's not so usual as those
on the 2V's.

ooops...well the stand my bike has...I can't remember how Drake put it but it is upgraded. It does have straight legs though so it must be a 4V stand

[TimTyler]

Installed Osidetiger injectors today. Took it out for a ride and throttle response seems smoother. Hard to tell for sure though. The old injectors, which were overhauled by Mr. Injector 50k miles ago, looked in pretty bad shape although they seemed to be running fine.

Moved the Kuryakyn LED battery gauge from the coil cover to the handlebars. Epoxied it to the master cylinder cover part of the right hand guard.

[rbm]

Ouch, that's 50K miles of use, Tim!?

[TimTyler]

Yes. I ride in a lot of rain too.

Also, when Mr. Injector overhauls the OEM injectors he strips off the black finish and repaints them with a not-very-durable paint.

[Martin]

Rain? that looks more like Acid Rain. I would like to see a verifiable comparison test between the OEM injectors and the Osidetiger ones. You think somebody would have done comparison.
Regards Martin.

[TimTyler]

Well, technically they have 150,000+ miles on them since they're probably original, but they were overhauled and repainted 50k miles ago.

[The Mighty Gryphon]

Got the yellow 75S inspected. Topped off the tank and ran about 50 miles worth of corn free ethyl through it on the local back roads today.

YeeeeeHaaaaa!!!

[koapono]

It's February, time for the annual dissect, clean and inspect ritual on the 85 100RS!!!!!
back story: mine since 1989, had 350 miles on her when i acquired it now has 202,000! previous owner was tall and had back issues so he couldn't sit comfortably in position required to ride the RS. He stored it in garage under cover and finally caved in to my unrelenting pressure to sell. installed new battery, added some fresh gas and it started right up (literally) i rode it home and have been its caretaker ever since. I do all my own maintenance and repairs, most of the components are still original it truly is a teutonic marvel.
this year is a major maintenance cycle as several of the intake manifolds were cracked as were a couple of the rubber bushings on intake plenum, side note: they are all original!
With this maintenance cycle will come spline lube, clean-up and adjust of clutch mechanism, intake/exhaust valve adjustment, replace original throttle cable with new unit, install new clutch cable and leave old one in place as a spare.
I am also going to install digital water temp and oil pressure gauges, have mechanical now but several years of vibration have caused needles to  shake continuously while riding.
I cannot believe how clean the intake chamber and valve stems are, always run high-test from major supplier (exxon, chevron, etc).
PS: those expandable foam ear-plugs make excellent injector hole covers.

[The Mighty Gryphon]

Bought a nice looking(except for that checkerboard thing) Russel Day Long with back rest for $150 off of Craig's List for the RT.  Should have it next week.  YeeHaa!

[F14CRAZY]

Roads were pretty dry and most the ice under my carport was melted so I took my K75 for its first ride this season. I last had it out Christmas Day so that's a mere 6 weeks or so out of commission. Felt great being back in the saddle.

Yesterday I stopped by BMW Motorcycles of Grand Rapids and ordered new front rotor bobbins and all that stuff as it has a mm or two of radial play. Also ordered the gasket for the gas door assembly (rain gets in there despite the drain being clear) and the retainers for the gas tank (bike never had them since I've owned it). I mentioned how they didn't have a discount on parts during their open house (that day) and they parts guy gave me 10% off. I'll have to call again as I forgot to order a crankcase breather hose...mine's not leaking but it's drying out.