Pinned So what have you done to your bike today?

Buell still isn't running right. Decided to swap the plug.

 

Jacked with the Buell a bit today. Gave the throttle a twist, she spit and spattered, then shot a small fireball out of the intake coupler. sprayed some carb cleaner at it while idling and idle didn't change. get it up to 2k or so RPM and hit it with the carb cleaner and RPM drops. I was about to lose my mind chasing this one down! Owner is ordering parts tonight and has the 'vid. No swapping the other 2 that still need love until she's over that crap.

 

I finally got a Ciggy lighter powered Garmin mount for my BMW Nav 6 i used to run on my K1300S and put it on the GSXR750. I put a ram mount ball off the original brake fluid reservior bolt hole. Heaps of power chord over which i zip tied in a circle and hide behind the navigator. Great spot, doesnt block the view of any instruments. Answer calls and change songs with your gloves on!!

 

Oh bugger!!!!!!
There goes my excuse to my wife about getting lost as a means of explaining my lengthy rides.

 

Quickshifters can be an absolute joy to use when set up correctly. Particularly when riding hard.
They can be a bit of a pain when you do lazy, early shifts though.

 

Cool. The blip on down shifts is great in a car. Particularly one where you have the steering column going between your feet (so can not left foot brake) and impossible to do the heel and toe blip thing while braking due to limited room.

 

Here's the CBX I've been working on. So far I've done:

Front end swap to standard + raise forks 30mm
Rear end swap to standard + keep CBR/CBF1000 rear shock to lower the rear
Steering head bearings and stem swap back to original
Overhauled front and rear standard brakes + new pads + one new line to front master for higher mounted bars
Changed a couple of the plugs to get it running
Taken it for its maiden voyage back in standard trim today

 

are those front discs ventilated? if they are then they are off a cb1100r and rare.

 

They are double sided and ventilated in the centre, however they are well worn on their left sides. I would imagine the calipers were seized for a while or the axle was not set correctly.

 

cb100r discs then and i have no idea where you would get them new. cbx is 81/82 model where mine is a 79. worth a motza if original. front forks are interesting as they were machined on the inside to save weight and under severe braking they bend in towards the motor.top cruiser but were not happy on the racetrack.

 

This one is not the greatest 'concourse' example due to the paint job but yes, still worth a pretty penny.

I'm not well educated in the pneumatic over oil forks, I put 20 psi in them and I think it was a bit much. I will try 15 or 10 psi and see how that goes. With no pressure in them, the front drops down quite a bit.

 

no oil over pneumatic forks on mine so i think an add on.cb11oor were a much better bike for racing but honda went back to a 4 cylinder motor.