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norcal, i rarely look in here,

leme knwo when yall ride, i pass by sac alot going to eastern sierras.

also, anyone with a carb sync tool? i need mine done, who has one or i can buy one and we can sync them.

jason

anyone in the bay area have a carb sync tool?  can i borrow? i will pay or buy you lunch!

im at 13k miles, i never did the carb sync and i think i should now, i have some fine vibration

i might be the shortest guy on here, im 5'6" i have the oem lowering link in the back, the front tree is lowered about 20 mm, then the front shock is screwed our max, im 143 lbs so not to woried about botoming out altho i have scrubbed once when i was going down a curb thinking i had the clearance.

1 hour ago, Willie17FJ-09 said:

Nice work, I prefer this look over the box being mounted behind the rear seat. Is that the Yamaha comfort seat? How do you like it? 

thanks, stock seat, mounted in lowest position. I cant do the comfort seat, it would raise me up, im 5'6", im really tall. lol

anyone use any of those light weight batteries? recommended?

do u have to tender them?

rode the twisties of  hwy 50 to south lake tahoe, couldnt feel diff that i had a top case, only had a jacket in it. did get to 130mph to lose a honda civic lol. i love this bike

is the cathouse a real cathouse or just named as such? lol

the handlebar has alot of unnecessary vibration for the phone, where i mount mine is like a dead space. i use an aluminum go pro mount bolted to the trim. 

also the trim is cheap if it comes time to selling the bike

thanks much, i like the Givi monokey system but i wish they made a smaller box than 30l

hi duckie, im out of newark, i ride monitor pass, 395 sonora pass alot. sometimes i go to sonora pass n back.

5- 50- monotor pass, 395, 108, 120 580 , one time i went on to hwy 338 then down to bridgport reservoir then up to 395 to sonora, that was tiring

the place that supplied the aluminum also bent it powdercoat it, $30 for 4mm alum 12x12, $20 for bending. i cut it to shape n drilled, then i dropped itboff to machine bend then more fitting then dropnoff for paowderdcoat, they didnt charge to powdercoat, its a textured powdercoat.

i did spend 82$ on the bmw mount which served as a template, i stole the tubes n mountbkit which i welded to work for me

yeah, at 6k miles, i had alot of o rings peeling off. highly unusual, my last bike i had 10 k miles, i sold it after 4 yrs and was still on original chain. 

im at 12500 miles, got mine may 2019, new chain at 6k miles. as much as i love  the tracer, im looking at the 1290 superduke gt. 

maybe i had gotten used to the power and would like some more? i really like the single side arm on the ktm, the power and lots of electronic goodies.

anyhow, only looking, still plan to putting alot of miles on the tracer

thanks all, im a little dissapointed in my fab, I should have done my homework more. the monokey system doesn have a case smaller than 30l,

i was hoping to use a small case sometimes, the 36l case is too big. i may bolt on a sw-motech adapter so i can use the monolock boxes which have smaller cases like for one helmet.

ya dodge viper

best spot is below the handlebar, unused non moving space, i use a gopro alum mount bolted onto the plastic trim, trim is cheap to replace if i ever wana sell, the go pro mount bolted to a iphone cradle. even if the phone is not cliped on the cradle it stays in place

mock fitment, not too happy with it, i want the box more in an angle but the angle of the plate is determined by the 10mm bolt in the back. 

off to powdercoating

Since nobody makes a top rear rack that mounts above the passenger seat, i decided to fab my own. The only rack i see mounts behind the passenger seat.

I started with a Givi BMW mount, I received the mount but it was made of steel and actually siginificantly heavy.

I am fabbing my mount out of aluminum 4mm 6061.

the edges of the mount still have to be bent to add strength.

still under construction....

yo, where in norcal are you? im by fremont do you tour at all? hmu

any of u fools live in the Norcal Bay area?

i ride to the east alot, who wants to tour

so in the normal setting, only one side of the headlights run normally?  i thought both ran all the time??

i disasembled a ton of stuff to try to replace the bulb when i gave up.

i had this in mine, its all inthe left, i recently added a handlebar relocation, made it only a few millimiters higher and closer to me. it significantly reduced the vibration. still somewhat there depending on the rpm im in at 65-75 mph.

i think bar end weights will kill the vibration