thewrenchbender

Thanks for sharing the pics/info. I’ve got an ‘08 R1 down the road that needs the flywheel changed, forks refreshed-told the owner I would really like to have their center maint stand on hand before I dug in…

Got new Mutant shoes and Evotech axle bobbins fitted. Over the winter added Heed bunker bars. Looking forward to trying the tires. Were sorta like Warchilds paddock hooks-because I wanted them… pix in pix

With regard to the original Copper Red I 100% agree, the almost red and the fact that it wasn’t an FJR is the only thing I couldn’t get around. was actually a little pumped to get back to a chain tho.

I hope I like them-too late now…

Just got new tires and axle “bobbins” installed. Been parked since last spring. Have throttle arm/shoulder issues and keep getting older. Also added flo yellow/green aerosol dip, Heed bars & Evo sliders, when (not if) I drop it again just gonna pick it up and ride on…

The main issue I have with it is that the extremely similar “menu” functions (plus windshield height) were provided with the exact switchgear present on the LH grip on my ‘15 FJR-and was accomplished effortlessly. I am not comfortable using my right thumb to manipulate a marginal (at best) interface. It did get a lot easier after I looked at the pic of the internals and saw exactly which direction to shove the wheel to “click” it-but is still too complicated to manipulate on the fly for me…

You wanna get really complicated, swap the switching harness side-to-side. So the wheel/click does throttle mode & ABS mode and the toggle & switch do menu select and scroll-which is how the menus/switchgear work on an FJR. I very seldom (never) change the throttle mode/ABS mode…

Zero clue how a modern COP bike works, but old school bike plugs sparked every crank rotation-erosion wear would be sorta similar to 2x car plugs for the same miles. My first Grand Marquis had coil blocks, 2 plugs fired ground-to-center 2 fired center-to-ground… Would like to tell ya I’ve never played with mercury-can say with confidence I’ve never had the urge to ingest it.

Still have the budget set I got in the mid-80’s. Piece of fiberboard, four glass tubes stuck in a plastic reservoir w/an o-ring around the top holding it all together…

Heh. Already had a buddy tell me that if I find the SMAX tipped over, well…what did ya think was gonna happen?

with its new garage mate. ‘06 Vino got recently swapped for a ‘15 SMAX w/1400 miles on it.

Don’t know squat about o-ring chains, is my first non-shafty since the 80s. Day job has been wrenching on things with wings for coming up on 38 years. Based on these other experiences however, me wiping the crud off my chain with generic mineral spirits on a rag followed by applying chain wax and turning the wheel to get it distributed should really not affect much…

Am just over 7k miles on my ‘20. Saw my first black tail hanging out @ 7k..mineral spirits and chain wax every 500-ish…

My scooter fleet just lost one of the Vino’s and gained a ‘15 Smax. Was struggling for a reflective graphic-ended up with this (same 3M black/lights up white)…

Was showing a bike brother the euro version of the MamaYama online accessory “showroom” last summer after I got my Tracer goo…