roy826 Posted March 29, 2021 Share Posted March 29, 2021 On 3/27/2021 at 11:13 AM, ozn3 said: Mind sharing how the spacer looks like? They are just nylon plastic spacers found at any ace revel hardware store. They’re roughly the same size as the M6 bolts that go through them. You’ll need the longer M6 stainless screws than what comes with the my and they are sold at ace as well. The front spacer will need to be filed down about a millimeter so the backside of the Rottweiler mount will sit flush against hand guard top edge. Fairly simple install. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roy826 Posted March 29, 2021 Share Posted March 29, 2021 Added the Alaska Leather sheepskin butt pad last week. I have bought a few over the years for various bikes. Not the most attractive thing to add but my butt seems to like being on them for hours on out. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wordsmith Posted March 29, 2021 Share Posted March 29, 2021 They are very popular among Kiwis (New Zealanders) I hear.... 😁 1 Riding a fully-farkled 2019 MT-09 Tracer 900 GT from my bayside home in South East Queensland, Australia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wintersdark Posted March 29, 2021 Share Posted March 29, 2021 5 hours ago, peteinpa said: Jeez, I'd kill to get 8700 miles out of ANY rear tire! RS 2 going on soon on my bike, OEM tire only at 4300 miles, doubt I'll make it to 5k miles before cords. I get pretty reliably that out of my Road 5's (and 4's before them). Hell, I'm at ~10000kms on my current Road 5's, and they've got LOTS of meat left. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bowlin01 Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 On 3/29/2021 at 4:59 PM, wordsmith said: They are very popular among Kiwis (New Zealanders) I hear.... 😁 And The Welsh 🙂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member 2and3cylinders Posted March 31, 2021 Premium Member Share Posted March 31, 2021 Added an aluminum rear brake reservoir protector and deleted the long-serving Grip Puppies (arthritis in my hands was aggravated by the larger diameter); noticed the grip heaters could be felt faster and a bit stronger afterward. Did a "few" miles last Sunday, which was sunny but only had a high of 43 with 40+ mph gusts, to meet up with my 73 year young, extremely fast road racer / track school coach bud who rode his BMW R1250ST whale; he also has a S1000XR, GSXR600 track bike, and an old but fast Ducati 800 2-valve head twin race bike. He's also extremely fit; downhill and cross country skis, road and mountain bikes, and has broad hands-on do-it-yourself skills. Because his youngest lives in LA, he's becoming more and more a Left Coaster and golfer, and is now seriously considering a condo on a golf course in Palm Desert; he'd keep his S1000XR there. Which is good, because then I'll have a place to stay there and in San Diego with one of my kids. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member 1moreroad Posted March 31, 2021 Premium Member Share Posted March 31, 2021 6 hours ago, 2and3cylinders said: Because his youngest lives in LA, he's becoming more and more a Left Coaster and golfer, and is now seriously considering a condo on a golf course in Palm Desert; he'd keep his S1000XR there. Which is good, because then I'll have a place to stay there and in San Diego with one of my kids. My kid just chose Loyola Marymount so we'll be going left a lot more now. Fortunately/unfortunately my buddy with extra motorcycles moved to Nashville last year. So while I actually get to ride with him more, I can't depend on him to loan me a bike in LA. 🤣 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member 2and3cylinders Posted March 31, 2021 Premium Member Share Posted March 31, 2021 4 hours ago, 1moreroad said: My kid just chose Loyola Marymount so we'll be going left a lot more now. Fortunately/unfortunately my buddy with extra motorcycles moved to Nashville last year. So while I actually get to ride with him more, I can't depend on him to loan me a bike in LA. 🤣 Join eagle rider 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supporting Member dazzler24 Posted April 1, 2021 Supporting Member Share Posted April 1, 2021 Fitted a pair of cheap highway pegs to my 25mm (1") Givi TN2122 bars. What should have been a very simple ten minute job turned into a mini nightmare with much shaking of head in disbelief and swearing. Why? Because I too suffered from what others have described in that no matter how tight I did those bloody clamps up they would still slip/rotate with minimal effort. I tried rubber liner, insulation tape and a few other ideas but in the end the thing that worked for me was to buy a short length of relatively fine emery cloth, cut it to length and double it over - rough side out. Placed that in the clamp and viola! Seems to be held fast. Haven't tried it out in the wild yet but some shed testing was promising. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member fjray Posted April 1, 2021 Premium Member Share Posted April 1, 2021 On 3/27/2021 at 5:32 PM, Yamajank said: Went for a ride to see if my new skills from YCRS would transfer to a street ride. I'll transition my review to the Riding School thread for those interested. Spoiler alert. Thumbs up. I'm jealous. And now, how will I ever keep up with you? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member 2and3cylinders Posted April 1, 2021 Premium Member Share Posted April 1, 2021 6 hours ago, dazzler24 said: Fitted a pair of cheap highway pegs to my 25mm (1") Givi TN2122 bars. What should have been a very simple ten minute job turned into a mini nightmare with much shaking of head in disbelief and swearing. Why? Because I too suffered from what others have described in that no matter how tight I did those bloody clamps up they would still slip/rotate with minimal effort. I tried rubber liner, insulation tape and a few other ideas but in the end the thing that worked for me was to buy a short length of relatively fine emery cloth, cut it to length and double it over - rough side out. Placed that in the clamp and viola! Seems to be held fast. Haven't tried it out in the wild yet but some shed testing was promising. Once again I'll reveal the secret. Shim cut from an aluminum Coke can, not Pepsi. Search for my prior related posts and images. BTW, you have the plastic Givi sliders located incorrectly. They should be positioned in the outermost portion of the upper (top) horizontal member, which is more rearward and not centered. I also added about 1" lengths of suitably sized (about 3/4" ID) black heater hose to the end of each highway peg so it turned up and extended beyond the end to serve as a better foot and calve stop. I often rest the back of my calves on the highway pegs (actually more so that my boot soles), legs fully extended HOG style. Relieves hip pointers. Now get some LED driving lights to rubber mount on the Giving case guards, which they're perfect for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warchild Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 Finally installed the R&G Fender Extender. In addition to the four plastic rivets, a thin layer of JB Weld for Plastics is layered in between the two pieces. Between this and the Givi Rad Guard, I am feeling better about potential rock hits. Would like to do more protecting the oil filter, but not to the point of installing a skid plate. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wintersdark Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 God, the highway pegs. I tried coke can too, but they still rotated if I put weight on them. Yeah, you can just not put weight on them, but I do, and I need to know if I stand on them they're not going anywhere. Footpegs vanishing from underneath you at highway speeds is very bad. Eventually gave up and threw the pegs in the trash. The problem imho is the janky clamps they come with. If they had regular round clamps sized for the bars they'd work much better but those stepped round things just don't get enough contact. Just pulled my rear shock (45 minutes of figuring out how, 5 minutes of actually removing it) and have it in a shop right now getting my new 105Nm ktech spring installed. Super excited! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supporting Member dazzler24 Posted April 1, 2021 Supporting Member Share Posted April 1, 2021 7 hours ago, 2and3cylinders said: Once again I'll reveal the secret. Shim cut from an aluminum Coke can, not Pepsi. Search for my prior related posts and images. BTW, you have the plastic Givi sliders located incorrectly. They should be positioned in the outermost portion of the upper (top) horizontal member, which is more rearward and not centered. I also added about 1" lengths of suitably sized (about 3/4" ID) black heater hose to the end of each highway peg so it turned up and extended beyond the end to serve as a better foot and calve stop. I often rest the back of my calves on the highway pegs (actually more so that my boot soles), legs fully extended HOG style. Relieves hip pointers. Now get some LED driving lights to rubber mount on the Giving case guards, which they're perfect for. Ha! Yes, I am well aware of your 'shims go better with Coke' method not to mention many other techniques used but thought I'd add/share this alternative that seems to also work not only for me but I've read that it has been used elsewhere too to good effect. Also, I only placed the plastic 'slider' (advertising?) in the position I did because that's where it is shown placed in all the blurb that I've seen?! You're probably right in that it would be more effective where you suggest though.👍 I like the suggestion about the calf stop water pipe addition. My previous 'foot pegs' where actually long engine sliders and while they did the job to a degree, they never offered a secure spot for my legs to stay put. If I relaxed too much there was the risk that they would slide off the end - which defeated the purpose of well, relaxing! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wintersdark Posted April 2, 2021 Share Posted April 2, 2021 Well. That was a heck of a day. So, I'd dropped off my shock to get my KTech spring installed, and while I waited for them to do that I decided I'd install the new spark plugs that have been sitting on my bench for ~3 months. Remembered a post about just releasing the radiator to get at the spark plugs easily - however, my experience was the spark plugs where not at all accessible until I'd totally removed the radiator. While getting on that, I figured hell, I'll change my coolant too. Why not? So, drain coolant, remove radiator, clean it out... Oh. You've also got to remove the AIS system, as it's right on top of the plugs. While doing this, I accidentally pulled the air line that leads into the airbox out, and couldn't get it back on, so off came the remainder of the fairings and the gas tank to reconnect that... And well, hell. I've replaced the sparkplugs, and have pulled off all my fairings and tank, I may as well sync the throttle bodies too. Somewhere in the midst of all this, the shop called and I picked up my newly resprung shock in all it's red-spring glory. Yay! So, changed coolant, spark plugs, synced throttle bodies, put all the fairings and rad back together, finally, it's time to reinstall the shock. And that's when I notice. They've got the swingarm side part where the bolt goes through turned 90 degrees. And it turns out no amount of wrenching on it with big screwdrivers is going to turn it. So... Back to the shop I go, to have them line it up correctly. *sighs* A whole day of work and pretty much total disassembly of the bike, and I didn't manage to finish what I'd initially set out to do. Ah well. 3 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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