Supporting Member maximNikenGT Posted February 19, 2021 Author Supporting Member Share Posted February 19, 2021 11 hours ago, pablo miller said: Wow, thank you MaxinNiken for an incredibly informative and helpful post!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! What kind of aux lights did you mount? Are you happy with them? Are you making them moduate? Happy riding, Pablo Miller Greetings Pablo, I had problems with mounting my auxiliary lights on my crash bars. I started an entire thread on just the auxiliary light mounting and am trying to get a front bracket made to mount the lights closer to the front. 2019 Niken GT "Motorcycles - the brand is not important, the fact that you ride is." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supporting Member maximNikenGT Posted March 3, 2021 Author Supporting Member Share Posted March 3, 2021 From the Yamaha Niken Facebook page, another market of crash bars for the Niken that appears to be geared for riders that want to do Gymkana. Yamaha Niken SSB Crash Guard Protection Cage 2019~ Models [YS25] – SSB Factory Japan 2019 Niken GT "Motorcycles - the brand is not important, the fact that you ride is." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GregNiken Posted March 27, 2021 Share Posted March 27, 2021 Maxim Niken & Bruno, Do you remember the torque settings you used on the crash bar mounting bolts? Regards, Greg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supporting Member maximNikenGT Posted March 27, 2021 Author Supporting Member Share Posted March 27, 2021 23 minutes ago, GregNiken said: Maxim Niken & Bruno, Do you remember the torque settings you used on the crash bar mounting bolts? Regards, Greg 15Nm according to instructions from SW Motech. 2019 Niken GT "Motorcycles - the brand is not important, the fact that you ride is." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GregNiken Posted March 27, 2021 Share Posted March 27, 2021 Thanks Maxim, my instructions for the M10 bolts quotes for the left side 46Nm & for the right side 67Nm as long as it is within Yamaha's specifications. I've been unable to to find Yamaha's engine bolt torque settings on line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supporting Member maximNikenGT Posted March 27, 2021 Author Supporting Member Share Posted March 27, 2021 8 hours ago, GregNiken said: Thanks Maxim, my instructions for the M10 bolts quotes for the left side 46Nm & for the right side 67Nm as long as it is within Yamaha's specifications. I've been unable to to find Yamaha's engine bolt torque settings on line. From the Yamaha Niken GT Service Manual: 2019 Niken GT "Motorcycles - the brand is not important, the fact that you ride is." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GregNiken Posted March 28, 2021 Share Posted March 28, 2021 Hi MaximNikenGT, I don't want to be a pain however, I bought a 2019-2020 Niken GT Service manual on-line (could not find the Standard model service manual). Page 5-13 of the manual, engine mounting bolts labelled 1 thru 4, 45Nm. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supporting Member maximNikenGT Posted March 28, 2021 Author Supporting Member Share Posted March 28, 2021 Son of a gun - my bad mate. I didn't realize my hardcopy only printed up to Chapter 4. I was missing chapters 5-9 in my hard copy binder. 😳 Thanks for pointing that out. 2019 Niken GT "Motorcycles - the brand is not important, the fact that you ride is." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GregNiken Posted March 28, 2021 Share Posted March 28, 2021 Not a problem, 15Nm seemed a tad low for engine mounting bolts. I've just finished putting my crash bars on. Now waiting for OEM heated grips to arrive and getting that recall done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supporting Member maximNikenGT Posted March 28, 2021 Author Supporting Member Share Posted March 28, 2021 6 hours ago, GregNiken said: Not a problem, 15Nm seemed a tad low for engine mounting bolts. I've just finished putting my crash bars on. Now waiting for OEM heated grips to arrive and getting that recall done. Did you end up torqueing to the 45 Nm and 67 Nm? Any noticeable issues? 2019 Niken GT "Motorcycles - the brand is not important, the fact that you ride is." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GregNiken Posted March 28, 2021 Share Posted March 28, 2021 Hi MaximNikenGT, I used Yamaha's torque specification of 45Nm, no issues to speak of. I did put a small jack under the sump to support the engine in case it moved (as recommended by SW-Motech). I loosened each bolt and then removed and installed one bolt at a time, so the engine was always supported by three bolts. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pablo miller Posted April 5, 2021 Share Posted April 5, 2021 Just installed mine. The existing engine bolts were torqued at 11nM. Per recommendations on this topic, I torqued them to 45nM. Woweezowee did that feel tight compared to how much pressure it took to remove the original engine bolts! Now realize that was probably a huge mistake! Duh! Why would they not be torqued to the original engine bolts? So now, have I over-stressed the threads or the fittings or the bolts themselves? Should I remove the bolts, put on some new blue locktite and retorque them to 11nM? Or......what?? Well informed answers gratefully welcomed!!! Happy treads and trails, Pablo Miller Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supporting Member maximNikenGT Posted April 6, 2021 Author Supporting Member Share Posted April 6, 2021 2 hours ago, pablo miller said: Just installed mine. The existing engine bolts were torqued at 11nM. Per recommendations on this topic, I torqued them to 45nM. Woweezowee did that feel tight compared to how much pressure it took to remove the original engine bolts! Now realize that was probably a huge mistake! Duh! Why would they not be torqued to the original engine bolts? So now, have I over-stressed the threads or the fittings or the bolts themselves? Should I remove the bolts, put on some new blue locktite and retorque them to 11nM? Or......what?? Well informed answers gratefully welcomed!!! Happy treads and trails, Pablo Miller I stuck with the original SW Motech recommendation of 11nM only because I didn't know about the 45nM spec until GregNiken pointed it out to me. So far so good at 11nM. Edward 2019 Niken GT "Motorcycles - the brand is not important, the fact that you ride is." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GregNiken Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 Hi Guy's, When I removed my engine bolts, they were quite tight and there was no locktite type material on them. My engine bolts are torqued to 45Nm as per the service manual. Greg. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supporting Member maximNikenGT Posted May 22, 2021 Author Supporting Member Share Posted May 22, 2021 Saw this video for a Niken for sale in Japan with what looks to be a custom built crash guard unlike any other I've seen. ヤフオク! - ナイケン NIKEN 845cc 2019年 5 332km クラッシ... メーカー Yamaha 車種名 NIKEN 排気量... Looks like they also have a special front and rear view camera too. 2019 Niken GT "Motorcycles - the brand is not important, the fact that you ride is." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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