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Exactly, my CBR doesn't have them and I usually don't forget to turn it off... but there are times. I also chuckle at those who tell me they always turn them off. They only seem to forget about them when I am riding with them!
LEDS would seem the way to go for lights these days. Maybe not in 2010 but by 2017 and especially 2023 you would think all bikes would have them. These Oxilam's were all of $17 retail and plug and play. They wouldn't have to change a thing but it would be a talking point for a new model year. These or the HR non ballasted LED are definitely going in the 77 BMW R75 and my 1984 Standard Goldwing! I'm the original owner of the Wing and 1984 lighting just isn't that good!
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Yes, that's the easy normal way. But after a while you can have 3 or 4 leads going to your battery and that's a pain. I chose to use battery lead extensions from Electricalconnection.com to keep excessive leads off of my battery. There are several aux fuse boxes on the market aimed at motorcycles. For solid state there is the PDM60 which is also very nice. I have California Heat electric gear and they are good. When I bought at a large motorcycle show they were the only ones whose sizes seemed to correlate with the normal shirt/jacket sizes. I tried on XL or 2XL at other vendors and it was a joke. Owner of CH looked at me. Hmmm, I think you'd fit an XL. Tried it on. Perfect fit! Same as my shirts.
CH also has on their website a good chart letting you know what kind of amperage you would be using so you can plan accordingly if you are going to use a fuse box. Heated gear... so nice. Extends your riding season and if touring out west it is a must in the mountains. It wasn't around when I started riding. Finally got some 8 years ago... and thought... why did I let the price tags scare me away for so long!
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SparrowHawkxx
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I have been using the ST2 TURN SYSTEM for 4 years now, it works great.
ST2 Turn System - ST2 Systems (st2-systems.com)
The only issue I had with it was, the instructions have you cutting 3 wires in the signal switch wiring harness to splice into the STS module.
I didn't want to cut the OEM wiring so I ordered some matching connectors to the switch harness and built a jumper to insert between the OEM connectors then made my connections there. If you also use some quick connectors for the 12V and gnd you can take the ST2 module back out of the system or reinsert it in just a few seconds.
For the Gen 1 bikes, the connector on the switch harness a is 10 pin HM Non Sealed .090 Female Connector. HM .090 Non-Sealed - Connector and Terminals (cycleterminal.com)
Gen 2 bikes use a different connector.
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I'd be interested to see where you are mounting an aux fuse box for battery connections.I do agree with the sentiment of keeping the actual battery hookups simplified.
Look through this thread. It shows what I did with the extension leads. A fuse box would fit nicely under the seat though. If I start to put the grips on that will be exposed and I can post it up again if you'd like.
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Hey folks I have a question!
My front tire is ever so slightly rubbing on the left side of the front fender. You can see that it is not quite centered. I'm thinking about loosening the forks a bit and seeing if the front wheel is aligned. Could this be it? Everything is bolted and torqued together. Anyone else have this problem or is it because of these MotoZ Tractionator Adventure tires? Let me know what you think.
TG
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My front tire is ever so slightly rubbing on the left side of the front fender. You can see that it is not quite centered. I'm thinking about loosening the forks a bit and seeing if the front wheel is aligned. Could this be it? Everything is bolted and torqued together. Anyone else have this problem or is it because of these MotoZ Tractionator Adventure tires? Let me know what you think.
TG
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Cycledude
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Sounds like you possibly messed something up when putting your bike back together. I haven’t noticed any fender alignment issues with mine but maybe I just haven’t noticed it.
Dropped it pretty hard on the left side once last summer and was kind of expecting to notice an alignment issue but everything was fine.
Dropped it pretty hard on the left side once last summer and was kind of expecting to notice an alignment issue but everything was fine.
Little Joe
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Are you sure axle spacers in correctly?
On my Trail max mission tires I have a good finger width on each side to fender, and it is centred.
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On my Trail max mission tires I have a good finger width on each side to fender, and it is centred.
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Yes, they are in correctly. I took pics prior to disassembly and had the FSM to look at too. I'll take it apart and maybe rotate the fork tubes a tad bit to the left.
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Since I only live 55 minutes away from the shop that makes the Condor Chock I hopped in the car and went over to get two. One for me and one for my buddy in PA as he wanted another one and we are meeting up soon. I got the Trailer only chock. SC-2000 model. I also bought an extra deck mount kit because when I get back from Northern Georgia in April (not going to WV as it will be much colder and wet) I will remove my lift table clamping/vise system and mount the extra deck kit. So when the trailer is not in use I can remove 4 thumb screws and move the chock to my lift. No more balancing heavy bikes and trying to screw the vise in to clamp the bikes. Just ride up or roll up and in. Done, then ratchet strap for safety. The Super Tenere is back on the lift. I discovered that I cannot use Ladlesport's water pump protective cover with the T-Rex Racing belly pan. So I guess that's a shelf Decoration now! Tomorrow OEM heated grips go on and I dig into that misaligned front fender. It definitely is sitting more towards the right side. I'll strip it down all the way if I have to.
So happy to have a Condor Chock on the trailer. As soon as I bought the trailer last year and saw what was on it I knew a Condor was going to replace it. The Condor is peace for me in a huge way when transporting a bike. I strap it down with two straps coming from the rear higher up coming forward at a 45° angle to the deck. Done and then I don't worry about it. Worth the money. The guy who designed it and makes it was a mechanical engineer and a road racer who needed a chock where he didn't have to compress his front suspension and it would hold the bike up too . He made himself one and then guys at the track saw it and wanted one... and Condor was born.
What was on the trailer and is now removed and replaced! I hated trying to keep the bike up and in the chock and also try and tighten the straps. I guess I am so spoiled... why would I play that awful game...
Mount kit. Two stout steel plates that the thumb screws screw into. Call me paranoid but I put rubber gasket material between the aluminum and the steel even though the steel has a good powder coat on it. I had the gasket material and I don't want to dissimilar metals to be able to touch in the future if the powder coat wears through.
The vertical piece is attached via two steel dowel pins. It can be stored folded down on a shelf. The V is too narrow up front so I put the pins in and attach the vertical to the horizontal then thumb screw the base to the mounting base.
All together. Literally takes 2 minutes probably to remove or put on.
Left side fender gap
Right side fender gap. Much bigger. A full finger width.
Since my name is Guy... all my plates have it. New plate came in the mail today. My CBR 1100XX has XXGUY. My Wing has WNGGUY. My ST1300A had STGUY. So time for some Adventure!
So happy to have a Condor Chock on the trailer. As soon as I bought the trailer last year and saw what was on it I knew a Condor was going to replace it. The Condor is peace for me in a huge way when transporting a bike. I strap it down with two straps coming from the rear higher up coming forward at a 45° angle to the deck. Done and then I don't worry about it. Worth the money. The guy who designed it and makes it was a mechanical engineer and a road racer who needed a chock where he didn't have to compress his front suspension and it would hold the bike up too . He made himself one and then guys at the track saw it and wanted one... and Condor was born.
What was on the trailer and is now removed and replaced! I hated trying to keep the bike up and in the chock and also try and tighten the straps. I guess I am so spoiled... why would I play that awful game...
Mount kit. Two stout steel plates that the thumb screws screw into. Call me paranoid but I put rubber gasket material between the aluminum and the steel even though the steel has a good powder coat on it. I had the gasket material and I don't want to dissimilar metals to be able to touch in the future if the powder coat wears through.
The vertical piece is attached via two steel dowel pins. It can be stored folded down on a shelf. The V is too narrow up front so I put the pins in and attach the vertical to the horizontal then thumb screw the base to the mounting base.
All together. Literally takes 2 minutes probably to remove or put on.
Left side fender gap
Right side fender gap. Much bigger. A full finger width.
Since my name is Guy... all my plates have it. New plate came in the mail today. My CBR 1100XX has XXGUY. My Wing has WNGGUY. My ST1300A had STGUY. So time for some Adventure!
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sheikyerbooty
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Looks like a doozy of a winter up there this year.
The snow is all gone now... but more next week! 3 hrs north they got 21.5" we just got 5 to 6. If I get a day it's not going to rain/snow I am going to be riding the 10 to work. I've o ly taken it 14 miles for a test run.
Decided to leave the heated grips off. I have to work 4 12 hr days then gone Friday morning for Georgia. I have heated gloves if it gets that cold.
Now the fender! When I said right side... that is if you are looking from the front of the bike. If sitting on the bike it would be the left side.
Now my brake calipers and the brake rotors line up great. Tire looks well seated on the rim. It looks like after Measurements that the tire is sitting 1/8"- 1/4" towards the right as seen looking from in front of the bike. Tire when spun doesn't wobble back and forth. Put a dial indicator bar next to the rim and rotated it. Gap was consistent. I checked the blow up diagram in the FSM and I believe all my spacers are in correctly. Below are a few pictures. If you see anything wrong please sing out!
I took the Fenda Extender off as it was what was being rubbed lightly.
Decided to leave the heated grips off. I have to work 4 12 hr days then gone Friday morning for Georgia. I have heated gloves if it gets that cold.
Now the fender! When I said right side... that is if you are looking from the front of the bike. If sitting on the bike it would be the left side.
Now my brake calipers and the brake rotors line up great. Tire looks well seated on the rim. It looks like after Measurements that the tire is sitting 1/8"- 1/4" towards the right as seen looking from in front of the bike. Tire when spun doesn't wobble back and forth. Put a dial indicator bar next to the rim and rotated it. Gap was consistent. I checked the blow up diagram in the FSM and I believe all my spacers are in correctly. Below are a few pictures. If you see anything wrong please sing out!
I took the Fenda Extender off as it was what was being rubbed lightly.
Went for a test ride of 50 miles today and filled it with gas. Then put it on the trailer and it's waiting for me to go to Georgia tomorrow morning. 3 days of back trails... if it is turned into a slippery Georgia clay mess. Pics and video to come.
I don't usually name my bikes but since this is a Sandstone paint color... maybe I should call her Sandy? Any opinions?
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I don't usually name my bikes but since this is a Sandstone paint color... maybe I should call her Sandy? Any opinions?
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Boris
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Yep, don’t name it. It’s a bike.
Plus it's the only Yamaha in the stable... so it's easy to say... The Yamaha...
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Spring 4-1-23 Northern Georgia, Southern East Tennessee.
Usually Mike and I get up and on the road early… but why when it’s supposed to rain until 8 am. I woke up before it was light and it was flashing and booming like crazy… So I just rolled over and went back to sleep… ahhh, vacation!
Got up around 8:30 and no rain. Yay! Supposedly the high was 75… and by the time we got ½ mile down the road… off came my sweater … it was already 66°F and I hadn’t seen Temps like that for 8 months and by the time we got to the mountains it was up to 86°F.
Mike took me on gravel or fire “roads” that hadn’t seen any maintenance and had a lot of wash outs and a lot of bedrock ridges poking through, then throw in large stone fields you had to pick your way through… luckily someone had always been there to cut the trees that had fallen across the road… you could tell that many were recently cut. We went 35 to 40 miles in 4.5 hours with a couple of breaks. The first 10 to 15 miles took us probably almost 3 hrs as we were averaging speeds of only 5 to 10 mph…and then I softly laid the bike over once but put my back to it and walked it back up quickly before Mike could get a camera out. I came around a switchback that started going up right a way with some deep wash outs cross cutting the road with ledges of steep rock immediatelyFter the 180° turn and I was in 2nd gear and wasn’t going fast enough so when I opened up the throttle the bike died and all I could do was slow it down as it tilted over so it just kissed the ground instead of crashing to the ground. Of course Mike heard all of this over our intercom and he came around the corner and started laughing and then offered to help pick the bike up… nope. I got it righted it in no time and we were on our way. If I was in 1st gear it would have been no problem so… live and learn. This bike has awesome torque when in 2nd gear while in tour at lower speeds. Sport was to sporty for smooththrottlecontrolbut tour was great. When rough stuff comes now I just up go down to first and no problem. I was really impressed with this bike most of the day. It is a bit dirtier than when we started but no scratches so a successful day and fun was had by all. I saw some beautiful country and I like seeing the mountains and trees before everything is fully leafed out as you can see through the woods and see the land too. The trees have those bright green new leaves. I also love to see the white dogwood blooms scattered all over the woods. They seem so delicate and ethereal and seem to be just floating as you pass them by.
Clean and about to get tested out. I had only gone on 3 short rides with this machine... the 8 mile test ride to buy it, a ride into town of 14 miles and 50 mile test ride to see if everything worked right after I worked on it just a day before this trip.
Two old Navy buddies about to go have some fun.
We went by this waterfall and I had to stop for a picture as I loved the green of the trees and sunlight beaming down to frame it all. Getting back to it was almost disastrous as I grabbed a bit to much throttle going up a mound of slippery dirt and those tires slipped a bit then launched me as they dug in.
A bit dirty... I have fallen in love with these MotoZ Tractionator Adventure tires. They never slipped even on slick rock when wet or mushy ground. I am sold on these! Only time it wasn't sure footed was I hit some mud at 20 or so rounding a gentle corner but leaning and they slid a bit then grabbed.
We took a break... Michael Cox said this road/trail was just going to "circle" the mountain... he said... as we started climbing. Huh, must have missed a turn off so we turned around and got to where the turn off was supposed to be... yeah, no turn off! So this was shot as we took a break on top and were looking around... it was some climb and a rough trail/road... but fun!
I found some deeper puddles. Had to go through one side or the other and sometimes I guessed wrong.
A smooth road... but had water on it in a lot of places or deep mud puddles. Tires never slipped on wet rock.
Love the Dogwood blooms scattered all over the woods.
Usually Mike and I get up and on the road early… but why when it’s supposed to rain until 8 am. I woke up before it was light and it was flashing and booming like crazy… So I just rolled over and went back to sleep… ahhh, vacation!
Got up around 8:30 and no rain. Yay! Supposedly the high was 75… and by the time we got ½ mile down the road… off came my sweater … it was already 66°F and I hadn’t seen Temps like that for 8 months and by the time we got to the mountains it was up to 86°F.
Mike took me on gravel or fire “roads” that hadn’t seen any maintenance and had a lot of wash outs and a lot of bedrock ridges poking through, then throw in large stone fields you had to pick your way through… luckily someone had always been there to cut the trees that had fallen across the road… you could tell that many were recently cut. We went 35 to 40 miles in 4.5 hours with a couple of breaks. The first 10 to 15 miles took us probably almost 3 hrs as we were averaging speeds of only 5 to 10 mph…and then I softly laid the bike over once but put my back to it and walked it back up quickly before Mike could get a camera out. I came around a switchback that started going up right a way with some deep wash outs cross cutting the road with ledges of steep rock immediatelyFter the 180° turn and I was in 2nd gear and wasn’t going fast enough so when I opened up the throttle the bike died and all I could do was slow it down as it tilted over so it just kissed the ground instead of crashing to the ground. Of course Mike heard all of this over our intercom and he came around the corner and started laughing and then offered to help pick the bike up… nope. I got it righted it in no time and we were on our way. If I was in 1st gear it would have been no problem so… live and learn. This bike has awesome torque when in 2nd gear while in tour at lower speeds. Sport was to sporty for smooththrottlecontrolbut tour was great. When rough stuff comes now I just up go down to first and no problem. I was really impressed with this bike most of the day. It is a bit dirtier than when we started but no scratches so a successful day and fun was had by all. I saw some beautiful country and I like seeing the mountains and trees before everything is fully leafed out as you can see through the woods and see the land too. The trees have those bright green new leaves. I also love to see the white dogwood blooms scattered all over the woods. They seem so delicate and ethereal and seem to be just floating as you pass them by.
Clean and about to get tested out. I had only gone on 3 short rides with this machine... the 8 mile test ride to buy it, a ride into town of 14 miles and 50 mile test ride to see if everything worked right after I worked on it just a day before this trip.
Two old Navy buddies about to go have some fun.
We went by this waterfall and I had to stop for a picture as I loved the green of the trees and sunlight beaming down to frame it all. Getting back to it was almost disastrous as I grabbed a bit to much throttle going up a mound of slippery dirt and those tires slipped a bit then launched me as they dug in.
A bit dirty... I have fallen in love with these MotoZ Tractionator Adventure tires. They never slipped even on slick rock when wet or mushy ground. I am sold on these! Only time it wasn't sure footed was I hit some mud at 20 or so rounding a gentle corner but leaning and they slid a bit then grabbed.
We took a break... Michael Cox said this road/trail was just going to "circle" the mountain... he said... as we started climbing. Huh, must have missed a turn off so we turned around and got to where the turn off was supposed to be... yeah, no turn off! So this was shot as we took a break on top and were looking around... it was some climb and a rough trail/road... but fun!
I found some deeper puddles. Had to go through one side or the other and sometimes I guessed wrong.A smooth road... but had water on it in a lot of places or deep mud puddles. Tires never slipped on wet rock.
Love the Dogwood blooms scattered all over the woods.
