what have you done to your "bike" today

[chric]

bought this for it well sort of when i pack work in make touring a doddle

[8541Hawk]

That's a job I've been meaning to get around to. I'm guessing you used a lathe to make yours Mike

Yeah that was back in the machine shop days so I turned up a set on lunch

[8541Hawk]

The bearings didn't show up until late afternoon but I still managed to get a few things done

[lloydie]

looking good hawky, super clean.....

Especially for a bike that's that's got over 90k miles on it .

Hawk ...... How does the flow commander work ?


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Its good for fine tuning in that it smooths things out and gives small adjustment but won't fix big errors.
So its kind of the last bit to add IMHO

I know there for fine tuning .
But what do they do?.
Do they reduce the airflow into the main air feeds ?


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[lloydie]

What size did you go for Lloydie

I've just noticed the price is for a pack of ten, that's better I thought it was each first of all

Chris.[/quote]
M4


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[8541Hawk]

I know there for fine tuning .
But what do they do?.
Do they reduce the airflow into the main air feeds ?
[/quote]

Sorry misunderstood your question.

The tubes attach to the air bleeds and give the equivalent of going up or down approx. 1 jet size by manipulating the air flow through the bleed.
How exactly they do this, I am not sure.

The other added benefit is that both air bleeds now pull air from the same location which give a little more equal of a signal.

[lloydie]

I know there for fine tuning .
But what do they do?.
Do they reduce the airflow into the main air feeds ?

Sorry misunderstood your question.

The tubes attach to the air bleeds and give the equivalent of going up or down approx. 1 jet size by manipulating the air flow through the bleed.
How exactly they do this, I am not sure.

The other added benefit is that both air bleeds now pull air from the same location which give a little more equal of a signal.[/quote]
Thanks hawk , I might try and make something up to do the same :-)


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[BrianC]

What size are those thread inserts and do you glue them in?

Great fix

Brian

[Cadbury64]

T'was a big day today. I finished re-assembling the VTR, balanced the carbs, replaced a couple of missing or damaged parts from the PO, and then set off for my first proper ride. After rebuilding the forks, greasing the rear suspension, cleaning and bleeding the brakes, changing the oil and filters and fitting manual CCTs I was very happy to have everything working great.



I was glad that I'd read about vacuum lock after overfilling the tank as I experienced that first hand. Also (don' t tell anyone) I verified that my Jap market bike does indeed have a 180km/hr limited so I'll be addressing that shortly. I was pretty happy with the handling and found the turn-in much improved with the 6mm shock spacer, but I think I'll be re-springing and re-valving the forks sometime soon as they're pretty average braking hard into bends. The cleaned up brakes came good after a few decent stops and surprised me and the fork bump stops with their power.

Its a very different bike to ride to my VFR800! But very engaging and quite a bit steadier leaned over in bends. Probably more weight over the front wheel I suspect.

[lloydie]

What size are those thread inserts and do you glue them in?

Great fix

Brian

Depends on the size you get .
I did put some glue on them but they are a tight fit if you use the right size drill


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[8541Hawk]

What size are those thread inserts and do you glue them in?

Great fix

Brian

I think mine are 8X1.25 but that is only because I had a box of Al cap screws that size.
On mine I did use glue but also installed a roll pin in each to keep it from spinning and to also act as a down stop to keep from over tightening the lid

[Virt]

Converted Lloyd to our one true savior, Lord Metzeler

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[NZSpokes]

T'was a big day today. I finished re-assembling the VTR, balanced the carbs, replaced a couple of missing or damaged parts from the PO, and then set off for my first proper ride. After rebuilding the forks, greasing the rear suspension, cleaning and bleeding the brakes, changing the oil and filters and fitting manual CCTs I was very happy to have everything working great.



I was glad that I'd read about vacuum lock after overfilling the tank as I experienced that first hand. Also (don' t tell anyone) I verified that my Jap market bike does indeed have a 180km/hr limited so I'll be addressing that shortly. I was pretty happy with the handling and found the turn-in much improved with the 6mm shock spacer, but I think I'll be re-springing and re-valving the forks sometime soon as they're pretty average braking hard into bends. The cleaned up brakes came good after a few decent stops and surprised me and the fork bump stops with their power.

Its a very different bike to ride to my VFR800! But very engaging and quite a bit steadier leaned over in bends. Probably more weight over the front wheel I suspect.

When I got mine I road it 10ks from where i bought it to home. I bottomed the fork twice. First thing I did when I walked in the house was e-mail Robert Taylor in new Plymouth for new springs. Search Rogered forks on here to help with the valving.

Where did you ride?

[8541Hawk]

All back together, sag set and have only done a quick test run in the car park but she seems to be a happy girl

[lloydie]

Converted Lloyd to our one true savior, Lord Metzeler

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Yep I'll be getting me a set next time [THUMBS UP SIGN]


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