nhchris Posted January 15, 2019 Share Posted January 15, 2019 Today I rode to the Atlantic to see if I could spy England in the distance. I could not. But I successfully tested out my two new farkels: Splash guard and mirror extenders. Both a huge success. And the Temp was a mild 35 F! 1968 Triumph Bonneville 650 1971 Norton Commando Roadster 2002 Harley 1200 Sportster 2003 Honda ST 1300 2016 FJ 09 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wordsmith Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 i didn't do this, but these top-box mounted rear brake LEDs look effective... 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...
Supporting Member piotrek Posted January 17, 2019 Supporting Member Share Posted January 17, 2019 Replaced my levers. This was really for the benefit of the clutch side... to make pull action easier. This install wasn't without issues. The seller sent me two black 'knuckle' parts for the lever, and neither worked well (made contact with the switch housing). I decided to swap parts with my shorty levers, and hey... it worked. I like the grey/red look, and best of all... clutch pull is much easier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angrygirafe Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 Today I tried out the tire plug kit that I’ve been carrying around for years. I think I did it right, but it’s dark, rainy, and 50 miles home, so I’m going to leave it at school and get a ride. 😐 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wordsmith Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 2 hours ago, piotrek said: Replaced my levers. This was really for the benefit of the clutch side... to make pull action easier. This install wasn't without issues. The seller sent me two black 'knuckle' parts for the lever, and neither worked well (made contact with the switch housing). I decided to swap parts with my shorty levers, and hey... it worked. I like the grey/red look, and best of all... clutch pull is much easier. These replacement levers are so inexpensive (scores of on-line vendors), can be had in many colours, can be span-adjusted on the clutch side, and make the clutch pull so much easier as pyotr has said, that I'm surprised everyone doesn't do the swap. 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...
BBB Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 6 hours ago, angrygirafe said: Today I tried out the tire plug kit that I’ve been carrying around for years. I think I did it right, but it’s dark, rainy, and 50 miles home, so I’m going to leave it at school and get a ride. 😐 Those are the conditions that are inevitable for a tyre plug. It’s never going to happen on a dry, warm day, with a soft verge to kneel on. Hope it works out for you. Red 2015 Tracer, UK spec (well, it was until I started messing with it...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wordsmith Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 Spot on! My only Tracer puncture was on a very wet day, in the country, miles from anywhere, and with no safe verge to work on to plug the tyre. I ended up riding about 80km or so - may have been further - very, very gingerly to a motorbike shop I'd noticed miles back! They plugged it for me. 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...
tktplz Posted January 20, 2019 Share Posted January 20, 2019 (edited) Installed heated grips on my 2015 FJ-09. Santa brought me a set and it's a cold, wet weekend so it's the perfect time to install them. In the menu area do I set them to; Low = 3, Med = 5, High = 7? is this correct? Edited January 20, 2019 by tktplz spelling Ain't no fun when the rabbit gets the gun! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member DavidS Posted January 20, 2019 Premium Member Share Posted January 20, 2019 29 minutes ago, tktplz said: Installed heated grips on my 2015 FJ-09. Santa brought me a set and it's a cold, wet weekend so it's the perfect time to install them. In the menu area do I set them to; Low = 3, Med = 5, High = 7? is this correct? The settings are your personal preference, I left them at the default, didn't see a need to change them and they work fine for me....... Of course, I also got the heated gloves, which keeps the top of my hands warm too - like those much better than the grip warmers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supporting Member betoney Posted January 20, 2019 Supporting Member Share Posted January 20, 2019 34 minutes ago, tktplz said: Installed heated grips on my 2015 FJ-09. Santa brought me a set and it's a cold, wet weekend so it's the perfect time to install them. In the menu area do I set them to; Low = 3, Med = 5, High = 7? is this correct? You can change the Lo-Med-Hi values to anything you want. Be warned though, on the higher settings, they get HOT, like "burn-your-hand" hot. I believe I have mine set to 3-5-7 or 4-6-8 and normally only use low, on a very rare occasion I might switch it to Medium for a short duration but have never used High. ***2015 Candy Red FJ-09*** Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tktplz Posted January 20, 2019 Share Posted January 20, 2019 (edited) 5 minutes ago, betoney said: You can change the Lo-Med-Hi values to anything you want. Be warned though, on the higher settings, they get HOT, like "burn-your-hand" hot. I believe I have mine set to 3-5-7 or 4-6-8 and normally only use low, on a very rare occasion I might switch it to Medium for a short duration but have never used High. 3 5 and 7 was what I thought. I did a search and got 1 guy at 2 3 and 4. I'll set it to 3 5 and 7 and go from there. Seems mid-level setting for each 1. Haven't tried them yet. it's mid 30's and 15 MPH with 25 MPH gusts of wind. Not riding, e en with heated grips, no sir! But I did get 2 layers of electric tape over the handlebars on the clutch side in case there was any difference in heat others had claimed. Thanks for the replies folks!!! Edited January 20, 2019 by tktplz Ain't no fun when the rabbit gets the gun! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member racreative Posted January 20, 2019 Premium Member Share Posted January 20, 2019 Just finished Installing a surprise Christmas present! My wife had forgotten she bought me a Cortech 18Liter strap mount tank bag. Earlier tonight she found it in the closet while putting away clothes. Funny thing... I asked for the tank bag last year? I wonder how long it has been stashed away? 🤔 I should probably hunt around for that GoPro 4 I asked for 2 Christmas's ago... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enx Posted January 20, 2019 Share Posted January 20, 2019 I took apart front end. New springs and oil in forks, and new rear shock are coming this week.😎 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BBB Posted January 20, 2019 Share Posted January 20, 2019 3 hours ago, enx said: I took apart front end. New springs and oil in forks, and new rear shock are coming this week.😎 This looks like an really good way to stabilise the bike when the front wheel is off. Can you post more details of how you secured the rear wheel please. Red 2015 Tracer, UK spec (well, it was until I started messing with it...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enx Posted January 20, 2019 Share Posted January 20, 2019 (edited) It's very simple. I have a scissor car lift, and i drilled two holes in the plate to secure the two brackets I made. Or you can just bolt it to the floor... Edited January 20, 2019 by enx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now