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This is the longest that I’ve been snowed in in a while. About six weeks now. I rode a thousand miles in January a few years ago.
When I’m not riding I think buying.
For better or worse I just missed the opportunity to buy a 5th gen VFR. 877cc.
I put the buying momentum into the ST1300 budget.
I wanted to do my 2006 but they way they were parked the 09 involved less moving around on the ice sheet. I screwed plywood to the ground to make a halfway safe path.
First stop Galfer. Stainless brake and clutch lines. Apparently no one has asked them or I got lucky that they took it on. If all goes as planned there will be a sku for 2008+ ABS in a few weeks.
Getting to the brake lines required this except air box and except for removing the front wheel which was still needed anyway for a clear view for pictures for Galfer.
As I understood it they wanted a neat progression from the master cylinder to the calipers and I couldn’t really figure out how to do that. The 50 pictures were too much to digest. I was concerned about the line that goes from above, wraps by its fitting on the SMC and continues to the caliper. There is no room for error. For the level of accuracy that they are looking for, and to make for easy spatial orientation, I mounted the parts and sent a simplified set of corresponding on bike pictures.
I’d be curious if anyone changed rear lines without taking the lower gas tank. If nothing else, it was easy to access this way.
At this point of disassembly I noticed the clutch slave cylinder lines will be easier to see and install if I take off the swing arm.
The pivot grease is 15 years old and probably fine for another but we’ll do it anyway. Who knows we might see something else along the way.
Getting the pivot bolt loose took a lot of effort. Once loose it still took too much effort by my feel. No undo resistance once pressure came off the bearings. Pull it out, no corrosion.
Bring the bolt to the torque spec and fall quite short of where it was.
When I’m not riding I think buying.
For better or worse I just missed the opportunity to buy a 5th gen VFR. 877cc.
I put the buying momentum into the ST1300 budget.
I wanted to do my 2006 but they way they were parked the 09 involved less moving around on the ice sheet. I screwed plywood to the ground to make a halfway safe path.
First stop Galfer. Stainless brake and clutch lines. Apparently no one has asked them or I got lucky that they took it on. If all goes as planned there will be a sku for 2008+ ABS in a few weeks.
Getting to the brake lines required this except air box and except for removing the front wheel which was still needed anyway for a clear view for pictures for Galfer.
As I understood it they wanted a neat progression from the master cylinder to the calipers and I couldn’t really figure out how to do that. The 50 pictures were too much to digest. I was concerned about the line that goes from above, wraps by its fitting on the SMC and continues to the caliper. There is no room for error. For the level of accuracy that they are looking for, and to make for easy spatial orientation, I mounted the parts and sent a simplified set of corresponding on bike pictures.
I’d be curious if anyone changed rear lines without taking the lower gas tank. If nothing else, it was easy to access this way.
At this point of disassembly I noticed the clutch slave cylinder lines will be easier to see and install if I take off the swing arm.
The pivot grease is 15 years old and probably fine for another but we’ll do it anyway. Who knows we might see something else along the way.
Getting the pivot bolt loose took a lot of effort. Once loose it still took too much effort by my feel. No undo resistance once pressure came off the bearings. Pull it out, no corrosion.
Bring the bolt to the torque spec and fall quite short of where it was.
