What did you do with your ST1100/ST1300 today?

[Willsmotorcycle]

One final polish on the old girl before she is off to her new home.

 

[drtyrrel]

I installed my GPS the other night and a Sena SLR in my helmet last night. Will try pairing them all when I get home from work this evening.

 

[Upt' North]

To Berwick upon the Tweed for its annual MOT test.
Stopped to watch the mist rise off the Cheviot Hills about a mile before home.
Blummin lovely.
Upt'North.
Oh yes, it passed.

 

[Jevers]

6 gallons of gas in the Ram ( yes, it has a hemi ) or 2 gallons on the ST? It's really not about saving gas, it's just more fun this way.

 

[Andrew Shadow]

I think it takes longer to get up to 3 bars now. 10 mins of driving. Is that normal?

I find ten minutes of riding time to get to three bars is long. Takes a little longer when just idling stationary, but when riding it should get there fairly quickly at warm ambient temperatures that I presume you are experiencing at this time of year. At this time of year I hit one bar after about one minute. I would say less than five minutes of riding time I am at three bars.

Rob:

I did an imprecise test for you today. Imprecise in that I was using the clock on the ST which doesn't display seconds, but it will give you a good idea.
It was pretty close to my previous estimate quoted above.

The engine hadn't been started for a few days and was at an ambient temperature of 26 deg. C, 79 deg. F.
With the clock displaying 34 minutes past the hour, I started the engine and let it idle until one bar was displayed on the temperature gauge.
The idle started dropping down just as the clock changed to 35 minutes past the hour, so one minute lapsed time.
One bar appeared on the gauge before the clock changed to 36 minutes past the hour. My guesstimate was 90 seconds to get to this point.
At this point I began riding at low speeds of about 30 Km/h, 18 MPH.
The second bar appeared on the gauge before 37 minutes passed the hour appeared on the clock, so somewhere between two and three minutes from the time the engine was started.
The third bar appeared very shortly after the clock had changed to 37 minutes past the hour. To be generous, I'll quote 37 minutes and 30 seconds, but I know that it was not as long as 30 seconds.

My temperature gauge has always responded this quickly and I always considered this normal. I still have the original factory thermostat and my temperature gauge always displays three bars once the engine is fully warmed up.

In summary;
Starting at an ambient temperature of 26 deg. C, 79 deg. F, and with the engine at this same temperature, and idling stationary until one bar was displayed on the temperature gauge before riding, and then riding at a very slow speed, it took a maximum of 3 1/2 minutes until three bars were displayed on the temperature gauge.

 

[ST1100Gold]

Not nice weather last night, so decided to tackle the USB that stopped working - funny how one simple job turns into several ... ...

Burnt out USB replaced with dual socket with voltage readout - photos 1 & 2
- Next on the list was fitting a switch to the 12v power socket (simple job) - photo 3
- Tidied up / re-routed wiring to High Level brake light (underside of top-box carrier) - photos 5 & 6
Then had a look at the spaghetti wiring behind the left side panel - last photo shows the "spare" birds nest down beside the battery - seems the previous owner installed a 12v relay, switch, and wires to each side of the bike, but not connected to anything ... ... must have been for something, but no idea what ... ...

 

[Upt' North]

Sun came out, went for a day ride.
Blummin lovely. We were blessed.
She has been admonished for touching my BeaST.
Upt'North.

 

[STRider]

Made a thing for my 1300.

I made the key-knobs... knob-keys?... for my bike, and leave them in the locks most of the time. But when I have my work laptop or leave the bike outside overnight I do pull them and had usually just dropped them loose in the left fairing pocket.

So I took a piece of random closed-cell foam packaging material, cut a piece big enough for the three keys and attached it to the underside of my Givi topbox with some 3M VHB tape.

Now I've got a convenient place to stick the keys that's secure (well, as secure as they'll be inside plastic luggage on a motorcycle that is) and I don't have to hunt for them in the fairing pocket. In this position they also clear my helmet(s) in the topbox too.

 

[JackFunOne]

New OEM fuel pump day. I'm hoping then this will increase my range from 150 miles to 300 on warm days..

My semi corroded connections in the center are very similar to yours. Question: do you think that there would be any benefit from disconnecting cleaning brushing out all the rust and reattaching cramping and a whole bunch of dielectric grease? I’m thinking about doing that with mine

 

[STRider]

Nice, really nice! Let's see Paul Allens Knob keys....

Didn't we lose Paul a few years ago?

 

[Esti1300]

Swapped out my rear (Michelin Pilot GT 4) with 11300km (7000 miles) on it It still had a smidge of serviceable tread, just slightly over 2mm, not quite on the wear bars so I will tuck it away for a rainy day. Pretty sure I can get another 2k kms on it. Good size chicken strip…


Mounted a new OEM Battlaxe BT-020 F spec (good deal $) and installed a 90 degree valve stem. Greased, Loctite LB 8012 Moly on the spline gear, torqued to spec and scrubbed the new rubber with a 50km ride.
Tomorrow, 25600km service interval. Spark plugs and valve clearance check…Gulp!
Summer maintenance is a PITA!

 

[Smudgemo]

My semi corroded connections in the center are very similar to yours. Question: do you think that there would be any benefit from disconnecting cleaning brushing out all the rust and reattaching cramping and a whole bunch of dielectric grease? I’m thinking about doing that with mine

If your pump is giving you pause, there are some basic tests you can do to check whether it seems to be dying, but if you just mean the connectors, sure cleans them up and reassemble. Corrosion doesn't mean for sure there are issues, but it's a good indicator and worth removing from any electrical connection. Not sure that answers your question?

Oh, and I stared lovingly at my two red 11s before I grabbed my mountain bike and went riding the trails for an hour.

 

[drtyrrel]

Made a thing for my 1300.

I made the key-knobs... knob-keys?... for my bike, and leave them in the locks most of the time. But when I have my work laptop or leave the bike outside overnight I do pull them and had usually just dropped them loose in the left fairing pocket.

So I took a piece of random closed-cell foam packaging material, cut a piece big enough for the three keys and attached it to the underside of my Givi topbox with some 3M VHB tape.

Now I've got a convenient place to stick the keys that's secure (well, as secure as they'll be inside plastic luggage on a motorcycle that is) and I don't have to hunt for them in the fairing pocket. In this position they also clear my helmet(s) in the topbox too.

That is a pretty slick way to hold your keys. You're a long drive from Americade.

 

[drtyrrel]

Got my GPS to talk to my phone and my headset. Found out Pandora doesn't work without cell phone reception no matter how many times you pair your devices duh.

 

[red one]

Too hot here to go for a long ride but I do need to wash it to get the bugs of it. So in about another hour getting out the soap and bucket to give it a bath.

 

[Upt' North]

What a lovely view!
Sunshine?!? Up north!? Nooooooooooo.. It can't be. Here'say I tell ya!

Rumour has it, that underneath that suit of armour, is my Liege Lord Sir Upt'North of Nothumberland!
This might be the closest we are ever gonna come to a face reveal.

On a side note. I just realised, your ST11 W as standard brakes!
I didn't know they still produced the standard brake system in 1998.

Yes non ABS, very good too, and it's Er'Indoors in the piccie.
She knows she shouldn't touch....

 

[Willsmotorcycle]

What a stunner!
I hope she's going to a good home?

Thank you, my favorite color. Verdict is still out, some big black twin cylinder clan is using them for winter bikes, they asked me if I could get more...

 

[ST Gui]

Made a thing for my 1300.

I made the key-knobs...

Nice! I've got some radio knobs from a GoldWing that I have to get around to turning into short keys. I also want one for the IGN.

 

[Sadlsor]

I can see how it would be handy to not have to remove the ignition key to get in the saddlebags.
It irritates me to have to pull over and stop, and shut down the motor, when I could just keep riding with one hand, reach back with the other and get what I want out of the saddlebag.
(That's sarcasm there, folks.)
But also for fueling -- inconvenience aside, it might extend the life of a key.
Or not.

 

[STRider]

... You're a long drive from Americade.

Don't I know it!

Moved to Oregon from Burlington, VT. Through my local Saturday Breakfast Ride crew got connected to Americade and became a mini-tour leader as volunteer staff from '85 to 2002. Boy do I miss that. Best 'job' ever. Free accommodations provided to staffers by local hotels, full access to the entire rally as staffer, discounts or express service from most Tour-Expo exhibitors, free lunch on the minitours I worked - oh and they were GREAT lunches.

My job was to be at Million Dollar Beach parking lot each morning from Tuesday or Wednesday through Friday. Line up all the Mini-Tour attendees, lead them out on a guided tour to some destination - waterfalls, covered bridges, gourmet meal - stop for breaks and lunch and then return to Lake George. Tough assignment. Make me ride my bike with a bunch of other riders every day of the rally.

Oh and I really miss all of my old buds and the Americade organizers -- Bill & Gini Dutcher