Installed my latest purchase today. A grasshopper back rest. Hoping to get some lower back pain relief when riding the beast in the next coming months after the wonderful snow goes away.
Is that a universal accessory or specific to that seat brand?
What did you do with your ST1100/ST1300 today?
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Is that a universal accessory or specific to that seat brand?
Kevcules
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Got it from the Grasshopper company. It's for the ST1300. They make brackets for other bikes as well. https://www.grasshopperlimited.com/
Funny, I checked their web site again and there is a 15% discount for the month of March. When I ordered mine in January, the discount was there for the month of January.
Funny, I checked their web site again and there is a 15% discount for the month of March. When I ordered mine in January, the discount was there for the month of January.
STinner
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Looked at it under wraps. Been sitting in the corner for a while. Need to sell it. Its a '10. 11.5k on the clock. A couple of xtras. 4 grand its yours.
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Kevcules
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Yes, I figured that looking at the mounts and given I have to use it on the lowest of the 3 seat settings unless I want a gap between the tank and the seat I could shove a soda bottle into.
Ready for the road. -5c this morning. Looks like another 3 to 4 more weeks. Hopefully Covid-19 will be gone by then.
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Did a 75-mile ride this evening. Temps in the lower 80's.
For the past few weeks I have been checking and preparing the bike in readiness for some decent weather as the Spring comes in.
As well as the normal checking of the brakes, controls etc. I have done a few additional jobs.
Pulled the rear wheel, replaced the cush drive system and lubed the drive splines.
Replaced the failed Honda heated grips with Oxford heated grips.
Fitted a set of Honda switches with a hazard and HL/HAZ .
Wired in a hazard flasher system.
In the last year I have had 2 cars pull out while I was overtaking (the 1st pullout caused me to brake hard, then it immediately pulled back in leaving me in a head on situation with oncoming traffic) and another 2 which pulled out from junctions, so I decided to increase my visibility and horn volume.
I fitted some hi-vis bullet lights (in the air inlets just inboard of the indicators) with a “flicker effect” module and wired through the 2nd switch so they can be on or off.
My understanding is that they are not “flashing” and therefore legal for use. However if I get pulled by a policeman that doesn’t agree with that , then I can disable them.
I also had a white LED strip light at the front that was wired in with the sidelights, and I rewired that to come on with the ignition.
Then a Denali Sound Bomb split horn (thanks to Uncle Phil for the write up, it helped a lot).
I moved the air scoop over to the left side to give a bit more room for the horn (I had to flatten the air tube to get it to fit).
The compressor was fitted vertically as the instructions say no more than 20 degrees off the vertical and surprisingly, there is enough room (it actually fitted better vertically than tipped over slightly).
The horn was fitted with a bracket that I manufactured and also some heavy duty tie-wraps to help stabilise it.
On Monday afternoon, I reckoned that the UK would be going into a full lockdown in the evening, so put all the bodywork back on and took the bike for a ride around the island (I couldn’t go off the island as the ferries will not allow you to travel unless you’re journey is an “essential journey” (by order of the Scottish government)).
The roads on the island are in atrocious condition, potholes - gravel on most corners - mud and cow sh*t or farmyard slurry all over the place, however it was good to actually get out on the bike and the tyres stepping out on the gravel and / or slipping on the farmyard residue gave me a few adrenaline boosts.
The bike is now back in the garage, along with my classic hobby car, and thats where they will likely stay for the next month or so.
Stay safe people.
Don
As well as the normal checking of the brakes, controls etc. I have done a few additional jobs.
Pulled the rear wheel, replaced the cush drive system and lubed the drive splines.
Replaced the failed Honda heated grips with Oxford heated grips.
Fitted a set of Honda switches with a hazard and HL/HAZ .
Wired in a hazard flasher system.
In the last year I have had 2 cars pull out while I was overtaking (the 1st pullout caused me to brake hard, then it immediately pulled back in leaving me in a head on situation with oncoming traffic) and another 2 which pulled out from junctions, so I decided to increase my visibility and horn volume.
I fitted some hi-vis bullet lights (in the air inlets just inboard of the indicators) with a “flicker effect” module and wired through the 2nd switch so they can be on or off.
My understanding is that they are not “flashing” and therefore legal for use. However if I get pulled by a policeman that doesn’t agree with that , then I can disable them.
I also had a white LED strip light at the front that was wired in with the sidelights, and I rewired that to come on with the ignition.
Then a Denali Sound Bomb split horn (thanks to Uncle Phil for the write up, it helped a lot).
I moved the air scoop over to the left side to give a bit more room for the horn (I had to flatten the air tube to get it to fit).
The compressor was fitted vertically as the instructions say no more than 20 degrees off the vertical and surprisingly, there is enough room (it actually fitted better vertically than tipped over slightly).
The horn was fitted with a bracket that I manufactured and also some heavy duty tie-wraps to help stabilise it.
On Monday afternoon, I reckoned that the UK would be going into a full lockdown in the evening, so put all the bodywork back on and took the bike for a ride around the island (I couldn’t go off the island as the ferries will not allow you to travel unless you’re journey is an “essential journey” (by order of the Scottish government)).
The roads on the island are in atrocious condition, potholes - gravel on most corners - mud and cow sh*t or farmyard slurry all over the place, however it was good to actually get out on the bike and the tyres stepping out on the gravel and / or slipping on the farmyard residue gave me a few adrenaline boosts.
The bike is now back in the garage, along with my classic hobby car, and thats where they will likely stay for the next month or so.
Stay safe people.
Don
Would you post a link to those?
Thanks! And well done on the farkling. The horn especially! The stock meeper is barely suitable as a backing alarm!
I usually describe the stock ST1300 horn as sounding like a timid 5-yo asking to be excused. In researching a replacement, I figured that the horns don't really need to be a lot LOUDER, just more noticeable/commanding, so I settled on a pair of inexpensive Hella compact horns with 350 / 420Hz tones and rated at 111 dB(A). It turned out to be a really straightforward job: Drill out the mount arm first at Ø7.5mm then Ø8.0 for a nice snug fit on an M8 bolt, then mounted one horn on each side of the original mount arm as pictured, using a heavy spring washer as a spacer to clear the bulge in the tubular arm. Horns (Hella P/N 3AM 011 225-801) cost AUD 30 on eBay. OEM info HERE: https://www.hella.com/hella-sg/assets/media/Compact_Horn.pdf
