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Offline SteveJ.

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Re: What'd you do for your Connie today?
« Reply #440 on: July 11, 2012, 05:27:04 PM »
I ran to 9 grand in the first three gears on the way home from worksux today, smartly. :thumbs: :thumbs:
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Re: What'd you do for your Connie today?
« Reply #441 on: July 12, 2012, 09:01:23 AM »
Actually, a couple of days ago...cut down stock springs...used a pvc spacer to make up the difference...changed fork oil from 10wt to 15wt...had new 'Wing sized Shinko SR733/SR734 tires installed with Counteract Balancing Beads... :)
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Re: What'd you do for your Connie today?
« Reply #442 on: July 12, 2012, 09:34:01 AM »
Actually, a couple of days ago...cut down stock springs...used a pvc spacer to make up the difference...changed fork oil from 10wt to 15wt...had new 'Wing sized Shinko SR733/SR734 tires installed with Counteract Balancing Beads... :)
We all know that the beads are just snake oil.  Please do me a favor and let me know what you think about them.  I have always used Dyna beads and have zero complaints.  My father bought some Counteract Balancing Beads and they appears to about half the size of Dyna's.  If the pour in any better I will start getting them. 
I did find an awesome trick for beads just before the rally.  Normally I use my engraving tool to vibrate the beads through my 90* valve stems.  I couldnt find it this time so I filled up a 3" piece of hose with the correct weight of beads.  7-8lbs of air pressure and the beads went in like they were made of water.
CR didja get you light mounts yet?
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Re: What'd you do for your Connie today?
« Reply #443 on: July 12, 2012, 10:15:33 AM »
Snarf,

Counteract beads are said to be electrostatic...so once the wheel balances its self...it remains balanced...we'll see...I'll let you know...not yet on the mounts...but it is still early...now I'm thinking about using the new Piaa 1100 LED lights instead of the Rigid LEDs we showed you last fall...decisions...decisions...
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Re: What'd you do for your Connie today?
« Reply #444 on: July 19, 2012, 11:24:19 AM »
Made and installed a new "shorty" windshield.
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Re: What'd you do for your Connie today?
« Reply #445 on: July 19, 2012, 12:02:46 PM »
Made and installed a new "shorty" windshield.
Digg'n the shield.  Did you use tinted plexi?  Very nice touch on the front fender.
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Re: What'd you do for your Connie today?
« Reply #446 on: July 19, 2012, 12:17:20 PM »
Tinted Lexan, Thanks. The stripes continue on the tank and rear rack cover thingie.
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Re: What'd you do for your Connie today?
« Reply #447 on: July 19, 2012, 02:16:56 PM »
Tinted Lexan, Thanks. The stripes continue on the tank and rear rack cover thingie.
Nice  :thumbs:  Silver AND black that has to make it about 20mph faster than a red one :o :o ;D
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Re: What'd you do for your Connie today?
« Reply #448 on: July 24, 2012, 07:40:04 AM »
Wow, nothing since the 19th and the weekend went by.  The saga of my slow-motion engine replacement continues.  My BIL helped me set the engine in on Saturday.  Tightened all bolts on Sunday and also reinstalled the header and little coolant hose.  New o-rings and installed coolant logs, water pump, and thermo.  Monday - serviced the swing arm bearings, and all of the grease bolts, then installed the swing arm and all its parts to include the wheel and caliper (with new pads) - call this section done.  Fixed a broken upper fairing tab.  Hooked up the oil cooler, overflow tank, and radiator.  Put all new hoses on.  Put oil and coolant in with no leaks on the floor this morning (yeah!).  Tonight i'm hoping to finish (maybe not put on lower plastics) and ride to work Wednesday.  I have an advanced cornering clinic at MCB Quantico on Thursday - that is my goal.
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Re: What'd you do for your Connie today?
« Reply #449 on: July 25, 2012, 07:13:58 AM »
Rode it to work on schedule.  No apparent leaks on the ground.  Class tomorrow!  Hopefully I won't blow this one up.
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Re: What'd you do for your Connie today?
« Reply #450 on: July 25, 2012, 06:22:06 PM »
Congrats,,,, Enjoy the training.

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Re: What'd you do for your Connie today?
« Reply #451 on: July 28, 2012, 11:47:45 PM »
Well it wasn't done in one day but, since I have been recovering from surgery to my left achillies tendon I had a little time to get some stuff done. In the last 4 months (actually last 4 weeks) I have put new tires, valve stems (from Murph) and bearings on the front and rear, installed new throttle cables to address a sticky throttle, removed/cleaned re-lubed the rear shock linkage and swing arm bearings and final drive splines, changed the rear shock oil with one of Murph's kits, changed the rear diff lube, checked the valves, checked/tightened the exhaust header bolts @ cylinder head, installed a new Interstate AGM battery, and inspected the air filter box for cracks. I primed the carbs and she fired right up and setteled into that familiar idle. Tomorrow (Sunday) I will do a short shake down ride, recheck all my work, and then give the girl a good bath. Oh, I forgot, when I had the front wheel off, I noticed the front pads looked a little thin so as soon as the new set arrives from Murph"s, she'll also get some new brakes.
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Re: What'd you do for your Connie today?
« Reply #452 on: August 03, 2012, 07:51:32 AM »
Finally did oil change and gave her a bath. Commuted to work this morning to give my aching knee a test ride. Planning on a pleasure ride this weekend for the first time this year. Hooray!

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Re: What'd you do for your Connie today?
« Reply #453 on: August 03, 2012, 08:38:22 AM »
Made and mounted a height adjustable screen (that I can do while riding), screen now sits 1/2" in front of the bodywork allowing that equalising flow up the inside too and I can adjust the height now so that the bottom edge sits just above the headlight 'sport' mode or high enough that the bottom edge sits 1" above the original mounts 'Touring' mode (this is a Givi Screen which I cut the 'flip' off).

Results are excellent, with the screen fully down the bike feels 'sporty' and the air just tickles my shoulders, also with the decreased frontal area acceleration and top speed are much better! With the screen fully up, even the missus gets no turbulant 'air' on the back.

Total cost to mod 6 euros :) with a pair of bearing drawer slides.
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Re: What'd you do for your Connie today?
« Reply #454 on: August 03, 2012, 08:53:21 AM »
Made and mounted a height adjustable screen (that I can do while riding), screen now sits 1/2" in front of the bodywork allowing that equalising flow up the inside too and I can adjust the height now so that the bottom edge sits just above the headlight 'sport' mode or high enough that the bottom edge sits 1" above the original mounts 'Touring' mode (this is a Givi Screen which I cut the 'flip' off).

Results are excellent, with the screen fully down the bike feels 'sporty' and the air just tickles my shoulders, also with the decreased frontal area acceleration and top speed are much better! With the screen fully up, even the missus gets no turbulant 'air' on the back.

Total cost to mod 6 euros :) with a pair of bearing drawer slides.

Pics?

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Re: What'd you do for your Connie today?
« Reply #455 on: August 03, 2012, 01:19:02 PM »
Pics?

I'll take some tomorrow and upload them for you :)
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Re: What'd you do for your Connie today?
« Reply #456 on: August 04, 2012, 03:18:54 PM »
Here are the pics of my adjustable screen mod.

I used two drawer runners, (the type with ball bearings)
the first 3/4" were bent in a vice to allow the runners to follow the contour of the fairing.
first step is too remove the screen and the grill behind the clocks.
Next secure the two runners using the two bottom most holes on the runners (they should have a number of holes already in them) to the two bottom most screen mounting holes. (you may have to enlarge the holes on the slide slightly to allow for the standard screws), note the angle you will need to bend the slides to, then take them off and put the bottom ends in a vice (about 3/4 to 1" should do) with the slides fully extended, bend them back until the desired angle is acheived (I did this by feel, but I think about 15 degrees would do it). Once you're happy with this remount the slides to the fairing.
Once the slides are secure, measure the bottom most distance between the runners and the mount holes, I then fabricated an aluminium bar and drilled it at this spacing and then bolted it to the top most holes on the runners. Check to make sure you have a 90 degree angle between the runners and the bar, then tighten the bar tight. (I removed the set up again for the next step) using a piece of flat steel, at least 2mm thick, weld this in position just below the aluminium bar, then remove the aluminium bar.  Your frame is complete.
Remove the two bolts under the grill behind the clocks, now measure between the holes and a point approximately 1/3rd up the slides. Add about 1 1/2" to this measurement, now go find some thick steel wire (the sort used in shopping carts) cut two pieces the same length and weld them to the outer edge of the slides making sure that they point toward the holes (again remove the assembly before welding).
Next bend the 1 1/2" extra length of the wire so that it forms a u or closed circle around the bolt hole, these will be your stabilisers to brace the screen against the wind.
Find a knob with a short threaded end, drill and tap a small hole approx 1-2" above one of the wire supports. This is your adjustment lock, use a small rubber washer to help prevent the knob undoing itself.

Identify the top and bottom holes on the inner slide for your screen mounting, use a 8mm nut and screw, the nut will not fit into the inner slide, but line up the screw and tighten as much as it will go, this should draw the nut into the slide and capture it there.
Now we are ready to mount the screen,  Mount the screen to the bottom holes on the inner slides using the shorter standard screws ( a small spacer between the screen and the slide will help prevent the screw protruding too far into the slide. Now you can mark and drill the holes for the top mount in the screen (I used a dremmel) to line up with the captive nuts for the top mounts. Important: You will need a spacer at the top otherwise the slide will scrape down the inside of the screen when you raise and lower it, I used a pair of cavity wall rubber expanding screws (see pics) this gives about a 1" clearence between the screen and the slide at the top and has the beauty of being rubber mounted too.
Next gently slide the screen down, the bottom edge should not protrude further down than the bottom edge of the front grill, once the screen is in this position, cut out the sides of the screen to follow the profile of the mirror mounts (again see pics).

Last bit, you will need to cut two slots in the grill that goes behind the clocks, in order that the two wire braces are not in the way, (you will have to remove the two clock mounting bolts in order to get the grill back in position).

Finally, put all the bits back together, make sure it all moves freely and locks up on the knob, then go out and play.

Apologies if this is loooong winded, but it's a sort of step by step account of a seat of the pants experiment and no I'm a crap welder and not an engineer, but it works, that'll do me :)
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Re: What'd you do for your Connie today?
« Reply #457 on: August 04, 2012, 03:23:24 PM »
And some more pics of the mod:
Mark, One half of the "Formation Crashing Greaves Brothers".    1986 GTR1000 A1, 1988 GTR1000 A2, 1989 GPZ900R A3, 1986 GPZ1000RX A1, 1983 GT750 P3, 2000 ZX12R-A1, 1990 ZZR1100 C1, 1986 CBR500, 1985 XT500, 1987 XJS 3.6, 1995 XJ6 3.2 Sport, 1992 XJ40 4.0S, 1987 Capri 3.0S,1993 Xantia 1.9TD, 1993 W124 250D, 1999 S210 E280 4-Matic, 1996 LDV400, 1999 P38 2.5 DSE. I think I have a problem......

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Re: What'd you do for your Connie today?
« Reply #458 on: August 08, 2012, 12:53:42 PM »
Yesterday I changed the slide springs in my carbs to lighter springs from a ZRX and got some nicely improved throttle response.   ;D ;D
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Re: What'd you do for your Connie today?
« Reply #459 on: August 29, 2012, 10:54:53 AM »
http://forum.cog-online.org/index.php/topic,36868.msg209645.html#msg209645


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