What Did You Do To Your Busa, Today?

[jeffgordons24]

I flushed the rear brake as thought I had a soft pedal. Turned out to be a lose jam nut on brake master causing excess travel.
I then detailed RJ's wheels, and adjusted Penske shocks ride height.
Did a ton of work on a friend's C14 today.
Buell pegs, modified VFR800 tank ring to a Kawasaki bolt pattern. Gave him the nice no touch Marsee tank bag 11 liter.

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Where are the RJ wheel pics??

How are you liking the Penske shock? With the ride height adjustment does that alter your bikes height too? Or is that height fixed in the position of the links.

 

[jeffgordons24]

I was too busy riding. The high for today was 75’F! Have to enjoy those days in Florida, before the heat comes back

Oh way to rub it in Miguel! Lol good to hear your enjoying it though.

 

[mabupa]

Oh way to rub it in Miguel! Lol good to hear your enjoying it though.

Well, it was in the 40s this morning, but it warmed up and turned into a beautiful day. I have new tires for the concours and sparkplugs for the busa, but the forecast was promising for the day and I didn’t want to spend it in the garage.

 

[c10]

Penske was worth every penny.
Yes I can raise or lower the bike plus or minus 6mm @ shock. That translates to about 1 in up or down out @ axle

 

[c10]

Going riding all day tomorrow with wife, and two friends

 

[michael parris heuberger]

Penske was worth every penny.
Yes I can raise or lower the bike plus or minus 6mm @ shock. That translates to about 1 in up or down out @ axle

Hi c10. Is your Penske stock length? I got mine 1 inch shorter. Set up for my weight and with the TI spring It was $1500.00 with 2 springs.

 

[c10]

Hi c10. Is your Penske stock length? I got mine 1 inch shorter. Set up for my weight and with the TI spring It was $1500.00 with 2 springs.

Stock length but can go plus 6 or minus 6 mm from stock was set in middle when recived. I added a bit of ride height.

 

[jeffgordons24]

Going riding all day tomorrow with wife, and two friends

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Damn that rim is clean ! I love the look of the probolt axle nut. How do you maintain your chain so well?

 

[c10]

I simply wipe the chain down after every ride with Kerosene on a soft rags . Let it dry then lube .
Every 700 to 1000 miles ill get out a .45 cal nylon bore brush to clean between the rollers with kerosene . On trips i'll carry small WD40 to wipe chain down , and a small can of chain lube to apply afterwards .

 

[Nastee]

....removed the front reflectors......and that decal on the swingarm, it was one of those decals that came off one little micro piece at a time even with a heat gun and "Goo Be Gone" it took me a half hour to take that little decal off...

Welcome to the DARK SIDE.... knew you had it in you.

 

[Johnnie Phatt]

what is this Lubing The Chain you guys talk about?

 

[Bumblebee]

Welcome to the DARK SIDE.... knew you had it in you.

Thanks...it was simply something I had to do as I didn't really notice them before. Now I will get a little black reflective tape to put on the fairing.

 

[Nastee]

Thanks...it was simply something I had to do as I didn't really notice them before. Now I will get a little black reflective tape to put on the fairing.

It doesn't take long 4 the eye to say no that just is not going to work on there & it is like a in your face pocket protector on someone. doesn't look good and makes it hard to take them seriously.

 

[Bumblebee]

It doesn't take long 4 the eye to say no that just is not going to work on there & it is like a in your face pocket protector on someone. doesn't look good and makes it hard to take them seriously.

And I've spent lots of time cleaning the bike but never really noticed them nor did they bother me until I saw other bikes without them-then they stood out like a sore thumb.

Similar to the tank and upper fairing decals...those are the first to go.

 

[Mr Brown]

Are the header specific? Any idea what ones I’ll need for a TiForce?

They're bike specific I believe. OEM should be good with any aftermarket.

 

[mabupa]

I replaced my sparkplugs at a little over 14k miles. Pretty easy task. No drama with coil sticks either. Simply twisted left and right and then pulled up with some force and out they went. Made sure to cover all 4 intakes to avoid foreign objects from falling in there and used my air compressor to blow some air into sparkplug holes to blow any dirt out, before unscrewing them. Experts here could probably better assess old sparkplug condition.

 

[jeffgordons24]

I replaced my sparkplugs at a little over 14k miles. Pretty easy task. No drama with coil sticks either. Simply twisted left and right and then pulled up with some force and out they went. Made sure to cover all 4 intakes to avoid foreign objects from falling in there and used my air compressor to blow some air into sparkplug holes to blow any dirt out, before unscrewing them. Experts here could probably better assess old sparkplug condition.
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Did you go with the original oe plugs for the new ones?

 

[c10]

Notice no sharp edges left on old plugs compared to new they do make a good back up if you fix others junk

 

[mabupa]

Did you go with the original oe plugs for the new ones?

This is what I ordered.

 

[mabupa]

Notice no sharp edges left on old plugs compared to new they do make a good back up if you fix others junk

Now that you point it out........... yes, I see what what you are saying. Next task is to put new set of angel GTs on the concours. Rode 300plus miles with redbusarider yesterday and hit the wear marks on the rear. I hate how we waste tires down here without curves. Center is spent, but sides look brand new.