Working On Busa Tips

MikeSomething

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Hey, I thought this would be a great thread...
Tell us some tips you've figured out to make working on your bike alot easier...


My Tip: When u have to take off your rear tail fairing to get to that stupid white harness (Dealership Mode Harness) to check a code or whatever, relocate it to the other side by the battery for easier access the next time.
 
If you have to take your rotors off of the wheels...since they are "blued" in...heat them with a torch for 10-15 seconds first and they will break free much easier. Use furniture polish on your rubber gaskets that sit and seal the carberator bodies...will keep them soft and pliable. This is important everytime you have to get access to your plugs..makes life quick and easy instead of stuck on and sucky:thumbsup: 2hip
 
This does sound like the start of a really good thread! If I have to work on my 'Busa, I like to start with it being clean. It makes it a lot easier for me.
 
MikeSomething said:
Hey, I thought this would be a great thread...
Tell us some tips you've figured out to make working on your bike alot easier...


My Tip: When u have to take off your rear tail fairing to get to that stupid white harness (Dealership Mode Harness) to check a code or whatever, relocate it to the other side by the battery for easier access the next time.
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Asking mike1180 for information will make working on your bike much easier and faster.:thumbsup::laugh: Sorry mike you may be getting a lot of ???'s
Bubba
 
Wipe it down every time you ride it makes for good maintenance habits and will help you detect problems before they arise Loose bolts, worn tires, brakes ect.
 
Here's a good one:
The two allen screws that secure the tank down STRIP OUT really easy. Gingerly fasten them on, no crazy ape strength needed at all.
 
Wrap the exhaust pipes in saran wrap or some other kind of plastic to keep the oil off when changing the oil.
 
Best tip for working on Busa is to come to this site and do some research...
 
I like the idea about wrapping the headers to keep the oil off of them while doing an oil change.
 
Always put a tube sock on brake calipers when you remove the wheels. That will keep you from scratching the wheels. Dont ask how I know........
 
On my HMF exhaust it is hard to access the oil filter as the header sits closer to the end of the filter. With the stock headers there was enough clearance to use a Suzuki filter wrench. No so with the HMF headers.

I purchased K&N filters with the nut on the end, thinking the nut would allow easy removal, alas the nut took up too much clearance to fit by the headers during installation, and I went back to the stock filters and then removing the stock filters with a sharpened screw driver, poke hole turn, poke another hole, turn some more.

I found my salvation at a Canadian Tire store. I purchases an oil filter wrench and, using a bench grinder narrowed the steel band enough to squeeze between the header and the filter.

Voila!!!

Easy on and easy off.

I still remove the oil cooler line, it's left on in the photos as they were not taken during an actual oil change.

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cheers
ken

P.S. While using the bench grinder, it occurred to me, just grind the nut off the K&N filter and you can use those as well. I'm a happy man.
 
I figured out the hole plastic thing after I got tired of my header wrap smoking everytime i ride it after an oil change... Leaving the plastic on the headers would deffinatly be bad!!!!
 
The next time you do an oil change, when the drain plug is torqued down to spec, drill a tiny hole through the bolt head and keep on going through the aluminum protection wing that protrudes down from the block (just in front if bolt head). NOW you can run s/s wire through it all, connect the wire ends with 4+ twists....YOU NOW HAVE A SAFETY WIRED DRAIN PLUG. If you've ever sat around for 2 hours in the pits on a track day because of a dropped drain plug, you'll know what I mean (track cleaning). I need not even discuss what happens to the rider when a plug drops out at speed unleashing hot oil onto the rear tire. It happened to me years ago and I haven't used a dealer to do my oil changes since. Doyle
 
First thing I did was take all the bolts that go into aluminum and put a small dab of anti-sieze on them.

Six years later and have never stripped a bolt
 
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