Your Winter Motorcycle To Do List?

[sixpack577]

It's hard to find a good shop.

You can buy a press at Harbor Freight cheaper than the labor to do the wheel bearings, and the steering bearings aren't hard either...you can even leave the fairings on(run a rod through the fairing openings to set down on jackstands).
You can hammer in new bearing races with a big piece of delrin/plastic dowel(McMaster Carr), or better yet, I have a steering bearing race press, and it was about $60 or $80, still cheaper than labor rates.

 

[LC4CARL]

Check your rotor pins to see if they are free....

If they are warped you will feel a pulsing in the lever as well....

Thx boss.

 

[LC4CARL]

You have snow already?

Pic from many years ago. We did have a dusting at the pass on Mt. Hood the other day. A few of the runs are open at Timberline.

 

[LC4CARL]

Check your rotor pins to see if they are free....

If they are warped you will feel a pulsing in the lever as well....

That was super interesting. Using hand pressure I observed the rotors moving slightly at the pins. Using my non digital caliper, I’m at about 5.0mm on a 4.5mm minimum.