[Meister37]

Damn, didn't think I'd get caught.

 

[smalltrack]

It's just like rolling up on scene, opening the door to the trailer and picking the bike off the floor :hammer: :hammer:

Or driving through downtown with 15 bikes following on a group ride through the "countryside". :lol It's not like we had any WI natives on the group ride, so I can't really fault the guy. :crash

 

[greenstreak9205]

:lol

 

[Tad158]

Congrats Rory on the fix.

Also, as promised....a pic of the new brake lines.....

 

[rorytsm]

Did you ever fix the throttle issue so you don't rev at 15 y/o girls? :lol

yeah, fixed it before my first ride this season :fact

That's one of his trademarks :lol

:fact :lol

It's just like rolling up on scene, opening the door to the trailer and picking the bike off the floor :hammer: :hammer:

:shake that's definitely not a trade mark, it's only happened a couple times :lol

Or driving through downtown with 15 bikes following on a group ride through the "countryside". :lol It's not like we had any WI natives on the group ride, so I can't really fault the guy. :crash

well if someone would have said something earlier (ian who pointed it out at the gas station) i would have been more than happy to go around it :lol

Congrats Rory on the fix.

Also, as promised....a pic of the new brake lines.....

on the bike! :2bitchsla :lol

already went through a tank of gas, so far so good with the fix.

 

[FunR1]

Good job on the JB weld, that stuff rocks :thumbup

 

[rorytsm]

Good job on the JB weld, that stuff rocks :thumbup

i actually used a 2 part epoxy, it said it had a cure time of 15 minutes, but it was still "squishable" after 4 hours so i let it sit for 30ish hours and it was rock hard. so far so good. come the fall i'll be replacing it though.

 

[FunR1]

i actually used a 2 part epoxy, it said it had a cure time of 15 minutes, but it was still "squishable" after 4 hours so i let it sit for 30ish hours and it was rock hard. so far so good. come the fall i'll be replacing it though.

Duct tape:fact

 

[rorytsm]

Duct tape:fact

:lol i thought about it honestly. the heat would rape the adhesive though.

 

[FunR1]

:lol i thought about it honestly. the heat would rape the adhesive though.

:hammer:I know, but had to throw it out there:lol

 

[rorytsm]

:hammer:I know, but had to throw it out there:lol

that's usually the first thing i think of when trying to fix something :hammer:

 

[Tad158]

09 R1 Spiegler Rensport SS Brake Line Install

It rained today, so I put the SS brake lines in the front. It went pretty smoothly. Here are the pics of it after I finished bleeding the brakes. The lever is rock solid now, and seems better than before I started. Since it is raining, I will have to wait to go for the test ride. I am sure that I will be satisfied with the increased braking performance. I was able to do the job with out removing the headlight assembly. I removed both of the side panels, the panel under the lights, and the right hand ram air duct cover (so that I wouldn't drip brake fluid on it). It took me 3.5 leisurely paced hours to do the job. It wasn't all that bad of a job. To be honest, the one thing that I am not 100% satisfied with is the line routing. I probably spent an hour trying to figure out the optimal routing for the lines. I think that the lengths are a little bit too long, and the tee in the middle is located in wrong direction. But you can't flip it because then the lines to the two calipers are not the right lengths, one ends up 2" too short and the other like 3" too long. As you can see in the pic I had to route the left hand cable over the horn. This causes the lines to take different routes as they cross over the fork tubes. I will have to talk with Spiegler about this in the morning.

Edit: I rode it to work today, and the breaks work great! Nice and firm, with very little give up.

 

[rorytsm]

the color matches your bike pretty well, but is there a reason you rann them in front of the forks?

 

[Tad158]

I had to run them in front because behind the forks the lines were ridiculously too long. And this is an example pic from motomummy for the lines. I tried every option I could think of, that was the best I could come up with.

 

[yammie6]

Recovering from a crazy airshow weekend !

Here's a couple videos of the Thunderbirds

 

[rorytsm]

I had to run them in front because behind the forks the lines were ridiculously too long. And this is an example pic from motomummy for the lines. I tried every option I could think of, that was the best I could come up with.

got ya, i've never ran a 1:2 setup with before so that might be the choice way to run them. i've always just ran mine from behind :dunno was just curious.

i'll check out the airshow videos when i get out of the shower.

 

[Tad158]

Speed did a rider spotlight on Cameron Beaubier who rides for RidersDiscount in the AMA Pro Daytona Sportbike class (he ended up finishing second :thumbup )....Thats was cool....but what an awful wreck on the start.....ouch.... A dude took a font tire in the back....I didn't catch the name of the dude who went down....Jake something....

 

[rorytsm]

cool vids mitch :thumbup

 

[KMac]

Speed did a rider spotlight on Cameron Beaubier who rides for RidersDiscount in the AMA Pro Daytona Sportbike class (he ended up finishing second :thumbup )....Thats was cool....but what an awful wreck on the start.....ouch.... A dude took a font tire in the back....I didn't catch the name of the dude who went down....Jake something....

Zemke?

 

[Tad158]

May have been?