woohooo... well the weather cooperated just a bit today. and i purposely had about 1/2 tank..i went and rode at one of my favorite spots, no kamikaze stuff, but i was hitting it hard enough coming out of curves that the rear tire would smoke a little i could smell it. and the front was constantly coming up, i would roll off as soon as i felt the tire clear the surface,.
the turn in on this thing is something else, and the slipper is just butter even on the street, the turn in is still a bit fast for street, for my liking anyway but its only the second ride and im sure ill just get used to it and wont even notice it after a while... i already raised the forks flush, aside from that i wont change it. i will earn to ride it the way it is. then my damn shifter lever bolt came loose. there was no way to get to the bolt even if i could find an allen wrench. so when i stopped at the gas station, i got a tube of superglue and put a little in the bolt hole. and i was just enough to get me home. i have not tried the dqs as im enjoying the analog..as much at can be analog anyway. and i found the vibration zone on the right bar LOL
i stopped at a station to fill up and i purposely listened to the tank lid and awaited the whoooooshhhh. but no whoosh, absolutely no pressure in the tank and while it was sitting, i could smell the vapors mixed with charcoal smell so i know it was making vapor. im happy i could figure that out. on a poop side the hose i used even with the heat shield and firecloth wrapped around it, turned hard brittle and cracked. so i spaced the bottom of the charcoal canister out about and inch, to change the location of the bottom nipple in relation to the header collector, (the nipple is sitting right next to the damn header collector) i rerouted the hose again to include a 90 elbow connector to change the direction the hose comes off of the bottom of the canister, (towards the right belly faring, which moves it away from the header collector, and its far enough away from the collector that i dont smell anything burning even without heat shield, the canister mod worked great but i suspect a great deal of having less tank vapors also had alot to do with the undertank insulation kit i put under there also and the heat reflective tape. hard to know which one had the greater effect.
1. but for sure that spring loaded check ball in the canister was one of if not the main problem.. the tank had to pressure to whatever the pressure it took to overcome the spring.
2. the tank insulation kit was a great product, and a great bunch of people as well.
and the lower chain protector came in , parts callwed it a mud guard and of course the damn bolt on the heat shield that holds it was missing, so i had to machine up a washer with a shoulder and used a stainless 5x12mm button head bolt. and called it a day. even with lube the chain was sounding shiddy from the previous owner spray painting it. the seals trashed and it got moisture in there. so next mod will be a 520 conversion im afraid.
the turn in on this thing is something else, and the slipper is just butter even on the street, the turn in is still a bit fast for street, for my liking anyway but its only the second ride and im sure ill just get used to it and wont even notice it after a while... i already raised the forks flush, aside from that i wont change it. i will earn to ride it the way it is. then my damn shifter lever bolt came loose. there was no way to get to the bolt even if i could find an allen wrench. so when i stopped at the gas station, i got a tube of superglue and put a little in the bolt hole. and i was just enough to get me home. i have not tried the dqs as im enjoying the analog..as much at can be analog anyway. and i found the vibration zone on the right bar LOL
i stopped at a station to fill up and i purposely listened to the tank lid and awaited the whoooooshhhh. but no whoosh, absolutely no pressure in the tank and while it was sitting, i could smell the vapors mixed with charcoal smell so i know it was making vapor. im happy i could figure that out. on a poop side the hose i used even with the heat shield and firecloth wrapped around it, turned hard brittle and cracked. so i spaced the bottom of the charcoal canister out about and inch, to change the location of the bottom nipple in relation to the header collector, (the nipple is sitting right next to the damn header collector) i rerouted the hose again to include a 90 elbow connector to change the direction the hose comes off of the bottom of the canister, (towards the right belly faring, which moves it away from the header collector, and its far enough away from the collector that i dont smell anything burning even without heat shield, the canister mod worked great but i suspect a great deal of having less tank vapors also had alot to do with the undertank insulation kit i put under there also and the heat reflective tape. hard to know which one had the greater effect.
1. but for sure that spring loaded check ball in the canister was one of if not the main problem.. the tank had to pressure to whatever the pressure it took to overcome the spring.
2. the tank insulation kit was a great product, and a great bunch of people as well.
and the lower chain protector came in , parts callwed it a mud guard and of course the damn bolt on the heat shield that holds it was missing, so i had to machine up a washer with a shoulder and used a stainless 5x12mm button head bolt. and called it a day. even with lube the chain was sounding shiddy from the previous owner spray painting it. the seals trashed and it got moisture in there. so next mod will be a 520 conversion im afraid.