Motorcycles BS Thread 2.0

Not that I know of. Dealer set up the bike for the dude that owned it before me, but as far as I know everything is stock when it came to the ECM. The biggest thing the dealer did was rip out the emissions stuff and pull most of the harness for the blinkers and horn. Thankfully I still have the harness so I might try to reinstall that.

Yes holding pressure? You should be good then. Tubes have such a small volume, that if it was leaking it would be blatantly noticeable. Shit even when I just check my tire pressure with a gauge and a bit of air burps out I drop .5 psi.

 

No, yes to the bubbles. Im heading out in 5 min. Will check again. Hold on a few minutes.

I went on a test ride around the neighborhood and it was fine. Yes to the bubbles though. I think i will debead one side again today, since i know what to do now. Im going to put a piece of gorilla tape over that one spoke, under the spoke protector band

 

Still bubbling. But tire feels stiff still. Maybe stock tire was like that too. I noticed after a couple weeks a slight drop in pressure. I don't have a compressor at home, except in the truck, and didnt refill it. Now you got me thinking. I still want to put gorilla tape over that one spoke. And the way i see it, more practice.

 

What's the PSI at?

Also if ya'll wanna see me falling and @Wheelspinner coasting up shit here you go:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWE0tTjUODs

Spots like this are a ton of fun to practice on.

 

My ARB gauge isn't specific like that. Id imagine its close to the 40 that i put in. Ill check at the dealership if they have another gauge

 

Your tire gauge doesn't tell you what your exact tire pressure is? Invest in a real gauge man. Shit my $5 slime tire digital gauge from Vatozone I bought 5 years ago tells me down to .5 psi.

 

It starts at 10 haha. But the lines are every 2psi. Yes i need a bike specific one

 

Isn’t riding a form of quarantining?

I seem gravitate towards large rock obstacles like that when putting around on the dirt bike, it’s always fun to see what these bikes can do. Looks like y’all had a blast!

 

I will own one of those when the kids move out of the house in 16 years Price should go down by then or gas will be impossible to buy.

 

Yup and it's where you can really play with technique and actually learn some shit too.

 

@cynicalrider now all the spokes have bubbles. Granted i didnt replace the tube, i just covered the two spokes next to the valve stem with gorilla tape, under the spoke protector.

 

Ok, now no hissing, no bubbles. Will put 40psi in, do the front, then go get a proper gauge and monitor overnight again

 

Did you replace the rim strip when you changed the tube and tire? I've always been told the whole set up should be changed when doing tube tires.

 

No. I should have gotten one at the dealership though.

Tube definitely has 2 pinches

 

On a similar note... any experience in here with DIY tubeless on spoked wheels?

I'll be converting my supertard Warp9's this weekend with 1" clear poly dots on the spoke nipples and a couple wraps of some Nuetech tubliss tape. Seems most prefer the 3M sealing tape (4111N) but that shit is out of stock everywhere, and $$$.

Not feeling the RTV/Silicone/Goop/etc. Rather keep the ability to re-true without creating leaks at the nipples.

 

So the new one was sized a little small, in my opinion. AT forum says it will work, but post is 3 years old. My tire size is 150/70-18

I put in the new one, set to 37psi, and no bubbles at all. Will monitor overnight. I will also get a better gauge. Going to attempt the front too

 

https://www.reuters.com/business/au...ht-with-harley-davidson-agreement-2022-06-23/

 

Had to call the dealership up today trying figure out why I haven't received a bill yet for the ktm. Thses dummies take a copy of your license and still send the bill out to the wrong address. They had my address completely wrong. Dopes but got it all taken care of and set up auto pay.

 

haha do it!

 

I went ahead and ordered the fog light brackets.....just b/c I had the lights sitting around