Motorcycles BS Thread 2.0

Damn, that's pretty cool

 

Good thing those pics didn't come through.... I have the only RC drift track between DTLA and San Francisco a mile down the street from me... I absolutely DO NOT need to go down that rabbit hole.... Considering I got to the point of l hand cutting out a custom HPI micro RS4 chassis probably 15yrs ago with PVC tiees to make a micro drift car on polished garage concrete floors and spent hours driving that lil thing....

Nope.... RC drift car bad news (but I wannnnnnnaaaaa)

Yay! Glad the races looked good. What's the stem preload nut look like? I have a fancy toothed socket that has worked on many of my bikes that I'd have no problem lending free of charge to you or anyone here to properly set stem bearing preload.

 

Shit spent all that time taking everything apart and putting it back together to hear the squeak. Fuck it was the clutch cable squeaking in the sheath since I put on bar risers. I am a dumb ass.

 

But you learned!

 

Decided to get my endorsement and pick this guy up a few months ago, having never ridden anything prior to that. Just starting to get to the point where trail riding is actually fun and not just constant white knuckling



Wish my bones luck

 

That Vevor looks handy, for bikes and just in general. Weld quality and everything seem like it's gonna hold up? Might have to grab one

 

Realistically you did that bike a beautiful service, steering stem bearings are notoriously not greased well from the factory and need a good once over after a few hundred miles. But ooooof on finding the actual cause haha happens to the best of us.

 

Ok here is the 411,, so I got the clutch cable lubed up and the squeak is gone. On another note I took the bike out for a slow speed run up the street and it handled normal. No weird feeling SOOOO I think there was something in the bottom bearing causing that feeling. I say that because of the way the bearing felt when I tried to turn it before I cleaned it all up and regreased it. So not a waste of time and fixed ALL problems.

I also got Amaris’s R3 all fixed up. New sprocket studs , new nuts and a master link. I went ahead and put the stock gearing back on the bike so she can see what that is like. We have a 1t down in front sprocket and a two up for the rear. Easy enough to swap out if she needs more acceleration. IMO stock gearing will be fine for her for now.

now my next project is swapping my FZ1 rear sprocket for two more teeth and some fancy new sprocket nuts.

 

I just used a hammer and a punch to spin it. It’s really not that tight at all.

 

Yeah it is good. I came crossed it recommended on another forum that the guy has had for it for years.

 

@Calamity_taco
https://youtu.be/ZOAqcMj3gmU?si=c2dngSsuY4weFHSx

 

Does anyone here ride dirt bikes? All I see is street and dual sport.
Bottom to top: 2000 CR250r, 2001 CR250r, !999 KX500

 

I'm "too old" now and had 2 friends get pins in their bones because of dirt bikes haha.

Our trails all connect with roads so a dual makes the most sense.

I really really wanted a yamaha wr250f for the weight and ease of loading, but settled on the R instead.

The other thing is I wanted low low maintenance. The 2 strokes always look like such a pain when I see guys fighting with them.

 

Yes I have a ktm 250.

There is a dirtbike thread this one just has more traffic.

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/show-off-your-dirt-bikes.436126/

2 strokes are stupid easy. The only thing to be picked with is jetting and that isn't hard either.

 

I'm 66 and been riding the dirt most of my life. I have friends in their 70's still doing it. 3 hrs of single track is the most complete workout I know of. I had a few dual sports but the weight and need to replace all the parts every time I crashed. So 2 strokes were better on power, weight and ease of maintenance.

Like they say: "If you're not crashing you're not trying hard enough"

 

Thanks

 

Yeah the stem bearing preload (especially on tapered bearings like pictured) is not much, a typical stem nut preload is like 5-8ftl, that stated typical torquing procedures for such thing usually are a torque to x amount move left n right (higher to seat bearings) loosen x turns then tighten to a final (light lower spec).

The hammer n chisel has left me with pitted / flattened bearings in the past but I am a bowl in a china closet lol.

 

I tighten it then moved or rocked the stem then just kept doing that until I had 0 movement and went maybe a 1/4 turn.

 

I combo a lift table and a small scissor lift. All Guzzi's have a square bottomed sump more or less inthe middle of the bike. So it makes it super easy to raise the bike and remove wheels etc. Not quite sure how I lived without.

 

My set up looks very similar. I was just lucky enough to have had an old automotive scissors jack that I had modified as opposed to buying one. Granted, your scissors jack is nicer though.