Motorcycles BS Thread 2.0

You almost made me go searching for how long you were going to keep this one man

 

Going to have some changes next year. I ordered a custom gps mount for the DMD T865X, so ill be selling my Garmin Zumo XT.

And im thinking of ditching my cardo and using a gmrs radio setup for comms

 

Im keeping it until 50k miles at least. I have 12,200 now. I went on a 400 mile ride on the 4th. My Seat Concepts comfort seat did not live up to the name. So i sold it today. Made a $50 profit

 

now i need to look up and see if the zumo is what my bike has a mount for?


i think @BkerChuck knew what it was?

 

Its a motorcycle gps. I know you can get mounts for it. I think it may even come with Garmin's version of a Ram ball. It uses the AMPS mounting pattern. I can get you more details if you'd like

 

ya send me pics on messenger and ill compare it to my mount that i have.

 

Lowered the Harley today for no other reason than it looks cool. The replacement shocks I bought are length adjustable. So I lengthened the shocks by 1/2” which gave me a 2” drop in the rear. Plenty of room for the tire.
Before: hard to see at that angle but you can see tread at the top of the fender

After:

 

I cant say i was ever super impressed with my seat concepts. They are better but they didnt blow me away on comfort

 

I'm at about 250 miles on the one on my 701 and its just starting to break in and get a little more comfortable, really hoping it keeps breaking in and gets softer. Its wider than the stock 701 seat, though, which was the main reason I got it, less of a wedgy feeling.

 

My friend is selling his 701 if anyone is interested

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/2023-husqvarna-701-enduro/

 

Looks like the mount for a Garmin Zumo XT which is what I use. You can find them for about $399 pretty regularly. Motorcycle specific they're waterproof an vibration dampened. I love mine.

 

Put the rim on the balance stand without a tire. Note the heavy spot, hell even balance the rim with LIGHTLY placed weights. Mount the tire and see what balance is like (if no dot its either balanced or the manufacture says fuck it good luck.... the one and ONLY time i have had unbalanceable tire with traditional weights on rim tires was a set of shinkos on the grom due to radial out of roundness... balance beads solved that.... but balance beads gave me weird harmonics on every other bike and are a mess so standard wheel weights for everything else)

LOL YOU WISH! (me too....)

 

I have Danmoto stuff on mine. They had a couple styles and I knew one would be way to loud as it was pretty much an open pipe lol. The other was a real exhaust lol. Has held up fine, think I’ve had it on now since 2014.

 

I took these quick this morning when I got to work.




This is the Garmin Zumo XT mount. I think this is what you posted a pic of on the Tracer.

 

agreed i had a seat concepts on my old klx400 and it was great for being wider but other then that it was not all that comfy!

that sounds about right from what i remember! i really should write it down!

nice! i was wondering if it was a decent brand or not? sadly the gp exhaust is the one i like the most and its prob one of the loudest options lmao.

ill check on break since my work likes to not show me pics sometimes lol.

 

I can't catch a break with shipping lately. My pants have been "out for delivery" 3 times since the 3rd and they have yet to leave them at my house(Amazon shipping). My jacket was scheduled for delivery on the 8th and is now showing the 17th(Amazon delivery again). DHL supposedly delivered my spokes yesterday.......and they were nowhere to be found

Fuck me running

 

damn now that is some bad luck!

 

No kidding

 

That happened to me with my ecu reflash. Got a 2 week delay on the way out and got a week delay on the way back! Paid for express shipping so got a refund. Lucky the weather was crappy and I have a back up bike

 

Luckily, I don't need any of it to ride.....but damn