What did you do to your FZ today? - Page 62

pilot290 · 08-08-2010, 10:10 PM

I was going to go for a ride for the afternoon and went back to the house to get some things and found a god damn screw in my fairly new tire. Now what?

old77zrider · 08-09-2010, 06:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pilot290

I was going to go for a ride for the afternoon and went back to the house to get some things and found a god damn screw in my fairly new tire. Now what?

Gummy worm Plug - Automotive type, it's a little larger dia than the one in my motorcycle kit (that leaked). Just replaced my repaired tire after 12k trouble free miles.

rafartist · 08-09-2010, 06:07 PM

When I get new tires, I always get that tire slime stuff from wally world and put a couple of ounces in there too as a preventative measure. But I rode on a plugged rear for about 5k miles before I changed it. No worries.

Vroonie · 08-09-2010, 06:27 PM

Installed jwhelan65 radiator guard, took off the tail end to get it de-handled, solved my kinked fuel line with heat resistant epoxy, took Ivan's 'E' map off the shelf and did the test run and realized, though by numbers way rich, what a fantastic map it is....

yamihoo · 08-09-2010, 07:02 PM

Rode it with the air temp reading 97 F'n Degrees...That doesn't happen very often here

pilot290 · 08-09-2010, 08:05 PM

Just stuffed a big ole gummy worm plug in my tire. It is holding pressure at 40PSI
When I ride I hope it holds.

Bocephous · 08-09-2010, 10:12 PM

I rode my FZ1 for the first time since June. Been and still am recovering from a ruptured tricep tendon. It felt GREAT!

skifffz1 · 08-10-2010, 03:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pilot290

Just stuffed a big ole gummy worm plug in my tire. It is holding pressure at 40PSI
When I ride I hope it holds.

Dude, no worries. I got a nail in a new (500 miles) Pilot Road on a road trip w/full gear...gummy wormed it and 13,495 miles later, it had to be replaced.

old77zrider · 08-12-2010, 12:24 AM

Added a Wolo high tone "Loud One" to my existing Wolo low tone "Loud One" horn and wired in a relay to handle the extra current. Holy crap is it LOUD!!! I think it will definitely send the drifting cagers back into their own lane.

bigdave43 · 08-12-2010, 08:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by old77zrider

Added a Wolo high tone "Loud One" to my existing Wolo low tone "Loud One" horn and wired in a relay to handle the extra current. Holy crap is it LOUD!!! I think it will definitely send the drifting cagers back into their own lane.

You are going to find this to be very effective. When I use my horns, the cagers look around for a truck!

Dave

rafartist · 08-12-2010, 09:15 AM

I took of my radiator guard that I purchased here and the bike is running alot cooler in traffic and on the highway. And last night I wrapped my headers to try and get the heat down some more. BTW, I bought a roll of DEI 1"x50 and it is not enough so I ordered a 2" roll in black off Ebay and Im gonnna wrap them again all the way back to the slip on.

old77zrider · 08-12-2010, 06:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bigdave43

You are going to find this to be very effective. When I use my horns, the cagers look around for a truck!

Dave

During lunch at work I brought a couple of other riders out to check out the new horn set up. You had to see them jump. It was hilarious.

fizzyD · 08-13-2010, 06:41 AM

Welcome back to the saddle!

rafartist · 08-13-2010, 06:51 PM

Got my 2" wrap in today and was able to wrap it all the way back to the now unused 02 sensor. Damn that shit stinks till it gets burned off and smokes like a mother! Pulled up to a stop light and had a lady actually ask me if I knew my bike was on fire while Im sitting in a cloud of smoke??? Got it home and painted it black with DEI header paint and it looks sinister now with the custom windscreen I made! And for anyone that has never wrapped a header before and is thinking about it, drop the roll in a bucket of water and apply it wet. The fabric is fiberglass and it will get all over you and itch like a mother! And if youre gonna do it, rather than have to try and roll that whole roll around and around (all 50 ft. of it) each pipe, it takes about 7ft. per pipe and you can use the last long one to wrap all the way back over all 4 pipes to the sensor. It really does lower the temps blowing back around you riding down the road and quiet down the ride. I wish I would have dyno'd it before but it always made a huge difference on all my turbo cars. Hot exhaust gasses=faster flowing is always what I was told.

jwhelan65 · 08-13-2010, 07:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rafartist

Got my 2" wrap in today and was able to wrap it all the way back to the now unused 02 sensor. Damn that shit stinks till it gets burned off and smokes like a mother! Pulled up to a stop light and had a lady actually ask me if I knew my bike was on fire while Im sitting in a cloud of smoke??? Got it home and painted it black with DEI header paint and it looks sinister now with the custom windscreen I made! And for anyone that has never wrapped a header before and is thinking about it, drop the roll in a bucket of water and apply it wet. The fabric is fiberglass and it will get all over you and itch like a mother! And if youre gonna do it, rather than have to try and roll that whole roll around and around (all 50 ft. of it) each pipe, it takes about 7ft. per pipe and you can use the last long one to wrap all the way back over all 4 pipes to the sensor. It really does lower the temps blowing back around you riding down the road and quiet down the ride. I wish I would have dyno'd it before but it always made a huge difference on all my turbo cars. Hot exhaust gasses=faster flowing is always what I was told.

How does it look?

rafartist · 08-13-2010, 07:08 PM

I really like it, if I knew how to post up pics, I would but i struggle with that everytime.

jwhelan65 · 08-13-2010, 07:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rafartist

I took of my radiator guard that I purchased here and the bike is running alot cooler in traffic and on the highway. And last night I wrapped my headers to try and get the heat down some more. BTW, I bought a roll of DEI 1"x50 and it is not enough so I ordered a 2" roll in black off Ebay and Im gonnna wrap them again all the way back to the slip on.

Been riding mine hard with the guard on this week in 100+ degree days as a testimonial. I took it off today and road 30 miles in stop and go traffic there was about a 2 degree difference. Very insignificant even in this extreme heat..unless you rupture your radiator you are not going to burn this thing up...I put it back on... just my .02

abe57 · 08-13-2010, 07:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rafartist

I really like it, if I knew how to post up pics, I would but i struggle with that everytime.

Send it to me and I will post it for U !!

pilot290 · 08-13-2010, 08:29 PM

I wished like hell I could have rode the damn thing, instead I worked.

eflyguy · 08-14-2010, 11:37 AM

Rode! Yay! After a week in Boston for work then a week in Seattle/WA for vacation, I missed my ride..

Met up with P and although our plans to hit the GA Dragon (

) were dashed by rain, it still beats sitting home! Rain quit by the time I got to the dam, so I stopped for a coffee break. Stopped at my favorite french cafe in Roswell on the way home, and they had brie and chicken quiche today, so the showers we his weren't all bad! About 120 miles for me.
..a

08-08-2010, 10:10 PM	#1221
pilot290 let's go catch a rabbit Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Southern Oregon Coast Posts: 12	I was going to go for a ride for the afternoon and went back to the house to get some things and found a god damn screw in my fairly new tire. Now what? __________________ Careers and marriage are demeaning 20th century inventions, more of a liability then an asset.

08-09-2010, 06:07 PM	#1223
rafartist Registered User Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Indianapolis, IN Posts: 1,898	When I get new tires, I always get that tire slime stuff from wally world and put a couple of ounces in there too as a preventative measure. But I rode on a plugged rear for about 5k miles before I changed it. No worries. __________________ 07 lineX'd,Dan Moto modded pipe,no flies,chopped box,Tag metals copper bars with SV mounts,HEL lines,punched cat,delrin sliders,15t,no o2,no exup,swingarm mounted tag,hidden key switch,smoke taillight,integrated mirrors,bark busters,Hayabusa headlamp,custom made guage bracket,wrapped headers,pc111 with stage 3 smoothed map,06 R1 forks brakes and shock,08 r1 dog bone to raise the rear,fce,copper shorty levers,soon to be bare bars except for clutch lever and brake setup

08-09-2010, 06:27 PM	#1224
Vroonie Registered User Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Bali Posts: 295	Installed jwhelan65 radiator guard, took off the tail end to get it de-handled, solved my kinked fuel line with heat resistant epoxy, took Ivan's 'E' map off the shelf and did the test run and realized, though by numbers way rich, what a fantastic map it is.... __________________ Fitch, Lars airbox mod. & Wire Re-Route, K&N filter, 16T front sprocket, Cat gutted, PC-III, FCE, Yoshi TRC slip on, Flies and spindle removed, AIS plugged, O2 sensor disconnected, seat mod. leather, custom rear fender eliminator, R1 rear shock, forks raised 10mm, 13 layer pearl paintjob, Copperdog Race screen & rear seat hugger, Evotech can hanger, Watson Design MicroAlloy signals, frame sliders

08-09-2010, 07:02 PM	#1225
yamihoo Registered User Join Date: May 2009 Location: Minneapolis MN Posts: 154	Rode it with the air temp reading 97 F'n Degrees...That doesn't happen very often here __________________ Naked 07'Cobalt PCIII~2Bros VALE CF S/O~GuttedCat~ExupElim~K&N~AirBoxMod~Integrated Tail.....and a bunch other goodies

08-09-2010, 08:05 PM	#1226
pilot290 let's go catch a rabbit Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Southern Oregon Coast Posts: 12	Just stuffed a big ole gummy worm plug in my tire. It is holding pressure at 40PSI When I ride I hope it holds. __________________ Careers and marriage are demeaning 20th century inventions, more of a liability then an asset.

08-09-2010, 10:12 PM	#1227
Bocephous Galatians 6:14 Join Date: May 2003 Location: Tirzah/Smiley, NEPA Posts: 2,978	I rode my FZ1 for the first time since June. Been and still am recovering from a ruptured tricep tendon. It felt GREAT! __________________ "With a Bocephus sticker on his 442 he'd light 'em up just for fun." 2002 FZ1 2004 DL1000 2007 Suzuki Vinson

08-12-2010, 12:24 AM	#1229
old77zrider Registered User Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Long Island Posts: 1,165	Added a Wolo high tone "Loud One" to my existing Wolo low tone "Loud One" horn and wired in a relay to handle the extra current. Holy crap is it LOUD!!! I think it will definitely send the drifting cagers back into their own lane.

08-12-2010, 09:15 AM	#1231
rafartist Registered User Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Indianapolis, IN Posts: 1,898	I took of my radiator guard that I purchased here and the bike is running alot cooler in traffic and on the highway. And last night I wrapped my headers to try and get the heat down some more. BTW, I bought a roll of DEI 1"x50 and it is not enough so I ordered a 2" roll in black off Ebay and Im gonnna wrap them again all the way back to the slip on. __________________ 07 lineX'd,Dan Moto modded pipe,no flies,chopped box,Tag metals copper bars with SV mounts,HEL lines,punched cat,delrin sliders,15t,no o2,no exup,swingarm mounted tag,hidden key switch,smoke taillight,integrated mirrors,bark busters,Hayabusa headlamp,custom made guage bracket,wrapped headers,pc111 with stage 3 smoothed map,06 R1 forks brakes and shock,08 r1 dog bone to raise the rear,fce,copper shorty levers,soon to be bare bars except for clutch lever and brake setup

08-13-2010, 06:41 AM	#1233
fizzyD Registered User Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Littleton, CO Posts: 38	Welcome back to the saddle! __________________

08-13-2010, 06:51 PM	#1234
rafartist Registered User Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Indianapolis, IN Posts: 1,898	Got my 2" wrap in today and was able to wrap it all the way back to the now unused 02 sensor. Damn that shit stinks till it gets burned off and smokes like a mother! Pulled up to a stop light and had a lady actually ask me if I knew my bike was on fire while Im sitting in a cloud of smoke??? Got it home and painted it black with DEI header paint and it looks sinister now with the custom windscreen I made! And for anyone that has never wrapped a header before and is thinking about it, drop the roll in a bucket of water and apply it wet. The fabric is fiberglass and it will get all over you and itch like a mother! And if youre gonna do it, rather than have to try and roll that whole roll around and around (all 50 ft. of it) each pipe, it takes about 7ft. per pipe and you can use the last long one to wrap all the way back over all 4 pipes to the sensor. It really does lower the temps blowing back around you riding down the road and quiet down the ride. I wish I would have dyno'd it before but it always made a huge difference on all my turbo cars. Hot exhaust gasses=faster flowing is always what I was told. __________________ 07 lineX'd,Dan Moto modded pipe,no flies,chopped box,Tag metals copper bars with SV mounts,HEL lines,punched cat,delrin sliders,15t,no o2,no exup,swingarm mounted tag,hidden key switch,smoke taillight,integrated mirrors,bark busters,Hayabusa headlamp,custom made guage bracket,wrapped headers,pc111 with stage 3 smoothed map,06 R1 forks brakes and shock,08 r1 dog bone to raise the rear,fce,copper shorty levers,soon to be bare bars except for clutch lever and brake setup

08-13-2010, 07:08 PM	#1236
rafartist Registered User Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Indianapolis, IN Posts: 1,898	I really like it, if I knew how to post up pics, I would but i struggle with that everytime. __________________ 07 lineX'd,Dan Moto modded pipe,no flies,chopped box,Tag metals copper bars with SV mounts,HEL lines,punched cat,delrin sliders,15t,no o2,no exup,swingarm mounted tag,hidden key switch,smoke taillight,integrated mirrors,bark busters,Hayabusa headlamp,custom made guage bracket,wrapped headers,pc111 with stage 3 smoothed map,06 R1 forks brakes and shock,08 r1 dog bone to raise the rear,fce,copper shorty levers,soon to be bare bars except for clutch lever and brake setup

08-13-2010, 08:29 PM	#1239
pilot290 let's go catch a rabbit Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Southern Oregon Coast Posts: 12	I wished like hell I could have rode the damn thing, instead I worked. __________________ Careers and marriage are demeaning 20th century inventions, more of a liability then an asset.

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