Re: Fork rebuilding...
Just saw this - don't have any definitive info for you but I am following.
Good luck! S
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Sal Emma
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Re: Fork rebuilding...
In the end, I just cleaned everything and reassembled with some new seals and bushes and things... It'll be a couple months at least before I can get back on the road and witness the results...
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Matthew Szostak
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Fork rebuilding...
I'm posting this on multiple forums, sorry if you've seen it elsewhere...
After the "fork oil stink" thread which discussed some interesting things about fork internal parts, I've begun dismantling
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Matthew Szostak
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Re: Bought this a few weeks ago
Thanks for the recommendation. Its a bit far to go though¡
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Mark
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Re: The sound of silence
yeah those are original
its impossible to say if those pipes have been molested, but my guess is not.
thats what the end of the mufflers look like with the baffles intact.
you would have to get deep
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judd
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Re: The sound of silence
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Mark
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Re: The sound of silence
Kia Ora mark,
Are your pipes original? Headers and mufflers one integrated unit?
You probably know that they are actually a pipe inside a pipe right?
Mine came unstuck at some point, I had to cut the
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judd
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Re: The sound of silence
Amen. I leave the loud pipes to Harley Riders.
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Jim McCullers
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Re: The sound of silence
I have had loud pipes and like them. It looks like my W650 is debaffled but still quiet.
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Mark
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Re: The sound of silence
I used to say that I wanted louder pipes but my old buddy Bill would always
say "Well you haven't ridden behind you, you don't need anything louder."
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J Bender
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Re: The sound of silence
Harbor Freight (aka Hazard Fraught) has a set of "use once" 25" long drill bits for $15. I drilled a hole as far as I could get into the center of the mufflers and now it makes a nice burbling sound
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Tom Herling
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Re: The sound of silence
One of my fresh air system hoses split..and yes, it girggled and backfired
really cool...but I fixed it...lol
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Tom Marckese
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Re: The sound of silence
Good work. If you haven't already pulled the fresh air injection system
that also made my 2001 sound better. And fewer backfires.
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Sal Emma
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Re: The sound of silence
I have a 2001. I drilled out the baffle holes to 7/32. Used a 12" drill bit
extension, super glued in the drill bit. Bike is slightly louder, but
perfectly fine. Idle was affected a touch
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Tom Marckese
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Re: The sound of silence
Fit POSH mufflers from Webike a Japanese company, best to upgrade the carbs
with 2 shims on the needles, a jet size up on the pilot with 2 turns out on
the air mix screw, and main jet up from 118 to
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Peter Wainwright
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The sound of silence
Loving the bike so far and pretty happy with the modifications it came with.
One thing is bugging me though- it is so quiet.
I like the look of the original mufflers but the silence is killing me.
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Mark
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Re: W650 oil consumption
I have always used Shell Rotella 15 40 with great success! More cost-effective than those fancy brands with motorcycle graphics on the bottle. It's JASO rated for wet clutches. Kawi claims you can go
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Jeffrey Alexander
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Re: W650 oil consumption
Thanks, Dennis. Good advice.
Tom - so glad to hear your cylinders aren't leaking. Good news, but of
course it doesn't answer your original question.
Just FYI, the manual recommends <10W-40, 10W-50,
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Sal Emma
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Re: Bought this a few weeks ago
Cheers. I will see if they are available here.
I use Autosol for metal polishing which is pretty good and have started treating the rust with CRC rust converter.
Thinking about options to tidy up the
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Mark
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Re: Bought this a few weeks ago
I strongly recommend ACF 50 as an effective and proven Anti-corrision protectant on all metal bits. Nothing beats SimiChrome for polishing metals. You can use diluted Simple Green and extra fine steel
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Jeffrey Alexander
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