gonnacrash
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Okay why do I do everything the hard way.
First dual headlight mod, made the wire, plugged it into the headlight. Ran it back to under the tank. Said to my self, hey I can see the plug, no need to pull the battery box. Well a little pulling, tugging, twisting the plug is almost .... damn it, it came unplugged. 30 mins later it's plugged back in. Finished the mod, love it.
Well that was the easy hard way, next..... fast forward two weeks
Bought an fz1 bar. Pulled the old bar, got the brake, clutch throttle etc off. Then on to the new bar. Started putting the screws to hold the bar on, Opps dropped a screw under the tank. No big deal can see it from behind the tank on the frame, I got a magnet. Started to retrieve it, klink, it's gone. Well I told myself I should have pulled the tank to get it, nope hard way number two under way. So now I lift the tank, cant see the bolt anywhere. It's dark out now using a flashlight to see, can't see the bolt, start to wiggle things trying to find it. Nope its gone. So now I grab a dead blow hammer, hit the frame, sometimes I can hear it rattle. So I back the bike out over the lawn, in the dark, and gently lay it on the right side. Shake bounce the bike, nothing. Stand the bike back up, nothing. Then laid it down again, and tap the frame with the dead blow hammer, hear a clink and the bolt fell out in the lawn, under the bike in the dark. Did mention in the dark over my lawn that had not been mowed in 2 weeks. It turns out the frame has some great spots next to the airbox, you cant feel or see into that will hold a screw very well. How well, over an hour of messing it well. Put bolt back in, adjust bar, brake and clutch angles, turn brake line to clear. Mod two done, about 90 mins gone to save 5 mins to lift the tank, which I had to do anyway to recover a damn screw. Fz1 Bar is much better.
Next I figure I might as well do an r6 fork swap, at the rate I am going I will be done by the time it warms back up in the spring of 2017. Just kidding not doing the fork swap.
First dual headlight mod, made the wire, plugged it into the headlight. Ran it back to under the tank. Said to my self, hey I can see the plug, no need to pull the battery box. Well a little pulling, tugging, twisting the plug is almost .... damn it, it came unplugged. 30 mins later it's plugged back in. Finished the mod, love it.
Well that was the easy hard way, next..... fast forward two weeks
Bought an fz1 bar. Pulled the old bar, got the brake, clutch throttle etc off. Then on to the new bar. Started putting the screws to hold the bar on, Opps dropped a screw under the tank. No big deal can see it from behind the tank on the frame, I got a magnet. Started to retrieve it, klink, it's gone. Well I told myself I should have pulled the tank to get it, nope hard way number two under way. So now I lift the tank, cant see the bolt anywhere. It's dark out now using a flashlight to see, can't see the bolt, start to wiggle things trying to find it. Nope its gone. So now I grab a dead blow hammer, hit the frame, sometimes I can hear it rattle. So I back the bike out over the lawn, in the dark, and gently lay it on the right side. Shake bounce the bike, nothing. Stand the bike back up, nothing. Then laid it down again, and tap the frame with the dead blow hammer, hear a clink and the bolt fell out in the lawn, under the bike in the dark. Did mention in the dark over my lawn that had not been mowed in 2 weeks. It turns out the frame has some great spots next to the airbox, you cant feel or see into that will hold a screw very well. How well, over an hour of messing it well. Put bolt back in, adjust bar, brake and clutch angles, turn brake line to clear. Mod two done, about 90 mins gone to save 5 mins to lift the tank, which I had to do anyway to recover a damn screw. Fz1 Bar is much better.
Next I figure I might as well do an r6 fork swap, at the rate I am going I will be done by the time it warms back up in the spring of 2017. Just kidding not doing the fork swap.
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