Recent content by sifr

Well, crap. I found it, but there's no way in hell to get a tool in there, let alone two wrenches. The adjuster's under the airbox, between it and the frame, by that annoying-to-reach clip that holds the clutch cable. I spent 30 minutes trying to move it far enough back that I could...

How do you remove the mirror glass from the mirror body? I got some water behind my left mirror, and it's all spotted. I need to pop it out to clean it.

I've got the clutch cable tightened as far as it'll go at the lever, and there's still too much play. Where's the other adjuster/ how do I take up additional slack beyond the dial just past the lever? I can't seem to find it.

Hm. Don't know why I didn't think of fabbing some brackets. Thanks!

So, for everyone who's done a HID conversion...where did you mount the ballast? I've had this project on hold (everything's fabbed and ready to install, I just haven't gotten around to it) because I can't figure out a good location and method of mounting the ballast. The empty space under...

It's an octopus with crossed bones. Like a pirate flag. Only not. :) As for gas stations, there's really not much call for kerosene heaters in silicon valley, so if there are stations that carry kerosene, they're certainly not common. :(

Nope. Wal-Mart has none. Just Coleman Camp Fuel.

So, I typically use WD-40 to clean, but I wanted to switch to kerosene. ..except I can't find any! The closest I can find is Coleman Camp Fuel, which is /not/ kerosene. Where (in the USA) would one go to buy kerosene? (please don't say "camping stores", as the only one near me is an REI).

Check your radiator fan. Try to spin it with the bike off. If it doesn't spin freely, you may have a rock stuck in there, preventing the fan from turning. Which would mean the burning smell was the fan motor burning up. I had that smell on mine. Now I have a nonfunctioning radiator fan.

Sadly, I discovered what the burning smell was on my new FZ6. Maybe it's what's causing yours, too. Go out and check your radiator fan. See if it spins freely by hand with the bike off. If not, you've got a rock stuck in there. Chances are, the burning smell was the fan's motor eating...

Right, but they're not "HID" bulbs, either. They're just xenon bulbs colored blue to make it look like the light output of an actual HID kit.

Unless the kit you got came with a ballast and such, that's not a HID kit. They're just blue-coated light bulbs. This is a HID kit: 4300k Motorcyle Bi-Xenon HID Conversion Kit - Motorcycle Lighting Upgrade!

I thought about it, and decided against that too. :D Thanks for the suggestion, though.

This project is taking a while, but mostly because I'm taking my time, and not rushing anything, and working on it a little bit after work each evening. Anyway, last night I finished mounting the projectors, and resealed the headlights. ...only to discover that one of the mount points on...

The Puigs have a warning about this on them. The one I just put on my FZ6 did (PUIG racing, blue).