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Finally got that sprocket nut and spacer today! Will try my best to make the bike fully operational by tomorrow. What's left is to install and torque the sprocket nut and cover, adjust the chain, torque the fork bolts and install the headlight, install the exhaust manifold (took it off to jack...

Nice scenery and roads, and I agree that riding should (also) be simply about enjoying the ride, but really- what's the point of the the sad music, vintage filter, dramatic portrait style filming of the narrator (with bookeh and lighting to make it look like he's almost in tears)? It makes it...

The oil chain will have more slack than any other chain on the bike, so it's understandable why it might feel like it needs to be replaced but that's normal and the new chain will be just as loose...

And a quick shifter, better and fully adjustable forks, and cruise control, and remote rear preload adjustment... By the time you've added just the racks, side bags, grips and done some work on the forks you've already spent most of the difference between the standard and the GT version. IMO...

Saw that, but while I'm aware that the Yamaha engineers who wrote the manual knew more about this bike than I ever will, hammer and chisel "repairs" just make me cringe. The hammer is a tool I like to avoid as much as possible. More so that this bike has a certain age and it would have taken a...

What do you mean by knocking the race? The part I'm trying to cut is this https://www.flickr.com/photos/130980346@N05/15862646754/ (pic taken from https://www.600riders.com/forum/how-to-s-/54766-fz6-steering-head-bearing-replacement.html ) I have just bought a set of dremel disks, I'll do my...

I meant that for that particular bike, the rear brake does a higher % of the overall breaking (relative to it's own total braking capacity), not that an old heavy cruiser stops sooner than an FZ6...

Removed the triple tree today. To my relief, that "crack" buffed right off :D And I could not find any other strange marks inside the headstock. Managed to also: -remove old bearing races from the frame -fit the new all balls races to the frame -grind off 3/4 of the bearing race from...

Yeah, but in that incident you were on a large Harley: longer wheels base, low COG, much more weight on the rear, not that great front brakes, old school tires... all these resulting in much more breaking done by the rear; had a lot of training- I'd bet that even a single police rider training...

That's probably the most important thing. I try, at least once every solo ride (GF doesn't seem to appreciate brake practice) to do one practice emergency breaking and a few quick swerving moves. At the last course I did last year they made us each choose a "moderate speed", stick to it and...

Straight lines are easier to bleed because with the ones that use splitters (or even go over the fender) there is a point where part of the hose sits higher than both hose ends. As air tends to go up, with straight lines it goes up to the MC, while with the others there's a risk it will get...

I don't know any "good welding shops", and I've heard of a few who weld car rims declining frame weld jobs saying they have little experience on frames and won't take the risk of the job failing and some guy getting injured or dead... But again, I still hope I'll be lucky and it will just sand...

Well, if it's not a crack and not from casting, what else could it be? Don't know much about metallurgy... I really hope it will just sand off, because if not, this means a replacement frame, which apart from more time, work and money spent involves a complicated procedure- proof of purchase...

Always choose "race" lines. It means that there are 2 full length lines going from the MC to each caliper. This makes it much easier to bleed the brakes...

I've got more than 15 hours in over 40 phone calls, email messages and facebook messages sent! Every single Yamaha breakers yard found online and every "parts guy" I've ever bought from contacted! Multiple OEM parts dealers contacted! NOBODY has that sprocket nut. Not even the local...

After loosing my original fender at high speed - it was already a cracked by the the PO and the speed made it bend in at the cracks and catch the tire and snap off- got a R6 fender for my R6 forks (only thing available for a reasonable price) and I can confirm that it's not a perfect fit. The...

It's currently raining and dark so there's not much I can check but, what worked and not yesterday: headlight: yes front position light: yes front turn: no horn: no rear turn: yes brake (both front lever and rear pedal): yes rear position light: yes plate light: no Checking the wire diagram...

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... so the winner is? The horn isn't working either...

Yes, I put the throttle cable back in it's groove (pic was just to show how I found it). The exhaust gaskets were in "fair" condition. The bolts were in good condition, it's just that the first time I screwed them using the "elbow meter", staying on the loose side. Then (after seeing smoke) I...