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Yeah Scott, I read through all your old posts on that. It's funny because I almost sold the FZ as well, and now I feel like I am an overprotective mother of it ha ha. I absolutely love the bike, and these bars as well. I get up to so many different things in my shop, and don't like getting stuck on one for too long, unless it just happens that the project takes a long time by nature. My vacuum tube amplifiers are like this, sometimes it's close to a year between design and construction. But with the FZ I really thought I was about done. My to-do list, after the bars, was about as short as maybe try out the mother's on the pipes, get some new rubber come May. I too have grip puppies under the tape on my grips, and with the steel bars on, didn't have any problems. It's a motor, sure I could feel vibration, but never bothered me and never noticeable in my seat (with my stock seat or with my newer Gel seat)
But, I'm not a fan of "band-aids", and so with this vibe issue, apart she came again. I hadn't changed the coolant in almost 2 years (still clean as new, and just as full), so I figured drop the radiator, make it easy on the plugs. Now with new plugs in (they're actually between 9-10 as compared to NGK, these ones are just copper Autolites), new gas, new coolant, stock trigger, I'm ready to sync the TBs again.
The way I have it figured (and please, let me know if you see any error in this) is that I will sync it with the homemade job and the stock trigger. That will get me to accurate and even, if not precise. Ride it. If the vibes are gone or at least much better, then I can start back one thing at a time.
First will be checking the plugs again. How is she running on the stock map, with just the normal air/exhaust mods? Second will be putting the modified trigger back in. Third will be adjusting mapping/fuel with the modified trigger. Each one of these three will be with not just an accurate sync, but also precise (actual vacuum levels) as by that time the Carbtune will be here (it ships from California via Ebay).
So, that should get me straight again. Not what I wanted to do, but when I'm done, it should be done for a while this time!
Oh yeah, and I have to make some sort of covers for the bottom corner of the upper fairing on both sides. Someone, somewhere, bumped into her and cracked the fairing so badly that when I loosened that last little screw holding it down in the corner (above and left of radiator cap), the whole corner fell off (everything to the left of that screw, about a 2"x2" piece)!! What a bummer. I super glued it back into place, but no way to effectively hide the scratch. So I'm going to make a little cover, paint it black, and epoxy that over the entire area, and then match it on the other side. It's always something....
Loren
But, I'm not a fan of "band-aids", and so with this vibe issue, apart she came again. I hadn't changed the coolant in almost 2 years (still clean as new, and just as full), so I figured drop the radiator, make it easy on the plugs. Now with new plugs in (they're actually between 9-10 as compared to NGK, these ones are just copper Autolites), new gas, new coolant, stock trigger, I'm ready to sync the TBs again.
The way I have it figured (and please, let me know if you see any error in this) is that I will sync it with the homemade job and the stock trigger. That will get me to accurate and even, if not precise. Ride it. If the vibes are gone or at least much better, then I can start back one thing at a time.
First will be checking the plugs again. How is she running on the stock map, with just the normal air/exhaust mods? Second will be putting the modified trigger back in. Third will be adjusting mapping/fuel with the modified trigger. Each one of these three will be with not just an accurate sync, but also precise (actual vacuum levels) as by that time the Carbtune will be here (it ships from California via Ebay).
So, that should get me straight again. Not what I wanted to do, but when I'm done, it should be done for a while this time!
Oh yeah, and I have to make some sort of covers for the bottom corner of the upper fairing on both sides. Someone, somewhere, bumped into her and cracked the fairing so badly that when I loosened that last little screw holding it down in the corner (above and left of radiator cap), the whole corner fell off (everything to the left of that screw, about a 2"x2" piece)!! What a bummer. I super glued it back into place, but no way to effectively hide the scratch. So I'm going to make a little cover, paint it black, and epoxy that over the entire area, and then match it on the other side. It's always something....
Loren