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pucks or crash bars?

Started by mtc, April 03, 2019, 02:27:32 PM

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mtc

Quote from: racerrad8 on May 06, 2019, 03:21:01 PM
Quote from: mtc on May 05, 2019, 11:47:40 PM
...question, does it have to match the pipe, cause, mine is not perfectly aligned, it guess it don't matter much until a crash

That is the manufacturing tolerance on both the motorcycle and then engine bars. Not all of them line up exactly.



BTW, were is the wiper seal for your fork?
Quote from: mtc on May 05, 2019, 11:47:40 PM

Randy - RPM


it is moved up, i "sealmate" it since it was weeping, but when i stuck the slim jim in...... a bunch of fluid came out, it rides much much better, since i am so light with the .85 race tech springs

it was on the side stand when i did it, idk if the center stand would have been better to even out the load, nevertheless it is a screw up on my part

so as of now the left fork is short oil, i am thinking instead of the recommended 140mm amount i can go 145 on both, but i really am tired of messing with it for now....


so short answer is , the wiper is not in the shot, but in back where it suppose to be and i think the seal mate did the trick thank goodness!, but short on oil in the left fork :dash2:
Current
1985 FJ1100

Previous Bikes
1979 Yamaha XS1100 best one
1984 FJ1100
1987 FZR600
1987 Fazer
1985 Vision
1982 Seca 750
1978 RD400 Spec II Motor

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Charlie-brm

With the Renntec engine guards in place, do they change the angle at which the fallen bike is resting?

Mine has been over (x) times, and the bar ends are into the ground and the mirror rashed up. Apart from the damage, getting it started to come up from horizontal like that, is a bit of effort.

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Current Model: 1990 FJ1200 3CV since 2020
Past Models: 1984 FJ1100 - 2012 to 2020
1979 XS750SF - 2005 to 2012

ribbert

Quote from: Charlie-brm on August 01, 2019, 06:56:06 PM

...... Apart from the damage, getting it started to come up from horizontal like that, is a bit of effort.


A bit of trivia, that's why the cops like boxer BMW's, they often jump off them and intentionally let the bike drop, the weight's low and they don't go all the way over. I dropped one a while back, amazingly easy to pick up.
You're right, FJ's are a buggar to stand up if on their side, particularly as we get older. I can't pick mine straight up any more, makes me a lot more cautious about parking and off roading when somewhere remote and alone.

Noel
"Tell a wise man something he doesn't know and he'll thank you, tell a fool something he doesn't know and he'll abuse you"

krusty

My GL1500 Goldwing is easier to pick up than my FJ.
91 FJ1200
84 FJ1100 x 2
85 FJ1100
89 GL1500
76 CB750F1
72 CB350F
63 C92 x 2
59 C76
62 C100
63 C100
60 Colleda 250TA x 3
63 Suzuki MD50
77 DT125E
77 DT175E x 2
79 DT250F

T Legg

I'm not small I'm 205 lbs and my son is 6'-5" 230 lbs .The first time I took my FJ off the center stand while I was standing beside it the bike lurched sideways and I almost dropped it .The next day I let my son ride it while I rode my cb 750.When we went to leave the first place we stopped I looked over and saw my son with a horrified look and the bike laying at his feet.Neither of us will take the bike off the center stand unless we are sitting on it.
T Legg

aviationfred

Quote from: T Legg on August 03, 2019, 12:38:25 AM
Neither of us will take the bike off the center stand unless we are sitting on it.



I am on the opposite size spectrum. 5'7" tall with a 30" inseam. I always sit on the bike when I take it off of the center stand.



Fred
I'm not the fastest FJ rider, I am 'half-fast', the fastest slow guy....

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2008 VFR800 RC46 Vtec
1996 VFR750 RC36/2
1990 FJ1300 (1297cc) Casper
1990 VFR750 RC36/1 Minnie
1989 FJ1200 Lazarus, the Streetfighter Project
1985 VF500F RC31 Interceptor

ryanschoebel

Quote from: aviationfred on August 03, 2019, 12:50:11 AM

I am on the opposite size spectrum. 5'7" tall with a 30" inseam. I always sit on the bike when I take it off of the center stand.



Fred

Sitting on the bike is the ONLY comfortable way to take the bike off the centerstand I think. For the exact reason Travis mentioned. I wouldnt want the weight shifting the other way. 6 ft 4 225 here
1985 FJ1100-- Atlas (SOLD)
1984 FJ1100-- Storm

ribbert

Quote from: ryanschoebel on August 03, 2019, 10:15:55 AM
Quote from: aviationfred on August 03, 2019, 12:50:11 AM

I am on the opposite size spectrum. 5'7" tall with a 30" inseam. I always sit on the bike when I take it off of the center stand.



Fred

Sitting on the bike is the ONLY comfortable way to take the bike off the centerstand I think. For the exact reason Travis mentioned. I wouldnt want the weight shifting the other way. 6 ft 4 225 here

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"Tell a wise man something he doesn't know and he'll thank you, tell a fool something he doesn't know and he'll abuse you"

giantkiller

I hate climbing on while it's on the stand. I just stand off to the side and control it with the front brake.
86 fj1350r
86 fj1380t turbo drag toy (soon)
87 fj1200 865 miles crashed for parts
89 fj1200 touring 2up
87 fzr1000 crashed
87 fzr750r Human Race teams world endurance champion
93 fzr600 Vance n hines ltd for sale
Custom chopper I built
Mini chopper I built for my daughter just like the big 1

Bones

I've dropped mine twice, once pushing it off the centre stand at a servo where the concrete was off camber and it fell right side into a garden, took three people to lift it up out of there, brake pedal left a mark on the clutch cover but luckily no other damage. Second time I put the side stand down while getting off, again at a servo, but it wasn't down properly and could feel it going down and tried to stop it but it was at the point of no return, managed to pick it up again with a lot of effort on my own with no damage. I've since then fitted Rentech engine bars but haven't had the misfortune of dropping it again, so can't say if it would be easier to pick up from there, I don't plan to find out either.
93 fj1200
79 suzuki gt250x7


Too young to be old but old enough to know better.

giantkiller

Did drop my 86. Really steep short(about 6') incline out of a gas station. Had to stop because of traffic. Proceeded to do the splits from the ball bearings/ fine gravel. It rolled back and turned. Now my left leg the one that did the splits is a foot and a half Bellow the wheels. I put it down as lightly as I could. Just bent the clutch lever. Got off the bike and lifted it right up. Still about a foot and a half below the wheels. Amazing what adrenaline can do.
86 fj1350r
86 fj1380t turbo drag toy (soon)
87 fj1200 865 miles crashed for parts
89 fj1200 touring 2up
87 fzr1000 crashed
87 fzr750r Human Race teams world endurance champion
93 fzr600 Vance n hines ltd for sale
Custom chopper I built
Mini chopper I built for my daughter just like the big 1

mtc

never tried getting any bike off the center stand not sitting on it, it just seems like the natural thing to do, and i never jump off a bike first to do the kick stand, always kick stand first then jump off, 5' 7" 31.5 inseam 129lbs.
Current
1985 FJ1100

Previous Bikes
1979 Yamaha XS1100 best one
1984 FJ1100
1987 FZR600
1987 Fazer
1985 Vision
1982 Seca 750
1978 RD400 Spec II Motor

Live Life Wrong and Perspire

maverick9611

i just put them on a 85. i had to confer with randy that they were the correct model.
you would think that the top pin or bushing would go in frame hole that you removed cover from, it doesn't, it rest against it.
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