There is the idea that one can boil the rubber in a water and wintergreen oil to make them like new. Anone every try that? I need to on a Subaru...
I use zip ties at the ends of mine on the CB-1, as I got tired of losing properly tightened nuts and plates.
Nice post. The charging fix is easy and one and done. No need to roll the dice on every ride.
Excellent!
That's a big pile of awesome, right there. (Stop crashing...your older self will thank you!)
As a side question, where do you guys stay when you travel a lot? i'd liek to, but $200/night hotels are pretty prohibitive.
Some rubber between it and a cleaned (brake clean?) filter housing can make a big difference. https://www.ebay.com/itm/396288259196
I don't love it either...but, capitalism.
I don't own your bike, but I use a strap wrench on nearly all of them to remove and install. Not to get tight, but to beasure easily (low effort).
What he said. There is no acceptable loss of coolant unless t is broken.
I do. I've also run their filters on my Subarus for many hundreds of thousands of miles without any ill effect. Just don't over-oil them. That...
I've found no actual proof that they let in small particles that damage anything, just Internet heresay. I've found plenty of dyno sheets that...
I love my K&Ns.
Or you can retain the 1/2 Kerker no-Kerker VFR uniqueness and tell the story as part of the bike's history. Stories bring people together.
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Welcome! looks like you have a project on your hands.
At the gap Sunday. [ATTACH] Road to nowhere, which I've been trying to get to forever. [ATTACH] THE museum. Great place in Maggie Valley....
I love it when old threads get revived! My '98 is ~1000 miles of getting it's 33.5k mile oil change. My '00 just turned 12k....really. [ATTACH]
You guys must not have spiders where you live!
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