Going Orange
Posted by Screw Loose in 1200R Maintanence on December 13, 2009
Well, I’ve been working on this for a while and it’ll likely take me a little while more to complete but figured it was time to share this; the 1200R is going orange!! I bought a spare set of tins, got the front and rear fenders from a 1200N and 883N tank. Then took them [...]
1200R – Oil Change 11,622 miles
Posted by Screw Loose in 1200R Maintanence on September 10, 2009
Sorry, not an exciting post…just a maintenance log for myself. Well, it was that time. The 1200R was overdue for an oil change with 11,622 miles on the odometer. I suspect the oil and transmission oils had been Harley Synthetic when I bought the bike (kinda remember the dealership telling me that when I picked [...]
Awesome 2500 mile BRP/Dragon trip
Posted by Screw Loose in Motorcycle Rides on June 17, 2009
Well, just got back from a trip that won’t soon be forgotten!! 2500 miles of motorcycling bliss!! It was a trip down the Blue Ridge Parkway (BRP) and around the Tail of Dragon/Deal’s Gap area of NC/TN. The trip was made with my good mate Trace (Sportytrace from the XLF). Most of the roads I’ve [...]
883L – New Rear Tire/brake – 44,050 miles
Posted by Screw Loose in 883L Maintanence on May 31, 2009
Put a new rear tire on the 883. Another Avon Venom. While the wheel was off, I swapped the rear rotor to a full floating and also put a black caliper on. I’m still struggling with bleeding all the air out. Edit – After this post I changed the engine oil and tranny oil. Also [...]
1200R – New Tires – 8,534 miles
Posted by Screw Loose in 1200R Maintanence on May 31, 2009
Just put on Avon Venoms. Front axle looked liked it had been pulled recently (fresh anti-seize). The rear had some anti-seize, but looked like it had been awhile. It’s been a little flakey starting. First push of starter, nothing happens. Second push it fires. I suspect the relay. Edit – Also replaced both relays with [...]
My new 2007 XL1200R
Posted by Screw Loose in Uncategorized on March 26, 2009
From my post over on the XLForum: Well, it’s been rumored and mentioned a few places in passing so I decided I better fess up and post some pics before people really start to talk! I just purchased a new for me 2007 1200R with 7800 miles on it. Bought it on eBay from Hudson [...]
Subscribe to my blog
Posted by Screw Loose in Uncategorized on March 26, 2009
Well, it may or may not work but I’ve tried to add the capability to subscribe via email to my blog. I don’t suspect that I’ll be posting very often so it might be easiest to subscribe, especially for those that don’t us RSS feeds. You should be able to find the subscriptions options under [...]
Back together, for now.
Posted by Screw Loose in 883L Maintanence, Sporty Maintanence Logs on March 23, 2009
So, after my last update a lot has happened. The Helicoil didn’t work out, so after much thought and contemplation I decided to try a “Keensert”. It’s basically an insert that threads into a tapped hole creating a new tapped hole the proper diameter (basically the same idea as a Helicoil, but requires a bigger [...]
Haste makes waste
Posted by Screw Loose in 883L Maintanence, Sporty Maintanence Logs on March 17, 2009
Well, once I got the new stud to replace the one I messed up before I got busy installing it. Unfortunately, in my hurry and carelessness I misread the torque specs for the stud bolts. Using ft/lbs instead of in/lbs equals stripped threads in the engine case! After running out of curse words, I decided [...]
Torn apart
Posted by Screw Loose in 883L Maintanence, Sporty Maintanence Logs on March 14, 2009
So, once again the Sporty is torn apart. As my previous post sugested I had a rear cylinder base and head gasket leak. What I found as I was tearing it apart was the one head bolt wasn’t even hand tight. Closer inspection once I got everything off the rear cylinder was the one stud [...]
Recent Comments