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/cgi-bin/YaBB.pl General Category >> The Cafe >> Rider Magazine August 2013 /cgi-bin/YaBB.pl?num=1373933439 Message started by red12049 on 07/15/13 at 17:10:39 |
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Title: Rider Magazine August 2013 Post by red12049 on 07/15/13 at 17:10:39 Current edition of Rider Magazine, page 79, almost a full column tech tip about changing the vacuum petcock to a Raptor. Also, a few nice words about our bikes. Rick |
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Title: Re: Rider Magazine August 2013 Post by PerrydaSavage on 07/16/13 at 00:13:40 Will have to check that out!! |
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Title: Re: Rider Magazine August 2013 Post by justin_o_guy2 on 07/16/13 at 01:20:08 3B2C2D787B797D70490 wrote:
Thats hilarious! Now, which one of you glory hounds sent that in? ORRR You suppose they have someone there who just hunts down bike forums & hunts mods to use for filling those little empty spaces in the magazine? |
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Title: Re: Rider Magazine August 2013 Post by Serowbot on 07/16/13 at 07:16:30 That's my buddy Andy MacDonald that writes the Tech column for Rider... I've been friends with Andy for near 20 years... He lives a couple of blocks from me... He was checking out the mods on my bike few months ago and noticed the Raptor... (he was already very aware of the stock vac pet problems)... So,.. I guess he wanted to add the info to his Tech column... I told him about all the variety of customs bike you guys are building at SS.Com... He's a big fan of simple machines, and classic bikes... Kinda' neat that I got a little mention... Now,.. I'm famous.... I may need a bigger helmet... :-?... Neat find, Red... ;)... |
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Title: Re: Rider Magazine August 2013 Post by WD on 07/16/13 at 08:16:21 Traitor... Telling the motorcycling press our insider secrets.... shame shame shame... you should be flogged... ;) |
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Title: Re: Rider Magazine August 2013 Post by RatdogWillie on 07/16/13 at 09:02:14 3D2B3C21392C213A4E0 wrote:
Is this you? http://www.frikipix.com/web/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/frikipix_huge_helmet.jpg |
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Title: Re: Rider Magazine August 2013 Post by Dave on 07/16/13 at 10:13:18 If you need a Raptor Petcock.....you better get it before the rush and they run out of them. The folks at Yamaha are probably trying to figure out why they are selling so many darn petcocks....maybe even wondering why so many are failing and have to be replaced (They don't have a clue that it is a Suzuki issue that Yamaha is solving.) |
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Title: Re: Rider Magazine August 2013 Post by justin_o_guy2 on 07/16/13 at 10:18:33 Ya done good, Row. That can only expand the level of awareness these little bikes exist. Just getting them mentioned & that there are easy fixes for little nagging design shortcomings can only pique the interest of the readers. If you could get him to make mention of the Verslavy in another issue, thatd be cool. Wouldnt it be great if suzuki saw enough interest in the bike to justify doing some re-design work? What would I wanna see? Ditch that chrome trash can of a muffler & put Dynas on. fix the tensioner so it doesnt just rip thru the life of the chain. IMO, the teeth are too close together & the mount itself ( Im just now chewing on this, so, if its laffably moronic, give me a break, it just popped in my head, I havent sat & contemplated how things would have to work, it may be a mechanical impossibility, IDK yet) mite possibly be allowed to absorb a few millimeters of travel. I just cant help but believe theres a way to change the way the tensioner works that would increase the life of the chain tremendously. Seeing these guys report their tensioner is on its last mm with just over 12,000 miles is just not cool. The unpredictability of it is a problem. Variables that I see , in order of %age of impact on wear rate (* based on MY best S.W.A.G.) are Number of warm up/cool down cycles per mile driven. I see that as The Number One cause of premature chain wearing. I know hard acceleration means that chain has to yank that cam speed up so, thats gotta increase wear at the pins. Letting it sit long enough for oil to drain out of pressure points cant be good, but thats only gonna happen once a year. choice of oil? Yea,, maybe, but if youve got an oil thats good enough for the valve train, its good enough for that chain, Id bet. * S.W.A.G. is Scientific Wild A55 Guess. Got me 1/2 credit on a test question in Chemistry in college. Question was,, given 2 elements ( one acid, one base) we were supposed to calculate the %age of completeness of reaction, based on how they would react to one another due to their electrons in the outer shells. Heck, man,, I couldnt do the math, but I could see it was gonna be a pretty hot reaction, not explosive, but pretty quick, &, of course Show your work was part of the ?,,, so, I guessed at it (70%, says I) & put SWAG method in the work space. Prof asked me up to explain,, I was within 1% on the answer,, & he gave me a break,, |
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Title: Re: Rider Magazine August 2013 Post by gerald.hughes on 07/16/13 at 10:47:09 Can you honestly believe that you would ever see the Bot on a Harley Dresser? 794A5F4F444C7C424747424E2B0 wrote:
Is this you? http://www.frikipix.com/web/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/frikipix_huge_helmet.jpg[/quote] |
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Title: Re: Rider Magazine August 2013 Post by apache snow on 07/16/13 at 11:05:01 Heck, he used to ride a sportster. :) My next bike is going to be a Honda Shadow Spirit. ;D |
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Title: Re: Rider Magazine August 2013 Post by Serowbot on 07/16/13 at 11:38:19 43787562737F646279717C63100 wrote:
I never thought of that.... Somebody should let Yamaha know... Hope they read Rider Magazine... ;D... |
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Title: Re: Rider Magazine August 2013 Post by Dave on 07/16/13 at 12:05:48 So.....are they recommending the genuine Yamaha part.....or any old eBay available Chinese copy? |
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Title: Re: Rider Magazine August 2013 Post by old_rider on 07/17/13 at 00:44:16 Guess I should be seriously looking for my own savage now.....there might be a run on them. Wife surely ain't letting go of hers, she likes it too much. We just got a new windscreen and mirrors on it today...running and lookin' good now! |
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Title: Re: Rider Magazine August 2013 Post by justin_o_guy2 on 07/17/13 at 03:16:07 35363E28333E3F285A0 wrote:
Well this post is useless w/o pictures if ever I saw one that was,, this heres IT.. Sure would be nice to see your handiwork,, |
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Title: Re: Rider Magazine August 2013 Post by old_rider on 07/17/13 at 09:16:43 415E585F42457444744C5E52192B0 wrote:
Well this post is useless w/o pictures if ever I saw one that was,, this heres IT.. Sure would be nice to see your handiwork,,[/quote] LOL,... I would post the pic this morning but she rode it to work, i'll post a couple when she gets home this evening. She likes her savage a lot and i'm happy that we have one more thing in common to share. I never realized she enjoyed riding so much that at the age of 50 she would want to learn and twist the throttle herself....just awesome. We used to ride our bicycles around town together, now we ride our motorcycles around the county together.....she wants to try a long distance over the weekend type ride....guess i'll have to get mine soon. |
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Title: Re: Rider Magazine August 2013 Post by old_rider on 07/23/13 at 08:39:15 Pics as promised, but a week late. Bought a Slip Steam.inc windscreen off of ebay from Harber's Cycles http://i1047.photobucket.com/albums/b471/Orphistle/DSCF2034.jpg Had to modify the mounts arms (cut off bottom bend and about 10") to fit the bars. http://i1047.photobucket.com/albums/b471/Orphistle/DSCF2037.jpg |
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Title: Re: Rider Magazine August 2013 Post by old_rider on 07/23/13 at 08:44:56 The windscreen is the Hellfire by Slipstreamer, I picked it up for $105 the mirrors I got from the same dealer Harber's Cycle, for $29.95 they are 4.25" by 6.25" |
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Title: Re: Rider Magazine August 2013 Post by justin_o_guy2 on 07/23/13 at 10:57:03 looks real good! |
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