MotoBuddha wrote on 05/14/11 at 16:19:42:


what product do you use?

MotoBuddha wrote on 05/14/11 at 17:10:29:


wow, with a cool name like that I would expect it to work great.

I never thought I'd be so happy to get a bill. I just got a notice from Ryca that the rest of my parts are ready to ship once they get the last half of the payment. I'm whipping out the credit card.

There were times I thought the world would end before the parts arrived. Well, the loons say the Rapture is tomorrow and UPS says the parts are in transit. We'll see who wins.

Ordinarily my stuff is delivered by The World's Most Cheerful UPS Guy®, who always knocks and we chat a few seconds. But it must have been a different driver today, because he dumped and ran. I'm ten feet from the door all day, so I would have heard a knock.

Maybe he didn't want to talk to me because the box from Ryca arrived looking like this:



The main problem is that whomever did up the box at Ryca didn't tape one side of the bottom. The top flap was tripple taped, but...

When I opened the first flap, there was a small baggie with one bolt in it, as if someone had gone, "Oh crap, I forgot this one," and tossed it in the box.

The goodies were packed in a combination of air bags and foam peanuts. Okay, fish out the air bags first, then feel around in the peanuts. Some boxes, some bags, and the rear wheel assembly. Did I get everything?



The two small boxes are the gauges, the long one is the muffler.  Then there's a parts list, the rear-sets, the grips, the muffler adapter, and a bundle of parts I haven't opened yet. In front of them are the decompression rod and rear brake rod, Ryca stickers, and the extended speedo cable.

I guess I know how I'll be amusing myself this long weekend.

Each of the fasteners and other small bits come in individual baggies labeled with a name, number and picture. This info matches the parts list. I haven't seen attention to detail like this from big, well-established companies, much less a small start-up like Ryca. I can see why things took a little longer than everyone hoped. It wasn't a matter of just welding up a few parts. Bravo!



In case you were wondering about the jets included in the kit, here they are. Man, my old man eyes are going to need a macroscope to read these.

MotoBuddha wrote on 05/14/11 at 16:19:42:

What is that stuff called?