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What'd you do to your bike over winter break?

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    What'd you do to your bike over winter break?

    Just something else to talk about...

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    What'd you do to your bike over winter break?

    looked at it & said "gee, i've got alot to do before VIR in April."

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    What'd you do to your bike over winter break?

    Piston and rings going in soon. Valve adjustment also.

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    What'd you do to your bike over winter break?

    Hey KB, didn't you have gay pride plastics ready to install last season?

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    buncha crap...still working on it....i'll start a thread when i'm done

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    What'd you do to your bike over winter break?

    Shopped for pipes, will install this season

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    What'd you do to your bike over winter break?

    just looked at it

    checked the tire pressure, and didn't charge the battery

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    What'd you do to your bike over winter break?

    I kept looking at it and saying " I gotta take that tire off so Peter can put the new one on". As a matter of fact, I said that today. The new tire is right beside me.

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    What'd you do to your bike over winter break?

    it's a long and some what expensive list.

    new rear sets... i left most of the last set in the turn 6 gravel.
    new clip ons.... now both wrists are at the same angle, what a thought.
    tore engine apart checked tolerances... no rebuild needed... yet.
    replaced bent and broken clutch lever and front brake lever
    new reeds
    new tires
    engineered new front brake resivior mount from old plumbers strap.
    installed new front brake resivior
    fixed HRC plastic hose rear brake resivior
    ditched remains of air box and reconfigure crank breather vent catch can and hose (now with niffty one way valve)
    rebuilt and adjust carbs.... still waiting on new jets.
    adjusted chain
    flipped gague cluster around so i can actually see the engine temp while on
    the bike.
    cleaned up wiring harness.
    bled brakes with fancy racing fluid
    fiberglassed front upper back together
    repainted leftside of fairings to hide crash damage.
    put on stickers

    ....i'm sure i'm forgeting something.... it was a busy winter.

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    What'd you do to your bike over winter break?

    So, when ya getting that tire on?

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    So, when ya getting that tire on?

    I don't know. I'm gonna look at it tomorrow.

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    What'd you do to your bike over winter break?

    New Matris M4 steering Damper. new paint scheme on tank, and new Arai Profile British flag Helmet

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    What'd you do to your bike over winter break?

    I bought a bunch of stuff for the duc, but didn't do a damn thing with it.

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    What'd you do to your bike over winter break?

    I cleaned mine with a little pledge furniture polish a couple times, look at it a couple hundred times a day...sometimes I even touch it, and I charged the battery last month

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    Quote Originally Posted by R7 View Post
    I cleaned mine with a little pledge furniture polish a couple times, look at it a couple hundred times a day...sometimes I even touch it, and I charged the battery last month

    Your the second person I heard that uses pledge. Is it plastic safe...even moto plastic?

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    What'd you do to your bike over winter break?

    Mainly just fixed, some damage i had on a low sided on a on ramp on 295, damn OEM tires suck big time, now running PP's

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    What'd you do to your bike over winter break?

    New secret front master cylinder, new forks with emulators and springs. Hopefully a nice paint job and a rear shock rebuild before the 1st weekend.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Rye View Post
    Your the second person I heard that uses pledge. Is it plastic safe...even moto plastic?
    I haven't tried it on the Moto plastics, I always use ArmorAll for the offroad stuff.
    Pledge brings out the best looking finish on the matt black colors on the R7. All the plastic and painted parts I can get my hands on, get a coat of pledge on that bike. I still glaze and wax the painted areas once or twice a year, but pledge brings the best shine

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    What'd you do to your bike over winter break?

    Quote Originally Posted by OreoGitorio View Post
    looked at it & said "gee, i've got alot to do before VIR in April."


    Although tonight, in a grand effort, I took the front knobby off and put the tard wheel on. That took me a whole 10 minutes. I'm wrecked now.

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    Quote Originally Posted by highsider View Post


    Although tonight, in a grand effort, I took the front knobby off and put the tard wheel on. That took me a whole 10 minutes. I'm wrecked now.
    Thats the same reason I haven't taken my front tire off. I'm not going to be exhausted for the rest of the day.

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    What'd you do to your bike over winter break?

    hawk:
    remove all but the really necessary wires
    remove rear brake reseviour (sp?)
    remove stock gauges
    remove various bits-n-pieces (stock rad shroud and side covers, etc, etc)
    replace stock subframe w/ a shortened one - no more helmet lock!
    remove flywheel & charging system
    add digital temp gauge
    new to me (used) rear shock being rebuild by pete
    replaced the vfr rear w/ with a stock hawk rear
    acquired a spare set of rims & mounted rains
    replace stock airbox w/ uni's and rejet
    replace stock shifter linkage w/ aluminum vfr direct-bolt-on setup
    there's prob more, but i can't remember

    rc51:
    looked at it a lot. chained the oil/filter and raised the forks in the triples 10mm. oh yeh, and put air in the tires

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    What'd you do to your bike over winter break?

    Changed the oil and wiped the dust off

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    What'd you do to your bike over winter break?

    Changed oil
    Changed brake fluid
    Installed Puig windscreen
    Installed Pazzo race levers
    Installed fender eliminator
    Installed MTEC headlight
    Installed xenon position lights

    Mostly stupid little things.

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    Quote Originally Posted by R7 View Post
    I haven't tried it on the Moto plastics, I always use ArmorAll for the offroad stuff.
    Pledge brings out the best looking finish on the matt black colors on the R7. All the plastic and painted parts I can get my hands on, get a coat of pledge on that bike. I still glaze and wax the painted areas once or twice a year, but pledge brings the best shine
    NO SHIT! I never would have guessed that in a million years

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    What'd you do to your bike over winter break?

    I bought a new bike.

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