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For about 8 months now I have been wanting to change the position of the sending can unit that was fixed on the left hand side near the rear foot peg. The problem was I could not move my feet all that much and after a longish ride it became a little cramped so I decided to fit somewhere else.
I went inside (now remember this happened about 8 months ago) and retrieved a can of pineapple rings as it resembled the right girth of the can. I placed it under the seat and cool it fits. So 8 months go by and I am supposed t go down to Melbourne today but the weather is closing in (it's a 3 hour drive for me from here at my place). So I ring the Brothers MC up and tell them I am unable to make it which they were thankful for. Then I though Man... I should have a go at it myself and if I stuff it there is a good mechanic I go to he'll be able to fix it. So I did...No no not to the mechanic I had a go at it myself...
So it went form here... (daughters helped me in the demo)...
To here!...
And a close up...despite the acute angle of the cable going back there are no problems... This was post test ride and as I am fat bastard you will note there is no kink or line mark in the vacuum hose
A long shot from last year...My Tinted screen has been cut down since then to the original stock screen size
A couple of things I was a little worried about. I had to pull the actuator apart to remove the can cable it was here I started to shit myself a little and then I had to undo the throttle cable assembly from under the tank! Now I'm really shitting myself for I know not what I was really doing as I had never done it before, yes, a virginesk episode. Never been a real bike tinkerer before just cars...always had enough money to pay others to do it maybe I'll change that so I can save more for FARKLES!
Anyhoo I put everything back together and held my breath. Then I started it up and low and behold it did! The revs were a little high so I adjusted that and the return was a little sluggish so I loosened the actuator spool cover a frag and that seemed to fix the sluggish throttle return. I then went out for a little blurb and it works just fine!
So there you go gang another happy customer...ME! And I saved myself approx $200 bucks (that about $3.20 US)
Cheers
For about 8 months now I have been wanting to change the position of the sending can unit that was fixed on the left hand side near the rear foot peg. The problem was I could not move my feet all that much and after a longish ride it became a little cramped so I decided to fit somewhere else.
I went inside (now remember this happened about 8 months ago) and retrieved a can of pineapple rings as it resembled the right girth of the can. I placed it under the seat and cool it fits. So 8 months go by and I am supposed t go down to Melbourne today but the weather is closing in (it's a 3 hour drive for me from here at my place). So I ring the Brothers MC up and tell them I am unable to make it which they were thankful for. Then I though Man... I should have a go at it myself and if I stuff it there is a good mechanic I go to he'll be able to fix it. So I did...No no not to the mechanic I had a go at it myself...
So it went form here... (daughters helped me in the demo)...
To here!...
And a close up...despite the acute angle of the cable going back there are no problems... This was post test ride and as I am fat bastard you will note there is no kink or line mark in the vacuum hose
A long shot from last year...My Tinted screen has been cut down since then to the original stock screen size
A couple of things I was a little worried about. I had to pull the actuator apart to remove the can cable it was here I started to shit myself a little and then I had to undo the throttle cable assembly from under the tank! Now I'm really shitting myself for I know not what I was really doing as I had never done it before, yes, a virginesk episode. Never been a real bike tinkerer before just cars...always had enough money to pay others to do it maybe I'll change that so I can save more for FARKLES!
Anyhoo I put everything back together and held my breath. Then I started it up and low and behold it did! The revs were a little high so I adjusted that and the return was a little sluggish so I loosened the actuator spool cover a frag and that seemed to fix the sluggish throttle return. I then went out for a little blurb and it works just fine!
So there you go gang another happy customer...ME! And I saved myself approx $200 bucks (that about $3.20 US)
Cheers
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