MotorCyclist Customizes a '13

[Redfish Hunter]

You two characters should take your low voltage humor somewhere else. Currently the resistance is making it difficult to uhcheeve the original objective of this thread. Whatever that was. Or, maybe we have just completed the circuit.

 

[ionbeam]

Since it's I before E then Fred figured it out by his capacity to reason. I thought that adding C to it was a clever way to make light of it.

 

[Fred W]

Are you trying to short circuit this discussion? Your reluctance is impeding the capacity of this think tank circuit.

 

[ionbeam]

We will just blame Mcatrophy then put the MotorCyclist Customizes a '13 back on its rails.

Once again we prove to most of the world that Engineering Humor is an oxymoron.

 

[Redfish Hunter]

You guys are awesome. No, really.

 

[MCRIDER007]

Just talked to Traxxion
Basically all you need is the cap from a 2013 RH fork and put it on the LH fork, no need and a waste of money to purchase an entire fork leg. This will give you all the adjustability that's really needed. Traxxion will supply the cap for an additional $100 or you can supply your own. The price of the AK-20 kit for the 2013 and above FJR1300 is $1099.95 (with out the additional 2013 cap). $200 install labor plus cost of bushings and seals. And now thru the end of the year they have 10% off on parts and labor. Discount does not include shipped kits. So if you ship them your forks you can get AKs installed for $1170 plus shipping, seals and bushings if needed.

(cost of an entire 1012 LH fork, cheapest I've found new is $450 at PartShark.)

This is good info for anyone thinking about the AK-20 option.....but my situation is a little different since I already have a set of AK-20s (that came out of a 07 FJR) and I live in Washington (so my shipping costs to Traxxion and insurance for a set of forks and the AK-20s is going to be higher than most). Traxxion quoted me $225 to install the AK-20s and modify the AK-20 that will go on the left side so I'm guessing my total cost with shipping will be in the $335-350 range. Its not that much more to buy the 2012 left fork and install the AK-20s myself....which is pretty easy when the fork is new and doesn't need new bushings and seals. The advantages of buying the entire left fork are that I will have 2 fully adjustable forks and if I decide to sell the bike I can put the forks back into their original configuration and have a standard (non-modified) set of AK-20s and a 2012 left fork leftover....both easy to part out if desired.

You can purchase the cap and drop in your 07 AKs just like you plan to do without having to spend the extra on the entire fork assembly. The 2013 LH internals are the same as the RH internals.

If the LH internals are the same as the RH internals don't you think the left side AK-20 would have a compression adjustment at the bottom of the fork like the right side? In any case, Traxxion says the AK-20 that will go in the left side needs to be modified to provide rebound damping so its not a simple drop in although it may be possible to just ship the cap and one AK-20 to Traxxion.

 

[mcatrophy]

We will just blame Mcatrophy then put the MotorCyclist Customizes a '13 back on its rails.

Once again we prove to most of the world that Engineering Humor is an oxymoron.

Don't you start. I already get blamed for everything that goes wrong at home.

And watch your language. I'm sure most here think that an "oxymoron" is a forum member who can fix anything with a welding torch.

Ps. The rule is "'I' before 'E' except after 'C' when the sounding is 'ee'". Avoids much discussion about all the exceptions; I only know of one exception to the complete rule. I suppose I should add something about English as opposed to American pronunciation for the 'ee' bit, but it's too early in the morning for that.

 

[RossKean]

I thought that an oxy-moron was a bleached blonde. (adding a little chemistry humor)

 

[mcatrophy]

I thought that an oxy-moron was a bleached blonde. (adding a little chemistry humor)

Didn't know we had any bleached blondes on this forum, but there's a lot of very strange chemistry amongst some of the members.

 

[Fred W]

We will just blame Mcatrophy then put the MotorCyclist Customizes a '13 back on its rails.

Once again we prove to most of the world that Engineering Humor is an oxymoron.

Don't you start. I already get blamed for everything that goes wrong at home.

And watch your language. I'm sure most here think that an "oxymoron" is a forum member who can fix anything with a welding torch.

Ps. The rule is "'I' before 'E' except after 'C' when the sounding is 'ee'". Avoids much discussion about all the exceptions; I only know of one exception to the complete rule. I suppose I should add something about English as opposed to American pronunciation for the 'ee' bit, but it's too early in the morning for that.

In American spelling classes they teach the rule as: "I before E, except after C, or when sounding like A like "neighbor" and "weigh."

I thought that an oxy-moron was a bleached blonde. (adding a little chemistry humor)

Wouldn't that be a Peroxy-moron?

 

[ionbeam]

Since the thread drift seems persistent...

Ps. The rule is "'I' before 'E' except after 'C' when the sounding is 'ee'". Avoids much discussion about all the exceptions; I only know of one exception to the complete rule. I suppose I should add something about English as opposed to American pronunciation for the 'ee' bit, but it's too early in the morning for that.

In American spelling classes they teach the rule as: "I before E, except after C, or when sounding like A like "neighbor" and "weigh."

I did address that, at least in part with additional information in a mouse hover (acronym) at the letter C.

While we are talking about spelling, please take note of my tag line at the bottom of the post. I stand by that, and I do not have a 'poor mind' in this instance.

 

[gixxerjasen]

I always sucked at spelling, but had all that i before e stuff till I screwed it up by taking German where most of that is the opposite way around. Then my brain couldn't handle it anymore.

And to keep things fun, an oldie for ya...

 

[ionbeam]

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Deleted, Gixx got it.

 

[gixxerjasen]

I'm scared if Ionbeam and I are that close in sync today.

 

[mcatrophy]

Since the thread drift seems persistent...

Ps. The rule is "'I' before 'E' except after 'C' when the sounding is 'ee'". Avoids much discussion about all the exceptions; I only know of one exception to the complete rule. I suppose I should add something about English as opposed to American pronunciation for the 'ee' bit, but it's too early in the morning for that.

In American spelling classes they teach the rule as: "I before E, except after C, or when sounding like A like "neighbor" and "weigh."

I did address that, at least in part with additional information in a mouse hover (acronym) at the letter C.

While we are talking about spelling, please take note of my tag line at the bottom of the post. I stand by that, and I do not have a 'poor mind' in this instance.

The mouse hover shows a "before 's'" rule that is insufficient, consider words like "height". I think you'll fine the "ee" sound rule to have very few exceptions, "seize" is the only one I can think of.

[soapBox]

As for your sig line, the problem there is that the idea of writing something down (or any communication) is that it should mean the same to the reader as it did to the writer. To someone with a poor mind like me, it is much more difficult to understand something written with mis-splelt words (or mis-used words).

So ok, I've a damn poor mind (grammatically it should be "a damned poor mind", but we'll let that one go). When I read, I don't read out loud then listen to what I spoke (even in my mind), I recognise words directly. So even when 95% of writers on this forum write "it's" when they mean "its", I still find myself having to re-read sentences. (Would you write "hi's bike" when you mean "his bike"? So, why write "it's weight"? Then write "its using too much fuel" when you mean "it's using too much fuel". Or words like "their, there, they're" used more or less interchangeably when they mean different things. Other examples, "to", "too", "two" (curiously, the last is rarely misused).

Of course, when Bust writes something, it has no meaning anyway, which makes me even more confused.

Way, way off topic, and probably pushing the forum rules, so I'll crawl back into my little hole again ...

[/soapBox]

 

[Wlfman]

Since the thread drift seems persistent...

Ps. The rule is "'I' before 'E' except after 'C' when the sounding is 'ee'". Avoids much discussion about all the exceptions; I only know of one exception to the complete rule. I suppose I should add something about English as opposed to American pronunciation for the 'ee' bit, but it's too early in the morning for that.

In American spelling classes they teach the rule as: "I before E, except after C, or when sounding like A like "neighbor" and "weigh."

I did address that, at least in part with additional information in a mouse hover (acronym) at the letter C.

While we are talking about spelling, please take note of my tag line at the bottom of the post. I stand by that, and I do not have a 'poor mind' in this instance.

The mouse hover shows a "before 's'" rule that is insufficient, consider words like "height". I think you'll fine the "ee" sound rule to have very few exceptions, "seize" is the only one I can think of.

[soapBox]

As for your sig line, the problem there is that the idea of writing something down (or any communication) is that it should mean the same to the reader as it did to the writer. To someone with a poor mind like me, it is much more difficult to understand something written with mis-splelt words (or mis-used words).

So ok, I've a damn poor mind (grammatically it should be "a damned poor mind", but we'll let that one go). When I read, I don't read out loud then listen to what I spoke (even in my mind), I recognise words directly. So even when 95% of writers on this forum write "it's" when they mean "its", I still find myself having to re-read sentences. (Would you write "hi's bike" when you mean "his bike"? So, why write "it's weight"? Then write "its using too much fuel" when you mean "it's using too much fuel". Or words like "their, there, they're" used more or less interchangeably when they mean different things. Other examples, "to", "too", "two" (curiously, the last is rarely misused).

Of course, when Bust writes something, it has no meaning anyway, which makes me even more confused.

Way, way off topic, and probably pushing the forum rules, so I'll crawl back into my little hole again ...

[/soapBox]

Don't forget

Then -- Than

Your -- You're

accept -- except

 

[ionbeam]

Plus the evil fraternal twins affect and effect.

 

[mcatrophy]

...
Don't forget

Then -- Than

Your -- You're

accept -- except

Plus the evil fraternal twins affect and effect.

There are many more, but I thought I'd said more than enough

 

[gixxerjasen]

Ya'll are making my head hurt.

 

[ionbeam]

I will also opine that good grammar and good wrenching skills are often independent of each other. some people cant' rite more gooder, but are whizzes at mechanical gizmos and doodads? Punctuation is. Fun 2?