| May 2006: Some more riding and changing oil the suprise was that one screw in the carter didn't hold anymore. A helicoils is needed now to keep most oil in the carter. I have found another leak at the gear lever, but it only sweats a little. I will change that gasket later. Also the GS750 Koni's are much too heavy for the bike. It rides a bit like a hardtail now, so I am looking for replacements. Also the front tyre that was mounted by a bikeshop in Best appeared to be much too wide and scraped on the fender. That, and the lack of noticing the wheel had a tiny height dent had me suprised. I went to Haan Wheels where I had the wheel respoked and to anoter tyre-center for a BT-45 and it rides excellent this time! |
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| the winding didn't stick to the bike | professional height to work under |
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| heli-stuff at work | looking at a good winding again |
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In September the front wheel was respoked and re-rubbered due to bad advice earlier by a bikeshop. Good thing is that the RVS spokes on the front wheel match those of the rear. And the better handling with the smaller BT45 is impressive. |
| my newest tools... | |
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| Continental Super Twin 100/90-19 | sigh... |
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| RVS Spokes and BT45 90/90-19 | Yup, this is the real difference |