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-Holiday wrote:

Sev wrote:Class Piccy:

how did it feel to have Santa Claus in your class?

*mutters something about respect for your betters*

Okay, so I'm back in Edmonton - or close to it. And with 8 months of intimate knowledge of the insides of motorcycles floating around inside my head.

At this point I would like to offer my services to any fellow TMW members that happen to be in the area. If you need some basic maintenance done - carbs, brakes, wheels, chains/belts, bearings, coolant, checking out a used bike etc etc etc. I would be more then happy to:
1) Lend some helpful advice
2) Lend a helpful tool
3) Do the job for a decent price

Sadly at this point in my life I lack the funds to buy the tools necessary for major work, but I hope to be offering these types of services in the future.

It is greatly appreciated if you would bring a workshop manual with you

Please don't contact me by posting in this blog, there are plenty of other ways to get ahold of me.

Thanks for your time.

Took the bike out for the first time this year after installing my Pazzo's. Took me a while to get it going but once it did was a sweeeeeet ride. Tons of fun, I needed this so much. Hopefully it will be nice enough to ride tomorrow as well.

Oh, and braided brake lines + those Pazzo's means I can do a regular stop with one finger! This is fun!

Sev wrote:Okay, so I'm back in Edmonton - or close to it. And with 8 months of intimate knowledge of the insides of motorcycles floating around inside my head.

At this point I would like to offer my services to any fellow TMW members that happen to be in the area. If you need some basic maintenance done - carbs, brakes, wheels, chains/belts, bearings, coolant, checking out a used bike etc etc etc. I would be more then happy to:
1) Lend some helpful advice
2) Lend a helpful tool
3) Do the job for a decent price

Sadly at this point in my life I lack the funds to buy the tools necessary for major work, but I hope to be offering these types of services in the future.

It is greatly appreciated if you would bring a workshop manual with you

Please don't contact me by posting in this blog, there are plenty of other ways to get ahold of me.

Thanks for your time.

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Damn, you beat me to it, I so wanted to post the little spam smilie....

Whoops, forgot to post my "Fitting Pazzo Levers Pictures."


Stock Brake


Stock Clutch

I did one at a time. If you look closely at the top you can see the slotted screw that the lever pivots on. There's a locknut underneath. So I pulled out the 10 mm wrench and big "O Ring" screwdriver then went to town. There was some corrosion on the bolt so I scrubbed it down with brake clean and a brass wire brush, then lubed it and installed the brake lever.


No Brakes!


New Brakes!

Pump the brake a couple of times to make sure that it will actually stop. Test it again just in case, then make sure the brake light works. We're good, lets do the clutch.


New Clutch

It was the same basic idea as installing the brake lever, but more annoying because I had to take ALL the tension out of the clutch cable (at both adjusters engine and lever) in order to fit the cable. Then I had to readjust the whole thing after getting the lever installed. Just a little time consuming.

Here's a quick trick for anyone fiddling with a modern sportbike clutch adjustment. They normally tell you to have a 10 mm deflection at the little ball end of the lever. Meaning it should move 10mm before the cable starts to pull. This is about 2-3mm if you measure the gap between the lever and the mount. Much easier to measure, and gets the same result.



I spent 1/2 an hour just fiddling around with the adjustment system while riding to figure out what was most comfortable for me. Finally decided for a "4" on the clutch and a "5" on the brake.

I was about to say something about no snow, but I see the little pile under the tree (I assume) in the corner of the pic. do you find any problems with sand on the road Sev?

Sand's only a problem if you hit it while it's leaned over. Where ever the cars wheels go the sand doesn't stay... so aim for that and enjoy yourself. Treat every corner like it's a blind one though because sand is tough to see.

Agreed. Long straight lines, whenever possible.

For the next month or so. Then I'm going hunting for twisties.

Took a quick job out to work and back today, just to see how long it's going to take me to get in *30-40 minutes depending on traffic*. Found that trying to truly lean is a little awkward now.

Feels like my rear tire is sliding around to pass the front - which used to be a semi-common occurance for me - but not every turn, and it wasn't so... distrubing when it happened. So I'm wondering if maybe it's a combination of cold tires, cold pavement, and a fine dusting of gravel/sand on all the corners I'm playing with. Or if I'm a little freaked out by a couple of near misses I gave myself at the end of last season. I don't think it's the latter but who knows.

Going to have to get someone to watch to see what my back end is doing when I get into the corners.

Sev wrote:Going to have to get someone to watch to see what my back end is doing when I get into the corners.

Verm has the perfect camera for that...