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Started by Monsterlover, March 27, 2015, 03:24:23 AM

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Monsterlover

March 27, 2015, 03:24:23 AM
So I brought this home last night...

"The Vincent was like a bullet that went straight; the Ducati is like the magic bullet in Dallas that went sideways and hit JFK and the Governor of Texas at the same time."--HST    **"A man who works with his hands is a laborer.  A man who works with his hands and his brain is a craftsman.  A man who works with his hands, brains, and heart is an artist."  -Louis Nizer**

Grampa

#1
March 27, 2015, 03:51:02 AM
 [thumbsup]
Gaspar, Melchior and Balthasar kicked me out of the band..... they said I didnt fit the image they were trying to project. 

So I went solo.  -Me

Some people call 911..... some people are 911
-Marcus Luttrell

DesmoDiva

#2
March 27, 2015, 11:14:40 AM
No one saw that coming....  [roll]   :-*





[thumbsup] [Dolph]
'01 ST4 Yellow
'02 ST4s Yellow

1.21GW

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#3
March 27, 2015, 06:19:23 PM
This coming to DIMBY?

So many options...
"I doubt I'm her type---I'm sure she's used to the finer things.  I'm usually broke. I'm kinda sloppy..."

Monsterlover

#4
March 27, 2015, 06:37:34 PM
Quote from: 1.21GW on March 27, 2015, 06:19:23 PM
This coming to DIMBY?

So many options...

Not enough suspension travel for NH ;)
"The Vincent was like a bullet that went straight; the Ducati is like the magic bullet in Dallas that went sideways and hit JFK and the Governor of Texas at the same time."--HST    **"A man who works with his hands is a laborer.  A man who works with his hands and his brain is a craftsman.  A man who works with his hands, brains, and heart is an artist."  -Louis Nizer**

1.21GW

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#5
March 27, 2015, 07:54:42 PM
Yeah, especially if Herm is planning another dual-sport route on Saturday.
"I doubt I'm her type---I'm sure she's used to the finer things.  I'm usually broke. I'm kinda sloppy..."

Howie

#6
March 27, 2015, 08:04:58 PM
Enjoy!

ab

#7
March 27, 2015, 08:55:27 PM
sweet
620M 2004 Dark i.e.; ~ 57K miles (all me);  Looking to swap out engine now.
Triumph Speed Triple 2006 (now ~ 44K miles bought @ 4K miles on 04/2010)
Honda Grom 2015 ~ 3500miles so far.  Love this lil bike

Slide Panda

#8
March 28, 2015, 04:01:54 PM
What year?

Want my list of you should do this and why mods  [evil]?
-Throttle's on the right, so are the brakes.  Good luck.
- '00 M900S with all the farkles
- '08 KTM 690 StupidMoto
- '07 Triumph 675 Track bike.

Monsterlover

#9
March 28, 2015, 05:02:24 PM
It's a 2012 with 3304 miles, all stock but has had the R/R recall done.

Post that list asap!

Just don't tell my wife ;D
"The Vincent was like a bullet that went straight; the Ducati is like the magic bullet in Dallas that went sideways and hit JFK and the Governor of Texas at the same time."--HST    **"A man who works with his hands is a laborer.  A man who works with his hands and his brain is a craftsman.  A man who works with his hands, brains, and heart is an artist."  -Louis Nizer**

Slide Panda

#10
March 28, 2015, 05:19:25 PM
2012.. Ok. Some info may be a bit date specific since they did updates along the way... But

If run hard, the heat exchanger unit likes to shit the bed.  It's the odd round gizmo on the front of the case with coolant hoses running to it.  If it gives up, it blows coolant into the oil.  There's a couple flavor of kits out there to separate the oil cooling from the water totally

Rear suspension linkage is progressive fwiw.  I found it to be a tad problematic since the springs were soft for me and I'd get a lot of squat getting on the power coming out of corners

The automatic cam chain tensioner isn't so hot.  There's manual replacements

The gear shifter shaft is kinda long and can be sloppy.  There's an external support for it from Sato.

If your looking for rearsets, look at Attack.  Well done, swaps from regular to GP shift with one bolt. Lots of adjustments and features to protect them in a crash.

You can use TuneECU on it for free. Plenty of mapping info out there.  Also can let you adjust the speedo to correct for gearing changes.  You do need a windows computer or VM and an ODB cable.

Captive wheel spacers and a captive rear caliper mount make wheel changes a lot easier
-Throttle's on the right, so are the brakes.  Good luck.
- '00 M900S with all the farkles
- '08 KTM 690 StupidMoto
- '07 Triumph 675 Track bike.

Monsterlover

#11
March 28, 2015, 06:05:50 PM
Very interesting.

Define "run hard". I was unaware of this heat exchanger.

My 06 had no problems with any of these things and it was definitely run hard at the track. 13000 trouble free miles with that one.
"The Vincent was like a bullet that went straight; the Ducati is like the magic bullet in Dallas that went sideways and hit JFK and the Governor of Texas at the same time."--HST    **"A man who works with his hands is a laborer.  A man who works with his hands and his brain is a craftsman.  A man who works with his hands, brains, and heart is an artist."  -Louis Nizer**

Slide Panda

#12
March 28, 2015, 06:18:03 PM
Tracky, trackish - check out the 675 forum.

Oh and if you get up to creating anything custom Lmk. I've got an 07 track bike. So many components are shared from 07 until the 2013 redesign.
-Throttle's on the right, so are the brakes.  Good luck.
- '00 M900S with all the farkles
- '08 KTM 690 StupidMoto
- '07 Triumph 675 Track bike.

Monsterlover

#13
March 28, 2015, 06:28:33 PM
Custom as in machined stuff?
"The Vincent was like a bullet that went straight; the Ducati is like the magic bullet in Dallas that went sideways and hit JFK and the Governor of Texas at the same time."--HST    **"A man who works with his hands is a laborer.  A man who works with his hands and his brain is a craftsman.  A man who works with his hands, brains, and heart is an artist."  -Louis Nizer**

red baron

#14
March 28, 2015, 07:39:03 PM
Congrats. [thumbsup]
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