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Friend asked I could come help with the oil change ?
Totally kidding.... He already had the front end pulled off and asked if I could stop by and help pull the ES rear shock. This lead to pulling the rear end off to get all the ES stuff off the bike. And then continuing on with a lot of service. He is modifying the front and rear suspension to deal with all the off road. The stock ES can't cope. We also lubed the dry steer tube bearings and added the hot rod NGK plugs and cleaned the air filter. When I arrived at his shop the bike was like this and I had to take some photos, Ive never seen a bike "hung up" up like this... It actually worked really well, but certainly strange...... LOL
After all the springs and internal parts arrive, we will get all those parts installed and sorted, and the bike will be put all back together. I thought it would be a fun laugh looking at these photos...... (and "the oil change").................... LOL
Side note: please don't forget that the bikes basically come with virtually no lube on most of the bearings. They are mostly all dry and crusty. This bike only has about 5K miles and everything was dry and crunchy already. Also on the 14+ models, the top steer tube race are not being installed "square". Almost all the ones I come across 14+ are wearing on 180* of the race. And creating some funky wear. If you pull it apart, tap the race until it seats and is then square.
- Swing arm pivot / bearings, dry
- Steer tube, very little lube
- Rear brake pedal, dry as a bone
- Shifter, dry
- Lower suspension linkage, dry as a bone, crusty
- Front fork oil after 5K miles, dark, with sparkly sparkles (he smashed it on a BDR though..... LOL)
If you want some winter maintenance , here are a few things to keep ya busy....... LOL
Totally kidding.... He already had the front end pulled off and asked if I could stop by and help pull the ES rear shock. This lead to pulling the rear end off to get all the ES stuff off the bike. And then continuing on with a lot of service. He is modifying the front and rear suspension to deal with all the off road. The stock ES can't cope. We also lubed the dry steer tube bearings and added the hot rod NGK plugs and cleaned the air filter. When I arrived at his shop the bike was like this and I had to take some photos, Ive never seen a bike "hung up" up like this... It actually worked really well, but certainly strange...... LOL
After all the springs and internal parts arrive, we will get all those parts installed and sorted, and the bike will be put all back together. I thought it would be a fun laugh looking at these photos...... (and "the oil change").................... LOL
Side note: please don't forget that the bikes basically come with virtually no lube on most of the bearings. They are mostly all dry and crusty. This bike only has about 5K miles and everything was dry and crunchy already. Also on the 14+ models, the top steer tube race are not being installed "square". Almost all the ones I come across 14+ are wearing on 180* of the race. And creating some funky wear. If you pull it apart, tap the race until it seats and is then square.
- Swing arm pivot / bearings, dry
- Steer tube, very little lube
- Rear brake pedal, dry as a bone
- Shifter, dry
- Lower suspension linkage, dry as a bone, crusty
- Front fork oil after 5K miles, dark, with sparkly sparkles (he smashed it on a BDR though..... LOL)
If you want some winter maintenance , here are a few things to keep ya busy....... LOL
