Recent content by cyclemike4

I have seen Hondas eat up starter motor brushes by the starter clutch hanging up on them. I also have a old Yamaha 350 Warror four wheeler that has done just what you are describing your bike doing. it was the starter clutch. that bike has a large one way bearing that will lock in one direction...

I have a set of those as well. I do use them. I have how ever found two different sets to tires that were really stuck on tight. I have a bead breaker in my shop that I normally use but I like to use the tools I may need on the side of the road to make sure they will work like I need them too...

I need to do mine soon! Birds sit on the edge of the wind screen and poo down it while I am at work!

I ride my bike pretty easy most of the time and out on the highway I personally like to ride about 75 to 80. I am happy there and the bike is really running pretty easy. How ever there have been a few times when either traffic dictated it or I had miles to cover and ran it at 90 and at times 95...

Great looking bike! I like those Yamaha broken stripes. I also like where your tail pipe exits the bike up high like that! haha. Welcome!

I really can't tell you how to search for the thread but it seems to me like some here on this forum years ago made a box to go inside a rack like that.

I will keep my Super T for years to come if I am lucky but I really like the looks of this bike and the Stelvio from Moto Guzzi.

I am probably waaaaaaaaaaaay off with this idea on the screen because I have a 2012 and do not have that type of digital screen. I have no idea how the newer one works but on my Grizzly four wheeler part of the screen stopped working. I found out that there are two separate power supplies that...

Yep i got to see it through some heavy clouds. I got to see the last one we had here and it was a clear day. Today was much easier to watch happen.

Dang i didnt see the Hooters but i did see Texas Roadhouse! Haha

Im not sure what keeps changing on the tensioners but my original i can screw in and compress with my hand. The updated one i put in years ago i had to use a clamp. Not sure about the tolorances of the machined parts but it did have a lot stronger spring. The spiral locking part felt a lot...

I am right there with you. I will ride my super t till i cant get parts for it. It fits my needs almost perfectly. The trouble is nothing on the new bike market is really what i would need or want. I am a firm believer in less tech is better. If my new bike needs software updates every few...

About 40 years ago i stumbled across a dealer that really helped me out. From that day on i never had any desire to go any place else. They knew everything about every machine they ever sold! Amazing wealth of information stored in the minds of the workers and owners. I bought new bikes used...

I think everything is changing in the motorcycle industry. It seems they want you to put a deposit down and wait on a bike you have not rode or seen. they just don't seem to keep bikes on the floor any more. I have to admit I see the bike industry being a hard place to survive these days. Not...

I can't say for sure what Yamaha's conclusions were on the timing chain tensioner failures were but my original tensioner spring and locking system would not always hold till the unit built oil pressure. So every now and then on a cold start it would clatter and rattle for a second or two. I am...