Recent content by Flyin W

Ouch! That looks painful and dangerous.

Thanks, ;) Yup the handy dandy ratchet tie downs are required. The OEM shows screwing inside the plastic collar but the tool I made threads inside the coils of the spring. I'll check them out, haven't priced the Yamaha svc manual tool yet. Appreciate it, MW

I can bottom it with the front brake lever. That's how I found out my preload spacer was to long. I've been bottoming forks since 1970 and have became very good at it. I'm surprised the more hard core off roaders haven't complained more about it. I ride a lot of gravel back roads but have...

Soupy Update#2 Welp, I could not get mine to work and after repeated attempts to resolve the issues, all I could get out of them was replies from Judy the shipping clerk. Super nice lady but hard to communicate with over repeated emails. They didn't have a publicized phone number and email was...

Need some input please ::) - Without scanning 40 or 50 pages to see if anyone has discussed this, I thought I'd post a new note. Has anyone torn down their forks beside me? Has anyone bought or tried the Yamaha 90890-01441 YM-01441 OEM spring compressor tool? I replaced my seals and oil then...

Soupy update. We'll I sent them an email describing my problem and they think they sent me the wrong end bolts. They are going to express ship me some different ones but I don't think they will work since the units they sent me lowers the bike more than I wanted. Their ad says stock height to...

I got a pair of Soupy's links and put them on last night. Unless you use a black impact socket, a regular 3/8" drive 3/4" or 19mm Proto or Craftsman socket wil fit in the recess to tighten them down. But I had some other issues with them. I sent Soupy an email since they do not provide a...

Well, I've got all 49 states checked on my "ride to" bucket list now. Left June 30 and returned to the Sooner State July 23rd. Rode a little over 10,600 miles and had a good time. A bad day riding beats a good day at work anytime right? We rolled into Whitehorse on Friday and missed the...

Sorry, been out of touch lately. Shame have to work to ride. I'd be up for some pre-riding. Shoot me an email or call I'll see whats goin on. Sat & Sun best for me. I talked to the Razorback Dirt Riders Club and they voted that they didn't have time to prep and host a group. But the...

I can make it 700 miles from Fort Smith to Maryville TN in 11 hours, 10 if I lite the afterburners. We made the Smoke Out in Rockingham the last couple of years and even an iron butt like me doesn't want to do it in a day. I haven't been thru Balsam but maybe a day and a half to White Rock...

I ordered the yamaha OEM tall when the bike came in . It's okay but the backward slope doesn't do much better then the original little one. A S10 riding buddy got the adjustable bracket to use with his Yam Tall screen and likes it better. I gave up and bought the Givi tall. I could tell it...

That's too easy. Why should we give up our finely honed experience that has taken years to refine? That's the fun of the adventure, getting out there and not having or forgetting something you cannot live without or taking a bunch of crap and hauling it coast to coast and never taking it out...

I like passin troopers at 83mph and not getting a bill. 9 is fine but 10 is sin in the Sooner state. My RC51 is almost dead on but the ZRX is about 6mph off. What is Japan? KPH's?

I have the factory add on and agree with the gravel guard. The Yamaha skidder is light and not mounted very solid. Got some dents and scratches on it and it is still on and lookin good so far. I have bottomed on some giant petrified dinosaur eggs in creek crossings and it is still on. It is...

I went with the Leo Vince and took the quiet core out. If I wanted quiet, the OEM was good for that. My Harley buddy likes it cuz the twin kinda sounds like a big V now that you can hear it. It came with a dB killer that pointed down. Thot I might take it to Alaska with me in case a RCMP...