New Super10 Project

[~TABASCO~]

Well, not much accomplished today - spent 3 hours off and on trying to find a better way to route the shock lines and the simple answer is........there isn't one. As it comes out of the box, it pretty much has to go the way the instructions show and how others have done. With the subframe off, I tried putting the hydraulic adjuster here and there on both sides of the frame and a couple were close but none were really workable. The issue is that the length of the lines and angles on the fittings are pretty much set up to only work with the supplied brackets. IMO, while Ohlins makes a good product, they didn't put much thought into the details when they fitted up the S10. I may look at making it better later on but that is going to require different brackets and playing with the line length and angles on the hose fittings so for now its just a "stock" Ohlins.

Your bike is looking awesome ! Like Eric said, when its time for a refresh on the shock, contact me and we can help with the line(s) for the shock... I've spoken to Ohlins about this several times. US Ohlins will change them no problem, Sweden is another story... I had the same issue, messing with the install for a few hours. Until I came up with the location I still run today.. Its very well protected and has worked flawless.....

 

[p51super10bombay]

Outstanding!

I suggest eliminating the plate bracket all together...

Ya, I thought about that also but since I had the bracket it was a quick and easy fix. I think some markets do just that though, the cutouts are molded right in and I've seen some promo pix without the bracket.

 

[p51super10bombay]

Your bike is looking awesome ! Like Eric said, when its time for a refresh on the shock, contact me and we can help with the line(s) for the shock... I've spoken to Ohlins about this several times. US Ohlins will change them no problem, Sweden is another story... I had the same issue, messing with the install for a few hours. Until I came up with the location I still run today.. Its very well protected and has worked flawless.....

Got any photos of that?

 

[~TABASCO~]

I wanted it tucked away out of harms way... Its worked great for me but its not the "normal" install... What led me to this configuration was the fact that the hydraulic lines naturally fell into this position. No issues at all... And love the shock ! ::008::

 

[p51super10bombay]

I wanted it tucked away out of harms way... Its worked great for me but its not the "normal" install... What led me to this configuration was the fact that the hydraulic lines naturally feel into this position. No issues at all... And love the shock ! ::008::

I tried something very similar to that with the hydraulic adjuster but trying to use the bracket. Hadn't thought of just zip ties to hold it in place. It looks like you kept the stock lines but adjusted the angle on the hydraulic unit yes? Did you make up new brackets for the reservoir? If so........me want a set, that looks good.

 

[~TABASCO~]

Nope.. Its just the way it comes out of the box.. I spent a day building a custom bracket, when it was done I threw it away. I didn't like how it turned out installed.. The pre load is sitting on an Ohlins rubber 'holder' they offer. The lines are not turned or tweaked...

 

[p51super10bombay]

Nope.. Its just the way it comes out of the box.. I spent a day building a custom bracket, when it was done I threw it away. I didn't like how it turned out installed.. The pre load is sitting on an Ohlins rubber 'holder' they offer. The lines are not turned or tweaked...

What's holding the fluid reservoir? I see something black out it or no? Can you get one of those rubber holders?

 

[p51super10bombay]

Finished PD'ing the rack and hand guards, seats fitted up, carbon pipe guard fitted - back end about done. Moved on to the front with the Yamaha HL guard and CalSci short screen, (left the plastic on till I ride it) and red wheel stripes. Next up was PD the stock hand guards in white but after getting a few coats on one side, I don't really care for the look/finish. The white seems much thinner and runs easier than the black so once it dries up tomorrow I think I'll peal it off and leave it alone for now. Might try some white paint or just get some aftermarket ones in white......we'll see. In fact, I'm not sure I'm crazy about the black either just yet, seems much more rubbery than I expected........it looks good, just what I was after but I'm not sure just yet how well it will hold up or how easy it will be to keep clean - stuff seems to stick to it pretty easy so far. I may just strip that too and apply the old gold standard - PJ1 satin black . Then again, the stock rack seems a bit cheap anyway so I I may just ditch it altogether.

 

[p51super10bombay]

I finally buttoned up the last of it (for now) and fired it up for the first time in 10 weeks since bringing it home from the dealer, still has less than a mile on it so just a couple teaser pix for now, sun is shining and time to go an play on it.

 

[snakebitten]

That's crazy nice!

But now? Go break the dang thing in.

 

[E.Engler]

That is a wonderful transformation! Nicely Done S10.

 

[TXTenere]

That looks phenomenal! Nicely done.

 

[escapefjrtist]

Looks awesome! Red wheel stripes really set it off...

--G

 

[p51super10bombay]

Got the ZP rack powder coated and installed with only minor issues, popped the 38L box on and then took it shopping. It's pretty cool taking a bike to the store and not having to give a great deal of thought to what I was getting and how to carry it all - 1/2 gallon of milk stands upright, box of Little Debbie strawberry cakes drops right in, yogurt - check, butter - check, cookies - check, pork chops - check, etc, etc. I did have a slight issue with the mounting screws for the rack, at first glance the instruction sheet (only a diagram really) has torque specs in nm and ft/lbs but alas it is not so, all in nm so the 23/ft/lb setting was slightly high but I found they heads mating with the socket) begin to strip long before I reached 23......maybe half that. So i took them back out and installed some steel flange bolts and all is well. Also seemed like the release latch required a LOT of force to release or even open when not attached, worked better after a greased the mechanism, then the lid lock I ordered with it goes in but once locked you can't take the key out unless you unlock it again. Called TT and he pointed out that you need to push down on the box when releasing it which does work and after looking at their lock and having me flip mine over they agreed something was wrong with the lock and sent out another one. Otherwise a pretty nice box but it ought to be for the $$$.

 

[p51super10bombay]

With the new Seat Concepts front and rear installed I found the bars a little too low and far forward, ideally I wanted to find suitable bars to correct the issue but as of yet I haven't found anything that maintains or slightly increases the stock pullback along with raising them slightly, almost all of the higher bends have less pullback which isn't what I'm after so for the time being I decided to try out these Rox offset adapters and at least as far as getting the bars where I need them - seems to be just about what I needed. I installed them in the reverse position which moves the bars back 7/8" and up 1-1/8" and it seems to work pretty well - takes the pressure off my wrists which I got after installing the seat concepts upgrade. More photos on that coming. Got them from Adventure Designs and when I opened the package they had included a bonus..........a bag of M&M's.......what a great place, need Candy, just order parts!!!