screamstone Posted June 15, 2010 Share #1 Posted June 15, 2010 Keep in mind, I'm no wrencher. I fancy myself a good problem solver, but generally have stuck to electrical, software, etc... Mechanical stuff (things with engines) have always scared me. But with help (especially from Sleeperhawk and Wanderer when I first got the bike) from all the VR crowd and this amazing site, here's what I've done to the bike in the last couple months: REmoved front tire Checked front brakes Got new tire and reinstalled (perelli rear reversed) REmoved rear tire replaced rear brake pads greased splines and hub finger thingydings replaced rear tire (kumho- darkside experiement in process) Added Wolo horn with carbon one's bracket and harness dynamic clusters in blinkers harley taillight bar lightbar under trunk (soon blink/brakes with Ponch's help) Installed Mic Mutes removed casette deck and made storage area diamond R drink holder (and have backup koozie for the tank cap) replaced missing chrome spacer for saddlebag installed extra cig lighter under seat installed back-off unit installed custom wiring block to wire up the rear lights and make it easy to add more (my own experiment in beta testing) rewired the trailer lighting harness to fix a short installed signal stabilizer (still intermittent fast blink though) Cut windshield down to shorty installed butler seat and bag nuts rk pipes with heat shields from stock pipes riveted on to hide connection installed buddy rich cable installed iphone cradle installed zumo 765t chrome trim on saddlebags and bottom of tank Changed front speakers to polk's Tightened steering head bearings (dang they were loose) change oil change battery Here's the immediate to do list- some lighting for the side of the bike- running lights more lighting in rear kuryakan volt meter on dash Installing a aux jack in the underside of fairing (new idea I have. if it works, I'll write it up) add extra 12v power jack to underside of fairing on right side('nother experiment of mine) f4 shield install (dang when will that thing get here?) make and install leveling links Couldn't have done it without VR and all of you guys in here (and gals). Thanks for everything. I must have gotten at least $1200 out of my $12 already!! Amazing site full of amazing people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yammer Dan Posted June 15, 2010 Share #2 Posted June 15, 2010 Dang!! We gonna have to slow down. Gonna ruin our Rep!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
screamstone Posted June 20, 2010 Author Share #3 Posted June 20, 2010 Here's the immediate to do list- Installing a aux jack in the underside of fairing (new idea I have. if it works, I'll write it up) add extra 12v power jack to underside of fairing on right side('nother experiment of mine) f4 shield install (dang when will that thing get here?) 3 Down!!! http://venturerider.org/forum/showthread.php?t=49998 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N3FOL Posted June 20, 2010 Share #4 Posted June 20, 2010 Please let us know what you do for your side Lights or Markers. I am hoping someone here would have other ideas for a brighter side marker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sylvester Posted June 20, 2010 Share #5 Posted June 20, 2010 The best way for side lights that I have found is to install LED reflectors in place of the original reflectors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
screamstone Posted June 20, 2010 Author Share #6 Posted June 20, 2010 The best way for side lights that I have found is to install LED reflectors in place of the original reflectors. looking into that, and also found some light bars that I'm researching some more. I also like the way goose has side markers up on his trunk, and it's an easy install. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave77459 Posted June 20, 2010 Share #7 Posted June 20, 2010 Keep in mind, I'm no wrencher. I fancy myself a good problem solver, but generally have stuck to electrical, software, etc... Mechanical stuff (things with engines) have always scared me. I have just the opposite fear... electricity scares the crap out of me. Amazing list of projects; congrats! Amazing site full of amazing people. I couldn't agree more! Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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