timjh Posted July 22, 2018 Share Posted July 22, 2018 7 hours ago, Mr.Puss said: You're damn right it is....if I had a garage, it would be like this. Pure envy. If I had a garage like this, it wouldn't stay like this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motorazr Posted July 22, 2018 Share Posted July 22, 2018 9 hours ago, Zephyr said: Installed the Akro Ti exhaust. Not as quick and easy as I had hoped for, but not very difficult either...I did notice one thing interesting was that there is a rubber plug covering a screw that appears to be holding the baffle in place. I am curious to find out if Akro decided to try and make things easy for us instead of potentially mangling the baffle? No time to play tonight, so I'll have to find out later. I bought my bike used with the Akrapovic Ti exhaust (top choice). The previous owner had mangled the then new baffle trying to pull it out with pliers (after removing the hold-down screw of course). Finally, he looked it up online and saw that the baffle has to be knocked out from the front inlet hole. The pipe is loud as f*** without a baffle so I sawed off the angled and mangled pipe stubs (looked fine shortened like that) and re-installed the baffle. I thought it was too quiet like that so I removed the pipe, knocked out the baffle and put it on my drill-press. I drilled 1/4-inch holes all the way through each interior baffle pipe. That sounded great but it was also my first time working with titanium - the freaking drill bit turned red hot and sort of melted through the thin-wall baffle tubes. Gah, 3al-2.5v titanium is HARD (or maybe this is 6al-4v alloy which is even harder). Anyway, eventually I got tired of the extra noise and decided to go stealth mode (with the crap I pull in traffic, the last thing I need is for a cop to hear me doing illegal things). Last week, I once again removed the pipe (2 springs and 2 bolts), knocked out the baffle (I used a blunt piece of 1/2-inch rebar) and I installed a new replacement baffle (part# V-TUV149, $45) which required considerable effort to knock into place. (A tip: the tiny fastener hole was slightly out of line so I put two pieces of 1/2-inch rebar into my bench vise side-by-side and slipped the pipe and baffle over them. It was then easy to twist the whole pipe by hand and thus tweak the baffle into perfect alignment so I could put in the screw.) Much better noise level now which goes well with my quiet, new Shoei GT Air helmet. If I want more noise again, I can always change back. 2 I was tortured by the Japanese during the war, Jack. Not a pretty story. Strange thing is they make such bloody good cameras. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slug Posted July 23, 2018 Share Posted July 23, 2018 Decided to paint my cheap seat cowl. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motorazr Posted July 23, 2018 Share Posted July 23, 2018 2 hours ago, Slug said: Decided to paint my cheap seat cowl. I have the Yamaha-branded pillion seat cover (came with the bike) which looks nice but I never use it. I nearly always have a tail pack strapped to the pillion seat instead. Paradoxically, I used to own a '97 TL1000S, a bike which I liked a lot, but which came stock with the most heinously ugly pillion seat cover ever known to mankind. Still, I used that cover all the time (the flat, wide tank was ideal for the magnetic tank bags I owned in three sizes back then). My bike had the first-gen Power Commander, retuned front-suspension (stock compression dampening was outrageously stiff), and 6-pot calipers/master from a GSXR-750. It also had the horrible rotary rear dampener which sucked spectacularly. As much as I liked that bike, I like my FZ07 even better. 1 I was tortured by the Japanese during the war, Jack. Not a pretty story. Strange thing is they make such bloody good cameras. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member bornagainbiker Posted July 23, 2018 Premium Member Share Posted July 23, 2018 18 hours ago, motorazr said: I have the Yamaha-branded pillion seat cover (came with the bike) which looks nice but I never use it. I nearly always have a tail pack strapped to the pillion seat instead. Paradoxically, I used to own a '97 TL1000S, a bike which I liked a lot, but which came stock with the most heinously ugly pillion seat cover ever known to mankind. Still, I used that cover all the time (the flat, wide tank was ideal for the magnetic tank bags I owned in three sizes back then). My bike had the first-gen Power Commander, retuned front-suspension (stock compression dampening was outrageously stiff), and 6-pot calipers/master from a GSXR-750. It also had the horrible rotary rear dampener which sucked spectacularly. As much as I liked that bike, I like my FZ07 even better. Yup, that's some ugly seat cover. BTW love your avatar. Give Respect To Get Respect https://jeff-galbraith.pixels.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liquidmetal Posted July 24, 2018 Share Posted July 24, 2018 Installed my new radiator guard today. 2 Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liquidmetal Posted July 24, 2018 Share Posted July 24, 2018 Always felt the FZ's tank area was rather bland, so I ordered some decals from Etsy. My name in small text over a distressed American flag. Same on the other side of the tank. I like it. Kinda hard to get a decent pic because of the glare from the tank. Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayMT07 Posted July 24, 2018 Share Posted July 24, 2018 Installed CRG RC2 adjustable shorty levers and Yamaha heated grips. 2 Instagram: @jayparrington Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member norcal616 Posted July 26, 2018 Premium Member Share Posted July 26, 2018 I showed my bike this video... ... Now I think my bike is jealous -_- 4 2015 fz-07- Hordpower Edition...2015 fj-09- 120whp- Graves Exhaust w/Woolich Race Kit- tuned by 2WDW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbo10 Posted July 26, 2018 Share Posted July 26, 2018 Fitted grip puppies because I also bought them for my Honda Rebel which really needs them. From here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Sportouring-Handlebar-Grip-Puppies-Grips/dp/B00CP9ADD8/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1500457625&sr=8-1&keywords=handlebar+grip+puppies 1 Just do it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigturbomax Posted July 26, 2018 Share Posted July 26, 2018 8 hours ago, norcal616 said: I showed my bike this video... ... Now I think my bike is jealous -_- My bike is also jealous lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liquidmetal Posted July 27, 2018 Share Posted July 27, 2018 Painted my heel guards satin black this morning using VHT epoxy paint. They look very nice, just got to wait a day or two for the paint to fully cure before I put them back on. 1 Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superfishal Posted July 28, 2018 Share Posted July 28, 2018 Nailed it! Fairly new RS2 but I should be able to get it patched and plugged next week. I'm grateful I made it home without losing air because I have yet to carry a plug kit on the bike. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superfishal Posted July 28, 2018 Share Posted July 28, 2018 On 7/26/2018 at 4:59 AM, norcal616 said: I showed my bike this video... ... Now I think my bike is jealous -_- I've always dreamed of how the 7 would sound with a head and valve job, and a turbo kit. That video gave my bike the shivers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member norcal616 Posted July 28, 2018 Premium Member Share Posted July 28, 2018 20 minutes ago, superfishal said: I've always dreamed of how the 7 would sound with a head and valve job, and a turbo kit. That video gave my bike the shivers. they haven't even attempted to do any Port n Polish or valve work on either the CP2 or CP3 motors for the turbo kits that I know of... they will be working on a better clutch assembly to handle the power like they did for the CP3... if they add an Air-Air IC later on, bigger injectors will needed since they already mentioned they are pushing the limits of the stock injectors @7.5 psi of boost... I am interested in the CP3 turbo kit but I would need to mix my own gas for some 98 pump gas thats commonly found outside the US or go visit VCycle Nut for a E85 tune 1 2015 fz-07- Hordpower Edition...2015 fj-09- 120whp- Graves Exhaust w/Woolich Race Kit- tuned by 2WDW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Global Moderator mjh937 Posted July 28, 2018 Global Moderator Share Posted July 28, 2018 @norcal616, the octane number you see outside the US is MON. The US uses (MON+RON)/2, which is 4 to 6 octane lower. 98 octane would be around 93 octane here. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djfz07 Posted July 28, 2018 Share Posted July 28, 2018 Yanked the stock airbox to get ready for the Hordpower airbox coming in tomorrow. After hearing all the stories about how hard the stock housing was to remove, I was pleasantly surprised to find that it was actually rather easy. No cutting, no cursing, no dropping the motor. Had it out in a half hour. Can't wait to see the difference the Hordpower box makes! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member norcal616 Posted July 28, 2018 Premium Member Share Posted July 28, 2018 24 minutes ago, djfz07 said: Yanked the stock airbox to get ready for the Hordpower airbox coming in tomorrow welcome to the Hord Army 2 2015 fz-07- Hordpower Edition...2015 fj-09- 120whp- Graves Exhaust w/Woolich Race Kit- tuned by 2WDW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zephyr Posted July 28, 2018 Share Posted July 28, 2018 (edited) Went for a ride to check out the Akra Pipe and updated ecu flash. Everything was peachy. Decided to spend some time practicing emergency stops from 35-40mph and also emergency swerves on a stretch of residential pavement that sees little traffic. Finished out with some slow speed figure 8 's trying to stay in between the lane lines - still got to put in more work on slow speed maneuvers. Going left no problem, but going right was tricky today. Installed stainless brake lines all around once back home. Hopefully I'll get a chance to test them out before the weekend is over. Edited July 28, 2018 by Zephyr 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayMT07 Posted July 28, 2018 Share Posted July 28, 2018 After riding it 340km on a nice sunny day to visit my home town and driving it back a few days later in the rain, I decided to wash it for the first time. I also checked my chain sag and cleaned and lubed it. 2 Instagram: @jayparrington Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spanglo Posted July 29, 2018 Share Posted July 29, 2018 On 7/26/2018 at 4:59 AM, norcal616 said: I showed my bike this video... ... Now I think my bike is jealous -_- Oh my god I wish I hadn't seen that video... now I can't stop thinking about buying that kit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Global Moderator sorkyah Posted July 29, 2018 Global Moderator Share Posted July 29, 2018 Rode it for the first time in a long while Apparently the AZ heat doesn't like hand grip glue and deteroiates the crap out of it Took it to a friend's shop to have em glued back down Also been on here for the first time in a long while Sorry to those that may have missed me 5 ATGATT... ATTATT, two acronyms I live by. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Mr.Puss Posted July 31, 2018 Premium Member Share Posted July 31, 2018 On 7/27/2018 at 11:03 PM, djfz07 said: Yanked the stock airbox to get ready for the Hordpower airbox coming in tomorrow. After hearing all the stories about how hard the stock housing was to remove, I was pleasantly surprised to find that it was actually rather easy. No cutting, no cursing, no dropping the motor. Had it out in a half hour. Can't wait to see the difference the Hordpower box makes! Nice! I chopped and hacked my stock airbox out (befitting end to its hideousness) and happily threw it in the trash. Along with a PC-V and Hord's custom mapping the Hordpower filter is fantastic. Brand new bike in power/fun/sound and overall aesthetics. Like the Fonz. Crush your enemies. See them driven before you. Hear the lamentations of their women. Fuss Life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Mr.Puss Posted July 31, 2018 Premium Member Share Posted July 31, 2018 On 7/28/2018 at 4:11 PM, JayMT07 said: After riding it 340km on a nice sunny day to visit my home town and driving it back a few days later in the rain, I decided to wash it for the first time. I also checked my chain sag and cleaned and lubed it. Looks good! I picked up the same Kriega system. Fantastic bit of kit along with the 10 yr warranty. sold. Backpacks are also excellent. 1 Crush your enemies. See them driven before you. Hear the lamentations of their women. Fuss Life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayMT07 Posted July 31, 2018 Share Posted July 31, 2018 (edited) 12 minutes ago, Mr.Puss said: Looks good! I picked up the same Kriega system. Fantastic bit of kit along with the 10 yr warranty. sold. Backpacks are also excellent. I really like the Kriega bags and system. I use a Kriega r20 as my everyday pack. Wife sports the r30. Edited July 31, 2018 by JayMT07 1 Instagram: @jayparrington Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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