unbelievable glad you made it
welcome to forum and thanks for sharing!
It is impressive so far.
Michael likes to wait for the last minute. same thing happened last year but he didn't let us down.
My local hose guy was cheaper than mail order lines.
Local hydraulic line shop
That and bike color no longer right.
Aluminum. Wish I had dimensions to hand over or I would. Not sure that I have a sketch laying around.
I made my overall length longer than OEM. Remove old shock. Bike on center stand. Placed piece of 1/2" plywood under rear wheel. Measure...
folks have to have thick skin to survive VFRW for any length of time. No worries here. any chance of getting a GoPro video camera on that thing?...
oh my Lord, that think is hot!
Did I mention earlier that there are pics in the 5th gen link in my signature?
Stock has been acceptable to me, may not be to you. No matter what, you need a mount. Build the mount, install and try it. It's an easy...
Come on folks, lets get some final submissions!
Mine was out of spec when done at 19k. One valve barely had .002" clearance when cold. I had two great Honda dealer experiences today. The...
wished I would have seen this thread earlier. Could have confirmed the problem wouldn't be related to gauges and that the bike will run without.
shock mounting is one of the subtle differences between 3rd and 4th gen. Clevis mount on the 4th gen lends itself to an easier shock mount...
Yes, I used a 929 and made a simple adapter from 2" square tube. Will try to find a link
He won't be leaning too hard to start so OEM will likely do.
When it comes time for the real thing, it won't be new in the crate. He'll get a box of parts and a crescent wrench set. Oh yea, that brown box...
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