Minor Winter Project - installing suspension worth 1/3 of the bike - Page 8

Papa_Complex · 02-13-2011, 08:55 AM

The update is that it has been -10C around here, so not a lot of incentive to go out and work on the bike

Rangerscott · 02-13-2011, 10:58 AM

O hell no Canadian. Always bragging aboot americans being pussies in the cold. Get your eskimo ass out there and get some shit done.

Papa_Complex · 02-14-2011, 03:07 PM

Well we're looking at maybe 10C (50F), later this week, so I might get the easy part out of the way. It shouldn't take me more than 1/2 hour to 45 mins. to swap out the shock, with how much practise I've had at it.

I'll leave the forks for a bit though; maybe until I can work in my buddy's garage. I'll need more room for that than my little shed provides. I've already pretty much got all the tools and spares that I'll need, now that the crush washers and bolts have come in.

Papa_Complex · 03-05-2011, 03:19 PM

Step one is complete. It took me longer to haul the tools and stands out to my shed, than it did to do the actual job. The shock was swapped and properly torqued in under 20 minutes. I guess there are advantages to both this lay-down shock mount design and in having to do this multiple times before, when trying to mount a previous shock that didn't fit, afterall

Rangerscott · 03-11-2011, 03:25 AM

Get more shit done you lazy Canadian. I guess people are lazy on both borders.

Papa_Complex · 03-11-2011, 08:58 AM

Canadians hibernate in winter. Unless they play hockey or Eskimo Bowling, or own a sled.

Rangerscott · 03-11-2011, 11:17 PM

Or polar bear swim.

Particle Man · 03-12-2011, 01:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Papa_Complex

Canadians hibernate in winter. Unless they play hockey or Eskimo Bowling, or own a sled.

There are Canadians that don't own sleds?

Papa_Complex · 03-12-2011, 01:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Particle Man

There are Canadians that don't own sleds?

Yes, the ones who own snow shoes.

Kerry_129 · 03-15-2011, 01:01 AM

Oooh - looks yummy! Curious to read how those stack-up against the Ohlins/Penske.

02-13-2011, 08:55 AM	#71
Papa_Complex Nomadic Tribesman Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Brampton, Canada Moto: '09 ER-6n Posts: 11,150	The update is that it has been -10C around here, so not a lot of incentive to go out and work on the bike __________________ "Everything's better with pirates." - Lodge, "Dorkness Rising" http://www.morallyambiguous.net/

02-14-2011, 03:07 PM	#73
Papa_Complex Nomadic Tribesman Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Brampton, Canada Moto: '09 ER-6n Posts: 11,150	Well we're looking at maybe 10C (50F), later this week, so I might get the easy part out of the way. It shouldn't take me more than 1/2 hour to 45 mins. to swap out the shock, with how much practise I've had at it. I'll leave the forks for a bit though; maybe until I can work in my buddy's garage. I'll need more room for that than my little shed provides. I've already pretty much got all the tools and spares that I'll need, now that the crush washers and bolts have come in. __________________ "Everything's better with pirates." - Lodge, "Dorkness Rising" http://www.morallyambiguous.net/

03-05-2011, 03:19 PM	#74
Papa_Complex Nomadic Tribesman Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Brampton, Canada Moto: '09 ER-6n Posts: 11,150	Step one is complete. It took me longer to haul the tools and stands out to my shed, than it did to do the actual job. The shock was swapped and properly torqued in under 20 minutes. I guess there are advantages to both this lay-down shock mount design and in having to do this multiple times before, when trying to mount a previous shock that didn't fit, afterall __________________ "Everything's better with pirates." - Lodge, "Dorkness Rising" http://www.morallyambiguous.net/

03-11-2011, 08:58 AM	#76
Papa_Complex Nomadic Tribesman Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Brampton, Canada Moto: '09 ER-6n Posts: 11,150	Canadians hibernate in winter. Unless they play hockey or Eskimo Bowling, or own a sled. __________________ "Everything's better with pirates." - Lodge, "Dorkness Rising" http://www.morallyambiguous.net/

02-13-2011, 10:58 AM	#72
Rangerscott Viff6N Mutated Warrior Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Texas Moto: '01 Honda VFR 800 & '09 ER-6N Posts: 8,704	O hell no Canadian. Always bragging aboot americans being pussies in the cold. Get your eskimo ass out there and get some shit done.

03-11-2011, 03:25 AM	#75
Rangerscott Viff6N Mutated Warrior Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Texas Moto: '01 Honda VFR 800 & '09 ER-6N Posts: 8,704	Get more shit done you lazy Canadian. I guess people are lazy on both borders.

03-11-2011, 11:17 PM	#77
Rangerscott Viff6N Mutated Warrior Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Texas Moto: '01 Honda VFR 800 & '09 ER-6N Posts: 8,704	Or polar bear swim.

03-15-2011, 01:01 AM	#80
Kerry_129 Semi-reformed Squid Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 531	Oooh - looks yummy! Curious to read how those stack-up against the Ohlins/Penske.