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Hi guys, Simple and to the point here - I see these welded in one of two ways. 1. In the middle position between engaged and disengaged with the two pieces flush. 2. In the forward engaged position with one piece higher then the other (how it would be under load). Now, I have read on...

I hated mine. threw the aerodynamics of the bike off pretty badly. If your never going over 60-70MPH you'll probably be ok.

ditch that windscreen.

"Jab" is one of the terms people refer to the vaccine in Canada.

Has anyone noticed your sleep apnea get worse after the jab?

Yes I was trying to take the correct technical approach as more of an exercise then anything else, and to further understand chain wear. The sprockets on this particular bike look good, but it has been well lubed its entire life. perhaps sprockets can look good, but a chain may still be beyond...

well not exactly. I use to ride one of those rare Honda bikes with an inline 6 cylinder. :p I currently only own two busa's though:bowdown: also agree with everyone's assessment of just checking out the sprockets, and giving the chain a lift off the rear sprocket, and calling it a day. I was...

The service manual suggests to replace the chain if 21 pins center to center exceed 12.57" or 319.4mm . Other then a tape measure I have nothing that will measure that big accurately. I do have an 8"/200mm caliper so I measured 13 pins and compared new to a low mile chain, and a 18,000 mile...

im not sure if im trying to be too precise. The new and old chain are very close with the tape measure (about a 1/16) anyway I was trying to divide the 21 pins down to a smaller amount so I could measure more precise with my 8" caliper. The max for 13 pins should be 12.57" / 21 =.5985 x 13 pins...

you said inside measured? don't you mean center to center of pins? instead of 21 pins, what's the max distance for 13 pins?

I have a bad case of OCD :p

Hi guys, Wondering if anyone can let me know if I'm doing this right. the book says 12.57" for 21 pins. I was measuring with a tape measure, and got about 12 9/16" which is about the limit? anyway I also measured a brand new ZVMX and its a little shorter but pretty close. I'm guessing this...

i opted to ditch it....no difference. 250 grams lighter now :P

this is on top of the valve cover / under the air box.

Hi guys, Have any of you done away with this piece of rubber? I assume it's to keep heat away from the air box? Thoughts?