Recent content by OB_Falconer

I'd certainly be interested.

They _finally_ came (UPS found a way to make it take 19 days from Maine to California). They're very nicely manufactured, took about an hour (taking my time) to swap out the old bars for the new. Just sitting on the bike in the garage, they don't seem very different from stock. Tomorrow I'll...

I just got off the phone with the factory folks in Maine. It seems that those of us lucky enough to live in California need to be aware of a revision to the installation instructions. The installation instruction sheet should have _seven_ steps, not six. The additional step: The fast idle...

I've only gotten in a ride to work and back on them. :( It's a subtle change, certainly not day-and-night, but my initial sense of them is positive. The stock bars already look a bit odd next to the Heli bars. The Heli bars are powder-coated black -- very spiffy looking. At the same time...

I hope its true -- I've been telling the wrench down at the dealership that the noise I've been hearing is coming from the cam-cahin tensioner, and he's been telling me I'm nuts. Vindication is sweet. :) Now, I can only hope that she'll hold together 'til they fix it. :( -- Falconer

Earl -- Did he write you up, or did you talk him out of it (you silver-tongued devil). :) -- Falconer

Hey Dazee, here's (very) loose translation of the product page: "The product which can easily change the amount of the exhalation of the injector open times of (*injekushonkontorohrah*) ["Injection controller" for those of us who speak Engrish] throttle by the dial operation. "Of course, the...

I second VegasDude's comment. It's pressure building up in your gas tank, which is then leaking out around the gas cap seal. I don't know if this is a California 'busa problem only, but I haven't heard of anyone other than a CA resident reporting it. The California 'busas have a special...

Toobad, I haven't seen one, repeat one worthwhile comment out of you. All you can do is bitch and complain about what everyone else is saying, or accuse people of being whiny or wimpy when they react to your noise. Go play in someone else's sandbox, you're just soiling this one. -- Falconer

OK, I admit it, I was lazy, I hadn't looked in the service manual. I'll check it out in there, I assumed (obviously incorrectly )that this was too lowly an operation to be covered in there. I'm curious why you say that this change "Makes your speedo 2% happier than stock." The difference...

Part of an e-mail from Heli bars Sales: "The Heli Bars to fit the GSX1300R have just gone into production; next week we plan to contact everyone on our list..... The bars are 1 5/8" taller, 1/2"rearward and 1/2" wider overall. They will fit with stock cables, hydraulic lines & bar end weights...

Dirty Pete -- Two questions: Is this one or two teeth different from stock? Not being an every-day wrencher, could you describe (in broad terms) what the steps are in making this change? -- Falconer

<<<Bike has 9000 km and is for sale.>>> Whatsamatta? Bike's not fast enough for you?

Jeez you guys, a person asks a simple question and they can't get a simple answer. Yes, the GSX-1300R has an LCD clock which reads out in hours and minutes, so it's no good for timing those sub-10-second quarter miles. There's no toaster oven, no wet bar, no Kookoos (except possibly the...

Dirty Pete -- Great minds think alike :) . When my daughter was born I sold my bike, because I felt that Daddies Don't Ride Motorcycles. I lasted until she was four, and just couldn't take it anymore, and bought a Honda V65 Sabre. Now I've got the Hayabusa, and I _do_ feel guilty when I...