Recent content by voodoodoo

Nice to see the museum back up&running after the fire a few years ago! The Busa is an underrated touring bike. I have kriss crossed Europe on busas for the last 12 years(aand on FZR, CBR900rr, ZX9r, XX and ZZR before that) :thumbsup:

You are preaching to the choir here Mr. Berlin :D The SKF seals where mounted by a certified Wilbers dealer here in Norway last winter. I normally do this kinda work myself but last year i was kinda busy with working away from home so i did not find the time. Obviously the dealer did a shitty...

I have the manual (mine is a 2013 gen2 btw) But i found this picture of the skf/busa kit and the plastic shim is included Anyhow, i'm back on OEM setup but the seal will probably start leaking after a short period due to play in the bushings om the right fork leg.

Did the job, all looking good but i somehow forgot to check for freeplay (i even ordered the bushings) and there is a slight play in the right leg. I haven't got the tools to change them anyway so i will bring them to a specialist for repair. So the conclution is that the skf's were probably...

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So i'm doing fork seals this weekend. when i dismount them they look like this. Everything looks ok but what's with the plastic shim between the metal shim and the oilseal? is it supposed to be there? When i measure the skf seal it measures 9mm. plus the plastic shim 2mm thats 11mm. and the...

Having just seen the 2hour "monolog" where Putin "blabbering" about aincent history and adresses every other country's "flaws" without mentioning on legit reason to invade Ukraine i'm not impressed. He still uses "denazification" as the main reason and using a goverment funded private army named...

The X is a "spaceship" of a car. The Model 3 and Y is mass produced with much more basic tech. The parts like brakes suspension wheelbearings etc is commons stuff wich i can replace&fix myself. and the components otherwise are mostly plug&play. The high voltage system is both risky and expensive...

Average temperatures is about 7 degrees celsisus where i live(44.5f) but the high temp in summer reaches 29c(84F) and the low -27(-16,5F). Lowest temperature during my commute to work this year was -34c(-29F) Does the cold affect the range, oh hell yeah when the average drops to an average of...

Well fossil cars are taxed like hell over here and ev's have none. A Tesla model 3 LR was priced at approx 56000usd back in 2020 wich is cheap for a new car in Norway. Petrol is priced at 20nok/l or 7,5usd/galon Quality, the oldest one have approx 62000 miles on the counter. It had a few issues...

We still have quite a lot of gas&diesel cars and will have for several years. However from 2025 sales of new Fossil cars are banned(import of used cars still allowed). Still for towing etc. are not ideal due to range loss for the long trips. but for daily commute etc. i'd say ev for the win.

I'm all in on EV cars but i'm not "green" i'm just exploiting our tax&subsidies. Running two new EV's way cheaper than running my old diesel (wich was near the end of their lifecycle anyway. Bought two Tesla model 3 one 2021 and one 2022 model. That said i have not missed my old Volkswagen or...

Yes that is the bushings, Bought them on ebay and did not pay more than approx 50eur so if they are not needed they will sit fine in the spare parts shelf. I have not inspected the bushings yet but since the new oil seals started to leak almost from day one i suspect there is something more than...

I did not mount the SKF's myself. Had the forks overhauled and resprung with Wilbers at a dealer. Told him to check the internal bushings for wear. Got them back in March last year mounted them an let them sit on the bike until May. Had a few runs in the spring and noticed a slight sweat in the...

Hi, has anybody had bad experience with SKF seals. Had them changed last year, the old ones lasted 30'km. The new SKF seals had a "sweat" from day one but after a week in the Italian sun&30c/80f they went all good&dry. Then when i returned to the Norwegian cold (5c/40f) they started to "sweat"...