Is motorcycling allowed?

[Hairy]

3 hours ago, IceCreamMan said:

Harleys cost money to keep going, it’s just the way it is. 
 

and it goes for all bikes. They are not cheaper to run than cars, on the contrary. Even though I do most of the work on my bikes myself I would hate to calculate what I spend on them on maintenance items, tyres etc etc. 

My mighty Rf case in point. I bought it for 1100 quid. Have put many hours into it, probably spent 2 grand on it for services , tyres etc. etc and it’s now in pristine condition for its age and it’s worth around a grand.  But, it’s given me many memories including Scotland Nc500, wales, Isle of Man etc. money well spent. 

"My Guy" got back to me with a rather decent price on the replacement stator, so will look to going that route shortly.

I am starting to see it this way.

Bigger things on this bike would now be resolved. The stator on the 96Cui and up till 2014 were apparently know to have stators fail. The stator was designed for the 88Cui and they then carried it over to the 96Cui + and this could not handle the increase in power.

Other stuff should be all sorted now following my past servicing and preventative maintenance.

Soooo...after this little exercise she should be good to go for some time still ... other than may a new clutch cable, a new rear rotor and if I am feeling generous another for oil flush with a slightly heavier weight oil or a little more oil in the forks to carry the front a little higher up in the travel.

The other aspect is that I ride the bike almost daily, and I use her for both my day job and private work. I recon that in this guise she is cheaper to run on petrol, AND MAKES TIME/MONEY by being just so much quicker to get around.

Now if I drive my car to see a new client, they think nothing of it, when I pitch on the HD it always sparks a conversation and acts as a great icebreaker. So some serious value there.

At the moment I average over 1000km per month, and a 1000+km of fun each month, so priceless.

[Duane_Bosch]

19 hours ago, IceCreamMan said:

Thought the entire Harley is the “compensator” 😂

No No. That's an Over-compensator

[the nerd]

On 3/7/2023 at 6:51 PM, Hairy said:

"My Guy" got back to me with a rather decent price on the replacement stator, so will look to going that route shortly.

I am starting to see it this way.

Bigger things on this bike would now be resolved. The stator on the 96Cui and up till 2014 were apparently know to have stators fail. The stator was designed for the 88Cui and they then carried it over to the 96Cui + and this could not handle the increase in power.

Other stuff should be all sorted now following my past servicing and preventative maintenance.

Soooo...after this little exercise she should be good to go for some time still ... other than may a new clutch cable, a new rear rotor and if I am feeling generous another for oil flush with a slightly heavier weight oil or a little more oil in the forks to carry the front a little higher up in the travel.

The other aspect is that I ride the bike almost daily, and I use her for both my day job and private work. I recon that in this guise she is cheaper to run on petrol, AND MAKES TIME/MONEY by being just so much quicker to get around.

Now if I drive my car to see a new client, they think nothing of it, when I pitch on the HD it always sparks a conversation and acts as a great icebreaker. So some serious value there.

At the moment I average over 1000km per month, and a 1000+km of fun each month, so priceless.

I had to have my Stator replaced on my Versys, had it rewired and it worked flawlessly....

[Hairy]

Sorry, should not have abbreviated ... stator is different to a compensator.

The compensator is a fully mechanical device.

[Hairy]

Test road a GS R1200 yesterday

Nice bike.

Left the dealer on my HD.

HD just feels so good to ride.

[IceCreamMan]

15 hours ago, the nerd said:

I had to have my Stator replaced on my Versys, had it rewired and it worked flawlessly....

What does it cost to have a stator required these days? 

[the nerd]

4 hours ago, IceCreamMan said:

What does it cost to have a stator required these days? 

It was a few years ago and was about R2k I think... 

Dark Electrical did it for me 

[Hairy]

8 minutes ago, the nerd said:

It was a few years ago and was about R2k I think... 

Dark Electrical did it for me 

you mean eskom did it for you?

[the nerd]

1 hour ago, Hairy said:

you mean eskom did it for you?

 

 

unlike Eksdom the power returned to me 😂

[IceCreamMan]

Some rabbit holes i went down

 

and good luck to andymann on the DJ

[Hairy]

Woohoo winna wenna

[Spokey]

I took my little Kawa in to have the fuel hose replaced as I am busy with other things in my bike room. Not sure how it happened, but by the time I left the bike shop I had suffered a little mission creep…………….Booked in for frame powder coating, bodywork, swingarm, engine case and fork respray, replacement of fasteners as required and radiator shroud plating!!! One costly fuel hose!

[RoddieJ]

That’s what usually happens…. 🤣👌🏽

[Hairy]

14 hours ago, Spokey said:

I took my little Kawa in to have the fuel hose replaced as I am busy with other things in my bike room. Not sure how it happened, but by the time I left the bike shop I had suffered a little mission creep…………….Booked in for frame powder coating, bodywork, swingarm, engine case and fork respray, replacement of fasteners as required and radiator shroud plating!!! One costly fuel hose!

Such a damned good looking bike!

[WaynejG]

What a beautiful day out.

[Spokey]

13 hours ago, Hairy said:

Such a damned good looking bike!

Shame the Missus does not like it! But I really do not care as she likes other bikes I have.The 1995 FZR will get the same lekker respray treatment in time.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited March 12, 2023 by Spokey
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