950 Supermoto Chronicles - Page 517

wiseblood · 10-01-2012, 12:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Trans4ormer

Not to get to personal, but ladies usually have longer legs than like height males...how tall is your lady? Was she on her tippy toes while stopped? TIA

Yeah -- hard to tell without pictures.

snowhawk jockey · 10-01-2012, 02:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Trans4ormer

Not to get to personal, but ladies usually have longer legs than like height males...how tall is your lady? Was she on her tippy toes while stopped? TIA

She is taller than me by an inch or two: I'm 5'7" and she 5'8"-n-change, equals the full toes of both her feet at a standing stop. She learned to ride with me though, so she isn't allowed to go for both feet at the same time, only the left foot down, to keep the rear brake covered, unless conditions call for the brake side foot, instead. (of course that swaps when she rides her right side shift/left side brake Triumph)

She barely tip toed on the 690SM we looked at on Saturday and it was soooo balanced that she felt like there wasn't any weight to keep upright. Luckily she felt the same balance on the 950, so she had lots of confidence riding it!

snowhawk jockey · 10-01-2012, 02:53 PM

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Originally Posted by wiseblood

Yeah -- hard to tell without pictures.

Youse 'guise are just a bunch o' baiters!! I'll get a snap of her next ride...

EastSideSM · 10-01-2012, 03:18 PM

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Originally Posted by snowhawk jockey

Youse 'guise are just a bunch o' baiters!! I'll get a snap of her next ride...

After baiting for nearly a decade wiseblood was eventuually promoted to Master Baiter by the mods on advrider.

Trans4ormer · 10-01-2012, 03:42 PM

Thanks for the info...gonna look at a 950SM and a SD on the 13th for fitment purposes. Figure a nice low miles SMR will come available in the middle of January when the Christmas bills start coming in... LOL

6USMC6 · 10-01-2012, 04:37 PM

You'll find the seat on the SD a skosh lower, the suspension a bit shorter (and stouter) and the same superb handling. And if it's an R - about 15 more HP.

Trans4ormer · 10-01-2012, 07:02 PM

I like the looks of the R more than the extra power it provides. 95hp in a 500# bike will be more than enough compared to the 115hp 1000# Goldwing I was riding. Both bikes I'll be looking at are low miles, but neither are R models. Like I said, in no hurry and when the right one comes along....BINGO!!

Thanks for the information.

wpbarlow · 10-01-2012, 07:18 PM

~35,000 miles. Investigating an oil leak, I traced it back to the o-ring that seals the gear indicator behind the sidestand mount. Difficult to see the area with the kickstand in place and I was fearing the worst. I've never been so glad to see a leaking seal

$0.35 part, item 26 in the picture. Same o-ring is used in the 9x0 and SE, so I ordered a couple.

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gkaan · 10-02-2012, 07:33 AM

well i finally got around to replacing my oil sight tube with a new one but one of the damn tapped holes will not screw down tightly with either of the bolts. cant be stripped as i used the correct bolt and didn't over tighten. has anyone experienced this? do you think loctite would be a bad idea considering its the oil tank? i noticed there was a spring on one of the bolts. is that there for a reason?

snowhawk jockey · 10-02-2012, 09:10 AM

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Originally Posted by gkaan

well i finally got around to replacing my oil sight tube with a new one but one of the damn tapped holes will not screw down tightly with either of the bolts. cant be stripped as i used the correct bolt and didn't over tighten. has anyone experienced this? do you think loctite would be a bad idea considering its the oil tank? i noticed there was a spring on one of the bolts. is that there for a reason?

I don't know of any spring on the back of a banjo bolt for the oil sight tube!! The banjo bolts must have crush washers on each side to seal, like a brake line. Check for your crush washers on each side of fitting. No locktight is gonna seal that baby if she aint got crush washers...

gkaan · 10-02-2012, 09:27 AM

thanks snowhawk....yup...both crush washers in place. im no mechanic but this job is as simple as it gets and yet im not getting it done.

any other ideas?

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Originally Posted by snowhawk jockey

I don't know of any spring on the back of a banjo bolt for the oil sight tube!! The banjo bolts must have crush washers on each side to seal, like a brake line. Check for your crush washers on each side of fitting. No locktight is gonna seal that baby if she aint got crush washers...

Wizard · 10-02-2012, 09:27 AM

Sounds like you pulled the threads out of the oil tank when you removed the bolt - the spring is the threads! May be able to use a heli-coil kit to replace the threads in the tank.

Jim

snowhawk jockey · 10-02-2012, 10:58 AM

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Originally Posted by Wizard

Sounds like you pulled the threads out of the oil tank when you removed the bolt - the spring is the threads! May be able to use a heli-coil kit to replace the threads in the tank.

Jim

Genius!!
I didn't even think of the "spring" being the coil of thread...

I have used lots of helicoil kits over the years for head studs, case covers and spark plugs, shouldn't be a big issue for that oiltank repair.

'Course in my yard, we'ed just JB weld the holes shut and melt a dipstick into the oil cap...

EastSideSM · 10-02-2012, 11:36 AM

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Originally Posted by wpbarlow

~35,000 miles. Investigating an oil leak, I traced it back to the o-ring that seals the gear indicator behind the sidestand mount. Difficult to see the area with the kickstand in place and I was fearing the worst. I've never been so glad to see a leaking seal

$0.35 part, item 26 in the picture. Same o-ring is used in the 9x0 and SE, so I ordered a couple.

.

I just received mine today! I developed the same leak (again) about a week ago and after elminating other possibilities and cleaning and watching it closely right after riding, I figured it was the gear position sensor o-ring!! My bike finally turned 40,000 miles last week, and it makes sense as I replaced the first one around 20,000 miles ago. I ordered a few to have some spares on hand. As the bike climbs up in miles, I am trying to have certain things on hand going forward such as:

Clutch master rebuild kit
Clutch Lever springs
Clutch fluid
Water Pump rebuild kit
Oil sight tube ( I had one fail while on a trip and this was not fun, I now keep an extra one waiting in my bag of tricks)
Fuel Pump
air filter
oil filters
Various clamps for coolant hoses
Some extra preformed and straight fuel line pieces
o-rings for the gear position sensor
carb o-rings

Not having these things on hand has caused me quite a bit of down time because inevitably I will need one of these things the day before I am going to leave on a trip!!!

gkaan · 10-02-2012, 12:46 PM

brilliant! now i need to buy another tool. guess ill be heading to the Sears Hardware..

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wizard

Sounds like you pulled the threads out of the oil tank when you removed the bolt - the spring is the threads! May be able to use a heli-coil kit to replace the threads in the tank.

Jim

10-01-2012, 03:42 PM	#7745
Trans4ormer B to V 1983 Joined: Dec 2011 Location: Arkansas Ozarks Oddometer: 32	Thanks for the info...gonna look at a 950SM and a SD on the 13th for fitment purposes. Figure a nice low miles SMR will come available in the middle of January when the Christmas bills start coming in... LOL Trans4ormer screwed with this post 10-01-2012 at 03:47 PM

10-01-2012, 04:37 PM	#7746
6USMC6 R.I.P. Party Boss Joined: Jan 2009 Location: The "Upper" Valley of the Shenandoah. Oddometer: 3,477	You'll find the seat on the SD a skosh lower, the suspension a bit shorter (and stouter) and the same superb handling. And if it's an R - about 15 more HP. __________________ Mike - "For those who fight for it life has a flavor the protected never know." USMC 65-68 RVN 66-67

10-01-2012, 07:18 PM	#7748
wpbarlow ^OP Beastly Adventurer Joined: Jun 2003 Location: Central NJ Oddometer: 7,884	~35,000 miles. Investigating an oil leak, I traced it back to the o-ring that seals the gear indicator behind the sidestand mount. Difficult to see the area with the kickstand in place and I was fearing the worst. I've never been so glad to see a leaking seal $0.35 part, item 26 in the picture. Same o-ring is used in the 9x0 and SE, so I ordered a couple. . __________________ Walter Barlow

10-02-2012, 07:33 AM	#7749
gkaan Bikes on the Brain Joined: Jul 2004 Location: Philly Oddometer: 463	oil sight tube well i finally got around to replacing my oil sight tube with a new one but one of the damn tapped holes will not screw down tightly with either of the bolts. cant be stripped as i used the correct bolt and didn't over tighten. has anyone experienced this? do you think loctite would be a bad idea considering its the oil tank? i noticed there was a spring on one of the bolts. is that there for a reason?

10-02-2012, 09:27 AM	#7752
Wizard Adventure Rider Joined: Feb 2003 Location: Shawnee, KS Oddometer: 61	Sounds like you pulled the threads out of the oil tank when you removed the bolt - the spring is the threads! May be able to use a heli-coil kit to replace the threads in the tank. Jim __________________ Mine 05.5 Ktm 950 Adventure 06 Ktm 950 SuperMoto 06 DR650 13 Husky Tr650 Terra Her's 07 DL650 08 WR250r

10-01-2012, 07:02 PM	#7747
Trans4ormer B to V 1983 Joined: Dec 2011 Location: Arkansas Ozarks Oddometer: 32	I like the looks of the R more than the extra power it provides. 95hp in a 500# bike will be more than enough compared to the 115hp 1000# Goldwing I was riding. Both bikes I'll be looking at are low miles, but neither are R models. Like I said, in no hurry and when the right one comes along....BINGO!! Thanks for the information.

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