Recent content by Gtista

Yes. According to the Clymer manual you seat the bearings by first torquing to 38 ft.-lb. Then loosen completely and re-tighten only to 26.5IN.-LB. I suspect a lot of the ham-fisted, overtorqued steering head bearings pics I see are attempts to cure some sort of wobble, etc. All that really...

I use this on various bikes. Cost me around $30, if I recall correctly.

Shuriken's pics of bearing races show they, particularly the lower outer race, are totally shot. Maybe due to someone in the past trying to cure a wobble by over torquing? Anyway, wobble issues aren't going away until bearings are replaced.

SOLD!

I really do like the Ohlins. Had them sprung for my 180 pounds with full gear and they handle really well. Prior shocks were 11 inch Chinese no name chrome shocks and they pretty well ruined whatever handling is available on a Vmax to begin with.

Bump -- Price Drop to $4,000.00 Why buy a basket case for a couple of grand when you can buy my bike are ride it now instead of next season. Needs nothing but a good home. I need it gone due to back surgery. Thanks for looking Gtista Solomons, Maryland

Beautiful bike with 20th anniversary emblem, factory flames paint job on fake tank top, and seat stitch flames. Hate to sell but recent back surgery prevents me from horsing around such a big bike. 44,700 miles on it and in beautiful showroom condition. See the pics. Carbs properly jetted for...

Not sure if the Arashi have only rebound damping adjustment or both compression and rebound damping adjustments like the Ohlins.

My '05 came with no name Chinese 11 inch center to center rear shocks. Really bad idea. Handling was awful. Front wheel wanted to flop over at parking lot speeds, had to fight the bars to hold a line in a curve, and steering was very slow at speed. So, Ohlins 13 inch center to center rears...

Best I can do for now. Back surgery two weeks ago. so probably another week or two before I can haul the heavy bikes out of the garage.

Yeah, Delkevic seems to be high quality stuff at a nice price. I have a full 4 into 1 system on my 1982 Kawasaki KZ1100 that took me less than an hour to install.

Here's a Hepco & Becker bolt on rear rack on my 2005. Also a pick of the H & B bags I have on the bike. Unfortunately H & B does not make bag brackets for the Vmax. So I fabbed my own to fit these bags I had on another bike.

Your summary is accurate. Roller & ball bearings are never replaced piecemeal. Always inner and outer races, roller/ball cages and roller/balls are all replaced. Anything else just mixes warn and new parts with unpredictable but likely bad results.

My 2005 had 44K on it when I bought it. Runs fantastically. Perfect carburation all through the rpm range from idle to red line, no 2nd or other gear issues. Did have to rebuild leaking forks and brake calipers, though. Luckily those parts are relatively cheap. Love the bike. Gtista

Just used this thing to demount old and mount new tires on my 2005 Vmax. Made a nasty job pretty easy, even for a first time user. My usual bike shop for tire swaps, etc., has shut down and next nearest is many miles away. So, invested in this. Very much not cheap. But given what each tire...