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When I got mine the front end felt really loose, I rebuilt the forks and installed Progressive spring, put the right size front tire on, new wheel bearings, and it feels 100% better. My clutch was slipping as well and getting worse, I put a new clutch in and did the DD mod (extra spring), much...

Yep, it's not possible to set the star wrong. Yesterday I pulled the star out and disassembled just to make sure. The pins make it only go in one way. I finally got it, and still not 100% sure why I had issues some of the other times. I got the bike to where it would roll in neutral (but the...

I haven't taken the shifter off completely, but I've loosened it and moved that rod left to right.

I took it back apart, rotated the the star forward two click so it would rest on neutral position, cycled the shifter, and was able to get 1st, neutral (light came on), and 2nd. I thought I had it. Cycled the shifter a few more times and the couldn't find neutral anymore, but I thought it was no...

Yes, I installed the small indexing pin, the longer one, and the 5 that are all the same.

Yep that's the thread I read before I did the job. I had it in neutral but it seems I lost the position between the shifter and the star.

Long story short, I made a few mistakes while putting in a new clutch (with DD mod) and upgrading the shift segment. The first mistake was I forgot to push the shift rod all the way to the left before tightening the nut on the shifter. I went for a test ride, shifted to 2nd, then shifted...

My whole house is a man cave.

There's a switch that kills it if you drop it into gear with the kickstand down, it could be that the switch has a problem.

Any pictures of how you have the Harlan light mounted?

What style bike does he want? When I was that age all I wanted was a supersport (not a good first bike), and I still love them (ride a 2014 Yamaha R1). The kawasaki ninja 250/300, honda cbr300 and new Yamaha R3 all have the supersport look but are beginner friendly. The SV650S has a half...

Not yet. I need to get a micrometer and I'll check it.

They are. I checked runout with a dial indicator, got 0.006" and 0.0055", right on the edge of max spec per the manual I have. I attempted to clean the rotor buttons today. I could not get them to turn. I used the method of running a bolt with washers through it, and tightening down to...

The other thing I noticed while checking runout was a slight clicking noise every revolution. Is that coming from the odometer cable counting the rotation of the front tire?

I did not, I'll try that.

These are the pads I bought: http://www.ebay.com/itm/300557414710?_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

So about a week ago I did some work to my 97 vmax. Rebuilt the forks (new seals, bushings, fluid, Progressive springs). New wheel bearings. New front brake pads and rotors. I had a problem getting 3 of the rotor bolts out, and ended up welding a nut to the bolt to get them out. I'm...

Got it done today. Welded the nuts onto the bolts, and they came right out. The heat from the welding must have melted the locktite (the nuts were red hot). Got new rotors and pads on, replaced the wheel bearings and I had already rebuild the forks with Progressive springs and put on a new...

I already ordered 3 bolts and they should come in the mail today. Last night I tried cutting a slot and using a big flathead, also tried using a chisel to get it to turn with no luck. Welding a nut on is a good idea, didn't think of that. I'm going to talk to a guy I know with a welder and see...

I was removing my old rotors and one rotor came off easy, and the other one had 3 screws where the allen heads were stripped, and I tried everything I could think of to get them out. Used an impact driver, tried hammering a bigger allen and also a torx bit in there with no luck. Next I tried...