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What's a good way to remove the bearings for replacement? Can they be tapped out with a long drift or is a bearing puller required?

Good and bad news. Swingarm is sloppy, especially side to side! Clearly not right. I may have identified the main culprit I have been chasing...

How is this removed? 2 tabs are now flat but It won't budge for anything as it is, even with impact wrench.... Edited: nevermind. LOTS of effort broke it free....

Latest test.... I had some unused spare forks with the metal spacers just under the caps. Both sets of spacers I have are around 5.5 inches long. I am not sure what pipe (PVC) diameter can be used during testing, so I decided to just cut the spare pair down to 5 inches and see if I could...

Alright, finally got through to Progressive Tech Support. They said the shock I had (412-4212C) was the Standard Duty shock for the VMax that they recommend and the next lighter spring (412-4211C) is for an XS-650 and that they can't honor the warranty if installing it on the VMax. Funny...

Shinko 230 at the moment. I think the ME888 would be better. The ME880s I had on it were replaced due to age but they were a much beefier tire and the 888s are being advertised as having a 15% better contact patch due to profile changes. The 230s definitely have a more triangular profile on...

Dropped front and rear tires to 36psi each. Discharged all of the air from the front forks, now 0psi. Donned a 45lb backpack. Ride test showed noticeable reduction in weave. I tested lying close to faux tank as well as upright. Upright actually seemed a bit better but maybe just because this...

Wow! So .... what I am experiencing is the start of the high speed weave. Pushing forward on both bars equally with force cancels the weave. I will actually have to test laying over the tank but I will not be attempting any high speed crap until I get this more sorted out. It's interesting...

B-King is a pig?!? With that much OEM power?

What year of bike is yours?

Shinko 230 tires maybe made the front end even more sensitive. They do hookup at the light though. It may lift the front off a few inches... Probably time to re-think the front forks now. I gotta get some damping out of these forks.... The big clue might be this: ot highway/freeway speed, the...

I may get to that certainly in a bit. Today I replaced the 2008 ME880s with new tires, greased the wheel bearings and gears. I still plan to get to the swingarm bearings soon as well. However, the bike is smooth and safe for speed limit riding. I will do some more ride testing and post back.

That is gorgeous. Describe the power band. I dig it. That reminds me of my former various XS1100s...

Well.... good and bad news, or not really bad, just news. I just got everything back together again after a full carb teardown, clean, and rebuild. This totally restored the throttle response, idle, and pull off the line. Even at this elevation (over 5000ft), this bike pulls like a freight...

Not all in just one day, more like a few weeks but... New site glass. The old one was brittle and fell apart. Also a little paint on the scoop logos. Lubed handlebar switches. New headlight bulb. Full carb teardown to get to the plugged jets in the jet blocks. All clear now. Waiting for...

I don't disagree with any of that. I haven't pushed it back up into the higher speeds anyway. I will install new tires first!

150m ride revealed a lot. I need to back off torque another 1/4 turn for one thing. However... I know the rear shocks aren't doing the job... I found evidence of prior oil leakage and that combined with the seat of the pants feel tells me it's time for new ones. It's expensive but new shocks...

I just did a 150m ride with the newly rebuilt brakes. I can say that after the switch to galfer lines, replacing fork seals and changing fork oil, flushing the master with new fluid, and rebuilding the calipers, the front brakes feel waaaay better. 2 finger braking works. No sponginess...firm...

Bike is all buttoned back together. Took it out for more testing tonight after backing off of the head bearings a tad more. Tooled around town as normal and passed the ton on the freeway passing a vehicle or 2. Spent a number of rides inching up to the ton. I've done all of the deceleration...

To me, the BKing is unique, like the VMax. I can count on one hand the number of VMax bikes I have seen around my area. I've never seen anyone riding a BKing. Right now, a Star VMax or a BKing are the only motorcycles I have eyes for. As far as performance, both bikes are outstanding in my...