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I have just taken off the swingarm and had a look - someone has already replaced the the bushes with the needle bearing kit and it looks all good. mmm??? what should I do to sort out the side to side play? When the bike was together I had tightened the swingarm pivot bolt nut to about the max...

I took my swingarm off today as I could also rock the rear wheel from side to side : ( I ordered what I thought were the right parts last week but I accidentally ordered the needle bearing type - are these good to use as well or should I stick to the bronze bushing?

well that´s at least 3 people who really know their xs and get different results - wish me luck getting this one right :laugh:

I like the tail light being on all the time regardless of headlights as if I stall it at the lights during the day there is a bit more visibility. It´s only LED so not a big deal for the battery either way.

Got fed up with the rocker switch and bought a generic car igntion key switch. Wired her in and first kick - went riding last night with flashing bits all good. One thing I did in the process of this rewire is break my starter solenoid trying to remove it from the bracket (is this even...

yep my brake switches work. wirings kind of addictive when you start seeing things flashing.

my 2 cents: get the manual petcock - I messed around for ages with the float and never got it perfect. Installed manual petcock and now no leaks.

ok thanks riksoto, sorry for dumb questions, just really want to understand as I go so less dumb questions in future. well maybe :wink2:

sorry I'm confused. If the fuse is the to protect the PMA and the fuse need to be inbetween the PMA and the battery - diagram 3 should be ok no? Does the fuse have to be connected to the key/switch in any way?

so this is good?: DIAGRAM 3

so is my second diagram ok or wrong? (substituting switch for key) also what miniumum amp switch is ok? 20a?

I'm trying to understand everything as I go so this is real helpful. I'm confused about what the 20amp fuse is supposed to be protecting? Is it protecting the battery from the PMA charge? The PMA from the battery? or (my newbie guess) the fuse box from the battery?

thanks - i'll try grounding one pole. is it ok to split the wiring on the diagram from the key/PMA?

thanks grinder - I wired it for 2 position with the larger one in the centre being hot and one side onwards to the fuse box and other to nothing. Got some strange results.

I just did mine last week following Hugh's (fucking legend) thread. Pretty straight forward but quite messy. Was really worried about gettting the actual seals out but found using some pipe plyers kind of upside down - let me get the right purchase on the seals. The rubber on the handles of the...

I am rewiring from scratch and here is the diagram I'm following to start with: DIAGRAM 1 The only thing different is I'm not using the key - I'm trying to substitute just a switch to turn on the ignition. Here is the switch I installed today...

here's what I'm going to try this week - did i get the two brake switches right?

pardon my ignorance angus67 but what is the lockring? is it the two steering nuts that have 6 tabs?

apologies if this has been discussed before but I searched and couldn't find a general torque setting for the newer tapered steering head bearings. Put new ones in over the weekend as the PO left off the the upper dust seat and cap :wtf: and it was getting dirt in there. I put new ones in and...

Messing round with a brake upgrade today and changed the front rotor to a Aprilla 320mm. Didn't have the lock washers to hand to put back on so just put the bolts straight in with blue locktight. Tightened them up firm. Was just wanting to get a test run on the setup but wondering if it's good...