perfect !
My Luggage Rack came in yesterday. No idea what Yamaha it's off of. I really liked my grab rail but I needed a place to carry my Whiskey.
The hole centers were 8 1/4 inches not the 10 1/4 of some of the newer bikes, so it fit. But I had to revert back to the turn signal ears that bolted under the aft rack brackets, frame and fender. The shoulder bolt was too short and finding a longer one by 1/4 inch was hopeless.
Ok, took a 3/4 inch bolt, cut the head off and put it in the lathe. Turned down the 3/4 inch bolt to 15mm. Step drilled a .385 hole to about two inches in depth.
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Cut the "bushings" off to 14.5 mm long, 2 each.
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Slip the bushing over the longer bolt and were in business.
The rack looks a bit long? Maybe not as high at the seat but what the hay, I did get a Chevron type Sissy bar with 10 1/4 between centers.I can cut the arms down and install it and use a Mole pack but I'll try this first.
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Hummmm will have to see.
So how much you wanna sell me the grab rail for?
And it's gone, with a stock seat and gauges on it. Can't trust ANYONE to just look in the shed these days.Ran the blockade and dragged this home in the van.
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started 2nd kick, runs, sounds good, lots of oil smoke, guy was straight about that, you can see it in the pic LOL. Still in the van will nose around it a bit tomorrow. Loud pipes.
Great battery ! Now you're braggingThe new sealed Yuasa battery was $115.00 plus 13% tax, but it had the oomph to spin it up to a start.
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The One Time Throwing Money at it Actually Worked!
Brought it out of storage a bit ago, put a brand new bargain battery in it and it spun the motor a couple times and gave up. I cleaned all connections and replaced the cable to the starter and it maybe gave me three tries.
Having counselled the odd newby on the site not to throw money at a project but to think and reason, I did exactly that. I thought buying another battery would be reasonable.
The new sealed Yuasa battery was $115.00 plus 13% tax, but it had the oomph to spin it up to a start. Next warm day I may test the limits of essential travel and burn up a tank of gas.
I was asking because I was involved in a very un-scientific test. Two kayaks, battery power trolling motors. In apples to apples, my gel battery would run all day but the son-in-laws LA battery would only pull about 4 hours and he was paddling. These are the Lawn tractor size batteries. I went with a gel battery in my bike.AGM
Acid added at the store on delivery, then permanently sealed.
.Hacksaw and vice grips, the old school hard way, but it does work. ( Don't lose that special tool!)
20W50 should be just fine. I wouldn't use anything lighter unless I was going to ride in sub 45 degree weather.I'm running 20W/50. May be too heavy?