Recent content by OldernYZer

I'll hazard the assumption that contemporary motorcycles are subject to the same sort of emissions restrictions as cars are, and the fast idle time for automobile engines is limited by government regulation. This is mostly because the cold fast idle is also accompanied by enough mixture...

"How could there not be a fix?" I didn't say that. What I said was that good shifting habits can prevent it in the first place. There's a fix, but it's a matter of replacing the worn parts, not just adjusting your technique. To understand what happens, you have to understand how your...

This issue rarely starts by bending the shift fork, but it almost always ends up bending the shift fork. Engineering and build fit can contribute to it if the bike ends up without a deep enough mesh of the locking lugs/slots that engage the gear selected. But what feeds into it the most is...

Regarding second gear: If you are experiencing the following symptoms: *The bike produces a jerking sensation which occurs only in one (or only in certain) gear *The jerking occurs only above a given load level (if you use less power, it stops, if you use more, it gets worse) *The feeling is...

Code 30 The mirrors on the '08 pivot. They're supposed to pivot only so far, but the rotation stop in the right mirror on mine has been abused previously and rotates farther than it's supposed to. When she decided to take a nap one day (stalled at an intersection with my feet up) the mirror...

Rode from Prescott to Jerome and back via 89A and got 48.

The benefit of a Time Sert over a Heli-Coil is two-fold. First, the TimeSert tooling spot faces the threaded hole so that the sealing surface remains square with the threads. This assures a more likely complete seal by clamping the washer evenly around its circumference. Also, the TimeSert...

The Bridgestone Battlax in my '08 FJR -A is getting a little close to the wear bars. It's the OEM size (120/70ZR17). Anyone have a favorite replacement? I'm not overly fond of the rather pronounced "triangular" profile the tire has (might be worn that way), as I feel like it makes the bike...

"By the book", circlips are a one use item that should be replaced whenever they've been removed. In practice, a lot of pros including myself will reuse them if they show no signs of wear, twisting, out of roundness, etc., and they seat correctly. If the bearing was noisy or rough, it was also...

Haven't sprung for a comm system yet, but some of this stuff isn't really surprising to me as an IT guy. Bluetooth was supposed to be simple, and some people have made it work really well. My wife's iPhone pairs so well with her Toyota that she was sitting in the house when I drove up one day...

I might also add, going back to the matter of how tire wear affects handling, that tire wear, both external and internal, affects the amount of rolling friction and drag the tire contact produces. As the bike leans, the contact patch moves to the inside (towards the turn) of the steering axis...

All good stuff. Your points regarding angular precession are accurate, but don't really disagree with the statement that AP does not initiate a turn, and doesn't really help the process at all. It resists it. Someone back a little way said that the gyro effects had been "engineered out"...

It's never a waste. Sometimes it takes several coats to get a wall covered, and seeds sometimes take months to germinate. Besides, one thing about engaging in a technical explanation as an "authority" is that it does (or should) force one to think about the matter deeply enough to explain it...

The tire carcass can become either harder or more pliable as it wears, depending a lot on how and what it's constructed of, how much of its aging is the result of actual use rather than the passage of time, etc. The tread isn't the only thing that wears. The carcass moves against itself...

And yet, it does contribute, exactly as you said and for those exact reasons. Take any motorcycle or bicycle wheel and tire of any profile, pump it up 'til it's rock hard, or leave it mushy, lean it over slightly and roll it across a parking lot. It will turn in the direction of lean in a...