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Old 02-09-2023, 05:14 PM
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For the M8, the manual states Every two years or every 30,000 miles whichever comes first.
 
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Originally Posted by teedoff65
You replace your plugs after only two years? I thought they recommended replacing them like around 30k.

eh maybe I was mistaken. every 10k is what google found. I never do my own maintenance work. Don't have the patience for it! lol
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For the M8, the manual states Every two years or every 30,000 miles whichever comes first.
Yeah, what lp said. After my ESP runs out I'll probably not replace as often.
 
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Old 02-11-2023, 10:12 AM
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good hearing from you agin..so aside from all that life maintenance excuses stuff you got going on why haven't you been riding?
If the forum wasn't such a bitch when it comes to using a VPN, I'd be on here more often. 99% of the time my IP through VPN is blocked, so I don't visit the site as much. I got lucky today that it let me on the site - found a server that hasn't been blocked yet.
 
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Originally Posted by mjwebb
they do work, but they scratch up easy with certain kinds of cleaners..I have ruined a couple and went to replace one and it's $35 so I bought a little bought of fog free spray to try inside the visor..if it don't work I'll get another pin lock and use a better cleaner
like you I've marked a few because I always use the same soft cloth and helmet/visor cleaning product I use on the outside as I had been on the in. my latest one started fogging and before I wrecked this one I looked up better way to clean.

Not a single YouTube I watched used a product on the INSIDE. They all seem to use water and a lens cloth, wiping in one direction. So I took mine out, washed it in mild soapy water, rinsed and dried (as shown in many videos) and put it back into the visor.

....two clear view rides at the weekend, seems to be working well now!

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Old 03-21-2023, 02:42 PM
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6 years already... time flies

Got another nail!!! At least put a few thousand miles on this tire. Not sure what I'm going to replace it with yet.


 
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Old 10-16-2023, 08:33 AM
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Hit a bird on the way to work... disintegrated my left side fairing wind deflector. No blood or guts so no pics
 
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Originally Posted by BrandonSmith
Hit a bird on the way to work... disintegrated my left side fairing wind deflector. No blood or guts so no pics
Could have been worse...big bird; small bird? Need those pics...where you been?
 
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Originally Posted by BrandonSmith
Hit a bird on the way to work... disintegrated my left side fairing wind deflector. No blood or guts so no pics
Birds suck! I hit a pheasant at 90 mph, and I BARELY ducked it as it skipped off the top of skull cap. This was my first foray into HD fairing paint chip repair.

Glad you got out of it with just a wind deflector R&R!
 
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Hit a bird on the way to work... disintegrated my left side fairing wind deflector. No blood or guts so no pics
Brought back a funny memory. I had a female student in a Cessna 172 and hit a seagull with the wing strut. It stayed there and she was crying hysterically, haha! I put the plane down on a short strip on an island in Puget Sound and got rid of it. She was done for the day though, had to take her back.
 
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My uncle was doing about 70 on a state highway back in the 80s. Caught a bird in the shin. Had to have the beak surgically removed.
 


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