Exactly. It helped in the past and no reason it shouldn’t work now.

 

 

Any chance this pic is from Hamilton!?

 

Went on a club run this weekend. Nice to finally put some miles on her. Got her in January just before the weather turned to ****!

 

Flushed the front and rear brakes. I didn't realize just how mushy Reaper's brakes had become, until I test rode her after the flush. Much firmer lever and pedal now, and MUCH better braking performance. I had neglected that too long. Will be an annual thing now, especially since I have a vacuum brake bleeding kit. Made the job a snap, and quick. I chose to run 1 full bottle of new fluid through each master cylinder. I won't next time.

During the test ride, I watched my Zumo XT go airborne at 75 mph, as it came out of its mount. Took a shot and called Garmin, and they gave me a 30% discount on a new one, so that made it a little less horrible, but still almost $600.00 CAD later... Once I get the new one, I'll have to figure something out for the mount. I don't trust it anymore...

Cheers!

 

Forgot to mention that the cool little chrome foot pegs are not real comfortable for a long ride. So I ordered up some ISO pegs with the heel rest from DK Customs. Should make a difference. This is the first bike I've ever owned with forward controls after 25+ years of riding. Takes a little getting used to not looking for mid-controls. My Son-in-Law went from an R-1 to a 2016 72 Sportster so he went from rear sets to forward controls! Talk about a shock to the system! But he's handling it very well!

 

I rode it, hard and far. gotta get some miles in before knee replacement, might be a while before I can handle it after that?

 

Aka therapy

 

I change my oil, it had 3000 miles on the old oil. 2006 heritage classic.

 

Just pulled the gas tanks.