Recent content by helman

I shake my head sometimes at what other people do but then they probably do the same about the things I do. The world would be pretty boring if we all thought the same and I'm bored enough as it is. ;-)

You could also make the light housing brittle due to the increased heat.

When I had a gps tracker fitted to my bike the battery would drain in about 7 days necessitating setting up a solar charger to keep the battery charged when the bike was not in use. I noticed that when I was trying to find ACC wires that the connector under the seat on the RHS of the bike had...

Or you can try lithium ION battery and save some weight; https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/LITHIUM-BATTERY-FOR-2013-2014-KTM-690-SMCR-YTZ10S/282133865980 Make sure you get one with the terminals on the correct sides

Awww that's so sweet. You're a lucky man.

Don't know if these are what you're looking for. https://www.aliexpress.com/wholesale?catId=0&initiative_id=AS_20200124115932&SearchText=cbr650f+cowl

I had an Arai that cracked in an accident. I hit a rock hard and it would have killed me except for the helmet. I couldn't afford another Arai at the time so I went for a Kabuto Aero Blade 5 after reading reviews saying it was quiet. It wasn't, among other things it whistled when riding with...

I wouldn't take their word that it's not a warranty issue. I'd force the issue and if they wouldn't come to the party I'd take it up with whoever your country's organisation is that looks after consumer rights.

If it's only the overflow that is a bit down, just top it up with distilled water.

There's more rain in Thailand than in Australia, unfortunately. If you want it dry, here is the place. My water tanks are about empty and the water carters are flat out so I can't get any in until next Monday.

I'd suggest that no matter how good a professional is that just patching two areas of the tank won't look as good as redoing the lot. It would be too difficult to get the patching to blend in.

Its not documented in my owner's manual even though there is an index entry saying it is

There were two sellers on AliExpress who sold these. The quality of the ones I got is great. The only issue is the bolts being too long for the spools... https://www.aliexpress.com/item/4000231003068.html?spm=a2g0s.9042311.0.0.27424c4d1wVaNy

Thanks for the TIP.

got them no problems https://650f.bike/threads/cbr650r-spools-solution.2124/#post-22939 Read my thread. There was a bit of a glitch with bolts being too long.