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| Saturday Morning Therapy |
| 02.20.06 (1:39 pm) [edit] |
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& nbsp; &n bsp; &nb sp; &nbs p; ; & nbsp; &n bsp; &nb sp; &nbs p; ; Boy, it’s been unseasonably warm. I’d say its almost 40 degrees. You talk about having a “riding itch”, and I just can’t scratch. But today is a fine day to fire my star up and also install my saddlebags.
I flung open the g-door and the sun was beaming right into the garage. The star fired up on the first touch. Excellent!
I went through the usual routine; let her run for about ten minutes while I sipped on a “Tennessee coffee”. I then shut her down and moved her over by the workbench to let her cool off.
Oh yeah, why’ll I had her running I called my college student daughter. As soon as she answered I held the phone near the exhaust and revved her a few times. I got a chuckle out of it, but my daughter did not. Oh well, she has a weird dad, and she knows it.
OK, time for the new bags. First I removed the sissy bar, pillion, and driver seat. I tried removing the helmet lock, but it was too tight and I stopped before I stripped the screw. I’ll address that at a later date.
Next, I bolted on the bag guards. They basically just have longer bolts to go through the sissy bar brackets as well.
Then I thought, hey, I might as well adjust the mono shock while I’m at it. OK, take the snaps out of the mud guard and hang the igniter unit panel off to one side. You use the supplied tool for rotating the top of the shock around to the selected number setting. It’s actually an awkward angle to get your hand into, but once the tool was in place, a very simple adjustment. The settings can range from 1-7, with 1 being the softest. The factory setting is 3, but a big guy like me (and some gear) will probably do better at 5. If I was taking a trip with a passenger I’d probably move it to 7.
Once the mud guard and igniter unit were back in place, I turned my attention back to the bags. After putting them where I liked them, and making sure they were even, I used zip ties to secure them to the guards. Now just reinstall the two seats and sissy bar, and “wa-lah” I’m finished.
Basically, just a nice couple of hours of piddling in the garage. This is “therapy” to me and serves to keep me satisfied until spring allows me back on the road. Well, that’s it for this week. Next week I’ll attempt to jump the star over the neighbor’s minivan. Later.
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