RVFRick
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NSR has new rubber
Anthony came down from SF Friday night to help. I bribed him with a sweet set of teak patio chairs that just needed a power wash. :laughing "When are you gonna pick up these chairs already? And BTW bring your 22mm 1/2" socket and 2-foot breaker bar."
In preparation before his arrival I put the bike back down on the ground and tried one more time to get the wheels off on my own. No go going at it solo with my 18" wrench. The NSR is too light and kept moving even to the point of ramping up and almost out of the Baxley chock :wtf. I had to wait for reinforcements to arrive.
Anthony arrived and opined it odd I always seemed to confront weird problems. :dunno It sure seems that way sometimes.
In the end I got to say I told you so because even with his 24" breaker bar, me securing the bike with the brakes it took him 4 attempts to get things moving and that was just the front wheel. Whoever tightened these wheels was a gorilla. I was afraid something was going to snap. We inspected the bolt and it looked fine. We moved onto the rear 36mm nut. Same thing, super tight and it took us both significant wrestling to crack the nut free. :thumbup The rest was easy.
We spent the next 30 minutes removing fairings as Anthony wanted to see what hardware he was missing for his new NSR fairing set (he's going back to stock at great expense). It's a pricey market sometimes when it comes to grey market bikes. I noticed the fairing bolts on my bike were not stock - socket head cap screws with a mish-mash of washers. Yuck! A shame as the rest of the bike is perfectly OEM. I plan to order proper fasteners.
The next day Saturday 10am I brought the wheels into Evolution Motorcycles where the friendly guys took care of business while I ran a few errands. An hour later I loaded the updated wheels back into the minivan and bee-lined it back to the cave. Mounting went smoothly. Nisser has got a new pair of shoes
arty. Now I just need to make time to break in the tires. The girls' high school starts tomorrow so we'll see how free time pans out in the coming weeks.
Anthony came down from SF Friday night to help. I bribed him with a sweet set of teak patio chairs that just needed a power wash. :laughing "When are you gonna pick up these chairs already? And BTW bring your 22mm 1/2" socket and 2-foot breaker bar."
In preparation before his arrival I put the bike back down on the ground and tried one more time to get the wheels off on my own. No go going at it solo with my 18" wrench. The NSR is too light and kept moving even to the point of ramping up and almost out of the Baxley chock :wtf. I had to wait for reinforcements to arrive.
Anthony arrived and opined it odd I always seemed to confront weird problems. :dunno It sure seems that way sometimes.
In the end I got to say I told you so because even with his 24" breaker bar, me securing the bike with the brakes it took him 4 attempts to get things moving and that was just the front wheel. Whoever tightened these wheels was a gorilla. I was afraid something was going to snap. We inspected the bolt and it looked fine. We moved onto the rear 36mm nut. Same thing, super tight and it took us both significant wrestling to crack the nut free. :thumbup The rest was easy.
We spent the next 30 minutes removing fairings as Anthony wanted to see what hardware he was missing for his new NSR fairing set (he's going back to stock at great expense). It's a pricey market sometimes when it comes to grey market bikes. I noticed the fairing bolts on my bike were not stock - socket head cap screws with a mish-mash of washers. Yuck! A shame as the rest of the bike is perfectly OEM. I plan to order proper fasteners.
The next day Saturday 10am I brought the wheels into Evolution Motorcycles where the friendly guys took care of business while I ran a few errands. An hour later I loaded the updated wheels back into the minivan and bee-lined it back to the cave. Mounting went smoothly. Nisser has got a new pair of shoes
arty. Now I just need to make time to break in the tires. The girls' high school starts tomorrow so we'll see how free time pans out in the coming weeks.Attachments
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I would have never known about the listing if it weren't for a "friend" enabling me. Not sure if I should thank or curse him. I was also pleasantly surprised to see a familiar face. You see, in the strangest of coincidences, ircsmith and worked together 12 years ago! The world is small. :laughing It was fun catching up. The RVF-2 needs lots TLC that will have to wait because ...
