What did you do to your Yamaha today?

Contentious topic.

Depends a lot on condition of the tire itself, and why it's leaking. I've patched motorcycle tires before and put thousands more miles on them, but a lot of people are really adamant about just replacing tires if anything is wrong no matter what. *Shrugs* I could rarely afford that, but patching a tire is basically free if you've got a patch kit.

 

The tires have 200 miles on them and are about 3 months old. I’m running mismatched tires as I have a gsxr front end on my bike so I’m not 100% sure. All I know is the gsxr tire has a very small leak.

 

Funds make a huge difference on what gets replaced or repaired, this I agree with although on the safety side eH.
Currently I am in a position where I can just order another tire and not that big of a deal.
Years ago my life was a lot different patch and go with a prayer.

 

Ordered the Gunson colortune today. You can smell the richness in the exhaust of xj650 #2 compared to #1 which has been tuned in beautifully (by someone else). #2 carbs are turned out about 3 turns so it'll be nice to get it finely dialed in. Already it's a nice preppy n smooth xj so I'm really curious how all 4 are burning in there .

 

Had a scare this morning, Warmed up bike took off to Wally World to get some Jumper cables. While I was outside I decided to take a look at the oil sight glass and what appeared to me was milky white oil.
Like damn, I just rebuilt this last winter ARGH! Started running through what parts I know I am going to need i.e. valve cover gasket, head gasket, and a few other odds and ends. That is if a gasket replacement is only needed. Rode home 2 miles, slowly so not to cause any more damage. Drained oil and not a speck of milk in the oil pan or oil filter. What I realized is that the milky stuff is the white lithium grease I used to assemble the engine in certain areas and what appeared to happen was that the lithium grease just got moved around to areas like the sight glass were it could hang out and not cause any trouble other then me freaking out at the idea of a possible head gasket leak.
I will though keep a closer eye on the oil in case that I am mistaken.
Fill wood box then off for some much-needed riding time as the school Term is over I got 3 weeks till Winter term, January 8th I believe.

 

Really love the Colortune. It and a Morgan Carbtune Pro and getting your bike dialed in is ridiculously easy and tons of fun.

 

Cool, here I thought it would be just a satisfying experience, but loads of fun sounds pretty nice too

 

When I did mine, I ended up with half the guys in the neighborhood gathered around because really, seeing inside the combustion chamber of a running engine is just damn cool.

 

Rode to work this morning a pleasant 40 degrees. How ever when I got off of work at 7 pm it was 29 degrees. First thing that caught my attention was that my seat was covered in a thin coat of ice. Of course my cold weather pants wear at home, go figure.
Ah the adventures of winter riding.
I sure do like the thick cold air though bike feels as though it is leaping down the road!

 

Wife asks me if she needs to move her car so i can get to mine? Why you ask? Well it is 29 degrees and you should probably drive your car. Well if it is 29 then of course I am going to ride it is not raining!
I will be wear my cold weather gear today LOL

 

Rode to work this morning as mentioned prior- FOG was a big issue ice formed on my visor which I need to ask how do ya'll keep your visor from freezing up?
Cars not running their headlights!
Road was fine or at least I didn't notice any significant icing issues.
Really paid a lot of attention to the painted lines on the road and manhole covers. Good Times

 

I use my snowmobile lense.... I have a modular helmet that with three lenses--clear, tinted, And a vented clear winter lense

 

Thankfully, it's absurdly dry here, so no ice - no moisture in the air to freeze.

 

What helmet? I'd love something like that..

 

My friend at work wears a modular helmet as well. He likes his a lot, I just keep thinking about how strong is the lower chin guard.
Guess some good ol fashioned research would answer that question.
Thank You for the suggestion about using a modular Helmet.

 

Mine is a ZEUS. I love it

 

Went for the first ride after dark. Tachometer light not working. Just a bulb?

 

Probably

 

Snell will not provide any safety information regarding modular helmets. They don't even perform tests on them, as they don't have standards for the modular helmets. They (and I) feel that they are inherently weaker by design than full face models.

 

What model of Zeus Helmet?