Ryan,
Sounds like you've had a busy few weeks on the ol NH! Welcome aboard!
My only comment on LED turn signals is that they often require
swapping out the flasher unit (not a bad thing to replace every once
in a great while anyway - anything electrical can fail) with one
designed to operate on low or no load. There are universal ones,
Superbrightleds.com sells one but I haven't made the plunge yet
myself.
-Joey
On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 9:09 PM, Ryan Bray <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hey guys,
>
> So I did the washer mod and Tim Hodge exhaust mods last week on my 1993 NH
> 750. The website everyone links for the guides to these mods is down but I
> still figured it out but I have a few observations that might have saved me
> a lot of time...
>
> Exhaust Mod:
> -When removing the baffle, use rust penetrator on the bottom part (like
> through the old rivet hole after drilling it out) and run the bike a bit
> after the rivets are out. Then try to remove. This was the only way I was
> able to get either of the baffles out of a 19 year old bike, and it actually
> has very little rust (just a little on the bottom of each, hence the
> penetrator help).
> -Countersink the holes you drill in the baffle. After the first try (I did
> five 3/8th holes form the get-go) the exhaust sounded raspy and I thought I
> might have to go drop $320 on a Vance and Hines setup. A colleague suggested
> countersinking the holes to smooth them out and it definitely helped. I
> still think I'm gonna get V&H 4-to-1 pipes (my friend has them on his '92 NH
> and it sounds a lot better than my bike) but for now it sounds OK.
>
> Washer Mod:
> -Two #4 washers from radio shack made my bike run too rich. I was getting
> hesitation still, noticed a distinct power drop off around 7000 RPM, and
> when I rode up to Julian, CA (~5000 feet altitude, I live at sea level) it
> ran noticeably worse. Luckily for me, someone had done a washer mod to it
> before with much smaller washers (1 per needle, about half the thickness of
> the radio shack ones) and I combined one of those with a single #4 from
> radioshack on my second attempt. The change was AMAZING. I get good power
> all the way down around 2500 RPM, increasing all the way to rev limiter now
> and the bike finally feels strong across the whole RPM spectrum. SO MUCH
> BETTER! :) The way the bike was when I got it (~6 weeks ago) I had a hard
> time getting her moving with less than 5000 RPM, she took a lot longer to
> warm up in the morning, and after my commute home I could smell a faint
> burnt scent. From my VW bug days, I new that was a BAD sign and she was
> likely overheating.
>
> I also have a quick question about turn signals. Mine are all cracked and
> nardly so I was going to get new ones. A guy I work with highly recommended
> LED turn signals, and seeing that these are 1/2 the price of OEM
> replacements, I was considering them:
> http://www.vipcycle.com/products/%22Euro-Custom%22-Black-Motorcycle-LED-Turn-Signals-.html
>
> So, any thoughts or ideas on replacements?
>
> I've been having a lot of fun with my NH so far as a commuter and weekend
> ride and I'm looking forward to many thousands more miles on her. I tried to
> attach a pic from last weekend to this email, dunno if the googlegroup works
> that way...
>
> Thanks!
> -Ryan
>
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