Re: RE: Tires Again (fwd)
Some words, if the first word in a post, will get caught by the mail software. Get, in this case. Take care, Mike -- Michael Weaver (706)542-6468 [EMAIL PROTECTED] UCNS Network Specialist LAN Support Group University of Georgia, Athens Ga. )O( Public PGP key: http://www.arches.uga.edu/~weaver/pgp.html -- Forwarded message -- Date: Thu, 11 May 2000 07:02:02 -0400 (EDT) From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Error Condition Re: RE: Tires Again Rejected message: sent to [EMAIL PROTECTED] by [EMAIL PROTECTED] follows. Reason for rejection: request sensed. --- Get a 120/70 front and keep it at around 38 psi. The rear 170/60 is just fine unless you want to go posing with a 180/55 which fits nicely too. Keep it at around 40 psi. Kevin Hawkins // Greensboro, NC AMA #609423 // [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.geocities.com/~raddboy Y2K Kawasaki ZRX1100 // '93 Yamaha GTS1000 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, May 10, 2000 11:38 PM To: Multiple recipients of list Subject: Tires Again I DO NOT want to start another huge thread on this topic. What I am asking is, are you guys changing both tire sizes? I have looked through my saved e-mails and have found the following. Front Stock 130/60ZR17New Size 120/60ZR17 Rear Stock 170/60ZR17New Size ? One or two replies is sufficient. Thanks, Grant Gall
Re: Tires Again
I stay with the stock rear tire size (170/60) but change the front tire to the 120/70. The 120/70 is a more rounded profile and allows the bike to turn easier. Still has ample traction. The 170/60 is also more rounded than the 180/55 option. I have tried the 180/55 and the only benifit I found is it looks really cool. I have yet to break a 170/60 loose on dry pavement. Louis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I DO NOT want to start another huge thread on this topic. What I am asking is, are you guys changing both tire sizes? I have looked through my saved e-mails and have found the following. Front Stock 130/60ZR17New Size 120/60ZR17 RearStock 170/60ZR17New Size ? One or two replies is sufficient. Thanks, Grant Gall
re[2]: Memorial Day WV ride!
There is a BMW rally memorial day weekend near Cass Wv. It's held at Boyer Station Motel Campground along Rt. 28 just north of Green Bank Wv. I'll be there, along with about 150 other riders, I'm sure you guys would also be welcome. If you want more info on that rally email me and I'll get you the details tonight when I'm at home. Jason COG #62
Re: Memorial Day WV ride!
Kevin! What a great vid! Was the bike ahead of you also a GTS? And I thought Washington State had some good twisties... - Original Message - From: "Hawkins, Kevin L, SITS" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "Multiple recipients of list" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 11, 2000 5:02 AM Subject: Memorial Day WV ride! I'll be going up to WV for three days on May 27, 28, 29 on the GTS with Garrett Phillips and about 6 other riders. If anyone is interested in joining us, drop me an email and I'll give you the details. We call it the Bi-Annual Chicken Run and pictures from our '98 Fall Foliage Ride can be found on my website at http://www.geocities.com/~raddboy . Click on "Fall Foliage at Snow Shoe '98" on the left if you need more reasons to come. Also, I've mounted my JVC Mini-DV camcorder on my ZRX and taken it for a ride through the NC mountains a couple weeks ago. I've got a 22 sec. video capture from that ride on my website. Check out http://www.geocities.com/~raddboy/nc66.rm if your machine has Real Player or is capable of Streaming Video. The quality is pretty good, but I've got a 6.7MB and 4.1MB .mpg that are much better if your email system is NOT bandwidth challenged. Let me know and I'll be glad to sent you an email with the .mpg attached. Kevin Hawkins // Greensboro, NC AMA #609423 // [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.geocities.com/~raddboy Y2K Kawasaki ZRX1100 // '93 Yamaha GTS1000
WVa. Ride and Road Atlanta Races
We'll be riding into WVa. next weekend, May 19-21. Lodging around the Beckley area. If anyone is interested let me know off list and I'll give you the details. Right now I'm the only GTS amongst a CBRXX and VTR. Anyone going to the races at Road Atlanta the first of June? Looks like I'll be there on Sunday only. Bob B.
Re: Dot 34?
Ken, On my Concours, I used about 200 cc for my front brakes and fot the rear about half that much fluid to flush. Please let me know how the speedbleeders work out, I'm very interested. Michel Bijl The Netherlands - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Multiple recipients of list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, May 10, 2000 9:57 PM Subject: Dot 34? Speedbleeders arrived the other day. Wanted to buy new fluid. So I now find that I can get 16 or 32 oz of this new stuff that says it exceeds Dot 3 4 requirements and can be used for both. Should I be looking for Dot 4 only? Or use this 3 4 new product? One brand was Valvoline. Does anybody know how many oz's that they found they needed if they flushed the system? But not doing a rebuild. Ken Swartz
red light district on my dashboard
This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --=_NextPart_000_003F_01BFBB84.F600FBC0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Readers, I know that this subject has been written about, but I didn't read it = too well, so I'm asking once again (sorry) I noticed that on high speed runs, the iol light of my '94 GTS comes on. = When driving at 180 km's, that is not a pretty sight, it was really = scary. After having stopped, I started the bike again and the light didn't go = on so I continued my way, swinging by the mechanics shop. He told me to add oil to the point that the level on the inspection = glass was at the top of the glass.=20 Is this the remedy or do I have another problem?? Can anyone help ?? Michel Bijl --=_NextPart_000_003F_01BFBB84.F600FBC0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable !DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" HTMLHEAD META content=3D"text/html; charset=3Diso-8859-1" = http-equiv=3DContent-Type META content=3D"MSHTML 5.00.2614.3500" name=3DGENERATOR STYLE/STYLE /HEAD BODY bgColor=3D#ff DIVFONT face=3DArial size=3D2Readers,/FONT/DIV DIVnbsp;/DIV DIVFONT face=3DArial size=3D2I know that this subject has been = written about,=20 but I didn't read it too well, so I'm asking once again = (sorry)/FONT/DIV DIVnbsp;/DIV DIVFONT face=3DArial size=3D2I noticed that on high speed runs, the = iol light of=20 my '94 GTS comes on. When driving at 180 km's, that is not a pretty = sight, it=20 was really scary./FONT/DIV DIVnbsp;/DIV DIVFONT face=3DArial size=3D2After having stopped, I started the = bike again and=20 the light didn't go on so I continued my way, swinging by the mechanics=20 shop./FONT/DIV DIVnbsp;/DIV DIVFONT face=3DArial size=3D2He told me to addnbsp;oil to the point = that the=20 level on the inspection glass was at the top of the glass. /FONT/DIV DIVnbsp;/DIV DIVFONT face=3DArial size=3D2Is this the remedy or do I have another = problem??/FONT/DIV DIVnbsp;/DIV DIVFONT face=3DArial size=3D2Can anyone help ??/FONT/DIV DIVnbsp;/DIV DIVFONT face=3DArial size=3D2Michel Bijl/FONT/DIV/BODY/HTML --=_NextPart_000_003F_01BFBB84.F600FBC0--
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Re: red light district on my dashboard
Michel, the light is an oil LEVEL light, not pressure. If you run at high speeds the oil tends to wind up in the motor's top end, and the sensor reads the level as low. Keeping the oil level at maximum will help. Most on the list have been concerned over this issue at least once. Phil On Thu, 11 May 2000, Michel Bijl wrote: This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --=_NextPart_000_003F_01BFBB84.F600FBC0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Readers, I know that this subject has been written about, but I didn't read it = too well, so I'm asking once again (sorry) I noticed that on high speed runs, the iol light of my '94 GTS comes on. = When driving at 180 km's, that is not a pretty sight, it was really = scary. After having stopped, I started the bike again and the light didn't go = on so I continued my way, swinging by the mechanics shop. He told me to add oil to the point that the level on the inspection = glass was at the top of the glass.=20 Is this the remedy or do I have another problem?? Can anyone help ?? Michel Bijl --=_NextPart_000_003F_01BFBB84.F600FBC0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable !DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" HTMLHEAD META content=3D"text/html; charset=3Diso-8859-1" = http-equiv=3DContent-Type META content=3D"MSHTML 5.00.2614.3500" name=3DGENERATOR STYLE/STYLE /HEAD BODY bgColor=3D#ff DIVFONT face=3DArial size=3D2Readers,/FONT/DIV DIVnbsp;/DIV DIVFONT face=3DArial size=3D2I know that this subject has been = written about,=20 but I didn't read it too well, so I'm asking once again = (sorry)/FONT/DIV DIVnbsp;/DIV DIVFONT face=3DArial size=3D2I noticed that on high speed runs, the = iol light of=20 my '94 GTS comes on. When driving at 180 km's, that is not a pretty = sight, it=20 was really scary./FONT/DIV DIVnbsp;/DIV DIVFONT face=3DArial size=3D2After having stopped, I started the = bike again and=20 the light didn't go on so I continued my way, swinging by the mechanics=20 shop./FONT/DIV DIVnbsp;/DIV DIVFONT face=3DArial size=3D2He told me to addnbsp;oil to the point = that the=20 level on the inspection glass was at the top of the glass. /FONT/DIV DIVnbsp;/DIV DIVFONT face=3DArial size=3D2Is this the remedy or do I have another = problem??/FONT/DIV DIVnbsp;/DIV DIVFONT face=3DArial size=3D2Can anyone help ??/FONT/DIV DIVnbsp;/DIV DIVFONT face=3DArial size=3D2Michel Bijl/FONT/DIV/BODY/HTML --=_NextPart_000_003F_01BFBB84.F600FBC0--
Re: Tires Again
--- Louis Tweed [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I stay with the stock rear tire size (170/60) but change the front tire to the 120/70. The 120/70 is a more rounded profile and allows the bike to turn easier. Still has ample traction. The 170/60 is also more rounded than the 180/55 option. I have tried the 180/55 and the only benifit I found is it looks really cool. I have yet to break a 170/60 loose on dry pavement. Louis Some probably have broken the rear loose--I suspect the same guy who blew up his clutch basket (sorry Larry!) I was looking for increased tire mileage when I went to the 180 rear--not sure I got it due to different brands. (and, of course, the "cool" look!) Also, I'm no physics guy, but I think a simple increase in tire width, more specifically "contact patch," would make no difference in traction, all else being the same (like coefficient of friction, weight of bike, etc) I expect some disagreement here, as the common intuition is opposite, but look at some physics theory before you flame me... And, for Grant-- Good God man, we live for huge threads on tires! KEVin wearing KEVlar jeans __ Do You Yahoo!? Send instant messages get email alerts with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com/
Re: Tires Again
Grant, D207 120/70/17 up front, 180/55/17 BT56SS in the rear works well. No real issue in "mixing" brands. Good luck. Stan -- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Multiple recipients of list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Tires Again Date: Wednesday, May 10, 2000 11:37 PM I DO NOT want to start another huge thread on this topic. What I am asking is, are you guys changing both tire sizes? I have looked through my saved e-mails and have found the following. Front Stock 130/60ZR17New Size 120/60ZR17 Rear Stock 170/60ZR17New Size ? One or two replies is sufficient. Thanks, Grant Gall
Re: red light district on my dashboard
--- Michel Bijl [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Readers, I know that this subject has been written about, but I didn't read it = too well, so I'm asking once again (sorry) I noticed that on high speed runs, the iol light of my '94 GTS comes on. = When driving at 180 km's, that is not a pretty sight, it was really = scary. Don't be sorry, just kill the mime stuff... Oil light is a level sensor, NOT pressure. High speed keeps oil out of the sump, setting off sensor. Check oil level at next stop and top off if needed. (it's still scary--no matter what we know...) Kev __ Do You Yahoo!? Send instant messages get email alerts with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com/
Re: GTS with 3 wheels FLUFF
In a message dated 5/11/00 8:01:42 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I have posted some photos to the Yahoo club pages, I hope you'll like it. John Dreuning, riding with 195/45 tires John, you have taken the title of youngest GTS rider away from Louis Tweed. Now I see that you had to add the sidecar because your feet don't touch the ground. I bet all the other kids get jealous when you get to the playground. Are you wearing sandals? What a squid!! I'm going to tell your Mom. Fred Grefe
