Re: first factors (fwd)
repsot -- 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, 2 Mar 2000 18:51:56 -0500 (EST) From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Error Condition Re: Re: first factors Rejected message: sent to [EMAIL PROTECTED] by [EMAIL PROTECTED] follows. Reason for rejection: sender not subscribed. --- In your message dated: Thu, 02 Mar 2000 16:01:30 EST, your pithy ruminations on Re: first factors were: = In a message dated 3/2/2000 9:47:15 AM Eastern Standard Time, = [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: = = The MRA and the Yamaha sport screen place the air at the top of your = shoulders leaving nice clear air around your helmet. No turbulence. The = difference between the stock screen and these others are not just height, = but shape and angle. Cutting down the stock screen might work, but I've not = heard from anyone who's done it. If you post to the GTS list, someone might = enlighten us. = = Kevin = = = Say folks does anybody know if somebody has cut back an OEM shield and = have any good results? That is it takes the noise generating turbulence off = of = the helmet. But not cause the air blast to create a problem some where else. = I have, sort of. I ordered a smoked "Targa" brand sheild, and discovered that it was almost virtually identical to the stock sheild. I cut ~2 1/2 inches off it, and it's significantly quieter than stock...in some ways. There's less noise, but what there is is "different". The wind hits just below the helmet, which means more air (good in the heat of the summer), but it's harder to duck below the noisy parts. = Ken Swartz = --
Re: first factors
In a message dated 3/2/2000 9:47:15 AM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: The MRA and the Yamaha sport screen place the air at the top of your shoulders leaving nice clear air around your helmet. No turbulence. The difference between the stock screen and these others are not just height, but shape and angle. Cutting down the stock screen might work, but I've not heard from anyone who's done it. If you post to the GTS list, someone might enlighten us. Kevin Say folks does anybody know if somebody has cut back an OEM shield and have any good results? That is it takes the noise generating turbulence off of the helmet. But not cause the air blast to create a problem some where else. Ken Swartz
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O, nice assortment of bikes! I take from your email that we might live within a couple hours of each other. Where are you located Ken? I'm up on the Parkway quite often. Get rid of those OEM tires and shod that GTS with a set of Pirelli GTS MTR23/24 120/70 front, 170/60 rear. Keep the pressures at around 38 front / 40 rear and you won't believe how much nicer the GTS handles! We've also had great success with the Bridgestone BT57 on this bike. Both are excellent tires! Take a look at my website http://www.geocities.com/~raddboy under "GTS1000 Modifications" to see all the windscreens that will solve your problem. Maybe I should put together yet another bulk order of the MRA screens for some of the newer members. 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: Monday, February 28, 2000 4:46 PM To: Multiple recipients of list Subject: first factors Greetings I just bought a 93 GTS in Sept. 99. 30 years on bikes. XS1100, K75s, Ducati 900ss sp and some H-D's are part of my back ground. Have been trying to get caught up on all the sites for GTS. Just measured the spacer and then moved the clutch assembly the same 10 mm as is the one next to brake reservoir. Static test seems to fit my hand better. Of which I'm only 5'8'' so my reach and seating position is different then others. Which my first concern is to modify or change the wind screen. Seems that the air slaps the helmet and the turbulence makes such a dreadful noise. More then my 95 BMW K75s. I got rid of the bike. Just wore a lot of ear plugs. Didn't keep the bike that long anyway. Traded for the Duck. Have had all body panels off and newly acquired shop books to do some maintenance on bike. Have put Amigo (spelling?) horns that bolted to a bar just under headlight they fit tight but work nicely. Will need tires soon. Have not decided which brand. OEM Dunlop on front matching OEM on back. Turning 14K. As for an article about the GTS rear ABS problem in MCNews March 2000 page 6 has me a little worried. This is the my first ABS bike. Have noticed something strange on some rear braking. The rear wheel seems to pulse with a short lock up. Maybe it is letting the rear wheel come out of a lock up condition. Have not had the time to ride enough to determine real condition. Have read archives on brakes. To wit I had not seen a GTS for several years. I had the bike one week and noticed 2 that weekend. One at Peaks of Otter, on the Blue Ridge Parkway, gas station as I drove by. Then that one and then another at the bottom of Rt 43 in Buchanan where I was at the gas station there. One had soft bags and the other hard bags. I have no bags yet. Both riders were with several other bikes. Hope those that were out that day had a good one. Thought all of this would make things interesting. Will pass on other thoughts about bike later. Ken Swartz
first factors
Greetings I just bought a 93 GTS in Sept. 99. 30 years on bikes. XS1100, K75s, Ducati 900ss sp and some H-D's are part of my back ground. Have been trying to get caught up on all the sites for GTS. Just measured the spacer and then moved the clutch assembly the same 10 mm as is the one next to brake reservoir. Static test seems to fit my hand better. Of which I'm only 5'8'' so my reach and seating position is different then others. Which my first concern is to modify or change the wind screen. Seems that the air slaps the helmet and the turbulence makes such a dreadful noise. More then my 95 BMW K75s. I got rid of the bike. Just wore a lot of ear plugs. Didn't keep the bike that long anyway. Traded for the Duck. Have had all body panels off and newly acquired shop books to do some maintenance on bike. Have put Amigo (spelling?) horns that bolted to a bar just under headlight they fit tight but work nicely. Will need tires soon. Have not decided which brand. OEM Dunlop on front matching OEM on back. Turning 14K. As for an article about the GTS rear ABS problem in MCNews March 2000 page 6 has me a little worried. This is the my first ABS bike. Have noticed something strange on some rear braking. The rear wheel seems to pulse with a short lock up. Maybe it is letting the rear wheel come out of a lock up condition. Have not had the time to ride enough to determine real condition. Have read archives on brakes. To wit I had not seen a GTS for several years. I had the bike one week and noticed 2 that weekend. One at Peaks of Otter, on the Blue Ridge Parkway, gas station as I drove by. Then that one and then another at the bottom of Rt 43 in Buchanan where I was at the gas station there. One had soft bags and the other hard bags. I have no bags yet. Both riders were with several other bikes. Hope those that were out that day had a good one. Thought all of this would make things interesting. Will pass on other thoughts about bike later. Ken Swartz
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Welcome aboard, Ken. In a message dated 02/28/2000 1:53:45 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: The rear wheel seems to pulse with a short lock up. That probably means it's working fine. And since Yamaha will fix it, you shouldn't have a problem. ABS works by allowing very (the more "very's" the better) brief lockup, then releasing. It should happen for about 1/15th of a second. And as for the article on MCN, you can thank this list and Joe Loss for the info. I wrote the article based on what I learned here and a backup call to Yamaha. (Who admitted nothing, not even that they will fix it. But they will.) Jay
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[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Of which I'm only 5'8'' so my reach and seating position is different then others. Which my first concern is to modify or change the wind screen. Normal. I'm 5'9" and had the same problem. I bought a Lockhart smoked screen and cut a few inches off of it so that the air flow hits just below the helmet lip. It works great for me, but I still wear plugs. No matter what you ride, bikes produce a lot of db's of noise. Wind, engine, passeng...er, a, will, you know. Welcome to the group. Brandon '93 GTS '93 Shadow '79 CX500
