steelboss
.040 Over
Hi,
A few tech notes for those of you are still among the resistance, to share with yourself or your Jedi mechanic:
1 floor jack and some common tools are enough.
The panniers almost jump into your arms if you twist those inconspicuous looking little flat heads inside, a half turn to the left.
We dropped the rear exhaust pipes in about 5 minutes.
Remove the rear caliper in about a minute.
Spun out the axle and disengaged the Warp-drive and the tire just rolled back and surrendered.
We popped the tire off with a bench vice and steel flat bars, with rubber to protect the rim…(I said he was a Jedi…)
5 minutes later we were filling up the Primacy, and everything went back together just as easy as it came apart. (Those UK people must be smart or something' like that..)
No extra parts found under the bike. No missing tools. No skinned knuckles. My girl only called me once...
Results…
Excellent fit on the bike. I was quite surprised how much room there really is under that fender. I mean the 205/60 is not even near the fender walls yet. (See Pics).
Filled up to 40psi for the first drive.
It was still raining and the roads looked like wet black glass. I got out there and once I was strait I opened the throttle and the bike took off in the rain, straight line, no spinning. I broke soft, then harder, no problem. Then I locked the rear brake intentionally and the bike slid straight…like an arrow. Before with the ME880’s the bike would slide wildly if I tried that. I have not seen dry pavement yet at the time of this writing.
There is one issue. I notice a mild wobble at low speed, such as 20 to 30 mph. Faster than that and it goes away. I am sure this is only a balancing issue because I did not balance the Primacy yet.
Enjoy the pictures!
Tony
A few tech notes for those of you are still among the resistance, to share with yourself or your Jedi mechanic:
1 floor jack and some common tools are enough.
The panniers almost jump into your arms if you twist those inconspicuous looking little flat heads inside, a half turn to the left.
We dropped the rear exhaust pipes in about 5 minutes.
Remove the rear caliper in about a minute.
Spun out the axle and disengaged the Warp-drive and the tire just rolled back and surrendered.
We popped the tire off with a bench vice and steel flat bars, with rubber to protect the rim…(I said he was a Jedi…)
5 minutes later we were filling up the Primacy, and everything went back together just as easy as it came apart. (Those UK people must be smart or something' like that..)
No extra parts found under the bike. No missing tools. No skinned knuckles. My girl only called me once...
Results…
Excellent fit on the bike. I was quite surprised how much room there really is under that fender. I mean the 205/60 is not even near the fender walls yet. (See Pics).
Filled up to 40psi for the first drive.
It was still raining and the roads looked like wet black glass. I got out there and once I was strait I opened the throttle and the bike took off in the rain, straight line, no spinning. I broke soft, then harder, no problem. Then I locked the rear brake intentionally and the bike slid straight…like an arrow. Before with the ME880’s the bike would slide wildly if I tried that. I have not seen dry pavement yet at the time of this writing.
There is one issue. I notice a mild wobble at low speed, such as 20 to 30 mph. Faster than that and it goes away. I am sure this is only a balancing issue because I did not balance the Primacy yet.
Enjoy the pictures!
Tony