[nitrous36]

Good thread.

I'm not exactly sure if it has an o2 sensor.. do stock 05 gixxers have them or are they aftermarket? I dont think the seller mentioned anything about one when we bought the bike so if it is aftermarket I don't believe we have one

Your bike does not have an 02 sensor. The 06 and later models have 02s.

these rivets look adequate? flared them a little more than previous pictures....

All better now, the chain is fixed. Now dont let that guy touch your bike again. :lol

Instead of the PC I may get a crash cage instead and work on wheelies and such as I've always been interested..

Any recommendations on crash cages would be appreciated! Thanks everyone


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No crash cages or race rails. They dont look good and could actually hurt the frame in a crash or hard fall. Those are intended for full purpose stunt bikes used in closed and controlled areas. Leave those off, you shouldnt be stunting or trying to ride wheelies on the streets anyways. Get a set of sliders, shogun and vortex are good brands.

 

[Moto_Joe]

Good thread.



Your bike does not have an 02 sensor. The 06 and later models have 02s.



All better now, the chain is fixed. Now dont let that guy touch your bike again. :lol



No crash cages or race rails. They dont look good and could actually hurt the frame in a crash or hard fall. Those are intended for full purpose stunt bikes used in closed and controlled areas. Leave those off, you shouldnt be stunting or trying to ride wheelies on the streets anyways. Get a set of sliders, shogun and vortex are good brands.

06/07 don't have o2 sensor either

 

[nitrous36]

06/07 don't have o2 sensor either

Oh oops! Thought they did.

 

[Ironhead401]

Instead of the PC I may get a crash cage instead and work on wheelies and such as I've always been interested..

Any recommendations on crash cages would be appreciated! Thanks everyone


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Aww man.... :sad

 

[Keezy235]

:dissapointed

Uhh oh!! I wouldn't do wheelies on the street til I was extremely comfortable doing them in an open parking lot... I expect this to take a season or two to learn..

Why are you disappointed ?


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[nitrous36]

Aww man.... :sad

Well thats a given. Hes a young guy with his first sportbike, we cant make him not wheelie, hes going to do/try that regardless. What we can do is talk him out of crash cages and stunting in the streets. But like everyone else hes going to do what he wants there and try wheelies.

Im not defending him or talking junk, but its like telling someone with a mustang or camaro to never spin or chirp the rear tires :lol. Its a motorcycle, one built to go fast at that, and with a young rider on it. Hes going to do wheelies. :lol Or try.

Hopefully he doesnt do it, get hurt, or worse hurt somebody else in the process. But sure as the sky is blue, at some point he's going to do it.

 

[nitrous36]

Uhh oh!! I wouldn't do wheelies on the street til I was extremely comfortable doing them in an open parking lot... I expect this to take a season or two to learn..

Why are you disappointed ?


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Because its unsafe, and the wrong/last thing a new rider should be looking to do, on the streets at that. But if youre going to practice wheelies in a parking lot, at least make sure its vacant and that youre as far away as possible from any parked cars, curbs, and light poles. And have somebody with you. Stuff happens. Oh and gear. Helmet, jacket, glove, boots, and no shorts and sandals.

 

[Keezy235]

Appreciate your input nitrous and glad you found something worthwhile outta the thread..

I've always thought it could be somewhat beneficial to learn to control/manage a wheelie, especially as I'd like to get a liter bike later in life and I've heard wheelies occur much more frequently on those bikes..

Nitrous, I really can't afford anymore plastics.. If I were to take the bike to any open lot and practice getting the front wheel up, should I just take off the plastics ? Or perhaps I could keep the broken plastics I have on there now to save some of the internals.. Are extended sliders worthwhile? I'd really like to protect the bike as much as possible as I know wheelie-ing can be tricky. I wish there was some kind of weekend school here in Indy where I could learn to wheelie (or even better yet, get some track time and advice)




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[Keezy235]

Nitrous I won't be doing it on the streets for a long long time probably a season or two or til I feel 100% comfortable really, I know this will take some time to learn .. But I've also heard ONCE you get it down it's somewhat simplistic

I plan on taking baby steps, starting with about 6 inch lifts and going from there


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[nitrous36]

If youre still learning to ride and youre going to try things, then leave the old scuffed body work on for the time. No, dont go through the trouoble removing the plastics everytime you want to take it out for wheelies. Sliders are recommended, they wont protect everything, but they will reduce the damage done.

 

[Ironhead401]

Well thats a given. Hes a young guy with his first sportbike, we cant make him not wheelie, hes going to do/try that regardless. What we can do is talk him out of crash cages and stunting in the streets. But like everyone else hes going to do what he wants there and try wheelies.

Im not defending him or talking junk, but its like telling someone with a mustang or camaro to never spin or chirp the rear tires :lol. Its a motorcycle, one built to go fast at that, and with a young rider on it. Hes going to do wheelies. :lol Or try.

Hopefully he doesnt do it, get hurt, or worse hurt somebody else in the process. But sure as the sky is blue, at some point he's going to do it.

True.

 

[Keezy235]

Well thats a given. Hes a young guy with his first sportbike, we cant make him not wheelie, hes going to do/try that regardless. What we can do is talk him out of crash cages and stunting in the streets. But like everyone else hes going to do what he wants there and try wheelies.

Im not defending him or talking junk, but its like telling someone with a mustang or camaro to never spin or chirp the rear tires :lol. Its a motorcycle, one built to go fast at that, and with a young rider on it. Hes going to do wheelies. :lol Or try.

:lol
exactly, I've been watching youtube videos as I have no friends that can teach me how to wheelie. If anyone has any video recommendations I'd love to watch..

Hopefully he doesnt do it, get hurt, or worse hurt somebody else in the process. But sure as the sky is blue, at some point he's going to do it.

Have you learned to wheelie? Safety is my priority this will all be done in a huge open parking with no light poles and fully geared until I feel more than confident, and I don't think that'll be this season..

The majority of stunters say to take it slow, start with first gear wheelies around 12-20 mph, learn how to ride (cover) the rear brake, and learn in increments (6in up, 8in up, 10 in up, etc... :scratch no ****).

edit: I'll be starting with clutch engaged wheelies as I've heard they are a bit easier than power wheelies

and how long did it take everyone to get the brake recall done?

 

[Keezy235]

alright, well I hate to ask questions about HIDs b/c there's a boatload of info on this site and other forums about them but all the information has kind of confused me and I honestly believe some people are using their HID's improperly, blinding oncoming traffic. I'd like to get some when the next paycheck or two comes around.

First off, from what I've gathered HID's are supposed be mounted in projectors in order to give you a flat "cut-off" line of light like in the link below..If you put a HID in a reflector (like the upper, high beam bulb in the 04-05 GSXR headlight) the light is scattered everywhere and essentially blinds oncoming traffic. I really don't want to be that guy.

Link of what I think HID's should look like : http://i.imgur.com/doYfPUM.jpg

The questions I have are as follows..

1) Does the stock projector (located in lower part of headlight assembly) produce this flat "cut-off" line like the one pictured above with aftermarket (specifically DDM tuning) HIDs? If so, is this flat "cut-off" line adjustable with the stock projector?

2) Has anyone put HIDs in both the projector and reflector and had only the projector run for the lo-beams and both the projector and reflector run for high-beams. If so, how were the results? Did the low beam projector HID provide adequate lighting?

3) What kind of HID's would I need to order from DDM tuning to achieve #2? I'm aware I'll need an H4 and an H7, but I'm not sure if I need the single HID kit or the single hi/lo HID kit or one of each? Does this make sense?

THanks everyone.

 

[nitrous36]

:lol
exactly, I've been watching youtube videos as I have no friends that can teach me how to wheelie. If anyone has any video recommendations I'd love to watch..



Have you learned to wheelie? Safety is my priority this will all be done in a huge open parking with no light poles and fully geared until I feel more than confident, and I don't think that'll be this season..

The majority of stunters say to take it slow, start with first gear wheelies around 12-20 mph, learn how to ride (cover) the rear brake, and learn in increments (6in up, 8in up, 10 in up, etc... :scratch no ****).

edit: I'll be starting with clutch engaged wheelies as I've heard they are a bit easier than power wheelies

and how long did it take everyone to get the brake recall done?

Yep and I practiced on the backroad of an industrial park thats closed on sunday with no activity. Had 2 buddies with me giving pointers or in case things went wrong. I dont wheelie the bike anymore though. I have RM125 I play with for doing stuff like that. Im more comfortable wheelieing that in the dirt than my 600 on the street in traffic.

Brake recall: Took my dealer about a week to get the part. Once they had it, they did it in a day. I dropped my bike off and got it back the same day.

 

[Keezy235]

ok so I got the MC recall done and have the bike in my possession now but I'm kind of confused as I thought I'd have a brand new MC but maybe I'm looking at the wrong thing :dunno Do they replace the brake fluid level indicator with this recall?

Can someone please tell me everything that should've been replaced with the MC recall? Do they install a new master cylinder, or simply fix the old one? It doesn't look like there's anything new on my bike :twitch

Also got a few things from wally world :biggrin

 

[Keezy235]

more pics...new tires too! my last set of new tires almost had like a bump in the middle of the tire and these seem to be a lot more rounded off

it definitely doesn't look like this rod in here was replaced but I'm not sure if that's part of the MC recall? Just want to make sure these guys didn't screw me and put me back out on the roads with a possibly faulty MC... and if they did I'd like to bring their company to the ground and possibly get rich :dunno

Any input is appreciated! Thanks everyone

 

[Keezy235]

also, sorry for the triple post, but I noticed that this cover (think its the stator cover?) was pretty damn hot when I got home from riding back from the suzuki shop (about 15 minute ride)... is this normal? It was almost too hot to touch..

This cover is located on the left side of my bike when looking at the bike from the rear

 

[Moto_Joe]

That is not the new master cylinder. It was not changed.

 

[Keezy235]

That is not the new master cylinder. It was not changed.

What do you think should be my next plan of action? I knew something wasn't right :/ Do i sue someone for something like this? This sure isn't something you tell someone that it's fixed and it's really not...the last thing I need is my fronts locking up on me...

Westfield Powersports in Westfield, IN. everyone beware!

edit: i swear I keep getting fucked by everyone I let work on my bike :sad Who to trust nowadays :sad

 

[Moto_Joe]

Your front isn't going to lock up because they didn't do the recall. :wacko what gave you that idea?

What to do? Go back.and ask what the deal is :idea...

Sue? For what?