Check on the run-out of the tires - see if the rear tire has noticeable wobble when spun with the bike on the centerstand. You'll have to lift the front...
hey everyone This is about the 15th bike in my life, and it is very very different from those that went before<bg> Been commuting in fairly dense traffic...
two things I know about is 1)the combo of a new front tire that matched my rear,(metzler)and 2) the "All Balls", roller bearings, smoothed out my handling! I...
I just changed my vote...my sister and her hubby's schedule is so tight on this mega ride they're doing that they must be in Maine that day in order to make it...
Hi Tom, I just had the same problem. The fill plug on my final drive had worked loose. Leland ... -- Leland Sheppard Placerville, California, USA ...Life is...
Hi everybody, The PCH ride is getting so close I can taste it. Even though this is the 8th one (ninth if you include the preview), I never get tired of it. ...
... I am with Fred here. I had problems just like you are describing with my '89 until I put All Balls tapered bearings in the bike and had it torqued just...
... You need to be on the lookout for years and years of enjoyable riding. The PC is a wonderful motorcycle and even though mine is getting rather long in the...
I know nothing about this except what I see on eBay but there is a 1989 PC800 with 8600 miles on it on eBay, item number 140153817736. It appears to have been...
After I last posted a trip report from Avalon Beach on the jersey shore, Jerry and I took the Cape May-Lewes ferry (4th year in a row for that voyage across...
I took another ride up the PCH this morning. About 110 miles round trip from Venice to Ventura. Left my house at 8:30am. Going north that early, even on a...
Hi thanks for all the advice about curing the handling problems, I have now adjusted my rear suspention to the next (firmest setting) and upped my tyre...
John, If you have standard ball bearings, set the preload at 20 lb-ft and if you have or put in tapered roller bearings set the preload at 24- 25 lb-ft. The...
When you went through Malibu, you should have stopped at the big Kiwanis Chili cookoff. (you probably saw the carnival next to it) I was serving beer at one of...
Hey guys, It's that time again. We'll be in the chatroom for a couple hours again tonight. To join us, just IM me via Yahoo Messenger and I'll send you an...
... Funny they should choose a picture of the one Honda that is pure soul and then some. This site is normally pretty cool, I guess just not all it's members. ...
Hi Coasters, Just a couple more observations: The symptoms remain the same on the '89. It is running the R/R from the '96; the long delays in reaching green...
How did the inaugural Coast Ride go Saturday? What kind of turnout? Where did you stop to eat? Inquiring minds want to know. It was one of the finer Labor Day...
Hi Fred, ... I beg to differ on the "last very long" comment. The stock Honda/Yuasa YTX12-BS battery is sealed and mine have lasted as long as 11 years. I...
When my fan stopped it was the thermostat switch. At the bottom left of the radiator, pull the one wire off the switch and ground it. If the key is on, the...
When I told my wife that I was just going to send the stuff out to the "first Responders" and let them donate whatever they wanted she said "You can't do...
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