Tech Day 6/10 (please read)

[therabbit]

I might be able to come, it depends on if Fay Myers gets my fork bushings in time (Forks in pieces). If nothing else if anyone has an F4 or F4i (or any other bike that's similar idk) I can show you how to replace the seals and bushings.

[dm_gsxr]

I'll be heading over. Drop me a PM if you want me to bring anything. Rita might also be coming. If so, she'll be another Herbivore for the list (she's always 50/50 on stuff so I can't guarentee she'll be there).

See you then.

Carl

[~Barn~]

Because of Scer's "I'm moving out of state" BBQ that's happening today, I am sadly going to have to withdraw from doing the bike washing seminar today. I hope nobody is ultra bummed or pissed-off or whatever. If you were really-really-really-really looking forward to seeing my washing technique, or just plain watching me wash your bike, then A.) That's kinda weird, but B.) I'd still be more than happy to do it another time. Just come down/up to Brighton.

Have fun err'body!

[Devaclis]

Way to back out of an obligation - Punk

Since when is Oscar more important that washing the chain lube off my rear tire? - Dick

You will show up at the BBQ or I will train Cat in the way of grappeling your ass to the matt. - Turd

Just kidding BTW: Hope you have fun up there and wish Scer the best for me will ya?

[JustSomeDude]

Might be a little late - watching the MotoGP race from 11:30 - 12:30

[daemon]

i doubt i will be able to fill your spot brandon,but i already have alot of cleaning stuff packed with the intention of helping out.

sorry to hear that you won't be there.
hope you have a goood time.

[pilot]

Scott, et al,
I had a great time. It was nice to see everyone out and about. Special thanks to Scott, Dave and all the others that provided the great knowledge and time on the bikes.

[daemon]

ihad a heck of a good time.
i learned a bit and look forward to learning more.
thank you for setting this up scott.
i think i can speak for all when i say
"he's hot"


just kidding.
it was all great fun and had fun getting to know more of the peeps that frequent this forum,also to kid around with the ones i already know.

so now onto some of the other pics i have from today.

neighbor's are like "WTF,not again"

nope,it's not hot out.

why are none of the guy's looking at the girls???

[daemon]

holy smack.
i didn't mean to make the pics so big!!
sorry.

[daemon]

*in my best beavis voice*
washing the dog,washing the dog

scenery and more bikes

somebody said "monkey/football"

stop biting your nails dude.

[*GSXR~SNAIL*]

Nice pics man...thanks for sharing. Cool angle of Mel and hmmmm, is that Reann? If you look closely, they are in the right side mirror of the bike to the right of them in the bottom pic timestamped at 8:41 p.m.

[mtnairlover]

Thanks, Scott for hosting...and thanks to everyone who shared their knowledge.

A parting shot of today's host...





PS Oh yes, I do have many more pics to share...ha! Please stand by.

[ZX Rider]

Great day today. Thanks to Scott, Dave and others for sharing their
knowledge about bike maintenance.
It was nice to meet a lot of people and see some I met before.
All in all great time.

[rybo]

Hi all,

I have to say some thank you's here.

Thanks to:

1. Everyone who came. It was a beautiful day here in Milliken. There was lots of food and beverage for everyone. I counted 37 bikes and 10 cars. LOTS of people. Thanks for coming and making it a fun day

2. IRDave ( www.fixmybike.com ) Dave brought a HUGE amount of knowledge and willingness to teach. He is very good at his work and if you need suspension work done on your bike get in touch with him.

3. spiderman, jplracing, pilot (I'm sure others) for running specific sessions on bike tech. Great to have you guys here. Thank you.

4. eklew, 500rgurl, koniched, shortcake (so many others) who brought food and a willingness to pitch in and help out.

All in all it was more of a social event than a tech day, but I'm glad everyone came and had a great time.

Next event on the Rybo CSC event calendar is the trackday on July 29th. Keep your eyes peeled for some exciting announcements about that soon!

Scott

[mtnairlover]

The sheer magnitude of the day...


Dave...our suspension and set-up guy for the day. He's awesome mechanic...really knows his stuff.


Finishing up the suspension adjust on the Kawi...


Jeremy's working really hard on filing down that...er, um, what was that you were working on again?

[mtnairlover]

Working on the brake lines...



Gearing up for a messy chain cleaning...


This was one maintenance job that I learned a whole lot about. It's one thing for people to tell you that you've got to clean and lube your chain every so often and oh, use a rag, and oh, it can get messy, and oh...blahdy, blahdy, blah....but seeing someone else clean and lube a chain and explain the importance is a whole different story...

[mtnairlover]

And of course, what's a CSC event without a wee bit o'socializing...


You know this had to have happened...


Is it the "Dog Days" already?...


Yep, much learnin' and socializin' today.

Thanks again everyone. Be seein' ya around.

[pilot]

all those pictures... great. Thanks everyone for taking them.

[eklew]

I had a great time, thanks RYBO. Damn, I still smell like hamburgers!!!!

[pilot]

I had a great time, thanks RYBO. Damn, I still smell like hamburgers!!!!

A special HIDEE-HO! To the Burger King (now we know his true identity). Thanks E!

[McVaaahhh]

It was great to see everyone again. Lot's of thanks to everyone involved:

Scott for hooking us up huge, you are da man!

Dave for the great suspension info. I'm still trying to absorb.

Pilot for cleaning my chain. Didn't know it was silver.

and everyone else for cooking, bringing grub/drinks/knowledge. Good times for sure.

[dm_gsxr]

Agreed. The suspension class was very helpful. I've read a lot and set up the suspension on the 'busa based on what I read. It works great for some of what I do but is pretty stiff for a majority. Dave gave the baseline on how a bike should respond (a slow bounce of about an inch). When I went over to check the Hayabusa's suspension, it moved about an 8th of an inch. I'm going to have to make some adjustments on Dave's way and see how it changes

Pics









Carl

[dm_gsxr]

Carl

[dm_gsxr]

My original intention was to bring the SV and get the suspension set up but Friday while I was heading up for an overnight camping trip with Rita, the 'busa experienced some issues with bumps. A little squirming and when I pulled into the camping spot, I heard fender scraping as if I'd caught something.

On the way home Saturday, I did some testing with brakes, engine braking and just using the rear brake and the feeling in the front end changed with each of the different stopping techniques.

Sunday morning, I pulled the calipers and replaced the pads (at about 30% left) with new ones I had and went for a ride around the block. At each of the right turns it was basically ok except for one when I heard the scraping again.

Puzzled I decided to run it up to tech day instead of the SV because we're supposed to be heading up to Custer SD tomorrow (Tues). I was looking for some troubleshooting advice so I knew what the problem was.

Pilot and I ran the bike around in circles to see if the problem could be identified. While we heard the clunk and scraping, we couldn't find it.

After the suspension session, Matt (MattTLR) offerred to take a look. I brought the 'busa over to the shade and we snagged a couple of Pit Bull stands. When we got the bike up on the front stand and wiggled the front tire it was pretty clear that the right bearing was shot. It moved a good quarter of an inch. Ah, problem identified.

Matt was kind enough to offer to show me how to replace the bearings, unfortunately we didn't have any with us so we arranged with Scott to leave the 'busa in his garage and we'd chase down a pair of bearings and seals and come back this afternoon to make the swap.

After Pilot finished up with the chain session and backed the bike out of the garage, I pulled the 'busa up and we put it up on the stands (and there was much grunting; the 'busa's a heavy bike ). Matt and I pulled the calipers off. Matt undid the pinch bolts. Dave had a front axle nut so we could remove the axle (which Matt did). The bike wasn't high enough to get the tire out so we used a hex wrench and lifted the fender up and got the tire out.

Problem though. The bearing was so bad that a little less than half the ball bearings were gone and there was pieces of the last ball bearing all throughout the right side. The inside race was off center by quite a bit because of the missing ball bearings. Matt popped off the seal and the bearing came right out. We shook out the rest of the bearings and the spacer.

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