My friend and I finally had some time so we did some maintenance on the Bandit. Well, he did it and I watched and learned. Anyway, the tank came off with no problems but we found that the back fairings have a small tab that is bolted onto the frame under the tank. Who ever took the tank off before us didn't think enough to take the bolts off, so he just snapped the fairings at the tabs....not a good sign for mechanical competance. is it? I started to get a little worried, I was hoping whoever did that hadn't gone too far into the engine.
We checked the plugs, NGK, and they were fine. We took a look at the air filter, and I was happy to see the K&N Sticker on the outside of the box. This means I get 10 extra horsepower, right?
We moved on and got the carbs off without any trouble. They had never been touched, apparently. We inspected them and the number one carb has a huge speck of sand in it. The second carb had a little gunk and we got that out, as well. Three and four carbs were clean.
So we got everything back together and I took it for a ride. It seemed to run a little better, a little smoother and maybe a little better acceleration. But honestly, it might have just been the psychological 'We worked on the bike so it must run better'.
Either way, it's nice to find out that the $200 bike is in good shape.
Friday, April 16, 2010
Sunday, April 11, 2010
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
Odds and Ends, spring cleaning, little bit of this and that...
We just got back from a trip to Atlanta, where we stayed at the Marriot Marquis in downtown Atlanta. This hotel was huge, 42 stories tall. We stayed on the 32nd level. Tallahassee has one tall building, the Capitol, and it's only 22 floors high. Riding up and down the glass walled elevator was cool, Ryan loved it.
Anyway, except for the height of the hotel, it was about the same as any other, except it seemed they lived a bit on their name. No free internet, the TV was not good, they overbooked enough that we didn't get part of our package and had to park off site instead of valet parking. But, they took care of it and did refund that so it was fine.
We were in Atlanta for Shelby's Volleyball tournament and that was cool but Ryan and I had lots of time to spend. We took a trip to the Aquarium and it was pretty nice. It was also part of the hotel package so that was even better.
What was strange was that even though we were over 300 feet in the air, many times at night, we could hear motorcycles racing by on the street. We didn't hear any other sounds, really, but sport bikes winding out a bit seemed to carry right up to our room.
I'm glad to be home but my poor Bandit is now yellow. Pollen has covered our carport and my bike needs bath!
I'm cleaning up the site too, adding a few links, etc. So take a look, might be one or two you may not have seen before.
Anyway, except for the height of the hotel, it was about the same as any other, except it seemed they lived a bit on their name. No free internet, the TV was not good, they overbooked enough that we didn't get part of our package and had to park off site instead of valet parking. But, they took care of it and did refund that so it was fine.
We were in Atlanta for Shelby's Volleyball tournament and that was cool but Ryan and I had lots of time to spend. We took a trip to the Aquarium and it was pretty nice. It was also part of the hotel package so that was even better.
What was strange was that even though we were over 300 feet in the air, many times at night, we could hear motorcycles racing by on the street. We didn't hear any other sounds, really, but sport bikes winding out a bit seemed to carry right up to our room.
I'm glad to be home but my poor Bandit is now yellow. Pollen has covered our carport and my bike needs bath!
I'm cleaning up the site too, adding a few links, etc. So take a look, might be one or two you may not have seen before.
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