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Looking at your latest photo, it looks to me that the metal brake pipes coming down from the splitter are unsupported at the point where thay join the stock rubber lines. This is not good, I would guess that the extra loads on that metal line could all too easily cause the metal lines to fracture w...

Well, here's the somewhat finished product on Sunday during my first "large-ish" ride into the Rockies. Rode about 140mi up to about 10k above sea level. She ran great at altitude, and out performed me all day. Still building my confidence in the twistys. https://photos-5.dropbox.com/t/0/A...

Ordered those GS bars Wednesday around 10a MST and they were waiting on my porch this afternoon(Friday) when I came home from work. Can't really beat that! $118 for the bars and shipping. Although its not listed on the site, they are Tomaselli bars. From what I can tell I got a decent price although...

I took a look at the brake lines last night, and they don't seem to be in bad shape at this point in time. So I'm going to run them as is for the time being, but swapping them will be the next item on my To Do list. I've also riden the bike a handful of times now (including a 20mi jaunt with the Mrs...

I completely agree that they will need to be replaced, and I plan to do it soon since I'm sure they will look odd once the fairing is off. I guess I should reword my question to be more in line with why I'm asking it. Will the brake lines be any more susceptible to damage or function improperly with...

Aside from the existing brake lines being an eye sore, is there any reason I HAVE TO change the brake lines? I know I read that new brake lines needed to be installed while I was researching, but at this point I can't seem to dig back up the resource that convinced me to change them. I know the RT l...

This thread has an peculiar quality about it if you read it backwards from the end. Bears, beers, and pants falling down.... Peculiar indeed... All parts are in aside from new bars and brake lines. I'm contemplating running the lines myself to save the money (my wife wants a scooter, so funds are t...

I'm in the market for new bars too. All the reading I've done tells me you should be after 22mm bars not 7/8ths bars. You can run the 7/8ths but you may need to do a lil modification to the controls to get them on the slightly larger 7/8ths bars.

Welcome aboard! Considering what you paid, you've got a pretty sizable repair budget to use up before investing what that bike is worth. Great find! Excited to see what you do with it!

ME 109 wrote:

nmalozzi wrote:So I tried the belt/strap pull up technique in conjunction to tapping it with a mallet as I turned. No luck.

Oh well, worth a try.
I hope yer pants didn't fall down.

At least you got it off. The cap.

Ha! I used a bike lock cable... otherwise my pants would indeed fall down.