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  1. bayoubill

    bleeding sm5 clutch

    update, got o rings today, polished the bore of the slave cylinder a little more with 1200 wet sand paper, installed o rings, filled from top and like i always do on the atv's i work on, worked fine, back on the road.
  2. bayoubill

    bleeding sm5 clutch

    jeez, every time i post anything i get spanked by someone, its getting old.....i will just read from now on and not post.
  3. bayoubill

    bleeding sm5 clutch

    if you read post 3, i was only asking because of the vacuum assist, yes i have worked on lots of brakes, a few truck clutch slave cylinders, fact is i put one in the mazda b3000 im driving now,had to pull the whole driveline out, but none had an in line vacuum assist, just wanted to know if...
  4. bayoubill

    bleeding sm5 clutch

    i've done many, many atv's like this from a dry start, several harleys too,
  5. bayoubill

    bleeding sm5 clutch

    thanks,
  6. bayoubill

    bleeding sm5 clutch

    i have done a thousand brakes on cars bikes and 4 wheelers, i always just do it the old pump and hold while opening the bleeder on the slave, just don't know about a spyder with the vacuum assist thing,
  7. bayoubill

    bleeding sm5 clutch

    so i got my rs out yesterday, no clutch, i checked and it was leaking out at the diaphragm cover area, the large o-ring on the piston looked like it had been shoved in dry at assembly it was cut off flat in spots, no real wear anywhere, anyway i cleaned the bore with 1000 wet or dry and ordered...
  8. bayoubill

    What did you get for Christmas

    me and the wife just give each other 100.00, there's nothing we really want at our age.
  9. bayoubill

    Do we like modular helmets or not???

    the helmets i think are heavy, some people wear and say they are comfortable, i don't think actual lbs counts for much, the bell revolver i had and harley brand modular were so heavy*to me*, that i couldn't ride for 30 minutes in comfort. it could be from riding for years with a half helmet ...
  10. bayoubill

    Do we like modular helmets or not???

    i don't know actual weight but i tried a bell and a harley brand, they were both a lot heavier than the full face generic i wear sometimes in the winter , i couldn't stand either one, might be lighter ones out there but i'm not wasting any more money on them
  11. bayoubill

    Do we like modular helmets or not???

    i hate them, heavy, hot, hearing and vision restrictive,
  12. bayoubill

    Marketing failure

    you could say these exact words about victory, they are gone now.
  13. bayoubill

    Good example of a shot battery

    come to think of it i don't think i have ever kept a bike 4 years, i changed my roadking battery when i got it, it had a 5 year old battery in it, but i get tired of anything and sell/trade so much it just doesn't happen, i've had 4 different harleys, a victory, a bmw, and the spyder in the last...
  14. bayoubill

    Good example of a shot battery

    i worked for revco/cvs for years in maintenance at the knoxville warehouse, and the last 4 years i was in charge of watering and maintaining the batteries, 74 different forklifts, man-ups, side reaches, etc, we had several crown machines you speak of, we kept all of them charged every night...
  15. bayoubill

    Good example of a shot battery

    i replace a motorcycle battery after 4 years regardless of the condition, i'm not going to get stranded probably at the worst time or place over trying to squeeze a few more months out of an old battery.
  16. bayoubill

    Good example of a shot battery

    you can just hit the start button with a meter on it to see if it drops too much
  17. bayoubill

    How many here rode a motorcycle to high school?

    in tn i think you could get a mc license at 14 , but i never got one til later, probably around 16 or 17 really don't remember, around knox co where i lived if they caught you they would just tell you to go home, i got caught in several roadblocks and thats all they ever did. it was a different...
  18. bayoubill

    How many here rode a motorcycle to high school?

    first honda i ever saw personally was a 50 my brothers friend bought, i was in the second grade, would have been about 1963 if i'm subtracting right
  19. bayoubill

    RS Spyder Floorboards

    i've been studying on this since i got mine and as soon as i can find a set of good used boards at a swapmeet i'm going to make some mounts for my rs sm5, doesn't look too hard. i would like to find some old victory boards because they are so big but will probably end up with harley boards, i...
  20. bayoubill

    Which of the 11 American sub-cultures do you identify with?

    i'm 100% gun toting beer drinking pickup truck driving hillbilly redneck, except for the racist part, i truly don't like a racist or anyone who puts down anyone because of anything, i especially don't like people who look down on the poor because i grew up poorer than most people would even believe,
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