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It's interesting how many people are using groups on Facebook for similar discussions. Maybe message board forums were the original social media? I just don't find them nearly as useful and helpful. Mainly lack of threaded conversations and hard to search. I like reading and occasionally posting on ...

A well maintained boxer with 61,500 miles. I won't go into all the benefits of the bike but, if you are looking on this board, you presumably know how good these bikes are. I've loved this bike and hate to part with it but would like to try something else more in the rolling sofa category for my wif...

I noticed my front tire is wearing on the left side and I'm pretty sure it's not from going around a NASCAR track. I keep the tire at 32psi. What would cause this?

Maybe normal due to the crown of the road?

Ooh. Just saw your post about your leg! Hope you're on the mend.

Hey Towerworker. Congrats on the new bike! I haven't been on this forum much during this strange season. I was up around peaks of otter last month and did the BRP north and then home on a stupid hot day. Thought of you as I was near Waynesboro. My wife did a 90 mile ride with me and I'm ready to dra...

Thanks. I went back and saw that I posted the initial problems back in mid-August. Sheesh.

Success!!! So, Roger's consistent message of "follow the steps exactly" paid off. I think I was running into two primary issues.... 1) My digital multimeter was confusing me. 250mV on mine is 0.25. Duh. Using small safety pins straightened out and pushed up through underneath worked great ...

Thanks. I do feel like I'm close but am missing something. My initial adjustment of the TPS was based on a Basic TPS adjustment document found on ADV Wisdom on advrider. It had the specs between .36 and .40. But, I've since decided to follow your zero=250mV. So, 2 questions: 1) TB butterflys centere...

Ok, I've read a bunch of topics on this (most referencing Roger 04 rt!) and thought I had it figured out. I connected to the TPS as described and found that it was measuring quite high (like .85V) so I reset it to spec at 0.36V by loosening the screws and turning the TPS to the right setting. I rese...

Will be interested to hear how well it holds up. Creative idea. I have a slightly leaking oil fill cap. I think it's the expensive ($45) Wunderlich installed by a PO.

That is indeed an odd sound on start up. I replaced my starter last year. It is not difficult to remove and bench test it. There are YouTube videos on how to test it if you aren't sure. I just replaced one on our Civic too so I've had practice. :) The clock thing sounds like a symptom of the zip tie...

Thanks Roger. Still not sure how to check and set the TPS. Anyone know how to do this? I don't have a GS411 but I do have a OBD2 adapter that works with this bike.

towerworker wrote:Make sure antifreeze service has been performed.

I may be wrong, but I believe this is also the right time to replace the air in the tires with the proper Bavarian Alps imported winter air which can be ordered online.

So, I still have this stupid surge problem. I have attempted to follow the instructions a couple of times but I'm probably still doing something wrong. Didn't hear how to measure TPS voltage so haven't gone down that route. A couple of questions... - when I do the TBS, I should back out the BBS's li...

Thanks Roger. What a great write up! I have returned to the original TB so they should be the same. I didn't do any adjustments to them beyond BBS and throttle cable. I think I will just follow your procedures more closely before trying step 1.5. I'm not really sure how to take a reading from the TP...

I used a HF puller to get mine off. I don’t recall it being too bad. Have used on other things doing car repair since then. I only had to replace the crown ring bearing. My only concern with my repair is that I just used the spacers that were already in it. The procedure to get the perfect height wi...

Dang. I finally installed the new spark plug cables. Still having a surge issue. I'm guessing it is either: something I did with the throttle body or sync; fuel injector related (doubtful); or, maybe controller. Not sure what else effects the fueling.

Ah ha! I was thinking I should have just gone ahead and ordered and installed those while I was in there. We'll, hope that will fix it because I'm really not enjoying the surging. Will need to do this after I get back from some travel though.

So, new ignition coils installed. I don't think it solved the problem. Still some surging but the missing seems maybe better. So, maybe I will replace the spark plug lines now. Any other ideas?

by "leads", do you mean the spark plug wires from the coil to the plugs? Or, something else?