What did you do to your M50 today? - Page 20 - Motorcycle-Journal Forums

buster · 08-29-2008, 06:25 AM

Top tip for changing the oil fliter....

If you can't get the old one to shift, hammer a screwdriver into the body to use as a handle, the used filter goes in the bin, so what does it matter if you wreck it..

JmalB · 08-29-2008, 06:44 AM

Works on cars too...

diamond_jim · 08-29-2008, 07:21 AM

I changed my rear diff oil and put in fresh synthetic oil.

CentIllRider · 08-29-2008, 10:14 AM

Same thing I have done everyday this week, rode it!

womper · 08-29-2008, 12:45 PM

was going to rain today...

so i went for a ride... got my rain gear on before i got soaked and made my way home...
light rain can be a killer... back end broke loose about 5 times...
good thing i'm not on a sports bike...

YoungBloodM50 · 08-30-2008, 01:04 AM

Rode it to my friends house where we debadged it and painted the air filter cover a semi gloss black. Makes a huge difference. This weekend is the pipes and a few other details.

mr_hac · 08-30-2008, 10:50 AM

I put on the National Cycle Deflector Shield DX. So far so good. Hope to get a good ride in on it today.

womper · 08-30-2008, 09:51 PM

was going to go to Mount Washington NH... left kinda late this morning so i thought if i sped a bit i'd make up some time.

wrong. got lit up. came close to getting my license suspended and bike impounded and a $2500 fine. the opp was nice enough to let me on my way. i'm such an idiot (this is why i hate the interstates and kings highway in ontario)

then going through montreal around noonish, it was bumper-to-bumper traffic. some guy pointed at the bike and said something.

my headlight had fallen out of the casing! it was banging along on the fender being held by the bulb socket wires. i pulled over when i could (stupid traffic) and took it off completely.

went to crappy tire and got some screws and duct tape. put the headlight back in.

decided to go back home taking the smaller highways... bad things happen in 3's and i didn't want to chance it.

when i got up this morning i didn't feel too well and thought i should just sleep in some more...

rule of thumb. follow your instincts

smithksor · 08-31-2008, 01:23 AM

I installed the integrated tail light/turn signals from custom dynamics. I love the clean look of the back end now. I'll post pictures tomorrow, too dark to get good ones tonight.

1badbaker · 09-01-2008, 11:07 AM

Not today but...I put on skull levers, blacked out the front signals, cut part of the plastic tumor out in back and found a mean looking stainless skull emblem that I blacked out and put on the radiator cover.

dreygun · 09-01-2008, 01:32 PM

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Originally Posted by smithksor

I installed the integrated tail light/turn signals from custom dynamics. I love the clean look of the back end now. I'll post pictures tomorrow, too dark to get good ones tonight.

doesn't that kit they send out make for such an easy and clean install? worth every penny. on a side note i like the faster flashy as well. i think it gets the attention of ppl more than stock flash speed. just my opinion though

rkr0923 · 09-01-2008, 03:32 PM

New Finder Bib......good for cigs, camera, sunglasses etc

burnchassis · 09-01-2008, 05:37 PM

Today I melted the rear wire harness to my M the custom license plate light wires rubbed together and melted the rear half of my wires..SO I went to the auto store ,and MADE an entire rear harness from scratch...rewired the bike license plate light....turn signals...led running lights,and brake light.
WHEEEW!!!!
It works again!...not fault of the M...all my fault.
CS

diamond_jim · 09-01-2008, 05:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rkr0923

New Finder Bib......good for cigs, camera, sunglasses etc

Ron, that looks sweet.

07M50zAllDaWay · 09-01-2008, 08:55 PM

Finally got around to putting on the 2" lowering kit. I went out this morning for a spanner wrench, but the local dealer was closed. Pepboys was out. I went to Advanced, and they were out as well. The guy asked if an old style oil filter wrench would work, and gave it to me. They used to carry them, but too many customers would crush their filters with them and then try to take them back. So the price was right if it didn't work. It worked great, and I went to a setting of 5 on the rear shock. I took some corners pretty aggressively today, and still not close to scraping anything. I did get a peg to touch in a slow U-turn, and the heel of my boot a couple times. Next will probably be the kickstand mod.

dreygun · 09-02-2008, 08:52 PM

i must not lean enough. i have the 3inch ones and i have touched anything to ground when leaning a turn lol. anyhoo, got my pc3 usb in mail today. nice learning experience. i had a full friggin tank of gas when i got home only to have to siphen most out to a gas can. second attempt to go opposite way after the install (can didn't have a sealing nozzle) i got gas in my mouth, supreme at that lol. wow pretty gross. won't catch me siphoning gas when gas prices are sky high. i'll just sell my body for extra coin. put the stock pipe, stock air filter map onto pc3 (M322 005). i have debaffled, demickey'd stock pipes with stock airfilter. but nothing else for map options came closer than that. hmm. learned how to take the tank off though. learned a few more interested things about my bike.

07M50zAllDaWay · 09-02-2008, 10:13 PM

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Originally Posted by dreygun

i must not lean enough. i have the 3inch ones and i have touched anything to ground when leaning a turn lol. anyhoo, got my pc3 usb in mail today. nice learning experience. i had a full friggin tank of gas when i got home only to have to siphen most out to a gas can. second attempt to go opposite way after the install (can didn't have a sealing nozzle) i got gas in my mouth, supreme at that lol. wow pretty gross. won't catch me siphoning gas when gas prices are sky high. i'll just sell my body for extra coin. put the stock pipe, stock air filter map onto pc3 (M322 005). i have debaffled, demickey'd stock pipes with stock airfilter. but nothing else for map options came closer than that. hmm. learned how to take the tank off though. learned a few more interested things about my bike.

I guess now would be a bad time to tell you, but you could have left the gas in the tank

smithksor · 09-03-2008, 12:27 AM

Drey,

Yeah, that kit is awesome, the toughest part is cracking open the taillight and glueing it back together. I want to move the license plate now, clean up the rear end totally.

dreygun · 09-03-2008, 08:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by smithksor

Drey,

Yeah, that kit is awesome, the toughest part is cracking open the taillight and glueing it back together. I want to move the license plate now, clean up the rear end totally.

I used shoo goo in clear. Its a glue and a sealant. Goes on thick like clear caulking and was easy to use from the tube.

Left gas in tank? Yea just a tad late geez lol.

New mirrors should be at my door after work to install. Didn't notice much with new pc3 except in 4th I could reach higher speed before changing to fifth. Maybe more dif when I get the hypercharger.

rkr0923 · 09-03-2008, 09:52 AM

integrated tail light and baron bar ends. moved the reflecters up where the turn signals were also moved tag up right under light

08-29-2008, 06:25 AM	#381 (permalink)
buster Baft Dastard Join Date: Jul 2007 Bike: K7 VZ M800 Intruder (M50 Boulevard): V45 Magna: Yamaha XJ900 Diversion Location: Glasgow, Scotland Posts: 4,003	Top tip for changing the oil fliter.... If you can't get the old one to shift, hammer a screwdriver into the body to use as a handle, the used filter goes in the bin, so what does it matter if you wreck it.. __________________ When God rides, he rides in Scotland. I know this for a fact, because people often confuse him with me..!!

08-29-2008, 07:21 AM	#383 (permalink)
diamond_jim M-J Master Poster Join Date: Oct 2007 Bike: Thumper Location: North Alabama Posts: 3,813	I changed my rear diff oil and put in fresh synthetic oil. __________________

08-29-2008, 10:14 AM	#384 (permalink)
CentIllRider Ditch Magnet Join Date: May 2008 Bike: 07 blurple Suzuki M50 Location: NW of CU Posts: 166	Same thing I have done everyday this week, rode it! __________________ Insert witty comment here.

09-01-2008, 11:07 AM	#390 (permalink)
1badbaker Can Ride And Chew Gum Join Date: Jan 2008 Bike: 05 Black M50 Location: Milledgeville, GA Posts: 1,987	Not today but...I put on skull levers, blacked out the front signals, cut part of the plastic tumor out in back and found a mean looking stainless skull emblem that I blacked out and put on the radiator cover. __________________ 2005 M50 Black: "Black Betty" John's Kit Forward Controls/Saddlemen Explorer/Kury Iso-Grips/Stiletto End Caps/Kury Throttle Boss/De-Paired/De-Badged/pac50t Naked Jug Kit/PCIII USB/Cobra Streetrod Slashdowns/Saddlemen Bags/Cobra Sissybar/Metz ME880's/Slipstreamer Windscreen/C50 mirrors Blacked Out: Headlight Bucket, Mirrors, Front Signals, Radiator Cover, Neck Covers, Speedo Cover, Tank Cowl, Fender Rails, Sissybar, Saddlebag Supports

09-01-2008, 03:32 PM	#392 (permalink)
rkr0923 Ditch Magnet Join Date: May 2007 Bike: 2007 Mean Streak Location: Marshall CO. Alabama Posts: 185	New Finder Bib......good for cigs, camera, sunglasses etc Attached Thumbnails __________________ THE SENILITY PRAYER : Grant me the senility to forget the people I never liked anyway, The good fortune to run into the ones I do, and The eyesight to tell the difference.

08-30-2008, 01:04 AM	#386 (permalink)
YoungBloodM50 Puddle Runner Join Date: Aug 2008 Bike: 2005 Suzuki Boulevard M50 Black Location: Colorado Posts: 358	Rode it to my friends house where we debadged it and painted the air filter cover a semi gloss black. Makes a huge difference. This weekend is the pipes and a few other details.

08-30-2008, 10:50 AM	#387 (permalink)
mr_hac Newbie Join Date: Mar 2008 Bike: 2006 Suzuki Boulevard M50 Location: ND Posts: 12	I put on the National Cycle Deflector Shield DX. So far so good. Hope to get a good ride in on it today.

08-31-2008, 01:23 AM	#389 (permalink)
smithksor Where Am I ? Join Date: Aug 2008 Bike: 2006 Suzuki M50 Location: Aloha, OR Posts: 46	I installed the integrated tail light/turn signals from custom dynamics. I love the clean look of the back end now. I'll post pictures tomorrow, too dark to get good ones tonight.

09-01-2008, 05:37 PM	#393 (permalink)
burnchassis U.B's LoveChild Join Date: Jun 2008 Bike: 2005 M50 PCIII K&N Thunder intake kit,custom pipes wrapped,DE-paired,side plate LED METZ 200 Location: Cincinnati,Ohio Posts: 1,214	Today I melted the rear wire harness to my M the custom license plate light wires rubbed together and melted the rear half of my wires..SO I went to the auto store ,and MADE an entire rear harness from scratch...rewired the bike license plate light....turn signals...led running lights,and brake light. WHEEEW!!!! It works again!...not fault of the M...all my fault. CS __________________ Rippin twisties! BIG GRIND! M50 Wheelie Grinding pegs Final drive repair HOW-TO Final drive+shaft rebuild HOW-TO Getting to the front u-joint HOW-TO Remove your drive ,and CHECK IT! HOW-TO Lumpectomy HOW TO Clutch adjust HOW TO Clutch install HOW TO Metzeler 200 tire mount/ install HOW TO Lower your front end FREE! HOW TO Lower your rear end! HOW TO Still looking for the new throttle on/off switch. QUIET PIPES RISK LIVES!

09-02-2008, 08:52 PM	#396 (permalink)
dreygun Found second gear by accident Join Date: Aug 2008 Bike: 2006 Dust Black M50 Location: barrie, ontario, canada Posts: 340	i must not lean enough. i have the 3inch ones and i have touched anything to ground when leaning a turn lol. anyhoo, got my pc3 usb in mail today. nice learning experience. i had a full friggin tank of gas when i got home only to have to siphen most out to a gas can. second attempt to go opposite way after the install (can didn't have a sealing nozzle) i got gas in my mouth, supreme at that lol. wow pretty gross. won't catch me siphoning gas when gas prices are sky high. i'll just sell my body for extra coin. put the stock pipe, stock air filter map onto pc3 (M322 005). i have debaffled, demickey'd stock pipes with stock airfilter. but nothing else for map options came closer than that. hmm. learned how to take the tank off though. learned a few more interested things about my bike. __________________ Tom Poh @ Dreygunz Decalz Custom Stickers/ Banners 2006 dust black debadged M50/ kury iso-grips ( with throttle boss, grip spikes, front & back pegs, clutch & brake covers)/ chrome accents (oil and brake cap)/ garmin Zumo 550 Gps/ Stock pipes (debaffled, demickey'd, blacked out header side)/ leather saddlebags & supports/ sissy bar & rack/ memphis fat 13" clear/ roadrunner cup holder/ HD fork pouch/ PC3/ 32" drag bar/ sidemount curved plate mount/ clear signals/ johnskit 3in lowering/ chrome rad cover/ Integrated signal back light kit/ removed OEM back signals and license housing/ Sickle Stem Lucifer Mirrors/ kury ultra tour bag/ JK's forward controls, GMAN's lean angle draggers (gen2), "07M50Limited" riser spacers. Coming soon: Custom leather saddle seat, Thunder Air/ adaptor, Morton violator/ Highway Hawks exhaust

09-03-2008, 12:27 AM	#398 (permalink)
smithksor Where Am I ? Join Date: Aug 2008 Bike: 2006 Suzuki M50 Location: Aloha, OR Posts: 46	Drey, Yeah, that kit is awesome, the toughest part is cracking open the taillight and glueing it back together. I want to move the license plate now, clean up the rear end totally.

09-03-2008, 09:52 AM	#400 (permalink)
rkr0923 Ditch Magnet Join Date: May 2007 Bike: 2007 Mean Streak Location: Marshall CO. Alabama Posts: 185	integrated tail light and baron bar ends. moved the reflecters up where the turn signals were also moved tag up right under light Attached Thumbnails __________________ THE SENILITY PRAYER : Grant me the senility to forget the people I never liked anyway, The good fortune to run into the ones I do, and The eyesight to tell the difference.

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