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Re: What did you do to your Concours today?
« Reply #760 on: March 02, 2015, 07:00:28 PM »
Bar risers, Grip Puppies, and a pair of Sylvania Silverstar Ultras

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Re: What did you do to your Concours today?
« Reply #761 on: March 02, 2015, 07:20:24 PM »
They seem to be better. I'm gonna withhold judgement until I get a chance to ride where there is nominal light from street lights etc.
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Re: What did you do to your Concours today?
« Reply #762 on: March 03, 2015, 01:03:04 PM »
Rain went away, sun dried the roads, so a ride was in order.  Visited a dealer friend and checked out the new Super Duke and Duke 690.  So sweet. Also drooled over a 2015 Montesa Cota 4RT260  trials bike. (160lbs)

 Lots of wind and traffic, but the back roads were a welcome sight.  Hope all that snow and mess so many are dealing with will go away soon.  Should have never happened in the first place, with Global Warming and all.....tp
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Re: What did you do to your Concours today?
« Reply #763 on: March 03, 2015, 02:56:02 PM »
What does the gas cap mod enable one to do? Remove the key with the cap open??

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* Partial de-badging. Removed those huge Kawasaki letters.

I have new grips that I was wanting to install, but was severely depressed to find out that it is the actual grip itself that is heated and not an element inserted inside the bar end. I really hate the stock grips!! They are very uncomfortable without gloves on.

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Re: What did you do to your Concours today?
« Reply #764 on: March 03, 2015, 02:58:57 PM »
No, we can already do that.

The mod. allows the fuel cap to be closed without the key being in it, which cannot be done on a stock bike.

Brian

What does the gas cap mod enable one to do? Remove the key with the cap open??
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Re: What did you do to your Concours today?
« Reply #765 on: March 03, 2015, 03:57:19 PM »
No, we can already do that.

The mod. allows the fuel cap to be closed without the key being in it, which cannot be done on a stock bike.

Brian

YA can't just answer the question without showing how to actually perform the mod, with many pics.  tp ;D
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Re: What did you do to your Concours today?
« Reply #766 on: March 03, 2015, 04:11:14 PM »
I do not have any photos, and I never did the mod. Personally, opening the fuel cap, removing the key and then trying to close the fuel cap has never been all that much of an issue for me.... :-)

When I am in a hurry, I just put the fob key in the fuel cap and leave it there for the duration of the ride. That way I can fuel the bike without shutting it off and re- starting it.... it allows me to reset the trip meter and scribble a couple of notes while fueling.

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YA can't just answer the question without showing how to actually perform the mod, with many pics.  tp ;D
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Re: What did you do to your Concours today?
« Reply #767 on: March 03, 2015, 04:25:49 PM »
I do not have any photos, and I never did the mod. Personally, opening the fuel cap, removing the key and then trying to close the fuel cap has never been all that much of an issue for me.... :-)

When I am in a hurry, I just put the fob key in the fuel cap and leave it there for the duration of the ride. That way I can fuel the bike without shutting it off and re- starting it.... it allows me to reset the trip meter and scribble a couple of notes while fueling.

Brian
OK, Thanks, sir.  tp
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Re: What did you do to your Concours today?
« Reply #768 on: March 03, 2015, 04:54:49 PM »
Tom,  here is the link for the gas cap mod.  Thanks Fred for another one of your fantastic ideas,amd sharing it with us. http://www.pbase.com/fredharmon/gascapmod

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Re: What did you do to your Concours today?
« Reply #769 on: March 03, 2015, 05:12:21 PM »
That way I can fuel the bike without shutting it off and re- starting it....

Is that "allowed"?  I thought it was unsafe to leave an engine running while fueling (at least that is what all those stickers on the pump say).  Call me chicken...
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Re: What did you do to your Concours today?
« Reply #770 on: March 03, 2015, 05:15:58 PM »
Tom,  here is the link for the gas cap mod.  Thanks Fred for another one of your fantastic ideas,amd sharing it with us. http://www.pbase.com/fredharmon/gascapmod
Thank you Ms Nicole.  Harley sells a push button to replace their cap lock mechanism for a few bucks.  Two screws and maybe two minutes installation time.  You listening KHI?  ;D ;D  Maxtog, I always turn my engine off when refueling, as I am getting a little clumsy in my dottering years and fear I will spill and burn up the bike in the Shell/Exxon/Valero parking lot.  Not cool....tp
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Re: What did you do to your Concours today?
« Reply #771 on: March 03, 2015, 05:19:22 PM »
I turn the engine off and get off of the bike. 
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Re: What did you do to your Concours today?
« Reply #772 on: March 03, 2015, 05:34:02 PM »
I turn the engine off and get off of the bike.
+1 with the off the bike thing.  Got a pants full of gas once, when the pump's auto cutoff didn't, when on a Harley (teardrop tank), and I learned my lesson...  You don't realize how fast it's coming out until it overflows on you.  tp
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Re: What did you do to your Concours today?
« Reply #773 on: March 03, 2015, 08:18:09 PM »
When I grow up, I want to be just like Fred....

:-)

Brian

Tom,  here is the link for the gas cap mod.  Thanks Fred for another one of your fantastic ideas,amd sharing it with us. http://www.pbase.com/fredharmon/gascapmod
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Re: What did you do to your Concours today?
« Reply #774 on: March 03, 2015, 08:20:46 PM »
No, it is not. Like speeding, it is to be avoided at all costs and would be a life- threatening thing to do. Why that would be like smoking and fueling a car (anyone old enough to remember that?)- a horrible, horrible thing that will result in certain death.

Brian

Is that "allowed"?  I thought it was unsafe to leave an engine running while fueling (at least that is what all those stickers on the pump say).  Call me chicken...
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Re: What did you do to your Concours today?
« Reply #775 on: March 03, 2015, 08:32:32 PM »
No, it is not. Like speeding, it is to be avoided at all costs and would be a life- threatening thing to do. Why that would be like smoking and fueling a car (anyone old enough to remember that?)- a horrible, horrible thing that will result in certain death.

Brian

Is this similar to using power tools on the deck of a crude oil tanker?

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Re: What did you do to your Concours today?
« Reply #776 on: March 03, 2015, 08:40:57 PM »
No, it is not. Like speeding, it is to be avoided at all costs and would be a life- threatening thing to do. Why that would be like smoking and fueling a car (anyone old enough to remember that?)- a horrible, horrible thing that will result in certain death.

Brian
Man, you sound exactly like my folks, always warning me of this and that danger, never realizing that I had become a man, with my own sense of self preservation, NOT!!!  (An old skool response), as I love ringing the snot out of the C14 way more often than they would have  ever  believed.  They never wanted me to EVER be on two wheels.  What a disappointment I must have been, 60 motorcycles and a hand full of bicycles later...  Oh well, a great Wednesday to all.   tomp
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Re: What did you do to your Concours today?
« Reply #777 on: March 03, 2015, 08:42:18 PM »
No, it is not. Like speeding, it is to be avoided at all costs and would be a life- threatening thing to do. Why that would be like smoking and fueling a car (anyone old enough to remember that?)- a horrible, horrible thing that will result in certain death.

Brian


If i had 10% of the gas I pumped with a cigarette hanging out of my mouth when I was a kid, more than a few of us would never buy fuel again.
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Re: What did you do to your Concours today?
« Reply #778 on: March 03, 2015, 11:12:26 PM »
No, it is not. Like speeding, it is to be avoided at all costs and would be a life- threatening thing to do. Why that would be like smoking and fueling a car (anyone old enough to remember that?)- a horrible, horrible thing that will result in certain death.

I need to add it to my bucket list!
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Re: What did you do to your Concours today?
« Reply #779 on: March 04, 2015, 04:05:22 AM »
I need to add it to my bucket list!
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