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Thursday, September 27, 2012
Arkansas Street Ride
Thursday, September 20, 2012
New Feature for Google Maps for Android
Some people may have noticed but for those who haven't, google maps released an update recently. No surprise there. However, under "My Places" in the "offline" section you can now download large map segments to your device to use when you know you will not have service. This could be old news to some of you but I figure there are at least a few of us who may have missed this new feature. It was actually a few updates back when it first appeared but it did not function properly on my Sprint Evo. They used to limit you significantly and although there are still limits, they cover a much larger area that I found much more user friendly.
Wednesday, September 19, 2012
V-Strom 1000 Valve Check/ Adjustment
As you can see from the variety of mechanical how-to posts, I am getting ready for winter. I need some projects ready to go, to help me get through those rough couple months that are devoid of motorcycle riding. I figure if I can ride them, I ought to go ahead and do all the work on them so when I can ride them I won't need to be out in the garage tearing them apart nearly as often.
This is a great site for backing up the manual! If you don't have the manual then get one!
http://www.vstrom.info/Smf/index.php/topic,10845.0.html
Side Note: Notice in reading through that, it mentions that you must re-balance the throttle bodies after the valve adjustment. Here is a link:
http://www.vstrom.info/Smf/index.php?action=printpage;topic=10839.0
Here is a how to link for making your own throttle body sync tool:
http://www.vstrom.info/Smf/index.php/topic,10838.0.html
vstrom.info and stromtrooper.com are both great sources for questions or information.
This is a great site for backing up the manual! If you don't have the manual then get one!
http://www.vstrom.info/Smf/index.php/topic,10845.0.html
Side Note: Notice in reading through that, it mentions that you must re-balance the throttle bodies after the valve adjustment. Here is a link:
http://www.vstrom.info/Smf/index.php?action=printpage;topic=10839.0
Here is a how to link for making your own throttle body sync tool:
http://www.vstrom.info/Smf/index.php/topic,10838.0.html
vstrom.info and stromtrooper.com are both great sources for questions or information.
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