What Did You Do To Your WR Today??

Still waiting for the ice to melt off my road. I finished up some detals on the IMS 4.7 install today and mounted the PMB rack. Hope to ride next week.

I just received my Spiral StepDown seat today. Just a heads up, My stock seat hardware was too short. So I hit the local hardware store and picked up some longer ones. I bought four 6mm X 20mm allen head bolt. They matche the #5 allen wrench that I use to take off my plastics. I only needed three. The third one goes to my air box door. <--- It was a Phillips head. Now all I need is one tool for the seat, plastics and the air box. I noticed that the StepDown seat weighs a lot less. I didn't have a scale for the exact weight, but it feels like half the weight of the stock seat. I just sent my camera off to be cleaned so no photos today. Maybe later this week.
I'll test it out tomorrow and give ya my 2 cents.
Cheers !

StreetGhost wrote:

I'll test it out tomorrow and give ya my 2 cents.
Cheers !

Perhaps you'll have a different opinion than me. <-- clicky

This was technically Sunday and Today. I went back to the stock exhaust. I also added a resistor in the EXUP servo plug to kill the check engine light (CEL). No more CEL and much quieter. Most guys think I am crazy for going back to stock but I like quiet bikes. One of the exhaust shield bolts were missing so I just threw one on for now until I either get the correct one or buy two more like the one I used so they are all the same.

From this:


To this:

Changed my front and rear sprocket (to a 48) and replaced the chain. just need to set the chain tension and ride it this weekend .

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Bought a new chain to go with my blue "theme" that im working on.
Will post more pics as soon as the parts from US show up........

Today was my winter maintenance day. Removed the swing arm, cleaned and greased all bearings put on a new chain, sprockets, chain guards, both swing arm and rear one and also replaced the roller on the bottom.

Upon inspection I found that my chain had been chewing into my swing arm as I had expected. The PO had put a chain on at some time but didn't look like he took good care of it as it had some tight links on it and I could actually see the top edge of the chain looking like it was sharpened. So tommorow it's back into wiring some more goodies, the gps and aux lights.

I installed Symtec grip heaters and some new grips. I used a relay and distribution block to make it easier to add extra circuits later. I want to use a larger block this one was all I had on hand, I'll change it later. I tapped into the plate light for switched 12V (blue wire at the bright yellow connector on this bike), that way if anything happens it's not an important light I lose. I do this on all my bikes that are road ridden and I add grip heaters to. I need to tidy up the wiring (you can see the lose wire in the grip picture), mount the block, and figure out how I want to mount the switch. I like the looks of the Symtec round rocker but I may use the mini toggle switch I have and usually use for this application.




I also started dis-assembly for the IMS tank install tomorrow.

After replacing the handlebars with some Protaper evo, I took the WR on a 1.5 hr ride to figure her out. This is the longest ride I've had on it since I bought it back in Jan. (after changing sprockets, chain, blinkers, adding skid plate, handguards and now the bars.)

I put the Rotopax on and 1/2 of my Dirt Bagz rack. Trying to see if I can just use the Roto plus its rack and sling the left side bag over it. Still figurin. I leve for Moab on Friday. P

A day not "working" but spent in the garage having a beer and playing with a bike is a good one to me ;D .

First up was finish installing the IMS 3gal tank.

This is the cheapo Harbor Freight pump I used to get the fuel out of the stock tank. Worked well.


Tank off:


New tank on:


Checking the plastic and seat fit with the bigger tank:





Next up was finishing up my grip heater install. I also removed the all "airbox flapper" junk. I mainly ditched it because it gave me more room under the seat :) :

Wiring under seat cleaned up:


Switch mounted. I wanted to use the round rocker that came with them but I just couldn't find a good place to fit in. I still need to paint the bracket:


I also did the factory shock lowering adjustment and slid the forks up in the clamps 3/4". No pics because not much to see. I am not tiptoeing any more when seated so that's nice.

Is the gap between the plastics, the tank, and the seat really as god awful as it looks in every picture I've seen of the IMS 3.0 tank?

I may go with the super massive tank just because of that. I'm OCD about shit not lining up like it's suppose to.

It's pretty bad, yeah. I can live with it because I need more capacity than stock but can't afford the bigger tanks.

Thanks, glad I asked. If I bought one I'd just have to deal with return to buy the more expensive one anyways.

Took Tink out to play in Big Bend National Park and Big Bend Ranch State Park. Awsome!
More pics and trip report here >> https://wr250rforum.forumotion.com/t6602-big-bend-national-park-and-big-bend-ranch-state-park

Changed the front tire today. Forgot to tighten the brake caliper bolts though, so when I rushed off to work I lost one bolt in the street and I got some violent clunking as the caliper met the rotor... Finger tightened the remaining bolt and limped back home. Had to take the truck to work...

Walked the street tonight when I got home (just after midnight). Found it! It's been run over a time or two though so the threads are dinged up a bit. I keep needing a tap and die set... Maybe I'll go buy one now.

pbnut wrote:

Changed the front tire today. Forgot to tighten the brake caliper bolts though, so when I rushed off to work I lost one bolt in the street and I got some violent clunking as the caliper met the rotor...

Wow....that coulda been bad.....

motokid wrote:

pbnut wrote:

Changed the front tire today. Forgot to tighten the brake caliper bolts though, so when I rushed off to work I lost one bolt in the street and I got some violent clunking as the caliper met the rotor...

Wow....that coulda been bad.....

Yeah really. I am glad it wasn't worse.

Yea, fortuantely it was the lower bolt that fell out. Had the top come out there might have been an instant lock up which would have ended badly.

Next time leave the front caliper alone, there is no reason to remove it to take the front wheel off.

wristpin wrote:

Next time leave the front caliper alone, there is no reason to remove it to take the front wheel off.

It's not necessary but it makes re-installing the wheel easier. Ever since I used to be a mechanic at a shop and the old timer that owned it showed me this trick I have done it.

I changed the rear sprocket from a 45t Aluminum to a 47t steel today. Now, with the 12t front I think I have the ratio that works best for me (3.92)....especially in the dirt...lots of steep hills and downed trees here in East TN/Western NC.

I went to a non o-ring chain (110 links) with a clip style master link...we'll see how it holds up. My thinking was to take it off the bike to clean and lubricate it.

DragonNester wrote:

I changed the rear sprocket from a 45t Aluminum to a 47t steel today. Now, with the 12t front I think I have the ratio that works best for me (3.92)....especially in the dirt...lots of steep hills and downed trees here in East TN/Western NC.

I went to a non o-ring chain (110 links) with a clip style master link...we'll see how it holds up. My thinking was to take in off the bike to clean and lubricate it.

I just switched to non o-ring with a clip master link too

wristpin wrote:

Next time leave the front caliper alone, there is no reason to remove it to take the front wheel off.

Completely false, at least for us X guys. The R guys may be able to pull it off, but the X rims necessitate caliper removal.

pbnut wrote:

wristpin wrote:

Next time leave the front caliper alone, there is no reason to remove it to take the front wheel off.

Completely false, at least for us X guys. The R guys may be able to pull it off, but the X rims necessitate caliper removal.

Had mine off a couple times when I had the 17'' wheel in front......

Never took off the caliper....