My new ride!

[Twisted]

Just purchased some ASV levers for her. Hope they're no to much of a pain in the ass to fit 

[tt_four]

The levers should be easy. I swapped the ones on my bike and it takes about 2 minutes per side and makes life so much better. I think of anything I've ever done to a bike, replacing my levers was probably the best thing I've done. I didn't even get fancy ones,  I just bought some cheap ones off ebay for $50, but they're amazing compared to stock plus I love the short levers compared to full length.

[Twisted]

Yeh the stock ones on mine are a little pitted and found a near new set for cheap while "window" shopping on eBay. I have heard a lot of people comment that a new set of levers is the best upgrade they've done to their bike. Weird because you wouldn't think they would make to much of a difference.

The thing I really hate about most after market Ducati accessories is 90% of it is carbon fibre. Am I the only one who hates look of it? To me it is tacky and I think it has a lot to do with young guys decking there trashed bikes out in it.

[Twisted]

Met a girl on a 900 monster yesterday at the bike shop (she wasn't to bad on the eye either) who had CF all over her bike. Maybe a piece her or there is ok I spose but not CF everything. She had the Cf high rise termigoni pipes installed too which was good cause I wanted to compare them to my Ducati Perfomance Remus ones. TBH I think mine are louder and sound more crisp than the Termis.

[tt_four]

Met a girl on a 900 monster yesterday at the bike shop (she wasn't to bad on the eye either) who had CF all over her bike. Maybe a piece her or there is ok I spose but not CF everything. 

haha, I don't care for carbon fiber either. I think it's ok in small amounts, or if the girl who owns the bike is cute 

It's definitely not the upgrade you'd think of, and I still don't know that I'd pay $200-300 like some people do for levers, but it's like a whole new bike now that I've replaced the stock levers. I used to think there was something wrong with my brakes because when I'm in stop and go city traffic I just like to keep 1 finger on the brake. I could slow down gently that way, but if I tried to squeeze the brake any harder than that it felt like there was resistance for a split second, then it would grab too much brake. It was super irritating in traffic and the only way to avoid it was to actually use 3 or 4 fingers on the brake. Once I swapped the levers I found out that it was just the old lever. It must've had too much friction on the plunger or something of that sort. I can ride perfectly with 1 finger in traffic now. My bike came with a short reach clutch lever too since it was previously a female owned bike, but they did give me the original lever too. The short reach felt good but it didn't feel like it was pulling the clutch in as far as it should. The stock lever was too far away for the size of my hand. having the adjustability of the new ones has been great. Shame no one makes some better levers for the GS.

[Twisted]

Installed the levers today without to much hassle. They are the shorty version as well. Will takes some pics soon.

[Twisted]

The levers 

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My cool glow in the dark helmet -

[Twisted]

Ah, the things I do to embarrass myself. Went for a quick trip into town today on the Monster, parked up outside an accountants office. When I came back to my bike I start it and put into gear, it konks out. Ok start it in neutral. pop it into first, konks out again. After installing the new levers I think something has come loose of the clutch neutral switch. I fiddle around with it and notice its a touch loose but ok ok.
In the meantime a guy from the accountants office has come out and says to me "Having a bit of trouble hey?"

"Yeh I just installed these new levers and I think somethings come loose"

" How about putting the side stand up" He says with a big smile.

Oh the shame...................

[bkrtim]

I did that the other day. Rode for about a half hour, and pulled into a parking lot next to the park to relax for a few minutes. When I jumped back on the bike, I started it and went to put it into gear...bike died. I tried it about 4 more times and same thing. As I sat there scratching my head, it occured to me that the bike was still leaning on the side stand.  I quick looked around to see if anyone had noticed the dumbass on the bike, and got out of there in a hurry.

[tt_four]

The spring on my sidestand isn't as tight as it once was 20 years ago. When I first started riding I could hit a bump and my bike would shut off. Eventually I just wrapped a zip tie around the tab on the sidestand and it works perfectly since it pushes the switch in 5mm more than it used to, but it really leaves you sitting there wondering what the issue is.

[Twisted]

The spring on my sidestand isn't as tight as it once was 20 years ago. When I first started riding I could hit a bump and my bike would shut off. Eventually I just wrapped a zip tie around the tab on the sidestand and it works perfectly since it pushes the switch in 5mm more than it used to, but it really leaves you sitting there wondering what the issue is.

Yeh mine is a lil like that on my GS. You flick it up with your foot but sometimes it sags so won't let you start it. You get away with these thing on a GS cause no one is looking lol.

[mister]

HA! GUy at works sells his Speedmaster to another guy we did work for. Next day new owner calls ready to abuse him for selling him a POS. Bike won't go, keeps konking out when put in gear, yadda yadda yadda. Um, did you put the sidestand Up? Oh, that thing, sorry to bother you.

Wait until someone puts your killswitch on when you aren't looking 

Michael

[Mart3y]

Lol glad to hear I'm not the only one that's done that, thankfully no one saw me when I did it