Lately I’ve begun to notice that the seating position on the Connie really leans more towards an aggressive crouch than laid-back sitting-up-high relaxed. Coincidentally Stephen posted this on an unrelated topic:
Balance and adjustment are important on the Connie, she is after all more of a sport bike than a touring machine.
Point taken!
(via Stephen M on concourstech)
The review of the C10 Concours.
FYI, but engine stresses go up as the square of RPM.
IOW, double the revs, and you quadruple the stresses on the engine parts. Triple the revs, and you increase stress by a factor of 9x.
If there’s no compelling reason to have the engine spinning at high revs (ie, I want the power), I don’t.
Above is theoretical.
(via Doug G on COG)
As to not getting the bike in any gear but first, that is Kawasaki’s patented neutral finder. The bike must be moving five mph or faster to select second gear. You can defeat this by putting it on the centerstand and spinning the rear wheel by hand as fast as possible. You will then need to hold the clutch disengaged while taking the bike off the stand.
(via on Claudio O COG)
thats right about where the inline fours are about to “come up on the cam”. IOW, from 7 grand to the redline in the blink of an eye; takes a bit longer from 4k revs. i used to run around in 4th gear all the time just waiting to crack open that throttle
(via Rick Mon COG)
Tonight I noticed a little puddle under the tip of the front cowling on my Connie:
Continue reading “What is leaking here?”
Saturday night I finished up a project I had started on Friday night, installing a fender-extender on the Connie.
Continue reading “Fender extender installed”
Somehow I managed to purchase my Connie without noticing a little rust spot on the gas tank. You might say I was blinded by love? Whatever the case, it needed to be repaired.
Continue reading “Gas tank rust repaired”
Saturday afternoon I use diet cola and aluminum foil to clean the rust off of the chrome exhaust pipes. Yes, diet cola and aluminum foil.
Continue reading “Exhaust Pipe Rust Repaired”
On Saturday night I replaced the windshield bolts. A couple of them were missing, and the other problem was that some of the bolts were the wrong size. For safety, it is better to have them be stock and complete.
