What have you done to your non-mazda today?
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- 03.5 YLW MSP
Seats recovered and installed in the truck late last night. It loooks pretty good if I do say so myself. I'll grab some pictures later on after work.
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- 03.5 YLW MSP
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hornsfan10609
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- 2003.5 Mazdaspeed Protege x2
Did lots of work on the Bullitt yesterday, Installed Steeda Sport lowering springs front and rear, steeda sway bars front and rear with Billet bushing brackets, Steeda Panhard bar, and a Steeda G-track brace. Should complement the Koni STR.T shocks/struts and rear lower control arms very well. Power slot rotors, Hawk HPS pads and stainless lines go on next.
Man, I can't believe I never posted this here. Added another non-mazda to the stable a couple weeks ago. 2005 Suzuki SV650 with 6000 miles on the clock. Previous owner did the fender delete, added the Delkevic exhaust (sounds SO good) converted the turn signals to LEDs (so much brighter, and flash faster than stock so it's a lot more visible), and the bar end mirrors. Basically: almost everything that I'd have done to it anyway LOL
It's been pretty cold lately, but I've gotten to ride it a decent bit all things considered. Picked up a pair of cold-weather gloves yesterday which made an ENORMOUS difference in comfort. Keeping your core warm is easy, layer up and stay off the interstate lol (for my 35* commute in to work yesterday, it was a long sleeve T, fleece that covers my neck, my riding jacket w/ its liner in (it's a summer jacket), and hurricane over-pants over my khakis.
Last weekend I put a tank of gas in it and LITERALLY LOL'd at how "much" it cost to fill. It was like $12 for regular. Added some Stabil since I won't be riding very regularly with winter coming up. I've owned a couple of serious grin-inducing commuters before (the S2000 being the best), but this thing is just silly fun
This weekend I'll nut-and-bolt the suspension (it's a V-Twin, vibrations tend to shake things loose) and clean & lube the chain. It came with a rear stand, so that'll take about 10 minutes... ok, 15, it'll be my first time doing it. And at some point this winter, it'll get an oil change. About the only thing it kinda needs is a front tire, but come spring that'll get taken care of.
Oh, and it fits in the garage between the other cars. Bonus!
It's been pretty cold lately, but I've gotten to ride it a decent bit all things considered. Picked up a pair of cold-weather gloves yesterday which made an ENORMOUS difference in comfort. Keeping your core warm is easy, layer up and stay off the interstate lol (for my 35* commute in to work yesterday, it was a long sleeve T, fleece that covers my neck, my riding jacket w/ its liner in (it's a summer jacket), and hurricane over-pants over my khakis.
Last weekend I put a tank of gas in it and LITERALLY LOL'd at how "much" it cost to fill. It was like $12 for regular. Added some Stabil since I won't be riding very regularly with winter coming up. I've owned a couple of serious grin-inducing commuters before (the S2000 being the best), but this thing is just silly fun
This weekend I'll nut-and-bolt the suspension (it's a V-Twin, vibrations tend to shake things loose) and clean & lube the chain. It came with a rear stand, so that'll take about 10 minutes... ok, 15, it'll be my first time doing it. And at some point this winter, it'll get an oil change. About the only thing it kinda needs is a front tire, but come spring that'll get taken care of.
Oh, and it fits in the garage between the other cars. Bonus!
The Suzuki got the chain cleaned & lubed today. Found a couple loose bolts on the left side rear-set (yay V-Twin vibrations!) so I loc-tited those down and re-installed. By spring it's going to need a front tire pretty bad. And I think I want to pick up some knee / shin armor. Not sure if it's just cuz I'm still relatively new to all this, but that's about the one area that feels really vulnerable (yay naked bikes!) that I don't already have protection on. My boots, gloves and jacket all have built in protection, and I've got a full face helmet, and nothing on my legs. I've got a birthday coming up, so who knows what might show up 
. Actually, a Battery Tender Jr. will show up so I can hard-mount the ring terminals to the battery and keep it topped up really easily in the winter 
. Actually, a Battery Tender Jr. will show up so I can hard-mount the ring terminals to the battery and keep it topped up really easily in the winter 
Adjusted the preload on the fork and rear spring for someone of my... *cough* ... heft. It was set up at the 2nd lowest setting. For me it's gotta be near the top. I tried using the crescent wrench in the bike's tool kit to do the rear but with the battery box / frame in the way, it was exactly impossible to do. Grabbed a pair of channel locks and was done in about 30 seconds lol. Yay tools
Apparently the SV has a bit of a budget suspension. Fortunately it's not very expensive or hard to fix. Looks like some more appropriate fork springs & oil and an ZX14 rear shock may be on the agenda once I've got a bit more time under my belt
Apparently the SV has a bit of a budget suspension. Fortunately it's not very expensive or hard to fix. Looks like some more appropriate fork springs & oil and an ZX14 rear shock may be on the agenda once I've got a bit more time under my belt
Drove the Honda to work today... hit 8k a couple times. Stupid drivers getting in my way. It is fun to get next to someone on the highway, and when they don't expect it, drop down to 3rd and tag it. Their heads snap so fast...
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- '13 CWP MS3 & '16 Mazda6 GT
Made a video using my new GoPro Hero 2 and used Sony Vegas for the first time...lol not great but I'm learning.
http://vimeo.com/34764212
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NoFear1911
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- 2013 MazdaSpeed 3, 1990 Mazda Miata
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finally got around to getting rid of that hideous tail fin thing
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finally got around to getting rid of that hideous tail fin thing
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- '13 CWP MS3 & '16 Mazda6 GT
looks like the ninja 250
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- '13 CWP MS3 & '16 Mazda6 GT
Installed some LED fog lights. I wrapped them in a yellow overlay first as I liked the look better.
Here's the car at a recent car show.
Here's the car at a recent car show.
Had a brief scare with the Civic yesterday. While driving, the coolant temperature started climbing. In the 11 years I've had the car, it's never done that. After doing some diagnosing, I found that the coolant level was actually just low. Thankfully, that was my first theory. After adding 3/4 gallon of 50/50 mix, we were good to go.
Man that St00k looks awesome. I love that color so damn much.
One of the bar-end mirrors fell off of the bike (rlaugh)
Well, the mirror didn't fall off, but the set-screw backed itself all the way out and is somewhere on Steve Reynolds Blvd. in Duluth, GA now lol. On the upside, this does 2 things: 1: reinforces a valuable lesson about V-Twins (LOCTITE IS YOUR FRIEND!!!!), and 2) gives me an excuse to buy some mirrors that don't suck quite as much as the ones that are on there. $25 later and I've got a new set on the way.
The problem was the only way to adjust these was to get 2 different allen keys: 1 allowed you to adjust fore / aft, the other left / right. So to get a mirror set was a pretty serious pain. The ones I'm getting are easier to set initially, and have detents in them so you can actually adjust them by hand and they'll stay put. Looking forward to that.
One of the bar-end mirrors fell off of the bike (rlaugh)
Well, the mirror didn't fall off, but the set-screw backed itself all the way out and is somewhere on Steve Reynolds Blvd. in Duluth, GA now lol. On the upside, this does 2 things: 1: reinforces a valuable lesson about V-Twins (LOCTITE IS YOUR FRIEND!!!!), and 2) gives me an excuse to buy some mirrors that don't suck quite as much as the ones that are on there. $25 later and I've got a new set on the way.
The problem was the only way to adjust these was to get 2 different allen keys: 1 allowed you to adjust fore / aft, the other left / right. So to get a mirror set was a pretty serious pain. The ones I'm getting are easier to set initially, and have detents in them so you can actually adjust them by hand and they'll stay put. Looking forward to that.
