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Royal Enfield Motorcycles => Bullet with the UCE engine => Topic started by: Drifter on June 18, 2010, 01:16:48 am

Title: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Drifter on June 18, 2010, 01:16:48 am
Wished for a kick start C5!
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Post by: r80rt on June 18, 2010, 03:28:47 am
I rode the crap out of it!
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Post by: ScooterBob on June 18, 2010, 03:40:51 am
I'm with YOU r80rt ..... RIDE that suckuh! Hahaha!!  :D
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Post by: Ragmas on June 18, 2010, 03:46:29 am
I rode mine also, though I am working on some mounts for some ammo cans.  In the near future I will have some removable awesome cans (on the bike).

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Post by: ace.cafe on June 18, 2010, 04:01:03 am
I sat on the couch for a couple of hours, staring at a bare cylinder head from a Bullet, trying to figure out how to improve the valve rocker system.
It was 97 degrees here today, with about 99% humidity, and I guess the heat index was about 110.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ice on June 18, 2010, 04:02:09 am
Cleaned the points and checked the gap, checked the sparking plug, adjusted the idle mixture, re checked the sparking plug, adjusted the front brake cable and then cleaned the headlight connections.

 You C5 and G5 guys might consider picking up an Iron Barrel like mine so you can have some maintenance fun too.


 Wished for a G5.
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Post by: 2bikebill on June 18, 2010, 07:56:48 am
Ice  -  go to your nearest R.E. dealership. Pick the one you like. Give the man your credit card(s).   Ride away.....  Hang the consequences - the pleasure and delight will significantly outweigh the rest.

RESISTANCE IS FUTILE.
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Post by: ScooterBob on June 18, 2010, 11:52:21 am
Sigh ...... I thought I'D own one by now .... I guess having one pretty much at my disposal ain't all bad .... BUT ........ :(  (Go regap points, clean plug, adjust valves ...... )
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: 1 Thump on June 18, 2010, 08:08:59 pm
A question to the wise :

So the C5 and G5 have different sized wheels.

Other than the sligh lowered look in the case of C5, and probably slightly easier turning, is there any other difference ?
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Post by: AHS on June 18, 2010, 09:05:13 pm
Took the loooooong way home from work, realized I left my house key at work, rode the quick way back to work and then took the looooong way home again!  I wasn't the least bit ticked I had to ride back and forth twice  ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: ace.cafe on June 18, 2010, 09:36:23 pm
A question to the wise :

So the C5 and G5 have different sized wheels.

Other than the sligh lowered look in the case of C5, and probably slightly easier turning, is there any other difference ?

The G5 has a 17T sprocket, and the C5 has an 18T sprocket, probably having to do also with the difference in wheel size.
The C5 has a more rounded engine case cover on the drive side, and has more rounded rocker covers.
Some bodywork differences, with the G5 being styled a little more like an Electra.
G5 has a dual-seat, and the C5 has a solo saddle.
G5 has a black painted frame, and the C5 has a frame painted to match the body.
I think the color selections are different.
Not sure if there are differences in the forks.
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Post by: 1 Thump on June 18, 2010, 10:28:55 pm
The G5 has a 17T sprocket, and the C5 has an 18T sprocket, probably having to do also with the difference in wheel size.
The C5 has a more rounded engine case cover on the drive side, and has more rounded rocker covers.
Some bodywork differences, with the G5 being styled a little more like an Electra.
G5 has a dual-seat, and the C5 has a solo saddle.
G5 has a black painted frame, and the C5 has a frame painted to match the body.
I think the color selections are different.
Not sure if there are differences in the forks.

Thanks ACE. I should have been more clear. What I was trying to ask was the difference in drving related to the different tire size.
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Post by: r80rt on June 18, 2010, 10:42:43 pm
I rode the crap out of it again today! C'mon Ice and join us :D
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Post by: REpozer on June 18, 2010, 11:55:26 pm
Road to the NAPA car parts store.
       Kick started with no drama....but then again no one was watching either.
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Post by: Drifter on June 19, 2010, 01:25:43 pm
Ragmas, post the pics when you finish the racks.  Wishing for a C5 kicker....
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Post by: AHS on June 19, 2010, 08:33:23 pm
....but then again no one was watching either.

That is the story of my life, it's an epic kickstart  ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ice on June 19, 2010, 08:54:54 pm
Ice  -  go to your nearest R.E. dealership. Pick the one you like. Give the man your credit card(s).   Ride away.....  Hang the consequences - the pleasure and delight will significantly outweigh the rest.

RESISTANCE IS FUTILE.


I rode the crap out of it again today! C'mon Ice and join us :D


I will.  just a question of when.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: r80rt on June 19, 2010, 10:10:33 pm
Good man, that's what I wanted to hear!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: meilaushi on June 20, 2010, 01:49:26 pm
Wished for a kick start C5!
Buy a G5.  They're shown with kick starters! ...--What do I plan to do with my lovely Iron Barrel tewdaye?  Yup, kick start it and ride to Helen Gone and back!   ;D
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Post by: clubman on June 20, 2010, 08:04:12 pm
Rode 260 miles back from north Devon having ridden there a few days ago. The usual story - terrific ride, no problems whatsoever. When I got back I checked the fuel consumption. I do so every fill up and have done since new. Average of 89mpg over 520 miles of mixed riding from 65-70 highway to 50-55 backroads. For this alone it's the best bike I ever had. Bike drew comments everytime I stopped and even got a thumbs up from a driver I was passing. Tomorrow I shall adjust the chain and then it'll be ready for my next long trip next weekend. Happy daze!  :)
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Post by: 2bikebill on June 21, 2010, 05:02:26 pm
We are living parallel bike lives Clubman. I'm just now returned from North Cornwall coast. Set off early yesterday morning across Dartmoor, and then a convoluted route avoiding trunk roads. Cook-up and beers on the beach with old friends, then back home today by similar route. Round trip of 240 miles, steady between fiifty and sixty when possible on open roads, with a five mile burst at seventy along unavoidable dual carriageway. Bike did me proud as ever, with one short stop each way, but ran for hours without a hiccup. And like yours, much admired everywhere. Alas I dropped it on arrival at friends' house - stationary, foot slipped away from me on gravel slope and the bike went over.  :( Small dent in headlight surround, bit of a scrape on front brake lever, but the full saddlebag took the brunt. Dammit. I'll be buying that short exhaust to compensate .......  ;) Oh, and a new headlight surround of course.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: 1 Thump on June 21, 2010, 09:49:08 pm


I will.  just a question of when.

I am sure you have yor reasons, and I would like to hear them. You know bullets more than I do, and would like your opinion over why you would choose the G5 over the C5.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ice on June 23, 2010, 10:30:01 am
I am sure you have yor reasons, and I would like to hear them. You know bullets more than I do, and would like your opinion over why you would choose the G5 over the C5.

Mate, the other fellows know Bullets far more than myself.
To answer the questions at hand
(a) A reversal of fortunes has forced some un palatable budgetary decisions for the time being.
(b) I do prefer a solo saddle but the dual seat of the G5 is far too practical for our purposes to say no.

Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: singhg5 on June 24, 2010, 11:35:57 pm
Hello 1 Thump :

I may add something similar as Ice  -

I had seen beautiful pictures of C5.  I had gone to buy a C5 in my mind.  Once at the dealer guess what happened ? I did ride both.  But when I rode G5 and my son saw it had double seats (he could sit on it) and also that my dad had a similar looking Bullet 350 back home in India, G5 became more attractive.  It handles very well.  I would recommend G5 especially if you have wife or girl friend or want to take out a kid on it for short fun rides.  If you want to always ride solo then may be C5 - but don't let  anyone stop you from riding solo on G5  ;)
 
Mate, the other fellows know Bullets far more than myself.
To answer the questions at hand
(a) A reversal of fortunes has forced some un palatable budgetary decisions for the time being.
(b) I do prefer a solo saddle but the dual seat of the G5 is far too practical for our purposes to say no.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Drifter on June 27, 2010, 01:49:48 pm
Wished for the ability to add taller gearing!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: YJake on March 22, 2011, 01:13:04 pm
Thread ressurection?

Turned over 2,000 miles 6 weeks to the very day of pick-up  :)

-Jake
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Post by: r80rt on March 22, 2011, 01:21:34 pm
Keep racking them up, these bikes love to roll.
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Post by: Ducati Scotty on March 22, 2011, 03:51:52 pm
I turned 5000 miles not too far back and stripped off the tank knee pads yesterday.  Let's hope the weather is nice enough to commute this morning.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: 1 Thump on March 22, 2011, 04:20:54 pm
Thread ressurection?

Turned over 2,000 miles 6 weeks to the very day of pick-up  :)

-Jake

Wow !
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Post by: Lady_Enfield on March 23, 2011, 12:56:20 am
Stared at him in disbelief....I have PMS-Parked Motorcycle Syndrome
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Post by: Andy on March 23, 2011, 01:12:54 am
Moved mine around in the garage a bit so I could get at the snow shovel...  >:(
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Post by: GreenMachine on March 23, 2011, 01:21:37 am
went on a 30 min cruise....65 today..
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Post by: SimonT on March 23, 2011, 02:48:34 am
Rode to work... good way to start the day though :)
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Post by: john hut on March 23, 2011, 08:27:07 pm
Took off  single seat and old fashioned rear rack on my G5 Deluxe,fitted back the duel seat,(took me half an hour,) and took the wife for a 50 mile run in the Cheshire country side.   Spring is here..............
     John Hut
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Post by: olhogrider on March 24, 2011, 10:16:23 pm
Putting on ebay chrome bullet turn signals (traficators according to RE). Also had a fake vintage 1960's license plate made using my real plate #. Working out a quick disconnect system for that.
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Post by: Andy on March 24, 2011, 11:29:29 pm
traficators

Best.  Word.  Ever.   8)
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Post by: 1 Thump on March 25, 2011, 12:07:17 am
Purchased a EMGO megaphone 26" bell end muffler.
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Post by: nigelogston@gmail.com on March 25, 2011, 02:59:37 am
upgraded it to a 612 cc long stroke 40 hp low revving highway machine........in my mind...    Nigel
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Post by: GA-DK on March 25, 2011, 09:37:35 pm
Clear coat the sidecar tub.
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Post by: YJake on March 25, 2011, 09:48:29 pm
Rode 25 miles to work this morning at 4am. Was a bit cool traveling at 70mph but I was too busy Grinning to notice  ;D

-Jake
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Post by: ROVERMAN on March 26, 2011, 08:25:15 pm
19deg f at 9:30 a.m.Crap,i did nothing on my Enfield. :'( :'( :'(
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Post by: Lady_Enfield on March 27, 2011, 02:11:38 am
Took the sidecar off.  Noticed some items that need attention.  Don't know if the shop did the oddities or the shop I bought it from.  Then when it finally started I scooted around for 3 miles then came the RAIN!!  But they were a glorious 3 miles.  My first ride...check!
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Post by: Ice on March 27, 2011, 02:13:55 am
Congrats !!!


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Post by: robbw on March 27, 2011, 02:16:38 am
RODE IT!!  :D :D :D
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Post by: prof_stack on March 27, 2011, 03:41:37 am
Stared at him in disbelief....I have PMS-Parked Motorcycle Syndrome
+1
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Post by: GreenMachine on March 27, 2011, 04:30:18 pm
snow today in northern va....yuck...looks like no riding till end of the week as that cold air from the north has struck again...go away...
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Post by: olhogrider on March 27, 2011, 08:25:46 pm
Rode to work
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Post by: DaBulletMan on March 27, 2011, 11:37:57 pm
Ordered the UCE silencer from Classic... Going to ride around the block and count the days til it arrives... Rear sprocket is ate up from chain getting too loose... Hopefully will have a replacement soon...  :( it is still ridable but just not very far from the house... :-\ Carry the cell phone just in case...lol  :D
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Post by: Ice on March 28, 2011, 12:17:32 am
Out torque checking all the fasteners today. Only one found loose so far is the one without Loctite
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Post by: prof_stack on March 28, 2011, 12:41:24 am
Just got back from a WET ride.  I took my chance that it wouldn't open up and lost that bet big time.  Haven't been out in that much rain for quite a few years.

I was testing whether the fuel sensor was truly out of commish.  The low fuel light was off at first, as normal, but came on for most of the ride.  Funny, when I firmly turned the handlebars left to right the light would go off for a bit, then return to on, when there was a lot of gasoline left.

After filling it up and waiting for the rain to stop, the fuel light was off as expected, but came on shortly thereafter and stayed on. 

Anyway, the bike cleaned up fine.  I really like the Prowler spray wax purchased from the nField store.
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Post by: YJake on March 29, 2011, 01:54:50 am
Watched it shed a tear as it sat in the garage when I left this morning. :'( After a month I finally had to take the Jeep to work and garage the Bullet due to an intense weather system passing through. It was so rainy I didn't see the sun once today  :o

-Jake
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Post by: 1Blackwolf1 on March 29, 2011, 04:11:07 am
  Looked longingly at it.  Thirty degrees and still five inches of frozen crap to deal with.  Might get at it yet this week to install the Amal carb.  This crap SUCKS!!!!
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Post by: raycopper on March 29, 2011, 11:59:38 am
Changed fender/mudguard bolts out to stainless

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Post by: YJake on March 30, 2011, 09:52:58 pm
Rode it to work and gave it the weekly wash and wax.

-Jake
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Post by: olhogrider on March 30, 2011, 10:01:58 pm
Rode 80 miles of 1 and 2 lane roads.
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Post by: Lady_Enfield on March 31, 2011, 03:34:56 am
Think I found her starting ritual....changed his sex to a woman because of said starting ritual...and putted for 3 more miles with a lopsided childlike grin on my face.  And promised her new parts...ASAP!
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Post by: r80rt on March 31, 2011, 03:46:27 am
I don't know if anyone warned you, but the grin is permanent!
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Post by: Andy on March 31, 2011, 10:20:05 pm
INSTALLING RIDING WEATHER... ████████░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ 48% DONE
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Post by: olhogrider on April 01, 2011, 01:11:35 am
Removed the rubbers from the fins (NOT a Jimmy Buffett reference)  ;)
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Post by: ToesNose on April 01, 2011, 02:44:39 am
changed his sex to a woman because of said starting ritual

HAHAHAHA good one Lady_Enfield   ;D
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Post by: robbw on April 01, 2011, 04:16:01 am
Rode it again.
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Post by: r80rt on April 01, 2011, 08:49:52 pm
Put on a rear luggage rack ;D
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Post by: motorat on April 01, 2011, 08:54:58 pm
i have never said this to another man before, but

NICE RACK!!
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Post by: Anon on April 01, 2011, 10:00:14 pm
Put on a rear luggage rack ;D

That looks nice on there!  Does it use the same base as the pillion seat for the C5?

Eamon
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Post by: r80rt on April 01, 2011, 10:11:25 pm
Yeah, I took the P pad off the frame and bolted it on, the rack is for an electra. I drilled some new holes and lowered the rack an inch, it was a bit too high for my taste at first.
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Post by: Philbomoog on April 02, 2011, 12:27:59 pm
Washed and polished. Checked for loose fittings and sprayed the electrics with silicon spray.
Desperately want to go for a ride but I need to get my broad beans planted.  :-\
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Post by: Lady_Enfield on April 03, 2011, 12:02:31 am
Today at the DMV the lady asked me if I had a mental condition or physical impairment, and I was grinning and said Nope, I have an Enfield!

I don't know if anyone warned you, but the grin is permanent!
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Post by: GreenMachine on April 03, 2011, 12:13:58 am
to dam windy today..maybe tomorrow will be a better day
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Post by: greekxj on April 03, 2011, 02:30:36 am
Made a break in clutch adjustment to my 07 iron barrel ;D Then i put 20 miles on it haha
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Post by: robbw on April 03, 2011, 02:50:41 am
oil change, wash, wax. oh yeah, then i rode it.
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Post by: YJake on April 03, 2011, 07:56:08 pm
Commute to work and rolled over 2,500 miles  ;D

I need to order some darn oil filters and buy some oil in bulk, nice to just have it all on hand.

-Jake
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Post by: r80rt on April 03, 2011, 09:30:27 pm
A minor mod.  ;D
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Post by: Lady_Enfield on April 03, 2011, 11:01:52 pm
Found first loose nut and I don't mean the rider!  Put on 41 miles now total of 85!  And I waved to my first other rider!! ;D ;D :D :D
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Post by: olhogrider on April 04, 2011, 04:32:46 pm
Rode it 200 miles. Lost two nuts (off the bike). Electrical failure. Towed home.
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Post by: Ice on April 04, 2011, 07:03:18 pm
Lock nuts loctite and lock wire used to be my mantra.

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Post by: olhogrider on April 04, 2011, 07:41:28 pm
Lock nuts loctite and lock wire used to be my mantra.



I'm thinking jam nuts (sounds painful). I don't think nylocks will hold up to the heat and drilling a stud that is already in the head is a pain. Not sure how loctite would hold up. They were torqued to the point of bending the flange (just slightly).
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Post by: olhogrider on April 04, 2011, 07:44:37 pm
HEY! My leather RE saddlebags just came in the mail! Got to go install them.

Oh, and my Marvel Mystery Oil just showed up. I just like the look of those old tin cans. Probably not actually going to use it.
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Post by: Ducati Scotty on April 04, 2011, 08:22:43 pm
I'm thinking jam nuts (sounds painful). I don't think nylocks will hold up to the heat and drilling a stud that is already in the head is a pain. Not sure how loctite would hold up. They were torqued to the point of bending the flange (just slightly).

There are several types of loctite.  The strongest requires torch heat to undo and usually works well in high temp areas where lower grades might melt away.

Scott
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Post by: olhogrider on April 05, 2011, 12:02:11 am
The  bags (used) came with G5 mounting brackets. Anyone need those? So, I fasten the straps around the fender brackets but they can still slide around. Has anyone else put these on a  C5? Is there some trick?

These are the ones.

http://nfieldgear.com/enfield-store/aftermarket-parts-accessories/luggage/detatchable-leather-saddlebags.html
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Post by: barenekd on April 05, 2011, 01:11:55 am
Put another 100 towards that break-in. I rode up to Angeles Crest to add another 100, but, alas, the road was closed so I had to settle with the great little twisties up behind the Rose Bowl, Great day to ride. Wish the Crest had been open. Coulda gone farther North to get up the mountain, but riding farther on Foothill wasn't too intriguing. About 75% done with the book break-in though, and still breaking 70mpg. And who says these things are twitchy?  Old Harley riders, I guess. It's a really nice quick steering bike, just the way I luv 'em. But not nearly as quick as the old 929, but quicker than the Triumph Scrambler.
Bare
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Post by: BRADEY on April 05, 2011, 05:59:06 am
A minor mod.  ;D

Hi would you share how you installed that cone filter on the bike......thanks
Please put up a few photos to elaborate, if possible.....thanks again.
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Post by: Fox on April 05, 2011, 11:37:20 am
The  bags (used) came with G5 mounting brackets. Anyone need those? So, I fasten the straps around the fender brackets but they can still slide around. Has anyone else put these on a  C5? Is there some trick?

These are the ones.

http://nfieldgear.com/enfield-store/aftermarket-parts-accessories/luggage/detatchable-leather-saddlebags.html

Actually, if you're looking to get rid of them, let me know what you want for them. I'm assuming they're at least somewhat generic and will work with any saddlebags to keep them away from the rear wheel?
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Post by: r80rt on April 05, 2011, 01:27:58 pm
Hi would you share how you installed that cone filter on the bike......thanks
Please put up a few photos to elaborate, if possible.....thanks again.
Bradey I borrowed the idea from shappers, here is a link.

http://www.enfieldmotorcycles.com/forum/index.php/topic,8810.0.html

  I used the K&N #RU2580 filter, the nipple that it mounts to is cut to 1/2 inch on the short side, 1 1/2 inches on the long side, you need this angle to clear the lock. Hope that makes sense :D
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Post by: DonK on April 05, 2011, 02:05:47 pm
Put a fishtail on my exhaust, got it free.
Getting ready to ride! Spring is finally here!

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p248/DonK53/Indian/2011.jpg)
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Post by: Ducati Scotty on April 05, 2011, 03:50:49 pm
I need to get me a fishtail exhaust.  That looks sweet!

Scott
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Post by: GreenMachine on April 05, 2011, 04:34:18 pm
donk: Love the look...looks like u making it a relic of the past....I believe u showed us this machine awhile back when u painted the tank and put the "indian" on it..I see u put the little chief on the fender too...Where did u get the tan bags? Are they leather?..They look fantastic and functional....Yeah baby, that looks like a sweet crusing machine....I bet u have a leather skullcap and googles to finsih out the look....Don;t forget the white scarf..... ;D
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Post by: DonK on April 05, 2011, 06:02:53 pm
The bags are vinyl, and are kind of big for the bike, but I really like them. I can carry my leather coat in one and a lot of other stuff in the other
I got them used, on ebay awhile back for $100.
I like the looks of real leather, but these really hold up during a hard rain. Everything stays dry and they just need a quick wipe with a towel.
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Post by: olhogrider on April 06, 2011, 06:17:54 am
Actually, if you're looking to get rid of them, let me know what you want for them. I'm assuming they're at least somewhat generic and will work with any saddlebags to keep them away from the rear wheel?

Sorry Fox. Jake here asked first. They are made for the G5 and they will support any bags. In fact, they would work to mount a set of Happy Trail aluminum boxes like I have on the KLR. Very sturdy stuff. I wound up zip tying the forward leather straps to the fender mounting boss on the fender support. That should keep them from sliding aft into the turn signals. Also, the right bag was resting on the upswept muffler so I am back to the stock one.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: GSS on April 09, 2011, 06:33:59 pm
Greetings from a Minnesota jeeper. I would like to thank everyone for the wonderful information in this forum. The snow is finally gone and it is time to break in my 2010 C5. I did the full LED upgrade (except for the tail/brake light) and then went a bit further. Added were a pair of PM Piranha LED side marker lights followed by the addition of an oval PM LED tail/brake light behind the OEM pillion seat. I am not sure if I like the look yet, but it sure lights up like a Christmas tree.

Regards,

GSS
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: GreenMachine on April 09, 2011, 06:40:00 pm
very nice...is that the oem brake/turn signal assembly on the back of the new machines...if so,  the one on mine 06 is a bit haggard as the construction of it was haphazardly put together and I wouldn't mind replacing it with the one u have on your bike....seems to me it would be a direct replacement....
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: GSS on April 09, 2011, 10:33:20 pm
It is the OEM turn signal/brake light assembly with the additional red LED on the side.  I suspect it will be easy to mount on an '06.  There is only one bolt each in the midline at the upper and lower ends.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: r80rt on April 09, 2011, 10:49:08 pm
I rode it a little over 200 miles today on some fun twisty roads ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: prof_stack on April 10, 2011, 12:14:00 am
I rode mine for 15 miles and then to the dealer, with the odometer showing exactly 1300.0 miles at the shop.

They will:

While waiting for a ride home, I did notice a nice used '09 Monster 696 for sale.  Heh, just looking...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Lady_Enfield on April 10, 2011, 05:08:34 am
Rode another 46 miles. Now she has 160! I have to get a new tire. The one I bought her with has dry rot so I don't stray to far. It is amazing how much attention these bikes get.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: YJake on April 10, 2011, 08:10:38 pm
Daily commute and a Wash N' Wax, gotta keep that road grime off! ;)

-Jake
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Sub on April 12, 2011, 11:06:15 pm
Hit the starter button and prayed.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Andy on April 13, 2011, 01:53:30 am
Hit the starter button and prayed.

Funny you should mention that.  Last Saturday - first really nice riding day of the year - hauled out the Slug, hit the button and.... Nuthin.  Started right up a couple of weeks ago when it was minus 4 celsius.  Spent a few hours on the ususal trouble-shooting and then gave up.

I didn't like the look of the plug I had pulled out, so I went searching for a replacement.  Apparently the BR6ES is like the rarest plug known to man in these parts.  Found a BR8ES today though and slapped her in there.  A little hotter, but what the hey.  It fit and it makes a spark.

Fired right up.  Oh, sweet sound.  Sounds like Napalm smells. 

Took her for a test ride and - lo and behold - that "fuel flow issue" I thought was causing me some missing problems is gone.  Guess it was the plug the whole time, on its way out.

Tomorrow... I RIDE, BABY - I RIDE!!!   ( I do love a happy ending )
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: olhogrider on April 13, 2011, 01:57:22 am
Installed a 7" headlight. Had to use a sealed beam as my multi-piece halogen is too thick for the "W" spring clips. Has anybody found a solution to this?

Oh yeah, I delivered the G5 saddlebag brackets to Jake in Orlando. Just a slight detour on my commute home from work. ;)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Sub on April 13, 2011, 03:13:43 am
So when my bike almost stranded me, heres what happened... Went to fill up with gas, bike was running perfect. Stopped engine, center stand, gassed, paid, starter button... and nothing. Totally dead. Just a little click from the fuse area. ?!??!?! I called my local dealer, he said "open your tool kit. Get out the screwdriver. Whack the start motor three times." (thats that coke can looking thing on top of the motor)

Well f-me it worked! That man knows Enfields!

So apparently these things fail in time, so thats why I pray. I guess he's now replacing them with a Honda variant. I think I might do that.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on April 13, 2011, 03:45:14 am
Installed a 7" headlight. Had to use a sealed beam as my multi-piece halogen is too thick for the "W" spring clips. Has anybody found a solution to this?

I got the 7" pre-assembled kit BUT before that I was looking at H4 conversion lights.  These are single pieces 7" shells that take a 55/60 Halogen bulb.  There are lots out there and many auto stores carry the Hella brand one for about $45.  Go get one, see if that fits.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: ToesNose on April 13, 2011, 03:49:04 am
Hey Sub I see you are in NY, you aren't on Long Island by any chance are you? If so the salt air can do that to , I grew up on L.I. and had many classic cars thatneeded a good starter "WHACK" from time to time  :D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on April 13, 2011, 04:21:25 am
The starters can be a little weak and so is the stock battery.  My dealer has replaced several batteries on warranty.  The thing you whacked was the starter.  The electrical solenoid is under the seat on the left (at least on the C5).  That's probably what you heard whn it didn't start.  If you put your finger on it you can feel it dead certain when it clicks.

If you have this trouble again get a volt meter and start checking your battery voltage.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Sub on April 13, 2011, 05:38:36 am
Hey Sub I see you are in NY, you aren't on Long Island by any chance are you? If so the salt air can do that to , I grew up on L.I. and had many classic cars thatneeded a good starter "WHACK" from time to time  :D

Hey, nope, I'm upstate. There are a few of us up here! :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Sub on April 13, 2011, 05:40:40 am
The starters can be a little weak and so is the stock battery.  My dealer has replaced several batteries on warranty.  The thing you whacked was the starter.  The electrical solenoid is under the seat on the left (at least on the C5).  That's probably what you heard whn it didn't start.  If you put your finger on it you can feel it dead certain when it clicks.

If you have this trouble again get a volt meter and start checking your battery voltage.

Scott
Oh ok, thanks for the info. I thought he said solenoid. I guess the motor gets stuck in between rotations on the magnets and when you apply electricity, the motor doesn't turn. A whack apparently makes it jump to an area where it will work again.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Rusty on April 13, 2011, 09:02:01 pm
Popped it on ebay, been meaning to for a while now but every time I ride it I change my mind. Will be looking for an '70 A65 just as I was when I bought the Bullet
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on April 13, 2011, 11:29:23 pm
Oh ok, thanks for the info. I thought he said solenoid. I guess the motor gets stuck in between rotations on the magnets and when you apply electricity, the motor doesn't turn. A whack apparently makes it jump to an area where it will work again.

Some people may call it the solenoid which may not be entirely wrong.  In some starters the starter gear actually gets thrust out to engage the engine.  I think we have teh spag for that but whatever.  It doesn't matter what you call it so long as you thump the right piece ;)

I think that's exactly the case, just at the right spot not to engage when energized.  Mine has done it 3 times or so.  Just dead, nothing fromt the starter AT ALL.  I can feel the electrical solenoid under the seat thumping.  My mechanic suspects it's the weak stock battery.  I've disconnected the headlight shunt so next time it happens I'll kill the headlight so I get a little more juice to the starter.  If that fails I'll start smacking the starter.  Gotta find a little hammer to carry in the tool box...

Thansks for that idea,

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: DaBulletMan on April 14, 2011, 01:08:03 am
Installed the New UCE Silencer from CMW today and installed an after market heat shield picked up off of eBay for $22.00 to cover up the mess... Much better than the
brown ring and pipe on the stock silencer... Check out the Pic in Memeber Rides...Also has ALOT more Pep ... Best thing I have done this year... lol Thanks CMW!!!   :D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Desi Bike on April 15, 2011, 03:02:45 am
I tried to buy a chrome c5 today.... but was turned down by the financing people.  :-\    Though I was bummed out for the three hour drive home, I have a plan....   if first I don't succeed, I sell a bunch of stuff on eBay and try again. The dealer ordered the bike anyway, one of 10 coming to Canada so I still have a bit to get the down payment higher, so the financing is lower.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on April 15, 2011, 04:22:35 am
I tried to squeeze a few more minutes out to work on the seat.  I've been redoing the foam to try to make it more comfortable but a failed first attempt, work, and family are dragging the process out.  I'm close to just slapping it all back together just so I can get out for a ride if the rain/hail ever lets up.  I've had enough of Portland spring.  When does the sun get here?

Bummer on the financing. Desi.  Gather up a little more cash or maybe look at the B5.  Same basic bike but lots less money.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: prof_stack on April 15, 2011, 05:43:23 am
I picked up the C5 from the shop at noon, before the Seattle rains resumed for my team's soccer practice later.  Sigh.

Anyway, the little nField voltmeter is cool, and nicely attached.  The shop checked for accuracy and said it was correct for the level of precision it has.  What I can tell from the ride home is that the OEM battery is not a great one and/or the charging system is a bit anemic.  When I revved the motor over about 2.5k the voltmeter moved up to "green".  Whatever, I keep the battery on a Battery Tender when home.

The replaced fuel sensor light does not give false readings and the muffler still poots and pops.  I'm going to put the OEM air filter back in to see if the K&N prototype is part of the problem.

I gave Ducati Seattle the part number of the air filter retrofit cover mentioned on 3/11 here.  They will get it in AND the owner suggested some dyno time so they can check out the air/fuel/gas mix at different levels.  The O2 sensor apparently makes it so that the bottom 20% is not adjustable with a power commander.  They might be able to defeat the sensor as they do with the Duc's.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on April 15, 2011, 05:51:04 am
If you've got a K&N filter and a free flow muffler that's definitely what's causing the popping.  It's just too lean with all that extra flow.  If they tune it a little it should be way better.

Yup, the stock battery is OK but not great.  I think the charging system is just fine.  I've been riding for months with the upgraded 55/60 headlight and my battery has stayed charged.  My starter is a little flakey but hey, you can't have everything ;)

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: GreenMachine on April 15, 2011, 03:36:56 pm
i went for a ride today....beautiful day and the enviorment must be perfect now as hardly a poop on decel which I don't have to do much of anyway...Been playing with the mantis tiller...almosty got that idling correctly, left fuel in her for a year (got lazy and now have to pay the price)...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: YJake on April 16, 2011, 01:33:13 am
Changed the oil yesterday after 1,500 miles. Should have done it sooner, there was some metal in there. Chunks even. I filled Winston back up with some 20w-50 of my preferred brand and I'm good for another couple of months at my current travel rate.

3,000 miles in 3 months so far, can't wait to add even more. I'll have over 20,000 miles by the time my warranty expires at this rate. ;D

-Jake
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: olhogrider on April 16, 2011, 02:22:12 am
But did you mount those bag brackets?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: YJake on April 16, 2011, 09:20:18 am
Not yet! I have my tail bag mounted but will not order my side bags until next Friday. I need to figure out the exact placement of where the shock bracket bolt goes in the sequence as well. I will mess with them soon.

And thank you again  ;)

-Jake
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: olhogrider on April 18, 2011, 01:42:00 am
First I washed it. Then I put a "Steal Your Face" sticker in my tax tag. Then I put some Union Jack (or is it Union Flag?) stickers on the tool box and battery cover. Took some pix. Went for a ride. Came upon a bike wreck about a minute after it happened. Vstrom 1000 went down on gravel. Chewed up bike and possible broken ankle. I directed traffic while the ambulance came. Lots of folks stopped to help. Spotty cell coverage. I may need to get a SPOT.

The pix show some of my mods. 7" headlight, bullet signals trafficators, fake antique license plate, leather saddlebags.

Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: prof_stack on April 18, 2011, 03:34:45 am
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: ToesNose on April 18, 2011, 09:01:19 am
Looking good olhogrider  ;)

Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: bob bezin on April 18, 2011, 10:46:44 am
its 438 am now but yesterday i rode the 2000 iron barrel to town. on the way home i just had to open her up on a downhill stretch. about 68 mph actual then it started to run sounding like a 2 stroke and would run normal only at certain rpm's i managed to get home by hunting for the right rpm's i'm wondering if it was caused by the electronic ignition or the carb. any ideas?/
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: olhogrider on April 18, 2011, 03:54:44 pm
 ;D Thanks!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: GreenMachine on April 18, 2011, 04:02:31 pm
had other thing to get done but oil the chain with the new metal oil can I recently purchased..It has the flexible/rigid extension that u can manuever so I no longer make a mess of things...I felt like a railroad engineer without the hat and oily coveralls....
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on April 18, 2011, 06:18:54 pm
Rode to work for the first time in weeks!  It looks like the sun should be here all week.  Hooray!

In other news my custom shaped seat needs a lot of work but I'm happy with many aspects of how it came out.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: ROVERMAN on April 18, 2011, 07:12:19 pm
32 f,SNOW,SNOW,SNOW. >:( >:( >:(
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: GreenMachine on April 18, 2011, 11:24:54 pm
went for a ride....snow  u gotta  be kidding me.........
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: YJake on April 19, 2011, 03:23:42 am
Commuted, rode around the countryside two-up for fun, got gas, and went out to eat totaling about 115 miles today.

Just another day in the life of my commuting bullet.  ;D

-Jake
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: The Garbone on April 19, 2011, 03:55:50 am
32 f,SNOW,SNOW,SNOW. >:( >:( >:(

Dude,  its April...

80s here in Fl...
Took the wife out to the Steakhouse in the hack to celebrate our 19th year of marriage.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: ROVERMAN on April 19, 2011, 01:26:55 pm
Don't have to rub it in Gary. An update: 33 f this morning with sleet! :'( :'( :'(
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: GreenMachine on April 19, 2011, 04:42:08 pm
apparently it was snowing in chicago and Buffalo....i don't think it was much but still........................................
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: bob bezin on April 19, 2011, 10:27:42 pm
5 1/2 inches of snow here in wis. today. ugh
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Lahti35 on April 20, 2011, 12:07:50 am
Dude,  its April...

Not in Michigan, April doesn't come until May.....or it might be June this year... ::)

Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: SimonT on April 20, 2011, 12:15:24 am
wow... i love australia.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: olhogrider on April 20, 2011, 04:46:44 am
Rode 400 miles (round trip) to have my bike serviced. Why so far? Fresno is a great dealer! They not only did a service and took care of my known warranty items, but discovered a potentially lethal problem! It seems (seams) my gas tank was leaking. Al told me that Kevin Mahoney had authorized that a new one be overnighted to Fresno. How's that for support? Still, I didn't want to spend the night in Fresno waiting for the FedEx truck. "No problem" says Al, "we'll just take a tank off a new bike and put the new tank on when it comes in." I can't think of ANY other dealer that would do that.

They also installed a new, sealed battery even though I didn't need a new one. When I asked about bar-end mirrors, Al called the customer he had loaned it to and he brought it!
 
Rode home a happy customer!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Tri750 on April 20, 2011, 06:31:37 am
All of us are learning the new to us Enfields.
As long as dealers, riders, and the mothership work together, we all can take part in growing RE into a better motorcycle, and a better organization.
The Trident is a three pronged fighting weapon carried by some pretty tough Hombres, namely  Poseidon and Neptune.
We are each a part of a type of Trident with the customer, the dealer and RE North America all being a tine or prong of a strong weapon.
Our part, as the dealer, is to pay attention to what the bike needs now and make parts available. That includes fun parts and not so fun parts.
We employ good techs. Who do more than read a work order and replace parts. They notice smells, noises and other telltale things that even the owner might miss.
Kevin allows us to help customers in unheard of ways. He's not just a bean counter wringing his hands over a fed ex bill. He really wants happy dealers, and happy riders.
Tim and Doneen at RE have the same helpful mindset. That's the good stuff.


Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: ROVERMAN on April 20, 2011, 08:04:26 pm
Wow,that is cool! :) :) :).Any dealers opening up in S.E. Mich? I would love to touch a B5.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: JohnofDelph on April 20, 2011, 08:05:41 pm
Just got back from a weekend at Cadwell Park race circuit in Lincolnshire. Checked my mpg when I filled up today - would you believe 90.45 m.p.g.? (U.K. gallons) A great ride both ways, about 220 miles in fantastic sunny weather!!! :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: GreenMachine on April 20, 2011, 11:12:04 pm
what a great dealer in fresno...too bad they can't be half as good....some seem to sell a few machines and then throw in the towel...glad to c u have great support and it shows that u willing to ride that far to get to it.....don't forget to spend a little dinero every now n then as u don't want that place to shut their doors...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: olhogrider on April 20, 2011, 11:35:58 pm
That's why I had them do a service even though it wasn't due. Plus I bought a pedestrian slicer and the fender stripe kit. Those were today's projects.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Tri750 on April 21, 2011, 12:24:08 am
what a great dealer in fresno...too bad they can't be half as good....some seem to sell a few machines and then throw in the towel...glad to c u have great support and it shows that u willing to ride that far to get to it.....don't forget to spend a little dinero every now n then as u don't want that place to shut their doors...

We are far from perfect.
We have 3 techs. and serviced a few RE's but we still manage to overfill the crankcases.
Shop meeting planned today to go over the procedure again.
Sigh....
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: GreenMachine on April 21, 2011, 01:27:29 am
yes , when i change my oil, i make it a point to shortchange it and ride short distances and check it a few days later...i usually have to add just a wee bit to get to the 1/2 -  3/4 mark on the stick. but being a dealer, u want it right the first tme and not have to tell your customer that they may have to add some in a few days...but these are enfields and well,,,,,,,i'll leave it at that..
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Desi Bike on April 21, 2011, 05:08:12 pm
I bought it!
;D ;D 2011 Chrome C5   ;D ;D  



Now if that boat from India would just hurry up I could ride Miss Bling.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: YJake on April 21, 2011, 10:42:08 pm
Rolled over 3,500 miles   ;D

Also adjusted the clutch cable and gave it a wash and wax.

-Jake
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: FiRE Comms on April 21, 2011, 11:05:53 pm
I bought it!
;D ;D 2011 Chrome C5   ;D ;D  



Now if that boat from India would just hurry up I could ride Miss Bling.

I'm waiting on that same boat...  Did your dealer give you any indication when it may show up?  I was told late may early june...  As it turns out I'll be home the first week in June and taking delivery would sure make coming back to this hell hole a little easier...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: drbvac on April 22, 2011, 09:59:24 pm
Toook my new c-5 to the gas station to fill er up as it is not registered !! Any suggestions for the best octane -?? mid range high test or good old regular?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on April 23, 2011, 01:13:25 am
I use regular.  If it pings, get something higher.  Remember, these are made to run all over India and I don't think fuel quality is that great there so I'm sure they run on low octane fuel just fine.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: GreenMachine on April 23, 2011, 01:27:45 am
actually when i was India i had to have my cat taken off my car exhaust because they ran leaded fuel...brought the cat back with the car and had it put back on for u.s. use....that was 15 years ago so they may be on unleaded now...they may be using gasoline like we use to have back in the early 70's and before...i'm sure someone will pipe up and tell us..
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on April 23, 2011, 01:32:16 am
Is it legal to use leaded gas anywhere any more?  I thought the whole world outlawed it.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: olhogrider on April 23, 2011, 01:59:17 am
Is it legal to use leaded gas anywhere any more?  I thought the whole world outlawed it.

Scott

Airplanes, race tracks.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on April 23, 2011, 03:14:27 am
I thought it was all unleaded now.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Chris-G5 on April 23, 2011, 03:25:48 am
Toook my new c-5 to the gas station to fill er up as it is not registered !! Any suggestions for the best octane -?? mid range high test or good old regular?
I use mid octane, 89 octane or higher. It's not that much more in price for what you use in a RE, so why not?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: SJB on April 23, 2011, 07:57:21 am
It's all unleaded now here in India. Mostly 91 Octane Regular or Premium as advertised - some stations dispense 93 and 97 Octane as well for use in imported bikes. The UCE's run fine on 91 Octane fuel, some of us use the premium version which is 91 Octane plus some additives to clean the fuel line, injectors and decarb the engine.

Just completed an oil change today - gonna pray for some sunshine on Sunday and ride out to the hills on the back roads out here.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: robbw on April 23, 2011, 08:16:26 am
rode out to the coast after work and took a beautiful friend out to dinner. about 200 miles round trip but worth every mile : )
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: drbvac on April 23, 2011, 10:51:54 pm
Rode it around while figured I would pull the stock bars back a couple of inches to improve the riding position - did so - moves mirror/brake/clutch brackets around so at correct angle. Then I loosened the switches on both sides and------  who designed a round switch assembly with a little 1/16 th round plastic pin in a hole in the bar to keep it from rotating on the ends of the bars!!! ::) I had to enlarge the hole so it could turn a little further around and all switches would be at correct angle for new bar position - then I had to put double sided rubber tape on the bar so that the assembly wouldnt rotate back and forth on the new hole around the retainer pin on both sides -

Worked out well but I guess thats what you do when you have plastic switch assemblies rather than metal - can' tighten them enough to grab on the bars at any placement - Oh well - fun to tinker - plus all the tighteners are different diameters on both sides !!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: prof_stack on April 24, 2011, 01:36:48 am

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Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: holodeck on April 24, 2011, 03:08:57 am
Where is the gas station, I want some clean gas !!!!!!!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: drbvac on April 24, 2011, 07:22:41 pm
Most stations in Canada, at least where I am have no alcohol in the gas - usually its in the drivers ;)

Took 10 minutes today to straighten out my speedometer as it came off line - top and bottom were at about 2 minutes to 12 and 29 after - funny how when you glance down it throws off the lines - anyway got it done without breaking anything other than doing it twice as I turned it too far the other way  ::)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: prof_stack on April 24, 2011, 07:54:06 pm
Where is the gas station, I want some clean gas !!!!!!!

Yeah, it might slow down the inner paint from flaking off.

The station is a Spirit station located at 35th NE and NE 95th. 

There is also a station in south Seattle:  CFN:  Schultz Cardlock    465 South Holgate
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: sjbiat on April 24, 2011, 11:32:48 pm
I finally got over the 900 mile mark so I went for a 100 mile ride in the country.  Got the bike up to 70 mph.  It has quite a buzz at the speed; I don't think I could do that very long.  Great at 55 though.  Almost no wild flowers in central Texas this year.  But it was a beautiful day for a ride.

Stephan
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: GreenMachine on April 25, 2011, 12:07:35 am
gave grrenmachine a bath and took her on a 50 mile ride..a couple of miles on a mix of gravel and dirt....she runs like she always does...fantastic
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: greekxj on April 25, 2011, 02:40:48 am
Whew, today was a busy one for me. Rode the bike a few times(07 iron barrel) to get my final "inital break in miles" done. Did that and changed the engine oil/filter, trans oil, greased brake linkage fittings, cleaned/lubed chain, and polished up the bike. Man it was an enfield marathon today ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: donatelos on April 25, 2011, 09:35:31 pm
fitted rear pillion pad and carrier back on C5 in the hope the doc's will let me go abroad,tried running the bike with screen+tank bag ,without screen but with tank bag then naked (the bike not me) all at around 65-70 to try and find why it;s wobbling like a scary jelly but to no avail gonna try tyre pressures in morn as think reccomended  pressures in manual way too low especially the front(18psi) can't see what else it could be as bike is only 4 month old and I haven't altered any components, still love riding the thing though,Don
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: jartist on April 25, 2011, 10:03:00 pm
to try and find why it;s wobbling like a scary jelly but to no avail
Did you see the thread on this forum about C5 wobbles and tension in the fender subframe?  It looked to me like the root of the problem was discovered and the smart guys on this forum found the fix.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: prof_stack on April 26, 2011, 12:42:54 am
... all at around 65-70 to try and find why it;s wobbling like a scary jelly but to no avail ...
I admire greatly your motivation to get out and ride with bigger issues on your mind and, sadly, in your body.  Keep at it!

The other thread has LOTS of info.  For my wobbly C5, I did loosen the frame and retighten everything.  Tire pressures of 21F and 24R seem to work for me.  Getting the rear tire aligned properly helped.  Keeping a loose grip on the controls helps, too.  But I think the C5's best speed is below 65mph.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on April 26, 2011, 01:10:48 am
Mine does 80 no sweat, no wobble.  I got lucky.  Check that thread.  I don't think Gas House Gorilla could get much over 50, then he discovered the fender problem and he's been fine sice, any speed he wants.

It's not fun to ride a C5 at 80mph for very long but it's possible.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: ToesNose on April 26, 2011, 08:15:49 am
"Any speed he wants"  Scott for goodness sakes don't let Gas House Gorilla hear you say that!  ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gashousegorilla on April 26, 2011, 04:16:04 pm

It's not fun to ride a C5 at 80mph for very long but it's possible.

Scott
"Any speed he wants"  Scott for goodness sakes don't let Gas House Gorilla hear you say that!  ;D
What an ironic thread this is...... schnicker.....schnicker ;)

 Don, try the lower tire pressures. While we were testing this, we found that with added weight, the problem would get worse, if the pressures were to high.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on April 27, 2011, 01:00:28 am
I rode out to my dealer in San Bernardino (50 miles) to get a 3 bar headlight installed. Looks good! Then rode to Corona a see a friend, not home. Then puttered back home. I spent a few minutes on the Freeway at 65 and it felt pretty good! It's up too 883 miles now, and I want to do the BSA club ride Sunday at Hanson Dam, 60 miles away, so I need to get the freeway thing working! All in all, a beautiful sunny day in the 70s. Put 115 miles on the bike and got 77mpg for my efforts! I also installed the English EFI muffler a few days ago and I really like it. The bike sounds like a thumper without being obnoxious, and runs better, particularly at idle.

Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: GreenMachine on April 27, 2011, 01:33:05 am
sounds like u had a fun day..i have the brit muffler system and i put the rear baffle in to keep it a bit quieter..drove it last summer without the baffle and it was just a few db louder....the bikes are the best...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: prof_stack on April 27, 2011, 05:55:20 am
Today with 1,600 miles I changed the oil and filter.  I used Golden Spectro 15W-50 full synthetic oil which meets the ratings needed.  The old black stuff (from 750 miles) drained to 1.75 quarts, so that's how much new oil I put in, plus a tiny bit more.  It finally clicked on my slow brain that the oil level window has markings on the metal indicating low and high amounts.  But is that when the bike is warmed up, on the centerstand, and turned off for 5 minutes or more before it cools off?

The shop wanted to charge me $9.95 for the outer o-ring but I pointed out that the bag had 20 o-rings in it, and the corrected price was 49 cents.  Sheesh, you have to be alert to stay ahead of the "game".  They list the oil filter at $11.95 but charged me $9.95 when I pointed out that the Nfield catalog has the lower price.  You know, I want to support my dealer (and they have made money off of the accessories I have gotten) but sometimes I'm tempted to jump on Nfield specials and stock up. 

Wouldn't you know it, I couldn't find the blue threadlocker, so I'll keep an eye on the three bolts underneath before every other ride.  I bought some tonight.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on April 27, 2011, 05:53:10 pm
You should be able to order anything from the catalog through your dealer.  I like it this way: my dealer makes money, CMW makes money, and I get what I need.

My dealer always honors the catalog price though I guess they're not obligated to do so necessarily.  And if they're situated in pricey real estate like downtown Seattle I can't blame them for a little extra markup.  Though $9 for an o-ring is a bit steep ;)

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: bob bezin on April 27, 2011, 08:31:35 pm
took out the 2000 green ironbarrel ... in our last episode i had just opened it up going down a big hill and it started running poorly . sounded like a two stroke when i would go over half throttle. i thought it was running ritch for some strange reason like an air passage was clogged in the carb .  so today i took off the carb and blew out the passages with compressed air didn't do much good  it .didn't want to start. i thought it might be flooded so i pulled the plug  wow soot. cleaned it on the wire wheel and tried it.it started right up but still not perfect. changed to another plug and did a few carb adjustments much better ..i'll wait for warmer, drier  weather to fine tune it somemore. i'm thinking new plugs all around ( other bikes)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: The Garbone on April 28, 2011, 01:14:57 am
Took the hack over to the FedEx store and picked up 2 cans of M2 ball and a Greek made M1 pig sticker.    At times all the stars align and it is a perfect world.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: SimonT on April 28, 2011, 04:16:21 am
You should be able to order anything from the catalog through your dealer.  I like it this way: my dealer makes money, CMW makes money, and I get what I need.

My dealer always honors the catalog price though I guess they're not obligated to do so necessarily.  And if they're situated in pricey real estate like downtown Seattle I can't blame them for a little extra markup.  Though $9 for an o-ring is a bit steep ;)

Scott

Is the catalog available online?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: prof_stack on April 28, 2011, 04:30:00 am
Is the catalog available online?
http://nfieldgear.com/about-us

Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Okie Enfield on April 30, 2011, 03:10:46 am
Got up early, took the loooong way to work. Short stop to reattach the plug that runs from the key, keeps wiggling loose, first thing to fix. Past 200 miles on the way too work. Stopped on the way home at Reeder's gas and filled up on 91 pure gas. So far my baby hasn't had a drop of ethanol. Looks like she's getting just shy of 80 mpg right now. Rode her to the auto shop at lunch, picked up some wax, came back to work and spent the rest of my lunch break polishing her up! Who needs food when you can feast your eyes on super shiny RE! Coworkers think I'm a dork. They're right. I am. :P
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ice on April 30, 2011, 04:28:40 am
RE: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?



Nothing !
 :) ;) :D ;D 8)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: prof_stack on April 30, 2011, 04:53:06 pm
Sigh, nice weather in Seattle.  But I'm down I-5 some 300 miles in Eugene for the weekend.  No, not for the Ducks Spring football game today or the marathon tomorrow.  My son is a grad student at the U of Oregon and hits the big (for him, heh) 25 year old mark this weekend.  Where has the time gone?

I was thinking of going to a mc shop that deals with Enfields, but the current dealer directory only shows 2 dealers, the closest some 2 hours north in Portland.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Andy on May 01, 2011, 12:40:07 am
Changed the oil - still way too much metal on the magnets and screen for my liking, even after a year of regular changes.  Nothing seems to be broke, though.

Start a new job tomorrow - 100 km away, one way.  Took a deep breath, bought a metric tonne of fancy new raingear and cancelled the car insurance.  By the time the car goes back on the road in the fall, I'll have put about 25,000 km on the Slug, give or take.

Now we'll see what she's really made of.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Anthonyof Erin on May 01, 2011, 12:51:41 am
Hey All Just found this site, Have purchased an2010 C5 last August (lovin it) an yesterday took it to the shop where I purchased it to have a "rocket" side car installed. Will submit pics once completed. Summerers on the way whoohoo.
Anthony Of Erin
If it was easy every body would be doing it.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ice on May 01, 2011, 01:18:41 am
Welcome aboard Anthonyof Erin
Many smiles per gallon to you on your C5  :D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Okie Enfield on May 01, 2011, 03:19:13 am
Congrats on you new ride Anthony!
May those that love us, love us.
And to those that don't love us, may God change their hearts.
And if he cannot change their hearts, may he put water in their fuel and break their chains so we know them by their broken down bikes! ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: olhogrider on May 01, 2011, 03:37:10 am
It is no secret that I don't like the fuel and engine idiot lights. I decided to disguise mine and give it a bit more vintage look. I bought an ammeter and swapped the faces. The needle is non-functional. The lights are a bit dim but I may swap to LEDs. Now the engine light is the green band and the fuel is the red band.

If you are wondering why I didn't include the ammeter function like the factory should have, there just isn't room in either housing to fit the meter and the lights.

Dan
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: The Garbone on May 01, 2011, 04:13:23 pm
It is no secret that I don't like the fuel and engine idiot lights. I decided to disguise mine and give it a bit more vintage look. I bought an ammeter and swapped the faces. The needle is non-functional. The lights are a bit dim but I may swap to LEDs. Now the engine light is the green band and the fuel is the red band.

If you are wondering why I didn't include the ammeter function like the factory should have, there just isn't room in either housing to fit the meter and the lights.

Dan

These might fit the bill and you could even hook up a true ammeter.

http://www.superbrightleds.com/cgi-bin/store/index.cgi?action=DispPage&category=ACCENTS&Page2Disp=%2Fspecs%2Fbolt_specs.htm
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: olhogrider on May 01, 2011, 05:25:34 pm
Thanks! I just ordered some.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on May 01, 2011, 06:44:44 pm
I actually cleaned my garage yesterday!  First time in almost a year and a half, basically since my son was born.  There's so much more space now that I can actually work on the bike without bumping into a million things.  Thanks to my wife for making me do this and helping me out.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on May 02, 2011, 04:53:13 am
I put 230 miles on my G5 today. I went to a BSA Owners club ride which was 110 miles and did 120 round trip to the starting spot from my house. It's my final break-in ride, I guess. I went up to Hanson Dam, where it started, via freeway, the Bullet's first time on the freeway. I cruised up between 60 and 65 all the way. the Bullet did not complain.
It was rather cold this morning, about 50 when I left so I needed my 30-55 degree jacket, knowing I'd be in trouble later as it was supposed to get up to 85--it did. The liner was removable in the jacket so I figured it would be OK later--it was.
Anyway, the ride went down Foothill Blvd to Lower Big Tujunga and we headed up the mountain. I was running about 50, then a guy on a Velocette passed me. He wasn't going much faster so I hung on his tail and managed to check out the handling through there and up Angeles Forest Hwy. It was great fun and no one else was catching us. We caught a strong, cold headwind whilst climbing to the really upper elevations and the Bullet was not happy at much over 50, so the Velo kinda pulled me in those sections, but when we got back into the twisties I caught back up with him. We went into Palmdale then west to Francisquito Canyon via Elizabeth Lake Road, then to Spunky Canyon, Bouquet Canyon, Vasquez, Sand Canyon and back to Hanson on Little Tujunga. It was a great ride and the Bullet handled it with great aplomb! For the return home, I just hit the streets.
For those who aren't familiar with SOCAL, sorry about the long draft., But let's say the mountain and canyon roads out here are one of the few things that keep me here in Cantafordia. And the 78 MPG the Enfield returned to me on the ride certainly makes the $4.25 for gas not so bothersome. That's like $2.00 a gallon on some of my other Canyon Carvers! And it broke 1000 miles today. Also kinda blew out my English EFI muffler. It's starting to sound pretty rippy!
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Lady_Enfield on May 03, 2011, 02:07:21 am
Welcome!

Hey All Just found this site, Have purchased an2010 C5 last August (lovin it) an yesterday took it to the shop where I purchased it to have a "rocket" side car installed. Will submit pics once completed. Summerers on the way whoohoo.
Anthony Of Erin
If it was easy every body would be doing it.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Lady_Enfield on May 04, 2011, 02:47:46 am
Took my first ride in the rain.  The sun was shining when I left. 
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: REpozer on May 04, 2011, 03:53:56 am
Routed my duck bill down to the drive chain.

Now, I really do have an automatic chain oiler. ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: ToesNose on May 04, 2011, 01:42:57 pm
barenekd that sounds like a really great day   :D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: GreenMachine on May 04, 2011, 08:22:09 pm
enfield sat today, i had to take out my yamaha....she needs loving too...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: prof_stack on May 04, 2011, 10:26:51 pm
C5 is in the garage while I commuted by bicycle today.  On the way home I stopped at Ducati/RE Seattle to pick up the newly arrived air filter cover. 

...Now to see whether it will fit over the K&N filter.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: 2bikebill on May 04, 2011, 10:59:01 pm
Helped load it onto the truck, tied it down, and waved it on it's way to Watsonian Squire. Finally.
Who knows when or if I will see it again...... :-\
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: GreenMachine on May 04, 2011, 11:45:26 pm
glad to c benny hill showed up...keep us informed after they operate and fix the problem...cheers
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on May 06, 2011, 12:21:03 am
I rode it to the dealer for its 1000 mi. Check and Oil Change at 1100 miles. Everything was fine, the magnet hadn't collected too much and the strainer was quite clean. I got to hear it going down the street with the English silencer and it sounds great! All was well and I rode it home. That's a 100 mile round trip and I did it all on the freeway between 60 and 65 mpg and only got 68 mpg this time. I guess it likes to go slower! But, no complaints, it handled the hot weather quite well.
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Andy on May 08, 2011, 09:12:23 pm
I finally put on a pair of those faux army haversacks to hold my raingear.  100% cotton and made in India too!   8)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Okie Enfield on May 09, 2011, 12:17:37 am
 :'( Not a damn thing.  :'( She sitting at the shop, just had her oil changed for the first time, and I couldn't get down there to pick her up before they closed. Now I am without her for the entire weekend plus Monday!  :'( WITHDRAWL  >:(
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: r80rt on May 09, 2011, 03:31:41 am
Rode this morning, did the 10,000 mile service this evening, headed for a long ride in the twisty's tomorrow. ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: prof_stack on May 09, 2011, 03:52:53 am
Took the C5 out of the garage and sat down to tighten fixtures from the front to the back.  Not too much to worry about this time.  I used some S100 and elbow grease to get the side casings to shine a bit more.

Then I rode in the Seattle sunshine until I had to return to head out for a family Mother's Day dinner.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ice on May 09, 2011, 11:58:38 pm
Rode it to town to get a part for the Shovel Head.
In fairness the Shovel is 29 1/2 years old.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: r80rt on May 10, 2011, 07:16:09 pm
Replaced the battery :P
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: ROVERMAN on May 10, 2011, 09:57:13 pm
Sweet FA, iv'e been sick for 4 days. >:( >:( >:( >:( >:(
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on May 10, 2011, 09:58:07 pm
Replaced the battery :P

What kind did you get?  How old was the original?

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: r80rt on May 10, 2011, 10:11:37 pm
The original was on the bike when I bought in June of 09, the only battery I could find locally was an everstart Wal-Mart special, maybe it will last a while.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: robbw on May 11, 2011, 03:40:33 am
Rode it to town to get a part for the Shovel Head.
In fairness the Shovel is 29 1/2 years old.

An 82 shovelhead?? Now I think I know who you are.  I believe we might have a friend in common.   ;D ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on May 11, 2011, 04:04:20 am
The original was on the bike when I bought in June of 09, the only battery I could find locally was an everstart Wal-Mart special, maybe it will last a while.

Do you keep it on a tender or just regular riding?

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: r80rt on May 11, 2011, 05:20:26 am
I Ride everyday, but if it sets for a long period I keep it charged.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on May 11, 2011, 06:15:25 am
I finally got around to mounting my garage remote on the bike.  I've got a push button switch right on the bars and I can't wait to ride home from work tomorrow.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: robbw on May 13, 2011, 01:53:54 am
valves were clattering more than seems reasonable yesterday. Adjusted them today and rode all the way out to Westport, about 150 miles round trip, all is well.  No clanking but now it's time to change oil and filter. the maintenance never stops but no complaints.  ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: BRADEY on May 13, 2011, 07:05:07 am
valves were clattering more than seems reasonable yesterday. Adjusted them today and rode all the way out to Westport, about 150 miles round trip, all is well.  No clanking but now it's time to change oil and filter. the maintenance never stops but no complaints.  ;D ;D ;D

How did you adjust the valves....I thought these were self adjusting. I must know this because I observed the same issue with one of my valve. Thanks.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ice on May 13, 2011, 07:25:32 am
How did you adjust the valves....I thought these were self adjusting. I must know this because I observed the same issue with one of my valve. Thanks.

Self adjusting in the UCE engine yes, manually adjusted in the earlier engines.

 I am told that the automatic de compressors used in the UCE can some times make a harmless noise that sounds just like an Iron Barrel engine in need of a valve adjustment.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: greekxj on May 14, 2011, 03:01:55 am
Installed some reproduction "Gran Turismo" style grips on my 07 iron lunger. Nothing flashy but more period correct looking and they actually have a comfy feel. I also did a nice clean up of it like usual and checked it over for anything out of the ordinary etc.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: GreenMachine on May 14, 2011, 03:08:31 am
absolutely nothing..it drizzled all day....got the tomatoes in just in time..
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: robbw on May 14, 2011, 04:09:35 am
How did you adjust the valves....I thought these were self adjusting. I must know this because I observed the same issue with one of my valve. Thanks.

It's a lengthy process. Here are some instructions that have been helpful to me in the past.
http://www.wikihow.com/Adjust-the-Valves-on-a-Royal-Enfield-Motorcycle
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on May 14, 2011, 04:48:03 am
That is an interesting link but it seems to be directed towards the older model Enfields rather than the ones with the UCE engine?

I'm new to this Royal Enfield world but with the hydraulic valve lifters in the UCE I wouldn't think there would be much to adjust.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: prof_stack on May 14, 2011, 05:22:59 am
That is an interesting link but it seems to be directed towards the older model Enfields rather than the ones with the UCE engine?

I'm new to this Royal Enfield world but with the hydraulic valve lifters in the UCE I wouldn't think there would be much to adjust.

That is the idea of the UCE, among other niceties.

Today I put more S100 polish on the shiny bits to make them more shiny.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: robbw on May 14, 2011, 06:19:33 am
It is directed towards the older RE's. The UCE's are self adjusting and really don't need this type of maintenance.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: The Garbone on May 14, 2011, 01:27:55 pm
Put a Ken Sean mirror on my left bar as my knockoff had failed due to metal fatigue.   Now I look left,  steady clear mirror, look right, vibrating blurry knockoff.    Kinda humorous.

Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: MDLNB on May 14, 2011, 03:12:45 pm
It's been raining so the bike is covered. I am in the process of getting it ready to take to the county inspector to have him deem it worthy of a title and registration. My bike was bought in India and then shipped to Panama and then here. It has been sitting in a shed for about six years while I was still overseas. I have cleaned it up and started it, but I need to pull the Delorto Carb off it and clean it. After a hard starting of it, and then riding it a bit around the property, it stalls. I have run some Sea Foam through it, but I believe the carb is really hosed up to the point that it needs to be broke down for cleaning. Once I get it registered, I want to get it to a "real" mechanic to have it gone over. I want to replace the tranny seals so that I can keep some lube in it, and then I have some major mods in mind for it. I had problems with my speedometer bouncing at higher speeds, but now it just doesn't work. I believe I may have pulled it loose from the speedo when I was working on the wiring behind the headlight. No big deal, because this old bike is old like me, a 1968 Indian rebuild. I have two Harleys for social cruising, but this little Bullet is my reminder of good memories of riding overseas.  I have to put it back together. It may be old and slow, but it has character.....like me   :D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: GreenMachine on May 14, 2011, 03:28:27 pm
love the pic..its a beautiful bike and the color (blue)...is their a name for that shade ?  ..looks like its was somewhat properly stored...my 450 nighthawk was stored for 6 months (after coming back from india) and the front brake locked up from sitting just that period of time..I'm not surprise to hear that the carb is gummed up and a good taking out the jets and a spray out may be in order..the brake cables will need a good cleaning./lubricating and the brakes inspected..changing the primary lube isn't a bad idea and replacing the gasket will probably suffice...I have a feeling its not going to take much to get her on the road..good luck
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: prof_stack on May 15, 2011, 01:38:57 am
Today I took the C5 for a 65 mile ride on some roads I've never been on before.  Didn't know where I would end up, but eventually I got to the dealer.  On Tuesday they will attempt a mapping of the fuel/air mix and try to get a Power Commander to work on it.

The bike is loosening up nicely, now with 1700 miles, and has noticeably more oomph than when new.  At 65mph it was stable as I cruised next to the new Boeing 787 Dreamliners at Paine Field in Everett, WA.

(http://i326.photobucket.com/albums/k409/prof_stack/ProfEnfield.jpg)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: P. Schraub on May 15, 2011, 01:08:46 pm
I re-adjusted my rear chain for the first time. It was getting a little loose during the break in period. I now have over 1600 miles on it, and it runs absolutely beautiful ! I also changed my RE megaphone muffler over to the more " civilized " Enfield EFI silencer. Wow !, what a difference. I loved the megaphone, but it was just to loud ! I began to notice people rolling up their windows at stoplights when I was at idle. The EFI silencer has a great sound and I love the looks. It's nice to know that I'm not pissing anybody off when I go for a ride !
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Sub on May 15, 2011, 03:51:19 pm
I re-adjusted my rear chain for the first time. It was getting a little loose during the break in period. I now have over 1600 miles on it, and it runs absolutely beautiful ! I also changed my RE megaphone muffler over to the more " civilized " Enfield EFI silencer. Wow !, what a difference. I loved the megaphone, but it was just to loud ! I began to notice people rolling up their windows at stoplights when I was at idle. The EFI silencer has a great sound and I love the looks. It's nice to know that I'm not pissing anybody off when I go for a ride !

Yah, I have the same opinion with the megaphone to efi change. I do want the efi a bit louder though!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: sjbiat on May 15, 2011, 06:00:44 pm
Austin has a terrific French bakery about 10 miles from my house.  Can there be a better excuse for a ride?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Lady_Enfield on May 18, 2011, 04:51:38 am
Rode to the WA State Veterans cemetery in Medical Lake, WA.  Said my thanks and putted home. 
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: bob bezin on May 18, 2011, 08:38:20 pm
(yesterday)  rode to the impliment dealer to get some tractor parts when i got there saw the bike was covered in oil .a vacuum cap i had put on my timing chest breather outlet  had disintigrated. ( i have a modified breather system)  then i stopped at the autoparts store and got a new pkg.the old ones were not even a year old .crappy rubber everywhere these days.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Superchuck on May 18, 2011, 08:57:09 pm
Upgraded to the 7" headlamp and still deciding if the visor/peak looks weird on my electra...   ::)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: olhogrider on May 19, 2011, 02:36:08 am
Adjusted the tire pressures, polished the shiny parts and took it for a ride! ;D
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Post by: The Garbone on May 20, 2011, 12:11:08 am
Road to work..
Road from work to Dentist office.
Road home.
 :P
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Post by: GreenMachine on May 20, 2011, 01:06:35 am
been 5 days since i was on it..been raining off n on..got on and it took me about 4 min to start..no go on kick start or electric start..after fussing and getting  overheated, i realize that i  had the fuel shut off  as i always shut it off before i hit the driveway...geeze.  u figure their be enough fuel in the bowl...not this time..
everything went well after that....even after 4 yrs + , u forget.....
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: prof_stack on May 20, 2011, 01:11:08 am
Fuel in the bowl?  What's a fuel bowl?  Does your bike used that old-fashioned Force called gravitation to pull the gasoline into the motor?   ;)

I sighed when I called the shop and was told that my C5 has still not got into the dyno room.  I dropped it off last Saturday for a Tuesday appointment.  Seattle actually has great weather this week while the bike is in the shop.  Sigh.
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Post by: GreenMachine on May 20, 2011, 01:19:42 am
yeah it does...no electric  fuel pump on this puppy.. ::)..I'm not complaining about that, i find it funny that on occasion i forget to turn on the fuel as part of the start up procedure...must  be be nice to have it tuned on a dyno...probaby not a bad way to do it..you'll have to let us know your magic number at the rear are..
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Anthonyof Erin on May 20, 2011, 02:18:59 am
Fuel in the bowl?  What's a fuel bowl?  Does your bike used that old-fashioned Force called gravitation to pull the gasoline into the motor?   ;)

I sighed when I called the shop and was told that my C5 has still not got into the dyno room.  I dropped it off last Saturday for a Tuesday appointment.  Seattle actually has great weather this week while the bike is in the shop.  Sigh.
I've had my bike in the shop since April 29 waiting for this wank too install a side car, his bone of contention was the othere guy would be at least a month!!! This is his last order/and or sale from this consumer. You would think when you drop that much coin on a new bike then follow up with a sidecarhe would be all over it. Not so. Apperantlly tis a sidleline/partime business for this dealer. Not happy!!!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: GreenMachine on May 20, 2011, 02:40:20 am
what a bunch of nonsense..who the hell are these people..how do u run a business selling enfields and associated work  strictly part time..seems to me he needs to hire someone if he's not going to be there to do the work...hate to see the warranty work if any that u may have going to him down the road...i bet if u had known this u would have found a better dealer...sorry to hear it...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Andy on May 20, 2011, 01:01:06 pm
I took the car to work last night because I had a breakfast date that needed picking up (no pillion on the slug).  Wouldn't you know it?  It's the only day this week it didn't rain.

Back on the slug tonight and the forecast is.... rain.   :(
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: prof_stack on May 21, 2011, 03:26:03 am
After work I pedaled to the   DUCATI/royal enfield      dealer to find that my C5 continues to sit while other bikes get worked upon.  Maybe today it will get into the dyno room said the nice tech at 4:30PM.  Not much chance on a Friday afternoon.  But I remain patient.

Rain is expected back in town tomorrow.  Sigh.

Also heard that the service manager's last day is tomorrow.  He's heading off elsewhere, he told me, but not where.  That makes 4 regulars that have departed since I bought the C5 last August.  Tough business, that.
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Post by: Anon on May 21, 2011, 05:17:41 am
After work I pedaled to the   DUCATI/royal enfield      dealer to find that my C5 continues to sit while other bikes get worked upon.  Maybe today it will get into the dyno room said the nice tech at 4:30PM.  Not much chance on a Friday afternoon.  But I remain patient.

Rain is expected back in town tomorrow.  Sigh.

Also heard that the service manager's last day is tomorrow.  He's heading off elsewhere, he told me, but not where.  That makes 4 regulars that have departed since I bought the C5 last August.  Tough business, that.

Norm, you've got to get that beauty of a bike back in time for the Nickerson get together - dyno or not!   ;)

Eamon
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Post by: P. Schraub on May 21, 2011, 02:01:51 pm
I just installed my new RE EFI silencer on my G5 Deluxe after using the megaphone, which I have used since I bought the bike. Wow ! what a difference. The sound is much more quieter and civilized......I can actually hear all of the moving parts of the engine, and the wind !! I'm not getting " flipped off " by the bicycle riders anymore, or having people roll up their windows at the stoplight !
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Post by: Sub on May 21, 2011, 04:55:54 pm
I just installed my new RE EFI silencer on my G5 Deluxe after using the megaphone, which I have used since I bought the bike. Wow ! what a difference. The sound is much more quieter and civilized......I can actually hear all of the moving parts of the engine, and the wind !! I'm not getting " flipped off " by the bicycle riders anymore, or having people roll up their windows at the stoplight !

I had the same upgrade path, but dont you wish it was a little louder?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: higgins on May 21, 2011, 05:06:07 pm
Rode it home from the dealer. Brand new B5. Running fine. My first project will be to install the EFI silencer.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ragmas on May 21, 2011, 05:51:04 pm
I've had my bike in the shop since April 29 waiting for this wank too install a side car, his bone of contention was the othere guy would be at least a month!!! This is his last order/and or sale from this consumer. You would think when you drop that much coin on a new bike then follow up with a sidecarhe would be all over it. Not so. Apperantlly tis a sidleline/partime business for this dealer. Not happy!!!

Are you in New York, that sounds like my dealer as well. I will not be returning to my guy either
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: drbvac on May 21, 2011, 08:37:43 pm
Got pissed as I wait for my new seat and decided WTF - not gonna keep the old seat - lets rip her up - peeled off the vinyl - breadknife to the foam and glued er back on - dropped the seat height 2" .

Kept some extra in the front for the boys and narrowed it down a lot in the front 1/2- left the back for the fat ass the same.

Yeah I know - did the whole thing in 1/2 an hour off and back on and I know I could have stretched it tighter but couldnt be bothered.

That said - not that hard to do BUT - as I said the breadknife cuts the dense foam pretty easily -it doesnt leave it all that smooth - SO if you want it tight and smooth then you will have to use - don't know - hot knife maybe - or another layer underneath the vinyl.

Be careful NOT to cut the vinyl or rip it when peeling it off the seat pan and go for it.

IF I was leaving this one on I would make it more purdy!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: olhogrider on May 22, 2011, 12:12:39 am
I Broke it. :o  Went on a nice 300 mile ride with a bunch of other bikes. Everything from sportbikes to supermotos. On the way home I could hear a sound like the gas tank was vibrating. I couldn't feel anything strange, just a noise. When I got home I started checking all the nuts and bolts. I found the upper motor mount snapped in two! I know it has some special RE name, but it is the one from the frame to the head. Wonder what caused that?
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Post by: prof_stack on May 22, 2011, 12:14:54 am
I Broke it. :o  Went on a nice 300 mile ride with a bunch of other bikes. Everything from sportbikes to supermotos. On the way home I could hear a sound like the gas tank was vibrating. I couldn't feel anything strange, just a noise. When I got home I started checking all the nuts and bolts. I found the upper motor mount snapped in two! I know it has some special RE name, but it is the one from the frame to the head. Wonder what caused that?
Faulty welding?  Too much vibration leading to metal fatigue?  Pictures?

Good luck with the repair / warranty.
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Post by: Ragmas on May 22, 2011, 12:14:58 am
I Broke it. :o  Went on a nice 300 mile ride with a bunch of other bikes. Everything from sportbikes to supermotos. On the way home I could hear a sound like the gas tank was vibrating. I couldn't feel anything strange, just a noise. When I got home I started checking all the nuts and bolts. I found the upper motor mount snapped in two! I know it has some special RE name, but it is the one from the frame to the head. Wonder what caused that?

Lots of vibration. ;)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: GreenMachine on May 22, 2011, 12:49:53 am
do the newer bikes have that much vibration? they seem so much more refined with that great bottom end and smooth efi...
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Post by: olhogrider on May 22, 2011, 04:52:11 am
When I had it in for service they found the gas tank leaking and replaced it. The bracket mounts using the same bolt as the gas tank. Coincidence? Maybe not.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Andy on May 22, 2011, 04:54:42 am
do the newer bikes have that much vibration? they seem so much more refined with that great bottom end and smooth efi...

It's still a long-stroke single.  My aftermarket engine guard snapped right in two after 5,000 km. 

Yes, there's that much vibration.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Andy on May 22, 2011, 03:26:37 pm
In my never-ending laziness I let the chain become so loose it started to lash.  I'm lucky the damn thing didn't come off on me. 

Took a little grunting and swearing, but I fixed that up today. 
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: GreenMachine on May 22, 2011, 04:12:07 pm
u guys are raising hell on these things..admit it...you guys are not the picture of a sunday outing in the British countryside on your enfield....this isn't a 1970 commercial of coco cola its the real thing....no wonder the dam things are breaking in half...now admit it and ask for absolution.....hope u are having a great day.. ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: olhogrider on May 22, 2011, 05:26:37 pm
I know I shouldn't be keeping up with Ducatis and GSXrs but I can't help myself. They get me on the straights but I catch up in the curves. One even marveled at my "moped tires" compared to the wide rubber on modern bikes. A little research tells me the broken part is known as the "head stay". Royal Enfield should hire some of us to test their product in American conditions. They have had decades to perfect it for India.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Andy on May 22, 2011, 06:31:42 pm
u guys are raising hell on these things..admit it...

Hell, yeah!   I bought it to ride it, not polish it.  It's a year old now, and I've washed it twice.  8)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: The Garbone on May 22, 2011, 11:44:44 pm
I've had my bike in the shop since April 29 waiting for this wank too install a side car, his bone of contention was the othere guy would be at least a month!!! This is his last order/and or sale from this consumer. You would think when you drop that much coin on a new bike then follow up with a sidecarhe would be all over it. Not so. Apperantlly tis a sidleline/partime business for this dealer. Not happy!!!

Dude,  that is uncool..  I would go collect my things and do it myself at this point...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: SimonT on May 23, 2011, 03:17:18 am
i started to replace some of the 'hardware store' style bolts that are on the thing...

started by replacing the ones around the front wheel and guard with some nice silver dome head allen key style bolts. Looks good :)

wish there were some nicer high tensile ones i could use elsewhere on the bike...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ice on May 23, 2011, 03:21:16 am
wish there were some nicer high tensile ones i could use elsewhere on the bike...

This rabbit hole goes deep  8)

http://www.mcmaster.com/#screws/=cf889i (http://www.mcmaster.com/#screws/=cf889i)
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Post by: Andy on May 23, 2011, 05:22:19 am
I wonder if Pro-Bolt does a titanium kit.  Then again, I'm better off not knowing. 
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Post by: barenekd on May 23, 2011, 06:27:29 pm
Quote
That said - not that hard to do BUT - as I said the breadknife cuts the dense foam pretty easily -it doesnt leave it all that smooth - SO if you want it tight and smooth then you will have to use - don't know - hot knife maybe - or another layer underneath the vinyl.

To finish your seat foam chop job, Just get a sanding board with some fairly coarse sandpaper attached and it will smooth out that stuff quite nicely. Then you can retighten the upholstery and have a nice, smooth job.
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: GreenMachine on May 23, 2011, 09:59:12 pm
file and clean the points up  and oiled the chain..Compare the points to a set of new ones and plenty left and I was surprised with 8k on the clock....its gonna rain..no riding today...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: SimonT on May 23, 2011, 10:43:23 pm
This rabbit hole goes deep  8)

http://www.mcmaster.com/#screws/=cf889i (http://www.mcmaster.com/#screws/=cf889i)
thanks mate... might be a bit of overkill to order nuts and bolts interntational :p
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ice on May 23, 2011, 11:01:12 pm
thanks mate... might be a bit of overkill to order nuts and bolts interntational :p

 I hope you don't have to.  It $ucks.



Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on May 25, 2011, 02:38:13 am
I don't know exactly where it was but I recall seeing the "Royal Enfield"  logo's that are cast into the sides of the engine case filled with red paint so....right or wrong, I used some insignia red Testers PLA model enamel and a toothpick and filled in the recessed letters on both sides of my G5's engine case.

I think it adds just a touch of customization that looks pretty good.   :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: kingrock on May 25, 2011, 02:46:27 am
Rode to work. Spent day thinking of riding. Started to rain. Rode between drops on way home. Stopped at store got lottery ticket so I can ride all the Damn time. :o
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: robbw on May 25, 2011, 03:07:27 am
Rode to work and back; about 150 miles round trip.  Supposed to start raining again here in WA over the next 7-10 days so want to get in as much ride time while the weather holds out.  ;)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: prof_stack on May 25, 2011, 03:23:55 am
Picked up my C5 after its 2 hours in the dyno room.  I'll start a new thread about that adventure.  Took a short ride and enjoyed the fleeting hours of Seattle sun (as Robbw pointed out) before having to head home for my real life. 

Summer please come soon!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Sub on May 25, 2011, 03:55:39 am
Picked up my C5 after its 2 hours in the dyno room. 

Do tell!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: prof_stack on May 25, 2011, 04:05:56 am
Oh, I met the lady who bought the G5 from the Seattle shop a couple of weeks ago.  She was ordering accessories (saddlebags I think). 

When I mentioned that RE folk are meeting at the Nickerson St Saloon this weekend she smiled, saying that she lives very close to it.  Younger RE owners might like to meet this nice young lady.  Sadly she said she won't be in town Saturday. 

Heh, when I told my wife that the new owner lives near the Nick, the conversation quickly turned to "How do you know where she lives?"   :D 

Oh how I love how these things turn!   ;)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Andy on May 25, 2011, 01:26:31 pm
"How do you know where she lives?"   :D 

And the correct reply would have been, "Because that's where I left my wallet..."
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: r80rt on May 25, 2011, 08:30:24 pm
I put 150 miles on this morning between rain clouds.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: GreenMachine on May 25, 2011, 09:46:13 pm
i thought it needed gas and it took a whole 2 gallons..went for a 25 mile jaunt..almost got hit (screeching tires and all)...same friggin spot and same left hand turn.....cagers are so impatient coming home from work..
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Andy on May 26, 2011, 12:34:53 am
i thought it needed gas and it took a whole 2 gallons..went for a 25 mile jaunt..almost got hit (screeching tires and all)...same friggin spot and same left hand turn.....cagers are so impatient coming home from work..

I have come to fear the rain - and especially the fog. 
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Andy on May 26, 2011, 02:47:58 am
Wow.

Not one hour after posting that above - I lowsided in the rain.   >:(

Usual damage.  Footpeg, bar end, bit of rash on the muffler and airbox this time.  Broke the front brake lever right off.

Bad juju.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: GreenMachine on May 26, 2011, 02:54:11 am
did u lose it on a curve? what tires are u using?  not good and glad u r back on and writing , so u okay?   yeah i say bad juju...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Andy on May 26, 2011, 02:57:11 am
Naw, it was just that light rain that brings up all the oil and makes the road extra greasy.  I was making a (gentle) stop at a changing light and it started to go.  I fought it, but couldn't save it this time. 

Stock Avon Roadriders. 
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: greekxj on May 26, 2011, 03:08:50 am
Well it was a pretty productive last couple days for me. Pulled the tank and carb on my 07 iron lunger. Set the float height as it was off and replaced the stock needle jet to a P0. Replaced the stock intake rubber too. While the tank was off i polished the rocker covers and lubed the throttle cable. I lubed the speedo cable too out of boredom waiting for the UPS guy for my parts(needle jet and intake rubber). The day before i pulled the Goldstar exhaust and cleaned the area where the pipe slips over the header pipe. At that point i used some high temp RTV to seal up the joint(PO did not do this). The day before i replaced the ugly exhaust hanger bracket to a custom one i bent out of 1/8 inch flat stock steel and painted with high temp gloss black. Much better! Ill probably lube the other cables tomorrow and check bolts.
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Post by: Anthonyof Erin on May 26, 2011, 03:10:43 am
Hey All , Am happy again, just picked up my rig with a one legged wheel chair attached. Looks just as gorgeous as I new it would. Gotta whole lotta of learning curve to navigate.
Dealer took me to an isolated parking lot, off the hop and had me doing breaking and figure 8ss. All good stuff. The new C5,s have the 18" wheels so the standard cozy comes with the 19" car wheel the dealer ordered 16" for my car and it sits real low and looks great. Sorry to hear about your spill Andy, any details you wish to share, did you lose any of the pink stuff. Take Care All, better weather ahead. I'll post my progress as mile stones are attained.
Later.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on May 26, 2011, 03:12:09 am
It gets hot here but at least we don't have much rain.  I HATE riding in the rain.

Today, my license plate arrived so I installed it with lots of thread locking compound on the screws.
I'm not concerned with the vibration but there are more than a few thieves out there who would like to remove it.

All systems are "GO".   :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: prof_stack on May 26, 2011, 05:02:40 am
...
Today, my license plate arrived so I installed it with lots of thread locking compound on the screws.

I'm not concerned with the vibration but ...
Heh, you had better be concerned about vibrations.  Things WILL rotate off and other things will fatigue and snap off.  Just keep an eye on the fastenings.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Andy on May 26, 2011, 12:49:20 pm
Sorry to hear about your spill Andy, any details you wish to share, did you lose any of the pink stuff.

Unless my pride is pink...no.  I paced off my footpeg scrape in the road, though - a little over ten yards.  Good slide! ;D

Pics:  Brake lever snapped, some rash on the pipe and bar end, and bent peg.  That's it.  This is the second time I've thrown the Slug away in a right-hand slide - total damage the first time was the cost of a set of mirrors - this time it's the cost of a lever.  The rest is sandable/fixable.  I suppose the pipe will never be the same, but it was already on the slate for replacement by the upswept anyway.

I'm a little concerned about the footpeg.  That's the second time it has taken the full force of a fall and slide - It's easily bent back with the help of a six-foot length of pipe, but I'm not sure it will stand up to a third spill.  It's gotta be pretty weak now.

But the thing truly is made like a gun - or a tank!   ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: FiRE Comms on May 26, 2011, 09:17:53 pm
I spoke to the dealer and they are uncrating her today...  Another C5 Chrome will be hitting the streets as soon as I can get back to the states!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Superchuck on May 26, 2011, 09:44:01 pm
...it's a long story.  i'll just link to it:   http://www.enfieldmotorcycles.com/forum/index.php/topic,10720.0.html (http://www.enfieldmotorcycles.com/forum/index.php/topic,10720.0.html)

off to try and fix it now... ::)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on May 26, 2011, 10:16:12 pm
Andy, get a new peg lest that one give way underneath you when you least expect it.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: bob bezin on May 27, 2011, 01:55:47 am
took off my windshield today because the  clamp that  attaches  the bottom of the shield  to the forks broke  on the way to town and couldn't be found . i retraced my route on  the other enfield. rode on the shoulder for 5 miles and back.found one part but not the other. so no more windshield     for now
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on May 27, 2011, 04:13:05 am
I removed the seat from my new G5 to fix it.

Seems the contact cement they use leaves more than a lot to be desired and the cover became unstuck on both sides.

I reglued it using a liberal coating of Pliobond so now it's attached like it should have been from the factory.

I also put a few miles on it to pick up some oil for the 300 mile change.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gashousegorilla on May 27, 2011, 05:36:11 am
I'm a little concerned about the footpeg.  That's the second time it has taken the full force of a fall and slide - It's easily bent back with the help of a six-foot length of pipe, but I'm not sure it will stand up to a third spill.  It's gotta be pretty weak now.

But the thing truly is made like a gun - or a tank!   ;D

Geez Andy ,glad to hear your OK.   IF you must bend it back. Do it in a vise with some heat. DON'T do it on the bike. I'd check that mounting stud and the weld around it as well.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Andy on May 27, 2011, 01:03:41 pm
Yeah, yer prolly right.   And  by prolly I mean are.

Wonder how long it will take me to get a replacement here in Ontario, People's Republic of.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on May 27, 2011, 04:43:13 pm
Took the 100+ mile trip to the dealer to pick up a heat shield for the pipe that's been torturing my leg, pants and boots, and a K&N filter for the G5. Thursday, installed same, then noticed the chain was getting a bit loose and in attempting to adjust it found that I don't have the required 30mm socket for the hub nut, so had to make a trip to Harbor Freight to see what they had. I got a set of 13 deep impact sockets an sale for $20. The 30mm alone would probably be more than that at Sears!
Today, I get to complete the chain adjustment.
RIght at 1500 miles.
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on May 27, 2011, 05:06:41 pm
After too many days of rain I got to ride for work.  Summer is almost here in the Pacific NW!

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: olhogrider on May 27, 2011, 05:39:48 pm
If you're lucky the sunny day will fall on a weekend this year! :D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on May 28, 2011, 01:35:32 am
I just took my bike for a 30 mile ride.  Nothing special.

My last 4 stroke single was a Honda 50 back in 1964 and I had forgotten how nice the sound can be.  :D

I did notice that at a steady speed of 45 mph occasionally there seems to be a miss that lasts about 1/2 - 3/4 of a second.
It's the kind of misfire that sounds like the ignition was momentarily turned off.
Don't know whether to be concerned or not.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: olhogrider on May 28, 2011, 07:41:28 am
Installed a muffler from an old Harley. Looks like the stock one only a bit shorter. Lightly muffled. Still working on the bracket.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ice on May 28, 2011, 08:29:31 am
Got Pics ?  8)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Sub on May 28, 2011, 03:23:56 pm
Installed a muffler from an old Harley. Looks like the stock one only a bit shorter. Lightly muffled. Still working on the bracket.

Can you post a write up about this? I'm always interested in new pipe ideas. I've been throug ha few of them now and settled on the EFI pipe but I wish I knew a way to make it about 30% louder.

Andy, glad you're ok! Its just parts!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Desi Bike on May 28, 2011, 05:36:18 pm
Hey Sub, there are some interesting looking dual exhausts being put on RE's by the guys in India these days.   
Check out some of these for your liking.
http://www.royalenfieldzone.com/exhaust.asp (http://www.royalenfieldzone.com/exhaust.asp)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Andy on May 28, 2011, 07:35:59 pm
I just took my bike for a 30 mile ride.  Nothing special.

My last 4 stroke single was a Honda 50 back in 1964 and I had forgotten how nice the sound can be.  :D

I did notice that at a steady speed of 45 mph occasionally there seems to be a miss that lasts about 1/2 - 3/4 of a second.
It's the kind of misfire that sounds like the ignition was momentarily turned off.
Don't know whether to be concerned or not.

It's that crappy Mico plug.  Change it.  Now.  What, you haven't changed it yet?  Go.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on May 28, 2011, 10:55:17 pm
My bike only has 230 miles on it and I'm from the "If it ain't broke, don't fix it" school.
After doing some research on this forum I bought a NGK BPR6ES sparkplug and will replace the old one this afternoon.
I'll post the results in one of the spark plug topics.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: olhogrider on May 29, 2011, 01:37:15 am
Ok, I had to make some brackets. I may trim one of them and paint them but I want to see how it will work before I do that. I think this is off an old Panhead. Someone posted that the header pipe is the same diameter as H-D. It isn't. I cut off part of the stock muffler to make a shim. Perfect fit. The "P" clamp on the muffler is a universal. That was not enough support so I made a bracket from the motor mount bolt to the joint clamp. I added a universal heat shield to the joint area. It all feels strong now. It is louder than stock and quieter than open pipe. To me it is just right.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ice on May 29, 2011, 06:54:57 am
Looks good  8) How does it sound ?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: olhogrider on May 29, 2011, 07:23:31 am
Looks good  8) How does it sound ?
Thump! Deep with not too much pop. Still waiting for a new "head steady" so I have only gone around the block but I'm happy.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: GreenMachine on May 29, 2011, 04:14:36 pm
i got to tell ya, for as much riding as u do, the bike looks really clean..I see that your chain is like new and if only I could be as dedicated but i do keep things oiled and in proper adjustment..The muffler/ pipe swap out should bring you the dividends you anticipate ...Hope u having a good memorial day weekend..Weather has been fantastic and the Green Machine  is out of commission till i receive the gel battery ordered this past Friday with ETA this week from CMW..Have the yamaha that needs love too...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: olhogrider on May 30, 2011, 03:38:24 am
I wanted to try out my new/old muffler so I went for a little ride. About 300 miles today. I melted my Joe Rocket overpants on the muffler. I may have to work out a way of installing the stock heatshiled. Or switch pants. Got my Gopro HD figured out and got almost two hours of video. Of my front fender. I can't see where it is pointed once it is on my helmet. With 30 other riders you would think someone would notice. I should have used the chest mount. I may figure out a handlebar mount so I can see the screen while I shoot.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Sub on May 30, 2011, 04:05:45 am
lol olhogrider! I had the same thing happen to me once when I raced my car. The mounting bolt was loose, so at every turn it would slide from left to right or vise versa..

Thanks for the links Desi.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: bman734 on May 30, 2011, 03:58:57 pm
the 2011 C5 now has a kick starter!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: bman734 on May 30, 2011, 10:30:41 pm
I like those bags grease monkey :D Where did you get them from?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: prof_stack on May 31, 2011, 01:02:05 am
Today I took off the upswept muffler and cleaned the fittings and put LOTS of high-temp gasket maker in place before sliding the pipe back in place.  24 hours of curing is needed, according to the tube.

I also noticed that vibration fatigue killed the bracket between the pipe joint and the bike, so there is no connection except at the headpipe and at the rear footpeg.  I will bring the pieces in and ask for a new one.  Sheesh , that's less than 1000 miles on the upswept muffler!

Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: olhogrider on May 31, 2011, 04:05:57 pm
I had the same failure on my upswept in less than 300 miles. The dealer replaced it with a much thicker part.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: r80rt on May 31, 2011, 04:18:38 pm
Yep, I made a heavy replacement for mine too.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: 2bikebill on May 31, 2011, 07:31:59 pm
I fitted the 18 tooth sprocket and went for a blat around after.
A fairly straightforwad job. Luckily I have access to the farmer's tractor shed, where lives an agricultural socket set, so I was able to get the enormous nut off easily. Bit awkward getting the cover back on, but my usual technique of encouragement by foul language worked eventually..
I also wanted to get the oil changed back to full synth, and discovered that Watsonian had very kindly converted the old booby-trap oil filter cover to the one piece one. Nice surprise.
Usual arsing about with the snail cams to get the chain adjusted. I know to turn the left one 2 extra notches so the wheel is aligned, but sometimes it's a choice of chain a bit too tight or a bit too loose with those cams, so I think I'm going to relent and fit the Hitchcock adjusters which have been lying in the tool drawer since last year.
So do I like the bike with the 18 tooth sprocket? I don't know, to be honest. Certainly I'd recommend it for anyone doing a lot of riding at highway speeds. I only rode about twenty miles, but I did notice I was staying in fourth for longer, and the bike cruises very nicely at seventy. Mind you, my bike has never been much of a one for vibrating - I know some complain of vibration at speed.
Of course something is lost from acceleration, but it's really not very noticeable. I'll leave it on for a while and see how I feel.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: prof_stack on May 31, 2011, 08:30:38 pm
I showed the dealer the broken bracket (see photo above) and he said he would check with CMW about sending another (hopefully beefier) one.

I noticed that the 4 UCE models on display are all dusty.  Sometimes I wonder if the shop really is trying to move the REs.  They move a lot of Ducatis.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on May 31, 2011, 08:39:42 pm
From Christmas until the rain stops is the slow season.  Once the sun is out you'll see bikes of all types moving much faster.

That said, they should dust all the bikes on the floor regularly.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: prof_stack on June 01, 2011, 03:38:28 am
I went and bought the NGK plug mentioned in another thread.  I'll put it in tomorrow, perhaps. 

Inside, I got email from r80rt offering to send me a beefy bracket for the upswept muffler.  Awesome!  So it's my turn to pay it forward.

But, did he paint the bracket RED just for spite?   ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: r80rt on June 01, 2011, 03:45:26 am
He's thinking about it ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: kingrock on June 01, 2011, 03:51:40 am
Went out on the green goddess( c5 military). Up to Mt. Greylock Monday. What a ride. But forgot an important item on this trip. Had a brain cramp. Now my arms are lobster red.  :o r80rt would like ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: kingrock on June 01, 2011, 03:59:15 am
Forgot on way back from Greylock. I had installed the longer mirror arms/stalks. By the time I got home one was pointing at me. Lots of loctite today. Whats with the left hand thread on a mirror?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ice on June 01, 2011, 04:00:12 am
Went out on the green goddess( c5 military). Up to Mt. Greylock Monday. What a ride. But forgot an important item on this trip. Had a brain cramp. Now my arms are lobster red.  :o r80rt would like ;D

Red will make you faster  ;) chrome is fastest  :D

O.D. green is stealthiest so you will have come and gone before ether the red or chrome  crowd even knew you were there.  ;D 8)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: r80rt on June 01, 2011, 04:06:28 am
I was nice, I cleaned up the bracket and sprayed it black before I boxed it up. I hope I got all my finger prints wiped off so it'll look nice on a black bike, they need all the help they can get. :D Ice is right about the OD green, I saw one at my dealers last week and fell in love with it.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: olhogrider on June 01, 2011, 06:10:13 am
The left hand thread is about not killing pedestrians. If you hit one hard enough it will fold back.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on June 01, 2011, 06:14:12 am
I got my new oil filters today and my bike is only 20 miles shy of being at 300 miles so I changed the oil and filter.

After getting the oil pickup strainer out I was glad I followed the break in instructions and took it real easy.
There was some sort of fiber looking stuff covering the screen along with some small pieces of iron/steel that I expected to see.
The fiber stuff had clogged the screen enough that it was showing signs of collapsing from the pumps suction.

I also discovered another sump magnet in the screens retaining plate.  I don't recall having read about this magnet before but it had done its job and was covered with iron/steel filings and the pasty iron/steel dust that must have come off of the cylinder walls and rings while they were breaking in.

As it's my nature to pass along some of my experiances and knowledge I posted a write up about changing the UCE oil filter in the TIPS section.
If anyone sees any errors in it be sure to let folks know. :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Andy on June 01, 2011, 01:27:12 pm

There was some sort of fiber looking stuff covering the screen...

Normal.  I forget what it is, but everyone gets it.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: P. Schraub on June 01, 2011, 02:02:00 pm
Arizoni,
     Make sure to do the same thing at 600 miles. At 1000 miles, my dealer told me to change oil and filter again, and switch to synthetic oil. I'm running 20 / 50. My G5 Deluxe runs absolutely perfect, and leaks NO oil !
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: The Garbone on June 01, 2011, 03:05:21 pm
Started off for work, got a mile and had my throttle cable break..  Cranked up the idle and took her home.   I have a spare cable so I know what I will be doing after work....
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Sub on June 01, 2011, 03:56:48 pm
Gary, did you lube your cable at all? Where did it break?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Sub on June 01, 2011, 07:42:44 pm
Normal.  I forget what it is, but everyone gets it.
Yup, normal, its like an old tattered rag or something. also the slight crushing of that filter is normal too. I think that it crushes a bit when you put the cover on. Just carefully straighten it and put it back in..
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: The Garbone on June 01, 2011, 07:58:51 pm
Gary, did you lube your cable at all? Where did it break?

I would spritz it with some teflon spray lube on occasion.. I have not taken things apart as I had to go to work, but it feels like a broken cable.   
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today? Changed the seat "!!!!!!
Post by: drbvac on June 01, 2011, 10:56:14 pm
Put on the solo deluxe seat and swapped out the enclosed springs for 3" ones and found the directions less than helpful .

changing the springs - not too bad but unfortunatly the ones I bought were too wide at the base and top so washers and bolts and inserts later I got them switched out



The seat as sent from NFIELD was a Lapera solo and the front mounting bracket from the manufacturer didnt quite fit so I used the one from NFIELD - the mounting hole in the frame ended up being drilled twice as large and twice as far back and towards the top of the mount as it could go so the pivot would work.

The rear brackets went on where I took the stock  seat springs off - used the same bolts.

The front pivot bolt is so close to the seat it is nearly impossible to get it through the pivot without ripping the vinyl on the seat - 2 hours - lots of friggin around and looking in my tool box for washers and nuts etc - over drill the holes - seems OK now but have ordered the proper type of springs to uses on the mounts - small circles for bolts and single washers and 2" as the position of the seat, although a lot narrower doesnt go down much lower than  stock.

Gained appreciation that NUTHIN is out of box on to bike with these babies
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today? Changed the seat "!!!!!!
Post by: prof_stack on June 01, 2011, 11:05:57 pm
Put on the solo deluxe seat and swapped out the enclosed springs for 3" ones and found the directions less than helpful .

changing the springs - not too bad but unfortunatly the ones I bought were too wide at the base and top so washers and bolts and inserts later I got them switched out

The seat as sent from NFIELD was a Lapera solo and the front mounting bracket from the manufacturer didnt quite fit so I used the one from NFIELD - the mounting hole in the frame ended up being drilled twice as large and twice as far back and towards the top of the mount as it could go so the pivot would work.

The rear brackets went on where I took the stock  seat springs off - used the same bolts.

The front pivot bolt is so close to the seat it is nearly impossible to get it through the pivot without ripping the vinyl on the seat - 2 hours - lots of friggin around and looking in my tool box for washers and nuts etc - over drill the holes - seems OK now but have ordered the proper type of springs to uses on the mounts - small circles for bolts and single washers and 2" as the position of the seat, although a lot narrower doesnt go down much lower than  stock.

Gained appreciation that NUTHIN is out of box on to bike with these babies


Yes, you too,  my son, have learned more the ways of Royal Enfield accessories.  Swear you must.   ;)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on June 02, 2011, 12:02:43 am
drbvac, did you get a small forward piece on the mouting bracket that you did not use?  I saw one on the seat I looked at, just a small square mounted to a tube.  You can drill a hole in the top of the frame bracket instead of two in the sides.  Much easier to install.  That said, there was a lot of slop, could probably be taken up with the right bronze bushings.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: drbvac on June 04, 2011, 08:28:12 pm
Yes sir - that and a couple of side brackets and the stock front swing are in my extra parts box.

Got tired of waiting for the 2"springs - mounted it directly to the cross piece and hard mounted the seat to the bike

Dropped it another 2 " and when you are as vertically challenged as I - lower the better
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: r80rt on June 04, 2011, 09:30:28 pm
I put a new set of tires on.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Maturin on June 04, 2011, 10:17:18 pm
I enjoyed a full day of security training of the German ADAC. Worth every penny! Ten guys with very different bikes, bathed in sweat due to the 28°C we had today, shooing their rides through braking, inclination training, a nice little handling course and many other things. Skill comes with practise. I can feel every bone in my body  ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: prof_stack on June 05, 2011, 03:38:40 am
After 5 days of curing, the high-temp gasket seal in the pipe and upswept muffler was more than ready to test.  Alas, the poots and pops of backfires are still present.  I rode it without the middle bracket that R80RT is sending me (thanks again!).  It will likely arrive Monday, about when the next batch of rain is due in Seattle.   :(

The fella who bought the red demo C5 at the shop, complete with upswept muffler, put the OEM torpedo back on it.  He was sick of the backfiring.  I have thought of doing the same thing, and just might.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Sub on June 05, 2011, 04:44:37 am
Its funny, I wish my bike backfired more.. Adds character! Embrace it!  ;)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on June 05, 2011, 07:57:05 am
I keep thinking of getting an aftermarket exhaust...

and then one of the local knuckleheads rides by with a bike that shakes my house.  I like my neighbors and they like me, I'll keep it that way.  I don't think I'd even like it that loud for more than half an hour.  Plus, though the cat blues the chrome it does make the stuff from the pipe a little less nasty.  Gotta think of the future.

Not to say I won't be tempted again ;)

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: 2bikebill on June 05, 2011, 08:18:58 am
All aftermarket exhausts may not be equal in terms of noise.
I was delighted by how much perkier my bike ran with the Goldie on, but a year later I'm wanting to tone it (the noise) down a bit. Apart from the sheer volume, especially in town, it's too much blat and not enough thump. It can be kind of tiring on a long ride.
I don't mind the sound of the stock exhaust, but that's all I don't mind about it!
I'm awaiting delivery of a new Indian exhaust, more classic looking on the bike, and I'm told it has the classic Bullet bass thump.  I'll let you know....
That said, even the Goldie is acceptable for slowly chugging down the road and away from the neighbours.... especially with earplugs in ... :D ;)
As for the future, people been telling me for decades the future's coming. Never does.... ;)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Sub on June 05, 2011, 03:52:25 pm
Will what exhaust did you order?

What I really want to do is install a cutout so I can make it loud sometimes and softer others.. I looked high and low for a 1.75" cutout pipe (like this), but couldn't find one.
(http://www.jegs.com/images/photos/500/555/555-30750.jpg)

I was thinking that I could put some sort of valve or adjustable opening on the flanged area there and just open it up a bit when I wanted the noise..
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: GreenMachine on June 05, 2011, 03:53:43 pm
kinda like peacemakers..
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Sub on June 05, 2011, 04:10:47 pm
I emailed them to see if they have a single 1.75" version.. I doubt it though. Any other companies like this?!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: 2bikebill on June 05, 2011, 04:15:23 pm
I've ordered the Electra silencer from Enfield County in India. Should arrive any day now..

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=140421186571&ssPageName=ADME:B:EOIBSA:GB:1123 (http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=140421186571&ssPageName=ADME:B:EOIBSA:GB:1123)

Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: olhogrider on June 05, 2011, 04:36:27 pm
Big Al from Fresno has a Honda track bike, It looks like a vintage racer. What I noticed in his exhaust was a device I had not seen in decades. It is (was) called a Snuff-r-not. Basically it is a flapper valve in the pipe that regulates the outflow of the pipe. When fully closed, some exhaust escapes around the valve. When open it still blocks some flow. Not an ideal situation.

Remember Little Deuce Coupe? "She purrs like a kitten 'till my Lake Pipes roar"

There was an exhaust cutout for Harleys made a few years ago.

Probably the best system is a removable baffle.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: robbw on June 05, 2011, 06:25:12 pm
Recovering from a leg injury and not able to ride for a few weeks, but today the leg feels better.  This great weather we're having is calling and I'm gong to give riding a try. With some Tylenol on board I think I can make the 150 mile round trip to see a friend.  8) 8)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on June 05, 2011, 08:00:44 pm
Wash, lubed the chain, anti squeal for the front pads, new grips with safety wire.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on June 05, 2011, 11:40:34 pm
40 years ago I removed the muffler and put a Snuff-r on my Ducati. 
I don't recall that it added much power but it sure sounded faster.  :D

Sense those days, Arizona has outlawed all forms of exhaust cut-outs including the ones with bolted on caps on any street legal machine. :(
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: prof_stack on June 06, 2011, 02:35:15 am
I rode 100 miles in the summer-like Seattle weather.  Temps were in the high 60s and low 70s.  That's PERFECT for wearing full ATTGATT.

The C5 putted along fine and I have learned how to minimize the poots and pops from the upswept muffler by gently easing off the throttle and not blipping the throttle on downshifting. 

Today was a relaxing "cycle-therapy" ride on mostly 2-lane backroads averaging 45mph.  Wearing ear plugs really makes the motor seem smoother and slows down the onset of fatigue.  Keeps the tinnitus away too (I had it many years ago).

With a tank full of 89 octane "clear" gasoline (no ethanol), the motor ran fine.   It filled up back in town and showed 76mpg (US).   

On the ride the odometer went 1800 miles as I went into Duvall and Snohomish, WA.  I posted a couple of photos in the gallery.

I checked the new plug for color (another thread) and then applied anti-seize goop before reinstalling it.  The chain got lubed for the next ride.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Sub on June 06, 2011, 03:01:22 am
I've ordered the Electra silencer from Enfield County in India. Should arrive any day now..
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=140421186571&ssPageName=ADME:B:EOIBSA:GB:1123 (http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=140421186571&ssPageName=ADME:B:EOIBSA:GB:1123)
Will, is that the same as the nfield EFI? Maybe the muffled section looks a bit shorter, hard to tell.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Tri750 on June 06, 2011, 03:02:35 am
Old friend JC Whitney still offers a weld in remote cable exhaust cut out. Will fit 1 3/4 pipe.
http://www.jcwhitney.com/cast-iron-exhaust-cutout/p2006307.jcwx

Will this work.? Maybe.
The thing about Snuff-or-nots, is u have to start with a loud pipe and they "soften" the loud exhaust a bit. They round off the sharp edges of the exhaust note as it were.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Sub on June 06, 2011, 03:18:59 am
Tri - I saw that one but its cast iron (ugly) and requires welding (dont want a permanent solution in case it sucks. :)

I have a custom snuff r not in the works...
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3004/5802259829_da90a2a9de.jpg)(http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5188/5802959416_046b6b947a.jpg)
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2301/5802256859_23a7ba62db.jpg)

I just need to weld that center washer to the screw and pop a hole in the pipe. A lock washer and thumb screw hold it together. As long as I turn it clockwise only, it should stay tight, we'll see. You can just see I notched the end of the screw so I had some way to tighten everything, and it lets me know where the flapper is oriented. My plan is to put it just after the header pipe. Hopefully that works, if it doesnt, I'll put it towards the end, which I guess is the more customary position.

This is the $25 emgo shorty pipe I'm using (Pipe # 4 for me!):
(http://www.cruisercustomizing.com/images/EMGO-80-03310_200.jpg)

It has internal baffling, but basically is a straight open 1" pipe though the center, so I'm guessing it will be quite loud, but I'm hoping it has some of the flavor of the EFI pipe, just louder (my goal). The muffled section is about a foot long. One nice thing about this pipe is that it has a removable baffle, so with that functionality and the snuffrnot it should be fun to tune for back pressure (power) and sound.

I've attached three washers here, but my guess is that I may only need the one center one. When the washers are in the pipe at 90deg, there is about 1/4" clearance around the edges for exhausts gases to pass by.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: sjbiat on June 06, 2011, 04:29:10 am
I took my new bike on its first trip this weekend:  Austin to Houston and back; for the big accordion concert..  About 170 miles each way.  When we drive this in a car, its 3 hours on the road.  It was twice that on the C5, since I avoided the interstate.  Plus I needed rest stops, since it was very hot, and when I stopped for gumbo for lunch, there materialized a ferocious hail storm, and I had to wait it out.  Especially time consuming was driving in and out of Houston on surface streets.  I loved the way the bike handled on 2 lane roads.  But it was frankly very tiring keeping up with high speed traffic on the 4 lane roads, which in Texas are 70 mph.  I don’ think I would do this again – it was too arduous in return for the couple of hours pleasant riding.  I did take one section on a gravel county road.  The bike felt fine.

Stephan
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: 2bikebill on June 06, 2011, 08:02:20 am
Sub  -  I don't think it can be the same one. The NFieldGear one is English made and described as EFI specific so is probably the same as the one from Hitchcocks. The Indian one is the standard el cheapo generic Bullet exhaust.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: GreenMachine on June 06, 2011, 03:02:19 pm
sjbiat: glad u made it back safe and didn't get caught out on the open in the hail storm..drove across the pan handle in a car and  it seem to be forever before i saw civilization..Flat country , dust devils and nowhere to hide... keeping it pegged at 70 mph isn't the thing to do on these machines for any length of time...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: The Garbone on June 06, 2011, 04:50:40 pm
Took the hack into work today with this sitting in the sidecar..

(http://www.enfieldmotorcycles.com/forum/gallery/1012_06_06_11_11_46_25.jpg)

Next time my chubby little fingers get to touch it it should be a numbered edition...   ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: r80rt on June 06, 2011, 05:29:32 pm
Oh my, that will be sweet!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: prof_stack on June 06, 2011, 11:48:29 pm
Got home to find a box from r80rt with a heavy-duty bracket for the upswept muffler.  The rascal put a red splotch on it!   :D :D :D

Thanks again for sending it.  MUCHO appreciated!!   :)

(http://i326.photobucket.com/albums/k409/prof_stack/black-redbracket.jpg)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: r80rt on June 07, 2011, 12:04:16 am
Oh gee, I thought I wiped all my finger prints off ;D I hope it works as good for you as it did for me.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Okie Enfield on June 07, 2011, 01:24:37 am
aaaahhhaahahahah now thats priceless! :D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: GreenMachine on June 07, 2011, 02:41:04 am
ir80rt: u leaving your mark..... ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Andy on June 07, 2011, 03:31:38 pm
Survived another 90 km rain ride (without wiping it out this time!).  And - knock on wood - narrowly missed a horrendous storm.  Damaging hail, 100 km/h winds, trees thrown about, power out, flooding - about as nasty as you can get without an actual funnel cloud touching down.

If that had caught me while riding, the bike would be for sale tomorrow - whatever was left of it. 
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: bman734 on June 08, 2011, 01:26:17 am
 ;D Went for my fourth ride on my new 2011 c5 military. Breaking in the engine can be a challenge since most of the roads around me only go up to 35mph. Had to drive a little further to find a road where I could put it in 5th for some length of time without breaking the speed limit. I love this bike. A true "thumper" in every way. I can't wait to put a short pipe on it but am afraid it might be too loud. Is the efi enough or do I go with the cone shorty? I wish I could hear and ride each kind because it makes a difference between hearing it flying behind you and hearing it thump thump thump at idle.
What are the recommended speeds between gears for proper break-in? I've been going mainly by feel and trying to vary it but never giving more than half throttle and never lugging it in any way. How low can I go and still not be hurting the engine. I've been running 33 to 40 in 4th for the most part, trying to vary by going onto traffic lighted city streets to go through the lower gears regularly, then taking it onto park roads where I go the above 4th gear speeds, taking to 45mph where I can get away with it in 5th for short clips. Hope I'm not hurting my baby :'(
 8) if anyone thinks I'm doing anything wrong, let me know











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Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Sub on June 08, 2011, 02:16:27 am
bman, the EFI will be good for you if you just want a bit more thump. The megaphones are very loud, especially if unbaffled like the nfield one. I had a megaphone EMGO and it was loud till I baffled it heavily, then perhaps it was too quiet?! I only had it on a short spell before the EFI finally arrived from India.

 I have the EFI on now but want it a bit louder. Its pretty quiet at low speeds, and has a nice sound when you're on it, but still a bit mild for me. The megaphone was WAY too loud. I've been trying EMGO exhausts and they are decent quality and really cheap (~$30). I bought a shorty emgo and I havent had a chance to put it on yet, but I'm hoping it will work out for me. Its open like a megaphone, but baffled and shaped like a EFI. I'm making a custom snuff r not for it so I can have quiet and loud when I want! Hopefully it works.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on June 08, 2011, 02:32:08 am
I went to my dealer to buy a "Butterfly" style engine bar for my G5.
http://nfieldgear.com/enfield-store/aftermarket-parts-accessories/body/butterfly-engine-bar.html

Because I have a California model which has a charcoal canister mounted in front of the lower front engine mount between the down tube and the front mud guard,  I needed to find a place to relocate it.  The lower engine bar brackets go right thru the area occupied by the canister.

I made a good Plan A  for relocating the canister to a vertical bar I will add to the left side of the case guard so I thought I was all set to put it together.

When I tried to mount the engine bar I discovered that the designer that located the O2 sensor on the exhaust pipe forgot about folks who want to mount this engine bar because the sensor and its wiring are a direct interference with the upper bracket.

I've now got Plan B underway and when everything is together I'll take a few photos and post a "How To" and a needed parts list  for anyone who has the O2 sensor and/or the charcoal canister and wants to mount this bar.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: prof_stack on June 08, 2011, 03:02:11 am
;D Went for my fourth ride on my new 2011 c5 military. Breaking in the engine can be a challenge since most of the roads around me only go up to 35mph. Had to drive a little further to find a road where I could put it in 5th for some length of time without breaking the speed limit. I love this bike. A true "thumper" in every way. I can't wait to put a short pipe on it but am afraid it might be too loud. Is the efi enough or do I go with the cone shorty? I wish I could hear and ride each kind because it makes a difference between hearing it flying behind you and hearing it thump thump thump at idle.
What are the recommended speeds between gears for proper break-in? I've been going mainly by feel and trying to vary it but never giving more than half throttle and never lugging it in any way. How low can I go and still not be hurting the engine. I've been running 33 to 40 in 4th for the most part, trying to vary by going onto traffic lighted city streets to go through the lower gears regularly, then taking it onto park roads where I go the above 4th gear speeds, taking to 45mph where I can get away with it in 5th for short clips. Hope I'm not hurting my baby :'(
 8) if anyone thinks I'm doing anything wrong, let me know.
You're doing fine with the break-in.  You have the correct attitude and you are not too anal about it.  The UCE is worlds or perhaps galaxies ahead of the iron barrel in terms of heat management and running-in needs.

With the feds getting closer to making it totally illegal to change mufflers, you should act sooner than later to get an aftermarket pipe.  I have the cool looking upswept muffler which is plenty loud for my old ears at speed.  But the backfires and such make it clear that the ECU is not as wise as we were led to believe.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: P. Schraub on June 08, 2011, 03:46:50 am
Hello bman734,
           I had the megaphone exhaust on my G5 deluxe and it was just to dam loud ! It looked cool, but I know I was pissing people off. I switched to the English made EFI silencer and love it. I can actually hear the mechanical engine sounds ( valves etc. ) and the wind, and I don't need earplugs ! I really enjoy riding a quieter motorcycle, but sometimes I wish it were just a bit louder. It's all a matter of personal taste. You're doing a great job on the break-in.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Sub on June 08, 2011, 06:07:24 am
I went to my dealer to buy a "Butterfly" style engine bar for my G5.
http://nfieldgear.com/enfield-store/aftermarket-parts-accessories/body/butterfly-engine-bar.html

Because I have a California model which has a charcoal canister mounted in front of the lower front engine mount between the down tube and the front mud guard,  I needed to find a place to relocate it.  The lower engine bar brackets go right thru the area occupied by the canister.

I think I recall seeing someone just using longer bolts and 1-2" spacers to mount the canister off the frame more so the bars can pass by.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: olhogrider on June 08, 2011, 06:10:46 am
Arizoni, I relocated my canister to a box in my garage. It looks much better now. ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Alaska Mike on June 08, 2011, 06:26:10 am
 I just got a show room new 2009 C5 shipped up to Alaska a few weeks ago. I love it and commute with it to work (40 miles one way) everyday. I am new to riding motorcycles and my mechanical skills are not the greatest. I conducted a lot of research on the new Bullets and loved the looks, styling, and of course, mileage.

 The lot of you on these forums are a great and professional community that I have already learned so much from in the last two weeks. Today I lifted up my gas tank and slid foam between the tank and frame to get rid of that high rpm shaking sound, and also noticed that some blue wire in the bottom right side of the gas tank sometimes wiggles out, which I assume is leading to the intermittent 'low fuel' indicator at highway speeds.

 Anyway, there is not a RE community up here in Alaska and of the 2 authorized dealers, the one in Fairbanks closed down and retired,a nd the one in Anchorage no longer sells the bikes but can still order parts (so can I from the Nfield site) and has an actual trained technician that has never worked on RE in Alaska yet. Due to that shop being backlogged on other equipment, I took my C5 to a Kawasaki dealer for my 300 mile oil change and the old timers there were tickeled to see such a novelty and gave me a great deal on their shop time since they were learning-while-tinkering when they changed the oil.

 For a guy like me that isn't mechanically inclined, this is an amazing forum filled with a brotherhood of people that seem to genuinely care and wish the best for one another. I am happy I got this bike that is not only easy to work on, but has the best support team in the business.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ice on June 08, 2011, 07:54:30 am
Welcome aboard Alaska Mike and congrats on your Bullet.

Please do stick a pin in the forums community map.

many smiles per gallon to you.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: r80rt on June 08, 2011, 12:59:59 pm
Welcome to the forum!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Andy on June 08, 2011, 01:38:13 pm
The lot of you on these forums are a great and professional community that I have already learned so much from in the last two weeks.

Except me.  The purpose of my life is to serve as a warning to others.   :D

Welcome!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Okie Enfield on June 08, 2011, 03:34:34 pm
Oh Andy! Your too hard on yourself! (and the Slug)  ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Superchuck on June 08, 2011, 04:16:49 pm
For a guy like me that isn't mechanically inclined, this is an amazing forum filled with a brotherhood of people that seem to genuinely care and wish the best for one another. I am happy I got this bike that is not only easy to work on, but has the best support team in the business.

This forum is a large reason of why I got my Royal Enfield. Loved the style (obv.) and wanted to learn to tinker & troubleshoot... any other forum is filled with uneducated know-it-all's with a huge helping of 'attitude.'  Not the case on here as you see. 

Congrats and Welcome!

chuck
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: prof_stack on June 08, 2011, 04:28:46 pm
This forum is a large reason of why I got my Royal Enfield. Loved the style (obv.) and wanted to learn to tinker & troubleshoot... any other forum is filled with uneducated know-it-all's with a huge helping of 'attitude.'  Not the case on here as you see. 

Congrats and Welcome!

chuck
Heh, just don't stray too far from this section.  The Campfile section can have some interesting characters show up from time to time.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: GreenMachine on June 08, 2011, 04:33:14 pm
I'm not riding greenmachine as I'm still waiting for my gel battery from our sponsor...Will be two weeks this friday...Called them last week and they said it was backordered but due in any day now....Oh well I can jump on the yammy but not the same...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: bman734 on June 09, 2011, 01:44:31 am
Thanks for the feedback on my break in. It's comforting to know that I'm doing good by my break in habits.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: REpozer on June 09, 2011, 04:04:16 am
Well hey,

I purchased my RE from George up in Fairbanks. Trails End BMW)

I have a sneaky suspicion he is not fully retired.

This forum will help you get your hands dirty. Tackle an easy job, then it just gets easier from there.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: REpozer on June 09, 2011, 04:41:49 am
Well hey , Alaska Mike.

I purchased my RE from George up in Fairbanks. Trails End BMW)

I have a sneaky suspicion he is not fully retired.

This forum will help you get your hands dirty. Tackle an easy job, then it just gets easier from there.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Philbomoog on June 09, 2011, 11:27:59 am
Took Gromet for his annual MoT (Ministry of Transport test).
Examiner decided the headlight was aimed too high until  I pointed out that there was no adjuster. Passed. ;D

Wanted to go for a ride but its pouring with rain so I'll just have to watch the Isle of Man TT races on TV. :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on June 09, 2011, 06:20:09 pm
Next time you can crank up the rear preload before the test.  It should raise the tail just a little and make the inspector happy.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: bob bezin on June 09, 2011, 08:01:03 pm
reached 13,000 miles today  fireballed at 10,860 running good.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: YJake on June 09, 2011, 10:25:42 pm
Got it back from a month or longer ordeal with waranty work and everything seems great now. Can't wait to ride it to work tomorrow and start saving money again, feeding my Jeep was getting rough!  :o

-Jake
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on June 09, 2011, 10:50:20 pm
Stopped by a local Yamaha dealers to see what he had that might fit my G5.
In the area where some luggage was sitting they had a pair of small black vinyl saddlebags marked down from $100 to $40.
They came complete with a few spider webs but beyond that I couldn't find anything wrong with them.  I have no idea why they were less than 1/2 price.

They aren't fancy but they fit my bike and the price was right so I bought them.  :D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: r80rt on June 09, 2011, 11:06:31 pm
I love hidden bargans, ya done good!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on June 09, 2011, 11:11:59 pm
I found out how much more gas my bike actually holds. I've always filled my tank on the side stand, realizing that it would hold more if I put it on the center stand. I did that today and put a little over 1/2 gallon more than I would have normally gotten on my usual fillups.
Didn't know I was running so low on gas!
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: saint45 on June 10, 2011, 04:37:00 am
New napoleans....actually, looks cooler with one. i can actually see. those stock ones gave me a great view of my elbows. Then i rode all over my lovely island city.  :o
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Desi Bike on June 10, 2011, 12:35:28 pm
After a three hour drive in my car I arrived at my 'local' dealer. First thing I saw was the only chrome C5 in Canada. Damn she's a beaut. Sadly this one is going to its new owner today. The bike is the one that was on display at the New York bike show and with some fanangling, Ken at OVC was able to secure the bike for a Toronto area Indian gentleman.  Mine is still on its way. Cant wait cant wait... After  oogling the bike for a while my girlfriend and I were invited to AnthonyOfErin's farm to see his black C5 with the cozy sidecar. We had a wonderful afternoon there, getting the tour of his elk farm operation and his bike. So what did I do with MY Enfield today....   I had sweet dreams all night about it.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Okie Enfield on June 10, 2011, 02:58:04 pm
Elk farm! Can you milk an elk?  :D That's a super cool day fer sure. EFI silencer just came in and is sitting at the dealership. Taking the bike over there for her switch over to full Synthetic and final break end oil change. Woo Hoo! Next on the list is changing to the NGK spark as my bike seems to already be hating the OEM one. After I get the bike home later, I'ma goin Fishin! Gonna take a trip up to the dam and see if I cant catch a mess of Crappie. My tribe is having the 5th annual Drulympics(Drunk Olympics) tommorow so I probably wont get much riding in. I am heavily favored in the underwater beer chug event, and expect my team will medal in the TriChugAthon. Have a great weekend brothers and keep it shiney side up!  ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gashousegorilla on June 10, 2011, 04:03:08 pm
Elk farm! Can you milk an elk?  :D.

 Yeah, I think I did that on a bet once.....Just got to be real sneaky like. ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Desi Bike on June 10, 2011, 04:31:39 pm
Just make sure its not the bull first.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gashousegorilla on June 10, 2011, 05:09:23 pm
http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=67375

 Here you go, I guess they Can.....Heck, they even Ride'em!   Yeeee.....Haw!
Wait a minute, They sure look like Moose to me?   I think they got their Critters mixed up  ::)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Okie Enfield on June 10, 2011, 08:36:57 pm
Elk milk....mmmmm. Update on what I did today. I went to the dealership to pickup the EFI pipe and gasket. However, they ordered me the upswept pipe and is twice the price. So the upswept is back on its way home and hopefully my EFI will be here soon  :'( Totally bummed.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Alaska Mike on June 10, 2011, 08:45:09 pm
http://www.adn.com/2010/02/28/1161767/running-of-the-reindeer.html

 In Alaska we have the 'Running of the Reindeer" which is a spoof off the bulls in Spain, but exponentially safer. When it is 20 below, and you have cabin fever, it is a hoot. My wife did it this year and I did it twice before. Hundreds of people run 2 blocks while a dozen reindeer are released to "chase" them. Epic.

 To stay on topic of the forum - I commuted to work (40 miles) on my C5 today. I filled up yesterday and calculated around 62mpg is what I'm getting. I do travel at around 65-70 on the highway and sometimes 'hot-rod' around town though.

 BTW, do the NGK plugs make a difference?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Alaska Mike on June 10, 2011, 08:47:22 pm
Elk milk....mmmmm. Update on what I did today. I went to the dealership to pickup the EFI pipe and gasket. However, they ordered me the upswept pipe and is twice the price. So the upswept is back on its way home and hopefully my EFI will be here soon  :'( Totally bummed.

I have the upswept on my C5, and my dealer said he dyno'd it and was gaining about 30% more power through the power band. Are you looking at about the same gains for the EFI silencer?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: TWinOKC on June 10, 2011, 08:57:53 pm
Workin on my second oil change today.   Did the the oil filter cap mod.  Boy was that easy!   Just needed a 1/4" - 20 tap and a 3/4 " long button head screw.

Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on June 10, 2011, 09:26:48 pm
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I have the upswept on my C5, and my dealer said he dyno'd it and was gaining about 30% more power through the power band. Are you looking at about the same gains for the EFI silencer?

Did he give you a printout of the dyno run? How much horsepower did he show? How much was the stock configuration? 30% would give you a 5 or 6hp increase. From what I've seen on the dyno runs posted here including mine with the EFI silencer, I would be extremely surprised to see that much of an increase with any different silencer, but I haven't seen a dyno run on an unmodified engine, either. But I doubt that a circa 19 or 20 hp on the optional silencers is anywhere near a 30% increase over stock.  I did read somewhere that an iron barrel only had about 15 hp stock, but I expect the UCEs are a bit higher than that.
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Okie Enfield on June 10, 2011, 09:32:45 pm
I'm sure from other posts that the upswept may be a little hotter than the EFI but I also know that it is significantly louder. Dont wanna piss of the neighbors for the sake of 1 or 2 more hp.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Alaska Mike on June 10, 2011, 11:46:07 pm
Negative on the printout. My dealer was saying it may be about 5-7hp increase with the upswept over factory due to the factory straight pipe having 2 sets of emissions filters on them. The manual does say 27bhp but I am curious what the actual power rating is to the wheel. It is funny how any modification or tweaking on these bikes can yield noticable results. Fun little bikes.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Sub on June 11, 2011, 02:00:38 am
I really doubt the efi will be as good as the upswept..The EFI has a 3/8" hole through the middle, but the rest of it, if I recall, is a corkscrew of baffled material. I'd think its quite restrictive.

It would be awesome if your dealer could do a run without the air filter on so we can see what sort of gains a freer flowing air box would provide!!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: prof_stack on June 11, 2011, 02:15:39 am
Negative on the printout. My dealer was saying it may be about 5-7hp increase with the upswept over factory due to the factory straight pipe having 2 sets of emissions filters on them. The manual does say 27bhp but I am curious what the actual power rating is to the wheel. It is funny how any modification or tweaking on these bikes can yield noticable results. Fun little bikes.
My C5 with upswept muffler showed 19.5HP, with K&N air filter.  I don't think your dealer is accurate with the numbers.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Alaska Mike on June 11, 2011, 04:20:45 am

 Indeed. What model/size K&N did you fit on there? What gains have you noticed?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Sub on June 11, 2011, 06:11:48 am
I went for a little trip to Rhinebeck, NY to see the Grand National Meet. Its bascially a huge old spare parts swap meet for (mainly) Harley and Indian bikes. There were hundreds of people selling rusty wares just like this:
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2022/5819757558_e299a1ac64.jpg)

As a tinkerer myself, it was really fun to walk around and see how things used to be made. But this was the coolest tent. It was great to meet Ron in person and chat for a bit. He was really informative and it was great to see he is actually an Enfield rider too! :) You can just make out his white sidecar setup in the back.

(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2173/5819184701_e78ca28f54.jpg)

But there were a lot of REALLY cool old bikes there - many of them I had never heard of before, and some I have (Schwinn made motorbikes?!!). I was bummed that the tractor show wasnt on. I saw a lot of really neat old steam and gas engines that were being setup for Saturday. Look at this snazzy two-seater. It appears to be a rear-seat driver!
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3590/5819193899_93e547c609.jpg)

Most bikes had little oil pee stains below them. :)

I did break down on the way home in the middle of nowhere due to an electrical short. Thank God I found it and got back on the road - was nerve racking there for a bit! Overall it was a great day. If you're in the area, go check it out.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Desi Bike on June 11, 2011, 01:40:19 pm
Looks like the front passenger gets to help steer too. Isn't that a set of foot pegs I see on the front wheel?
If one's passenger where to get a leg cramp during a long ride, I forsee a jaunt into the roadside ditches.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on June 11, 2011, 07:18:42 pm
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yMy C5 with upswept muffler showed 19.5HP, with K&N air filter.  I don't think your dealer is accurate with the numbers.

My dyno run with an EFI muffler was 18.75 hp, but the muffler is a bit quieter than the upswept. actually it may have shown a little more, but the mixture sniffer rod was up the little hole all the way and I suspect it increased the back pressure a bit.

Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on June 11, 2011, 09:50:54 pm
Today I added a touch of individuality to my G5 by painting the engine logo red.

I used a small high quality brush and a few toothpicks along with a bottle of  bright red Testers PLA model enamel to fill in the recessed letters on both sides of the engine.

If you are doing this and you get a small area where the paint is on the metal next to the cast in lettering, let the paint dry for about 3-4 minutes and use your finger nail or a piece of hard plastic to scrape the offending paint away.  
You will want to catch the paint when it is not wet but hasn't fully dried yet.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: r80rt on June 11, 2011, 10:05:44 pm
Nice!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Andy on June 12, 2011, 12:11:36 am
Today I added a touch of individuality to my G5 by painting the engine logo red.


I've been meaning to do that for a very long time.  I will get around to it.  But I'm a Humbrol's guy myself.   ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: bman734 on June 12, 2011, 12:43:38 am
Arizoni, I relocated my canister to a box in my garage. It looks much better now. ;D


What did you do with the tubing going all the way of to the tank?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on June 12, 2011, 12:51:50 am

What did you do with the tubing going all the way of to the tank?
And with the tube from the canister to the injector body?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on June 14, 2011, 11:42:49 pm
After 1700 miles I figured it might be time to check nut and bolts again. I cleaned the Beast first, and found a rattly screw on the fender, and the other day when I was moving it around I felt a little slip on the rear handgrip. Tightened the offenders and checked the rest. Staying pretty solid, I'd say.  I still had a little crap burnt onto the pipe ahead of the muffler that I got there before I got the heat shield. A little bit of trousers, boot and leg were still charring, so I finished cleaning that mess up. Other than that, the only mess left is at the front of the chain under the countershaft where a little oil slings off and runs down the case a bit. I think I got  a good 'un.
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: GreenMachine on June 15, 2011, 12:19:29 am
 took out all the  bulbs and applied a small amount of  bulb grease,,temp was 75 and was great for the enfields 30 mile sprint...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: olhogrider on June 15, 2011, 07:27:48 am
Cleaned it then rode it. Added an NGK plug now it idles a little faster.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: P. Schraub on June 15, 2011, 12:36:59 pm
Hello Arizoni,
         I just highlighted my letters on the side cases last week also, and it turned out great. I got a tip from an old-timer who told me to use finger nail polish. I used q-tips with acetone to clean up around the letters. Worked out great.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: GreenMachine on June 15, 2011, 02:29:21 pm
thats a great idea...model airplane paint...british racing green they should ahve or something close..thanks for the idea...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: greekxj on June 16, 2011, 03:00:29 am
Well, got the Chicago "Mods Vs Rockers" event this Sat so i spent an hour going over all the fasteners on my 07 iron barrel. Cant believe how much stuff was loose after a short period since i did it last. I also lubed all pivot points and did some detailing. I might get all the fluids done too but its not necessary. Now all i hope for is a dry day >:(
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: GreenMachine on June 16, 2011, 03:07:57 am
changed the oil and filter...went for a ride..
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on June 16, 2011, 05:17:39 pm
Installed the NGK BPR6ES. Took a short ride. Definitely idles better. With the old plug it would initially idle at about 2500 rpm then eventually slow down to something reasonable, or I could let the clutch drag a bit and pull it down to something reasonable. This plug just idles at that reasonable rpm to start with.  But did notice an occasional miss whilst opening the throttle until it warmed up.
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on June 16, 2011, 07:30:22 pm
When I first start my G5 in the morning and let it idle for a while I also noticed a mis-fire until the head/cylinder heated up a bit.
It seems to be a one stroke thing that sounds like a "putt, putt, putt, ----, putt, putt......"

I can hear a definite transition from the pre-mapped "cold"  fuel settings and once this happens the mis-fire goes away.

My bike did this with the old original spark plug too so maybe your just noticing it now because of the new plug while it had been doing it all along?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: CoffeeAchiever on June 16, 2011, 11:51:12 pm
Took my first break-in ride this morning on my "Magic Bullet"!  ;D

Left the house just before sun up at 5:11 AM Mountain Standard Time.  Air temperature at departure was already 81 degrees Fahrenheit.  Rode from Phoenix to the lovely town of Carefree just North of the Valley of the Sun.  Stopped at the Carefree Circle K just long enough to put 1 1/2 Gallons of gasoline into my G5's tank and a pint of cold water into me.  Headed South out of town toward Scottsdale.  Meandered through the desert back roads North of Scottsdale before heading back into town.  From Scottsdale, the Bullet and I turned West toward Paradise Valley where we stopped so I could get a quick bite to eat, small cup of coffee and more water.  Left Paradise Vally and headed South for home.  Air temperature was 95 degrees Fahrenheit as I arrived at my house just before 10:00 AM.

Logged exactly 111 miles this morning.  May do it again tomorrow...  ::)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: r80rt on June 16, 2011, 11:56:20 pm
You're crazy if you don't! :D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on June 17, 2011, 12:03:55 am
Quote
My bike did this with the old original spark plug too so maybe your just noticing it now because of the new plug while it had been doing it all along?

Nope, it hadn't been cutting out before, but the sometimes the RPM would sag enough to quit, or nearly so, if I caught it. And the rpm was never particularly stable when it was idling slow.
The new plug is great, although it did quit on me this morning right after I started it and dropped off the center stand. Maybe ran for seven  seconds. Restarted with the starter. My mileage has dropped to about 68 mpg since I've been getting a bit sportier now that it broken in. Passed 1800 miles today. Should break 2000 next week.
Going faster in the twisties and have noticed that it pushes a bit in the corners. Probably a G5 quirk as it has more rake compared to the B5 and C5.
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: prof_stack on June 17, 2011, 11:30:49 pm
I took a solice ride in memory of Uncle Ernie. 

I stopped at the Seattle Ducati/RE dealership and didn't find the B5 ready to ride yet.  They have had two of them for more than a week.  Maybe they sold them? 

The new models were in the garage and not in the showroom or outside in the sun.  I can't figure out why they don't put at least one RE out front!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: GreenMachine on June 18, 2011, 12:40:25 am
I went to hobby shop and picked up metallic green paint for the Royal enfield inscription on the side of the engine..Its drying as I write this note..
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mikesince1974 on June 18, 2011, 01:18:08 am
 Rode my G-5 Deluxe down to my dealer today. David Haynes, the author of "Motorcycling Alabama: 50 Ride Loops through the Heart of Dixie" was there signing his book. Really nice, knowledgeable guy.

 -also, checked out an '04 (bought new in "09) Bullet..... only has 2439 miles on the odometer, the previous owner traded it for a '10 G-5.  Only want $2300 for it. -must resist buying yet another bike!!!.... must resist!!!!

 -mikey
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on June 18, 2011, 03:43:04 am
Crashed it. Well, I didn't crash it, some lady did. I was making a right turn and started to go on red, but stopped because there was a car coming. She didn't...Stop, that is.
Bounced me off and the bike fell over on me. Could not get out from under the Beast. She's yelling, "I'm Sorry, I'm Sorry!" I'm yelling, "Get this damn thing off me!" Some guys came over and got it up. she's still yelling, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry"!  Another woman comes over, "Ya gotta sit down, come over here and sit down" I am, "I'm OK, just a bruised thigh." She's, "Ya gotta sit down! You've had a traumatic experience!" Meanwhile, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry!" They ask how I am and I tell them my thigh feels like I've been hit hard by some big linebacker, but it's OK. The nursey one, "Are you going to sit down?" Me, "NO!" I'm then trying to get the perp's info, but no paper. She goes to find some paper, then goes to write it down. Then a Female cop shows up and takes my papers, then a motor cop shows up. In the meantime, they're getting radio calls that there is a check thief coming our way and they need to be on lookout for him. The motor cop, who is a pretty nice guy from New Zealand is putting all our data in the computer so we can get the preliminary report with the pertinent numbers on it. Well, finally got that all done and I'm up to my tough text at hand. I deep the registration and insurance card in  my toolbox. Now I have to get that damn thing closed. After about ten minutes beating in the proper spot the, lock finally engages. Time to go, Hooray!
Oh,  yeah, the Beast. Basically cosmetic stuff, but the rear fender bounced off the tire and is sitting a bit close, Dinged Tank, scratched up front fender, bent left footpeg, beat up Napolean and barend, Tail light and license panel beat up, head light ring scratched and bent. It got me home and I got the bits that were not in the right place generally sorted out. Bad thing is I have a kind of a classic bike meet Sunday. Guess I'll go, but it's going to be in the beaten and battered class!
For any of you in SoCal, it's at the old Century Motorcycle shop in San Pedro, 17th and Pacific. usually lotsa nice Britbikes and a good lunch buffet for their annual Father's Day party.
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Sub on June 18, 2011, 03:56:12 am
Woh man, glad you are ok! You can always get new bike parts, people parts are harder to come by.  :P
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: prof_stack on June 18, 2011, 05:10:50 am
Wow, you had quite a day!  Pain pills will make your night easier.

Best of success getting you (first) healed and then the Beast.   ;)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on June 18, 2011, 06:00:16 am
I hope the police cited her for causing the accident.
If they did, don't forget to call her insurance company.  Sounds like they owe you for some new parts.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: GreenMachine on June 18, 2011, 03:54:43 pm
well from what i can gather it says in your info page that u 69 yrs old...u did go to the doc to get checked out?  We been through this similar story over the past two weeks..The bike can be replaced...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on June 18, 2011, 05:28:51 pm
No, I didn't go to the doc. I'm not nearly as beat up as Uncle Ernie, may he RIP. Just a sore spot on my thigh. It's still a bit sore today, but manageable.
Thank  you for the concern.
But I need my bike. That is my daily transportation. But it is still rideable. It'll just have to be in the Rat Bike part of tomorrow's Britbike get together.
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mikesince1974 on June 18, 2011, 07:43:24 pm
 Sorry to hear about you and your bike, Bare. Glad it wasn't any worse than it could have been.

 -mikey
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: r80rt on June 18, 2011, 09:19:54 pm
Glad you are OK,
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mikesince1974 on June 18, 2011, 09:24:19 pm
Just changed the oil and took a 30 mile ride in the Alabama countryside. The 99 degree heat and high humidity made me cut it a little short, will ride after it cools down tonight.

-mikey
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: noontime on June 18, 2011, 11:54:15 pm
Hope your ok Bare, sounds no fun at all. 

On a brighter note, I just put the down payment on a 2011 Teal C5!  Should be here in about a week and some change!  WOOOOO BUDDY!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: bman734 on June 19, 2011, 01:26:14 am
I moved my eldest daughter out of the house, I will dearly miss her, and so did not get an importunity to ride my Enfield today. That is what I did with my Enfield today ???
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mikesince1974 on June 19, 2011, 03:12:31 am
 
  The heat finally broke late this afternoon and I was able to get another ride in. Stopped in old historic Downtown Northport, Alabama for a couple of pics. Couldn't resist getting a cliche shot of my Enny in front of a building that is about to be razed. (http://s3.amazonaws.com/data.tumblr.com/tumblr_ln0lh0ruRc1qcup6do1_1280.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=AKIAJ6IHWSU3BX3X7X3Q&Expires=1308535823&Signature=hwYNdsM7kTjjRlErZYSoSju6%2FDw%3D)


(http://s3.amazonaws.com/data.tumblr.com/tumblr_ln0kryNjUp1qcup6do1_r1_1280.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=AKIAJ6IHWSU3BX3X7X3Q&Expires=1308535471&Signature=RvEQ69ZXh3CwsxoPy4PFiVV%2BXrI%3D)

  This other shot is in front of our Historic train station, built in 1927. (http://s3.amazonaws.com/data.tumblr.com/tumblr_ln0llr0qIi1qcup6do1_1280.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=AKIAJ6IHWSU3BX3X7X3Q&Expires=1308535900&Signature=36QMmJ8o%2F4yF%2BBY5ixec%2BMbCkaw%3D)

 -mikey
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on June 19, 2011, 05:19:28 am
Bought a cover for it.
Well, I bought a motorcycle cover for it right after I bought it but in this case I bought a COVER!

One of the local outdoors stores in the area was selling those 10' X 10' canvas topped covers  that don't have a center pole so I bought one.

Now the RE can sit in its back yard parking place in its own shady place.
I might add to that, now I can sit out in a shady place if I have to do any work on it.   :D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Desi Bike on June 19, 2011, 01:50:57 pm
You can also sit in a shady place and just admire the bike. Its a frequent occurance with RE owners.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: GreenMachine on June 19, 2011, 04:23:20 pm
The bike looks bright against the backdrop and at at rest in front of those buildings..
Its been raining here and I hate to get mine wet if I don't have too.....Looks like you clean and wiped it down..I don't see any bug marks in the hot humid alabama weather..
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mikesince1974 on June 19, 2011, 05:03:18 pm
The bike looks bright against the backdrop and at at rest in front of those buildings..
Its been raining here and I hate to get mine wet if I don't have too.....Looks like you clean and wiped it down..I don't see any bug marks in the hot humid alabama weather..

    Yeah, my Enny got a wipedown earlier in the day. Got caught in one of those "scattered showers" we get so often here.  This time of year we get a lot of pop up storms that only last a few minutes... Just enough to get you wet, not enough to cool things down, but plenty enough to raise the humidity! lol   
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on June 19, 2011, 09:10:16 pm
With it being Father's Day and only 98 degrees F here (and climbing), I took a fairly short ride to the Phoenix Zoo where I snapped these pictures.
Just out of camera view to the left are the Papago mountains (named after a local American Indian tribe), actually more like hills.
These are not over 300 feet high and are covered with numerous holes, a few going clear thru to the other side.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on June 19, 2011, 09:16:09 pm
Went over 2000 miles today...that's total...not today. Did about 85 today.
I went to the annual Father's Day party at Century Cycle in San Pedro. It brings out a lot of old Brit Bikes as they used to be a BSA dealer Talked to a guy who has an '01 Bullet, but rode a BSA B-31 to the get together. Very nice stuff BSAs, Meriden and Hinckley Triumphs, Nortons, a '49 FN 450 flathead. Lots of American, Japanese and European classics, too.
I had the only Enfield there, but lots of interest was shown in it!. I even got the one kick start out of it! Great day.
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: olhogrider on June 19, 2011, 09:23:01 pm
Very pretty! Reminds me I should take some pix of mine.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mikesince1974 on June 20, 2011, 04:21:46 am
  Was able to go on two rides today, one morning and one evening. Thought I'd share a pic of the road hazards we face in Alabama. (http://s3.amazonaws.com/data.tumblr.com/tumblr_ln2jpvf3Cl1qcup6do1_1280.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=AKIAJ6IHWSU3BX3X7X3Q&Expires=1308626227&Signature=R5n0WdKADMfZLuZ466E40XFE4d8%3D) Also, a pic of my favorite dive, Egans. (http://s3.amazonaws.com/data.tumblr.com/tumblr_ln2jktlafD1qcup6do1_1280.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=AKIAJ6IHWSU3BX3X7X3Q&Expires=1308626420&Signature=ZkgkMqQ2xEp7oRFEW3UtU2clUaU%3D)

 -mikey
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on June 20, 2011, 05:04:21 am
What?  A little grass in the road? ;)

Nice shot in front of the bar.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Andy on June 20, 2011, 05:09:12 pm
A bar you can still smoke in?  I'm goin'!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: robbw on June 21, 2011, 04:11:34 am
  Was able to go on two rides today, one morning and one evening. Thought I'd share a pic of the road hazards we face in Alabama. (http://s3.amazonaws.com/data.tumblr.com/tumblr_ln2jpvf3Cl1qcup6do1_1280.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=AKIAJ6IHWSU3BX3X7X3Q&Expires=1308626227&Signature=R5n0WdKADMfZLuZ466E40XFE4d8%3D) Also, a pic of my favorite dive, Egans. (http://s3.amazonaws.com/data.tumblr.com/tumblr_ln2jktlafD1qcup6do1_1280.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=AKIAJ6IHWSU3BX3X7X3Q&Expires=1308626420&Signature=ZkgkMqQ2xEp7oRFEW3UtU2clUaU%3D)

 -mikey
Wow, the danger never stops in Alabama, LOL. Nice pics. Thanks for sharing. Like the bar.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Okie Enfield on June 21, 2011, 04:27:35 am
That is some purty sky Arizoni, bikes not bad either!  ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mikesince1974 on June 21, 2011, 05:08:38 am
Thanks everyone. Yeah, you can still smoke in the bars here in Tuscaloosa, there is only one bar in town that is smoke free and it's considered a novelty.

   Road Hazard -True story, we were riding last Sunday on a backroad when all the sudden a four wheeler zooms across the road in front of us. He loses the load he was carrying.... a five gallon bucket of "Catfish Innards" it covers the road right in front of us. ....lucky we didn't go sliding all over the asphalt with that one! 
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Post by: Okie Enfield on June 21, 2011, 05:02:22 pm
ewwww! That would be some STINKY roadrash!  :P
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: olhogrider on June 22, 2011, 12:33:31 am
80 mile ride in 100 degree heat! Nice as long as I keep moving.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on June 22, 2011, 01:47:31 am
I removed 2 pounds from my bike.

The passenger grab rail was removed when I installed the luggage rack and I don't intend to carry any passengers so I saw no reason for keeping the passenger foot pegs except  that the right one serves to bolt down the silencer.

With a replacement bolt in hand the pegs came off and the silencer was reattached.

Just out of curiosity I weighed the pegs and they came out weighing 1 pound each.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: SimonT on June 22, 2011, 01:54:25 am
watched 2 young kids (assume siblings) having a punch up in the back of a van i was following....

Parents were oblivious....

Entertained me for a few kms.... :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Alaska Mike on June 22, 2011, 02:26:00 am
I have 1040 miles on my 99 C5 and was traveling 65 mph on my way home from work today when the engine light came on as I lost power briefly and all systems started up again, and then it immediately happened a second time. The light went out and all power came back and she kept on motoring.

I slowed down for the remainder 15 miles or so home and covered the clutch in case it happened again and my chain seized or something. I looked it over when I came home thinking it was an electrical issue, but couldn't find anything that stuck out at me.

Be advised that I am not the mechanical type and I use the bike to commute to work every day (90 miles round trip) so I am anxious to hear anyones two cents.

Thank you,
Mike
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on June 22, 2011, 04:46:22 am
If it's not low on fuel the only thing I can think of is there is a loose wiring connection somewhere.

Starting with the battary to check that both terminals and wires are clean and firmly attached, the next thing I would do would be to remove and reinstall all of the fuses.  While working on the fuses look to see if there are any frayed or bare wires, especially where they go thru holes in the sheet metal.

Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Alaska Mike on June 22, 2011, 05:56:32 am

 That sounds like a good start. Thank you for the guidance.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: higgins on June 22, 2011, 02:56:17 pm
Received my Cramster Stallion saddlebags. Quality looks good for my needs. shipping from Bangalore was pretty quick once I got the notice that they had been shipped. They cost a total of $120 plus a $10 Western union fee.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on June 22, 2011, 04:32:56 pm
The loose wire sounds like a good start, but the crank sensor could be the problem, too.
These things are a bit problematical on a variety of bikes, Triumphs, in particular, and give a similar experience when crapping out. I have heard of them going out on Bullets, too.  They generally do their nasties when they get hot, so a temporary solution is to slow down. However, I'd take this one to the dealer and have them check/replace it.
I won't go into my own experiences with these things, but they can be a PITA.
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Alaska Mike on June 22, 2011, 04:57:52 pm
I'll look into the crank senor issue. I did slow down and I had no issues after the momentary loss of power. This morning I kept it around 65 the way into work with no issues. I plan on taking off all metal covers today and electric taping/inspecting all wires.

Will the crank sensor get worse over time and eventually fail, or is it a quircky piece that shouldn't need more attention if I mind my P's and Q's?

Thank you for your input.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on June 22, 2011, 06:29:38 pm
My friend had a flakey one on his Ducati for while.  When it would act upi he'd give it a solid kick and it would behave a little while longer.  When he found he was kicking it far too often he finally got it replaced.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on June 22, 2011, 10:02:28 pm
I've never had one fail completely, but they definitely get worse until they get to the point where they'll run a block or two, then quit for a couple of minutes. Guess where you're headed when that happens. And it ain't a good thing when they quit in the middle of the of the carpool lane when the traffic's going 70 or so. Hard to find a suitable parking spot!!
And let me assure you, I have been in some really scary spots, and I'm fearless! And, since heat seems to be the causal factor...where better. I think every time I've had one quit it's been on the freeway. I had one continue quitting all the way to the shop! This was an '95 Speed Triple. I've had other Triumphs do it, too. I just get to the shop sooner now!
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: CoffeeAchiever on June 22, 2011, 10:37:56 pm
Rode my G5 Deluxe home from my dealer this morning.  Just had her 300 mile service performed. 
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on June 22, 2011, 10:47:57 pm
Previously, on "As The Beast Turns," We had a good electrical current checkout and found that voltage was reaching all the points in the circuitry, without any appreciable drop, and started to check for excess resistance, really finding none, but we know some evildoer is making life miserable for my headlight. On with the Saga.
Today, I tore my dimmer switch as my headlight just has never been up to par. I've had three different bulbs in it and none have lighted up the road a brightly as the moon does. I figure there's a dam in there some that is stopping adequate amperage from reaching the bulbs. The dimmer switch is my leading suspect.
So I proceeded to disassemble it. As the old ditty goes, "All goes well for about a week". A bit shorter time, but appropo.  As I opened up the switch box I noticed that the dimmer had been mounted wrong as the screws that were holding the switch in kinda missed their mounting studs, and the switch pivot block was kinda cockeyed. Then it blew up,  scattering pieces all over the garage, and took the headlight flasher switch with it.
Betcha that ain't in the service manual! It's not. Well, gathered all the bits together, and spent awhile figuring out how the whole goes back together. Got that figured out. Now how does a guy with only two arms hold all these bits together, so I can get it back in the box, so to say. Well, it was a bitch and after about four or five attempts and discovering there were other screws missing in there, then I had to go scrounge up something similar. Not knowing how it was supposed to sit in the box since everything flew out made it a real challenge and the assembly sequence was rather weird. After much fiddling, I finally got it back to the proper looking part, and one that seemed to work right , too. Didn't look like what it did when I took it apart, though.  I checked the switches to see if they worked, and Voila, we got light. They looked like they might be brighter, but it's really hard to tell without taking it out at night  As I reassembled the box at that point, after reinstalled the chokey cable that came loose back in the lever, a reasonable PITA in itself, I got the screws tightened down. I recheck the lights, no high beam. Take the box apart again check the switch and move some wires around, reassemble the thing. Mostly working, but the low beam is kinda iffy. I'll wait until later. I'm pooped.
Maybe I'll take it out tonight and see how it works. If I don't have the lights I expect this time, the shop gets it!.
Stay tuned, same bat time, same bat station. The culprit will be found!
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: prof_stack on June 23, 2011, 10:44:54 pm
I stopped at Seattle Ducati/RE and got the replacement muffler bracket for the upswept muffler.  It is at least 3 times thicker than the OEM.

I was delighted to be able to install it without increasing my vocabulary and cursing Indian quality control.  A little blue thread-locker and a firm tightening without getting close to breakage and all is good!

(http://i326.photobucket.com/albums/k409/prof_stack/UpsweptMufflerBracket.jpg)

I couldn't use the one RT80 sent me since didn't have enough angle.  My upswept muffler had to be installed on the outside of the rear foot bracket, so the increased angle is necessary.  RE must have known this!   :D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on June 23, 2011, 10:56:42 pm
Thumped to the shop today for the estimate on the crash damage. They added a few bits that I neglected. Now have to wait for parts. Added another 100 miles to the Beast. It's working marvelously, except for the lights. But since it's summer, not too big a deal.
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Okie Enfield on June 23, 2011, 11:05:05 pm
I couldn't use the one RT80 sent me since didn't have enough angle.  My upswept muffler had to be installed on the outside of the rear foot bracket, so the increased angle is necessary.  RE must have known this!   :D

What he really meant was the bracket that RT80r sent him had an obnoxious splash of brillant red paint on it, which would have further increased his bike appeal and made it more likely to be stolen!  ;D ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Okie Enfield on June 23, 2011, 11:09:07 pm
BTW- prof_stack.. the heat shield looks good and thanks for those pics of the B5..That thing looks SWWWEEEEEEEEETTTTTTT! Let us know how she handles after your test ride Saturday. Too bad it aint RED!  ;D ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Alaska Mike on June 24, 2011, 04:03:01 pm

 I am at the 1200 mile mark on my C5. It is a completely different bike than when it had 5 miles on it 6 weeks ago. The vibrations at 65+ aren't as noticable, shifting is smoother, and everything seems to have settled into place.

 Over the last 1200 miles:

I had a rattleing gas tank - loosened the tank and put foam between the frame and tank and retightened

Fuel indicator stopped working - until I decide I need a new one, I know that I can safely go 200 miles between fill ups while leaving a descent strategic reserve in the tank

At the 1140 mile mark I did have an issue with a sudden loss and regain of power on the highway in which some forum members suggested could be a crank sensor acting squirrely. Talking to some guys up here, I'm thinking it was a sensor as the electric lines seem to not be frayed.

Recently I lost a retaining bolt to my windshield on the highway. I took the windshield off all together... Wow! Completely different bike. It looks cooler, but dang did it absorb more bugs and wind than I appreciated before.

Sometimes while accelerating to highway speeds, something will slip and it will go into a false neutral and my toes go frantic finding an up or down shift that holds. I attribute that to me not doing a deliberate and smooth shifting process.

 In summary - these are amazing and fun bikes. I enjoy the fact that a non-mechanic like me can tinker with these things, and the maintenance isn't nearly as intense as their predecessors. I am keeping my ear to the ground for the minute those 2 guys strike gold on a UCE Ace Fireball....
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: r80rt on June 24, 2011, 04:10:52 pm
Oh well, I tried to help. :D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: rbelyk on June 24, 2011, 04:24:50 pm
I have 327km on my new C5, I can't wait for 500 and its first servicing
the shifting is driving me nuts, yesterday the ride to work was perfect
no false neutrals and no slipping out of gear, the ride home was something completely different, I couldn't find a sweetspot for the life of me
this morning I only had a couple false neutrals and I felt the clutch slip a couple times
the only consolation is reading the forums and knowing I just half to wait
I DO love the bike!
patience grasshopper patience...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on June 24, 2011, 06:12:35 pm
Ride more, worry less.  It will proably sort itself out with a few more miles.

And preloading the gear lever with just a little force before you pull in the clutch can help immensely.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: prof_stack on June 24, 2011, 06:27:43 pm
...
Fuel indicator stopped working - until I decide I need a new one, I know that I can safely go 200 miles between fill ups while leaving a descent strategic reserve in the tank

Mine was replaced under warranty.

...

Sometimes while accelerating to highway speeds, something will slip and it will go into a false neutral and my toes go frantic finding an up or down shift that holds. I attribute that to me not doing a deliberate and smooth shifting process.

Yes, shift very firmly.  For me, 5th gear pops into the false neutral between 4th and 5th at times.
...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: prof_stack on June 24, 2011, 06:31:01 pm
Oh well, I tried to help. :D

And I thank you for sending the bracket.  If someone has their upswept muffler mounted on the inside of the rear footpeg I'll be happy to send the black (with red stain  :D) bracket to them.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Sub on June 24, 2011, 06:35:57 pm
w.r.t. fuel sensors. I guess Enfield is finding or found a new supplier, and they are slow arriving. I've been waiting for one for a couple months. My fuel light is on steady - like this when I took it out of storage this season?!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Maturin on June 24, 2011, 06:47:59 pm
the shifting is driving me nuts

Still problems after all these miles?
Try playing around with the clutch play. It´s adjusted on the left side ontop of the engine with two 12mm nuts.
According to my experience wih different bikes it´s possible that a small change in play can make a lot of difference.
Try to make it a little bigger and test it, if it doesn´t do anything try a little less and so on. Good luck - in my case the false neutrals dissapeared suddenly. But after many thousand kms with a BMW-airhead-box I felt the RE box behaving heavenly smooth and exact, even in the brake-in period.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on June 24, 2011, 06:54:15 pm
Mine was very sure when new, then got a little wonky with false neutrals.  After a clutch adjust and some more miles it's well behaved unless I'm lazy with the shifter.

Also, I never had a bike that didn't have false neutrals once in a while.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: rbelyk on June 24, 2011, 07:23:52 pm
thanks Scotty and Maturin
I will try preloading and check the clutch play when I get home
cheers
Title: Custom Fromt Licence plate
Post by: drbvac on June 24, 2011, 07:59:49 pm
I added my initials and birth year as the number plate  ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: r80rt on June 24, 2011, 10:32:50 pm
And I thank you for sending the bracket.  If someone has their upswept muffler mounted on the inside of the rear footpeg I'll be happy to send the black (with red stain  :D) bracket to them.
You know, if you had uses a slightly longer bolt and a couple of washers between the pipe and bracket it would have worked. Then you would have had a bit of classy red!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on June 25, 2011, 02:01:39 am
Actually got the dimmer switch to work properly! Looks like I have brighter lights, too. Check it out tonight.
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Andy on June 25, 2011, 05:12:36 am
Changed out a broken clutch cable.


By the side of the road.
At night.
In the rain.    >:(


(Oh well.  At least it didn't start snowing.)

Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ice on June 25, 2011, 06:39:31 am
Changed out a broken clutch cable.

By the side of the road.
At night.
In the rain.
   >:(

(Oh well.  At least it didn't start snowing.)


Welcome to the club mate ;)  ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Philbomoog on June 25, 2011, 09:55:07 am
Twiddled with my clutch cable again (still not quite right). Changed my gear box oil and greased my nipples. :o
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Okie Enfield on June 25, 2011, 02:12:27 pm
Twiddled with my clutch cable again (still not quite right). Changed my gear box oil and greased my nipples. :o
Suspect the last part of that had nothing to do with your Enfield!  :D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: bman734 on June 25, 2011, 02:28:09 pm
More like what I'm going to do with my Royal Enfield. First day of no rain for quite awhile here in NE Ohio so am going to go to Vermillion on Route 2. Can't wait to start!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Dallastheologian on June 26, 2011, 05:20:36 am
Bought it... hauled it home... doubled the miles on it (13 to 26 ;D)... took my first night ride... will go to sleep and dream in Royal Enfield gold pinstripes and thump thump thumps.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: 2bikebill on June 26, 2011, 09:56:48 am
Took out the 18 tooth sprocket & put back the 17t. Hoped I'd be able to inspect the hydraulic tappets while I was in there but it involved a deal more dismantling than I was willing to attempt.
Abandoned the lovely sounding Indian exhaust and refitted the Goldie at least for the time being. Looking at the Hitchcocks option, but I might ride up there on the 650 to have a listen to them first - if ever summer arrives in UK for more than a few hours at a time....

I'd only fitted the 18 tooth with a view to longer trips on the bike, but it's relegated to local roads only now. Partly because there's now the 650 in the garage, partly a lack of trust I'm afraid.
I had a quick blat up the road & back in my shirtsleeves just to try it, and it feels just like my good old bike again - apart of course from that bloody engine racket it now makes!

The 18 tooth sprocket & the Indian exhaust, no more than 70 miles done on either, will be going up for sale shortly. Just thought I'd mention that..... ;)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: prof_stack on June 27, 2011, 05:23:16 am
Will, was it the EFI silencer you had?  What was the problem with it?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: prof_stack on June 27, 2011, 05:27:31 am
Today I joined 6 other Bulleteers on a relatively short ride to the Redhook brewery in Woodinville, east of Seattle.  My C5 was the only UCE there.  One bike, Gerry's, has a 650cc Yamaha motor.  It had loud Triumph exhausts (I was following it.).
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on June 27, 2011, 07:07:34 am
650 single or twin?  Either way, that sounds really cool!

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: 2bikebill on June 27, 2011, 07:15:04 am
Prof - It was the Indian made "Electra Silencer" - not specifically made for the efi bikes. It's used by several folk here who really like it. I liked it too, it has a good sound and is less restrictive than the stock. Unfortunately on my bike it backfires like a good'n - often and loud! Also I much prefer the look of the bike with the upswept Goldstar, and I feel the bike runs smoother with it (it's the Watsonian Goldie for efi bikes).
I'll either keep the Goldie on and tone it down (for me) with earplugs, or go for one of the Hitchcocks pipes - they do a nice looking efi silencer with a mechanical baffle, also a Golstar with a removable baffle.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Andy on June 27, 2011, 11:28:14 am
Today I joined 6 other Bulleteers on a relatively short ride to the Redhook brewery in Woodinville, east of Seattle. 

I am jealous.  Fourteen months in and I've still never even seen another, let alone had a chance to ride with any.  I even started going to large events and rallies, hoping to find one.  They can't keep 'em on the shelves, so somebody's buying 'em.  Just not ridin' 'em I guess..

Today, for instance, hooked up with a few hundred others for a fundraiser.  Didn't find any REs, but did run into my ex-girlfriend who knows I HATE it when people sit on my bike....   :-\

Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: prof_stack on June 27, 2011, 03:07:19 pm
...

Today, for instance, hooked up with a few hundred others for a fundraiser.  Didn't find any REs, but did run into my ex-girlfriend who knows I HATE it when people sit on my bike....   :-\

LOL!  Looks like a WWE employee. 
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: The Garbone on June 27, 2011, 06:29:26 pm
Got up 15 minutes late this morning..  Running behind watching the weather and it looks like rain this afternoon.  " Guess I will take the truck."  Wife tells me the gas light is on... Ehhh,,  took the RE to work.. I rather ride it in the rain than use the cage anyway...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ice on June 27, 2011, 10:43:15 pm
Sea Foam-ed the daylights out of it !

 It scared the neighbor I think  ;D
 
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Andy on June 28, 2011, 11:38:40 am
LOL!  Looks like a WWE employee. 

Can act like one too.  Hence the "ex"   ;)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on June 28, 2011, 06:48:38 pm
Installed an AGM battery. I hate those stock servicable batteries. Shouldn't have to mess with such contraptions. Besides they like to splatter acid all over the paint job.
Went to the gas station for a fill up at 190 miles. I guess the Beast is going to settle in at 68 mpg. It's been pretty consistently in the 68-70 range the last few times I filled up.
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on June 29, 2011, 01:36:36 am
With the idea of "Be Prepared" and "If you have it you won't need it" in mind I bought three spools of #18 guage stranded insulated wire in 100 foot lengths.  One black, one yellow and one green to add some variety.

Hopefully, with these on hand I won't have any electrical problems but I'm not going to hold my breath.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: olhogrider on June 29, 2011, 05:39:51 am
With the idea of "Be Prepared" and "If you have it you won't need it" in mind I bought three spools of #18 guage stranded insulated wire in 100 foot lengths.  One black, one yellow and one green to add some variety.

Hopefully, with these on hand I won't have any electrical problems but I'm not going to hold my breath.

Holding your breath while you ride is generally not a good idea. I used to do it before I got my Scorpion helmet with fog-free faceshield.

What I did? Towed it to two dealers today. See thread in Campfire section.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: kingrock on July 01, 2011, 03:39:35 am
Can act like one too.  Hence the "ex"   ;)
My ex saw the green goddess and said "can I go for a ride, Can I?
' I replied can I go for a ride". End of conversation. Picked up my bike from first service. now just shy of 600 miles. Went for a ride today too.  ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on July 01, 2011, 03:50:34 am
I decided to look into the electrical situation under the left sidecover on my G5.
I haven't had a problem yet but I know the harness is a weakness on the RE's.

As some of you know, there are a bunch of wires connected to the three fuse holders and there are also some sharp metal edges both on the edges of the cover and on the part the lock engages.

I was disappointed when I found that RE seems to think that black plastic electrical tape is all that's needed to protect the wiring.   Knowing that a dull knife will cut right thru plastic tape like that I got to thinking.

I have a bunch of 1/4" and 3/8" vinyl tubing so by slitting up one side of it I made some covers for the wiring.
After opening up the slit and pushing the wiring inside it closed back up to its tubular shape but just to make sure I taped the slit with some of the Indian harness covering material (black plastic electrical tape).  ;D

I also noticed that the Hot lead (+) that runs from the battery to the starter solenoid, where it comes out from under the side cover was trying to embed its insulation on the sharp metal edge.  Talk about a potential problem!  If that cut thru and the lock grounded the cover all sorts of sparks could fly!

A short length of the larger vinyl tubing was installed to cover the wiring at that location.

Some lengths of shrink tubing that are slit to allow installation or some of those flexable plastic harness covers from the local auto  parts store would have worked in place of the tubing but as I mentioned, I already had it on hand.

Someday before too long I'll pull the gas tank and add some more tubing to the areas where the harness contacts solid sharp metal edges.  :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Andy on July 01, 2011, 12:14:44 pm
Yesterday morning, got home from work, filled up at the corner station, right to the top as I always do and always have done, put it in the garage and went to bed.  It was about 10 degrees Celsius out at the time (50 F or so).

The sun came up.

The temperature rose.

Twelve hours later, now a lovely 25 C (80 F) outside, I head out to the garage to go to work.  The tank had overflowed and the tank decals which had been soaking in gasoline all day are now peeling off.

It's looking very ghetto right now.   :(

And just to top off a FANTASTIC month, it picked up a disturbing new chattering noise at higher revs.  Runs okay, but I haven't a clue what it is, and it scares me.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: drbvac on July 01, 2011, 02:08:00 pm
First Oil Change and thanks to many contributors had the process to follow - However the 2011 only has 3 O rings to change or re-use and I have 4 bags of varying sizes sent to me as part of a "kit" from N-field and no need of them !!

Torque on the 8mm bolts is 4 ft lbs or 48 lb inches by the way and the oil drain plug on a c-5 is 19 mm
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Sub on July 01, 2011, 03:09:38 pm
I know about the sharp edges behind there Arizoni! I also attacekd that area with some proper edge protection. I had some of this stuff lying around:

Look at page 3740 on Mcmaster-carr (style 9 I think is what I have):
http://www.mcmaster.com/#catalog/117/3740/=czjjpj (http://www.mcmaster.com/#catalog/117/3740/=czjjpj)

(http://images1.mcmaster.com/Contents/gfx/large/8451a72c1l.png?ver=29071407)

Enfield should be using this stuff from the factory there.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: GreenRE on July 01, 2011, 03:43:51 pm
I know about the sharp edges behind there Arizoni! I also attacekd that area with some proper edge protection. I had some of this stuff lying around:

Look at page 3740 on Mcmaster-carr (style 9 I think is what I have):
http://www.mcmaster.com/#catalog/117/3740/=czjjpj (http://www.mcmaster.com/#catalog/117/3740/=czjjpj)

(http://images1.mcmaster.com/Contents/gfx/large/8451a72c1l.png?ver=29071407)

Enfield should be using this stuff from the factory there.

Lets not start this one. Thats a very long list. And I'm not even joking here.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Okie Enfield on July 01, 2011, 05:02:14 pm
+2.........
Checked my fuel line today where it touches the battery box. Is almost clean through. Will get the hose replaced later this week and put some of that edge protection on and keep my eyes peeled for other fraying areas. PITA.  :-\
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: singhg5 on July 01, 2011, 06:00:11 pm
I decided to look into the electrical situation under the left sidecover on my G5.
I haven't had a problem yet but I know the harness is a weakness on the RE's.

As some of you know, there are a bunch of wires connected to the three fuse holders and there are also some sharp metal edges both on the edges of the cover and on the part the lock engages.

I was disappointed when I found that RE seems to think that black plastic electrical tape is all that's needed to protect the wiring.   Knowing that a dull knife will cut right thru plastic tape like that I got to thinking.

I have a bunch of 1/4" and 3/8" vinyl tubing so by slitting up one side of it I made some covers for the wiring.
After opening up the slit and pushing the wiring inside it closed back up to its tubular shape but just to make sure I taped the slit with some of the Indian harness covering material (black plastic electrical tape).  ;D

I also noticed that the Hot lead (+) that runs from the battery to the starter solenoid, where it comes out from under the side cover was trying to embed its insulation on the sharp metal edge.  Talk about a potential problem!  If that cut thru and the lock grounded the cover all sorts of sparks could fly!

A short length of the larger vinyl tubing was installed to cover the wiring at that location.

Some lengths of shrink tubing that are slit to allow installation or some of those flexable plastic harness covers from the local auto  parts store would have worked in place of the tubing but as I mentioned, I already had it on hand.

Someday before too long I'll pull the gas tank and add some more tubing to the areas where the harness contacts solid sharp metal edges.  :)

Can you post some pictures of wires with vinyl tubing or shrink tubing on them - just to help identify areas where the wires are prone to easily loose their insulation. Thanks.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: prof_stack on July 01, 2011, 06:02:03 pm
Yesterday morning, got home from work, filled up at the corner station, right to the top as I always do and always have done, put it in the garage ...

The sun came up.  The temperature rose.

Twelve hours later, now a lovely 25 C (80 F) outside, I head out to the garage to go to work.  The tank had overflowed and the tank decals which had been soaking in gasoline all day are now peeling off.

...

Monster bummer, for sure!  I assume you had the bike on the centerstand when you filled it and on the centerstand when you parked it.

When I filled up the C5 on the centerstand I had some leakage as well, but not like yours.  Now I only fill it when it is on the sidestand, to allow some space for expansion.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: GlennF on July 02, 2011, 07:24:36 am
Monster bummer, for sure!  I assume you had the bike on the centerstand when you filled it and on the centerstand when you parked it.

When I filled up the C5 on the centerstand I had some leakage as well, but not like yours.  Now I only fill it when it is on the sidestand, to allow some space for expansion.

Its especially a bad idea on older bikes.

I completely filled my 20 year old XJ 900 (with original tank un restored tank) on the centre stand late one summer evening, as I had to be up early to get to an airshow which was a fair ride away.

Got up the next morning to find the rising sun had expanded the fuel and popped a rusty seam in the  back of the tank and dumped the entire tank of fuel over the engine.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Andy on July 02, 2011, 10:20:24 am
Yikes.

I'm a little surprised it never happened to me before.  I routinely fill it to the brim.  I just hate losing capacity, you know?

I guess I'll have to get the remnants of those decals peeled off.  Oh, well.  Just one more reason to give it that full makeover when the credit cards are paid down. 
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: rbelyk on July 02, 2011, 04:12:46 pm
bummer Andy, good luck! 8)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Sub on July 02, 2011, 06:25:49 pm
Can you post some pictures of wires with vinyl tubing or shrink tubing on them - just to help identify areas where the wires are prone to easily loose their insulation. Thanks.

Upon further inspection yesterday, My wires actually didnt shred on the metal inside the case I thought it did. It shredded on the back of the relay harness. If you feel that plastic, its razor sharp. I took some of the stuff I posted above and just stuck it around the wires so it wouldnt happen again.

I also put some on the edges inside the fuse area-  just below the actual fuse holder, there is  a protruding metal part with sharp edges.

Spent most of the day cleaning gunk off my c5 - went through an entire roll of paper towels! tightened the little side panel there - was really loose! Also put on my heat shield cover and did a full oil change.

Holy cow its a pita to clean spokes. Whats the best way to clean the EFI pipe? Mines ugly!

(http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6038/5890382553_cb5836771f.jpg)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: prof_stack on July 03, 2011, 01:34:36 am
I rode about 100 miles in 75 degree weather today.  That pushes the limit on ATTGATT but I toughed it out.

The first part of the ride was on I-90 from Seattle east to Preston.  The speed limit goes up to 70 late in that stretch and I had the T.W.O. leaning over the gas tank on a slight uphill climb.  It got to an indicated 82mph, probably around 75mph.  There sure are more vibrations up in that area! 

On the ride, I passed a milestone, sort of:
(http://i326.photobucket.com/albums/k409/prof_stack/Prof_2000.jpg)

This was taken in Maltby at their cafe:
(http://i326.photobucket.com/albums/k409/prof_stack/Bullet_Gas.jpg)

Nice rest stop over the Snohomish river:
(http://i326.photobucket.com/albums/k409/prof_stack/Bullet_SnohomishRiver.jpg)

Filling up with non-ethonal (again 89-octane) the mileage was 70mpg.  The C5 seems in its best element in 5th gear from 35 to 55 mph.  I could ride forever in that range.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on July 03, 2011, 02:17:23 am
Today I removed the jumper harness that bypasses the headlight switch and keeps the headlight on at all times (including when your trying to start the bike).

I also adjusted the chain because it was slightly looser than the max limit. 
I moved the notched cam 1 notch tighter so now the chain is at the low limit.   The alignment is still good.  :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Andy on July 03, 2011, 03:28:10 am
The C5 seems in its best element in 5th gear from 35 to 55 mph.  I could ride forever in that range.

Me, too!  Nice and smooth in that zone.  Too bad the rest of the world won't let me, most of the time.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: FiRE Comms on July 03, 2011, 03:46:37 am
yup, that's my sweet spot as well...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: The Garbone on July 03, 2011, 04:12:54 am
I rode about 100 miles in 75 degree weather today.  That pushes the limit on ATTGATT but I toughed it out.



Are you running a leather jacket?   I ride full gear with a mesh jacket in 98 degree weather all the time..  Just gotta stay hydrated....
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: prof_stack on July 03, 2011, 05:12:24 am
Are you running a leather jacket?   I ride full gear with a mesh jacket in 98 degree weather all the time..  Just gotta stay hydrated....

Oh yeah, water.  I stopped twice for it.  I wear a Joe Rocket Meteor ballistic jacket and pants, with vents open on days like this. 
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: kingrock on July 03, 2011, 05:31:20 am
Went 100 miles today just to test my homemade hard bags. Make sure the bolts didn't buzz off.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Okie Enfield on July 03, 2011, 05:59:39 am
Had to go to work today  :P Took the bike  :) Wore my kilt  :D

If you though just riding a enfield will get you lots of attention, try it in a non-bifercated garment! ;D  LOL! Strangely enuf I didnt have many tailgaters.  ::)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: prof_stack on July 03, 2011, 06:17:16 am
Had to go to work today  :P Took the bike  :) Wore my kilt  :D

If you though just riding a enfield will get you lots of attention, try it in a non-bifercated garment! ;D  LOL! Strangely enuf I didnt have many tailgaters.  ::)

 ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Alaska Mike on July 03, 2011, 06:39:47 am
Yesterday morning, got home from work, filled up at the corner station, right to the top as I always do and always have done, put it in the garage and went to bed.  It was about 10 degrees Celsius out at the time (50 F or so).

The sun came up.

The temperature rose.

Twelve hours later, now a lovely 25 C (80 F) outside, I head out to the garage to go to work.  The tank had overflowed and the tank decals which had been soaking in gasoline all day are now peeling off.

It's looking very ghetto right now.   :(

And just to top off a FANTASTIC month, it picked up a disturbing new chattering noise at higher revs.  Runs okay, but I haven't a clue what it is, and it scares me.

At higher revs right before I up-shift, I had a strange vibrational noise as well. I read a post about the gas tank retaining bolt becoming loose. I loosened up the tank enough to scoot some foam in between the tank and the frame (think something along the lines of a medical splint) and retightened the gas tank bolt. Noise-Be-Gone.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Andy on July 03, 2011, 10:28:42 am
Thanks for the tip.  I'm heading out to the garage today to do some investigating.  I was HOPING it's just something come loose.  Fingers are crossed.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Sub on July 03, 2011, 03:55:34 pm
yup, I had a similar rattle at speed. I did the foam trick too., I stole some foam from my water pipes. :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Alaska Mike on July 03, 2011, 06:21:22 pm
I posted a week or so ago that I had a brief intermittent engine light come on at highway speeds, loss of power, and immediate regain of power.  A couple guys on here suggested my crank sensor was to blame.

I just got my C5 service manual in the mail and was thumbing through it and came upon the crank sensor. If the engine goes above 5500 rpm, the sensor shuts off power like a governor to save the engine from damage. This could have been the case with me as I was really pushing it when it happened and never had a repeat occurence.

My oil filters came in from the lower 48 as well, so it is time to change that as well. It seems like 50 weight oil is a little heavy, but if thats what they use in India, than it is good enough for me.  :D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: 2bikebill on July 03, 2011, 06:21:52 pm
Bike started making a terrifying racket. Stopped to investigate - the nut on the rear retaining bolt of the fuel tank had shaken itself almost off. The racket was out of all proportion to such a mnor event, resonating through the tank I suppose. Quick spanner job, and that delicious feeling of relief when nothing serious has happened after all..... :o  ::)  ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: olhogrider on July 04, 2011, 12:37:38 am
A broken "head steady", the bracket from the head to the tank mount bolt, made that racket for me. Replaced it and the noise went away.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: greggers on July 05, 2011, 03:36:23 am
I broke it again! Was giving her a nice wash, planning on going for a late afternoon ride afterword. Came around to the rear, and the turn signal came off in my hand! The plastic material that attaches around the bolt going to the box just cracked off. Thing is, I did drop the bike on that side right after I got it, so obviously it was already weak and neither I nor the dealer when I had some fixes made had noticed. But I barely grabbed it, so I guess all that's been holding it on for the last 1500 miles was hope and prayers! I'm glad it happened at home and not on the road, but I guess I'm grounded again for the time being...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Andy on July 05, 2011, 11:56:20 am
Ah, that sucks, Greggers.    Throw a cheap pair of aftermarkets on there until you can get an OEM - keep 'er rolling!

So I was heading down the highway....

All the best stories start that way, don't they?  But let me back up a bit.  First, I'm a coward, but I'm not a cautious one.  Drive it until it 'splodes is my credo.

Last week my tank overflowed and soaked my tank decals, lifting them off and leaving them looking extremely nasty.  Then, the same day, I picked up that unusual new noise at high rpm.  Friday morning I put the bike in the garage and didn't look at it again until Monday night when it was time to go to work.  I WANTED to work on it over the weekend.  But I was depressed.  I get that way sometimes.

Imagine my surprise to discover that four days in a hot garage had neatly reseated my decals.  They're not perfect, but you have to look close to see the damage.  As long as I resist the maddening temptation to pick at them like scabs, they should stay right where they are.  Colour me pleased.  Sometimes procrastination IS your friend.

Other times not so much.  Remember, folks, my purpose in life is to serve as a warning to others...

I slept in on Monday and didn't have time to check for anything that might be loose and rattling.  I quickly gave every nut, bolt and thingy a finger tightening, and couldn't find anything obvious, so off I went to work.  Still making that noise but not any better or worse. 

This morning, leaving work, I hopped on a 400 Series highway (local version of an interstate).  "Screw it!"  I said.  If it's an engine thing, I have nowhere to be except home, so if it's gonna blow I want to do it now!  If it's something coming loose, let the damn thing fall off, so I can put it back on!

So I'm heading down the highway, but the wind noise is so bad at 120 km/h, I can't tell if anything is getting worse or not.  I can't hear the noise at all, in fact.  Until I come to my exit.

Have you ever heard a straight pipe Rolls Royce Merlin engine, like in a Spitfire or Mosquito?  That's EXACTLY what my bike sounded like.  "OMG, pull over, you fool!"

It was the rear mount for the gas tank had come off.  The nut was left somewhere down the highway. What a noise it makes when that thing comes off!  It was so obnoxious (yet COOL!) noise, I had to dampen it somehow for the last several miles home. I parked my immense manhood as far up the tank as I could and the downward pressure killed the noise, but it was uncomfortable (and tickled!), so I settled for riding one-handed the rest of the way home, pushing the tank down with the other.

So it's a happy ending, really.  And a reminder that when something doesn't seem right, IT ISN'T.

Apparently, these Enfields vibrate and need tightening from time to time.  Who  knew?   ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Desi Bike on July 05, 2011, 12:33:51 pm
Thanks for the morning laugh Andy, now I have to clean my morning beverage up.. I really should take a run up highway 27 next time I'm at OVC and meet you.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: 2bikebill on July 05, 2011, 01:28:36 pm
Ha Ha - that racket when the rear tank nut comes off is terrifying isn't it? I was in mid-overtake when mine started, and damn near shat myself, as I should think did the transit driver I was passing. I expect he had a good laugh when he passed me a couple of minutes later, scratching my head in the next lay-by  :D :D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: The Garbone on July 05, 2011, 02:28:28 pm
I broke it again! Was giving her a nice wash, planning on going for a late afternoon ride afterword. Came around to the rear, and the turn signal came off in my hand! The plastic material that attaches around the bolt going to the box just cracked off. Thing is, I did drop the bike on that side right after I got it, so obviously it was already weak and neither I nor the dealer when I had some fixes made had noticed. But I barely grabbed it, so I guess all that's been holding it on for the last 1500 miles was hope and prayers! I'm glad it happened at home and not on the road, but I guess I'm grounded again for the time being...

I just removed mine entirely and now wave my arm like a chicken...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Okie Enfield on July 05, 2011, 02:40:52 pm
Andy, I think that is the second time youve made me pee myself with laughter! 

 :D
It was the rear mount for the gas tank had come off.  The nut was left somewhere down the highway. What a noise it makes when that thing comes off!  It was so obnoxious (yet COOL!) noise, I had to dampen it somehow for the last several miles home. I parked my immense manhood as far up the tank as I could and the downward pressure killed the noise, but it was uncomfortable (and tickled!), so I settled for riding one-handed the rest of the way home, pushing the tank down with the other.
 :D

If I keep reading you post while at work, someones gonna figure out I'm not working, not many people in the PreCharge off Repo department spontaniously burst into laughter. Of course I do have a reputation for being a little off, will probably just work that angle.  ;)

Great post! Sorry about all the issues, thanks for the great idea for the ride home! LOL  :D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: rbelyk on July 05, 2011, 02:55:29 pm
I broke it again! Was giving her a nice wash, planning on going for a late afternoon ride afterword. Came around to the rear, and the turn signal came off in my hand! The plastic material that attaches around the bolt going to the box just cracked off. Thing is, I did drop the bike on that side right after I got it, so obviously it was already weak and neither I nor the dealer when I had some fixes made had noticed. But I barely grabbed it, so I guess all that's been holding it on for the last 1500 miles was hope and prayers! I'm glad it happened at home and not on the road, but I guess I'm grounded again for the time being...

that sucks greggers, I ordered these trafficators from Hitchcocks,

I just removed mine entirely and now wave my arm like a chicken...
;D  I started using arm signals as a matter of practice, I figure it makes me more visible, plus it makes me feel like I'm riding a real '55 bike

I parked my immense manhood as far up the tank as I could and the downward pressure killed the noise, but it was uncomfortable (and tickled!), so I settled for riding one-handed the rest of the way home, pushing the tank down with the other.
too funny Andy!  :D

Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: greggers on July 05, 2011, 05:49:53 pm
Thanks all for the kind words, I called Nfieldgear this morning, and was able to add some new signals to an order I had that was still on backorder. They offered to ship everything besides what was on backorder (which was just some o-rings for the oil change kit), and I opted for fast shipping, which means I'll have lots to do this coming weekend!

Although that being said, these are RE accessories, so anticipate a few "er, hmm this doesn't really fit, what to do?" posts from me over the weekend as well ;)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: commonbear on July 05, 2011, 06:46:18 pm
Today... not much.

This last Sunday?  Beach trip!

You know... over the mountains (http://www.tabyk.net/photos/trip0201.jpg), and through the woods (http://www.tabyk.net/photos/trip0202.jpg), only to arrive and fight with traffic (http://www.tabyk.net/photos/trip0203.jpg) for a good parking spot (http://www.tabyk.net/photos/trip0204.jpg). Then it’s down to a semi-crowded beach (http://www.tabyk.net/photos/trip0205.jpg). I did get some good walking in, however, while enjoying the surf (http://www.tabyk.net/photos/trip0206.jpg), getting my feet wet (http://www.tabyk.net/photos/trip0207.jpg), dodging drift wood (http://www.tabyk.net/photos/trip0208.jpg), and watching people dig in the sand (http://www.tabyk.net/photos/trip0209.jpg) and flying kites (http://www.tabyk.net/photos/trip0210.jpg).

Pretty average.   ;)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Andy on July 05, 2011, 08:33:28 pm
Thanks for the morning laugh Andy, now I have to clean my morning beverage up.. I really should take a run up highway 27 next time I'm at OVC and meet you.

I'm in Georgetown on Saturday morning to do an oil change for a girfriend, and I have to run up to Hillsburgh and pop into OVC to see if my footpeg is in.  Find us an eatery!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Andy on July 05, 2011, 08:45:24 pm
Today... not much.

This last Sunday?  Beach trip!

You know... over the mountains (http://www.tabyk.net/photos/trip0201.jpg), and through the woods (http://www.tabyk.net/photos/trip0202.jpg), only to arrive and fight with traffic (http://www.tabyk.net/photos/trip0203.jpg) for a good parking spot (http://www.tabyk.net/photos/trip0204.jpg). Then it’s down to a semi-crowded beach (http://www.tabyk.net/photos/trip0205.jpg). I did get some good walking in, however, while enjoying the surf (http://www.tabyk.net/photos/trip0206.jpg), getting my feet wet (http://www.tabyk.net/photos/trip0207.jpg), dodging drift wood (http://www.tabyk.net/photos/trip0208.jpg), and watching people dig in the sand (http://www.tabyk.net/photos/trip0209.jpg) and flying kites (http://www.tabyk.net/photos/trip0210.jpg).

Pretty average.   ;)

Nice!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Desi Bike on July 05, 2011, 09:01:29 pm
I'm in Georgetown on Saturday morning to do an oil change for a girfriend, and I have to run up to Hillsburgh and pop into OVC to see if my footpeg is in.  Find us an eatery!

arrrgh, I have to work this weekend.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Andy on July 06, 2011, 01:46:59 pm
Dipped into the piggy bank and came up with the 54 cents I needed, walked down to the corner and picked up a new M10 nut. 

AND I DIDN'T SPARE THE BLUE THREAD-LOCKER!    ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: bman734 on July 07, 2011, 03:19:54 pm
Did my usual break in loop around town, about 25 miles round trip at various speeds. Never gets old.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on July 08, 2011, 03:04:35 am
Today I replaced the turn signal indicator bulb in the speedometer on my G5.

Like others have said, I didn't have to get into the area thru the headlight.  Just turning the handlebars and reaching up inside the nacelle from the rear and pulling out the little rubber sleeves that hold the bulbs was fairly easy.

As I had bought 2 of the heavy duty #53 base bulbs I figured while I was in the area I might as well replace the neutral indicator bulb as well.
Hopefully they will last for a while.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: 2bikebill on July 08, 2011, 08:55:47 am
Did you replace with LEDs? They're a lot more visible in sunlight. Good for the neutral bulb too.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on July 08, 2011, 08:24:06 pm
No.  My local auto supply store didn't have LED's in the size 53 base.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ice on July 08, 2011, 09:54:10 pm
Cleaned and lubed the drive chain. Repainted the master link ( makes locating it easier )
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: bman734 on July 09, 2011, 02:35:44 pm
Went for a ride in the Valley. Smooth riding all the way. I'm almost ready for the 600 mile break-in service. Can't wait to go on a more sustained ride and not worry about breaking "her" in.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on July 09, 2011, 07:44:24 pm
Did a 145 miler, just puttering around yesterday. Went to the shop, then just messed around coming back. Way to hot!! The Beast didn't like it much either, Quit while idling a few times. About 4 miles from my house, as I'm coming through Carbon Canyon, the road was closed because of a fire. Had to backtrack and go about 15 more miles to get home. Did get 74.5 mpg, though
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on July 09, 2011, 08:43:58 pm
I bought some 20-50wt Mobil 1 V-TWIN synthetic oil for my next oil change.

Being an engineering nurd I did some research on motorcycle oil testing and the test results.
During my digging I found the following link to a AMSOIL data sheet which tests most of the synthetic MC oils that were available in 2006.
The report explains clearly what each test involves and why it is important for a MC oil to score highly.

Since it was done by AMSOIL I expected the report to be very 1 sided but to my surprise the  published results actually gave the numbers fairly, even when another brand scored higher than AMSOIL.

I was very surprised at the test scores of some of the oils.  
A few name brands that one would think should be excellent clearly suffered during some of the tests even though they are high priced.  Others did very well.

The file is a PDF so you will need Adobe to see it after downloading.

http://www.alternative-energy-resources.net/support-files/g2156-study_motorcycle.pdf
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Okie Enfield on July 09, 2011, 10:16:23 pm
very interesting....my uncle does Amsoil Oil changes outta his garage and is buggin me about switchin to the stuff...I think he puts it on his pancakes!...hmm AMSOIL pancakes  ::)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on July 09, 2011, 10:50:19 pm
veddy interrresting! I'm going to have to rethink the oil my dealer sez to use!
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: olhogrider on July 10, 2011, 12:50:49 am
I use snake oil. Cures rheumatism too!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: singhg5 on July 10, 2011, 01:26:49 am
I bought some 20-500wt Mobil 1 V-TWIN synthetic oil for my next oil change.

Being an engineering nurd I did some research on motorcycle oil testing and the test results.

During my digging I found the following link to a AMSOIL data sheet which tests most of the synthetic MC oils that were available in 2006.
The report explains clearly what each test involves and why it is important for a MC oil to score highly.

Since it was done by AMSOIL I expected the report to be very 1 sided but to my surprise the  published results actually gave the numbers fairly, even when another brand scored higher than AMSOIL. I was very surprised at the test scores of some of the oils.  

A few name brands that one would think should be excellent clearly suffered during some of the tests even though they are high priced.  Others did very well.

http://www.alternative-energy-resources.net/support-files/g2156-study_motorcycle.pdf

@Arizoni:

I was thoroughly absorbed as I read every word of the link that compared commonly available motorcycle oils.  Not only they showed the final results but also the methodology and experimental design which affected the outcome.

A few notable points - i) The oils of two different grades 40w and 50w from SAME company did not perform equally well in the same test as compared to other company's oil.  That was very unusual.  ii) The ranking of an oil varied depending on the method employed to test a function - e.g., evaluating anti-friction properties by ball test vs. gear protection test changed the ranking of oils. iii) high concentration of zinc does not necessarily translate into better protection !!!

Impressed by the fact that Amsoil did not show any bias even when there oil did not fare as well as others in some tests.

Loved the article very much. BIG THANKS for the link. Saved it.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: rbelyk on July 10, 2011, 01:34:41 am
my Molly went in for her first servicing
my little girl is all growed up  ;D
I took her for a nice long ride
my dealer put in motul but for her next oil change I will treat her to some Amsoil
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on July 10, 2011, 01:58:48 am
I'm glad you found it interesting.  It did seem to be fairly presented but even if it was slanted slightly in favor of their product I think it is useful to compare the other brands against one another.

For TOTAL NURDS ONLY,  (and those who want something to read at bedtime that will put many to sleep within minutes) here is another PDF (Adobe) link to an extensive paper written about lubricating oils.
http://www.motor-oil-engineers.com/Motor%20Oil%20Engineers%20PDF.pdf

I think if one manages to read thru it they can give themselves a college credit for one semester hour in "Lubricating Oil 101".   There will be a test at the end of the semester.   ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: prof_stack on July 10, 2011, 03:20:30 am
I bought some 20-500wt Mobil 1 V-TWIN synthetic oil for my next oil change....
Wow, that is really a thick upper viscosity!  Must be very costly.   :D

I like Amsoil a lot.  I've used the Mobil-1 V-Twin syn also, and it is very good, too.  Right now I have Golden Spectro Full Syn in the C5 and all is well.

Personally, I don't think it's vital to try to get the very best oil, whatever that might be this year, but to keep an eye on the oil and not let it get too old.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on July 10, 2011, 03:24:35 am
"...I bought some 20-500wt Mobil 1 V-TWIN synthetic oil for my next oil change......"
---------

If a little's good, a lot is better, right?  :D :D ;)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: P. Schraub on July 10, 2011, 04:52:01 am
Hey Everyone,
        The fact is, AMSOIL INVENTED synthetic motor oil. I use it, my dealer recommends it, enough said........it's the best !
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: prof_stack on July 10, 2011, 05:11:42 am
Hey Everyone,
        The fact is, AMSOIL INVENTED synthetic motor oil. I use it, my dealer recommends it, enough said........it's the best !
I thought the Germans invented it in WW2 when they had to use something other than petroleum as the war raged on.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ice on July 10, 2011, 06:04:33 am
 The other reason they needed synthetic oil was I surmise, for use in the Jumo Junkers jet engines that powered the Messerschmitt ME 262. The worlds first jet fighter to enter operational service.

What did I do to my Bullet today ?

Removed a little more rubber from the foot pegs  ;) ;D 8)

Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Andy on July 10, 2011, 06:40:47 am
Removed a little more rubber from the foot pegs  ;) ;D 8)



Me, too!  And managed to pinch my toes between the peg and the shifter in a tight left-hander. 
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: 2bikebill on July 10, 2011, 08:12:57 am
Not on those nasty old tyres I hope...... ;)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ice on July 10, 2011, 08:34:18 am
Yup. Speed master MKII front and Safety Mileage rear.

Gets down right sporty when your up on the sharp corner of the rear tread. :o ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: 2bikebill on July 10, 2011, 10:08:50 am
But I bet yours haven't got 10,500 miles on em like Kamikaze Andy's...... ;)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Maturin on July 10, 2011, 10:13:52 am
Does anyone else think that "Safety Mileage" is a funny name for a tyre like this?   ;D
Like "Hotel Oceanview" and the next puddle is 50 kms away.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: rbelyk on July 10, 2011, 10:18:03 pm
Went for a ride and had breaky at a little diner
then back home and put on my saddlebags and took off the zip ties on the handle bars and replaced them with leather straps.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Andy on July 10, 2011, 10:22:59 pm
Your idiot light is askew.  That would drive me insane.  Like being in someone else's house and being constantly distracted by the tilted picture on the wall.   ;D

The straps look good, though.  Like those. 
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: rbelyk on July 10, 2011, 10:41:55 pm
thanks Andy
I noticed it was a bit off but haven't tried to straighten it yet
I guess I don't really look at it that often...  :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: 2bikebill on July 10, 2011, 11:23:12 pm
Clocked 8,000 miles - saw it coming at 7998 on the odo. - next time I looked it was 8001. Bloody missed it!  ::)
Lovely ride though, sunny evening round the twisties and along the coast, nice and steady, home for beef & ale pie. Yum.  :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Alaska Mike on July 11, 2011, 02:57:13 am

 I'm at 2000 miles in my 09 C5 and It will frequently 'slip' out of gear, especially when I am up shifting to 4th or 5th, and then while just driving in 5th. I'll hear the high rpms and my foot will go frantic trying to pull up on a positive engagement. This happened a few times today when I put 100 miles on the bike.

 Anyone have any ideas what gives?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: prof_stack on July 11, 2011, 04:03:39 am
I looked but didn't find any wires that needed a wrap or coating.  So I took the C5 for a 20 mile soft cruise around the city. 

Got to thinkng that I might do some tinkering and maybe later on put the torpedo back on and see how I like the sound and increased back pressure at lower speeds compared to the upswept backfiring popping upswept piece.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ice on July 11, 2011, 04:15:42 am
I LIKE that upswept  ;D ;D ;D ;D

 If you wanted to part with it, I'd bet it'd fit like a charm on my Bullet  8) just saying  ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on July 11, 2011, 04:28:31 pm
Chapter 1 A great day!

Yesterday...up early and get ready to go on a good long ride with the Norton. It's overcast so it should be a bit cooler. Grabbed a pair of old jeans that are ready to be trashed and found a Norton Club and donned a mesh jacket, just in case along with my porridge pot helmet and and headed off to our meeting point. Got there early enough to get a primo parking spot and take pictures and talk about Bullets. Finally, got the route sheets, all familiar roads, and departed for the Crest. I got in a group of people I assumed were going the fun way through Glendale to the Crest and followed them for awhile and finally decided I didn't know where they were going, so I headed through Glendale to the Crest, which put me behind everybody. I passed a couple of cars going up but was doing maybe 50, the limit is 45, then caught a group of Harleys and a guy on a Norton. He may have been one of our group that ended up with about 30 people going on the ride. He was working his way through the Harleys and I caught up with him as we passed them, then I went by him too. I turned on Angeles Forest and never ran into any more traffic. I was cruising about 55, really enjoying a joyous ride as the Beast was running remarkably smoothly and seemingly enjoying this twisty bit of road as much as I was. I passed a Triumph as we were nearing Mt Emma Road and turned down that as it dropped down into the high desert by Palmdale. It was getting warm down there, but the holey jacket was letting the air flow though and it was good. Passed a few cars down to Ft Tejon Rd and spotted a couple of bikes along side the road. I slowed to see if they were OK, but they waved me on by. A few miles farther there was a group of three. I slowed, but they waved me by, too.
The I got into the tight twisties and started up N4 It's very tight but a lot of fun so I'm riding at maybe 80%. All of a sudden a fat tired sporty bike came flying by me and as a checked the Napoleans, I saw several others behind sped up a bit and another went by, and I was nearing 100%. The next corner was a tight decreasing radius 180 and as I entered the corner it kept tightening and I felt the footpeg touch down. I hung off to the inside, but the bike was drifting across toward the abyss, then the front tire washed out! There was the bike headed for the edge screeching across the road and me following it, mumbling S%#T!!

Tune in tomorrow, Same Bullet time, Same Bullet Channel for the next exciting episode, "The Bullet Flies"
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Andy on July 11, 2011, 05:00:04 pm
This better have a happy ending...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Alaska Mike on July 12, 2011, 12:15:15 am

 Took my C5 to pick up some groceries. It is nice that the hardest part of my day was figuring out how to get them all to fit in my saddle bags.

 I was having issues with my bike at higher speeds coming out of gear or even having issues finding the next one up at times, but I did try pre loading the shifter before I pull in on the clutch it seems to be working well enough...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on July 12, 2011, 12:17:58 am
How many miles on the bike Mike?  You shouldn't have to preload forever.  It's usually better behaved aafter a few thousand miles.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: olhogrider on July 12, 2011, 02:50:35 am
Bare! You must have survived to write this. How's the bike? Oh yeah, you ok? I gotta know.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Alaska Mike on July 12, 2011, 03:37:50 am
Scott,

 I'm right at 2000 miles. I use the bike as my daily commuter (about 100 miles every day) and it seems that on the highway, usually on the way home, I have the darndest time getting it to stick in 4th, and th gear at times. Then when at highway speess or accelerating to highway speeds, it will slip out and I have to frantically search for 5th gear again because there isn't a positive click that is sticking.

 Ce la vie -
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: singhg5 on July 12, 2011, 04:16:24 am
...here is another PDF (Adobe) link to an extensive paper written about lubricating oils.
http://www.motor-oil-engineers.com/Motor%20Oil%20Engineers%20PDF.pdf

I think if one manages to read thru it they can give themselves a college credit for one semester hour in "Lubricating Oil 101".   There will be a test at the end of the semester.   ;D

This 110 page book by Dave Mann is written as if he is giving a lecture in a class room or giving a seminar. The author is all in favor of synthetic oil and Amsoil - as if he worked for them. Interesting book for background.

Wish he had some graphs and some real chemistry with structures - without which it appears 'talk' rather than science. In one of the chapters he say "There are numerous very complex chemicals that are used as oxidation inhibitors and it is not my intention to go into the detail of what these chemicals actually are in this book".. Instead of this 30+word sentence, if he had named 3 or 4 chemicals that would have been much more beneficial - because the reader can then do his own research. Since he did not name a single oxidation inhibitor used in oils, it is a pretty dead-end 'talk'.  

Did learn a few things - hey after all there are over 100 pages !  Thanks Arizoni.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on July 12, 2011, 05:36:59 am
Your welcome and I agree.
I much prefer books/reports/charts etc. that give actual data rather than personal opinions so I can decide if the information has merit based on verifiable information.

Opinions, as we all know are like certain parts of the lower GI tract.  Everyone has one.  ;D

On the other hand, your a better man than I (or you have incurable insomnia) if you made it thru that entire document without falling asleep.  :D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on July 12, 2011, 05:38:15 am
I'm right at 2000 miles. I use the bike as my daily commuter (about 100 miles every day) and it seems that on the highway, usually on the way home, I have the darndest time getting it to stick in 4th, and th gear at times. Then when at highway speess or accelerating to highway speeds, it will slip out and I have to frantically search for 5th gear again because there isn't a positive click that is sticking.

What oil are you using?  When was your last oil change?

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Alaska Mike on July 12, 2011, 07:30:53 am

 Scott,

 I used the Lucas 20w 50 synthetic stuff with all the three letter designations by it and I changed it a couple hundred miles ago. I put in a new oil filter, but I didn't change the O rings as they looked good. I did fill it just slightly over the tippy top line in the oil full indicator window.

 I'm not terribly mechanically inclined, but it 'feels' like the teeth in 5th gear are not gripping the chain and if it isn't just right it slips off on the highway and it isn't a positive click to get it back on, just a mushy click when I am finally able to get it to stay in gear.

 That is technical terminology by the way.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on July 12, 2011, 05:59:21 pm
Well if you weren't using synthetic I would have said to try that.  Perhaps another brand next time.  I found Mobil 1 4T 20w50 full synth moto smoothed out my tranny a bit.

If you find it shifts and stays in gear well with some of the techniques here keep using them.  If not matter what you do it pops out of 4th or 5th on the highway see your dealer.  That sounds like an adjustment issue.  If it does pop out, clutch in, downshift, then upshift, clutch out.

Also, it should still break in a little more.  Mine continued to settle in past 2000 miles.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Okie Enfield on July 12, 2011, 06:01:14 pm
BARE! We have to know what happen to yer Naked butt! Are you OK? Did you break a Norton flight time record? What is cheez whiz?  ??? NEED TO KNOW!!  ???
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on July 12, 2011, 08:04:31 pm
Chapter 2  "Bullet in the Treetop"

The I got into the tight twisties and started up N4 It's very tight but a lot of fun so I'm riding at maybe 80%. All of a sudden a fat tired sporty bike came flying by me and as a checked the Napoleans, I saw several others behind sped up a bit and another went by, and I was nearing 100%. The next corner was a tight decreasing radius 180 and as I entered the corner it kept tightening and I felt the footpeg touch down. I hung off to the inside, but the bike was drifting across toward the abyss, then the front tire washed out! There was the bike headed for the edge screeching across the road and me following it, mumbling S%#T!!
As the Beast got to the edge of the road it disappeared in a cloud of dust, I stopped sliding and sat there for a minute as all the guys in the other group stopped and came to see if I survived. They helped me up, since I was still in the road, and then kept telling me to go sit down. Obviously, to me anyway, I was standing up,  why did I need to sit down?
I wanted to know where the Beast went as I couldn't see it standing where we were in the road in the road. We walked over to the edge and it as about four feet below us laying horizontally on some tree branches, just off the ground. If those trees and bushes hadn't been there it was about an 80' drop to the bottom of the gully. I started down the hill to get to the bike and the guys are hollering at me not to go down there. Well, I slid easily down to the bike because it was soft dirt and quite steep. I wanted to turn it off and get the key. Anyway I got it, then they drug me back up the hill.
Then the big question came as to how we're gonna get the Beast out the hole, and came to the conclusion that without a bit of help from a winch or something, the Beast was gonna die there, so we should try AAA.
I called them and found I didn't have motorcycle coverage so I would have to pay for it. I asked them if I just couldn't add it on now and they told me I'd have to call Monday to get it. Well, crap, I didn't need a bunch of hundred dollars towing bill, So we decide to got on up the hill and see if we could find a solution in Wrightwood.
Now remember in all this, I'm still way behind the Norton club guys. We were supposed to gather at a restaurant called Mile High, to get together to go to the restaurant we were going to in Wrightwood. I got on the back of a BMW 1200 something or other for the ride up the hill and as we rode by Mile High there was one Matchless still there and getting ready to leave, but everyone else gone, and we rode up to the lunching spot where some of the Norton Club was starting to leave although there were still several at the cafe.
On the ride up, I decided to just leave the bike in the hole overnight because it was essentially invisible from the road and it ain't likely there would be too many pedestrians going by. Even bicyclists would have a hard time spotting it.
Then I would update my AAA then come back and get it Monday AM.
Well, all goes well for about a night, then I call AAA and they'll upgrade it, but it won't be effective for a week. Bastardos!! Now I have to come up with a Plan 9 FOS. I called my son-in-law Mike and asked if He's like to take a little ride to the hinterlands and he was willing. I grabbed some rope and tiedowns and a ramp and we headed up to N-4 in the old pickup. ('96 Mazda 2300 with 28,000 miles on it). As we are going down the the mountain looking for the proper spot where the Beast was laying we finally got to some straightaways that I knew were well below where I'd departed the bike. Told ya it as hard to see!
So we went back up the hill which looked a bit more familiar to me going that way, I came around a corner that looked familiar, but still couldn't see the bike, but I stopped and we walked over to the edge and Voila!, there it was! Now the problem was still, how are we going to get the Beast outta there. the road is pretty narrow with about 3 feet of pavement past the white line and maybe three feet of dirt before it drops off rather severely. You do not want to drop the wheel off the edge in a gutless 2-wheel drive truck! The spot we are in the road is on a short straight of may be 50 yds between the corners which the one coming up the hill that I crashed on is pretty slow and blind and in the lane opposite us. The downhill curve (our lane) is faster but also blind. So we are trying to figure out how to do this and stay on the edge of the road.  We figured to try to pull it parallel to the road going up the hill and see if it would come up. That didn't work well, so we figured maybe if we pulled it parallel to the road going the other way it might be better. The first pull on it broke the rope so we had to retie it with two loop carrying the load. The second rotated the bike so the nose was point up the hill and retied the rope to the front downtube just below the can to be able to pull the bike straight up
Then a couple riding a Harley up the hill stopped and offered us some help and another guy stopped a BMW, too.
So we stationed the couple on each corner and the other guy was helping with the bike, so now I could straddle the road and pull the Beast straight out of the hole. That worked! All we had to do now was load it in the pickup and go home. We did.
I looked at the odometer...2500.0  

Tune in tomorrow, Same Bullet time, Same Bullet Channel for the next exciting episode, "The Wounded Bullet"


That's Mike climbing out of the hole
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on July 12, 2011, 08:41:19 pm
After seeing those pics I'm really glad you're ok.  Good luck with getting back to running condition.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: prof_stack on July 12, 2011, 09:18:33 pm
Wow, I'm glad you are okay.  After the smoke clears and you are ready to ride the Beast again, are you thinking you might change the tires to a more sporty tread?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on July 12, 2011, 09:30:44 pm
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are you thinking you might change the tires to a more sporty tread?

That has definitely been on my mind. I gotta figure out what the good one are, though.

Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Sub on July 12, 2011, 10:00:18 pm
Hey, that will buff out. :)

What was the real cause of the accident, that you couldn't lean over more, that you were distracted, or that you went in too hot?

I just spent some time adjusting my muffler up and my foot brake up about 1" to gain some extra clearance. I found it hit first (and early) on the right side when leaning.. Its scary when it happens! Now I'm scared to lean it over more. :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: singhg5 on July 12, 2011, 10:23:00 pm
Bare:

Are you OK physically and otherwise ? It takes no time, in a moment the balance is lost or something on the road that tires lose traction. Wish you all the best for getting it back together. 
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on July 12, 2011, 10:34:42 pm
You ight want to get some footpegs made that fold up.  It's nice to have them just fold away and give you a little more lean angle when you need it.  That's one thing I really don't like about the UCE bikes.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Andy on July 12, 2011, 10:51:27 pm
If I had footpegs that folded up, my slug would be ruined.  I think of them as frame sliders instead of pegs now.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Sub on July 12, 2011, 11:46:18 pm
Andy, what happens when you put a peg down? Does it grab hard and rotate the bike? Slide nicely? Is it obvious when it happens?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on July 13, 2011, 12:41:36 am
Chapter 3 The Wounded Bullet


As you guys may remember, I got rear ended a few weeks ago. I've gotten the damage settlement from the perps' insurance company, but I'm still waiting for parts. But the big stuff, tank, fenders, muffler are already paid for. The only new damage that's not paid for are the right peg and brake lever. There are some new scratches on the casquette that will need to be sanded a bit and touched up, but no biggie. The headlight ring got demolished, but the Tribar survived with a few scratches. I can put the little headlight back in until I get the new rings. Check out the rings in the photo. The lamp is already removed.So no real consequences money wise. Just gotta get the parts.
As far as what happened, basically, I overcooked the corner trying to keep up with the fat tires. I Just don't listen to my own admonitions about riding your own ride, don't try to go faster than you or your equipment's limitations will allow. The Beast really does push in the corners, though. That's what you get with that extra rake. But the bottom line is that I over rode the tires. That's part of the problem with being used riding stuff that goes a whole lot faster than the Beast.Learning process.
As for me, I got a little road rash on my knee about 3/4" in in diameter. That's it. Even my son in law asked me how I as feeling today. I said, "Fine, wasn't I supposed to be?" He sez, "You're 70 years old, you're supposed to feel these things!" God,I didn't know I was getting so feeble! I guess after fifty years of falling off motorbikes, you learn how to fall or something.
I got a bit of the same reception in the restaurant after it happened. I was taking to a group of guys who were going to take me home, and discussing what we were going to do when we got there. I said I was missing a Formula One race and I was going to watch that, as I was eating a hotdog.  A guy popped up with, "I can't believe what I'm seeing here. You're sitting here eating lunch and worrying about watching a race when you just crashed a bike and have to leave it here. How do you stay calm like that with all this stuff going on." I dunno, Falling off isn't that big a deal to me I guess. I mean I don't want to, but I'm essentially unscathed, and usually am, so what's the big deal? It's done, I've just gotta take care of the rest of it when the time comes.
So, I and the Beast will be on the road in a few days.

Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Andy on July 13, 2011, 12:50:29 am
Andy, what happens when you put a peg down? Does it grab hard and rotate the bike? Slide nicely? Is it obvious when it happens?

I've only put the peg down once in a turn, a very low-speed left-hander, so I can't speak to what happens at speed.  I can guarantee you it will be obvious, though.   ;)

On the other hand, I've low-sided twice on the right side and that peg basically saved the bike from major damage both times.  Less than $100 in total damage in two wipe-outs.  I f*&ing LOVE that obtrusive peg.   ;D

What did I do to my RE today?  I put it away until next season.  It needs brakes and rubber, neither of which I can afford at the moment.  I don't fear death, but I'm not going to court it either.  If I mind my nickels and dimes, it may even get that full make-over and painted up in a proper colour for next year. 

I may have it out for short hops around my very small town, but basically it's done for the year.   :(
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Sub on July 13, 2011, 12:56:41 am
Bare, thanks for sharing and keeping your outlook positive! Hey, if you need a new set of mirrors, I have a nfield napoleon knockoff set I'll ship you, just cover the shipping. :)

Glad you're ok!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on July 13, 2011, 12:59:04 am
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If I had footpegs that folded up, my slug would be ruined.  I think of them as frame sliders instead of pegs now.

I concur completely with that.

[quote what happens when you put a peg down? Does it grab hard and rotate the bike? Slide nicely? Is it obvious when it happens?][/quote]

As far as touching one down, you will absolutely know when you do it. It depends on how often you've done as to how much it will bother you , but generally you can just straighten up a bit and be fine, or slide to the inside of the seat and it will straighten up on it's own. They slide nicely until you get too far over it will lift your tires off the ground and you're probably going to slide a ways down the road sans bike. What you don't want to do is overreact and hit the brakes or otherwise get squirrelly. Be smooth, don't panic and you'll probably all right. In my previous posts I had dragged a peg, but I got it up enough to clear it, but as I continued continued to try to accelerate out of the corner and the front tire washed out, then the bike really started to drag the peg, which reduced the damage on the bike considerably.
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on July 13, 2011, 01:02:44 am
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thanks for sharing and keeping your outlook positive! Hey, if you need a new set of mirrors, I have a nfield napoleon knockoff set I'll ship you

Thank you for the generous offer, Sub, But I already have new ones on order.
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: greggers on July 13, 2011, 01:16:09 am
Bare,
Glad to hear you're alright, shame about the bike but I'm sure you'll have her fixed up in no time. What kind of gear were you wearing when you crashed?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on July 13, 2011, 06:02:41 am
Andy, what happens when you put a peg down? Does it grab hard and rotate the bike? Slide nicely? Is it obvious when it happens?

On a bike with folding pegs you hear and feel a grinding, your foot gets moved, and depending on the bike, if you keep leaning other things start to drag.  On my Monster with low slung mufflers it would slide on the muffler and start to lift the rear wheel.  Still, a nice gentle progression.

On the RE it comes on hard and fast, mostly because that stiff peg doesn't move at all so as soon as it touches it's already dragging hard.  It starts dragging and making an awful racket.  It's not a smooth thing, the bike shudders.  If you keep leaning it gets worse.  I haven't gone far enough to part the tires from the road and I wouldn't want to.

If it happens gradually in a turn you can usually slow and right the bike a bit.  If you caught one while pushing hard and sudden into an emergency turn or if pushing hard not to go wide in a turn you don't always have the option to slow soon enough. 

Bare did the exact right thing when he ran out of clearance, he hung off to the inside to shift the center of gravity inward, right the bike a little, and get some clearance.  That's exactly what I do when it happens, though after it happens once or twice you tend to take your corners a little more conservatively ;)

Bare, hope you and the bike heal well in the coming months.  And don't bother with the glossy makeover.  Spray cans, Sawzall, and cafe bars!   ;D

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: prof_stack on July 13, 2011, 06:30:05 am
Wow, 70 years old and talking about the accident like an old-school 20-something! 

Today I put the OEM muffler back on the C5.  It was a grrrrrrrrrrr-ling time getting the bracket lined up as well as the heat shield.  I had to loosen everything.  And wouldn't you know it the headpipe flange thingie didn't straighten properly so I was hearing a chuff-chuff sound from the headpipe. 

I took it on a short jaunt as rain started down (darn!).  I found out I would rather hear the motor working than the tailpipe blatting away.  The upswept muffler's noise and backfires are getting old and grating.  That's a $300+ lesson I relearned. 

Anyone want an upswept muffler with improved heat shield, cheap?

I think low rpm accleleration is improved but I need to get the headpipe tightened properly.  Any suggestions?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on July 13, 2011, 06:46:25 am
Loosen everything, shimmy it, re-tighten each bit a little at a time.  Sometimes it's just a matter of getting it lined up so it seals better.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on July 13, 2011, 05:03:17 pm
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What kind of gear were you wearing when you crashed?

I had some 20-some year old Motoport riding boots, very light and comfortable, with a zip up side. Just got them resoled a few weeks ago. Cost about as much as the boots did originally! Got a light scuff on the right toe.
Jeans, an old pair with hole in the left knee. Was going to pitch them after the ride. Wait a minute I did pitch them after the ride. When I was done, The right knee had a bigger hole in it. Up around the hip and pocket there was a big hole where the fabric ripped around my camera and cell phone that were in the pocket. I think there was another on the shin area. The camera and phone were unscathed. The camera was in a small Samsonite semi-hard shell case and the phone was in a cloth parts bag.
I had a -shirt under a Motoboss ventilated armored jacket. Not a mark on the jacket, or me.
And then my Davida porridge pot helmet, shades, and earplugs.
Royal Enfield gloves got a very light scuff  on the right palm pad.
The 70 crack was from the bro-in-law. I'm really only 69!
As far as the age goes, I don't get on a bike quite as easily as I used to, but once there, I feel twenty again. Riding the Beast is a great aphrodisiac for life! As soon I get a new handlebar and headlight, or the old one, installed, I'll be out there! The rest of the stuff can be installed as it arrives.
Thank you guys for your care and concern. This is a great group.
Bare

 
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: TWinOKC on July 13, 2011, 06:11:12 pm
I'm really only 69!
As far as the age goes, I don't get on a bike quite as easily as I used to, but once there, I feel twenty again. Riding the Beast is a great aphrodisiac for life! As soon I get a new handlebar and headlight, or the old one, installed, I'll be out there! The rest of the stuff can be installed as it arrives.
Thank you guys for your care and concern. This is a great group.
Bare

 

Bare,  I like the way you think!    I am a mere 65, been riding for a few years.   Have owned somewhere around 30 motorcycles, mostly Jap, but love em all!   Have had a few spills, a little road rash, a few broken bones.   You're never too old to ride until they shut the lid on the box.

Ride Safe,

Terry    
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on July 13, 2011, 08:42:08 pm
I have 50 years and about 50 bikes to fall off of. I can't think of too many that didn't see the sparks fly at least once. My previous mentioned Triumph Scrambler was never dropped at any speed, but it did get dropped standing still on a couple of occasions, one breaking off a footpeg hanger. Now for all the scramblers I owned and raced, it was a sure thing I came off those on more than one occasion! I went over the handlebars on my first bike, a 50cc Yamaguchi that I had for about three weeks. I found out then you don't use a front brake going down a steep hill. I low sided on it several times playing around at the local scrambles track which was about 1/2 mile from where I worked at the local airport. I'd go over there at lunch time and try to teach myself how to slide and jump and all that other fun stuff. The boss was always getting POed because I'd come back to work needing a clean pair of coveralls!
Kinda like teaching oneself how to do aerobatics in an airplane.
Then I learned how to high side on a 650 BSA Spitfire Scrambler a little later. That thing pitched me off on the high side several times! I learned early on what the getoffs were all about. I just really never learned how not to!!
I've really had very few entanglements with other vehicles, but there have been a few close ones! I guess the worst of them was a guy pulling out of a grocery store parking as I'm coming down the road from his left. He's just creeping out in the street wanting to turn left as I am closing in on him. He's looking at the traffic coming from the right as He's creeping and I'm closing. I move over to the center to go by him and he nails it without ever looking my way. I pulled my leg up as he T-bone the bike and goes under me. I go flying over his hood and lend out in the street kinda on my head and shoulder. Ok, ya idiot,  I'm thinking, as I'm laying in the street hoping this guy thinks I'm dead or something. I finally got up and walked over to him and really read him a riot act. My bike as a Suzuki VX-800 or something like that, an 800cc V-Twin standard. I hated that bike. I'd been off it about three times in the previous two weeks! I figured I was finally done with that POS. Was never a Suzuki fan, and this one put the nail in that coffin. Anyway the meat wagon showed up and these EMT guys are trying to tape my head down. I'm yelling at them that there's nothing wrong with my head and leave it alone.They finally quit trying. There's something about that that is just instant and manic claustrophobia. I can't handle that one!  My shoulder was hurting a bit, so they Xrayed it and decided I might have a cracked collarbone. They gave me a sling and released me and I had to walk about 2 miles home. When I got there I got on the GB500 and rode 40 miles to a Norton Owners Club meeting.
And I've never gotten particularly hurt. A little road rash now and then, well, maybe a lot on a couple of occasions. I don't think I ever missed more than a day or two of work from motorcycle prangs except for the broken leg. Injuries I've collected over the years have usually been very minor. One broken leg after all these years is the worst I can come up with.
I guess that has a lot to do with my cavalier attitude.
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: prof_stack on July 13, 2011, 09:34:15 pm
Wow, you need to take over the Corona beer ads for the "Most Interesting Man in the World".   ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on July 13, 2011, 10:55:43 pm
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Anyone want an upswept muffler with improved heat shield, cheap?

Hey, Prof, If your serious, I think I can use a new Muffler!
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: prof_stack on July 13, 2011, 11:09:52 pm
Hey, Prof, If your serious, I think I can use a new Muffler!
Bare
PM sent
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Maturin on July 13, 2011, 11:10:51 pm
Hey Bare! Just read your story - great writing. I really enjoyed your view on things & bikes. Good to hear you´re allright - you must have 9 lives! In 25 years of riding I left the horse only 6 times the fast way (including the sins of youth) - I remember every single one. Got hurt once, in the probably lightest fall of all I cracked my collarbone, a few times.
I experienced the foodpeg-catapult-effect a couple of times, especially on narrow mountains bends, when you usually lay down the bike fast. It´s like Scott mentioned: hard, brutal and quite uncomfortable. At this point the tyres are definitely very close to hit the brick wall. If the road surface is uneven, wet or dirty you don´t reach the point when the pegs come down - you´ll run out of adhesion before.
It´s raining and storming for weeks in Bavaria, so big Alpen-tours are momentarily not my plan. In August it´s usually better, until then the foodpeg problem shall be solved. I should find a good welder to do that. Afterwards I´ll throw away the old Avons and get myself a decent pair of...well anything better anyway  ;)
Today I tried to change the stock handlebars to a BMW 100 RS bar. It´s narrow and nice, but doesn´t fit. It gets contact to the tank. Maybe acebars, then...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on July 14, 2011, 01:50:36 am
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you must have 9 lives! In 25 years of riding I left the horse only 6 times the fast way (including the sins of youth) - I remember every single one.

I fell off the 650 Beezer 13 times in one day! It was the second day I owned it. It had started snowing the day before when I bought the bike and I had to install the generator and lighting on it. I got there early, but it took me a few hours to get the job done. It had started snowing while I was working on it and there was about 6" of snow on the ground and still snowing when I was ready to go home. We lived about 8 miles out of town up a mountain in Wyoming.
The last half mile was a very steep not very good kinda plowed road. It would have made a great endure section! I made it home, but to talk about the trip would be an aside to this one.
The club I was in was planning to go on a ride the nest morning. These rides are dirt oriented and we'd just go out hill climbing and dicing around short courses and fun stuff like that.
The morning dawned bright and sunshiny with 7 or 8 inches of snow everywhere. It was about 10F degrees outside. I put on my warm stuff and started down the hill from our house. There was a short straight section by our neighbor's house that is cut into the hillside. There is a log fence by the edge of the road. I came around the corner onto this straight and slid down sliding into the fence taking two posts out and sending his logs flying!
I got up and jumped back on the bike, took off and fell off again in the slick stuff about 50' later. This is in the first half mile from my house! I finally got to town and we departed to a placed I hadn't ridden before. The first stunt I pulled as these guys were riding around a narrow little rim was to dive into the bottom of this bowl that they were riding around and I was going to take a short cut.
Well, unbeknownst to me was the bottom of this bowl, neatly hidden under the snow, was a mud bog. the Beezer immediately sunk up to its axles, and me halfway to my knees! It took the whole gang to drag me and it out! They weren't very happy with me at the moment.
We continued chasing around and having a great time just goofing off in the snow and I was randomly falling off as were most of the others. I do recall sitting at the edge of the track and getting bashed into by a wildly flailing bike. Took both of us
down!
Later, as it was time to go home, I headed up the mountain and was making it home without further incident until I got right in front of the house and lost it again!
My mom said the air was blue from what she heard eminating from the road!
Man, I was tired of picking that beast up!
One thing that always amazed me about the old Brit bikes. As often as I crashed, fell off, got off, and otherwise pranged, I never did much more than break a clutch or brake lever, or maybe bend a footpeg. The expensive parts never seemed to get in the way! Those old Brit bikes were a wonder!
Anyway, as you can see, there ain't no way I could begin to remember all my little meetings with Ol' Mother Earth, abut I'll never forget it was13 times. But I can remember the Biggies, like breaking my leg, or going over the bars in a big way, or flipping a Miata and ending up with my  head maybe an inch off the ground sliding down the road, or dragging my head down a freeway hanging upside down in Bonanza. Or rolling down a hill in a jeep, and stuff like that!
I'm not exaggerating when I tell you I've outlived three cats!
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: robbw on July 14, 2011, 02:09:27 am
Finally made it back to TN.  My bikes arrived in good condition. Thank you Federal Movers.  Changed the oil and filter on all 4, including the Harley, lol.  I prefer my RE's, but the Harley is still one of my favorites. 
Will ride them this weekend to make sure all the kinks are worked out.  Miss WA, but TN will always be my home.
Cheers
 :D :D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: bob bezin on July 14, 2011, 02:59:20 am
ok  so both of my enfields are kick only . does that end my sprague problems? today i rode the fireball 59 miles to get sprague clutch parts    for my bailer.i just fixed the durn thing last month this time ill ,use locktite.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on July 14, 2011, 05:19:36 am
2 months ago I got my G5 and today it's mileage rolled up to 800 miles.
Not much by some of you guys standards but not bad for me.

In these 2 months I've had one real problem, a burned out trafficator indicator light bulb.  Not too bad in my book.    :D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: noontime on July 14, 2011, 06:45:02 pm
Installed the EFI silencer, and gave her the 300 mile oil change!  Time to ride!!  I do like the sound of the EFI, a bit deeper particularly when you give it some throttle she sounds NICE!  We'll see how I like it in a few weeks.  I've noticed that she wants to go faster...though I'm not sure if that is actual increase in performance or just the exciting sound making my hand increase the throttle  ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: prof_stack on July 15, 2011, 05:12:37 am
Today I carefully tightened the headbolts and went for a longer ride with the OEM torpedo on it.  It does feel quicker off the line but a little less willing to accelerate above 50mph.  I much prefer hearing the motor than the tailpipe.  There is a lot less noise fatigue, although on long rides I always wear earplugs (Leight Max).

I also reversed the airbox bolt and nut so I could put in the airbox (that is now standard on new RE's) cover over the filter .  I kept the K&N filter in place.

The chain got oiled (yes Scotty, the tailpipe IS hot, heh...ouch!). 

The advantage of black was made evident by how easily the Sharpie pen blackened two small divots on the airbox door.  The paint is really brittle on these bikes.  But the Sharpie covered it up and you'd have to look really hard to see the divots.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on July 15, 2011, 04:14:30 pm
The advantage of black was made evident by how easily the Sharpie pen blackened two small divots on the airbox door.  The paint is really brittle on these bikes.  But the Sharpie covered it up and you'd have to look really hard to see the divots.

Yes, that's how I touched up my old Ducati and the Kawasaki before it!  It does fade over time so you may need to so a spring touch up each year.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: bman734 on July 16, 2011, 01:14:22 pm
I'm wearing a frown right now because I missed a morning ride with some fellow bikers because my bike has been at the dealer for the third day. For an oil change no less. If they had told me up front that I would not have the bike for so long I wouldn't have brought it in. I'm holding out mentioning which dealer this is until I have more experience with them. So far I'm not at all impressed. I realize that they have a lot of bikes to take care of but simple communication seems lacking on their part when it comes to first hand coddling of their customers. The next nearest dealer is 50 miles away so they've got me by the balls. :(
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Andy on July 16, 2011, 03:08:06 pm
I love my bike.  I would never trust a dealer to change the oil.  If you learn nothing else, learn that.  It's an easy thing to do. 
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: prof_stack on July 16, 2011, 03:26:10 pm
I love my bike.  I would never trust a dealer to change the oil.  If you learn nothing else, learn that.  It's an easy thing to do. 
Oil/filter = piece of cake.  Just measure what you take out before installing same.

I think if you set up the expectation with them that you expect it done in a day (or at most two) you'll find out more about them.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Andy on July 16, 2011, 03:57:28 pm
It's just that its a job they give to newbs.  And newbs have a bad habit of forgetting to put things back where they found them, or tightening them properly.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on July 16, 2011, 10:17:56 pm
Oil/filter = piece of cake.  Just measure what you take out before installing same.

I think if you set up the expectation with them that you expect it done in a day (or at most two) you'll find out more about them.

+1.  Learn to change your oil and filter, tighten the bolts that come loose, and check.adjust anything that needs it regularly.  Then you'll only have to go to the dealer for serious things.  It's satisfying to do the work yourself and more so if the bike isn't stuck at the dealer for days because you did it yourself.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ice on July 16, 2011, 10:44:21 pm
+1.  Learn to change your oil and filter, tighten the bolts that come loose, and check.adjust anything that needs it regularly.  Then you'll only have to go to the dealer for serious things.  It's satisfying to do the work yourself and more so if the bike isn't stuck at the dealer for days because you did it yourself.

Scott

Another +1 here.

 Not only are these things required but doing them yourself gives the authentic soul satisfying kind of  ownership experience that no post modern machine can ever hope to deliver.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on July 16, 2011, 10:57:06 pm
bman734
Here's a link to something I wrote up to explain how to change the oil and filter on my G5.  The other UCE engined bikes are very similar.

You do have to buy the new oil filter which is only available from your dealer or from Nfieldgear on this site.
You also have to buy the right kind of oil but that isn't difficult to do.  Most auto stores carry a good variety.

http://www.enfieldmotorcycles.com/forum/index.php/topic,10782.0.html
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: bman734 on July 17, 2011, 12:01:13 am
Got my bike back, finally. Had the EFI muffler put on instead of the California Emissions friendly catalytic converter that measured 7 inchse that I got it with. So it looked like they took my muffler off basically. Also had the charcoal filter thingy removed that CLEANED the fumes that emanate from the gas tank that  go into the air on a normal bike.
Started it up and all my trepidation's were removed. I was afraid that I wouldn't hear that throaty pop like I'd remembered from my childhood when I was 22. My buddy had a Yamaha 500 four stroke single something or other that sounded like someone was firing a 22 riffle Gatling machine gun at me as I followed him down the highway. Well when I revved the engine for the first time, that's exactly what I got. It felt like I got a new bike! Seriously!
Needless to say, I had a marvelous ride where I couldn't stop from constantly looking back and straining my ears to hear that wonderful sound that was emanating from my tailpipe.
   
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: bman734 on July 17, 2011, 12:05:01 am
Those of you who are even hesitating to get an efi muffler should get one NOW!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: prof_stack on July 17, 2011, 12:20:40 am
Those of you who are even hesitating to get an efi muffler should get one NOW!
I understand your enthusiasm.  These days, though, I prefer a quieter muffler.  There is a fair amount of fatigue that kicks in on longer rides with loud pipe(s).  I think the EFI muffler is louder than my upswept muffler which is of course much louder than stock.

The sound of the motor is enough music for my old ears.   :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on July 17, 2011, 06:13:30 am
Put a new chain on and cleaned out the rear brake, deglazed the shoes while I was there.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: greggers on July 18, 2011, 12:29:46 am
I too put on an EFI muffler today on my G5 (great sound and looks so much better!), as well as finished the old fashioned solo install, and lubed the clutch cable and chain. Should I be figuring out a way to lube the throttle cable as well?

Btw, I've seen some people say they think the EFI muffler is too quiet, and all I can say is I feel sorry for your neighbors!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: kingrock on July 18, 2011, 02:19:03 am
Went to store to get bread. 90 miles later I brought some home. Store by the way is 1 mile away ::)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on July 18, 2011, 05:35:45 am
Repaired my rear turn signal.

Based on my findings, the first thing to look for if one of your turn signals stops lighting is the condition of the bulb.  I thought mine was burned out.

As it turns out, the bulb was fine.  The ground wire that is supposed to connect the metal socket is held in place by a hole in the plastic reflector under the lens.  The plastic broke allowing the ground wire to become disconnected.

My temporary solution was to replace the old bulb with a Sylvania #1003 which has a globe that is slightly longer than the original bulb and then place the ground wire between the metal socket and the shoulder at the bottom of the plastic reflector.   The spring under the taller #1003 bulb which pushes against the lens holds the socket against the wire.

It's kinda Mickey Mouse and it may not last but for the moment it's working.
If it stops working again I will have to solder the wire in place like it should have been done originally.

I may end up taking my bike to the dealer but at the moment he is "on Holiday".
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Alaska Mike on July 19, 2011, 05:51:47 am

 I have a C5 and the front exhaust mounting bracket snapped. I have read some posts of people with similiar issues that replaced it with an American mounting bracket that is stronger. Can someone advise me on where to find a new exhaust mounting bracket?

Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: prof_stack on July 19, 2011, 05:56:52 am
I have a C5 and the front exhaust mounting bracket snapped. I have read some posts of people with similiar issues that replaced it with an American mounting bracket that is stronger. Can someone advise me on where to find a new exhaust mounting bracket?
Which exhaust do you have?  If it is the upswept muffler, I had a beautiful black bracket with your name on it.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: prof_stack on July 19, 2011, 06:03:22 am
In my quest to figure out which muffler to keep on the C5, I rode 70 miles mostly east and north of Seattle.  The stock torpedo is nicely quieter than the aftermarket blatters.  Nice not to have backfires, pops, and poots.  Also good to know the cat is scrubbing the fumes to help my energy points of sustainability (whatever that means, heh).  I have to do some high speed (60+) miles before I decide. 

I was doing 5 over going around a bend when I spotted a motorcycle cop giving the radar treatment to me.  He must have enjoyed the sight of my black beauty because he didn't move.  Whew! 

68 mpg for the tank fillup.  The tank got some wax and polish later.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Andy on July 19, 2011, 02:07:09 pm
I was doing 5 over going around a bend when I spotted a motorcycle cop giving the radar treatment to me.  He must have enjoyed the sight of my black beauty because he didn't move.  Whew! 

I've "blasted" past a few fishing holes.  On one, I was 30 over, 90 km/h in a 60 zone - thats three precious points on the licence, a hefty fine, and a big insurance hike.

But they've never pulled me over.  That sewing machine sound, upright position and C5 styling just make it LOOK slow...  8)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Alaska Mike on July 19, 2011, 04:06:11 pm
Which exhaust do you have?  If it is the upswept muffler, I had a beautiful black bracket with your name on it.

 Prof -

 I do have the upswept exhaust on my 09 C5. If you have a bracket, I would be much obliged and will repay the cost of shipping/materials.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: prof_stack on July 19, 2011, 04:39:44 pm
Prof -

 I do have the upswept exhaust on my 09 C5. If you have a bracket, I would be much obliged and will repay the cost of shipping/materials.

Heh, no cost to you, it will get paid forward.  PM me with your address and I'll get it in the mail today or tomorrow.  r80rt made this bracket himself and even put his personal stamp on it!   :D

(http://i326.photobucket.com/albums/k409/prof_stack/black-redbracket.jpg)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: r80rt on July 19, 2011, 08:06:22 pm
That thing is making a hell of a journey :D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Alaska Mike on July 19, 2011, 08:57:06 pm

 Indeed - AR - WA - AK. I was reading that RE is building a new factory in India to crank out an additional 150,000 bikes a year. It was an optimistic article on the royalenfields.com site that projected it would bring increased technological manufacturing and better quality. Soon it will be a lot more common place to see these on the road in the coming years.

 In summary, I imagine there will be an increased demand for domestic (U.S.) parts of some of the wear-out pieces that fail more than others. I would like to see a cheaper oil filter....
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: prof_stack on July 19, 2011, 09:54:31 pm
... In summary, I imagine there will be an increased demand for domestic (U.S.) parts of some of the wear-out pieces that fail more than others. I would like to see a cheaper oil filter....
Heh, I already wrapped your package and sent if off to Sarah's country. 

I just now read your comment.  Very prophetic. 
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on July 19, 2011, 11:04:19 pm
Quote
I was doing 5 over going around a bend when I spotted a motorcycle cop giving the radar treatment to me.

Prof
If you were going 5 over by hte speedo, you were welll= under the speed limit!
Did you get ride of my muffler?

Today, I went to the shop to pick up some pieces for my poor injured Beast. I got a tank, rear finder gaskets for the fuel pump and left switch box. I had to run to Chapparal to get a set of handlebars. I will hopefully be back on the road by the weekend. I'll still have some damage, but the Beast will be rideable. Yee haaa!
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: prof_stack on July 20, 2011, 12:26:47 am
Prof
If you were going 5 over by hte speedo, you were welll= under the speed limit!
Did you get rid of my muffler?

Today, I went to the shop to pick up some pieces for my poor injured Beast. I got a tank, rear finder gaskets for the fuel pump and left switch box. I had to run to Chapparal to get a set of handlebars. I will hopefully be back on the road by the weekend. I'll still have some damage, but the Beast will be rideable. Yee haaa!
Bare

Heh, I already calculated the speedo error in my figuring!   ;D

You are #2 on the upswept muffler list, Ice is #1.  I'm taking my time determining if the OEM torpedo is best for me.  Looks like it, but some high mph riding is next.

Will the upswept muffler fit on the G5?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: olhogrider on July 20, 2011, 01:01:02 am
I drove 100 miles to visit my bike. They got the new engine! Now they just have to install it. I took some pix of the bike and some along my return home via car. I'm trying to figure out picasa picture hosting. I'll send a link once that is done.

Here it is
https://picasaweb.google.com/rodemsky/71911Pix?authkey=Gv1sRgCN7J3s7DvpPmgAE
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: The Garbone on July 20, 2011, 03:59:00 pm
A crate engine... Hmmm,very nice, what could I do with one of those??          ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Alaska Mike on July 20, 2011, 04:45:17 pm
Heh, I already wrapped your package and sent if off to Sarah's country. 

I just now read your comment.  Very prophetic. 


  Yup - We are from the same town. Her son married my Pastor's daughter. Ok, so I'm still 4 degrees of seperation away from Kevin Bacon...

 I do appreciate it and am standing by to remedy that high-vibe metal tinging noise when I ride.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on July 20, 2011, 05:36:07 pm
Quote
Will the upswept muffler fit on the G5?

Pretty sure it will.
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: CoffeeAchiever on July 20, 2011, 08:03:51 pm
Logged 70 miles this morning.  Left the house at 4:30am.  The outside temperature was already 87 degrees as I rolled out of my garage.  The Summer Sun here in Arizona is not your friend.  Riding before dawn is the best way to beat the extreme heat.  
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: 2bikebill on July 20, 2011, 08:46:35 pm
Hot sun?  I'd take a day or two of it.  Dark rainy day follows dark rainy day here in UK.  And cold with it.  I lit the woodstove this afternoon, and today I went out and bought coal.   COAL !!
It's July for petes sake!   >:(
Weather man says plenty more to come -  possibility of a few "sunny intervals".
I hate the climate in this country.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Darkside on July 20, 2011, 09:36:03 pm
Kinda nice day weather wise for old santa cruz. Ah my beloved old stomping grounds. you got some great shots.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: prof_stack on July 20, 2011, 09:38:52 pm
Hot sun?  I'd take a day or two of it.  Dark rainy day follows dark rainy day here in UK.  And cold with it.  I lit the woodstove this afternoon, and today I went out and bought coal.   COAL !!
It's July for petes sake!   >:(
Weather man says plenty more to come -  possibility of a few "sunny intervals".
I hate the climate in this country.
Sounds like a good excuse for some bangers and Beamish by the heater!   ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: 2bikebill on July 20, 2011, 10:19:13 pm
Bangers, Becks & Stella is how it actually panned out.
In spite of how that sounds - there was just me, no wimmin, nothin kinky.
Sad but true.... ;)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on July 20, 2011, 10:59:30 pm
Hot sun?  I'd take a day or two of it.  Dark rainy day follows dark rainy day here in UK.  And cold with it.  I lit the woodstove this afternoon, and today I went out and bought coal.   COAL !!
It's July for petes sake!   >:(
Weather man says plenty more to come -  possibility of a few "sunny intervals".
I hate the climate in this country.

We;ve been having much of the same here in Protland, OR.  We're getting a little sun but mostly gray, overcast, even some heavy rains which is unusual this late in the season.  Last summer was too short and too gray.  If the weather isn't any better next year I fear my wife will want us to move back to California soon.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Maturin on July 21, 2011, 12:34:58 am
Hot sun?  I'd take a day or two of it.  Dark rainy day follows dark rainy day here in UK.  And cold with it.  I lit the woodstove this afternoon, and today I went out and bought coal.   COAL !!
It's July for petes sake!   >:(
Weather man says plenty more to come -  possibility of a few "sunny intervals".
I hate the climate in this country.

Rofl. Same in Bavaria. We´re drowning here. During the last 2 days it rained the amount of the complete July average. Soon I´m gonna throw away my leather and get a diving suit. Meanwhile the Bullet could work as a stationary water pump.
I love the weather here. It enables you to be really, really happy when it´s sunny.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: olhogrider on July 21, 2011, 12:45:19 am
GLOBAL WARMING!! Or not.
The weather here is perfect and my bike is in the shop. So far I have built a tool shed and cleaned out the garage enough to fit 2 cars and 3 bikes. I also built a picket fence. Good thing MotoGP comes to town this weekend or who knows what project I might start? I might even get back to work on the Suzuki cafe project.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Okie Enfield on July 22, 2011, 12:00:00 am
Havent been able to roll Alison as much as I would like last few days. My youngest, 5 year old girl, had been feeling punny, so we took he to the doctor. Her blood sugar was elevated and there was sugar in her urine so the doc made us an appoinment with another doc. Monday morning we found out that she had Type 1 diabetes and will be insulin dependant for the rest of her life. 4 days ago you could have asked my about diabetes and i would have said thats that disease that older, overweight people get, now I am getting a crash course in reality.

Soooo, diabetes has become my new hobbie and regulating by daughters blood sugar my new pasttime. I have always loved games and I'm gonna treat this like the longest, most important game I will ever play. Not to mean that I am not going to take this seriously, it is certainly not a game, but for my five year old to understand whats going on, her blood sugar level is the point system and staying in the green zone is the goal, she's the team captain and I'm her goalie.

Beila, my daughter, also love the bike and cant wait for me to get that sidecar I have been talking about.


Guys, go grab your kids and tell them you love em.

Okie out

Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: TWinOKC on July 22, 2011, 12:12:14 am
Havent been able to roll Alison as much as I would like last few days. My youngest, 5 year old girl, had been feeling punny, so we took he to the doctor. Her blood sugar was elevated and there was sugar in her urine so the doc made us an appoinment with another doc. Monday morning we found out that she had Type 1 diabetes and will be insulin dependant for the rest of her life. 4 days ago you could have asked my about diabetes and i would have said thats that disease that older, overweight people get, now I am getting a crash course in reality.

Soooo, diabetes has become my new hobbie and regulating by daughters blood sugar my new pasttime. I have always loved games and I'm gonna treat this like the longest, most important game I will ever play. Not to mean that I am not going to take this seriously, it is certainly not a game, but for my five year old to understand whats going on, her blood sugar level is the point system and staying in the green zone is the goal, she's the team captain and I'm her goalie.

Beila, my daughter, also love the bike and cant wait for me to get that sidecar I have been talking about.


Guys, go grab your kids and tell them you love em.

Okie out




Okie Enfield     Dam it!  :(   Best wishes to your daughter, motorcycles come and go, kids are forever.

Terry
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: GlennF on July 22, 2011, 12:13:41 am
Havent been able to roll Alison as much as I would like last few days. My youngest, 5 year old girl, had been feeling punny, so we took he to the doctor. Her blood sugar was elevated and there was sugar in her urine so the doc made us an appoinment with another doc. Monday morning we found out that she had Type 1 diabetes and will be insulin dependant for the rest of her life. 4 days ago you could have asked my about diabetes and i would have said thats that disease that older, overweight people get, now I am getting a crash course in reality.

Soooo, diabetes has become my new hobbie and regulating by daughters blood sugar my new pasttime. I have always loved games and I'm gonna treat this like the longest, most important game I will ever play. Not to mean that I am not going to take this seriously, it is certainly not a game, but for my five year old to understand whats going on, her blood sugar level is the point system and staying in the green zone is the goal, she's the team captain and I'm her goalie.

Beila, my daughter, also love the bike and cant wait for me to get that sidecar I have been talking about.


Guys, go grab your kids and tell them you love em.

Okie out




Bad news. Diabetes is not fun.  On the plus side many suffers live long successful lives. For example Gary Hall who won Gold in the 50m freestyle at the 2004 Athens Olympics has Type I diabetes
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on July 22, 2011, 02:43:54 am
Okie:

My Uncle also had type I diabetes from early in his life and lived his whole life fighting it.

He did pass away from it but he was over 80 years old hand had lived a very full life before it finally won.

They keep coming up with new treatments for this damn condition and your daughter may well see it beaten before too many years go by.  I hope so.

In the meantime keep your chin up and give her all the support you can.
If she avoids sweets and takes her medicine like she should she can live a long, happy life.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: prof_stack on July 22, 2011, 03:33:14 am
Okie, sorry to hear about your daughter's diabetes.

Although its more complicated than most any of us understand, diet and exercise are two strong ways to fight it.  When your princess sees her insulin/sugar levels improve with a steady strategy, she will be motivated to continue it.  Just watch the moody times when sweets are so ... comforting.

Best of success to her, and you and the family.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on July 22, 2011, 03:43:30 am
Tough break for sure Okie, but it sounds like you're already on top of this.  I also know several people with diabetes who are quite young.  It's manageable and you can be thankful for that.

If you can't ride right now, washing and polishing are activities that the whole family can participate in.  Even my 1 1/2 year old helps me.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: jartist on July 22, 2011, 04:27:34 am
I'm really sorry Okie. It's heart breaking to hear of the little ones suffering.

 They are indeed making great breakthroughs with treatment of diabetes. I worked with the first type one diabetic allowed to work as a paramedic due to her blood sugar being regulated with an insulin pump.

My grandmother is in her late 80s and she was told that she is months away from being the record holder for most years with type one diabetes. Last year she was run over by a drunk driver when she was crossing the street and it shattered her pelvis and broke her femur but still made a complete recovery! I thank her all the time for being so fastidious about her blood sugar- that we all get to have her company still over all these years.  I guess the point I'm trying to make is that she worked hard at it but has lead a very normal and healthy life.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: olhogrider on July 22, 2011, 05:36:37 am
That is a tragedy. Sounds like you will be there to help her. I wish you both well.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: holodeck on July 22, 2011, 08:58:54 am
Try Seattle. Total time this year over 80 degrees....17 minutes,( not a typo).
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: holodeck on July 22, 2011, 09:03:02 am
Try Seattle. Total time this year over 80 degrees....17 minutes,( not a typo).
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Andy on July 22, 2011, 04:10:21 pm
Chin up, Okie man.  My first cousin with Type I is still around, giving me grief almost fifty years on.   And if you miss riding as much as you used, use the bike for short errands.  It's therapeutic.  :D

But I dunno.  I think someone, somewhere, decreed that this was just gonna be a bad year for everyone, everywhere.  So much bad news, so many mishaps, accidents, gremlins, unforseen complications...

Can't last, right?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Okie Enfield on July 22, 2011, 05:43:31 pm
Thanks for the words of encouragement guys. I'm not gonna take this lying down, that's fer sure, and I'm not going to allow it to become something my daughter doesn't learn to control. Its just been such a shock so quickly.
Its funny how much your life, attitude, or belief in something can change so much in such a short time.
This year has been bad in many ways, that is certainly true. But it has also been a good year in many ways as well. It is those moments I am going to try and focus on and try and appreciate little bits of good times that are sure to come. The bad times tend to smack us in the face and wake us up from that blessfull sleep of ignorance we lived in while things were good because we were not prescient and could not know what was to come. The good times usually don't strike like lightning, they are the smiles, and the laughter. As soon as something bad happens, we are quick to forget those fleeting moments.
I have an opportunity to ensure that my child has the longest, fullest life that I can provide for her, I am greatfull that I have that chance and will make note of as many of the little things as I can.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Desi Bike on July 23, 2011, 12:48:19 pm
Opened the crate the bike came in, removed the piddly 5 inch headlamp that was installed at the factory as some kind of packing material for shipping bikes to North America. Installed the Minda 7 inch bulb with the low watt parking bulb inside. Put the rest of the bike together with the dealer, swapped out the stock spark plug for a NGK Irridium BPR6EIX 6637, disconnected the kickstand switch, and rode off into the sunset.
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Post by: Andy on July 23, 2011, 01:13:16 pm
Opened the crate the bike came in, removed the piddly 5 inch headlamp that was installed at the factory as some kind of packing material for shipping bikes to North America. Installed the Minda 7 inch bulb with the low watt parking bulb inside. Put the rest of the bike together with the dealer, swapped out the stock spark plug for a NGK Irridium BPR6EIX 6637, disconnected the kickstand switch, and rode off into the sunset.

See?  I knew things would pick up.   ;D
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Post by: The Garbone on July 23, 2011, 02:31:29 pm
Thursday before last my bike would not start,  no spark or a bad plug most likely.  Had to go to work.  Friday was spent in the Hospital with the wife having her port removed since she is now cancer free.   To celebrate we flew out visit relatives out of state for a week,  got back yesterday.   Might work on the bike and take a ride today if I can peel myself out of my chair.  Have to do laundry as we are leaving on a cruise Sunday morning.    I am thinking of this vacation as my B5 vacation,   since it was either get a B5 or have a good time.     Not much of a sacrifice all things considered....
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Post by: Okie Enfield on July 23, 2011, 07:56:34 pm
Congrates Desi! ...Been a longggg wait!  ;D
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Post by: Arizoni on July 24, 2011, 11:57:59 pm
Replaced the left parking light bulb in the casquette, installed a nice smaller sized windshield http://nfieldgear.com/enfield-store/aftermarket-parts-accessories/windshields/windshield-style-3.html and changed the oil and oil filter using Mobil 1 V-TWIN 20-50wt oil.
The bike now has 946 miles on it so I think I'll try it up to 65 mph for a few short runs followed by some 45-55 mph "cool down" riding.

I also filled the tank and calculated the G5's appetite which proved to be 76.0 miles per gallon.  Even my wife (who hates for me to ride) had to admit that's pretty good gas mileage.   ;D
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Post by: rbelyk on July 25, 2011, 03:35:55 am
I went to a vintage bike show, they had some nice bikes with one 350 enfield, I thought you lads would enjoy.
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Post by: rbelyk on July 25, 2011, 03:37:01 am
more pics
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Post by: rbelyk on July 25, 2011, 03:38:09 am
more
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Post by: rbelyk on July 25, 2011, 03:41:04 am
more
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Post by: Arizoni on July 25, 2011, 09:27:55 pm
I took my G5 up to 65 mph for a short burst and then settled in at about 60 mph (indicated speed) for about 2 miles before getting off the freeway to let it cool down at 45-50 mph.  This stretch of highway climbs gently for an elevation change of about 500 feet and I was going uphill.

Later on, traveling back down the grade I pushed it up to 70 mph (113 kph)  for a few seconds just to check out the vibrations and stability.  Then I backed off to an indicated speed of 65 mph (105 kph)  for about 3 miles.

Everything worked fine.  Stability was great and the engine didn't seem to be working hard at any time.

Whoa!  I think I'll start talking Metric.  Cruising at 105 sounds a lot more impressive than saying " cruising at 65", don't you think?

Vib's in the footpegs were noticeable but not too bad in the 65-70 range.
Vibrations in the grips at these speeds seemed to be less than what I remember my old Honda CX500 doing.

I think WE HAVE A WINNER HERE.  ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: 2bikebill on July 25, 2011, 09:44:43 pm
I took the Enfield out for a fifty mile evening ride. Before I left I took off the Goldie and replaced the stock silencer - I'm just fed up with the noise, and find it just too fatigue-ing now. It was the nicest and most pleasurable ride I've had for weeks, warm, relaxed, unhurried, and I had the road entirely to myself until the last five miles or so - a strange, delightful, and extremely rare occurrence.
I've been out on the 650 a lot lately, but honestly, if I had to keep just one bike, I don't think I could live without the old thumper. There's pure joy in that ride  - I don''t have to tell you do I....
Just one thing is niggling - it's that bloody loud ticking from the top end somewhere, and I'm going to have to get it fixed for full RE enjoyment to return. You may remember the saga - Watsonian took it in, replaced the sprag (again!), and looked no further. I emailed them last week, saying I was willing to get the bike to them, & pay labour costs it they'd be willing to investigate & repair the problem, but they haven't replied - probably think I'm an obsessional nutter. I'm not. Something is causing that racket!
I did take it to the dealer and got the mechanic there to listen to it. He dismissed it saying that any of the bikes there would sound the same when warmed up. What bullshit. I know my bike, and I know their demo bike (which I rode on loan for a week), and I've made a point of listening to several others too. I'm not leaving my bike in his hands!
I'm going to phone Watsonian in the morning. If they wont deal with it I'll have to do it myself.
 I know an Enfield will still run with half the engine nuts & bolts piled up in the bottom of the sump, but that's not the point....
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: rbelyk on July 25, 2011, 10:03:34 pm
Will
what year is your bike? mine has a loud ticking as well, she is a 2010 with 770kms on her. I just had her in for her first service a couple weeks ago...  ???
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Post by: 2bikebill on July 25, 2011, 10:12:27 pm
2010 with 8000 miles. The ticking started - very suddenly -  at around 7500 miles, and coincided with big bits of metal on the drain plug magnet. That's how the whole Watsonian saga came about. They took it in, found a dodgy sprag and replaced it, but stopped there. The bike runs fine, but like I say, something is causing it. It's loud, especially when hot. Here's the Youtube clip I posted before. It's louder now.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8Je5M_bCrQ (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8Je5M_bCrQ)
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Post by: rbelyk on July 25, 2011, 10:25:31 pm
thats what mine sounds like, gonna have to keep an ear on that, keep us posted
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Post by: 2bikebill on July 25, 2011, 10:51:32 pm
If mine was making that racket after 770kms I'd get it to the dealer and tell em to fix it. Particularly if it was still in first year of warranty.
My bike was quiet. Suddenly it was noisy. It aint wear & tear - it's something wrong!
I don't know what it is, but instinctively I don't trust those hydraulic tappets....
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Post by: Ice on July 26, 2011, 12:13:45 am
Fear not too greatly brother WillW.
 Harley-Davidson™© has used Hydraulic tappets for decades with a spotless record of success.

RE sources their hydraulics from a manufacturer in the states. I am not suggesting that they are sourced from the same supplier as H-D™© only that the quality should be quite good.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on July 26, 2011, 02:39:56 am
WillW:  It sounds like excess valve train lash to me.
There's only a few things that can cause this.
As you mentioned, a collapsed hydraulic lifter that either is defective or is not getting enough oil pressure to keep it pumped up.  Low oil pressure due to a clogged filter or inlet screen could cause this.

Also a worn rocker arm end that was not hardened properly could have been eaten by the valve stem.  If enough material was worn away, the valve lash could be beyond the range of the hydraulic lifter to pump up and remove it.  Wear of this type would produce a lot of steel particles that would collect on the oil sump magnets.

The bore that the rocker arm sits in could be worn allowing the entire rocker to move upward creating excess valve lash.  Again, if it was excessive,  the hydraulic lifter may not have enough range to eliminate the excess clearance.
Wear of the aluminum journal may or may not produce metal flakes in the oil.  They would not collect on the sump magnets.

Whatever is causing the clatter that I heard on the video should be determined and repaired in my opinion.
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Post by: Ducati Scotty on July 26, 2011, 03:02:46 am
Though this has probably been mentioned already, could it be the auto-decompressor?  I lowered my idle to spec recently and heard it once or twice while starting up.  It is a dang awful and loud metallic clack.  I think there was report of one on here that went bad and was disabled by the dealer. 

Scott
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Post by: 2bikebill on July 26, 2011, 07:28:16 am
@ Ice -  I'd been looking at the workshop manual diagram of the hydraulic tappets - clever little blighters, but a lot of small moving parts to go wrong! I am reassured by your words though - thanks .

@ Scott - definitely not the autocompressor, which as you say is a loud clack and occurs at start up. My engine noise is continuous, not as loud, and worse when warm.

@ Arizoni - I agree it's somewhere in the valve train. If it's oil starvation it's not because the screen or filter are clogged - I'm scrupulous about oill & filter changes. I appreciate your thoughts and will pass them on to Watsonian today. Hopefully this, and a mention of the forum input generally, will spur them to action!

In the workshop manual I also found this - "After the first 500 miles the backlash between the cam gears must be checked. If a slight cam noise is observed...." it goes on to describe how to adjust backlash in both inlet & exhaust cam gears. Yet I've never seen or heard this mentioned anywhere else as part of the servicing schedule! Might this be the culprit do you think?
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Post by: Andy on July 26, 2011, 08:29:07 am
Might this be the culprit do you think?

Make the adjustment and see if it works!  Can't hurt. 
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Post by: 2bikebill on July 26, 2011, 10:37:46 am
I've been having a look at the procedure in the workshop manual (05-16).  It's the same route in to inspect the hydraulic tappets, and it involves more dismantling than I'm willing to do unless I absolutely have to - also needs special magneto removing tool.
I'll wait to see what Watsonian say about it first.
If it comes to it, it'll have to be a kitchen table project over the winter.
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Post by: Ducati Scotty on July 26, 2011, 02:32:58 pm
One thing to keep in mind, the lash adjustment must be made early on, 500 miles I think.  After that things take a set and you can't really adjust it any more.  I believe it states this in the manual.

Scott
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Post by: 2bikebill on July 26, 2011, 03:25:12 pm
I didn't find out about this adjustment until I started ploughing through the workshop manual. There's no mention of it in the owner's manual, so I guess it never gets done!  I've not heard of anyone here doing it......?
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Post by: Ducati Scotty on July 26, 2011, 05:01:51 pm
Same here, never really heard much mention of it.  I have to ask my mechanic if it was done on my bike (bought with 1000 miles on it already).  I was really worried at 1500 miles, don't really think about it at all now at 7500.

I'm not sure where I read this but what I recall is that it needs to be done once around 500 miles and you can't wait too much longer.  If you do it's too late.  If you don't do it you may get some noise but I don't think it will do any harm.  You can make an adjustment later but I think this is usually just a temporary fix and the noise is likely to return.

You may want to check the Indian forums and the iron/AVL lists as well.  I think the mechanics of this are the same as on the UCE.  I'll see if I can find the original reference.

Scott
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Post by: barenekd on July 26, 2011, 05:15:37 pm
Since you mentioned that the mag needs to be removed, that has to be an old iron barrel adjustment. There is no mag on the UCEs. And no mention of it in the UCE books.
Bare
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Post by: Ducati Scotty on July 26, 2011, 05:15:55 pm
This thread explains things a bit.  Because pressure on the cam gear is one way while it opens the valve and the other while it closes, the teeth tend to wear and slap against each other at the transition.  Adjustable cam gears (that all UCE bikes have) can help mitigate this if adjusted early on.  If you wait until the gears are too worn it won't really help.

I think this is worth pursuing Will.  You could so some diagnosis just with a screwdriver.  Hold the metal end against the engine and the handle to your ear, it works like a stethoscope.  This can help you pin down if the noise is in the cam gear area.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't the manual say to adjust the lash but never gives a spec on what to adjust it to?  Maybe I was tired when I was reading that section.

http://www.team-bhp.com/forum/motorbikes/48702-enfield-bullet-cam-gear-backlash-solutions-including-adjustable-cam-spindles.html

Scott
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Post by: barenekd on July 26, 2011, 05:27:50 pm
Notice that thread starts in 2008, probably would not apply to a UCE, although it does have the adjustable spindle, but doesn't have the mag gear driving off it. Again, there is nothing in the "service manual" about it other than on engine assembly.
Bare
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Post by: 2bikebill on July 26, 2011, 05:43:18 pm
Bare  -  it's a "magneto removing tool to remove rotor assembly". Page 05-16 efi workshop manual.
Scott - thanks for the link, some interesting info.
I tried the screwdriver listening technique back when this all started, and several ltimes since, but I just can't get a definite location - just the usual collection of rumbles & whirs. Now that the ticking is also present from cold, I tried just listening with my ear right up close to the engine, and I'd say the sound is loudest from the black painted cylinder area, and not from the rocker covers as I previously thought. I can't get that actual ticking to come through the "stethoscope" though.

No, no spec given for lash adjustment. Shims I think
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: jartist on July 26, 2011, 05:50:58 pm
@WillW - It really does sound like valve train noise. Has the right hand engine cover ever been off? If so it may have been put back with some kind of goop that is blocking the oil passages. If oil pressure is low the valve lifters won't work properly.
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Post by: 2bikebill on July 26, 2011, 05:58:52 pm
The RH cover has been off, but this started before then, suddenly during an evening ride.
Since then I have changed the sprocket and then changed it back, so it's been off twice, but both times I was aware of the oil passages and only used a bit of grease on the gasket.
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Post by: jartist on July 26, 2011, 06:10:03 pm
Good that's not it. I forgot- is it intermittent or all the time?
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Post by: 2bikebill on July 26, 2011, 06:11:50 pm
It's all the time, although seems occasionaly to miss a beat. First it was only when the engine warmed up, now it's all the time, louder when hot.
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Post by: Ducati Scotty on July 26, 2011, 06:27:26 pm
@Bare, yes, that's an older style engine but we have the same mechanicals in the UCE.  We have adjustable lash standard, not sure it was standard on all older engines.

@Will, it's very easy to pull the tank off and remove the valve covers.  Do it.  See if there's something obvious on the top end.

To remove the tank, remove the fuel line and cap the outlet (not really needed, it doesn't leak, I just like to be safe).  Disconnect the fuel pump and low fuel sensor electrical lines.  Remove the 2 large bolts at the front and back of the tank.  Put a towel over the tank at the front to protect it from the yolk and lift it off.  With a G5 I think you may need to remove the seat, not on a C5 though.

If you wanted to secure the tank near the seat and hook it up I bet you could run the engine with the valve covers off.  It may make an oily mess but might  give you some insight.

Scott
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Post by: 2bikebill on July 26, 2011, 06:39:34 pm
I did that Scott, before the bike went to Watsonian last time. It all looked good, oil squirting where it should.
I think the trouble's in the bowels somewhere..... (not mine - the bike's...) ;)
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Post by: gashousegorilla on July 26, 2011, 07:33:12 pm
 Will , this may sound crazy. But sometimes  an exhaust leak at the head pipe/ head connection can sound like a valve tap, or valve noise. It's worth a look. Just had it happen to me on a bike I was working on, not an RE, but you never know.  It may get worse as it heats up.

 Did you ever find out what that mysterious metal piece was?
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Post by: 2bikebill on July 26, 2011, 07:55:36 pm
GHG - I did wonder (hope) if it might be something so simple - I know a leak from the top of the exhaust can sound similar, so I got a new exhaust gasket from Hitchcocks and fitted it at the weekend. Alas, it made no difference. And the old one didn't look as though it had been blowing out of the side.
The mysterious metal lumps were never explained, but because the sprag was found to be faulty I just assumed they'd come from there. I did ask the person who phoned from Watsonian to tell me the bike was coming home, but he was just vague about it. They also told me they'd ridden the bike and it was running fine, but I guess they didn't get it warmed up enough. It is running fine, but I just don't feel confident about a long weekend away trip on it until this clattering is diagnosed and fixed.
I'm aware that Watsonian did me a favour by collecting the bike and not charging anything (2nd year of warranty - parts only!), but I wish they hadn't stopped at the sprag. That wasn't the problem! I don't feel I have much leverage, and will probably end up doing it myself or finding a local bike mechanic to have a go at it.
No reply from Watsonian yet.....
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Post by: gashousegorilla on July 27, 2011, 02:04:45 am
 Damn........... :-\   Welp , that bit, particularly that hooked one, sure didn't look like it came from sprag..........  ???
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Post by: 2bikebill on July 27, 2011, 08:35:29 am
No, I'm dubious too. I can't help thinking there's some component in there with a bit sheared off, hanging on by a thread and a prayer, flopping around and making all that racket......
There were no symptoms of a failing sprag, but Watsonian say that's what they found, and so they replaced it.
What's puzzling is why on earth they should think it had anything at all to do with that rackety engine noise! ???
They don't seem keen to have another look (still no response to 2 emails)..... :-\
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Maturin on July 27, 2011, 02:15:50 pm
I´ve had a similar noise and a similar emerging, just suddenly happening during medium revs and medium speed. It sounded as if someone had been throwing a handfull of spare nuts into the cylinder head, very similar to your video, Will. I was pretty sure that this rattle came from the head, though it was quite load so a foolproof diagnosis wasn´t possible. I gave it to the dealer who opened up the head.
I had some serious troubles with my dealer during this period of time, so I´m not 100% sure if all he told me is entirely true. However, he claimed the following: the rocker shaft clearance was too big, and the mechanic adjusted it using Yamaha shims. The reason, why the clearance suddenly enlarged is unknown. It may be suspected, that a casting burr broke and opened a gap - but the mechanic said actually he has no idea and didn´t see it before.
Since then the clatter is much less noisy - but still there. I suspect, that to be on the safe side the foreman adjusted the clearance a little too big. I decided, though, to follow Scott´s motto "Ride more, worry less". Having 11 month of warranty left helps me to keep cool. And if the rocker arms dig themselves into the valve stem, I hope the spareparts will not be too expensive  ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: 2bikebill on July 27, 2011, 03:36:45 pm
I remember your story, Maturin.  When my bike came back from Watsonian, my thinking also was "what the hell - just ride it".  But that noise, which is there all the time, all rpm, is more and more to the fore.
I can only force myself to stay in denial for so long......
It sounds as though I'm riding a fifty year old clapped out piece of crap that's never been serviced or oiled!  In fact it's a 16 month old bike that's been well maintained from new.

No response at all from Watsonian, so today I went looking for a motorbike place I'd heard of, up some country lane about ten miles away. As soon as I entered the yard I knew I was in the right kind of place - 2 Enfields (1 Redditch & 1 Indian), a BSA (Lightning I think), a nice old Bonneville and sundry other bikes were in and around the workshop. I'd actually ridden there on the 650, as I was going on to Plymouth after, but the guy listened to my story and said if I brought the Enfield in on monday, he'd have a good listen to it & give his opinion.
So I feel I've at least taken a positive step, and hopefully the mystery will be solved and put to rest before too long.....
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: boggy on July 27, 2011, 04:19:08 pm
Well it aint a UCE but I did get to some modifications this weekend.  New bars and grips and grips.  Finally a Clubman.

This photo, plus the one after it for a closer look at the bars/grips.

http://www.enfieldmotorcycles.com/forum/index.php?action=gallery;sa=view;id=3572

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Post by: Andy on July 27, 2011, 05:44:39 pm
Oh, VERY nice!
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Post by: olhogrider on July 27, 2011, 08:15:10 pm
Gorgeous! Where did the hotdog holders go?
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Post by: elwoodpdowd2 on July 27, 2011, 08:59:23 pm
Will W,
Best wishes for a satisfactory and inexpensive resolution to your problem on Monday.
Elwood
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Post by: 2bikebill on July 27, 2011, 09:02:55 pm
Thanks Elwood. I'll report back of course, as soon as there's news
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Post by: boggy on July 27, 2011, 09:12:41 pm
Thanks!

Gorgeous! Where did the hotdog holders go?

Gone.  I don't carry around hot dogs.  Maybe a granola bar or something, but those fit in my pocket.  I like seeing the entire rear tire.  If I could tuck the battery away, like with the iron barrel relocation kit, then I would ditch the side covers too.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on July 28, 2011, 01:59:34 am
My RE now has over 1000 miles on it so to celebrate the event I removed the inner  speedometer cable from the lower end of its housing and gave its full length a nice liberal coating of lightweight grease.
That ought to keep it happy for another couple of thousand miles.  ;D
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Post by: Desi Bike on July 28, 2011, 02:09:33 am
Don't get the grease up too high so as to not goober up the speedo.
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Post by: jartist on July 28, 2011, 02:48:17 am
Gone.  I don't carry around hot dogs.  Maybe a granola bar or something, but those fit in my pocket.  I like seeing the entire rear tire.  If I could tuck the battery away, like with the iron barrel relocation kit, then I would ditch the side covers too.
I like the look of the open loop without the sausage tins.  Did you just cut out the backing plate and hardware?

A battery relocation would be fairly simple.  Just make a tray out of cardboard or mattboard and use a hot glue gun to put it together and add tabs to bolt it someplace.  Then take the mock up to someone who can weld one up in steel.  The BMW R75/5 for the first couple years before the toaster tank had a battery transversly mounted behind the engine without covers and I think it looks great.
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Post by: boggy on July 28, 2011, 03:40:54 pm
Ya, I'd really just like to rotate it 90 degrees and send it back as far as it can go.  I like how on the RE Continental and Cafe racer kit there is a nice round fairing cover for the battery.  Thanks for great idea, using cardboard to mock it up.

You simply just unbolt the backing covers for the hot dog holders.  I didn't cut the tabs off.  I used one for mounting my megaphone.  Someday I'll probably cut'm loose.
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Post by: barenekd on July 30, 2011, 01:05:47 am
I finally got the J-3 Cubby nee Beast back together enough to ride it again! After being rear ended a few weeks ago, then pitching it off the side of the road, I was needing a few bits. It's amazing how slow parts are forthcoming nowadays! I still need the  stock bars, front fender, headllight surround for the Tribar, an EFI muffler, right switch box, and tail light.
I got enough pieces though to be able to ride it again, after market bars were the most important. I used the original headlight, repainted the casquette and hand hold bar and straightened out the footpegs and other bits.
Anyway I took it out for a checkride and all went well for about 5 miles, then it started cutting out severely, the popping and banging, then quit. It finally restarted, sounding pretty good as i head home, for a mile or so, then started crapping out again. I nrsed it on home and as I was pulling into the garage, it quit again. I went into the house for a drink and the opportunity to mull over what was wrong with it, as I had done some extracurricular work on it and played with several connections. I was getting ready to pull some side panels, when for whatever reason that escapes me...as most things are wont to do nowadays, I grabbed the spark plug lead and it was loose--really loose. It was just bouncing up and down on the plug. Stuck it back on and got in a successful twenty mile ride through the twisties. Feels so good!
It does vibrate through the handlebars a bit more than with the stock ones. I'll havta figure out how to cure that.
But there is that BSA Club ride Sunday.!
Bare
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Post by: Desi Bike on July 30, 2011, 01:54:52 am
Cruised Yonge street in Toronto, sitting right now at the Hard Rock Cafe parked in a line up of harleys and crotch rockets... and what bike is garnering all the attention...  Hahaha!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: prof_stack on July 30, 2011, 02:02:31 am
Rode for 52 miles in nice Seattle morning sun.  I blasted to Sea-Tac and beyond and determined a couple of things:
(1) The upswept muffler adds sound, backfires and maybe a 1/2hp.  The OEM muffler adds a cat converter for cleaner emissions, quieter ride, and road hugging weight.
(2) I want more power than the UCE can give.  Solutions are in the works.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ice on July 30, 2011, 04:34:49 am
Do you mean this ?
http://nfieldgear.com/enfield-store/efi-piston-535.html (http://nfieldgear.com/enfield-store/efi-piston-535.html)
 ;) :D ;D 8)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: prof_stack on July 30, 2011, 06:46:42 am
Do you mean this ?
http://nfieldgear.com/enfield-store/efi-piston-535.html (http://nfieldgear.com/enfield-store/efi-piston-535.html)
 ;) :D ;D 8)
No, I was thinkng more along these lines:
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: prof_stack on July 30, 2011, 08:56:40 pm
Today, after some nice riding in and around town the C5 came back with 70.5MPG for the tank, refilling again with 87-octane non-ethanol gasoline. 
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Okie Enfield on July 30, 2011, 09:00:14 pm
Like the Guzzi Prof.. Also like Ices Idea about the 535. Someone hassta be the quinea pig.  ;)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: clubman on July 30, 2011, 10:43:33 pm
No, I was thinkng more along these lines:

I have the Guzzi Cafe Classic and it is a thoroughly absorbing ride and though in a very soft tune for a 750 still twice as powerful as the Enfield. It's far more relaxing for holding 70-80 over long distances but I still enjoy the Enfieild a lot for 50 miles on a Sunday afternoon.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: bman734 on July 31, 2011, 12:23:01 am
I just got 75 mpg. with my last tank full. The bike is at 900 miles now so that's pretty impressive if you ask me. By the way, how do you lube the cables on the bike? Just wondering?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ice on July 31, 2011, 12:52:42 am
Like the Guzzi Prof.. Also like Ices Idea about the 535. Someone hassta be the quinea pig.  ;)

I'm trying ;D just need a bunch of time and money.  :-[
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: prof_stack on July 31, 2011, 01:05:55 am
I have the Guzzi Cafe Classic and it is a thoroughly absorbing ride and though in a very soft tune for a 750 still twice as powerful as the Enfield. It's far more relaxing for holding 70-80 over long distances but I still enjoy the Enfieild a lot for 50 miles on a Sunday afternoon.
Good comments, well stated.  I just test-rode a white V7C for about 18 miles, mixed freeway and city streets.  The seat must have cement under it, wow what a brick.  I think your cafe seat is better.  The brakes squealed and under 30mph there was an interesting left/right/left/right weave.  Never felt that before.  Power was nice compared to the C5.  Duh.  I might try a Breva 750 next week.

The ride home on the C5 was smooth, comfortable, and quite relaxed. 
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: olhogrider on July 31, 2011, 02:23:32 am
I like the looks of the Breva. Today I rode about 50 miles. Mileage on the new engine is 61mpg. The gear shift feels a bit stiff. A couple of missed shifts. I expect I'll be back over 70 mpg once everything is broken in.

Swapped in an NGK plug for the Bosch. Idle went up a couple hundred.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: prof_stack on July 31, 2011, 05:44:27 am
I like the looks of the Breva. Today I rode about 50 miles. Mileage on the new engine is 61mpg. The gear shift feels a bit stiff. A couple of missed shifts. I expect I'll be back over 70 mpg once everything is broken in.

Swapped in an NGK plug for the Bosch. Idle went up a couple hundred.

+1 to the Breva, improving mpg, and NGK.  You'll get the shifting knack soon!  :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: olhogrider on July 31, 2011, 06:53:24 am
I put 3700 miles on the first engine, this one is just a bit tight but I look forward to loosening things up.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on July 31, 2011, 06:00:44 pm
I headed out for the BSA Club ride this morning after watching the Hungarian GP. I listened to a brief thundershower while the race was on, but it looked like it was clearing up, so I left about 7:45 for Highland. I ran up the 57 to the 60 and headed east. I could see some virga off to my left over the mountains, then looking ahead it was starting to get darker. I started running into some sprinkle about Central Ave and then began seeing some lightning ahead of me. The freeway was dry, but the sprinkles were getting harder and with the porridge pot on, they were beginning to smart. I pulled of the freeway at Mountain Ave and the side streets were really wet, so I started back home on the streets so I could at least get a little Canyon riding in. I figured it would dry out heading back west and south, but it only kept getting harder. I got into the canyon and it was still raining, so I figured it was a good place for a Photo op.
Took the pics and went on home. Still raining out there! It doesn't rain in Cantafordia in July!
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: olhogrider on August 01, 2011, 02:01:33 am
Still raining out there! It doesn't rain in Cantafordia in July!
Bare

No rain up north! Met with 1Thump and did about 200 miles through the hills. Some drama re: his fuel consumption. He is running a Fireball on E85. Nobody sells the stuff! Good thing the second hundred miles was down hill. Fun ride! I took some video and now I have to figure out what to do with it.

Changed the oil and filter. Repsol 10-50 full synth. I figure if it is good enough for MotoGP it should work in a Royal Enfield. OK, I'm a victim of advertising but at least they support motorcycling.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: 2bikebill on August 01, 2011, 01:34:44 pm
Rode it to a local bike mechanic, who had a listen to it and thought it sounded like a stuck/ faulty hydraulic tappet. He's booked up for a couple of weks so I booked it in for then. I phoned the dealer who said they'd stand by the warranty and supply new parts as required, provided I returned the faulty parts to them.
Noticed on the way home the neutral light is now on all the time! It was raining, but that's no excuse - just another thing gone wrong on what I'm fast beginning to regard as this shit heap of a bike.....
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: boggy on August 01, 2011, 03:14:04 pm
just another thing gone wrong on what I'm fast beginning to regard as this shit heap of a bike.....

Man - you are having a tough go.  I know the feeling.  And then all of a sudden it'll ride great and fool you into another period of love.  These Enfields are like a real moody woman (or man... depending).

Prof Stack... I just got the upsweep adapter.  Looks like I'm gonna have to hack off a bit of my header or the Megaphone will stick out past the rear tire.  Yours install easy enough?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: 2bikebill on August 01, 2011, 03:54:52 pm
There are two adapters available here - the one from Watsonian is too long and requires a bit to be sawn off the front pipe. But Hitchcocks sell one which is exactly the right size and will fit right on with no cutting.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: prof_stack on August 01, 2011, 04:15:36 pm
...
Prof Stack... I just got the upsweep adapter.  Looks like I'm gonna have to hack off a bit of my header or the Megaphone will stick out past the rear tire.  Yours install easy enough?
I had to install mine using the OUTSIDE of the rear footpeg as the bracket holder, so the pipe was farther out.  It might have stuck out a little but I have the OEM torpedo back on again. 

Advice:  Put a new exhaust "donut" gasket on the headpipe and use some gasket maker or sealer on the joint between the headpipe and upswept portion.  Also, get a longer heat shield (try Bent Bike or other accessory places) or you WILL leave part of your pant or riding pants on the muffler.  I know these very well.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: prof_stack on August 01, 2011, 06:24:41 pm
Rode it to a local bike mechanic, who had a listen to it and thought it sounded like a stuck/ faulty hydraulic tappet. He's booked up for a couple of weks so I booked it in for then. I phoned the dealer who said they'd stand by the warranty and supply new parts as required, provided I returned the faulty parts to them.
Noticed on the way home the neutral light is now on all the time! It was raining, but that's no excuse - just another thing gone wrong on what I'm fast beginning to regard as this shit heap of a bike.....
So sorry to hear about your problems.  The only real problem mine has had was some wiring disconnects, now fixed.  The other stuff was more about learning about the bike (ie. tire pressure, exhaust gaskets,etc.).

I remember the then-prez of a local vintage bike club telling me that the Enfields were POS.  I laughed and knew he meant the iron barrel versions.  But it is clear that even the UCE is not without teething problems.  Good luck with yours.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: jlehberger1 on August 01, 2011, 07:11:57 pm
Commuted to work, joyously riding my C5 Military.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on August 01, 2011, 07:42:30 pm
Quote
Also, get a longer heat shield (try Bent Bike or other accessory places) or you WILL leave part of your pant or riding pants on the muffler.  I know these very well.

Or leg!
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: 2bikebill on August 01, 2011, 08:17:29 pm
Thanks Prof. Not so much teething problems as long-term shortcomings coming to light I fear..... It's a great bike to ride, we all know it - but the longer I have it the less I trust it I'm afraid. Sprag replaced twice. Starter relay replaced twice. Let's not even remember the sheared off brake shaft.....
Friday bike perhaps.
(but I better shut up  -  such posts can cause whole threads to mysteriously vanish.....)
I am hoping faith will be restored along with the tappets....... I actually do still love the beautiful but treacherous bastard regardless..... :-\
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: clubman on August 01, 2011, 09:58:24 pm
Will, I understand your feelings 110% as you will probably already know from previous conversations. I have booked mine in for another electrical session as the problems mount - no point in taking a day off over one issue when there will be another a couple of weeks down the line. My current issues are no electric starting - I have lost count of the number of times that's happened though I suppose if I count up two sprag clutches, a relay, the sidestand switch and clutch switch I'll get an idea - plus the neutral light comes on every time I pull the clutch in and the rear brake light packed up. I sorted the latter myself though. The neutral light issue is clutch switch related cos if I disconnect the clutch switch it goes away but equally the bike won't then start. I suspect your neutral light issue has the same roots. I also agree it is just the nature of the beast rather than a Friday bike. Very poor build quality that shows itself after a time. And like you, I still love riding it but only now for a 50 miles on a Sunday - reliable everyday transport, (as Watsonian once advertised it as), it is certainly not.  :(
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on August 01, 2011, 10:55:48 pm
You guys who have had the Starter solenoid problems might want to look elsewhere for the gadgets. They all do the same thing and would be easy enough to wire in. If I were having trouble with the solenoid, I'd be looking at other bikes or even small cars. The Enfield ones seem pretty small, a slightly bigger one might help. Even the high amperage wiring from the battery to the starter might be enlarged a bit. That should be one of the most reliable items on the bike. Now the sprag clutch, can't help you on that one, but if the rest of the starter circuit were more reliable, may the sprag would be too.
Just some suggestions.
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on August 01, 2011, 11:42:18 pm
You guys who have had the Starter solenoid problems might want to look elsewhere for the gadgets. They all do the same thing and would be easy enough to wire in. If I were having trouble with the solenoid, I'd be looking at other bikes or even small cars. The Enfield ones seem pretty small, a slightly bigger one might help. Even the high amperage wiring from the battery to the starter might be enlarged a bit.
Bare

+1.  After first replacing the battery my no-start problem resurfaced.  I got a generic ATV/scooter solenoid and it's working just fine now.  If I have a repeat I'll look into a Ford car solenoid.  They are huge and very generic with two low amperage lines to activate and two high amperage lines to run juice to the starter.  As mentioned, using larger gauge high current lines can make a marginally starting bike turn over like magic.  Motos from many manufacturers tend to have small high current lines on the starter.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: The Garbone on August 03, 2011, 05:20:45 pm
2 weeks (the day before going out of town) ago riding home from work my points started acting up, bike quit and I had to coast to the side of the road.  Pulled the cover and scraped the points with my pocket knife and road her home.  

Just got back to town and got some time last night,  pulled the points and cleaned them up (9250 miles on them), put it back together and she started first kick.   Took a 30 mile ride to go see "Cowboys Vs Aliens", a surprisingly good movie, had a nice conversation with a chopper guy about the bike in the theater parking lot.   Then I got to ride home in the rain.  

 ;D
Love my bike...  
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on August 03, 2011, 05:27:10 pm
Even though I'm a digital boy I still have a points file in my old tool box.  I should go get that and a few other things before my mom finally decides to clean out the garage, sell her house, and move.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on August 03, 2011, 11:58:26 pm
Finished up my desmogging today. I'm not blowing oil in my airbox and filter now. Found a deal on Mobil 1 for V-twins at $9.95 a quart at Autozone.
Thought about getting 0ne of those Bilt flip-up helmets for $100 at Cycle Gear, but didn't make it down there since I found the oil cheaper elsewhere and closer. Those helmets have some interesting features, still thinking about it.
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on August 04, 2011, 12:59:43 am
I picked up two pairs of gloves at CycleGear yesterday.  Some vented summer gloves and a pair of closeout Bilt leather gauntlets for only $20.

That's the oil I use too.  I bet there's nothing 'V-Twin' about it except the marketing on the bottle ;)  You know who they're looking to sell that to and it's not the Ducati crowd.   ;D

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: GlennF on August 04, 2011, 02:09:11 am

That's the oil I use too.  I bet there's nothing 'V-Twin' about it except the marketing on the bottle ;)  You know who they're looking to sell that to and it's not the Ducati crowd.   ;D

Scott

now now ... V twin oil guarantees double the "thump" and has special additives to eliminate the performance problem of the kick starting failing to work whenever girls are watching.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on August 04, 2011, 05:35:39 am
So that's how it's marketed in India!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: prof_stack on August 04, 2011, 06:40:48 am
Wow, I took my first evening ride.  It started at dusk, into twilight, and then darkness.  I mostly went around south and east Seattle, for a total of 50 miles, returning home at 9:30PM.

The 7-inch headlamp is awesome for night riding.  The low beam throws out a wide bright light.  I am very visible.

I'm really liking the OEM torpedo.  It helps relax the ride somewhat from the loud backfarty upswept thing. 
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on August 04, 2011, 07:10:30 am
Before I got my RE G5 I had read a number of posts on this site all of them complaining about the torpedo.  I figured it was like my K-75's muffler which was almost dead silent.
 
I  heard a lot of people wishing they had an alternate muffler and I can appreciate the improved looks, slightly improved power and lighter weight but, so far, I like the sound the torpedo gives my bike.

It's quite audible while I'm riding at a steady speed and it makes enough noise when I'm accelerating so that I and the cars around me can hear it quite plainly.

Maybe some day I will change it but for right now I'm a happy camper. :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on August 04, 2011, 07:21:42 am
+1 and +1. 

I like the torpedo, thumps nicely without being too loud.  I'm going to get a K&N filter for the stock box to see if I can recreate some of the grunty noise the cone filter made but without dropping my MPG the way the cone did.

And the 7" is just awesome.  Looks good on the bike, just looks right.  And so much more visibility, I can see more and they can see me.  The best mod for the money I can think of.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Desi Bike on August 04, 2011, 03:10:13 pm
Which 7 inch are you putting on? I liked the look of the 7 inch Minda light with the little low, low beam parking light in it and it came with a visor. The tribar almost fits in with the rest of the bike's styling to my untrained eye. Both are a vast improvement in esthetics and light output over the small bulb.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: prof_stack on August 04, 2011, 03:27:10 pm
... I like the torpedo, thumps nicely without being too loud.  I'm going to get a K&N filter for the stock box to see if I can recreate some of the grunty noise the cone filter made but without dropping my MPG the way the cone did.
Scott
My new K&N air filter was shipped from nFIeld yesterday so I've have yet another one.  The small cone filter you sent me I can't use unless I build a flange thingie to mount it inside the air box.  With the air tube (plenum?) needed to smooth the air in place, one could experiment with getting more air into the box itself, perhaps by drilling holes. 

Anyone want a small cone filter to try?  PM me.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: 2bikebill on August 04, 2011, 04:31:13 pm
The TriBar does look mighty pretty on a G5 .....

Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on August 04, 2011, 04:43:26 pm
@Desi, I got the pre-assembled one:
http://nfieldgear.com/enfield-store/pre-assembled-7-headlight-kit.html
I would not have minded putting it together but I just really liked the classic, fluted lens on this one.  It's got the little parking light inside and is a really nicely made, solid piece. 

I thought about the tri-bar and the myriad of other options out there but at the end of the day I like a more classic, less flashy look for my bike.

@Stack, yeah, pass that filter on.  I clamped it right to the throttle body.  It gave me a little more grunt and sounded fabulous but I saw a 10% dip in MPG.  JesterNT, who started the cone post way back, posted again recently and said he too saw a big dip in MPG with his K&N cone bolted right to the throttle body.  He got some honeycomb air straighteners and was able to correct for the lack of a plenum.  But hey, let's get one more person to try it and see what their results are.  I was thinking about getting some radiator hose to see if I could add some length to it but still tuck it in the frame/under the seat.

Oh, and let us know if you notice a difference in exhaust note withe the new K&N.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on August 04, 2011, 04:43:40 pm
The Mobil 1 V-Twin is specifically for air cooled engines. Singles work, too. They just use half the oil! the oil was rated quite highly (#2) in the oil comparison done by Amsoil. That's a lot better than the oil I was using (#15). And at these prices nearly the same low price.The link for the test was on one of the threads here a couple of weeks ago. I don't have the link now as I downloaded the PDF. But, if you missed it here and interested, try googling Amsoil motorcycle oil comparison. It's veddy interesting.
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: prof_stack on August 04, 2011, 08:51:04 pm
(http://i326.photobucket.com/albums/k409/prof_stack/Breva01.jpg)

I rode the C5 to Moto International just 5 miles from home.  I test rode a demo red Moto Guzzi Breva 750 for 20 miles.  It didn't mind the freeway rain grooves like the C5 and the V7 Classic I tried last week.  It fit me like a glove, with a slight forward lean and higher back farther footpegs.  Handling was amazing and the v-twin growl from the exhaust was heavenly.  I had two Nevada 750's before so I know the motor, but the non-cruiser seating position is perfect on the Breva.

OMG it was better than I hoped.  So I took the new charcoal gray one (above) home and back to make sure all was fine. 

I came back and bought it, a new old stock 2005 Breva with full 2-year transferable warranty from the shop that sells more Guzzis than anyone in the nation.  The price was ridiculous, absolutely insane.  $4,990.  Can you believe it?

The C5?  It is likely up for sale, via craigslist.  There is nothing wrong with the Bullet for its intended use.  But I'm going to have more fun on the Breva.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: 2bikebill on August 04, 2011, 09:02:05 pm
But......but.....it's so .....ugly!   :-\   ;)

Keep em both Prof.....  you're gonna miss those relaxing sunny evening rides on the C5. I know you think you aint....... but you is.......  ;)



Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: TWinOKC on August 04, 2011, 09:05:35 pm
Thought about getting 0ne of those Bilt flip-up helmets for $100 at Cycle Gear, but didn't make it down there since I found the oil cheaper elsewhere and closer. Those helmets have some interesting features, still thinking about it.
Bare

Bought one of the CycleGear helmets.  Full face, modular, vented, drop down sun screen, with a bag  $100,  a good helmet for the price.

Thanks for the tip Bare   ;)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Anon on August 04, 2011, 09:26:28 pm
I came back and bought it, a new old stock 2005 Breva with full 2-year transferable warranty from the shop that sells more Guzzis than anyone in the nation.  The price was ridiculous, absolutely insane.  $4,990.  Can you believe it?

The C5?  It is likely up for sale, via craigslist.  There is nothing wrong with the Bullet for its intended use.  But I'm going to have more fun on the Breva.
Norm, so what you're saying is that what you did to your Royal Enfield today was cheat on it and decide you're leaving it for another woman?   ;)  :o  :'(

Eamon
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: prof_stack on August 04, 2011, 09:36:49 pm
Norm, so what you're saying is that what you did to your Royal Enfield today was cheat on it and decide you're leaving it for another woman?   ;)  :o  :'(

Eamon
Yeah, I decided that the hot looking sexy India maid was not as satisfying as the Italian temptress!   :D

Looks only go so far.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: r80rt on August 04, 2011, 10:33:15 pm
Shoulda got a red head, you would have never gone looking if ya had :D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on August 04, 2011, 11:30:55 pm
A friend here at work has the same bike, I think it was a 2008 leftover that he got in 2010 for a bargain price.  I came from a Monster 800 which is sorta similar, yeah totally different bikes.  I like them both but I'm less likely to ride like a hooligan on the C5 ;)

I think I might get a V7 somewhere down the line, maybe when I put the sidecar on the C5.  Or maybe one of the BMW 800 vertical twins.  I haven't ridden either yet but I like them both.  I hear the local Moto-Guzzi dealer is more friendly than either of the BMW dealers.

Bonus!  The International Motorcycle show in Seattle is not on my son's birthday weekend this year so I may be able to get up there and see them both.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: GlennF on August 05, 2011, 12:30:02 am
Nothing wrong with a shaft drive Guzzi.

Actually every bike I have owned in the last 30 years was shaft drive up till I bought my B5.  I especially liked the way you can ride through flooded causeways without needing to stop on the other side to re-grease your chain :D No chain adjustment, no grease just ride.

Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: clubman on August 05, 2011, 08:44:26 pm
(http://i326.photobucket.com/albums/k409/prof_stack/Breva01.jpg)

I rode the C5 to Moto International just 5 miles from home.  I test rode a demo red Moto Guzzi Breva 750 for 20 miles.  It didn't mind the freeway rain grooves like the C5 and the V7 Classic I tried last week.  It fit me like a glove, with a slight forward lean and higher back farther footpegs.  Handling was amazing and the v-twin growl from the exhaust was heavenly.  I had two Nevada 750's before so I know the motor, but the non-cruiser seating position is perfect on the Breva.

OMG it was better than I hoped.  So I took the new charcoal gray one (above) home and back to make sure all was fine. 

I came back and bought it, a new old stock 2005 Breva with full 2-year transferable warranty from the shop that sells more Guzzis than anyone in the nation.  The price was ridiculous, absolutely insane.  $4,990.  Can you believe it?

The C5?  It is likely up for sale, via craigslist.  There is nothing wrong with the Bullet for its intended use.  But I'm going to have more fun on the Breva.

Congrats on the Breva - I'm sure you will be very happy with it, it's a superb motor. And yes, what an incredible price. As I said earlier I have the V7 Cafe so I'm familiar with it. It's the Metzeler Lasertec tyres that cause the V7 to white line; a change to Pirelli would cure it. Mine is OK with rain grooves though and overall they're good tyres. I kept my Enfield and at first it seemed really slow and crude compared to the V7 but over time I've come to really like it again. Btw, I find the Cafe rides better with a few more psi than the handbook says in the tyres. Try it on the Breva if you feel the need.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: clubman on August 05, 2011, 08:54:11 pm


I think I might get a V7 somewhere down the line, maybe when I put the sidecar on the C5.  Or maybe one of the BMW 800 vertical twins.  I haven't ridden either yet but I like them both.  I hear the local Moto-Guzzi dealer is more friendly than either of the BMW dealers.


Scott

They're both good and the BMW has fuel consumption that will rival Enfield but the V7 will give 65 pretty easily. (UK gallon.) Imho the V7 has more character than the BMW and the build quality is just as good in 2011. Maybe better. Guzzi build quality has really improved in recent years while BMWs has declined. And a friendly dealer counts for a lot. Must say my Enfield dealer is just brilliant. The Guzzi lot didn't even fit the centre stand properly. (It's an optional extra on the V7.  :( )
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: clubman on August 05, 2011, 08:59:56 pm
Now to say what I did with my Enfield today: I got the electrics sorted out. So I now have electric starting again, ( loose connection under the tank), and a neutral light that only lights up when the bike is in neutral, (defective clutch switch replaced.) While I got used to kick starting it's good to have the electric boot back. Went on a 45 mile ride in warm sunshine and thoroughly enjoyed it.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: JesterNT on August 05, 2011, 10:10:31 pm
Road to lunch and left my helmet with the bike.  I hung it over the turn signal instead of handle bar for no particular reason.  Now I have nice exhaust pipe shaped dent melted into it... I'm still pissed at myself!!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: bman734 on August 05, 2011, 10:14:26 pm
Just went over the 1,000 mile mark on my C5 Military. Damn I love my RE!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on August 05, 2011, 11:08:14 pm
I got the electrics sorted out.

Sweet!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on August 05, 2011, 11:48:11 pm
I got my new English EFI today to replace the bashed one. Probably R&R it tomorrow, not like it's going to take any time. 1/2 hour most. The old one is still working.
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Desi Bike on August 06, 2011, 12:53:04 am
Killed a sparrow with my right knee at 90km/h. Ouch.  Silly bird.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: prof_stack on August 06, 2011, 01:08:28 am
I got my new English EFI today to replace the bashed one. Probably R&R it tomorrow, not like it's going to take any time. 1/2 hour most. The old one is still working.
Bare
You just jinxed yourself.   ;)

Hopefully the bracket holes will line up properly.  It isn't always the case. 
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on August 06, 2011, 01:10:10 am
Kinda related to your story Desi but not REs.....  

I was awakened this morning to meowing kitties.  Thought I found a hairbal and that's why they woke me up.  I went to clean it up....  Wait a minute.... That's not a hairball, that's a dead bat!

I had left the screen open so they could get out to the porch and I gues he got in.  And I guess the cats didn't like it so they 'took care of him' and were just coming by to brag in the morning.  Weird thing to wake up to.  Even weirder since I got to bed way late and was really groggy this morning.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Desi Bike on August 06, 2011, 01:13:22 am
Hey, did anyone else find that the builders in Chennai signed their bikes?  I have two signitures on the inside of my muffler bracket.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ice on August 06, 2011, 02:56:43 am
They signed mine, either that or its some sort of Q.C. sign off.
 I will post pics as soon as I can
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: GSS on August 06, 2011, 03:03:37 am
They signed mine, either that or its some sort of Q.C. sign off.
 I will post pics as soon as I can
Yup. Not unusual to see little QC stickers inside lights brackets, mufflers etc.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Andy on August 06, 2011, 03:44:30 am
Yeah, found a sig in a few places. 
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: prof_stack on August 07, 2011, 01:47:06 am
I took the C5 for a "slow-speed" cruise of about 45 miles.  Upon fillup for the tank (89 octane, non-ethanol) the reading showed 76.2mpg (US).  The last two tank fillups had 87 octane "real"gas in them.  That's great mileage!

Compare that to my new Guzzi's 51mpg yesterday.  The baby Breva now has 190 miles and I'm lovin' it.  It is such a pleasure to get on it and just go with no destination in mind.  The slightly leaning forward with high footpegs is perfect for me.  I did 85 miles last night after dinner and could have done more, but those yellow signs with prancing deers on them give me reason for pause.

The C5 is harder on my 60-year old back, even with the nicely sprung solo seat and footpegs back two notches from stock setting.  My back is still sore after the ride.  My wife quipped "So, the old man's bike is not so comfortable for the old man, huh?"  Gotta love her!   ;D

So it appears this beautiful bike will be up for sale sooner than later.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on August 07, 2011, 02:12:18 am
I went out for a nice 4 hours long ride on back highways.  Lots of fun though I started so early I got to my favorite lunch spot way too early for lunch.  Oh well. 

I also stopped by the shop to check on our plans for another ride tomorrow and it just so happened everyone going was there so we made our plans. 

I stopped at the Moto Guzzi shop on the way home to see the V7.  The tank is amazingly narrow from the top, not something I expected.  The bike is comfortable but feels somehow heavy.  Maybe I'm just too used to the low center of gravity on the C5.

Finally I stopped and got some new grips to put on later today.  All in all, a very good day of riding.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: daves02ES on August 07, 2011, 03:20:52 am
A while back I installed a new Ace air filter and the "Classic British 50's-style" exhaust from our hosts. I initially ordered the Indian exhaust. No word after a week, called and found the Indian exhaust was on back order, possibly months away. Didn't want to wait so I ordered the British exhaust. After installation of the exhaust and filter, along with some re-jetting, very happy with the performance and feel (though I've heard the Indian exhaust sounds better).

Today was finally time for new tires. Still had the original Speedmaster and SM on and the front was getting thin, not to mention they should have been replaced years ago just because of age. I wanted to replace them with Dunlop K70's. Local bike shop had the front (3.25 x 19) in stock and and the rear (3.50 x 19) had to be ordered and was in in just a few days. Picked them up this morning along with new tubes, rim strips and tire irons.

Now I've never replaced m/c tires before so watched a few you tube videos for some tips. I was surprised to see Dunlop tubes (made in India). No problem replacing the tires, used a round plastic trash can to change the tires on, worked pretty well. Only slipped off twice  :D. And Windex makes a good tire lube!

The only problem I had was after removing the front wheel, I was lowering the forks to the floor (with the bike on the center stand). If you've changed tires on an Enfield classic with the bike on the center stand, you know what happened next. Stand folded up and came down on the forks. I had some padding where the forks were going down so the only thing that hit were the bottom of the forks. Not the exhaust, engine or anything else. After asking the neighbor to help me lift the bike back up on the center stand and placing a scissors jack under the down tube everything was OK.

I only went for a short ride after the new tires were on so I don't have a feel for them yet, but I think I'll like them.  
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on August 07, 2011, 04:02:36 am
I had the same thing happen on my old Kawasaki when I (stupidly) removed both for caps at once.  It popped out, bike went forward and rolled off the stand.  Since then I tie the centerstand to the frame if I'm taking off the front wheel.

Glad you had no damage and no one got hurt.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: prof_stack on August 07, 2011, 05:37:49 am
...
I stopped at the Moto Guzzi shop on the way home to see the V7.  The tank is amazingly narrow from the top, not something I expected.  The bike is comfortable but feels somehow heavy.  Maybe I'm just too used to the low center of gravity on the C5.
...Scott
I noticed too the narrowness of the V7C gas tank.  Old-style Guzzi.  The seat is a brick.  You might ask if they have any NOS Breva's.  I like the V7 looks but much prefer the Breva ride.  Moto.Int. just got in a 2007 black Breva that will be priced like mine.  They get them from defunct dealers, clean them up, and sell them.  They sold FOUR white V7 Classics this week.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on August 07, 2011, 09:38:18 am
The Breva is a nice bike but way too much going on for me.  I like things very minimalist.  Even the rear end on the V7 looks crazy.  All those awesome castings and the shaft drive, way fancy stuff.  It's all academic right now anyway, it's not like I have the money.  I'm just scoping out options for maybe a few years down the line.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on August 07, 2011, 04:43:30 pm
Quote
Hopefully the bracket holes will line up properly.  It isn't always the case. 

The bracket on the English EFI is totally adjustable. A bracing arm attached to a slot with the other end going to a hole it the frame. The muffler and be moved back and forth or up and down quite a bit with the bracing arm easily adjustable to your desired position. In fact, one of the reasons I got the EFI instead of the fixed mount upswept pipe.
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: prof_stack on August 07, 2011, 11:19:30 pm
The bracket on the English EFI is totally adjustable. A bracing arm attached to a slot with the other end going to a hole it the frame. The muffler and be moved back and forth or up and down quite a bit with the bracing arm easily adjustable to your desired position. In fact, one of the reasons I got the EFI instead of the fixed mount upswept pipe.
Bare
WIsh I knew that before I plunked $300 for the backfarty upswept exhaust.  But I admit I now prefer the OEM torpedo.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on August 08, 2011, 01:31:00 am
I met up with some buds and we did an RE ride through the country roads east of Vancouver, WA.  After a few hours of riding we were heading for a 50's diner when we happened upon a car show the diner was hosting in the parking lot next door.  We parked and became 'participants' in the show and got gift certificates for lunch at the diner.  It was pretty lucky, nice folks at that diner. 

Learned a few things:
1) Even the stock exhaust sounds really good when you're roaming along in a pack of 6 REs.
2) The EFI exhaust if firckin' loud when you get on the gas.  We made Bill ride in the back of the pack most of the day.
3) The Speedmaster rear on the G5 looks really skinny from the back compared to the AM26.
4) Any road that follows a river is good.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: kingrock on August 08, 2011, 04:27:12 am
Went for a short ride. While gassing up.(low gas light on all the time. another post) A herd? of Urals went by on a trip. All done in camo. All drivers and monkeys waved at me and of course I waved back. If I didn't have an RE I'd probably be toodlin around on one of those tanks.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mbevo1 on August 08, 2011, 02:13:48 pm
Stumpy has been waiting, impatiently, for a chance to get out of the barn this year!  Sherman, my C5 Military has been getting all the attention!

Wiped him down, three strokes with the ignition off, then one kick - blump, blump, blump!

He's happy, I'm happy! 

Interesting to experience the difference in personality between my '07 Classic and my C5... ;D

Mike and S&S in Michigan
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: rbelyk on August 08, 2011, 02:34:11 pm
I went for a nice long ride yesterday afternoon, weather was beautiful
I was out on this great country road having fun on the twisties when when this big buck comes charging out of the bush right in front of me. Lucky for me, and him, he decided not to cross at the last minute. I lost a couple of heartbeats on that one. On the way back Molly ticked over the 1000k mark, I tried to watch for it but missed it. After I got home my daughter and her bf came over and took me out for a nice birthday dinner.
All in all it was a very pleasant day.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: r80rt on August 08, 2011, 02:47:04 pm
I hit a deer on my old R/75 BMW, no fun at all, loss of skin, broken bones, that type of thing. Be glad he changed his mind :D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mikesince1974 on August 09, 2011, 03:47:43 am
 
      Whooo Hoooo!

  Got a call from my dealer today! My baby is finally back in my garage.  Took a little longer than expected because they shipped a wiring harness for a C-5 instead of a G-5.
   Nevertheless, I'm back on the road.
     
    Damn, I missed that "thumo thump THUMP!!"   ;D


     
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: prof_stack on August 09, 2011, 05:45:41 am
Hey Mike74, I'm glad you're back on the thumping road again!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: prof_stack on August 09, 2011, 05:53:39 am
Tonight I rode 55 miles south and east of Seattle and found some new curvy roads to lean on.  On the way back I thumped at 25mph in 5th gear going by a Medina cop with radar and a readerboard speed sign ahead, reading 25.  Low and slow, since I was in Bill Gates' neighborhood. 

This was a good ride for the Enfield and it would have been not as fun on the Guzzi Breva.  Have I mentioned how much better the longer rides are with the OEM torpedo?  That and earplugs to keep the wind out.

You know, I might just keep two bikes after all.  The C5 I really enjoy up to about 60mph where the bike (and I) become a little nervous.  The Breva is rock solid steady at high speed (I've only been up to 80 so far during break-in) and better at fast sweeping turns.  But the cadence of the single-cylinder motor has a charm all its own.   
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: 2bikebill on August 09, 2011, 02:35:29 pm
It does, It does. I'm currently only riding the W650, and I don't have a bad thing to say about it (apart from it tends to encourage that old inner hooligan....) But I do miss that little thumper when I feel like a relaxed fifty mile loop in the evening sun.....
I too have re-fitted the big ugly pipe - the noise of the Goldie was getting to be wearing.
She's going to the workshop on tuesday, so hopefully I'll be back to some civilized chug chug chugging over hill and dale before too long.... :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on August 09, 2011, 03:32:42 pm
+1 and +1.  After hearing the EFI muffler I'm sticking with the OEM torpedo.  And yes, the C5 is most fun at 60 and under. 

I find great bikes are like those crazy girlfriends from my youth.  They're temperamental, high maintenance, always causing some small trouble, and yet you can't seem to break up with them.  I'm done with the high maintenance girlfriends but I'll take a little grief from the bike once in a bit for all the character it delivers.  The Ducati Monster was the same way.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: boggy on August 09, 2011, 07:08:52 pm
You guys aren't giving the loud pipes long enough of a run.  You just got to wait for your ears to break in.  Now I barely even notice the Megaphone.

Now if you wouldn't mind speaking up a bit, I can't hear a damn word you are saying.  ;)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Anon on August 09, 2011, 08:17:28 pm
Tonight I rode 55 miles south and east of Seattle and found some new curvy roads to lean on.  On the way back I thumped at 25mph in 5th gear going by a Medina cop with radar and a readerboard speed sign ahead, reading 25.  Low and slow, since I was in Bill Gates' neighborhood. 
Ha! At 25 in fifth, I bet you can count the thumps!

You know, I might just keep two bikes after all.  The C5 I really enjoy up to about 60mph where the bike (and I) become a little nervous.  The Breva is rock solid steady at high speed (I've only been up to 80 so far during break-in) and better at fast sweeping turns.  But the cadence of the single-cylinder motor has a charm all its own.   
Norm, you KNOW you need to keep the Bullet! 

Eamon
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on August 09, 2011, 08:26:12 pm
I got a cheesy little digital tach that you have to wrap the wire around the spark plug lead and it does it's thing. So I hooked this tach up to see if the engine RPM and speedometer matched up on the speed/rpm chart. Well, sumbitch, my speedo isn't as far off as I thought, in fact quite accurate in the 40-65 range. The road I s on was a bit twistie to be going any faster and trying to read a not well mounted tach.
I have been watching the little roadside radar thingies they have here and the are collaborating these findings, too. I guess I'd better quit adding my usual 10% to the speedo readings figuring I'm safe! I often wondered why I kept up with freeway traffic reasonably when I figured I was doing 55-60. I guess a real 65 or so will do the trick.
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: 2bikebill on August 09, 2011, 08:48:11 pm
A lot of folk seem to assume the speedo is out, I don't know why. Mine is spot on at sixty, tested against a new Golf and a fairly new Audi. In 60mph areas, in traffic, my speed matches the general flow, and the same at seventy on dual carriageways.
They can't all be wrong.... I think these days most speedos are accurate - even Royal Enfield speedos.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on August 09, 2011, 09:16:31 pm
Not all of them. All my Triumphs were 10% slow, and my Honda 929 was, too. Actually most of the bikes I've owned in recent years have been quite off. It's a pleasant surprise to find one that's quite close.
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on August 09, 2011, 09:54:22 pm
Most vehicles read a little optimistically.  It protects the manufacturuer from being fined for reading too low and causing people to speed.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: prof_stack on August 09, 2011, 11:15:37 pm
Most vehicles read a little optimistically.  It protects the manufacturuer from being fined for reading too low and causing people to speed.

Scott
+1

My speedo was reading ~29mph while the reader board number boldly printed 25 as I thumped by the cop.  That's a built in safety governor.   :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: prof_stack on August 09, 2011, 11:22:15 pm
Today I prepped the C5 for a long ride tomorrow and then saw the forecast of rain, so I just filled the tank (74.6 mpg) and polished the aluminum.  Fasteners got rechecked for tightness as well.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Desi Bike on August 09, 2011, 11:22:30 pm
It was a raining pretty heavy this afternoon with thunder and lightining all around. My two kids, 4 and 7 wanted to sit on the bike for their first time. I dug out the camera and took their picture so many many years down the road I can show them the picture of them sitting on the bike that daddy so much enjoyed riding around on. Of course one of them will probably end up getting the bike from me. My 7 year old daughter has her eyes on it already and knows how to start it.  The Chrome C5 is going to be a legacy piece from Daddy. I'll rebuild whatever needs to be rebuilt, when and if it needs to be done. 
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on August 09, 2011, 11:32:26 pm
Photos of you kids on your bike is a great thing to have years down the road from now.
This one was taken back about 1970 with me and my oldest boy on my Duc.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: prof_stack on August 09, 2011, 11:43:55 pm
Ha! At 25 in fifth, I bet you can count the thumps!
Norm, you KNOW you need to keep the Bullet! 

Eamon
Yes, you might be correct.  Besides, the Guzzi forums aren't as warm and fuzzy as this one.   :D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: GlennF on August 09, 2011, 11:57:38 pm
Photos of you kids on your bike is a great thing to have years down the road from now.
This one was taken back about 1970 with me and my oldest boy on my Duc.

Now just think,  how much would that bike be worth today as a "classic" if you still owned it :D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on August 10, 2011, 01:24:25 am
Your right.  I would really enjoy owning a Duc again but it would have to be one of the old single cylinder ones to make me happy.
I never liked the Duc twins.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on August 10, 2011, 03:19:47 am
You might want to reconsider.  The new bikes have very usable power and immense torque.  My Monster was one of the nicest streetbikes I've ever owned.  Now if you just want the character of an old Duc, well, I can't argue with that.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on August 10, 2011, 04:34:52 pm
Not all of us are Duc fans. I had a 900SS several years ago and never got to where Iliked it much. My initial impression was that it was rather gutless, so I had bigger carbs and high comp pistons and a better exhaust system added, which did give it adequate power, but the second issue was never resolved, I didn't like the way it handled. It was way to slow steering for what I like. I cold never get comfortable entering a turn. Once it as in there it was pretty good although would get a bit of headshake if any obstacle appeared, a small rut, a small rock, etc. I sold it after about 5000 miles and shortly after that the headbolts pulled out of the crankcase, the clutch started giving him problems, andsuch stuff.
I wouldn't buy another Ducati.
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on August 10, 2011, 04:53:00 pm
I like the Monsters and other street bikes better than the super bikes.  The super bikes are too close to race machines, uncomfortable and temperamental IMO.  Great for about 20 minutes and then I'm done.  The Monster was awesome for me.  Like the Enfield, Ducatis have their quirks and problems with quality control.  And like European cars, everything is expensive.

All that said, if it's not the bike for you then so be it. 

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: jlehberger1 on August 10, 2011, 07:44:12 pm
Put in the new K&N air filter for my 2011 C5 Military.  Let's see how it runs now...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on August 10, 2011, 07:44:25 pm
Scotty, never to berate you or your machine. In fact, when I bought the 900ss I was going to buy the Monster which had the same engine as the 900SS, but the SS was on sale for $1500 less, so I got that. I probably would have liked the Monster a bit better, but I would have had a lot of the same complaints. The 900SS wasn't uncomfortable after I worked over the seat. The first time I rode it, I felt like I had been axed from my ass to my shoulders. The seat was totally trying to bisect me. I took the seat cover off and flattened with a big sanding board and flattened it out.  It was a lot better after that, but I eventually replaced it with a Corbin.
But, this was based on my personal and not very good experience on my Ducati. Your results may vary! If we all liked the same bikes, I guess we'd all by riding Bullets!
The bottom line is that it is that after owning about 50 different bikes over the years, one tends to have favorites and loathed ones. Some of my favs were not even very good or even very popular bikes, but had that indefinable "character" that imbues them into your subconscience and makes them the beloved one. Had some girlfriends like that!
Cheers
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on August 10, 2011, 09:16:24 pm
The bottom line is that it is that after owning about 50 different bikes over the years, one tends to have favorites and loathed ones. Some of my favs were not even very good or even very popular bikes, but had that indefinable "character" that imbues them into your subconscience and makes them the beloved one. Had some girlfriends like that!

Seats, favorite motorcycles, and girlfriends are all the same: a very personal choice and not always a rational one ;)

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on August 10, 2011, 09:40:13 pm
Quote
Seats, favorite motorcycles, and girlfriends are all the same: a very personal choice and not always a rational one Wink

Yeah, but irrationality is so much more fun!
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: prof_stack on August 10, 2011, 10:19:31 pm
I ordered the new K&N air filter last week and saw that was delivered yesterday at 4:06PM, left on the front porch.  All right, time to install the filter!

Nope.  Not there when I checked last night.

So CMW said to call UPS who said to call CMW.  CMW is now proceeding with the investigation. 

Never has something been stolen from our porch and we're in a "nice" neighborhood.  There have been guitars delivered and left there before. 

So, we'll see how this plays out. 
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: GlennF on August 11, 2011, 12:05:21 am
Be careful ... they may be trying to steal an Enfield one part at a time :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: olhogrider on August 11, 2011, 07:03:00 pm
Last December a car in my neighborhood was following the UPS truck. When the truck delivered to the house next to me, a woman got out of the car and picked up the boxes. The neighbor across the street confronted the woman and got the license number. The car took off and the cops were called. Later that day they caught the thieves with an apartment full of unopened boxes. Got to watch out for each other.

Hope you get your part soon.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: prof_stack on August 12, 2011, 12:48:23 am
Last December a car in my neighborhood was following the UPS truck. When the truck delivered to the house next to me, a woman got out of the car and picked up the boxes. The neighbor across the street confronted the woman and got the license number. The car took off and the cops were called. Later that day they caught the thieves with an apartment full of unopened boxes. Got to watch out for each other.

Hope you get your part soon.
Thanks.  The "investigation" hasn't yet turned up the package.

Edited at 5:15PM to say that the package just showed up on my front steps.  Dunno if it was from UPS or a neighbor who had it delivered to their place. 
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: prof_stack on August 12, 2011, 01:00:16 am
Today my older brother Vic and I took my bikes on a 60-something mile ride to Redondo Beach south of Seattle and had lunch at Salty's Restaurant.  We originally wanted to go to E Washington to Winthrop but wimped out, not wanting our 60-something bodies to get worn out by the smaller bikes (the last time we did that we had Harleys).  Heh, we are starting to act like the old Taiwanese motorcycle riders in that video passed around recently! 

Brother Vic rides a Duc GT1000 which resides in Augusta, Georgia now.  So he rather liked the chance to ride a Thumper and a smaller Italian twin.  The C5 was comfortable to him and he thought it was the perfect around-town bike.  I agree.  The Guzzi is happiest above 3k rpm's and needs faster roads to be appreciated.

(http://i326.photobucket.com/albums/k409/prof_stack/NormatRedondoBeach.jpg)

(http://i326.photobucket.com/albums/k409/prof_stack/VicatRedondoBeach.jpg)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on August 12, 2011, 02:15:22 am
Sounds like a fun ride. :)
The only problem you might have in doing that again is to get noticed.
  I can picture half a dozen people gathering around the Enfield talking to your brother while you are standing there with your Guzzi yelling, "HEY! ... I own that bike!  I'm here with my new Guzzi!  Yo!  Hey!  Over here!"   :D :D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: GlennF on August 12, 2011, 02:32:24 am
Sounds like a fun ride. :)
The only problem you might have in doing that again is to get noticed.
  I can picture half a dozen people gathering around the Enfield talking to your brother while you are standing there with your Guzzi yelling, "HEY! ... I own that bike!  I'm here with my new Guzzi!  Yo!  Hey!  Over here!"   :D :D

You could solve that by making the Guzzi one of these ...

(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6iDM59yCBk8/S92zMcpcJ0I/AAAAAAAAFrQ/LWkoBB6cVRM/s1600/323A_1%25201938%2520Moto%2520Guzzi%2520500%2520GTV.jpg)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: prof_stack on August 12, 2011, 04:29:39 am
Sounds like a fun ride. :)
The only problem you might have in doing that again is to get noticed.
  I can picture half a dozen people gathering around the Enfield talking to your brother while you are standing there with your Guzzi yelling, "HEY! ... I own that bike!  I'm here with my new Guzzi!  Yo!  Hey!  Over here!"   :D :D
Actually, I haven't had that many people fawn over either bike.  One middle-ager on the sidewalk told me he once had a Triumph that had TWO carburetors (why is that word SO hard to spell?).  But most people prefer the classic lines of the C5 over the Guzzi and also bikes with frumpy rear fenders.   :D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: prof_stack on August 12, 2011, 04:45:26 am
Early this evening I did a total relax ride around the city and filled the tank (68mpg). 

Back home I put on the wet transfer RE decal on the battery cover.  It looks nicer than the photo shows.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on August 12, 2011, 05:27:28 am
I like that.  Breaks up the monotony of that panel but isn't too loud.

Scott
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Post by: rbelyk on August 12, 2011, 05:34:51 pm
picked up an NGK iridium plug last night I had ordered, put it in before leaving for work this morning, I think Molly liked it, she behaved herself all the way to work.  ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Okie Enfield on August 12, 2011, 11:59:51 pm
Was headed home on the highway yesterday..doing RE 70 or so.. Suddenly, sounds like I did a high speed install of the upswept pipe. Bike gets LOUD. Putter home to find that stupid lock has sheared off on the airbox side. Now need either new lock or go with the ol Hockey tape method.  ;)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on August 13, 2011, 12:40:02 am
Sorry about the bad luck.  Dude, that's so warranty.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: aikischmid on August 13, 2011, 12:50:04 am
What did I do to my RE today? I rode it for the first time ever! Oh man - so awesome! RAWR!!!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: olhogrider on August 13, 2011, 01:08:23 am
What did I do to my RE today? I rode it for the first time ever! Oh man - so awesome! RAWR!!!

Congrats!

I was riding mine when it seemed to get some extra hp. I decided to check for sure. Yep, 7 mph gain in top speed. Isn't it great how they let you know they are broken in?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on August 13, 2011, 05:42:12 am
So how many miles do you have on that new Thumper now?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: olhogrider on August 13, 2011, 06:16:49 am
Just passed 1000 ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ice on August 13, 2011, 06:28:14 am
Rode it  blacked out,,,

,,slowly, on a deserted road, by the light of a nearly full moon,,,,,,,
,,just like we did as teens,,,,
,,getting home after a long day riding the trails,,,,hungry tired and thirsty but without a care in the world,,,,
,,save for what  time to wake up and do it all over again.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: prof_stack on August 13, 2011, 07:19:35 am
Rode it  blacked out,,,

,,slowly, on a deserted road, by the light of a nearly full moon,,,,,,,
,,just like we did as teens,,,,
,,getting home after a long day riding the trails,,,,hungry tired and thirsty but without a care in the world,,,,
,,save for what  time to wake up and do it all over again.
Nicely said.  I did a 75 mile ride tonight just zooming on the freeways around Seattle and Bellevue doing 60-75mph mostly in the left lane.  The bike was rock steady and just humming at 4 to 5k rpm's.  Looking forward to a longer ride tomorrow.

(Oh, it was the Guzzi I rode tonight.  It is quickly becoming my best bike ever.)

The C5 got some miles in as well earlier in the day.  Very nice.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: bman734 on August 13, 2011, 01:49:54 pm
Drove the bike to work yesterday 23 miles each way doing 65 all the way. I must say that it is smoothing out somewhat at these higher speeds compared to when I first ran it that fast after initial break in. I still prefer going under 55mph though as that seems to be happy thumper land for both bike and rider. I'm getting a consistent 75 mpg over the last two tanks. I also went over  1200 miles and hope to hit 1400 today as the weather here in Cleveland is now favorable for a bit of cruising along the lake shore.
Happy riding everyone!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: prof_stack on August 14, 2011, 05:56:38 am
I painstakingly removed the toolkit cover and put more grease on the grommets to make further removals easier, maybe.

I was looking for a spanner to adjust the rear shocks but the kit has none.  There was one in the toolbox so I moved the shocks up one to the highest setting to stiffen the back end a little bit.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Tri750 on August 14, 2011, 06:28:20 am
Helpful SPAM, we sell a suitable shock adjusting wrench for the RE. About 10 bucks I think.
BMW of Fresno 1-866-811-4269
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ice on August 14, 2011, 08:02:52 am
Helpful SPAM, we sell a suitable shock adjusting wrench for the RE. About 10 bucks I think.
BMW of Fresno 1-866-811-4269

What ?? No Viagra or Prescriptions by mail ??

 ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Desi Bike on August 14, 2011, 03:26:39 pm
Ships from Nigeria.. Lol!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: aikischmid on August 15, 2011, 02:25:07 am
I attached my RE front fender mudflap and a replica 1955 motorcycle tax disc form I got from ebay UK. I dig it!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: singhg5 on August 15, 2011, 02:34:17 am
I attached my RE front fender mudflap and a replica 1955 motorcycle tax disc form I got from ebay UK. I dig it!

You will have a lot of explaining to do to the curious crowd that gather around at parking lots as they want to know how do you keep a 1955 bike so clean in mint condition  ;D !  

Congratulations for a beautiful G5 bike !
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on August 15, 2011, 05:05:40 am
I went to meet the BSA Owners club group in Malibu fro their "Cool Ride" They must've figured it would be cooler to stay close to the beach. Well, after riding the 55 miles up there, I could find neither hide nor hair of them. I was planning on wearing my ventilated jacket, but it was cloudy and cool when I cool at the house, so I figured over in Malibu it might stay cooler on the coast, so I opted for the Triumph spring jacket. Good decision that, it was really chilly over there.
I figured since I had ridden all the way over there, I'd better go on a ride myself. So I did I headed up into the mountains, and found the air a bit warmer as I popped out of the morning clouds and got into the sunshine. The inland side of the mountains were actually quite warm and I could've used the vented jacket, but retuning to the seaside, it got cool again. Then I had to go way inland home. It got hot!
The roads were beautiful and nicely twisted and it was wonderful riding. I headed over to the Rock Store to see if any of the BSA gang had gone there. And on the way, I got stopped by the local Gendarme and wondered what the hell he wanted. He stopped me for the lack of a license plate plate that I've been waiting for for 5 months. He called in and told me it had been shipped on the 12th, and he was giving me a warning to get it mounted as soon as it arrived. What the hell did he think I was going to do with it?
Nope, no BSA Club, but the place as packed with probably 400 bikes there.
A couple of sporty car clubs cruised and a fleet of five Lotus Super Sevens went by. The Lotuses (Caterhams) stopped across the street for awhile.  Be still, my heart!
OK, Continue on west on Mulholland. I passed the car club and Lotuses again as they were parked on a lookout area that looks down on Mulholland coming up the hill.
I continued on farther west riding the roads I used to haunt ten years ago. Still great riding, although I saw a lot of new road names that weren't familiar. I guess it's time to make a run to Triple A and get some current maps!When I got done with the 90 mile ride through the twisties, I headed back home and I got a wild hair to see if excessive vibration was as much of a problem as some of our bros have expressed. I hunkered down on the bike and cranked it on, seeing 70,75, 80...and topped out at 84mph indicated. After my previous comparo with a tach/speedo run the other day when the two matched very closely, I figure the speedo is within about 1or 2 mph of accurate at that speed.   
I did experience a little front wheel weave at +80, but this is on one of those rain stripped freeways that isn't in great shape anyway.
It did vibrate a bit more above 75 but I didn't feel that the vibration was excessive. Not nearly as some of the motorcycles I have ridden that were essentially unrideable to me. Surprisingly the list doesn't have any real thumpers on it, mostly two stroke singles and four stroke twins.
My SR500 would put my hand to sleep cruising above 80 after awhile, but the most memorable were my BSA 650 Spitfire Scrambler (put my right foot to sleep), a couple of 360 or so Maicos, an MZ250 Six Days, These bikes weren't rideable after about a mile or two, (they were awful) and a Yamaha 650 twin, not terrible but much worse than SR500.
Almost got to 3000 miles! 30 some to go, I'll knock that off tomorrow or Tuesday. Anyway, all in all, a great day
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on August 15, 2011, 05:36:00 pm
And on the way, I got stopped by the local Gendarme and wondered what the hell he wanted. He stopped me for the lack of a license plate plate that I've been waiting for for 5 months. He called in and told me it had been shipped on the 12th, and he was giving me a warning to get it mounted as soon as it arrived. What the hell did he think I was going to do with it?

Nice ride.  I miss SoCal.

Give the cop a break.  He was all excited to give you a ticket until he found out you were honest, and then he couldn't.  Forgive him his disappointment.  Any interaction with the law that results in riding away ticketless is a good one.  Move on. ;)

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on August 15, 2011, 06:31:20 pm
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Give the cop a break.  He was all excited to give you a ticket until he found out you were honest, and then he couldn't.  Forgive him his disappointment.  Any interaction with the law that results in riding away ticketless is a good one.  Move on.

I had no problems with the cop. Once he told me what he stopped me for, we were good. I just wondered what the hell he thought I was going to do with the tags...random thought. I just thought it was a bit strange the way he worded it, "I'm not going to give you a ticket, just a warning." He was a pretty nice guy, but he did seem a bit disappointed that his revenue production seemed to have come to an end. If he'd have been as ass, I guess he could've written me for muffler and turn signal violations. He was OK.
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on August 15, 2011, 06:33:26 pm
Ah!  Well glad it went well.  I don't know what he expected you to do with it either  ???
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on August 15, 2011, 06:58:18 pm
Mulholland Drive out by the Rock Store is a real traffic haven (read Speed Trap) for the cops. One must be alert. I was making sure I wasn't speeding. I don't even know where he came from. I was thinking he might be pulling me over speeding when I was going through some turns that have warning signs posted for 25. The speed limit is actually 45, which is closer to what I was as doing. When he said no plates, I was very relieved.
Nice thing about the Enfield, it doesn't care to go faster than that anyway.
One of the reasons I bought it, it keeps me outta trouble! On several occasions since I bought the bike, which kinda goes along about the time the local constabularies have decided to fatten their pocketbooks by putting these guys out there who are collecting revenues far in excess of their cost, had I been on my older bikes, I would've been contributing more myself!
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on August 15, 2011, 07:27:45 pm
Nice thing about the Enfield, it doesn't care to go faster than that anyway.
One of the reasons I bought it, it keeps me outta trouble!

Me too!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: iowarider on August 15, 2011, 08:35:59 pm
I attached my RE front fender mudflap and a replica 1955 motorcycle tax disc form I got from ebay UK. I dig it!

I was going to give you a hard time about that bar-code sticker not matching  very well, but I see you took it off in the second pic.  :D I like the additions
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on August 15, 2011, 10:53:01 pm
After yesterday's little mountain ride, I just went out and finished up the the 30 some odd miles to get my 3000 miles , then went to fill it up. The rides yesterday and today netted 83,1 mpg, new record for my, and I wasn't even being careful, putting a lot of freeway riding in, and the top speed run, although not long, can chuck down a bit of fuel. But I was puttering around like an old lady in the mountains since I was by myself. Crashing is no fun without witnesses!
Gotta go out and change the oil while it's hot.
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Desi Bike on August 15, 2011, 11:33:31 pm
I was going to give you a hard time about that bar-code sticker not matching  very well, but I see you took it off in the second pic.  :D I like the additions

I pulled mine off before the bike was out of the crate. Its now stuck inside the owners manual
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Andy on August 16, 2011, 12:25:52 am
Nothing with my own, but appreciated someone else's. 

Was headed southbound in the car on the number 5 sideroad, my favourite riding road, and passed a lovely dark green Bullet hack headed the other way.  I could see his grin long before I could make out what he was riding.  This was especially significant as it's my first Bullet sighting outside a dealer in the year and a half I've had mine.  My crappy case of the Mondays instantly vanished.

Kudos to you, Bulleteer!  You ride!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on August 16, 2011, 02:01:55 am
I got the oil changed. I put in Mobil One V-Twin stuff. I guess I only need half as much for the single. Anyway, it took 4oz less than two quarts, and after I ran it, It looks like the level is going to set on the bottom line, so I may get to use up another couple of oz.
I guess that probably about half of what the V-2s take! My oil usage in that last 2000 miles was zip, nada, none. Some steel on the magnet, but not much.
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: prof_stack on August 16, 2011, 03:14:30 am
I got the oil changed. I put in Mobil One V-Twin stuff. I guess I only need half as much for the single. Anyway, it took 4oz less than two quarts, and after I ran it, It looks like the level is going to set on the bottom line, so I may get to use up another couple of oz.
I guess that probably about half of what the V-2s take! My oil usage in that last 2000 miles was zip, nada, none. Some steel on the magnet, but not much.
Bare
Your oil measure sounds about right.  Remember that the oil covers all three parts:  motor, primary, and tranny. 
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: prof_stack on August 16, 2011, 05:18:22 am
Tonight I rode for about 50 miles, leaving home in the sun and returning in the dark, about 9PM.  The C5 ran great on the freeway, up to about 60mph, and then I found the quieter roads that make riding a thumper so pleasurable. 

The back shocks are now on their stiffest setting.  The bike was stable at the hgh speeds.  Putting the OEM torpedo back on definitely helps acceleration from a stop light but limits the williingness to go much faster than 65.  For me that is NOT a problem, heh, that's what the Breva is for.   :D

I got a nice "scenic" shot below with Mt. Rainier quite visible from the Kent Valley.

(http://i326.photobucket.com/albums/k409/prof_stack/RoyalEnfieldandMtRainier02.jpg)
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Post by: Andy on August 16, 2011, 06:13:46 am
Nice pic! 
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: bman734 on August 17, 2011, 12:38:09 am
Took a run along the lake shore and ran into a surprise squall that scooted off the lake with no warning. Attempted to slow down on the wet pavement to turn in under a large tree for protection and started to fishtail all over the place to my chagrin. Luckily got it under control and stopped safely enough though with my eyes a bit wider from fright.
Goes to show you that you have to be vigilant at all times, even when you think your doing just fine at the moment. I mean that stuff came out of nowhere and just about ruined my day.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: kingrock on August 17, 2011, 01:58:38 am
Oil change over the weekend. It was raining. Good thing to do while raining. Checked chain tension. Put in Amsoil 20w50 synthetic. 2 qts and 2 ozs. Some fillings on plug but screen squeaky clean. 1200 miles now and rolling. Next, spark plug and k&n filter. Rest of this week should be riding weather.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on August 18, 2011, 12:57:18 am
Went to the dealer just for the ride and check on these slow arriving parts to finish up getting the bike all back together after the road rash it received.
Also, It had been cutting out for awhile as I've been fiddling with the EFI, partly because i was cutting out and trying to get the idle proper.
And mostly because I felt like going on a 100 mile ride!
Any way a  few parts had showed up but not anything I could use immediately, like footpeg rubbers. I need the footpegs first. The wrong (stock) headlight ring showed up.
But the real biggie is the front fender that I'll have to drive out to get it, but that's the biggest thing I need to get on the bike. Mine is pretty battered.
I talked to the mechanic about my problems with the EFI and he took it down the road a ways and came back and put it on the lift. Then he fixed the sidestand switch. I guess occasionally sometimes one needs to get a fresh perspective on the problem. It's running great except for the wandering Idle problem.  I did ask him what kind of tools he has to work on the EFI and he says there is nothing available on that piece, and he says there is no tools or instructions, other than what's in the Service manual. Just have to grin and bare it, I guess ???
Did get over 100 miles in, though. Still great riding. Lovin' it!
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: prof_stack on August 18, 2011, 02:25:26 am
Do you still have the OEM Bosch plug in there?

If so, change over to the NGK and the idle problem will be about gone.  Otherwise, your tinkering with the idle screw might have changed things.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on August 18, 2011, 04:31:33 am
Went down this morning to start it and... nothing!  No lights, no fuel pump.  Turned the bars to the right and it came to life, back to the left and dead again.  Pulled the harness away from the steering head to see if it had rubbed through and there was a short, now it's totally dead.  I guess a connection came loose behind the headlight.  I'll be going down in a little while to check it out.

Apparently I've been riding so long I've forgotten how to drive.  The car felt really funny to drive, and this is the only car I've owned for 15 years and 200k miles.  I misjudged a turn and ran over a curb at a corner on the way to work.  I better get the bike fixed fast before I wreck my car! :D

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on August 18, 2011, 06:12:03 am
Hah!  Just a connector that came apart.  i popped it back together and I'm good to go!  Now I can have a drink, watch a little TV to unwind, and still get to bed at a decent hour.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on August 18, 2011, 05:54:40 pm
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Do you still have the OEM Bosch plug in there?

I've had the NGK in there since about 800 miles. It runs well, but it didn't really do much to tame the idle. I'm still working on finding that sweet spot, "The Fountain of Idyll" Or, as the mechanic sez, "Good Luck on that! That's just the way some of them are." Maybe I'm a bit more tenacious, but I haven't found any real improvement yet. And I've had some 3100 miles worth of fiddling. ???
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on August 18, 2011, 06:00:50 pm
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Apparently I've been riding so long I've forgotten how to drive.  The car felt really funny to drive, and this is the only car I've owned for 15 years and 200k miles.

I have a '96 Mazda (Ford) pickup that I bought new. 28,000 on it. Pretty much have forgotten how to drive it. Trying to split lanes is a pain! ;)
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: olhogrider on August 18, 2011, 10:16:04 pm
Trying to split lanes is a pain! ;)
Bare
Every now and then I get the urge to split lanes in my car! I could fit through there.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Desi Bike on August 18, 2011, 11:29:28 pm
I did catch myself leaning over in a turn in my minivan the other day.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on August 19, 2011, 12:24:50 am
Ever grab for the clutch on the steering wheel? :P
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: olhogrider on August 19, 2011, 12:59:35 am
I finally got the HID bulb into the Minda 7" headlight. Looks really cool but I think it will blind oncoming drivers! Is that a bad thing? It lights up the house in daylight! I'll try it tonight but I think it is going to be too much. I went for the yellow end of the scale. I can't stand those blue/white ones plus it wouldn't look antique enough.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on August 19, 2011, 01:12:25 am
A British bike with any functioning headlight is obviously not an antique! ;)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on August 19, 2011, 01:19:36 am
I'm betting a few squirts of Genuine Lucas Electrical Smoke will dim that overly bright headlight.  :D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: prof_stack on August 19, 2011, 01:20:15 am
Heh, I've waved at a few motorcyclists from my car before.   :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ice on August 19, 2011, 01:49:36 am
I finally got the HID bulb into the Minda 7" headlight. Looks really cool but I think it will blind oncoming drivers! Is that a bad thing? It lights up the house in daylight! I'll try it tonight but I think it is going to be too much. I went for the yellow end of the scale. I can't stand those blue/white ones plus it wouldn't look antique enough.

Most definitely.

 When the crotch rocket and HD guys in my area with those mods blind me I pull over quickly before loosing sight of the white line.

 Can the mod be tweaked, tuned or adjusted to give a more usable projection  ?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on August 19, 2011, 02:07:38 am
Sounds like one of the complaints by some folks over on Team-BPH who feel their headlights are totally useless except to light up tree branches as they pass under them.

I may be wrong but it seems like the top screw slot could be elongated or even cut thru towards the rear of the bike.  This could allow the headlight rim (and bulb) to be aimed downward.
Yes, the rim wouldn't butt up against the bead on the nacelle like it should but at least the oncoming traffic wouldn't be blinded and veer over into  your lane and hit you head on.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on August 19, 2011, 02:22:06 am
A couple of small wedges of rubber or plastic between the headlight and outer chrome rim do the same thing with much less aesthetic ickiness.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: greekxj on August 19, 2011, 04:28:34 am
Cleaned/lubed chain on my 07 iron barrel. While doing that i noitced my rear brake switch all messed up. The bolts vibed out in the toolbox housing and threw the whole switch assembly out of whack. I fixed that and all is well now ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: olhogrider on August 19, 2011, 07:36:01 am
it is not just the angle. It is more like high and low are on at the same time. I will try to reposition the lamp inside the housing tomorrow. If I cover the bottom half of the lens with my hand the high beam goes away leaving a nice low beam. Cover the top and the treetops are lit.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: GlennF on August 19, 2011, 08:17:22 am
it is not just the angle. It is more like high and low are on at the same time. I will try to reposition the lamp inside the housing tomorrow. If I cover the bottom half of the lens with my hand the high beam goes away leaving a nice low beam. Cover the top and the treetops are lit.

Sounds like you need gen-u-ine WWII blackout headlamp covers ...

(http://jeepdraw.com/images/jeepdraw/PART_COLOURS/Blackout_light-GUIDE.jpg)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ice on August 19, 2011, 08:20:58 am
Daniel  Stern explains the ins and outs of lighting far better than I can.
Heres a link to his web page.

http://www.danielsternlighting.com/ (http://www.danielsternlighting.com/)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: olhogrider on August 19, 2011, 04:36:12 pm
WOW! Thank you so much for that. I will now stop screwing around and go back to a sealed beam. I could have fought with this thing for a long time with no good results. Here's the link to what I was doing.

http://www.danielsternlighting.com/tech/bulbs/Hid/conversions/conversions.html

Too bad, it looked cool and appeared way more visible when looked at from the front. I have no doubt it makes a better daytime running light but I was really looking to light up the road.

BTW I liked him in City Slickers and the voice over in The Wonder Years. Oh, wait. Is that a different Daniel Stern?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on August 19, 2011, 06:00:41 pm
Awesome article.  Nice to see that someone knows all those kits are crap and wrote down exactly why :)

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ice on August 19, 2011, 06:15:44 pm
Take a look at the 7" pre assembled headlight that the store carries.
 It puts out far more usable light and throws it farther forward than the stock 5 3/4" sealed beam unit.



Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: olhogrider on August 19, 2011, 09:02:33 pm
That is what I should have done but now I have a whole collection of crap. I am using the nfieldgear headlight rings and a 7" Wagner sealed beam. In back to back to back comparison with the HID and H4, I get the best result with the sealed beam.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on August 19, 2011, 10:24:45 pm
The 7" from NField Gear is even better because it's a moto specific headlight. The beam pattern is just a little different from the auto 7'.  Probably not worth the cost though if you already have a 7" Halogen Wagner.  Even the 5 3/4" Halogen Wagner was way better than stock.

I had the 5 3/4" Halogen Wagner, then a 5 3/4" with a 55/60w H4 bulb.  Both of these were because I just didn't have the cash to get the 7" but needed better than what stock was giving me.  Now that I have the 7" I wish I had just credit carded it on day 1.  It works and looks so much better than stock it's a bargain at twice the price.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: 1 Thump on August 19, 2011, 10:59:27 pm
That is what I should have done but now I have a whole collection of crap. I am using the nfieldgear headlight rings and a 7" Wagner sealed beam. In back to back to back comparison with the HID and H4, I get the best result with the sealed beam.

In your experience with the HID, do you think the HID might fit this light ?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: olhogrider on August 20, 2011, 05:52:57 am
In your experience with the HID, do you think the HID might fit this light ?

Amar, if you follow the links you will see that it is not a question of fitting in the housing. The problem is the shape of the HID arc vis the reflector in the housing. You can have my HID bulb and transformer. You might like the results. I didn't.

The articles really make the point that it is a system and needs to be engineered as such. Trying to adapt 21st century tech to 19th century optics is tough. You are welcome to try.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on August 21, 2011, 08:26:13 pm
Saturday, took a ride in my truck to get a fender my dealer had for me. He handed me the package it came in and I took it home.
This looks like it ought to be a snap, should be done in a half hour or so..
I started to remove the little bolts from Olde J-3 and and when I got them out, i discovered the fender still wouldn't move. Ok, let's remove the big nuts on the inside of the forks. Oops, those are bolts and won't clear the tire. Jack up the front wheel and and try to get that off. While trying to get the Axle nut off, the whole axle is turning taking the speedo drive with it. This ain't good, Dig out the 3/8" impact gun (very worn out after 40 years of use) and see if it'll do the job. It didn't. Ok, what can I use to stop the axle from turning. The wrenches won't reach the floor and I can't find anything to prop the end of the wrench on. Let's see, maybe the BIG crescent will work. Ok it's holding the axle and voila, it will reach the floor. Continue taking the axle nut off and have to find a drift to knock it out. OK, it's out and the wheel has dropped to the floor.
Now I can get the fender nuts out. Can't move the fender, though. The gaiters are in the way, so had to shove them up out of the way and wrestle around quite a bit to get the fender mounts out, and twist the fender to get it out. I grab a plastic fender bag  and remove the fender-it's a rear fender. I grab the other bag and and pull the fender bag and pull the fender out and it's another rear fender! Damn!
I ponder on what I'm going to do with the old fender, am I going to go through that battle to put it back on, or just ride it without a fender. I stack the axle through the forks an wheel to hold it on overnight and figured the jack is going to leak down (it did) and the bike is either going to be sitting on the forks or the center stand is going to fold up as it goes down and the bike will crash. It didn't.
Sunday morning, still pondering, but will probably go with no fender for awhile.
I'll be getting some new tires in a week or so, so I'll revisit the question.
Bare
 
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: olhogrider on August 21, 2011, 09:51:08 pm
What do you need a fender for? I hear it never rains in Southern California.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: GlennF on August 22, 2011, 01:08:33 am
Take a look at the 7" pre assembled headlight that the store carries.
 It puts out far more usable light and throws it farther forward than the stock 5 3/4" sealed beam unit.

In Australia the UCE bikes come with a 7" beam and it puts out passable light.

That said, my early motorcycling days were spent at a place called Moree on the western plains of NSW. Long flat dead straight roads and lots of wildlife. After a few incidents with the boucy furry critters tourist love I came to appreciate better lights. ( A hint for visitors, accelerate at kangaroos not brake as you really do not want to collide with one with your front wheel heavy under brakes. This technique saved me a serious fall when I collected a roo at 60mph and managed to glance off him. He mangled my driving lights, crash bars, left pegs and pipes but I came out uninjured and did not drop the bike. )

My XJ900 at that stage had a 100w halogen 8" main beam and a pair of 55w driving lights slung off the crash bars.

These days I no longer live on the edge of the outback and am too old to hammer through the countryside at night at 100mph plus, nor could the bullet do that even if I wanted to. I am also doubtful bullet electrics could handle 200w of lights.

Which gets to the point of this post. Extra lighting never hurts and one possibility is retain the standard headlight and fit a HID mini driving light. A single HID accessory light should draw about 50w (35w for the arc and 15w ballast). Alternatively you could have a relay disable the normal high beam and switch on a pair of HID drivers when you flip to high beam.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on August 22, 2011, 11:57:12 pm
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What do you need a fender for? I hear it never rains in Southern California.

Not the rain, it's those streams at intersections where people have been watering their lawns. Actually, the biggest reason I put it back on is that the fender is one hell of a fork brace. If I had another fork brace handy, I would've left it off.
I have become an expert in the art of removing and replacing front fenders on G5s, though. and it is an art! I replaced the old one today, it went better than the removal, but there were still tings to be learned. The only bad thing about this exercise is that I have to do it again when the real front fender arrives. I said I know how, I didn't say I cared for the job!
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: GlennF on August 23, 2011, 01:10:23 am
Not the rain, it's those streams at intersections where people have been watering their lawns. Actually, the biggest reason I put it back on is that the fender is one hell of a fork brace. If I had another fork brace handy, I would've left it off.
I have become an expert in the art of removing and replacing front fenders on G5s, though. and it is an art! I replaced the old one today, it went better than the removal, but there were still tings to be learned. The only bad thing about this exercise is that I have to do it again when the real front fender arrives. I said I know how, I didn't say I cared for the job!
Bare

Next time, video the procedure and put it on youTube :D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Desi Bike on August 23, 2011, 09:35:36 pm
Today was my day off work so with the wonderful weather I went for a ride. Crossed over the  Ambassador bridge from Ontario into Detroit and caused some suspicion at the border with an inquisitive US Customs guard. He was all over my bike, stopping short of licking it. I had to open up all the compartments and such. Turns out he is a biker too, and hadnt seen a RE before. Methinks he might buy one now lol! I gave him the name of the local dealer in Detroit, Crawford Sales, might be a referral bonus for me if he buys one haha.  The ride went flawlessly on the bumpy roads of the forgotten, abandoned and decaying sections of Detroit. Cruised up the riverside past all the fancy houses and took the Sombra ferry back over to Canada. I must say the ferry ride was better than the open decking of the Ambassador Bridge. 200 miles of smiles today.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: bob bezin on August 25, 2011, 01:17:30 pm
picked up a 3 inch nail at 55+ mph..tire went down in a second . bike went all over the road i kept it upright . pumped all my adrenelen . a harley guy gave me a ride home (3) miles. got my trailor  now i'm wondering if i should get a new tire.it's kinda worn, and i was thinking or taking it to steelville.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on August 25, 2011, 04:01:09 pm
The only reason you need to buy a tire is because you want one. The tire should be fine to continue riding on. Put a new tube in it and be off!
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on August 25, 2011, 09:49:27 pm
I got my K70s mounted today. Now I have to put the wheels back on, but it's hot out there!
I bought new tires because I wanted to, and I want to see if these work better the Avons. Not so hot about them. Just don't like those ribbed fronts or the square profiled rear.
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: t120rbullet on August 26, 2011, 01:01:53 am
Today was my day off work so with the wonderful weather I went for a ride. Crossed over the  Ambassador bridge from Ontario into Detroit and caused some suspicion at the border with an inquisitive US Customs guard. He was all over my bike, stopping short of licking it. I had to open up all the compartments and such. Turns out he is a biker too, and hadnt seen a RE before. Methinks he might buy one now lol! I gave him the name of the local dealer in Detroit, Crawford Sales, might be a referral bonus for me if he buys one haha.  The ride went flawlessly on the bumpy roads of the forgotten, abandoned and decaying sections of Detroit. Cruised up the riverside past all the fancy houses and took the Sombra ferry back over to Canada. I must say the ferry ride was better than the open decking of the Ambassador Bridge. 200 miles of smiles today.

A ride through the cesspool. You got balls pilgrim !
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: t120rbullet on August 26, 2011, 01:09:58 am
picked up a 3 inch nail at 55+ mph..tire went down in a second . bike went all over the road i kept it upright . pumped all my adrenelen . a harley guy gave me a ride home (3) miles. got my trailor  now i'm wondering if i should get a new tire.it's kinda worn, and i was thinking or taking it to steelville.

If it was that K81 you had at the Lanesboro rally you may want to replace it.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Desi Bike on August 27, 2011, 01:09:54 am
yahoo.. I striped my drain plug hole today. No big deal for me, I'll tend to it another day. I had a expansion plug on hand, but it was 5/8" so I trimmed it down a bit and nursed the bike to the local Canadian Tire auto parts and garden furniture store, bought a half inch one to make for a better seal.  I got some odd looks when I leaned the bike over on the left foot peg in the parking lot and swapped in the half inch without losing a drop of oil or gas.  One slow day I'll make a proper fix.  Oh and I also did some off roading along the dykes of the Thames river. Totaled about 50km in the foot peg long grass. You should have seen the pollen from the weeds all over the bike. LOL. And the centre and kick stands picked up a lot of grass, looked like a Royal Enfield Hula skirt edition when I got back to the pavement. Hahaha.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: wokka on August 27, 2011, 12:32:56 pm
Scrubbed off all the clear coat and emblems on the tank and rear guard, tidied up where I ground the pillion pegs off, touched up the frame, sprayed the tank and fender and had a look at stuffing a 140/90 18 under the rear, looks like she'll just fit
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on August 27, 2011, 10:58:31 pm
...had a look at stuffing a 140/90 18 under the rear, looks like she'll just fit

Is the stock rim wide enough to hold that size?  If you pinch a tire it tends to misshape and can handle weird.  Let me know though, I'd love to get more tire selection if we can fit something that big.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: wokka on August 28, 2011, 06:50:36 am
The local dealer rides a 140/90/18 rear, but with a pillion it scrubs on the left hand upper frame loop.

Should have her on the road for a test at the end of the week, will let you know
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Maturin on August 28, 2011, 10:19:42 am
Is the stock rim wide enough to hold that size?  If you pinch a tire it tends to misshape and can handle weird.  Let me know though, I'd love to get more tire selection if we can fit something that big.

Scott

Hi Wokka! Congrats to your Military, as well as to your effords to rebuild it! I´m keen on seeing pics!
Unfortunately I have to note that your 1.85 rim is not nearly big enough to hold a 140/90-roller:
http://www.dropbears.com/u/utilities/tyrerim.htm
The flanks will be squeezed together and so the running surface will be distorted. As a result wear will be quickened and, even more important, the roadholding of a squeezed tyre will be unpredictable, considering the effects of temperature and wear. The steel structure will be under stress contantly.
The 140/90 is not even mentioned in the chart, but I guess you´d need at least a 2.50 rim and even that´ll be tight.
If you really like a fatter tyre, I´d recommend getting a bigger rim,  maybe a 2.50 fits in. But mounting a 140 may have dangerous effects.
Regards Maturin
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: wokka on August 28, 2011, 10:46:59 am
Hi Wokka! Congrats to your Military, as well as to your effords to rebuild it! I´m keen on seeing pics!
Unfortunately I have to note that your 1.85 rim is not nearly big enough to hold a 140/90-roller:
http://www.dropbears.com/u/utilities/tyrerim.htm
The flanks will be squeezed together and so the running surface will be distorted. As a result wear will be quickened and, even more important, the roadholding of a squeezed tyre will be unpredictable, considering the effects of temperature and wear. The steel structure will be under stress contantly.
The 140/90 is not even mentioned in the chart, but I guess you´d need at least a 2.50 rim and even that´ll be tight.
If you really like a fatter tyre, I´d recommend getting a bigger rim,  maybe a 2.50 fits in. But mounting a 140 may have dangerous effects.
Regards Maturin

Cheers Maturin, the beauty of all this is, the wheel and tyre combo's are all sitting at the workshop coming off various other bikes over the years, so it costs me nothing to find the right combo, both for aesthetics and safety/handling
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: bman734 on August 28, 2011, 01:55:32 pm
Took my military out of the garage today and noticed a patina of dust clinging to pretty much the entire bike. Thought for about a second that I'd wash it down but realized that this dust covering was like a blessing from the detail gods. So I took it out for a quick ride along the lake shore to Sheffield and proceeded to get lost on some of the back roads. No worries though as I discovered some great new roads and areas to explore in the future. I also went over 1,500 miles on this trip with a big smile on my face when it did so.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: P. Schraub on August 28, 2011, 06:31:06 pm
Made Some More Enfield Fans !
         I rode over to Half Moon Bay, Calif. to see an old friend of mine who owns a jewelry  store on Main Street. I parked my Black & Chrome G5 Deluxe on the side walk right in front of his store. While we were visiting, we began to draw a crowd. No one had seen a Royal Enfield and weren't aware of the history and availability ! Quite a variety of people, from young kids, some very nice looking ladies, and this old British cat who wanted to take my picture standing by the Enfield, with his tripod camera. I told him " No thanks, but I'll take YOUR picture with you by the bike. It was the happiest moment of his day, I'm sure ! I'm really trying to promote Royal Enfield and make people aware of where the dealerships are located. Makes my day to, to know that I'm spreading the joy !
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: aikischmid on August 28, 2011, 09:45:00 pm
This is my number plate my buddy is painting for me - gonna look so awesome on my front fender! In the meantime, I've installed an old-timey Ooga Klaxon horn on my G5, as well as some vanity license plates that read "RE500".
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: prof_stack on August 29, 2011, 03:00:38 am
After yesterday's FAIL for a long Guzz ride (see Campfire), I took the C5 out for a 153 mile ride today.  It was just about what I consider the perfect day for a UCE Royal Enfield.  I went north and out of Seattle and east and then south and came around back through Tacoma and the tide flats and back home at 6:45PM.

The best roads were in the country between 35 and 50 mph.  The heartbeat of the motor there is a slice of heaven.  Some freeway stuff at 65 was fine with me hunched over to help stability a little and also help keep the speed heading up from the valley to Federal Way on hwy 18.

The tank got 76mpg, bringing the overall mpg to 69mpg.  The C5 now has 2,730 miles.  The motor was really smooth and quiet, and the OEM torpedo almost silent.  Max Leight earplugs really get the job done!   ;D

(http://i326.photobucket.com/albums/k409/prof_stack/bobscorntractor.jpg)
This thing looks older than a Brit RE!

(http://i326.photobucket.com/albums/k409/prof_stack/AuburnCountryStore.jpg)
Fresh corn was available today.  Finally, local corn.  Those are my Royal Enfield gloves I got three years ago. 
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: prof_stack on August 30, 2011, 03:36:02 am
Reflecting on my post and yesterday's wonderful ride, I came to the conclusion that this Bullet UCE is worth keeping, despite the fears of things that might befall it.  There is another year of warranty on it so that is a plus.  The Moto Buzzi Breva might be better in almost every way, but there is something special about the Bullet.

The ride yesterday was a real high for me, that is still making me smile today.  I was not sore or overly (I am 60, you  know...) tired. 
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ice on August 30, 2011, 03:59:29 am
Reflecting on my post and yesterday's wonderful ride, I came to the conclusion that this Bullet UCE is worth keeping, despite the fears of things that might befall it. 

Glad to hear It. 

 Life is to short to eat the same thing for breakfast every day,,,,,,or own just one motorcycle  ;)

 Have you ever toyed with the idea of putting some tail tires on the C5 and riding the logging and forest service roads ?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on August 30, 2011, 04:26:46 am
If you've got more than one bike there's no reason to get rid of a bike that makes you smile, even if it may not be the most reliable steed. 

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on August 30, 2011, 07:23:03 pm
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Have you ever toyed with the idea of putting some tail tires on the C5 and riding the logging and forest service roads ?   

That's why I put K70s on mine. I recall them doing a reasonable job on such roads I used to ride on back in the '60s. I don't want to get too carried away with the offroad habitat. I'm getting too old and feeble to be able to get into any serious dirt riding. If I drop the bike, I have to get it back up :-[. Too much work ;)
But, I do want more assurance in the dirt than those Avons gave me, which was none.

I did get out and started breaking in the Dunlops, mainly trying to scrub off the release compound. I put about 40 miles through some minor twisties and they performed quite nicely. They steer a bit quicker than the Avons, but that could just be because they are new and were as flattened out as the Avons were. The steering did feel lighter, too. I didn't get any high speed runs to check the stability, but they were great up to 60. I put in 24F and 28R to start with.
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on August 30, 2011, 07:26:03 pm
Are the Dunlop K70s a rounder profile than the stock G5 Speedmaster rear?  That tire looks like a sidecar tire to me, very square.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ice on August 30, 2011, 07:38:03 pm
Yes, much rounder.

 I have a pair on hand to replace the SM's when they wear thin.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: jartist on August 30, 2011, 08:24:28 pm
Barenekd, I've been watching your posts about the k70s and I appreciate the info.  I'm curious on how hey do on the fireroads as well as I envisioned my enfield as a bit of a dual sport when I got it. Nothing crazy off road but putting around slowly on trails and such. There's not alot of choices on the 19" rims and the only thing I could find is a bridgestone tw101 front tire and a retro 3.5 Inch tire with a square profile and small square grid type tread.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: clubman on August 30, 2011, 09:16:54 pm
Reflecting on my post and yesterday's wonderful ride, I came to the conclusion that this Bullet UCE is worth keeping, despite the fears of things that might befall it.  There is another year of warranty on it so that is a plus.  The Moto Buzzi Breva might be better in almost every way, but there is something special about the Bullet.

The ride yesterday was a real high for me, that is still making me smile today.  I was not sore or overly (I am 60, you  know...) tired. 

+1, Prof! I'm glad you're going to keep the UCE. I haven't read this thread for a while but came to it today cos I'd just had a really good ride on my Enfield so your post really hit the mark for me being as I have the same V7 powered Guzzi as you though in Cafe clothes. I've been doing a lot of long rides lately for which I would always choose the Guzzi - clear mirrors, more flexible, longer legs, better suspension, more comfortable, a hugely enjoyable ride every time. Now tomorrow myself (on Guzzi) and mate (on my Enfield), are going to do a 200 mile round trip so I got the Enfield ready, (tyre pressures, check chain), and took it out to refuel. Just intended a few miles round the block, fill it up with fuel and bring it back and ended up doing 50 miles with the grin getting bigger by the mile. No complaints whatever about the Guzzi handling but the Enfield seems so light by comparison you just throw it around! On paper there's only 20 kilos difference but it feels a lot more. (Maybe the skinny tyres are a factor too.) Finally got the fuel in and it worked out at 90mpg (UK gallon) which is another good reason to keep it. The way I figure it right now is that it's so cheap to run and insure that it's well worth keeping for the 50 mile backroad blasts that it excels at. It's not an all rounder for me at least, I guess I want a bit more power on the open road, but on the right road on the right day it's excellent. I am also hoping - only time will tell - that I have a much lower number of issues with it if running it entirely in its natural habitat.                     
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: GlennF on August 30, 2011, 11:51:26 pm
Barenekd, I've been watching your posts about the k70s and I appreciate the info.  I'm curious on how hey do on the fireroads as well as I envisioned my enfield as a bit of a dual sport when I got it. Nothing crazy off road but putting around slowly on trails and such. There's not alot of choices on the 19" rims and the only thing I could find is a bridgestone tw101 front tire and a retro 3.5 Inch tire with a square profile and small square grid type tread.

I have looked at MITAS tyres for my B5 and considered either:

- H01 3.25/19 front, H02 3.5/19 rear combo (the H02 is not available in 3.25 unfortunately)

-  a matched set of  E07 or E08 100/90 19" (although the 100/90 on the front will change the front to 3.5 equivalent I think).


Its hard to know what will work without actually trying it.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: bman734 on August 31, 2011, 12:52:53 am
Once again today on my usual 14 mile ride down in the valley, a guy on a B5 drove by me at the exact same spot that I've passed him for the past four days in a row. I drive at different times of the day and I see this guy as we are going the same direction and at the same area of the valley every time. By the way this is the only RE that I've seen on the roads since I started riding beginning of June. I feel like Bill Murry did in Groundhog Day.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: prof_stack on August 31, 2011, 06:05:32 am
I just started a thread in the Ride Reports section about Dirk's Big Adventure (C).   :)

I met him at Ducati Seattle and watched as they put on saddlebags and got it ready for him. 

We rode about 40 miles around south and west Seattle as the dusk turned to dark.  The 7-inch bulbs REALLY are good at night.  He filled it up near the hotel and we split up.  I rode the 20 miles home mostly on the freeway.  The UCE motor sure has interesting sounds when it's getting pushed over 60mph on a light uphill grade.   :)

NOTE:
When I backed it in the garage I looked down to see part of my ballistic pant smoldering on the OEM torpedo.  I grabbed a thick cloth and just shoved the burning stuff off the pipe.  Then I used some Iron Off on the cloth and brushed the area clean.  It smoked a lot but the stuff was totally removed.  That was sure easier than doing it on a cold pipe. 
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: The Garbone on August 31, 2011, 04:25:21 pm
Once again today on my usual 14 mile ride down in the valley, a guy on a B5 drove by me at the exact same spot that I've passed him for the past four days in a row. I drive at different times of the day and I see this guy as we are going the same direction and at the same area of the valley every time. By the way this is the only RE that I've seen on the roads since I started riding beginning of June. I feel like Bill Murry did in Groundhog Day.

You sure its not just a big mirror like in that "CHIPS" episode?


 ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on August 31, 2011, 06:00:07 pm
Quote
I'm curious on how hey do on the fireroads as well as I envisioned my enfield as a bit of a dual sport when I got it. Nothing crazy off road but putting around slowly on trails and such.

I haven't ridden the Enfield off road yet, but I used to run K70 on Triumphs and Gold Stars
back in the '60s through the woods and in Scrambles and they worked fine. I got the 3.25 and the 3.50 from Motorcycle Superstore for $136 to my door. Took three days.

Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: The Garbone on August 31, 2011, 06:53:01 pm
When I first got my RE I lived about half a mile down a sandy dirt road.    Bike did really well with K70s,  the stock roadmaster front sucked and would get washy.     Did get bit by a dog on that road though.. That sucked also...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: prof_stack on September 01, 2011, 06:41:13 am
Rode over 60 miles with Dirk helping him and his new B5 get ready for his trip as well as going over the bike. 

The last two days I left his hotel area in the dark and zoomed home 20 miles mostly on freeway.  The C5 has run wonderfully and continues to push its comfort speed limit.  There are now more than 2800 miles on it.  I will change the oil/filter at 3k.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: 2bikebill on September 02, 2011, 09:42:31 pm
Found myself a long way from home, suddenly aware how early it's getting dark these days! So I had an hour or so of night riding round the hiways & byways of Devon on a warm September night. What a pleasure. Have to look out for foxes & badgers, but I can report the 7" halogen Tribar is a lot better than the stock headlight. I'd been out for a couple of hours before it got dark, all winding back roads and along the coast for a stretch. I had the earplugs in so wasn't focussed on the rackety engine, and I have to say it was the old feeling again. Bike Love.  That Royal Enfield ride. What is it about an old style 500 single? There's nothing quite like it is there?
Huge orange quarter moon over the sea. I had to stop and look. One of those moments, you're all alone seeing a miracle.
The ride home. Nothing was wrong.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on September 02, 2011, 09:58:23 pm
I got the Olde J-3 out in the dirt today. The K70s were great! the tires had a lot more balls than I did on where to go! I took it pretty easy as I haven't been in the dirt for probably 15 years, and I'm not quite as tough when it comes to holding the bike up in precarious situations. But, I have really gotten to trust the tires much more. So much better than the Avons, there's no comparison. They are far more precise steering, and feel a lot better. Anyway just can't say enough good about them, so I quit.
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: jartist on September 02, 2011, 10:20:40 pm
Thanks for the report, Bare! I'll be putting in my order as soon as I get y paycheck.  Only problem I've ever heard about the k70s is short life on the rears but theyre cheap enough I'm not bothered by that.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: P. Schraub on September 04, 2011, 05:11:59 am
Today, I found out what my Enfield G5 Deluxe could do !
          I took a ride down highway 35 from Alice's to Los Gatos and back north on Highway 280 to Redwood City. Along the way, I spotted a fellow motorcyclist on the side of the freeway and pulled over to see if he needed help. After we decided everything was alright, I had to get back on a very busy freeway from a dead stop. I waited for my chance, and then grabbed full throttle ( first time ) and went through the gears like a drag racer. I popped my first wheelie in first gear !! The bike accelerated through all 5 gears without a problem, up to 80 MPH. What a rush ! I didn't think this bike could pull a wheelie. So, I decided that since I was on a roll, I just opened it wide up to see what she would do......80+ with me laying down on the gas tank ! The bike was absolutely flawless. It's comforting to know that you can abuse this bike when needed, and not have to worry about it breaking. I now know that I can cruise all day at 65 MPH without a problem !
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on September 04, 2011, 03:32:04 pm
I had some trouble starting the bike recently.  After charging the battery I checked the whole system.  It all appears fine so I guess the battery is just done.  Big thanks to Singhg5 for his video on testing the alternator.  It helped a lot.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: 2bikebill on September 04, 2011, 04:19:36 pm
Scott, be sure to check the starter relay. I was blaming the battery when it was the relay. They can give intermittent trouble without failing completely. I fitted a new one straight out of the bag from RE last week and it was faulty - first nothing, then continuously spinning the motor until whacked or disconnected. Worked hesitantly after that for a while. I now have the new new one - not Jap but apparently "improved"...
Watch this space - fourth time lucky.....?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: prof_stack on September 04, 2011, 04:56:51 pm
Scotty, do you keep your battery on the "tender" at home?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on September 04, 2011, 07:08:27 pm
Quote
Only problem I've ever heard about the k70s is short life on the rears but theyre cheap enough I'm not bothered by that.
That's the way I feel about them. I used to replace road racy tires every 4-5000 miles at four times the money of the K70 rear. But, on the other hand, I haven't actually seen how long the K70 will last. I'm really not that hard  on tires generally. Some of the guys I rode with on the Supersports could burn them up in 2000 miles.
 Yesterday I just had some shopping to do and just puttered around doing that. A guy came up to my while I was trying to kick start the Olde J-3, I had three kicks into it, and He asked me if I had trouble starting it. I told him, "No,"  and hit the starter button. As usual, it started immediately, so he asked me why I was kicking it. I told him that we both needed the exercise. Then I had to tell him about the rest of it.
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on September 04, 2011, 07:44:15 pm
Scotty, do you keep your battery on the "tender" at home?

Absolutely not :D  I object to using one on a modern bike.  I ride almost every day.  If you do that on a modern bike and your battery is going dead there's a problem.  If it were on a tender I never would have noticed until I went for a long ride and got stranded.  I use my tender in the spring if I've put the bike up for the winter and had the battery out or it's been sitting for more than a few weeks.  If you've got an older bike with a marginal charging system or don't ride often they may be necessary but that's not me.

@Will, thanks but that's not it.  I just replaced my relay a little while ago and it's fine.  There are no parasitic losses draining the battery, the alternator is putting out 18-40V on all three coils depending on egnie speed, the bike is at about 12.5-13V at idle, a little over 14V when revved, BUT turn on the headlight for about 30 seconds and the battery drops from 12.5V (fresh off the charger)  down to below 10V.  Dropping that fast under just the load of the headlight means it's a bad battery, no doubt about it.  The strange thing is it's a 4 month old Yuasa but even the best brands make a lemon once in a while I guess.  I'm going to have Pedro double check me at the shop on Tuesday but we're pretty sure we'll just put a new one in.  Hopefully Yuasa will warranty the unit.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on September 04, 2011, 08:34:50 pm
Scott does definitely sound like a dead battery to me. Should be able to get it under warranty.
I had a Die Hard in a Ford once that would drop off the same way, but the idiots at Sears would charge it up and tell me it was OK, and there was a short in the car. Since there was no residual drain I knew they didn't know what they were talking about. The third time I took it in, I was really pissed. I don't think anyone in three blocks would have bought a Die Hard or gone to Sears after that. At any rate, I asked them non-too kindly if they knew what a load check was. They didn't have a clue. They had put the battery and the charger and put it back in the car aan I told them to turn the lights on and see how much voltage it had. It dropped to the requisite 9 volts, an I informed them that this is a dead battery and put in a new one,
now, and do it under warranty. They did and I've never been back to Sears for batteries or car service. that was over 30 years ago.  I don't think their service has gotten any better.
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on September 04, 2011, 09:50:46 pm
My cousin's husband was a "mechanic" at Sears for a while.  No formal training and no skill at all.  At 15 I was a better mechanic than he ever was.  I used to get my car batteries there, though I would install them myself because I didn't even trust them to do that.  The last battery I got there didn't last too long so now I don't even go there for that.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: prof_stack on September 04, 2011, 10:07:54 pm
If you ride your motorcycle every day then, yes, there is no need for a battery tender.  During the winter months of less riding a tender does help keep the battery in tip-top shape. 

My theory is that my rides are usually day rides of 100 miles or less so its good to have a strong battery at the outset.  A bad battery will let you know anyway.

My HD Electra-Glide did not need a new battery for 6 years, partly due to the battery tender (heh, this one has Harley Davidson on the front plate).
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: P. Schraub on September 05, 2011, 05:21:15 am
Hello Folks,
        I have a battery tender on all 3 of my rides. A 79' HD Shovelhead, a 2010 Royal Enfield G5 Deluxe, and a Vespa 150cc scooter. They start first time, all the time, and I never need to replace a battery for at least 5 or 6 years. I would highly recommend them as standard maintenance.  It will save you a lot of money in the long run.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Tony in Glendale on September 07, 2011, 01:43:27 am
Today, I found out what my Enfield G5 Deluxe could do !
          I took a ride down highway 35 from Alice's to Los Gatos and back north on Highway 280 to Redwood City.

My old neck of the woods!  I was born in Los Altos Hills and went to school there up to the 3rd grade.  I haven't been up there since 1975 though.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on September 07, 2011, 01:43:49 am
After studying the headlight on my G5 Deluxe I decided it could stand some improvement. 

In many things from building Kentucky Rifles thru woodworking and art one finds there are several things that can be done to improve a visual error.
You can say to hell with it and start over.  You can learn to live with it, or you can celebrate it.
  I decided that celebrating it  might be the way to go with the little light and its chrome ring.

With this in mind I removed the ring and masked it off.
I then painted the front of the ring gloss black to match my bikes black paint.
After the paint had dried some careful scraping with an Exacto Knife to trim the slight overspray so that the small corner radius was once again chrome I reinstalled it.

Up close, I think it looks pretty good and from a distance it gives the illusion of an annular air intake around the light.

I don't expect anyone to like it but I'm happy with the results.

Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: singhg5 on September 07, 2011, 03:14:27 am
With this in mind I removed the ring and masked it off.
I then painted the front of the ring gloss black to match my bikes black paint.
After the paint had dried some careful scraping with an Exacto Knife to trim the slight overspray so that the small corner radius was once again chrome I reinstalled it.

Up close, I think it looks pretty good and from a distance it gives the illusion of an annular air intake around the light.

That looks COOL  ;D !
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: olhogrider on September 07, 2011, 05:37:47 am
I like the light output from my 7", but if you are going to keep the little bulb, that's the way to do it!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on September 07, 2011, 05:54:26 pm
That looks really nice.  It's that sharp corner on the outer ring and flat chrome front that make it look so bad.  Accenting it like this really does bring it in harmony with the rest of the bike.  Well done!

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: bob bezin on September 07, 2011, 08:03:00 pm
i put on my new k81 rear tire, the new backrest i bought about a year ago, and my old windshield that lost a piece of hardware last year. i picked up a used lower windshield  clamp  and a new innertube  yesterday in lacrosse .went there on the 2000re classic. great weather up here. and today i tried out the new k81 with  a 19 mile loop around the neighborhood
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: bman734 on September 08, 2011, 09:49:01 pm
For the sixth day in a row I did nothing with my poor neglected RE as it has been raining cats and dogs here in Cleveland and so I'm really bummed out. The remaining days of comfortable riding are slowly dwindling here and I don't like it. No, not one bit. :(
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on September 08, 2011, 10:01:38 pm
Mine hasn't seen much action, either. the weekend had me tied up with other things and it's been 100 degrees since then!
Tomorrow it will go out!
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Chiefharlock on September 09, 2011, 01:42:08 am
I installed my new H4 headlight that showed up today :-D  My retro tail lamp shows up on Saturday! :-D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: kauai1800 on September 09, 2011, 02:10:13 am
During past few weeks I added 7" headlight,

http://www.enfieldmotorcycles.com/forum/index.php?action=gallery;sa=view;id=3638

painted in the logo and new horn

http://www.enfieldmotorcycles.com/forum/index.php?action=gallery;sa=view;id=3639

I also painted some bolts to plug the spaces where the mirrors were now that I put on bar-ends..and gingerly added some Seafoam to the oil..... ;D

And I rode it as much as I could..

Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: aikischmid on September 09, 2011, 02:14:13 am
Drilled 2 holes in my front fender, removed front tire, attached sweet new front fender number plate that my buddy painted for me, reattached front tire, discovered it wouldn't turn on the axle anymore, troubleshot the problem with the help of this forum, and fixed it myself even though I've never considered myself mechanically inclined. Now I feel like I could climb Everest. On my G5.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: prof_stack on September 09, 2011, 04:17:29 am
I removed the Ducati Seattle license plate frame when I put the new license tab on and will now look for a more appropriate RE version.  Greasing the grommets on the C5 toolkit cover sure made removal easy.  The C5 got polished some more.

At the dealership today, there were NO Royal Enfields in the showroom.  They were in the adjacent parking garage collecting construction dust.  Patrick in the showroom said that the leadership of Ducati NA takes a dim view of ANY other type of motorcycle in the showroom.

Grrr, I'd like to show them some room up their you-know-whats for their stinky provincial Italian attitude.  No way I'll ever ride a monster or other Duc.

Any ideas on a good 7 by 4 inch license frame?  Thanks.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on September 09, 2011, 11:27:01 pm
I took a ride to the dealer to pick up a 7" headlight rim and Olde English taillight. Now I have to get to work and get all this stuff attached. Next week.
Put  a little heat into the K70s through the canyon. The difference between the K70s and Speedmasters is incredible. The front end doesn't push like the Avons did.
The bike performed beautifully, the tires were wonderful. Actually  got going fast enough that a little slide-off the inside of the seat was helping. Didn't get the knee down though.
The time on the freeway was sublime. All I could hear thought the earplugs was the sucking of the carb, the Pooie, as in Suck, Squeeze Pop, Pooie, of the exhaust and a little mechanical whir from the engine. There was a hint of wind noise,but not enough to drown out the symphony the Bullet was playing.
It cooled down to a manageable tempurature today.
It was a Perfect Bullet Ride. 105 miles.
I have gotten all my faith back in all aspects RE.
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Desi Bike on September 10, 2011, 12:09:02 am
My discripto of the four stroke cycle is ' suck.. squeeze.. bang.. blow ' lol!    I sat my 4 year old on the tank and drove him down and back on my subrurban driveway while waiting for my daughter to come off the school bus this afternoon. We polished up his bicycle chrome bits using the Blue-Job chrome cleaner. Wow, those training wheels shine like no tomorrow now.   
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: prof_stack on September 11, 2011, 06:12:03 am
Tonight I rode 30 miles in the time when the dusk turned to dark, the full moon very bright in the east and the sunset bright red before turning amber and then black.  It was a ride all about relaxing, so I found long aterials and just pooted along with no cares at all (but keeping an eye open for turning cars...).

It dawned on me that this is why I bought the Royal Enfield, for cycle-therapy rides on a timeless design that I can ride long into my twilight years (but not too quickly, mind you  ;)).  That and the fact that there is no better looking UCE than a black C5.   ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: bman734 on September 11, 2011, 01:11:01 pm
Black was my second choice when I went for the military. Something about never having to wash the bike attracted me to it I guess since I'm so lazy. Still haven't washed it after 1,900 miles and she looks bootiful. I'ts the am here in CLE and no rain yet in an overcast sky. As soon as it warms up I'm heading out for my usual valley loop. Can't wait! :D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on September 11, 2011, 10:43:26 pm
prof:  I agree.  Black looks good.  It looks even better when its painted on a chrome gas tank.  ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: bman734 on September 11, 2011, 11:47:31 pm
There's no doubt that these bikes have a WOW factor reaction no matter what version or model we're talking about. It all depends on your taste. I wouldn't say no to any of them if someone were to offer me one free.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: TWinOKC on September 12, 2011, 01:44:35 pm
Saturday and Sunday -  rode Route 66 across the state of Oklahoma.  A distance of approx 450 miles with a bunch of old guys on old motorcycles.  There were 3 Enfields, 2 HD Electra Glides, 3 Triumphs, a 1974 Moto Guzzi, 1959 BSA 650 Super Rocket, 1971 Norton thumper, 1972 Suzuki "water buffalo".  Had to ride thru about 10 miles of rain, got soaking wet.   Oldest rider was 80 years old, he wore his double knit slacks with tennis shoes, said he was getting married to a lovely lady soon.  

All three generations of Enfield were there, an iron lung, an AVL and mine.   The Enfields just thumped along never missed a beat.  Some of the other bikes had electrical and minor mechanical problems. We were lucky enough to make all the repairs by the side of the road using tape and some good ole safety wire.

Met a lot of friendly people, lots of questions for the Enfield riders, I know you know what I mean.    I love this bike!  

 
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on September 12, 2011, 05:53:55 pm
Ya didn't stop at the Rock Inn in Stroud, did you? I've been wanting to get back to tulsa so I can go down there. It was featured on Triple D (Diners, Drive_Ins and Dives) awhile back. I think they had alligator, I love alligator!
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: TWinOKC on September 12, 2011, 06:33:46 pm
Ya didn't stop at the Rock Inn in Stroud, did you? I've been wanting to get back to tulsa so I can go down there. It was featured on Triple D (Diners, Drive_Ins and Dives) awhile back. I think they had alligator, I love alligator!
Bare

No, we've been there before and will return.  You are correct, they have a lot of out of the ordinary dishes besides cheeseburgers.   

We stayed in a Bed & Breakfast in Baxter Springs, KS that was featured in Dinners and Dives, the place used to be a bank that supposedly was robbed by Jesse James.

Terry
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on September 12, 2011, 11:20:27 pm
What did I do?  I had to chuckle.
"The REVENGE OF THE ENFIELD"!  Coming to your neighborhood SOON!  :)

When I picked up my new G5 I asked the dealer if there was a helmet lock available and he said he had one.  I bought it and mounted it on the bike.

This helmet lock isn't like the one sold by NField Gear (the key says "JINKUN").
It attaches under the license  plate and it has two keyed helmet locks, each hanging from a sheet metal bracket on it.  See picture below and you should be able to make out both of the locks.

Anyway, this morning while giving the bike the normal once over before starting it my eye fell on the helmet lock and lo and behold!  Only ONE helmet lock now exists!
The vibration of the bike caused one of the sheet metal brackets which attaches the lock to fail so, if one of you folks are riding around Phoenix and see a helmet lock on a broken piece of sheet metal laying longside the road, it's mine.  :D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on September 12, 2011, 11:47:44 pm
It doesn't want you locking a helmet to its butt while you laze around who knows where, it wants you to ride and it's telling you so!

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: GlennF on September 12, 2011, 11:58:36 pm
The logic of mounting big tough looking locks on relatively thin sheet metal escapes me.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on September 13, 2011, 12:49:46 am
It escaped the Enfield too!   :D ROTF LMAO.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on September 13, 2011, 12:59:13 am
The logic of mounting big tough looking locks on relatively thin sheet metal escapes me.

Locks keep honest people honest.  Dishonest people will take your stuff if they want it no matter how you lock it up :(
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on September 13, 2011, 02:21:08 am
Your right. :)
The idea behind my using a helmet lock is to stop little kids and simpletons from just walking up to my bike and removing it from places like dangling from one of my handlebars just perched on the seat.

To create one of those, "Duh.  Hey!  It's hooked onto something.  Dis ain't gonna bee as ezy as I thout it was......Oh well.  I didn't want it anyway." moments.

Of course the same dimwit will then proceed to poke the big red button on the right grip just to see if it will launch the motorcycle.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: kingrock on September 14, 2011, 02:33:32 am
Well, the k&n is in. The blue nipple lights are in. None of the free accessories from RE are in. 5 months after purchase. They say they can't get the rear rack. So I got one from Hitchcock's. They have plenty in stock CMW. 4 days for delivery. I put the rack on today and it looks good on my military. Now I can pick up a pizza if I want. For those long rides. As for helmet locks. A small lock on the helmet to the front brake cable. Or get one with lots of dents. Nobody wants one with dents.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on September 14, 2011, 02:38:23 am
ALL MY HELMET LOCK PROBLEMS ARE SOLVED! :)

On my way home from a shopping center 6 miles North of me the second one fell off!  ROTF.  :D  ;D  :D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: singhg5 on September 14, 2011, 02:54:10 am
ALL MY HELMET LOCK PROBLEMS ARE SOLVED! :)

On my way home from a shopping center 6 miles North of me the second one fell off!  ROTF.  :D  ;D  :D

The keys were misspelled - locks were JINXED ;D !  Now you, bike and your helmet are safe  ;) !
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: GlennF on September 14, 2011, 02:54:57 am
A small lock on the helmet to the front brake cable. Or get one with lots of dents. Nobody wants one with dents.

Or a pink one with large yellow sunflowers ... they rarely get stolen either :D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on September 14, 2011, 04:35:29 am
Which reminds me of the guy with a crappy bicycle who bought a nice lock to protect it.
After parking it in a bad area of town he returned to find his bicycle still there but someone had stolen the lock. :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on September 14, 2011, 08:54:34 pm
I received my English tail light the other day, so the last couple of days I've been installing and bobbing the tail of the bike just a bit and relocating the turn signals.
Here are a couple of partly finished shots. (Not the shots, the job) I still have to finish rewiring that I am hoping to get done today, but if I don't get cracking, I'm not gonna make it.
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: singhg5 on September 14, 2011, 09:03:53 pm
I received my English tail light the other day, so the last couple of days I've been installing and bobbing the tail of the bike just a bit and relocating the turn signals.
Here are a couple of partly finished shots. (Not the shots, the job) I still have to finish rewiring that I am hoping to get done today, but if I don't get cracking, I'm not gonna make it.
Bare

Bare:

Your bike looks beautiful.  What brand / type is your rear tyre ?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on September 15, 2011, 01:15:29 am
Thank you. The tires are Dunlop K70s, an infinite improvement the stock rubbish.

Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Desi Bike on September 15, 2011, 09:40:20 pm
Went for a lovely ride today along the north shores of Lake Erie. The tobacco fields are being harvested as well as the tomatoes, so some farm mud was on the roads at the entrances from the fields from the tractors heading onto the road from the field. Not a big deal, just a bit of a slolome course in some places, avoiding the big chunks of mud. The weather is chilly, 9 degrees celcius, and the C5 is running fine. It seems to like the cooler weather.  Stopped for a while at one of the many fisheries that dot the area, this one was in Erieau, and met up with a couple vacationing on a Harley pulling a trailer.  There used to be a Victorian era rail line in the area that was pulled out almost fifty years ago but the rail bed is still there, so I went for a cross country ride down the bed until I discovered a gate. Seems like I entered a conservation area from the backside down the railbed. There was a sign saying no motorized vehicles, and I was looking at the back of it...ooops..  U-turned and headed back!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: olhogrider on September 16, 2011, 11:42:53 pm
Installed a Dunlop K70 4.00x18 on the rear. It feels like the seat is now 3" taller! It makes the stock front avon look puny. Oddly, I thought a 4.00 wide tire would be wider than the 110, but if anything it is a little narrower. Any guess what pressure I should run? It is so different than the Avon I just wasn't sure. This is on a C5.

Bare, how are you liking yours?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on September 17, 2011, 02:14:25 am
Luvin' it. But I put a 3.50 on the back. Much better tracking and steering than the Avons. Sticks better.It's stopped the pushing the front end and that's a giant plus to me. Life is wonderful again!
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: bman734 on September 17, 2011, 03:14:42 pm
Desi Bike, interesting that you are plying the north shore of Lake Erie while I eat up highway 2 down south of you in the USA. I love that ride and do it at least twice a week. I am planning a trip to Sandusky today via that route and will be thinking about you on the other side of the lake as I do so.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Desi Bike on September 17, 2011, 03:48:56 pm
We should meet up on Pelee Island one day for a ride. Never been over, but always wanted to.
I work in Windsor and live in Chatham round trip about 100+ miles daily. My C5 is my spiffy commuter vehicle in addition to (unfortunately) an old man magnet, attracting old geezers where ever I stop (wish it were the younger female variety)

Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: prof_stack on September 18, 2011, 12:51:50 am
I just returned from 65 miles on the black C5.  75mpg for the tank.

Summer has definitely left Seattle.  It barely got to 60F today.  On the next ride I'll put on thicker gloves. 

I got "buzzed" by the new Boeing Dreamliner 787 as it came in low for a landing at Boeing field.  Riding by "Smarty Pants" restaurant there were NO motorcycles out front at 2:30PM.  There was a tour bus hogging the parking.  So I kept going.

I looped the city and enjoyed relatively light traffic on a Saturday while many people were probably watching the UW Huskies lose to Nebraska in college football.

Tomorrow, rains are forecast.  The Cascade mountains might get their first bit of snow for the oncoming Autumn season.

Leaves are already falling onto the streets but so far are just blowing about.  That will change really soon when the rains make our riding more interesting.

The C5 is running well.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: 2bikebill on September 18, 2011, 09:02:03 am
Got home from a quick trip into town on the W650, spotted the stethoscope I left on the Enfield seat last week, and thought I'd take her out to warm her up before having a listen. Of course, that old Enfield magic soon had me hooked again and I was at full grin and 25 miles from home before I realised that big black sky which had been over to the west had been quietly flanking me and was now unavoidable. First a light mist on the visor, then a few drops, then stair rods all the way home! I was soaked right through to the skin, not a dry bit of clothing on me!
Note to self - leather jacket & kevlar jeans wont hack it in foul weather.
Noticed again the neutral light glows dimly whenever the bike is out in rain.

Quick change & coffee and went to the garage to have a listen with the stethoscope.
I couldn't pinpoint the clattering by using the tip of the probe, but by putting it between the fins of the cylinder head and bending it slightly so the side of the probe presses against the inside of the fins, I could locate it as coming from in there. No surprise really.
WS are currently investigating a bike which seems to have a similar issue, and are going to get back to me next week. Of course I'll report what I find out.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Maturin on September 18, 2011, 11:05:18 am
First day of Oktoberfest in Munich. A holy time for a cabby, just like ramadan the other way round  ;D. As chaos is biggest on the first day and traffic was reorganized because of security reasons  ::), I decided not to work and instead have a closer look at it first.
So I took the Bullet and examined the area around the "Wiesn". It´s amazing like every year: the area is about 1 km wide and 800 meters long, and up to 700000 people do conglomerate here, drinking and celebrating. Unique, great fun and scary at the same time.
As you can imagine, figures like this overstrain any infrastructure, especially when some ambitious politicians block a lot of roads in order to tell their electors it´s about public safety, orcestrating themselves as guardians of the same.
However, many people love their "Wiesn" though, and so Munich is stuffed with action. I chugged through the masses, my pipe beeing helpfull to alert everybody around me. and looked after the various cabstands and new one-way-roads.
After I had finished the epic journey around the Theresienwiese, that took about an hour, I carefully took my way home.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: prof_stack on September 18, 2011, 03:37:11 pm
First day of Oktoberfest in Munich. A holy time for a cabby, just like ramadan the other way round  ;D. As chaos is biggest on the first day and traffic was reorganized because of security reasons  ::), I decided not to work and instead have a closer look at it first.
So I took the Bullet and examined the area around the "Wiesn". It´s amazing like every year: the area is about 1 km wide and 800 meters long, and up to 700000 people do conglomerate here, drinking and celebrating. Unique, great fun and scary at the same time.
As you can imagine, figures like this overstrain any infrastructure, especially when some ambitious politicians block a lot of roads in order to tell their electors it´s about public safety, orcestrating themselves as guardians of the same.
However, many people love their "Wiesn" though, and so Munich is stuffed with action. I chugged through the masses, my pipe beeing helpfull to alert everybody around me. and looked after the various cabstands and new one-way-roads.
After I had finished the epic journey around the Theresienwiese, that took about an hour, I carefully took my way home.
You should have stopped and had a Paulaner Oktoberfest (Marzen) for all of us!   ;D
Prost!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: bman734 on September 18, 2011, 09:03:57 pm
Went on my usual valley jaunt and got caught behind a student driver. Felt like pulling my hair out as I couldn't get out of 2nd gear and so headed out of the valley and cruised some city streets. Got it on the highway and took it to 77 mph and it felt stable enough to me though the wind was having some way with me trying to tear me off the bike. I had fun though so I can't wait to do it again.
Last night I lubed the chain with wax and to me it makes a big difference. It just seems smoother riding to me. Also, someone mentioned that the weather getting cooler for some of us seems to make the bike run better. I would have to agree with that as everything just seems to run better stem to stern. Of course now i have to wear a coat and gloves and that just sucks. I loose the feel of the throttle somewhat.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on September 19, 2011, 01:45:40 am
Today I lubed the clutch cable on my G5.

It was much easier than I though it would be and I will make a little write up in the Tech Tip's section for others who have not done this before.

I don't notice any real difference in the clutch pull but at least now I know for certain that the cable has been lubed.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: prof_stack on September 19, 2011, 03:54:21 am
Today I made a short video showing the typical starting routine my C5 has been going through lately.  The first time I try to start it, there is a wheezing sound and then nothing.  The second time, it starts.  Well, listen for yourself (in 1080p if you like!):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTbweM6sOxw
Tell me what you think.

I took an old-school ride today with 3/4 helmet, black leather jacket, jeans, and tennis shoes.  About 8 miles, maybe.  Too much wind noise even at low speeds. 
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: GlennF on September 19, 2011, 04:46:32 am
Today I made a short video showing the typical starting routine my C5 has been going through lately.  The first time I try to start it, there is a wheezing sound and then nothing.  The second time, it starts.  Well, listen for yourself (in 1080p if you like!):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTbweM6sOxw
Tell me what you think.

Disengaging early is usually a starter motor or starter clutch problem not solenoid.  Does it happen more often in the cold ?

The other cause of this issue with some starters is an initial firing of the engine that disengages the motor but the engine doesn't catch but in your case the engine does not seem to fire at all.

Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on September 19, 2011, 05:00:17 pm
Sprag clutch slipping.
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on September 21, 2011, 05:15:30 am
I went for a ride today of a little over 150 miles. It started off with a cool cloudy morning,but with a forecast of near 90. I finally got all the ducks in a row by 10 AM and left with my mesh jacket. It was still marginal VFR and cool. It's a 50 mile freeway jaunt over to Pacific Coast Highway in Santa Monica and it started warming up nicely as I got over to LA.
Passing LA, the clouds were still hanging around and it was cooling off as I approached the beach. When I got to PCH, it was plumb cold! Fortunately, it's only about 5 miles to Topanga Canyon, where I was going to turn inland again. I started up the canyon and it was warming up again.
The whole object of the ride was to see if one could still ride from Topanga Canyon to the 405 on the dirt on Mullholland Road, a ride I used to do about 20 years ago on my GB-500. And to checkout the K70s in the dirt. It wasn't real demanding dirt, but it was someplace different to go on a sport bike.
I went up Topanga Canyon until I crested and started downhill into the San Fernando Valley. I thought I may have missed Mulholland and turned around and went back to Old Topanga Cyn Road. I didn't turn down that way first because of construction, but turned this time in spite of it. It is a very tight and fun road, better than the other road, and I knew this one went to Mulholland. I'd forgotten how much fun the road was.
Anyway I stopped in the trees for a photo op. Then I went on over to the dirt and took off down the road. The tires worked great and so did the bike! Anyway I got about three miles down the road and hit a fork, one was gated off and the other went down into some Private property. I took the second picture at that end looking down into the Valley. The original run across was about 7 miles, so I figured in and out gave me about 6 miles of dirt riding. the Olde J-3 just doesn't have any vices!
I went down into the valley, where it as getting hot and beat my way down Ventura Blvd. I don't think I had been on that section of it before. Interesting ride. Then I went up to the North Hollywood Enfield store. I had talked to the owner, Mike, at a couple of bike shows do I know him slightly. There was G5 with a sidecar in his lot. It looked pretty nice for those into that sort of thing. They seem to be into Military up there, though, He had several sitting around the shop.
Hen it was back home. I jumped on the freeway to Pasadena and then it turned into a parking lot, so I took the side streets and canyon roads home. It had cooled off considerably out towards our house.
3500 miles in 6 months.
Another great Enfield day!
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on September 21, 2011, 10:36:40 pm
I turned 8000 miles on the odometer on the way to work today.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on September 21, 2011, 10:40:20 pm
I went out today to clean up the bike and as I was fiddling with it, I noticed the key was left on as the neutral light was alight.  Total case of dumbass. Anyway, I hit the starter totally expecting nothing, but it started right up. Thank Singhg5 for his light switch enabling video! I had turned them off, so there is very little draw off the battery.
Some days all is right with the world.
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: GlennF on September 24, 2011, 08:26:25 am
Finally got around to picking up and fitting my new licence plate:


(http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y101/clannagh/DSCF4044.jpg)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: bman734 on September 25, 2011, 02:23:33 pm
Forecast today, rain. Forecast tomorrow, rain. Forecast for almost all this week, (my vacation), rain. Guess who's not riding there RE today? >:( :'( :(
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Desi Bike on September 25, 2011, 02:37:05 pm
bahhumbug.. Just ride it.   You can ride your RE and do your laundry at the same time.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: kingrock on September 28, 2011, 03:21:15 am
bahhumbug.. Just ride it.   You can ride your RE and do your laundry at the same time.

Bring dish soap and a scrubbie brush and clean he RE at the same time as well.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on September 28, 2011, 04:46:53 am
What did I do to the RE today?
I installed the LED voltage regulator that's sold by NfieldGear.

http://nfieldgear.com/enfield-store/aftermarket-parts-accessories/electrical/led-battery-gauge.html

I wrote a little "how to" in the Installation / Usage Instructions & Tips section for those who think they want to get one.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: prof_stack on September 28, 2011, 05:08:33 am
What did I do to the RE today?
I installed the LED voltage regulator that's sold by NfieldGear.

I wrote a little "how to" in the Installation / Usage Instructions & Tips section for those who think they want to get one.
I've got that same meter on my C5.  It's kinda cool how it works, but at night it is bright and can be a distraction. 

What I have learned in having it in place for 6 months is that I don't need it!   ;)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on September 28, 2011, 07:21:22 am
I just got one too, still need to install it.  I didn't think I needed it until my battery died.  It was a fluke bad battery, nothing else wrong, but now I want to keep an eye on things so I don't get stranded.

I figured it spoils the vintage look of the bike so I'm going to mount it down on the right turn signal stalk.  I can see it easily whenever I want but it's not so obvious.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: singhg5 on September 28, 2011, 11:21:08 pm
I just got one too, still need to install it. 

I didn't think I needed it until my battery died.  It was a fluke bad battery, nothing else wrong, but now I want to keep an eye on things so I don't get stranded.

You need a kick start lever - Never leave home without it  ;). 
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: hocko on September 28, 2011, 11:36:01 pm
Singhg5 hi, I thought the EFI engine wouldn't start even with the kick start with a flat battery, feel free to tell me I'm wrong.

Cheers  :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on September 28, 2011, 11:41:44 pm
The battery can be pretty dead and still provide enough for the fuel pump and ignition with a kick.  If it's totally dead, you're outta luck.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: singhg5 on September 28, 2011, 11:51:13 pm
Singhg5 hi, I thought the EFI engine wouldn't start even with the kick start with a flat battery, feel free to tell me I'm wrong.

Cheers  :)

The battery can be pretty dead and still provide enough for the fuel pump and ignition with a kick.  If it's totally dead, you're outta luck.

Scott

Hocko:

I agree with Scott that the bike will start if battery is low. But if battery is completely dead, then only a new battery will make it run.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: hocko on September 28, 2011, 11:57:52 pm
Thank you both for that infomation. I've thought about being caught out with a crook battery, I feel better now.

Cheers  ;)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on September 29, 2011, 09:28:37 pm
If you have your light switch activated so you can turn your lights off that helps, too
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on September 29, 2011, 09:34:04 pm
If you have your light switch activated so you can turn your lights off that helps, too
Bare

+1.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on September 29, 2011, 09:48:02 pm
I pretty finished up with repairing all the crash damage and did a bit of modified in the process. Not quite a cafe racer but looks a bit sportier anyway. Headlight, taillight, front and rear fenders, turn signals and muffler should cover the major stuff
Can't forget the handlebars and tires, either
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on September 29, 2011, 09:55:27 pm
Lookin' good !
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: TWinOKC on September 29, 2011, 10:49:23 pm
Considering what the bike has been thru it looks good. 

I especially like the front fender, the shirt looks just like the one in my closet.

Have a good day young man.

Terry   :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gashousegorilla on September 29, 2011, 11:57:27 pm
  Nice ...clean and  simple , I like it.  Nice job bare.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: singhg5 on September 30, 2011, 11:35:09 pm
I pretty finished up with repairing all the crash damage and did a bit of modified in the process. Not quite a cafe racer but looks a bit sportier anyway. Headlight, taillight, front and rear fenders, turn signals and muffler should cover the major stuff
Can't forget the handlebars and tires, either
Bare

Bare: 

Everything looks good with your G5, very tastefully done ! 

What is with the breather tube - it seems to be going under the seat instead of air filter ?  Is it something from the factory or you did this modification ?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on September 30, 2011, 11:55:10 pm
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What is with the breather tube - it seems to be going under the seat instead of air filter ?  Is it something from the factory or you did this modification ?

I removed all the smog hoses and the can, and just ran the tube from the breather out to the back of the bike. It ends up just ahead of the rear clip for the netting under the seat. It works quite well and stays very dry back there. I haven't had any oil blowby at all. I didn't like it blowing into the air cleaner. If the bike drops on its right side with the engine running it makes a mess in the airbox. I guess I'd rather have it on the fender!
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: olhogrider on October 05, 2011, 05:28:12 am
Used it as a trade in on a 2012 Bonneville. You guys, especially Kevin Mahoney, are an amazing bunch. I wish you all well.

Dan
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: prof_stack on October 05, 2011, 05:53:52 am
Used it as a trade in on a 2012 Bonneville. You guys, especially Kevin Mahoney, are an amazing bunch. I wish you all well.

Dan
Farewell and best of success with the Bonnie!  I've thought of doing likewise with a new Harley Superlow but for now the C5 is still a blast to ride.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: bob bezin on October 05, 2011, 11:29:10 am
turned 15,000 miles on my fireballed 06 delux
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: t120rbullet on October 05, 2011, 11:31:09 am
turned 15,000 miles on my fireballed 06 delux

I take it the new air filter cured the high speed gag you were having.
CJ
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on October 05, 2011, 05:06:43 pm
Quote
Used it as a trade in on a 2012 Bonneville. You guys, especially Kevin Mahoney, are an amazing bunch. I wish you all well.

Dan,
We will miss you.
I went the other way, traded the Bonnie Scrambler for the RE. I'm much happier going that way.
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Jack Leis on October 05, 2011, 11:05:49 pm
A cool, Rainy day here in Southern California. Couldnt go riding. Bummer. Pulled off the headlight and activated the light switches. Piece of cake ! Adjusted my shocks too, Bare handed. Im glad I didnt have to take Channel Locks to them. I only hope I can ride it tomorrow !       

Jack
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: bittercrick on October 06, 2011, 02:28:58 am
Best wishes on your new Bonnie Dan I'll look for yeah on the (new Bonneville riders forum) .   bittercrick
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: GlennF on October 06, 2011, 05:08:51 am

I went the other way, traded the Bonnie Scrambler for the RE.


Is that thing actually any use off road ? I have a hunch the RE if with enduro tires and a high exhaust would make the better dirt bike. Not that either are really that suited.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ice on October 06, 2011, 07:13:17 am
Is that thing actually any use off road ? I have a hunch the RE if with enduro tires and a high exhaust would make the better dirt bike. Not that either are really that suited.

Funny you should mention it  ;D  While none of these will be "hucked" off of 30 foot drops or hitting double jumps they do perform quite well of road.

Top to Bottom

Br. Jim in leeds 1of 10 1948 RE factory Trials machine.
 Serves regular duty green lane-ing in England.

Br. Bill Harris's Scrambler.
 Sees lots of trail use.

CMW stock photo. Looks just like my oldest boys '02 Trail Bullet.
It works as advertised.

Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ice on October 06, 2011, 07:15:01 am
Br. O.H.R.

 Don't be a stranger  ;)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on October 06, 2011, 06:56:24 pm
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Is that thing actually any use off road ?

The Scrambler wasn't bad off road, but I never rode it that way much because it was too heavy. If I dropped it, I couldn't get it back up! One of the reasons I traded it for the Enfield. I don't mind doing a bit of mild off roading with it.
I do know some guys who've gotten into some fairly serious places with the Triumph, though. They are a lot bigger and stronger than I.
Back in the day, I used to do some serious off road racing and riding with the likes of BSA Spitfire Scramblers, Gold Star Scramblers and Triumph T100s. So I am definitely familiar with the breed. Nowadays, I just let my skirt blow up in my face, I guess.
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on October 06, 2011, 07:22:44 pm
As a kid who grew up with relatively light weight modern dirt bikes I find the whole idea of an off road bike as heavy as the Enfield mind blowing.  I guess the riding style was less aggressive and it makes sense but I still can't wrap my head around it.

Likewise, I don't get the whole 1000+cc adventure touring bike niche.  If you drop a big BMW, KTM, or Ducati Multistrada in the dirt how are you going to pick that up?  And if ther terrain is such that you're not likely to drop it, what do you need a bike like that for?  And how much hp/torque can you use in the dirt?

Just my personal bias though, and I know it.  My friend's company has just started making electric winches for motorcycles so someone's doing this kind of thing.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on October 06, 2011, 11:56:27 pm
Actually the old limey bikes handle quite well in the dirt. The suspension, obvious keeps them from getting into too tough a situation, they're not gong to be making a 20' high jump like the Supercrossers, but they can handle some surprising stuff.  They won a whole lot of World Championships in Motocross up into the mid '60s. Even Enfield had a very competitive 500 Scrambler in the early '50s. they changed the frame in '55 and it wouldn't hold up to scrambling. So they got out of the pro racing game. They did build a Scrambler for Indian that was a pretty decent bike, but the American tracks weren't as rough as the European ones
I got my BSA Spitfire Scrambler up about 7' from where I took off, one time. I went over my friends head as I went by. Kinda got my attention. fortunately it came down on a slope so that took the landing shock.
But, they steer and slide around great in the dirt. And they will certainly climb hills. They are really a lot of fun! They didn't win all the old desert races because they wouldn't do the job! I rode a Yamaha TT500 on the Barstow to Vegas run. Great fun. And that bike didn't handle as well as the old Gold Star I had.
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on October 07, 2011, 01:03:28 am
I know all that and still, I can't imagine tossing a 400# bike around in the dirt.  Maybe I just need to get some different tires one day and do it.  It's a personal mental block, nothing else.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Bill Harris on October 07, 2011, 02:55:13 am
Scott,

Check this out!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6wkjOo90Kg&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vhrIgy6jFE&feature=fvwp&NR=1

Cheers,
Bill
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on October 07, 2011, 05:51:27 am
So I started watching that first video and I thought, "C'mon, I've seen Charlie and Ewan go around the world and all."  Until Chris Pfeiffer took that hill.  Holy crap!  Ok, now I believe people really can get nuts offroad on a big bike.

Thanks :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: bman734 on October 09, 2011, 09:53:51 pm
While on my ride today I noticed a rattle that sounded like my license plate was loose and about to fall off. Stopped to fix it and found out that that wasn't the problem. It turns out the chain guard fastener, behind the front sprocket, had come off. Any one know what I will need to fix it? Looks like I'll need a metric socket head screw and washer, I just have no idea what size. Any help from you gear heads would be appreciated.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on October 09, 2011, 10:22:59 pm
I think it is a M6, or 6 mm.  Mine is a socket head cap screw but a regular hex headed bolt would work too.
If you have a Ace Hardware store or one like it, they carry metric bolts.

You might want to buy a 6mm and a 7mm just to cover the bases.
While your buying stuff, if you don't have some thread locking compound be sure to get a small tube or bottle of it.  You will want the Blue medium strength stuff.

Thread locking compounds are very watery when you put a tiny dab onto the threads.  It stays watery until the threads are tightened and then it sets up after a few minutes.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on October 10, 2011, 01:53:21 am
Went on a BSA Club ride today. Got in about 80 miles of great twisties and got to work the Dunlops over. These tires are still Ace in my book. I was far exceeding the "Avons that put me in the ditch limits"!
For those familiar with Socal, the ride was San Gabriel Canyon, East Fork, Glendora Mtn and Glendora Ridge. Stopped for lunch in Mt Baldy and backtracked to try the roads both ways. I went down Glendora Mtn because it's the closest to my house.
the weather was great, the food was good, The camaraderie was great, and the Bullet was fabulous. Hung in there with the leaders of the pack. We had 18 riders go along.
Some of the participating Motorcycles:
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: t120rbullet on October 11, 2011, 01:20:00 am
Rolled over 11,000 miles on the white bitch tonight.



 
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: GSS on October 11, 2011, 02:41:14 am
Added a heel-toe shifter to my C5........took all of 30 seconds to swap out the stock gear lever  8)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on October 11, 2011, 02:47:07 am
I put my windshield back on the G5.

I had removed it because for riding at city speeds I kinda enjoy the blast of air but I'm getting ready to take it on a 500 mile round trip adventure  on Wed and a lot of it will be at freeway speeds where the extra wind  protection might be nice.

Especially nice at my half way point where the night temperatures have been getting down to 26 degrees F at night with daytime temps in the 40-50 degree range.

This little trip will also test out how the bike likes elevation.
I live at 1,200 feet above sea level and I'll be riding part of the time at over 8,000 feet.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: GlennF on October 11, 2011, 04:31:55 am
I put my windshield back on the G5.

I had removed it because for riding at city speeds I kinda enjoy the blast of air but I'm getting ready to take it on a 500 mile round trip adventure  on Wed and a lot of it will be at freeway speeds where the extra wind  protection might be nice.

Especially nice at my half way point where the night temperatures have been getting down to 26 degrees F at night with daytime temps in the 40-50 degree range.

This little trip will also test out how the bike likes elevation.
I live at 1,200 feet above sea level and I'll be riding part of the time at over 8,000 feet.

Yeah, I regularly alternate between goggles/open-face/bare-bike pottering around town in fine weather and fullface/windshield on wet days or road trips.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on October 11, 2011, 04:03:19 pm
I live at 200 ASL and quite often go over 7000'. The bike runs great. I was up there Sunday.
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: TCP on October 11, 2011, 05:59:01 pm
Yeah.

What were they thinking when they took the kicker off a classic style bike.

Happily they put it back on the 2011.  Otherwise I would have thought twice about buying one.

By the way,  anyone notice that when hot their bike doesn't kick start as easily as when cold???  I would have thought it would be the other way around.

One kick cold...Three kicks and then electric start when hot.

What did I do to my Royal Enfield today?

Put on a heel / toe shifter.

Wasn't sure if I would like it, but I like it.

The Caseman
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on October 11, 2011, 07:30:29 pm
When it's cold the ECU puts out a richer mixture, it gets leaner as the engine warms up.  That might be the reason.  I wouldn't know, 2010 C5 ;)

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: TCP on October 11, 2011, 07:37:41 pm
So I'll try a little more throttle action on hot starts and see what happens.

Thanks for the suggestion Scott.

Caseman
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: GlennF on October 11, 2011, 10:38:36 pm
So I'll try a little more throttle action on hot starts and see what happens.

Thanks for the suggestion Scott.

Caseman


Lately my B5 seems to like me to kick it through a few times with ignition off then kick it over with the throttle cracked about 1/8" .

I have also found if it doesn't start first kick, turning ignition off kicking through a few times and then trying again works better than just continually kicking.

When you think about it you cannot really expect a bike to have the same starting procedure every day all year round regardless of weather or altitude or temperature of the engine.

Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: bman734 on October 12, 2011, 12:17:17 am
I think it is a M6, or 6 mm.  Mine is a socket head cap screw but a regular hex headed bolt would work too.

Thanks arizoni, that was indeed what was needed for the fender repair. Thanks for the help.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: TCP on October 12, 2011, 01:24:20 pm
Lately my B5 seems to like me to kick it through a few times with ignition off then kick it over with the throttle cracked about 1/8" .

I have also found if it doesn't start first kick, turning ignition off kicking through a few times and then trying again works better than just continually kicking.

When you think about it you cannot really expect a bike to have the same starting procedure every day all year round regardless of weather or altitude or temperature of the engine.


Very true Glenn.

I don't start the same way every time either.  Sometimes I need to be kicked through a few times myself.  I will try that and see what happens.

Thanks.

TCP The Caseman
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on October 12, 2011, 04:52:25 pm
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I have also found if it doesn't start first kick, turning ignition off kicking through a few times and then trying again works better than just continually kicking.

That's the trick. It's the second prime that gets it going. I don't even kick it over with the ignition off, I just turn it off and on again. It usually starts then. If not, I'm not going to wear myself out doing this, the button works.
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: TCP on October 12, 2011, 04:56:51 pm
Understood.

Thanks Bare

Caseman
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on October 12, 2011, 05:16:37 pm
I had a funny little incident while traveling down Foothill Blvd yesterday. I was splitting lanes coming up to red lights so I could get out ahead of the pack and get some smooth sailing to the next one at the speed limit, of course. The old Bullet gets out of the hole quite nicely unless somebody wants to make a race out of it, then I just let them by. Coming off a light I looked in the mirrors to see which was the slower lane so I could get into it and not hold anyone up. In the left lane, I see a guy rapidly closing in on me so I moved to the right lane at the 45mph limit and this guy went roaring by in his Mustang. OK, have fun, guy.  A couple of seconds later a second car went ripping by. It was a cop!
As I caught up with them, the cop was getting out of his car and looking at me like he missed one or something. I was just smiling as I went by, not so much at the cop, but just because I was riding my Motorsickle.
God, I live this bike!
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: GlennF on October 13, 2011, 09:59:53 am
Changed the oil and filter on my B5 today (1250 miles) and used Mr Singhs very useful youtube clip for a reference.

One notable difference from the G5 clip was my B5 oil filter cover has three bolts and the pressure plate for the oil filter was a single piece with an allen key holding the brass plate onto the spring section.

Opted for Motul 20w50 semisynthetic.

Did not have any loctite handy so just tightened everything firmly and hope nothing  comes unscrewed before next oil change :D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Desi Bike on October 14, 2011, 02:48:57 am
Day off work today, so I loaded up the gas tank and headed off to  obtain an oil filter...   The closest dealer to me now is Renegade  Motors in Toledo Ohio, a 150 mile ride, but being Canadian and a canadian imported bike, I cant use them for warrantee work if I need any Arrrgh. I was quite impressed with Tom and his dealership there, please, stop by there if you are in the area. (Better yet, buy something from him)  I got to sit on some MotoGooey bikes  (and some Hyosung stuff that i generally ignore..) and was able to get an oil filter from Tom and his son. As is often the way, took the long way home back to the Canadian border at Detroit/Windsor. Main reason for taking the long way... Michigan's idea of an ideal road surface on I-75 doesnt quite add up.. WTF is the need to make every single 'patch' job on the right lane end with a lip that is half an inch lower than the existing concrete that is  already streaked with those annoying rain grooves? The back roads were much more pleasurable. 520km today. 
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: GlennF on October 14, 2011, 04:16:56 am
That's the trick. It's the second prime that gets it going. I don't even kick it over with the ignition off, I just turn it off and on again. It usually starts then. If not, I'm not going to wear myself out doing this, the button works.
Bare

If its the second prime that helps you can initiate that by just nudging the side-stand with your left foot instead of mucking about with the key.  I am going to try that out and see if it works.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Alan LaRue on October 14, 2011, 03:32:56 pm
Did my first oil change, this morning before work! (Don't believe I've ever gotten up early to do an oil change before.) It had 302 miles and had been sitting for a week because I didn't have time to change it. It's a 72 mile round trip, and I wasn't willing to go that another ~25% past 300 for the first oil change.

Looks like I'll do my second fill-up this afternoon.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: TCP on October 14, 2011, 06:04:20 pm
Nice work LaRue.

I am due for my first oil change as well.  362 miles and my C5 has been sitting for over a week waiting....waiting.....waiting.  I don't want to push very much past the recommended interval either.

Got oil filter(s) on Wednesday,(ready for the 600mile and 2000 mile interval changes) oil yesterday.  Ready to do it.  The bike lives at work, so maybe I'll just have to come into the office tomorrow to "catch up on a few things" if you know what I mean.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Alan LaRue on October 14, 2011, 06:12:37 pm
The manual does not show a recommended 600 mile service, only 300, then 3750, 7500, etc. I may do a 600 anyway.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: TCP on October 14, 2011, 06:27:12 pm
Alan,

What I have seen would be a 300 ish, then again at 600 with regular oil, then on the third change at 2000 switch to semi synth or synth oil.  After 2000 change the filter at every second oil change.

If anyone has a different opinion than my own humble offering here, please help Alan and myself out from under any misconceptions.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on October 14, 2011, 09:29:31 pm
The oil changes at 300 and 600 are meant to get most of the metal shavings that come early in the break in out of the engine.

I'd recommend changing the filter with every oil change.  The longer you keep it the more it plugs up and stops working.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Alan LaRue on October 14, 2011, 09:34:09 pm
Understand. I've always changed the filter in the my cars every time, too.

My question, really, was about the 600 mile service. My owner's manual does not list a 600 mile service. I don't know if this is a change for the 2011 model or not. (I plan to do it anyway.)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: TCP on October 14, 2011, 09:39:26 pm
I have to agree with changing the filter every time.  They are only $10.00 each and well worth the investment.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on October 14, 2011, 10:09:52 pm
Understand. I've always changed the filter in the my cars every time, too.

My question, really, was about the 600 mile service. My owner's manual does not list a 600 mile service. I don't know if this is a change for the 2011 model or not. (I plan to do it anyway.)

It's worthwhile on these bikes.  They spit out a lot of metal shavings in the first few hundred miles.  No reason to leave it in the engine until 2,000 when an oil/filter change with dino oil is pretty cheap.  It's just the concensus on the forum here, nothing official.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: TWinOKC on October 15, 2011, 01:41:10 am
Understand. I've always changed the filter in the my cars every time, too.

My question, really, was about the 600 mile service. My owner's manual does not list a 600 mile service. I don't know if this is a change for the 2011 model or not. (I plan to do it anyway.)

If in doubt, change the oil and filter, it doesn't cost that much.  FWIW I went with Mobile1 full synthetic at 300 miles.  Mobil1 makes an oil especially for motorcycles and is available at auto stores everywhere.  There are a lot of good motorcycle oils availale.  Not saying Mobile1 is any better than any of the others, just that it is readily available.

Good luck to you
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on October 15, 2011, 02:42:30 am
You guys probably already know it but especially after the bike has sit for any length of time you should start it and warm up the oil.

Running the engine faster than an idle will pick up much of the loose crud that has settled to the bottom of the crankcase so it is washed away when the oil is drained.

I like the idea of doing a 600 mile oil change along with the filter at that time.

Based on the filings I saw with my G5 there is still a lot of fine metal that is being worn off of things like the gears in the transmission between 300 and 600 miles.

Although RE recommends a 15-50 semi-synthetic the 20-50 Mobil 1 V Twin is working very well for me.

The way I figure it, if it extends the life of the bike doing a oil and filter change more often than the book recommends can't hurt anything and I know my bike has nice clean oil lubing all of those whirring spinning sliding things. :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on October 16, 2011, 11:16:44 pm
I decided to change my oil and filter today even though the manual says it isn't needed for another 1300 miles.

I figured that after my 400+ mile freeway speed trip it might be a good idea to change it.

Both magnets (one on the drain plug and one on the strainer cap) had a light accumulation of steel filings on them so I think the break in period is about over.

I tried a different method of getting the "extra" oil out of the side cases by draining the oil with the bike on the center stand and then dropping it off of the center stand and tipping the bike both right and left, holding it in both positions for awhile.
This did get some extra oil out of the crankcase.  It took 1.85 quarts to refill it.

Although I'm sure the filter is working like it should I noticed that the drained oil had a metallic look to it when the sun was shining on it so I feel better knowing that those fine metal flakes aren't in there lubricating my rolling element bearings.  :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on October 16, 2011, 11:23:50 pm
I believe the official procedure in the manual says just that, tip the bike from side to side to get more oil out when draining.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on October 16, 2011, 11:25:28 pm
True but the last times I changed the oil I did the tipping with the bike still on the center stand.
Much easier to do with it sitting on its wheels. :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: GlennF on October 16, 2011, 11:27:03 pm
My current plan is to do a full oil and filter change at the recommended intervals and try and fit in an extra "quickie" oil change only service half way between the book changes.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on October 17, 2011, 12:42:58 am
True but the last times I changed the oil I did the tipping with the bike still on the center stand.
Much easier to do with it sitting on its wheels. :)

Ah!  Yeah, I did it on the stand too.  This would be easier and is going in my notebook ;)

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on October 19, 2011, 12:46:37 am
It dawned foggy here today, fairly rare for being as far inland as I am.
My body was set to go on a ride, so I called jack to go up to Big Bear. He had an appointment, so that scuttled those plans. I hung around and did a little polishing work on the Bullet, but I still wanted to be riding.
I finally decided to go West and see some of my Enfield selling buddies, so I went over to Lomita to see Matt at South Bay Triumph. I took the rarely used roads, for me that is, just to see what had changed the  40 miles or so heading that direction. The clouds were clearing up as I neared the shop. And when I got there, Matt and I discussed good old motorcycles things. He had an appointment and had to leave, so I figured I'd ride PCH up to Marina Del Rey and check out a new Enfield shop up there. I stayed on PCH and as it got close to the coast the clouds were back and it was cold! I would say in the low 50s but when your wearing your 70 degree jacket, that's pretty chilly. I went by the shop, but it was getting pretty late and I couldn't spot a place to park, so I continued on to head home on Washington Blvd. I've never driven Washington though Culver City and LA before, so it was an experience. There was a crash at an intersection on Washington so the cops were directing traffic off Washington so I went south for a few blocks and ended up in the Frat house row at USC. I'd never been in there, so it was a bit of an interesting little tour.  
I got back on Washington then got into the truck traffic in City of Commerce. What a pain that was for a few miles. Things go a bit easier from there until I got home, but I added another 95 miles to the odo. Now about 4050.
Probably do the Big Bear run next week with Jack.
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: TCP on October 19, 2011, 01:16:06 pm
Looked for a break in the solid rain we have had for an entire week here in Miami so I could get the oil change done.  No avail.  The rain is not stopping.  Therefore no oil change and no two wheel time.  Need to get away for a while, even if it's only 20 or 30 miles.

Rain subsiding and cold front coming through tomorrow.

Forget all my other responsibilities.

Going to be an oil change and a ride!!!

Caseman
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ranjan on October 19, 2011, 07:35:33 pm
Hi Will,

your posts made me read close to 50 pages and I finally registered myself here. Thank you for all the updates you have been givin'.
I have my bull getting examined for the same cluttering noise. I have got a diagnosis report from the mech and he mentions that the Cam set needs to be changed and the bearing too. I had a look at those parts and the cam looks worn but i think that happens to a brand new cam that gets fitted there because it hits the valve guides!! i am not totally convinced. I am waiting for my bull this weekend and i hope things get sorted out. I am keen to see your updates on this "noise" issue.
There are a few more things that needs replacement in my machinsmo 350 (like chain sprocket, few rubber bushes here and there etc). Estimated price is too high and hence skeptical (i am not sure whether you will be able to get the right picture if i mention the price in INR).

Thank you again,
Ranjan :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Alan LaRue on October 20, 2011, 07:37:41 pm
Today I looked at it in the garage because I'm telecommuting.

What i did to it yesterday was close the left side storage box, which I found to be wide open with the tool pouch lying on it when I stopped for fuel. Made sure to close it properly, but will it pop open again?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: TCP on October 21, 2011, 02:12:39 pm
Yesterday, 10/20/11

Did first oil change now that the torrential rain has stopped.  364 mi on the ODO.

Plenty of shavings and gook.

Magnetic drain plug is a really good idea.

Put in new filter.  The O Ring the dealer sent me for the groove in the oil filter cover was not the right size.  Used the existing O Ring.
Time to make a phone call to the dealer.

Weather is perfect for riding now.  Clear and about 70 degrees.

Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: 1 Thump on October 21, 2011, 05:25:45 pm
Rode 15 miles back to work. On the way to work (headed west) the sun was rising behind me burning through the fog lighting up hill tops to revealing cattle (happy california cows) grazing. I got a little carried away losing sight of the car in front of me that had slowed down considerably. Those disk brakes saved my butt.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: TCP on October 21, 2011, 09:53:34 pm
Put my new oil change to the test.

Friend called me at work and convinced me that the weather was too nice not to go for a ride.

Rode down to the marina, had lunch, looked at a few pretty girls and eased the stress of a Friday.

Priceless.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Alan LaRue on October 21, 2011, 11:57:51 pm
Rode to work, and back home, noticing the hole on the trim ring for adjusting the headlight aim rotating to the top at one point. Glad the ring didn't fall off. Guess I'll see if I have a screw (or is it a bolt) to replace the one that fell out.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on October 22, 2011, 02:21:48 am
I moved the Bullet out of the way so I could work on the GB500, but it turned more into a garage cleaning effort as I looked for all the GB parts floating around in there. I think I found them all. Probably missing some screws but the hardware store has those. I found the weird ones. Hope to have it running in a week or so.
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on October 22, 2011, 02:23:40 am
Don't  you just HATE it when work like cleaning things up interrupts your playing?
I know I do. ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on October 26, 2011, 07:24:41 pm
last week's postponed Big Bear ride was planned to try again yesterday. The forecast was for morning mist, so I figured we'd probably be above the clouds most of the time, So I headed out under low clouds, cool weather (about 55 degrees) and a bit of dampness on the road. It was nice ride until I got to a fairly short freeway section I wanted to take as I was going to be late if I didn't hustle a bit. the freeway as clogged with trucks and teh traffic was moving slowing. I managed to get to the fast lane and was splitting traffic at about 25-30 mph. I coulda done better on the streets.
Then teh rain started coming down. Mist, my ass! It was just light rain, but it was rain. The when I got off at an unfamiliar exit to get to our meeting point I went the wring way and couldn't find a place to turn around. Too much traffic going the other way on a two lane road to whip a U-ey. I as stuck for awhile until I got to another freeway that took me the right direction. I got off near out meeting place and rode to the intersection Jack wanted to meet me. I didn't say which corner, but one was a gas station an I needed to fill up. Unfortunately, it was an Arco, which I detest, and due to some other difficulties, which I won't plague you with here, it took me about 10 minutes or so to gas up. Then I had to pull out from under the nice roof and park out in the rain by the store.
I didn't see Jack anywhere so I pulled out my phone to see what time it was, 10:15. We were supposed to meet at 10 about when I arrived at the station, so I called Jack. The stupid cell phone refused to get a good connection, then shut down. I hate these things! Two bad things got me already, and I'm not even mentioning the weather. Anyway, I tried again and got a clear connection after Ialked out in the rain. He was at a grocery (I think, the name was in Spanish)store next door. He had thought I was coming down Foothill, but I didn't.
 Anyway he came to the gas station and we chatted about the rain. Since he lives fairly close, he suggested going to his house and wait for the rain to quit, so we did that and watched Cafe racers for awhile. In the meantime, we checked the weather and it was 46 degrees and clear at the top to the mountain. About 1Pm we decided to brave the weather and try the ride and headed up Rt 66 to go up the mountain. It was light rain at first then kinda cleared up as we gained altitude in the Cajon Pass heading up.
We got to the end of the Hwy 66 where we would have had to get on the freeway. We were wet and it as cold at the top, so we decided maybe we'd better try this another day, so we started back down and stopped at a historical marker about the history of the Cajon Pass and looked down a very deep ravine that was a river  today. We used this for a quick photo op then rode down to the Enfield shop where I had to get some rear sets ordered.
We split there and I rode home almost beating my wife. I was changing out of the wet clothes when she came home, so I didn't get my daily chores done! 
We are going to get this Big Bear ride done...Really!
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on October 29, 2011, 12:46:20 am
I installed Clubman bars and and went for a twenty miler through the canyon to check them out.
My bod has got to get into shape for riding that way again :-\
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Alan LaRue on October 29, 2011, 02:01:29 am
Looks cool! I've ridden my son's ZX6R to work a bit, 35 miles each way, and the clip-ons aren't as uncomfortable as I thought they would be. At 70 mph the air pressure holds you up.  Your bars are probably higher, so I expect you'll become accustomed to them in no time.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Jack Leis on October 29, 2011, 02:37:30 am
I installed Clubman bars and and went for a twenty miler through the canyon to check them out.
My bod has got to get into shape for riding that way again :-\
Bare
Looks like your on your way Bare ! Your new bars would look really good up in Big Bear !     
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: bman734 on October 29, 2011, 12:47:40 pm
Being in NE Ohio means that I will be doing nothing today on my RE. In fact, I will be doing nothing until April considering the fact that winter will be soon upon us. SAD, but true in our part of the woods. But, on the positive side, I am going to dig out the skis and look forward to some trips down the slopes. Motorcycle rides will be a joyously continued in about five months!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Desi Bike on October 29, 2011, 01:27:14 pm
Living further north than bman does, I rode to work today as usual.  I do agree its getting to the time to put my bike away for the season. The temp outside was a balmy 32F, add into that the speed factor on the highway for an hour and needless to say my testicles have ascended back inside.
Insulated cover-alls help keep the chill out but for only so long. My helmet vents allow for a piercing cold stream of air to freeze my chin, and eyebrows. Ah well... Its been a good season so far.
Turned 8000km (5000 miles or so) on the C5, not to bad for a commuter/fun bike in three months. Switched out the dino oil for full synthetic yesterday and noticed that the engine is a bit quieter. Still a small amount of metal on the one magnet with the screen. The other magnet hasn't picked up any metal at all since it's been sitting on the shelf as the other drainplug hole is striped out and has an expansion plug in it.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Jack Leis on October 29, 2011, 08:21:58 pm
I woke up this morning to a beautiful California day. Gotta take ride. I fired up the G5 and headed out Cajon Blvd, the old route 66 from back in the day to the end of the canyon. Having to much fun. It was then that I decided to ride up to San Bernardino National Forest. It was a spectacular ride up to Lake Silverwood. Stopped at a lookout to enjoy the scenery and decided I need to ride more. Too good a day to just go back . The bike is running like a top, I need more of a fix. Gotta keep riding. I continued up to Crestline , it was there that ran into some gusty winds. My Enfield doesnt care much for wind . The wind in the mountains doesnt blow, IT SUCKS ! I continued down the mountain fighting strong gusts most of the way.  Got to the bottom of the mountain into San Bernaghetto and sure enough, 75 degrees and NO WIND. Damn. Besides the wind , I had a great ride, fed my Enfield addiction for the day , put the bike in the garage with an ear to ear grin. Man I love this bike !
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on October 29, 2011, 09:57:16 pm
Quote
Looks cool! I've ridden my son's ZX6R to work a bit, 35 miles each way, and the clip-ons aren't as uncomfortable as I thought they would be. At 70 mph the air pressure holds you up.  Your bars are probably higher, so I expect you'll become accustomed to them in no time.

Actually, they're quite low. Not as bad as the original (2004?) Triumph Thruxton, the later ones are higher. They are lower than my Honda Fireblades and Yamaha ThunderAce and the GB500. But it is a pretty short reach, so I don't have as much weight on them as some of the others did. I need to get the rear sets on it and that will reduce the midsection bend. My feet keep looking for them! The ones on the Watsonian-Squire Clubman are higher, if these don't work to my liking, I'll get the others.

Anytime past Monday next week for Big Bear?
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: prof_stack on October 30, 2011, 12:43:50 am
I went to take the C5 for a ride and it wouldn't start. 

Instead, I heard a THUNK and THACK! sound.  Sounds like a sprag going out, right?

After letting it rest a minute it started up like nothing unusual happened and idled very smoothly.

I rode it the 2 miles to the dealer and the unit was struggling like it was low on fuel (it's not), but keeping the revs higher it made it there.  I greeted the owner outside and told him I was leaving the C5 there, probably a sprag clutch failure.  He nodded.

WIth no kick-start this is a bad situation, but the bike is under warranty so all should be fine.  Nonetheless, what is left of my love affair with RE is about gone.

I got a ride home and then took the Guzzi Breva out for a ride and it was clear that I don't need two motorcycles.  We'll see how this works out.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on November 01, 2011, 11:05:52 pm
One of my turn signals broke so I rode to the store to get a new one to install. I'm getting used to the Ace bars and starting to be very comfortable. Tomorrow's is a big test. Probably get in over 200 miles on the Big Bear run. Gotta survive this one to make the Hansen Dam ride Sunday.
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on November 02, 2011, 01:10:36 am
Let me offer a belated "nice job on the bars", that's how a G5 ought to look!

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: bob bezin on November 02, 2011, 04:40:54 pm
yesterday was 60 degrees and sunny. went for a two and a half hour  92 mile ride on the fireball up the kickapoo valley.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: prof_stack on November 03, 2011, 12:09:16 am
Today I went to the dealer to check how my C5's sprag (or whatever) repair is going. 

The sevice tech Elliott (nice guy, btw) said that yesterday and today they started it FIVE times and that it started normally each time.  Of course.

They want to duplicate the problem before they tear into the sprag or whatever.

SInce the Seattle weather is turning I can be patient.  And will.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on November 03, 2011, 03:19:50 am
Yes, winter came in in a hurry here in Portland.  Two weeks of rain, then a little sun, then BOOM!  Near freezing temps every morning lately.  I do miss it when we don't get much of a warm fall but at least it's been mostly sunny. 

I got snagged in the rain on the last 5 minutes of the ride home.  Riding days are getting fewer and farther between here in PDX too.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Alan LaRue on November 03, 2011, 04:00:01 am
Houston averages 54 inches of rain per year. This year we've had less than 15 so far! LaNina makes things die around here, but it's great for motorcycling. Looks like another warm and dry January is on the way.

But we do have to summer-ize them for those four months they spend sitting in the garage (June through September).
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: prof_stack on November 03, 2011, 11:35:06 pm
Once again I stopped at the dealer to check on the C5.  The bike has started normally for them today and when I was there it was started again a few times.  Idled so perfectly you would swear I was making the starting problem up.

And in that is the irony.  They won't fix it until they duplicate the problem.  I was told I could take it or leave it, my choice.  I asked Elliott to contact CMW and ask for authorization to proceed. 

Stay tuned...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on November 04, 2011, 12:01:22 am
If you've got a smart phone with video you might want to record everyt time you start.  At least that way you can show them what's up.

My bike always behaves in front of my mechanic too :(

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: GlennF on November 04, 2011, 12:06:16 am
If you've got a smart phone with video you might want to record everyt time you start.  At least that way you can show them what's up.

My bike always behaves in front of my mechanic too :(

Scott

Easy solved. Bring a couple of cute college age girls along to the workshop.

No bike ever starts properly when good looking girls are watching. Well known fact.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on November 04, 2011, 12:52:09 am
  They won't fix it until they duplicate the problem.  I was told I could take it or leave it, my choice.  I asked Elliott to contact CMW and ask for authorization to proceed. 

Stay tuned...

Proceed at what?

I hate to say it but if the bike is working right they have nothing to go on except your description of a no start and a Thunk and a Thack  followed by a normal start.

Based on what the shop has done so far if I were the mechanic I wouldn't know where to start (no pun intended).

If I had to do something, I guess I would start with the starter solenoid but that would be just a wild ass guess on my part and without any positive proof that it was defective I doubt that the warranty would cover its cost or the time spent in installing it.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: prof_stack on November 04, 2011, 02:14:07 am
Proceed at what?

I hate to say it but if the bike is working right they have nothing to go on except your description of a no start and a Thunk and a Thack  followed by a normal start.

Based on what the shop has done so far if I were the mechanic I wouldn't know where to start (no pun intended).

If I had to do something, I guess I would start with the starter solenoid but that would be just a wild ars guess on my part and without any positive proof that it was defective I doubt that the warranty would cover its cost or the time spent in installing it.

Oh yeah, the shop is doing things by the book.  Can't blame them.  CMW will look at the video I made and hopefully have a clue as to what to do.  If not, I will pick up the bike on Saturday and ride it until something else happens.  Hopefully it won't, but this C5 has been a bit cranky. 
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on November 04, 2011, 05:07:01 pm
I hear a thump and thwack in mine occasionally. Not much of a thump, but the thwack is the auto decompressor doing it's thing. It's kinda loud. Never worried about it.
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: prof_stack on November 05, 2011, 05:21:27 am
Today I went to pick up the C5 from the dealer.  Kevin emailed me to basically say don’t worry about the starter.  They will take care of me (and the bike).  Nice. 

Elliott cleaned off the fouled spark plug from too many startups and no running.  He did say that I shouldn’t use any anti-seize on the threads as it messes with the contact and makes the plug run cooler by 1 or 2 settings.  I didn’t know that. 

The bike was very reluctant to rev up for a few miles and then cleared up fine.  It seemed slow but then I remembered that my last ride was on the Guzzi. 

Curse this bike:  I got into the thumper rhythm and didn’t want to stop.   This is why I bought it and I came home a smiling guy, even with the November cold talking to me. 

Plus, a black C5 is the best looking of all the modern Enfields!   :D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Desi Bike on November 05, 2011, 12:36:59 pm
I definately agree with you there, but only if you dont count the chrome and maroon. Because we all know its the bestest...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Alan LaRue on November 05, 2011, 02:00:18 pm
Finally received my "Clocks4Bikes" stem-mounted indiglo clock yesterday, which had been backordered. Takes about 45 seconds to install. I love it! I got the one with the black face since the B5 gauge faces are black. I'm not sure it's really worth $54.95, but it looks good and I really like having a clock on my bikes. I tried out the light with the garage door closed and could see the numbers fine, but the hands were barely visible, so the indiglo feature is probably more useful with the white face. That was $10 extra, so if you're considering one of these, I would say that it may not be worth the extra for the light with the black face. I might change my mind when I try it out on a nighttime ride, though.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: CoffeeAchiever on November 05, 2011, 04:45:33 pm
I have the white face clock on my G5 and I love it!

Gotta run, taking the Bullet out this morning.  Heading up to the town of Cave Creek for coffee and a bowl of gormet steel cut oatmeal.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: prof_stack on November 05, 2011, 05:09:20 pm
I have the white face clock on my G5 and I love it!

Gotta run, taking the Bullet out this morning.  Heading up to the town of Cave Creek for coffee and a bowl of gormet steel cut oatmeal.

Steel-cut oats are quite popular these days.  They took over for bacon and eggs for my breakfasts and somehow I feel healthier.  Try the oat groats at home (cook 45 min) sometime.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on November 05, 2011, 09:00:04 pm
I've been eating granola in yogurt with bananas thrown in lately. Surprisingly good.
I'm not going to give up all the other good stuff for it, but a couple of times a week is OK.
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Jack Leis on November 05, 2011, 09:04:26 pm
I've been eating granola in yogurt with bananas thrown in lately. Surprisingly good.
I'm not going to give up all the other good stuff for it, but a couple of times a week is OK.
Bare
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Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on November 05, 2011, 09:21:01 pm
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Is that what I smelled riding behind you !

Coulda been why I blew your doors off in the little roll on! :D
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Jack Leis on November 06, 2011, 01:24:24 am
Jet Proppelled Enfield. I like that.  After I change the cards in my spokes we can try it again !
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: jartist on November 06, 2011, 02:24:12 am
Might be a bit faster without the pink handlebar tassels!   :D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on November 06, 2011, 03:42:50 pm
I have high speed tassels, they take care of those nasty wingtip vortices
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: bob bezin on November 06, 2011, 10:32:27 pm
39 mile ride on the fireball  . temp upper 50s , sunny  beautyfull sun afternoon.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: CoffeeAchiever on November 07, 2011, 04:34:04 pm
Didn't realize that I might spark a "nutrition" sub-thread when I made my oatmeal comment Saturday... 

I took my '09 G5 on her first long road trip (over 270 mikes) yesterday.  I rode East from Phoenix to Apache Junction where I met up with two riding buddies.  One rides a Harley Fatboy, the other a Honda Shadow 1100.  The three of us then rode a loop through East Central Arizona hitting the towns of Superior, Kearney, Winkleman, Oracle (home of Biosphere II), Florence and back to Apache Junction.  By the time I rode back to Phoenix and pulled into my garage I had logged a total of 273 miles on the odometer. 

The Bullet performed like a champ!  I'll post a more detailed account of my experience in the Trips / Ride Reports section later today when I have more time. 

I love my Royal Enfield!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: TCP on November 07, 2011, 04:38:22 pm
Funny how topics evolve based on the ages of the commentators.

When I was young oatmeal was the farthest thing from my mind.

Now, it seems it is a necessity.

Sad but true.

EAT YOUR OATMEAL!

Sounds like you had a good trip CAchiever.

Caseman
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: wokka on November 08, 2011, 04:44:09 am
Well, it wasn't today.
But for some reason my home IP is banned....

Got back Sunday evening from an attempted ride around the UAE, Mechanical failure (2010 C5 cracked a tank weld and was pissing fuel everywhere, and a 2009 C5 with a cozy sidecar blew a rear tyre after the panniers shifted causing the fender to rub) but we still managed 1160km in 2 days.

Nowhere near as sore as I thought I'd be, and already planning the next attempt to do the full 2500km
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: GlennF on November 08, 2011, 06:02:20 am
Well, it wasn't today.
But for some reason my home IP is banned....

My entire workplace is IP banned most days. Regardless of which workstation or laptop I log in from it is blocked. Then randomly I will be able to get in again for a few hours.

Whenever it happens I just log in using kproxy instead.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: wokka on November 08, 2011, 06:43:10 am
My entire workplace is IP banned most days. Regardless of which workstation or laptop I log in from it is blocked. Then randomly I will be able to get in again for a few hours.

Whenever it happens I just log in using kproxy instead.

Thats the problem with being over here, all proxies are banned too.... >:(
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: GlennF on November 09, 2011, 09:36:35 pm
Thats the problem with being over here, all proxies are banned too.... >:(

Surprisingly I was able to get in without going through a proxy today.

Doubt that will last long though :D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: The Garbone on November 10, 2011, 11:26:37 pm
Well, since the Harley is the new 2up beast I removed the pillion from my 07.   This makes me very happy... ;D ;D   The lines of the bike are much better. 

Put my discount RE toolbag under the headlamp.  Looks ratty and old school so that is good.  I need to take some pictures of the scoot as I really don't have one of its current configuration and that changes from month to month.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: TCP on November 11, 2011, 12:48:03 am
Fitted the EFI muffler today.  Started yesterday, and when I bolted everything up, the exhaust was still loose.

Lo and behold, one of the nuts attaching the header pipe to the head had vibrated off.

Call to the dealer to find out it was 8mm X .125 and then off to the hardware store.

First one was out of that one, and only that one only of course.  Second place had only one.  Grabbed it.  LocTited it and good to go.

Small heat shield to hide the ugliness, and it's all done.

Louder than I expected.  Good. Good.

The EFI looks more correct for the bike than that ill fitting prostheses that is stock.

Can't wait to wake up the neighbors.

Caseman
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: bman734 on November 11, 2011, 01:49:19 pm
You are going to LOVE the EFI muffler. Go up a hill and punch it to get the full effect!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: TCP on November 11, 2011, 02:04:51 pm
There's only one hill in Miami.

Fortunately It's on my route to and from work.

Love the EFI already.

Classic look, classic sound.

Caseman
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on November 11, 2011, 06:23:42 pm
Road out to the shop yesterday checking on my parts status and and other general BS about Enfields. Met Jack there and discussed our next ride, maybe next week. Rode home on unfamiliar roads to see if I was missing anything. It's always an adventure to take different routs because of amazing diversity of neighborhoods between the shop and my house. There are the barrios, the high rolling neighborhoods, several airports, new industrial centers, all kinds of schools. canyon roads, race tracks (Fontana), dairy farms, gigantic shopping centers, Chaparral, etal. And the mileage varies very little just depending on what road I take to head south or west, so many options. I did 101 on the round trip. I could take freeways nearly all the way, in fact I went out mostly on the freeway, but the ride home is always the interesting one. I think there was three miles difference between the routes. 4600 on the bike now. Still thumping along very nicely.
I filled the tank which is essentially the first time I rode it since the Big Bear run. Did go to Cycle Gear and our new Enfield dealer in my neighborhood Wednesday, about a16 mile trip. But most of the ride was on the mountain run. I got 77.8 mpg out of that one.
The bike loves the mountains, always fantastic mileage up there.
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Alan LaRue on November 11, 2011, 06:35:17 pm
77.8 mpg... nice! Freeway speeds only get me about 61. There aren't any alternate routes to work that don't involve freeways. I suppose I could take surface streets for some of it, but then I'd be sitting at red lights.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on November 11, 2011, 07:09:53 pm
The ride home on the streets definitely takes longer, but it also gets better mileage. I get about 68 on the freeways but I try to hold the speed to about 60. I hide in amongst the trucks.
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: bman734 on November 12, 2011, 12:56:53 pm
I've been getting a consistent 78 mpg since after break in. I thought at first that I was doing something wrong as regards to calculating this but time after time I come up with the same result. Not that I'm  complaining!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Alan LaRue on November 12, 2011, 02:01:20 pm
Got up the nerve to drill holes in the headlight housing, and installed my Slip Streamer windshield last night. It's changed forever now; not sure how I feel about that, but since I intend to use the bike instead of just look at it, well...

Now instead of a cool 50s look, it has a frumpy 70s look.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: TWinOKC on November 12, 2011, 03:58:58 pm
What about a picture of the Slip Streamer windshield?

 :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Alan LaRue on November 12, 2011, 04:12:10 pm
Here are a couple.
(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-QBWoyxawTH0/Tr6Ck5iE25I/AAAAAAAABBg/zFwOF5k7c7U/s400/11%252520-%2525202.jpg)

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-tFDC-ScNPXQ/Tr6Ck9y91pI/AAAAAAAABBs/JwsEpQCJuc8/s400/11%252520-%2525203.jpg)

It's set at a steep angle, so hopefully that makes it more aerodynamic instead of less. I rode a few minutes and it definitely keeps the pressure off of my chest. The stream hits just below my helmet. Funny thing is that without the windshield, the headlight seemed to deflect most of the air just at the top of my helmet. Yes, there was a lot on my chest, but moving my hand around to determine how the air flowed, there was a stream quite a bit harder near the top of my helmet before. The windshield relieves the pressure down lower, and seems to bring the main airflow down a bit. Or I might just be imagining things.

I expected it to divert the air out past my hands, but it really does not.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: bman734 on November 12, 2011, 08:59:07 pm
There are times when I've wished I'd had a wind shield but I am unwilling to forgo that vintage look. So I try to stay on back road as much as possible and leave the freeways for the semi's.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on November 12, 2011, 10:14:55 pm
Hitchcock's makes a nice fly screen that attaches to the headlight ring, though I guess you'd have to have the 7" conversion.  Fly screens can actually knock out a lot of wind.  That would look totally period correct.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: bob bezin on November 12, 2011, 10:33:56 pm
trying to delay winter as long as possible.. so i took a 24 mile jaunt on the fireball today .temp 52 f. we did have 4 inches of snow a few days ago though
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Jack Leis on November 15, 2011, 01:32:18 am
Put new grips on my G5, they feel great. We will see how they do this week as Barenked and I are heading out on another EPIC MOUNTAIN RUN !
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: TCP on November 15, 2011, 02:51:09 pm
Took the innaugural ride with the new EFI silencer.  Two thumbs up.  Sounded great.  Seems like it changed my shift / mph pattern.

+5 mph 1st to 2nd, and then about +10 mph on each successive up change.

Was shifting 3 - 4 at about 40mph and 4 to 5 at around 50.

Now, I don't neeed 5th until about 60.

My imagination? Maybe, but the new muffler makes me want to crank it up through every gear.

Aaahhhh.  The sweet sound of a vintage exhaust at last.

Caseman
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on November 15, 2011, 05:18:50 pm
What's that you said?   Two thumps up?  ;)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: TCP on November 15, 2011, 06:12:11 pm
Yes.  Typo.

I guess I'm all thumps today.

Caseman
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Alan LaRue on November 16, 2011, 05:13:32 pm
Today, I rode it to work.

Yesterday, I installed the "trunk", a 1950s (I assume) J. C. Higgins small reddish-brown suitcase. Even though it's a J. C. Higgins (Sears and Roebuck brand, same as my first bicycle) and not a Samsonite, it seems like it is well made. When I drilled through, the drill wadded up the wool behind the liner. I didn't even think about there being padding behind the liner.

I used some spray-on Thompson's Water Seal on it a few days ago, and it stayed wet, so I guess it was water-proof already, except maybe for the leather binding.

Not very large, so I put a helmet in it or anything, but it'll carry my iPad or occasional somethingorother I need for work, and allow me to pick up a few groceries after work.

(http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6211/6350266763_dd4b8111c3.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/alanlarue/6350266763/)
2011-11-15_22-20-59_509 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/alanlarue/6350266763/) by alan_l98 (http://www.flickr.com/people/alanlarue/), on Flickr

(http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6041/6350266203_ffccf0f8a9.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/alanlarue/6350266203/)
2011-11-15_22-21-15_126 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/alanlarue/6350266203/) by alan_l98 (http://www.flickr.com/people/alanlarue/), on Flickr

I need to cover the bolt ends so stuff won't get scratched up. A false floor, maybe? Anyone have any ideas?

(http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6109/6350265537_3312ac20c9.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/alanlarue/6350265537/)
2011-11-15_22-21-43_609 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/alanlarue/6350265537/) by alan_l98 (http://www.flickr.com/people/alanlarue/), on Flickr

(http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6034/6351009068_71eae793e0.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/alanlarue/6351009068/)
2011-11-15_22-21-55_497 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/alanlarue/6351009068/) by alan_l98 (http://www.flickr.com/people/alanlarue/), on Flickr
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on November 17, 2011, 12:27:00 am
Perhaps a quick trip to a Tandy Leather store to buy a few pieces of leather?

You would want a leather that was quite flexable so it will conform to the shape of the fasteners but would also provide a softer surface for whatever you put in there.

Some "Tight Bond" or similar contact cement would attach the leather to the suitcase liner.

Of course you realize every car driver is going to follow you around just waiting for that appearently unattached piece of luggage to fall off don't you?  :D ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Alan LaRue on November 17, 2011, 12:39:59 am
Of course you realize every car driver is going to follow you around just waiting for that appearently unattached piece of luggage to fall off don't you?  :D ;D

Haha... You may be right!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Lwt Big Cheese on November 17, 2011, 11:15:52 am
You're bolts are in upside down, as far as I can see on this monitor.

The nuts should be at the bottom so that if they come loose the bolt remains and keeps the case on. This way round if the nut comes loose thebolt disappears and so does your case.

If you use dome headed bolts then they won't scratch so much and would be easier to cover over with a sheet of leather, cardboard or whatever.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: bittercrick on November 17, 2011, 02:14:17 pm
+1 +1  bittercrick
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Alan LaRue on November 17, 2011, 03:04:02 pm
You're bolts are in upside down, as far as I can see on this monitor.

My thought in putting the U at the bottom was that it would fit the luggage rack with the curved end and the inside of the case with the flat piece, but I never thought to discover the "correct" way to do it. Flipping them would eliminate the abrasion issue (rubbed a hole in my fabric iPad cover yesterday!). But would it deform the case?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on November 17, 2011, 06:21:58 pm
The assumption on the bolts falling out was the idea you were running straight bolts to hold it down. The Ubolts aren't likely to lose both nuts, but a little blue Locktite might be a good safety measure. Or put lock nuts on it.
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Lwt Big Cheese on November 18, 2011, 10:05:51 am
He's right you know!!

I had assumed they were straight bolts.

 ::)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: raderj on November 18, 2011, 08:54:45 pm
Hey everyone.  New to the forum.  Bought my black 2011 G5 a month ago and just passed 800 miles.  Most recent thing I have done is noticed a swirl scratch on my tank from a zipper.  Going to go buy some rubbing a polishing compounds this weekend to remedy this tragedy.

Cpl Rader Johnson

USMC
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Alan LaRue on November 18, 2011, 09:07:42 pm
Welcome aboard, Rader!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on November 18, 2011, 09:20:03 pm
Hey everyone.  New to the forum.  Bought my black 2011 G5 a month ago and just passed 800 miles.  Most recent thing I have done is noticed a swirl scratch on my tank from a zipper.  Going to go buy some rubbing a polishing compounds this weekend to remedy this tragedy.

Cpl Rader Johnson

USMC

Compuond?  That sounds like work!  Just keep riding, the winter muck will cover all scratches soon enough ;)

Welcome aboard!

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: TCP on November 18, 2011, 09:27:12 pm
Rader,

Thanks for your service to our country.

Without the Marines, we would be in deep S*!t.

Sorry to hear about the scratch.

The first one hurts the worst.

Caseman
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: raderj on November 19, 2011, 12:59:31 am
Thanks guys.  My pleasure to serve.
About that winter...Good thing there isn't much winter muck in Orange County, CA!

Just went on a ride through Camp Pendleton with the wife. 65 degrees and a beautiful sunset. ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: iowarider on November 19, 2011, 03:38:47 am
Now that's just mean. Got all the way up to 50 today. Probably the last of that temp for a few months here in Iowa. ;)

Take a ride for me will ya?

Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: raderj on November 19, 2011, 04:55:56 am
Will do!  Just took the wife to get some authentic Italian on the bike.  Updated the fuelly account.  Doing pretty good for carrying my wife around with me for half of each tank.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Alan LaRue on November 19, 2011, 04:57:40 am
The third coast has good riding weather in the winter, but summer is miserable. I'd like to live on the left coast someday.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: bman734 on November 19, 2011, 04:54:48 pm
What the hell is that thing? It looks like a coffin for your pet chihuahua! Permanently attached to your RE. May be it would be a good thing if it did fall off. Forgo the locktite blue and maybe it will disappear eventually! Of course, what am I saying anyway, I'm planning on putting fanny packs on my military which is a little bit out there as well I'd say.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Alan LaRue on November 19, 2011, 06:09:58 pm
I don't care for the suitcase. Thought it was worth a shot, but it does look dopey. I'll probably get a Givi style case for it. Meanwhile, I do need some way to carry stuff. Not comfortable with the backpack route, though a lot of young guys do that.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on November 19, 2011, 09:34:06 pm
I used a backpack on my Scrambler as my flight bag when I was flying. It actually worked quite well.
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on November 19, 2011, 10:33:26 pm
I use a Timbuk2 messenger bag.  They come in lots of sizes, are durable as hell, and nothing has ever gotten wet in it.  I like using a messenger bag because I use the same bag for my stuff whether I ride or take the car.  The tank bag is more comfortable since it's not on my shoulder but I found it was a hassle moving stuff back and forth from tank bag to non-moto bag.  In a pinch I can squeeze a gallon of milk and a few other groceries in on the way home.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Jack Leis on November 20, 2011, 01:42:33 am
I don't care for the suitcase. Thought it was worth a shot, but it does look dopey. I'll probably get a Givi style case for it. Meanwhile, I do need some way to carry stuff. Not comfortable with the backpack route, though a lot of young guys do that.
  Dopey isnt the word.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Alan LaRue on November 20, 2011, 02:24:32 am
Where we're you people when I posted pictures of the mock-up and asked for opinions? ;-)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: bman734 on November 20, 2011, 08:31:02 pm
It's just a relief to me that you have come to your senses. What about a tank bag. RE sells one but I'm sure that you could find one cheaper at leatherup.com Nothing to attach, it's held on by magnets. 
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: GlennF on November 20, 2011, 11:14:21 pm
A stretchy bike sized cargo net on the rack or rear of the seat is surprisingly handy,

Then there is the milk crate solution ....
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Alan LaRue on November 21, 2011, 12:13:18 am
I have a magnetic tank bag, sort of a triangular shape by Fieldsheer. I could get a larger one, I suppose. I'm pretty sure the guys objecting to the suitcase would have greater objections to a milk crate!

I would like something like the Givi E21 side cases, but they do not have a generic mounting plate for the Monokey cases, only for the Monolock cases, which are lighter duty and not substantial enough to use as panniers. Monokey cases require a mount made specifically for your motorcycle, so of course there is no RE version.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: iowarider on November 21, 2011, 02:25:21 am
Alan  Okay my curiosity is getting the best of me. Where would I find a picture of your bike folks keep talking about.

As for the egg crate, I used on on my old cx500 for a bit. Ugly as sin, but worked like a charm for what I needed at the time. There cheap to.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Alan LaRue on November 21, 2011, 03:30:12 pm
Reply 1117 in this thread shows it installed, but all close-up.

http://www.enfieldmotorcycles.com/forum/index.php/topic,7829.msg141116.html#msg141116 (http://www.enfieldmotorcycles.com/forum/index.php/topic,7829.msg141116.html#msg141116)

I had some photos of it just sitting on the luggage rack in this thread:
http://www.enfieldmotorcycles.com/forum/index.php/topic,12544.msg139505.html#msg139505 (http://www.enfieldmotorcycles.com/forum/index.php/topic,12544.msg139505.html#msg139505)


Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: bman734 on November 21, 2011, 04:44:48 pm
Did those pictures have to be re posted? I wouldn't want anyone to get any bad ideas out there.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Jack Leis on November 21, 2011, 05:00:50 pm
Friends dont let friends mount old suitcases to their Enfields !
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: GreenMachine on November 21, 2011, 05:16:02 pm
haaaaaaaaaa   good one.......take your suitcase and hit the road jack :o....Just busting your chops..whatever tickle your fancy......
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Alan LaRue on November 21, 2011, 05:16:44 pm
You guys are about to convince me to keep it on there! Maybe I'll buy two more and mount them as panniers :P
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: TCP on November 21, 2011, 05:27:32 pm
Let's not beat up on Alan here.

He's suffered enough.

Just another idea that was good on paper, but didn't quite work out as planned.

I have had many of these.

There was kind of a quaint charm in the assembly though.

Caseman
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on November 21, 2011, 05:48:27 pm
Quote
I have a magnetic tank bag, sort of a triangular shape by Fieldsheer.

I used a magnetic tank bag years ago, In fact, I still have it, but I'd never use one on a bike again. They seem collect steel shards from the air and destroy the finish of the tank.
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: greekxj on November 22, 2011, 01:08:04 am
I am starting to do some maintenance now that the season is almost done for me. Today i pulled the battery cover and was shocked to see all of the battery cell levels off and low! So i filled them all to the full mark with distilled water. I usually check stuff all the time so it bugs me to let something like this happen even if its minor. Ah well, lesson learned.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: hocko on November 22, 2011, 01:24:08 am
Stuffed either the gearbox or clutch  ???
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Jack Leis on November 22, 2011, 01:47:45 am
Stuffed either the gearbox or clutch  ???
  That doesnt sound good. Lets hope its something simple. Any symptons or warnings ?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Jack Leis on November 22, 2011, 01:50:09 am
  Washed my G5 for the first time finally. Its shinning like a new penny now !
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: hocko on November 22, 2011, 02:59:39 am
  That doesnt sound good. Lets hope its something simple. Any symptons or warnings ?

Got a thread going "Gearbox?"

Cheers  :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on November 22, 2011, 05:39:30 pm
Nuthin'! And I'll be doing lots more of it.  The rainy season is here in the Pacific Northwest. After the new year maybe I'll start on some of the winter projects I have planned.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: TCP on November 22, 2011, 07:09:09 pm
Sorry to hear that Scott.
 I hate to even tell all you guys that here in Miami, it will be between 50 and 70 degrees with no rain for the next four months, with an occasional dip into the 40's.

Caseman
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Alan LaRue on November 22, 2011, 07:38:48 pm
You never know what winter will be like in Houston. Depends on El Niño or La Niña. It may be sunny and warm for three months, or rainy and cold. They were acting like our drought was going to continue, but we've had rain three Tuesdays in a row now. No motorcycling in the rain for me (proud to be a fair-weather motorcyclist!), but I would like to have grass on my lawn next year, so I'll be happy if we get a wet winter. If not, I'll be riding!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on November 22, 2011, 08:14:17 pm
I GOT MY AFTERMARKET TURN SIGNALS TO WORK!

This became an important item to me after going to the local weekly custom car/bike show where a guy mentioned that the "Honda" turn signals looked out of place on the bike.

I had problems getting these new "old style" signals to work but I figured it out.  I posted my findings in the Installation/Usage Instructions & tips section.

These replacement front lights look much better, all tucked in next to the forks rather than hanging out in the wind looking like a sore thumb. :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on November 22, 2011, 11:08:33 pm
They do look really purty :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on November 22, 2011, 11:54:28 pm
I did my little 100 round trip mile ride out to the shop and while I was hanging out there the UPS truck arrived with my rearsets and my upswept pipe adapter was sitting there waiting for me, too. Man, am I going to have fun next week! ;D
On the way back, I rode down to Aircraft Spruce and picked up a can of ACF50.
The old Bullet has officially passed the 5000 mile mark, and is still happily clanking away. God, I love this beast!
It was about 46 degrees this morning when I left, but about 70 when I got home. Ah, the weather out here is so boring ;) Thee mountains collected some more snow Sunday. Really beautiful up there. I'll get some pictures tomorrow.
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: raderj on November 23, 2011, 06:18:07 am
   Got the day off of work to do a Battalion motorcycle ride.  21 Marines all riding out to Idyllwild.  12 sportbikes and 9 cruisers.  I had to make it clear to the pace guy that I can't cruise past 65 mph for more than a few miles.  It got me some wierd looks and questions! 
"How many gears do you have, four?"
"Oh, it's because it's old, right?"
   We did all backroads so it wasn't really an issue.  There sure are some great motorcycle roads around here. I'm going to miss Southern California on the bike...
   Good times, though. 160 mile round trip.  65 degrees most of the way. Got up to 4000+ feet MSL.  The bike averaged 69.4mpg on the whole trip.  Pretty good considering the altitude and the fact that I had to be totally pegged to keep up going up some of those hills! 
   I'm hoping to break 70mpg on my next fill-up.  Wish me luck!

Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: bman734 on November 23, 2011, 01:08:05 pm
I am officially jealous of all you southern RE riders out there. While you are contemplating your winter rides, I am getting ready to stow my RE for the winter. The only positive that I can see is that when I get my baby out of storage in April, that first ride of the season is going to be very sweet indeed. Have fun guys, and think of us northerners when you are cruising down those back roads this winter.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: TCP on November 23, 2011, 01:19:35 pm
Don't fret bman.

By April, it will be raining every day down here.

Then it's my turn to lube and spruce up the goose.

To everything there is a season.

Caseman
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on November 23, 2011, 11:46:03 pm
I said I would get pictures today. I took a few but the mountains weren't as snow covered today as they were yesterday, so aren't quite so spectacular. That's Mt. Baldy in the background a bit over 10,000'. that's the one we were behind the last week at 8000'. There is a lot more snow on that side (the North side).
This was the best shot.
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: GreenMachine on November 23, 2011, 11:56:50 pm
i'm  jealous, u still have leaves on the trees and the weather looks warm...all gone here and winter in a few weeks.....Love the shot and r they k70's on the enfield?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Desi Bike on November 24, 2011, 01:15:26 pm
I made a 550 mile round trip to my dealer in 28 - 32 F weather. Bike running great in the cooler weather, it seems to really like the dense air. The rear rim was replaced under warranty and I had a new rear tire installed at the same time. I was going to upgrade to K70s but the dealer had already mounted another Avon, so I'll stick with the stocker I guess. Managed 9400km on the original rear, still had some life left in it, but it was getting down in the wear bars.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Alan LaRue on November 24, 2011, 02:42:36 pm
What was wrong with your rim?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on November 24, 2011, 04:51:45 pm
Quote
i'm  jealous, u still have leaves on the trees and the weather looks warm...all gone here and winter in a few weeks.....Love the shot and r they k70's on the enfield?

Yeah it looks like that most of the time around here. There aren't very many deciduous(?) trees (are they the ones that turn color?) around here. The ones that do aren't particularly pretty, there's not much color in them like back east and the midwest.
Yeah, the tires are K70s. Far superior to the Avons for the way I ride. I hated the Avons, especially after they threw the bike off a cliff!
Desibike, That's too cold! Did you do that ride in one day? You must have a headlight that works! Heated clothes?
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Desi Bike on November 24, 2011, 07:37:48 pm
Yes, ther ride was all in one day. Started out on the highway but wasnt having much fun with the turbulence from the big trucks so I went further north to the secondary highways and back roads. Much more comfortable there, and still able to pull 120 kmh without getting blown around. The rim had a 'wow' where the rim was welded in manufacture.  Didnt bother me too much, but my dealer wanted it fixed so he got a new rim for me. My exhaust heat sheild was replaaced as it was  cracking at the front. The little clip on the head pipe that it should clip into has broken off so its worm clamped at the front now until a new clip can be tack welded in place, lest it wiggle itself into breaking again. With regards to dressing warmly for the ride, i wear multiple layers the top two are wind resistant. The only pain was the fogging of my visor while travelling close to the Thames River for 70miles or so on the way back in the dark.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on November 24, 2011, 08:06:59 pm
Desi, get a Foggy Respro and you'll never have to worry about foggy face shields again. 

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Desi Bike on November 25, 2011, 12:34:56 am
oh my, that does look neat. I normally have a good clear visor, but the combination of the moist cold fog coming off the river a dozen yards off to the left of me fogged the outside and I fogged the inside cursing at the fog. The MInda 7 inch light has a reallly nice pattern, and in fog, the low beam still cuts through.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: greekxj on November 25, 2011, 02:32:19 am
End of season oil/filter change :( Probably still get it out here and there but it was time for sure. Gonna do the primary oil in the next few days along with a bolt check, valve adj,  and cable lube etc. Ill stop talking as this is "what did you do today thread" not "what will you be doing thread" lol.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: bman734 on November 25, 2011, 02:24:35 pm
60 degrees today and 64 degrees tomorrow makes me wish my license was up to date. I'm getting a discount for seasonal riding here in NE Ohio but am obviously rethinking the logic of this tactic. Of course I'll get the yearly next year and it will rain all of October and November with my luck. So far this fall here has been for the most part gorgeous and I'm kicking myself for having chosen to sit on my ass just to save a few bucks.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on November 25, 2011, 08:50:51 pm
My ins. co. just discounts everyone's ins. figuring most people don't ride in the winter anyway.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: The Garbone on November 25, 2011, 11:50:42 pm
Did not do anything to my Enfields today or for the past week.  Cleaned out the garage last weekend so I have more room to take down my motor and start upgrading and in the precess threw my back out.   Sadly my back is now better but the holidays have arrived and I have been busy to even ride.    Maybe this weekend I can get to work taking apart my 95.    
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on November 26, 2011, 12:15:24 am
Went on a short ride with Bikesnob7 up San Gabriel Cyn to the top, then back down to East River Rd to Glendora Ridge and back down on Glendora Mtn Rd. The weather was bit cool in the morning but warmed up nicely as the day went on. We spent more time BSing then riding, but we had a good time. It was a total of 105 miles for me, a bit less for Steve. Just a good day to have the Enfield sooth the soul.
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: GreenMachine on November 26, 2011, 12:50:56 am
absolutely nothing but good for you...its great being retired..you're  just riding your heart out there with the great weather and all.....i' just finished up tiling the kitchen spalsh wall and other side wall .The weather been great here too but I feel the need to  completete a few projects before winter starts her evil ways s...I'm planing on getting the yamaha inspected this week and take the enfield for a good run....
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Desi Bike on November 26, 2011, 02:43:48 pm
Just got off the phone with my dealer. He is fantastic.

 http://www.uralontario.ca/re.html (http://www.uralontario.ca/re.html)

 I posted a few days ago about my 550 mile round trip to Ken's shop for my rim and heat shield replacement. The thin little clip that is welded on to the head pipe that is supposed to hold the front of the heat shield in place, and quell vibrations that crack the shield, was broken off on my pipe. I would have been happy if he just tack welded a new clip on the pipe as its under the shield and cant be seen, but.....

 ;D I'm getting a whole new pipe under warranty!  ;D

Now the little blue bits around my oxygen sensor will be gone.... all shiney brand new.

Looks like I'll have to make another 550 mile run in the near future.

Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: john hut on November 26, 2011, 09:47:09 pm
End of season oil/filter change :( Probably still get it out here and there but it was time for sure. Gonna do the primary oil in the next few days along with a bolt check, valve adj,  and cable lube etc. Ill stop talking as this is "what did you do today thread" not "what will you be doing thread" lol.
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               Primary Oil ?........Valve Adj.?    Whats this ?
            John Hut
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on November 26, 2011, 10:18:51 pm
" Primary Oil ?........Valve Adj.?    Whats this ?
            John Hut"
----------

That's a good question since these things aren't needed with the UCE engine.

Of course, we know that he's not riding a UCE powered bike and is on one of the older models, but we UCE riders usually humor the guys on the older RE's.

Kinda like humoring our grandfathers.  :D ;D

Oh, What did I do to my RE today?
I gave it a sponge bath and another coat of wax so it's all shiny.
Black and Chrome do look good.  :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: greekxj on November 27, 2011, 04:23:19 am
" Primary Oil ?........Valve Adj.?    Whats this ?
            John Hut"
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That's a good question since these things aren't needed with the UCE engine.

Of course, we know that he's not riding a UCE powered bike and is on one of the older models, but we UCE riders usually humor the guys on the older RE's.

Kinda like humoring our grandfathers.  :D ;D

Oh, What did I do to my RE today?
I gave it a sponge bath and another coat of wax so it's all shiny.
Black and Chrome do look good.  :)

Haha i love my iron engine bullet! I actually did some more maintenence today. Did do my valves and primary oil change ;D I also lubed all the cables and did a bolt check. Yep its a labor of love to own an iron engine bullet. Total old school!!!!!!!!!!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: raderj on November 28, 2011, 03:45:16 am
   Drove to hang out with church friends with my wife on the back.  Stayed in the right lane and buzzed between 55 and 60 mph on I-5. 50 miles there and back combined.  Not as crazy as some of you might believe. That's where all the semi-trucks hang out.  They only go as fast as I was going so it actually works out to be very comfortable.  Drafting Baby!  Just kidding.  I always keep a responsible following distance  ;D
  
   Hit some Thanksgiving traffic on the way back. Stayed above 30 mph through the thick stuff thanks to lane sharing.  Really warm out today and this evening. Great ride.

  
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Desi Bike on November 28, 2011, 12:31:02 pm
If you want a good drafting experience, tailgate a car carrier truck. They have a large 'dead air' zone behind them for about 30 feet... LoL
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Alan LaRue on November 28, 2011, 02:52:24 pm
Ha, Desi, I just translated your sig!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: TCP on November 28, 2011, 03:01:40 pm
Well Alan, what does it say???

Caseman
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Desi Bike on November 28, 2011, 03:20:15 pm
i've been waiting for someone to do that hahaha!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Alan LaRue on November 28, 2011, 04:14:35 pm
Google translates it as:
I do not want a pickle
I just want to ride my bike

:-)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: TCP on November 28, 2011, 04:25:43 pm
Nice.  I love it.

Caseman
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: singhg5 on November 28, 2011, 05:41:54 pm
I said I would get pictures today. I took a few but the mountains weren't as snow covered today as they were yesterday, so aren't quite so spectacular. That's Mt. Baldy in the background a bit over 10,000'. that's the one we were behind the last week at 8000'. There is a lot more snow on that side (the North side).
This was the best shot.

Bare:

This is really a beautiful shot - how about posting it in the Photo Gallery as well !
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on November 28, 2011, 07:32:12 pm
Google translates it as:
I do not want a pickle
I just want to ride my bike

:-)

I was just wondering about that the other day.  I guess Google is broken if it can't translate 'motor-sickle' correctly.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Desi Bike on November 28, 2011, 09:39:12 pm
The language is Urdu. I used to have it say "Life's to short to dance with fat chicks' but the translation software I used came out with 'life is too short to dance with gristle infant chickens'  Hardly the same impact.  Teehee
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Alan LaRue on November 28, 2011, 10:06:29 pm
I managed to get it to say "motorcycle" instead of "bike" by putting the word "motorcycle" on a separate line. Very strange.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: GreenMachine on November 28, 2011, 11:11:03 pm
added a bit of seafoam to the approximate  2 gallons that's left in the tank and took her for a 12 mile spin...alternated between the normal and emergency selector on the petcock....getting greenmachine ready for winter...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: raderj on November 29, 2011, 01:58:10 am
Got my Napoleon mirrors in the mail and put them on.  I guess I'll see how awesome they work tomorrow on the ride to work.  They sure do look purdy...

I also was going to adjust my chain, but that will have to wait until later because I don't have big enough sockets.  Bummer.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: FiRE Comms on November 29, 2011, 02:49:37 am
those Napoleon's sure look sharp, where are you guys sourcing them from and any ticks w/e the bar end weights or just switching them out for the mirror?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on November 29, 2011, 05:40:05 am
I made our Host richer by ordering some goodies for my G5. :)

A 7" headlight, a K&N air filter and oiling kit and a couple of retro turn signals so I can get rid of those HUGE DOT mandated lights on the rear of the bike.
(As you folks may recall, I already replaced the two front signals). :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: raderj on November 29, 2011, 06:54:07 am
those Napoleon's sure look sharp, where are you guys sourcing them from and any ticks w/e the bar end weights or just switching them out for the mirror?

I kept the bar end weights and screwed the mirrors on the outside of them.  Time will tell if this poses a problem with staying tight.  It seems good now.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on November 29, 2011, 10:38:58 am
I put a little blue LocTite on just to be sure.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on November 29, 2011, 06:00:05 pm
Quote
I kept the bar end weights and screwed the mirrors on the outside of them.  Time will tell if this poses a problem with staying tight.  It seems good now.

I have the weights on mine, not a problem. I do use a bit of blue there, though.
I had the arms cranked in like you do. My hands got claustrophobic. I had to move the arms back up in the vertical position, although I did rotate the mirrors inward.

I got mine off Ebay, but be sure to look for Barons, there are other "Napoleans" out there that are inferior.
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on November 29, 2011, 11:25:18 pm
I got started on installing the rearsets today. I got the right side done as far as the footpegs go, but I can see I'm going to have a problem with the pipe. Too many bolts sticking through the frame. I'm working on the left and hitting a couple of PITA things, like getting the sidestand spring back on, but that was expected. The rear motor mount bolt is being a pain, too. But should be done with the installation tomorrow, than have to figure out what to do with the pipe.
So far , so good, for the most part. Don't expect to be able to go back to stock very easily though.
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: bob bezin on November 30, 2011, 10:08:06 pm
last ride of the season? rode the fireball 11 miles today i shudda dressed warmer . low  40s did"nt want to ride home  but got cold. waiting for spring.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: The Garbone on November 30, 2011, 11:39:09 pm
Took the bike to work, then the doctor and the pharmacy to pick up an antiflamatory for my back.   Wife does not think its a good idea to ride with the lower back pain, she might be correct but there is no fun in taking a cage to work.. ;)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on December 01, 2011, 05:59:47 pm
I have run into a few snags with the rearsets. Nothing unbeatable, but has definitely slowed up the works. Have to go chase parts now. I'm still hoping to have it ready for Sunday's ride.
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Maturin on December 01, 2011, 08:36:41 pm
Rearsets? Did I miss anything? Where did you get them from? Hitchcock? Any pics? Sorry to hear about having trouble with installing. Keep us posted, please! Regards
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on December 01, 2011, 09:12:22 pm
When I got through all the trials and tribulations and get this thing finished, I can write a novel about it. Looks like I will miss this weekend's ride. But, if it takes me into next week to finish this, I can get all the other little things fixed on it, too.
I got the parts from Tim, but I'm not sure where they were made, although I'm pretty sure they're Indian. They are actually quite nice looking and well finished with only a few machine marks visible under the paint if you look hard for them.
They were probably designed for an AVL, because there are areas that don't fit a G-5. A good bandsaw would be nice, but I don't think I could cut 1/4" steel with them if I had the blades. Inactivity in that area is my fault. A hacksaw worked, but ate into assembly time.
Has anyone tried to find an M10x320 bolt? I ended up using a 3/8" x12 American until I can find one. This is the rear motor mount bolt that is too short to add on 2 1/4" plates. Chasing parts and materials also cut into the assembly time
The angle adapter for the exhaust won't quite fit over my pipe, so I'm trying a exhaust pipe expander from Harbor Freight with a lot of frustration and little luck. I'm getting close on that one, but I have to remove the pipe which requires unplugging the O2 probe, which requires removing the tank and seat to find the plug, which is where I am at the moment. Then a big soft blow hammer and hack saw may solve my problems.
Once I get the exhaust hooked up, then I can finish the assembly. But before I do that, and since I will already have the seat and tank off, I need to clean the underbelly of the bike so I can give it its ACF50 treatment.
And while I've got it apart, I'm going to attack my headlight issues once and for all.
If I can't cure them, It may go to the shop and let the warranty handle it.
My wife wants me to go out of town with her tomorrow, so that day will be written off.
Right now I'm taking a frustration break, so I can whinge to my friends about the whole task. I shoulda waited until next week to start because I don't have another  club ride scheduled until New Year's Eve.
Anyway, gotta get back t it!
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: TCP on December 02, 2011, 01:32:04 pm
Bare,

Have your videographer chronicle this and post for all to see.

I'm sure we would all like to see how this story ends so we don't have to wait for the book and subsequent movie trilogy to come out.

Caseman
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: bman734 on December 02, 2011, 10:57:50 pm
I went out to check out the trickle charger hooked up to my C5. I have it on a timer so it charges during the wee hours of the night when it is the coldest out. I then cried like a baby with the realization that I will not be getting on my bike again for another 4 to 5 months. Deep depression hit soon after and then I remembered that I have a wife and two daughters and riding motorcycles is not the most important thing in life. NOT!
Wah! Wah! Wah!  :'(
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Jack Leis on December 02, 2011, 11:08:48 pm
 I finally broke down and installedaVista-Cruise throttle lock on my G5. Didnt have much trouble making it fit, all I had to do is trim a little off on of their retaining clips and placed it under one of the screws that supports the throttle assembly and bingo, finished. Took it for a short spin and found it works like a champ. Hopefully it will help with the numb throttle hand I get when Bare and I are on one of our epic runs.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: trimleyman on December 03, 2011, 12:53:45 am
actually had the rev limiter on my G5 kick in  2nd gear whilst leaving a crysler 300 hemi at a light. Yeh even my commuter bike has get up and go , ;) not in the class of my old 350 desmo but still a fun ride.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: bman734 on December 03, 2011, 01:33:56 pm
Regarding cruise control. I've been using an O-ring that just slips over the throttle handle and I simply roll it over to lock the throttle. I can still twist the throttle but otherwise it will stay put. I'm not sure of the size so don't ask. I just bought a few different sized and the one I'm using works like a champ and only cost pennies.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Jack Leis on December 05, 2011, 01:00:43 am
Went for a nice putt up to Lake Silverwood. The high winds here have left for awhile and it was a beautiful day to take the Enfield out.  It was a 60 mile round trip, just long enough to feed my G5 addiction !
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: raderj on December 05, 2011, 01:52:26 am
I did the SoCal Norton Club Palomar to Julian ride today!  A little chilly, but it was great.  Started off in Temecula, CA and rode to Julian via the 76 hwy.  Then took the 79 around and I took I-15 back to the 74 West and back to San Clemente.  Started at 930am and got home at 5pm.  Stopped and ate lunch and just enjoyed the day. If you go like the club's facebook page you can look at the pictures when they get posted.  Lots of cool old Nortons and Triumphs, a Vincent, a Yamaha 400, one Harley, and me...the lonely Enfield.  Even though we went up past 5500 ft through the twists and I had to goose it to keep up with those twins everyone else seemed to have, I still got 69mpg and kept up pretty well.  Good times.  It makes me want to get that efi pipe, k&n filter and bigger sprocket installed!  And get the head polished and put in that 535 piston...but that's a whole other story!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on December 07, 2011, 01:19:36 am
Today I took on the task of replacing those huge DOT rear turn signals with the metal bullet style offered by our host.

I explained what I did in this post
http://www.enfieldmotorcycles.com/forum/index.php/topic,11320.new.html#new

I think it looks MUCH better now.  ;D

Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Jack Leis on December 07, 2011, 01:56:26 am
Today I took on the task of replacing those huge DOT rear turn signals with the metal bullet style offered by our host.

I explained what I did in this post
http://www.enfieldmotorcycles.com/forum/index.php/topic,11320.new.html#new

I think it looks MUCH better now.  ;D


Looks great Arizoni ! I like the saddlebags too !
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: iowarider on December 07, 2011, 05:11:11 am
Very nice, I agree, those look much better than the lights that came on the bike.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on December 09, 2011, 12:44:43 am
YEEHAA--YEAH--I finally got to go riding again ;D
 I got all the rearset stuff assembled and checked out, cleaned the bike up, adjusted the chain, then took 'er out for a short run. Felt like a completely bike. It seemed more compact, yet taller. But after a few blocks it was feeling great!
Those rearsets may be a bit tight for a tall guy. I felt like I was folded up a lot more, albeit, comfortable. I've got to get used to dropping my feet in front of the pegs instead of behind them. Won't take long though. It does straighten out of my back with the lower bars. Probably feel a lot better on a long run, although the stock pegs weren't bad, these seem a bit more comfortable. It's good to be back on a sport bike. At least it feels like one. 8)
The sidestand is a bit of a bitch to reach. The end is right under the peg. Other than that all the controls were set up near perfect. I don't really have to change anything.
More details and pictures later.
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on December 09, 2011, 04:07:05 am
I got my 7" LUCAS headlight installed and then rewrote the instructions I had posted on how to do it in the Installations/Usage Instructions section.  ;D

Below is a WAS and IS picture.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on December 09, 2011, 04:36:08 am
After getting back from a long trip I picked it up at the shop after an oil change and a few other small things.  It was near freezing when I rode home but still felt great to be back riding after a few weeks off.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on December 10, 2011, 10:31:14 pm
Gave the Bullet a real test ride taking it over to the Motorcycle Show in long Beach. The rearsets are doing as advertised. Still have a couple of my old habits to overcome, but It's getting there.
Looked over the new stuff and really was underwhelmed. These things are looking like something out of Star Wars, and most of them are IMHO butt ugly. Htey seem to get bigger every year, along with getting more expensive. Granted they do have Traction Control, non-skid  brakes, and other high end electronics, but I thought these bests were suppose to be motorcycles that you ride and control. I guess now you just sit and wait.
I did see a couple of thumpers that were somewhat interesting. One was a Ryca. Here was an article about them in either Cycle World or Motorclist last year about an outfit building a sport bike using a Suzuki Boulevard 650 thumper engine and other parts. Baxically, you could send them a Suzuki donor and they'd put there parts on in, or you could get the bike outright for about $8,000 I think it was. It looked kind of interesting in a crude sort of way. There was one there in the Suzuki booth.   I sat on it and it struck me that it is going to be really uncomfortable. Hard seat, too low bars. Performance is on the par with the Enfield. I rode the Suzuki a few years ago and was impressed with the engine. Didn't like the chassis.
There was a little 250ish bike there called a Cleveland. Kinda cute to kick around. The engine is made in China for the Cleveland motorcycle folks in Cleveland, OH.
It weighs under 300 wet and costs $3200. Very small machine though.
They were at the show last year with a little bobber looking thing that was a great turnoff for me. But this year's bike is kinda cool. They still had the bobber version there, too.
I talked to a Dish Network guy about HDTV/Velocity Channel and he says they offer it in their Blockbuster deal. Personally, I don't want 10,000 streaming movies available at only an additional $120/yr, I just want to watch regular TV shows. So, he said to email Dish and tell them know that we want it on their regular TV list. He says they do pay attention to that and showed me some other shows that had been recently swapped around. Let's all ye Dish users gang up on them!
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on December 11, 2011, 01:18:13 am
My friend is building a Ryca.  He was thinking about it, the we had a three hour coffee session where I waxed poetic about the RE and how cool thumpers are.  He ordered it shortly after.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: The Garbone on December 12, 2011, 01:16:14 am
Actual a few days ago..  But ....

(http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h165/thegarbone/1995%20RE%20500/95RE.jpg)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: TCP on December 12, 2011, 02:52:40 pm
Came home Friday night, and the wife was in her usual good mood.  Said she wanted to be alone.  Said OKfine.  Turned around and came back to work where bike storage is.  Took off on the RE.  Nice night.  Clear and cool.  Cleared my mind and cooled my jets.  The RE did its job again.

Thanks.

Caseman
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on December 12, 2011, 04:01:39 pm
Listened to the rhythm of the falling rain.
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on December 12, 2011, 06:23:05 pm
Bare, any posts on the rearsets?  I'd love to see some pics.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on December 12, 2011, 07:23:56 pm
Yeah, I posted some stuff down in the Installation/Usage section with some pics.
More pics in the Gallery
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on December 12, 2011, 09:57:45 pm
Thx.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on December 14, 2011, 05:21:47 pm
I installed a Sylvania H5024 Xtravision sealed beam headlight in lieu of my Tribar that I have been battling for months to get some decent light out of. Doncha luv that grammar? ;)  Anyway, after all this time, I can finally see at night and for $15.00 at Autozone. Feels so good! Just could not get those H4 bulbs to cooperate.
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on December 14, 2011, 06:03:25 pm
What was your trouble with the H4?  I have the 7" Halogen conversion from NFiled Gear.  Easy to install, fit just fine, and great light BUT my charging system could not keep up with the 55/60W bulb.  The voltage never got high enough to charge the bike at cruising speeds.  I switched down to a 35/35W H4 bulb and everything seems better now.

I have looked lately and noticed there are a great variety of high/low beam wattages availabe in the sealed beam halogen 7" bulbs.  35/35, 35/60, 42/65 like yours.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: GlennF on December 14, 2011, 11:06:13 pm
 The voltage never got high enough to charge the bike at cruising speeds.  I switched down to a 35/35W H4 bulb and everything seems better now.

Scott

Another thing to try is different batteries.

For example the charging voltage of some AGM (glass mat) batteries can be lower than a standard battery and gel batteries need even less voltage.

Another advantage of AGM batteries is they self-discharge very slowly but recharge quicker, ideal for motorcycles that get ridden mainly on weelkends.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on December 14, 2011, 11:27:08 pm
I tried two different lead acid batteries (one traditional and one maintenance free) with the same result on voltage.  If I continue to have issues I may try another type.

I heard the AGMs do not agree with some charging systems.  If I recall correctly they need cleaner power than the others.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: GlennF on December 14, 2011, 11:40:39 pm
I tried two different lead acid batteries (one traditional and one maintenance free) with the same result on voltage.  If I continue to have issues I may try another type.

I heard the AGMs do not agree with some charging systems.  If I recall correctly they need cleaner power than the others.

Scott

Not sure about cleaner power.  AGM batteries definitely do not like being overcharged or run too flat which may be a worry in your situation.

On the on the hand they have about 50% more AH capacity for size (though clearly not all of that extra capacity is regularly "usable" as they cannot be run as flat)  and charge better and discharge less quickly all of which are a big plus. They are also not a "wet" cell.

They do cost more.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on December 15, 2011, 12:24:13 am
Looking back on the maintenance history of the bike, I never had both the 55W hadlight and the bike off the charger for very long.  I don't usually use a trickle charer but was having other problems, so I was for a while.  Once the bike was healthy and I was riding regularly (1/2 hour commute with mixed highway/s side road) it would slowly discharge the battery.  I put a volt meter on it and it was never getting above 13V with the 55W headlight.  All the components and connections were checked and re-checked, all fine.  I think the bike just doesn't make enough juice to run the 55W headlight with my regular rides.

I asked here looking for someone with the 55/60W headling and NOT using a trickle charger regularly, couldn't find anyone.  So I switched to a 35/35W headlight and now it gets over 13V during regular running and seems to be charging fine.

On long runs the bike can charge at lower voltages but you need to ride much longer and uninterrupted than I usually do.  The bike did fine riding from PDX to SFO and back with 55/60W but those were long hauls.  I don't know if it's just my bike or all the UCEs but there isn't much extra power from the alternator.  Without being able to generate some decent power no battery is going to charge.

Still, I'll keep it in mind next time I change a battery.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on December 15, 2011, 01:00:04 am
Quote
What was your trouble with the H4?  I have the 7" Halogen conversion from NFiled Gear.  Easy to install, fit just fine, and great light BUT my charging system could not keep up with the 55/60W bulb.  The voltage never got high enough to charge the bike at cruising speeds.  I switched down to a 35/35W H4 bulb and everything seems better now.

I have looked lately and noticed there are a great variety of high/low beam wattages availabe in the sealed beam halogen 7" bulbs.  35/35, 35/60, 42/65 like yours.

The problem wasn't with the installation. I suspect the bulbs I have  just needed to pull too much power. But, just for kicks I picked up the sealed beam. It works. That's all I as worried about. I may try some other H4s later, but it's not a big issue now.
I have a DEKA  AGM battery in it and it does stay charged, usually about 12.8 volts.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on December 15, 2011, 01:08:03 am
The H5 uses 55/60W.  Your sealed beam is 42/65W, close on low beam to my 35/35W.

Do you use a trickle charger at all?

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on December 15, 2011, 06:27:58 pm
I don't use a trickle charger. I ride my bike often enough so that isn't a problem. Put 100 miles on it yesterday.. It normally gets ridden at least twice a week. I will have it out today
But as an aside, when I was installing it, I was looking for voltage drops. I was losing about a 1/2 volt coming down the headlight switch loom, so I pulled the connector apart to see how the power was looking at the plug.  I couldn't find any drop there, then as I put the plug back together, the drop disappeared, and the lights worked. I guess one of the pins had a bit of corrosion on it. So now maybe they'll all work. I haven't tried them yet. I'm just happy I don't have to screw with it for awhile. Now I can get onto other things, like replacing the gasket on the timing cover. The seepage getting worse! Starting to make a  mess.
Which also will have me starting a new thread about chains.
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on December 15, 2011, 07:00:53 pm
You're the kind of rider I need data from, 55/60W light and no trickle charger :) 
How long did you have the 55/60W bulb in? 

I'm just curious since mine seems to drain the battery over time.  All my charging system components check out according to spec but maybe something or a few things are just marginal enough to keep it from generating as much as it should.  Maybe my half hour run just isn't long enough to charge it back up.

The 35/35W bulb isn't bad, the 7" reflector alone makes such a huge difference on its own, but I'd love to get the larger bulb back if I could.  I've thought about changing over to all LED lights to lower the demand on the system but it doesn't save enough to make up for the extra 20-25W I'd need.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Maturin on December 15, 2011, 08:32:25 pm
Precious enlights my ways with a 55/60W from day one I bought her. Fortunately the 7´headlamp ist standard equipment in Europe, and it comes with a big bulb.
Exept for a broken battery due to lack of acid I never had any problems with charging. My headlight is switched on constantly as it is both mandatory and wise, but I´m riding very little inside city borders. Most mileage was done on country roads and so I´m using a charger only in winter. However, I never had the impression of the starter acting weak, even when I didn´t use the bike for a while.
Scott, maybe all parts of your charging system are on the lower end of required output and the result is a little insufficient. But a 35/35W bulb is middle age! I had this value in my old Zündapp and it was fairly murky.
I´m afraid you should go on measuring. Anywhere juice is leaking. Regards
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on December 15, 2011, 09:15:58 pm
That's the curious thing, the 55/60W is standard in europe but I don't think there's anything different about your alternator, regulator, etc. so it should be fine.  Otherwise everyone in Europe would have batteries going flat all the time.  You might be going for longer rides but I doubt that holds for every European rider.

Even with a leak (which would kill a battery over time just sitting) the bike should still get to charging voltage while running at a good clip.  It doesn't, it never gets above 13V with the 55/60 in there, no matter how fast or long I run the engine.

I'll keep looking, maybe start replacing parts.  There are only a few in the system.

Many thanks,
Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on December 15, 2011, 09:54:36 pm
I have an AGM (DEKA) battery and it works marvelously. It has been mistreated about every way you can mistreat a battery and has never even balked. It starts every time, lights on or off. It withstood 24 hours in a ditch on its side. It has been used to check electrical stuff, like my battle with lights,dead shorted once for several seconds, and not run for a couple of weeks while it was used for testing with no outside assistance at all. It has been great, far better than I should have expected out of the original wet battery.
The day laying on its side would have done the wet battery and the motorcycle in as it spewed all that wet out :'(!
The AGM doesn't seem to carry as much charge as the wet batteries, as on several times of checking the voltage, it' usually between 12.7 and 12.8. But it always works, so it's not getting pulled down as fast as the wet batteries.
I love this battery and never would go back to a wet one.
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: iowarider on December 16, 2011, 07:33:32 am
Speaking of Batteries and charges two question jumped up and bit me. Does ngear or someone else produce a higher output Stator for these bikes? The other question, has anyone tried the new Lithium battery's? From what I have read you get a better power density and you lose a significant amount of weight. So, the same size lithium battery as a lead acid will hold more amps and be lighter. Do any of you know if these will fit our bike and how they would effect the electrical.

If the charging is that close to the ragged edge of keeping ahead of the bike own  needs, than there is little or nothing in the way of other electrical accessories. I started riding in a Gerber electric coat and gloves.  love em, just like warping an electric blanked around you and going for a ride. Here in Iowa I can get an extra month of riding some year two months. One in spring and one in fall. That makes this issue more of a serious concern
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on December 16, 2011, 07:58:55 am
Iowarider, I'm looking for other stators.

The fact that you've added on accessories only matter if you don't use a trickle charger.  Do you?  If not, you're spot on.  I need to find the problem because I shouldn't be that close to the edge that 20W more headlight pushes me over the edge.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: The Garbone on December 16, 2011, 03:01:13 pm
Yesterday when I took the 07' on the 8 mile round trip to work I checked my oil.  Half tank,  no problem.

This morning I hopped on the bike and kicked it to life.  Idled just fine.  After I put on my gloves (30 seconds) I twisted the throttle.   Rev- squeelllll.. Rev-- squeell.  Idles nice but squeeling from someplace on the front of the engine.   Oh damn, 9900 miles on the clock and it looks like I will be needing that crank Ace is building for me.

Took the HD to work.  Will take a peak at it this weekend but it did not sound good.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on December 16, 2011, 05:31:05 pm
Sounds like the rotor may be rubbing on the stator. That could be caused by a loose rotor, or a bad main bearing.
However this is obviously based on hearsay evidence and not legal in court ;)
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on December 16, 2011, 05:41:33 pm
In my experience, if you are getting a low charging rate, it's not the stator, it's the rotor that has lost its magnetism. They can be remagnetized at a good electrical shop, or if you're under warranty, get a new one. However, if you are leading voltage off someplace, the headlight shouldn't be the spot. Do you have the headlight switch activated? If so turn it off when you're parked and see if the rate of voltage drop changes.
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: The Garbone on December 16, 2011, 06:18:19 pm
Sounds like the rotor may be rubbing on the stator. That could be caused by a loose rotor, or a bad main bearing.
However this is obviously based on hearsay evidence and not legal in court ;)
Bare

I will be opening my primary this weekend to check..  Have not had it open in about 5k miles so..
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on December 16, 2011, 07:22:34 pm
In my experience, if you are getting a low charging rate, it's not the stator, it's the rotor that has lost its magnetism. They can be remagnetized at a good electrical shop, or if you're under warranty, get a new one. However, if you are leading voltage off someplace, the headlight shouldn't be the spot. Do you have the headlight switch activated? If so turn it off when you're parked and see if the rate of voltage drop changes.
Bare

Hmmmm.....

So things on mine check out like this:
-Raw AC voltage from all three coils tops 55V with just a little rev.  Resistance on all coils is within spec and the same across all three.  None of them short to ground.
-The voltage gets over 13V with all lights on and moderate revs with the 35/35 headlight.  If iturn off the headlight (switch is enabled) I can flicker up to 14V.  With the 55/60 headlight it never gets above 13V no matter hom much I rev it.

What do you think?

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on December 16, 2011, 08:20:24 pm
I would think that's enough to keep your battery charged to a functional degree. You are pulling a fair amount of amps with the headlight. I cheat occasionally and forget to turn my headlight on. I haven't really checked the output on mine when it's in that state as I've never had any battery trouble. I have checked the battery though, and about all I've seen out of it is 12.7 to12.8V.
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on December 16, 2011, 08:35:14 pm
I've had both the stock Exide and a Yuasa maintenance free in the bike, no difference in charging voltages or anything else I can see.

The 55/60 headlight does pull a lot but it's stock in Europe.  Since Euro bikes aren't eating batteries for lunch it makes me wonder.

Also, heated vests and the like also pull lots of power.  If Iowarider doesn't use a trickle charger between rides it's just more evidence that I should not be as close to the edge as I am.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gashousegorilla on December 16, 2011, 10:02:11 pm
  Interesting Scotty, sounds like it is charging like an old Honda CB. ::)  If it comes to it, these guys may be able to rewind your stator? Or perhaps give you another option as far as a rec/ reg?  Their rec/ regs work wonders on the old Honda's . They allow for a higher voltage for charging....... You can see why I love battery tenders ;)

http://www.ricksmotorsportelectrics.com/recreg.php
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on December 16, 2011, 10:17:45 pm
I'm guessing our stator and reg/rec are not sutom to this bike and are made by third party suppliers and may fit several differnt bikes/makes/models.  Trying to figure out which one is the tricky part ;)

Thanks for the link, I'll add it to my quest.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on December 16, 2011, 10:37:20 pm
Scott,
As I mentioned back a few entries, get your rotor checked out. An electrical shop should be able to magnetize it for you. Its' pretty easy. they just pass it through an electomagnetic coil. A friend of mine had an auto electric shop when i was young and he fixed one for me. Bigger pain taking it out than what he had to do to fix it. Lots cheaper than chasing down stators. You fix then after if you still need them.
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on December 16, 2011, 10:45:40 pm
Thanks.  I'll check other stuff first.  I'm suspicious of the reg/rectifier.  Even when they bench test fine they can still be off.  Maybe I'll see if we can swap in another one and see how it acts.

If not sooner I can do this in a bit when I do the 10k service kit.  I've got to pull that side cover then anyway.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on December 16, 2011, 10:59:05 pm
What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?

As usual, I rode it up to my mom's house and the odometer rolled past 3,000 miles.
So far, I'm a happy owner. :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gashousegorilla on December 16, 2011, 11:31:32 pm
I'm guessing our stator and reg/rec are not sutom to this bike and are made by third party suppliers and may fit several differnt bikes/makes/models.  Trying to figure out which one is the tricky part ;)

Thanks for the link, I'll add it to my quest.

Scott

  Yup...... I have found that the Ricks Rec/Regs will get up above 14v quicker at a lower rpm, and also peak out faster, in the upper 14's.   So more time is spent on charging the Battery.  They may have a universal model?  Worth a Call or an Email.  I may have it worse then you, in that my commute to work on the enfield or Honda is about 10 or 15 mins. :-\
 Like Bare says, could also be a demagnetized stator.........simple to check, just through a paper clip up against it......does it stick?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: singhg5 on December 17, 2011, 12:27:59 am
All the components and connections were checked and re-checked, all fine.  I think the bike just doesn't make enough juice to run the 55W headlight with my regular rides.

Without being able to generate some decent power no battery is going to charge.

Scott:

The alternator in RE produces barely enough power to keep battery charged.  First it has to be running at high RPM and long enough to fully charge battery.  In addition to that, it seems there is another problem - too much resistance in the electric circuits and switches of our bikes.  The whole wiring loom should have thicker, good quality and better conducting wires and switches with minimum losses of current. That may be asking too much from Chennai  :D.  
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Maturin on December 17, 2011, 07:00:57 am
Scott:

The alternator in RE produces barely enough power to keep battery charged.  First it has to be running at high RPM and long enough to fully charge battery.  In addition to that, it seems there is another problem - too much resistance in the electric circuits and switches of our bikes.  The whole wiring loom should have thicker, good quality and better conducting wires and switches with minimum losses of current. That may be asking too much from Chennai  :D.  

I'm sure that if there is a "to do" list in Chennai, an improved wiring harness is pretty much on top. Any investment here would be worth any penny.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on December 17, 2011, 07:05:23 am
Scott:

The alternator in RE produces barely enough power to keep battery charged.  First it has to be running at high RPM and long enough to fully charge battery.  In addition to that, it seems there is another problem - too much resistance in the electric circuits and switches of our bikes.  The whole wiring loom should have thicker, good quality and better conducting wires and switches with minimum losses of current. That may be asking too much from Chennai  :D.  

One thing I haven't checked is the voltage drops, I'll be doing that.  And I may relocate the reg/rect near the battery.  Why run the wires from alternator to reg/ rect so far.

Thanks,
Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: prof_stack on December 18, 2011, 04:03:02 am
I took the C5 out for 50 miles today in Sunny and relatively warm (50F) Seattle.  The ride went on both sides of Boeing field and next to Lake Washington.  Might have seen an iron barrel out there.  It was a relaxed ride with speeds up to only 50 mph.

I skipped the Progressive MC show at the convention center, despite free parking for motorcycles.  I went last year and find that going every year is a waste of time and money.  Next year I will go.

Tank fillup (non-ethanol) showed 66mpg.  In the last three months the bike has only seen 98 miles.  Busy schedule and bad weather have kept me off both the Enfield and the Guzzi. 
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on December 18, 2011, 07:16:54 pm
Quote
I skipped the Progressive MC show at the convention center, despite free parking for motorcycles.  I went last year and find that going every year is a waste of time and money.  Next year I will go.

Might have kinda screwed up on that one. Kevin Mahoney and Joe Greene were probably there. They were at the Long Beach show.
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on December 18, 2011, 08:08:37 pm
I don't  go every year either.  Every 2 or 3 is about right for me.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: GlennF on December 18, 2011, 11:06:49 pm
Busy schedule and bad weather have kept me off both the Enfield and the Guzzi. 

When is it NOT raining in Seattle ?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: prof_stack on December 19, 2011, 01:02:32 am
RE has not made much of a presence at the Seattle show in the past few years.  Vince stopped going and Ducati Seattle only brings Ducs and maybe a scooter.  Maybe Kevin prodded them to bring some RE models. 

For me, there are not enough changes from year to year to make it worth the time and expense. 

The streets dried up here this afternoon, but I was visiting the nursing home to check on my ailing step-dad. 
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on December 19, 2011, 02:44:58 am
I went. It was a good show but smaller than a few years ago, fewer small companies and fewer vendors.  It was tough to keep tabs on my 2 year old and see the bikes.  I'll wait until he's a bit older before we go again.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: prof_stack on December 20, 2011, 12:41:13 am
I went. It was a good show but smaller than a few years ago, fewer small companies and fewer vendors.  It was tough to keep tabs on my 2 year old and see the bikes.  I'll wait until he's a bit older before we go again.

Scott
How about a quick report on the MC show?  Was RE represented?  Was Kevin M there?  Any new things coming out of Asia or Europe?  Any new rider gadgets that we might have to buy?   :D

Thanks.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on December 20, 2011, 01:46:23 am
I'll try to remember what was cool and interesting and post later.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on December 23, 2011, 10:46:08 pm
It is more "What didn't you do to your Royal Enfield today?" today.

After my 20 mile ride I parked the bike on its sidestand when I got home.
Nothing unusual about that but an hour later I decided to oil my chain so I put the bike onto its center stand.

After getting the chain oil (PJ-1) and some rags to wipe the chain I hunkered down and glanced at the oil level sight window.

Although the oil level is normally at the top line, there was just a speck of oil at the bottom of the window!  This is after the bike had been on its center stand for at least 5 minutes.   ???

No signs of oil leaks on the bottom of the engine and I couldn't see how it could have burned that much oil in one 20 mile trip.   ???

After grumbling a bit and wondering where the oil could have gone I went to get my oil and funnel and returned.  Oil level was still just a speck at the bottom.  ???

Now, I know when the bike is on the sidestand a lot of oil collects in the left hand side cover but I figured it would drain back into the main sump in this length of time.
Figuring that maybe it needed a little help, I started the bike and within less than a minute the oil in the side cover returned to the main sump and filled the sight window to the center of the window.   :)

Morel of the story?  Before adding more oil, if your bike has been resting on its sidestand, start the engine and let it run for a minute or so.
The "low oil level"  should return to close to its former level. :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Okie Enfield on December 29, 2011, 11:40:59 pm
 ;D  Lubed the chain, started her up. Went down the road for some gas. Winter so far has been pretty mild here, but havent been doing much riding. :-[ Need to get down to the dealership to get that EFI pipe I have been putting off getting.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: P. Schraub on December 30, 2011, 02:21:23 am
Your Not Going To Believe This !
          I just put some new Dunlop K-70's on my 2010 G5 Deluxe, 3.50 x 19 " on the rear, and 3.25 x 19 " on the front. I took the bike out for a ride to break them in. I run an 18 tooth counter shaft sprocket. The rear Dunlop has a larger diameter than the stock Avon, so my gearing was a little " taller ". The temperature outside was in the high 50's. I had a straight deserted road and decided to find out what it would do. I went through all 5 gears at full throttle and held full throttle in 5th until my speedometer indicated 92+ mph. !! It was still climbing, but I had to back off, as I was running out of road. I'm sure the speedometer is not that accurate, but STILL, what a rush !! The only modification I have is the EFI muffler. Maybe it was the new slant saddle bags I just put on that helped the aerodynamics !!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: GlennF on December 30, 2011, 03:39:15 am
Your Not Going To Believe This !
          I just put some new Dunlop K-70's on my 2010 G5 Deluxe, 3.50 x 19 " on the rear, and 3.25 x 19 " on the front. I took the bike out for a ride to break them in. I run an 18 tooth counter shaft sprocket. The rear Dunlop has a larger diameter than the stock Avon, so my gearing was a little " taller ". The temperature outside was in the high 50's. I had a straight deserted road and decided to find out what it would do. I went through all 5 gears at full throttle and held full throttle in 5th until my speedometer indicated 92+ mph. !! It was still climbing, but I had to back off, as I was running out of road. I'm sure the speedometer is not that accurate, but STILL, what a rush !! The only modification I have is the EFI muffler. Maybe it was the new slant saddle bags I just put on that helped the aerodynamics !!


Aside from the taller gearing what otehr differences did you notice? Do you prefer them to the stock Avons ?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Jack Leis on December 30, 2011, 04:15:27 am
 Santa came again today, dressed in a U.P.S. uniform and brought me some goodies. A Dunstall replica muffler for my G5 and a pair of Alpinestar road boots.  I just finished installing the silencer and it sounds BEAUTIFUL. Took it for a spin and immediately noticed a whole lot more mid range. Going to take it for a quick canyon  run tomorrow and see how it does. Cant wait !
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: P. Schraub on December 30, 2011, 02:27:11 pm
Hello GlennF,
       The two differences I noticed between the K-70's and the Avons were a smother ride, and more importantly, better cornering. The rear Avon is almost like a sidecar tire, and I didn't like the feeling when cornering. Also, I use to have Dunlop K-70's on my 68' BSA Victor, and also my 68' single-carb Triumph 650, so I'm very use to them. I've always felt these were the best tires for these  bikes and they are also great on the Enfield. This of course, is just my opinion !
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Alan LaRue on December 30, 2011, 03:49:47 pm
We just got back from visiting our son in Germany, and were gone from December 1 through 19, so for nearly three weeks I not only did nothing to my RE, I didn't even drive a car! (Probably the first time since I got my license in 1976 that I've gone that long without driving.)

But yesterday I gassed it up and rode to work. I've had a bad backache the last few days, so I almost didn't ride yesterday, and decided to bring the car today. That bunch of hay that blew off of a truck ahead made me glad I was in the car.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: TCP on December 30, 2011, 10:46:47 pm
Received a late Xmas present as well today.

New K & N performance air filter, some jazzy RE decals and a set of bullet turn signals.

Slapped in the new air filter and affixed a couple of Crown and Cannon emblems is strategic locations.  (battery box & right in the middle of the tail light housing)

Good quality rub on transfers.

The C5 Chrome does not come with the C & C.  Needed.

Did not get a chance to ride.

Caseman
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on December 30, 2011, 11:47:00 pm
Made it to the gas station today in prep for tomorrow's New year's Eve Ride with the Norton Club. The weather promises to be sunny near 60 in the mountains. Sould be a great turnout  Usally around 400 bikes show up for this one.
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on January 01, 2012, 01:13:21 am
Went for the New Years Eve ride today with JackLeis, and Bikesnob7, the Three Bulleteers and Jim, The BMW guy. After the initial cold 17 miles to meet them, we headed for Pasadena for the meeting place, Burger Continental. The weather was warming nicely as we freewayed it to the restaurant,and we managed to get there early enough to score some decent parking places.  I wandered around checking the multitude of bikes, then went in with the guys for the buffet. I didn't partake as I ate before I left the  house, but it looked, and usually is, pretty good.
 We went back out and checked the later arrivals, then as the ride didn't officially start until 11:00, we decided to leave early and make it up Angeles Crest to Newcomb's Ranch before the mob got out there.
The weather was turning into a fantastical beautiful day with lot's of sunshine. The temps were starting to approach the too hot point for the gear we had on, so we headed up into the cooler climes. The road was beautiful, really clean and very light traffic. It's a beautiful road full of continuous sweeping curves that are perfectly matched to the Bullets performance and remain around the speed limit. We got passed by three or four other bikes on the way up. It was a bit chilly in a high area that was on the shady side of the mountain and but it was still warm enough to be enjoyable
We arrived at Newcomb's and noticed a group of European rider, Ducatis, etc had arrived before us, but there was plenty of room for the rest of the Norton Club and any other guys who had gone riding. Anyone who wasn't out riding today certainly was missing out on a great day! It was around 60 degrees at Newcombs.
The only other Enfield up there was an iron barrel bobber. I didn't see the owner, so know nothing about it
We hung around up there for a couple of hours checking out all the bikes that were there, probably 3 or 400. Bib, the Norton Club boss said it was the biggest turnout they'd had, and that ride is always popular.
We left a bit early to avoid the crowd heading back, and were treated with little traffic, so we could ride our own ride. It was a great day! 
Just one minor malfunction with the Bullets. My headlight fell out when the screw holding the rim came loose, but it was kind enough to hang by its wires until I noticed and stopped to put it up where it belonged and tightened the screw a bit better. I gotta look at that.
Wish you all were there.
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Alan LaRue on January 01, 2012, 06:33:06 am
Nice report... Sounds like a great day!

Is that a Bell Revolver helmet in the second picture? I've been wanting one of those but some reports say it's pretty noisy.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Jack Leis on January 01, 2012, 08:21:28 am
Nice report... Sounds like a great day!

Is that a Bell Revolver helmet in the second picture? I've been wanting one of those but some reports say it's pretty noisy.
  Yes, it was a great day ! And you sure have a good eye Alan. I just bought the Bell Rallye Revolver about a month ago and really like it. I read the poor reviews too and since the price was so reduced decided to get it anyway . Its not that bad. Some of guys reviewing it would probably whine about anything anyway. Its a helmet, your riding a motorcycle, your gonna have wind noise. The features and the value certainly outweigh the wind noise.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Alan LaRue on January 01, 2012, 08:43:21 pm
Cool, thanks Jack! They're under $100 at Cycle Gear now. My local CG doesn't have them in stock, though, nor anyone else that I know of. But I think they have a good return policy on orders. I'd prefer to try on helmets, but most places don't have a lot of selection.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Jack Leis on January 01, 2012, 09:30:02 pm
Motorcycle Super Store and Jafrum has a sale on them also. Mite want to check them out.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on January 02, 2012, 06:24:53 am
I took a new year's ride with a friend.  Pretty good weather and a nice ride in the hills.  Last year was so cold we turned back after 10 minutes so this was a vast improvement.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Gregorin on January 02, 2012, 06:42:18 am
Just a sad look into it, because I'm sick. :'(
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on January 05, 2012, 05:50:31 pm
Went on  the 50 mile ride to the shop yesterday, trying to run some more gas out of the tank before I filled it up after the Norton Club ride. When I left the shop I had about 200 miles out of the tank so I was going to wait until the light came on to gas up. I kept watching  for it and looking for a gas station in a decent neighborhood and kinda lost track of how many mile I had on it. I got to within 10 miles of home and the beast quit! I coasted into a shopping center parking lot and called triple A. They came and gave me a couple of gallons of gas. That's the first time I have ever used them.
I found out how far I could go on a tank of gas and the fact that my reserve light isn't working! 240 miles I got out of the tank of gas.
But it was a nice ride, a few miles on the freeway and some out through the cow country. The usual 20 miles of canyon riding. Man, I love this bike!
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: GlennF on January 05, 2012, 10:08:01 pm
At least Enfields do not have those dodgy car style fuel pumps lubricated by the gas in the tank that burn out if you ever run out of fuel.

Depending on how much gunk is in your tank you may want to run some injector cleaner though.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on January 05, 2012, 11:11:36 pm
Oh, yes they do! That's what the low fuel light is actually for, to let you know to fill up, so you don't run out of gas! This is straight from Kevin.
I got off the road in short order and parked so apparently didn't have enough time to fry the pump. It started right up and made it home and did some running around today.
I don't think a six month old tank has much gunk in it. However I'm thinking about putting some MMO in it to clean out the combustion chamber.
Also R&Red the right switch box, bit of a PITA taking the throttle cables out. And cleaned the K&N. Not particularly dirty, but I was there, so do it all.
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Jack Leis on January 06, 2012, 12:35:53 am
Went for a 105 mile ride in this unseasonal warm California weather. The bike ran like a top with the new silencer. The last time I went up Lone Pine Canyon I was watching barenkd pull away from me going up the grade. Quite the opposite this time , the bike never struggled and has so much more mid and top end torque I couldn't be happier ! Cant believe I had to pull over and take the liner out of my riding jacket , it was that warm in Wrightwood. All in all it was a great day on a great bike !
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: t120rbullet on January 06, 2012, 08:49:17 pm
Sold it.
A moment of silence please.
http://www.enfieldmotorcycles.com/forum/index.php?action=gallery;sa=view;id=1110
CJ
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on January 06, 2012, 09:40:10 pm
<moment of silence>

Ahem, so what are you getting next?

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: t120rbullet on January 06, 2012, 10:37:56 pm
<moment of silence>

Ahem, so what are you getting next?

Scott

I'm torn between a T100 and a Concours 14.
Might just have to toss a coin and accept the results.
CJ
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on January 06, 2012, 11:50:53 pm
The T100 is so sweet, especially with the real spoked wheels.  With a fairing popped on and some saddle bags thrown over you could easily tour.  They've also got that cool Steve McQueen flat green "Great Escape" model out now.  Unless you're doing multiple long tours a year the Concourse might be overkill.  Ride the T100, if it feels good you'll know right away if it's the bike for you.  Good luck!

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: t120rbullet on January 07, 2012, 12:56:53 am
I do like the T100 and I have ridden them both.
I do like to take several long trips a year and with age more creature comforts are needed every year.
Both are a step down from larger touring bikes I have ridden in the past.
The Concours 14 feels surprisingly more like a motorcycle than it looks though a bit heavy in the HP department. Still a 1K a day bike.
No downsides to the T100 other than the dealership by me sucks. A wishawas a HD dealer big on the motorclothes and a long way from where I live.

This weekend is the international motorcycle show in Novi Mi.   I'll spend some more time checking out the field.
CJ
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on January 07, 2012, 01:39:03 am
The T100s are sweet bikes. I contemplated getting one when I got rid of the Scrambler (too tall for me and got crappy mileage.) The newer EFI ones do a lot better in the mileage department.
But opted for the Enfield instead, lighter and has the styling I was looking for. 
The T100 would still be my second choice. I did ride a Concours a few years ago. It was a nice bike, but way to big for my likings. I guess the old street scrambler blood never gets out of the system.
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on January 07, 2012, 05:07:31 am
If you're taking a few long trips a year then a real touring bike is where it's at.  It is nice to put a lot of miles behind you and not feel completely exhausted.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: t120rbullet on January 07, 2012, 05:25:49 pm
I know what you mean. A succession of Electra Glides have progressively soured me on HD's. But I did managed to visit vast portions of this country on em.

Gold Things got way too many dodads and cost as much as a square mile of Detroit.

I don't have the BMW frame of mind.

In the mean time it's 48 degrees outside in Michigan in January.
What am I going to do to one of my other Royal Enfield today?
Go for a ride !
CJ
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on January 07, 2012, 06:25:06 pm
Have you seen th BMW ST800?  Parallel twin, chain drive, a BMW heresy! :P  But a very nice bike that's smaller but still suitable for touring.  Beautiful motor from what I've heard from all sources. 

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Desi Bike on January 10, 2012, 10:09:40 pm
I tested my speedometer unwillingly today. It's a nice day today, clear and dry and about 35 degrees F.  Out on one of the backroads I had my head tucked down between the bars and my throttle wide open. I saw a black SUV parked about a mile up the road, blew by it at 145 km/h... Then the lights went on... Blue and red...

Shit.

It turns out my speedo IS accurate according to the nice man in the SUV. He liked the bike enough to write it down to only going 90 in an 80 zone. 

Speedometer test cost me $40.  If he wasn't a bike ethusst it could have cost upwards of an arm, leg and a nut. Ya.. 65km over the limit... Gets you license suspension and vehicle seizure and thousands of dollars in fines here in Ontario.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on January 10, 2012, 11:55:20 pm
Dude, that's awesome!

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Desi Bike on January 11, 2012, 12:43:59 am
So now we know 90 mph is possible in a stock 2011 chrome C5...lol !  I think I'll retire tonight, have a few beverages, and take the time to get the horseshoes out of my ass.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: singhg5 on January 11, 2012, 01:03:11 am
So now we know 90 mph is possible in a stock 2011 chrome C5...lol !
Do you have original 18 tooth drive sprocket or larger sprocket with 19 tooth on your C5 ?

If stock C5 does 90 mph, with larger sprocket you will hit a Ton  :D!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: t120rbullet on January 11, 2012, 01:13:00 am
Speedometer test cost me $40. 

$40 bucks isn't too bad.
I got a ticket on my 99.  25 over in a construction zone on the wrong side of the barricades.
I guess being on the wrong side of the barricades is so bad they dropped the 25 over.
Cost a whole bunch more than $40 bucks.
CJ
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: The Garbone on January 11, 2012, 03:25:30 am
Met the wife for dinner tonight, steak. After I took the road back that runs along the tracks and had the good fortune of riding next to a really long freight train at 70mph the entire way.   All my lights were green with the train rolling 30 feet to my right for a few miles, the sound of the train cars creaking and my goldie pipe bouncing off them was just awesome.  Did not get a ticket.   ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Alan LaRue on January 11, 2012, 03:34:37 pm
Sounds like a great evening! A lot of the old U.S. highways were built along the railroad right-of-ways. I always remember going on vacation as a kid and watching the tracks (and sometimes trains) for miles.

I bought my Bullet from the dealer in Katy, Texas. Katy the city is named after the old Katy (Kansas - Texas) Railroad, and the dealership is on old U.S. 90 with the tracks running right beside. Just West of town, you can see I-10 paralleling it, as well. Makes you realize how all of the new things are tied to the old ones.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Alan LaRue on January 12, 2012, 12:07:59 am
Today I rode it to work, and filled up with gas before the ride home. 3.45 gallons. Doesn't it have a 3.4 gallon tank?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on January 12, 2012, 12:29:53 am
My G5's Owners Manual says the gas tank holds 14.5 liters which figures out to be 3.83 US gallons.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: GlennF on January 12, 2012, 12:32:40 am
Yep ... or about 3.2 UK gallons
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Desi Bike on January 12, 2012, 01:12:40 pm
Depends on the bike model as well. My c5 has a different tank on it than the painted tank models. They  look to have a notch at the bottom over the engine whereas the tank on the chrome ones do not.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: TCP on January 12, 2012, 02:13:04 pm
Got the saddlebags fitted and secured and put them to the test.

So Here's the list of modifications so far.

Heel / Toe shifter
RE fork tool roll
EFI Exhaust
K & N High Flow Air Filter
Crown & Cannon on Battery Box & Tail Light bracket
Saddlebags

Next, those trafficators have to go.

Caseman
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: tooseevee on January 12, 2012, 02:41:00 pm
Got the saddlebags fitted and secured and put them to the test.

So Here's the list of modifications so far.

Heel / Toe shifter
RE fork tool roll
EFI Exhaust
K & N High Flow Air Filter
Crown & Cannon on Battery Box & Tail Light bracket
Saddlebags

Next, those trafficators have to go.

Caseman

                        Just curious:

                          How did the EFI deal with the mods to the exhaust & intake?
                         
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: TCP on January 12, 2012, 03:03:23 pm
No problems at all.

Just the increased performance as promised.

First ride with the new air filter yesterday.

The control unit adjusted seamlessly to both the intake and exhaust changes.


Caseman
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Desi Bike on January 12, 2012, 04:59:01 pm
Next, those trafficators have to go.

I just ordered some small aluminum bullet lights that I'm going to use. The fronts will tuck in right beside the fork tubes but I have to move them forward a bit so they dont interfere with the turning of the bars. For the rear I'm going to use the stock hole from the big lolly pops and with some fancy bracket work have the bullets stick out at the angled portion of the plate frame.

I originally was thinking of surface mounting a row of LED bulbs down each side of the plate but dont have the heart to drill holes through it... then there would be the issue of the wiring on the back that would be seen.

Nice looking bags.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: TCP on January 12, 2012, 05:10:00 pm
Thanks Desi,

They were "universal" throw over bags, but the interconnecting strap was too long.

Also, didn't want to hide the maroon detail on the rear fender, so after a lot of visualization, I was able to figure out how to attach them without additional hardware or modifications.

I already have the small bullet "police" lights from nfield gear.  Just looking for some time to get them installed.

If you get yours done before me, post the pic for some inspiration.

Oh.  I also don't have any inclination toward drilling any additional holes anywhere.

Cheers

The Caseman
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on January 13, 2012, 06:52:23 pm
Took a little couple of hundred mile ride with Jack yesterday. The weather was fantastic with highs in the mid 70s.
We went down Santiago Canyon to Live Oak Canyon, then proceeded to Ortega Highway and went on down to the the Avocado fields by Camp Pendleton. The roads all the way were spectacular and had been mostly repaved since I was last down there. Beautifl fairly narrow tight twisty roads with lots of ups and downs, the kind that have a nice tight turn at the top of a blind hill. Keeps it all interesting.
We dropped in to Old Towne Temecula for lunch, then went back up through Old town Murrieta, around Lake Elsinore, and up Temescal Canyon to the 91 Fwy. We split there and made our solo ways home.
Jack has a new Dunstall muffler on his bike, definitely makes better noise than the stocker. We had to have a roll-on rematch and he a far closer to me than with the original pipe. But he's bigger and 50 pounds heavier than I, so I still can edge him out. I suspect switching bikes might have a different flavor. There is a definite enhancements in performance with the after market pipes compared to the stock one, though.
My back has been a bit of a pain for a week or so. After putting on the trusty kidney belt and riding all day, the pain is gone today. These bikes are great therapy! And that's with the Ace bars and rearsets.
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on January 13, 2012, 07:39:07 pm
Thanks Desi,

They were "universal" throw over bags, but the interconnecting strap was too long.

Also, didn't want to hide the maroon detail on the rear fender, so after a lot of visualization, I was able to figure out how to attach them without additional hardware or modifications.

The Caseman

Very clean install.  If you could post some detail pics I'd love to see them.  I'd like to take another long trip this year or next and would love to mount some similar bags in the same non-invasive way.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: bman734 on January 14, 2012, 01:38:10 pm
I've been wondering for a long time how to mount bags on my C5. Please do show some pics how you attached those bags and what make  were they as well. Where did you get them etc.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: TCP on January 17, 2012, 05:43:18 pm
"I've been wondering for a long time how to mount bags on my C5. Please do show some pics how you attached those bags and what make  were they as well. Where did you get them etc. "


I actually found them at Bud K, who sells discount bladed implements.  Came as part of a set of MC luggage.  They are patch leather, but made of buffalo hyde.  Nice for the price.

See attachment.

I separated the two pieces and ran the flap down between the fender and the fender top support.  I pulled the flap down past the bottom support and tied it off to the bottom two tie downs.

The other three tie downs were attached to appropriate points along the top fender rail.

I re posted the two pictures that show basically how this was done, however I re -tied the bags a bit neater and tighter since the initial install.

All in all, I am happy with the bags and install method.  I could have cut the throwover strap down to size, but I didn't want to cover up the rear mudguard.  This worked out fine.


Caseman
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on January 17, 2012, 06:19:59 pm
WAAAAY simpler than I would have expected.  Thanks!

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: TCP on January 17, 2012, 06:24:41 pm
No problem Scott.

Where there's a wheel, there's a way.


Caseman
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Post by: saint45 on January 17, 2012, 11:26:23 pm
NEW EFI MUFFLER!!!!!YAY!!! 
Sounds killer now...like a bike, not a scooter!!!!!pop,pop,pop.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Jack Leis on January 17, 2012, 11:44:32 pm
NEW EFI MUFFLER!!!!!YAY!!! 
Sounds killer now...like a bike, not a scooter!!!!!pop,pop,pop.
[/quote     Like an Enfield should !
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on January 22, 2012, 04:00:35 am
I did my 3750 mile maintenance 190 miles early today.

So far here are the problems I've had up to now:

Several of the little light bulbs in the running lights and the speedometer have burned out.  I replaced them with Sylvania bulbs.

The chrome plastic left rear turn signal and an internal failure that allowed the ground wire to loose its contact with the bulb socket.  I replaced all 4 signals with old style metal bullet signals.

The covering on the seat came loose on one side.  I re-glued it to the seat frame.

One bolt loosened up and after adding a drop of blue Loc-tite I retightened it.

The hose clamp on the rubber fuel line from the pump developed a leak.  Tightening the hose clamp fixed it.

The only thing I've found that I think is marginal is the chain.
Although I keep it lubricated and adjusted it once it does have quite a bit of looseness when I try to move it from side to side.
If it didn't have this side to side looseness I think it would go for another 4,000 miles.

All in all I think my bikes reliability has been much better than I expected and I am definitely a Happy Camper. :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: TCP on January 25, 2012, 01:25:23 pm
Second oil change last night at 700 miles. 

Simple process all in all.

Took about an hour from warm up to clean up.

About 1/4 cubic centimeter of metallic sludge on the magnetic oil plug, and a small amount of iron filings on the sump screen  plug.  Nothing in the screen at all. 

Less than I expected actually.

No really large pieces either time.

Now a bit of remedial bolt tightening and good to go again.

Caseman
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on January 25, 2012, 04:08:52 pm
The stock chain is not the greatest, some seem to die very early deaths.  If your sprockets are still good do yourself a favor and get a good quality aftermarket chain now before it eats the sprockets and you've got to replace them too.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on January 29, 2012, 04:28:45 am
Just another day at the weekly custom/collector car show.

I parked next to two rebuilt Triumph Bonnies  and then sit back to watch the crowd give a casual look at the Triumphs and then stand and stare at my RE G5, pointing and smiling while they asked me questions.  ;D

I really think the Triumph guys were upset by this.  :-\
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: bman734 on January 29, 2012, 02:35:31 pm
Went to the International bike show here in Cleveland yesterday and there was an RE custom built by my dealer as one of the show bikes. While all the fancy customs drew large crowds with ohhs and ahhs, that lonely little RE C5 was a hit on it's own. I stood around to hear the reactions of those who were admiring it and one of the most common comments that I overheard was that it's too bad that they don't make them like they used to. Well after I informed them that this was a new production bike for the most part they would look at me in disbelief and wonder. Keep in mind that very little was changed on the bike, about $3,000 in add on parts, IE, larger wheels, efi cone muffler, handle bars reversed, and a different seat, essentially he made it into a sort of cafe racer. It truly was mostly factory.
Made me feel good again about my decision to buy one of these things.
After seeing all these bikes I still feel like I made the right choice for me.
Spring weather where are you!!!???
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on January 29, 2012, 09:00:51 pm
I'm in Phoenix, Arizona where the high temperatures are around 74 F (23 C) with lows around 45 F (7.2 C).  Great riding weather. :)

Except for the turn signals, crash bar, luggage rack and 7" headlight my G5 Deluxe is basically stock.  Chrome and black.

Most of the people admiring it are also surprised that it's new saying things like, "It looks like motorcycles looked back in the '60's."  :o

I explain that it is basically a 1955 motorcycle design with a 2009 engine that kept its old fashioned pushrod operated OHV , single cylinder design.
They nod approvingly.  ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: eggman65 on January 29, 2012, 09:44:17 pm
First oil change...300 miles on my 2010 C5. Job went well. Had some iron filings on the two magnetic drain plugs and some fibers, gasket material, and crud on the sump screen... but nothing extra ordinary for a new engine breaking in.

I replaced the oil filter, cleaned the screen, reused all original gaskets (o rings). Did the "far right tilt" to get a fair bit more old oil out of the bike.
Added about two quarts of Castrol 20w-50 semi syn blend that I scored for just $3.95 per quart at Advanced Auto. My bike had the "E-Z Oil Cap" and I am sure it made reinstalling the oil filter cover much less stressful had it been a collection of loose o- rings, spring, and pressure plate!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on January 29, 2012, 09:53:37 pm
Hopefully your Castrol oil doesn't have "friction reducing" or claim to increase your fuel mileage.

The oils made for use in cars often have stuff that claims to do these things.  This is fine for cars but for motorcycles which have "wet clutches" in them it can cause problems.

The UCE powered bikes use the engines oil to lubricate the clutch (and the transmission gears) and some of the new low friction ingrediants can cause the clutch  plates to slip.  That's why the Owners Manual says the oil must meet JASO MA standards.

I think that all of the current oils that are made for motorcycles meet the JASO MA standard even though some of them don't say it.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Jack Leis on February 03, 2012, 07:37:42 pm
    Went down to the dealer where I bought my G5 last September to get the bar end weights that they thought I must not have needed. Im hoping for some positive results because the vibration and tingling in my hands is driving me nuts. I want to test them out  but the wind is howling here in So Cal. Maybe this afternoon I can muster up the courage to go to Bigfoot country to check them out. Yes I said Bigfoot ! He has been spotted. . . . . . . allegedly !
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on February 03, 2012, 07:42:04 pm
Bar end wieghts make a WORLD of difference.  If you want to take it to the next level get something like these:
http://www.jettin.com/ProductBarEnds.htm
The heavy 15 oz. ones, or any similarly heavy bar ends.  The Jettin ones are inexpensive and nice, I believe you can mount a CRG mirror to them if you want.  Some of the stock Kawasaki Ninja weights form the 250, 500 adn 650 are pretty hefty and I think will fit.  It will change your life.

Scott
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Post by: Jack Leis on February 03, 2012, 07:43:26 pm
  Thanks Scotty !
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Russkie on February 03, 2012, 09:44:28 pm
Today I am getting ready for 3 weeks on unsealed trails in South Is of NZ, so I installed a bash plate for the river crossings, lined my tool box with the electronics in it with rubber and tape to make it as waterproof as possible, cut a cover from core board (for sale realestate sign) for the airfilter side and taped it in to make the air chamber as dustfree as possible from the ill fitting tool box door.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Russkie on February 03, 2012, 09:50:54 pm
Scotty,
What type of replacement chain do you suggest?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on February 03, 2012, 10:14:32 pm
Any decent name brand 530 chain should do.  I went with a DID non-o-ring style. 

My choice for non-oring was for a few reasons.  My original chain died at 6000 miles.  I usually replace the chain and sprockets together to maximize the life of both.  The sprockets still looked pretty good.  Bing a bit broke at the time I didn't want to get new sprockets and I didn't want to spend $120 on an o-ring chain that might die anyway if the sprckets went in 3000 miles.  So I went with a $35 traditional chain.

I also wanted to see how long a non-oring chain would last if well maintained.  I'm not opposed to saving $80 every time I buy a chain.  And I also installed a LoobMan oiler for it at the same time.

On the C5 I think most o-ring chains should fit.  On the G5 I'm not sure.  And if you have a larger than stock on either bike I can't say for sure.  Get one locally and see if it fits, if it goes through smooth you should be fine.

Tho-ring chains are great and usually last 10k plus even with very infrequent oiling and cleaning.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on February 03, 2012, 10:17:37 pm
Today I am getting ready for 3 weeks on unsealed trails in South Is of NZ, so I installed a bash plate for the river crossings, lined my tool box with the electronics in it with rubber and tape to make it as waterproof as possible, cut a cover from core board (for sale realestate sign) for the airfilter side and taped it in to make the air chamber as dustfree as possible from the ill fitting tool box door.

Russkie, you can get a retrofit cover that fits inside your airbox and seals it much better.  This is a free warranty item from the dealer.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Jack Leis on February 04, 2012, 02:03:38 am
  The bar end weights made a tremendous difference on reducing the vibration on my G5. I rode for 40 minutes and experienced no hand discomfort. They really helped visibility of the bar end mirrors too . HAPPY IN SAN BERNARDINO .
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Post by: barenekd on February 04, 2012, 04:37:51 pm
'Bout time you got those critters.
Bare
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Post by: Jack Leis on February 04, 2012, 06:43:08 pm
  Need a Bare Epic Run to test them out ! ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on February 04, 2012, 09:41:20 pm
New grips, good bar end mirrors, and heavy bar end wights are the three cheapest things you can do to a bike to make it more comfortable and user friendly.  The other top two things are free: adjust your bars and your levers/controls properly for you.  The generic rider they set them for at the factory is never you.

After that I say the next two things to do are tune the existing suspension with springs and oil and get a new seat, but those are either pricey or require you to be quite handy to do the work yourself.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Jack Leis on February 04, 2012, 11:46:53 pm
 8) Definately made a believer out of me !
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: wildbill on February 05, 2012, 12:35:18 am
Scott
Checked out the bar end spot you mentioned in previous thread. Thought about this one,

Chrome 15 ounce "barbell" barends
for the rider that needs a heavy barends for $36

Do these just fit straight on and how hard to remove the originals,Also what grips do you recommend to replace my slide around original grips..

Thanks graham
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Post by: Ducati Scotty on February 05, 2012, 01:21:18 am
The bolts that hold the originals stick like red mud.  You've got to really haul on them to get them loose.  It's just threadlock and it eventually lets go.  Those Jettin's should bolt right up.  You may need different bolts but you can get those at the hardware store.

I like most grips from Pro-Grip.  Their gel grips are really sticky and comfortable.  I replace them once a season just to make sure they stay nice and tacky.  It makes it much easier to hold the throttle open on long rides.  My favorites are 713s but I sometimes switch to something narrower in the cold season so it's easier to work with my thicker gloves.

An easy way to get any grips off is to just slide a screwdriver in from the end under the grip and spray in some water.  Then just twist it around and off.  I usually spray the insides of new grips with brake or carb cleaner to lubricate them and just slide them on.  I usually put them in the freezer overnight and then use a razor blade to carve out a little of the throttle side grip and fit them nicely snug against the little ramp on the plastic throttle.  You'll see what I mean when you take the grip off.  I let them set overnight and then safety wire them so they never slide around.

Scott

Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: wildbill on February 05, 2012, 01:44:49 am
Scott
Thanks for the info -will look into buying those. Another question. Would like to adjust my gear shifter down one or two stops. At the moment I feel I have to reach too high to change gears.
I undone the nut on the shifter lever and tried to pull it out . All that happened was the shaft moved out about quarte of an inch but shifter stayed firm.Didn't go any further in case I damaged something
Are there any tricks to know for this adjustment process
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Russkie on February 05, 2012, 02:28:38 am
Scott, Thanks for the info, I will follow up on the airfilter cover.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on February 05, 2012, 02:57:41 am
To reposition the shifter remove the bolt entirely.  It should then slide off the shaft. If it doesn't use a screwdriver to gently spread the split where the bolt was. If it still won't let go tap it gently in with a hammer.  Once it starts moving in it should move out and off just as easily.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: wildbill on February 05, 2012, 04:05:49 am
Good instructions..........Job done. Thanks
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: prof_stack on February 05, 2012, 04:12:42 am
The C5 got a nice and relaxed 45 mile ride in the WARM 60F temperature in Seattle.  The Bullet has 3,100 miles on it.  It was good to get out for a ride.  

I put the Nfield velro-attached bar-end mirror on the left side.  They worked pretty well, but not enough to get me to remove the regular mirrors.  

(http://i326.photobucket.com/albums/k409/prof_stack/barendmirror01.jpg)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Alan LaRue on February 05, 2012, 02:57:32 pm
I put the Nfield velro-attached bar-end mirror on the left side.  They worked pretty well, but not enough to get me to remove the regular mirrors. 

I was thinking of doing that. Keep the regular mirrors to see the lanes to my left and right (I commute on the freeway) and add bar-ends to see what's behind.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on February 05, 2012, 05:38:44 pm
With the right bar ends you can see everything.  Napoleon and CRG are both very good.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on February 05, 2012, 09:40:19 pm
Replaced the G5's original chain with a new one. :)

I found that the 102 link chain will definitely work on the G5 with the original 17 tooth output sprocket and the standard rear sprocket.
The snail adjusters needed to be rotated considerably to accommodate the increased link count but it still has 4 notches to go for future adjustments. (The G5 uses a 101 link chain.)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on February 06, 2012, 02:23:30 am
Did you use traditional or o-ring?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on February 06, 2012, 03:26:27 am
The G5 comes with a standard non-O-ring chain and I think I read somewhere that the kick-starter side cover that is used on that bike doesn't have enough clearance for a O-ring chain so, no, I used a standard, American made Diamond 530 chain.

I've used Diamond chains in some of the machinery I've designed and it proved to be of top quality.

I don't know about their motorcycle chains but I expect it to give me a at least 10,000 miles. :)
We'll see.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Jack Leis on February 06, 2012, 04:21:42 am
 A 530 O-ring chain will fit a G5 including an 18 tooth countershaft sprocket with no modification.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on February 06, 2012, 08:18:37 am
There you have it!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Jack Leis on February 06, 2012, 06:21:25 pm
 Went for a spin yesterday before the Super Bowl game . I had my 3rd near death experience with the stock Avon's. Bare was right. New Dunlops are on there way.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: dpote on February 06, 2012, 09:22:38 pm
I removed the air box and put on a K&N air filter, re-jetted the carb, removed the battery box and relocated a new battery to the left side tool box, replaced front brake lever and housing, adjusted the front brake, removed the panniers and relocated the trafficator lights. So far I'm happy with it, but the panniers are going back on.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: GlennF on February 07, 2012, 12:24:00 am
Went for a spin yesterday before the Super Bowl game . I had my 3rd near death experience with the stock Avon's. Bare was right. New Dunlops are on there way.

I have never had trouble with the stock rear but the stock front can be a touch hair raising under brakes on the loose stuff.

I have taken to two finger braking when off the bitumen.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on February 09, 2012, 01:06:37 am
The last couple of days, I've been working on my bike; oil change, fix the seeping in the timing case joint, putting on an 18T sprocket and a new O-ring chain.
All did not necessarily go well staring with the sprocket change. It started when I could get the nut off mostly because I didn't have the proper socket. I tried other tools, a big crescent wrench. That slipped and crunched my little finger into the rear foot peg, ripping most of the hide off a knuckle. Had to waste time bandaging that up! Then I tried a chisel, wouldn't budge it. So that means a trip and another hour or so wasted going to harbor Freight. I got a 3/4" drive Metric socket set from 19MM to 50MM. 47 Bucks. At least the price was tolerable. I came back home and cranked the brake pedal down to stop the wheel from turning while I'm trying to get this nut off. The wrench would still turn the wheel. I stuck a bolt in between the sprocket and chain. That finally got everything stopped and I finally got the nut off with the assistance of a fork leg tube that serves as a BIG breaker bar. It's starting to get late and I ave to fix dinner for my wife so I clean myself up and got the dinner ready to cook after a couple of missteps there that wasted some time. This ain't the cooking channel, so I won't go into that! Anyway I got the food in the oven, then went back out to get the new chain on. Since I had to changed sprockets, I couldn't use the old chain to pull the new one through, so I had to thread it though, but the timing case was off so it wasn't bad. I got it through and put the master link in and thought, Damn, that looks awfully loose. Aw, shite, I forgot that the chain was 2 links too long because the outfit I orders the chain from didn't have the 102 link job, so I had to order a 104. Dinner as ready and my wife was home and wanted her parking spot in the garage, so I had to move the bike over into it's normal parking spot. I pulled the master link out and the chain fell off the sprocket as she was driving up, but I had to pull the chain off to remove a couple of links. I quit for the night.
Started out earlier today and got the links removed and the chain installed. I got real lucky, I didn't have to adjust the chain at all, it was perfect where it was. No doubt, I'll have to do it soon as the chain beds in. Anyway, time to reseal the timing cover. The cover had a gasket on it and I managed to remove it intact. I got out my sealer stuff and discovered that it as almost empty and drying out, but to keep from having to go out again I gave the stuff a shot and it went on OK and I got the cover back on. It seems to have sealed the cover up. I stuck the filter back in and put the plugs back on the bottom of the case and filled it with oil. It looked like I overfilled it, but I started it and as it run the level came down as the oil pumped into all the little spots it needs to go. Then the filter cover started leaking. I took the cover and found the O-ring that seals the cover got a bit shaved off it during reinstallation and was now leaking. I put the tiny bit of sealer on it to see if it would hold and it apparently has. I took the bike out for a test ride, then road over to my nearest RE dealer and was going to by some o-rings, only to discover that I had forgotten my wallet! But I checked it for leaks and it wasn't so it didn't matter that much anyway.
The test ride was through my closest canyon and the gearing was alright. It seemed to be a bit more sedate, but I got more speed before I shifted. The seat buzz point went up from 62MPH to about 66MPH which is a bit faster that I normally, so it will be somewhat beneficial. I did find myself staying in fourth gear on the streets in the 40-50 range instead of shifting.  When I did realize what gear I as in I did shift. The gearing should benefit mileage as song as you keep short shifting. The acceleration doesn't really appear to be affected to any great degree.  I think I'm gonna like the gearing.
 So when I got home I had found that the seat I had ordered from CMW on the off chance that it might fit. So I stuck it on and it fit fairly well. I need to bend the tab that holds the front down a bit to make it a bit snugger, but basically it fits the bike! But it doesn't fit me very well. I'm going to have to rework the foam a bit, but just a minor deal.
Here are some pictures I took of the old OEM chain, good for 6500 miles, vs a real chain that should be good for 30,000 plus.
Note that the side plates are much thicker on the Tsubaki; .085 vs .062 on the OEM. The OEM chain also has split pin bushings which are guaranteed not to last very long, See the bend in the worn out OEM? That's shot bushings and pins. The Tsubaki has solid bushings that are a heavier material than the OEM. $60 for an OEM vs 110 for a Tsubaki...You do the math.
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on February 09, 2012, 01:10:11 am
Today, I checked out the bulb for the "Low Fuel" indicator.

I was getting near 140 miles after filling the tank the last time and the light usually lights when I apply the brakes.  This time it wasn't lighting.

On the off chance that I was having a "senior moment" and I wrote down the wrong mileage the last time I filled the tank I stopped at the local gas station and filled the tank.  Yup.  It took about 2 gallons.

After returning home I removed the little bulb and tested it.  It was good so I guess the fuel float switch must have a problem.
Probably not worth futzing with because I keep a pretty close eye on my mileage between fillings.

By the way, the three light bulbs that are in that little "guage" for lighting the check engine, low fuel and Royal Enfield logo are just about the tiniest based bulbs I've ever seen.  Because I've had some bulb failures in other locations I have to ask:
Does anyone know what American size they are so I can buy a replacement?

Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: t120rbullet on February 09, 2012, 01:18:13 am
By the way, the three light bulbs that are in that little "guage" for lighting the check engine, low fuel and Royal Enfield logo are just about the tiniest based bulbs I've ever seen.  Because I've had some bulb failures in other locations I have to ask:
Does anyone know what American size they are so I can buy a replacement?

Actually they are Lucas bulbs so you probably won't find an American replacement.
Brit bike places sell em or if you want to go LED,

http://www.ledlight.com/ba5s_led_light_12_volt_low_voltage.aspx

Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on February 09, 2012, 01:38:13 am
Ahh.  The revenge of Lucas strikes again. LOL

Thanks for the link. :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on February 09, 2012, 01:41:28 am
Some guys are using LCD bulbs. There were several postings on them a few months ago. Jack Lies uses them.
Mine went out a few tanks ago and I ran out of gas waiting for the thing to come on. I got 240 miles on that tank of gas! It finally started working again. I don't know what it's problem was.
Mine usually comes on around 200 miles. Are you filling up on the sidestand? I got an extra 50 miles out of mine by putting it on the centerstand. When it does come on I ave about 1/2 gallon left. It takes around 3 gallons to fill up.
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on February 09, 2012, 05:09:00 am
"...Are you filling up on the sidestand? ..."
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No, I always fill it up with it sitting on the center stand.

I always record the mileage on the handlebars using a indelible black "Sharpie" marking pen that I carry in the pocket in my saddlebags.  Then, every so often I just subtract that number from whatever the odometer is listing at the moment.

When the answer gets in the 150-180 mile range I start looking for a gas station.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: GlennF on February 09, 2012, 06:14:15 am
If you ride with lights on replacing pilot, parking and speedo illumination lights with LEDs can save about 10 watts of battery drain. That can make a fair difference with charging.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: The Garbone on February 09, 2012, 02:00:15 pm
"...Are you filling up on the sidestand? ..."
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No, I always fill it up with it sitting on the center stand.

I always record the mileage on the handlebars using a indelible black "Sharpie" marking pen that I carry in the pocket in my saddlebags.  Then, every so often I just subtract that number from whatever the odometer is listing at the moment.

When the answer gets in the 150-180 mile range I start looking for a gas station.
Hmmm,  I carry a sharpie for work so the writing on the bars thing might just work.    Does it just wipe off or do you need to use cleaner?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on February 09, 2012, 06:08:15 pm
I use the erasable marker pens and put the mileage on the chrome handlebar bracket. It wipes off easily, sometimes too easily, but I have a backup paper at home.
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on February 09, 2012, 10:03:21 pm
Garbone
The marking is semi-permanent when it is applied to the chrome finish.

It doesn't wash off without a little effort.
I usually lick my finger and give it a good hard rub.  Sometimes it takes a couple of attempts but it does wash off leaving no trace of it behind.. 
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on February 11, 2012, 06:53:23 pm
And the continued saga from a couple of days ago. I got the seat stripped and figured I wold have it done Thursday afternoon. All was gong well, then I had to got get some foam batting and spray glue. I spent a couple of hours trying to find the stuff and eventually got the batting, but the place to get the glue was in the opposite direction and I needed to get home ot cook dinner, so I had to put it off until Friday morning. With other stuff that needed to be done, it was 10:00 before I could get out to buy the glue and 11:30 before I get everything glued together. The seat came out pretty nice and I stuck it on the bike for its real shakedown cruise, the hundred miler out to the shop and back. It was a great ride, the seat as comfortable, the whole bike as comfortable and even felt like it was better, more precise handling. It just felt tighter. I think the harder foam gave a more secure feeling of attachment to the whole mechanism. I felt like part of the bike.
I took the freeway out for about half the distance just to see how it felt with the 18 tooth sprocket. It was great. It was easily 5 MPH faster cruising than with the 17T so put me in the mix with the flow of traffic. It was much smoother since the vibration peak was above the speed I wanted to be riding, where as before the peak vibration was at the speed I wanted to ride. The acceleration didn't really seem to have suffered much, you just don't have to shift as soon, so you want to hang in a gear a little longer to gain that extra speed. I don't shift into 5th now until 50 or so, where I used to do it at about 45.
I checked it for oil leaks at the shop and there were none. I guess I was wiping off some residual oil previously. I rode back mostly on the freeway because I wanted to see waht was going to happen with the mileage. When I got near home I stopped at the corner gas station and filled up. I took it home and check the mileage. I had filled up before changing the sprocket with about 6 miles on the odo. At any rate, I got 75 mph out of that fillup, compared to what would he been about 68 with the same type of riding with the 17T. I am liking this gearing!
My transformation into a Cafe racer is pretty much complete...finally. Now I can concentrate on riding!
And still no leaks.
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Okie Enfield on February 11, 2012, 07:31:40 pm
looking good bare!...seat looks great and the bike is really looking good.  ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on February 11, 2012, 08:02:01 pm
+1.  Love how you did the muffler.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: singhg5 on February 11, 2012, 09:19:33 pm
I took the freeway out for about half the distance just to see how it felt with the 18 tooth sprocket. It was great. It was easily 5 MPH faster cruising than with the 17T so put me in the mix with the flow of traffic. It was much smoother since the vibration peak was above the speed I wanted to be riding, where as before the peak vibration was at the speed I wanted to ride. The acceleration didn't really seem to have suffered much, you just don't have to shift as soon, so you want to hang in a gear a little longer to gain that extra speed. I don't shift into 5th now until 50 or so, where I used to do it at about 45.

At any rate, I got 75 mph out of that fillup, compared to what would he been about 68 with the same type of riding with the 17T. I am liking this gearing!  My transformation into a Cafe racer is pretty much complete...finally.

Now I can concentrate on riding!

Bare - You are much happier now with all the mods that you have done to your bike. Looks wonderful.

I wish that G5 is fitted with a 18T front sprocket from the factory. It can do everything that 17T does and does it better. Makes the bike run so much easier.  Enjoy !
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: bittercrick on February 20, 2012, 02:57:06 am
Took Weeble out for a spin got her up to 68mph and Weeble went to wobbling her head ,it was just like old times.Wished the hell RE had a cure for me, but don't know of anything short of the new style forks and swing arm so gotta live with it as is but I don't have to like it.Anyway it was fun to be out again on 2 wheels and hear my exhaust purring. Come on spring :'( ;D    bittercrick
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: The Garbone on February 20, 2012, 03:05:04 am
I took pictures of yet another broken part today.  Maybe one day I will do something to it more then take it in for repairs.

Don't fret,  I have been riding with one of my rear fender bolts having worried through the metal, it now rattles a bit more but the lines of the thing or a tiny smidge more straight.    Also found that one of my premium US made chrome fender stays has broken off in the same spot as its Indian predecessor.   Another rattle...  But I am almost to 10k miles on the clock and that is nice.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: wokka on February 22, 2012, 07:42:32 pm
Today I am officially out of warranty, and no longer live in fear of the Missus going on a barrage if (touch wood) the bike broke down and the modifications voided the warranty ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on February 22, 2012, 09:01:17 pm
So far, no warranty problems because the mods I've done to the bike. On the other hand, it has had few warranty problems. I fixed them myself. However, the dealer has supplied the stuff I needed to do it. Unless you start hitting engine internals, I don,t think you'd have any warranty problems with Enfield.
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ragmas on February 22, 2012, 10:15:29 pm
I rode the crap out of it!! I pulled it out of storage and rode for the first time since Oct last year.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: GreenMachine on February 23, 2012, 01:42:11 am
you did what you thought was best for you..4k was a good price..you had a year n half to play around before coming to this decision ..breva 750 looks like a sweet machine and i definetly see your point re.  your dealer changing product.  My dealer close shop 3 years ago.....glad to c u gonna stay in the loop..Just don't be a PIA.. ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: t120rbullet on February 23, 2012, 01:57:55 am
Not a very good pic but it's my old white bike's next lap around the track.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: The Garbone on February 23, 2012, 02:14:58 am
UPS truck stopped by the front door today. Had a box for me with the name Mondello in the return address.... ;D ;D

Tempted to put the head and piston on the fireplace mantle or as a centerpiece in the dining room.  Things of beauty.

  I know what I am doing this weekend...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Anon on February 23, 2012, 02:37:38 am
UPS truck stopped by the front door today. Had a box for me with the name Mondello in the return address.... ;D ;D

Tempted to put the head and piston on the fireplace mantle or as a centerpiece in the dining room.  Things of beauty.

  I know what I am doing this weekend...

Gary, I'm jealous!  Whenever I get the money together, I plan on sending off my spare head to get the Clubman treatment.   Did you go for the full fireball head, or the clubman?

Eamon
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: The Garbone on February 23, 2012, 02:48:45 am
Clubman.

When I picked up the box with the piston thought it was empty, opened it up and there it was.  Very light weight.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Desi Bike on February 23, 2012, 09:39:58 pm
Not a very good pic but it's my old white bike's next lap around the track.

Is that one of those one wheeled sit "inside the wheel" motorbikes I see in the back wall?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: t120rbullet on February 23, 2012, 09:56:44 pm
Is that one of those one wheeled sit "inside the wheel" motorbikes I see in the back wall?

Yes, that is the real reason he bought my bike.  He want's to put the motor into one of the smaller wheels and call it the "English Wheel".
http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=wpd5&feature=iv&src_vid=K4YmVP6i4qw&annotation_id=annotation_581082
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: wokka on February 24, 2012, 07:33:27 am
So far, no warranty problems because the mods I've done to the bike. On the other hand, it has had few warranty problems. I fixed them myself. However, the dealer has supplied the stuff I needed to do it. Unless you start hitting engine internals, I don,t think you'd have any warranty problems with Enfield.
Bare

They tend to frown at a 8" stretched swingarm, custom housing for a K&N filter and what is basically a straight through pipe ;)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: TCP on February 24, 2012, 01:32:26 pm
English Wheel
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: prof_stack on February 26, 2012, 04:46:50 pm
The buyer of my C5 rode it for 90 minutes, "froze his rear off" and stopped at Vince's shop where he bought a windshield for the Bullet.  I sent him the locations of two non-ethanol gas stations in his town (Olympia). 
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: FiRE Comms on February 26, 2012, 05:57:43 pm
just curious... which windshield?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ragmas on February 27, 2012, 01:53:30 am
I took it to my old job and taught my old boss how to ride her new honda rebel.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Desi Bike on February 27, 2012, 04:43:18 pm
I sat my 8 year old daughter on my bike and began to work on co-ordinating her movements so she can shift up and down the gears smoothly. She shows promise and is genuinely interested in learning how to ride a motorbike. Its been only two s'ummers since the training wheels came of her Barbie bicycle... Now she wants a motorbike. She who used to think I needed to obey her... The ex, would flip out to see my daughter  on a motorbike...lol. my son doesn't reach the controls yet.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Alan LaRue on February 27, 2012, 05:34:50 pm
I haven't been here in awhile! Somehow I quit getting email notifications of this thread. Must've not checked in the last time I got one. Lots going on!

Cool about your daughter being interested, Desi.

I put a Givi A602 windshield on this weekend. Much, much better than the Slipstreamer! It does a good job of keeping the pressure off of my chest, and although it seems to increase the wind at the helmet level, it isn't nearly as bad as the Slipstreamer I originally tried. I'm so glad my wife broke that one! (She backed out of the garage with the car door open, which gave me an excuse to try a different shield.)

Today I rode in to work, thinking the weather would be pretty good. After a mile or so I noticed that the road was really damp. Not wanting to get my pants filthy, I pulled off and slipped on my rain pants. A couple of miles later, it was raining pretty good! So today, for the first time, I rode the Bullet in the rain. But I didn't walk through Bedford Stuy alone. (Cue Billy Joel song.)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: TCP on February 27, 2012, 06:55:18 pm
This only goes to prove that you're insane.

Cue taken sir.

Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: aikischmid on March 01, 2012, 01:18:29 am
I disconnected the battery charger, added a bit of air to my t(y)res, wiped her down, started her up, and rode my G5 for the first time this year - it had been since mid-December. We had a nice break today, with temps reaching the mid 50's here in Ohio. Too bad the weather looks pretty crappy for the foreseeable... Felt so good to be back on her!!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: bman734 on March 01, 2012, 01:13:29 pm
Almost took my C5 out yesterday but didn't want to take the chance of getting caught with expired plates. 66 degrees in NE Ohio at the end of Feb. is a rare occurrence here and so there were tons of bikes out on the road. Now I'll probably have to wait until April for another chance to get out there.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Jack Leis on March 07, 2012, 07:39:16 pm
Going over the bike this morning , getting it ready for another EPIC RIDE with southern California's foremost twisty tour guide, BARE.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on March 07, 2012, 07:41:42 pm
Dropped it at the shop yesterady for some work.  I hope they finish before the good weather gets here.  If the fates decide to make the weather wonderful because they know I'm grounded I hope the rest of you take advantage of it.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on March 07, 2012, 07:43:00 pm
Quote
Going over the bike this morning , getting it ready for another EPIC RIDE with southern California's foremost twisty tour guide, BARE.

As am I.
If the wind's not blowing 75 mph tomorrow, we'll be riding. Dress warm, it's gonna be chilly in them thar hills!
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Jack Leis on March 07, 2012, 07:49:06 pm
 The weather service claims the high wind warning expires at 1400 today. The highs in the L<<A. mountains tomorrow around 47 degrees. I trust the weatherman completely. That's why my fingers are crossed !
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Alan LaRue on March 07, 2012, 09:58:35 pm
Put an Iridium plug in it last night. The original dual-ground-electrode Bosch was awfully white and chalky after only 2100 miles. Does that plug run hot? Will I still have a problem with the new plug?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: GSS on March 08, 2012, 01:46:00 am
Iridium is a great plug. You will notice much improved idling and smoother running.  It is a definite improvement over Bosch.

GSS
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on March 08, 2012, 03:59:34 am
IMO the plain Jane NGK BPR6ES is a definite improvement over the twin electrode Bosch that comes with the bike.  ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on March 08, 2012, 05:28:45 pm
Put an Iridium plug in it last night. The original dual-ground-electrode Bosch was awfully white and chalky after only 2100 miles. Does that plug run hot? Will I still have a problem with the new plug?

My Bosch plug was fine but my first NGK BRP6EIX came out a little chaulky looking after a few miles.  I switched to a BPR7ES which seemed to work just as well (on notch cooler and not iridium).  Right now it's cooler weather and I've been running the 6 but haven't looked at it in a while.

With the Bosch my idle was fine when hot but hunted up and down at startup, nearly stalling at times.  With the NGKs my idle is way more stable at startup and even a littl more stable once it's warm.  I find both the regular and iridium work just as well.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: bman734 on March 10, 2012, 01:03:08 pm
I finally did go out the other day expired tags and all. Had a blast for about 5 miles in the balmy 72 degree weather. The first ride since late October and it felt great!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Jack Leis on March 10, 2012, 09:23:08 pm
  After 5,000 miles I finally replaced the crappy chain on my G5. I took it for a 30 mile spin today and my God, what a difference. No more jerking and clicking. The bike just rides so much smoother than before. I highly recommend upgrading to a quality chain.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: The Garbone on March 10, 2012, 10:11:25 pm
Ahh, the chain...

In an effort to unearth the premium chain I bought from CMW a few years back I cleaned the garage.   Still have not found the chain but did dig up a lot of nifty things.

Also finished building the timing side of my 95'.   Now I just need the drive sprocket I ordered a few weeks ago to show up (I will be calling Monday) and that premium chain I can't seem to locate.  I will just have to assemble the head and rocker in the interim.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: john hut on March 10, 2012, 10:23:53 pm
Fitted the Gold Star silencer to my 2009 G5 Deluxe, Delivered within three days of ordering from Hitchcocks Motorcycles Uk..Sounds great.....Not too loud when normal running ,open her up and it brings out the hooligan in me.,nice gurgling sound when I close the throttle,Straight easy fit,,The only problem I have is the lug on the exhaust pipe where the front of the heat shield fitted, I dont want to remove it incase I ever want to refit the original silencer...Has anybody any sugestions how to disguise it?
       John Hut
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: 2bikebill on March 10, 2012, 10:33:58 pm
one of these?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/12-INCH-CHROME-HEAT-SHIELD-CLASSIC-CUSTOM-MOTORCYCLE-/370420825107?pt=UK_Motorcycle_Parts&hash=item563ecd3c13
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: john hut on March 10, 2012, 10:41:55 pm
Thanks Will,    I considered the small heat shield but thought it distracted from the good looks of the silencer,  I was thinking more on the lines of a some thing about an inch in diameter  ,a small metal Enfield badge or something.......
   John.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: 2bikebill on March 12, 2012, 11:23:39 am
John,
I use this fancy "flame" heatshield to cover the messy join on my Goldie pipe. It's only just long enough to cover the ugly bits, but looks the biz. The small heatshield from Hitchcocks et al is too small to be any use for anything much.
Will
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: TCP on March 12, 2012, 12:32:57 pm
Fitted an EFI for replacement of the torpedo.

Used a 7 1/2" heat shield to cover the ugly bits.

Worked fine.

Caseman
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: bman734 on March 12, 2012, 01:30:36 pm
That's what I have on mine. It's minimal and looks and works fine for me. I'm going to the license bureau to make my bike legal today. I'll feel more comfortable tomorrow, when the rain moves away, to go tooling about NE Ohio in the balmy 60 degree weather that is forecast for us here.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on March 12, 2012, 06:27:01 pm
Went to a BSA Club swapmeet yesterday morning. Some interesting stuff there, abut not much to jump up and down about. A nice restored Victim for $4900 and a not quite as nice B50SS for $4200. A really nice Rickman frame.
Then off to a Vintage Club get together. A really interesting, about as minimal as you can get, Triumph Bobber. Not usually into those, but this one did catch my eye. Looks like it would be comfortable for about 3 blocks!
http://vintagebikeoc.com/gallery/mar12?page=1
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on March 12, 2012, 06:46:06 pm
Nice to see a badass custom with skinny tires.  Love the exhaust and shifter.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: TWinOKC on March 12, 2012, 07:20:15 pm
Bare,

It is a badass Triumph.  Not really what I would choose for myself but I have all the respect for the owner/builder of that bike.  Its all good!

 ;)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: bob bezin on March 13, 2012, 12:21:22 pm
except that gearshift.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: t120rbullet on March 13, 2012, 02:00:54 pm
except that gearshift.

Yea, there is nothing that will trash a sweet shifting Triumph gearbox faster than a bodge like that.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on March 13, 2012, 05:26:50 pm
There was another Triumph bobber there that wasn't quite as minimal as this one, it had an external oil tank. However it did have the same shifter setup.
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: GlennF on March 13, 2012, 09:45:49 pm
Seems to me if your going to attach a stick to the gear shift you may as well fit the clutch lever to it as well. At least that way clutch and shift is a one hand operation and teh other hand can firmly grip the bars :D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: bman734 on March 14, 2012, 04:02:32 pm
 Just went for my first official post winter ride after having my dealer perform a systems check on my bike. Everything was OK and they located the source of an oil leak that was showing up on my front fender. It felt so good to be out and about again after a four month hiatus. Of course,  and unfortunately, I was a bit rusty. I was following too closely to the vehicle in front of me and when he had to make a hasty stop I wasn't paying close enough attention and so had to do an emergency stop myself, fish tailing for about twenty feet or so until I got it under control. This is just a reminder to all those out there to not forget their good riding habits after so long off your bike. Normally I am a very cautious driver and this time what happened was my mistake. Happy riding people! :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on March 14, 2012, 04:40:40 pm
Always good to remember how rusty we get over the winter.

I find this bike tends to fishtail.  The rear brake doesn't give a lot of feedback and the rear tire tends to let go easily in a panic stop.  It's also easy to break the rear end loose if you let the clutch out too quickly coming out of a turn.  Just some things I've noticed. 

I tend to just use the rear brake lightly to keep the bike composed these days rather than for stopping power.  It's a shame, this is probably one of the most powerful rear brakes I've seen.  You can actually stop the bike with it if you wanted to.  Hmmmm.... maybe we should be on the lookout for the rear brake disc kit ;)

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: TCP on March 14, 2012, 04:55:59 pm
Did a bit of fishtailing myself last week.

It was due to a quick stop scenario in heavy traffic.

Don't need that kind of excitement.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on March 14, 2012, 08:46:24 pm
Couldn't hurt to get rid of those Skid Master tires.
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on March 14, 2012, 08:51:57 pm
I've got the Avon AM26's which are supposed to be ok and pretty good in the rain.  I think when I get my next set I'm going to look at some Bridgestones.  I forget the exact model but it's their bias ply sport/tour tire.  It comes in stock sizes front and rear and is supposed to be excellent in the rain.  I'd prefer Michelin Pilot Road or whatever the bias ply equivalent is but they don't come in the sizes I want.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: TCP on March 14, 2012, 08:57:32 pm
Yes gentlemen, by all reports I should be looking into a new set of ground pounders.

Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on March 14, 2012, 09:06:50 pm
What are you considering so far?

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: GlennF on March 15, 2012, 12:03:43 am
I am considering dumping the Avons for K70's even though they only have 3000km on them.

Its the front that worries me on my bike, under brakes if you hit loose stuff like gravel on top of bitumen the front locks and tucks in very suddenly.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on March 15, 2012, 12:08:44 am
The K70s and a few other retro style tires sound good and most folks here who've tried them give a thumbs up, both on G5 and C5.  I'm looking at the Bridgestones just because I want great wet weather performance.  I'll sacrifice the retro look for performance.

http://www.bridgestone.com/products/motorcycle_tires/products/battlax/bt45.html

These come in stock C5 sizes.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: GSS on March 15, 2012, 12:56:03 am
The Dunlop K70 was a huge improvement over the stock Avons. I would recommend going up to a 19" front wheel on your C5 while you are at it.

GSS
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: GreenMachine on March 15, 2012, 01:38:41 am
i just got my front avon , bulb replacement package, battery post boots and the royal enfield fender dirt scrapper in today...I still had half tread on the stock rear avon  so i decided to stay with  a front OEM ...I haven't had any real problems with the stock tires but i won't argue the point that the k70's and other tires the fellows use are sticker for more aggressive performance riding ...I did get the free shipping as everything was just over 150 bucks...It took 2 weeks to get everything from our host..The packaging of the tire and accessory items was great...Now I have a tire to change..... ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: hillntx on March 15, 2012, 04:00:35 am
Today while riding through my neighborhood I began to hear a ringing noise and then a clank of metal hitting the ground which coincided with the stop of the ringing noise.  I turned around and found the rear baffle from my exhaust laying in the street.  After walking the area I located the retaining bolt.  I stopped by the autoparts store and bought a nylock nut to fit the bolt and re-installed.  175 miles on the bike.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on March 15, 2012, 04:48:07 am
Are you referring to the heat shield that covers the forward part of the silencer?

I ask because the torpedo on my 2011 G5 doesn't have any baffles that are held on with a bolt.

Most of us have found that it is very important to check the tightness on ALL of the nuts and bolts when the bike is new.

It's not so much that the factory doesn't tighten them.  Big single cylinder engines do create a lot of vibration and that can loosen up previously tightened bolts.

Also, a small bottle of Blue Loc-Tite is a Royal Enfield owners friend.  It's a good idea to use it on every nut/bolt that isn't a nylock style.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: hillntx on March 15, 2012, 09:26:20 am
I'm using the accessory EFI silencer, not the stock unit.  It has a rear baffle that is held in place by a bolt about 1.5" from the end of the tube.  I have a tube of blue loc-tite on hand for the next part that tries to escape.  Depending on the weather I'm planning to take it in for the 300 mile maintenance early next week.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: bman734 on March 15, 2012, 01:07:23 pm
Since this seems to be a recurring problem with our bikes, where can we get this "blue Loctite", that everyone keeps mentioning. Any auto parts store? Also, what size screws and bolts are most likely to be needed, the ones that fall off when you are not aware of it and so you must replace later? Having a few of the necessary sizes sounds like a good idea to have handy, maybe even having a few on the bike at all times for when something falls off on a long ride.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: bob bezin on March 15, 2012, 01:54:22 pm
on the topic of losing nuts and bolts. i took my yamaha srx6 for its first ride and the nutral light stopped working , head light too... what the? the nut and bolt on the battery terminal  had vibrated off. that big thumper can run without the battery.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on March 15, 2012, 01:58:02 pm
Yup, get LocTite at any auto or hardware store.  Which bolts might come off?  Any of them, at least unitl you have 1000-2000 miles on the odometer.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Desi Bike on March 16, 2012, 02:38:46 am
Speaking of bolts and nuts coming off.. Today my left mirror decided to bugger off. I did a quick juggle with it at 80mph before it won, landing thankfully on the gravel at roadside. This is the mirror that I whacked with a shopping bag full of groceries a few months back and cracked the housing. I was able to turn around and pick it up. The opoxy is hardening now as I upload this. Looks like crap, but i'm on a budget. (anyone want to donate a left stock mirror head?) I made it through the winter without having to park the bike being able to run the fifty mile one way trip to work multiple times through the winter. Wonderful weather these past few days so I haven't been wrapped up like an Eskimo for a change. went for a ride through the best of Detroit's many abandoned building neighbourhoods..   Such a wonderrful feeling to head for ...umm  upper class ...hell even low class areas of town it feels nice to be able to stop at a red light without getting knifed.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on March 16, 2012, 03:06:47 am
Desi, where are you?  If I can priority mail to you, I'll give you my C5 stock mirrors for free.  They're just collecting dust and I'll never to anything with them.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: bman734 on March 16, 2012, 12:07:56 pm
Desi bike - I am in Cleveland and yes the weather has been fabulous. I take many rides heading west on Route 2 along the lake all the way to Port Clinton sometimes. That's about as far as I like to ride on a one day round trip day ride. Maybe sometime we can meet up somewhere around there to exchange stories.
Happy riding!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Desi Bike on March 16, 2012, 02:04:25 pm
Sounds like a plan. I ride down to Toledo to pick up oil filters from the dealer there as it is my closest one to my work. Maybe we could both meet up on peele island. Always wanted to go over there on the bike
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: bman734 on March 16, 2012, 02:18:59 pm
I was over there when I was a kid in the early seventies via private boat. I'm not sure that there is ferry service to Pelee but it's worth checking out.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: GreenRE on March 16, 2012, 02:25:21 pm
I am considering dumping the Avons for K70's even though they only have 3000km on them.

Its the front that worries me on my bike, under brakes if you hit loose stuff like gravel on top of bitumen the front locks and tucks in very suddenly.

Has someone done a head to head comparison between the K70 and the C5 avons and the kendas for the G5. I want to get rid of the stock tires on the G5 and have read good reviews for all of these. I would like to retain the retro look but not compromise on the performance. What say you  good folks ?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Jack Leis on March 16, 2012, 09:32:46 pm
 I don't know anything about the Kenda's but I put a Dunlop K81 410/19 on the rear and a Dunlop K70 325/ 19  on my 2011 G5 and the difference was like nite and day. No wallowing in the corners and not a wobble on the straights . I had 3 close calls from the front end washing out with the Avon Death Masters and that was it for me.I couldn't be happier with the present set up.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: GreenMachine on March 17, 2012, 01:05:47 am
well i spent 2 hours screwing around putting the new avon on the front rim...holy crap...it started out real good...got the bike lifted up and tire off...the old tire came off reasonably well..pulled out the tube, etc...Putting on the new which i thought would be easier required my son to come over and assist me, as what has been mention in previous post regarding the tire spoons that come in the tool was accurate . not enough leverage and bend in half ...After getting the side of the tire 4/5 Th of the way in..we carefully used some large screwdrivers to pull the dam tire over the rim lip...Man o man u got to persevere and carefully manhandle the last couple of bead pulls...i did put a new tube in as the old one had a small wear  mark from a spoke indentation...the rubber rim  tape looked good except for a few light spots and i went over those with duct tape..one of the studs for the wheel clamp was loose and needed  tighten into the bottom fork...I'll put everything back together tomorrow....
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on March 17, 2012, 02:09:27 am
Putting on the AM26s is something I'll gladly pay someone else to do.  Also one of the reasons I'm looking at other tires for when these are gone.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on March 17, 2012, 03:46:03 am
The last tire I changed was 20 years ago on my Honda 400F.

It took me several hours and every swear word I knew to get that dam tire mounted.

Since then, I always took my bike to the shop and happily paid them to do that job.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: jartist on March 17, 2012, 06:03:06 am
Getting the Avons off were a real chore. Mounting the k70s went pretty smoothly. I carry a spare tube and I like to know that I can fix a flat on the road.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: 2bikebill on March 17, 2012, 08:01:19 am
  I take the wheels down to the local tyre place and slip the lad a tenner in his lunch hour. We're both happy. He's a biker so he knows how to take care of my nice spoked wheels - same for my W650
.
  Scott, have a look at the Bridgestone BT45 for a decent alternative to the Avon AM26. I replaced the Avons on my W650 for these last year and I really like them. Very sticky at all angles, wet or dry, and they seem to last longer too. They're going on my G5 next time.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: whoguy on March 17, 2012, 10:00:22 am
I know what you mean Greenmachine.... Read on here it's good practice to change the tire atleast one.... boy o boy.... was that a lesson and a half!!!

Had a flat on the front tyre of my C5... had the spare tube in the box, so decided to give it a go.

Started at 10am...Lots of sweat and grunting... Got bead off at 1pm.... Slipped in new tube.... Got bead back on at 4 pm...

Inflated the tyre... what do you know.... It leaks more air than the tube I just replace.... Must of put a gazillion holes in the tube trying to get the bead back on!!!

Next day... took tyre to the shop, new tube... ten minutes waite...$35

All Good!!!  All I can say if I get a roadside flat... I'm stuffed... lol
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: 2bikebill on March 17, 2012, 01:51:42 pm
Bugger that for a lark!  This is the cell phone age you know...... ;)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on March 17, 2012, 02:21:55 pm
Thanks for the direct feedback Will.  I'll be getting those for sure now when I'm due for new rubber.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: GreenMachine on March 17, 2012, 03:12:14 pm
well i wanted to know that i could still change a bicycle tire (not)...yes alot of you guys have said that the k 70 are easier ti install...I guess they are a softer rubber compound vice the made in england rayons ...If anything I will try the k 70 next time...I figure another two season and the rear will need replacing and I'll just go with those next time as many of you guys have said "I told you so".. Now I need  a new set of tire irons...Any suggestions? ..Just inspected the tire and still holding air from last night..That's a good sign...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on March 17, 2012, 05:04:08 pm
I can change a front K-70 without much problem, but the rear is a royal pain. If one has the proper mounts to put a wheel on, it would be doable, but just beating around on the garage is not the way to go. I take the wheels to a guy that will do the job for $20.
My rear K70 only lasted 6 months! 4000 miles. The front is still going.
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: GreenMachine on March 17, 2012, 06:05:09 pm
anyone have the torque value I should use to put the fromt tire back on the lower botton lug cap vis a vis 5/16  BSF fork stud nuts.......
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: GreenMachine on March 18, 2012, 12:37:23 am
disregard...found  it...threw charged battery in and started right up..rode it carefully for 5 mile trip..just about ready for spring riding...cheers
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: bob bezin on March 18, 2012, 01:24:29 am
incredablobble weather..was out riding the fireball . got a new o ring for the 2000RE carb to head.  didn't help , srtill won't run . took out the srx630 cc 81 degrees,what a ride  and its still winter!! i must say the srx is quite a bike . who says jap bikes do'nt have soul/?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Pauly on March 18, 2012, 04:25:32 am
Broke 100 miles:)

adjusted the shifter to fit me, added charger pigtail and adjusted tire pressure

Paul
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on March 18, 2012, 04:32:25 pm
Quote
i must say the srx is quite a bike . who says jap bikes do'nt have soul/?

SRXs, SR-500s, and GB-500s all had great panache. However, they are nothing like a Brit thumper.
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: wokka on March 18, 2012, 05:04:07 pm
10,000km  ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: wildbill on March 18, 2012, 11:01:42 pm
Started it for the first time in over two weeks and as usual via the electric starter....................guess what  ;D it sprung immediately to life and purred away like a kitten  :) gotta love these bikes
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: kingrock on March 21, 2012, 01:24:58 am
The green goddess is out for the season. Early spring. Guess Phil was wrong.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Jack Leis on March 21, 2012, 02:55:29 pm
    Checking the vitals on my G5. Going on another EPIC RUN with Bare tomorrow. Can hardly wait.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Alan LaRue on March 24, 2012, 11:31:21 pm
Adjusted the chain, lubed the speedo cable, washed it. First wash since I bought it in September! 2500 miles, I should be ashamed.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: bob bezin on March 25, 2012, 12:52:17 am
i have been riding the fireball almost every day now since the  weather has been so warm.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: BRADEY on March 25, 2012, 07:12:59 am
Adjusted the chain, lubed the speedo cable, washed it. First wash since I bought it in September! 2500 miles, I should be ashamed.

Actually its not so bad.....REs are better off with a dry buff shine, rather than wet wash.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: 2bikebill on March 25, 2012, 09:13:07 am
did the chain & fitted new clutch switch, and went for a sunny 50 mile run, local twisties and along the coast. Almost 500 miles since the rebuild and loosening up nicely. Time to put the Goldie back on and give that 18T front sprocket another try methinks....
Remind myself, quite apart from the pure delight of blatting around at a gentlemanly pace on an old style 500 single, that 85 miles to the gallon comparedf to 60mpg on the Jap hooligan is an incentive to do more of it..... UK petrol currently around £1.40 per litre - that's LITRE !!  :o

Last day of the 2 year warranty tomorrow....... :-\
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: The Garbone on March 25, 2012, 02:44:24 pm
Well my calculator says that is $8.41 per us Gallon.  11.8 gallons for $100...  Not even a full tank on a small car.   I remember $.99 a gallon here.  Last fill up was $3.97.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Jack Leis on March 25, 2012, 09:18:50 pm
   Repacked the Emgo Dunstall silencer on my G5 . It has a less intrusive tone now. I bought the bike in September and it has 5500 miles on it now . I'm having too much fun with this thing ! One thing I did find though, the botton rear motor mounting bolt was held on by about 3 threads. I tightened it up and checked the rest. A OK. Kind of scary. I checked them about 1500 miles ago. Needless to say, I'll have to check them more often.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on March 25, 2012, 09:21:44 pm
Don't forget the blue locktite.
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Jack Leis on March 25, 2012, 09:22:52 pm
   Yes dear !
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: The Garbone on March 30, 2012, 10:59:37 pm
Deglazed the rear brake on my 95 and replaced the bearings on the rear end.   Now I have a nice new K70 in place and patiently wait for my oil pipes and thin timing cover gasket to come in the mail from CMW.  I need to replace my front skidmaster with a K70 (found one on clearance for $30 at my local moto store) and rework the brake while I am at it so I have something to do while I wait.     Maybe I will also do the fork oil.    The end is in sight. A week or so and she will be running.  
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: GreenMachine on March 30, 2012, 11:45:19 pm
replaced the broken fork stud/nut (that I overtorqued and broke) ..retighten front wheel..Installed "royal enfield " rubber bottom fender street sweeper..went for a ride, everything good......
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on March 31, 2012, 06:49:03 pm
Went for a ride through the Canyon to test the ability of a new Bilt Jacket to keep me warm and replace the Frank Thomas that I fried on our ride last week. It didn't pass. It wasn't any warmer than my Triumph jacket. I took The Bilt back to Cycle Gear and traded it for a Sedici. That one works.
They have a new chain breaker/riveter that looks pretty good for $29.95 if you buy something else.
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ice on March 31, 2012, 07:01:00 pm
Went for a ride through the Canyon to test the ability of a new Bilt Jacket to keep me warm and replace the Frank Thomas that I fried on our ride last week. It didn't pass. It wasn't any warmer than my Triumph jacket. I took The Bilt back to Cycle Gear and traded it for a Sedici. That one works.
They have a new chain breaker/riveter that looks pretty good for $29.95 if you buy something else.
Bare


Got Pics ?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on March 31, 2012, 07:15:43 pm
Quote
Got Pics ?

Of what?
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ice on March 31, 2012, 07:24:55 pm
The jackets, the ride and maybe the chain breaker.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on March 31, 2012, 09:30:42 pm
Ok, I didn't take any pictures of the ride, just a quickie down my local canyon. I only went about 10 miles total.
I went into the garage and took a picture of the jacket and toolkit.
The jacket is a Sedici Napoli, sold exclusively at Cycle Gear. It's a waterproof model and pretty warm. Should be good for down into the high 30 degree range. It's a textile jacket with a removable liner and armor. It's got several vent openings and should be a good all-weather jacket. It has a lifetime guarantee for workmanship. If anything rips or tears or seams split or zippers fail, it will be replaced. But you're on you own if you melt it against an exhaust pipe. It has a couple of inside pockets for cell phones, small cameras, and pencils. Different colors are available.
The story the manager gave me at the store is that these are designed and made by the same people that did the Frank Thomas line. I loved my Frank Thomas jacket that died a blistering death on my exhaust pipe last week.
As for the chain breaker, it has the tools to break the chain, push the new side plate on and rivet the pin. They are on sale for $29.95 if you buy something else.
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ice on March 31, 2012, 10:18:38 pm
Cool ! Thanks Br. Bare !

 Besides incessant rain, it's the 40 degrees and dampness that permeates and penetrates right to the bone and is the norm from late September until mid April around here.

 There is two Cycle Gear stores within riding distance of me,,, going to look at the Sedici Napoli later this week and get the chain breaker and some fuel line while I'm at it.

Gebring is on my list for Tuesday.

Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on April 01, 2012, 01:09:01 am
Gotta get me one of those chain tools.  I need fork oil anyway.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Alan LaRue on April 01, 2012, 04:34:29 am
It'll soon be too hot here in the afternoons. Gotta get some miles on it before it's time to "summarize" the bike. Drain the fluids, put the trickle charger on, etc. (Just kidding, sort of.) I hate Summer, and Summer started here when the calendar claimed "Spring". Fortunately, we don't have Winter. 88 tomorrow!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: The Garbone on April 01, 2012, 02:45:33 pm
Its been the mid 80s here for about a week now.   My leather jacket is now just a memory until next winter,  textile mesh is the way to go. I even have mesh gloves, love the stuff in  that besides saving skin it keeps the sun off.    It will be in the 90s pretty soon, just have to remember to stay hydrated.  I really don't get all the guys in the T-shirts and no lid, not only do they not understand road rash but what about skin cancer.

I work outside so heat is no big deal. 
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on April 01, 2012, 07:16:08 pm
Today, the sun is shining, but last night it rained and it's pretty chilly out there. The BSA Club had a ride scheduled today, hence the need for rain! I passed on the ride, because Jack and I did basically the same route a couple of weeks ago up to Julian, except we hit a few more twisty roads than were planned be the BSA bunch. We might do Malibu later in the week.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Jack Leis on April 01, 2012, 07:18:27 pm
    Cant wait !
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: The Garbone on April 02, 2012, 01:12:28 am
Replaced the fork oil in my 95 (17 years old) with 15W.  Pulled the front tire and the bearings were a bit gritty, replaced them with sealed. De glazed my  brake pads and put it all back together with the skidmaster in the trash and a K70 on the rim.    Also finished plumbing in my external oil filter and filled my primary with ATF.  Just need to get my timing case gasket and I will be ready to put the carb on and start her up.    So close.     

Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Desi Bike on April 02, 2012, 05:41:39 pm
Picked up my new to me mirrors that Br. D Scotty sent me and discovered something interesting. The stock mirror arms that came with his 2010 are an inch and a half shorter than the ones that came on my 2011. I've always wondered why lots,of people were complaining about  seeing only their elbows in the mirrors. I reinstalled my own arms with the one mirror head from Scotty. Now as I ride around I can see Oregon in my mirror, but only when I'm going east.

Once that was done, I went for a ride around the county back roads as my participation in   One Ride Day.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Chiefharlock on April 02, 2012, 09:34:29 pm
I mounted twin mini guns to the handle bars Machete Style... and then i woke up when I fell out of the chair at my desk at work... LoL!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: greekxj on April 03, 2012, 02:22:40 am
Decided i wanted to check chain slack on my 07 iron barrel. Wanted to look at the slack from certain angles such as the bottom and top run. Ive heard so many methods and measurement numbers i just wanted to have a clear shot at measurung everything so i pulled the chain guard to get a nice even look at the upper run. Chain seemed ok in all measuring aspects. Its been good since i clean and lube it religiously. The fun part of the job was cleaning the inner chain guard! Have not had it off in 3k miles. It was actually new when i had it off last lol(the chrome one from CMW). Anyway, talk about a nice collection of muck from the miles of riding ;D It was calling to me though since i would see crap dripping off from under it and landing on the sprocket and even the floor sometimes, ya know when it was warm after riding probably. Anyway, used alot of wd40 with a wide screwdriver to scrape and then finished it off with carb cleaner and shop towels. Its spotless, for now! Haha. Ah well, just the little details that give you satisfaction.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: hillntx on April 06, 2012, 03:06:42 am
I received my engine guard, headlight mounting kit and pedestrian splitter on Monday; still waiting on the headlight.  Tuesday it rained, hailed, and had 13 tornadoes in the area.  Saturday I'm mounting the hardware and going for a ride.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ayers Garage on April 06, 2012, 09:31:34 am
Started laying out a rack. This is the mock up to make sure I have the loop about the right size. Should get it finished this weekend.

(http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk33/Adventure-rider/Royal%20Enfield%20Project/b2a7fb39.jpg)
(http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk33/Adventure-rider/Royal%20Enfield%20Project/d4851814.jpg)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Alan LaRue on April 06, 2012, 03:13:44 pm
Looking good!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Alan LaRue on April 06, 2012, 03:17:22 pm
Looks like hillintx and Ayers Garage are both in the DFW area.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on April 06, 2012, 06:11:23 pm
Gotta fix a taillight/brake wire that came adrift under the fender. It's kinda rubbing the tire.
Other than mowing the lawn I don't know what to do with the rest of the day. Too many other projects so have to figure out if I need to do any of them!
Already got Autocad installed. Answered priority emails. Did the laundry.
Oh, well, I guess there's not much wrong with retirement.
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Okie Enfield on April 06, 2012, 06:38:44 pm
Oiled the chain, Polished the chrome, spent some extra time on the wheels then cursed myself after the chain splattered the rear wheel.  :P  Still waiting on the replacement upswept exhaust  :'(.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: clubman on April 06, 2012, 06:42:27 pm
I had it serviced yesterday and reported that the downward gear change was getting very sticky and prone to leave me stuck between two gears. There's another thread here about that and the common consensus is that it's related to the clutch cable condition and play. Rode the bike 10m yesterday after the service and the gearchange was better but not flawless. Today I set about doing the normal things I do after getting it serviced - readjust the chain to my preference, (it's always done way too tight), and put the tyre pressures back to how I like them for example. That done I detached the clutch cable, lubricated it properly, (engine oil force fed through it), and set the play at barely 2mm. Off for a ride and it was transformed! Perfect gear changes in both directions, smooth, excellent power - right back to how it used to be. Extended my planned 10m test run to about 50m and grinned like an idiot. Decided to give it a clean and polish when I got back as a little thank you. Great stuff!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on April 06, 2012, 06:47:30 pm
Wouldn't it be nice to blame it on bad design or a major mechanical issue instead of neglect of basic maintenance.  I mean c'mon, the problem can't be my lazy butt, right? ;)

Glad it's smooth again.  Just confirms again that clutch play setup on these bikes is dead critical.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: clubman on April 06, 2012, 08:15:49 pm
I am amazed at the difference. I have long understood that chain adjustment is important to both the gear change and general smoothness but just oiling a cable? I'm shocked!  :o I'd been experimenting with cable play for the last couple of thousand miles, anything from 4-5mm to almost zero but the down change was getting worse and worse no matter what. I have completely neglected the cable even though I have the proper force feed type oiler in the shed. It's been dealer serviced at 3.5k mile intervals and it's always had a bit of grease applied then but I'm pretty sure now it's not actually been removed and oiled properly from end to end. Yes, I have to admit that in this case routine maintenance as recommended in the schedule and 2mm play as also recommended to has proved to be spot on. The handbook is right! Shocking!  ;)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: jartist on April 06, 2012, 08:43:20 pm
I'm surprised that cable adjustment and lube could make such a huge difference but then again the clutch pull is so easy that maybe there isn't enough force to return the clutch if the cable gets sticky.  The cable is so cheap and lined with a slippery plastic, I think I would rather replace it than introduce oil that might gum up.  I like my modern-type cables dry.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on April 06, 2012, 11:40:12 pm
Try Dri Slide. It's a graphite powder that has a liquid carrier that takes it though the cable housing then dries up and the cable is then just lubed with the graphite. It is excellent stuff and will give you some great cable life. I've been using it for that last 40 or 50 years. Never disappointed.
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ice on April 06, 2012, 11:52:04 pm
+1 to dry slide,,,,good stuff. 8)

Thanks for the reminder ( I am out )  :P


I have been using DuPont's teflon multi use on my clutch and brake cables and drive chain and the lighter feflon / silicone for throttle and de comp cables and throttle twist.

http://www.lowes.com/pd_213197-39963-D00110101_?PL=1&productId=1059839 (http://www.lowes.com/pd_213197-39963-D00110101_?PL=1&productId=1059839)

http://www.lowes.com/pd_124699-39963-D00100101_?PL=1&productId=1007929 (http://www.lowes.com/pd_124699-39963-D00100101_?PL=1&productId=1007929)


What other slick-em's are we using ? What are we avoiding ?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: hillntx on April 07, 2012, 03:09:11 am
Looks like hillintx and Ayers Garage are both in the DFW area.

I think Ayers Garage bought his from the same dealer I did after seeing our friend Brad's Royal Maroon C5 (one of the four).
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ayers Garage on April 07, 2012, 03:29:36 am
I think Ayers Garage bought his from the same dealer I did after seeing our friend Brad's Royal Maroon C5 (one of the four).


Yep, I got mine from RE of Fort Worth.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on April 12, 2012, 11:41:30 pm
I decided to peek into the electrical side cover on the left side of my G5 to make sure everything was happy.

As the dealer installed a sealed battery, there was no fluids to check but while looking at the battery cables my eye spotted a worn spot on the red (positive) battery cable end.
On closer examination it turned out that it wasn't just worn.  There was a hole completely thru the plastic.

A corresponding bare spot was on the inside of the cover.

I'm surprised it didn't short out and fry some things because, as you know that is a metal cover and although the upper locators are rubber it could become grounded to the frame thru the key latch.

The problem was the copper metal connector under the plastic was sticking straight out from the battery terminal towards the side cover.
A careful bending of this copper  to get it to point downward now provides enough clearance so that it won't rub (I hope).
Bending it also presents a unworn area of the plastic cover in case it does decide to start rubbing again.

The other wires in the electrical area were still covered by the rubber tubes I installed when I first got the motorcycle and they are doing fine.

While looking at the battery I noticed another shocking development (pun intended).
The side cover latch has been trying to eat a hole thru the wall of the battery at the lower rear of the battery side.

I don't know how thick the battery case is in this area but the latch had made a noticeable gouge into it.

I have some very thin (.015") steel sheet metal on hand so I cut a piece about 1" X 1 3/8" (25mm X 35mm), loosened up the screws that hold the battery clamp and slid the new steel armor up from the bottom of the battery so that it is trapped between the battery and the inside of the clamp.
After positioning this armor so it covers the damaged area I re-tightened the screws to hold it in place.

I'll have to check on this in a few weeks to see if it has moved.  If it has, bonding it in place with some silicone RTV might be a good idea.

If you have a similar problem and decide to make some sheet metal armor remember to round off all 4 corners.  You don't want the sharp corners eating into your battery. :)

To finish today's tasks I lubed the clutch and throttle cables and the chain.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on April 14, 2012, 08:50:33 pm
I rodeover to an Open House at SoCal Triumph and Royal Enfield dealer this morning. it was rather chilly out, but the sun was shining and it was warming up as I went. The shop is about 6 miles from my house. Since it was early the place wasn't packed, but the guys were lining up for the demo rides on a variety of Triumphs. I didn't notice whether there were any Ducatis in the mix or not. Didn't see any Enfields. In fact, there were no other Enfields to be seen in the rider's parking at all.
But I did see some scantily clad young sweeties washing bikes in the back. As mine was pretty grubby, I rode it around to the washing stall and let them do their thing. They hadn't quite gotten the the bikini thing yet, but they did when they got done with my bike. It was still chilly and worse when the sun went behind a cloud. They said they weren't cold.
The bike looks a lot better!
I talked to Ron Greene for about a half hour. He said the cafe racers were going to be here in a few months, but I don't think it's my place to give the particulars. They are very excited about it! It will apparently go a bit faster, but not quite the ton.
It should prove to be very interesting :)
The Ducati was the best bling shot I could find.
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: GreenMachine on April 15, 2012, 12:51:39 am
looks to me that your enfield has a smile on its face and is getting a nice rubbing.I went for a spirited ride but didn't have the extras that you had today...Good Fun..
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: trimleyman on April 15, 2012, 10:18:32 pm
I rolled out my G5 from the garage placed it on it's centre stand to be welcomed by one of the stands springs going ping and flying across the driveway. Quite entertaining. So off the Orchard Supply Hardware and $7 later have a spring of similar length and tension.  Closed the ends a little and pushed it into place . Working fine so far. Looks a little different but if it works for a while I will replace the other good one so they match.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on April 15, 2012, 11:40:00 pm
Speaking of stands, yesterday I removed my G5's side stand and added a piece of 1" X 1" square aluminum tubing to the bottom of it.
(I salvaged the tubing from an old TV antenna I had saved when I took it down).

I guess RE is trying to save money by using less material for their side stand tube because IMO it is about 3/4"-1" too short.

I've never liked the "ready to fall down" look my motorcycle has when it is resting on the side stand and I must say adding this piece of tubing has given it a much more proper look.

To attach this piece of tubing I drilled two screw sized clearance holes thru one wall and two larger holes to clear a screw driver into the facing wall of the tubing.

I drilled and threaded two matching holes (#10-32) in the bottom of the sidestand with the outer one going thru the flattened area and the inner one going thru one wall of the tubing.

Some Loc-Tite and two #10-32 X 1/2" round head screws attached it securely.

As a finishing touch I plugged the open end of the tubing with the old plastic plugs that had been on the antenna.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Desi Bike on April 16, 2012, 01:12:28 am
How many channels you get now?  ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: bob bezin on April 16, 2012, 03:01:15 pm
 ;D ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: ltroll on April 17, 2012, 05:50:57 pm
Took cover off it,...WISHED parts were here..NOT...Replaced cover and RODE Chinese Scooter that moves....lol
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on April 17, 2012, 09:48:23 pm
I painted my kickstands new "foot" flat black so folks wouldn't point at it and say, "How come you used a old piece of TV antenna tubing for that foot?
Don't you know that TV antennas are out of style now and cable works better?"  ;) :D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on April 17, 2012, 10:54:29 pm
I rode down to Newport Beach to find a red Ferrari to photograph. The dealer didn't nay sitting out. Did have a great looking Silver Maserati, though. Didn't take any pictures. Then just went puttering down around the beach and checked the place out. I haven't been off the main road for years.  I went by the Tustin Blimp Hangars and thought that would be a good photo on another day.
It was a lot cooler down there. Felt good! It's getting to hot up here back in these hills.
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: GSS on April 18, 2012, 03:11:45 am
Speaking of stands, yesterday I removed my G5's side stand and added a piece of 1" X 1" square aluminum tubing to the bottom of it.
(I salvaged the tubing from an old TV antenna I had saved when I took it down).

I guess RE is trying to save money by using less material for their side stand tube because IMO it is about 3/4"-1" too short.

Excellent! Very similar to my plumbing solution for the short C5 sidestand!

http://www.enfieldmotorcycles.com/forum/index.php/topic,12978.msg145585.html#msg145585

GSS
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: greekxj on April 18, 2012, 04:16:10 am
Adjusted front brake cable to take up a little extra slack it had, lubed cables, checked over bolts and tightened several that were loose even though i checked them not too long ago lol.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: jartist on April 18, 2012, 07:01:17 am
Front brake cable? What's that?! I'm going to have to check mine now :P
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: The Garbone on April 18, 2012, 01:15:01 pm
At mile 2 of my 4 mile trip to work my speedo stopped working.   Started working again at mile 3.   I guess I will have to check the connection under the guage and at the drive.   Funny thing is I put new grease in the drive when I redid the bearings,  figure once every 17 years is a good maintenance cycle for such things.  The stoppage was probably in protest of the new grease.   :P
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ayers Garage on April 18, 2012, 02:33:46 pm
Front brake cable? What's that?! I'm going to have to check mine now :P

I just checked mine too. It gone ! Apparently whoever stole it did leave me a hose, master cylinder, and caliper in its place though.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: ltroll on April 21, 2012, 04:12:52 pm
Fender back from fabrication shop....Added plate on inside of fender(sidecar) to remove cracks and also had brace modified for better support...I will fit parts and drill two additional holes in brace and fender...Then the unit goes to the powdercoater to be coated gloss black again....I am also replacing stock sidecar lighting with a chrome Griffin 117 marker lamp...7inch chrome with glass lens...Maybe with brace and added plate on fender it will hold up to the roads in my community....Yes, I ride hard and this is a test of the strength of the product...So far I am amazed with the beauty and durability....Good stuff...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Desi Bike on April 22, 2012, 03:06:06 pm
Taped an inflatable blimp on my helmet and took a silly picture of me on my bike. There is a game called photo tag that a bunch of us are playing over on the campfire thread. come and join us for fun with your bike and a camera.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ice on April 23, 2012, 10:41:34 am
RE stocked the pannier and  adjusted the front brake.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: The Garbone on April 25, 2012, 01:42:42 pm
When I redid the front bearings on the 95 I lubed the speedo cable and drive hub.  
Worked for about 60 miles and then quite.  

Yesterday I got around to fiddling with it.   Drive appeared to be working fine, cable good but still no turn.    I am running an eBay special smiths repro speedo I got for $50.  It lasted for 2400 miles.   Took the cable and connected it to the brand new 80mph Smiths repro I got an eBay for the 57'  and still no movement when I spin the wheel.   Hmm.  Dug around on the bench and found the original speedo that came with the 95.  Has KMs in big letter and MPH in small orange,  rust flecks inside the face and a dented bezel,  mehhh.   Hooked it up and it works perfect.  

Buyer beware of those Smiths reproductions on eBay.

Got the bike up to and just touched 50mph indicated in 2nd gear this morning.  She likes to rev, what fun.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Hobbydad on April 25, 2012, 10:11:59 pm
Recieved my pre-assembled 7" headlight today. Put it in, looks great.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: greekxj on April 26, 2012, 03:34:44 am
Checked the battery water level on my 07 iron lunger which was good and also checked the valves(usually do every 500 miles or if i think i hear em louder) which were good. Always something to do on these bikes ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Hobbydad on April 28, 2012, 12:29:43 am
Had a message from my dealer when I got up, back seat for my C5 was in. Went over and picked it up, installed it as soon as I got home. Super easy, looks great. I had to suppress the urge to paint the frame to match. Project for another day I guess.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Jack Leis on April 28, 2012, 03:04:23 am
  Went over the bike from top to bottom, checked its vitals for another EPIC RUN with Barenaked on Sunday. Cant wait !
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: GreenMachine on April 28, 2012, 03:30:06 am
re installed the battery side cover..Took a dremel and cut out part of the top so that theirs no metal to positive/negative post contact..Put a new boot on the positive post..Adjusted the horn output as it had just a murmur when i gave it a jolt of 12v....
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on April 28, 2012, 03:56:30 am
Where did you get the new boot for the battery terminal?  I'd like to replace mine.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: GreenMachine on April 28, 2012, 04:19:29 pm
Ducatty Scotty: Got lazy and ordered thru our host...They aren't the exact fit that came with the bike but they work well enough with a small cable tie to keep it firmly in place..Got two for a couple of bucks..
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on April 28, 2012, 04:23:28 pm
Thanks.  I'll add some to my next order.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on April 28, 2012, 04:56:41 pm
Ordered some new fork springs from Sonic Springs!  I can't wait to get these installed!

http://www.sonicsprings.com/catalog/index.php?cPath=253_254&osCsid=64d9a20d66ffc1cd0bef1deaf01c4d2d

Scott

5/7/2012 update: I put the springs in.  The rate was good and they felt great riding but made a squeaky/screachy noise whenever the fork compressed or rebounded.  Everything was as it should be when I opened them but I guess you can't use a 26mm spring in a 29mm tube.  back to stock for now. :(
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on April 28, 2012, 08:48:59 pm
I dropped my Bullet in the garage. It well over on a motorcycle lift. The frame edge was sharp. It poked a hole in my left side cover. It scratched my bar end mirror. it put a small rip in my upholstery. PITA!

I covered the hole with tape so it will still work as an airbox. The rest will have to wait until next week. Got a ride to go on tomorrow.

I get to put on the new chain adjusters then, too. They finally showed up yesterday.
I guess Nfield Gear must've gotten a big parts order!
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Hobbydad on April 28, 2012, 09:00:33 pm
DId my second oil change today, hit 600 miles yesterday after a nice 50 mile ride along the river. Also adjusted the idle, needed lowered a bit after going to the NGK plug.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on April 30, 2012, 08:44:36 pm
Ordered some new fork springs from Sonic Springs!  I can't wait to get these installed!

http://www.sonicsprings.com/catalog/index.php?cPath=253_254&osCsid=64d9a20d66ffc1cd0bef1deaf01c4d2d

Scott

Just ordered some Hagon shocks for the rear from Dave Quinn Motorcycles.  If I get really lucky maybe all my parts will be here this weekend.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: jartist on April 30, 2012, 11:42:05 pm
Just ordered some Hagon shocks for the rear from Dave Quinn Motorcycles.  If I get really lucky maybe all my parts will be here this weekend.

Scott

You're going to love them!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on April 30, 2012, 11:53:57 pm
Thanks jartist.

Are you on a UCE bike?  What length and spring did you get?  My stockers were 315mm so I stepped up to 320.  I got the 18kg spring at their recommendation and went for slimline springs in black, just for something different.

The shrouds on the Hagons have a 37mm opening (I think), the stockers are 39mm so I'm hoping to remove the stock color coordinated shrouds and reuse them.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: bman734 on May 01, 2012, 02:28:10 am
I did something strange today. I went for a ride and not a fix, replace, or wait for a spring. A stock parts ride down route 6 west bound alongside the Lake Erie south shore.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: jartist on May 01, 2012, 03:52:24 am
Ducati Scotty:  G5 worked out to 320mm if I remember right.  I don't remember what I got for weight but I went pretty high for pillion and my 200lbs and Dave went for a compromise knowing that I'd be solo most of the time.  I also went with the light damping.  It worked out great.  The stock springs are just way over damped in my opinion.  He keeps a good database so he could tell you what I got, pretty sure.  I would go with just a little less spring weight if I did it again but he offers a few free re-springs.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on May 01, 2012, 05:06:12 am
Yeah, good folks there, they took good care of me.  I'm really appreciative that they'll do a couple of re-springs free of charge.  It really gives you confidence.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on May 01, 2012, 05:35:07 pm
I installed the Chain Adjusters with the nut adjustment. What an improvement over those snail adjusters! It's far easier to get the chain tension exactly to the spec you want and have the wheel aligned all at once!
The only downsides I have with them is; (1) There is only about 1/4" of adjustment left with an 18 tooth sprocket and 102 link chain. The chain hopefully will last a long time without much adjustment needed (Tsubaki 530 Oring Chain). (2) The nut setup, 2 12mm nuts setup to be jam nuts, require a thinned down 12mm wrench to be able to jam them. (3) The access to the right side nuts nuts is very limited on my bike because of the brake return spring and other bits being very close to the nuts. Making a couple of other special tool may be in the offing, Like a slimmed down 21mm deep socket.
But the advantages should far outweigh the temporary disadvantages.
The workmanship on the parts is very good! I would recommend them ;D

Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on May 04, 2012, 10:56:43 pm
I was fiddling with the above mentioned chain adjusters, looking for a wrench to grind down. I couldn't find a wrench that really fit right until I got into the old British stuff. Those nuts are 1/4BSW!
I don't know where those are made, but I guess they are trying to get rid of old hardware.
I checked the bike over, added a touch of air to the tires, threw a little MMO in the oil, adjusted the rear brake light. and cleaned up the dirty spots.
It's ready for Sunday's ride.
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Jack Leis on May 05, 2012, 12:11:40 am
 I gave my bike its 3rd bath in 6700 miles. It looks like it did the day I brought her home with the exception of the bluing on the exhaust system. A little bit of wax on the tank, fenders and side covers and now I'm good to go. Looking forward to chasing Bare all over the San Gabriel mountains Sunday !
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: JVS on May 06, 2012, 05:12:59 am
Took out the lion for a nice local ride. Awesome day today. Might go out again.

Bad quality photo via mobile:
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: t120rbullet on May 06, 2012, 07:12:55 pm
Rolled my gorgeous 99 out today. Drained the tank since the gas that was in there was probably 2 years old. And filled it up with Turbo Blue with a dash of Sta-Bil.

Gave it 1 priming kick and then turned the ignition on and gave it a spirited kick and POW it blew the carb off.
Didn't think too much of since it's been a year since it's been started and it was not "put up for storage" in any way, shape or form.
Put the carb back on and gave it another spirited kick and it settled down to a nice idle.

Took it out for a relaxing 20 mile ride.
It all came back so quickly why it's my all time favorite bike.
CJ
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on May 07, 2012, 12:43:37 am
Jack, Bikesnob and I met up with the Norton Club for Mt Baldy ride. They gave us the route they were going on which amounted to about 35 miles of good roads, so we took off on our own.
We went up San Gabriel Cyn to Crystal Lake and while we were there a kid on a Honda CBR1000RR came up,so we started chatting with him. He'd only had the bike for two days and was trying to get used to it. He wasn't happy with the lack of comfort!
When he tried to start the bike so he could leave. It wouldn't fire and the battery ran down in short order. he was trying to figure out what to do so we suggested bump starting it. He asked if it was like pushing a car to start it. We told him, Yeah. So we 'splained to him how to do it and elected Steve to give him a bit of a shove. We told him to put it in second gear and when he gets some speed up, to drop the clutch and his butt on the seat at the same time. Well, the first time he tried it he didn't even get his feet on the pegs so he could Bump it. The attempt failed. The second time, ditto. The third time as he was rolling down the hill, I yelled, "Get your feet up!" He did. Then, "Stand up and drop onto the seat!" He finally got it right, and while it was running, he thanked us and headed down the hill to home.
We fiddled around a several more minutes, then started down ourselves and were having a romping good time.  A few miles down the road, we caught another bike. It was him! He was putting down the hill and we made short of passing him. We had told him that it was a lot more fun riding a slow bike fast than a fast bike slow. Kinda punctuated that point!
Anyway, we went down to East Fork and over to Glendora Ridge Road and continued on over the Mt Baldy. We passed a Sportster on the way over there. When we got to the restaurant, the guy on the Sportster pulled up beside us, so we chatted with hime and had to sell him on the advantages of the Enfield. Might get another convert out of that one.
Anyway, when we got there the BSA Club guys were just coming out of the restaurant, so they did confirm that we were there and 3 more attendees counted.  We split up leaving the restaurant, and they all went don the hill to the freeway. I took a ride back across Glendora Ridge and than went down Glendora Mtn which is the closest way to home.
Anyway, it was a beautiful day for a short ride. I only did about 165 miles.
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on May 07, 2012, 12:50:42 am
Sounds like fun.

Lacking anything better to do I made a short ride back over to the Arizona Biltmore and took a couple pictures of my G5 at the same place that I had taken pictures last year.

The 7" headlight and Bullet turn signals sure do look better than the old ones that were on the bike a year ago.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Desi Bike on May 07, 2012, 02:31:34 am
Adjusted the rear brake and ripped open my skin between my fingers on the axle cotter pin in the process. Bled on the garage floor. Got frustrated that it hurt so much, and I couldn't get my gloves on to go for a ride. Closed the garage door, went inside, drank beer.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Jack Leis on May 07, 2012, 02:35:39 am
  Great pictures Arizoni ! Can really tell you take great pride in your bike. That leads me to a question , what do you suppose we would be doing without this ENFIELD ADDICTION ?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: jartist on May 07, 2012, 03:15:18 am
I hate cotter pins!  I replaced mine with one of those hairpin cotters. 
http://www.mcmaster.com/#hairpins/=hf9leo

There's not much room to work with with the axle, brake, exhaust, and shock all happening in the same place though.

I always find at least one place to draw blood on any bike project.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on May 07, 2012, 03:17:04 am

Jack:  "What would we do without the ENFIELD ADDICTION?" ?

Probably getting frustrated and going inside and drinking beer. :)

Come to think about it, I'm not frustrated.  I'm very happy with my RE but I think maybe having a cold brew to celebrate the end of the week sounds like a pretty good idea.  ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: bman734 on May 07, 2012, 03:51:04 pm
Over the weekend me and my oldest daughter took the Ohio Basic motorcycle training course so that she could get certified. Well I've been riding about 10 years and I learned a lot of interesting things during this class. It would be worth while for all of us to get a refresher course in motorcycle safety. By the way, she passed with no deduction points! And she had never been on a bike before this course. She's a natural! I'm looking forward to some great cruises with her once she can afford to get a bike of her own.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: 2bikebill on May 07, 2012, 04:18:34 pm
Congratulations to your daughter  -  now buy her a bike you mean old sod  ;)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on May 07, 2012, 04:18:45 pm
Congrats to her on her high score.  It's good to start out with some formal training.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on May 08, 2012, 09:13:07 pm
I put an LED bulb in my turn signal indicator hole. Man, what a difference! I can actually see the blinker in the sunlight! I'm a great one for leaving the signals on and driving all over the place. Jack is always letting me know it's on! The problem lies with the fact that the switch is a bit dodgy when you think it's been turned off. The problem should be solved now though. Jack gave me the bulb, but now I've gotta get more! Thank you, Jack!

I also installed a Triumph rear brake adjuster, so I don't have to dig out a wrench every time I want to adjust the brake. I had to drill and tap it for the larger diameter Enfield brake rod, but all went well and it works great.

Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on May 08, 2012, 11:19:08 pm
I took the bike out for a ride. On the way home I tried the turn signal. I got he rest of the way home, a couple of miles, with the damn thing still flashing!
I guess I just never look down! Can't blame the bulb anymore, though. :'(
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on May 08, 2012, 11:32:50 pm
I also installed a Triumph rear brake adjuster,

I'm sick of that too.  I ordered the wingnut style from CMW.  Yours looks flashier though.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Hobbydad on May 09, 2012, 12:13:37 am
I replaced all my instrument lights with LED's too, because I was also leaving my turn signal on all the time. One word of caution, if you replace the high beam indicator light with an LED it may blind you, lol. The green is a fairly mellow color, but when that blue lights up on a dark night it will surprise you.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: greekxj on May 09, 2012, 01:38:04 am
Changed the trans oil on my 07 iron lunger today. I love how you slowly squeeze gear oil in the fill hole carefully while keeping an eye on the inspection level plug hole so you can stop filling when it oozes out. Seems like ya get nothing and all of a sudden whoa its coming out of that inspection hole real fast! So ya sit there and make a mess for like 15 minutes til it levels out lol. Ah well, all good and clean fluid in there. I usually do fluids way before they need to be changed and i like to do stuff early just to see if anything weird is floating around ya know. Polished the trans case up to get the oily residue off and now its ready to ride ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on May 09, 2012, 01:59:10 am
I changed my oil and filter today.

It has only been 1600 miles (2575 km) since I changed it but with the summer heat coming on I figured it couldn't hurt anything.

Besides, the oil was getting to be pretty dark colored so I think with a new filter and oil in its pod it will be ready for anything I ask of it. (fingers crossed, knock on wood). :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Alan LaRue on May 09, 2012, 03:17:10 am
Changed my oil and filter tonight at 3748 miles. Only one I've done before was the required 300 mile change. It was still practically clear! Very little metal on the drain plug magnet and sump screen cover magnet, and the sump screen was practically clean. I'm a bit surprised!

Also added steel panniers from CMW a couple of weeks ago. I'll have embed photos later as it's a pain to do it from the iPad.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on May 09, 2012, 10:15:34 am
I put the Hagon shocks on and went for a spin.  What a difference!  The rear end moves so much more and no more sharp hits to the tail bone.  I went looking for potholes to test them out and hit one so deep I was scared I bent the wheels or flatted the tires.  I didn't, but I also didn't feel it through the seat.  Not only that but the front end feels better.  I think it's a much better balance now front to rear so when you panic stop it doesn't feel like it's diving so much AND the rear doesn't lock as easily.  I may skip getting new front springs now.  Good stuff all around.

I got them with black bodies and black springs and I like the way it tones down the rear of the bike.  I got the teal shrouds off the stock shocks and I think they're going to work on the Hagons.  It's late so I didn't feel like putting them on tonight.  Soon.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: bittercrick on May 09, 2012, 12:39:31 pm
hey bare i think the Triumph brake adjuster may be the best part on your bike hee hee. ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Desi Bike on May 09, 2012, 01:32:45 pm
...installed a Triumph rear brake adjuster...


Nice job.   My hand is healing up nice now from my last brake adjustment. I'm thinking its time to toss out the cutter cotter pins and go wingnut style for the adjuster as well.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Alan LaRue on May 09, 2012, 04:57:31 pm
Scott, I think you've just added "Hagon shocks" to a bunch of wish lists.
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Post by: Ducati Scotty on May 09, 2012, 05:18:04 pm
 ;)
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Post by: barenekd on May 09, 2012, 07:33:32 pm
Quote
hey bare i think the Triumph brake adjuster may be the best part on your bike hee hee. Grin

Not the only Triumph part supplied by my local vintage Triumph dealer! But I do like it better than the Nfield offering.
Bare
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Post by: Ducati Scotty on May 09, 2012, 07:36:35 pm
I think you need to get this exhaust now to complete the set:

http://www.royalenfieldzone.com/view_large.asp?Id=1980

Scott  :D

Ok, that's totally supposed to be a corny joke but I kinda like that exhaust.  Don't tell anyone.
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Post by: barenekd on May 09, 2012, 09:02:09 pm
Are the fins there so you can screw it in and out for proper tuning?
I guess we get to replace the Enfield bazooka with the bazooka ammo!
Bare
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Post by: Ducati Scotty on May 09, 2012, 10:08:22 pm
No, they're for stability.  The ultimate fix for a C5 wobble!
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Post by: Darkside on May 10, 2012, 12:21:06 am
Scotty,If you don't mind what model and can you give us the hagon style # CL1 etc.
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Post by: Ducati Scotty on May 10, 2012, 12:30:29 am
I'll do a full write up soon and give all the specifics.  Let me get a fwe miles on them.  Ok?

Scott
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Post by: GlennF on May 10, 2012, 01:18:01 am
Are the fins there so you can screw it in and out for proper tuning?
I guess we get to replace the Enfield bazooka with the bazooka ammo!
Bare


Maybe, but Enfield will never be able to compete with the post war recoil-less anti-tank Vespa's that the French were putting around north Africa on in the late 50's .

(http://static.flickr.com/140/323360131_e2836744fc_o.jpg)
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Post by: Jack Leis on May 10, 2012, 02:39:25 am
  Nice scooter ! very well thought out. No wonder they can't win a war.
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Post by: Ducati Scotty on May 10, 2012, 03:36:27 am
Is that bazooka EPA and EU certified like the one on the Enfield?

Scott
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Post by: Alan LaRue on May 10, 2012, 03:17:35 pm
What did I do to my Royal Enfield on April 24th? I meant to post this earlier.

(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-fN5Wjz_Nwtg/T5d47ho7mUI/AAAAAAAACDA/2tKZskQISXE/s576/91B31262-1F68-4452-B7C6-9AB3FA7C9298.JPG)

(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-AIyuicHjHOU/T5d47B6wQhI/AAAAAAAACC4/GlN0KsbAtQs/s576/ED969CEC-BA87-4610-96AA-7BB3C0FD5A5B.JPG)

CMW sent out a catalog awhile back (late last year, maybe) that showed the steel side cases, and implied that they might have some for the B5 at some point. I emailed them and asked when, and if I could pre-order.

Tim Hirdler emailed back, asking me to call him. I did, and he said he had a set in stock but didn't know if they would fit the B5. He didn't have one to try them out on. But he offered to let me have them for nothing if I would pay the shipping. YES, PLEASE! So for about $50 I got a set.

The two upper mounting points match up to the rear seat mount and upper shock mount, but the lower mounting point lands slightly above the fender rail, nowhere near a mounting point. I U-bolted that mount (as you can see in the second picture). That doesn't really look substantial enough, so I need to find a welder to put a proper mounting tab on the rail for me.

I like them, but they're cheap. All of the pins fell out of the lock cylinder on one of them, and the cylinder comes right out. If it's a standard size, maybe a locksmith can put some good cylinders in there for me.

They came with a... I don't know the right word... a clamp, sort of an Omega shaped piece of metal with small holes, and pre-drilled holes in the cases, to fasten the case into the carrier, so it doesn't move around and doesn't just lift out. If you wanted to be able to just lift them out you could leave that off.

Also, the lids rattled a lot, so I put some insulating foam rubber (sticky on one side) along the front edge of the lids to keep them shut tightly. If I would have done this the first day, maybe the pins wouldn't have vibrated out of the lock.

It sits pretty far back, so I had to move the rear trafficators. (Actually, I replaced them with some smaller LED signals I found on Amazon.)
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Post by: Ducati Scotty on May 10, 2012, 04:00:13 pm
Nice job Alan!
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Post by: The Garbone on May 11, 2012, 03:40:43 pm
Keeping the revs down I have not been pushing it yet,   however yesterday I scraped some hard parts (LH peg of all things) in a turn for the first time since the rebuild.     Hmmm,  maybe some rear sets and Ace bars are in order.  
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Post by: barenekd on May 11, 2012, 06:58:11 pm
Jack and I went for a 330 mile ride yesterday. I, too, have a "curb feeler" that is rapidly becoming very annoying. It's a clamp bolt on my exhaust pipe. I gotta move that out of the way more. The K-70s are a lot better than the angle it allows.
Bare
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Post by: The_Rigger on May 11, 2012, 07:30:29 pm
Rode her home from the dealer, finally... All 61 miles.

Hello, aftermarket saddles!!!! This OEM plank has got to **GO!**
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Post by: bman734 on May 11, 2012, 07:35:41 pm
Went for another beautiful valley ride. It never gets old cruising along the Rocky River doing 35 mph in fourth. No lights for 12 straight miles of 68 degree perfection. Then turn around and head back home the same way to enjoy a clean cold bruskie!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Alan LaRue on May 16, 2012, 03:30:24 pm
Ran it out of fuel! Well, almost, sort-of. The engine began to miss and I started looking for a way to get to the shoulder. I was in the third lane (out of 6), and the car slightly behind me to my right didn't seem to want to pass, even though I was slowing down. It seemed like a long time! Finally got over and coasted to a stop, since it wasn't running by then.

Hmmm... 3928 miles on the odometer... pull out the cell phone and look up my last fuel-up on Fuelly... 3694 miles, that's over 230. Gotta be the gas, but the low fuel light isn't on.

Before hoofing it to the next exit I tried to start it, and it worked, so I figured I'd just go as far as I could to make my walk shorter. I went fairly slowly on the shoulder until it ran out, then sped up to about 50 (this is I-10, after all). To my surprise, it made it to the next exit and gas station, about 2 miles. Major inconvenience avoided! It took 3.63 gallons, and had gone 236.1 miles. Interestingly, I once made it 238 miles on 3.58 gallons... I didn't know how close to empty I was that day. Now I know.

I think it's time to get a bicycle speedometer with trip odometer. I hope the low fuel light is just burned out, and it isn't a wiring problem. The signal light indicator on the dash is out, too. Are those 161 bulbs? Hope so, as I have some spares.
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Post by: barenekd on May 16, 2012, 03:46:13 pm
Mine did that at 240 miles one time. I called AAA. Don't trust that light! My light started working again, but if I see 210 without a light, I'm stopping!
Bare
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Post by: Jack Leis on May 16, 2012, 03:56:46 pm
   Join the club Alan . Some other Enfield owners have had the samething happen due to a sticky float switch in the tank. I keep a white piece of tape with the mileage at the last fill-up written on it. I put a few drops of MARVEL MYSTERY OIL in the fuel tank and it loosened up the float but I still don't trust it.
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Post by: Ducati Scotty on May 16, 2012, 04:27:18 pm
Or just keep a grease pencil in your jacket and write the last mileage down on the chrome handlebar clamp.

Scott
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Post by: Jack Leis on May 16, 2012, 08:10:54 pm
 Re-packed my Dunstall Silencer with FMF 4 Stroke packing. Man that thing sounds great once again !
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Post by: Ducati Scotty on May 16, 2012, 08:16:46 pm
Any chance of getting a clip of that?  I was looking at that muffler.

Scott
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Post by: Jack Leis on May 16, 2012, 08:22:44 pm
  All finished Scotty. Maybe next time. You can see it installed in Gallery.
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Post by: Jack Leis on May 16, 2012, 08:37:50 pm
Opps ! Where's the Gallery ? Here is a clip of the Dunstall installed Scotty.
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Post by: Ducati Scotty on May 16, 2012, 08:42:00 pm
Oops!  I meant an audio clip. I was wondering what it sounds like.

Scott
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Post by: Jack Leis on May 16, 2012, 08:47:13 pm
  Sorry, cant do the audio clip, no way of doing it . It has a nice, low exhaust note when repacked. I wish it woould stay that way. 500 singles are hell on silencer packing.
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Post by: Ducati Scotty on May 16, 2012, 08:51:56 pm
Thanks, that's about all I really needed to know.  I love the sounds of Ducati with big, fat glass packs.  The bigger they are the more of a "boom-boom-boom" sound you seem to get without any raspiness.  I figured a 500 single would probably be close, but a big carbon can would just look so wrong ;)  I hear you on the packing.  It's a once or twice a season thing to keep that great sound.  At least it's cheap and easy.

Scott
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Post by: john hut on May 16, 2012, 09:32:43 pm
Whats with the blueing on the silencer Jack,are you flat out all the time?
        I can,t even get my header pipe blue ,perhaps i,m too slow......
            John Hut..
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Post by: The Garbone on May 16, 2012, 09:35:12 pm
Came home in a real gulley washer today.  About 1" on standing water in the road pretty much the entire way.    Loved every second of it and the 95 did not miss a beat.     :)   A ride home on an RE in the rain is still better than in a cage,  of course it is only a 4 mile trip but it still applies.  K70s seem to handle water real well. 
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Post by: Ducati Scotty on May 16, 2012, 09:41:24 pm
Whats with the blueing on the silencer Jack,are you flat out all the time?
        I can,t even get my header pipe blue ,perhaps i,m too slow......
            John Hut..

The way that thing is packed by design is that the packing is only at the back.  The front of the perforated tube is closed off, not wide open.  You need to expose enough of it to allow the exhaust to flow through the front end, then go past the packed back end.  So the front end is gonna get hot!

Scott
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Post by: Desi Bike on May 16, 2012, 09:48:47 pm
  Sorry, cant do the audio clip, no way of doing it .

Can you spell out in text what it sounds like?

Maybe a descriptive interpretive dance?   :o
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Post by: The Garbone on May 16, 2012, 09:52:32 pm
Can you spell out in text what it sounds like?

Maybe a descriptive interpretive dance?   :o

With a drummer in the background wearing a beret? ;D
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Post by: Jack Leis on May 16, 2012, 10:02:54 pm
Whats with the blueing on the silencer Jack,are you flat out all the time?
        I can,t even get my header pipe blue ,perhaps i,m too slow......
            John Hut..
 ITS JUST CHEAP ASS CHINESE COMMUNIST CHROME JOHN !
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Post by: Ducati Scotty on May 16, 2012, 10:09:13 pm
I'd expect Commie chrome to turn red...
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Post by: Jack Leis on May 16, 2012, 10:12:14 pm
 Go back to work Scotty.
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Post by: Hobbydad on May 17, 2012, 01:50:46 am
I pulled mine apart today.

I was having an issue with the decompressor sticking, it was on all the time. It's under warranty, and I was going to just drop it off at the dealers, but I like to know how things tick (literally), so I decided to do it myself. I figured that if I found anything serious, then I'd give them a call.

I pulled the side cover, magneto/alternator (whatever it is), and the cam plate. Also yanked the seat & tank so I could get the rocker covers off.

I removed the exhaust cam to check out the decompressor, as I suspected it was stuck on. The pin was actually turned opposite of how it should have been, not sure how that was even possible. It looked like the little pin that acts as an arm had come out of the lever that activates it, allowing it to turn the wrong way. I considered just removing it completely, but decided its there for a reason, so I reassembled it correctly and put everything back together.

I didn't have time to get the seat & tank back on, or to give it a fresh fill of oil before work, so I won't get to check out my handywork until tomorrow.

All in all (if your mechanically inclined) its an easy straight forward job. I'd do it again in a second if I had to.
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Post by: gremlin on May 20, 2012, 05:34:22 am
errands ....  but scooting around made them bearable  :D
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Post by: Ducati Scotty on May 20, 2012, 04:49:56 pm
Rode 500 miles to Seattle and back, got a mild case of hypothermia on the way up that was cured by Vince's hot coffee, met lots of RE board members for lunch and had a great time.

Scott
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Post by: 2bikebill on May 20, 2012, 06:16:08 pm
Wow. That's a heck of a ride on a Bullet! What speed were you averaging? Did you do it in one mighty bound up the freeway, or did you make a couple days excursion of it through the countryside? I'm off on a 260 miler tomorrow, but I already know it'l be co-codamols by halfway, and the rest of the week taking it easy around the homestead to recover....
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Post by: Ducati Scotty on May 20, 2012, 07:57:07 pm
It was all one day. 65mph for about 90 minutes, wot for the next hour because I was late, then meet the gang at Vince's and about an hour at 40-60 to the ferry.  Off the ferry an a short ride in town to the meetup.  After lunch it was two hours of freeway at 65, then another 200 miles at 45-65 on most small highways.

Scott
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Post by: JVS on May 21, 2012, 12:55:42 am
Gotta love RE
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Post by: Ice on May 21, 2012, 01:13:28 am
 and admire Ducatti Scotty's grit.



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Post by: Arizoni on May 21, 2012, 02:00:57 am
Well, you can admire Scotty's grit all you want but don't look at his butt for a few days.

I'm bettin' its not a sight for sore eyes.  :o
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ice on May 21, 2012, 03:37:28 am
Well, you can admire Scotty's grit all you want but don't look at his butt for a few days.

I'm bettin' its not a sight for sore eyes.  :o

Or a sore sight for all eyes.
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Post by: Ducati Scotty on May 21, 2012, 04:04:45 am
I slept on my stomach so it popped back out ;)
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Post by: Lwt Big Cheese on May 21, 2012, 08:54:20 am
Well, you can admire Scotty's grit all you want but don't look at his butt for a few days.

I'm bettin' its not a sight for sore eyes.  :o

Thanks for the offer, but I don't want to see his butt ever!
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Post by: barenekd on May 21, 2012, 05:25:49 pm
WIshed mine were here with me. I was in the White Mountains of New Hampshire, missing my motorbike!
Went to Whitehorse Gear and picked up a couple of books to keep me from getting too lonely!
Went to the Enfield dealer in Pembroke so I could at least touch one!
Alas, I feel sooo lonely! :'(
There are sure a lot of Hogly Fergusens around here. I've seen a LOT of motorcycles motorcycles around here and I'd say over 95% of them have been Hardleys.
Bare
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Post by: Desi Bike on May 22, 2012, 10:39:32 pm
I was having a wonderful ride yesterday throughout the Lake Erie shoreline county roads and all. Headed back to the Windsor/Detroit area after a nice 300km's and rode straight into a hail storm. I knew there was a gas station just up two minutes ahead and was doing fine listening to the gumball sized hail peening off my helmet. One hit me square in the kiwi's. Need to get me a jock to carry in case of a similar event.  Made it to the gas station and hid out under the awning with a bunch of cars until the hail stopped.

No damage to the bike.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Jack Leis on May 22, 2012, 11:13:26 pm
 Mounted a new K70 on the rear of my G5. I had a K81 that was almost showing chord at only 4,000 miles on it. I expected it to last much longer than that. I hope I have better luck with the new one.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: bob bezin on May 23, 2012, 04:12:46 am
I trailored my  # 5 FIREBALL  home today because yesterday while riding i heard an awful noise and the bike locked up. i pulled the clutch and coasted into a friends driveway( really lucky here, as i live out in the sticks). the oil line had broken in two! i kicked the bike over and found that it was not locked up. ace cafe said that that happened to chumma but no damage was sustained to the lower end because the oil line only lubes the upper end. and that if there is oil still in the tank things might be ok. well there was only about 3/4 of an inch . i hope thats enough.I most likely will have to take another bike to the rallys.
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Post by: barenekd on May 23, 2012, 01:44:02 pm
Quote
I had a K81 that was almost showing chord at only 4,000 miles on it.

Thanks for that bit of info. The K70s last just as long and are much cheaper!
Bare
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Post by: bman734 on May 23, 2012, 02:37:59 pm
OK, so recently, on my last few rides, I've been hearing a lot of squeaking whenever I hit the rear drum brakes. Any ideas on what to look for to fix myself short of taking into my dealer? Also, occasionally, my front disc brake is giving me some weird feedback and seems to be grabbing or just making a funny noise as if the pads are grabbing too hard or are worn out maybe. From looking at them everything seems OK. Any ideas on that one too? 
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Post by: Jack Leis on May 23, 2012, 05:11:39 pm
Thanks for that bit of info. The K70s last just as long and are much cheaper!
Bare
  I should have listened to you before. Hurry back, Angeles Crest is calling !
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on May 23, 2012, 05:26:57 pm
OK, so recently, on my last few rides, I've been hearing a lot of squeaking whenever I hit the rear drum brakes. Any ideas on what to look for to fix myself short of taking into my dealer? Also, occasionally, my front disc brake is giving me some weird feedback and seems to be grabbing or just making a funny noise as if the pads are grabbing too hard or are worn out maybe. From looking at them everything seems OK. Any ideas on that one too?

On the rear, have you adjusted your chain recently?

On the front, sometimes disc brakes just need a fresh start.  They deposit a layer of brake material on the metal disc and it can get uneven.  Remove the pads and sand them on a flat glass plate with something like 220 grit just to break the glaze.  Get some brake cleaner and a genuine 3M green ScotchBrite pad and go to town on the disc, just scub it like mad.  You're looking to scrub off all the old brake material.  Once that's done button it all back up and find some open road.  Get up to about 50mph and do a hard stop down to about 10mph, then ride around a few minutes to cool.  Repeat 10 times and then ride around for a good while until the disc is totally cooled off.  Don't stop!  You want to get the disc hot enough to lay down a new even layer of brake material.  Stopping will make for uneven cooling and can warp the disc.  This is called "bedding in".

I would think this is all BS but I did it once on a set of Ducati rotors that I swore were warped and ready for the scrap pile.  They were perfect after this.

Scott
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Post by: The_Rigger on May 23, 2012, 10:18:30 pm
Mounted my 1955 tax disc.
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Post by: DonK on May 24, 2012, 04:15:58 pm
Picked up a tank from a 1959 Hounds arrow.
After patching all the holes and fixing dents, it's about ready to line and paint.
just trying it on for size.
(http://inlinethumb45.webshots.com/48300/2617706980098532317S600x600Q85.jpg) (http://good-times.webshots.com/photo/2617706980098532317oreTgM)

(http://inlinethumb51.webshots.com/48754/2725390010098532317S600x600Q85.jpg) (http://good-times.webshots.com/photo/2725390010098532317VGmQBs)
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Post by: jartist on May 24, 2012, 04:25:16 pm
OUTSTANDING BIKE!!!!  I love your mods!
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Post by: GreenMachine on May 24, 2012, 04:53:19 pm
The tank going to look great painted...I'm assuming Green...I never seen a Indian Chief quite like that on a tank..Very nice indeed..
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Post by: barenekd on May 26, 2012, 05:28:31 pm
I received my Hagon Shocks, installed them and took them out for a short ride. Rather inconclusive, but they'll get a bit more of a workout tomorrow.
Also replaced my bashed in air cleaner cover,  so the bike is looking good again!.
Bare
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Post by: NikhilVT on May 27, 2012, 12:52:38 am
Filled up gas!   ;)
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Post by: Arizoni on May 27, 2012, 05:32:21 am
Lubed my chain, filled my fuel tank and rode over to the weekly custom/collector car display.

A good looking young red headed girl was interested in my RE.  She said she loved the old British bikes and was riding a 2010 Bonneville.
She then bent over and pointed at the right side of my engine and asked, "What's this?"

"A kick starter" I replied.  "It has both electric starting and kick starting."
She thought that my RE was the neatest thing at the show and the kick starter was a great idea!   :D
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Post by: Desi Bike on May 27, 2012, 03:38:22 pm
Rode my bike in its first parade Friday night. My home town has a classic car party / festival every year called RetroFest. Hundreds of classic cars and trucks line the main drag for a weekend long party of music, food and fun.   

The friday night was the kick off parade. It took about 45 minutes before all of the vehicles were on the route after the bikes left. Leading the bike section was a Jim on his Bonneville and at the back of the bike pack was an absolutely gorgeous Chrome C5 (mine lol). The Hardly Boys and their noisy machines were in between us.  Along the route a couple of other bikes tagged in behind me, then came all the cars.

Someone posted a Youtoob video of the parade, but for some reason he/she decided that three blocks past the end of the parade would be a good place to set up the camera. Don't have a clue as to why they set up there. Oh well. Look for me at 1:22
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9EObgCW7aI (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9EObgCW7aI)

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Post by: idk on May 28, 2012, 03:07:35 am
I got a flat tyre. :( Fortunately I was slowing down for a stop sign. The rear tube is kaput. Oh well, now I get to experience the joy of pulling the rear wheel off etc. Experience is what you get when you don't get what you want.
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Post by: jartist on May 28, 2012, 04:54:05 am
I was impressed with the rear wheel design when I changed my rear tire.  You don't have to touch the sprocket or brake or chain tension.  Just remove the first of the two axle nuts leaving the bigger nut and the brake fixing nut in place and the axle slides out and the wheel comes off leaving the brake drum/sprocket and chain in place!
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Post by: MegaMoo on May 28, 2012, 09:34:08 pm
Decided that since my precious is parked outside I'd better get some security to protect it from those that may covet it. So I bought an ABUS floor anchor, a Bully 5 foot chain and a Xena XX6 disk lock and alarm for the brake.

Had to dig a 2ft deep hole in the ground, filled with concrete and an iron bar. Once dried, drilled the holes for the ground anchor and bolted it in.

The Xena lock is a little sensitive still, so the alarm goes off even if there is a medium to strong wind and it gets shaken. The neighbors and other half won't be happy if it keeps going off so will investigate if it's possible to lessen the sensitivity a bit, if not may just take out the battery and use it as a visual deterrent for now. It's still useful for when it's parked away from the home though and will be make a good partner for the built in steering lock.
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Post by: gremlin on May 30, 2012, 04:56:53 pm
just received the 7 inch globe & trim rings from bulletwalla ~ gonna change out that small flat thing that US B-5 riders get.  Anybody know what kind of a lamp-holder I need for this thing ?  (I like the citylight)
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Post by: Pauly on May 30, 2012, 11:52:58 pm
sat on it and made vroom, vroom noises as bike and self are still out of commision
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Post by: Desi Bike on May 31, 2012, 01:19:14 am
Its progress Pauly...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on May 31, 2012, 02:17:54 am
A friend gave me a seat today. It's an AVL, I think. It's got two tabs for bolts at the front instead of the tongue. Gives me something to play with!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on May 31, 2012, 05:54:24 am
Opps ! Where's the Gallery ? Here is a clip of the Dunstall installed Scotty.

Hey Jack, got my Emgo Dunstall in the mail today and...

It doesn't fit!  It's got about a 40mm opening and the pipe is 42.  Did yours need some "persuasion" to put on the first time?  I could cut slits up the sides to enlarge it but I'd prefer not to.

Thanks,
Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Jack Leis on May 31, 2012, 05:11:04 pm
  Good morning Scotty ! When I installed my Dunstall I had to take a small grinder and take down the end of the pipe a smidgen to get it started. I ground the first inch and used  a hose clamp as a guide on the pipe so I wouldnt grind too far up the pipe. After a few tries i got it to fit properly. Now , with that being said, I took it for a putt and discovered the silencer trying to pull of do to the back pressure . The bracket supplied with  the silencer holds it up and down properly but doesnt hold it well enough to keep the silencer from eventualy sliding off the pipe so I fabricated a piece of 1/8 " x  3/4 " flat stock into a seperate bracket from the mounting bolt on the silencer to the vacated mounting point for the old silencer  located under the chrome tool kit cover. A little exhaust paste and no leaks in 5,000 miles. Was it worth the extra hassle ? Oh hell yah. I have a silencer THAT DEFINATELY IMPROVED THE PERFORMANCE  only cost 62.00 compared to the 170.00 whatever Nfield wants for the EFI. I will try to post a picture of my installation this afternoon, I cant do it right now. I hope this has helped you a little.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on May 31, 2012, 05:35:01 pm
No need for pics, that makes total sense.  I figured I'd need to cut about that much off to make it work.  Too much work for me, and I prefered the looks of the reverse cone muffler to start with.  I'm just going to exchange mine.   Though I'm sure the Dunstall would sound way cooler ;)

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Jack Leis on May 31, 2012, 09:05:28 pm
  Roger that.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on May 31, 2012, 10:56:41 pm
Took some wrinkles out of my seat upholstery...I hope!
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on May 31, 2012, 11:04:28 pm
Dude!  Too personal!  ;)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on May 31, 2012, 11:30:26 pm
I rode over to Bob's Harley, a place that specializes in used Harley parts to see if they had a used Harley muffler that would work on my G5.

It turns out that they had several that would work but they refused to "break up the set" and sell only one. 

Oh well.  At least the morning ride was fun and it beat the 110 degree F heat this afternoon is giving us.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on May 31, 2012, 11:54:31 pm
Seriously?  Like there's going to be some run on stock Harley mufflers?  "Break up the set."  Sheesh.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Weltlich on June 01, 2012, 01:03:11 am
Took mine in for it's first oil change/service this morning, and got the call that it was all ready to go about 5pm.

Given what they charged me for it, I think I'll try doing my own services on it whenever possible from here on out with my one arm and leg I have left.  And if those kits that are back-ordered ever get delivered.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: NikhilVT on June 01, 2012, 03:59:09 am
Rode it to work today! Kept looking out my cube to see it shine in the Parking lot. So much for productive work...  ::)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: wokka on June 04, 2012, 11:23:58 am
Recieved my powercommander and 19T Front sprocket (2 days to ship from Hitchcocks to the middle east!)
Measured up the monoshock conversion (Got a free Ohlins shock Woo Hoo!!)
Priced a custom SS header pipe
booked Dyno time for my holidays next month
Tried to find someone to collect my Brass gear (still) from Dehli
Found a white wall front, but unfortunately, not a rear (well I did find one, but being a 150/80/15, it will foul on the chain)

Now just have to find a pancake air filter, fab up an airbox, grind off the old toolbox brackets, strip the bike down, get all the welding done for the new shock mounts, get it into paint, hide all the wiring, delete the electric start, fab a fake oil bag to hide all the leccy stuff, fit a lithium 6a battery and bang it all back together.....

Gonna be some looooong nights the next 2 months.

Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Alan LaRue on June 04, 2012, 03:14:11 pm
Monoshock conversion? I'm looking forward to reading about that!

Funny how in some parts of the world they do all of the mods to their bikes in the winter. Maybe I should line up some summer projects, but I think I need to air condition the garage first. Say, maybe I could convert the formal living room into a workspace for the motorcycle! It used to serve as my office, but since I seldom telecommute anymore, it's mostly unused.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on June 04, 2012, 05:30:01 pm
No, if you air condition the garage then you have no excuse for getting things done.  When things go awry with winter projects the reason is always, "Well it's so damn cold I haven't even been able to get rolling in the garage."

Scott ;)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Lwt Big Cheese on June 04, 2012, 05:36:44 pm
Took mine in for it's first oil change/service this morning...

Given what they charged me for it, ...

theyu charge for a first sevice?

I've never heard of that!!!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on June 04, 2012, 06:04:45 pm
They must do it differently in the "Jolly Olde".  I haven't seen a free first service in Amerca since the English bikes went away! Hurray for the Japanese invasion!
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on June 04, 2012, 06:10:08 pm
+1.  I usually tell people to haggle for getting it thrown in.  Nothing sucks more than coughing up another chunk  of change to the dealer after your first 500 miles.  And it's usually just oil change, valve check, and tighening all the nuts and bolts.  Critical service for a new bike but almost always overpriced.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: DonK on June 04, 2012, 07:56:37 pm
got my 1959 indian tank painted and mounted.
put the indian plate on the timing cover.
I'll think I'll call this the half breed

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p248/DonK53/Indian/indiantank.jpg)

Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: jartist on June 04, 2012, 07:59:15 pm
I love it!  I like the historical connection with Indian and Royal Enfield, and after all, the bike is Indian anyway, right?  Christopher Columbus comes around full circle! ::)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: FiRE Comms on June 05, 2012, 01:45:33 am
Replaced the tiger and Neutral lights, and sat on her w/ my 2 year old making VVVRROOOOOM noises!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on June 05, 2012, 01:47:38 am
Nothing quite like a little kid to cut thru the trivia and get to the heart of what's important.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: FiRE Comms on June 05, 2012, 01:52:51 am
got that right, only a couple more days of the good stuff then back to work... :( Wokka It looks like I'll be in your neck of the woods this weekend, don't know if I'll see anything other than the airport though...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: GreenMachine on June 05, 2012, 03:19:55 am
replace the muffler/exhaust union clamp  with the new  1 7/8" ID chrome wide clamp that came in the mail today..gonna let the exhaust paste setup overnight and see how it goes tomorrow..
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: wokka on June 05, 2012, 08:45:34 am
Firecomms, I'll be in Fujairah on a diving trip this weekend, otherwise a beer or 3 could have been on the cards
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: FiRE Comms on June 05, 2012, 12:03:17 pm
Maybe next time then...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on June 07, 2012, 11:00:16 pm
Reached 10,000 miles and changed the oil.
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Weltlich on June 08, 2012, 02:00:46 am
Finished installing the ammo-can luggage system today.  It doesn't look anything as professional as Ayers Garage's, but I think it fits the "look" of the bike. I used a couple of 40mm grenade cans to start with.  The "lock" system uses barrel bolts on the frame to lock into brackets I fitted to the cans, and cotter pins as a secondary safety system to prevent the barrel bolts from coming unlocked during the ride.

The cans are a sit a little more forward than I'd anticipated, but they don't really interfere in my seating or leg position, so I'm going to run with it and see how it goes.

(http://i.imgur.com/lQO3o.jpg)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: rav on June 08, 2012, 03:20:42 am
any pics of the mounting system? Looks very nice.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Weltlich on June 08, 2012, 03:47:39 am
I'll snap a few pictures of the mounting system tomorrow morning, and toss them up.  I'd intended to take pictures as it was built, but then I forgot my camera.  :(
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Desi Bike on June 08, 2012, 10:47:42 pm
How do you get on and off the bike? I'm only 44 and dont think I can swing my leg over that.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Weltlich on June 09, 2012, 01:56:30 am
Hah!  Well, first I step back about five paces, and get a good running start...

It took a little learning.  I really don't have to swing my leg all that much higher, so getting on is no problem, since I "see" the cans and mentally prep for a higher lift.  I've tapped them with my heel once or twice getting off the bike, because I forget they're there.  If I had it to do over, I'd probably move them back about three inches, and down about four, but that would have required tools that I didn't have access to.

Here's a picture of the frame they lock into.  It's fairly simple, using barrel bolts.  I fitted some u-brackets behind them that I drilled to fit safety pins into for travel; should the bolts come "unlocked" during a ride, they can't back up out of the brackets mounted to the cans.  So far they seem to be riding fairly well, there's a little play in them, but not enough that I'm overly concerned.  I think I might get a couple tension straps to put on them for long hauls - both aesthetics and peace of mind.

(http://i.imgur.com/1s6l7.jpg)

And here's one of the brackets on the box.

(http://i.imgur.com/rLQbv.jpg)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Desi Bike on June 09, 2012, 02:11:25 pm
Finally saw another Royal Enfield on the road last night. Was in the cage with the g/f, had to make a u-turn and found that my eyes did not deceive me and it was black c5 with a b-pad seat that had passed the other way. Hope to run into him again, but this time while I'm on my bike, then we can go for a run.

Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Hobbydad on June 09, 2012, 10:41:58 pm
Took the wife out for a 3 hour tour last night. No, the Skipper & Gilligan didn't go. Hit up a car/bike show, went out to dinner, missed our movie time though. Also jumped on the e-way for the first time, did great crusing along at 70 with both of us on board. Had a few looks from passers-by. Heading out again tonight for another late car show with fireworks.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on June 09, 2012, 11:03:46 pm
Quote
Your only as old as you feel

Nah, you're only as old as the girls you feel!
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Lwt Big Cheese on June 10, 2012, 07:57:12 pm
On bugger. I'm a necrophiliac  :-[
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Hobbydad on June 11, 2012, 03:16:03 am
Rode out to the last day of Ohio Bike Week today. Probably saw 1000 bikes, only one was an Enfield (mine, lol). Bought a few t-shirts, not much else to do if your not a drinker. Beautiful day for a ride.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: 1 Thump on June 12, 2012, 09:26:05 pm
Summer carb tuning, rode about 80 miles, ordered Hagon shocks.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on June 12, 2012, 10:52:21 pm
I rode around looking for a bus depot. Where I thought there was one was wrong. Then I looked for an old fashioned drive-in and do it yourself car wash. Couldn't find one of those either. Oh, well, got a good 50 miles in!
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: The Garbone on June 13, 2012, 01:54:08 am
Our local depot is behind barbed wired and set up so you can't even take pictures.   

Road the 95 to work and back.  Made a mental note to change the oil and check on my back ordered items this week.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: The_Rigger on June 18, 2012, 01:46:28 am
Rode out to the last day of Ohio Bike Week today.

Speaking of Ohio, anyone going to the AMA Vintage Motorcycle Days throw-down in Lexington, OH July 20-22?

I may try to talk Fiona into carrying me down there... TBD.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: The_Rigger on June 18, 2012, 01:52:45 am
Took a nice, casual 85+-mile cruise around three or four area lakes, and down some shady two-lanes this afternoon/early evening, culminating in a stop for frozen custard at a little mom-&-pop ice cream stand on the shore of Park Lake.

Then home to the cats, who were waiting to celebrate Fathers' Day by having me feed them.  Selah...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Andy on June 18, 2012, 03:57:29 am
Installed new sprockets and chain.  What a bear of a job!  Certain swear words were uttered.  Singh's  youtube videos were, as always, most helpful. 
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: jartist on June 18, 2012, 02:22:06 pm
How many miles did you get on your sprockets?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Andy on June 18, 2012, 03:51:08 pm
They had about 20,000 km on them, lower than I would have liked, but I ride a lot of gravel and dirt, which is hard on the chain.  (I lost a few teeth on the hub sprocket when the chain bound up on me last year.  Very annoying. I'm sure most of them last much longer).
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Lwt Big Cheese on June 18, 2012, 05:46:59 pm
12,000 miles seems OK to me.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on June 18, 2012, 06:59:33 pm
My rear sprocket is still great looking at 10,400 miles. I changed to an 18 tooth sprocket and Tsubaki Oring chain at 6600. I would expect the rear sprocket last as long as the chain. From past experience with Tsubaki chains, I would expect the combo to last over another 25,000 miles.
The OEM chains will destroy sprockets as fast as they destroy themselves. If you just put new sprockets, I would recommend you get a higher quality chain. The OEM or other cheap chain will have you doing it in another 12,000 miles.
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: motorat on June 18, 2012, 07:16:32 pm
how many links is the chain.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on June 18, 2012, 08:44:29 pm
102
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Andy on June 18, 2012, 09:50:30 pm
From past experience with Tsubaki chains, I would expect the combo to last over another 25,000 miles.

That's what I would have expected.  Maybe 20,000 miles/30,000 km.  I had difficulty getting an aftermarket chain, too, so it's a stock Rol-On replacement.  The whole machine is getting a teardown and makeover in two more years anyway, so if it doesn't last, no biggie.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on June 18, 2012, 10:18:30 pm
There are a bunch of chain suppliers out there with 530s from cheap stuff for $30.00 to  $150.00 Xring DIDs, Tsubakis and a couple of manufacturers. How could you have trouble finding a chain? Just Google motorcycle chains. Most 530s will probably fit if you have the width available, but there are some decent non-Oring chains available, too. If they show the tensile strength of the chain, then it's going to be better than those who don't, then you start picking from that list!
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Andy on June 18, 2012, 11:35:43 pm
How could you have trouble finding a chain?

Nobody stocks anything.  It's a tax thing.  "We can order it for you," is the best I ever get.  I rode 250km to an RE Dealer who shall remain nameless who said they could give me an aftermarket chain.  They didn't have one.  "But we can order it for you!" 

Don't even get me started on tires. 
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Oddjon on June 19, 2012, 02:27:41 am
Ordered the 5-filter oil change kit from Nfield gear....BO'd....

So I rode down to the dealer and got my 1st service done.  120 miles round trip, and 135$, but I made it home before the nasty hailstorm.  Overall a good day.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: NationalCylinderHead on June 19, 2012, 04:46:02 pm
Wished the dealer would give it to me already its been a week. Waiting on parts is torture!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on June 19, 2012, 05:57:09 pm
I order stuff like chains, tires, batteries and other non-factory stuff from places like Motorcycle Superstore. They have great prices and I get the stuff usually within 5 days to my door. The service is great and I don't have to make a 100 miles roundtrip to the dealer in my gas hog truck to pick up the stuff.
Unfortunately, if it is Enfield stuff, I have to wait sometimes for that stuff. Fortunately, too, there is an Enfield dealer 4 miles down the street now, who does carry oil filters!
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Andy on June 19, 2012, 07:40:11 pm
Waiting on parts is torture!

Welcome to my pain.   ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: NationalCylinderHead on June 19, 2012, 07:46:28 pm
Ya motorcycle superstore is my go to place but Enfield specific is like a 6 week wait!  What are you waiting on Andy I remember reading another thread about you being tired of twiddling your thumbs.  Also random question have they made any white enfields since 09????
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Desi Bike on June 19, 2012, 08:11:40 pm
Installed a new chain on my bike today. The stock one was done for many miles ago.
Umi brand 530 o-ring chain fits well.  Only had 110 link in stock so I had to chop off a few links. Its amazing how loud my old chain was compared to this one.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on June 20, 2012, 12:12:24 am
Did you notice any vibration change? Changing the chain on mine cut the vibration at some speeds considerably.
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Desi Bike on June 20, 2012, 01:07:40 am
Funny you would mention that. I did feel the new chain zing vibrate at a, low speed. Didn't feel it again after I grease waxed it up. I haven't gone  out on the 'big road' but did a few hooligan runs in town and it runs nice and quiet no vibes. Tossed the stocker into the recycle bin.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: bman734 on June 20, 2012, 12:32:17 pm
Took my longest jaunt with Joe, my daughters boyfriend yesterday. Went to Port Clinton to have the perch fry then headed down south on rt 99 to Plymouth, Ohio which is the start of rt 603. Took that incredibly scenic route to rt 39 then split up, he going  back home to Columbus, and me heading back to rt 42 to end up at my home in Lakewood, Ohio. Over all 223 miles and got 72 mpg which when considering that these are mainly 55 mph roads, is not too bad. I'm paying the price today though as my ankles are killing me.[suspicious][/suspicious]
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: NationalCylinderHead on June 20, 2012, 12:53:27 pm
Hey bman just read your post your out of columbus? thats pretty cool im from a little south of Cinci are you going to AMA vintage bike week?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: bman734 on June 20, 2012, 08:59:52 pm
Hey NCH, no, not from down your way but just west of CLE. I do plan on going to the vintage bike show this year weather permitting. Hope to see you there if we can possibly hook up. I'm sure we are not the only RE people in or around Ohio so hope to see others of our persuasion there as well.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: NationalCylinderHead on June 20, 2012, 09:33:06 pm
If anyone is reading this and cares to chime in if they are in or around Ohio or Northern Kentucky would love to hear from you guys and organize a ride!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: meganuke on June 20, 2012, 11:46:00 pm
I picked up my C5 from having the rear tire fixed and went for a ride!  Woohoo!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on June 21, 2012, 12:11:29 am
Went out for a ride to see if I could locate a worm seller in Orange county. No such luck, so I went over to my fav hobby shop to see if they had any new Ferrari F1 models. No luck there, either. So I went to a Kenyan restaurant to check out the food. Had some lamb stew with Chapati, kind of a naan bread, and collard greens. The second best part of the day after the ride. I put gas in for the last 150 miles. 70mpg. It does so good!
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: bman734 on June 21, 2012, 12:49:59 pm
Went on my usual valley ride in the Rocky River Reservation. After yesterdays jaunt around Ohio, this was a walk in the park. Made me realize that maybe those short rides close to home aren't so bad.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Rob Vespa on June 21, 2012, 03:10:15 pm
Getting it prepped to take it to the local Royal Enfield shop for a once over (it's first since I got it).  I'd rather be riding it.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: NationalCylinderHead on June 21, 2012, 03:56:26 pm
Called the dealer again. Was told by the owner we got the upswept exhaust in but not the turn signals or rear light or saddlebags or seat..... >:( so tomorow if all goes well ill ride away with exhaust and come back for first service for the other stuff lol
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: The_Rigger on June 21, 2012, 11:33:09 pm
Went to Port Clinton to have the perch fry...

Ooo!!  I'll be in Port Clinton in a couple of weeks; I work on the pistol range at Camp Perry for the National Matches.

Hellooo, fried perch!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on June 22, 2012, 03:06:11 am
Took my first ride in about two weeks, business trips and vacation getting bin the way.  Got out for a spin to go get some dinner after a 12hour drive back from California.  The weather is perfect and I'll get to cruise home on a beautiful summer evening after dinner.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Jack Leis on June 23, 2012, 07:52:43 pm
 Ordered a Goldstar silencer from Hitchcocks. Id rather wait for it to come from England than deal with familiar " on backorder " status from our favorite supplier.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: MegaMoo on June 23, 2012, 10:56:40 pm
Sprayed the C5 from head to toe with ACF50 rust inhibitor. Been getting a bit of rust in some places. The coastal air doesn't seem to do it too much good, plus I'm lazy so hardly ever wash it so hoping this will slow the decay.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on June 23, 2012, 11:39:26 pm
Today I started planning on how to change out my torpedo by taking some measurements of the current attachment points.

While doing this I noticed a missing nut on the lower rear engine mount.  The end of the bolt was basically sheared off by metal fatigue.

I created another topic to talk about this problem so look for "Rear Engine Mount Bolt Failure" if you have any suggestions. :)
http://www.enfieldmotorcycles.com/forum/index.php/topic,14683.0.html
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Alan LaRue on June 24, 2012, 04:39:45 am
Rode it to Katy, Texas. That's a 60 mile trip to the dealer. I asked them to fix the low-fuel light problem (it isn't the bulb, I checked) and I've had oil seeping from somewhere near the front sprocket since it was new. He asked if I was in a hurry. I said no, that it's just too hot to ride now! Man, SE Texas is a miserable place in the summer. I can't wait until late September when riding season starts again! (Service guy agreed.) But hopefully they won't have it for three months. I put 4500 miles on it since last September when I bought it, almost all commuting.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on June 24, 2012, 09:55:50 am
Great moto day today.  I got down to the track to see the TTGPX qualifying round, electric motorcycles doing 160mph+ down the straight.  It was insane!  I ran into some old buddies and saw their new race bikes.  Ran into an old acquaintance who had his concept vehicle on display with the other EVs.  Stopped at the new Enfield dealer and chatted with the shop manager and his service manager.  And crossed 10,000 miles on the way to a free beer at the scooter shop with my mechanic buddies.

I really should do something useful around the house before my family gets back :)

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: wokka on June 24, 2012, 01:43:34 pm
Removed the pulse air valve system, dropped off the old header to be remade in S/S and extended, removed the airbox and fitted a K&N filter (RU 210)
Just waiting for the header to come back and fit a crankcase breather and she can go on the dyno
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Oddjon on June 24, 2012, 07:27:56 pm
We went to the park and posed by an old friend  ;)

(http://www.bluelineimagery.com.fototime.com/78259AE14F8623B/standard.jpg)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on June 24, 2012, 09:19:13 pm
Fixed my G5's rear engine mount.  ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: bman734 on June 24, 2012, 10:23:58 pm
Weather channel gave me a 6 hour window of no rain in my area so decided to trust them, don't ask me why, and drove from Lakewood Park to Port Clinton, around 70 miles one way. Figured I should be able to be back well within 6 hours and actually did it in 4 1/2. That was a couple of hours ago and it still hasn't rained yet so for once the weather channel was right. This is more about the weather channel being right than about my ride though that was excellent! :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: The_Rigger on June 25, 2012, 01:28:15 am
Another trip around the lakes, another cup of frozen custard by Park Lake...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: ChrisS on June 25, 2012, 02:23:14 am
I changed the tube in the rear tire of my B5 today.  I found out how little room there was to get your hands in and about to get the stem through the rim and how easy it is to pinch the tube.  I have come to the conclusion that the Avon MKII is the spawn of Satan.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: motorat on June 25, 2012, 05:37:25 pm
after class on Saturday i took a little ride out to Bodega Bay and came back by Bay Hill road.
it's a nice route but bay hill rd is falling apart so i made it a slalom course dodging pot holes and crumbling asphalt. total mileage 60mi.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: bman734 on June 25, 2012, 05:41:59 pm
Where are you from motorat? When I hear routes being talked about I want to have some idea where from you speak.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: motorat on June 25, 2012, 05:47:55 pm
sebastopol ca.   the road i was on goes right by the school house and church where the filmed "the Birds".
there are miles of eally fun roads out here most 2 lane country roads in various states of repair.
when i finally get a day off i'm going to run up the coast to mendocino...my next day off is 4th of july but that will be spent with family..so i'm looking at the 7th.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: bman734 on June 25, 2012, 06:04:40 pm
Well enjoy your military there in California! I'm sure enjoying mine here in Ohio.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Oddjon on June 26, 2012, 03:45:05 am
Rode up to Green Bay today, took CR-ZZ along the Fox River (sort of cool, one of very few rivers that flow in a northerly direction).  Beutiful ride, but i forgot how much the bugs like water too...  Ordered a set of bar end mirrors from a shop up there, they will have them for me in 3 days (still no word on my oil filter kit from our host yet, 8 days and counting so far).  70ish miles all together.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: The_Rigger on June 26, 2012, 04:28:24 am
I rode to work.  >:(

...As usual. :P
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: The_Rigger on June 26, 2012, 04:37:56 am
there are miles of really fun roads out here most 2 lane country roads in various states of repair.
when i finally get a day off i'm going to run up the coast to mendocino...

I became thoroughly enamored of Humbolt County when I was out there in May of '10... Spent two weeks in Sacto on the crew of a touring B'Way show and spent the Monday off zipping around in my little Smart Cabriolet (with the top rolled down, of course) in Humbolt Redwoods State Park & the Avenue of Giants, then out Mattole Rd. (I think) northwest through Petrolia and out to the Coast at Cape Mendocino & Sugar Loaf Island and back via Fortuna...

If I ever get taken prisoner by the State of California (G*d forbid), I hope they let me be interred in Humbolt County, on those half-rotten two-lane twisties.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: GreenMachine on June 26, 2012, 03:16:42 pm
Cleaned, air dried and lightly oiled the air filter. Cleaned and adjusted the gap of the plug. Went for a ride. Low humidity, 85 F the bike ran really good, think I have the air mixture just about right..
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: The Garbone on June 26, 2012, 03:48:35 pm
Walked out to the garage and looked at my bikes and then walked back to the house.  No driving til July 1st per doctors orders.     Look at the mailbox waiting for my new Barnett plates to show up so I can overhaul the clutch on the 95' next week once I am off "no work or drive" status.

tic toc tic toc.....  ugggggg...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: ADB on June 26, 2012, 04:12:46 pm
Rode up to Green Bay today, took CR-ZZ along the Fox River (sort of cool, one of very few rivers that flow in a northerly direction).  Beutiful ride, but i forgot how much the bugs like water too...

Oddjon, where are you from? I'm in Green Bay...funny, a friend of mine and I were just out last week along the Fox, and we also got covered in bugs.
I've yet to see another RE, but now I think there's hope.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on June 26, 2012, 10:13:48 pm
Rode over to Chino to take a picture of the B-17.
I hate this modern airport security. There were a couple of B-25s out on the ramp.
Not like the Good Old Days (GOD) when you could just walk, or ride, in and could pretty much go where you wanted to. Some of the airports, I still have some access to, including Chino, but it's walking only. I can't take my Beast with me.
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Oddjon on June 26, 2012, 11:58:31 pm
Stared at it as it sat in the garage...I do not have oil filters available, and I am pushing close to the 600mile mark.  Looks like i can order just 1 kit from Hitchcocks.  Hate to let it sit, but I wont abuse it either...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on June 27, 2012, 12:11:45 am
Oddjon:  You could take it for a ride to warm the oil up and then drain the oil and clean the pump inlet screen and refill it.

That would remove most of the contaminated oil and gunk that's in your crankcase.
IMO, the bike could then be ridden without a chance of causing problems.
Then when you do get a replacement oil filter you can just remove the old one, install the new one and your bike will be good to go.
If this is your first oil change, most of the debris in the oil filter will be metal chips and it is doubtful there are enough of them to actually clog the filter.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on June 27, 2012, 12:39:01 am
+1.  You can change the filter without draining the oil later.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: meganuke on June 27, 2012, 12:42:21 am
I had the first service done by the dealer today.  What a difference!  The bike seems to idle a little higher and has no problems getting up to 70 mph.  It's noticibly smoother throughout the rev range.

I think I want to remove the mailbox of a rear tail light housing and replace it with the one that says STOP.  Can I reuse the turn signals?  Where would they mount?  If memory serves, they are mounted to the mailbox itself.  Hmmm...this might need it's own thread...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on June 27, 2012, 12:57:21 am
I'm already known around here as the old fart that believes in the break in speeds suggested by RE in their Owners Manual so I'll just mention that until the bikes have over 600 miles on them they are not supposed to be ridden faster than 50 mph.  70 sounds a bit fast?

Yes, the turn signals can be used but as you will find, they have a VERY large thread that doesn't lend itself to an easy attachment to the rear fender.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Jack Leis on June 27, 2012, 01:02:20 am
Bare mounted some nifty little brackets on the top shock bolt to mount his rear turn signals. Worked out very well.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Oddjon on June 27, 2012, 01:13:54 am
Oddjon:  You could take it for a ride to warm the oil up and then drain the oil and clean the pump inlet screen and refill it.

That would remove most of the contaminated oil and gunk that's in your crankcase.
IMO, the bike could then be ridden without a chance of causing problems.
Then when you do get a replacement oil filter you can just remove the old one, install the new one and your bike will be good to go.
If this is your first oil change, most of the debris in the oil filter will be metal chips and it is doubtful there are enough of them to actually clog the filter.

+1 and thank you!  I was thinking about this specifically, but was not sure because I had not read about it anywhere (we are unique in this i think).  This will be my 2nd change, 300 mile job was done at dealer.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on June 27, 2012, 02:07:41 am
The 300 mile oil and filter change is the Biggie.
It is the one that gets a lot of crap in the pump inlet screen and (I assume) in the filter cartridge.

As this change has already been done I have no qualms at all about your changing the basic oil and leaving the filter untouched until you can get a new replacement.

Remove the hex oil drain plug and the pump inlet screen that's held onto the bottom of the sump by two small hex head bolts.
While both of these are removed tilt the bike to the right and to the left holding it at those positions for a while to get most of the oil in the sidecovers to drain out of the main sump.

Make sure that all surfaces are absolutely clean and reinstall the screen and the main hex drain plug.  The main hex plug should be tightened down to 15 ft/lbs of torque and the little hex bolts should be tightened to about 4 ft/lbs (48 inch/pounds).

15 ft/lbs of torque is about the same as a big tom cat sitting on the end of a 1 foot long bar.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Oddjon on June 27, 2012, 02:30:28 am
i have a torque socket driver in ft #'s, but the darn thing is almost as tall as the bike !  i will try and find an inch # one.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on June 27, 2012, 06:12:21 am
If you do you will need one that goes beyond 180 inch/pounds (15 ft/lbs).

Try to buy a quality wrench if you can afford it.
You don't need a digital readout wrench but it needs to be accurate, especially at the lower torque values.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on June 27, 2012, 10:53:48 pm
The ones that bend the handle are the most accurate and will keep the accuracy over long periods. No requirement to even to get the annual accuracy check. The biggest problem is they can be sometimes are difficult to read if you have to get into weird positions.
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: bluesdaddy2 on June 28, 2012, 01:12:58 am
What did I do........ Registered it! :)  Still haven't taken it home yet.  Damn rain.  At least it's not flood waters or hell fire.  Should be makin/takin the maiden voyage tomorrow.  Yahoooo ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: The_Rigger on June 28, 2012, 02:17:28 am
Cleaned, lubed, and adjusted the chain for the first time...  First time ever on a bike, actually; never owned anything but shafties before.

It's like my Bar Mitzvah all over again: Today I am a Man.   ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Desi Bike on June 28, 2012, 02:40:33 am
The mitzvah of bris is next Dave. Are you ready for this?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: bman734 on June 28, 2012, 03:51:47 pm
It's going to be 98 degrees today so have a need to cool down via a cool breeze in my face heading my usual west along route 6 to Sheffield Lake and back, or, if I feel like it, on to Port Clinton which is quickly becoming one of my favorite stops when I feel like a longer cruise.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: The_Rigger on June 29, 2012, 12:29:35 am
The mitzvah of bris is next Dave. Are you ready for this?

Put those pinking shears away; that's been done a long time ago.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: The_Rigger on June 29, 2012, 12:31:45 am
...or, if I feel like it, on to Port Clinton...

I'll be down there at Camp Perry from the 8th thru the 15th, for the pistol phase of the National Matches.  Sadly, I have to leave the bike at home, though.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on June 29, 2012, 12:41:02 am
I heard the 'frilly dilly' created by the pinking shears costs extra?

I put my second hand Harley Davidson silencer on the G5 today.  Looks good but there are a few minor things like the heat shield lugs that need covering.  No backfiring so far and it sounds about like the old silencer. :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Jack Leis on June 29, 2012, 02:49:18 am
I just oiled the chain after a 300 mile ride with Bare. Kind of hot in San Diego County, I got some pretty bad leg cramps. Tucked the bike in, went upstairs and low and behold, the Goldstar silencer came already from Hitchcock's ! I just ordered it last week. Now that is service.  Anyway, great ride Bare, thanks so much ! See you Sunday.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Desi Bike on June 29, 2012, 03:35:26 am
I heard the 'frilly dilly' created by the pinking shears costs extra?


In paying a mohel, give exact change. You don't want him to keep the tip.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on June 29, 2012, 07:29:35 pm
Jack an I went on a little ride yesterday down to the Julian area and points between. I did 341 miles. We dropped down into the desert on S2 and manges mostly to get hot. We went back up into the Julian area to cool off and find some twisties. We found great twisties, then went down the hill to San Ysidro for lunch. Heading back home, we went over Mesa Grande,and up the East Fork of Palomar and back down the South Fork, so we could miss the traffic on the 76. We hit some of it with the jackasses with the idiot lights (Brake lights) on, cruising at 40 mph.
Jack was wanting to get on home so we split at Ride canyon and I went o up to Temecula for gas. It was getting low and I was assured that the low fuel light is inop. I put 3.2 gallons in!
 A weird harmonic vibration was setting into the bike for a couple of hundred miles and it really got bad on the final legs home. I gotta go out now and figure out what it is! 
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on June 29, 2012, 09:02:31 pm
I remember rides to Julien and Palomar.  I miss California.

Anyone die on Palomar yet this season?  It sounds like the overall level of enforcement has gone way up to keep the speed demons at bay.  I believe a couple of people took their last rides there the last year I lived in San Diego, some off the cliffs and two in a head on.  I don't miss that.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: RevTom on June 29, 2012, 09:49:47 pm
Nothing very exciting here today. This was first-ride-day for me having just gotten the 2012 C5 yesterday. Did my routine break-in exercise over 15 miles and brought her home when the outside temp approached 90 around 11:00 AM. Planning on many more relatively short morning rides during this break-in period.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: motorat on June 29, 2012, 09:51:53 pm
rode it to work today. she will do 70 but is not happy there. i'll take the back roads home and scare some cows.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on June 29, 2012, 10:06:41 pm
Quote
Anyone die on Palomar yet this season?

I don't know. I havent' ridden Palomar on the weekends in years. I used to go there quite often back in the nineties, but I wasn't one of the "Club Members" that rode there every weekend. They were fast! But,as you say, many of them bit the bullet.
We ride up there during the week and the place is essentially deserted. We saw a couple of bikes yesterday, but that was about it. We haven't even been over to Mother's, we get to the top and just continue on down.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on June 29, 2012, 10:15:32 pm
Always less crowded and less patroled during the week, but how can you *not* stop at Mother's for pie?  I can't pass up pie.  Hell, the whole town of Julien only exists to make and sell pie! :P

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on June 29, 2012, 10:25:29 pm
We ate down in Santa Ysabel actually. Didn't have pie though. that was before we went up Palomar.
As for the vibration, a good new bad news situation. the good new was the vibration was caused by the rear tank mounting nut falling off. the nut was laying on top of the gearbox.
The bad news is, while I was torqueing the nut, I got too much pressure on the fuel line and broke the banjo bolt on the fuel pump.
Guess I'm gonna be parked for awhile! SUX >:(
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Jack Leis on June 29, 2012, 11:18:56 pm
 Installed the Goldstar silencer today. Took my bike for a quick putt and does that thing sound vintage ! Going for a long ride this weekend, more to be revealed !
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: The Garbone on June 30, 2012, 12:17:36 am
Went out and cranked her up.  She sounds nice.    Come Monday morning I hope to be cleared to ride by the doctor.. Sweet.  Then I will have to go back to work, not so sweet.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: REdmonton on June 30, 2012, 04:48:39 am
I put on a pair of saddlebags today and then went for a evening ride.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Desi Bike on June 30, 2012, 09:11:03 pm
When to the dealer today and got a new air filter. I decided to stick with the stock filter instead of the K+N, which was only $20 more. Feeling that the stocker does fine for me. Another rider was there gearing up his black and chrome C5 for a trip to and around Mexico for a few months.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Jack Leis on June 30, 2012, 11:47:08 pm
Went for a 160 mile ride up in San Bernardino/Angeles National Forest. It was great with the new silencer and a brand new K70 on the rear. Came down from the mountains into Devore and LOW AND BEHOLD , 10,000 Miles on the speedo ! Not bad since I just bought it at the end of last September ! Needless to say I'm loving this thing !
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: epoch on July 01, 2012, 01:59:31 am
morning ride to clear my head :o
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Hobbydad on July 01, 2012, 10:05:32 am
(http://img521.imageshack.us/img521/1166/60023938731756009812093.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/521/60023938731756009812093.jpg/)

Went to the Ton Up in Ypsilanti, MI. Lots of cool bikes, had a great time. About 125 mile round trip. Only 2 Enfields there, mine in the pic, and a stock '05 Military.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: JVS on July 01, 2012, 10:42:40 am
^^ Awesome photo. Awesome RE.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: motorat on July 02, 2012, 05:05:17 am
did your RE do the ton?????
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Hobbydad on July 02, 2012, 03:21:03 pm
Mine? Umm, no.  :)
I've only had it up to 85, but that's probably about it. I haven't had it up to speed after loosing 100 lbs. of metal, but I'm sure it didn't help much. I'm in the process now of removing all the boxes, replacing the battery, and re-routing the wiring. I'm kind of at a point where I'm worried about missing the ride time we have left this season, if I go any further. I'm going to have all the misc. tabs/flanges/bosses that I don't need removed this winter, and have the frame repainted. I've toyed with the idea of repainting the entire bike flat black vs. the flat green, but how many flat green military cafe bikes do you see?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: bman734 on July 02, 2012, 05:11:23 pm
Followed my daughter in the family car as she took her first ride in public after getting her endorsement. She did great on an easy valley ride. It was interesting hearing the pop of the efi exhaust as I've always been on top of it and not behind it. I've had numerous comments on how good it sounds from back there and I now can concur that it sure does. She was a natural on the C5 and can't wait to get her own bike. She said she now understands that feeling you get when you are riding at speed with no roof over your head and the wind flat in your face. I call it being "hyper aware" and she said that description fit just fine!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Oddjon on July 02, 2012, 05:40:30 pm
Installed bar-end mirrors & oil change (minus oil filter).

Mirrors i picked up at the local sport-bike shop (in stock on the shelf) for $20 each.  Install took all of 5 min (after 15 min in hardware store finding new mounting bolts, about 1/2 inch longer than stock ones).  The new bolts were $4.65 each 10mm chromed with fine thread.

Took a quick trip down a local county road @ 65mph, they seem very stable and full field of vision behind me.  Still on the fence about the looks, but as far as functionality, they are perfect.

(http://www.fototime.com/135EBC87FB304E0/standard.jpg)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on July 02, 2012, 05:58:49 pm
They look great!
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Fogrunner on July 02, 2012, 06:57:04 pm
They look great!
Bare
I have to agree. They are less obtrusive than the stock mirrors. I have to try and find a set!!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: rav on July 02, 2012, 07:29:19 pm
Installed bar-end mirrors & oil change (minus oil filter).

Mirrors i picked up at the local sport-bike shop (in stock on the shelf) for $20 each.  Install took all of 5 min (after 15 min in hardware store finding new mounting bolts, about 1/2 inch longer than stock ones).  The new bolts were $4.65 each 10mm chromed with fine thread.

Took a quick trip down a local county road @ 65mph, they seem very stable and full field of vision behind me.  Still on the fence about the looks, but as far as functionality, they are perfect.

(http://www.fototime.com/135EBC87FB304E0/standard.jpg)
These look awesome, you wouldn't want to grab a set for me would you?? ;) I have looked at all the bike shops here but have had no luck :-[
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on July 02, 2012, 10:22:27 pm
Have you tried Googling "napoleon mirrors bar end"? there are a lot of sources out there. There is also a variation in the quality of some of them. Shop carefully.
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: rav on July 02, 2012, 10:44:41 pm
Have you tried Googling "napoleon mirrors bar end"? there are a lot of sources out there. There is also a variation in the quality of some of them. Shop carefully.
Bare
I did but found quite a few fake ones. Just found these:
http://www.amazon.com/Genuine-Napoleon-Bar-End-Mirrors/dp/B004WPEFZA
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Hobbydad on July 03, 2012, 01:52:20 am
I was bored today, so I figured I'd see what it looks like naked.
(http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/2108/img0854sx.jpg)
I had to leave the battery & box, as I have no other power source, yet. It's in running order, the electronics are under the seat. I'm making a pan for them tomorrow, to keep the water out. I should have a K&N air filter & crankcase breather tomorrow. I think I like it.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Oddjon on July 03, 2012, 03:12:48 am
I think I like it.

Me too ;)  My wife refuses to tell me her exact weight so i can adjust the shocks for a rider, so i get to buy a solo seat!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on July 03, 2012, 03:55:34 am
Dad, build a nice bum stop seat for that baby and call it the Military Cafe!  I was thinking of doing just that kind of strip down to mine over the winter.  Cheap and totally reversible. 

Here's a super tiny battery that might work: 2.3" x 2.3" x 4".

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Hobbydad on July 03, 2012, 04:41:21 am
Yeah, the only thing I'd have to do to put it back to original is replace the wiring harness for the taillights. It was 3' long, and I cut it down to 1' or so. I did drill the upper fender mount bosses for the new turn signals, but it was only a mm or so. That won't hinder anything if I ever put it back together.

I'm ordering a pair of rear sets for it, to mount where the rear pegs where at, just need to put the linkage together. I'll post a pic of it when I have that done.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: bman734 on July 03, 2012, 05:00:08 pm
I like the look of the napoleon mirrors. The stock mirrors are essentially useless for me. No matter how I adjust them my shoulders always block half of the mirror reflection.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on July 03, 2012, 06:09:54 pm
Dad, Dime City Cycles offers a nice simple set of rearsets with linkage for a good price. 

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gremlin on July 03, 2012, 06:43:18 pm
I was bored today, so I figured I'd see what it looks like naked.
I think I like it.

i *KNOW* i like it.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on July 03, 2012, 06:44:34 pm
Dad, it looks like you flipped the bars over.  Did you have to re-route any of the control cables when you did that?

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Hobbydad on July 03, 2012, 06:54:53 pm
Dad, Dime City Cycles offers a nice simple set of rearsets with linkage for a good price. 

Scott

Yeah the Loaded Gun rearsets, that's what I ordered. Seamed reasonable for $129, and they look good. As for flipping the bars, I didn't have to reroute anything. The only pain in the butt was the retaining pins they use. I removed both pins and used one wrap of 3m automotive tape to hold them in place. Seems to be working ok soo far. I would have drilled the bars again, but I must have tried a dozen different positions before I was happy with the feel.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: The_Rigger on July 03, 2012, 07:03:41 pm
Wha'd I do? Not a damn thing...
Fiona's at home, and I'm 175 miles away, at work "up north."

I've found a couple Union Jack stickers that I think will look good on the tool box & battery box lids...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on July 03, 2012, 07:20:39 pm
Dad, now you've got me antsy to start stripping things down. :D  Did you see the videos Dime City made about making your own cafe seat?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AT6P7qaUPLw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=klcwT2IMznU&feature=relmfu

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on July 03, 2012, 11:21:52 pm
I picked up my new(ish) $300  fuel pump. My dealer pulled one off his flattracker to give me wile he orders a new one for his bike, which I really appreciated. My dealer has always treated me quite well in this respect. That's Doug Douglas in San Bernadino. They are the best!
Now the part that does piss me off. I had to spend $300 because a little two bit piece of plastic broke off, that looks like it would be easily replaceable. It's the connector to the fuel line. And like all the new bikes appear to have on them. I know Triumph does because I've had to replace them on Triumphs. Theirs would break just because. The plastic got brittle and just broke.  But at least you could buy the plastic bit for some overly high price, but a hell of a lot less that $300. Now, sez my dealer, Triumph is also hooking them up in such a way that you have to buy the new pump to get the plastic POS. And theirs is over $400! Sounds like a fuel pump manufacturer has got us by the balls!
Anyway There's my rant for the day.
I also got a low fuel switch (the Float) from him. but it turns out that my float is good and the lack of operation of the low fuel light lies somewhere else. No, it's not the bulb! He can have the float back.
The tank is ready to mount, but there's a bit of electrical tweaking (possibly some of the above) I want to do and it's too hot in the garage now to do it. Probably Thursday morning. This midweek holiday is really screwing me up.
H ave a Happy 4th, and do be careful around that fuel line fitting!
Bare
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Post by: motorat on July 03, 2012, 11:36:48 pm
thanks for the warning. i broke lots of plastic bits on the several triumphs i have had.
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Post by: Hobbydad on July 04, 2012, 12:09:12 am
Had a little spare time today to sort ot the electronics. I was going to make a pan to hide them/waterproof them, but them I thought of something better. It's going to mount below the seat, out of site for the most part, but the door will still open for access.
(http://img689.imageshack.us/img689/4291/img0860dp.jpg)
(http://img713.imageshack.us/img713/5547/img0861s.jpg)
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Post by: jartist on July 04, 2012, 01:05:40 am
I LOVE what you've done with the electrics!  Make sure the tip-over sensor is oriented the right direction.  I would also go for a ride and then check the box and make sure that it doesn't get too hot in there.  Do any of the regulators or computers put off any heat besides the voltage regulator/rectifier?
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Post by: Hobbydad on July 04, 2012, 02:10:38 am
Unless I miss my guess the tip sensor isn't in the fuse box. If you look at the first picture, top left corner, I believe that's it mounted to the frame. As to the heat, I wouldnt guess it's much. The box is no longer 100% water/air tight, as I had to put a 1/2" U notch in for the main wiring to pass thru. I think it will be ok.
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Post by: Ducati Scotty on July 04, 2012, 03:41:33 am
Bare, I thought that was the piece you broke when you mentioned it sometime back.  It's something that's made me nervous since day I one, it looks so frsgile.  If mine fails I'm going to figure out the pressure it makes, create a plate with a tap, and mount an external pump.   Some people have gone this on Ducatis a few years back because replacing the internal one was such a pain.
Scott
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Post by: jartist on July 04, 2012, 03:56:14 am
How much do the external pumps cost?  On my BMW k100 the pump sits in the tank and the OEM bosch pump costs $400... or you can use one out of a mustang for $55.  Guess which one I've got in my tank now?
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Post by: Arizoni on July 04, 2012, 05:20:49 am
The Service manual says the pump pressure is 294 KPa (2.94 bar).
No tolerance is specified in the book.

This is a regulated pressure and the excess fuel is bypassed back into the fuel tank.

During the first year on two occasions I found that the hose was leaking at the pump outlet.
Tightening the hose clamp fixed it but while I was doing it I couldn't help but notice that the outlet is pretty damn flimsy.
Too bad they didn't use a metal fitting there for the outlet.
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Post by: Arizoni on July 04, 2012, 08:14:15 pm
Today I Baptized my G5.
In the 13 months I've owned it, it hasn't been ridden in the rain.
It rains so seldom here that riding in the dry is a normal happening but today I was about 15 miles from home and this strange stuff started falling out of the sky!
It looked like water!  It was real rain!  :)

I really hate riding on wet streets but having no choice I climbed aboard, fired her up and took my time riding home.  By the time I arrived I was thoroughly soaked and damn!  That felt good.

Now I guess I'll have to give it a bath to get the water spots off of it. :)
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Post by: gremlin on July 05, 2012, 01:30:52 am
102 degrees and humid as hell, I longingly looked at my Bullet as I drove off to run errands around town in General Motors air-conditioned comfort.
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Post by: bluesdaddy2 on July 05, 2012, 03:10:22 am
Took a quick trip to the hardware to pick up some nuts & bolts, not for the bike thankfully.  I did spend a good share of the afternoon tightening and applying loctite everywhere I could on the bike.  When you guys said to check these out you weren't kidding.  I didn't have any missing but it wouldn't have been long.  A good share were found to be VERY loose.
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Post by: hillntx on July 05, 2012, 03:48:55 am
I pulled the bike out of the garage, fired it up and rode across town to my favorite lunch spot only to find out it was closed for the holiday.  Turned around and rode back across town to my favorite burger joint; not a bad day.
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Post by: Drifter on July 05, 2012, 12:27:59 pm
Wished it was a Norton Manx....then i could sell it and buy 6 new Bullets.     :)
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Post by: Lwt Big Cheese on July 05, 2012, 01:55:28 pm
 ;D
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Post by: bman734 on July 05, 2012, 02:21:41 pm
Had planned to ride today but the weather forecast did a 180 on me so have to bide my time sitting on my porch and wait for the drizzle and thunder to go away.
Hey bluesdaddy, what bolts needed tightening? I've had my C5 for over a year now and haven't had any loose yet but am curious what others are finding so that I can keep a heads up on this front. One did fall off on me but none are obviously loose, yet!
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Post by: bluesdaddy2 on July 05, 2012, 03:08:23 pm
Hey bluesdaddy, what bolts needed tightening? I've had my C5 for over a year now and haven't had any loose yet but am curious what others are finding so that I can keep a heads up on this front. One did fall off on me but none are obviously loose, yet!

All of the front fender hardware was moderately to very loose at both ends.  Also found a couple of the bolts that attach engine to frame loose in front and back.  A few other miscellaneous ones here and there maybe needed a 1/4 turn.  All the hardware on the engine and casings seemed good and tight.  The front fender and one of the engine to frame bolts underneath were by far the worst.
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Post by: motorat on July 05, 2012, 03:52:10 pm
replaced chain with a tsubaki o ring.
did not like the chain adjusters.
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Post by: barenekd on July 05, 2012, 05:50:18 pm
If you still have the stock muffler on, keep an eye on the heat shield screws. And I had a tank mounting nut fall off.
Bare
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Post by: BrashRooster on July 05, 2012, 05:52:44 pm
Here is what I did...... sorry the pic is not the best I was in a hurry this morning.  I am going to start a new hobby and take a pics of my bike parked next to weaponry.
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Post by: rav on July 05, 2012, 06:08:09 pm
Looks cool!!
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Post by: Ducati Scotty on July 05, 2012, 07:12:22 pm
If you still have the stock muffler on, keep an eye on the heat shield screws. And I had a tank mounting nut fall off.
Bare

Those allen heads strip out after a few times in and out.  I got some stainless hex head bolts as replacements.

Scott
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Post by: Ducati Scotty on July 05, 2012, 07:13:00 pm
All of the front fender hardware was moderately to very loose at both ends.  Also found a couple of the bolts that attach engine to frame loose in front and back.  A few other miscellaneous ones here and there maybe needed a 1/4 turn.  All the hardware on the engine and casings seemed good and tight.  The front fender and one of the engine to frame bolts underneath were by far the worst.

Those engine bolts may need some LocTite, keep an eye on 'em.

Scott
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Post by: gremlin on July 05, 2012, 08:55:37 pm
rolled it out of the garage at 0545, turned on the key, gave it a single kick, & drove it to work.   And now I'm heading out to do the same thing in reverse  (commute home).
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Post by: Hobbydad on July 05, 2012, 11:05:03 pm
Recieved my K&N's today and installed them.

(http://img651.imageshack.us/img651/4404/img0879e.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/651/img0879e.jpg/)
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Post by: Fogrunner on July 05, 2012, 11:22:08 pm
Nice filters Hobbyday. What K&N part numbers did you use?
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Post by: Hobbydad on July 06, 2012, 12:08:02 am
RC-1090 & 62-1330
They fit perfectly. The breather is a little larger in diam than I thought it would be, but it looks good installed.
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Post by: Drifter on July 06, 2012, 02:15:07 am
Hobbydad, do you have a pic from a little farther back like a side profile?
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Post by: Hobbydad on July 06, 2012, 02:43:49 am
I'll get one and post it tomorrow. As I was finishing up today we got hit by a nasty storm and I had to put it the bike away.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: REdmonton on July 06, 2012, 05:46:38 am
I picked up my bike from the shop after it got its first oil change. Then I put on a pillion seat and rack.
I tried to put on a butterfly engine guard, but I'm unsure on where to attach the lower part of the guard to the frame. Does anyone have a detailed picture on how to attach it?
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Post by: Arizoni on July 06, 2012, 06:45:39 am
The two lower arms attach to the motor mount at the front of the engine below the lower bolt that secures the engine in place.
As I recall the holes already exist in the mount plate.

If you have a California model you will have to move (or remove) the charcoal canister that's occupying the space as it will block off the lower butterfly mounts.

If your bike has the O2 sensor in the upper exhaust area you will have to add a spacer for the upper butterfly bar to rest against.  Other wise it will interfere with the sensor.

When I installed my guard I used a piece of an octagon rifle barrel to make the spacer but a large 1 inch hexagon nut or piece of 1 inch pipe would work as well.

Follow this link to see the post I made about mounting my engine guard.  :)

http://www.enfieldmotorcycles.com/forum/index.php/topic,10876.msg126605.html#msg126605   
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Post by: rav on July 06, 2012, 12:24:16 pm
I picked up my bike from the shop after it got its first oil change. Then I put on a pillion seat and rack.
I tried to put on a butterfly engine guard, but I'm unsure on where to attach the lower part of the guard to the frame. Does anyone have a detailed picture on how to attach it?
How essy was it to attach the pillion seat? Can you post some pics? I am debating whether or not to attach on my military.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Hobbydad on July 06, 2012, 12:57:52 pm
If it's the Enfield pillon seat for the C5, it's super easy to mount. Loosen the two upper shock bolts and slide it on. Once it's in place there's a long bolt & nut that goes in under the seat. Tighten that & the two upper shock bolts and your done. I have one for mine that I put on whenever my wife wanted to go for a ride, it's a 5-10 minute job. The only thing I would add, if your worried you might scratch the rear fender when installing or removing the seat (with the seats all metal frame work), cover your fender with a thick towel before hand.
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Post by: rav on July 06, 2012, 01:02:09 pm
Thanks, It seems quite easy then. Do you happen to have a pic of the seat attached on your bike? I really like the way the bike looks without it but my wife wants to ride on it to work (we both work at the same place). I saw quite a few pics of them but have not seen one on a military.
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Post by: Hobbydad on July 06, 2012, 01:16:01 pm
Here's a quick shot with my homemade saddlebags. I'll see if I can find a shot without them.
(http://img807.imageshack.us/img807/5382/img0746u.jpg)
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Post by: rav on July 06, 2012, 01:28:47 pm
Thanks a lot, I guess I am sold on those now :D
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Post by: motorat on July 06, 2012, 03:37:07 pm
if you look at the close up shot of the bags in the link you can see the bracket:
http://www.enfieldmotorcycles.com/forum/index.php/topic,14690.0.html
look under the drivers seat for the front and the rear is at the leading edge of the bag.
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Post by: Hobbydad on July 06, 2012, 04:26:47 pm
Hobbydad, do you have a pic from a little farther back like a side profile?

Rolled it out this morning just for you :) 100+ outside, 60% humidity, ugh.

(http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/5947/img0888n.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/221/img0888n.jpg/)
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Post by: rav on July 06, 2012, 04:29:58 pm
That is a radical transformation from the pic above :o
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Post by: rav on July 06, 2012, 04:30:54 pm
if you look at the close up shot of the bags in the link you can see the bracket:
http://www.enfieldmotorcycles.com/forum/index.php/topic,14690.0.html
look under the drivers seat for the front and the rear is at the leading edge of the bag.
Thanks again, just ordered it from the dealer. Luckily it was in stock!!
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Post by: GreenMachine on July 06, 2012, 04:32:55 pm
That is so cool..I would put some small fenders back on it as I hate to get caught in the rain or even a bit of sand/rocks..Is the battery still on the side and are u going to relocate it and open it up even more? It really looks fantastic especially with the matching rims..I love the simplicity of these machines...GM
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Post by: Hobbydad on July 06, 2012, 05:12:04 pm
Yeah, I'm going to pick up a small lithium battery and have a box made for it. I'll have the box welded to the frame, behind the engine, between the swingarm and centerstand brace. I won't have that done until this winter (if I can resist that long), when I have the frame off to remove all the extra metal bits. I only have 2 more items I want to wrap up this summer, the rearsets & linkage, and a different plate/light mount. I just need to scare up some extra cash. Here's a quick shot of the opposite side, with the battery box still in place. It doesn't look bad by itself, but it still has to go.

(http://img716.imageshack.us/img716/4112/img0894o.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/716/img0894o.jpg/)
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Post by: motorat on July 06, 2012, 05:38:59 pm
how do you like the lower riding positoin.
i imagine you don't get that kite feeling above 60mph.
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Post by: Hobbydad on July 06, 2012, 06:55:57 pm
I've taken a few short trips with it since the bar flip, and it's not too bad. First was just 50+ miles, then 125+ or so. The faster you go the easier it is on you since you sort of float a bit with the wind lift. It'll be better with the rearsets installed. I was debating drag bars and clubman bars, but I think i'm just going to stick with these.
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Post by: gremlin on July 08, 2012, 05:08:51 am
sat in the shade and lubed/adjusted the OE chain.  @ 1500 miles.
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Post by: The Garbone on July 08, 2012, 04:54:54 pm
Repaired my clutch so it no longer slips.  Changed the oil and adjusted the push rods.   Compression went up as the intake rod was a bit tight.  Promptly developed a leak in the head gasket.  Its time to torque the head anyway so hopefully that will fix it.   

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Post by: jartist on July 08, 2012, 05:13:59 pm
I sure do love the look of that iron, Garbone!
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Post by: REdmonton on July 09, 2012, 06:07:15 am
Hobbydad how did you attach the medic bags? I like the look of those bags.
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Post by: Fogrunner on July 09, 2012, 03:27:26 pm
Got the first service done, nothing of note found. Dealer came to the house and did it!! Now THAT'S service!!
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Post by: gremlin on July 09, 2012, 04:04:05 pm
........... Dealer came to the house and did it!! Now THAT'S service!!

+1
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Post by: Hobbydad on July 09, 2012, 04:09:46 pm
Hobbydad how did you attach the medic bags? I like the look of those bags.

They have a small loop on the back, center top. I have that thru the sissy bar on the rear seat. I also made small straps for the front, to wrap around the shock tower mounts. I made them out of the bags orignal shoulder straps.
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Post by: Roch48 on July 09, 2012, 10:55:28 pm
New Bars, Grips and mirrors:
(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8161/7538696698_2763ba31e6_z.jpg)
Next up new taillight
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Post by: BRADEY on July 10, 2012, 09:37:28 am
New Bars, Grips and mirrors:
(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8161/7538696698_2763ba31e6_z.jpg)
Next up new taillight

What bars are those. Did the length of the cables pose any issues....??
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Post by: Hobbydad on July 11, 2012, 12:52:20 pm
Rode up to Cafe Racer Ypsi's Bike Night last night, 50 miles each way at full throttle, lol. Had a good time.
(http://img32.imageshack.us/img32/3888/30685710150923012841444.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/32/30685710150923012841444.jpg/)
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Post by: motorat on July 11, 2012, 03:36:51 pm
does the gs owner know his bike was taking a nap.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Hobbydad on July 11, 2012, 04:11:00 pm
Yeah, there where a few BMW riders that just laid them on the ground when they parked. The adventure bike guys I guess, to each his own. There was one further up the street that looked like it had rolled down an entire mountain, lol.
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Post by: The Garbone on July 11, 2012, 05:54:45 pm
Suffering from low will power today I took the 95 to work.  I should wait and ride the another bike until I can make the time and retorque the head to stop the weaping but have missed riding the thing.   

Now that the clutch is sorted out properly I find the bike to be nearly ignorant fast for a machine with drum brakes.   Running a 4spd box w 18t countershaft I hardly ever get out of 3rd gear as the max speed limit on my commute is 35 and the shift point feels at about 50-55 to me.  OOoooo,  can't wait to ride home after work.
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Post by: Ducati Scotty on July 11, 2012, 07:08:08 pm
Yeah, there where a few BMW riders that just laid them on the ground when they parked.

I used to do that with my 10 speed when I was in high school.
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Post by: Fogrunner on July 11, 2012, 09:08:45 pm
Ordered the new exhaust pipe, EFI silencer, and some odds and ends from Hitchcocks in the UK. That was easy, receiving it in the Philippines may be a whole different story...
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Post by: Hobbydad on July 11, 2012, 09:23:07 pm
You'll be very happy with the exhaust from Hitchcocks, I love mine.
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Post by: Fogrunner on July 11, 2012, 10:16:57 pm
You'll be very happy with the exhaust from Hitchcocks, I love mine.
Yes, I've read many reviews and I am looking forward to it. K&N air filter and Race Dynamics ECU are next on the agenda!!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: meganuke on July 12, 2012, 01:17:19 am
I cleaned up my C5, checked the chain and swapped the plug for the NGK BRP6ES.  I'll report back tomorrow after I ride it to work.
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Post by: Hobbydad on July 12, 2012, 03:22:05 am
Rode all day, swung by one of our motorcycle boneyards to poke around, went thru a few parks along the river, hit up a car show along the way, then headed home to start putting my rearsets together.

Added a few quick pics taken right before sunset:
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(http://img802.imageshack.us/img802/1084/img0916eg.jpg)
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Post by: Hobbydad on July 13, 2012, 12:41:49 am
Today I took a dremel to it.
(http://img36.imageshack.us/img36/4697/img0931wb.jpg)
(http://img835.imageshack.us/img835/9484/img0934eb.jpg)
(http://img502.imageshack.us/img502/1660/img0937ll.jpg)
(http://img705.imageshack.us/img705/6565/img0943xf.jpg)
(http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/9800/img0946kc.jpg)
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Post by: gremlin on July 13, 2012, 07:19:59 am
Put it away in the garage ......  thunderstorms predicted tonight...
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Post by: GreenMachine on July 13, 2012, 03:27:39 pm
I was going to take the yamaha out of her pen but ended up taking the enfield out for a ride..It happens that way more than not...

Hobbydad: Great pics and your rearsets look great..Like your turn signals too. Got to love that olive army green look...
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Post by: trimleyman on July 15, 2012, 05:25:57 am
ordered a new rear brake drum/sprocket from India having just received the new o-ring chain that I find will not fit without the 18 tooth front sprocket swap on my G5. Now looking for a source of said 18 tooth, looks like it will be Hitchcocks. But the original chain has got to leave after 7300miles.
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Post by: Ducati Scotty on July 15, 2012, 06:11:07 am
If the original sprockets are still ok do what I did, just get a $35 regular 530 chain and run that.  That will probably give you a few thousand miles before it dies with the sprockets, and by then you'll have all your o-ring chain parts ready to go.

Scott
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Post by: barenekd on July 15, 2012, 03:50:12 pm
Nah, get the 18T now and put the good chain on. No point in having to replace your brake drum, too. Not very cost efficient, and you won't have to put up with another labor intensive chain.
Doesn't Nfield Gear or CMW have any sprockets in stock? I got mine from them.
Bare
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Post by: barenekd on July 15, 2012, 09:29:07 pm
I took mine out for about a 30 test ride, after the rewiring and other little maintenance jobs including the welding of a small crack in the tank flange at the rear mount. That was caused by the bolt coming out of the tank and the vibration got it!
I also noticed the the fuel line was working on making a hole where it rubs on the left side (battery)cover. I put some some fuel tubing (Model Aiplane) on the flange. Take a look there, guys. It could leave you parked or worse!
Well, the lights did quit on the test ride, but it was just a loose fuse holder connection.
Also took the church picture for the phototag.
Bare
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Post by: trimleyman on July 16, 2012, 02:05:15 am
Nfield gear no longer shows the 18 tooth sprocket on their site and I am still waiting a couple of parts for several months now. Have kind of given up on them sad to say. Am now sourcing from overseas as it is apparently quicker.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on July 16, 2012, 02:28:11 am
Call them. It's the only way to know what they have. They may refer you to CMA and then you may have to order the part though a dealer, but at least you'll know if they are available.
Bare
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Post by: Oddjon on July 16, 2012, 06:48:31 pm
Oil filters came in last week.  Took care of that and did a 30min. Ride around town.  Good morning overall.
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Post by: barenekd on July 16, 2012, 09:41:00 pm
Took it out for test ride number two  and looked at some condos. Went by Cycle Gear and got a fanny pack, so tools will be a bit easier to get at.  Not that I have to get to them very often, but when I do the hotdog warmer is a pain to get back on. And I can actually carry some useful stuff, like pliers! 
But, also to carry other sundry items. I keep losing things from under the cargo net.
The one I got, an Ogio from Cycle Gear, actually even doubles as a kidney belt.
Everything was still working after about 65 miles today. Ready for another Epic ride.
Bare
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Post by: Ducati Scotty on July 17, 2012, 02:47:42 am
I took a day off from work to ride with a friend.  He was sick but another buddy filled in and we took a nice long ride and talked bikes.  When I got home I replaced the speedo cable and checked some wiring.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: The_Rigger on July 17, 2012, 06:21:26 am
Posted a 6" x 6" photo of me and Fiona in the AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame Museum. $80 well spent.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: REdmonton on July 17, 2012, 06:36:58 am
I installed a new spark plug, the NGK BR6ES. I noticed that it ran better, I didn't see the rough running at around 60km/hr. It was the first time I've changed a spark plug in years.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on July 19, 2012, 04:01:31 am
Moved to the Ride Section
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gremlin on July 19, 2012, 09:42:49 pm
I annoyed the hell out of some "rush hour" commuters by zipping on down the line !
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mja on July 20, 2012, 02:18:30 am
Passed 400 miles (and loving it!).   Then, received my rack from Hitchcocks, which was very nice, but with a broken weld in one of the supports ... :(
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Fogrunner on July 20, 2012, 04:36:48 am
Just got back from a nice trip around the island after fitting the Hitchcock's EFI Exhaust Pipe and Silencer. Great day!! Going again in a while!!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Jack Leis on July 20, 2012, 05:29:15 am
Just got back from a nice trip around the island after fitting the Hitchcock's EFI Exhaust Pipe and Silencer. Great day!! Going again in a while!!
Enjoy Fogrunner ! Anxious to hear about the performance !
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: wildbill on July 20, 2012, 09:58:06 am
Sprayed my petrol tank ;)
(http://i907.photobucket.com/albums/ac278/wildbill2010/P1030640.jpg)

(http://i907.photobucket.com/albums/ac278/wildbill2010/P1030641.jpg)

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Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Jack Leis on July 20, 2012, 09:44:21 pm
 I gassed it up. . . .then went for a 160 mile ride in the desert up to the Pines. Fantastic ride. I got back just before the heat hit. Timing is everything !
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: GreenMachine on July 20, 2012, 10:45:19 pm
Jack: Take some pics next time u go..I love looking in the rear view window and watch the desert floor disappear..Ponderosa Pines are nice too..GM
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Jack Leis on July 20, 2012, 10:55:47 pm
Jack: Take some pics next time u go..I love looking in the rear view window and watch the desert floor disappear..Ponderosa Pines are nice too..GM 
  Here are some from the same route taken awhile back.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Jack Leis on July 20, 2012, 10:58:05 pm
  Sorry Greenmachine, I posted 4 pictures and that was the only one that seemed to have made it. I'll try again later when I get more time.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Hobbydad on July 21, 2012, 11:58:12 am
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxftSaWsir8&feature=youtube_gdata_player
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: JVS on July 21, 2012, 12:13:35 pm
Awesome RE. This must've been asked before, any issues with the handlebar hitting the tank?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Fido on July 21, 2012, 01:27:03 pm
14 mile round trip to collect 4 loaves of bread ( the only shopping I offer to do)

Then took a few pics. Is there a better looking bike than an RE?

(http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n229/padhyde/DSCN2642.jpg)

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Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: BRADEY on July 21, 2012, 04:03:04 pm
Your bike sure is quite a looker Fido..... 8)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on July 21, 2012, 04:44:44 pm
Quote
Awesome RE. This must've been asked before, any issues with the handlebar hitting the tank?

I had my stock bars set up like that. They will hit the tank if you drop the bike! The switch boxes are very close. A drop will give the tank a minor ding.
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on July 21, 2012, 04:56:18 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxftSaWsir8&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Dad, your dog does not seem impressed but he should be ;)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Hobbydad on July 21, 2012, 05:00:19 pm
I actually had the phone out because he was barking at the tailpipe, but as usual, as soon as I got the camera out he decided to lick his junk, lol.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: The Garbone on July 21, 2012, 05:15:31 pm
Funny..  ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Hobbydad on July 21, 2012, 07:22:15 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXkjWED0TBM&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Cafe Racer TV's Enfield C5, have it down at AMA Vintage Days, took a few pics as well
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: bikerboo on July 21, 2012, 08:06:18 pm
Took part as a Vintage Exhibit ,I suppose that I qualify even if "Stan" strictly doesn't.Still he held his head up amongst the BSA's and only a few sharp eyed folks noticed he was  an imposter.We had good fun and at last we seem to have a bit of sunshine.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: FiRE Comms on July 22, 2012, 02:05:34 am
put some miles on the clock, Oh happy days!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: REdmonton on July 22, 2012, 05:29:48 am
I finally got over over the break in period. So I celebrated by hitting the metric ton, 100 kms/hr. That was the fastest I've gone on a bike. I had a bit of a cross wind that threw me around a bit. I think I need another jacket, my collar was flapping around hitting my helmet, which was very annoying.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Fido on July 22, 2012, 01:17:50 pm
22 miles in and around my home in the New Forest, England. Mostly on roads with 40mph limit. Just a few miles on 60mph roads. No need for more power round here!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: REdmonton on July 23, 2012, 05:11:25 am
I went for a ride this evening. I went out of town, rode on the highway for a bit turned around and came back. I came back on a slightly different road and there was major flooding on the road. I could see how much water the cars were throwing up so I slowed right down, which was a good thing. The water was up to my axles. I was in first gear and  kept the revs up and I barely made it through. I almost stalled the engine at one point and to really hammer on the throttle and feather the clutch to keep my speed down.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: The_Rigger on July 23, 2012, 02:03:09 pm
Took Fiona for a nice ride around the lakes yesterday evening, then brought Her home (after refilling Her fuel tank) and put Her into deep storage; I won't be around to ride Her for the next couple of years...

And I confess I wiped a tear or two away while doing it.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Desi Bike on July 23, 2012, 02:43:18 pm
Fiona will be happy to see you when you come back Dave.

Oil change for mine, a few yards short of 10000 miles. Doing some touch up paint on some paint chips from passing salt trucks over the winter. I picked up some model paints that were on sale that seem to match.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: FiRE Comms on July 23, 2012, 07:43:36 pm
a little over 1300 miles and I lost my first nut.  Anybody know the specs on the exhaust manifold nut?  This is the one that attaches the exhaust to the jug...  Thanks in advance...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on July 23, 2012, 09:03:23 pm
The missing nut is a "Flanged Hex. Nut M8 X 1.25mm".

Today I rode about as carefully and quietly as possible.
Put-put-put, shift, put put put, shift, put put put..........
I'm betting my G5 was getting somewhere around 100 mpg.

Did you ever get miles away from home and reach for your wallet only to find that it wasn't there.  It was still back at home in your other pants pocket?

That's what happened to me today so on the return trip I accelerated slowly and as quietly as possible, never exceeded the posed speed limit by over 5 mph and kept my eyes open for the long arm of the law.
I'm happy to say I made it without being stopped along the way. :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: FiRE Comms on July 23, 2012, 10:47:45 pm
Thanks Arizoni, I knew someone had the specs...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: FiRE Comms on July 24, 2012, 07:03:34 pm
Well guys I picked up the required nut and tightened everything down.  I am NEW to exhaust and must admit  I have no idea how the mystery works...  I did notice that the lower stud seems to be way out of the jug...  Am I just imagining things?  Does this look right?  I didn't feel any leaks but the bike seems to be louder and rougher than before I noticed the top nut had liberated itself.  Please see attached photos and advise on your thoughts...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on July 24, 2012, 09:32:05 pm
Here is a lot of play when the pipe is stuck into the head to make up for mounting differences. The gaskets are made to compress evenly, but not square, if that's required. If you're pipe is tight and not leaking, it must be right!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on July 24, 2012, 11:05:47 pm
The other day I picked up a little screw on the garage floor. I thought it might be the headlight rim screw, but that wasn't it.
I casually threw it p on my toolbox and kinda forgot about it.
Today, I went out and was just taking some random pictures of things that might be useful for the Phototag thread.
I took my helmet for a shot and the strap came off the goggles. It looked like a rivet had pulled out and I as going to be stuck riding home with no goggles. As I got what I thought was a river pushed back through the strap, I noticed the the "rivet" had threads in it.
I got the strap stuffed back into the goggles and kinda forced it down against the helmet. I put it back on and headed the few miles back to the house.
I had to dig around a bit to find that screw, but it was the one what came out of there.
Just another example of things that one isn't likely to be carrying tools, or parts, for on the road. The screw took a very fine bladed screwdriver which I didn't have with me, although there is one in my fanny pack. On the other hand, I still didn't have the part until I got home anyway.
As I mentioned on another thread, you'll never have everything you could need for all the possible things that can go wrong...go wrong...go wrong.
Just learn to improvise.
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on July 24, 2012, 11:33:51 pm
FiRE Comms:  Your exhaust studs and nuts look exactly like the ones on my UCE G5.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Oddjon on July 25, 2012, 02:14:06 am
Installed chrome luggage rack/pannier brace.  From Nfield Gear.  Then hung out at the pub for "2 wheel Tuesday".  Still a touch confused as to where or how the black piece goes.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: t120rbullet on July 26, 2012, 01:22:39 am
Put a 18 tooth sprocket and a Tsubaki QR chain  on the 09 G5.
After I got done I took it over to a empty parking lot to let my kid ride it around. The starter relay took a dump over there. I replaced it with a relay from a early to mid 70s Honda. A direct even up install aside from the connector on the solenoid wires. Weighs double what the stock one does and is the same size.
Put a pair of Grab On grip covers on it too. I like the extra size and squishy feel of them.
CJ
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Hobbydad on July 26, 2012, 06:34:09 am
I tried to figure out why my starter decided to quit on me. It sounds like it can't "pop" out. The button works, starter makes a very strained sound, and then rapidly dims the lights. I put a volt meter on the battery to make sure it wasn't dead. I got my 12+ volts, hit the key/lights and it dropped to 11ish. Pushed the starter button and it strained down to 9 or so before I stopped. I started the bike with the first kick and blipped the throttle, meter jumped up to around 13-14. Maybe a solenoid, if there is such a thing on a bike?
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Post by: jartist on July 26, 2012, 06:47:14 am
Do a search for solenoid and you'll get alot of hits. The solenoid has been discussed alot and you'll find some good info. However, if your starter is making noise it doesn't sound like the solenoid. On the uce there is a solenoid which is a type that of relay near the battery. The starter is not a Bendix type like a car where the gear engages the flywheel.  Instead there is a sprag clutch (do another search in this forum) which has pawls with a one way engagement.  Your bike should be new enough to have the improved sprag.  The first thing to try is to top off the battery and see if that helps. Are you still using the stock lead-acid battery?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: BRADEY on July 26, 2012, 07:23:39 am
Hobbydad, in your case, it looks like a weak battery......try to do this, in neutral, turn the ignition on, pull in the clutch, press the starter. If your bike starts, then its a week battery. If it still doesn't you may still try with a new battery before replacing the starter.. hope this works !
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: jartist on July 26, 2012, 08:02:28 am
Another thing that you can try that I just remembered is to take out the headlight jumper to enable the headlight switch so that you can turn off the lights when you start the bike.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Hobbydad on July 26, 2012, 08:36:52 am
Yeah I can try that, I have the jumper out already, and I know the 7" light is a battery killer. I'll try each suggestion today, after I trickle charge the battery for a bit. I have a new battery on the list, but I thought I could make it to winter on the original. Bikes got 2200 miles on it since I bought it the end of March. If nothing works I'll just take it to the dealer, it's well within its warranty. Thanks guys.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Tri750 on July 26, 2012, 05:13:26 pm
Your voltmeter test has already answered the question. Static voltage should be above 12. Hopefully 12.7 plus. key on, still 12ish. Button depressed maybe as low as 11ish when she starts, voltage should recover to above 12 within 1 minute.
Buy a good AGM. Using an automatic maintenance charger (less than 2a) will double the life of any battery. Even if the bike is ridden daily, plugging it in every 10 days to 2 weeks will save you money in the long run.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: motorat on July 26, 2012, 05:31:04 pm
i got in the habit when i park my bike for the night i cover the seat...cats...and plug in a trickle charger.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Tri750 on July 26, 2012, 05:37:36 pm
If you plug those cats in, you wont have to cover the bike! a little zap!! and no more cat problem.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: motorat on July 26, 2012, 05:41:31 pm
they out number me...if you include the wife and daughters.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on July 26, 2012, 05:44:45 pm
My 55/60W headlight ate two batteries before I switched to a 35/35W bulb.  Charge the battery and try strating with the headlight off.

The solenoid can go though, ask me how I know.  It's a cheap part and easy to replace.  Get a warranty one from the dealer or a scooter replacement:
http://ylonline.ecrater.com/p/4639903/scooter-solenoid-starter-relay-for-125cc

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: GreenMachine on July 26, 2012, 08:57:55 pm
Went for a ride today...Man is it hot (100)..Definelty. would have burned off any moisture in the oil...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Hobbydad on July 26, 2012, 09:50:23 pm
Thanks again for the help with the battery, I'm shopping for a new one. I wanted something smaller to relocate, so I'm looking at some of the US made lithium battaries, in the $150 range. Found 2 that I think will work:
http://motydesign.com/product.php?batteries=8-cell-battery-hard-case
http://ballisticparts.com/products/batteries/8cell.php

And since this is a "what did you do today" thread, I had a set of ace clubman bars that I've been meaning to install for a bit. The weather here today calls for no ride to work, so I pulled everything apart and put them on. The set I have has no knurling in the clamp area and will still turn when completely tightened. Any thoughts on what I can do to keep them in place? I thought about wrapping them in a thin piece of aluminum, like pop can thin, and reclamping. Figured you guys would have a better idea. :)
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Post by: Ducati Scotty on July 26, 2012, 09:58:18 pm
A pop can is a fine idea and will work great.

For another idea, use a center punch and make a few stripes of dimples around the whole bar under the clamp area.  Each dimple is actually a depression with a small mound around it.  Make enough of them and it actually increases the diameter of the bar just slightly.

The pop can is faster but involves no manly tools or pounding things ;)

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: MarkF on July 26, 2012, 11:16:38 pm
Installed chrome luggage rack/pannier brace.  From Nfield Gear.  Then hung out at the pub for "2 wheel Tuesday".  Still a touch confused as to where or how the black piece goes.

I just did the same.  Have you figured out the black piece yet?  I noticed you have a G5.  If the rack was Nfield part number Z91072 did you have trouble with clearance on the turn signals?

Has anyone else put this rack on a G5 and had these questions?

Thanks
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on July 26, 2012, 11:54:29 pm
I let my step-grandson, who is visiting from New Hamster, take a ride on my Enfield. He is a senior in High School this year. He has ridden dirt bikes and a scooter around a lot, so I figured he'd have no trouble with the bike.
I got him somewhat geared up and asked him if he's like to take a bit longer ride that just around the block, to go out Carbon Canyon and back. Since he is totally unfamiliar with our neighborhood, I instructed him to go out to Valencia Street, the main drag in front of our neighborhood, turn right, cross Imperial Highway and go about a mile, then turn right on Carbon Canyon. It's about nine miles to the end, turn around and come back.
He jumped on the bike and took off down the street and looked as though he was OK, so I went back in to wait the next 30 or 40 minutes for him to get back.
My wife is jumping up and down at the thought of me sending her grandson down to that canyon and is getting lost or worse. I assured her he can't get lost in the canyon, there's only one way in and one way out.
I went back to doing my morning crossword puzzles and about 1/2 hour later, the phone rang. It was the grandson.
He was down by the restaurant where we had had breakfast an hour or so before, about 7 miles away, and nowhere near Carbon Canyon.
That really got my wife jumping and hollering. Well, she said I know how her family is about getting lost and having no clue which way any direction is. He had even mentioned that last night, he isn't any good at directions,either.
While I was prepping him to go, I was more concerned about the riding than the navigating!
It didn't take me long to figure out he'd turned on Imperial Highway and worked his way down there. Not a biggie, other than he had missed out on a fun canyon ride.
My wife and I jumped in her car to rescue him and found him with now problems. I took a couple of pictures of him in distress and then he said he's follow us home.
As we were heading home with him dutifully following us, my wife jammed on the brakes to stop for a yellow light. As I was digging my face out of the panel, I heard these tires squealing behnd us. He had accelerated figuring she was going threw the light and had to do a definite emergency stop.He got stopped right at the bumper and had steered off enough to clear it.
So I felt glad that I hadn't underestimated his ability! And he had the brakes on the Enfield nearly locked up, so I don't wanna hear anyone say these brakes are bad! They are superior to the K70s grip!
Anyway, he got home and we had a good laugh about his navigation skills, and went on from there.
And he thought the bike was great. He said he took it to 70 on Imperial and it was very smooth. Great kudos for the bike!
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on July 27, 2012, 12:41:32 am
Getting lost in Cali is easy for east coasters.  Every street is named with some combination of "Rio", "Del", "Mar", "Costa", etc.  Pretty soon they all blend together and you have no idea what you were even looking for in the first place.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: hillntx on July 27, 2012, 03:16:07 am
Rode around to three shops and finally found the elusive NGK BPR6ES.  With the 100+ degree summers here I picked up a 7ES as well.  I plan to use the 7 in the summer and switch to the 6 for late fall through spring.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Tri750 on July 27, 2012, 04:07:48 am
Thanks again for the help with the battery, I'm shopping for a new one. I wanted something smaller to relocate, so I'm looking at some of the US made lithium battaries, in the $150 range. Found 2 that I think will work:
http://motydesign.com/product.php?batteries=8-cell-battery-hard-case
http://ballisticparts.com/products/batteries/8cell.php

And since this is a "what did you do today" thread, I had a set of ace clubman bars that I've been meaning to install for a bit. The weather here today calls for no ride to work, so I pulled everything apart and put them on. The set I have has no knurling in the clamp area and will still turn when completely tightened. Any thoughts on what I can do to keep them in place? I thought about wrapping them in a thin piece of aluminum, like pop can thin, and reclamping. Figured you guys would have a better idea. :)
Forgive the shameless plug, but we have been selling the AGM Motobatt for almost 5 years. 2 year warranty, more power, and have been incredibly reliable. Most of the BMW's in Fresno have the Motobatt instead of the gel from the mother ship. Fair price with free ups to conus too.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on July 27, 2012, 06:23:24 am
Price?  I'm prolly going to get an AGM when this one goes.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Tri750 on July 27, 2012, 05:11:07 pm
The Motobatt is 90.00 Its a premium battery.
many of the import agms are hit and miss as far as quality. you may get a great one or it may poop out after a month. been there. these Motobatts have been consistantly trouble free.
A battery isn't the item where you want to find the cheapest thing on the net. 
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on July 27, 2012, 06:21:44 pm
I might get an AGM for my brother too.  He has a Honda Fit and apparently it has a motorcycle battery.  He had to get it replaced recently and the mechanic was kind of puzzled for a bit there.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Tri750 on July 27, 2012, 06:32:27 pm
I might get an AGM for my brother too.  He has a Honda Fit and apparently it has a motorcycle battery.  He had to get it replaced recently and the mechanic was kind of puzzled for a bit there.

Scott
Pep Boys has a Fit battery for 115.00 in Bosch. Thats not bad right?
 
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on July 27, 2012, 06:51:06 pm
I guess it's ok.  He's already got one, I'm just thinking when the next one dies it might be nice to go AGM.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: trimleyman on July 28, 2012, 04:14:01 am
fitted the airfly crash bar that just arrived from India direct in less than 2 weeks. Took a little work to make spacers to clear the exhaust, O2 sensor, and relocate the charcoal canister up a couple of notches (it hits the front mudguard in it's normal spot and has left a scratch and slight dent , if it still hits it may be departing till smog time).
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: motorat on July 30, 2012, 06:57:28 pm
i removed the jumper in the headlight to make the switch operable.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: REdmonton on July 31, 2012, 07:40:11 am
I got back from a trip to the mountains today. I ended up putting on 1200 kms in three days. Trip report and pictures to follow.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: The Garbone on July 31, 2012, 03:38:55 pm
This weeks commuter bike is the 07 Hack setup.   I am getting better at flying the car since I run it with no ballast.    It is a trip to scoot around someone in traffic flying the car over the curb to get a bit more space.     I notice I am in a better mood when I get to work than last week when I was on the HD.   ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Hobbydad on August 01, 2012, 01:42:29 am
Rode to a local bike show today, and to my suprise this pulled up. Very cool.
(http://img269.imageshack.us/img269/2361/img1169g.jpg)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Lady_Enfield on August 01, 2012, 05:44:44 am
Patted her ass and reassured her that her parts were on the way. 
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: wildbill on August 02, 2012, 01:25:50 am
polished the left side engine case

(http://i907.photobucket.com/albums/ac278/wildbill2010/P1030927.jpg)

(http://i907.photobucket.com/albums/ac278/wildbill2010/P1030946.jpg)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: rav on August 02, 2012, 02:10:56 am
Looks good what brand of polish did you use?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: wildbill on August 02, 2012, 03:06:59 am
in oz it's called autosol metal polish. i think any good metal polish from a auto hardware store would do.
look for something that will polish alloy wheels and that will be fine
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Brad-C5 on August 02, 2012, 03:53:34 am
...continued the break in process.  (Just got it yesterday)  :D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ice on August 02, 2012, 06:35:25 am
...continued the break in process.  (Just got it yesterday)  :D

Congrats !!!! and welcome aboard  :D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mja on August 02, 2012, 09:40:11 pm
Received my replacement rack from Hitchcocks, as the first one had a broken weld.  I can't say enough about their customer service - it's simply great. 

Put the rack on the other night, and today:  hi ho ... hi ho ....

Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Hobbydad on August 03, 2012, 03:57:06 pm
Lubed the chain and clutch/speedo/throttle cables (love that Teflon dry lube), adjusted my new bars, controls, & the rearsets, still figuring out where I like everything.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Hobbydad on August 05, 2012, 03:05:26 am
(http://img96.imageshack.us/img96/9122/img1183s.jpg)

Finally got around to buying the wrap for my exhaust. First time I've wrapped one, turned out pretty decent I think.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: motorat on August 05, 2012, 05:21:48 pm
nice....i was thinking of wrapping my exhaust also.
was it a pain to get around the sensor?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: BRADEY on August 05, 2012, 06:28:51 pm
Does wrapping the exhaust gives you any advantage vs an open exhaust...........??
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: ace.cafe on August 05, 2012, 06:47:01 pm
Does wrapping the exhaust gives you any advantage vs an open exhaust...........??

Theoretically, the insulating wrap on the pipe keeps the heat inside the pipe, leading to higher temperature in the exhaust, which causes the exhaust to scavenge better.
This is relative to the type of wrap and the type of pipe, but it generally could be considered a mild improvement possibility.
One concern about the wrapping is that water can seep under it and can cause rust to start on the pipe under the wrap. But if you use the bike regularly and heat up the exhaust every day, this is not too likely to be a problem. If you let the bike get rained on, and don't ride it much, then it could be a problem.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Hobbydad on August 05, 2012, 07:48:56 pm
It took a few try's to get the wrap exactly right around the top of the tube, so that the sensor opening fell between 2 wraps. In that spot I didn't overlap it, I lined them up exactly at the top of the sensor opening. All I had to do was lightly peel the wraps back to open the hole, it worked perfectly. I mounted it up today, and then worked on a temporary linkage for my rear brake light switch.

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Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: ace.cafe on August 05, 2012, 07:54:49 pm
I personally think that bike is looking very sharp!

Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Hobbydad on August 05, 2012, 08:21:17 pm
Thanks, I've been scouring the internet for a nice cafe type seat. With the rearsets and the clubmans my butt hangs off the end of the bicycle seat, lol. I'm particular about what I want, I prefer a metal seat pan so I can have the mounts I make welded on, and I prefer a seat that's completely apolstered (including the tail section). I also need something a little longer than normal, since the tanks a little shorter than the typical cafe tank. I've found a few that are close, but lack one feature or another. If I can't find exactly what I'm looking for I may settle on this:

http://www.dimecitycycles.com/vintage-cafe-racer-caferacer-chassis-seat-parts-black-dcc-originals-leather-wrapped-one-up-racing-seat-dcc-lwrapcafe.html

It has pretty much everything but the metal pan, and it looks like the dimensions will work. I'm not sure if I'll add a half fender out the back of it, or leave it as is. I'll have to wait until I have it in my hands.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on August 06, 2012, 01:29:07 am
I finished up my G5's 6000 scheduled maintenance tasks and noticed they did not include a oil change or a filter change requirement.

I consider new oil to be a good low cost way of prolonging engines lives so even though I am using Mobil-1 V-Twin full synthetic in my bike I tossed in a oil change.
What the hey?  Right?

I figured the filter cartridge will be good for 3800 miles between changes so I left it alone this time.

Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Lady_Enfield on August 06, 2012, 05:23:56 am
I polished her metal parts.  Still waiting on parts.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on August 07, 2012, 12:44:02 am
It is supposed to get hotter as the week goes on, so Jack and I went on a little early ride up to Jack's Loop up in the Angeles Crest, Forest, and Ft Tejon neighborhood. It was a fun ride and we missed most of the heat until we came down the mountain to go home. then we hit the 100 and something crap. the last 50 miles were rather miserable for me. Jack lives close to the bottom so didn't have to go as far.
But, while in the mountains, we stopped in at Newcombe's Ranch for a little lunch and had some great pulled pork sliders. We were talking to te barman (owner?) of the place and he was telling us about his Bitsa '59 Enfield. We'd seen it before sitting out in front of the place on some Norton Club rides.
When we were out in the parking lot preparing to leave a Chippie drove by, (not one of those English chippies, this one is a cop), so we wasted a little time so he'd get a long way down the road. After we left and had gone several miles whisking through those great curves, we saw him going the other direction. Jack spied him turning so he slowed down a bit for a ways then we pulled over to the side of the road. He pulled up a few minutes later and asked if we were OK, He smiled , gave us the thumbs up, then went on his way. I guess he thought he was going to get some young hot doggers up there and ended up catching a couple of old geezers, (who could, in reality, blow the doors off a lot of the doggers, but he didn't know that). He wasn't spotted again anywhere on our route. Don't know where he went.
A guy in a Vette came blasting up the hill while we were making a Vista stop, but the cop wasn't behind him.
Anyway, it was a good ride and fairly cool in the mountains.
I put about 220 miles on the bike today and it just keeps on Thumpin'
Bare



Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: REdmonton on August 07, 2012, 01:27:22 am
I got a flat the other day, but the repair had to wait until today as I was at a family reunion on the weekend. I pulled the wheel off without too much problem, though I had to buy a 24mm socket as the one in the RE issued kit is crap. My son helped me to get the tire off the rim, we were partly successful. We got about six inches of the  tire off but we ended up bending the tire levers. It was a struggle to get that much of the tire off. I'm going to take it in to the shop tomorrow and get them to change the tire. I'm also going to buy some better tire levers. I might be doing something wrong in getting the tire off I don't think it should be quit this hard to do.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: The Garbone on August 07, 2012, 01:42:35 am
What type of tire?  Those square Speedmaster rears are like truck tires.  Last forever but a hell to remove.  And yes, the factory tire spoons are horrible.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on August 07, 2012, 04:34:18 am
Maybe it won't be much help but after the tire bead is broken free from the rim you have to make certain that it not only is free but the side opposite where your doing the prying must have both beads down in the valley at the center of the rim.

If it is hanging up on the rim anywhere except for where your prying it won't be able to move enough to allow the bead to slip over the edge of the rim.

A couple of fairly large "C" clamps, (the big C with the screw on one end for applying pressure) positioned at 4:00 o'clock and 8:00 o'clock from where your prying (12:00 o'clock) can help.

A better idea is to take the tire and rim to a motorcycle repair place that has experience working on spoked wheels.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on August 07, 2012, 04:54:54 am
HobbyDad, I agree with Ace, the bike looks great!  I was thinking if I followed your lead I'd strip the seat pad off my pillion and then used the subframe to support a longer cafe type seat.  But I'd build my own from fiberglass.  It's easy and I'd make it a little wider toward the back, like a modern sport bike tail.  No reason to sit on a 2x4 for the sake of tradition.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Hobbydad on August 07, 2012, 06:02:49 am
I have a brand new rear seat as well, I was debating using the frame from it or selling it to finance the cafe seat.

When I looked at the Cafe Racer C5 at Mid-Ohio they had a few simple crossmembers holding their fiberglass seat in place. One thru the solid mount for the rearseat front bolt, and one across the upper rear shocks. It looked pretty solid, and very easy to fab up. I have a few pics of it.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on August 07, 2012, 09:19:48 am
That sounds good and more minimal.  The pillion frame is quite bulky for sure.  The nice part is it extends pretty far back.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: ADB on August 07, 2012, 03:24:34 pm
Hobbydad, if you end up wanting to sell your pillon seat, let me know...my dealer ordered me one in the end of June sometime, and it's still on back order.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Oddjon on August 07, 2012, 04:29:17 pm
I rode 330 miles

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to buy this

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here

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then i went home.




660 miles total in 14 hours @ 60mph avg and 66 mpg avg.  No mechanical issues at all, just a little sunburn on the back of my neck.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: FiRE Comms on August 07, 2012, 08:31:36 pm
added napoleons and a 7" Wagner, of what a difference!  From the front she's a whole new bike!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on August 07, 2012, 08:50:14 pm
Don't a 7" headlight just look right?

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: boggy on August 07, 2012, 09:16:03 pm
660 miles total in 14 hours

Holy smokes!  Take care of that hat!!!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: john hut on August 07, 2012, 10:04:22 pm
Added 11inch heat shield to cover joint on the Goldie exhaust,adjusted chain and fitted spring clip instead of worn split pin,Investigated side movement in swinging arm bush (side movement in back wheel) removed long bolt through arm to check for wear in nylon bushes ,when I put it back together the movement had gone so maybe the bolt was not tight enough.Rained today so no ride...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on August 08, 2012, 11:42:34 pm
Went out this morning to try to find some Dri Slide and Shoo Goo before it got hot. The auto stores didn't have the Dri Slide and Target didn't have the Shoo Goo. I settled on some Gorilla Glue to fix the sole that came loose on my AlpineStars.
I'll have to spread my search a little farther in the morning for the Dri Slide. The current temp in my back yard is 105.
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Lady_Enfield on August 09, 2012, 05:27:06 am
Replaced the desperately needed hose.  Not the easiest but its done!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on August 09, 2012, 08:53:05 pm
Yesterday I gave my G5 a rest and I'll let it rest today too.
It hit 116 degrees F (46.67 C.) yesterday and is expected to hit 115 F (46.11 C.) today.
That's rideable if you can avoid the high temperature of the day by riding early or late but by the time I'm ready to go outside the temperature is already 105 F (40.55 C.).
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on August 09, 2012, 10:03:19 pm
I feel you pain. I was going to go pick up the Dri Slide this morning but fiddled around until it got too hot, currently 105. Just to add a little salt to the wound, we had to endure a couple of 4.5 earthquakes yesterday to the mix.
Kinda bounced me around, but no damage. We live about 5 miles from the epicenter.
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: FiRE Comms on August 09, 2012, 11:32:12 pm
glad to hear you guys made out ok...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: The_Rigger on August 10, 2012, 08:42:12 am
I paid for Fiona's 500Km first oil change & valve adjustment & General Going-Over-With-The-Fine-Toothed-Comb at my dealer, back home in Michigan.  She went in to the dealer's the Saturday before last, ridden over to Hastings by one of my housekeepers, while I was in Los Angeles, and they called me this morning in San Francisco to say she's done and can be picked up... I suspect she'll be retrieved this Saturday, ridden either to my house or my housekeeper's house, and put into deep storage 'til I come home again... Whatever year that happens to be.

I am also informed that the 7" headlamp conversion I ordered from Nfield in late May was finally delivered last week. Oh goodie; just in time for me to not install it before leaving home for a year at least...  Why, I oughtta.....
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: motorat on August 10, 2012, 06:59:49 pm
rode to work today....and that charcol filter fell off and landed in my tool box at home.
what are the odds of that happening.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on August 10, 2012, 07:49:13 pm
Quote
rode to work today....and that charcol filter fell off and landed in my tool box at home. what are the odds of that happening.

Maybe a message from the beast to get it off and leave it that way!
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: RevTom on August 10, 2012, 08:22:13 pm
After a hiatus of a month, I'm back on the road again with a new red/chrome C5. After the rain stopped, I took a little ride of 14 miles and she's running beautifully. 55 miles on the OD. Motorcycle nirvana!  ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on August 10, 2012, 08:29:51 pm
Rigger:  I hope they didn't charge you anything for adjusting your valves.
The new UCE's have hydraulic self adjusting valve lifters so there is no adjustment. ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gremlin on August 10, 2012, 08:31:03 pm
Sunny Skies with puffy clouds, 75 degrees, 40% humidity ....   I'm at work sitting in a block building catching an occasional glance out the window at my B5 gleaming in the sun & waiting to whisk me home via the old river road .......
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: squire on August 10, 2012, 08:36:39 pm
Motorcycle nirvana!  ;D

I agree. I took two long test rides on C5s yesterday and just wanted to keep going it was so enjoyable. After reading this and other forums for months I was surprised how well the bikes handled, I even cranked the speed right up and there was no shake or shimmy at all. Idle was smooth and stable on both bikes. I ended up purchasing one. I've owned a lot of bikes and this was one of the sweetest. Having said that I've owned a few niche bikes, including a Ural :( and understand the pitfalls one can have. Enjoy your bike.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: The_Rigger on August 10, 2012, 09:43:04 pm
Rigger:  I hope they didn't charge you anything for adjusting your valves.
The new UCE's have hydraulic self adjusting valve lifters so there is no adjustment.

No; I'm told it was checking them to be sure the lifters are actually doing their job, not a "valve adjustment" in the classic sense. The whole ordeal was less than us$80.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: REdmonton on August 11, 2012, 03:42:39 am
The wheel is back on my bike. Having the shop change the tire cost $100. I bought some large beefy (16") tire levers so next time I can do the tire change myself.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: 2bikebill on August 11, 2012, 08:30:33 am
YIKES!   $100 to change a tyre?  :o  You've been had.
Just this afternoon I took my rear wheel and the new tyre to the local tyre place and gave the bloke a fiver as usual to change it. Fifteen minutes.
Ask around your local tyre shops, see if someone will do it in their lunch hour. And I'd be inclined to go back to that place and tell em just what a bunch of thieves they are. >:(
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on August 11, 2012, 05:43:23 pm
I've had two tires changed for slightly over $100. these bike shops are getting extremely expensive. I hate paying as much to get the tires changed as I did for the tires!
I have a guy now that will do 2 for $20 if I take the wheels off.
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gremlin on August 11, 2012, 07:09:03 pm
A question to the wise :

So the C5 and G5 have different sized wheels.

Other than the sligh lowered look in the case of C5, and probably slightly easier turning, is there any other difference ?

The availability of suitable tires ........  19 inch tire selection is limited.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: TWinOKC on August 11, 2012, 11:48:02 pm
The speedometer needle has been kind of nervous or twitchy lately.  I removed the cable from the bottom and cleaned it carefully.  There was only some light grease/oil on the bottom 1/3 of the cable.  Used some white grease on the cable most of the way up and then carefully ran it back up, had to twist the cable a little to get it to feed back into the speedometer head and tightened it down at the wheel.

Went for a short ride.  The needle is still not steady, bounces 3 or 4 mph at 50 mph (indicated)  ???.   I might try a different grease next time. 
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Hobbydad on August 12, 2012, 12:20:04 am
Despite the nasty weather rode about 150 mile round trip, stopped at a dealer to check out some bikes and buy a few t's, then hit up a bike show and grabbed some lunch. I had a nasty noise from the left side of the motor a few times while I was getting lunch. I think my auto decompressor came apart again, I'm afraid the sprag clutch may have given up the ghost. I'm going to do an oil change soon, think I'll just go ahead and pull the cases to check things out. If it looks ugly I'll button her back up and get it to the dealer. That auto decompressors been a pain in my ass, this is the third time I'll have to have it fixed.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: motorat on August 12, 2012, 01:35:10 am
put on my buterfly crash bar and some bar end mirrors.
also turned 2000 miles.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on August 12, 2012, 07:40:06 pm
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I think my auto decompressor came apart again,
Exactly what is your autodecompressor doing?
When I first start mine up on a coolish morning, it clacks and rattles for awhile before it gets the RPM enough to keep it disengaged. Noisy, but no harm done. You can crack the throttle a bit to  keep it above the clacking threshold until it warms up a bit. The decompressor release is about 850 RPM as I recall. It will activate below that. You can hear the blowby when it's open and the idle slows even more.
Anyway, if that's your symptom, there's nothing wrong with it. Just a bit annoying.
Bare
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gremlin on August 12, 2012, 08:05:41 pm
replaced the clear pilot lamps with amber, and (finally) got around to mounting up the BPF 7 inch lens assembly.  Took it for a ride after dusk, and, I *really* like the short-range fan shaped headlight !
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Hobbydad on August 12, 2012, 11:34:59 pm
I found out what caused the horrible noise I heard from the left casing on yesterdays ride.

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The crank bolt & washer had fallen out and where laying in the crankcase. The washer was in front of the tensioner, but the bolt was under the drive chain. It looked like the bolt & washer where the only casualty, the chain appeared to be fine. There are a few minor scars in the engine case & cover, but nothing that will cause a problem. Odd thing to have happen, 2200 miles, 6 months old. Hopefully it's not a big deal to get a free replacement bolt & washer, maybe an oil filter.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on August 13, 2012, 12:23:51 am
Yours is the third instance I've heard of where this happened.  In one of those in India the hex head took out one of the lower sidecover bosses ruining it.

Some digging in the UCE parts list says the bolt part number is #570064.  The washer part number is # 570063.

The bolt is a M12 x 1.25mm X 20mm length.  The Service Manual says this bolt should be torqued to 4.8 Kg/M, or 48 Newton Meters which calculates to be 35.42 Pound/Ft.

As 36 Pound/Ft is right at the upper limit of a Grade 2 bolt with  7/16-20UNF threads (which is very close to the bolt in question) I would suggest that if you buy a replacement you should go with a Grade 5 or 8 material.
Either of these will take the suggested torque without a problem.

If you do buy a Grade 5 or 8 bolt to replace the defective one, do not tighten it more than the recommended 35.4 Pound/Ft.  .
The last thing you want at this stage of the game is to strip out the threads in the crankshaft by over tightening the bolt.

When you replace the bolt I suggest that you throughly clean the internal threads with brake cleaning fluid to degrease them.  Then use some Blue Loc-Tite on the threads to keep this from happening again.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Hobbydad on August 13, 2012, 12:59:37 am
Thanks for the info, all good stuff there. I'm going to talk to my dealer tomorrow and see what he wants to do. I can do the work myself, and don't mind at all, but I'll leave it up to him. I was surprised at the cause of the problem, but very happy the damage was minimal, at least from what I could see. No harm or foul on Enfields part, shit happens as they say. It could have been much, much worse.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: GlennF on August 13, 2012, 01:09:08 am
I recall reading somewhere that the factory is actually changing to a left hand thread on that particular bolt.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: jartist on August 13, 2012, 03:31:26 am
I wonder if there is anything else besides lock-tight that could be done to keep that bolt on, like using a spring washer or something. 
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: The_Rigger on August 13, 2012, 09:41:19 am
As 36 Pound/Ft is right at the upper limit of a Grade 2 bolt with  7/16-20UNF threads (which is very close to the bolt in question) I would suggest that if you buy a replacement you should go with a Grade 5 or 8 material.
Either of these will take the suggested torque without a problem.

I would recommend the Grade 5.  Grade 8 is stronger in tension and shear, but the metal tends to be more brittle, as far as shock-loading is concerned, by virtue of it's inceased heat-treating for other strengths. In my work, we purposely de-rate hardware in a theatrical counterweight fly system from Grade 8 to Grade 5 to prevent snapping bolts. And a fly system in operation doesn't come anywhere near the stress values of an internal combustion engine...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gremlin on August 13, 2012, 06:39:36 pm
Stopped at the gas station for lunchtime hotdogs.....   as I sat under the tree eating the pink extrusions in a bun, I watched a guy from Acme Awnings go bonkers when he saw the B5.

He even took out his phone and snapped photos of it.

Meanwhile I sat silently about 100 feet away, watching the comedy.....
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on August 13, 2012, 07:52:25 pm
Went for a putt this morning before it got hot down to Disneyland looking for some topiary for the phototag game. Finally found a bedraggled Loch Ness Monster looking thing in front of a motel.
See the pic in the Campfire section.
Then went up to Cycle Gear to look at their Iron Man Jeans. Typical of their stuff, the knee armor hits me about mid-shin. They just don't make anything for us squatty bodies any more!
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Hobbydad on August 13, 2012, 08:33:13 pm
I have a NAPA on the corner, they had the bolt I needed. The rating was 8.8, which they told me was the metric equivalent to a grade 5. Sound about right?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on August 13, 2012, 08:47:45 pm
Yes.  I'm not that smart but the strength chart I found on the web shows the Metric grade 8.8 matches the US grade 5 exactly.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Hobbydad on August 13, 2012, 09:08:14 pm
Cool, if I can get my hands on an oil filter I'll have it up and running in no time. I'll clean the threads with brake cleaner, use the blue loctite when it dries, and then torque it properly (wet).
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on August 14, 2012, 02:31:21 am
I would also change the oil (leave the current filter) and ride easy for 20-30 minutes. Then drain and change oil an filter. If there are any shavings that should flush them out.

When I worked on air cooled VWs it seems that there werelots of wavy lock washers.  Might be something to look into.  But I think blue LocTite and proper torque is all you need.  This is the third we've seen, but only the third in all the bikes that visit this forum. It happens but it's rare.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Hobbydad on August 14, 2012, 03:30:29 am
Even though I completely drained it and wiped everything clean I thought about flushing it. I can get a few quarts of standard 50w oil and run it for a bit then drain it, change the filter (and clean the magnets/screen), then fill it with the synthetic. That's simple enough.

 I did look at the M12 lock washers at NAPA, but decided the loctite & proper torque would be enough. When you look at the pictures above you can see that the shaft is recessed a bit into the gear. I thought there might be a reason for that fat washer, so I'll stick with it.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on August 14, 2012, 05:13:22 am
Yup, that'll do it.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Desi Bike on August 14, 2012, 03:33:03 pm
I was taking a short cut through a parking lot and put a ding in the bottom of my exhaust pipe when clipped a curb. Its only noticeable when the bike is on its side. Arrgh. Expensive shortcut. It doesn't seem to be big enough to impeed flow thankfully.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: The_Rigger on August 14, 2012, 07:57:34 pm
Its only noticeable when the bike is on its side.

So don't park your bike on its side.  Problem solved.

Don't thank me; only here to help, &c...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on August 14, 2012, 11:15:45 pm
Got too hot to go anywhere so cleaned the air filter instead.
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Hobbydad on August 15, 2012, 12:51:37 am
Went to the dealer to pick up an oil filter, and they didn't have one. They don't sell the bikes anymore, so I guess I'll need to find a new parts source as well. Bummer.
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Post by: REdmonton on August 15, 2012, 04:09:57 am
It was raining today. I put Loc-Tite on the gas tank bolt.
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Post by: gremlin on August 15, 2012, 04:10:49 am
Went to the dealer to pick up an oil filter, and they didn't have one. They don't sell the bikes anymore, so I guess I'll need to find a new parts source as well. Bummer.

eBay
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Post by: wildbill on August 15, 2012, 04:18:26 am
and cheaper.
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Post by: Ice on August 15, 2012, 05:04:05 am
 Adjusted the valves on the ol' iron barrel, gave her the welly and enjoyed at the rhythmic tick-tick-tick as she set there idling.
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Post by: Jack Leis on August 15, 2012, 05:16:36 am
What did I do ? Nothing. It was 110 degrees in my garage.Poor bike !
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Post by: Hobbydad on August 15, 2012, 05:55:52 am
Yup, already ordered a 4 pack thru eBay, but now my bike will have to sit and wait on a package from India, for a friggin oil filter. I know, I know, join the club right?
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Post by: Desi Bike on August 15, 2012, 12:57:50 pm
Which dealer was that that closed Mike?
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Post by: Hobbydad on August 15, 2012, 03:01:33 pm
They haven't closed, just stopped selling bikes. They have a few left in inventory but when they're gone that's it I guess. It's Renegade here in Toledo. They changed their name to Sylvania Mower Service, or something close to that.
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Post by: Desi Bike on August 15, 2012, 04:05:22 pm
Bummer. That was my closest dealer. They seemed like nice people when I dropped in to visit last year.
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Post by: Hobbydad on August 15, 2012, 04:11:26 pm
Yeah they're a great bunch, just not selling too many bikes I guess, decided to concentrate on their main business. I called the dealer in Bowling Green, about 18 miles south of Toledo, and they had a filter on hand. Next closest dealer is in Cleveland, 90 miles or so.
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Post by: barenekd on August 15, 2012, 05:34:27 pm
And you guys can't find fun roads to ride to get there? I have a dealer 4 miles from my house, but a I ride t the dealer 50 miles away just for the ride. I've gotten to know the different routes between the house and the dealer quite well. There are a lot of interesting thing to see on the way. Instead of acting like it's such a chore to go to those far off dealers, make it an adventure.
If I want to, I can drop into a several airports, a couple of airplane museums and car museums, drive by racetracks, through some cow country, or hack it down the freeways. At 70 mpg, I can afford the tour!
Bare
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Post by: Fogrunner on August 15, 2012, 05:50:18 pm
And you guys can't find fun roads to ride to get there? I have a dealer 4 miles from my house, but a I ride t the dealer 50 miles away just for the ride. I've gotten to know the different routes between the house and the dealer quite well. There are a lot of interesting thing to see on the way. Instead of acting like it's such a chore to go to those far off dealers, make it an adventure.
If I want to, I can drop into a several airports, a couple of airplane museums and car museums, drive by racetracks, through some cow country, or hack it down the freeways. At 70 mpg, I can afford the tour!
Bare
Why take a direct route when there's a whole world out there to be seen and enjoyed.That's my motto!!
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Post by: Hobbydad on August 15, 2012, 05:55:50 pm
Don't misunderstand, we're not complaining about the ride, just looking for ANY dealer within 100 miles, or in Desi's case 300 miles. I'm pretty sure he was riding 150-200 miles to get to the one that just closed. In my case I need the oil filter to ride period, my bikes out of commission for the crank bolt until I have the filter.
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Post by: motorat on August 15, 2012, 06:01:36 pm
my nearest dealer is 65 miles away...next is about 135 and where i bought the bike is 240.
the guys in san francisco do not appear to care about RE, i have not been to santa cruz dealer but the fresno dealer is the best.
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Post by: Hobbydad on August 15, 2012, 06:22:01 pm
Just left the guy in Bowling Green, very nice, had the filter and other misc parts on hand, and his son races an old iron barrel. How cool is that?
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Post by: Ducati Scotty on August 15, 2012, 06:26:06 pm
I like the scenic route but I love that my dealer was three blocks from my work and I can pop in anytime to get anything I need.  Of course he stopped selling RE's too recently when the business changed hands, the RE's were picked up by another dealer in town.  Now it's four blocks away :)

Scott
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Post by: Fogrunner on August 15, 2012, 08:00:50 pm
I'd love to have the convenience of a dealer close by, but alas, my dealer is in Manila and that's a 1 hour flight from me!! I can't even drive there, as Philippines is 7120 islands!!
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Post by: Desi Bike on August 15, 2012, 08:18:27 pm
With the speedmaster tires you might be able to hydroplane that far.  :o
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Post by: Fogrunner on August 15, 2012, 09:16:10 pm
With the speedmaster tires you might be able to hydroplane that far.  :o

I'd never get the speed up first!!
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Post by: barenekd on August 15, 2012, 10:56:57 pm
Do they have better traction on the water than they do on the road?

I did put my air cleaner back together and took the bike to the badly needed car wash. Had to find one first, but had success fairly quickly.
It has cooled off by about 10 degrees today. Only 93 now.
Bare
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Post by: Ducati Scotty on August 15, 2012, 11:28:10 pm
What do you think that tread pattern is?  It's a circular rudder!
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Post by: Brad-C5 on August 16, 2012, 01:36:40 am
I went to the dealer* to pick up the extra bits that I never took home. (tubes, touch up paint, cables)  Then I went out and continued the break in process.  More than half way there!  :D


*Dealer is about 1 mile from my house.
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Post by: motorat on August 16, 2012, 02:14:44 am
so you will need to make about 200 trips.
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Post by: REdmonton on August 16, 2012, 02:59:52 am
I finally got my engine guard mounted. At first I thought it should mounted in the lowest holes at the front engine mount, but I was at the dealership the other day and I saw that they had mounted the bar using the lower front engine mount. I went home and tried it with no luck, the bolt was too short. So I went to a couple of industrial supply shops looking for a longer bolt, no luck. You think a place called the "Bolt and Nut Warehouse" would have any bolt you were looking for. ::)

Today I went back to the dealership and talked to the mechanic who installed the bars I had seen earlier. It turns out that the upper front motor mount bolt is longer than the lower bolt.  :o So I switched the bolts around and it worked fine.
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Post by: The Garbone on August 16, 2012, 03:06:27 am
It turns out that the upper front motor mount bolt is longer than the lower bolt.  :o So I switched the bolts around and it worked fine.

Perfectly logical...   ???
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Post by: motorat on August 16, 2012, 04:22:48 am
if you use the bottom holes you will need a spacer.
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Post by: Jack Leis on August 17, 2012, 08:17:21 pm
 I just finished mounting my 5Th rear tire on my G5. The bike has 12, 191 miles on it it will probably be the last time I mount a K70. I love the tires, great traction, they have the period correct look I like but I only got 2343 miles out of the tire #4. The only reason I mounted another one is because Igot a deal on 2 of them the last time I bought them. I'm a K70 fan but enough is enough. It's hard for a Marine to surrender but I must. The next set of tires are going to be Avon AM26's Front and rear. It's definitely time to try something else. With a heavy heart, I surrender !
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Post by: jmiller_2308 on August 18, 2012, 10:02:05 pm
I finally have all the work I started on last fall sorted out.  Several issues with mistakes, painters, back ordered parts, on and on but now she is all one color, has new head light, breather, electric clean up, solo and passenger seats, license plate, relocated turn signals (front and back), larger sprocket, new seals, and I'm sure some other things that I forgot.

The thing I learned is it is always best to do it yourself even if you have to do it multiple times.  Dang painter!

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Post by: ADB on August 20, 2012, 05:02:19 am
Added new, heavier bar-end weights...my scale said the stock weights were .48lbs, and the new ones are .98lbs. I originally ordered them because they have a groove where crg bar-end mirrors will fit, but the added weight actually did wonders to smooth out the vibrations i guess i had simply gotten used to in the bars; it's night and day vs. how the bars vibrated before the new weights.
Unfortunately, the crg's do not fit in the grove on the weight because the diameter is too thick, but i think w/ longer mounting hardware for the mirror i can get it to work; but even if it doesn't, still happy with the purchase considering how much smoother the ride is.
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Post by: The_Rigger on August 20, 2012, 06:08:21 am
Well....  It wasn't me, but it was my C5...

My housekeeper, Erin, had taken Fiona into the dealership in Hastings for Her 500km First Oil Change and Check-Up, you may recall.  Well, Erin brought Fiona home yesterday afternoon, but because she had forgotten my bike shed key at her house, she wound up taking Fiona to her house that afternoon, intending to take Fiona home to my house this morning.  That was the plan, anyway...

This morning, Erin was riding Fiona from her place between Haslett and Williamston to my house between Dewitt and Lansing, some 15 miles or so, through some wooded, rural roadways. At one point, Erin spotted our evil nemesis in the roadway ahead: A whitetail deer.  Erin slowed down to a stop and waited for the deer to get the hell out of the way, but the deer "seemed confused..."

Then a car crested the hill just behind the deer, spooking it. It proceeded to spring away to "Safety," as only a startled whitetail deer can spring (can I get an "amen," Midwesterners?), but sadly, it sprung straight into Erin and Fiona, knocking them both over onto the right side, smashing the bike into the cement curb...

On waking up, out here in San Francisco, I found an email from Erin, asking when I would not be working in the theatre today and telling me she needed to speak to me "about something"....  I'm glad she's okay, but I'm pretty beat up over Fiona's scarring.  Here's hoping the insurance adjuster does the Right Thing.  Hell, it's still a practically-brand-new bike; he better not try low-balling me on parts.
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Post by: The_Rigger on August 20, 2012, 06:09:23 am
More damage to Fiona...
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Post by: GlennF on August 20, 2012, 06:13:18 am
crashbars ...

they save a lot of grief
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Post by: Fogrunner on August 20, 2012, 09:09:51 am
More damage to Fiona...

Ouch!! I feel your pain. And crashbars are something I am considering as well.
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Post by: JVS on August 20, 2012, 09:33:56 am
Oh man.  >:(   :(
I can relate, but damn! Sorry about that. Hopefully everything will be sorted out soon.
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Post by: bluesdaddy2 on August 20, 2012, 11:45:48 am
More damage to Fiona...

Wow, quite a bit of damage from a 0 mph crash.  Let us know how you make out with the Insurance company.

My 30 mile commute to work was uneventful but noticablly darker and cooler here in Vermont.
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Post by: The Garbone on August 20, 2012, 01:51:49 pm
Ugg, I can't imagine a worse feeling than crashing someone elses nearly new bike...


Went online and checked the tracking info on my new Megaphone muffler.. It will be in Tuesday so hopefully  I can get the 95 on the road before going out of town next week....  Delays, delays...
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Post by: barenekd on August 20, 2012, 05:05:59 pm
My throttle was getting a bit sticky on our last ride, so I split the throttle box to lube the cable and found the cable had a broken strand, so I gotta replace the cable. I got it all part yesterday morning then had to go out, so I'm putting it all back together today.
How come, every time I have to take the tank off, it's full. PITA.
Bare
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Post by: The_Rigger on August 21, 2012, 06:31:14 am
Wow, quite a bit of damage from a 0 mph crash.  Let us know how you make out with the Insurance company.

The adjuster rang me up early this morning (I think he didn't realize I was three time zones behind him) and we talked for almost a half-hour. I've insured various bikes with Progressive for nigh on thirty years with nary a claim, so they got on with me straightaway.  He did say that he had very little NADA or Kelly Blue Book data about Royal Enfields, in fact he had never even heard of one before this morning, but he seemed pretty open to learning some new-old bike lore, and even asked me what the company history was (which i was only too happy to impart to him).  Their appraiser was supposed to contact my housekeeper Erin by the end-of-business tomorrow and set up an appointment to look at the bike.

I have instructed her to not let anyone try to low-ball the repairs, or try to get her to take the bike to any place other than one of the two RE dealerships in Michigan - I will not allow some numbnuts to learn about Royal Enfields by twiddling around with my Fiona (and "twiddling" was most assuredly *not* the word I used with the appraiser). I want the repairs done right, the first time, even if I won't be riding Fiona for a year or two. Hell, She's still practically brand-stinkin'-new.

On the subject of crash bars and/or case guards, does anyone have a photo of the "airfly" guards installed on a Bullet? I've seen the diamond bars and the butterfly guards, but my Google-Fu fails miserably when trying to conjure up a photo of an installed Airfly guard.
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Post by: bluesdaddy2 on August 21, 2012, 11:44:26 am
Off t a good start, here's hoping they do the right thing (I have Progressive also :-\).  Good Luck.
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Post by: ROVERMAN on August 21, 2012, 02:27:06 pm
Didn't do it today but this past Sunday i went on a charity poker run organized by a local MC club to raise money for an injured Waterford MI police officer. We rode 140 + miles through 3 counties on a perfect summer day. I picked up with a group of 3 Harley's (oh why so loud?) and a nice 50Th Jubilee Bonnie. Renfield ran like a champ and didn't hold anyone up, as much as i could ask really. A fun time was had by all.
Robert & REnfield. 8) 8) 8).
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Post by: Fogrunner on August 21, 2012, 03:09:07 pm
Finally ordered the Dynojet Power Commander, K&N Air Filter and other odds and ends for the bike. Now just waiting impatiently for it to arrive!!
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Post by: Jack Leis on August 23, 2012, 10:32:25 pm
I just finished installing a Hitchcocks EFI pipe on my G5. Having taken it on a couple of short test rides , without a doubt there is a favorable difference in torque and horsepower. Cracking the throttle , the bike really pulls alot better. Tomorrow morning Im off for my 160 mile loop to really check it out ! More to be revealed.
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Post by: Brad-C5 on August 25, 2012, 03:29:35 am
Added 50 miles to the break in total - now at 250!
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Post by: barenekd on August 26, 2012, 03:00:54 am
Went for an impromptu Ride with Jack, doing Jack's Loop up on Angeles Crest and environs. The weather was beautiful, the roads were clean, the traffic was light. We stopped at Newcombe's Ranch for lunch, watched a bit of the Indy MotoGP from last week, and talked to a couple of very interested guys who are going down for test rides on Enfields.
The only problem was my headlight quit working. I'll fix that tomorrow.
70 MPG racing through the mountains for a ride length of 231 miles for me.
It was a great day
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Post by: motorat on August 26, 2012, 03:16:24 am
put on the rack that i bought from al at fresno royal enfield.
changed my oil....what a mess. i filled it to the lower line and after i started the engine and let it run for a while then shut it off it is now over the top mark.
so i will have to drain out some of the oil.
the motor sure sounds happier with new 20-50 castrol v twin synthetic.
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Post by: Tri750 on August 26, 2012, 04:36:31 am
Joe, until you get a "feel" for what she wants, measure (even roughly) the amount you drain out, then add close to that with new. As you've read here, she'll take between 1 to 1.6 qts. To the lower line.
Ride a bit, let sit for a bit on center stand with engine off, then make sure you see something in the glass. Lowest level is fine. Even close to the half way mark will have her marking her territory like an aged bulldog. New oil is always beats even near new oil as oil does "wear out" a good deal even in 1k miles.
Snug your tank bolts and eyeball/wiggle your battery cable ends and ride.
Big Al
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Post by: motorat on August 26, 2012, 04:51:28 am
thanks....i'm going to get it close to the lower mark then go for a little ride.
i lock-tighted(blue) the tank bolts after reading the saddlesore thread.
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Post by: rav on August 26, 2012, 01:52:50 pm
Joe,
Can you share some pics of the rack? :)
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Post by: foggy95 on August 26, 2012, 02:49:06 pm
 "Even close to the half way mark will have her marking her territory like an aged bulldog...."

Where does the oil leak from when running in an overfilled condition?

I have been guilty of running my 2012 C5 'overfilled' and I now have an oil leak. However, my leak appears to be coming from the kick start shaft cover (not the seal, but the mating surface). The airbox breather and air filter are dry and show no signs of ever being 'oiled'. My problem is the cover that the kick start shaft goes through, there are 4 tiny allen bolts that attach it, and all are tight (well, the three that I can get a wrench on). Oil seeps from the bottom edge of that cover, even when the engine is not running. Interesting in that the shop manual and the parts manual show no gasket for this part. I am waiting on a RH crankcase gasket ordered through my local dealer so that I can pull this apart and further investigate.

Has anyone else noticed a seepage here? (No, it's not accumulation of chain fling off, I cleaned and dried the entire area and left the bike sit overnight, and the clean engine oil is puddled up in that area just hours later).
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Post by: gremlin on August 26, 2012, 04:13:20 pm
Has anyone else noticed a seepage here? (No, it's not accumulation of chain fling off, I cleaned and dried the entire area and left the bike sit overnight, and the clean engine oil is puddled up in that area just hours later).


I'm guessing your dealer is not interested in repairing it ?
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Post by: mattsz on August 26, 2012, 04:31:19 pm
Joe, until you get a "feel" for what she wants, measure (even roughly) the amount you drain out, then add close to that with new. As you've read here, she'll take between 1 to 1.6 qts. To the lower line.
Ride a bit, let sit for a bit on center stand with engine off, then make sure you see something in the glass. Lowest level is fine. Even close to the half way mark will have her marking her territory like an aged bulldog. New oil is always beats even near new oil as oil does "wear out" a good deal even in 1k miles.
Snug your tank bolts and eyeball/wiggle your battery cable ends and ride.
Big Al

I really want to start a new thread, but since we're on the subject here...

The oil glass on my new bike shows completely full when it's on the center stand.  The dealer demonstrated that when the bike is level, i.e. vertical and on both wheels, the oil level shows in the middle of the glass.  Is this ok?

What should I "pre-emptively" lock-tite, before things rattle loose (new bike, it certainly does rattle!)?  I'm hearing a lot about the tank mounting bolts and suspecting that engine mounting bolts would be smart, too.
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Post by: gremlin on August 26, 2012, 05:00:45 pm
I really want to start a new thread, but since we're on the subject here...

The oil glass on my new bike shows completely full when it's on the center stand.  The dealer demonstrated that when the bike is level, i.e. vertical and on both wheels, the oil level shows in the middle of the glass.  Is this ok?



My favorite parking spot is not 100% level, so, if I park pointing south the glass is full, however, if I park pointing north the glass shows just a quarter of the way up.

averaging the two readings gives me a "flat earth" level.
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Post by: barenekd on August 26, 2012, 05:59:30 pm
I have overfilled mine a couple of times. Just ride it, it'll take care of itself.
It will, if anything, just blow the excess out of the breather. It's not likely to cause a leak.
But make sure it's even overfilled. It takes very little change in tilt angle to make fair sized changes in the sight glass level.
Bare
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Post by: foggy95 on August 26, 2012, 07:23:33 pm

I'm guessing your dealer is not interested in repairing it ?

No confidence in their tech dept - I asked if he (the dealer) had RE trained technicians, he said "They watched the service CD"  (supplied by RE). They've only just started to sell Enfields this year. The dealer (owner) didn't even know what the headlight switch was for .... when I bought my bike he was going over the controls and pointed to the headlight switch saying "no one here knows what this is for"..... ( I have since made it operational thanks to the tip about the jumper on this forum).

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Post by: Tri750 on August 27, 2012, 12:36:46 am
If overfilled, we've only seen it come from the breather. The simplest way to describe the correct oil level in the glass, is if you see something, anywhere in the glass, your ok. If yours is halfway with none blowing out, great. If yours wants to be at the bottom edge, great too. Lots of the 1100-1150 bmws are the same way. The BMW book says half way, but lots seek their own level a bit above or below the line. obsessing over an ounce or two of oil is counterproductive.
For safety, I don't like te idea of running an overfilled bike and letting the oil blow out. Best I think, to drain a bit out. It's a pain, but safer and cleaner.
Re: pre-emptive loctite? Tank bolts, fender stays, exhaust flange nuts is what I suggest at delivery. During break in, put a wrench here and there to check things over for bolts unique to your bike. my opinion.
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Post by: busmec on August 27, 2012, 02:34:17 am
I've overfilled my B5 what I did was to get my hand vacum pump for bleeding brakes & small hose pumped out excess and if you pump out too much you can add it back and hardly any mess.
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Post by: motorat on August 28, 2012, 02:09:33 am
here's the rack...kinda hard to see after i tied my bags to it.
by tieing the bags t it they are away from the exhaust.
the patch is where the bag made contact and burned a hole.
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Post by: motorat on August 28, 2012, 02:10:20 am
my cat approves!
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Post by: rav on August 28, 2012, 02:52:39 am
looks good, you took you pillion seat off?
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Post by: motorat on August 28, 2012, 03:59:49 pm
it can go back on with 2 bolts, but i never have a passenger and i prefeer the tie down space.
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Post by: barenekd on August 28, 2012, 10:30:36 pm
Rode it 50 miles to take a picture.
Bare
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Post by: mattsz on August 29, 2012, 01:33:39 am
Rode it 50 miles to take a picture.
Bare

And the picture...  ?
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Post by: Arizoni on August 29, 2012, 01:51:50 am
It's in the Photo Tag topic in the Campfire Talk section of the forum.
Title: !
Post by: barenekd on August 29, 2012, 09:31:27 pm
As I'm here posting this, I just got another good earthquake thump. But, I'm still sitting here and nothing has fallen on my head. It felt like about a 5.3. Gotta go check the TV and see where it was, felt like a Yorba Linda one.
Well, that sucked, the other post disappeared!
Bare
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Post by: barenekd on August 29, 2012, 10:10:50 pm
And now back to out regularly scheduled program. Since Jack and I aren't going to be riding this week, partly because his bike broke and partly because it's too damn hot, I decided I oughta go out and clean up the beast. I know, I know, BOOOH! Ya gotta do it occasionally!
I cleaned the parts that show and the rear wheel, then it struck me that I could lube the clutch cable, something I had been threatening to do for awhile.  Since I haven't lubed them since just after I got the bike 12,000 miles ago, and the book says to do it at 6,000, I guess it was due. I pulled the ends out of their residences and inspected the ends for wear and damage and they were fine. The cable and clutch haven't been causing any problems and still works fine. I squirted some Dri Slide down the housing and lubed the tips with white grease and put it back together. I adjusted the nuts and pulled the lever. Omigod, I couldn't believe the difference. This is a one fingered clutch! Totally!
Oh,well, I guess one needs to do a little preventative maintenance!
NEWS FLASH..The news says it was only a 4.1, I knew it as a bit smaller than the one a couple of weeks ago, but not that much. Yorba Linda had been having quite a few of these in the last few years. And I live maybe 5 miles from the epicenter.
Oh, well, Welcome to Cantafordia.
Bare
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Post by: Ducati Scotty on August 29, 2012, 10:34:41 pm
I'm at 11k and still need to lube my cables for the first time, and I ride through the rainy winters.  Just lazy I guess.  Gotta get to my 10k service kit too.  Yeah, definitely lazy.

Scott
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Post by: Hobbydad on August 30, 2012, 12:16:35 am
I dry Teflon lubed all my cables at 2000 miles. It didn't make much of a difference with the throttle, but the clutch was like night & day. I use that lube on everything from the chain to the cables, love it.
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Post by: ADB on August 30, 2012, 03:17:19 pm
hobbydad, what brand teflon lube are you using? I'm getting frustrated w/ how messy PJ1 is on my chain, and am right around 2000 miles, so was going to lube cables soon.
Just curious what's working for others, b/c like i said, i've had enough of the mess w/ traditional chain lube.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Tri750 on August 30, 2012, 04:03:09 pm
Chain lube loyalty is a touchy subject like politics and brands of oil. At our shop we have used Motul for years and years. The key to any chain lube is to use t on a hot chain, like after a ride. Then, let it sit overnight for the carrier to evaporate and the true lube has time to wick its way inside the chain. Motul has very little sling off. Removal of any chain lube spots is easy using brake cleaner, carb cleaner, contact cleaner, etc. sprayed on a paper towel then just wipe away. WD40 works but leaves a film.
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Post by: Ducati Scotty on August 30, 2012, 05:49:36 pm
I think chain lube and engine oil fall into the same category: regularly refreshing them has far more impact than any difference in brands or types.  But that opinion doesn't leave you anything to talk about over beers ;)

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: motorat on August 30, 2012, 05:56:29 pm
rode it to work today then will attend bike night at cycle gear tonight.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: motorat on August 31, 2012, 05:46:25 pm
rode to work again...it was a hit at bike night...
thee were always 2 or 3 people around it and several pictures taken. i had a crowd around me when i left, sure glad it started on the first kick....like i told everyone.
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Post by: Ducati Scotty on August 31, 2012, 06:42:55 pm
Rode to work.  May not sound like much but I've been snowed under with car repairs and other family obligations so just getting to do the commute was pretty nice.  Gotta get my riding in while the weather is still nice here in the Pacific Northwest.

Scott
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Post by: Jack Leis on September 01, 2012, 02:06:36 am
Replaced the slightly bent stock handle bars with a set of drag bars Ive had for awhile. Should help with the tailbone pain I get on long rides . Looks a little sportier also. I'll find out more on the next ride. Too damn hot to ride now !
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Post by: motorat on September 01, 2012, 03:40:01 am
glad to hear you have it back!!!!!!
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Post by: Ice on September 01, 2012, 03:42:50 am
Thought about washing it.




It was only a passing thought. ;D
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Post by: motorat on September 01, 2012, 03:44:36 am
when i get that feeling i open a beer...the feeling passes quickly.
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Post by: Ice on September 01, 2012, 03:51:39 am
when i get that feeling i open a beer...the feeling passes quickly.

 To your health !!
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Post by: Ducati Scotty on September 01, 2012, 04:01:54 am
when i get that feeling i open a beer...the feeling passes quickly.

Most misdirected ideas to do unnecessary work are alcohol soluble.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: RevTom on September 01, 2012, 04:44:56 pm
Rode my C5 with 500+ miles on it down to and then along the Susquehanna River. Nice ride up out of Wrightsville and then down to the section of the road that parallels the river. The engine is now loosening up nicely. EFI muffler has been a real plus in sound, style and somewhat in performance as well. Sweet hour for a ride before the heat of the day arrives.
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Post by: jmiller_2308 on September 01, 2012, 08:15:06 pm
Got two short rides in but noticed at the last stop light before my house that I was missing a few nuts.  Time to do a little re-torqueing
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on September 02, 2012, 12:51:49 am
Got two short rides in but noticed at the last stop light before my house that I was missing a few nuts.  Time to do a little re-torqueing

jmiller - what nuts?
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Post by: motorat on September 02, 2012, 04:12:47 am
dry lubed my clutch and throttle cables today....that graphite stuff is a mess
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: The_Rigger on September 02, 2012, 08:28:23 am
Talked to the guys at my RE dealership today, about the estimate for the insurance company...  He thinks they may decide to total the bike out, not because any of the injuries inflicted by her run-in with Bambi are major expenditures (well, maybe the fork tube is), but because there are so darn many of 'em.

Meanwhile I'm in San Francisco for one more week, then off to Dallas on the 10th, I think, playing there for two weeks.
To be continued....
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Post by: Fido on September 02, 2012, 07:30:01 pm
I've now passed 2400 miles on my 2011 Classic EFI. It now cruises effortlessly at 60mph when needed and early gear shifting issues have been resolved through improved technique. Very happy!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: motorat on September 04, 2012, 03:20:57 am
got a nice ride in today..through middeltown over to lower lake then down to lake berryessa. lunch at buster's barbeque. i also found out that they were not kidding with the posted 15mph turn...it's always exciting to scrape a non folding peg.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on September 04, 2012, 06:17:07 pm
Talked to the guys at my RE dealership today, about the estimate for the insurance company...  He thinks they may decide to total the bike out, not because any of the injuries inflicted by her run-in with Bambi are major expenditures (well, maybe the fork tube is), but because there are so darn many of 'em.

My Monster got totalled for a ding in the tank the size of a dime.  It was in a spot where they couldn't fix it so that meant a new tank at $1800.  Add that to the a handful of other small things scratched and dented and it was done.  Worked out for me, I was planning to sell it anyway.  It's not very hard to total a motorcycle.

Scott
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Post by: eda1bulletc5 on September 04, 2012, 07:07:26 pm
Rode 2up with my sister along with an awesome meetup group in Santa Clarita, CA to Mt. Pinos and back through Ojai and then 126 E. Round trip was close to 230 miles. The route was all canyon riding and was a blast. RE C5 handled just fine with passenger and was fun to hear the big thumper thumping along happily!!  :)
Got around 72mpg...with gas price what it is, can't be anymore happy of taking 200+ miles trip!!
Now, got to give the RE C5 a good cleaning and some elbow rub and ride her to work all through the week!
I am happy camper with RE C5...
Got to give her a name... ;)

Here is the route;
http://goo.gl/maps/XUnEb (http://goo.gl/maps/XUnEb)

Some pictures!
http://www.meetup.com/North-Valley-Riders-Group/photos/all_photos/?photoAlbumId=10529892 (http://www.meetup.com/North-Valley-Riders-Group/photos/all_photos/?photoAlbumId=10529892)
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Post by: barenekd on September 04, 2012, 08:50:28 pm
That's a great ride!
I did the West of the 5 part of that with the BSA Club, a couple of months ago. Jack and I have done the Eastern side three or four times this year.
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: eda1bulletc5 on September 04, 2012, 09:35:16 pm
Hey Bare,
That was a nice ride for sure!!

I put this post and was about to ride back home; sat on the bike, put the side side up and then realized I needed to take the gloves from the bag at the back, but forgot that the side is up and leaned the bike and just dropped it with myself sitting on it!!...darn just a dumb thing to do!!!...I fell along with the bike and my leg got caught in between the bike and the ground!!...gas from the fuel tank was just gushing out...I am so mad at myself still!!...so stupid of me!! >:(
Got another colleague to help the bike standup; bike had couple of scratches on the front fender!!...what can say I was going to clean her this evening!!...
Rode it home everything is fine, except the feeling that I was so stupid to lay her down.

Should the fuel be coming out of the tank when the bike gets laid down? doesn't seem normal...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: motorat on September 04, 2012, 09:41:33 pm
if it is a california model check the charcol filter for gas....i heard it can fill up upon tip over.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on September 04, 2012, 11:56:04 pm
Ed, you won't be the first, or the last, to do that! Welcome to the club. I've had a few of those Terminal Cases of Dumb Ass. And know several others, too.
Do you still have the can on it?
 Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: GlennF on September 05, 2012, 12:02:28 am

Should the fuel be coming out of the tank when the bike gets laid down? doesn't seem normal...

It does on mine. I think those flip caps are vented to the open air (unless you live in California).

Consider Engine bars.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: eda1bulletc5 on September 05, 2012, 12:08:10 am
Hey Bare,
Yeah, I hope I don't do it anymore...still gulping in the site of gas all over the parking lot and the bike down...grrr!

Yes, the charcoal can is still on it.

Do I have to do anything with it as motorat also mentioned it can fill up upon tip over?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: eda1bulletc5 on September 05, 2012, 12:09:32 am
@Glen: Yes this C5 is a California model. You right I should probably put in a crash guard

Thanks.
Sajiv
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: TWinOKC on September 05, 2012, 04:38:47 am
Sajiv,

Looks like a nice ride, thanks for sharing the pics.

I dropped mine in the garage before, nothing hurt, some little scratches, spilled gas.  Its all good. :) :)

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Post by: gremlin on September 06, 2012, 07:50:51 pm
speaking of gas ......   it seems like I'm seeing the pump every other day lately .......  Been having fun running around town !
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Fido on September 06, 2012, 08:28:29 pm
I used to nip out as it was getting dark to fit in 6 holes of golf before the light finally went. Just popped the rubbish out for collection and couldn't resist the temptation to have a few miles round my New Forest village as the sun was setting. Sad?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Jack Leis on September 06, 2012, 08:30:44 pm
Fido, completely understandable.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on September 06, 2012, 11:45:28 pm
Quote
Do I have to do anything with it as motorat also mentioned it can fill up upon tip over?

I took mine off before I had a chance to fill it up. The little vent tube goes down that way, and I have had that leak a time to two and the bike wasn't even down. The tank was just too full to sit on the side stand.
It's easy enough to take off, I think it's just one screw. So if you want to  see if anything is in it, check it. then you could kinda forget to put it back on!
Bare
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Post by: motorat on September 07, 2012, 02:16:28 am
mine fell off too.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: BRADEY on September 07, 2012, 04:44:51 am
What are you doing Guys ? RE is just a minimoto.........how come you are dropping it just like that. I can understand a one off case riding it and trying to scrape the "fixed" foot pegs but just like that ???? Is she making you weak in the knees  ;)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: boggy on September 07, 2012, 03:39:28 pm
I have a center-stand, but I don't fill up my tank all the way on my AVL or gas will leak out just cornering.  I've got a handful of these cork-gaskets from NField gear that work pretty good and I put a fresh one on in Spring.  3 gallons is the tip-top most I'll put in if I've run on reserve for a few miles but I usually do about 2.7/2.8 gallons per fill up.

(I looked on the site for them but couldn't find them... I've only phone-ordered them).
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Post by: gremlin on September 07, 2012, 06:34:07 pm
???? Is she making you weak in the knees  ;)

yep, and numb in the nads too......
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Post by: barenekd on September 07, 2012, 06:40:29 pm
I dropped mine the second day I had it. I was stopping at a stop sign and my pants cuff got hung up on the shifter or foot peg. I couldn't get my foot down and over I went. Put a little ding in my gas tank where the switch box got into it.
Bate
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gremlin on September 07, 2012, 06:40:59 pm
On my way to work this morning .....  7 miles down the road the engine just dies on me (at 65 mph) and I had to negotiate my way across 2 lanes of morning text'ers to find the shoulder.....

After a few calm works beginning with F.  I noticed the engine lamp was not lit, and, did not light-up when I turned the key off-on-off-on-off-on-off-on-off-on   (more calm F words).

yep..... kicked the sidestand out & back in and she fired right up.

I know what I'm doing this weekend !
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: BRADEY on September 07, 2012, 06:58:04 pm
yep..... kicked the sidestand out & back in and she fired right up.
I know what I'm doing this weekend !

that smart safety features look plain stupid to me, and ironically full of "gremlins" ;)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: FiRE Comms on September 07, 2012, 07:00:16 pm
It only takes a sec to unplug the switch, why wait till the weekend...
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Post by: Ducati Scotty on September 07, 2012, 07:13:39 pm
that smart safety features look plain stupid to me, and ironically full of "gremlins" ;)

If you can't get it starte you can't crash.  Best safety feature ever!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on September 07, 2012, 07:13:51 pm
It only takes a sec to unplug the switch, why wait till the weekend...

+1
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Post by: motorat on September 07, 2012, 08:21:43 pm
rode to work.
the bike is finally loosening up and feels better at 65mph.
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Post by: The Garbone on September 07, 2012, 10:25:45 pm
After work I took my scoot over and picked up my new Monkey, Springer Charlie the jack russell terrier.    He did good on the ride home.

(http://www.enfieldmotorcycles.com/forum/gallery/medium_1012-070912162227.jpeg) (http://www.enfieldmotorcycles.com/forum/index.php?action=gallery;sa=view;id=4028)

He is a 2 year old stray I got from the pound.  Seems very cool so far and the wife loves him.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: boggy on September 07, 2012, 11:03:15 pm
After work I took my scoot over and picked up my new Monkey, Springer Charlie the jack russell terrier.    He did good on the ride home.
He is a 2 year old stray I got from the pound.  Seems very cool so far and the wife loves him.

You are a Saint, Mr. Garbone.  I mean that sincerely, and whole-hardheartedly.  Thanks for giving an old(er) dog a good home.  He looks like a cool dude!  You think you can find goggles his size?
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Post by: Arizoni on September 07, 2012, 11:24:34 pm
He looks kinda worried right now but after he's figured it out he will be telling the other dogs he sees, "Ya Dude!  You have to sit in a car and your lucky if you can poke your nose out the window.
I'm right out there in the wind and loving it!  Neener neener neener!"
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Post by: The Garbone on September 07, 2012, 11:33:00 pm
The medium ones I have fit him ok, a bit large.   I will be looking on fleabay for a smaller set.

(http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h165/thegarbone/1995%20RE%20500/AC47FFB3-146D-4FC5-9F3F-110D114915B4-2224-0000077B6325ADAF.jpg)

He was skittish until we got about 100ft down the road,  then he was an old hand standing up and looking into the wind.   
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Post by: motorat on September 07, 2012, 11:37:50 pm
fantastic co-pilot.
congrats on the new addition.
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Post by: Ducati Scotty on September 08, 2012, 12:06:47 am
Nice color match to the bike too ;)
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Post by: Pauly on September 09, 2012, 01:06:53 am
replaced a broken speedo cable(thanks singh for the vidja(video)) and installed the luggage rack, 

rack was a bit of a pain, it wasn't quite true, but a little ratchet strap clamping action and careful sequence of bolt tightening put it right. 2 trips to the hardware store, one to replace the cheesy file i had with a proper one, one for a lock nut. one of the bolts in the seat was run into a nut that was tack welded on, was being the key word word, so I decided to get a lock nut for it.

now to decide on some sort of luggage option, considering building boxes this winter. i love sheet aluminum and rivets ;) or a wooden box to set on top

and suggestions on saddle bags is appreciated, big and simple win over small and fancy anyday

hope all are well.

Pauly
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on September 09, 2012, 02:05:13 am
took my B5 to the "closest" dealer for it's first service.  Left the house with 280 miles, returned with 475.  All's well!  I envy you guys and gals who are reasonably close to your professionals!

My bike is beating my back senseless!  I eased the rear shocks all the way, but still!  I plan to install a sprung solo seat, hopefully that will help...

And, whoever said because the B5 is the original Bullet frame it's the best choice for accessories and add-ons: huh?  At NField Gear, nothing fits.  I want a rack to mount behind a solo seat; they say the only one that they have that fits is the black powder-coated rig that comes with a removable seat pad (which I don't want) for $150.  Maybe I'll have to go abroad for stuff - seems a shame...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: wildbill on September 09, 2012, 04:37:02 am
for starters - get yourself a set of hagon rear shocks and get a motor trimmer to re-pack your original solo seat with sofeter foam.
these worked for me and no more sore back
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gremlin on September 09, 2012, 03:24:51 pm
......... now to decide on some sort of luggage option, considering building boxes this winter. i love sheet aluminum and rivets ;) or a wooden box to set on top ..........

I *really* like the idea of a wooden box on the rear luggage carrier !   Something constructed with dove-tail joints and exposed dowels for hinge would be awesome !  Maybe the sides drop down to increase the horizontal surface of the rear rack ........   

I feel the need for a session with vellum & pencils !!!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Pauly on September 09, 2012, 04:14:00 pm
i was planning to drop the sides as well, my ultimate goal is something large enough to hold a pizza, and have given thoughts to incorporating cup holderes into the front. as i just bought a new used router dovetails are definitely on the ticket, now to just dig through local craftsmans scraps piles til i find some nice contrasting woods
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on September 09, 2012, 05:10:51 pm
An RE designed to carry a pizza and two beers?  I don't know about you but for me that has just replaced the coming cafe bike as mos desired model.

Scott
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Post by: The Garbone on September 09, 2012, 06:14:03 pm
Pizza and beer, that sir is why I got a sidecar.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gremlin on September 09, 2012, 06:14:35 pm
i was planning to drop the sides as well, my ultimate goal is something large enough to hold a pizza, and have given thoughts to incorporating cup holderes into the front. as i just bought a new used router dovetails are definitely on the ticket, now to just dig through local craftsmans scraps piles til i find some nice contrasting woods

Please share your progress !
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Post by: Pauly on September 09, 2012, 07:16:33 pm
will do, it'll be winter before i get going on it, but here in montana winters only weeks away

oh, and the cup holder is actually for ice cream ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: FiRE Comms on September 09, 2012, 08:49:14 pm
busy day today, washed the mud off, and lubed chain and cables...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: REdmonton on September 10, 2012, 12:26:15 am
Went for a ride on the local ring road (though it only partially completed so it is a broken ring). Wound the bike up to 130 km/hr (80 mph). I had to duck down to get it there. It felt like I could have got it going faster with a more time and trust in my skills. It was amazingly stable at that speed no signs of wobbles or excessive vibration.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on September 10, 2012, 02:37:03 am
Jack and I went on a little ride over to Malibu today, the site of some of our favorite roads. We were both kinda beat for a variety of reasons and our riding wasn't the championship level at which we usually perform we've done. But we cheated death again and will return for more. We did get a lot of good riding in and hit the majority of good roads and I even introduced him to one or two he hadn't been on. I kept missing turnoffs and we'd have to turn around and go back and I just wasn't particularly smooth today.
I had a bit of an excuse as I had to take my wife on a six hour tour of some of of our finest riding sites as she's always complaining I never take her anywhere. The whole ride was so her daughters could fix up the house for her surprise birthday party. We went on Lower Big Tujunga, Bouquet Cyn, Spunky Cyn and I took her to lunch at the Rock Inn on Elizabeth Lake Road, Not to be confused with the Rock Store on Mulholland, but it is another biker hangout.
Anyway, I guess she had no idea what the roads were like that we habituate. She thought it all looked dangerous and all these other weird things women come up with, abut I said, "ya know, We've been together 17 years and have I ever failed to come home from a bike ride? And I did that for 35 years before that. Methinks thouest worries too much! I have a better chance of busting my ass in the shower as on the bike!"
But, at any rate I got her back in time for the party which lasted far after I wanted to go to bed as I had to get up at 4:30 for the Italian GP at 4:30 AM and meet Jack at 8 AM.
I did meet JayBoy3775 at Neptune's Net, a biker hangout in Malibu. He's got a blue C5. We didn't get to talk long but did get a chance to check out each others bikes.
Anyway, the ride netted us about 230 miles and I got 75 MPG from filling up just before we started the mountain riding until I got home. God I love this beast!
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gremlin on September 10, 2012, 01:12:39 pm
Yesterday adjusted my chain, notch #3 in the snail @ 2800 miles (4500 km).   I'll be lubing it tonite immediately after I get home from the commute.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: squire on September 10, 2012, 10:38:33 pm
Installed Hitchcock EFI, iridium plug, lubed chain, did a bit of work on the wiring, test ride.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on September 11, 2012, 06:43:47 pm
Finally lubed the clutch cable after 2+ years?  What was I waiting for anyway?  It took about 2 minutes and didn't even get my work clothes dirty.  It made a little difference but not much.  I guess those little rubber boots on the ends of the cable are really doing their job.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on September 11, 2012, 11:01:11 pm
It's a beautiful day., temps in the 70s, nice high overcast, so I took a little put out to the shop to see what's happening. Not much, they did sell another Enfield over the last week. The guy, an older gentleman has just bought his first bike. Lives in LA.
It's my 100 mile loop. Good ride, Great day, Just grins.
I did lube the chin when I got back since I forgot to Sunday.
Riding the Bullet just cures what ails me. Great therapy!
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Roch48 on September 12, 2012, 02:13:32 am
Bought these, just one of many more parts I want to fit.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-BLACK-LEATHER-HARLEY-STYLE-SADDLE-SEATS-TRIUMPH-ROYAL-ENFIELD-ECspares-/261072944684?pt=Motorcycles_Parts_Accessories&hash=item3cc928fe2c&vxp=mtr

Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: motorat on September 12, 2012, 03:36:28 am
i will be intrested to hear how they feel...i was looking at the single seat in brown for my c5 mil.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on September 12, 2012, 04:18:53 am
+1, let us know how they work out.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on September 12, 2012, 05:16:04 pm
Fixed the stuff that my authorized Royal Enfield mechanic messed up, checked and adjusted what he didn't check and adjust.

Ordered some stuff - solo seat, luggage rack, bar-end mirrors, 7" headlight.  Good thing, since on my ride to work this morning the low beam failed - flickered for awhile, then died for good.  Rode with the high-beam on after that - nobody seemed to mind, as the high beam points off into space somewhere.   I'm doubtful that it's the bulb, but will check the bulb, switch and wiring...
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Post by: Hobbydad on September 12, 2012, 08:00:52 pm
Rode to the local vintage bike night yesterday and saw this beautiful Enfield.

(http://img717.imageshack.us/img717/831/img1369la.jpg)
(http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/7873/img1370fs.jpg)
(http://img690.imageshack.us/img690/6613/img1371xk.jpg)
(http://img833.imageshack.us/img833/1338/img1372cq.jpg)
(http://img201.imageshack.us/img201/4610/img1373ru.jpg)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on September 12, 2012, 10:32:37 pm
Looks like a Series II, 1969 or 1970 Interceptor 750.

Good looking bike!  Just like the one they should be building in India soon. (I hope) :)
(Are you guys at Royal Enfield reading this???)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Rob Vespa on September 12, 2012, 11:21:28 pm
That's beautiful.  I like the gauges/housing.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Hobbydad on September 12, 2012, 11:52:45 pm
I figured it was an Interceptor, and he had 1970 plates on it. It was done right, every detail was perfect, and it sounded awesome. I was drooling on it, lol. Oh yeah, and the guy that rides the '47 Enfield was there again too. Nice local meet up.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Roch48 on September 13, 2012, 12:47:13 am
+1, let us know how they work out.

Scott

Will do, has anyone ordered from them before?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: GlennF on September 13, 2012, 12:52:50 am
The oil system on that Interceptor does not exactly look stock.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on September 13, 2012, 01:01:05 am
But it does look trick :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on September 15, 2012, 05:05:06 pm
Nuthin'---too damn hot, 109 yesterday, Hotter today. Poor bastards in IRL have a race in Fontana today. Even hotter out there!
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: BRADEY on September 15, 2012, 07:01:53 pm
I was simply bowled over by the drum brake cooling management  :P
Fin on the front end and holes at the back to allow cool air to pass.....
Finest british engineering.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: squire on September 15, 2012, 10:46:49 pm
I was simply bowled over by the drum brake cooling management  :P
Fin on the front end and holes at the back to allow cool air to pass.....
Finest british engineering.

Looks identical to the front drum brake on my Norton.


(http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w98/feliz_bucket/HPIM0133.jpg)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Hobbydad on September 16, 2012, 11:26:33 am
Exhaust looks identical too.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Hobbydad on September 17, 2012, 03:28:53 pm
What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?

Proably totaled it :(
Sunday was an all clubs ride/show in Stockbridge, Michigan. I rode with a freind of mine to Ypsilanti for a meet up at Cafe Racer, and we headed out with the first group of 20 or so bikes. They where all pushing the limits of their bikes and the roads, so I hung at the back of the pack with my friend and his V-strom.

We where going down some senic back roads, and where 8 miles outside of Stockbridge when I apparently had a hard crash. My friend said we came over a hill and one of the pack riders had lost control and crashed ahead of us. I tried to swerve around him, or his bike, and ended up loosing mine at around 40-50 mph. He said after the bike and I rolled a few times I came to a stop in a soft dirt berm. He ran over to me to see if I was ok, and he said I jumped right up and told him "Yeah, I'm good".

We picked up both bikes, pushed them off of the road, and went to the other rider, who looked to be in bad shape. By this time a few of the other guys where heading back to see if they could help. My friend said when they arrived I went back to my bike, dropped my tool pack and started checking the damage. When he walked over to me I had a perplexed look on my face and asked him "What the hell happened?". He grabbed on of the paramedics, told them I had also went down hard, and they took me and the other rider to the hospital.

Up to this point I have no memory of anything from 15 minutes or so before the crash, to being in the ambulance with the other rider. I don't know how I crashed, how we got the bikes out of the road into a local driveway, how I removed my glasses, helmet, pack, or coat. My friend has a picture of me standing next to the bikes with a tool in my hand, and I have no memory of it what-so-ever.

I had just purchased an Arai RX-Q, and was breaking it in on this ride. It looked like, from the condition of the damaged helmet, that it saved my life. I had hit the back of my head hard enough on impact to suffer a concusion, and loose nearly an hour of memory. It was and probably will always be the best $500 I have ever spent.

As for other injuries, I'm stiff but ok. I have a follow-up appointment later this week, and I'm taking a few days off until then. The other rider suffered a broken collar bone, a few broken ribs, and a bruised lung.

I have to track down the bike and have my insurance company look at it, but i'm sure it's totaled. If I can get some pics I'll post them.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: The Garbone on September 17, 2012, 03:35:28 pm
Glad your well enough to be posting.   Good on the helmet.   Yikes.

Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gremlin on September 17, 2012, 04:04:29 pm
.......................... Up to this point I have no memory of anything from 15 minutes or so before the crash, to being in the ambulance with the other rider. I don't know how I crashed, how we got the bikes out of the road into a local driveway, how I removed my glasses, helmet, pack, or coat. My friend has a picture of me standing next to the bikes with a tool in my hand, and I have no memory of it what-so-ever....................


It's called  PTSD  ( Post Traumatic Stress Disorder )

In extreme stress environments your brain is under the influence of a number of naturally produced drugs ......  your brain just mis-filed the experience in your memory.   The pieces will begin to return when triggered by other memories.

try to carry a small notebook and write down what you are doing/thinking about when you have the first glimmer of memory about this event re-surface.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Jack Leis on September 17, 2012, 04:26:06 pm
Sorry for your misfortune Hobbydad. Thank God you were wearing a good helmet.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Fido on September 17, 2012, 04:31:00 pm
Rode 15 miles to test drive a new Triumph Boneville. The Bonnie is obviously a bigger more powerful bike. Easy up to and beyond 60mph. Whizzed past someone doing around 45mph for a change. Once I got to 60mph had no desire to go any faster because of wind buffeting. Rode home on my Classic EFI even more happy with it. Wondering what the point would be of getting a more powerful bike that enables me to overtake and ride at speeds I don't feel comfortable at. So a second bike remains as elusive as ever for me.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gremlin on September 17, 2012, 04:51:29 pm
FIDO-

with a larger bike you can burn more carbon more quickly !
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on September 17, 2012, 05:55:37 pm
I was going to ride Glendora Mountain/Ridge today, but the road is closed still from a forest fire up There a couple of weeks ago. Sux!
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on September 17, 2012, 07:23:39 pm
your brain just mis-filed the experience in your memory.   The pieces will begin to return when triggered by other memories.

Maybe, but don't be sure about that.  I've had 6 or so concussions and there are two where I just lost about an hour of time each.  Just gone.  Can't remember anything at all from a short while before to a while after despite my friends telling me what happened repeatedly.   And in one I somehow manage to ride my bicycle home over a mile.

The fact that you popped right up was probably adrenaline.  Glad you are OK and on the mend.  The memory loss means you rang your bell pretty hard.  Take it easy for a while and head your doctor's advice.  That trashed helmet is worth every penny you spent.

Hey, how can your bike be totalled?  Half the parts off it are still sitting in your garage ;) 

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on September 17, 2012, 07:55:00 pm
Boggy,
I'm certainly glad you're OK, or at least, not all busted up. Get well soon, guy.
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Hobbydad on September 17, 2012, 08:00:00 pm
Scott,
 That is true about the parts, if they do total it I'm going to try and buy it back. Worst case I will have a hell of a garage sale for someone here to take advantage of. Got a bit of good news today from the insurance company, they're covering my helmet loss :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on September 17, 2012, 08:37:51 pm
Glad to hear they are covering the helmet.  They may cover other gear too if it was damaged, most do. 

If you plan on buying it back remember, bent frames are no fun to fix.  If it took a good tumble take the check, sell the parts, and start over.  Just my opinion.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on September 17, 2012, 08:46:09 pm
The Insurance company should cover any accessories you have on it, too.
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Hobbydad on September 17, 2012, 09:46:44 pm
Yeah, a bent frame and forks is what I'm afraid of. I haven't seen the bike, but my friend told me it tumbled 4-5 times. He said the left bar bent around and crushed the tank, and the 7" headlight and bezel where missing or destroyed, so I know it's probably extensive. If they do total it, and I do buy it back, it'll only be for the salvageable parts, nothing more.

Edit: When my buddy gave me my keys back today I saw that the bike key was bent over almost to the point of breaking off, not a good sign.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on September 17, 2012, 09:56:41 pm
A tank ding and a scratched muffler with a few other parts totalled my Ducati Monster, the tank alone costs $1800 to replace.  Tell whoever estimates it to check for frame cracks and bends and the same on the fork.  I'm pretty sure just the parts you already mentioned and the labor would total it.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: jartist on September 17, 2012, 11:07:33 pm
I'm glad you're ok hobby! That's scary stuff! I may have to rethink my half-helmet.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: trimleyman on September 17, 2012, 11:26:01 pm
Hobbydad. Glad to hear you walked away from that one. With luck your memory will return. Had a hard wreck back in '72 , for more than 4 months I had no clue how it happened. Which resulted in a careless driving conviction (this was in the UK), can't defend yourself if all you remember is leaving town and awaking in the hospital and a very fuzzy image of PC plod in the ambulance asking me if I was ok. Now I remember 90% of the events including demolishing the wood and cement bench seat at the side of the highway (me not the bike). But like me your first concern was your bike , we are strange creatures are we not , us bikers?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on September 17, 2012, 11:41:20 pm
Hobbydad
Glad your OK after your misfortune and thankful that your new helmet did its job.

I still have my old Arai helmet with the forward area above my left eye ground off by the pavement just to remind me of the thousands of miles of riding we did and then it doing its job of keeping me in one piece.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: motorat on September 18, 2012, 12:08:04 am
just got back to the forum after the weekend.

glad to hear you are ok and the helmet did it's job.
sorry about the bike it looked like you were about done with your mods and the bike was really shaping up.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Hobbydad on September 18, 2012, 12:17:30 am
I planned on keeping my helmet too as a reminder. It looks perfect from the front until you turn it around and see the back. Deep gouges into the shell, and the upper rear vents are destroyed.

The owner at the Cafe Racer shop offered to do the appraisal if the insurance company didnt do it correctly, I know he would at least get it right with all the aftermarket parts, ect.. He even offered to tow it to his shop for me. Very nice group of guys up there.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: JVS on September 18, 2012, 12:51:57 am
Damn. Sorry to hear about that, Hobbydad. Glad to see you're doing well. Good luck with your health and also the bike.

@jartist
That's why I bought a full-face helmet, you never know what is going to happen. :/ Safety first.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: The_Rigger on September 18, 2012, 02:10:25 am
That's why I bought a full-face helmet, you never know what is going to happen.

+1

Glad to read you survived more-or-less intact, Hobbydad. Bikes can always be fixed or replaced. Skulls? Not nearly as easily...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Hobbydad on September 18, 2012, 04:50:37 am
Yeah, when I was talking with my kids and explaining that my new helmet was toast, they asked if I was upset. I told them if anyone that ever crashed without a helmet was asked, "Would you pay $500 to have your brains back?", they would all gladly reply "Yes!". As I said before, it was the best $500 I've ever spent.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: GlennF on September 18, 2012, 06:03:45 am
I'm glad you're ok hobby! That's scary stuff! I may have to rethink my half-helmet.

I tend to only wear my open face around town, where if anything the extra visibility could be a safety bonus, and i am rarely doing more than 25 - 30 mph.

One important point with an open face is NEVER wear cheap sunglasses or goggles that will shatter when hit by a flying rock or in a fall. its not worth digging glass/plastic fragments out of your eyes just to look cool. Wear protective eye gear that actually protects.

On the open road and highway I am inclined to wear the full face. Firstly its more practical in terms of wind noise and cold. Secondly when things do go wrong at 60-70 mph you will probably need all the protection you can get.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on September 18, 2012, 06:31:20 pm
Glenn, I respect the right of each rider to make their own choices on what level of risk they choose to take on when they ride BUT even at 25-30mph face vs. asphalt only ends one way.  If you want to wear an open face helmet that's totally your choice, but please be aware of the risk you are taking.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: motorat on September 18, 2012, 06:57:13 pm
i am a msf rider coach.
we had a female in class lock up the front wheel going about 5 mph and do a face plant. she carved up the left side of the helmet, mid face shield to about where her ear was, petty good. if she was not wearing her full face helmet and leather jacket she would have been scarred...luckily he was uninjured...except for a couple of bruises.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gremlin on September 18, 2012, 11:12:01 pm
..................face vs. asphalt only ends one way. .............


Amen, brother.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: eda1bulletc5 on September 19, 2012, 06:46:50 pm
Hobbydad,
Glad to know that you are ok and came out of it without much injuries - it is pretty scary to realize what you went through. The motorbike, helmet and rest of the accessories can be replaced any time; also good to know that you have a good shop to verify the insurance company's assessment.
All this while (put about 6000 miles on RE) I have been riding with an open face (Fulmer) with Visor. I am going to get a good full face helmet (even though it doesn't match well the RE style) and even if it costs around half a grand. Will get one for my wife too as we do 2 up riding quite often. Not sure which model that would match RE's vintage look and yet be full face...

I hope the other rider is ok and out of danger.

Take it easy and have a good day!

Be safe

Sajiv
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Roch48 on September 19, 2012, 08:43:57 pm
(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-1hSqHNeuw2Q/UFof2mYlVaI/AAAAAAAAAE0/jQCH0l6ZxCA/w497-h373/2012-09-19)

Finished mounting up the saddle and pillion I ordered. They went on fairly easily. I made a custom bracket for the front pivot (the one it came with is tall and ugly). The rear went on fairly easily as well. total holes drilled = 2.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on September 19, 2012, 09:45:55 pm
Quote
All this while (put about 6000 miles on RE) I have been riding with an open face (Fulmer) with Visor. I am going to get a good full face helmet (even though it doesn't match well the RE style) and even if it costs around half a grand.

There is no need to spend 1/2 Grand on a helmet. Most studies show that the high dollar helmets, ie Arai, Shoei, etc, (Snell Approved) do not offer any more protection than any other DOT approved helmet. In fact, some studies show that Snell approved helmets can actually cause more harm because they are more aimed at high speed crashes and not giving enough on low speed crashes. Snell is apparently backing off some of the limits that were on the '05 ratings as they made the helmets too hard.
I have owned them all but seem to have used the low end stuff when I really whacked my head, Nolan, AGV, which took good care of me in a couple of over the bar antics, one face plant, the Nolan, and one landing square on the head, the AGV. I have gotten off quite well just by having the helmet on. I don't think I have visibly damaged a helmet in any other get off other than a slight scratch, at most. I guess my butt weighs more than my head as that is where I usually end up sliding.
The worst head beating I ever took was with no helmet on with my head sticking out of a Bonanza door as I slid upside down down a freeway, thinking, "Where is my helmet when I really need it?!" Even a porridge pot would have saved my a few scars, however a fullface would have been nice.
At any rate a Bell Apex for a couple of hundred bucks will serve you well, if fit fits your head, as with many others in that price range. The biggest trick is to find one that fits you properly, whatever the price range. The biggest difference between the low cost and expensive stuff is the is the comfort and weight. But they are not all created equal, either. I found the Arai to be pretty heavy compared to the Shoei, the Bell fell somewhat in between. The upper level helmets tend to be put together a bit better as far as padding fit and such goes, and they generally maybe a little quieter. However, for $4 or 500 more, the difference isn't worth it. I would never buy an expensive helmet again. Besides they are a much bigger target for thieves.
At any rate, broaden your horizons, but don't totally discount the low priced spreads. They may impress you more than you think. I still have in my garage, a Shoei, Bell Apex, the one I wear if it's full face weather, Bell 500, HJC front flipping helmet, noisy and heavy,  a Fulmer open face, which is the one I usually wear, with goggles, and a Davida porridge pot, my favorite, an HCI porridge pot, horrible.
My personal choice for most riding is the Fulmer as it gives my more visibility than the full face helmet, and let vanity begin here, it fits teh bike. If I were riding some other nondescript motorcycle, I'd probably be wearing the Bell Apex or maybe the Shoei. It's lighter and quieter. And quite old.
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on September 19, 2012, 10:10:20 pm
+1.  Even the least expensive helmets give amazing protection, and sometimes better as already noted.  The key features of more expensive helmets that can make them worth more are better fit, comfort, and quiet.  Fit and comfort are mostly a subjective matter of how well you head fits that manfacturer's mold.  If a cheap models fits you well great, but higher end brands often offer several differently shaped models.  Quiet plays a huge role in reducing fatigue (and thereby increasing awareness) on longer rides.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on September 19, 2012, 10:13:18 pm
(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-1hSqHNeuw2Q/UFof2mYlVaI/AAAAAAAAAE0/jQCH0l6ZxCA/w497-h373/2012-09-19)

Finished mounting up the saddle and pillion I ordered. They went on fairly easily. I made a custom bracket for the front pivot (the one it came with is tall and ugly). The rear went on fairly easily as well. total holes drilled = 2.

How would you rate initial comfort for the rider's seat?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Roch48 on September 19, 2012, 10:33:24 pm
How would you rate initial comfort for the rider's seat?

Much better than my slimline solo seat, it hugs my bottom and is pretty soft. The springs that came with it were way to long so I used the original springs that came with the bike. I can't comment on the pillion, have to wait for the girlfriend to test it out.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on September 20, 2012, 12:07:06 am
With the weather getting nice I took a 40 mile ride under the pretext of getting my wife a birthday present.
I don't know about your neck of the woods but I find that riding between the hours of 9 and 11 AM  90 percent of the traffic is off the roads.  They're either at work or they haven't finished reading the morning paper.

As for helmets, I bought a HJC "CL 16" full face helmet just before I picked up my RE a year and a half ago.  It's DOT and SNELL rated polycarbonate.  With the visor shut or at its first click open it has no wind noise at any speed.  The vents work and most importantly the faceshield shows no signs of scratching after a year and a half of using it.
I was surprised at the low cost for this much quality.  I paid about $120 for it.
The only mod it needed was to remove the big ugly HJC sticker on the front and this was a peel off so no problems were noticed.
Being the dork that I am, I had to add my ROYAL ENFIELD decal on the back so folks would know what just passed them.  ;D

http://www.amazon.com/HJC-Helmets-CL-16-Helmet-Black/dp/B002RPFZ42
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on September 20, 2012, 12:48:20 am
Much better than my slimline solo seat, it hugs my bottom and is pretty soft. The springs that came with it were way to long so I used the original springs that came with the bike. I can't comment on the pillion, have to wait for the girlfriend to test it out.

It does look to have a profile/contour just like the custom foam I put over my stock seat, but much thinner top to bottom.  Keep us informed after you've had a few rides.  Thanks!

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on September 20, 2012, 11:30:16 am
As for helmets, I bought a HJC "CL 16" full face helmet just before I picked up my RE a year and a half ago.  It's DOT and SNELL rated polycarbonate.  With the visor shut or at its first click open it has no wind noise at any speed.  The vents work and most importantly the faceshield shows no signs of scratching after a year and a half of using it.
I was surprised at the low cost for this much quality.  I paid about $120 for it.

What's up with that?!?  No wind noise?  At any speed?  :o

I bought a full-face Shoie Qwest in the spring, paid about $350.  The vents work ok, I guess, but fogging is a real problem, so maybe they don't work so well!  It's very comfortable, so I don't mind wearing it - that's a good thing.  But the wind noise is just awful.  When the shield is fully closed, there's a kind of a dull roar anywhere above 30mph, which can be relieved by just cracking open the shield using a little lever on the side - turns the dull roar into a quieter whistle which so far I can stand better.  The vent positions don't affect the noise at all.  When I open the shield even one "click", the wind comes right into my eyes.  It comes right into my eyes regardless of how many clicks I open the shield.  Did I mention how the wind comes right into my eyes?

It's my first helmet, and there was no way I was buying one on line without trying it on.  Now I kind of feel committed...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Tri750 on September 20, 2012, 12:10:20 pm
What's up with that?!?  No wind noise?  At any speed?  :o

I bought a full-face Shoie Qwest in the spring, paid about $350.  The vents work ok, I guess, but fogging is a real problem, so maybe they don't work so well!  It's very comfortable, so I don't mind wearing it - that's a good thing.  But the wind noise is just awful.  When the shield is fully closed, there's a kind of a dull roar anywhere above 30mph, which can be relieved by just cracking open the shield using a little lever on the side - turns the dull roar into a quieter whistle which so far I can stand better.  The vent positions don't affect the noise at all.  When I open the shield even one "click", the wind comes right into my eyes.  It comes right into my eyes regardless of how many clicks I open the shield.  Did I mention how the wind comes right into my eyes?

It's my first helmet, and there was no way I was buying one on line without trying it on.  Now I kind of feel committed...

Spend less than 20.00 and get a "Fog City" insert. Fog problem over. The anti fog solutions wrk, but have to be reapplied every few days. Pin lock inserts are great but expensive. The Fog City and Pin lock both are easily scratched, but with care are worth it.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Tri750 on September 20, 2012, 12:27:03 pm
+1.  Even the least expensive helmets give amazing protection, and sometimes better as already noted.  The key features of more expensive helmets that can make them worth more are better fit, comfort, and quiet.  Fit and comfort are mostly a subjective matter of how well you head fits that manfacturer's mold.  If a cheap models fits you well great, but higher end brands often offer several differently shaped models.  Quiet plays a huge role in reducing fatigue (and thereby increasing awareness) on longer rides.

In helmets, like any safety gear, you get what you pay for. The upper-end helmets such as Arai, Shoei, Schuberth use much higher quality fiberglass that dissapates energy better and is much lighter. Better glass means they can also use less of it to meet and exceed the Snell or ECE standards instead of using layer after layer to meet the standard. Arai is one of the lightest made yet is 200% compliant to Snell. They do use extra layers in impact areas. Even the styrofoam liner is made to dissipate and deflect impact and energy. Fit, comfort and long life are normally byproducts of buying an upper end helmet, not the key features.
There are some very good mid price helmets out there such as HJC but if the budget allows......


Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on September 20, 2012, 03:16:12 pm
It'd not that there's no wind noise, there's just less with some.  A Foggy Respro keeps everything fog free.  I like mine do much I leave it in all year now.

And yes, pricy helmets are also usually lighter.  Helps with comfort and lowering fatigue.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Hobbydad on September 20, 2012, 05:26:55 pm
Well, I got a look at the bike yesterday. At first it looked better than I thought it would, but on closer inspection, it's probably going to be totaled.

The headlight & bezel are destroyed, as is the gas tank. The right hand side of the bars are bent down & back, damaging the brake lever & master cylinder.

The full Hitchcock's exhaust needs to be replaced, it pushed the pipe in to the frame hard enough for one of the engine mount bolts to go thru the pipe, and the mufflers bent up.

It looks like it drug down the right hand side scarring up the case cover. However it landed scarred up the top of the nachelle as well.

On the left side it flipped the rearset shifter completely backwards, without detaching itself from the gearbox. This worries me that a shaft or something else has broken internally. Definetly not a good sign. It also bent my 1/4" steel plate mount in a nice U shape.

I think the nail in the coffin though will be the frame. On the right side, where it appears the bike took the biggest hit, the rear of the frame is now in contact with the swing arm. It looks like it bent everything in a good 1/2" from the swing arm bolt back.

I'm waiting for a call from my agent, but I'm expecting the worst. I can't imagine it's worth trying to fix.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on September 20, 2012, 05:43:32 pm
Dude, that's done.  Sorry, but better to know now than half way through the rebuild.

Gather up your receipts for all the aftermarket goodies.  Many insurances will cover those as part of the price.

And some final advice: if they say it's borderline and you can total it or not, total it.  If it's borderline there will always be something you find half way through the rebuild that puts it over the edge.

Take the check, take a deep breath, and start over.  They should give you a decent settlement so it won't cost you much out of pocket to go again.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: motorat on September 21, 2012, 12:42:28 am
what DS said.
i crashed a bike and it was a coin flip if it was totaled. well i got them to fix it and it was never right.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Anon on September 21, 2012, 02:21:41 am
Glenn, I respect the right of each rider to make their own choices on what level of risk they choose to take on when they ride BUT even at 25-30mph face vs. asphalt only ends one way.  If you want to wear an open face helmet that's totally your choice, but please be aware of the risk you are taking.

Scott

I guess I must be crazy on the days I commute by bicycle.  It's not too hard to hit 30 to even 40 mph on the downhill parts (which Seattle has plenty of).  I wear a bicycle helmet of course, but I'd say it's far less protection than my typical in-city motorcycle gear of open face helmet, leather jacket, boots, and gloves.  We all accept a certain level of risk riding a motorcycle.  Someone could just as easily say to you "I respect your right to ride a motorcycle, BUT even at 20-30mph, car vs. motorcycle only ends one way."  Just saying....  :P

Eamon
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gremlin on September 21, 2012, 02:57:05 am
.........even at 20-30mph, car vs. motorcycle only ends one way."  Just saying....  :P

+2

been there, done that, Twice.   both times with helmet & leather.  I'm still ridin' !
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Lwt Big Cheese on September 21, 2012, 09:05:52 am
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I guess I must be crazy on the days I commute by bicycle.  It's not too hard to hit 30 to even 40 mph on the downhill parts (which Seattle has plenty of).  I wear a bicycle helmet of course, but I'd say it's far less protection than my typical in-city motorcycle gear of open face helmet, leather jacket, boots, and gloves.  We all accept a certain level of risk riding a motorcycle.  Someone could just as easily say to you "I respect your right to ride a motorcycle, BUT even at 20-30mph, car vs. motorcycle only ends one way."  Just saying....  :P

Eamon

I failed to find any evidence that a cycle helmet protects you for anything than a stationary topple over. Interesting eh?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Fogrunner on September 21, 2012, 11:55:41 am
Well, just let me say that, living in Philippines for the past several years, I have seen risks, and then some!! I live on a small island, and I usually wear shorts, Tee-shirt and flip-flips all the time while riding. However, I always wear my helmet. Now I know that some will say my atire is not appropriate, but whenever I leave the island and go further, meaning having to drive faster than 40kmh, I wear jeans, boots and gloves. Sometimes even a longsleeve shirt!! The locals always wear next to no protectipn, and seldom helmets!! There is a risk inherent to anything that is fun!!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: motorat on September 21, 2012, 04:26:29 pm
rode it to work today.
got a thumbs up from a passing car.
missed the heated grips on my vstrom.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on September 21, 2012, 04:40:07 pm
I have one Dr friend who says bicycle helmets don't do anything and another ER Dr friend who saw a woman bicyclist who slid on her face and lost all the flesh from her bottom lip to the base of her chin, just gone and nothing a bicycle helmet could help.  Having had six concussions growing up and having cracked three bicycle helmets so far, I'll keep wearing mine.  I also know a friend of a friend who got into a scooter accident at 15mph.  She spent a year learning to walk again and another learning to use her hands again.

As I said at the start, I respect each persons choice to accept their own level of risk, dress to their own level of protection.  Riding is inherently risky, even at very low speeds.  Just be aware of that.  Sure, 120mph is probably more risky than 12mph but even 12mph will kick your ass if you come off the bike the wrong way.  Be safe and acknowledge the risks, that's all I'm saying.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: JesterNT on September 21, 2012, 05:03:35 pm
Had a tire blow on the interstate at the end of an 1100 mile trip.  It was late on a Sunday evening and I dint want to leave my bike in the middle of nowhere. So in a pinch a C5 will fit in the back of a Ford Expedition  :P  Has anyone tried/like the hitch mount horizontal motorcycle carriers?

(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-i8t7_rhFxZo/UFyOoPZlHDI/AAAAAAAAIyU/jXaCugmCRII/w892-h669-p-k/615059_3721812360611_1677135112_o.jpg)

 
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: motorat on September 21, 2012, 05:20:47 pm
i would rather hitch mount han have that tire destroy my nice leather interrior.

a couple of my friends have them and like them. i have a small pick-up truck.

there is also the trailer in a bag thing.
http://trailerinabag.com/index.html
but it is $1100
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: jartist on September 22, 2012, 01:14:16 am
The enfield is the limit in those hitch mount trailers. Most people use them for dirt bikes which weigh a hundred pounds less than our bikes. I did sell a KLR to a guy that carried it away on one. A small trailer is easier and sturdier. The tongue weight of trailers is a fraction if the total trailer weight.  An enfields entire weight on a hitch is probably the equivalent of a medium travel trailer without a load leveler hitch.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: hillntx on September 22, 2012, 01:19:48 am
I have a Trailer-in-a-bag, I've used it in both the single and dual bike configurations.  It's a great trailer.  The only down side is sometimes it gets tedious putting it together, but the fact that you can disassemble it is it's biggest strength.  I hauled my 760 lbs. ST1300 on it with no issues; works great with Enfields.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on September 22, 2012, 09:51:36 pm
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I failed to find any evidence that a cycle helmet protects you for anything than a stationary topple over. Interesting eh?

Here's proof.
My bike endoed, pitchpoled to you catamaran racers, I went straight over the bars and landed square in the top of my head at about 60 mph.
He helmet pushed down into my collarbone giving it a bit of dislocation, my left hand hit the ground braking the bone to my little finger. My first thought was, Am I dead yet? Then I opened my eyes as I was sliding down the road and wondered, what am I going to it that's really going to smart?  My buddy picked up my toalled YZF1000R Yamaha, and pushed it off the road, then I got on my buddies Kawasaki and rode 50 miles home with him. Then I went to the hospital and got xrays and such. They gave me a sling for for my arm and told me to come back the next day, Monday, to get the handed casted. I dumped the sling and my next working day was Wednesday. I went to work.
I was an inch shorter after compressing my spine, but I've never had any problems with it over the last 13 years. No concussion, not even a headache! Helmets do work, just fortunately most of you never get the chance to find out!
I did a face plant on another over the bars excursion. Wiped out the front of the helmet and shield. Skinned up my arms and knees on that one as my ex-wife was riding my back as we slid down the road.
Without that helmet my head would have exploded like a punkin shot with a .44 Mag!
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Lwt Big Cheese on September 22, 2012, 09:57:32 pm
Cycle helmet, not motor cycle helmet.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on September 22, 2012, 10:19:55 pm
Jazzed up my B5 with 7-inch headlight and visor, bar-end mirrors, solo seat.  Looks and rides good!!!

Also, I changed the shift lever slightly:  I couldn't find a good position where my shoe didn't get caught up.  I took the rubber cover right off, and replaced it with some heat-shrink tubing.  The tubing is mostly for looks, I guess, since it doesn't seem to add any grip, and I'm not sure how long it will last, but I sure like shifting without that big rubber blob under my foot...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on September 22, 2012, 10:23:23 pm
Oh, Today Jack, Steve and I went to the Irwindale, aka La Mirada, Bike show and Swap Meet. Did see a lot of great bikes, many extremely rare, and saw a few Enfield bits in the swap meet including a Fury head. Only $2000! The ride over and back was about 70 miles of freeway. The weather was lot more forgiving than it has been for the last several weeks, and actually made the ride quite nice. Wish y'all coulda been there!
A couple of my favorites attached
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gremlin on September 22, 2012, 10:42:57 pm
........... my ex-wife was riding my back as we slid down the road........

Universal truth, that !
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Desi Bike on September 23, 2012, 01:38:27 am
'Mary rode Joseph's ass all the way to Bethlehem'

Its been going on since before Jesus was born!  ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: motorat on September 23, 2012, 03:41:20 am
did the british singles ride.....report in the ride section
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on September 23, 2012, 11:57:30 pm
Took a ride close to home... went to the Owls Head (Maine) Transportation Museum to see the Model A club (over 100 cars and trucks visiting), but they were all there yesterday.  Still had a nice time wandering around, and the director (who I've known for a long time) wants me to come back in 2 weeks for the big international auto show to do a comparitive display using my bike side-by-side with their 1922 Royal Enfield.  Could be fun...

http://www.ohtm.org/1922enfield.html
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Jack Leis on September 24, 2012, 01:48:28 am
 Mattsz, how did the new seat feel ?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: idk on September 24, 2012, 02:01:00 am
I took a ride out to the Union Hotel, an historical outdoor biker bar complete with band. The Enfield got lots of attention, and I think the "55RE" licence plate got a lot of them confused. Is it wrong to have that on a Military G5?  ;) About 120 mile round trip and a pleasant day.

On the subject of helmets, a couple on months ago I collapsed (de-hydrated) and hit my head on the concrete. I was unconscious for an hour, got 13 staples in my head, a chunk of concussion, and a couple of days in hospital. That was from a speed of zero mph and standing up. I imagine that it would hurt a bit more coming off a bike at speed.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on September 24, 2012, 02:56:25 am
Mattsz, how did the new seat feel ?

Hi Jack-  I really like the springs on the new seat.  The original dual seat was very hard and transferred every bump right into my back.  With the sprung seat (coil springs supporting the frame, and longitudinal springs supporting the cover, it's more of a gentle bounce and I don't have to rise up completely off the seat to absorb the bigger jolts.

That said, I'm going to give it some more time, but I think I may try to supplement the padding.  I don't have much natural cushioning, and I think there's some odd pressure points coming from the spring network - there's only a thin layer of some sort of felt between the springs and the cover.  I'm interested in Garbone's suggestion of a "Conformax" gel pad:

http://www.enfieldmotorcycles.com/forum/index.php/topic,9416.msg106781.html#msg106781

The site I found says that it's 1 inch thick; I wonder how it can fit without modifying anything...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Jack Leis on September 24, 2012, 03:15:22 am
Mattsz, I might give the seat a try. I had ordered a Classic Comfort Solo Seat from Nfield Gear thru my dealer over 4 months ago and am still waiting. When they open on Tuesday I will have them change the order to a seat like yours. The gel pad sounds like icing on the cake. The long rides Bare and I go on are just too much for my big ass and the stock seat. I really like the look of yours. Thanks for the information !
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: JVS on September 24, 2012, 04:22:01 am
Decided to swap the badges with 'Enfield' ones for the time being.  :o I like them at this stage  :D

The last pic shows the oil well below the minimum mark, but I hadn't started it since yesterday, and it was on the side stand for a while.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on September 24, 2012, 12:12:11 pm
Mattsz, I might give the seat a try. I had ordered a Classic Comfort Solo Seat from Nfield Gear thru my dealer over 4 months ago and am still waiting. When they open on Tuesday I will have them change the order to a seat like yours. The gel pad sounds like icing on the cake. The long rides Bare and I go on are just too much for my big ass and the stock seat. I really like the look of yours. Thanks for the information !

Jack - is the Classic Comfort Solo Seat the one that mounts directly to the frame, without the coil springs?  Just wondering.  I wish I lived near you guys, so you could just try it out!

You ride a G5, n'est pas?  As for the "old-fashioned" seat - according to the NField Gear site, "If you are installing this on a G5 please select the ELECTRA version".  If I were you, I'd call and speak to Tim directly to make sure you get the right parts.  The Old-Fashioned seat came with the brackets shown in the photo on the NFG site, which fit the B5, mostly.  See photo 1 below, and note the cracks in the paint where the front of the bracket bent to conform under the seat mounting nut.

The Deluxe seat came with another bracket altogether (see photo 2 below), which didn't fit my bike at all.  I tried to fit that seat first, using that bracket, and it made no sense at all.  Turns out the smaller brackets that came with the other seat worked on both seats.

Now that I'm having trouble fitting a rack that's supposed to fit my bike, I'm concerned that I need yet a different bracket.  But that's another story... (http://www.enfieldmotorcycles.com/forum/index.php/topic,15273.0.html)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on September 24, 2012, 06:14:02 pm
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Took a ride close to home... went to the Owls Head (Maine) Transportation Museum to see the Model A club (over 100 cars and trucks visiting), but they were all there yesterday.

When I was up there in May, I wanted to go that museum, but we never made it that far north. We tried the Well's Automotive museum but it wasn't opening for the season until the day after we were leaving. We drove by it as we were looking for the Triple D endorsed Maine Diner in Wells. Wasn't really terribly impressed with the diner.
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Jack Leis on September 24, 2012, 07:55:49 pm
Mattsz, with the hardware problem your having with your seats and rack and the long wait for my seat , I'm having second thoughts about using Nfield Gear at all. I'm considering going thru Hitchcocks. Ive never had a problem with them and they really know what they are doing. With Hitchcocks at least you get the right stuff, they don't mislead you with false delivery dates and their fast. It's just the shipping that's a killer!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: The Garbone on September 24, 2012, 10:54:30 pm
Both my bikes have the classic seat (neither from NField gear). One I bought NField gears brackets as shown in your picture and the other I fabbed my own.  Both were irregular and did not line up 100% with the brackets, drilling and such was required.

I also bought the some jell pads for both seats.  Just took off the cover and put the pad over the springs and cover.

They just take some work to get right.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: jartist on September 25, 2012, 01:51:52 am
The other option would be to walk into a store that handles classic brit bike parts and get an old Norton or BSA lycett-style saddle and fab up your own mounting system.  I saw one at Raber's that was for a Norton ES2 that was really nice looking.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Jack Leis on September 25, 2012, 01:56:07 am
Changed my oil, all ready to go on an early ride tomorrow then found out I have to report for Jury Service instead. Poop
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on September 25, 2012, 08:01:51 pm
Removed my left side cover to see how the electrical things were doing.

Everything was happy and the short clear vinyl tubing I installed over some of the wires is doing its job.  Several of them showed slight skuffing where they had been rubbing against metal parts.

I also came eyes to eyes with a large black widow spider under the flap that covers the top of my battery.
She was one of the largest black widows I've seen around here, almost 2 inches from tip toe to tip toe.
Needless to say, she is no longer and her web has been removed. :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on September 25, 2012, 10:15:58 pm
I also came eyes to eyes with a large black widow spider under the flap that covers the top of my battery.

Right under your seat!!!  Hold on, here come the jokes! ;)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Jack Leis on September 25, 2012, 11:01:52 pm
If he was bitten on the ass Im afraid he would have to die !
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: motorat on September 25, 2012, 11:22:07 pm
either that or the spider would die.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on September 25, 2012, 11:26:34 pm
It does seem that things in the battery box tend to die.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Desi Bike on September 26, 2012, 12:32:41 am
Good luck funding someone to suck out the poison
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: JVS on September 26, 2012, 04:45:46 am
Replaced stock bulbs with LEDs from Superbrightleds.com

Good stuff.  :D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on September 26, 2012, 06:22:56 pm
Yesterday, I started out on what should've been about a 150 mile solo ride down to the Elsinore area, but about 50 miles down the road on Ortega Hwy, the beast just quit. I pulled to the side of the road in the emergency lane and pulled the battery cover off and started checking the wiring and fuses down there. I found a blown fuse,so just to make sure I stuck the spare in the holder. Turned the key on and that one went, too. I called AAA and ended up waiting for two hours or so to find my on a main highway! I was setting behind a tree in the shade, as I wasn't interested in getting two hours worth of sunburn and heat prostration, so the idiot saw the bike there, but not me, and turned around and left! He didn't even come up to the bike. I called AAA about ten minutes later as he wasn't there when he was supposed, and they told me he said he couldn't find me. I told them exactly where I was with 45'...again. "I am eastbound on the 74, Ortega Highway, about 200 feet past the Nichols Institute intersection light in the emergency lane." Can you get any clearer?
They called him to come back again and the idiot still turned up Nichols Institute road, then he called me from there. I told him I was on Ortega, not Nichols, then he told me, "Oh, I saw that bike down there, but you weren't there, so I want back." How many bikes does this loony think there are sitting in the road at that spot? He said the girl just gave him the intersection and the address to the Nichols Institute, she apparently didn't tell him the bike was on Ortega.
Anyway, we got the bike loaded and I got home about 4 hours after the bike expired.
So, today I get to look for a short. Pretty good idea where it is, but gotta find it and fix it.
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on September 26, 2012, 06:26:45 pm
Sounds like you already found one, between the driver's ears that is :)

Good luck with the other one.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: FiRE Comms on September 27, 2012, 11:34:41 am
Lost the nut that secures the fuel tank to the bike.  Not the one under the seat but the other one up near the forks...  Anybody have a size for this one.  It's my last day of riding.  Friday off to Antarctica...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: JVS on September 27, 2012, 11:42:16 am
If you are referring to No 14 in the attachment, then it's the 'Flange Hex. Nut M10' - Part no. 145868.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: FiRE Comms on September 27, 2012, 11:49:51 am
looks like that's the one!  Thanks!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on September 27, 2012, 09:19:04 pm
Ya gotta Loctite those!
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: ChrisS on September 28, 2012, 03:42:20 am
# 14 is the nut under the seat. 
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Jack Leis on September 28, 2012, 04:07:21 am
# 14 is the nut under the seat.
   They are one of the same.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: FiRE Comms on September 28, 2012, 11:59:30 am
that they are, 17mm wrench to tighten, Thanks guys!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Bulletman on September 28, 2012, 05:39:15 pm
that they are, 17mm wrench to tighten, Thanks guys!
I think you mean a 14 mm wrench, unless I am wrong.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on September 28, 2012, 05:45:01 pm
Yep, 14mm. Just took 'em off again yesterday.
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: 1 Thump on September 29, 2012, 12:59:47 am
I just looked at mine and wondered if there is an iron barrell bullet out there that does not leak.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: hillntx on September 29, 2012, 01:45:28 am
I just looked at mine and wondered if there is an iron barrell bullet out there that does not leak.

It's just trying to mark it's territory...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: ace.cafe on September 29, 2012, 02:24:28 am
I just looked at mine and wondered if there is an iron barrell bullet out there that does not leak.

Yes, there are Iron Barrel Bullets out there that don't leak.
Where is yours leaking?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: FiRE Comms on September 29, 2012, 02:58:54 am
parked and put up the bike, and heading off to another job, not going to be able to ride again until March...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: jartist on September 29, 2012, 06:22:58 am
parked and put up the bike, and heading off to another job, not going to be able to ride again until March...
Dude, that bites! There's always youtube clips to get the Enfield thump fix but it's just not the same.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on September 29, 2012, 10:15:55 am
Dude, that bites! There's always youtube clips to get the Enfield thump fix but it's just not the same.

Speaking of the "Enfield thump", how many miles do I need to put on mine before I hear it?  800 so far, and I'm just not gettin' any.  Still idles too high, too.  If ADB's "before" video (D+D Exhaust thread: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wJHHdihXCg&feature=plcp) is a proper indicator, I may have an impostor...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: 1 Thump on September 30, 2012, 03:04:15 am
Yes, there are Iron Barrel Bullets out there that don't leak.
Where is yours leaking?


The primary leaks. I may have overtightened it. Whats the recommended torque spec for that.

Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: bikerboo on September 30, 2012, 06:55:13 pm
mounted a rescue mission on mine to recover him from where I had to dump him yesterday after he broke down.Luckily I had my mate with me so at least I got a ride home on a Tiger 90.So its off to the dealer again for "Stan".Hope its just a loose wire and nothing too traumatic.Just when things were going so well.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: ace.cafe on September 30, 2012, 07:29:54 pm
The primary leaks. I may have overtightened it. Whats the recommended torque spec for that.

The primary cover on the iron barrel bikes is held by one nut in the middle.
It is VERY important to not over-tighten that nut, because it might warp the cover and then it will never seal.
Remove the cover, clean the large o-ring that seals the circumference, and remove it for cleaning if necessary. Don't stretch it, or you'll need a new one.
Grease the whole o-ring with axle grease, and maybe put a little in the o-ring grooves too, and that acts as a sealant, believe it or not.
Tighten it up to about 10 foot pounds and see if that holds the oil, maybe 15 foot-pounds if you need to tighten it. That's that should do it.
If that doesn't do it, then you have a warped cover or a bad o-ring, or something like that.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on September 30, 2012, 08:18:27 pm
I got  my short problem eliminated, hopefully cured, as I never did find a definitive short. I did find several bare wire bits that could've caused the short. I fixed those and did some wire rerouting so the wires aren't as tight as a G string. I pulled a lot of connectors apart to try to find a short. I checked my alternator output and the R/R condition. They all passed.
I shortened my fuel line so it doesn't ride of top of the side cover. Just a big general once over. I took it for about a half hour ride and didn't have any problems, so now all I have to do is wait for the weather to cool off again and  do another epic ride. 
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Lady_Enfield on October 01, 2012, 06:08:25 am
I relented and took her to a real mechanic....sad day.  Never could get the problem ironed out. :'(
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: JVS on October 01, 2012, 06:43:04 am
Removed the passenger back-rest off the stock seat and this is how it looks -

Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Kevin Mahoney on October 01, 2012, 07:48:53 am
This must be the longest running thread ever on this forum
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Post by: FiRE Comms on October 01, 2012, 07:59:35 am
This must be the longest running thread ever on this forum
and a wealth of information
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Post by: Kevin Mahoney on October 01, 2012, 08:27:57 am
I checked the stats and it is by far the longest running thread
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on October 02, 2012, 04:28:53 am
barenekd
You mentioned that you found some bare wires that might have caused your short.
Where were they in case I run out of things to do and want to look to see if mine are also damaged?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: eda1bulletc5 on October 02, 2012, 06:17:23 pm
I have had wiring issues in my C5; where the wiring harness coming from the tail light assembly (under the rear fender) had rubbed at the exit point - where it exits out of the rear fender and goes to a connector in the middle of the bike and had cut the harness and the wires shorted. Failure was the tail light and fuse went bad. Upon inspection I found that the wiring harness when enters underneath the rear fender has a rubber gourmet but at the point it exits the rear fender to the connector there were non. I put in some rubber beading on the fender edge to prevent harness rubbing the metal and had the dealer work on the wiring harness - which was less than perfect as it was soldered and taped. I needed the bike so let it stay that way until it breaks again - not the right approach; but again love riding the RE so was willing to overlook that  :)
This seems like a pretty common failure point so I am assuming others have faced this problem too...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on October 02, 2012, 06:43:04 pm
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mentioned that you found some bare wires that might have caused your short.
Where were they in case I run out of things to do and want to look to see if mine are also damaged?

This was some stuff that I had rewired. I had to extend the dimmer switch wires to the relays I installed and there was a bit of bare wire exposed at the splices. Not sure that is what shorted, but it had to have been something like that as it cured itself the first time as I wiggled some wires around, and I had it running, then after a few minutes, it shorted again. I took more panel and the tank off to look more closely at the wires and little bare spots here and there were all I came up with. I insulated all of them and it's working now, so, like I said, no definitive answer. I hope I hit the right spot. Tomorrow, it's supposed to cool down a bit and I might get out for a longer check ride. I did check the tail light wires in all this, but they were OK, too.
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: wokka on October 02, 2012, 09:30:50 pm
Well it was a few days ago actually, I cancelled my Dubai registration and got all my paperwork ready to ship her to her new home in Qatar
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Jack Leis on October 04, 2012, 12:39:18 am
Took off my OEM seat and installed an old fashion solo seat from Hitchcocks today. SWEET! Going to try it out on an EPIC RIDE tomorrow with Bare. Cant wait.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on October 04, 2012, 11:45:46 am
Took off my OEM seat and installed an old fashion solo seat from Hitchcocks today. SWEET! Going to try it out on an EPIC RIDE tomorrow with Bare. Cant wait.

Needless, perhaps, to say Jack, but how about a report on how your seats perform on a longer ride?  ;)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Jack Leis on October 04, 2012, 12:43:35 pm
Roger that ! More to be revealed, Mattsz.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Bulletman on October 04, 2012, 06:03:38 pm
I have had wiring issues in my C5; where the wiring harness coming from the tail light assembly (under the rear fender) had rubbed at the exit point - where it exits out of the rear fender and goes to a connector in the middle of the bike and had cut the harness and the wires shorted. Failure was the tail light and fuse went bad. Upon inspection I found that the wiring harness when enters underneath the rear fender has a rubber gourmet but at the point it exits the rear fender to the connector there were non. I put in some rubber beading on the fender edge to prevent harness rubbing the metal and had the dealer work on the wiring harness - which was less than perfect as it was soldered and taped. I needed the bike so let it stay that way until it breaks again - not the right approach; but again love riding the RE so was willing to overlook that  :)
This seems like a pretty common failure point so I am assuming others have faced this problem too...
The same thing happened to me a few weeks ago, I did a quick fix myself, though I when I get the chance again, I will solder the wires together for a more permanent fix, almost all the wires got shredded.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on October 04, 2012, 10:46:59 pm
Jack and I were going to do an epic ride today, but when he arrived at my house, his oil filter cap was leaking. So we worked on the bike to cure the leak and went down tho the Orange County RE dealer and picked up some oil filter kits.  Jack used the gasket and Oring from the kit with a bit of sealer I had and it looks like the leak is stopped. I took the short ride with him up through Carbon Canyon to get a few more miles on my bike to see if the short is going to show up again. It didn't, and Jack went back home. His new seat looks good and feels pretty good to me when it's just sitting there.
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: GreenMachine on October 04, 2012, 11:42:13 pm
Brought a new battery maintainer, charged up the 11.3 v Gel battery..It's been a PIA the last few times kick starting..Started 1st kick and went for a ride whereas I went over the 10k mark..Nice day for a ride..
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Jack Leis on October 05, 2012, 02:13:42 am
Jack and I were going to do an epic ride today, but when he arrived at my house, his oil filter cap was leaking. So we worked on the bike to cure the leak and went down tho the Orange County RE dealer and picked up some oil filter kits.  Jack used the gasket and Oring from the kit with a bit of sealer I had and it looks like the leak is stopped. I took the short ride with him up through Carbon Canyon to get a few more miles on my bike to see if the short is going to show up again. It didn't, and Jack went back home. His new seat looks good and feels pretty good to me when it's just sitting there.
Bare
Thanks Bare for your help today. Yes, the leak is cured but the day wasn't a total loss. It was cool hanging in your MAN CAVE and checking out your racing stuff. I got what I wanted, that can of CINCINATTI CHILE ! Thanks again Bare ! Mattsz, put 100 miles on the new seat today, that sucker really works. Very impressed , very comfortable.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: hillntx on October 05, 2012, 01:00:08 pm
What I was trying to ask was the difference in drving related to the different tire size.

Since the engines are the same and the new C5's are now mostly Specials with the 19" front wheel, the question really comes down to looks.  With the 18 tooth front sprocket on the G5 it's easier to attain highway speeds at lower revs.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Fogrunner on October 06, 2012, 06:38:35 pm
I received my Dynojet Power Commander a while ago, but after reading comments on this site, and the experience of some members, I sent it to the Royal Enfield Importer in Manila for him to test it out. He has a few bikes they experiment with and modify, and said he would be happy to try it and abuse the hell out of it to give it a good shakedown. He's got one bike with 13000 Kms on it, and they only began importing at the end of February!! Looking forward to his take on it, and any anomalies to be found. I'll post any results when they are available.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Jack Leis on October 08, 2012, 09:36:58 pm
 Got the bike ready for an EPIC RIDE tomorrow with Bare. Went to gas it up and a guy came over to me and shook my hand and said NICE RESTORATION to me and walked away. I never had a chance to tell him its a 2011. Oh well !
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Alan LaRue on October 08, 2012, 10:04:30 pm
Even though this was the nicest work-day morning since last March (temp dropped below 60!), I left mine in the garage since it currently doesn't have a muffler. The muffler fell off on I-10 Friday on the way to work!

Oh, but Friday I rolled past 5000 miles. Not really a lot for 13 months.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Oddjon on October 08, 2012, 10:50:16 pm
Rode it home from the dealer after having the silencer and O2 sensor replaced (header is on back order).  Not much riding time left up here, but I'll ride as long as I can.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Alan LaRue on October 08, 2012, 11:02:28 pm
Make sure that silencer is on tight! I checked mine once after getting it back, but on about the 5th ride it fell off. It suddenly got really loud, but it took me quite awhile to realize that it wasn't just a crack or something loose, but that the silencer had actually fallen off. Good thing I ride in the right lane.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: BarklessDog on October 09, 2012, 08:40:07 pm
Broke the Speedo cable....  ???
Don't know how...just sorta happened (which, as I understand, is not so uncommon)
But, I guess that qualifies as "doing" something today  ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on October 10, 2012, 03:01:54 am
Jack and I did a little 200+ miler today down into North San Diego County. It was a beautiful day and the roads were excellent except for the spots that were being paved. But one repaving job turned us onto a detour that was a really great road! A bit short, but fun!
Apparently my shorting problem from a couple of weeks ago has been cured.
Now all I have to do is teach that bike of mine to quit melting all the things I buy from Cycle Gear. So far it's gotten a jacket, a helmet and a fanny pack!
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Moreirdan on October 11, 2012, 07:15:27 pm
Just added crash bars
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Jack Leis on October 11, 2012, 07:37:14 pm
Just finished mounting an Avon AM26 on the rear of my G5. Now Ive got them front and rear. I sure hope they last longer than the K70's Ive been eating up ! More to be revealed !
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on October 11, 2012, 08:30:20 pm
I'm over 11k miles on my original AM26s.  I don't ride aggressively.  The tread is starting to feather and I can feel it if I push the bike deep in a corner but there's plenty of tread left. 

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on October 11, 2012, 08:50:12 pm
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Don't know how...just sorta happened (which, as I understand, is not so uncommon)

Put some light grease, Dri Slide or speedo cable lube, available at your local auto parts store, on the new one before you install it.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Jack Leis on October 11, 2012, 08:51:47 pm
I am definately glad to hear that Scotty, Im wore out changing tires for sure.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Hobbydad on October 12, 2012, 01:14:58 am
I finally got everything worked out with my insurance company on my bike. They paid for the tow, my helmet, and jacket. They gave me the purhase price for the bike and asked if I wanted anything off of it, or wanted it back. Only $700 would get it, very tempting. I think I could actually fix it with a little time, and also considered parting it out. What's a good UCE motor/trans worth anyway? I offered the bike to the shop that did the estimate for a grand, they where really interested, but I don't think they wanted to cough up the dough.  In the end I think I'll just cut my losses and let it go. Too bad, I really liked that bike.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on October 12, 2012, 01:24:33 am
Good decision.  While I'm sure you could get it back together for the money you'd get just start fresh.  They gave you full purchase price so you can.  Now you won't have any odd parts to chase down in India or anything like that.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: motorat on October 12, 2012, 05:56:03 pm
rode it to work today.
listening to the lovely thump followed by alot of clinging....the baffle has separated itself inside the can.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on October 12, 2012, 06:37:21 pm
Stock muffler or aftermarket?

No ride to me today.  It was already a steady rain when I left the house.  Should be that way for a week or more.  Fall has come to the Pacific Northwest with a vengence.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: motorat on October 12, 2012, 06:49:02 pm
the efi high.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on October 12, 2012, 07:17:11 pm
I've seen several reports of baffles coming loose in the EFI and EFI high.  A friend went through two of them before he got one that seemed to last.  I think there was a report of the Bulletwala short bottle muffler for UCEs where it happened too.  I saw one stock muffler where the mounting collar crackedd away from the bazooka but other than that I haven't seen any failures there.

I've got an EMGO reverse cone that I've had on for a few weeks.  Cheap and it's holding up pretty well.  I'll do a post on it later.
 
Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: 1 Thump on October 12, 2012, 07:20:18 pm
Hobbydad: If youpost a picture of the bike, someone might be interested to fix'er up. Ace.Cafe might want the engine. Just a thought.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on October 12, 2012, 07:21:54 pm
I was thinking Ace might want it too.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Hobbydad on October 13, 2012, 08:46:39 am
I gave the shop a day to think it over and didn't hear a word, so I decided to just let it go. I gave my insurance company the power of attorney and they had the cash in my account the same day. It will go to auction somewhere in the Yipsilanti/Ann Arbor, Michigan area at some point in the near future, if anyone's interested I tracking it down.

I will add, and I hope that it doesn't violate any of the sites rules, that I do have some of the takeoff parts available. Rear Seat, Fenders & Supports, Headlight Assy, all the Toolboxs, K&N, Bars & Weights, Full Exhaust, 18T, Pegs/Mirrors/Cables/Oil Filters, ect., ect.. You can contact me privately if your interested in any of it. It's all still new, and I have pics if you need them.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: rav on October 13, 2012, 12:31:56 pm
Can you give me more details about the K&n and the exhaust. PM me
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: ace.cafe on October 13, 2012, 02:06:40 pm
I was thinking Ace might want it too.

It's interesting, but I'm just stretched way too thin at the moment with all the projects I have going on.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on October 13, 2012, 03:02:48 pm
Cash in your account already?  So what's next? :)

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Hobbydad on October 13, 2012, 06:00:38 pm
Yeah they must have wired it, lol, it even surprised me. I don't know what's next, I'm a firearms enthusiast, so I may just go on a shopping spree this winter. I may look into something with two wheels when the weather turns friendly again.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on October 13, 2012, 07:52:07 pm
When I got rearended last year, the insurance claims guys checked out my bike and wrote me a check on the spot. It was State Farm.
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gremlin on October 13, 2012, 08:36:20 pm
Today I Put the bullet to bed for the season & mailed off another oil sample.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: GreenMachine on October 13, 2012, 10:14:51 pm
Went for a ride and started pondering what PM I like to do over the winter season..
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Jack Leis on October 13, 2012, 11:03:05 pm
Went for a 160 mile putt up and around Angeles National Forest . Ran into a parade of Harley's holding up a bunch of cars and even a water truck. What a bunch of @#%holes. Picked them off one and two at a time then had the twisties to myself. Don't they know they were riding in Enfield country ? The road was in great shape and the new Avons worked better then expected. Now I need to do something about my dead battery. Not use to having to kick it ! Got an AGM coming next week. I got 13 months out of the stock battery. I feel lucky.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on October 14, 2012, 01:47:12 am
31 degrees (fahrenheit) this morning - slapped some insulated coveralls on and rode to work.  I don't think I'd want to go further than my 9 mile commute in these temps without better gear, but I can't quit yet - I just can't.  Maybe a clamp-on windscreen?  I saw a thread about that here somewhere...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: hillntx on October 14, 2012, 02:44:56 am
Weather in the 70's, rode the bike to work.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: The_Rigger on October 14, 2012, 05:22:35 am
Yet another in a continuing series of days waiting to hear my Fiona's repairs are completed...  At this rate, I may be home from the tour before she gets back from the dealership. It's only been, what, twelve weeks? Thirteen, maybe?

The dealership claims they're waiting for parts from Enfield USA... The insurance company is saying they won't release a check 'til the repairs are completed. Meanwhile, here I am, out on tour and unable to get in anyone's face...  This week and next in Boston, then three weeks in Washington DC.

I miss my bike. :'(
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: JVS on October 14, 2012, 11:25:50 am
^ Dayum. They are surely slacking as you are away on tour, unless they really haven't received the parts..

For myself, I had the front disc brake squealing for the past 3-ish months whenever I applied it and only with about 4000 miles. As it wasn't the 'worn-out-disc-pad' squeak, I had been delaying this  ::)

However, today I decided to pull off the caliper and look at the brake pads. Barely worn out. So I sand-papered their damn face and put them back on. Then went for a ride to 'bleed-in' the brake, and had no more squeaking. Woooo

I =  ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: hillntx on October 14, 2012, 02:42:21 pm
Since it rained last night it's expected to be clear today and in the 80's.  I'm heading out to ride the bike to church, a nice 20 mile trip.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: The_Rigger on October 14, 2012, 06:51:30 pm
^ Dayum. They are surely slacking as you are away on tour, unless they really haven't received the parts..

Sadly, I have no way of knowing. I do think, however, that in the future, I may be visiting the *other* Michigan dealership for warranty work. Just sayin'...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Alan LaRue on October 14, 2012, 07:43:03 pm
Mine was in the shop for a couple of months, mostly waiting on the counter-shaft seal to arrive from India, I believe.

Speaking of what I did... Yesterday I rode to Katy at 8:00 (arrived at 9:00) and got an original muffler installed. The ride home was much quieter than the un-muffled ride over! I think that's the first time I've ridden 120 miles in a morning. Guess I'm not a die-hard, but I did manage 5000 miles on it the first year, almost 100% of that commuting. I only put 15,000 miles on my "work car" in that year instead of the usual 20K, so that's a good thing. Maybe I can shift the balance more toward higher miles on the Bullet in the next 12 months.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on October 14, 2012, 10:02:42 pm
5000 miles is way more than most people do in a year.  That's a very good effort!

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: REdmonton on October 15, 2012, 01:49:32 am
It was a sad day today.  :( I had to put the bike away for the winter. We've had snow this week and it has been too cold to ride to work in the morning.  :'(

I lubed the cables, filled it with gas and fuel stabilizer, changed the oil (first time I've done it on my bike), took out the battery, and cleaned and polished it. It's the now in the garage, covered up and dreaming of spring.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gremlin on October 15, 2012, 02:29:12 am
I feel your pain my brother  :'(
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on October 15, 2012, 02:41:18 am
As I think about the many winters I've spent in snow country states, I don't ever remember putting away my bikes for the winter. I rode on plenty of cold days, but always has adequate clothing for the weather. I did a lot of dirt days in the snow and raced on New years Eve and Day. I did a 24 hour Hare Scrambles race in Wyoming in February. Ended up third. I've played in the dirt in 10 degree weather and 6" of snow. If the weather warmed up above freezing or the streets weren't iced over I'd go riding around on the streets.
I worked in an ice house in Wyoming for my dad. I guess that must've gotten me used to the cold, but it never even occurred to me that I was supposed to stop riding in the winter. I sure racked up a lot of miles doing that though. In Wyoming you have four seasons, June, July, August, and Winter. I guess I just never wanted to miss that last nine months.
I bought my BSA Spitfire Scrambler in early February because my Matchless had been down fora couple of months waiting for parts. I anted to be riding. They day I bought it it started snowing while I as at the shop installing the magdyno and lighting systems. It was late afternoon before I got ready to take it home. The snow had been dropping those big wet flakes and had accumulated about 4" or so on  the roads. as I was ridng up the mountain road mountain road, the snow was stacking up on my glasses and I couldn't see very well. The road forked and I thought I had reached the fork and turned onto a ranch road in error. I turned around to get back on the highway and a car stopped on the rod in front of me and the driver yelled out, 'Hey, Bare, Is that you? After a short conversion he told me to follow him and he'd get me home. I followed him to where our little half mile combination scrambles track/hill climb dirt road that was the final run to our house started. He said, "Here you are," and went on.
To this day, I don't know who he was! The next morning, in 10 degree weather, I went out riding with our club and fell off thirteen times in the  snow. It was a great day!
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on October 15, 2012, 02:50:39 am
Ah!  But you were young and invincible back then.  ;D

Like me, your still young (at heart) but I'm betting the invincibility has diminished with the passing of time.  :'(
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: busmec on October 15, 2012, 05:07:48 am
Took short ride today had a steady 15mph wind gusting to 30 mph wasn't too bad till I got out in open field area all the corn is down, and no  trees around for a wind break , the wind took its toll quickly. Lucky for me almost all the was home was into wind , lot easier to handle a gust of wind head on then side ways , especially a large gust.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gremlin on October 15, 2012, 08:14:10 am
I'm guessing the 50 year old memory of riding in the snow is sweeter than the reality was .........
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on October 15, 2012, 07:13:18 pm
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I'm guessing the 50 year old memory of riding in the snow is sweeter than the reality was .........

I still catch a little ice and snow riding even in SoCal. There is snow in them thar hills. The Norton Club's New Year's Eve ride up the Crest to Newcombs Ranch has had occasion to have  that hard precipitation on the road.  Jack and I encountered some on a couple of our rides last winter. makes me glad I learned how to do it those 50 years ago! Actually the rides back then were lot of fun. You just couldn't sweat the small stuff, like falling off! I was usually exhausted by the time I got home. Kinda like riding a good hard enduro. When you're in the middle of it and trying to dig yourself out of a boggy creek crossing, ya gotta ask,  "Am I having fun yet?" Must've been, though, because we were out the the next weekend doing the same thing!
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on October 15, 2012, 07:22:00 pm
A friend and I have done a New Year's Day ride for the past two years.  The first year it was so cold we only rode for ten minutes and called it quits. The next time we rode for maybe an hour.  It always ends with hot coffee and bike talk, I think it's more about that than the ride.  Who knows, maybe this year someone else will actually join us.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gremlin on October 15, 2012, 07:27:35 pm
I still catch a little ice and snow riding even in SoCal. There is snow in them thar hills.

True that !
from 79 to 83 I was assigned to the Airbase in Victorville.   I spent those years with a CZ250,  a Honda CL350 and a beautiful Trident.
Best riding of my life ..........
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: idk on October 15, 2012, 09:43:24 pm
I changed the oil in mine to get it ready for a ride down to North Carolina (from Marylandistan) on Wednesday. I will be there for a couple of days then a nice ride back through the back end of Virginny over the weekend.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on October 16, 2012, 11:15:23 pm
Took a putt out to the shop just to see how hot it was getting...pretty damn hot! It's 95 at my house now, so definitely over 100 out there. But got a quick 100 miler out of it.
The boss was pressure washing a Triumph, so he let me use the sprayer on my bike. Knocked off the big stuff. Now I need to do the detailing... Maybe in the morning.
Wasn't paying attention and made an unintended turn onto the 60 freeway, so I had to spend more time on the freeway instead of cutting through the farm country. Oh, well, got home quicker, and the bugs aren't as bad.
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: REdmonton on October 17, 2012, 12:30:05 am
Well I am about 1200 kms north of Wyoming. It gets kind of cold here. It's not like I am a wimp in the cold. I spent about 12 years living in northern British Columbia without running water, electricity or a phone. Sometimes it would get so cold in the house that if you spilled water on the counter it would instantly freeze. I've ice climbed at -40, skied at -30, and been partially buried in an avalanche. Occasionally, if it is a good winter, it is possible to get a ride in here and there. It is way too dangerous to ride regularly on the city streets. Ice, snow, gravel on the roads (salt doesn't work when it is too cold), crazy drivers without snow tires sliding through red lights put the objective hazards outside of my comfort zone.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Alan LaRue on October 17, 2012, 12:51:44 am
REdmonton, I think we'll all defer to your winter experience!

Myself, today I rode in the rain. Not much an experience for many of you, but for me, it's the first time I've made the 36 miles commute home in a steady rain. Somehow the 20% chance of predicted rain, having had no rain for a couple of weeks and nothing over 20% predicted for the next 10 days (Accweather thinks they can predict 25 days out!), turned into an area of rain about 150 miles in diameter. No matter, it was a chance for me to test the BILT rain pants, the only rain gear I have. I bought them, actually, for what passed for cold weather on the Gulf Coast, temps in the 40s. I'm glad I had them in the pannier.

Unfortunately, my Brosh Cook K jacket was no protection against the rain, and my River Road summer gloves turned my hands purple when they got wet. My ankle-high boots are soaked through. Funny thing is that I've been looking at raingear online and haven't bothered to order any.

At least now I have the experience of a 36 mile rainy commute, which somehow makes me feel like more of a motorcyclist. My main concern was the Avon tires with "classic" tread pattern, but I didn't feel any sliding. Still, when they wear out, I'm going to replace them with something more modern!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: sjbiat on October 17, 2012, 11:31:07 am
I started out on a 2000 mile ride from Austin TX to NYC.  Day 1 did 260 miles to Jasper.  I need to be in Huntsville AL by thurs night.

Stephan B
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Alan LaRue on October 17, 2012, 03:30:04 pm
I didn't realize it was that far from Austin to Jasper! Quite an ambitious ride you have planned. Are you planning to use Interstates?

Looking forward to hearing about it.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on October 17, 2012, 06:50:35 pm
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I started out on a 2000 mile ride from Austin TX to NYC.  Day 1 did 260 miles to Jasper.  I need to be in Huntsville AL by thurs night.

You'd better do more than 260 miles a day!
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Alan LaRue on October 17, 2012, 06:54:33 pm
You'd better do more than 260 miles a day!

That 260 miles was all in the rain, I imagine. The weather is better today.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on October 18, 2012, 12:36:26 am
I started out on a 2000 mile ride from Austin TX to NYC.  Day 1 did 260 miles to Jasper.  I need to be in Huntsville AL by thurs night.

Stephan B

Ride report!  Keep us informed...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: idk on October 18, 2012, 01:08:49 am
It makes my 350 mile ride to Raleigh, NC today look a bit sad.  :'( Still, I enjoyed it and am looking forward to riding the long way back over the weekend. I am looking forward to hearing your reports.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on October 18, 2012, 01:47:47 am
33 deg F today - looking forward to getting some proper riding gloves.  My ski gloves are a bit bulky!

Was planning a 150 mile ride up the coast, but the weather is heading south, so I've postponed until Sunday...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: sjbiat on October 18, 2012, 03:11:22 am
Re my ride to NYC.  Yes, it rained all day yesterday  Today was beautiful weather.  I drive to Jackson via Natchez trace. I cruise at 55-60. But I stop so often to look at things or take pictures, that at the end of the day, I only average 30. Enfields are so much fun that I don't miss the higher speeds.  I am so pleased at how easy it is to ride hour after hour on the C5!  Unfortunately I don't have time for the whole trip in October- I will have to leave it with friends in Murfreesboro and finish the trip in November.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Fido on October 19, 2012, 11:31:59 am
Put off buying another bike because I doubted I'd find room to keep both in my garage. Shouldn't have worried. The RE is now sitting in it's new position while awaiting arrival of a new Moto Guzzi V7 Stone. Where there's a will ........

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Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Alan LaRue on October 19, 2012, 04:16:34 pm
Fixed stuff:

Adjusted the chain. (Since the dealership installed an 18T countershaft sprocket only a few hundred miles ago and did not replace the chain, I don't really think it should have gotten so loose, but it was clanging on the chain guard and not far from jumping off.)

Installed a headlight connector with 3 combined sockets, rather than the individual ones. The original common burned up shortly after I got the bike back from service. I don't know if I can blame them for not reassembling it correctly, but... . Unfortunately, the high beam is still weak, so I need to trace the wire back further to find the problem.

Washed it! It was filthy after riding home in the rain on Tuesday. I made sure to power wash the chain really well.

Lubed the chain.

Replaced the speedometer cable. Last time I lubed it, the speedo was still jumping around every day after about 15 minutes. In the box-o-stuff that came with the bike was a spare speedometer cable (in the housing). I did not replace the housing, just pulled the fresh cable out, sprayed more lube on it, and inserted it into the old housing. It worked fine this morning, but I wonder whether the old housing was grimy enough that it would have been prudent to replace it, too. It was late when I got to that task and I didn't want to... well, I was getting lazy. Anyone have experience with just replacing the cable? Okay or bad idea?

I'm using Liquid Wrench Chain Lube on both the chain and the speedometer cable.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on October 19, 2012, 06:17:47 pm
Replace the housing.  It's not that tough of a job.  Also, make sure you clean the inner very well to get any filing off of it.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Alan LaRue on October 19, 2012, 06:31:31 pm
Thanks Scott.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on October 19, 2012, 06:40:29 pm
Were you using that special speedo cable lube you found or something else?

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Alan LaRue on October 19, 2012, 07:03:37 pm
The first few times I lubed the cable I just used lithium grease. The last time I used the Liquid Wrench Chain Lube (which is recommended for stranded cables, as well), but the action didn't get any better because the cable was already messed up, I suppose.

The new cable was actually pre-lubed, but I gave it a good coating of the spray anyway.

I will go back and put the new housing on, clean off the cable to make sure there are no filings, and re-lube it. It was late last night and I didn't feel like taking the headlight off again.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on October 19, 2012, 07:14:33 pm
I lubed my new one up with thick axle grease.  I get a little wiggle at around 35-40mph but nothing like the wild swings when the old one was worn out.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on October 19, 2012, 08:09:55 pm
Quote
Adjusted the chain. (Since the dealership installed an 18T countershaft sprocket only a few hundred miles ago and did not replace the chain, I don't really think it should have gotten so loose, but it was clanging on the chain guard and not far from jumping off.)

If you have the original chain on your bike, get ride of it now before it destroys you sprockets. It is shot. Those things aren't made for motorcycles! Get a quality o-ring chain and you won't to do any chain adjusting for many miles. I've got over 7000 miles on mine and I haven't had to touch it.

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The last time I used the Liquid Wrench Chain Lube

I haven't used Liquid Wrench Chain lube, but most chains lubes get very tacky,and way to sticky for cables. The lithium as probably a better bet for the speedo cable. I wouldn't use the Chain lube in the other cables either.
Who recommended it?
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Alan LaRue on October 19, 2012, 09:45:19 pm
I wouldn't use the Chain lube in the other cables either.
Who recommended it?
Bare

I don't remember who, but it was someone on this board!

The original cable was shot pretty quickly using the lithium grease. Would a cable from Dennis Kirk or somewhere in the States be of better quality? I only remember one wacky cable on a car in the 1970s, and I'm sure the car had close to 100,000 miles on it.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on October 19, 2012, 11:57:18 pm
I don't know that it is the best but shortly after I got my RE I lubricated the speedometer cable with petroleum jelly I got at the drug store. 
Yesterday as a part of my 7500 mile service I pulled the cable and relubricated it with more petroleum jelly.  After 7200 miles is is showing no signs of wear and the speedometer has always given me a smooth, steady reading.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on October 20, 2012, 12:54:22 am
Back in the good old days I used lithium grease almost exclusively on them and never had a problem. Then I switched to Dri Slide which I'm using now and it works well. The petroleum jelly is probably fine. I have 13,500 on mine and nary a twitch
When you install them make sure it's a straight shot out of the speedo drive to the cable and check for any possible area of possible kinking.
Bare
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on October 21, 2012, 02:12:30 am
Today I replaced the front fork oil in my G5.
After I was done I couldn't help but think it really is too bad the C5 (and B5?) don't use these front forks.  They sure make changing the oil easy.
All that needs to be done with the G5 forks is to remove the top cap with a large screw driver and remove the 18mm hex caps from the bottom of the fork legs.

(You new owners of the C5's may not know that you have to remove the entire fork legs to do this simple task.  A major undertaking to say the least.)

Before starting, I did a bit of research and noticed the 2011 Owners Manual says to use "Fork oil" (p.55).  No viscosity or any information is given.
The Service manual says to use SAE 10-30 which the last time I looked is regular engine oil.  It also says to install 265cc + 2.5cc in each leg.

The posts on the forum all seem to think that somewhere around 200cc is the correct amount.

With all this information in mind I bought some Maxima 10 weight Fork Oil and a measured beaker with cc graduations on it.

When I removed the bottom hex cap, one leg drained out 150cc of oil and the other drained 160cc of oil, even after pumping the front fork up and down a few times.

This 155cc average of oil has been working fine but with the forums 200cc recomendation in mind I decided to refill each leg with 180cc of oil.  It seems to be working all right on my short ride I took after finishing but I didn't hit any big bumps either. 
If the fork starts acting like it is bottoming out while riding it a few hundred miles, I'll let you folks know.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: The_Rigger on October 21, 2012, 03:11:36 am
Then I switched to Dri Slide which I'm using now and it works well.

I use either Dri-Slide or Tri-Flow on cables exclusively; have done for eons. Both will give superior service.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: The_Rigger on October 21, 2012, 03:15:37 am
You new owners of the C5's may not know that you have to remove the entire fork legs to do this simple task.  A major undertaking to say the least.

I wonder if it's possible to drill & tap a drain hole in an appropriate place on the C5 lower fork leg to make fork oil changes easier...  Gonna look deeper into this.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: JVS on October 21, 2012, 03:25:05 am
I wonder if it's possible to drill & tap a drain hole in an appropriate place on the C5 lower fork leg to make fork oil changes easier...  Gonna look deeper into this.

I think you can still drain the fork oil from the bottom, but to re-fill, you have to remove the fork legs so that you can open the top bolts below the chrome screw-plugs which can't be done simply because of diameter indifferences. If you open the chrome screw plugs and have a look inside, you'll get what I mean.

As per http://www.enfieldmotorcycles.com/forum/index.php/topic,10813.0.html
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ice on October 21, 2012, 04:03:47 am
I use either Dri-Slide or Tri-Flow on cables exclusively; have done for eons. Both will give superior service.

Good stuff they both are.

 Dry Slide and Tri Flow are not carried local to me and neither is the old Lock Eeze.

 I have been using DuPonts Multi-Use Teflon on clutch and brake cables and pivot points and the Teflon-Sillicone on speedo de-comp and throttle cables. I get then for under six bucks each at Lowes.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on October 21, 2012, 10:00:04 am
Arizona, add another 10-20ccs of oil.  I did a friend's G5 with 200cc and he noticed the difference and really liked it.  Less dive and better handling.

And I've never seen a post on any forum where anyone opened a fork and found the spec amount of oil.  Seems it's always less.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on October 21, 2012, 10:19:06 am
Scott - you should be asleep at this time on a Sunday morning!

Does the B5 have the same fork as the C5, i.e. removal required to change the oil?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: JVS on October 21, 2012, 10:53:15 am
Scott - you should be asleep at this time on a Sunday morning!

Does the B5 have the same fork as the C5, i.e. removal required to change the oil?

Unfortunately, yes Matt, for the B5, we have to remove the fork legs. If you open the top chrome screw, you'll have a dead-end. At least on my 2011 B5 it is. Have a look on yours. I was under the impression that the B5's frame being the same as the older 350 models, it will have a nice spot to re-fill from the top, but nope, not anymore.  :-\
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on October 21, 2012, 11:02:19 am
Unfortunately, yes Matt, for the B5, we have to remove the fork legs. If you open the top chrome screw, you'll have a dead-end. At least on my 2011 B5 it is. Have a look on yours. I was under the impression that the B5's frame being the same as the older 350 models, it will have a nice spot to re-fill from the top, but nope, not anymore.  :-\

Well, mine is a 2011 also, so I guess we're both stuck...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on October 21, 2012, 01:30:54 pm
Forget the bike - I dumped about a quart of dirty oil on the garage floor.  The center stand prevents me from getting my oil-catching bucket under the drain.  Tried a funnel, but it couldn't keep up with the flow and spilled.  Once it starts, you just can't stop it!  What a mess.

By the way, the magnets were pretty clean, and the screen was very clean , except for one nice fish-bone sliver of metal.

Also, ran the bike a bit to get the oil pumping to check for leaks and final level - the oil level in the glass didn't settle right away, so I thought I'd try to tip the bike a bit to look for a change.  Don't worry, it's not going where you think it is... My wrist touched the pipe, right up next to the O2 sensor.  Raised a nice nickel-sized blister, right where my jacket cuff rests.

My bike leaves a trail of pain and suffering behind it...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Alan LaRue on October 21, 2012, 02:26:49 pm
The center stand prevents me from getting my oil-catching bucket under the drain.

I drain mine on the side stand, standing it up (and leaning to the right a bit) to get more out. This also makes it easy to reach the drain plug and sump filter!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on October 21, 2012, 06:24:50 pm
Scott - you should be asleep at this time on a Sunday morning!

I was up doing my 10k service, about 1,000 miles late :). Busy with family stuff, this was the first chance I've had to get to it.  Like others have reported, everything looked fine.  No apparent deterioration in the oil pump gear or the seal. 

At a little I've 11k miles the front sprocket shows some wear.  You can't really see it but you can feel it.  For reference I replaced the stock chain at 6,500 with a DID standard.  I had tried a LoobMan automated oiler and then switched to Maxima chain wax with this new chain.  Neither worked terribly well for me as I've had fairly frequent chain adjustments on the new chain.  I'm going switch to a mre traditional lube for the remainder of the chain's life.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on October 21, 2012, 07:14:59 pm
There was a chain lube comparison in Motorcycle Consumer guide in the early '90s and Chain Wax did not fare well. The top ones at the time were PJ1 Blue and I think PJ1 Black was second. I currently use Motorex Racing Chain Lube and it has worked quite well for me.
I changed to a tsubaki O-ring chain at 6500 miles and at 13,500 I havent had to touch the chain. The 1-1/2" chain slack is unchanged.
bare
 
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on October 21, 2012, 07:23:33 pm
I hear good things about PJ1, I'll probably go get some. I think waxes and otger dry lubes are fine for oring chains but not traditional.

Has there ever been a chain lube comparison with more than a few thousand miles?  It seems they mostly focus on how easy they are to put on, how clean or messy, and how the reviewers "feel" about them.  Unless you run 10k or more on one lube on one chain you don't really know squat.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: motorat on October 21, 2012, 08:21:49 pm
this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofpNolkylDc
and why i did it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0t_Dpa4vNU
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: sjbiat on October 22, 2012, 12:19:21 am
Not today, but yesterday I finished part 1 of my trip from Austin to NYC. 1006 trouble free miles from central Texas to Murfreesboro. I'll do part 2 next month.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Fogrunner on October 22, 2012, 12:23:01 am
Not today, but yesterday I finished part 1 of my trip from Austin to NYC. 1006 trouble free miles from central Texas to Murfreesboro. I'll do part 2 next month.
Good news!! Hope you continue to have a trouble free journey!!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on October 22, 2012, 01:24:19 pm
http://www.youtube.com/my_videos_edit?ns=1&video_id=ofpNolkylDc

Motorat - check this link?  It brought me to a screen accusing me of attempting to edit a video I shouldn't be editing!  I found the video by searching the YouTube site for the "ofpNolkylDc" ID number...

I'm very envious of your exhaust note!  Mine sounds nothing like that - no thump at all.  Mine is the 98 pound weakling at the beach, while yours is the muscle-bound girlfriend-stealing tough guy who kicks sand in mine's face...  >:(
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: motorat on October 22, 2012, 04:18:41 pm
oops...it was my first time putting anything on you tube.
this should work...i put the link in when i was still playing with it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofpNolkylDc
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on October 22, 2012, 04:30:53 pm
Sounds awesome and looks great!  Love the black.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Jack Leis on October 22, 2012, 04:51:00 pm
Sounds like it is supposed too ! love it !
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on October 22, 2012, 09:56:05 pm
Sounds like it is supposed too ! love it !

Jack:  :(
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on October 22, 2012, 09:57:39 pm
Do sound good!
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Jack Leis on October 22, 2012, 10:04:59 pm
Jack:  :(
Whats up mattz ?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Alan LaRue on October 22, 2012, 10:07:58 pm
That does sound good! I like the black, as well.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: motorat on October 22, 2012, 10:48:53 pm
i see if i can duct tape my camera to the rack and get the sound of it at speed. maybe this weekend as it is suppose to rain the next 3 days.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on October 23, 2012, 02:48:38 am
Whats up mattz ?

Oh, nuthin', Jack - but thanks for asking!  Some bikes sound "better" than others, and mine just doesn't have that knuckle-busting thump that motorat's has.  Gremlin may have described it best:

Mine also idles "high" around 1100 rpm (the book spec) and it is smoooooth .....   at normal riding RPMs and loads.

I know it's time to shift (either up or down) when I start feeling the THUMP.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Jack Leis on October 23, 2012, 03:55:49 am
Your day will come Matt ! We all took "little steps" when we first got our bikes. Personalizing the bike takes some time and definitely some money. Ive had my bike for 13 months and put 14.4 K on it and its still work in progress. Next is a rear carrier from Hitchcocks, should be here this week. I'm telling myself THATS IT ,  IM DONE when it comes but I know I'll be changing something before too long. I don't drink or do drugs anymore but all Ive done is started another ADDICTION !
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on October 23, 2012, 03:59:56 am
I put the OEM headlight back on temporarily, so i can ride over to Century Cycles and pick up some "W" Clips and put some new headlight rims with a  flyscreen attached. My old tribar was broken Thursday when the headlight Assembly fell off onto the highway.
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: sjbiat on October 23, 2012, 04:44:27 am
Jack Leis wrote: "Next is a rear carrier from Hitchcocks, should be here this week." I have one, and I like it, but it took a lot of filing to make it actually sit horizontal on the bike.  If yours fits right as it comes, that might be worth a post.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Jack Leis on October 23, 2012, 05:26:32 am
sjbiat, the one I ordered is built for the Electra EFI which is a G5 over here. Hitchcocks hasn't let me down yet, I'll post a picture when I get it on.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on October 23, 2012, 11:40:28 am
300 mile up the coast to Lubec, Maine (stayed with a friend overnight) and back, with a side trip down to Schoodic Point, part of Acadia National Park.  There's a beautiful two-lane, one-way road around the peninsula that's not very long, only about 6 miles, but boy is it fun to ride!  The strong wind was right off the ocean, and there was a lot of salt spray in the air - not good!  I didn't stay too long.

On the trip home, I battled 25-30 mph winds, which made me and the bike work hard.  I ran an 8-ish mile section of long straight road at 65 mph, then stopped to put in earplugs.  When I started, my muffler was silver.  After the 8 miles, it was yellow/brown around where it comes out from under the heat sheild.  I guess I finally got things really hot!

Edit: 66 mpg going north, 57 mpg returning.  Faster sustained speeds (steadier 60-65 mph) and lots of wind I guess...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on October 23, 2012, 11:47:53 am
Jack Leis wrote: "Next is a rear carrier from Hitchcocks, should be here this week." I have one, and I like it, but it took a lot of filing to make it actually sit horizontal on the bike.  If yours fits right as it comes, that might be worth a post.

I'm in the middle of a rear carrier saga now - soon to be over.  After "struggling" with the decision of what type of rack to try to fit (GlennF's B5 with a non-B5 rack on looks fantastic!), I settled on one from NField Gear that's black, flat (i.e. no uplifted rail at the back) and has a removable seat pad - just a flat hard foamy block.  Of course, it didn't come with instructions, but who needs them since it didn't come with any mounting hardware either!  I'm still sorting it out with Tim, but I'll post the details when I have them...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gremlin on October 23, 2012, 01:18:11 pm
started another ADDICTION !

+1
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on October 23, 2012, 11:21:32 pm
Partly because I'm doing my 7500 mile service (slowly) and also because I've noticed a whurrrring sound that's seems to pulsate rather like something is doing some sort of harmonic at 35-45 mph I figured the chain probably needed adjustment.  (This sound vanishes if I pull in the clutch and let the engine drop down to idle speed while coasting along).

There was a little over 2 1/4 inches of slop in the chain while the bike was sitting on the centerstand and in my mind I could imagine the drive chain oscillating  up and down.

With this in mind, I adjusted the rear chain and reset the rear wheel alignment with the front.

The sounds still there so I'm not going to worry about it as I prepare for another 400 mile trip up to Flagstaff and back this coming weekend.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on October 23, 2012, 11:40:52 pm
Check your chain slack at several different points.  I think you might find it varies quite a bit meaning your chain is unevenly stretched.  If so, replace it.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on October 23, 2012, 11:59:39 pm
I just rechecked the slack and found it to be uniform throughout the length of the chain.

This is a Made in USA Diamond non-O-ring chain I installed about 3500 miles ago and this is its first adjustment.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Jack Leis on October 24, 2012, 02:48:31 pm
 finally replaced my 13 month old original battery. The old guy wouldnt take a charge anymore . I installed a BIG CRANK ETX15L  AGM . Perfect fit and the terminals are better suited for ring terminals . No more kickstarting. I was just getting good at it too !
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Alan LaRue on October 24, 2012, 03:32:25 pm
No more kickstarting. I was just getting good at it too !

Someone on the forum gave some kickstarting advice, and ever since then I don't use the electric start at all, unless I'm in traffic.

The advice seemed counter-intuitive to me, but it works. What they said (sorry, can't remember who it was) was to push it past TDC, then kick it. I always figured you'd want to be before TDC so it would be ready to fire, but it's harder to kick that way and if it doesn't work, you can get tired in a hurry. By pushing it past, then giving it a much easier kick... well, it works. It's starts first kick nearly every time.

I suppose if I kick start it all of the time, I won't have any warning before the battery gives out.

My old tribar was broken Thursday when the headlight Assembly fell off onto the highway.
Bare

I bet that was exciting!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on October 24, 2012, 05:29:25 pm
Rear carrier mount update in the "Royal Enfield Store & Catalog »
Installation / Usage Instructions & Tips" section:

http://www.enfieldmotorcycles.com/forum/index.php/topic,15273.msg166010.html#msg166010
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on October 24, 2012, 07:19:51 pm
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I bet that was exciting!
Actually, it wasn't exciting at all. I didn't realize it had fallen off until we got to Newcomb's, which was about three miles farther down the road.
A couple of people were following us and pulled in, and the guy came over and looked at my bike a bit strangely, and sez, Oh, you did lose your headlight. I looked and sho' nuff, it was gone!.
Jack and I went back to find the pieces, stuck them back together, and continued our ride.
Today I'm finishing up the final bits to have the flyscreen installed,along with my long dormant sealed beam Sylvania.
I had to do the 90 miler yesterday to Century Cycles in San Pedro to pick up some other bits and pieces, headlight rim, W clips, and rim clip.
I've still gotta enlarge the two holes in the bottom of the rim and maybe grind away part of the casquette that may be interfering with the rim clips causing me many hassles over the last year with headlights dropping out!
Bare 
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on October 24, 2012, 07:27:40 pm
Quote
What they said (sorry, can't remember who it was) was to push it past TDC, then kick it. I always figured you'd want to be before TDC so it would be ready to fire, but it's harder to kick that way and if it doesn't work,

The reasons you push it over TDC are, by the time the cylinder gets to TDC on the compression stroke you are already at the bottom of the kicking stroke so your aren't going to get a kickback. You are going to get a bit of atomization of the mixture in the combustion for better ignition. and It's a hell of a lot easier to kick without have to push it through the already compressed air compressed air, and the piston will reach a higher speed on the next compression stroke. By then it's ready to run.
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on October 24, 2012, 07:55:33 pm
+1.  The idea of starting right after TDC and getting some momentum makes total sense to Megon a big single.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Jack Leis on October 24, 2012, 07:56:27 pm
I concur.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Jack Leis on October 24, 2012, 08:05:46 pm
 Riding my Enfield to spend a few days with my 89 year old Dad. Only 40 miles away but a nice ride anyway. New seat, new tires and new battery. DAMN, LIFE IS GOOD !
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: The_Rigger on October 24, 2012, 09:07:35 pm
Dry Slide and Tri Flow are not carried local to me and neither is the old Lock Eeze.

Really?  I find Tri-Flow at bicycle shops pretty often; it sees use as a low-impact chain & cable lube.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: The_Rigger on October 24, 2012, 09:10:38 pm
There was a chain lube comparison in Motorcycle Consumer guide in the early '90s

Sept. 2001 issue.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on October 24, 2012, 10:37:20 pm
Try bicycle shops for Dri Slide. It seems to be more directed at them nowadays.
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on October 24, 2012, 11:43:05 pm
When you shut off a RE, the piston comes to rest at the bottom of the compression stroke.
If you try to kick start the bike with the piston in that position, the cylinder full of empty air won't pull in a new air/fuel charge and you have to fight the compression of the non combusting air all the way to TDC.

If you gently nudge the piston to TDC with the kick starter and, after resetting it for a full stroke you give it a kick, the energy goes into the flywheels momentum.
That, along with the rest of your kick stroke will get the piston thru the intake stroke where new air/fuel is drawn in and the momentum will help your kick energy compress the mix to TDC where it (hopefully) fires. :)

More 7500 mile stuff:  I lubed my clutch cable. :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on October 25, 2012, 02:25:01 am
When you shut off a RE, the piston comes to rest at the bottom of the compression stroke.
If you try to kick start the bike with the piston in that position, the cylinder full of empty air won't pull in a new air/fuel charge and you have to fight the compression of the non combusting air all the way to TDC.

If you gently nudge the piston to TDC with the kick starter and, after resetting it for a full stroke you give it a kick, the energy goes into the flywheels momentum.
That, along with the rest of your kick stroke will get the piston thru the intake stroke where new air/fuel is drawn in and the momentum will help your kick energy compress the mix to TDC where it (hopefully) fires. :)

So there's two TDC's per complete cycle, yes?  If it always stops at the beginning of the compression cycle, do I slowly push it past the next TDC, which would be just after ignition, then kick it through the power stroke, exhaust stroke, and intake stroke, and compression stroke, where it (hopefully) fires, or do I slowly push it around 1/2 a cycle to just past TDC of the exhaust stroke and kick it through the intake stroke and compression stroke, where it (hopefully) fires?

In the first scenario, it seems like I waste the energy put into moving the piston through the power and exhaust strokes, but maybe it's not wasted if it gives some momentum to the flywheel?

duhhh...  :P
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on October 25, 2012, 04:44:52 am
Just get to the top of the compression stroke.
During the power stroke, exhaust stroke and intake stroke the flywheel is absorbing energy from your kick.
These flywheels and the crankshaft weigh almost 20 pounds and it takes a bit of energy to get them moving. :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: hillntx on October 25, 2012, 11:20:25 am
Ran out of gas on my way home from work.  Since I was only a block from the house I'm calling it a positive experience.  I need to check the connection on the fuel warning light; it didn't flash at all this time.  I also started practicing kick starting when not on the center stand.  So far I'm 50/50 on successful attempts.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: motorat on October 25, 2012, 03:43:31 pm
rode to work....the weather guy said it would be clear.....he lied!!
now it is really dirty.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gremlin on October 25, 2012, 03:44:16 pm
I lubed my clutch cable. :)

don't do that at a ski resort .......   8)            (tow rope = cable you clutch)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Craig McClure on October 25, 2012, 05:01:26 pm
Having finally gotten my 2010 G5 deluxe set up to my liking, I took a very satisfactory ride here in the lovely N. Ga. mountains today. Using lower "superbike bars" different rear shocks, synthetic ATF in fork legs, Dunlop Gold Seal Tires front & rear. Now cornering with excellent road feel & stability-even changed a corner line once when I needed to. A huge difference & vast improvement over the uncomfortable mushy-squirmy feel when I got the bike.   Cheers, Craig McClure, Jasper Ga. USA
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on October 25, 2012, 07:25:13 pm
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I need to check the connection on the fuel warning light; it didn't flash at all this time. 

My fuel warning light gave up the ghost ages ago as I ran out of gas waiting for it. I haven't fixed it yet, mostly because I haven't figured out where the power is supposed to come from. The bulb works and the switch works. Really just considering running a hot wire to the switch instead of going the all the wickets as it does now.
Just need one of those round toits
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: The_Rigger on October 26, 2012, 04:45:01 pm
So there's two TDC's per complete cycle, yes?

Yes; at the top of the compression stroke, just before the cylinder fires, and again at the top of the exhaust stroke, just before the intake stroke.


If it always stops at the beginning of the compression cycle, do I slowly push it past the next TDC, which would be just after ignition, then kick it through the power stroke, exhaust stroke, and intake stroke, and compression stroke, where it (hopefully) fires, or do I slowly push it around 1/2 a cycle to just past TDC of the exhaust stroke and kick it through the intake stroke and compression stroke, where it (hopefully) fires?

I've had the most success presetting the piston (if you will) just past the peak of the compression stroke, just as it eases off into the power stroke; the first of your scenarios. Whether that's because the kick builds momentum into the flywheel that keeps the piston moving quickly into the next compression stroke or not is unknown to me, but it seems to work first-time-every-time when I do that. I think it is also drawing a fresh charge of air-fuel mixture into the cylinder, which will deflagrate much more easily at the ignition point, rather than trying to light off some stale AFM, but that's purely a guess on my part.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: The_Rigger on October 26, 2012, 05:15:29 pm
Ordered some replacement LEDs for Fiona today, in case she ever gets out of the repair shop and I ever get home to ride her... Gonna put 4-LED amber BA9s in the pilot lamps, replace the neutral/hi-beam/turn signal indicator BA9s with 4-LED lamps, and replace the brake/tail lamp with an 1157-R24 unit.

Sitting in Washington DC this week and the next two, playing at the Kennedy Center. I WANT MY BIKE BACK!! WAAAAAAAAAAH....
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gremlin on October 26, 2012, 05:39:47 pm
........I think it is also drawing a fresh charge of air-fuel mixture into the cylinder, which will deflagrate much more easily at the ignition point, rather than trying to light off some stale AFM, but that's purely a guess on my part.


+1 = An educated guess, to be sure.

I'd imagine the stale AFM had condensed out to become mixed with the residual oil on the cylinder walls shortly after parking the bike.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Alan LaRue on October 26, 2012, 10:41:23 pm
Sitting in Washington DC this week and the next two, playing at the Kennedy Center.

Playing what? Tuba, viola? Sounds like a cool job!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on October 27, 2012, 06:21:41 pm
Yesterday, Jack and I rode over the Chino airport to check out the airplane museums there. He hadn't been in years and I  haven't been in Planes of Fame for 3 or 4 years myself. The ride over was extremely windy and dusty, with a few good shots of sand in the face, and the temps got up into mid 80s for me, for Jack, probably into the 90s
Several other people in the parking stopped us and chatted about the Enfields, delaying us another 20 or 30 minutes before we could go in!
They did have some new stuff in there that I hadn't seen, a Curtiss P-1, a P-40B, A genuine German Bf-109, needing a lot of work, An F8F Bearcat,  Val, and Judy that are in the restorations shop.  There were some additional Formula 1 racers, too.
At Yanks, I don't recall seeing anything new from the last time I was there, but I always enjoy seeing the old '20s Biplanes. Those are my favorites.
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: sparklow on October 28, 2012, 12:25:33 am
Rode the B5 on a lovely ride through the Berkshires of Mass. with crew from Mark's Motorsports, Enfield CT, Royal Enfield dealer.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on October 28, 2012, 11:52:00 pm
Rode to and from work, then put it away, at least until whatever incarnation of Sandy makes it to coastal Maine passes.  You right-coasters - I hope everyone is safe out there!!!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: motorat on October 29, 2012, 02:18:00 am
installed the new air filter and turned the old air box into a tool box with a piece of plastic i found in the garage and some form a gasket.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: motorat on October 30, 2012, 03:11:40 pm
rode to work today in the pea soup fog....what fun!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gremlin on October 30, 2012, 06:28:53 pm
I liked Matt's luggage rack modification so much, I ordered one for my  sleeping B5.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: john hut on October 30, 2012, 10:26:01 pm
Waxed and oiled the bike for winter,still intend riding when the weather is dry,I dont mind the cold, just dont like the wet which we have had pretty much of this year in the UK..Cut a piece of scrap wood 300mm long to fit under front engine mounting plates to lift front wheel off the ground to make it easier to clean,just lift at front of mudguard and slide under.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Desi Bike on October 30, 2012, 10:49:26 pm
Charged the battery by running the engine at various speeds. Unable to ride due to lack of insurance, the bike is due to due to be moth balled for some time... I've offered my bike to Aniket for research and development of the flame thrower fireball UCE. 17,000 km of enjoyment..... Aniket and Tom have free will of R+D to what ever they need to do to make our bikes do what they are capable of.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on October 30, 2012, 11:50:52 pm
I filled up my gas tank to find out what the fuel mileage was on the last leg of my ride this weekend.

I left my house last Friday and rode my G5 from Phoenix to Flagstaff, Arizona to do some work on my sons house and rode back on Monday (when the  highway traffic from Northern Arizona is light).

I normally ride without a windshield but for this trip, I reinstalled it.  There were more than one Kamikaze bugs that tried to take me out on the trip and their remains are now battle trophy's, still stuck to the Plexiglas which makes my decision to install it seem wise.

The first 90 mile leg of the trip took me from 1200 feet elevation to 5000 feet elevation in Payson, Arizona where I refilled the tank.  This 90 mile leg of the trip has several 6 to 7 percent mountain grades and in places keeping the bike above 55 mph was asking a lot of it but for most of the riding I was riding at a nice 62-67 mph.
The bike got 63.94 MPG ( miles per (US) gallon).

From Payson, I rode thru Pine, Strawberry, Clints Well, Mormon Lake, Lake Mary and ended up in Flagstaff.  This  102 mile leg of the trip took me from Payson's 5000 feet to 6900 feet elevation and then back down I-17 about 10 miles to my sons house where I took the picture below.
All of this leg of the trip is riding on a moderately twisty paved 2 lane highway thru a heavy Ponderosa Pine forest.
The bike got 79 MPG thru this stretch of the trip.

Coming back, from Flagstaff to Payson netted me almost the same fuel mileage at 78.2 MPG.

From Payson to Phoenix (which included about 20 miles of city riding) the bike got 83.33 MPG.

It was a great ride up and back with the daytime temperatures in the low 80 degree F in the lower desert, juniper areas and with the high elevations in the low 50's (degree F).  The only thing that wasn't perfect was after sitting for 2 days without running and with the low temperatures at night being around 26 degrees F, the bike wasn't too sure it wanted to start on Monday morning.
After trying twice with the electric starter I let it sit for 10 minutes and then decided to actually use the "Manual bi-Starter" lever.  I have never had to use this in Phoenix but I must admit that with it fully applied, the next bump of the electric starter resulted  in an instant start.  :)

All in all, an excellent trip!   :)  Not a drop of oil used, no problems of any kind and a total fuel cost for the 382 mile journey being $17.75 I'm a happy RE rider!  ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: The_Rigger on November 01, 2012, 04:31:37 am
Quote from: The_Rigger
Sitting in Washington DC this week and the next two, playing at the Kennedy Center.
Playing what? Tuba, viola? Sounds like a cool job!

I'm on the crew of the touring Broadway play "War Horse;" I run the automation system, and am also the show's rigger, hanging over 35,000 lbs. of lighting and scenery from the stagehouse superstructure.

EDIT: And it's the coolest job in the known universe, if you must know.  8)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gremlin on November 01, 2012, 12:06:39 pm
Received a package from Nfield_gear yesterday ......  that makes it less than 2 days from when the order was placed.   AWESOME service !
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on November 01, 2012, 12:23:53 pm
Received a package from Nfield_gear yesterday ......  that makes it less than 2 days from when the order was placed.   AWESOME service !

A new rack?

I must agree that their service has been exemplary!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gremlin on November 01, 2012, 02:09:25 pm
A new rack?

Yup.  I'm not at home right now, but, SWMBO reports it arrived already !
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: GreenMachine on November 01, 2012, 02:16:21 pm
Hi Rigger, took the train up to time square and caught the Phantom of the opera at the Majestic...Yes indeed it looks like you have a great job and alot to do..Not jusy another day at the office is it...GM
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on November 01, 2012, 02:26:51 pm
Yup.  I'm not at home right now, but, SWMBO reports it arrived already !

Well, I'm most curious about how you manage with it...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gremlin on November 01, 2012, 03:48:58 pm
Well, I'm most curious about how you manage with it...

I'm liking what you did, plan on replicating it .....

I'm not sure how to stack the old-fashioned pillion seat on it.  I'm thinking it may involve welding some flat stock across the seat-frame.  But first, I'll need to measure the height to make sure my passenger can still reach her pegs.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on November 01, 2012, 10:16:16 pm
Today I rode up to the CYCLE GEAR store to buy a new inner tube to go with the tire I ordered for my G5.

They only had one tube in the right size and seemed to think it was worth $16 so I bought it.
The tube is sold under the name "DOUBLE TOUGH" but I have absolutely no idea of who made it or where.  The only thing marked on it is a number and a ink stamped size. 
No country of origin, material or anything else.

Out of curiosity I measured the tubes thickness.  It turns out to have .054 (1.365mm)  thick walls.   :(

When I bought my G5, they gave me a new DUNLOP inner tube that was made in India.
It is marked BUTYL to show what the material is. ( BUTYL is rated as excellent for containing air.)
I measured its wall thickness and found they are .085 (2.16mm) thick.  :)

No doubt in my mind which one gets installed in my new DUNLOP K70.  ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Singh_Chicago on November 03, 2012, 05:39:07 pm
Washed and chrome polished...I used simichrome polish and it did the miracle...few more rides before storing for winter  :-[
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: shamelin on November 05, 2012, 12:01:45 am
Today I took the ol' B5 on TX FM335, 336, and 337, otherwise known as the Three Twisted Sisters.  Some of the best Hill Country riding in this state, and some would say one of the finest rides in America.

The ride was great, but the highlight was stopping in at the Lone Star Motorcycle Museum in Vanderpool TX.  I figured it'd be the usual collection of Harleys, but the guy who owns the place is a old Aussie racer who collects and restores British bikes.  There were about 50 bikes- BSA, Norton, Matchless, and a few others I've never even heard of.  The gem for me was a beautifully restored Vincent Black Shadow.  There were a few other Vincents, some Triumphs, and even a BMW R69S.  A single 1914 Royal Enfield sat in the corner, partially restored but beautiful all the same.

The craziest part of the trip?  The San Antonio British Car Owners club showed up about an hour after I arrived.  So after I got my fill of the bikes, I ordered up a meat pie and took it to the parking lot, where I got to walk around and check out the Lotuses (Loti?), Bentleys, and even a Rolls Royce or two.  Pretty sweet day.

If you're ever in TX, be sure to pop in to the museum.  Well worth the $5 admission.

http://www.lonestarmotorcyclemuseum.com (http://www.lonestarmotorcyclemuseum.com)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: BRADEY on November 05, 2012, 07:53:19 am
Somebody scruffed my left hand side tank decal with a sharp tool  :( I have ordered a replacement but dunno how to get along with the job..........any advice would be much appreciated.

Note: I have seen a few videos on Youtube, but cannot determine which ones hold good for the RE ??
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gremlin on November 05, 2012, 02:14:51 pm
Somebody scruffed my left hand side tank decal with a sharp tool  :(

ouch !   :'(
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: motorat on November 05, 2012, 06:23:30 pm
changed the oil.
this is the messiest bike to change the oil on.
i was happy the see the amont of metal on the magnet was minimal and there was hardly any in the screen.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on November 05, 2012, 10:40:58 pm
Sitting in here waiting for the oil to drain and the bike to cool down a bit. Mine came out like Motorat's, little metal on the magnet, clean screen. 14,100 miles.
Had a lot worse ones to change oil on, though. Although, this one can be a pain with all the Rockin' & Rollin' it takes to get the old oil out!
4100 miles on the K70s and the rear one is about shot.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on November 05, 2012, 10:51:09 pm
Sitting in here waiting for the oil to drain and the bike to cool down a bit. Mine came out like Motorat's, little metal on the magnet, clean screen. 14,100 miles.
Had a lot worse ones to change oil on, though. Although, this one can be a pain with all the Rockin' & Rollin' it takes to get the old oil out!
4100 miles on the K70s and the rear one is about shot.

Bare - I know this has been beaten to death in other threads, but if you don't mind...  with all the rockin' & rollin', how much new oil did you add?  More than 2 quarts?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: motorat on November 05, 2012, 11:13:16 pm
mine seams to take about 1.5 quarts.
after the change i take it for a little ride, about 5  miles then check the level again and it never appears to need more.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on November 05, 2012, 11:33:07 pm
The most oil mine has needed after leaning the bike way over to the right when draining it was 1.8 quarts.
That brought the oil lever almost to the upper line on the sight guage.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on November 05, 2012, 11:35:38 pm
I got almost 2 1/2 qts into mine last time, but I had the right side cover off for the 10k service.  On a usual oil change with lots of rocking I get 2 qts, maybe a shade more.  I find that if you keep rocking back and forth you get more and more for quite some time.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on November 06, 2012, 12:23:37 am
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Bare - I know this has been beaten to death in other threads, but if you don't mind...  with all the rockin' & rollin', how much new oil did you add?  More than 2 quarts?

I put in just over 2 qts, but I also didn't pay attention and I overfilled it a bit.
I'll ride it tomorrow and see if that's too much! I've actually done it before and it was never a problem.
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on November 06, 2012, 02:23:45 am
That figures - just over 2 quarts, at $12 a quart!  Thanks for the info, guys!

I ordered two things from NFG, including the 5x oil change kit.  I got 2 emails in response - the first was a notice saying my order had shipped.  The second was a notice saying that 4 filters have been back-ordered.  Sorry folks, but I guess I got the last one!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Jack Leis on November 06, 2012, 03:43:15 am
 NFG means something else to some of us.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on November 06, 2012, 11:57:32 am
NFG means something else to some of us.

Jack - I should have known that you'd pick up on that!

A number of years ago, I was working in a shipyard in Japan, with American guys who would label "problem items" as NFG, for the Japanese workers to fix.  But the natives often got the wording mixed up, and said "n- g--- f------" instead, which was for some reason insanely funny to us.  We had "NGF" stickers, used to indicate whether a space was certified as free of dangerous or flammable gas - "not gas free" meant no hot work or welding was allowed without proper air testing.  A lot of those Japanese guys stuck the NGF stickers on their hard-hats, providing irrefutable evidence that one should never let language difficulties get in the way of a good joke...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gremlin on November 06, 2012, 01:15:22 pm
....... label "problem items" as NFG ............

When I was in the Air Force we used NRTS (not repairable this station ) and FUBAR.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: motorat on November 06, 2012, 03:37:14 pm
and it all falls under SNAFU
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: GreenMachine on November 06, 2012, 03:49:37 pm
Jack doesn't miss anything and you better be spot on the subject matter...snafu...Haaaaaaaaa exactly, good expression for election day...just being sarcastic for the moment but Green Machine is sitting on her perch  and I need to find the time to start checking her out...I just replaced the battery in her and now the battery in the zero turn mower has died and I just can't seem to keep her charged for the last cut of the season...Naturally when u start seeing yellowish oozing coming out of the terminals is a sure sign that its on its way out.. (snafu) well I did keep it maintained for 4 years....I like to replace all the rubber holding the carburetor, put on the new chain, adjust the valves, etc...GM
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on November 06, 2012, 08:42:52 pm
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NFG means something else to some of us.

I thought it meant the same thing!
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gremlin on November 06, 2012, 09:09:14 pm
Harsh.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on November 06, 2012, 11:39:19 pm
I took the Bullet out for its "after oil change" ride. The oil level, after I thought was overfilled settled down right on the full mark. No leaks, everything is kosher.
I probably got about 2.1 or so qts in it. I emptied a bottle that had maybe 2" in the bottom of it, then a full qt and left a third bottle with about 1/4" left in it when I noticed the bubble had disappeared in the sight glass.
Lotsa Rockin' & Rollin'.
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on November 07, 2012, 12:28:05 am
I got a good chuckle out of the NFG but I should add I got the new Dunlop K70 I ordered last week today. :)

Now, the challenge is to get the front wheel off without tipping my bike over. :(

Having replaced a tire once in my 46 years of motorcycle riding I checked out the local Otherbrand dealers.  Mr. Honda wanted $30 if I brought in my wheel/tire/tube.  :(
Mr Yamaha/Suzuki wants $17.  Guess who gets the job?  :D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: wokka on November 07, 2012, 12:39:08 am
With massive thanks to dampking, I picked up a whole heap of goodies for next to nothing.

(http://i50.tinypic.com/2heyp1x.jpg)

Oh and Sanket, I found a place with brass bits and bobs as well as a whole heap of older spares in Russel market. I'll send you his number when I remember where I put his card.

 

Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on November 07, 2012, 01:58:10 am
I took the Bullet out for its "after oil change" ride. The oil level, after I thought was overfilled settled down right on the full mark. No leaks, everything is kosher.
I probably got about 2.1 or so qts in it. I emptied a bottle that had maybe 2" in the bottom of it, then a full qt and left a third bottle with about 1/4" left in it when I noticed the bubble had disappeared in the sight glass.
Lotsa Rockin' & Rollin'.
Bare

Bare - that's interesting, 'cause I just changed my oil today, too.  I tried to tip the bike side to side to shake out as much of the old dino oil as I could.  I replaced it with about 1.7 quarts of synthetic, up to the middle of the glass.  After riding it, it's settled out to higher than the glass - not too much higher, as it doesn't take much tipping to the left to see the oil level top.  So my bike makes extra oil, rather than using it up...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: AVL Power! on November 07, 2012, 10:58:32 am
With massive thanks to dampking, I picked up a whole heap of goodies for next to nothing.

(http://i50.tinypic.com/2heyp1x.jpg)

Oh and Sanket, I found a place with brass bits and bobs as well as a whole heap of older spares in Russel market. I'll send you his number when I remember where I put his card.

Awesome!!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gremlin on November 07, 2012, 05:45:15 pm
Thinking up ways to bring the Enfield along next time I get stuck with travel orders .......   This last month has been Booooring !
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on November 07, 2012, 05:53:07 pm
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I tried to tip the bike side to side to shake out as much of the old dino oil as I could.  I replaced it with about 1.7 quarts of synthetic, up to the middle of the glass.  After riding it, it's settled out to higher than the glass - not too much higher, as it doesn't take much tipping to the left to see the oil level top.  So my bike makes extra oil, rather than using it up...

Just outta curiosity, did you check the angle of your garage floor? If I have my oil on the full mark pointed one way in the garage, then turn it around, it goes down below the low mark. Gotta find a compromise in there somewhere!
Not enough Rockin' & Rollin'!
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on November 08, 2012, 12:27:55 am
Bare - I don't know about the level of my garage floor... the winter snow melt from the car seems to settle in one direction a bit, but not too much.  More importantly, though, I have done all of my oil changing, topping up, and sight-glass checking with the bike in the same spot and orientation, so while it may not be level, the bike's roll, pitch and yaw have been the same each time.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on November 08, 2012, 12:35:15 am
Today, I loosened the big nut that holds the front axle in place.

Holy cripes!  a 24mm nut tightened to 50 ft/lbs of torque!  Plus another large adjustable wrench to hold the other end to keep it from turning.  :o

I do have the tools to do this but I couldn't help picturing some poor guy out in the wilderness, looking at his tool kit and his flat front tire.  :(

On the good side, I've read several good posts here about changing the front tire and I will be sure to secure the centerstand (and the automotive scissor jack) so they don't fold up or fall forward while I'm wrestling the tire out from under the front mud guard.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on November 08, 2012, 12:42:59 am
My kawasaki ZR-7 toolkit had a wrench and extension for the axle.  I think the front also required a 10mm allen wrench but that was not included.  Still, the design was two pieces, broke down and fit in the kit, and actually worked!  Though you might have to step on it to loosen things.  Still, really nice design.  I wish all bikes had this.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: motorat on November 08, 2012, 12:43:55 am
be careful when putting the speedo sender back on.
it's plastic and breaks easily.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on November 08, 2012, 12:52:53 am
I changed tires from my beloved K70s to some Pirelli MT66s. The reviews I've seen on those sound tantalizing.
They weren't much more expensive than the Dunlops,
I hope they stick as well and last about 3 times longer than the Dunlops. Time will tell! I haven't had a chance to ride it yet. Tomorrow... now watch it rain!
Bare

Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on November 08, 2012, 07:43:05 pm
My G5 now has a brand new Dunlop K70 on the front.

I rode it about 10 miles to skuff off the slickness and at speeds up to 65 it's running like it should. :)

That will have to do until tomorrow when I can get it onto a freeway.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on November 08, 2012, 08:01:46 pm
Well, I was right, raining today. I did adjust the about a half turn on the adjuster nuts (no snails), the first adjustment in 7600 miles on the Tsubaki.
I finished torquing the wheels and tried to seal a couple of slight leaks at the muffler/pipe joint.  Don't know if that worked yet. I'm letting the Copper Silicone set up. Added about 1/8" brake fluid in the reservoir. Hope I didn't overfill it! I like my brakes to release. It's cool out there and as it warms up, it may be too much.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Craig McClure on November 10, 2012, 04:54:41 am
I put one of the slick BRAKE ADJUSTING WING NUTS from Enfield Gear, on the rear brake rod of my 2010 G5 Deluxe. Adjustment is now very easy.
Craig McClure, Jasper Ga, USA  2010 G5 Deluxe
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on November 10, 2012, 06:06:38 am
That little gadget is a bargain at twice the price!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: BRADEY on November 11, 2012, 10:10:36 am
My Classic 500 which is running well otherwise, kind of dies/bogs down, if I give it a "quick, careless" blip from idle.
I have to be careful with my clutch release and throttle sync, while I first move it from stop, in first gear. If not the bike just bogs/dies.............! What could be the issue. I am on a new battery & fresh gas  :o
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on November 11, 2012, 07:54:41 pm
You might try putting a little Chevron Techron in the fuel to clean the fuel injector.

A small bottle of this stuff is made for a car sized fuel tank so you'll be using a lot less in your RE.

My old BMW K-75 started running ratty and I used Techron in it to clean its injectors.
After doing this, within 10 miles of riding that bike started running like it was new.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: BRADEY on November 12, 2012, 07:00:09 am
thanks Arizoni, will give it a try !
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on November 15, 2012, 02:25:15 am
I installed a windshield against the cold...

http://www.enfieldmotorcycles.com/forum/index.php/topic,15525.0.html
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gremlin on November 17, 2012, 10:16:37 pm
I arrived home to Minneapolis & 60 degree weather,  after sleeping off the travel fatigue (and before unpacking) I grabbed my helmet and spent some quality time with B5 motoring around town.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on November 18, 2012, 02:27:20 am
I rode over the the local RE dealer and Ron Greene, who is now the head honcho at CMW, as Kevin has moved to Vietnam to set up a distributorship there. we had a chat about a variety of things, but the one of main interest I feel I can divulge is that the Cafe Racer (Crusader GT) will be at the Long Beach IMS show Dec 7-9.
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Kevin Mahoney on November 18, 2012, 11:10:07 pm
Just to be clear.....I have been spending a lot of time in Vietnam. I am setting up RE here. However this is not a full time thing nor is it long term. I hope the business is but the US is my home and CMW is where I will return full time. Ron Greene (God bless him) has been filling in for me but I am still actively involved in CMW on a daily basis.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on November 18, 2012, 11:40:17 pm
Thanks for the clarification. Ron was talking like you were going to be gone for quite awhile.
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Kevin Mahoney on November 18, 2012, 11:49:26 pm
I have been working on this for about a year and have been in VN more of less full time for the past several months. I have come back and forth quite a bit. (about 150,000 air miles so far this year and counting). Ron is not wrong, but I will be tapering off here. I have to admit it did startle me to read my own obituary (of sorts).

I really like it here and can understand why so many people retire here. However CMW is my first love having started it in my basement (literally) and I am not ready to retire. Although very challenging at times CMW and RE are still a lot of fun.

I will say that were it not for Ron, Doneen, Tim, Jane, Gary and others CMW would not be possible. We are a small company with a single product and try to behave as if we were a much larger company. What those people accomplish in a day is miraculous.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on November 19, 2012, 12:21:58 am
Rode my bike to work the other day.  It must have been a while since my last ride.  All the vents on my jacket were open and that's certainly not good for riding in the current conditions!  It was a cool ride but nice just to get out.  The bike seems to run so nicely in the cold air.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: motorat on November 19, 2012, 04:22:12 pm
since my daughter was going to fresno to look at fresno state  college i came along and visited the guys at fresno bmw/royal enfield.
i also picked up a 7" headlight.
what a difference...i can ride it at night now.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: BRADEY on November 20, 2012, 04:54:25 pm
My front brake has been acting mushy, I so I "blew" the air out of the system and replaced brake fluid. Took about 15 minutes with all the right tools.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on November 24, 2012, 01:39:55 am
I happily rode past 8,000 miles (12,903.2 km) on my G5.   :D

I was going to reward my bike by filling its tank with hi-test gasoline but I didn't want to give it any indigestion so it got the usual Chevron regular grade.  ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: idk on November 24, 2012, 11:01:19 pm
I was accosted by two good looking ladies at a set of traffic lights.They had just returned from India and were so excited to see an RE that they followed me off the interstate and pulled up next to me at the lights. They wanted to know if I had brought it over from India. Sadly they did not ask for my phone number. :(
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: FiRE Comms on November 24, 2012, 11:07:24 pm
Just back from Antarctica, jumped on the bike, 20 miles later lost that darn exhaust nut AGAIN..!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gremlin on November 25, 2012, 01:54:21 am
I was accosted by two good looking ladies at a set of traffic lights.They had just returned from India and were so excited to see an RE that they followed me off the interstate and pulled up next to me at the lights. They wanted to know if I had brought it over from India. Sadly they did not ask for my phone number. :(

Did you offer to give them a ride ?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: trimleyman on November 25, 2012, 08:36:20 pm
Having finally fitted a wind shield a couple of weeks back took my 2011G5 for a spin down I880 on a couple of errands . Both the bike and I are more comfortable at freeway speeds now , The wind shield would seem to have reduced the drag from the almost upright sitting possition  , and 65- 70 mph is reached and held with less strain on both parties. Having fueled up prior to the ride I was also pleased to note that mods over the last few months have extended the bikes range from average 66/gallon to 75/gallon . Changed to an Indian Elektra efi short bottle silencer, fitted K&N air filter and 18 tooth gearbox sprocket . Now I am actually getting the mpg advertised , cool.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Jack Leis on November 25, 2012, 09:22:39 pm
Yep ! A windshield makes a nice difference. Every little bit helps.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on November 28, 2012, 07:38:32 pm
This was yesterday.
Finally got around to changing my fork oil. On the surface, it should have been a quick and easy job. It was fairly easy technically, but typically took longer than it  should and made a big mess!
Actually, the day didn't even start with me out to do this. I got a bicycle speedo that I as going to mount and finally had figured out to to attach everything for the pickup pieces. I had to modify the magnet holder that clips on a spoke because Bullet spokes are much heavier, so I had to start out with a little Dremel work, then find a bigger screw to hold the parts together. The screw as too long so a little grinding and sanding work was at hand. I got the magnet attached to the spoke finally, and then started at how to mount the pickup holder to the bike. I decided to put an arm on the fender bolt, and couldn't remember if the bolt that holds teh fender on could be removed with the wheel in situ. But being the intrepid soul I figured the best way to remember was to try to take it out. Now a little Loctite goes a long way and the bolt was very tight. I had to get another wrench to attach to the 13mm wrench I had wrapped around the bolt head and gain a bit of leverage. Well, the bolt popped loose and my had clobbered the sharp edge of the fender cutting it. So here I am bleeding, so I had to go upstairs and get the Neosporin and a bandaid so I'm not slinging blood all over the place.
I made it back downstairs and continued to try to remove the fender bolt. It hit the wheel. Damn. I didn't feel like taking the wheel off at that time, so I had to find the Loctite tube and unclog that before I could screw the bolt back in.
So I decided since I'm out in the garage and my hands are already dirty and beat up, I may as well do the fork oil change, which is long overdue anyway.   
I started out looking for my impact gun. That took awhile because I haven't used it in a while and I forgot where I put it. Searching through all my overstuffed tool box drawers took awhile. Then looking for the bottle of 10wt fork oil took a lot longer than it should particularly when it was right in front of me.
I should've prefaced this with the fact that for some reason, I am not the guy you want to send out looking for anything. I'm terrible at finding stuff. It can be right in front of me and I won't see it there!
I waned to drain the oil in a can so I could see how much oil was in the forks, so I had to dig on out of the garbage and wash it out. While I was in the kitchen, I wiped some dishes and put them away.
Anyway, I finally found the tools for the bottom, so I grabbed a 16mm socket and tried to put it on the fork nut but it didn't fit, so I grabbed the next socket on the holder and it was too big. It was 18 MM. So I grabbed the 17mm that should've been where the 18mm was. That one fit. I put an oil drain pan under the fork and started in.
The impact gun made quick work of the nut and spun it right off. Unfortunately, as the nut was wildly gyrating and came to the end of the tube it attaches to, (or is that "to which it's attached?") the oil followed it very closely and sprayed out perpendicularly to the nut and a made a beautiful 360 degree ring everywhere including me!  And, unbeknownst to me, slung the brass washer with it. More on that later. I missed getting the oil into the can, so, so much for knowing how much oil was in there.
While the oil was draining, I cleaned up the mess and and started
looking for me impact driver and tips to remove the top caps. It typically took awhile, but I finally found them exactly where they should've been, and I had gotten everything together and as ready to take the right cap out. I put the screwdriver tip into the cap and twisted it so I could get a good hammer smack on it, but it came loose and was removed very easily.
I tried it on the left side and that one came unscrewed easily but was somewhat difficult to get out of the hole due to cabling over the top of it, but it wasn't bad.
I went back down and replaced the nut on the right, but it didn't tight very well and had some aluminum slivers coming out. Well OK, it's sealed.
Went to the left side and held some rags up to the nut and removed that. It still got away with making a mess, but not to the extreme the right one  had. But I did notice a brass washer laying in the pan. Then I realized what was wrong with the right nut. So while the left one was draining I spent awhile looking for the brass nut for the right side. I pulled the nut off the right side. I couldn't find it anywhere, you know how good that kinda thing is at hiding!
So I started digging around in my collection of big washers, etc. and came up with a fiber washer that was just and RCH smaller than the original brass washer. I fiddled with that one for awhile to get it to thread on straight and finally got it and replaced the nut. It tightened down a bit more solidly that it did the first time.
After that, the 200 ml of oil per leg went in quite easily, and the caps went in with a little fiddling to get them past the cables and rubber baby buggy bumpers around the cable holes.
It was finished and so I rode it down the street sans helmet and goggles(!) and couldn't really tell anything different particularly, but the street is smooth and i didn't dare take it out on the boulevard. God, it felt good just jumping on the bike and riding it without all the paraphernalia!
So I came back and parked it in the driveway waiting for the moon to rise for the Phototag shot.
I did forget one thing in all this, though. My wife asked me this morning where her measuring cup that I had used to measure the incoming oil was. Oops! At least I knew where it was! I went out in the garage and got it, and washed it out for her. But she had used another one for whatever she was measuring, so I was pretty well off the hook.
I guess the bottom line is that the fork oil changing job is no a biggy and probably shouldn't take much for than a half hour if you have your s#&t together. However an impact gun and driver are highly recommend. Some guys have had problems getting both the bottom nuts and the top caps off. The bottom nuts moved slowly will allow the tubes to turn rather than unscrewing, but the impact gun will hit the nuts so quickly the tubes don't have a chance to turn. The top caps have been known to be a lot tighter than mine were.
Bare





Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Jack Leis on November 28, 2012, 07:45:56 pm
Good ! Now you can do mine.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on November 28, 2012, 07:48:11 pm
You can hold the rag when I take the nuts off!
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Jack Leis on November 28, 2012, 07:52:08 pm
Sounds like a plan. Gotta fix my leak first so we can ride Sunday if it doesn't rain !
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: GreenMachine on November 28, 2012, 09:46:03 pm
You can hold the rag when I take the nuts off!
Bare

Bare: Not that that never happen...Us Iron guys have it a bit easier on this procedure..Just a low container, open both end of the fork and let it bleed out...I found measuring out the fork oil in exact amount more of a PIA but that''s because I had to find my glasses and find something that measures pn ml...GM
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Jack Leis on November 28, 2012, 09:49:55 pm
 God I want to say something regarding the nuts but I wont !
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on November 28, 2012, 09:57:30 pm
Quote
Us Iron guys have it a bit easier on this procedure..Just a low container, open both end of the fork and let it bleed out...I found measuring out the fork oil in exact amount more of a PIA but that''s because I had to find my glasses and find something that measures pn ml...GM

That's all you have to do on these. It's just that when you take the nuts off with an impact driver, they come off really quickly! I guess I could've just broken them loose and unscrewed them the rest of the way off by hand.
Don't you have a cook's measuring cup around the house? That should show ml on it. Mine does.
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on November 28, 2012, 10:00:54 pm
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God I want to say something regarding the nuts but I wont !

Well, there are a couple of them hanging around, and if you fiddle with them properly they will squirt all over the place!

Is that too much?
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Jack Leis on November 28, 2012, 10:07:06 pm
Your a dirty old man Bare !
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on November 28, 2012, 10:47:59 pm
bare
It's just as well that you didn't measure the amount of  oil in the forks.  It probably would have been around the same 150 ml that was in mine so you would start thinking, "This worked good so far.  Why is everybody saying it needs 200ml? They were talking about the older Iron Barrels forks and those are different than these forks.
If I put in 200ml will that be too much?  Will I blow the seals?"

That's what went thru my mind when I changed my fork oil in my G5 so I split the difference and put in 180ml.
Now that you've put in 200ml I'll get an answer to my question when you tell everyone how well your forks are working (or that your fork seals blew). :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on November 28, 2012, 10:51:52 pm
Bare - apparently my B5 has the same fork as the C5, so please don't do mine!   ;)

Wait a minute, if the B5 is basically the old Bullet with the new UCE, why the heck don't I have the iron guys' "easy" forks, like GreenMachine's?   >:(
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: GreenMachine on November 29, 2012, 12:25:19 am
Believe bare rides a black g5 that has the same fork setup as my 06 iron. Doesn't the b5 share the same forks as the c5, which actually has a more involved procedure when changing the fluid?   
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on November 29, 2012, 01:11:24 am
Yes GM... hence my  >:(

Why put the "new" (is it new?) fork on the "old" Bullet frame?  It's hypothetical, don't answer...

After reading Ducati Scotty's C5 fork tutorial, I'm trying to imagine what Bare's garage would look like after that job!  ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: GreenMachine on November 29, 2012, 02:21:05 am
mattz: not sure about bare's garage,something about fluids squirting every which way...A sexual connotation was suggested and then I lost focus....From previous c5 comments  the c5/b5 fork oil replacement is a bit more involved but others have performed the service adequately.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Chiefharlock on December 04, 2012, 04:21:11 pm
If I'd had time to post yesterday, here is what I would have posted for "What did you do to your Royal Enfield today"

I blew the carbon out of the cylinder and the exhaust!!  To a screamin' run up I-44 on my way home from work to avoid a traffic jam at a light that always happens at the same Bat Time and Same Bat Channel during the work week :-)

Pushed 80+ from the interstate entrance all the way up to the Waynesville exit 158.  I'm pretty sure the truckers and other motorists really didn't know what to expect or think when they heard my extremely throaty and not at all polite at WOT fishtail and then saw me on my little Enfield blast past them.  LoL!  I love my C5 :-D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: FiRE Comms on December 04, 2012, 04:29:21 pm
Caught a flat on the rear, hoping to get the tube switched out this afternoon for one last ride before another deployment...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Jack Leis on December 04, 2012, 05:19:32 pm
Finally installed a 7" headlight. Looks really cool !
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gremlin on December 04, 2012, 06:24:26 pm
Finally installed a 7" headlight. Looks really cool !

Good Deal !
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on December 04, 2012, 06:34:15 pm
The bike was sitting too long and since it was only light rain yesterday I charged it up and rode to work and back.  Felt good to get out.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on December 04, 2012, 11:24:53 pm
Shimmed the left footpeg so it wouldn't fold up all the way, then went out to lunch to the Lazy Dog. The bike feels totally different since Sunday's run to get the fork oil mixed properly. It does everything more smoothly as far as steering and handling go. Feels like I got a new bike!
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: FiRE Comms on December 04, 2012, 11:53:32 pm
yeah new inner-tube! looks like the rim band was not installed properly and a spoke nipple punctured the tube...  just something else to look after...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on December 05, 2012, 12:21:10 am
Grind the spokes down where they are flush with the nipple.
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: motorat on December 05, 2012, 12:40:01 am
i ran a ring of duct tape over the rim band.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on December 06, 2012, 11:34:39 pm
Today I hopefully fixed a couple of things.

For the last month, my G5 has been leaking a bit of oil from the front rocker arm cover.  Not a lot.  Just enough to dampen the top cooling fin.  It was more of an annoyance than a Oh My God sort of thing.
The bike also is up to 8100 miles so I decided to do as the Owners Manual says and replaced the fuel hose (although the old one looked fine with no cracks, delamination or deterioration that would cause the rubber to 'wipe off' of the inside).

To fix the oil leak, I removed the seat, fuel tank and rocker cover and applied a thin coating of Ultra-Black oil resistant RTV silicone to both sides of the gasket.
This gasket is a preformed elastomer that has a tab engaging a slot in the cover and I figure it's possible for oil to leak around both sides so I coated both sides of the gasket with the RTV.
Although it wasn't leaking, while I had the tank off I decided to also do this to the intake valves cover gasket.  The intake side by the way took a bit of sneaking to get it off but by moving the wiring harness and the control cables on the top tube a little, it can be done.

While I had the tank off, I remembered that the low fuel sending unit seemed to quit working about a year ago so I thought it was a good time to look at it to see what the problem was.
When It was out I couldn't believe what I saw.
A apparently glass tube with a wire inside of it, surrounded by a translucent gelatinous blob.  Nothing else.
I wiped off the goo which was about the consistancy of Jello.
I assume the float and whatever else used to be there has been floating around inside the tank for the past year.
Any of you folks know what I should have been seeing???

I guess my biggest concern is that the goo might screw up my $200 fuel pump or plug its built in fuel filter. The pump is working fine now so I decided to leave it alone rather than risk damaging it by removing it.
The bike is still under warranty but that will run out in 5 months.  If it does screw up my pump, hopefully Kevin will recall my Jello-like findings story and give me a break on the replacement.  After all, if the damn fuel level sender wouldn't have dissolved I wouldn't have Jello like crap inside my fuel tank.

Another thing that I thought needed some attention was the flat black rubber strap that holds the ECU in place.
This has at most seen one hour of sunlight in its life but it is developing some severe stress cracks, some of which go all the way thru the strap.  This sort of thing happens to some rubber when it is under constant stress and it really should be replaced but stuff like this is only available to Dealers service department.
I can understand this but it kinda sucks for someone who doesn't really trust their bikes to an unknown mechanic at a service center that has probably never even taken a RE apart.
Anyway, I have an old foam sleeping pad that's made for hiking that had two flat nylon straps with loops on it.  It now has one strap on it.  The other was looped thru the two metal loops that hold the rubber strap on and cinched down to apply a little load and serve as a 'backup' for the black rubber strap.

Everything is back together now and the bike is running like a champ.
Because the oil leak was very slow, it will take a day or so before I know that the leak problem is truly fixed so for now, my fingers are crossed. :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on December 06, 2012, 11:44:32 pm
The design of the fuel level sensor has changed a few times.  The ones I've seen are all black plastic.  The bottom plug has a plastic rod coming out of the top.  The rod has a circlip on the top and the float rides on the rod, kept on by the circlip.  The float is a cylinder of rigid foam.  I think there's a metal washer in it that trips the sensor when it goes to the bottom.

When mine went bad it was the foam that stopped floating, it sank like a stone.

I suspect the goo you saw was what was left of the float after our alcohol laden US fuel mostly dissolved it.  Was there a metal washer or other metal bit near the bottom of the goo?

Call your dealer, explain what's up.  They should get you a new sensor under warranty and if they're cool they'll probably let you install it yourself.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on December 07, 2012, 03:44:55 am
i think my dealer charged me for mine. it was about $26.00.
If you read the warranty, electrical stuff isn't covered. Beware
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on December 07, 2012, 05:50:30 am
I took a little 120 mile round tripper down to San Clemente to find a bike shop my grandson had told me about, Montgomery Motorcycle Company. They specialize in vintage bikes and had a variety of Brit bikes in there, including a 1947 Bullet.
Pictures after I get a chance to sort them
I also passed the 15,000 mile mark!
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on December 07, 2012, 07:15:09 pm
A few pics form Montgomery's.
Besides these were more Ariels, Matchless, BSA, Triumphs and harleys
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on December 08, 2012, 12:25:51 am
Nice pictures.  You really have to wonder about the British back in the early days.
I think that front brake on the AJS might be good for stopping a pedal type bicycle but a motorcycle?   ;D

I gave my G5 a oil leak test by doing a 25 mile trip.  Although it was short a good 6 miles of it was on the freeway running at an indicated speed of 70 mph (113 kmph) so the engine got well warmed up.  No leaks yet.  :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on December 08, 2012, 01:03:54 am
State of the art for those days.
Have you ever tried to stop a '58 Chrysler going down a mountain road at road racing speeds? They last about 3 corners before they totally fade away. You can stand on that brake pedal and they do not respond one iota! It's time for Plan B! And you still are rolling when you get the truck that's parked halfway across the road and the guy whose coming up the road and passing the truck actually backs up to get out of your way! Sharp guy, that dude!
Part of one of those three cats I've outlived!
Oh, yeah, I forgot, I cleaned up the Bullet for tomorrow's run to the IMS Show.
Knew I was here for something!
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: ADB on December 08, 2012, 03:04:41 am
Changed the oil for the 3rd time with 3375 miles on the clock, (still a bunch of metal dust on both magnets), and took what I'm assuming will be my last ride of the year, (it's been hovering around 30F here in Wisconsin, and we're supposed to get snow the next two days).  Topped it off w/ gas on the way home, put some stabil in the tank, pulled the battery, and lubed the chain...and that's when i noticed this, (see picture below). Not sure how i lost the nut, or how the bike was still feeling straight. I'm having a hard time even remembering what I'm missing here...just a regular nut? or something more specific, (i haven't had to adjust the chain yet, got a decent o-ring chain at 500 miles and had the dealer throw it on and it hasn't needed anything yet)?
Theories?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: ADB on December 08, 2012, 03:06:09 am
ehh..like always happens to me, the picture is rotated 90 degrees..so in your minds, rotate 90 clockwise.  :-[
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Royalista on December 08, 2012, 03:26:08 am
The design of the fuel level sensor has changed a few times.  The ones I've seen are all black plastic.  The bottom plug has a plastic rod coming out of the top.  The rod has a circlip on the top and the float rides on the rod, kept on by the circlip.  The float is a cylinder of rigid foam.  I think there's a metal washer in it that trips the sensor when it goes to the bottom.

When mine went bad it was the foam that stopped floating, it sank like a stone.

I suspect the goo you saw was what was left of the float after our alcohol laden US fuel mostly dissolved it.  Was there a metal washer or other metal bit near the bottom of the goo?

Call your dealer, explain what's up.  They should get you a new sensor under warranty and if they're cool they'll probably let you install it yourself.

Scott

With 10,000 Miles on the odometer I'm on my third low fuel sensor now. Both times changed under warranty. With less than 6 months left in warranty this sensor is getting on my nerve.
Both units examined but nothing suspicious to see. That's not good for building confidence.
The way they stopped working is mysterious too: on turning ignition key the LFS light comes up, on a full tank, and no way to make it turn off.

What kind of annoys me is that I don't consider a fuel meter a necessity but as Arizoni relates: leaving a LFS in the tank may cause serious trouble, so ignoring a defective one is not advisable.

It would be really helpful to know what can cause the LFS to fail. And possibly a safer solution to do without so that no harmful substances develop inside the tank. We can't expect the company handing out LFS's forever but having to buy them constantly isn't attractive either. It's not like an oil change or what? ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Jack Leis on December 08, 2012, 03:39:26 am
ADB, It appears that you lost your brake backing plate nut. All I know is it takes an 18mm socket but haven't a clue what the thread size is.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Royalista on December 08, 2012, 03:46:10 am
ehh..like always happens to me, the picture is rotated 90 degrees..so in your minds, rotate 90 clockwise.  :-[
Hey ADB, no problem.

The missing nut is the anchor nut. I've been trying to find the proper measurement, can't for now. You'll need an 18mm spanner.
Anyway it's a rather important one that you'll want to replace post haste.

Good luck.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on December 08, 2012, 04:10:55 am
Royalista
Unless your one of those people who like everything to be working, you might want to consider disconnecting your fuel level guage.
It's a very simple operation to just follow the wire from the sending unit and unplug it where it connects to the main wiring harness.
Then, you can join me and the others who jot down the mileage reading on the handlebars with a Sharpy black fine point marker every time you refuel.
With a little effort and some spit on my finger I can erase the old mileage value.

These failures make me wonder if the RE people are using the right type of alcohol in their fuel level sensor testing program.
If they are using something other than ethanol their tests could indicate they've found a good design but our fuels seem to ruin their best efforts. :(

ADB:  I'm a bit confused but the Service Manual says that brake anchor plate nut is a M12 X 1.25 (part number 580368) although when I measured the exposed thread it measured slightly less than 11mm.

I suggest that you ride your bike carefully to a auto supply or a good hardware store and tell them your problem.  They should have metric nuts that you could try on the stud.  It will be a "fine thread" nut.
If you have the option, it would be best to buy a Grade 5 nut (or the metric equivalent) along with a washer.
The nut should be torqued to 18 foot pounds.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Chiefharlock on December 08, 2012, 08:34:19 pm
Flipped my bars today!  Lets see how that works out for a lil while...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on December 08, 2012, 09:46:32 pm
Mine quit working awhile back, but I haven't figured out where the disconnect is. The float is still working right. I'm thinking about just running a hot wire to the float and let it work from. It doesn't need to turn on with the key AFAIC.
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on December 08, 2012, 10:03:44 pm
Jack and I rode to the IMS Show to look at the Cafe Racer.
It's very nice. I tried it on for size and it's a bit longer reach than mine to the bars and puts a bit more weight on the wrists. The seat height is a bit higher, but I can still reach the ground. The seat is reasonably padded, so hopefully will stay comfortable for the long run. And it has a trip meter!
Ron Greene said the bike will be out in the summer with the California and 49 state versions being released at the same time. They are initially importing 200, about 70 will be California models. The price is expected to be about $7400.
The bike is apparently going to be shod with Pirelli sport Demons. At least that's what's on the show bike, The rear is a 120/70-18. Sorry, I didn't look at the front one. The shocks are Paioli.
Jack took a ton of pictures, so I guess he'll post them.
I was going to take more pictures than I did, but a bunch of guys decided to stand in front of me, so I was going to come back, but I forgot to.
I think the last pics I saw showed a flyscreen on it. This one didn't have it.
It looks like it will be a fun machine.
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Royalista on December 09, 2012, 01:43:13 am
Mine quit working awhile back, but I haven't figured out where the disconnect is. The float is still working right. I'm thinking about just running a hot wire to the float and let it work from. It doesn't need to turn on with the key AFAIC.
Bare
Sorry, I don't get it. Would you still get a reading from it then?
On mine the floats were still working too. Problem might not be with the float itself.

Arizoni
By the way, good tip to write down the mileage on the handlebars. I use to look for gas every 250km, that's easy to remember too.
Wasn't your problem a nasty substance from a dissolved float? So how about taking it out and filling up the hole versus 'disconnect and forget'?
And you're absolutely right: engines love fuel, people love alcohol. Each to its own.

Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on December 09, 2012, 01:52:54 am
I believe the fuel level sensor is just a simple on/off switch.  There are two wires connecting it and if it is disconnected at the main wiring harness and that plug on the harness side is checked one wire (red) is the power supply and the other runs thru the bulb to ground.
Running another hot wire to the level sensor wouldn't do anything that isn't being done already thru the red wire.

As for the translucent glob, I assume it is what's left of the old float.  It didn't look like a float though.  Just a clear colored glob that I picked off with my fingers.  I should have taken pictures but I forgot to.
As for filling the hole, the existing level sensor and its O-ring is doing a good job of plugging the hole.  As long as no fuel leaks develop I'm willing to leave it be.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Jack Leis on December 09, 2012, 03:25:17 am
The fuel sensor float switch looks just like and probably is a "reed switch". In the float itself is a minute magnet that passes a contact in the armature. As it passes it excites the reed, closes the switch and provides the signal to the fuel light.They are very prone to sticking opened or closed with a resistive load like a lamp. Just my take.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on December 09, 2012, 04:08:42 am
My float doesn't get any juice to the switch. I've had the float out, in fact, I replaced the original one because I broke the nut off the original. There is no juice present to go through the switch. The switch has continuity when the float is down.
Yes. It will work just putting a hot wire to it.
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on December 09, 2012, 12:54:32 pm
Hmmmmm....  Braided steel line on that rear brake.  Did you notice if the front was braided too?

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gremlin on December 09, 2012, 02:01:59 pm
Moved my B5 one foot to the North, so, I could get the SNOW BLOWER out and clear the driveway this morning.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: GA-DK on December 09, 2012, 06:18:07 pm
Tried to check condition of fork oil today.  No luck.  Pulled top plug and bottom drain plug on both sides.  Used gallon jug with small funnel as a catch pan.  Never saw a drop draining out.  Totally dry.  Added the 267.5 ml each side of 10W-30 specified for the G-5.  Feels better, but I may try a slightly thicker oil such as 20W-30 because I still do not have much damping with my 210 lb plus sidecar.  Bike is an '09 G5 with Cozy Euro with only about 4K miles.  GA-DK
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on December 10, 2012, 12:07:34 am
Moved my B5 one foot to the North, so, I could get the SNOW BLOWER out and clear the driveway this morning.

Remember in "The Addams Family", when Lurch made that low grumbling noise when he didn't want to do something?  That's the noise I'm making now...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gremlin on December 10, 2012, 02:17:30 pm
The airport reported over 10 inches of snow yesterday .....   Needless to say the B5 isn't moving.

So, I removed the square side panels and had a look at the battery & what-not.   Do those rubber straps attach to a hook 'round the back of the battery?

I'm looking at these ugly B5 boxes & wondering if a Union Jack would look good painted on them .......

Hmmm......   project time !
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: motorat on December 10, 2012, 03:32:51 pm
yep...they are located in the perfect spot so you cannot see them and scratch your fingers when you attach the strap.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: GA-DK on December 10, 2012, 05:10:07 pm
On thinking about my fork note of 12/9/12, I don't think they ever had any oil in them.  The drain is a nipple with a cap screwed on it.  Even if oil had leaked out, there should have been a trace in the cap when it was unscrewed from the bottom.  It was completely dry with no oil residue what so ever.  GA-DK
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Jack Leis on December 10, 2012, 05:31:59 pm
On thinking about my fork note of 12/9/12, I don't think they ever had any oil in them.  The drain is a nipple with a cap screwed on it.  Even if oil had leaked out, there should have been a trace in the cap when it was unscrewed from the bottom.  It was completely dry with no oil residue what so ever.  GA-DK
Thats really strange. Your seals are probably shot now and the 267.5 ml of oil you put in IMHO sure sounds like way too much.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on December 10, 2012, 05:48:58 pm
+1.  I think that 265 is what's listed in the service manual but around 200ml is probably better.  Further, if you never had any oil in them the forks may be shot.  The sliders rubbing against the top tubes without oil would wear them.  Most forks have bushings that take the wear, but on the RE the lowers ride right on the uppers.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: jazzcat007 on December 10, 2012, 06:13:16 pm
Blackened and wrapped my header:

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Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: bluesdaddy2 on December 10, 2012, 06:18:53 pm
Blackened and wrapped my header:


Looks good.  Just curious, where did you get your seat and what does the warning say........
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: jazzcat007 on December 10, 2012, 06:23:40 pm
I got the seat from Super Cycles here in Memphis.  They're the guys that built bikes and trikes for Elvis.  I mounted it using the original mount and springs.

Here's the warning:

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Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: GA-DK on December 10, 2012, 11:03:45 pm
My copy of factory manual calls for 265 + 2.5 ml of API 10W-30 for each leg of G5 fork.  There are no leaks.  Road shocks are noticeably reduced after adding the oil.  There are no signs of leakage.  It is kept in garage and not driven in rain or on wet roads.  I have "tin tops" for that.  In fact I have never really washed it, just a light mist of detailing spray to remove the odd bug and dust, then a light wax.  It was built in 2009 and I bought it in Dec 2010 with about 30 demonstration miles on the odometer.  I am sure it was built and shipped with zero oil in forks.  GA-DK
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on December 10, 2012, 11:17:38 pm
If 265 fits, seems to work, and doesn't blow seals then you're golden.  The fact that you got 256 in makes me as sure as you that there was no oil in there to start with.  The C5 fork takes less, 195ml or so

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on December 10, 2012, 11:41:59 pm
The amount of oil seems it depends on the source.

If I read the Service Manual, it says 265cc of SAE 10-30wt oil.
If I read the Owners Manual (for the USA/California G5 with a picture of a G5 on the cover) it says "200 m / leg", "Fork oil".
I'm not sure how much it takes to equal a "m" ?

Whichever is right, it's got to be better than "Bone dry".   ;D

Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on December 12, 2012, 04:12:02 am
Today, I changed the main fuse.

Very strange.  The bike was running fine when I last parked it.
This morning when I turned on the key....nothing.
After checking the kill switch (which was in the run position) I checked the battery.
12.8 volts and this is after sitting overnight at around 45 degrees F.
Checked all three fuses and two were good, one (the main power fuse) was blown.

After replacing the fuse with the spare that is included inside the plastic fuse housing I crossed my fingers, turned on the key and all was well.
I then did a 30 mile ride and everything is working fine.

Although it could be a wire shorting out somewhere I suspect that after over a year and a half of riding, that fuse just got tired of carrying the power load.
To be on the safe side, I bought some spare fuses at the local auto supply store and hope that I never have to use them. :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: bluesdaddy2 on December 12, 2012, 11:23:00 am
If 265 fits, seems to work, and doesn't blow seals then you're golden.  The fact that you got 256 in makes me as sure as you that there was no oil in there to start with.  The C5 fork takes less, 195ml or so

And

The amount of oil seems it depends on the source.

If I read the Service Manual, it says 265cc of SAE 10-30wt oil.
If I read the Owners Manual (for the USA/California G5 with a picture of a G5 on the cover) it says "200 m / leg", "Fork oil".
I'm not sure how much it takes to equal a "m" ?

The question I have is which source do we go with?  So far it looks like a crap shoot..........

Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gremlin on December 12, 2012, 02:53:58 pm
Today, I changed the main fuse..........
................I suspect that after over a year and a half of riding, that fuse just got tired of carrying the power load...........


Um, you know better than that.

repeat after me ---  " The purpose of a fuse is to protect wire insulation from catching fire "



Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Jack Leis on December 12, 2012, 03:10:33 pm

Um, you know better than that.

repeat after me ---  " The purpose of a fuse is to protect wire insulation from catching fire "
+1!!!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: LarsBloodbeard on December 13, 2012, 06:28:18 pm
+2

A fuse isn't going to just get tired and "wear out."
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on December 13, 2012, 06:30:19 pm
Could the same vibrations that loosen our nuts and chafe our wires weaken a fuse?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on December 13, 2012, 07:36:40 pm
Quote
Could the same vibrations that loosen our nuts and chafe our wires weaken a fuse?

yes. You'll find out if that's what it is as soon as you stick a new one in there!
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: LarsBloodbeard on December 13, 2012, 08:15:23 pm
Could the same vibrations that loosen our nuts and chafe our wires weaken a fuse?

By way of a loose electrical connection.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Jack Leis on December 13, 2012, 08:28:17 pm
It takes a short or a load surpassing the fuse rating to blow one.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on December 13, 2012, 09:29:48 pm
but it's a metal filament - can't it be physically broken without passing too much current through it - like a lightbulb?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Jack Leis on December 13, 2012, 09:34:59 pm
A 15 or 20 amp fuse is a lot less prone to break from vibration then a lightbulb filament . Try again Mattsz  .
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on December 13, 2012, 10:11:55 pm
A 15 or 20 amp fuse is a lot less prone to break from vibration then a lightbulb filament . Try again Mattsz  .

I'll gladly give you "a lot less prone", Jack!  But is it impossible?  I know these "u-shaped" plug-in fuses have a very different shape than the older tubular "straight-filament" style ones. The former must be sturdier, I would suppose.  I guess what I'm really wondering is, what are the odds that a blown fuse could be broken due to too much vibration rather than melted due to too much current.

I'm not trying to win an argument here - I really don't know!  Moving on...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: LarsBloodbeard on December 13, 2012, 10:21:04 pm
No.  Jack is spot on.  With the kind of vibration you're talking about, it would break many other things on your bike first.  Also the former are not sturdier, as the element does not have much room to expand and contract, which is why modern fuses have that bend in them.

Since it didn't pop on the road, chances are it's a poor connection, not a short.  Something as simple as a loose or fouled battery connection can blow a fuse.  A poor connection increases resistance which decreases voltage, and therefore current increases to make up for it.  Basically it's like running 20ga wire where you should have 4ga.  Anyone who has used the wrong wire like that knows the wire will get super hot.  This scenario with a fuse in line will blow if the current increases to exceed the rating.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Jack Leis on December 13, 2012, 10:24:24 pm
Mattsz, I don't claim to know everything. I am a retired licensed electrical contractor and a certified , licensed electrician. Thru all the years Ive wired up about everything but lightning. I HAVE NEVER SEEN A BLOWN FUSE FROM VIBRATION. Now that's NOT say it couldn't happen but I really f#$kn doubt it. Fuses blow for a reason. Usually some pissed off electrons , not vibration. Regarding the ODDS mattsz ? Only the guy's in Vegas can answer that one !
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on December 13, 2012, 10:37:11 pm
I don't know for a fact but being a long thin piece of flattened metal that it is could conceivably allow it to vibrate at some frequency and become weakened by metal fatigue.

With the very poor quality of the Indian made light bulbs that came on the bike as an example, nothing would surprise me.

I also notice that the flat "wire" has hundreds of little black specs or dots on it throughout its central area which don't exist at the ends.  I don't have a clue about whether this is some sort of calibration method used by the Indians, some sort of metal reaction to becoming hot from the current flow or just what it is.
I do know that I've never seen this sort of thing on a fuse made in the US.

Whatever the case may be, I now have over 80 miles of riding with the new fuse I got at the auto parts store installed and everything is working like it should.

If the old fuse blew because of a short I would think it would have resurfaced by now but I admit, you never know when it comes to those sneaky electrons.  :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Jack Leis on December 13, 2012, 10:57:09 pm
Those sneaky electrons, the bastages that they are , always follow the path of least resistance. My riding buddy Bare had the same dilemma Jim. We are only dealing with 12 volt here and low amperage at that. If there were a short to the frame anywhere from poor insulation and vibration it might not always leave a blast mark on the location. The short could be very intermittent and cause the fusible material to anneal itself which would greatly lower the fuse ampacity. That being the case just a slight potential to ground could blow it. That's my take on what happened to you and bare's fuses. IMHO, no matter how bad we want to blame the blown fuse, there still had to be a short, no matter how small, that caused it to blow.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Jack Leis on December 13, 2012, 11:02:48 pm
While I'm thinking of it, BUSS makes some very good quality fuses that can be used on our bikes. But, I wouldn't be surprised if they are now made in India
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on December 13, 2012, 11:42:18 pm
I basically agree with you Jack.  A temporary short is the most likely cause but I can't help thinking that just because the fuse is marked "F20A" doesn't necessary mean it wouldn't blow at 10 or 15 amps.

  For what it's worth, it is also marked "PROCECTRONL 32V" .

Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on December 14, 2012, 12:33:21 am
Jack-

If you really f#$kn doubt it, then I really f#$kn believe you!  I'm learning all sorts of stuff today!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Jack Leis on December 14, 2012, 01:23:12 am
Jack-

If you really f#$kn doubt it, then I really f#$kn believe you!  I'm learning all sorts of stuff today!
You bet your DUPA Mattsz !
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on December 14, 2012, 01:36:07 am
And... learning still more stuff.  Dupa = Polish?  I should have known, I guess...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gremlin on December 14, 2012, 05:39:51 am
.........A poor connection increases resistance which decreases voltage, and therefore current increases to make up for it........

Umm ....  No.  (unless you are talking about the input to a switching power supply.)

Actually, in our bikes, Voltage/Resistance/and Current are directly and inversely proportional.  The basic equation is:

VOLTS / RESISTANCE = CURRENT

if the resistance goes up, the current goes down.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gremlin on December 14, 2012, 05:42:48 am
........I also notice that the flat "wire" has hundreds of little black specs or dots on it throughout its central area which don't exist at the ends..........

kinda looks like welding splatter, eh?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: LarsBloodbeard on December 14, 2012, 06:08:40 pm
Umm ....  No.  (unless you are talking about the input to a switching power supply.)

Actually, in our bikes, Voltage/Resistance/and Current are directly and inversely proportional.  The basic equation is:

VOLTS / RESISTANCE = CURRENT

if the resistance goes up, the current goes down.

You are correct.  Mathematically, Ohms law is sound.  I was just trying to explain it in simpler terms without getting into electron pathways, thermodynamics, and power dissipation.  Serves me right for trying to simplify things to this crowd of smart guys!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on December 14, 2012, 10:24:30 pm
kinda looks like welding splatter, eh?
No.
The coverage is uniform throughout the narrow part of the strip and ends where the strips width increases at both ends.
It doesn't appear on the other good Indian made fuses in the other fuse holders and may be due to the heating of the strip prior to or during its melting.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gremlin on December 15, 2012, 05:52:25 am
No.
The coverage is uniform throughout the narrow part of the strip and ends where the strips width increases at both ends.
It doesn't appear on the other good Indian made fuses in the other fuse holders and may be due to the heating of the strip prior to or during its melting.

are you thinking rust maybe ?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on December 15, 2012, 06:45:22 am
No.  I don't believe it's rust.
The specs on the strip are very small and fairly uniformly distributed on both sides.  I don't know what to make of them but if I get more curious I may take one of the spare Indian made fuses and short it out thru the battery terminals just to see if a similar condition occurs.
Too bad I don't have the equipment to measure and record the ampreage that is needed to blow one of the new Indian made 20 amp fuses.  That in itself would be a good reason for burning one of them out.   :-\
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on December 15, 2012, 06:24:24 pm
It's a beautiful, but cold (48o), Saturday morning. The wife is gone for the day.
I am sitting here lamenting the apparent loss of my good friend, Mr. Sprag Clutch. He seems to have expired yesterday after a couple of weeks of illness after the engine quit and kicked back at a stop light and gave a nasty case of the Scrunchies to Mr. Sprag. After a couple of weeks and clanks and clatters, he would appear to have grabbed his last crankshaft.
Alas, we sit sadly at his home with all the spares donors gone for the weekend!
Oh, well, I can finish up the work I was doing on the bike, if it would warm up a bit!
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: AusG5 on December 16, 2012, 01:53:31 am
Finally finished all the mods on my 2012 G5 and about to take it for a ride (dw already tested it, it is in perfect running order, just running a little rich coz of exhaust)

Let me know what you guys (good, bad or ugly)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: JVS on December 16, 2012, 06:49:36 am
^^ Good stuff  8)

Next thing on the menu maybe...handlebars?  :D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Royalista on December 18, 2012, 12:45:39 am
euh, no. Foot peg actually.
Left side foot peg has some play. Over time and with vibrations that has damaged the thread. Got a bit worried loosing the peg while standing on it. Could hurt a front teeth. :P
No use repairing thread as long as the peg can move. First thought was liquid metal but how to? Foot peg should still be removable. After some testing I've now hammered in some wedges, made from nails. Refreshing the thread is no big deal and new bolt. Peg secure..., for wriggling with hand... after I stood on it, mm, reasonably secure, say 99.9%. Will it hold?
Has anyone had similar issue with the left peg? Any suggestions for another, lasting, repair, apart from new peg and/or sidestand?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on December 18, 2012, 12:50:38 am
Are the threads damaged or is the mouting post loose?

If the post is loose get a welder to tack it back in.  If the threads are damaged get to a machine shop an see what they can do for you.  Maybe thread it down to a slightly smaller size or put in a new undamage stud.  It's a critical component, don't want it to fail when you need it.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Royalista on December 18, 2012, 02:36:50 am
It's the foot peg that sits loose on the mounting post.
I can't make out whether the cause lies inside the footpeg or the outside of the post, either one or both can be eroded. The peg will move up and down. It's that motion that caused the damage to the thread.
I did repair that damage, as you wrote, retapping and fitting a slightly smaller bolt.
But only after I had done the wedging to prevent the peg from moving, otherwise the thread repair would be pointless.
I will now monitor and hope that the wedges hold out; if need be hammering in more. Unless I hear of a better solution, that is.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on December 18, 2012, 02:54:51 am
Sounds like it got loose and wore.  I would bet the peg wore, it's softer.  Order a new one and I bet it fits just fine.  The old one will get loose again.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on December 18, 2012, 05:15:28 pm
The mounting post is kinda spot welded at the inside end of the frame tube, the back end of the threaded part. It could break loose at that point fairly easily. I wanted to get ride of my peg mount on the right side and a couple of cranks with a wrench broke it loose pretty easily. Check that weld.
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Royalista on December 19, 2012, 04:00:01 am
The mounting post is kinda spot welded at the inside end of the frame tube, the back end of the threaded part. It could break loose at that point fairly easily. I wanted to get ride of my peg mount on the right side and a couple of cranks with a wrench broke it loose pretty easily. Check that weld.
Bare
Correct. Mine (RH) looks and feels ok. It still has my trust.
As per removing: what do you intend to replace it with? Highway pegs or alternative type of mounting (see below)?

Ducati Scotty: I suspect you're right. That peg is suicidal.

The factory's parts' list of january 2k9 shows a total different type of peg arms and mountings; so far not seen them on any model.

Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on December 19, 2012, 06:27:02 pm
I replaced mine with rearsets.
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: REdmonton on December 22, 2012, 02:21:10 am
I went into the garage, took the cover off of my bike and admired it. Outside it was about -20 Celsius, with a windchill to boot. The last few days the streetlights have been coming on at 4 o'clock. It is days like this where I get jealous of you guys in the south (I don't understand the concept of it being too hot to ride). I'm looking forward to snow melting, I'll probably be riding again in late April.
I thought I would attach a picture of my place in the great white north.
Merry Christmas.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: GreenMachine on December 22, 2012, 03:16:13 am
No Thanks, u can have it...We had a 10 minute snow squall if u want to call it that today..Just blew around and left...I got to think we going to get something after New Years ..Shortest day of the year and headed back the other direction...I c u  made it through just fine from yesterdays big non event....Stay warm up there.. GM
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on December 22, 2012, 06:13:54 pm
I cleaned and adjusted my chain while I wait for my sprag clutch. I hope it gets here soon. I need the bike for New Year's Eve ride!
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: motorat on December 23, 2012, 03:34:22 pm
replaced the goo in the forks with some new 10w fork oil
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Royalista on December 24, 2012, 01:28:32 am
I cleaned and adjusted my chain while I wait for my sprag clutch. I hope it gets here soon. I need the bike for New Year's Eve ride!
Bare
Too bad...
Mine fell out at 12,000km. How long did yours hold out?
Crossing our fingers, may you have a great New Year's Eve ride!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: TWinOKC on December 24, 2012, 03:16:27 am
I cleaned and adjusted my chain while I wait for my sprag clutch. I hope it gets here soon. I need the bike for New Year's Eve ride!
Bare

Bare,
Do you have anything to say about the sprag clutch replacement? or did I miss it?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: fritz1914 on December 24, 2012, 04:11:47 am
finished replacing swingarm bearings,wasnt as hard as i thought it might be,took the old gal [bike] out for a nice test ride....by the way sprag clutch bearing for uce is  stieber bearing dc-4127[3c] about 80 dallors. happy trails!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Royalista on December 25, 2012, 12:58:14 am
Oh no, not the Wilhelm Johann Carl Eduard Stieber :o

Just kidding, must be the season.

Kudos to you for finding the tree through the woods!
Found the item on their website. It comes without inner or outer races.
How does it compares to the new one's from RE (which are of different origin and reportedly reliable), also pricewise (they come complete)?

Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: The_Rigger on December 25, 2012, 01:14:39 am
I'm looking at these ugly B5 boxes & wondering if a Union Jack would look good painted on them.......

I can say with authority that the square-ish C5 battery box is vastly improved by pasting a Union Jack sticker on it...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: fritz1914 on December 25, 2012, 03:17:45 pm
royalista,my sprag went out at 13,000 miles or so also.i  determined that the other gears were fine so for me it was a simple matter of cost.bike now has just over 17000 miles. really the only problem ive had was the sprag issue and a flat tire. ive replaced the drive chain and front and rear sprockets,and swingarm bushings,but that was due to "operator failure". no fault of the bike,i just haven't rode in 30 yrs or so,and wouldn't have had the other problems if i had the proper chain tension,leasson learned![i was excited to do a 1000 mile road trip] witch came off ok except the tire issue.i really love this bike and the only thing i would change [beside no kickstarter] is that im thinking of repainting it to the old re color of blue with black frame,that would be sharp!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Royalista on December 26, 2012, 01:55:18 am
Heheh, can find much of myself in that.
On its inaugural camping trip the RE got a rear flat. As the sun sank, while I was fiddling with tube and all, an elderly lady came up, fulminating, because I dared to work on the day the Lord rested and so should I! :D

The old blue is just brilliant, and totally of the period.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on December 26, 2012, 02:39:11 am
Seems to me you were resting, right there in the side of the road :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: fritz1914 on December 26, 2012, 02:53:07 am
he he,"resting"i,i guess its all a matter of perspective!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gremlin on December 26, 2012, 01:54:49 pm
I had the fortune of unwrapping an AGM battery & a new chain yesterday.

Placed both out on the workbench next to B5.  I'm waiting to see how long it takes before the new parts self-install.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on December 26, 2012, 04:56:00 pm
Did you put the charger on the AGM while it's resting?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gremlin on December 26, 2012, 06:29:24 pm
Did you put the charger on the AGM while it's resting?

Nope.  I'll equalize & float it after it self-installs.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: drbvac on December 26, 2012, 08:32:06 pm
Put on some saddlebags - not exact colour I wanted but / instructions on installation forum  :D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on December 31, 2012, 10:24:55 pm
Went out to go on the Norton Club New year's Eve ride on this 35o morning after getting clad in three layers of clothing. I hit the starter button and the sprag still hasn't cured itself after sitting for three weeks. So I tried to kick start, but it was flooded by that time. Lots of kickin' and cussin' to no avail. I went out later and it still wouldn't go. I guess I missed the ride! Gotta wait until it warms up, I guess!
Happy New Year, Everybody!
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: skoont on January 02, 2013, 02:12:39 am
Sorry to hear that Bare...aint nothing like missing a ride!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on January 02, 2013, 02:46:18 am
Left it in the garage.  I was scheduled for a NYD ride with friends but I've been in bed for three days with the flu.  Pity, they weather was great today.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: motorat on January 02, 2013, 06:55:48 pm
did a coastal ride yeaterday.
today it's in the garage as it was 27 deg f when i left for work.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: JohnofDelph on January 02, 2013, 08:47:47 pm
Had an 80 mile ride on my Woodsman EFI with 7 other members of the West Riding of Yorkshire Royal Enfield Owners Club. We visited several places of interest and tried some interesting roads. The temperature was just above freezing but we stayed mostly dry. Roll on warmer weather! :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: jartist on January 03, 2013, 12:15:19 am
Hey JohnofDelph,  I recognize your avitar photo from fuelly.com.  You must have one of the first efi electras.  How many miles on it.  I love the woodsman setup.  Welcome to the forum!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: GreenMachine on January 03, 2013, 01:40:17 am
Took batteries out of the enfield, yamaha and New Holland mower..Placed them inside on cardboard, trickle charged each and there they will sit till late March/April..I kept  the hyo GV 25O intact and it has a trickle charger on it for any winter jaunts..GM
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: greekxj on January 03, 2013, 03:45:54 am
Been spending alot of time with my 07 iron barrel lately. New petcock, fork oil, points check, and chrome mirrors removed for a single left side CRG mirror, Got some other cool goodies on order so i cant wait!  That's all for now
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: GlennF on January 03, 2013, 05:11:19 am
Flat tire, second in 3 months.

I pulled the rear wheel off and dropped it over to the local bikeshop. Cannot be bothered changing the tube myself.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: AussieDave on January 05, 2013, 07:32:28 am
 Worked a sixteen hour day, had four hours until my next shift so naturally I went for a ride down the coast. 41 degrees Celsius . Wonderful.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gremlin on January 05, 2013, 04:44:36 pm
Worked a sixteen hour day, had four hours until my next shift so naturally I went for a ride down the coast. 41 degrees Celsius . Wonderful.

fatigue........
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Gypsyjon on January 05, 2013, 06:25:29 pm
Worked a sixteen hour day, had four hours until my next shift so naturally I went for a ride down the coast. 41 degrees Celsius . Wonderful.



Nice!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on January 05, 2013, 09:50:23 pm
I picked up my beast today after its spragotectomy. The bearings and cages that engage the clutch were demolished! Surprising that it worked as well as it did, that only means it wasn't 100% dead. It would still start the engine after a few tries when it was warm. If it was cold out, fergetaboutit. But I got to ride the 50 miles home today. It was nice out and light traffic and just a good, fun, therapeutic ride!
Great day!
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Jack Leis on January 05, 2013, 10:12:27 pm
  + 1 Bare ! Now lets go riding !
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on January 05, 2013, 10:30:11 pm
I'm ready!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: motorat on January 06, 2013, 12:47:56 am
made up some brackets so i could use the grab handle on my rack.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Royalista on January 06, 2013, 03:51:17 am
made up some brackets so i could use the grab handle on my rack.
+1
That's a very useful addition.
Did this originate with the G5's tail bar?
Can the rear section swivel? It looks like it could.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: motorat on January 06, 2013, 04:05:42 am
its the rear seat from a c5 and a rack from the Canadian re catalog spaced to fit.
the rail came with the c5 rear seat.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gremlin on January 06, 2013, 12:51:48 pm
Opened the shed door, looked longingly in on my ride......   dusted the snow off my shoulders as I closed the shed door and went back inside.

the AGM battery & new chain are still sitting on the workbench.  Still waiting for them to self-install.......
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on January 07, 2013, 12:22:52 am
Gremlin - There's a fresh inch of snow on top of the foot we already have on the ground... I feel your pain. :'(  I've also got a new chain and quart of fork oil standing by, plus some other odds and ends on the way.  My stuff never self installs, though.

Motorat - what do you mean by "Canadian re catalog"?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: b.sheets on January 07, 2013, 12:56:17 am
Motorat - what do you mean by "Canadian re catalog"?

I think this is what he is talking about
http://enfieldmotorcycles.ca/acessories-for-royal-enfield-bikes-canada
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: shamelin on January 07, 2013, 01:56:31 am
Today was a fairly warm day in Texas, one of the first in the last two weeks.  I was installing a new hot water heater in my home and needed some flexible copper pipe, so I figured it'd be a nice opportunity to take out the bike and run an errand.

Dead battery.

So I kickstarted it up and enjoyed a quick run out to my local hardware store.

I still don't understand why every bike doesn't come with a kickstart.  I've never known anyone to say, "I really wish my bike didn't have a kickstart", and everyone who's ever had one has been happy they did at least once.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: motorat on January 07, 2013, 02:07:44 am
I think this is what he is talking about
http://enfieldmotorcycles.ca/acessories-for-royal-enfield-bikes-canada

yep that's it...
it is the electra square rack
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Royalista on January 08, 2013, 02:09:16 am
I still don't understand why every bike doesn't come with a kickstart.  I've never known anyone to say, "I really wish my bike didn't have a kickstart", and everyone who's ever had one has been happy they did at least once.
;D  ;D
Amen to that, bro   8)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: AussieDave on January 09, 2013, 12:35:33 am
fatigue........
Gremlin how dare you imply that i was awake at work....
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gremlin on January 09, 2013, 02:43:18 pm
Gremlin how dare you imply that i was awake at work....

I don't know what I was thinking  8)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: JVS on January 10, 2013, 01:18:14 pm
The Enfield emblem on the tank badge had poor paint and it faded because of exposure to sun. So having free time, I just used outdoor weather paint that we had lying around for a while (in red-ish colour) to give it some credibility  ;) and I'm happy with the output.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gremlin on January 11, 2013, 12:01:20 am
spent 50 minutes waiting in line at the DMV to add OFF_HIGHWAY registration and renew my B5 for 2013.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: motorat on January 11, 2013, 12:39:04 am
did your battery self install yet?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gremlin on January 11, 2013, 01:17:42 pm
did your battery self install yet?

Not yet ....  it seems to be in cahoots with the new chain & rear tire, they are all slackers.   ( I have mentioned the bike in stored in an unheated shed in Minnesota )......
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on January 11, 2013, 05:22:45 pm
Nothing worse than a slack chain :(
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on January 12, 2013, 12:01:30 am
Nothing worse than a slack chain

 >:(
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Jack Leis on January 12, 2013, 09:48:22 pm
 All the recent discussions about chains prompted me to check mine. Went to adjust it and ran out of threads on the Nfield Gear adjusters. Put the snail adjusters back on and snugged it up. Beats taking a link out of the chain !
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Gypsyjon on January 12, 2013, 11:10:55 pm
Ahh...75F in Atlanta today. I took a really pleasant afternoon ride on my Bullet. I sure hope it learns to down shift from 5th to 4th and 4th to 3rd pretty soon.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: motorat on January 14, 2013, 01:19:14 am
put on a digital tach
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vyNuKha-Re8
it cycles up slow but it looks like it is registering correctly.

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0031BH2VA/ref=pe_175190_21431760_3p_M3T1_SC_dp_1
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Gypsyjon on January 18, 2013, 12:28:08 am
Damn Yankees are sending us their cold air and rain so all I could do was go out in the garage and gaze....
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: GSS on January 18, 2013, 12:56:24 am
spent 50 minutes waiting in line at the DMV to add OFF_HIGHWAY registration and renew my B5 for 2013.
Where do you go off-road in MN with your B5?  Only OHV registration I get is for my Jeep......now you have me thinking about more mods for the C5...... 8)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on January 18, 2013, 01:06:23 am
And/or... why off-highway at all?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: j byrd on January 18, 2013, 01:24:23 am
  Put it in a small container and shipped it to Kauai. Yep, sold the pretty rascal and all the extra's that I had. I guess I'm not supposed to have too much fun for too many years, oh well............ I've enjoyed all the reading and learning from all you guys, keep the rubber side down, John
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gremlin on January 18, 2013, 02:49:13 am
Where do you go off-road in MN with your B5?  Only OHV registration I get is for my Jeep......now you have me thinking about more mods for the C5...... 8)

check your maps .....  there are more OHM trail miles than OHV.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gremlin on January 18, 2013, 02:50:05 am
And/or... why off-highway at all?

because it's there ....
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on January 18, 2013, 10:07:07 am
Took me a minute, but now I get it - trails that are only open to vehicles registered as "off-highway".  It looks fantastic, but here in Maine, I think we only have one - at least that's all I've ever come across.  But, here in Maine, I don't think you can't ride an "off-highway" vehicle on the roads.  Can you in MN?  Does your bike have to meet any special specs to qualify, just like we need particular equipment to ride on the road legally?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: GSS on January 18, 2013, 04:05:53 pm
You can take street legal vehicles off road but need a special sticker on the plate in MN.  It is highly restricted.  As Gremlin states, lots of trails for ATVs and snowmobiles, slightly fewer for motorcycles and only 2 ORV parks for Jeeps and other 4WD trucks.....having said that, the ORV park in the Iron Range area in northern MN is spectacular.....full spectrum of trails to challenge any Jeeper!

Not to divert from the thread....I picked up a set of vibration reducing footpegs from our hosts....seem to have nicely engineered mounts designed for the RE....and that is what I will do to the RE today!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: motorat on January 18, 2013, 04:23:35 pm
do they fold up or are they rigid like the stock ones?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: GSS on January 18, 2013, 04:28:44 pm
Look like they will fold up somewhat....will try to post a photo after I get them done.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on January 18, 2013, 10:04:19 pm
I looked at my poor crashed bike today, the one the Insurance company wants to total, and I don't see any reason at all to total it. Gives me the idea that the insurance company is trying to rip me off. They said I could total it or get nothing! I guess I'm in for a battle with them!
I'll get a lot more personal as this saga goes on, but I am pissed to say the least!
Basically it needs tank and seat, and a few things in the handlebar area. The EFI is bent and scraped. And some straightening out in the rear set area. I'm not even sure the handlebars are bent. They got pushed down but I haven't been aloe to detect any real bending, but even at that it certainly isn't that expensive for a new set of bars! I just can't imagine where they are coming from!
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on January 18, 2013, 10:22:24 pm
Polite perserverance is your friend here.  In Oregon, if the total of the repair bill is more than 75% of the bike's value, they total it.  They may total it for other reasons, like structural damage that may not be easy to reliably repair.  I tend to think they total bikes easily.  There aren't too many shops that can reliably straighten a frame, especially aluminum, and since it's usually just a a few thousand dollars total to pay it out it's not worth spending their time trying to sort through all the details.

An option that's often available is to total it and buy it back.  They give you the value of the bike, minus your deductible, minus the scrap value that a wrecker would likely pay.  It will then have  a "branded" or "reconstructed" title if you rebuild it rather than just part it out which can lower the resale value. 

When my Ducati went down I got $5000 and bought it back for $1275.  I really only needed maybe $500 in parts, the rest was scratches, but expensive ones ;)  I didn't want it but sold it to my dealership for the $1275 and they patched it up and sold it to an employee cheap.  She lives on.

Don't get hung up on priciples here, it's just a monetary transaction for them, they have no emotion at stake just because you do.  Keep talking to them, be polite.  You may want to ask a shop that does insurance for tips on how to negotiate.  They'll usually come around some.  I was able to get the value of my Ducati up from $4000 to $5000 by finding some comparables and getting a letter from the dealer stating what they'd sell it for.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on January 19, 2013, 01:02:34 am
So that means they will give me 75% of what it's worth, then turn around and sell it. Sounds like a hell of a racket to me!! Appears to my like they just stole it! I wouldn't mind it if it was really totaled, but this one isn't. I've had to do enough estimates on bikes to know what they are worth. I think I've only totalled one bike in  my life and I was happy to get what they were willing to pay. However after my relatively quick perusal of this one, it's a along way from totalled and, so I'm waiting to see what the offer is going to be, but it's going to have to be a lot more than 75%, then they are going to have to detail where they came up with the number.
Baer
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on January 19, 2013, 01:16:55 am
Good luck to you.
When my BMW K-75 went down, Dairyland Insurance wanted to total it even though the only damage is what one would expect to see after one was laid down on its side and skidded 30 yards.  Scratches, broken plastic front mud guard, broken clutch lever etc.

I checked out the then current Blue Book and it listed the bike in crappy condition as being worth $3000.
The insurance company offered me $1200.  I asked them where they arrived at that amount and they said that's what the local BMW dealer said it was worth.

I figured the dealer was quoting them the wholesale value, not the retail value.

Anyway, I was given the option of getting damn near nothing and keeping it but local pressures from my wife prompted me to accept the pittance the insurance co offered.
(That also began my 9 year period of being bikeless before buying my RE).

I should add, I paid Dairyland for insurance for over 31 years without a claim against them.  I would ride without insurance rather than deal with them again. :(
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: hillntx on January 19, 2013, 02:23:40 am
"Basically it needs tank and seat, and a few things in the handlebar area. The EFI is bent and scraped. And some straightening out in the rear set area."

Tank, seat, frame, controls and fuel injection; sounds totaled.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: hillntx on January 19, 2013, 02:26:50 am
Picked up my rear seat this morning.  I plan to install in this weekend and then go riding Sunday, weather permitting.  For now I'll put it in the garage near the tool box and see if it self-installs like some others.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on January 19, 2013, 05:18:25 pm
Quote
Tank, seat, frame, controls and fuel injection; sounds totaled.

That's actually tank, seat, throttle cables, and EFI muffler, not the injector. Nothing wrong with the frame. The total on the above parts is actually about $800. The bike runs fine. I started it while I was at the Salvage place.
However, I got an offer from them yesterday that is well above my expectations. Now, it comes down to whether or not I can wait until the Cafe Racer is released and be without a bike until then!
If I keep this one, then I have to buy it back and go through a salvage title to keep it going. I'm not sure I want to do that. They haven't offered me the buy back cost yet, but it would probably be a good down payment on the CR.
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: The_Rigger on January 19, 2013, 06:17:40 pm
That's actually tank, seat, throttle cables, and EFI muffler, not the injector. Nothing wrong with the frame. The total on the above parts is actually about $800.

Good luck getting parts from Enfield USA, if you decide to keep her.  I'm still waiting for a fork lower, six months after Fiona's mishap.  Had I known it would take this long to repair her, I'd've had Progressive total her and start over with a new C5 Special.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on January 19, 2013, 10:47:41 pm
Total it, buy a $2000 Ninja 250 to hold you over, then sell it for the same $2000 when the CR gets here. 

You can get any number of bikes in good running condition for $2-3k and sell them for the same or mor come summer.  And a handy guy like you could probably find a beater for around $1k and have it running smooth as silk within a week for next to nothing.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on January 19, 2013, 10:56:31 pm
Not an entirely bad idea. I do kinda like those little Kwakkers!
I'll have to see what's out there. They aren't much for mileage though! You have to flog them pretty hard to go anywhere.
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on January 20, 2013, 01:25:03 am
Bare - I do hate to think of you being without a bike... who is Jack gonna ride with?!?  I hope the insurance deal works out to your best advantage!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gremlin on January 20, 2013, 03:33:09 am
Bare - I do hate to think of you being without a bike... who is Jack gonna ride with?!?  I hope the insurance deal works out to your best advantage!

+1
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Jack Leis on January 20, 2013, 04:44:23 am
Jacks been doing it solo, 150 miles today ! Going to go out and do it again on Tuesday to Borrego Springs. Gotta keep movin !
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on January 20, 2013, 10:34:58 am
I'd offer to join you, Jack, but for you it would be like getting stuck babysitting the neighbor's little girl.  You'd spend your rides waiting - "where in the hell...??"
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: cafeman on January 20, 2013, 01:01:58 pm
Total it, buy a $2000 Ninja 250 to hold you over, then sell it for the same $2000 when the CR gets here. 

You can get any number of bikes in good running condition for $2-3k and sell them for the same or mor come summer.  And a handy guy like you could probably find a beater for around $1k and have it running smooth as silk within a week for next to nothing.

Scott
I'll second the 250 Ninja. Bought an 07 with 300 miles on it for $2100, put about 8000 miles on it and sold it a year and a half later for $1900 (to a 19 year old kid as his first bike, who worked for all of it, I was impressed!) Was still like new. I did an 1800 mile round trip loaded down w/tour bags on that thing up to the Indy MotoGP in 08. Motor spun over 10,000 rpm forever down the interstate. Really unbelievable motor. You can't kill 'em.  :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Jack Leis on January 20, 2013, 09:23:35 pm
I'd offer to join you, Jack, but for you it would be like getting stuck babysitting the neighbor's little girl.  You'd spend your rides waiting - "where in the hell...??"
Mattsz, Id be honored to ride with you anytime  !
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gremlin on January 20, 2013, 11:29:25 pm
It's been a couple of decades, but, next time I ride the Silverwood lake -to- lake arrowhead road (valley of enchantment)  I'll check & see if Jack & Bare are free !
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on January 21, 2013, 12:40:50 am
Mattsz, Id be honored to ride with you anytime  !

Aww, shucks!

Don't tempt me!  I have a friend who has a place up in Arrow Bear, and a girlfriend down the hill in San Bernadino - not all that far, really, from your stomping grounds.  Of course, I'd only have to ride 3100 miles to get to him...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on January 21, 2013, 12:42:09 am
A little on the old style baby Ninja: http://www.subcompactculture.com/2012/10/quick-ride-2007-kawasaki-ninja-250.html?m=1

They gotta be getting cheaper.  There's the newer 250 and this year the 300.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on January 21, 2013, 07:08:42 pm
Well, I did the deed today. I'm signing my baby over to the insurance company. They basically offered me a $900 buyback, but then I would have to screw with a Salvage title. So I decided to let it go and use what's left for a good down payment on a Cafe Racer. I will miss it!
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Jack Leis on January 21, 2013, 08:15:40 pm
Better days are coming Bare. We'll be riding again before you know it !
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: bikesnob on January 21, 2013, 08:31:00 pm
Looking forward to riding with you guys again
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Jack Leis on January 21, 2013, 09:03:35 pm
Looking forward to riding with you guys again
How about tomorrow ?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: bikesnob on January 21, 2013, 10:38:21 pm
To busy at work to take off, have a safe trip to Borrego Springs.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on January 22, 2013, 12:36:02 am
Well, I did the deed today. I'm signing my baby over to the insurance company. They basically offered me a $900 buyback, but then I would have to screw with a Salvage title. So I decided to let it go and use what's left for a good down payment on a Cafe Racer. I will miss it!
Bare

 :'(

Won't they let you keep even the flyscreen?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: r80rt on January 22, 2013, 12:53:50 am

Damn bare, that was a sweet bike, I'm sorry for you loss.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on January 22, 2013, 01:38:26 am
The CR will be the bike you were shaping that G5 into.  And with 33% more up to boot!

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on January 22, 2013, 01:51:57 am
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Won't they let you keep even the flyscreen?
I thought about it, but I didn't even ask. If I were to have taken the old one back, I probably would have. The Plexi screen survived, but the mounting ring was trashed. That would've been OK since I have another one.
Damn, I look good on that thing!
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: bikesnob on January 22, 2013, 01:57:21 am
That's you Bare !
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gremlin on January 23, 2013, 03:14:09 am
Opened the shed door, noticed the new battery and chain have not self-installed yet, closed the door.....   Sun was shining and Noon air temperature was -5 F
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on January 23, 2013, 07:21:35 am
And I'm avoiding working in my garage because its near freezing.  I feel like a sissy.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on January 23, 2013, 11:27:43 am
And I'm avoiding working in my garage because its near freezing.  I feel like a sissy.

Don't.

However... if Gremlin was out there installing that stuff, I'd say you're done, Scott!  I've got temps of 3 deg F this morning, and I ain't gonna work on my bike either, so I guess it's the Scarlet "S" for all of us!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: motorat on January 23, 2013, 03:25:06 pm
add me to the list...eventhough my threshold is 30 degf.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: GreenMachine on January 23, 2013, 03:49:08 pm
Absolutely nothing, first real cold day yesterday.  Winter has arrived but we've been lucky as it came in late..I don't blame anyone for not working outside in those temps (unless u have to)..I'm gonna order the two rubber carb intake hoses for my 06 iron from our sponsor..Í like to replace the 1/4" gasket that mounts to the intake. I know Hitchcocks sells them in various depths. I never seen them advertised by CMW...Might be a item that they just don't list...GM
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Desi Bike on January 23, 2013, 03:56:42 pm
Wished it wasn't so dang cold here. Plus 5f, bike sitting all toasty warm in a classic car service shop for the season. It has its own room, all snuggled beside some triumph spitfire hoods. I miss the feel of the open road.... :-(
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: greekxj on January 23, 2013, 08:40:27 pm
Put a CRG mirror on the left side of the bike a couple weeks ago. Actually had a chance to ride the bike here in chicago right after i did it and realized one on the right would be nice too so thats whats i did today! Now i got good vision on both sides
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on January 24, 2013, 06:05:11 pm
Being wet and relatively warm I actually rode to work today.  Probably the first ride in nearly two months and it felt great!  A little chilly on the freeway, I'll probably take the scenic route home.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on January 24, 2013, 06:20:11 pm
Just a side note, the mileage I got over the last 11,500 miles averaged 69.58 mpg.
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on January 24, 2013, 06:50:24 pm
Just a side note, the mileage I got over the last 11,500 miles averaged 69.58 mpg.
Bare

Forgot to mention this, I just crossed 11,500 miles on the way to work.  It's like we're spirit brothers!

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gremlin on January 24, 2013, 10:27:29 pm
...........all snuggled beside some triumph spitfire hoods.....

Now there is some thermal mass !
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: boggy on January 24, 2013, 10:42:30 pm
Put a CRG mirror on the left side of the bike

Which CRGs did you get and how do you like them? Visibility/vibes good?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: wildbill on January 25, 2013, 01:03:48 am
tightened up a few of the engine mounts and then fitted a new $150 drive chain
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Jack Leis on January 25, 2013, 04:06:16 am
 Washed the Enfield today, the bike was filthy. Got it shinning like a new penny.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on January 25, 2013, 04:37:13 pm
And now you can take it out in the rain and get it all nasty again!
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Jack Leis on January 25, 2013, 05:42:27 pm
And now you can take it out in the rain and get it all nasty again!
Bare
DEPENDS !
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: bob bezin on January 27, 2013, 07:30:53 pm
i'm looking at it's shed thru an  ice glazed window.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gremlin on January 28, 2013, 12:31:25 am
A heat-wave is passing through, temps up to 0C.

Fired up the shed heater, removed the Exide battery, test-fit the luggage rack - now I'm off to find some stainless hardware & India black paint.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Jack Leis on January 28, 2013, 12:51:14 am
Progress !
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on January 28, 2013, 02:21:09 am
Gremlin... I'm a-quiver with anticipation!!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on January 28, 2013, 04:25:19 am
It sounds like the early stages of 'cabin fever' setting in to me.

Actually moving some parts around?  What's next?
I almost want to say...."Stay tuned for the exciting conclusion of our story right after these words from Post.  The makers of Post Toasties...... :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on January 28, 2013, 11:00:54 am
Feels more like:  "Will our hero's battery hold a charge?  Will his luggage rack ever install itself?  And will the safety-red milk crate stay securely bungee'd to it over those moonscape Minnesota trails?  Tune in next season for the conclusion to this exciting cliff-hanger..."
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gremlin on January 28, 2013, 01:47:05 pm
It's not cabin fever .....  I finally got a few quiet hours away from Work & Family responsibilities to play with my tools......   Most of my off-duty time has been consumed by my aging Dad.  We just finished getting him unpacked into his new "assisted living" apartment.  Now, we need to help him build trust with his new "assistants".  Alzheimer's patients aren't.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gremlin on January 28, 2013, 03:05:51 pm
..........will the safety-red milk crate stay securely bungee'd to it over those moonscape Minnesota trails? ..........

speaking of crates, and next season .......   How's your carpentry project coming ?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: GreenMachine on January 28, 2013, 04:55:03 pm
I'm resigned to building bird houses out of scrap wood...On no. 6 and still counting...Taking my time and they are looking great...I really need to replace the Enfield chain and some small bits...It will  have to wait till spring. it's just ugly weather for the next few weeks..
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: wildbill on January 29, 2013, 04:50:46 am
what sort of birds
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on January 29, 2013, 11:19:09 am
speaking of crates, and next season .......   How's your carpentry project coming ?

Hmm... not sure which one you mean.  The second story roof stays put - winter and all that.  The livingroom cabinet doors are ready to install, but I'm a lousy painter with high standards - bad combination!  I've managed to lose the fancy expensive sanding discs for polishing up the finish of my newest hurdy-gurdy, so that's a bust...

Oh, you mean the bike?!?  Still sitting there...  ;)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gremlin on January 29, 2013, 12:12:27 pm
Hmm... not sure which one you mean.  .......

Sorry if I've confused you with someone else.  One of the group members was planning a nostalgic tongue&groove wooden crate for the luggage rack on his B5.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on January 29, 2013, 12:35:29 pm
Not me.  Although, now that you mention it - a tongue-and-groove mounting of my new tail light...  it's save me from drilling new holes!  hmm....
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Oddjon on January 31, 2013, 01:06:39 pm
Sent it psychic messages of love as I grumbled through cleaning 10" of new snow out of the driveway.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Jack Leis on January 31, 2013, 04:13:22 pm
Checking the tire pressure this morning, heading out on another Epic Run ! More to be revealed.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on January 31, 2013, 06:59:17 pm
Have a good day...Wish I were there!
By the way, I got a printed version of the Hitchcock Bible yesterday! Lots of neat stuff in there! NFG hasn't done me the favor, yet!
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Jack Leis on January 31, 2013, 11:27:32 pm
Have a good day...Wish I were there!
By the way, I got a printed version of the Hitchcock Bible yesterday! Lots of neat stuff in there! NFG hasn't done me the favor, yet!
Bare
Really missed you today Bare. Was a great ride ! My Bible came the other day too, put it in the "library". Now im sitting on the can WAY TOO LONG !
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on February 01, 2013, 05:22:46 pm
Art did put me on top of the list for a Cafe Racer. See if I have any pull with CMW now!! Har har.
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: trimleyman on February 03, 2013, 01:01:37 am
After having to re-connect the HT cap (Plug Cap) last night after some whit had removed it whilst I was working. Rode to work this morning with only the minor hitch of a momentary stutter whilst accelerating onto the freeway but had an uneasy feeling that all was not well. This afternoon bike would not start . Suspect something was in the fuel.  So tomorrow will be spent finding out what they really did.     
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gremlin on February 03, 2013, 02:15:27 am
........So tomorrow will be spent finding out what they really did.     

Might I suggest a "Louisville Slugger" accessory for your commute?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Jack Leis on February 03, 2013, 02:42:19 am
Art did put me on top of the list for a Cafe Racer. See if I have any pull with CMW now!! Har har.
Bare
DREAMER !
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: trimleyman on February 03, 2013, 03:08:45 pm
gremlin, Might I suggest a "Louisville Slugger" accessory for your commute?
Very tempting. Problem is no external video at our yards parking lot so don't know whom to suspect.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Jack Leis on February 03, 2013, 05:52:49 pm
Yesterday, removed my solo seat cover and installed a gel pad under it. Went for a 150 mile ride out to Lucerne Valley and back, cant feel the nuked prostate anymore. Success ! Last night went out and checked the 7" headlight adjustment I made, spot on. 2 for 2 ! Drained and flushed the fork oil when I got back and this morning refilled the forks with 10 wt. BelRay and went for a test ride. OMG what a difference! All I need is for the Ravens to win today now !
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on February 03, 2013, 10:16:51 pm
Yesterday, removed my solo seat cover and installed a gel pad under it. Went for a 150 mile ride out to Lucerne Valley and back, cant feel the nuked prostate anymore. Success!

Jack - between us, we'll get our seats sorted (I almost said, we'll get our seats sorted between us)!  What gel pad did you use, and where did you get it?

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Drained and flushed the fork oil when I got back and this morning refilled the forks with 10 wt. BelRay and went for a test ride. OMG what a difference!

I have everything ready for this job as well - except I gotta remove the forks to do it  >:(

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All I need is for the Ravens to win today now !

Go Pats!!!   ;)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: trimleyman on February 04, 2013, 12:09:59 am
So following having to work of my G5 this morning following someones tampering .I find that the spark plug gap has no continuity.
Suspect that the cap being off had damaged it and it has no given-up. So have been hunting without success for a replacement. Will try again tomorrow after work.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Jack Leis on February 04, 2013, 03:59:38 am
Mattsz, I picked it up off EBAY. It's a Ultragel motorcycle seat gel pad, size medium, model K. Only had to do a slight bit of trimming with scissors for a perfect fit.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gremlin on February 04, 2013, 01:30:34 pm
........I find that the spark plug gap has no continuity.........

The plug GAP should have no continuity, the plug CAP may have a very high resistance (on the order of 5 or 10 thousand ohms) - you may wish to check it again before seeking a replacement.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on February 04, 2013, 04:57:49 pm
If you're talking about the cap that screws on the top of the plug, there shouldn't be one. It wont fit the connector with it on. If the plug isn't firing, check to make sure it's getting a spark to the plug. Make sure all your switches are on first. The sidestand switch, the kill switch and the clutch switch. Personally, I would just grab ahold of the plug, ground my hand to the bike and kick it over easily. If I get a shock, it's the plug. If not you need to look farther back up the wiring.
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gremlin on February 04, 2013, 09:45:46 pm
..............Personally, I would just grab ahold of the plug, ground my hand to the bike and kick it over easily. If I get a shock, it's the plug............

Wow, now *THAT* explains alot.....
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on February 04, 2013, 10:58:05 pm
Wise guy!! If I compared that to a lot of other shocks I've gotten, it's a piece of cake! And it is quick troubleshooting! And on the other hand, we don't have enough bandwidth here to go all those stories I have about how get an electrical boost. Not quite as many as falling off motorcycles, but what can I say.
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: motorat on February 05, 2013, 03:36:46 pm
attempted to ride it last night....
after putting on the stock exhaust it is running worse than ever!!
i now have a $6000 lawn ornament.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Jack Leis on February 05, 2013, 04:21:30 pm
Checked my G5's vitals this morning, getting ready to head out on another 200 mile putt today.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Royalista on February 05, 2013, 09:49:38 pm
Made a sizeable tour of countryroads. State of dirt roads is ... well, potholes, puddles, mud... Have made nice if not gracious slides. Had a swell time. Now, if you excuse me, I have a bike to clean.  ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Jack Leis on February 05, 2013, 11:17:57 pm
Just got back from a 200+ mile run. I cant believe the difference in the fork dampening after changing the oil finally. No more wheel dancing going into the corners. The front end diving when using the front brake is gone . Irons out the bumpy roads better then expected too. I wish I'd done it a year ago. Live and learn I guess !
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on February 05, 2013, 11:28:23 pm
I keep saying it, for $10 and a little work it totally transforms the bike!

A little more work for us C5/B5 guys unfortunately :(

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: jartist on February 06, 2013, 01:05:53 pm
My bike was intermittently dieing when I turned on the headlight or turn signals. I fiddled with some connections and tested the battery but I finally found that messing with the key ignition switch helped. Yesterday I took apart the ignition switch and cleaned and greased the contacts and that fixed it.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: trimleyman on February 07, 2013, 02:16:25 am
hey, Gremlin , please excuse the typos. was more than a little frustrated. Picked up a NGK cap 5kohm and fitted on MOnday evening. Now all is well.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: AussieDave on February 07, 2013, 10:03:56 am
 Lately it seems I often find myself sharing the stoplight grid with recent model Triumphs and Ducattis .What usually happens is this. Rider looks across at Enfield ,smirks/scoffs/sneers, lights go green, rider pops mono and disappears into the distance on one wheel. I don't normally mind , but when they start doing it two-up I must confess to feeling a tiny little bit inadequate. My imaginary girlfriend says not to worry,size doesn't matter, it the feeling you get between the legs that's important. I'm not leaving my enfield(haven't told her about IGF coz i think she's the jealous type).Please Advise.
     
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mplayle on February 07, 2013, 01:23:16 pm
AussieDave,
Borrow a phrase from the classic Mini community: "I'm not compensating.  How about you?"
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gremlin on February 07, 2013, 05:04:41 pm
..........My imaginary girlfriend says not to worry,size doesn't matter.............   

IGF's are short-sighted.  the slower ride lasts longer.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on February 07, 2013, 05:18:00 pm
IGF's are short-sighted.  the slower ride lasts longer.

 ;D  ;D  ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on February 07, 2013, 06:28:39 pm
AussieDave,
Borrow a phrase from the classic Mini community: "I'm not compensating.  How about you?"

I soooooooo need to get that on a sticker!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on February 07, 2013, 09:39:25 pm
Ask 'em who can go the farthest on 3 gallons of gas! Or how much they're liking that $15,000 machine they're riding.
As for me, I'm lamenting the loss of my gallant steed!
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Gypsyjon on February 08, 2013, 11:24:32 pm
Today I put Blue Loctite on my fuel tank bolts.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Royalista on February 09, 2013, 05:57:48 pm
My heart and thoughts go out to all the people on the eastcoast, being snowed under; especially to the riding brothers. May the inconvenience be shortlived. Only one more month to winter.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Jack Leis on February 14, 2013, 02:44:38 am
Been smelling gas recently when opening my garage door. Further investigation revealed a slight pin hole in the weld on the right rear of my tank . I pulled the tank off to get a better eyeball on the leak and discovered the top motor mount was broken. Damn ! Too many trouble free miles I guess . I contacted my dealer and He is hooking me up with a revised motor mount and to my suprise a brand new tank. Thank God for the 2 year warranty. I made a temporary motor mount out of some flat stock and put some JB Weld on the pin hole so at least I can ride it until the new parts come in.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Gypsyjon on February 15, 2013, 07:45:03 pm
Just got back froma nice little ride..had lunchon the way. Bike did not want to start, I am pretty sure I flooded it using the little ckoke control lever. I could smell gas. Once I cranked it w/o choke it cleared its throat and ran fine.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Rich Mintz on February 15, 2013, 10:32:03 pm
Weather permitting (and the hourly weather forecast suggests that it will), I'm planning to do a 118-mile loop tomorrow to see what kind of MPG I get in highway riding.

Map here: http://goo.gl/maps/47Xx7

Will let you know how it goes...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Desi Bike on February 15, 2013, 11:53:36 pm
Just got back froma nice little ride..had lunchon the way. Bike did not want to start, I am pretty sure I flooded it using the little ckoke control lever. I could smell gas. Once I cranked it w/o choke it cleared its throat and ran fine.

I've never used that thing in 17,000 km year round riding.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: FiRE Comms on February 16, 2013, 12:05:56 am
I've never used that thing in 17,000 km year round riding.
+1
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on February 16, 2013, 12:25:30 am
I don't get what it's for.  By design there's not enough friction to hold it in place, you have to hold it there, it says so in the manual.  All my other bikes it styas where you put it.  So if it won't stay open on its own what's the difference between that and opening the throttle a crack?  Aside from the fact that it's much easier and more comfortable to open the throttle.

Now that I think about it, may as well take if off and have one less cable.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Desi Bike on February 16, 2013, 12:47:23 am
[quote ]

Now that I think about it, may as well take if off and have one less cable.

Scott
[/quote]

Or a spare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on February 16, 2013, 12:52:21 am
It would require me to get off the couch and go into the cold garage, not likely any time soon.  I talk a big game but there's not much follow through ;)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on February 16, 2013, 01:22:37 am
Weather permitting (and the hourly weather forecast suggests that it will), I'm planning to do a 118-mile loop tomorrow to see what kind of MPG I get in highway riding.

Map here: http://goo.gl/maps/47Xx7

Will let you know how it goes...

Looking forward to your report, Rich.  I'd like to see more maps like yours in the ride reports.  You listenin', Bare and Jack?  ;)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Gypsyjon on February 16, 2013, 05:24:50 pm
I've never used that thing in 17,000 km year round riding.

Thanks for the info guys! I will quit using it too.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Jack Leis on February 16, 2013, 08:33:17 pm
Looking forward to your report, Rich.  I'd like to see more maps like yours in the ride reports.  You listenin', Bare and Jack?  ;)
That is why we always mention all the roads traveled so those interested can google it. Originally there was a request from someone in England I believe to do that. I personally have not a clue how to post a frigen map and dont care to learn.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: john hut on February 16, 2013, 09:30:50 pm
Fitted headlamp peak and black faced clock on fork nut,  anyone know how to remove clock from housing for future reference?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on February 16, 2013, 10:11:48 pm
I tried to go a google map on one of our 300 miles trips, and it was always getting lost as it didn't want to follow the roads we were on. Then when I finally got it fairly close after 2 hours or so, the whole thing disappeared. So much for google for me!
I might consider something that does the work all on my hard drive, but nothing that is using this stuff that's parked out on a satellite someplace! New technology, bah, humbug!
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Jack Leis on February 16, 2013, 10:16:34 pm
Plus One Bare !
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gremlin on February 17, 2013, 12:29:17 am
I got tired of waiting for the B5 luggage-rack to self-install, so, I fired up the heater & spent the afternoon gathering up stainless hardware & bolting it up.

Looks nice !
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on February 17, 2013, 01:04:47 pm
I tried to go a google map on one of our 300 miles trips, and it was always getting lost as it didn't want to follow the roads we were on. Then when I finally got it fairly close after 2 hours or so, the whole thing disappeared. So much for google for me!
I might consider something that does the work all on my hard drive, but nothing that is using this stuff that's parked out on a satellite someplace! New technology, bah, humbug!
Bare

It was just a poke... don't worry, boys - I don't think I'd do it either!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: The_Rigger on February 24, 2013, 08:26:13 am
Hey Scotty, I'm gonna be in PDX next week. I'll come de-cable your bike if you want.  ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on February 24, 2013, 12:36:27 pm
Fitted headlamp peak and black faced clock on fork nut,  anyone know how to remove clock from housing for future reference?

John - are you talking about the clocks4bikes unit?  I have an older one... the clock face has a rubber-like gasket around it which holds it in place by friction.  It just pops out - I use a fingernail to get beneath it.

Mine requires removal to set the time, so if yours is the same, your reference might not be too far in the future...  ;)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Rich Mintz on February 24, 2013, 03:54:22 pm
I spent half an hour trying to figure out how to get the Clocks4Bikes face off until, frustrated, I just pried it off and realized that that was the correct way...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on February 26, 2013, 07:20:23 pm
Sometimes brute force really is the right solution :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Jack Leis on March 01, 2013, 10:23:24 pm
Replaced my worn Avon AM26 rear tire with a new one today. I got 5500 miles out of the old one. Not bad concidering I was getting only 1800 to 2000 miles on the K70's. Fix the busted nuckles and clean up the mess in the garage and Im on the road again !
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: TWinOKC on March 02, 2013, 12:28:19 am
Replaced my worn Avon AM26 rear tire with a new one today. I got 5500 miles out of the old one. Not bad concidering I was getting only 1800 to 2000 miles on the K70's. Fix the busted nuckles and clean up the mess in the garage and Im on the road again !

What did you do about balancing the tire?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: motorat on March 02, 2013, 12:37:55 am
when i did mine i just put in about 6 oz of slime.
so far it appears to work
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Jack Leis on March 02, 2013, 01:40:36 am
What did you do about balancing the tire?
Absolutely nothing. Never had to balance one . If I had a definite wobble or gyration I might concider it. So far so good.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: TWinOKC on March 02, 2013, 02:01:35 am
Absolutely nothing. Never had to balance one . If I had a definite wobble or gyration I might concider it. So far so good.

Thanks Jack.  I really did do a search but could not find any reference to tire balance other than something about beads.  Didn't see any balance weights on my rims either?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Jack Leis on March 02, 2013, 02:16:22 am
TW, I know there are ways to balance them , I just have never felt the need. I do all the tire changes myself, with 18.5K on the bike there have been plenty of them. If I had a shop do the tire changes I probably would have them balanced. Maybe I'm just old school. " If it works, don't fix it ".
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on March 02, 2013, 02:25:53 am
None of these bikes have tire weights from the factory.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Jack Leis on March 02, 2013, 02:30:08 am
I noticed that too. Bare's bike had weights on it from the shop that installed his tires. That was the first time I ever noticed weights.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on March 02, 2013, 03:55:40 am
I relubed my clutch cable today. :)

No balance weights on my (relatively new) Dunlop K70 on the front and no signs of imbalance at speeds up to 80 mph.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Jack Leis on March 02, 2013, 04:03:58 am
 For what it's worth, a few months ago I was poking around Harbor Freight and ran across a motorcycle wheel balancer. It appeared to be a rack with live centers to spin your wheel and I suppose to find the heavy spot. I passed on it.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on March 02, 2013, 06:08:36 pm
I've really never noticed any vibration whether the tires were balanced or not. Couldn't tell any difference. But it sounds good!
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Royalista on March 04, 2013, 12:27:59 am
Was time to tighten the chain one notch. Came to realize I've actually grown to like the snails. Cleaned and greased. Adjusted brake. Made a test ride, then a longer ride. Just another good day.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on March 04, 2013, 09:09:28 pm
I've really never noticed any vibration whether the tires were balanced or not. Couldn't tell any difference. But it sounds good!
Bare

Modern wheels and tires are fairly well balanced compared to what they were 20-30 years ago.  If youjust put the dot on a new tire (lightest point) next to the valve you're often all set.  And at the speeds we go I suspect that would be plenty good.  I would be curious to get my wheels balanced with spoke weights.  Those are easy to remove so you could easily do a before and after for comparison.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on March 04, 2013, 09:11:59 pm
Was time to tighten the chain one notch. Came to realize I've actually grown to like the snails. Cleaned and greased. Adjusted brake. Made a test ride, then a longer ride. Just another good day.

I like the snails too.   Once you figure out where straight is for your bike (same notch or how many different between the sides) it makes things really easy.  Just go to the notch that's not too tight and put it all together.  No messing with turning adjusters and re-checking alignment.  I don't know why there's so much complaining about these little doo-dads.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: motorat on March 04, 2013, 09:25:11 pm
i put a sharpie dot on mine.
it is soo much nicer than the bonneville was!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on March 04, 2013, 09:35:26 pm
I cut little lines in every few notches with a Dremel.  Very easy to index the two sides to each other.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Royalista on March 04, 2013, 10:04:35 pm
Each time I reflect how good an idea cutting those holes actually is. Can't really explain why I don't do it. Something in me just holds me back from drilling them: "Wu wei", (I Ching-lish).  ::)
So I have 4 handsomely small sized sharpies, each of a different reflective color. Kids like them too. Works, but holes would be easier.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Jack Leis on March 04, 2013, 10:56:51 pm
I replaced my snail adjusters with the Nfield Gear threaded type and found them a pain in the butt. It took longer to adjust the chain properly. I swapped them out for my old trusty snails and like them . What I did do is use a white paint pencil to highlight the center punch divits I put on the snails along time ago. I marked every 4 adjustments with a divit and it makes the chain adjustment a piece of cake.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on March 04, 2013, 11:53:56 pm
My problem with the snails was that I had to pull the right one clear out past the post that it indexes, to turn it. That meant I had to really loosen up the nuts or remove them from the axle. Everything at that point was kinda flopping around. I don't what it was about that snail, but I did the best thing I could. get rid of the damn thing. On most bikes I've had I liked the snail. This one was by far the worst!
On the other hand, most of the bikes I had had the snail on the swing arm pivot and that works out much better than having to loosen the axle and brake and all the rest of the crap. The chain and wheel stayed aligned. It was a far better system.
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on March 05, 2013, 12:07:09 am
I get that sometimes.  I put the left one back a notch or two to get some room, then push the front of the tire to the right to leverage the axle back on the right, set the right snail and let it drop into place, then set the left and bolt it all down.  If you get enough room on the left it's easy to get enough room on the right to turn it to where you want it and drop it back in place.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on March 05, 2013, 04:07:50 am
Based on my picture book ("Royal Enfield- By Miles The Best") those snail adjusters were first used by RE with the introduction of the pivoted trailing arm system in 1948.
After 65 years, their still with us.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: jartist on March 05, 2013, 05:29:09 am
I adjust my chain with the wheel off so I'm only dealing with the right snail. After tightening up the two big brake plate bolts I put the wheel in and all I have to deal with is the left snail when tightening the axle.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: RE-Memphis on March 05, 2013, 06:08:15 am
Today I commuted to both work and school. Total of 48 miles and 4 compliments gathered. That's an average of .08 compliments per mile!  ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gremlin on March 05, 2013, 01:03:57 pm
Today I (temporarily) draped an extension cord across the B5 to plug my snow-blower's starter into an outlet.......
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on March 05, 2013, 06:02:15 pm
My next RE has real nut adjusters. The snails are gone! (Get here! Get here! get here!)
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gremlin on March 05, 2013, 06:05:29 pm
nut adjuster ?  ouch.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on March 05, 2013, 09:30:07 pm
Are those nut adjusters for adjusting the wheel or for adjusting just how far the owner can push the limits before loosing it? :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on March 05, 2013, 10:51:20 pm
There's no adjustment for the nut on top of the seat, that's why we congregate here.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Royalista on March 05, 2013, 11:02:00 pm
There's no adjustment for the nut on top of the seat, that's why we congregate here.

Scott
and that's nuts'o bad
 ;)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Gypsyjon on March 06, 2013, 01:05:58 am
Today I (temporarily) draped an extension cord across the B5 to plug my snow-blower's starter into an outlet.......

What is a snow blower??
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Royalista on March 06, 2013, 01:09:49 am
What is a snow blower??

A mythical weapon created to assist in the Great Thaw
soon in a city near you  8)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on March 06, 2013, 02:39:49 am
Today I (temporarily) draped an extension cord across the B5 to plug my snow-blower's starter into an outlet.......

This is why I love this forum...  ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Rich Mintz on March 06, 2013, 10:59:54 pm
Today I de-installed this coffee cup holder from my handlebars

http://www.ridepdw.com/goods/cargo/bar-ista%E2%84%A2

and installed this one:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0050TCLOO/

The first one sat too low (so the bottom of the cup hit the gas tank on tight turns) and didn't hold the cup tightly enough. The second one is perfect.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: wildbill on March 06, 2013, 11:12:53 pm
Now that's what i call "Latte on the go."
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: wildbill on March 06, 2013, 11:20:24 pm
Yesterday, whilst on a short ride I got another run of intermittent power loss.
For some reason bang on 90 kph. So back on a steady 80kph cruise I arrived home safely.
Checked the plug - it appeared fine, next step the battery.
Off with the cover and old faithful had done it again. The negative cable 'O' ring cable lug had broken completely off.
New one fitted and off shortly for a test run
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: JVS on March 09, 2013, 11:10:44 am
Random story but this has happened for the first time since I got the RE -

Was coming home from a decent quick ride of the town..approx 20mi in total. And, for the last 4 or 5 miles, I noticed this little car in the mirrors that had been following me for all this distance. I said to myself 'what the hell is wrong with this guy?!' and thought I'd just let him pass by pulling over. But nope, this guy was still on my tail. So I finally stopped and looked over.

The guy came over and just wanted to know where I bought the Bullet from..being quite rare here in Australia, albeit I've seen 1 more in my local area!! He said he's seen me on the bike numerous times before whilst on his job as a security officer (at the local shopping centre) :-X and today his going home time coincided with mine and this guy kept following, lol.

So yeah. Another RE lover I suppose.  ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on March 15, 2013, 03:49:46 am
Another oil and oil filter change today.
It's been over 2100 miles since the last one and although the Periodical Maintenance in the book says I can go from 7500 miles to 11250 without changing it I figure what the hey, at 9300 miles and with summer coming and with the hot  110+ F. temperatures we get here I want some good fresh oil instead of some tired oil in there.

Apparently, some breaking in is still going on because both sump magnets had some steel fuzz on them.  Also, a few slivers of steel were caught in the pick up screen.  Probably off of the transmission dogs.
Still, breaking in or not, it's running great.  Vibration is almost non existant even at 65-75 mph.  MUCH better than my old Honda CX500 twin that would put my hands to sleep after a 20 minute ride. :)

I also changed the spark plug although the one that I took out shows no signs of wear or carbon after 7000 miles of use.

As a side note to the newcomers to the UCE, after almost two years and 9 oil changes I am still using the original O-rings that came with the bike.
When you change your oil you do not have to change those O-rings unless they were damaged while you were removing the sump pickup drain or the oil filter cap.
 Remember that trying to remove them from their grooves can damage them so just wipe them and their mating surfaces clean and reuse them.
It is a good idea to wipe a little fresh oil on the filter covers O-ring to lube it while it slips into place.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: The_Rigger on March 15, 2013, 08:28:39 pm
Ordered a pair of Hagons and an upswept exhaust pipe, in hopes of getting the bike actually fixed before the Apocalypse...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Jack Leis on March 15, 2013, 08:34:03 pm
Found that I have a broken shaft on the left shock today. So naturally I ordered a set of Hagon's too !
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: JVS on March 16, 2013, 12:23:29 am
Well..yesterday..I enocuntered my first tyre puncture on the RE and motorcycles as a whole. I bought the RE about 1 year and a month ago. I don't know how such a long as son of a metal can get in to the tyre. But oh well, I just took the wheel off and took it the local bike shop to get the tube replaced etc. Just have to collect it now  ;D

Here's the culprit :
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on March 16, 2013, 02:40:58 am
It's easy to pick up a nail, especially by loading docks.  The pallettes used in shipping break up and shed them all the time.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: JVS on March 16, 2013, 08:42:09 am
Yeah I guess. I think it was good for me in the sense that while the tyre was getting fixed, I took off the sprocket/brake drum and cleaned it out. Ever since I bought it, I had never done that..so there was a lot of brake pad gunk in there. A good dose of brake cleaner and sand-paper did the trick. Also lubed the brake cam while I was at it. Now the rear brake runs smoother than ever..no more annoying squeaks.  ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Royalista on March 18, 2013, 11:10:56 pm
Got first speeding ticket on a bullet. Another myth bites the dust. :)

Actually it was a bushwacker's speedtrap. Myth still stands.  :(

Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gremlin on March 19, 2013, 12:33:06 am
Got first speeding ticket on a bullet. Another myth bites the dust. :)

We should to create a travelling trophy for this !!!!   That is a Monumental achievement !
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mplayle on March 19, 2013, 01:50:51 am
First oil/filter change - finally crossed the 300 mile initial break-in last week.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: benknrobbers on March 20, 2013, 04:26:37 am
I cut the straps off of a gas mask carrier, and sewed them back on in a different position so they would hold the bag to the bike flap side up. Then I sat on the bike in my garage for a while and wished that I could go out for a ride.  :-\ I'm counting the days till I can get a my motorcycle safety class. Damn MSF and their non record keeping ways.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: AusG5 on March 20, 2013, 11:17:55 am
Got my G5 back from the dyno tuning, got a PCV fit on, 21.5hp at the wheel. took it to the drags, ran a 17.303, i know its not important, but has anyone else done the 1/4 mile

im running a 18t front sprocket, medium weight loss, k&n straight on intake and a custom exhaust
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on March 20, 2013, 05:43:14 pm
What exhaust are you running? That's pretty good horsepower!
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on March 20, 2013, 06:10:46 pm
And care to post your map so others might use it?

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Alan LaRue on March 21, 2013, 08:33:24 pm
I'll hit 8000 miles tomorrow.
Did the 7500 mile oil change a week ago, and put a new chain on a few days before. I just picked up a "Parts Unlimited" plain jane 530 chain from Land's Cycles on I-10 East in Houston. It's a service place and they have a lot of used motorcycles (including a nice looking CB750K). I called around and couldn't find anyone else with a chain in stock! (Well, I didn't call a lot of places, but I called a couple of others.) It came with 104 links but he cut two out for no charge while I waited.

Got an E-Z Mirror bar end in the mail today from NFieldGear. I just ordered one, and I'll use it to see what's in my lane behind me. I'll keep both handlebar mirrors to see what's coming up beside me.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on March 21, 2013, 09:33:16 pm
"Chinese food beats hopes and dreams any day."

Love that!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Alan LaRue on March 22, 2013, 12:03:57 am
"Chinese food beats hopes and dreams any day."

Love that!

I coined that out of frustration, really. My wife sometime goes on about disappointments, saying things like "I always thought I'd have this" or "I thought at this point I'm my life this thing would be true." Just give me a plate of General Tso's chicken and I've got no worries!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Royalista on March 22, 2013, 12:18:05 am
don't forget lazy suzy  ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on March 22, 2013, 07:11:53 am
I coined that out of frustration, really. My wife sometime goes on about disappointments, saying things like "I always thought I'd have this" or "I thought at this point I'm my life this thing would be true." Just give me a plate of General Tso's chicken and I've got no worries!

That's why I love it!  We're married to the same woman!

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: benknrobbers on March 22, 2013, 08:20:36 am
I finished modifying the second gas mask carrier into a saddlebag today. I'll post pictures of them hanging soon. I cut all of the major straps off of them, left two D rings on the front, then used the two one inch straps with buckles to make the hanging straps.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Jack Leis on March 22, 2013, 02:27:45 pm
Installed the new Hagon's last night. I gave Dave Quinn all the particulars over the phone but just sitting on the bike in the garage they certainly feel stiff. Going on another 200 miler today to check em out. More to be revealed !
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on March 22, 2013, 07:29:44 pm
They probably would feel a bit stiffer than the other ONE!
I had to go full soft on my springs, but it depends on what springs he sent you. He may have given you a heavier set than he did me, but mine were on the fringe of too stiff.
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Jack Leis on March 22, 2013, 11:58:14 pm
The springs a perfect. The shocks worked perfect. My God what a difference. I couldn't be more pleased. I just got back from lunch up at Newcomb's, put 200 miles on them and am just amazed. The bike handled SO much better and is even more predictable in the twisties. Coming down Lone Pine Canyon couldn't have been any smoother too. I definitely don't miss the Monoshock set up !
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on March 23, 2013, 01:00:04 am
Awesome to hear!  Suspension upgrades make a world of difference.  Glad they work so well for you.
Scottie
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on March 23, 2013, 01:29:25 am
 8) Excellent, Jack!  I've got a pair on the shelf, to be installed soon!  I promised myself that I'd be on the road again by April 1st... doesn't look possible now, between work and family stuff and a nasty cold and, oh yeah, new snow on the ground.  But soon!!!!!

"monoshock"?  Must be a story there...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gremlin on March 23, 2013, 03:04:13 am
A reminder for us Nort'rn'rs

Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Jack Leis on March 23, 2013, 03:39:12 am
Mattsz, the OEM left rear shock shaft snapped from the upper clevis I'm guessing, a couple weeks ago. The old guys were so worn out I never really noticed. I couldn't see the damaged shock because of the saddlebags cover them up. Anyway, I only had 1 complete shock left. Thus the term Monoshock. Maybe I should have called it an Uno shock ?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: b.sheets on March 23, 2013, 05:43:53 am
installed the D&D exhaust and when I was finished the dog and I took the bike for a test ride down the street and back. I think he likes the new sound of the bike.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: BRADEY on March 23, 2013, 06:15:49 am
Wish the photo was taken from the other side of the bike......
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: b.sheets on March 23, 2013, 06:18:48 am
I agree, don't worry though... pictures of the BEAUTIFUL exhaust system will be up tomorrow.

I am very happy with it and now rather than getting looks after I park somewhere I get them when I'm pulling up....

Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: benknrobbers on March 23, 2013, 08:29:10 am
I attached a mosin nagant ammo pouch set as a fork bag. also included a pic of the gas mask carrier.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: benknrobbers on March 23, 2013, 08:29:57 am
here's the fork bag
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: b.sheets on March 23, 2013, 08:49:44 am
looks good. if only I had a military bike....there are plenty of gas mask carriers around here!

and for what it's worth I use magazine pouches to hold my wrenches inside my tool box...haha
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: benknrobbers on March 23, 2013, 09:04:21 am
looks good. if only I had a military bike....there are plenty of gas mask carriers around here!

and for what it's worth I use magazine pouches to hold my wrenches inside my tool box...haha
a most noble use :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: benknrobbers on March 23, 2013, 09:07:33 am
I was actually about to buy the red and my better half the military suited me better.

I also called the nfield gear today and found out how to order a new oval cover for my tool box. Planning on mounting a holster, but I rarely carry so i'd rather have an un-drilled cover for daily riding, all the same, did a mock up to see what it would look like and whether it would give clearance.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: b.sheets on March 23, 2013, 09:31:39 am
how much does a new cover run? i've got a black one that I do not use. it's a little scuffed up but if youre going to mount a holster on it....

again it's black not green but I might be in the market to ship it off to you.

let me know
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: benknrobbers on March 23, 2013, 10:19:27 am
they are about $45. As far as it being scuffed and black, I would probably end up roughing it with some 800 grit and shooting it with eggshell OD green anyway. I PM'ed you with my email addy.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Alan LaRue on March 23, 2013, 01:27:32 pm
A reminder for us Nort'rn'rs

We get that in July and August on the Gulf Coast.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: raderj on March 23, 2013, 01:36:43 pm
I was actually about to buy the red and my better half the military suited me better.

I also called the nfield gear today and found out how to order a new oval cover for my tool box. Planning on mounting a holster, but I rarely carry so i'd rather have an un-drilled cover for daily riding, all the same, did a mock up to see what it would look like and whether it would give clearance.

That thing is sick. A holster on an Enfield. Perfect!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on March 23, 2013, 08:58:26 pm
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We get that in July and August on the Gulf Coast.

I've got it now and a few months to go before I can cure it!
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: b.sheets on March 24, 2013, 11:09:51 pm
Wish the photo was taken from the other side of the bike......

a few days later...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: benknrobbers on March 25, 2013, 12:17:33 am
Holy short pipe batman! seriously though looks good.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: FiRE Comms on March 25, 2013, 12:41:03 am
it does look good...  how's she run and what did it set you back?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: ace.cafe on March 25, 2013, 12:44:50 am
Looking real good!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: b.sheets on March 25, 2013, 12:47:52 am
it does look good...  how's she run and what did it set you back?

I owe everyone a better quality picture though(my ipod touch takes very poor quality photos)

shipped to me in less than a week for $400
it hurt a little but honestly....best purchase ive made other than the bike itself other than that beautiful ace air filter :D

it runs great too. no issues at all.
and it SOUNDS AMAZING!
no video can do it justice....
it's that good.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on March 25, 2013, 05:46:23 am
I rode my G5 to the annual vintage bike show and parts swap today.
With the exception of a 2003 Iron Barrel that was trucked there and for sale my RE was the only one there.

It was interesting to stand back and watch my bike.
Surrounded by Harley's and dozens of other bikes in the parking area, it had a constant stream of people stopping to take a better look at it while they ignored the other ones. :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on March 25, 2013, 05:59:08 pm
I rode my G5 to the annual vintage bike show and parts swap today.
With the exception of a 2003 Iron Barrel that was trucked there and for sale my RE was the only one there.
 
It was interesting to stand back and watch my bike.
Surrounded by Harley's and dozens of other bikes in the parking area, it had a constant stream of people stopping to take a better look at it while they ignored the other ones. :)

That's awesome.    :)
Scottie
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on April 03, 2013, 05:29:02 am
I rode to the local metal scrap place and bought a 1 1/4 inch square piece of steel tubing.

As you may recall, I didn't like the severe lean angle my G5 would sit at when it was resting on the sidestand.  I added a square piece of aluminum tubing to the bottom of the "foot" on the kick stand to improve this.

Far be it from me to actually forget the side stand was down and ride off with it that way so lets just say the bottom of that aluminum tube got scraped up somehow.
The thin wall became thinner until I could see thru a bit of it so I decided to change it with a piece of steel tubing.

$3.00 less for 18 inches of tubing and 15 minutes to saw off a short length of the new tubing and to drill the two mounting screw holes and mount it and it was a done deal. :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: wildbill on April 03, 2013, 08:52:29 am
Removed the brown plasti-dip from the bike

(http://i907.photobucket.com/albums/ac278/wildbill2010/P1050125_zpse1df64f7.jpg)

Now it's back to the maroon/chrome

(http://i907.photobucket.com/albums/ac278/wildbill2010/P1050137_zpsd48705df.jpg)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Alan LaRue on April 03, 2013, 03:49:56 pm
Removed the brown plasti-dip from the bike


Wow! How much work was involved in that?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on April 03, 2013, 05:35:45 pm
Dude, don't you have a job or something?  Where do you find the time? ;)

As for me I gave up trying to remove/install my own tires.  I got the rear mounted at the shop yesterday and I'll bring in the front in about 20 minutes.  Then I'll go home and punish myself trying to remove the 46mm nut on the front sprocket.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on April 03, 2013, 07:24:36 pm
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Then I'll go home and punish myself trying to remove the 46mm nut on the front sprocket.

If you really want to save yourself a lot of pain and agony, Go spend the $58 at Harbor Freight for there 19 piece 3/4" Drive jumbo socket set. It goes up to 50mm. The set has proven very handy for some the other big nuts on the bike, too I would almost consider it essential equipment for an Enfield owner.
I got the set from them last year (for a lot less money), but a 46mm socket by itself will run about $25 anyplace else. And you really will need a socket for this job if your nut is properly torqued.
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on April 03, 2013, 08:12:10 pm
Hmmm... I did go spend $31 on the socket and adapter.  I know the price of that set is up to around $70 but I probably have a coupon somewhere....

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on April 03, 2013, 08:21:46 pm
Just looked and it's $57.99 on sale right now.  Tough call, I already have all the other large size sockets I need and I'm betting the 1 13/16" Craftsman socket is better quality than the 46mm in the kit. 

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on April 03, 2013, 09:07:44 pm
It's no doubt better looking, but these aren't bad and they do fit and you ain't gonna break 'em!
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gashousegorilla on April 03, 2013, 09:49:14 pm
Just looked and it's $57.99 on sale right now.  Tough call, I already have all the other large size sockets I need and I'm betting the 1 13/16" Craftsman socket is better quality than the 46mm in the kit. 

Scott

  The 13/16 socket worked perfect for me..... I think is was around 25-30 bucks from a local tool supply. And of course, those cheap Hobo freight Impact guns will make it sooo much easier....
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on April 03, 2013, 10:17:38 pm
An impact wrench might be a better purchase if it doesn't come loose with a breaker bar.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on April 03, 2013, 11:37:49 pm
  The 13/16 socket worked perfect for me..... I think is was around 25-30 bucks from a local tool supply. And of course, those cheap Hobo freight Impact guns will make it sooo much easier....

Did you pop it with an impact wrench or breaker bar?  I'm figuring I'll try the breaker bar first but an impact wrench might help with something else.  I was thinking of just leaning the bike to the left against the wall to get the sidecover off without draining the engine oil.  I suspect I'd be less likely to knock it over if I used an impact gun than if I'm hauling on the thing with a breaker bar while trying to hold the brake down to keep it all from spinning.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gashousegorilla on April 03, 2013, 11:56:38 pm
   I had the same thought process as you Scott..... And wen't though it.  Do yourself a favor and go for the impact wrench. You can try the breaker bar to take it off first.... you may get lucky and it's easy. I tried and it wasn't.... So I quickly said screw it.  But I have an impact wrench . If you go for the impact wrench, remember you will need a 1/2 by 3/4 socket adapter for the big arse socket..... need it for the breaker bar too.

  I would leave the bike on the center stand.  Drain some oil out from the plug..... just till you don't see oil in the window. Then put a pan under the right side cover.  Your not gonna get that much oil coming out. If you MUST use the breaker bar..... A nice piece of 2x4 cut into a wedge, door stop style behind the rear wheel, should keep the bike from moving on you too much....     Then I would put the drive sprocket back on with your bar and NOT the impact wrench.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on April 04, 2013, 12:02:49 am
I've already got the 1/2 to 3/4 adapter, I neede it for my breaker bar.  Sounds like a good plan, I'll get the gun and if I don't need it I take it back unopened when I'm done.  If I need it, no delay :)

And just thinking, a small piece of wood jambed between the sprocket and chain should hold it in place just fine and not hurt anything.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gashousegorilla on April 04, 2013, 12:13:25 am
    Yeah, that's a good idea too !  But if you go with the gun, you won't need the wood or the wedge. And be able to use it for all kinds of useful stuff on the bike and Car....... You know, then bring it back!  ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gremlin on April 04, 2013, 01:30:22 am
What with the thermometer reaching into the middle 40's this week ......  I gave up on waiting for the AGM to self install -and- stuffed that puppy in there.

Now, I just gotta figure out how to convince this ACE air canister to install itself......
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Singh_Chicago on April 04, 2013, 03:36:59 am
How is ur $52 battery working so far Gremlin, I havestock battery since last 3 years and plan to change soon.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: GreenMachine on April 04, 2013, 04:11:38 pm
Installed the "over wintered" battery. Wiped off a bit of the dried underneath grime, polished up the wheels and fired up the machine. Took it for a easy 20 minute ride and GreenMachine ran perfectly..You have to love this bike, she handles so easy and sounds so sweet..Since I was on a roll I decided to install the battery in the yamaha 1100  and took that out for a 30 minute jaunt.  Leaving in a hour to take it to the dealer and get the newly arrived Metzeler tires installed, state inspection and whatever else I can think of.....I even found time to fire up the wife's hyosung and took that out to loosen it up...Everything is running as should be ,so my winter storage was successful again .Rode 3 bikes in a hour n half and the enfield is my favorite..GM
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on April 04, 2013, 06:29:00 pm
And just thinking, a small piece of wood jambed between the sprocket and chain should hold it in place just fine and not hurt anything.

I just cranked down the rear brake adjuster nut to keep things from rotating. I got the nut loose with the 3/4" breaker bar in the kit, and slipped an old fork tube over the breaker bar for a bit more leverage. Came right off with that combo.
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on April 04, 2013, 06:43:32 pm
Thanks for the info Bare.  Good to know it should come loose with resonable force, and nice trick with the adjuster!  I think Singh had trouble with his and eventually used a punch and hammer on one of the points of the nut.

My mechanic just texted me, front wheel is ready :)  I picked up an electric impact gun this morning just in case.  Hopefully I'll get to it all tonight.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: GSS on April 04, 2013, 07:12:07 pm
Scott,
Mine came off real easy.  Right foot on the rear brake to keep things from spinning, and a 2' long breaker bar on the Harbor freight 46mm socket.  Don't forget to straighten out the bent lock washer first!

GSS
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gremlin on April 04, 2013, 07:37:03 pm
How is ur $52 battery working so far Gremlin, I havestock battery since last 3 years and plan to change soon.

fit like a glove, it's all good !

The battery is all black, and, in my B5 it would look better without the metal cover if I had a couple leather straps to hold it in place.

As it is, I reassembled with the stock rubber straps and the metal box (for now..)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on April 04, 2013, 07:38:08 pm
Scott,
Mine came off real easy.  Right foot on the rear brake to keep things from spinning, and a 2' long breaker bar on the Harbor freight 46mm socket.  Don't forget to straighten out the bent lock washer first!

GSS

Thanks :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on April 05, 2013, 06:40:24 pm
Tied up with family stuff yesterday so I just put the front wheel in the garage.  Tonight I should definitely get the front wheel back on and if it's early enough I'll do the chain and front sprocket.  I'm excited to try the new BT45s and get to a few other small projects.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on April 06, 2013, 12:02:10 am
While your playing with your front wheel don't forget to lube your speedometer cable. :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on April 06, 2013, 12:04:34 am
It's on the list along with lubing all the cables.  Thanks :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Royalista on April 06, 2013, 02:19:52 am
Fitting of a new rear tyre (at 11,500 miles).
Solving of a vibration problem that's been haunting for some time.
Both long bottom rear engine mounting bolts would not hold properly and worked themselves loose at every ride. The odd thing was finding a metric fine bolt fitted on english thread.  ???
Solution for one was found in freshing up the thread and fitting new bolt. The other one by adding a rubber ring (of the hard kind).

I was made to believe RE had converted to metric but likely in a Shakespearian way: a midsummernight's dream, as you like it.
Any way, to be back on a smooth ride made me immune for the low twenties and the firm harsh polar wind. Once this current elation has subsided I may start a discovery slash inventory tour on bolts.  ;)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: benknrobbers on April 06, 2013, 03:21:20 am
I got my motorcycle safety course done today, and took my bike out for the first ride without worrying about getting busted.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on April 06, 2013, 04:56:57 am
Royalista
After the lower rear engine mount bolt that passes thru the frame and the engine sheared off I looked into replacing mine.

That bolt/nut is supposed to be torqued to 50 N/M (37 lb/ft) and it is a 10mm bolt.
Armed with this information I calculated the strength requirement of the bolt and threads.
It turns out that the stress level is around 63,000 psi.
The lower class screw/bolt materials (grade 2) are only good for a load of around 55,000 psi proof load and 74,000 psi tensile load to failure.  That leaves no margin for a working life.

I solved my problem by finding some 3/8-16 heat treated screw stock which has a tensile strength of around 120,000 psi and although it cost over 3 times the cost of the low strength stuff and it just about removed the teeth from a new hack saw blade when I cut it off, it's doing the job nicely.
Because of the high stress loads in this bolt, be sure to buy at least a grade 5 nut.  Grade 7 is even better because it matches the strength of the heat treated stock.

If you used a low strength bolt, keep an eye on it.  It may fail again.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Royalista on April 06, 2013, 11:13:36 pm
Arizoni
I spent this day studying the available manuals and catalogues to find out more about both bolts. As in science, resulted in few answers & more questions.

The bolt you described is listed in the spare parts books for E5/G5 and for C5. The other one, that joins both sides of the frame and then screws into the LHS mount for sidestand & footpeg, is not in E5/G5, but is in C5.
Which would imply that my E5 (built May, 2010) has the frame and the footpegs from a C5.
Riding standing on the footpegs would then load the LHS mount through the LHS footpeg and so cause additional stress to both bolts.

This brings up new questions: do the current E5/G5's have that frame & footpegs that figures in the catalogue? How is the RHS footpeg linked to the frame of a regular E5/G5: according to the book its frame does not have that 'promontory' on the C5 (or is it an omission by the drawer?).

Your information does help to understand at least part of the problem, and not the least. Indeed they should be beefed up as suggested. Adding a hard rubber ring to the longer bolt will relieve the stress but the other bolt just received a new nut, that will not last. I'll take your advice and will change both bolts with higher grade.
If others have had issues with these bolts it might be useful to put this info into its own thread?

Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on April 08, 2013, 09:26:58 am
Lots!

I got the new Bridgestone BT45s mounted on the bike.  I just managed a short ride in wet conditions but at least I started getting the mold release compound off.  Can't really tell much yet but they were hand off stable at 75mph.

New chain and sprockets.  Ugh!  What a pain!  First shock was the sprocket price: $75 rear and $60 front.  They gave me $10 off on the front, we both thought $60 was too much.  I got a good deal on the DID x-ring chain from Indy Superbikes.  I also had to buy a $30 socket and adapter and $50 120V impact wrench to get the 46mm bolt off the front sprocket.  I tried with the breaker bar, it was not moving!  When I finally got the sprockets off they didn't look as bad as I feared.  I probably could have put another $35 regular chain on and done another 5000 miles before they were really gone.  Oh well, at least not I won't have to worry about it again for a very long time.

I'm hoping we get a little dry weather this week so I can get some miles on it.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: wildbill on April 08, 2013, 02:09:16 pm
still cleaning the bike up after removing the plasti-dip  paint. now working with a little grease and wax remover to complete the job
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: The_Rigger on April 10, 2013, 09:18:31 pm
It never ends...  Got an email from the claims adjuster for Fiona yesterday. I had ordered an upswept exhaust from Hitchcock's, as it was taking forever and six months to get the replacement OEM parts for her repairs. John let me know her repairs were finally done and the shop had her all cleaned up and ready to go... Except in the process they discovered a small dent in the front of the fuel tank, about 2" back from the front mounting bolt, that they had missed the first inspection.  He is asking if I want them to send the tank out to a local body shop to have the dent filled and the tank repainted, or as the dent is almost invisible to the eye (they found it by feel, apparently), would I take "an appearance allowance" which would mean I have zero deductable payment...  Having spent good money (which will be refunded, I think) on the exhaust system, I really don't have much of a concern about the deductable.

But jeebers, I sure would like to ride her again before I shuffle off this mortal coil...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on April 10, 2013, 09:24:44 pm
If you get the tank worked on make sure you get a gurantee that it won't leak in the next year or so.  They have changed the welding on the tanks last year I think, the earlier ones can leak if the weld fractures from stress or if it get vibrated around if the mounts are loose.  You don't want them beating on the tank only to discover they stressed the weld and it's leaking 3 months later.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gremlin on April 11, 2013, 12:52:46 am
...........the dent is almost invisible to the eye (they found it by feel, apparently), would I take "an appearance allowance"

minor flaws = character.  take the allowance & go buy some fuel & oil ......
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on April 11, 2013, 01:08:19 am
minor flaws = character.  take the allowance & go buy some fuel & oil ......

+1
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: The_Rigger on April 11, 2013, 01:20:17 am
They gave me a third option, that of taking a buy-out from the insurance company and doing the repairs myself...  The buy-out is just about enough to buy a new chrome-&-maroon EFI tank from Hitchcock's....

I think I'll take that option.  8)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on April 11, 2013, 02:52:25 am
I would too!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on April 11, 2013, 06:41:38 pm
Rode in to work.  Not a big deal but the bike just feels so good with the new chain, sprockets, and tires and the weather was sunny and not very cold.  Great commute :)

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: The_Rigger on April 11, 2013, 07:01:29 pm
Ordered Fiona's new fuel tank from Hitchcock's today, plus got confirmation of the buy-back payment I'll get from the insurance company for the tank, on top of the one I'm getting for the upswept exhaust.  So I'm pretty chuffed about that...

I'm still sitting in Cleveland, unable to ride Fiona, but at least I can see light at the end of this ungodly long tunnel, finally...

EDIT: Followed up with Dave Quinn, trying to locate the Hagons I ordered a month ago... Have yet to be shipped from the UK, as it appears he didn't have heavy enough shocks or springs for me in stock on this side of the pond.  (I'm... uhh... Not like you lightweight buggers...)  Maybe next week... Or next month...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gremlin on April 11, 2013, 10:11:46 pm
Ordered Fiona's new fuel tank from Hitchcock's today, plus got confirmation of the buy-back payment I'll get from the insurance company for the tank, on top of the one I'm getting for the upswept exhaust.  So I'm pretty chuffed about that...

I'm still sitting in Cleveland, unable to ride Fiona, but at least I can see light at the end of this ungodly long tunnel, finally...

EDIT: Followed up with Dave Quinn, trying to locate the Hagons I ordered a month ago... Have yet to be shipped from the UK, as it appears he didn't have heavy enough shocks or springs for me in stock on this side of the pond.  (I'm... uhh... Not like you lightweight buggers...)  Maybe next week... Or next month...

Are you *SURE* you are ready to get back up on that horse ?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Royalista on April 11, 2013, 10:18:52 pm
Rode in to work.  Not a big deal but the bike just feels so good with the new chain, sprockets, and tires and the weather was sunny and not very cold.  Great commute :)

Scott

+1

Winter here seems to have thrown in the towel too. At last, was a nasty grumpy old bugger.  :D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: wildbill on April 12, 2013, 02:00:12 am
gave the bike a quick burst to a gps indicated reading of 123 kph then backed off to a 100kph cruise. about 3 klm up along a straight stretch of road one of the local highway patrol car complete with flashing lights and the mobile radar unit  was booking a car.
a much slower trip back home with eyes peeled towards the rear view mirrors ;)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: The_Rigger on April 12, 2013, 05:10:28 am
Are you *SURE* you are ready to get back up on that horse ?

Whaddyamean by that?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on April 12, 2013, 06:01:20 am
gave the bike a quick burst to a gps indicated reading of 123 kph then backed off to a 100kph cruise. about 3 klm up along a straight stretch of road one of the local highway patrol car complete with flashing lights and the mobile radar unit  was booking a car.
a much slower trip back home with eyes peeled towards the rear view mirrors ;)

God knows I know that feeling!    :o    Nothing gets the heart beating like a good dose of high speed fun immediately followed by cherries and berries that weren't intended for you.    ;)

Scottie
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: wildbill on April 12, 2013, 08:26:13 am
did a 220 kl total trip to wellington nsw to check out the river. looked good so might take the mx5 for a run in the next couple of days and see if i can park my ---  for a couple of hours and hopefully snag one of those golden perch ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Royalista on April 12, 2013, 09:56:53 pm
gave the bike a quick burst to a gps indicated reading of 123 kph then backed off to a 100kph cruise. about 3 klm up along a straight stretch of road one of the local highway patrol car complete with flashing lights and the mobile radar unit  was booking a car.
a much slower trip back home with eyes peeled towards the rear view mirrors ;)

What are the odds? Had similar experience yesterday: suddenly I notice flashberries in the rear: it's a motorcycle cop; then I see up front a cager stopped by a patrol car, the mc is in to share the experience. Heheh, I'm off, I'm good.
It's the Scarlet Pimpernel, you know.  ;D

Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: The_Rigger on April 17, 2013, 02:21:40 am
Got a rental car on my day off yesterday, drove the four hours home and visited Fiona at the repair shop.  Paid her deductable, received a nice fat buy-out check for her new tank, exhaust system, and battery box cover (when she was on her side last August, acid leaked out of the battery, and since she's been sitting for months on end waiting for parts, the corrision sat in while she was still in the shop).  I was informed that the new tank from Hitchcock's was delivered this afternoon, and will be installed this week, along with the new Motobatt AGM cell I dropped off (no more spilled acid, thank you very much).

So close to riding I can almost taste the bugs in my teeth...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Jack Leis on April 17, 2013, 02:47:09 am
So close to riding I can almost taste the bugs in my teeth...
   Like we used to say in the Marine Corps, GET SOME !
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on April 17, 2013, 03:31:45 am
So close to riding I can almost taste the bugs in my teeth...
   Like we used to say in the Marine Corps, GET SOME !

I hear you Jack!  I have my Thorspark electronic ignition  ordered and I can't wait for it to get here!  It's the final part in my restoration and has been loooonnnng anticipated.   :D

On a side note, I got a quote for my motorcycle insurance and it's only going to be $126 a year for full coverage.  I was pretty stoked about that.

Scottie
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Jack Leis on April 17, 2013, 04:01:22 am
Yep Scottie, most the time these bikes are a cheap date compared to others.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Craig McClure on April 17, 2013, 04:59:20 am
BARE, Quick--take some of the goodies off if the are good, before they take it away. someone would like the seat, fly screen, & goldie muffler. Me for one.  Thanks, Craig
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gremlin on April 17, 2013, 06:16:48 am
The sky was clear, so, I donned the leather and took a quick ride to visit my friendly dealer.  Got an up-close peak at a 2013 B5 as she was being loaded up by her new owner.

The silver paint & new badges look really nice.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Jack Leis on April 17, 2013, 02:06:22 pm
Checked the bikes vitals, gassed it up and just about out the door on a 5 day exploration of Death Valley and Beatty, Nevada. Life is good !
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on April 17, 2013, 02:43:13 pm
Good luck Jack!  Have a safe and fun trip!

Scottie
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on April 17, 2013, 05:23:38 pm
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BARE, Quick--take some of the goodies off if the are good, before they take it away. someone would like the seat, fly screen, & goldie muffler. Me for one.  Thanks, Craig

I would've loved to have taken some stuff off it, but I don't think they were going to let me do it. I wanted the fly screen, the EFI muffler was bent, the seat was ripped, although I wasn't concerned with that myself as it had a date to go into the upholstery shop for a new cover anyway. I wouldn't have minded getting the rearsets off it, too.
This is why I'm stuck waiting for the new Continental. It comes with all that stuff except the flyscreen!
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on April 17, 2013, 06:13:29 pm
Kinda curious they didn't put a fly screen on the new Cafe.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on April 17, 2013, 07:10:03 pm
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Kinda curious they didn't put a fly screen on the new Cafe.

Dunno, but mine will get one. Ron Greene says there is an aftermarket one in the works now. If RE doesn't come up with one, I'll find one that works
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: bikesnob on April 17, 2013, 09:41:53 pm
Checked the bikes vitals, gassed it up and just about out the door on a 5 day exploration of Death Valley and Beatty, Nevada. Life is good !
Jack, I will be out there on Saturday, hope to run in to you.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: REdmonton on April 20, 2013, 03:31:33 am
Put the battery back in and then went for a ride. If it doesn't snow tomorrow I'll go for another spin. The roads are kind of sketchy right now. Lots of gravel, so you have to be careful on the corners. And the potholes this year are ridiculous.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Mcurrier on April 20, 2013, 03:51:55 am
I finally got it washed and waxed today, I've had a busy couple of weeks with a new seat, new signals, new taillight and bobbed the fender. I think it still needs another 2" off of it, then I'm going to work on the front fender. Then tires... The jobs are never done. Haha
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: The_Rigger on April 20, 2013, 06:41:12 pm
Quote from: Scottie J
On a side note, I got a quote for my motorcycle insurance and it's only going to be $126 a year for full coverage.  I was pretty stoked about that.
Yep Scottie, most the time these bikes are a cheap date compared to others.

+1
When I sold my last GoldWing and bought Fiona, my insurance bill was cut in half.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Gypsyjon on April 21, 2013, 04:23:59 am
Went for a nice ride out to the boondocks...great day, loved my ride.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on April 22, 2013, 11:39:02 pm
Yesterday: Looked at it while I moved other stuff around to get tools for other things around the house that needed attention instead of riding.  Then closed the garage and went inside to eat fresh baked chocolate chip cookies, drink beer, and start watching the second season DVDs of Cafe Racer TV.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: 1 Thump on April 23, 2013, 12:21:04 am
I got this flyscreen mounted finally. Works as advertised.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on April 23, 2013, 12:25:27 am
I've seen that screen before but not those bar mount clamps.  Did you fab them yourself?  If not, where did youget them?

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: 1 Thump on April 23, 2013, 01:34:55 am
Thats a national cycle flyscreen. Easily available off ebay or your favorite bike store. I added about another 2 inches of plastic at the bottom. The clamps are also from ebay. Search for 7/8 inch handlebar clamps. Since the fireball upgrade cruising at speed was becoming a workout. I could have used a proper windshield but I did not find one that I would like. So did the second best thing and modified one to suit my needs. I also lowered the solo seat with shorter springs and changed riding posture with the adjustable clubmans. I am 5'9" and with this combination it is much more comfortable than before. I think the the flow just about clears my head since it is no more noisy than before in the 3/4 helmet I wear.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Royalista on April 23, 2013, 10:50:16 pm
Rode out into the cold. Catched up with sun and returned without the lining fleece. Needed 23 minutes to free myself from loose dirt with the aid of a friendly reclining tree. Got hit by a dove, his loss not mine. Witnessed a pheasant's death dance at the side of the road, it got hit by a car. Nothing I could do, sad sight. Just a normal day.
 :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ice on April 24, 2013, 08:49:32 am
I wiped it with a wet soapy towel, rinsed it and waxed it  :o.

I must say it looks as nice clean as it does dirty.

That and now they can't say it's never happened.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: raderj on April 25, 2013, 01:00:09 am
Adjusted chain. Lubed chain. Scrubbed off the surface rust from storage. Air in tires after storage.

Front was 2psi rear was 15 psi after sitting for 7 months. Yikes!

Filled up the tank. Fuelly report 70.7 mpg on the last tank.

Took the wife on a 40 mile trip around Virginia Beach and got coffee.

Changed oil with Mobil 20-50 when we got home.

Good day.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Jack Leis on April 25, 2013, 02:08:11 am
Sgt. Johnson, Isn't freedom great ?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: raderj on April 25, 2013, 03:50:40 am
It sure is!

Some people never really get to appreciate what makes America great because they never leave.

It is so awesome to be Home.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Bulletman on April 25, 2013, 04:02:24 am
Took of the musette bags, getting ready to install the retro turn signals.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on April 25, 2013, 10:11:38 am
Some people never really get to appreciate what makes America great ...

Look no further than your Fuelly profile photo.  Welcome home, buddy!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on April 25, 2013, 04:17:11 pm
Got my Thorspark electronic ignition conversion kit installed yesterday before work!  WooHoo!  Took it around the block and it was running pretty good.  Last night when I got home my rubber kit for the foot pegs, shifter and kicker were in the mail from Enfield County.  The rubber was a lot harder than I expected it to be, but my propane shop heater and a dead blow manipulated their way on for a secure fit.  Now I think I'm going to take the bike out and do my first ACTUAL test ride.  Wish me luck!

Scottie
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gremlin on April 26, 2013, 04:23:46 am
finally had a dry day above 40 F here in Minnecrapolis.

I rode the crap out of my B5.  burnt all of that aged gasoline & stabil that had been sitting in its tank for the last 7 months....

Spring Has Sprung !
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Jack Leis on April 26, 2013, 04:25:39 am
+1 Gremlin !
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Alan LaRue on April 26, 2013, 04:51:02 am
It sure is!

Some people never really get to appreciate what makes America great because they never leave.

It is so awesome to be Home.

Welcome home!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on April 26, 2013, 06:48:07 am
Had a half fail with my test ride.  Everything seemed ok then I lost all power.  I think my mechanical advance may have gotten stuck in full advance.  And I was talking to a couple of people and I think my timing is too far advanced.  I'm running to Harbor Freight after work tomorrow to pick up a timing light with an advance dial.  On sale for $30.  SCORE!  I should have it all straightened and ready for a real ride tomorrow evening.

Scottie
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on April 26, 2013, 07:56:38 pm
If the advance mechanism failed it should still run OK. If it failed it would just stick at full advance. You wouldn't want to putt around at low RPM that way though, It could hole the piston. On the other hand if it stuck in a retarded position, it would feel a bit weak and do a bit of popping, but it should still run.
Did it quit on you?
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gremlin on April 26, 2013, 09:51:34 pm
My local dealer has been very good to me lately.

Today I dropped off B5 for rear tire changeout and picked it up 3 hours later with the tank replaced !

( I guess even Marty was embarrassed of the crappy pin-striping on it )
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: REdmonton on April 27, 2013, 03:02:23 am
I installed a 7" headlight with visor and then went for a ride.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on April 28, 2013, 05:54:23 am
My 2011 G5 passed 10,000 miles today on the way home from the car show.  :D

It was just purring along at about 50 mph and didn't seem to notice so it didn't alert me so I didn't know until about a mile later when I glanced at the speedometer.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: wildbill on April 28, 2013, 11:05:03 am
jim
should have selected the reverse gear and did a rewind back to 10k for a photo.
wishing you all the best and another safe and happy 10k
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: JVS on April 28, 2013, 11:37:27 am
My 2011 G5 passed 10,000 miles today on the way home from the car show.  :D

Congrats bud!
Just to add to what wildbill said, wishing you all the best and another safe and happy 100k  ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Alan LaRue on April 28, 2013, 03:12:01 pm
My 2011 G5 passed 10,000 miles today on the way home from the car show.  :D

Congratulations! I'm at 8600, so I need 20 more trips to work and back to hit 10K.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Jack Leis on April 28, 2013, 03:18:22 pm
Congratulations Jim ! Many more happy miles !
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Gypsyjon on April 28, 2013, 11:42:38 pm
Raining in Georgia so I finished my horn install. Yikes that sucker is loud!!!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: kcRoyal on April 29, 2013, 02:00:15 am
Well, finally took my bike out for a run...100 miles in and around town to break it in. I completed my ML class and just got the bike titled and registered. so this was my first ride on the bike...what a joy. my rear is a bit sore though. Had to keep it under 40mph all day, just trying to get a good feel for the bike. I did some slow speed parking lot work as well trying to hone my slow speed skills. I was surprised that when I finally stopped, the bike was ooozing some silver/gray grease out of the case? anyone have any idea what this is?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Jack Leis on April 29, 2013, 02:06:47 am
Depends where exactly its coming from. If it is the right rear area around the countershaft sprocket it is more than likely chain lube. It seems the chain oil collects there and drips.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: kcRoyal on April 29, 2013, 02:31:44 am
Jack,
Thanks for the quick response. it is coming from the sprocket side of the case...it appears to be two separate leaks, but im not sure. one, looks just like oil. light tan with oily feel. The second is a heavy silver/gray grease?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Jack Leis on April 29, 2013, 02:41:55 am
Well  kc, if it were me Id put the bike on the sidestand and lay down next to it and take a peek under the bike. You have to find exactly where its coming from before you can take a plan of action. The oil could be a seal or a gasket leak. If its grease, Id say its just the chain slinging off the chain lube. Time to get down and get dirty !
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ice on April 29, 2013, 02:46:13 am
Well, finally took my bike out for a run...100 miles in and around town to break it in. I completed my ML class and just got the bike titled and registered. so this was my first ride on the bike...what a joy. my rear is a bit sore though. Had to keep it under 40mph all day, just trying to get a good feel for the bike. I did some slow speed parking lot work as well trying to hone my slow speed skills. I was surprised that when I finally stopped, the bike was ooozing some silver/gray grease out of the case? anyone have any idea what this is?

Cool/Charisma   ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: wildbill on April 29, 2013, 07:14:29 am
did a 200klm run today and apart from hunting up a mob of kangaroo on the side of the road grazing.
roos like deer cannot be trusted so i purred behind them for a klm or so and like 'steve mc queen' and once it was safe to do so - give it a fistful
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Jack Leis on April 30, 2013, 11:56:09 pm
Took my endangered G5 on a 200 mile jaunt up to Newcombs Ranch on Angeles Crest Highway and back. Blue sky's, clean air and a killer lunch. Bike ran like a champ , handled excellent in the corners and was just a joy to ride. Now, got to get it ready for Sunday's BSA Club ride ! Gotta keep riding !
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on May 01, 2013, 12:17:29 am
Dinscontiued?  Vintage!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Jack Leis on May 01, 2013, 02:59:47 am
 I like that TWIST Scotty, I'll stick with that ! Good Job ! Wait a minute, what about ENDANGERED G5 ?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on May 01, 2013, 04:22:54 am
Not likely.  In India you can stil find plenty of 50's Enfields running just fine.  These things live longer than redwoods.

Gassing up today and another customer stepped over and said, "I love it when guys ride bikes older than they are."  I didn't have the heart to tell him ;)

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: The_Rigger on May 01, 2013, 09:09:54 pm
I got an email from Dave Quinn today; my Hagons are finally shipped here from the UK and on their way to my house...  Well, my housekeeper's house, actually. But anyway...

Whee, &c.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Royalista on May 01, 2013, 09:14:58 pm
Did a drag race with my daughter and lost.
Did it again, lost again.
Then I cheated and won with the smallest margin.
Got to race again, clean. And lost.
Gave up.
She has a Honda SH300i.
A motoscooter, I lost from a motoscooter, FCOL.  :'(

Any suggestions?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on May 01, 2013, 09:19:39 pm
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A motoscooter, I lost from a motoscooter, FCOL.  :'(
Any suggestions?

Don't drag race scooters. They may embarrass you!
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: The_Rigger on May 01, 2013, 09:23:08 pm
Don't drag race scooters.

+1
Most scooters have a power-to-weight ratio an Enfield can only dream of.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on May 01, 2013, 10:08:03 pm
Any suggestions?

Skip the cheese fries at lunch?  My bike would be way faster if I did.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Gypsyjon on May 02, 2013, 03:39:57 am
Did a drag race with my daughter and lost.
Did it again, lost again.
Then I cheated and won with the smallest margin.
Got to race again, clean. And lost.
Gave up.
She has a Honda SH300i.
A motoscooter, I lost from a motoscooter, FCOL.  :'(

Any suggestions?

Take the scooter away and make her ride the school bus! >:(
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ice on May 02, 2013, 04:54:50 am
Did a drag race with my daughter and lost.
Did it again, lost again.
Then I cheated and won with the smallest margin.
Got to race again, clean. And lost.
Gave up.
She has a Honda SH300i.
A motoscooter, I lost from a motoscooter, FCOL.  :'(

Any suggestions?

 Nitrous.

Or change the race to a tractor pull or cross country on trails.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on May 02, 2013, 05:20:44 am
Did a drag race with my daughter and lost.
Did it again, lost again.
Then I cheated and won with the smallest margin.
Got to race again, clean. And lost.
Gave up.
She has a Honda SH300i.
A motoscooter, I lost from a motoscooter, FCOL.  :'(

Any suggestions?


Drain her gas tank just before you leave the house so she only has enough gas to warm up and go 100 feet.  That'd be funny!   ;D  In fact I'm going to remember that trick for when my kids are old enough to drive.  LOL

Scottie
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gremlin on May 02, 2013, 07:44:27 am
...........I lost from a motoscooter.........

Thanks, I needed a laugh today !
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: jartist on May 02, 2013, 01:17:37 pm

She has a Honda SH300i.
That's one I wish they'd import into the U.S.  I'd consider trading my Vespa P200E for that one.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Royalista on May 02, 2013, 09:19:58 pm
Some good tips there. Thanks mateys.  ;)

Trail would be too easy; I'll blame it on the pizza,... and the fries.

Hush hush, just between us, that Honda is a decent machine: reliability of a rock, for a scooter large wheels, slim and light. But she takes offense that I get all the waves.  ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on May 04, 2013, 06:49:49 am
I have the fortune of living in an area that has an abundance of Hot Rod enthusiast.  And at the local Sonic Drive-In down the street, every Friday night throughout the spring, summer and fall, all the local hot rodders hang out for a weekly get together.  No membership or entry fees, just a bunch of good 'ol boys getting together to talk 'ol school muscle, cars and bikes.

I road the Indian down there tonight for the 1st time with my own ride to show off.  It got quite a bit of attention and a lot of thumbs up. n A couple of people came over that noticed the British styling and were intrigued.  I gave them a brief history and then started talking about they're old BSA's and Norton's.  Of course, there were a lot of people that wanted to hear it, so I made sure to open her up as I was leaving.   ;D

After the meet, I went back to friends' house who was there with his Chevy pick up and drank some beers.  Had a great night!

Scottie
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Oddjon on May 11, 2013, 09:19:15 pm
Went down to my dealer (about 60 miles away), and noticed a tremendous rattling sound coming from the tank.  Mechanic even rode it for a while to notice it and determined valve noise...  Assured it was safe to ride home, it was still rattling like crazy (and definitely not valve noise).  I remembered one of our members story about his IBA run, and after I got home, I found that the tank retaining bolt was loose, as well as the other bolt that held the bracket from the 1st bolt to the throttle body.  Tightened them up and no more rattling!  ;).  Thanks guys, the information on here really does help!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Jack Leis on May 11, 2013, 10:18:48 pm
And dont forget the Loctite !
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on May 11, 2013, 10:37:58 pm
Crossed 12k miles.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on May 12, 2013, 03:54:32 am
I made some carb and timing changes and hit 87mph.  ALMOST fast enough for the flux capacitor to kick in.  ;)

Scottie
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: AussieDave on May 12, 2013, 06:29:19 am
 I made the mistake of taking my 8y/o daughter for a ride (I'd just put the dual seat back on). Now every time I go near it she's jumping up and down "take me, take me, the motor bike yay!" . My one escape has been compromised. Shoulda thought that one thu.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gremlin on May 12, 2013, 05:47:13 pm
I made the mistake of taking my 8y/o daughter for a ride (I'd just put the dual seat back on). Now every time I go near it she's jumping up and down "take me, take me, the motor bike yay!" . My one escape has been compromised. Shoulda thought that one thu.

Rookie mistake that.   ;)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ice on May 12, 2013, 09:53:10 pm
Rookie mistake that.   ;)
Or future riding buddy ?

 One thing that is certain, the young lady now has the precious memory of time time well spent with her father that will last a lifetime.

Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gremlin on May 13, 2013, 12:52:29 am
.......One thing that is certain, the young lady now has the precious memory of time time well spent with her father that will last a lifetime.

+1
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on May 13, 2013, 02:07:08 am
I made the mistake of taking my 8y/o daughter for a ride (I'd just put the dual seat back on). Now every time I go near it she's jumping up and down "take me, take me, the motor bike yay!" . My one escape has been compromised. Shoulda thought that one thu.

I read this to my wife; I had to do the voice for the quote.  It's so sweet, I'd like to put that under my profile...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: AussieDave on May 13, 2013, 05:36:56 pm
truth be told it kind of articulates how i feel about the bike as well :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on May 13, 2013, 06:55:54 pm
+1 :D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Royalista on May 13, 2013, 11:32:33 pm
12°C, 6 beaufort, gusty at times. Good day to go to the woods.

Inadvertently (how else?) chose the wrong path. It started as an undulating path, along a river. Very amusing riding: up and down, up and down. Then it flattened out and started the muddy patches. So good.
At one point the road was slid away. A slope on the left hand side led to a bypass, a single track through the woods, and a slope back to the road. This slope was unreal steep, and down of it: a muddy road, 10' wide, then the river. I took it nevertheless and since I would not be able to climb this slope back, it doubled as the no return point.

Came more mud and slick. Too much for roadriders. I slid once, twice and finally the horse went down on its left side. With effort, feet slipping, back up on two wheels and time for a breathing pause.

Went ahead scouting on foot. Seemed nothing more of the kind and there's a paved road ahead. Saddle up.
The road made a turn. There was no connection to that road. And the muddy patches were back with a vengeance: deep ruts, filled with water and slick, on either side.

So I went down, on the right hand side. With the front wheel in a rut. I saw, for the second time today, fresh fuel dripping from the tank. Heaving the bike up was pointless: the more effort the deeper my feet sank in the mud. Off to the forest, find branches to throw in the rut. Got the bike up but with the front wheel still in the rut. Time for a much longer breather.

Another scouting ahead. There were some more rough stretches ahead but they could be bypassed through the forest: a single track through the trees, slippery but doable. It came back on the road for a final challenge: a deep pit with mud on the bottom: once in there would be no way out all by a lone oneself. On the left side a narrow, foot wide, strip alongside a tree leading to safe friendly muddy but firm surface: the final leg of the path.

Wrestling the bullet out of the rut and walking it over the slippery mud to the bypass. There I could mount and ride to the pit. The strip alongside the pit, scary but short. Freedom. Pavement. Damage report. Adventure. I made it.

So ended the first serious test of riding a stock bullet through type 4. My deepest respect for my grandfather and his fellow brethren on wheels who rode such roads daily. Next time I'll take the enduro, or, perhaps, another try on the bullet?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on May 13, 2013, 11:57:31 pm
One of those great places when you have to ask yourself, "Am I having fun, yet?" Usually no answer, except that you will be back doing it again in short order. Ah, great days!
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: The_Rigger on May 14, 2013, 12:26:04 am
12°C, 6 beaufort, gusty at times. Good day to go to the woods.......

Granddad (and my hero, Neil Peart) always said "Adventures suck while you're having them."  The corrolary, of course, is "...but if you emerge with a story to tell at the pub, it's a good day."
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on May 15, 2013, 05:00:41 am
I replaced the battery in my 2011 G5 today with a "Big Crank" ETX15, AGM.
It was an exact fit with the positive terminal on the left when it was installed.

The only problem I had was removing the two slotted head screws that hold the outer restraint in place.  The dealer had used some thread locking compound that worked better than expected so I ended up with a screw driver bit in a 1/4 inch socket with a 1/4 inch to 3/8 inch drive adapter driven with my torque wrench to get them loose.

My Royal Enfield never ceases to surprise me.
When I finally got the battery out I found that the two hex head bolts that attach the battery box to the frame were both very loose.  In fact one was ready to fall out.
Some blue Locktite thread locking fluid and retightening the bolts got things back together again.

Over the past two years of riding, the hexagon heads on these bolts had been eating the backside of my battery!  :o  I'm just damn lucky the battery case was thick enough to withstand this nibbling without leaking acid all over my bike. (see picture below)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: The_Rigger on May 15, 2013, 06:36:44 pm
I got a phone call from the dealer; Fiona is (finally!) all repaired and ready to come home.  Yay!!!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gremlin on May 15, 2013, 08:42:29 pm
installed the ACE air cannister on B5,  didn't like the pleated paper filter that came with it, so, upgraded it to this K&N (no oil) synthetic filter.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00062YMYW/ref=ox_ya_os_product
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on May 15, 2013, 08:51:24 pm
that filter is meant to be oiled. K&N sells the oil and cleaner at the auto parts store. The filter will keep out boulders and small animals without it, but if you want to keep the finer stuff out, get the oil! That is the oil that turns the filter red on the picture.
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gremlin on May 15, 2013, 08:54:40 pm
that filter is meant to be oiled. K&N sells the oil and cleaner at the auto parts store. The filter will keep out boulders and small animals without it, but if you want to keep the finer stuff out, get the oil! That is the oil that turns the filter red on the picture.
Bare

wrong.   
You really should trust people more.
This is a synthetic filter made by K&N that is colored red and comes with instructions that say NO OIL.

Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on May 15, 2013, 09:03:59 pm
OK, my bad!
haven't seen those.
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gremlin on May 15, 2013, 10:27:33 pm
here's a pic of the retro air can.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on May 16, 2013, 02:11:14 am
Looks real good Gremlin!  I think might do that for the Indian.

Scottie
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on May 16, 2013, 02:49:52 am
It does look good, Gremlin - and vaguely familiar!  ;)  Glad to see you've got a nice looking right-side tank badge!  What will you do with the now empty right-side "tool box"?

What did I do today?  I went for a ride!  After... replacing my fuel tank - again; breaking and repairing my swing arm; installing Hagon rear shocks (don't notice a difference, maybe they're too stiff?), installing a new K70 rear tire... gosh, is that all I've done?  It seems like it's been forever and like I've done more than that!  Still to do: replace OEM chain and drive sprocket, replace fork oil, install new K70 front tire, install new EFI silencer, sort out a different way to install my saddle bags, and change signal and tail lights...  whew!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on May 16, 2013, 05:14:04 am
Well, it's good to see ole' gremlin doing something at last.  I guess working on a RE at 20 degrees below zero isn't as much fun as it was when he was a kid?

I do seem to recall he's got a few more kettles on the fire that have been waiting all winter for him to stir them?  Who knows what he might surprise us with next? :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Mcurrier on May 16, 2013, 08:17:03 pm
My upswept muffler came yesterday so today I went out to the curb and tossed it on. Its about 6" shorter than my EFI and definitely has a much louder thump. My new front fender and tire go on tomorrow.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Mcurrier on May 16, 2013, 11:08:32 pm
I just got the new fender mounted and it looks great. Its the HD shorty fender from old bike barn. The mounting bracket had to be cut and redrilled but it was an easy install. My shinko 241 goes on the front tomorrow.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on May 16, 2013, 11:25:08 pm
That looks really nice :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: GSS on May 17, 2013, 02:20:25 am
This is really nicely done!  Great job  :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: JVS on May 17, 2013, 02:34:16 am
Awesome! One of the best looking G5s. Well done.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Mcurrier on May 17, 2013, 02:55:21 am
Thanks guys. I still have a list of things I want to do but it's definitely coming along. My wife is baffled at the amount of new parts my 2011 bike "needs"  haha
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on May 17, 2013, 06:04:34 am
Verrry Nice!  Looking really good.  And I LOVE the Emgo cocktail shakers and I'm liking the header wrap on there.  I have a pair of cocktail shakers on my 700 twin and they are bad azz!   8)  Hope you don't mind loud pipes.    ;)

Scottie
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Mcurrier on May 17, 2013, 06:26:55 am
Verrry Nice!  Hope you don't mind loud pipes.    ;)

Scottie

I ran the 12" emgo cans on my '71 Bonneville and they were pretty damn loud. This one is not too bad when the RPM's are low. Idling and normal cruising sounds great. When I really lay on the throttle it gets loud, but not so bad as to go back to the EFI.

Thanks for the compliments, I'm excited to see what the front end will look like with the bigger tire on. I'll post pics tomorrow.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on May 17, 2013, 11:29:09 am
My wife is baffled at the amount of new parts my 2011 bike "needs"  haha

Noooooo kidding!  ;D

Not to mention the time it takes a newbie like me to educate myself about what I'm doing before I do it; and, of course, to add the needed tools I don't already have!  I tell my wonderful wife that this is better than cheating on her - some days she's not so sure...   ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on May 17, 2013, 02:52:13 pm
Noooooo kidding!  ;D

Not to mention the time it takes a newbie like me to educate myself about what I'm doing before I do it; and, of course, to add the needed tools I don't already have!  I tell my wonderful wife that this is better than cheating on her - some days she's not so sure...   ;D

I'm pretty sure my wife thinks I want to marry my bike.  Perhaps we should start a new forum for all of our wives when we are in the garage and on rides. W.O.R.E.O.  - Wives Of Royal Enfield Owners    :D

Wait, upon further consideration of the above for mentioned thought, could really be a bad idea.  They might start ganging up on us.     ;)

Scottie
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gremlin on May 17, 2013, 04:40:01 pm
I'm pretty sure my wife thinks I want to marry my bike.  Perhaps we should start a new forum for all of our wives when we are in the garage and on rides. W.O.R.E.O.  - Wives Of Royal Enfield Owners    :D

Wait, upon further consideration of the above for mentioned thought, could really be a bad idea.  They might start ganging up on us.     ;)

Scottie

That is a spectacularly bad idea !
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Mcurrier on May 17, 2013, 08:28:38 pm
Well I went back and forth about changing my front tire. I've built several bikes from the ground up but I've never changed a tire. It sounded like a bad idea. Especially since I have no garage and I have yo wrench alone on a downtown sf curb. I'm just too stubborn to pay to have it changed so I went too it. I don't have a jack so I put the bike on its center stand and used my back to press up on the headlight to get the front end up. Then I pulled the axel and the wheel then shoved a cooler under the forks. I only had the two tire irons that come with the bike and I forgot soapy water. So I knew it wouldn't be easy. When I put the first iron in and pryed it bent to a 45 degree angle. Not a good start haha. But after a couple tries I got the rotor side of the tire off. The other side came off pretty easily and the new tire was pretty easy to wrestle on. It was a pretty warm day and the rubber was nice and soft. All in all I'd say it wasn't a tough job at all. I'll definitely skip the tire shop on the future. I also put a yellow tint on the headlight and took off the tool boxes to expose more of the rear wheel. Good bike day for sure.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Mcurrier on May 17, 2013, 08:40:29 pm
More pictures...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on May 18, 2013, 03:13:18 am
Be sure to break the bead all the way around before you start with the irons. I usually do it by sticking the heel of my shoe on the tire adjacent to the rim and standing on it, Work your way around, both sides. Don't forget the soapy water next time. makes tings a lot easier. And put a dusting of talcum powder inside the tire before you put the tube in. It will keep the tube from being abraded by rubbing inside the tire.
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Mcurrier on May 18, 2013, 04:02:59 am
Thanks for the tips!  They'll come in handy when I do the rear next week.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on May 18, 2013, 06:44:21 am
Soap is also important when installing new tires because it is easy to tear the rubber around the bead of the tire with the spoons if you don't.

Scottie
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Royalista on May 18, 2013, 09:25:24 pm
soap of marseilles and a bottle of talcum...
after all, it is your baby.  ;)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: kcRoyal on May 19, 2013, 01:03:57 am
Gave it her first oil change and service, then took her for a quick spin! 380 miles on now...and lovin every minute. I discovered only a very tiny amount of metal shavings during the change and refilled her with mobil 1 v-twin 20-50, per many of the suggestions on here. I went with that brand because my local store doesn't carry motul brand.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: GreenMachine on May 21, 2013, 01:21:35 am
replaced drive chain, checked condition of rear drum brake, readjusted rear brake and went for a 20 min. ride...everything seems to be operational...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: heloego on May 21, 2013, 06:04:45 am
Ran the Odo up to 135 miles; Got the Plate/Registration/Title at MVD; Aligned,drilled, cleaned and touched up holes in Plate Mount, and installed Plate with strip of foam tape at base to prevent chafing; Opened and re-inspected Tool/Electrics/Air/Battery boxes and locks. Adjusted/tightened as needed and installed set of 20amp replacement fuses; Jerked and re-installed poorly set Cover Pin grommets on Tool Box. Lubricated pins and grommets with silicone grease for easier removal of cover; Checked Tool inventory against list in OM; Removed the Side-Stand switch and sealed the frame-side connector (comment re this located in another thread); Performed a complete bike wipe-down and bug removal from head lamp (yes, there are bugs in New Mexico). Another great day!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on May 25, 2013, 05:07:56 am
Repacked the joint at the silencer.

As some of you know, about a year ago I replaced the stock torpedo silencer on my G5 with a Harley Sportster silencer.
These are built for a 1 3/4 inch exhaust pipe and it fit rather loosely on the stock RE exhaust pipe.
To fill in the gap I had cut a strip of aluminum from a beer can and wrapped it around the pipe where the silencer clamps. 
At the time, it seemed to work but recently when the heat shield melted the heel on my shoe I started thinking something might be leaking.
My bike also started backfiring when I shifted down and let the engine do some braking.

Anyway, today I held my hand in the area of the silencer clamp and it was blasted by pulses of exhaust gas so I took it apart.

The aluminum "packing" was totally gone leaving a few small beads of once melted aluminum in the joint.  (Aluminum melts at around 1100 degrees F).

Measuring the inside of the Harley silencer I found it at 1.750 inches in diameter.  Measuring the RE exhaust pipe at the exit I got a value of 1.653 (42mm).  That would leave a gap of .096 or .048 per side.
I don't have anything that thick but I do have some steel "plumbers tape" that measured .032 thick so I cut a length that wraps once around the exhaust pipe.  I figure the split end of the silencer should flex enough to collapse and eliminate the .016" gap.

For those who don't know, plumbers tape is a soft steel strip about 3/4" wide. It has holes punched thru it for bolts to pass thru and it is used to support pipes.  It is inexpensive and most Hardware stores carry it.

After some gentle tapping with a hammer and screwdriver I managed to drive the tape into the gap between the exhaust pipe and the split end of the silencer.

After tightening up the clamp I started the bike and the joint seems to be sealed.  I'm not feeling any "puffing" in the area.

I think the steel tape will last for quite a while.  If it doesn't, I'll let you know. :)

Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Royalista on May 25, 2013, 02:51:31 pm
Great fix.
It reminds me of a book I read ages ago.  ;) ;)
Xing fingers it will hold. Any picture somewhere of the sportster exhaust?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on May 25, 2013, 11:31:01 pm
The picture below shows the Sportster silencer.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gremlin on May 26, 2013, 12:58:10 am
Repacked the joint at the silencer.

EMGO catalogs' a universal muffler shim set.  The 2nd largest in the pack worked a treat for my conversion to Harley muffler.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Royalista on May 26, 2013, 11:40:28 pm
Arizoni: cool  8)
Nice saddlebags too.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: GSS on May 27, 2013, 01:51:09 am
Replaced front fender with an old school Bullet 500 fender. Made 3 new hoop struts and it fit perfectly. The original teal C5 fender just about fit over the 3.5x19 K70 but the left lower strut had to be bent to go around the disc brake and this was aesthetically a bit of an irritant for the past year.  The 500 fender fits perfectly as do the struts.  Only problem is that I now have a Teal C5 "partial" Chrome!  ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Mcurrier on May 27, 2013, 02:14:54 am
Replaced front fender with an old school Bullet 500 fender. Made 3 new hoop struts and it fit perfectly. The original teal C5 fender just about fit over the 3.5x19 K70 but the left lower strut had to be bent to go around the disc brake and this was aesthetically a bit of an irritant for the past year.  The 500 fender fits perfectly as do the struts.  Only problem is that I now have a Teal C5 "partial" Chrome!  ;D


That 3.5" front tire makes all the difference with these bikes. It changes the whole look of the bike. I love it. And I really like the chrome fender. Good choice!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Bulletman on May 27, 2013, 03:05:55 am
Attempted to correct the wobble on my 2011 C5
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on May 27, 2013, 05:28:37 am
GSS, who cares if it matches?  It looks great!

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gashousegorilla on May 27, 2013, 05:32:58 am
Replaced front fender with an old school Bullet 500 fender. Made 3 new hoop struts and it fit perfectly. The original teal C5 fender just about fit over the 3.5x19 K70 but the left lower strut had to be bent to go around the disc brake and this was aesthetically a bit of an irritant for the past year.  The 500 fender fits perfectly as do the struts.  Only problem is that I now have a Teal C5 "partial" Chrome!  ;D



 Looks great !  But how come I don't see snow in the background ?  ???  ;D ;)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: BRADEY on May 27, 2013, 06:19:37 am
Replaced front fender with an old school Bullet 500 fender. Made 3 new hoop struts and it fit perfectly. The original teal C5 fender just about fit over the 3.5x19 K70 but the left lower strut had to be bent to go around the disc brake and this was aesthetically a bit of an irritant for the past year.  The 500 fender fits perfectly as do the struts.  Only problem is that I now have a Teal C5 "partial" Chrome!  ;D

This is perhaps the coolest C5 on the block. And it probably is the older 2009/10 version. I love the seat as well, which one is it sir, and does it fit well or you modified the frame /seat. Cheers
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: wildbill on May 27, 2013, 07:06:04 am
lucky to get home.........neg earth lead broke off again. this time the soldering held fine but the terminal loop broke into two.
will look for a better quality item tomorrow
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: GSS on May 27, 2013, 01:54:41 pm
Mcurrier, Scott, GHG, Bradey,
Thank you!

GHG,
We got dumped with almost 2 feet of snow a couple of weeks ago setting a new record for May! I think ScooterBob might have seen a few inches as well!

Bradey,
It is a Triumph seat. I have a detailed post on this. Just search for Triumph seat on C5.

GSS
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Gypsyjon on May 27, 2013, 03:36:56 pm
Replaced front fender with an old school Bullet 500 fender. Made 3 new hoop struts and it fit perfectly. The original teal C5 fender just about fit over the 3.5x19 K70 but the left lower strut had to be bent to go around the disc brake and this was aesthetically a bit of an irritant for the past year.  The 500 fender fits perfectly as do the
struts.  Only problem is that I now have a Teal C5 "partial" Chrome!  ;D

I think with the chrome crash bars etc, that chrome fender looks good. Gives it kind of a custom look IMHO.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on May 27, 2013, 04:34:06 pm
GSS - Where did you order that fender from?  It looks very similar to my '58 fender that is beat up and ratty.

Scottie
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: GSS on May 28, 2013, 04:32:41 am
I got it from our hosts at Nfieldgear.com.......basically picked up a couple of front and rear 500cc fenders from their scratch and dent section to play with. This was in nice shape except that all the holes on the left and right side were off by 1/8", but it was an easy fix as I had symmetric hoop struts and I simply offset the holes in the struts 1/16" on each side for a perfect fit!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Craig McClure on May 28, 2013, 01:26:03 pm
Take it slower with that front TRIALS TIRE on wet streets!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Mcurrier on May 29, 2013, 12:26:24 am
Tackled the rear tire today. Thanks for all the tips guys. Finished it in 30 minutes.  Not too shabby.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: wildbill on May 29, 2013, 02:28:00 am
nice mods, especially like the tyre choice.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Royalista on May 29, 2013, 12:02:37 pm
It breaths charisma. Above picture could as well be promotional. 8) 8)

What was the reason for the wrap on the exhaust? Any other but looks?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Mcurrier on May 29, 2013, 03:58:48 pm
I started wrapping headers for looks, but realistically I'm the most impatient man alive and in the past the wrap has let me work on the bike while it's still hot without burning myself haha.
Thanks for the compliments!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: heloego on May 31, 2013, 04:58:21 am
Short trip today after lowering my tire pressures to 18 front/24rear.
Headed out for a fill-up and noted the tar used to fill the cracks in the streets here was just soft enough to give me a few gentle reminders on the turns.  :-[

McCurrier, what exhaust have you on yours? I'm planning a similar mod, but haven't decided on which to buy. Like the look.

arizoni, what did the HD one cost, and how does it's sound compare with the stock bazooka? Really like the look of yours as well.

helo
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on May 31, 2013, 05:15:23 am
Today I lubed my clutch cable and gave my OEM paper air filter a few blasts of air to dislodge a bit of the dust it had accumulated by blowing it from the outside towards the inside.

I got the Sportster silencer from one of our great fellow members here on the forum at a very good price.  This was after I had tried getting a used one from the big Hardly dealer here.  He (the dealer) didn't even want to talk about selling one.

Just about the first thing a Hardly owner does when they get their bike is to strip off the stock mufflers.  They end up on ebay or craigslist all the time with prices ranging from $50 on up.
I found the box stock silencer was more restrictive than the OEM silencer so I ended up drilling some holes thru the center plug that forces the exhaust outward thru the perforated tubing.  I guess the total area of holes I ended up drilling was about the same as a 5/16 inch hole.
When I'm on the throttle it is slightly louder than the OEM torpedo at WOT but when up to speed and cruisen it has a fairly mellow thump that is barely audible.
By the way, by limiting the amount of the open area my drilling added, the engine almost never backfires during deceleration.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on May 31, 2013, 11:09:12 am
Let's see...

Replaced OEM chain with Tsubaki o-ring one, including sprocket change from 17T to 18T.  Replaced bazooka with EFI silencer.  Removed my windscreen for the summer.

I gotta say it was a little nerve-wracking; the bike feels and sounds so different!  And now that the screen is off and I can actually hear the engine when I'm riding, I have a lot of "what is that noise?" moments.  But all seems well...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Mcurrier on May 31, 2013, 05:46:48 pm
McCurrier, what exhaust have you on yours? I'm planning a similar mod, but haven't decided on which to buy. Like the look

Mine is the Emgo right side upswept exhaust. They're pretty easy to find and they run around $70
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on May 31, 2013, 05:52:46 pm
I've got the reverse cone Emgo.  Same price and availability and pretty nice.  Not much louder than stock.  All the Emgo stuff is pretty good.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Royalista on May 31, 2013, 11:08:53 pm
Reached milestone #2: 20,000 km in 24 months & 24 days.
Proof of the pudding:
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Alan LaRue on June 01, 2013, 12:40:55 am
Reached milestone #2: 20,000 km in 24 months & 24 days.
Proof of the pudding:

Good job!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: heloego on June 01, 2013, 01:00:46 am
Thanks McCurrier and Arizoni.
Received my Crash Bar and Service Manual today and picked up saddlebags, too, so I'm off to a good start. Ran the Odo up to 223 miles today. I figure getting it to the dealer in Santa Fe will round it to 300, just in time for the 300mile service.  :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Mcurrier on June 01, 2013, 02:22:36 am
My new saddlebags came today so I put them on the bike and took a ride down the coast to Pacifica.  Great day for a ride.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Royalista on June 01, 2013, 11:10:19 am
Hm, let me guess. Picture from the 60's?  ;D

In other words:  8)
(well, not exactly words, you get my drift)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on June 01, 2013, 11:35:01 pm
Finally got rid of that front skidmaster - I now have a matching pair of K70's.  It sure looks better!  And hopefully it will be a safer ride, too...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Rich Mintz on June 02, 2013, 12:04:29 am
I found and got rid of an annoying rattle in the headlight case that had been there since I was in maintenance class a month ago!

There's a flat piece of metal about 1/2" x 2" with an S-bend in it and a small threaded hole near one end. It belongs *somewhere* in the headlight case. When I took the headlight cover off, it fell into the innards of the headlight (I didn't see this happen, I didn't know to be looking for it) and it's been rattling around in there ever since.

I'm not sure what it's for, but I'm guessing it's a clip that secures the headlight case onto the housing, and that the small screw at the very top of the housing screws into it. So that's where I put it. No more rattle!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on June 02, 2013, 05:23:39 am
Yes.  That sounds like the clip that retains the headlight ring in place. :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Rich Mintz on June 02, 2013, 06:21:50 am
Good! Sounds like I guessed right.

When i first took the headlight apart I had assumed I'd just lost a nut on the floor, so I replaced it with a similar metal nut I happened to have. But getting it to grip (without being able to hold the nut in place while tightening the screw) was a bitch. This makes much more sense!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: AussieDave on June 02, 2013, 09:03:27 am
I rode to work, In the pouring rain. Again.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: heloego on June 02, 2013, 02:50:38 pm
Yesterday...
Put 160 miles with initial service in between. Verified no warranty issues as long as I document my maintenance, installed my Cobra low-profile seat, Diamond crash bar, and River Road saddlebags. Unhappy with the bags install, as they scratched my mudguard and removed paint down the metal on the air box. Spent rest of the afternoon buffing out the mudguard.
Noted that installation of the new seat changed the shifting dynamic of my foot. Removed and re-aligned the shift lever to compensate. Much easier now!

helo
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: heloego on June 05, 2013, 05:59:21 am
Performed final adjustment of my Cobra seat, swapped the Bosch POS for a NGK BPR6EIX and set gap at minimum. Put a few miles on her and the difference was quite noticeable:
---The mill now settles into a nice idle within seconds of start;
---Power response is much better, and faster than previous.
During the ride I noted the speedo wasn't working, so pulled the headlight ass'y and found the cable had disconnected from the speedo. Reconnected it and while in there removed the Headlight jumper.
I also noticed that the rat's nest of wires so commonly referred to here was non-existent, so somebody at the factory has been lurking in here and taken note. All leads were nicely shrouded and relatively neatly organized.  :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on June 05, 2013, 11:21:43 pm
Unlike some major companies, Royal Enfield is constantly improving their bikes by improving problem hardware.

Redesigning things like the wiring harness or changing the fuel level switch design and changing to the new design without waiting for the "next year" production to start seems to be common with them.

I'm not sure how well they keep their part number books and maintenance manual up to date but hopefully they do.
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Post by: Ducati Scotty on June 05, 2013, 11:40:21 pm
Bosch POS

Is that the official part number? :P

Scott
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Post by: heloego on June 06, 2013, 01:56:11 am
It is.  :)
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Post by: D the D on June 06, 2013, 01:10:29 pm
And the Bosch POS is better than the Lucas one. Be sure it's blue and marked "Bolivia".   ;)
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Post by: Ducati Scotty on June 06, 2013, 05:56:15 pm
Grew the blue spot on my pipe from the upper bend down to the lower bend.  My friend's battery had died so we hooked it up to my bike to get some charge into it.  Noticed a funny smell while running at a good RPM while on the stand.  Guess that's what cooked chrome smells like :)

Scott
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Post by: D the D on June 06, 2013, 09:33:24 pm
Replace the engine top brace bolt at the head.  The "Self Locking" nut was on the oil tank, don't know what road the bolt chose to call home.
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Post by: jammydodger on June 06, 2013, 09:37:37 pm
Had my bike delivered second hand today,  checked the spark plug which was cremated (but not melted) so changed that.
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Post by: Ducati Scotty on June 06, 2013, 09:38:29 pm
Replace the engine top brace bolt at the head.  The "Self Locking" nut was on the oil tank, don't know what road the bolt chose to call home.

The RE seems to attract and hold onto nuts :)
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Post by: D the D on June 06, 2013, 09:41:10 pm
The RE seems to attract and hold onto nuts :)

Too funny!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on June 07, 2013, 02:56:16 am
Went out on I-70 East and got my first taste of cruising at 75mph.  Bike felt real good and is running great.  Opened it up on a back road and hit an indicated 117mph, which I thought was good for 102mph.  Went back out with the GPS and it turns out it's only good for 89mph.  Still decent, but I know I can do better.  I'm going to look into running dual carbs so I can get everything out of the top end.

Scottie
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Post by: Arizoni on June 07, 2013, 03:24:00 am
Sounds like you might even get everything out of the bottom end too.  ;D

Remember, these engines are built on a 1949 500cc twin lower end that RE did not strengthen when they started adding bigger pistons.

They didn't get around to actually strengthening and improving the lower end on the big twins until 1969 with the introduction of the series II Interceptor.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Alan LaRue on June 08, 2013, 03:24:06 am
Rode to work... Passed 9500 miles. Two problems: headlight was out last week. I have an aftermarket light with an H4 bulb. Rode to work Monday and today, and this afternoon I noticed the low beam was out. Switched to high, and by the time I got home the high beam was out, too! Any clues? Voltage regulator? Not sure where to start.

2nd problem was that the chain was wanting to hop off. It didn't, but I was worried about making the 35 mile trip home. I replaced the chain about 2000 miles ago, and the front sprocket had been switched by the dealer to an 18T a couple thousand miles before, so I didn't replace the sprockets. Guess I'll do both of them now plus the brake shoes and cush drive, and get an O-ring chain.

Supposed to hit 99 degrees late next week, so I'm about through riding until late September. Yes, I'm a wimp. 38 degrees is preferable!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on June 08, 2013, 06:19:11 am
I think some automotive headlight bulbs aren't made to take the vibration a big single can make.  They are usually made to cope with voltages up to 17v like the rest of the vehicle bulbs so if your other lights aren't burning out, excess voltage is not likely to be your headlights problem.

Replaced chains stretch too.
Unless the teeth on the sprockets show abnormal wear or the tips are bent, try adjusting the chain to where it should be and ride on. :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Alan LaRue on June 08, 2013, 03:55:15 pm
Pretty sure it's worn out.

(http://distilleryimage8.s3.amazonaws.com/e43c928ecfcd11e2a52322000a9e02f9_6.jpg)
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Post by: GreenMachine on June 08, 2013, 04:34:23 pm
Alan: Sawtooth.. Good pic, classic example of worn sprocket.. Yeah I just put a new chain on mine at just over the 10 k mark and didn't change the sprockets...Nothing close to what u have but will keep a eye open for that issue..I'm assuming u oiled the chain and kept up on the adjustment...Either way, you have a bit of work ahead for ya, hopefully in a cool garage..Good luck..GM
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: D the D on June 08, 2013, 05:28:38 pm
Low voltage causes Halogen bulbs to burn out quicker too.  If it's an AC headlight then lots of time idling might do it.  Hasn't with mine, but theoretically...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on June 08, 2013, 11:28:11 pm
Yup.  That's a good picture of a totally screwed up chain sprocket.

On the bad side, the sprocket is a part of the brake drum so you'll have to buy the whole thing (plus the new chain).  You might have to get a new front sprocket too but unlike the soft rear sprocket, the front one is usually hardened steel so it might have survived the wear.

On the good side, you've always wanted to get into your rear brake and lightly lubricate the moving surfaces and now's your chance to do it.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Alan LaRue on June 09, 2013, 01:29:32 am
On the good side, you've always wanted to get into your rear brake and lightly lubricate the moving surfaces and now's your chance to do it.

That's why I bought it! Wish I had an air conditioned garage, though.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Blairio on June 09, 2013, 06:11:26 am
Took my Electra 65 miles north from Glasgow to Inverary - a small town on Loch Fyne - and back.

http://www.inveraray-argyll.com (http://www.inveraray-argyll.com)

Weather great, bike running well. She didn't even mind the 4 mile long ascent to the highest point of the A83, known as 'The Rest And Be Thankful". I was pleasantly surprised at how comfy my new solo seat from Hitchcocks was. The springs were certainly doing their job.

(http://i80.servimg.com/u/f80/15/51/83/66/electr14.jpg)

(http://i80.servimg.com/u/f80/15/51/83/66/electr15.jpg)

I would quite like to stick on the TTO tachometer I removed from my last bike before I sold it. This is very neat, and has just one wire  coming from it.  You wrap the last few cm if it round the HT lead, and it is good to go.
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Post by: wildbill on June 09, 2013, 06:53:57 am
that's one wicked tail pipe.
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Post by: Blairio on June 09, 2013, 09:57:58 am
Thanks, except for the original downpipe, the exhaust is made up of parts from Hitchcocks:

91080   SILENCER, FOR CLASSIC OR ELECTRA EFI WITH LONG INLET
12882   SILENCER CLIP
91049   HEAT SHIELD WITH CLIPS, chrome (30cm long)
91095   FISH TAIL

Cheers,
Blair
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Post by: Alan LaRue on June 09, 2013, 01:49:17 pm
That's a substantial windscreen!

Looks like a very nice ride.
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Post by: Blairio on June 09, 2013, 07:51:20 pm
Hi Alan,  the screen is great, but I have no idea what brand it is.  It came out of my brother's garage.  He bought it for a Honda Deauville he ran about 23 years ago.  The bike went, and the screen stayed. I haven't seen anything currently available that looks like it.

I brimmed the petrol tank before I set off, and then again 80 miles in. Consumption was near enough  80 mpg. I held a steady 60 mph for most of the trip, but I think the screen had a part to play in that as well.
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Post by: Ice on June 09, 2013, 08:33:31 pm
Your Craven trunk is stellar !

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Post by: Blairio on June 09, 2013, 09:46:29 pm
Ice, they started making them again about 6 months ago. Check out:

http://cravens.org.uk

Mine is a 'SNOWDON'.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Rich Mintz on June 14, 2013, 02:42:49 am
Today I rode 8 miles home from Queens to Manhattan in by far the very heaviest downpour of a long, wet day. Half a block after I started I was already soaked, but there was nothing to do but continue.

It was the wettest ride I've ever had on any two-wheeled vehicle; when I arrived, my boots were full of water. Surprisingly, my top half was mostly dry. I was wearing a Tucano Urbano light raincoat (with armor) that sealed well at the neck. But my pants were soaked through to the johnson within 30 seconds. I have rain pants, but I was cocky and thought I could get home without needing them.

I rode slower than usual and kept my brakes dry. One of the things I learned is that if you're careful, you can ride an Enfield through six-inch-deep standing water with no casualty except your dry feet.

Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: heloego on June 14, 2013, 03:36:44 am
Received my Reverse Megaphone silencer, installed it and logged a 50-mile ride! Gusting winds with a few drops here and there, but very enjoyable! Again.  :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gremlin on June 14, 2013, 03:57:22 am
spent the day modifying a 40x48 inch harbor freight trailer kit for hauling the B5.

Going to test it tomorrow with a 200 mile drive to Lanesboro, MN.
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Post by: GSS on June 14, 2013, 04:24:35 am
Photos? Details? Have fun in Lanesboro. It is a beautiful area with scenic backroads.
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Post by: heloego on June 14, 2013, 04:37:20 am
I've been eyeballing their trailers for awhile.
Please keep us posted.

helo
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Post by: rvcycleguy on June 14, 2013, 03:42:45 pm
Went to Euro Bike night last evening.  The local chapter of BMOA hosts every Thursday at a Draught Pub.  Enjoyed meeting a new group and seeing their rides.  Lots of Triumphs, BSA as expected.  They loved the vintage RE that I rode up on.  One guy even rode up on his Triumph with a Kilt and boots.  I guess thats one way to stay cool while riding....   

Heading to the Republic of Texas (ROT) rally in Austin Texas today for the weekend.  One of the bigger events in the US with 200k bikers arriving for the rally.  As many people know, there is more to do in Austin than the rally, so a group of us take in the beautiful hill country roads on Saturday. 
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: D the D on June 16, 2013, 01:58:12 am
Bad news is I pulled my barrel to find I can't do the crankcase breather mod since I have no machined crescent in the case.  So I just ran the oil tank breather to a duckbill out the back.
Went for a 75 mile ride of mixed back roads, suburban streets, and a run down Indianhead Highway and back to see if she would spit oil.  Good news is she doesn't spit oil in any driving condition or speed.  Bad news is I was going up hill against a strong headwind and my buddy's Suzuki left me in the dust.  Good News is when we stop anywhere people ask about the Enfield and ignore my Buddy's bikes.  Bad news is (yeah) downhill with a strong tailwind my buddy's Suzuki left me in the dust. ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Alan LaRue on June 16, 2013, 02:30:47 am
If you want to make it all good news, maybe you should consider adding a second cylinder!

(Seriously, I enjoyed that post -- made me smile.)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: heloego on June 16, 2013, 02:24:35 pm
06.15.2013:
Nice early morning ride on mixed city and highway. 30 miles to Los Lunas, 40 after flying, then another 30 home. Gave me a good idea how the new exhaust sounded at highway speeds (50-55mph). Very satisfied with the look and sound. Averaged approx. 48mpg.
Post-ride inspection I noted the split pin for the rear axle jam nut was gone. Checked the chain tension and it looks like I'll be tightening it a notch or two and lubing it again. Sprocket teeth still looking good.
Ordering a Tsubaki chain today, unless Cycle Gear has something better in stock.

Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on June 16, 2013, 09:33:00 pm
Quote
Bad news is I was going up hill against a strong headwind and my buddy's Suzuki left me in the dust.  Good News is when we stop anywhere people ask about the Enfield and ignore my Buddy's bikes.  Bad news is (yeah) downhill with a strong tailwind my buddy's Suzuki left me in the dust.

This is the stuff that makes riding an Enfield such great fun, it's the challenges you came across and the great gratification of figuring out how to beat those challenges!
On the other bikes, you just don't recognize the challenges because all you have to do is roll on the throttle. Anybody can do that!
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Mcurrier on June 16, 2013, 11:40:13 pm
I finally got around to switching out my Bosch POS spark plug to a new champion plug and boy is there a big difference. My idle is now extremely steady and the bike just overall feels better.  That's the best $2 I've spent in a long time.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on June 17, 2013, 12:49:21 am
Went for a short Father's Day ride around town just cruising and enjoying the weather.  As I was getting ready to head home I decided to jump on I225.  Maybe some of you can relate with me, but I have a on/off ramp addiction.  I just love accelerating through the curves and see how fast I can get going before I merge onto the interstate.    ;D  Anyways, I needed to get my adrenaline fix, and this particular ramp is a really fun 2 lane overhead "S" ramp that starts tight and switches back into a sweeper down to the straight stretch.  I haven't had a chance to push the Indian in some actual curves so I gave her hell!  The bike handled pretty damn good for old tires and worn suspension.  As I was coming out of the sweeper I looked down And I was cooking at a nice 70mph+ ( 87mph according to Mr Smiths ).

THEN as I was coming up on my exit ramp ( under construction of course ) I noticed they moved the temporary ramp again and it was now a straight stretch to the stoplight at the end.  AND it was completely enclosed with concrete barricades. Sooooo I had to open it up and cranked on it just so I could hear the cocktail shakers rattle off of the barricades.    ;D ;D ;D

I had a good time.

Scottie
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Post by: heloego on June 17, 2013, 02:12:03 am
As far as I know, I'm not a father(  ;) ), so spent the afternoon cleaning, inspecting, adjusting the chain, lubing, and checking the ride.
Alignment felt good, so I opened it up on a straight stretch with walls on either side for about 1/2 mile.
The Megaphone made a hell of a racket! Very satisfying!
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Post by: Techmaven on June 17, 2013, 03:34:16 am
I re-started mine 6 times on a 25 mile ride!
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Post by: AussieDave on June 17, 2013, 02:30:20 pm
new rubber! k70'S rule. 120 Bucks fitted while-u-wait from pablo's in melbourne.perfect tension spot on alignment. feels good.couldn't ask for a better service.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gremlin on June 18, 2013, 03:07:25 am
I've been eyeballing their trailers for awhile.
Please keep us posted.

helo

Speaking from recent experience, I can honestly say the Harbor-Freight trailer conversion is dicer than one might think.

I bull-dogged through a conversion (not quite finished in time) and figured I could "make-do" ......

Well, my wife was not impressed with having to help lift the B5 off my back, and, help me extract it from in between the trailer and car-bumper.

The good news is, I hear replacement front fenders are reasonably available from NFG through my local dealer !
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: The_Rigger on June 18, 2013, 06:47:21 pm
Flew home on the Monday morning 0600 red-eye from Minneapolis, hitched a ride out to Hastings, and (finally) picked up Fiona at the dealership and rode Her home.  First time she's seen my driveway in ten months.  Boy was that fun... And not nearly long enough. But I have plans to do a nice run up the spine of Michigan to Sault Ste. Marie for the July 4th holiday.  I get home from Tour on the 2nd, and will spend that day fitting Fiona out for a VistaCruise throttle clamp and swapping her OEM chain for a nice new DID X-ring model...

I notice that an hour or so of riding at 45-55mph has begun to discolor the Hitchcock pipe already, up at the head connection...  Any way to avoid or minimize that, short of not actually riding the bike?
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Post by: mattsz on June 18, 2013, 09:26:42 pm
Well, my wife was not impressed with having to help lift the B5 off my back, and, help me extract it from in between the trailer and car-bumper.

 :o  Gremlin, hope you're ok!!!
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Post by: gremlin on June 18, 2013, 10:07:03 pm
:o  Gremlin, hope you're ok!!!

Angels protect the young and the idiotic ......  I'm not young, but, I'm OK.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: rvcycleguy on June 18, 2013, 11:02:58 pm
spent the day modifying a 40x48 inch harbor freight trailer kit for hauling the B5.

Going to test it tomorrow with a 200 mile drive to Lanesboro, MN.


I bought one of the HF 4'x8' folding trailers.  Folds in half and stands upright on casters.  Roll it in the garage and place it against the wall.  Takes up very little space.  Add decking, wheel chock and some anchor bolts for tie downs and you have a decent MC trailer for less than $300. 
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: D the D on June 19, 2013, 05:23:30 am
I was almost home and the bike started sputtering like it was going to die at 10:30 tonight.  Cough, jerk, cough, jerk, uuuhhhh, sputter, sputter.  I was thinking "What now?  She's been running good!".  I can't push it uphill for a mile!  Then it dawned on me I haven't stopped for gas.  :-[ LOL.  A twist of the petcock lever and I was running fine.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: wildbill on June 19, 2013, 10:39:16 am
i have not kicked mine over for almost a month. tomorrow i might give it a go and see how that motorbatt battery i install a couple of months back is holding its charge.

Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on June 20, 2013, 12:35:18 am
I proclaimed my new relay transplant a success today.

In another post, using a NAPA AR272 relay was mentioned as a replacement for the relays the UCE powered bikes use for their Main Power and Fuel Pump control.
They are the source of the little "click" you hear when you turn on the ignition key.

There wasn't a single thing wrong with my G5's existing relays but after 2 years and over 10000 miles of riding I figured I might head off future problems if I changed them.
My local NAPA store charged about $17 each for them so I bought two.

The relays look like little black plastic boxes smaller than 1 inch in size.  The C5 locates them in the left side cover and the G5 locates them in the left hot dog cover.

This AR272 is a 5 connection relay.  They are used in automobiles for power windows, rear window heaters, steering wheel memories, fuel pumps and a bunch of other places on everything from a BMW to a Ford.

  Two terminals provide the electrical power to operate the solenoid.  One terminal supplies the main power to the output terminals.  One terminal is the "Normally Closed" terminal that provides power when the solenoid is off and the remaining terminal is the "Normally Open" that provides power when the solenoid is energized.
The Normally Open rating is 30 amps and the Normally Closed is 20 amps.
That basically says the relay is rated the way Royal Enfield is using it at 30 amps which is 10 amps more than our fuses will allow.  Should last a long time.

Anyway, after changing anything electrical I am on my guard for something to break.  After riding over 175 miles without a problem I proclaim the operation a success.  :D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: heloego on June 20, 2013, 03:00:08 am
Pulled the battery and put it on the tender. I don't ride when on call, so I want it ready when I get off in seven days.  :D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: D the D on June 20, 2013, 04:11:14 am
Installed a new chain.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Craig McClure on June 20, 2013, 04:16:52 pm
You guys ought to check out KENDON STAND UP TRAILERS. I have the single rail model. They are surely the ROLLS ROYCE of trailers, at 80mph you don't even know its there, & it's low/under slung so its very easy to load. It is a lifetime keeper - you get what you pay for - but they appear very cheap on Ebay from time to time. Trust me- THIS IS THE BEST M.C. TRAILER IN THE WORLD.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Pauly on June 21, 2013, 05:32:16 am
Ran out in the middle of the night and gave it a big hug
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: raderj on June 23, 2013, 12:47:37 am
I finally picked up an NGK bpr6es plug from Advanced Auto Parts.

Starts more smoothly. No more "idle death" while it warms up. And it seemed that the power delivery was more smooth.

Rode from Norfolk to Cape Charles, VA across the Chesapeake Bay Bridge. 19 miles across the Bay with two tunnels! Pretty awesome ride.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Guaire on June 23, 2013, 12:56:21 am
Craig - You're right about the Kendon trailers. I bought a used Kendon service lift. The long one. Their products are well built and are well designed.
Bill
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: D the D on June 23, 2013, 01:01:25 am
Rode from Norfolk to Cape Charles, VA across the Chesapeake Bay Bridge. 19 miles across the Bay with two tunnels! Pretty awesome ride.
Did A-6 time at Oceana back in the day.  You're braver than me crossing that bridge.  Not too windy?  Tunnels must be great for reverberating thump.  ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: rvcycleguy on June 23, 2013, 01:45:40 am
Rode my vintage Bullet near 100 miles today.  Houston to Baytown and back.  Bike ran good.  New coil, carb tuneup with new jetting and NGK plug.  50 miles each way and took me hour with very little freeway lanes.  No faster than 100km per hour. 
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: raderj on June 23, 2013, 01:54:14 am
@D the D:

Yeah it was a little windy but it was head going North and tail going South so not too bad.

Did you live near Oceana? No sleep with all those jets all day!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: rvcycleguy on June 23, 2013, 01:56:01 am
Rode my vintage Bullet near 100 miles today.  Houston to Baytown and back.  Bike ran good.  New coil, carb tuneup with new jetting and NGK plug.  50 miles each way and took me hour with very little freeway lanes.  No faster than 100km per hour. 
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: benknrobbers on June 23, 2013, 02:07:49 am
Not today, but yesterday. I rode it the 100 miles to the dealership, got my first service done. Bought and had installed a pillion seat on the back. Had the solo seat pulled and the pleather re-glued. Had my low fuel light diagnosed, and parts ordered. Ordered a whole box of oil filters. Got new gaskets for the inside of the toolbox, had them glued into place (original ones fell out). Oh and I had a 12 volt power plug installed in my tool box. That way I can charge my phone while I ride. Now to clean the garage and get back to working on the pedestrian slicer that I was working on before I had to go off to school, and I can finish the holster project.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: hillntx on June 23, 2013, 03:12:33 pm
Looked at it today as I pulled out the big bike for a commute to work.  Planning to finally swap my spark plug for the BPR6ES in the tool box and ordering a new chain this week. 

I also have a Kendon bike lift.  It's very well made and I like the potential for small footprint storage. 

I use a Trailer-in-a-Bag when hauling the bikes; I have a dual rail that's convertible to a single when needed.  So far I've used it to pull a pair of Royal Enfield C5s, a Suzuki GS650G, Honda ST1300, a pair KZ1000 Police models, and a pair of KZ440s.  The trailer pulls well and have never had any issues; and you can't beat it for small footprint storage.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on June 23, 2013, 04:58:46 pm
Spent the afternoon yesterday having my primary cover welded.  I called a few shops earlier in the week and most of them said it would be a few weeks before they could get to it.  So I called up a friend who knows a guy and gave me his phone #.  He was more than happy to be able to help to me out.  So I took a 25 minute ride to his place and he got right to work on it.   A few hours, a few beers and burgers later, I had a VERY well repaired primary cover.  And it only cost me $30 and a 6 pack of beer.  Well, $35, I gave him a $5 tip for doing such a great job.


(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y217/lethalinj/PrimaryRepaired_zpsf14be1b3.jpg) (http://s6.photobucket.com/user/lethalinj/media/PrimaryRepaired_zpsf14be1b3.jpg.html)



Scottie

Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Alan LaRue on June 24, 2013, 09:47:25 pm
Rode my vintage Bullet near 100 miles today.  Houston to Baytown and back.  Bike ran good.  New coil, carb tuneup with new jetting and NGK plug.  50 miles each way and took me hour with very little freeway lanes.  No faster than 100km per hour. 


What, more than one Bullet in Baytown at the same time?

(http://laruetx.com/moto/Bullet/images/LaRue_MAtrix_2011-10-15_07-58-33_408_2011RoyalEnfieldB5_FredHartmanBridge_Baytown_Texas_USA.jpg)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: rvcycleguy on June 24, 2013, 10:53:05 pm
yes, I crossed that bridge twice on Sat.,  coming and going.  Its windy up there...

In my day as a young adult, we crossed the Channel using Baytown/La Porte tunnel that existed for decades in the same spot as the bridge is now.  One lane each coming and going, and they shut it down on Tuesday nights for cleaning. 
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Alan LaRue on June 25, 2013, 01:40:10 am
My Ford Fiesta had to be towed out of that tunnel twice! Clogged fuel filter, I think. If you were backed up there during p.m. drive time between 1985 and 1989, I may have been the problem!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: GreenMachine on June 25, 2013, 03:34:22 am
Alan: Bet that sucked big time..I go through the Baltimore tunnels and pondered how I don't want to break down under the water.... ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: heloego on June 25, 2013, 03:34:43 am
Tacked another 30 mile quickie around town. On return lubed the chain, removed the megaphone silencer and packed it 1/2 full with fiberglass. Put another 10 miles on it and like the sound!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: AussieDave on June 25, 2013, 04:47:03 am
today i hit 13000 mostly trouble free km. i love this machine.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on June 26, 2013, 12:26:58 am
Today I adjusted my G5's drive chain.
I had replaced the original RE chain at 3750 miles with a made in America Diamond 530 chain and after riding the bike several hundred miles I needed to adjust it again.
That's pretty common because the new chain does stretch a bit as it breaks in.

Anyway, after 6800 miles (10968 km) of riding the chain had loosened up to the point that it needed adjusting.
The hardest part was getting the old cotter pin out of the castled nut.

I did try the "string" method of aligning the rear wheel but rather than running the string just down one side of the wheels I ran it from the lower rear of the rear tire to the lower front of the front tire.  Then taking a wrap around the front tire I ran the string on the other side of the bike back to the lower rear of the rear tire.
Doing it this way it was easy to see if the front wheel was turned a bit one direction or the other and the distance from the sides of the rear tire to the string on both sides confirmed one another.
Once again, the two snails on the rear have different notches engaged with their pins when the wheel is tracking straight.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on June 26, 2013, 12:34:26 am
Nice tweak on the string technique!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: hillntx on June 27, 2013, 12:52:02 am
Replaced my spark plug with the BPR6ES and removed my side stand switch completely.  I haven't had any trouble with either in 1800+ miles but I've had the plug for a while and thought why not on the switch since I was down there anyway.  Seems to idle a little smoother on startup but still backfires periodically on decel.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: hillntx on June 29, 2013, 03:42:22 am
First time I've seen this thread off the front page since I started viewing this forum in Feb. 2012.  Bumping it back to where it belongs.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: D the D on June 29, 2013, 05:25:56 pm
Not a darn thing.
Just booting this up to keep hillntx happy.
It's raining and thunder storming guys, I'm getting bored.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on June 29, 2013, 06:55:22 pm
Not a darn thing.
Just booting this up to keep hillntx happy.
It's raining and thunder storming guys, I'm getting bored.


I did absolutely nothing myself too.  The bike is still in pieces waiting on the crankshaft seal.

Scottie
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on June 29, 2013, 07:18:45 pm
Wiped the skudgey fuel from the tank with some spray cleaner.  Thats almost nothing.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on June 29, 2013, 08:37:04 pm
I didn't do anything either.
It's 112* F outside and it's only noon.  Looks like 118 is easily possible today.
Even my RE is farting without the engine even running!  :o

Oh!  I forgot, most of you don't have a California bike so you don't know what I'm talking about.

The sealed fuel tank is vented thru the charcoal canister but it has a valve in the line that lets the pressure inside the tank build up to some unknown pressure.  When that pressure is reached the valve lets some of it out with a "fruuuuuump" sound.
Normally, the only times it does this is after I've ridden a ways and then stopped the bike.  The heat from the engine expands the fuel in the tank so the bike goes "fruuuuuuump".  :-[

Yah, 118 is a bummer but I'll still take it to temperatures below freezing.  I might sweat a lot but that beats having some valuable part of my anatomy freeze off.  ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on June 29, 2013, 09:01:08 pm
I didn't do anything either.
It's 112* F outside and it's only noon.  Looks like 118 is easily possible today.......

..........Yah, 118 is a bummer but I'll still take it to temperatures below freezing.  I might sweat a lot but that beats having some valuable part of my anatomy freeze off.  ;D

The only response I can come up with is...  Eff that!!!   :o

I live in Colorado now but I grew up in Wisconsin.  So, I've ridden in 100* F at 10,000 feet and also been on snowmobiles at -10* -20* F.  They both suck in their own individual ways, but 112 is crazy!  I have a pretty good idea what that must be like tho, because I have been inside of paint booths during the "bake cycle" at 130* F and that pretty much takes the breath out of you.  How the hell do you guys survive down there in Arizona?  And the rest of the desert areas for that matter?

Scottie
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: foggy95 on June 29, 2013, 09:07:11 pm
Rode my C5 Classic (black) to the "Triumph Come Home Rally" in Oley, PA.  Fellow parked next to me with an older (pre-UCE). Only two Enfields there that I could find.

Are you on the forum here???

http://triumphcomehome.com/triumphcomehome.html
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: BrashRooster on June 29, 2013, 09:46:39 pm
I got stuck yesterday but I am posting it today. I went for a little ride across the farm when coming back up a nice steep hill I discovered the soil was damp and rather more sand then soil. Stock C5 mil tires don't hold out in that situation. Needless to say I got unstuck after a bit of a stressful time. I can't say the bike doesn't have enough power that is for sure! I need to buy some dual sport tires. I don't want to do anything crazy or really that tough on my bike. We have lots of established paths that are not that rough. Im becoming more of a hermit so dual sport tires would be nice I could ride around the 120 acres and not ever leave home.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: The_Rigger on June 29, 2013, 10:09:21 pm
Yah, 118 is a bummer but I'll still take it to temperatures below freezing.  I might sweat a lot but that beats having some valuable part of my anatomy freeze off.

I can always put more clothing on in winter, but there's only so much you can take off in summer...  I'll gladly take sub-freezing over that kind of heat.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Pauly on June 29, 2013, 11:48:54 pm
Oil change number 2 at 1030 miles.  All went well.  Definetly have an oil leak where the shifter comes through the crank case.  Anyone replaced that seal?

Pauly
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on June 30, 2013, 01:10:01 am
I don't think I've heard of anyone that actually needed to change that seal.

I have heard from a LOT of people who were convinced that seal was leaking though.
Most, if not all of them found that the oil that had accumulated right below that seal was actually oil that had been thrown off of the rear chain as they were riding.

I suggest that you buy a can of Disk Brake Cleaner and give the whole area a thorough cleaning.  While your at it, clean off the oil that dripped over the edge and has run onto the bottom of the oil sump too. 
Then, take the bike for a long ride.

When you get back, examine the area closely.
If the oil is nice clean thin engine oil you seal probably is leaking.
If the oil is thick, black stuff it is chain lube.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Pauly on June 30, 2013, 01:44:35 am
It's leaking, I can actually see it, nice clear oil as opposed to thick grease. It only does it when the bike is on it's side stand. So I can just keep using the center stand.

Thanks for the response

Pauly
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: jartist on June 30, 2013, 05:46:01 am
The left side cover is really easy to remove and then the seal is right there easy to get to.  It's about a one and a half beer job.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Royalista on June 30, 2013, 08:33:59 pm
I got stuck yesterday but I am posting it today. I went for a little ride across the farm when coming back up a nice steep hill I discovered the soil was damp and rather more sand then soil. Stock C5 mil tires don't hold out in that situation. Needless to say I got unstuck after a bit of a stressful time. I can't say the bike doesn't have enough power that is for sure! I need to buy some dual sport tires. I don't want to do anything crazy or really that tough on my bike. We have lots of established paths that are not that rough. Im becoming more of a hermit so dual sport tires would be nice I could ride around the 120 acres and not ever leave home.
Welcome in my world. I had to find that out the hard way too.  ;D
Also in the market for dual sport tyres. Not much choice for the front in the 19" size but for 18" the pick is larger.
Currently Heidenau K60 rear and Pirelli scorpion front lead my list.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Craig McClure on June 30, 2013, 10:29:14 pm
Look into some Asian Dual Sports (TRIALS TIRES), they are every bit as good, but without the snob appeal or price.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: i.candide on July 03, 2013, 04:11:49 am
Picked my new 2012 C5 Classic Teal and rode it home. Glorious.

Then took many photos
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on July 03, 2013, 04:29:47 am
That's awesome!  Now go break in that motor.  Be safe and have fun!     :D

Scottie
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: The_Rigger on July 03, 2013, 04:43:37 am
Finally got home! Yay!!!

I utterly failed to mount the Lycett solo seat on the bike - turns out the frame is bent all to shit and miswelded - but I *did* get the Vista Cruise and the new Hagons mounted, in anticipation of tomorrow morning's ride to the Soo.  Also replaced the 2" round Halcyon "gunfighter" bar-end mirrors with 3" round mirror heads (part #829, I believe), which are far more easy to see into.

Spent about an hour, just toodling around town this evening.... Gawd, it's good to be home and on Fiona again.  8)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on July 03, 2013, 06:47:58 pm
Pics of the Vista Cruise?  Which part number did you get?  I've been thinking of adding one of these for long trips.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on July 03, 2013, 08:43:25 pm
Quote
Im becoming more of a hermit so dual sport tires would be nice I could ride around the 120 acres and not ever leave home.

K70s work well in most mild off road conditions. But not swamps and bogs! Trials tires for those. They still are reasonably good on pavement. Full knobbies go away rather quickly.
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on July 03, 2013, 11:13:46 pm
Still waiting on my damn crank seal, so I didn't do squat to it.  I can't even sit on my bike and pretend to ride because the left foot peg is off.  Maybe I can put the foot peg back on and strap my bike in the back of a friends' truck and they can drive me around while I pretend to ride for the 4th of July.    ;D

Scottie
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on July 04, 2013, 12:11:08 am
Gawd, it's good to be home and on Fiona again.  8)

Well earned - congrats!!!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: D the D on July 04, 2013, 01:15:04 am
Started to put a flag on it to ride around on Independence Day.  Decided not to 'cause that's what all them phony draft dodging pukes on their Harleys do.
Not knocking vets and patriots here, just those DDPs that I know you've all encountered.
Ya know what?  I'm gonna anyway 'cause I'm a patriotic vet.  No, not animals.  Well, I was a Marine so maybe animals....
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Bulletman on July 04, 2013, 02:15:40 am
Rode it in 108 degree weather yesterday and in 104 degree weather today for about 1/2 hour.  Loved the sauna effect.
 ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Sectorsteve on July 04, 2013, 06:21:07 am
cleaned chain with Kero, tightened chain a notch, lubed chain, tightened rear brake
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: The_Rigger on July 05, 2013, 03:30:32 am
Pics of the Vista Cruise?  Which part number did you get?

Model #MCUVOO.  Photo attached. Use the thicker of the two rubber ring fillers with the OEM Enfield grips.  I loosened up the front brake lever assembly and slid it over enough to fit the Vista Cruise bar clamp right up against the throttle housing, then slid the brake clamp back hard against the cruise clamp.

I did a 650-mile two-day trip, riding from my home in central lower Michigan up to Sault Ste. Marie yesterday and back today, and I can attest to the Vista Cruise being a grip-saver, along with freeing me from the "tinglies."

Now, if I can get the problems worked out of the bike's seating....
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Portland Bullet on July 05, 2013, 04:30:27 am
I rode to my in-laws for dinner and back. No big deal. Maybe twelve miles total. I have hit just 50 miles on this bike, my first ever, and am loving it so much. Learning, expanding the rides, etc. Have a great weekend everyone.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: REdmonton on July 05, 2013, 07:03:44 am
I had to lay the bike down today. I was coming out of heavily gravelled parking lot really slowly and the gravel grabbed my tires and I had to set the bike down. Thank goodness for the engine guards I put on last year.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: benknrobbers on July 05, 2013, 08:03:03 am
 :o are you okay?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: hillntx on July 05, 2013, 10:03:01 am
I hate gravel, but I'm a big fan of engine guards.  Sounds like you and the bike survived. 

Rode the bike to work after lunch tonight.  Started on the first kick.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: JVS on July 05, 2013, 10:38:24 am
I had to lay the bike down today. I was coming out of heavily gravelled parking lot really slowly and the gravel grabbed my tires and I had to set the bike down. Thank goodness for the engine guards I put on last year.

Glad you're okay! Also the bike  :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: wildbill on July 05, 2013, 02:17:39 pm
started the bike for the first time in a month. gel battery great...started first go ;)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: REdmonton on July 05, 2013, 02:20:07 pm
I'm fine. I was able to get clear of the bike as it fell over. I was fully geared up even though it was smoking hot. I wonder if different tires would have been helpful. The gravel was large and soft. It was crap to ride through.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: The_Rigger on July 05, 2013, 03:44:39 pm
I had to lay the bike down today.

Ugh!!  Glad you're okay.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: kammersangerin on July 05, 2013, 06:14:47 pm
Didn't get to do anything because it's storming all the bloody time. Go figure though. I have been offered a chance to work and live in Japan for a few years, and I am thining of turning it down because I will have to store the bike now that I just got going on it.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on July 05, 2013, 06:20:35 pm
Didn't get to do anything because it's storming all the bloody time. Go figure though. I have been offered a chance to work and live in Japan for a few years, and I am thining of turning it down because I will have to store the bike now that I just got going on it.

Don't let the bike stop you from going.  If that's the only thing holding you back, crate it up and ship it to yourself.   ;)

Scottie
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on July 05, 2013, 06:49:57 pm
+1, take the opportunity.  Get something weird and cool to ride there that you'd never see here. 

Glad you're ok Red, and it sounds like the crash bars saved the bike too.  Last time I was on gravel I was heading down a country road around 50mph and it just turned into gravel out of nowhere.  I survived that, went to meet a friend for dinner, and watched an old lady back up into and total my bike.  Weird day.

I rode to work today for the first time in a few weeks.  I've been travelling and sick so this was the first opportunity in a while.  The battery was a little weak but it fired up and ran.  Felt good to get out again.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: D the D on July 05, 2013, 07:31:34 pm
They've got bikes in Japan that were never sold here.  Go for it and find something there for the interim.  I had a Yamaha 500 in Korea, left it there and brought back a wife.  It was junk, she was a keeper.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Rich Mintz on July 06, 2013, 03:27:43 pm
...I cheated on my Royal Enfield today by buying a 1993 Honda CB250 Nighthawk in very good condition, to use as a daily rider while my Enfield is away for a few weeks getting its warranty service.

The Nighthawk doesn't have the street presence of the Enfield, but it's a lot of fun to zip around on a lightweight 250cc bike...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Bulletman on July 07, 2013, 05:12:58 am
Polished and shined her up using simichrome and meguilars  polish..getting ready for a ride to "Yosemite National Park" and to "TIOGA" Pass at 10,000 feet.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on July 07, 2013, 05:54:14 am
Have a good trip and enjoy the ride. :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Dazzler on July 07, 2013, 12:46:50 pm
Taking my motorcycle back to the dealer for it's first service.  It is a 160 km ride, winter, around 6 degrees Celsius and still dark when I leave.  I have been plotting routes and planning for the journey.  Getting a Hitchcocks silencer fitted and given I will have the five hundred kilometre mark passed, looking forward to the blast, relatively speaking, homeward.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: GSS on July 07, 2013, 02:08:01 pm
Didn't get to do anything because it's storming all the bloody time. Go figure though. I have been offered a chance to work and live in Japan for a few years, and I am thining of turning it down because I will have to store the bike now that I just got going on it.
Get a Suzuki ST250 (called TU250 in US) in Japan.  Looks like a mini RE. Great aftermarket support and ride/handling is superb.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on July 07, 2013, 03:10:37 pm
Getting ready to put the last of the parts on the Trailblazer this morning.  After some disappointing confusion, and with the help of ERC, I was able to get my new rotor figured out and am ready to move forward.  Speaking of moving forward, it is going to be damn nice having my bike back on the road after having no means of conveyance for 3 weeks now.

SPOILER ALERT!!!  Once I get the bike started and warmed up I'm going to attempt to burn off the old rear tire.  I have a feeling I'm going to need to wet down the pavement.    ;D

Scottie
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: hillntx on July 07, 2013, 03:26:42 pm
Careful Scottie, wouldn't want to dump it after all the work you've put in.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on July 07, 2013, 03:42:03 pm
I've owned enough bikes and attempted enough burnouts to know if the tire's going to spin or not.    ::)    My '83 Suzuki enjoyed doing them.  The 1 store I used to work at, we all had some kind of hot rod and our parking lot was riddled with black marks!  My best on the Suzuki was about 50' long.I haven't made an attempt on this bike so I don't know what it's going to do.  I do know that I can kick a 20' rooster tail in the dirt!  And besides, I said I was going to make an attempt, not go out of my way the break the bike right away again.    ;)  And if I can't do a burnout, my friend lives on a curvy dirt road, I can always go drifting instead.    :)

Scottie
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on July 07, 2013, 10:13:18 pm
No burnout, BUT I did get the bike running again!

Scottie
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on July 09, 2013, 06:18:44 pm
Had a great ride to work this morning.  I was feeling pumped so did my usual back road route but kinda wanted some speed so I jumped on the highway for the last little bit.  It wasn't crowded so I just punched it WOT and sped down the road.  The bike sounded great!  Really great!  Too great :(  I went to check for an exhaust leak when I got to work.  Not quite, but the lid to the air box had popped open.  Guess I need some duct tape and to order some parts. 

Still a great ride in thoug :)

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on July 09, 2013, 08:51:34 pm
Score!  My local shop, which doesn't even carry Enfield any more, just happened to have a new lock leftover on the shelf.  Back on the road in 10 minutes!

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on July 09, 2013, 10:19:49 pm
Score!  My local shop, which doesn't even carry Enfield any more, just happened to have a new lock leftover on the shelf.  Back on the road in 10 minutes!

Scott

+1    :D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: bluesdaddy2 on July 10, 2013, 11:54:27 am
Not quite, but the lid to the air box had popped open.  Guess I need some duct tape and to order some parts. 

Still a great ride in thoug :)

Scott

Guess I need to add the locks to the list of items to (regularly) check and maybe add a little loctite.  :o
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on July 10, 2013, 02:17:07 pm
LocTite wouldn't have helped, the zinc in the lock noddy cracked and the hasp fell off.  I had noticed it looked like it had opened just a hair, should have looks closer. 

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: BadDP on July 10, 2013, 07:08:06 pm
Picked up two grey/green us military medical bags to use as temporary saddle bags. Total cost $20. $18 for the bags and $2.00 for a canteen to keep my 2 year old happy.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: D the D on July 10, 2013, 07:23:19 pm
Picked up two grey/green us military medical bags to use as temporary saddle bags. Total cost $20. $18 for the bags and $2.00 for a canteen to keep my 2 year old happy.

At least he didn't ask for a bayonet/sword and proceed to beat you with it.  Don't ask, just be forwarned.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on July 10, 2013, 07:27:25 pm
Remember when army/navy surplus stores carried real surplus?  Like bayonets and machetes and giant bomb casings?  Bygone days...

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: D the D on July 10, 2013, 07:35:05 pm
Some of my favorite days were wandering around surplus stores.  And all that WWII stuff was considered junk.  No made in China fake surplus.  Never saw Korean War stuff - the Marines were still issuing it to us in the 1970's LOL
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: BadDP on July 10, 2013, 10:02:37 pm
He wanted an e-tool. The one he dropped on my for while running around in a WWII helmet. Fortunately I live close to a real surplus store. The bags I picked up were real. Names written inside and all.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: D the D on July 11, 2013, 12:54:48 am
Far out!  He'll need an e-tool and a helmet.  At least a helmet liner 'til he's bigger.  8)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: BadDP on July 13, 2013, 03:31:57 am
Grey military bags just were not right. A buddy had a set from his Sportster that did not fit. $20 plus $10 for a touch of hardware and 2 hours of measuring, cutting leather, whomping with a mallet etc and the bike has bags. Pictures tomorrow, the rain came as I finished up.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: REdmonton on July 13, 2013, 11:06:35 pm
While fixing my front brake I took some time to clean up my bike. I also adjusted the chain. Are the C5 chains different than the G5 and B5 chains? I've had the bike for a year and this is the first time I have had to adjust the chain and there seems to be no wear on the cogs.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: rvcycleguy on July 14, 2013, 12:50:39 am
Rode the vintage bike 220 miles today.  Left home at 9am and returned by 6pm.  Rode farm roads, country roads out to a biker bar/ grill.  RE was the most popular bike today.  On the way back, stopped for a water break and a guy at the filling station offered me $5k for the bike.  I said no.  His buddy with him told me while while the other guy went inside the store that he was a collector and had lots of vintage bikes.  I said that was a fair offer but I'm having too much fun riding it...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: BadDP on July 14, 2013, 04:31:34 am
Wished I had money for better tires after riding 30 miles home in pouring rain. Thanked God for helmets, goggles and bandanas. Time to grab a towel and dry off.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Graylic on July 14, 2013, 09:40:08 pm
Had an idiot in a jeep back into my parked G5. :'(  The one I just got on Wednesday. Fortunately, the foot peg took the fall, however I was shook up and did not get all of the drivers info, hopefully my insurance agent can track him down. 
Total damage:  Bent left foot peg (shifter clearance is actually somewhat improved)
    Taillight got pushed into the license plate housing by the jeep
    Small scratches on bar end weights, clutch lever and left passenger peg
and most upsetting, the front fender lost some paint on the front left edge.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: 1 Thump on July 14, 2013, 10:50:09 pm
Had an idiot in a jeep back into my parked G5. :'(  The one I just got on Wednesday. Fortunately, the foot peg took the fall, however I was shook up and did not get all of the drivers info, hopefully my insurance agent can track him down. 
Total damage:  Bent left foot peg (shifter clearance is actually somewhat improved)
    Taillight got pushed into the license plate housing by the jeep
    Small scratches on bar end weights, clutch lever and left passenger peg
and most upsetting, the front fender lost some paint on the front left edge.

I hope you dont have progressive insurance. They total bikes easily.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on July 14, 2013, 11:42:45 pm
Had an idiot in a jeep back into my parked G5. :'(  The one I just got on Wednesday. Fortunately, the foot peg took the fall, however I was shook up and did not get all of the drivers info, hopefully my insurance agent can track him down. 
Total damage:  Bent left foot peg (shifter clearance is actually somewhat improved)
    Taillight got pushed into the license plate housing by the jeep
    Small scratches on bar end weights, clutch lever and left passenger peg
and most upsetting, the front fender lost some paint on the front left edge.

A lot of people are stupid and a lot of people suck and have no common sense.  Sorry to hear your bad luck.  At least it sounds like the damage was very minimal.  Still bites the big one, especially considering the bike isn't even a week old.

Scottie
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: BadDP on July 15, 2013, 12:31:23 pm
Yesterday I cleaned melted plastic off my exhaust. It was a pain in the butt, however it was my fault to begin with. Boy what a mess.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ekatus Atimoss on July 16, 2013, 09:47:23 pm
1.Wash
2.Rinse
3.A1 Speedwax for the paint
4.Nev'r dull for the engine cover
5.WD40 for wheel rims
it really feels good when a C5 looks shiny again...  :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Craig McClure on July 17, 2013, 12:02:17 am
Dear Ekatus,  I despise WD-40. It gets gooey, attracts lint/dirt & is hard to get off. I prefer to use an easily applied thin WAX. It protects, SHINES & does not attract dirt.  Cheers, Craig McClure, Jasper Ga. USA
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on July 17, 2013, 12:43:13 am
Never use WD-40 for anything other than light cleaning. It does nothing else.
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: BadDP on July 17, 2013, 01:14:03 am
Cans of WD-40 make great flame throwers. Attempt this at your own risk.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Bulletman on July 17, 2013, 02:42:56 am
Rode it to "Yosemite National park"  (sunday july 14th ) and back doing my first 270 mile round trip in the same day...was awesome the weather on the other hand at the park was almost 94, to the most comfortable, but overall its always a blast at Yosemite..
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: D the D on July 17, 2013, 03:53:05 am
Cans of WD-40 make great flame throwers. Attempt this at your own risk.

That's the only use I have for the junk.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gashousegorilla on July 17, 2013, 02:11:14 pm
Rode it to "Yosemite National park"  (sunday july 14th ) and back doing my first 270 mile round trip in the same day...was awesome the weather on the other hand at the park was almost 94, to the most comfortable, but overall its always a blast at Yosemite..

   And was Sam in ? 
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Bulletman on July 17, 2013, 05:07:58 pm
   And was Sam in ?
He was Gashousegorilla ...and was looking for you... ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on July 17, 2013, 05:52:00 pm
Quote
Cans of WD-40 make great flame throwers. Attempt this at your own risk.

Useta shoot down flies with it!
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ekatus Atimoss on July 17, 2013, 11:25:30 pm
@all thanks regarding WD40 - I always thought I do something good to the wheels. Dirt & oil from the secondary chain was easily removed with a rag and WD40.. 

...sigh
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on July 17, 2013, 11:41:50 pm
No reason to sigh. :)
As you noted, the WD40 does a good job of cutting thru chain lube.  It also works good at chasing water out of tiny hiding places (hence the name WD, water displacement).

Several people I know use it to chase the water out of the breech plug threads on their muzzleloading rifle barrels when they've finished cleaning them.  (Black powder guns are cleaned with water, not petroleum solvents).

My only concern about using it to clean off the rims on my bike would be the unknown effects of a petroleum solvent like WD40 on the inner tube.  I have no doubts that it will readily sneak down thru the spoke nuts and get inside to where the inner tube lives.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: BadDP on July 17, 2013, 11:47:18 pm
Oh, WD-40 also makes awesome catfish bait. I thought my bike had an issue riding  to work. There was popping, slapping, snapping etc.. I pulled over once it was safe to realize I never closed my saddle bag. Lesson learned.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on July 17, 2013, 11:47:51 pm
+1.  Great to displace water.  I had a friend who sprayed all his tools on his boat down every time he was done using them, then back in the toolbox.  On wheels in particular, it is going to sneak into the spoke nipples and I'd be worried about the tubes too.  It'd be fine to spray some on a rag and wipe off the wheels, but I'd use something after that to clean off the WD.

I have found threads here and there of people swearing up and down that WD-40 is all they ever use to clean and lube their chains and they swear it works and they get good life out of their chains.  To each their own I guess.  I think it's more suited for door hinges on my house.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on July 18, 2013, 04:47:15 am
Started my new job today and spit out a total of 4 qts of oil on the way there and back.  Thought it was severe blow by from highway speeds.  Nope.  Return pump is bad.    :(  How in the world the engine didn't seize in either direction, is, well, incredible?   ???

Scottie
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: D the D on July 18, 2013, 05:25:32 am
Started my new job today and spit out a total of 4 qts of oil on the way there and back.  Thought it was severe blow by from highway speeds.  Nope.  Return pump is bad.    :(  How in the world the engine didn't seize in either direction, is, well, incredible?   ???

Scottie

1) YAY!
2) That Sucks big time.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: hillntx on July 19, 2013, 04:33:41 am
My new chain arrived today.  I'll probably install it this weekend.  I'm thinking that I can probably use the clip master link to connect the two chains together and by turning the rear wheel use the old chain to pull the new chain around the front sprocket.  We'll see how it works.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: D the D on July 19, 2013, 04:48:43 am
My new chain arrived today.  I'll probably install it this weekend.  I'm thinking that I can probably use the clip master link to connect the two chains together and by turning the rear wheel use the old chain to pull the new chain around the front sprocket.  We'll see how it works.
Yep, that works.  Be sure to keep a little drag pressure on the new chain feeding in or you can get a snaggle at the gear box.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: D the D on July 19, 2013, 05:00:03 am
Installed 8mm (5/16") Dowty washers (Bonded Seals to us Yanks) on the oil line banjos at pump and head. Made sure the banjo bolts all screwed in far enough and didn't bottom out too soon per advice from ACE and Bare or somebody, 'cause I'm always getting my problems solved by ACE and Bare or somebody  ;D.
Went for a 25 mile ride in 98*F heat.  All is cool when you're moving!  Leaks are gone.
Advice from the forum guys did it again.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Catbird on July 20, 2013, 12:59:42 am
I took my brand new 2013 RE Military out for the first time today. I just ran one of my usual errands to the bank and then rode another 30 miles or so thru the country roads before heading home.  I would have stayed out a lot longer, but the temps here are a tad uncomfortable -- the actual temperature was ~96 F with a heat index of over 105 F.

Once I got home, I pulled out my wrenches (spanners) and had to adjust my shift lever because, as delivered, I didn't have enough room under the lever for my toe to fit properly.  Now it's perfect for me.  ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on July 20, 2013, 01:51:42 am
Glad to hear you are out enjoying your new RE. :)  It only gets better with more miles on it and cooler temperatures.

You didn't mention it but the dealer adjusted my rear brake on my bike while he was first putting it together.  He had set it so it took over an inch of pedal travel to get it to start braking.  A few turns of the hex nut on the end of the rear brake rod fixed it.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: D the D on July 20, 2013, 04:01:18 am
Glad you like the new Enfield!
I adjusted my shift lever up.  I lowered the brake pedal, but adjusted it so it activates sooner.  All personal preference and there's plenty of room for that.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on July 20, 2013, 08:59:46 pm
That and adjusting how the bars sit, and then the angle of the levers is something that everyone should do right after their first ride on any bike.  Tweak if needed over the next few rides.  Takes minutes and pays dividends in comfort for as long as you own the bike.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Royalista on July 20, 2013, 10:03:39 pm
Took advantage of a major 10% temperature drop to do some maintenance. Euh, from 33 tot 29°C, guess all bits help, but all it did was getting me started... to sweat.

Had a snag after refitting the battery. All electrics test fine (horn, lights, MIL, fuel pump) but when I hit the selfstarter something says pop.
Routine check #1, nothing found. Test: all electrics fine but no MIL.
Routine check #2, nothing found. Test: all electrics fine, MIL and fuel pump come on. Aha, ok, when I hit the selfstarter, something pops and gives off a whiff of smoke. Now we have a location.
The couplers underneath the saddle behind the trafficator relay have nested together. After splitting up the gang and retaping the wires the first test is fine. After remounting battery in its home second test is fine. And so are the follow-ups.
Tried to look up which wires, couplers were involved, but I cannot read the letters on the diagram, boomer.  :'(
I was so proud of the bullet: shorting twice, once with smoke, but no fuse blown! That's my boy.  8)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on July 20, 2013, 10:09:15 pm
I pulled my timing cover and discovered my puking oil problem was caused by a piece of silicone that had blocked 1 of the return passages.  Also discovered that the timing cover gasket holes for the return passages didn't line up and was also restricting the flow.  Blew out all the passages with compressed air and now almost no blow by.  Sweeeeet.

Scottie
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: D the D on July 21, 2013, 03:17:24 am
Yay again!  That's a sweet ride too.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: greekxj on July 22, 2013, 03:10:13 am
Did a nice little ride in the morning, in the afternoon i did some polishing and decided to do a cleaning/re-oil of my K+N cone filter, damn that thing was pretty nasty with 5k miles on it! No dirt roads or anything by me just some back road suburb riding lol. Anyway, glad i did it.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: wildbill on July 22, 2013, 08:06:25 am
good job. got a K&N in my mx5-very good filters. cleaning is drama free  but from past experience you have to be very careful with the re-oiling process
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Sectorsteve on July 22, 2013, 08:22:33 am
loved the ride and the sound of the stock exhaust after it was welded the other day... a bit worried whether the Megaphone will be too loud and kill the great fuel economy...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Sectorsteve on July 22, 2013, 08:22:47 am
loved the ride and the sound of the stock exhaust after it was welded the other day... a bit worried whether the Megaphone will be too loud and kill the great fuel economy...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on July 22, 2013, 01:06:28 pm
If the megaphone is too loud you can always pull out the baffle and wrap in fiberglass muffler packing and attach it with some bailing wire.  Basically same process as repacking a 2 stroke muffler.

Scottie
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Sectorsteve on July 22, 2013, 02:10:18 pm
Good to know Scottie thanks. Also saw a sweet military RE , with its engine painted green. Was an old one refurbed
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Catbird on July 23, 2013, 07:04:46 pm
There are many options for aftermarket brake light flashers/modulators that I like.  In order not to detract from my RE's stock OD green military look, I installed this "Back Off" unit which I hid within the brake light housing.  Nothing fancy; all it does is cause the stock brake light to flash 4 times followed by a long flash and repeat as long as the front and/or rear brake is activated.

I also readjusted my shift lever to a lower position because I raised it too much a couple of days ago.



Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: rvcycleguy on July 23, 2013, 10:43:39 pm
Adjusted the tappets.  Also found two of the rocker nuts loose.  Runs well and is quiet.  Not tight quiet, but nice quiet. 
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Graylic on July 24, 2013, 05:16:57 am
Put on the license plate, bought and installed the chrome luggage rack, switched to a NKG plug as the bike was having random intermittent hard starting, and ordered a pair of shinko 705 dual sport tires as the speedmasters give me the heebie-jeebies in the corners.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gremlin on July 24, 2013, 05:27:29 am
.............ordered a pair of shinko 705 dual sport tires ........

+1  I like the 705's   though K70's actually corner better ....
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Sectorsteve on July 24, 2013, 09:00:23 am
thanks scotty. well today i wrestled crocodile...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: D the D on July 25, 2013, 06:15:46 am
No start.  She ran fine yesterday, I think.  Break down and use ES and still no start.  Checked for spark.  Checked for fuel flow.  Checked for gas on the plug and it was dry.  Cleaned the jets.  Got it together and no start.  Checked the pushrods.  Intake is stuck up and adjuster is screwed all the way up.  Pulled the rocker cover and the intake rod jumped off and got stuck between the rocker and the head.
Funny thing is the jam nut is tight, but the adjuster had screwed itself up into the rod shortening the setup.  Made adjustments and she cranked right over, very quiet.  I'll pull the tappet cover and check every couple hundred miles now.  Maybe double locknuts or a lockwasher if I find it shortening again.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on July 25, 2013, 04:08:59 pm
+1  I like the 705's   though K70's actually corner better ....

I haven't ridden on K70s but I can scrape the foot pegs with the 705s and never lose any traction.

Scottie
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Catbird on July 26, 2013, 01:49:49 am
Today, I replaced my 30-day temporary tag with the permanent metal tag (to be renewed in 2 years).

Tomorrow, I plan to replace my OEM horn with a WOLO Bad Boy horn.  Although I probably didn't need it, I also purchased a horn wiring harness that includes an in-line fuse and the proper relay.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: D the D on July 26, 2013, 07:30:11 am
Please let us know if the Wolo horn is all that.  I'm contemplating doing something about the anemic beep.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Sectorsteve on July 26, 2013, 09:16:22 am
 A lot accomplished today Re wise. Found another aluminum can to cover my muffler/header connection. ..on way home from job saw a shop that made me salivate. An old British bike store with second hand parts a block big. Did a u turn on busy ass road to look. Shocks, RE bits, wheels, tyres, mufflers, heads, pistons everything. It's a bloody warehouse full of bits. I scored a couple of metzler tyres, second hand but in great condition for 130 for the pair. Whacked me on back of bike and headed home chuffed. Before getting home went to a muffler place and we sussed out my muffler connection problem. The 2 connections were same diameter. I nicked a flag holder from a real estate sign that they use at auctions. The house sold and the agent just had the sign up. He's an ass anyway and I need that exact diameter pipe. Nice tight virginal fit into the muffler. Welded other end onto header. Clamp to be purchased tomorrow. No more gaps. Exhaust tape to follow to cover the ugly weld mark, but I'm stoked.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: wildbill on July 26, 2013, 10:44:20 am
i knew those flags would be good for something lol
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Sectorsteve on July 26, 2013, 11:57:57 am
When you come to Sydney next be sure to check out this shop. They even had old metal box panniers . Some really cool stuff in there. Parramatta rd/Frederick st intersection. My new home for stuff. They sell hagons and have a lot of shocks, seats everything.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Catbird on July 26, 2013, 11:59:48 am
Please let us know if the Wolo horn is all that.  I'm contemplating doing something about the anemic beep.
I always replace my stock "meep....meep" bike horns with aftermarket airhorns -- either Steibel Nautilus or Wolo.  Their sounds are almost identical and offer a significant improvement over OEM.  I personally consider this replacement a real necessity -- not an option. 
I bought my Wolo horn and universal horn wiring kit for less than $60 from Amazon.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gremlin on July 26, 2013, 09:05:47 pm
I haven't ridden on K70s but I can scrape the foot pegs with the 705s and never lose any traction.

Scottie

do you run the Radial, or, the Bias ply 705's  ?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on July 26, 2013, 11:24:06 pm
I believe I have a radial on the rear and bias on the front.

Scottie
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: rvcycleguy on July 27, 2013, 01:40:45 am
Rode my Boulevard to work yesterday and then on the way home it quit running due to what I think is a balky kickstand safety switch.  So, today, I decide to ride the RE to work for a 1/2 shift.  On the way home in the elevated HOV lane, it quits running.  I coast and then with a one leg pushing technique I get to the down ramp for the Metro park and ride.  Start checking it over.  Got fuel. Realize the lights and signals are not working with the key on.  Check the inline fuse from the battery.  It's blown.  No extras on board.  Walk to a service station and buy two 20a fuses.  Walk back and put one in.  Turn key, it blows instantly.  Move battery cables around and looks like nothing is in as bind.   Put the last fuse in and turn the key and it blows instantly.  Call the wife and she comes to get me.  We go home, get the truck, trailer and carry it home.  In the garage now, and I will begin to sort it out tomorrow. 
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on July 27, 2013, 02:04:01 am
You have a wire somewhere that has decided to cut thru the insulation and ground itself out.  Check all the areas that the wires run close to edges and areas prone to getting pinched.  I'm sure it will be an easy find once you look into it.

Scottie
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: rvcycleguy on July 27, 2013, 02:36:41 am
Hope so Scottie.  As you say, it should be an easy find  due to the fuse blows so quickly.  Certainly a dead short somewhere. Just riding along though for about 20 minutes and then nothing.  No bumps, jarring movements, just straight line riding.  I'll update when I locate the culprit.  Thanks,

RV
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gremlin on July 27, 2013, 02:53:17 am
......Walk to a service station and buy two 20a fuses.  Walk back and put one in.  Turn key, it blows instantly. ..... I will begin to sort it out tomorrow.


there are only two fuses according to the schematic.  One for the lighting circuits, and, the other for engine management.


I'd start by pulling the fuel pump relay, then pull off the O2 sensor, followed by the coil.

oops .... just re-read your trauma ...  you have a lighting circuit problem.   pull the headlamp.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: rvcycleguy on July 27, 2013, 12:21:51 pm

there are only two fuses according to the schematic.  One for the lighting circuits, and, the other for engine management.


I'd start by pulling the fuel pump relay, then pull off the O2 sensor, followed by the coil.

oops .... just re-read your trauma ...  you have a lighting circuit problem.   pull the headlamp.

Thanks.  This fuse that is blowing is the inline fuse holder straight out of the battery box. 
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: rvcycleguy on July 27, 2013, 03:26:00 pm
Checked the headlight area this morning and found a wire detached from the amp meter?  Not a standard blade type connector, but heavy wire with a push on metal connector that is cylinder like?  Pulled the amp meter out of the housing and plugged it back in.  While the headlight bucket is off, inspect everything there.  Lots of wire and connectors for such a simple vintage system.  Had no idea there was that much wire back there.  All looks good, took a few minutes to organize a little and separate where possible.  Put a new fuse in and turned the key on.  No blown fuse.  Started it up and rode the neighborhood.  Seems to be ok.  Thanks for the advice.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on July 27, 2013, 03:54:20 pm
Cool!  I told you it would be something simple.  :D

Scottie
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: BadDP on July 27, 2013, 04:42:10 pm
Oil changed.  So easy.  Pegs adjusted.  Just as easy.  Spark plug ... oh wait I never bought a new one.  Off to the parts store again.  Trip number two today.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: BadDP on July 27, 2013, 05:41:15 pm
OK new NGK plug in.  Quick 10 mile ride speaks volumes for the new plug.  Adjusting the pegs make shifting much easier with my size 14 feet.  Tomorrow I will adjust the rear brake.  Off to work.  Oh maybe I'll have the guys at the H.A. garage/club house fix my brakes.  They owe me a favor any how.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on July 27, 2013, 06:59:47 pm
Told ya. The plug is the first thing everyone should change. Those stock Bosches are terrible. Even if you think you're not having any plug problems, $3 for an NGK BPR6ES will prove you wrong!
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: BadDP on July 28, 2013, 01:18:48 am
I know most people look at this thread. Please keep the owner of New Haven Powersports in your prayers. He owns the  local Enfield dealer here in Connecticut. He was pulled off a scooter he was test driving and beaten by a mob of 5-10 people. WFSB is the local news station. The complete story is on their site.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on July 28, 2013, 03:01:54 am
This link will take you to the Snopes story about the incident.

http://www.snopes.com/photos/politics/beating.asp

Seems to me if it was caused by another vehicle there would be some pieces of the car or scooter laying around.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on July 28, 2013, 05:00:15 am
That's messed up.  This is becoming a sad, sad world.    :(
I'll keep him in my thoughts.

Scottie
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: rvcycleguy on July 28, 2013, 02:54:57 pm
Seems inappropriate to headline the story with a Trayvon banner?  No where in the text does it indicate that he was assaulted by individuals associated with a retaliation crime.  But it sells interest to read more... 
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Craig McClure on July 31, 2013, 08:10:13 pm
I recommend FIAMM nautilus (high Note) You can find them used off cars.  I did not like my WOLO horn at all.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: D the D on August 01, 2013, 04:58:14 am
Removed the E3 plug my buddy recommended and put the NGK Iridium that has 800 miles on it back in.  Threw the E3 in the trash.  I won't even give it away.  Reasons: Hard starting, dies during warm up, poor idle, flat spot near WOT, sooty like it's rich.  And it is the plug 'cause the NGK is easy to kick start, doesn't die during warm up, solid idle, doesn't have the flat spot, and is a nice grey.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Bulletman on August 01, 2013, 06:49:42 am
Figured out how to install my new Dunstall replica muffler onto my header pipe without having to weld t due to both the pipes being the same size.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Pauly on August 01, 2013, 06:46:26 pm
Duggaduggaduggaduggaduggaduggaduggaduggaduggaduggaduggaduggaduggaduggaduggaduggaduggaduggaduggaduggaduggaduggaduggaduggaduggadugga
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on August 01, 2013, 07:04:25 pm
Quote
No where in the text does it indicate that he was assaulted by individuals associated with a retaliation crime.  But it sells interest to read more... 

That's why I've always considered the media to be the biggest American terrorist group. They spend all their efforts turning everything into some to way terrorize the hoi polloi.
So, I've chosen not to watch their untrue propaganda since about 1982 when their yellow journalism destroyed the Ultralight Airplane industry with their lies and sensationalism. The media is even lower on the food chain than lawyers. Sharks will eat them!
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Royalista on August 01, 2013, 08:22:31 pm
That would be a story.
It's the fifth column: non elected, representing none, they decide the agenda and course of politics.

Back to the issue: I did nothing but checking gear and planning route for upcoming journey. So in a way I did do something.  ;)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Catbird on August 02, 2013, 12:00:51 am
I have a 2013 RE Military.  I bought 2 of these OD green canvas/leather messenger bags to rig up as saddlebags for it which I did today.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: D the D on August 02, 2013, 12:45:34 am
Duggaduggaduggaduggaduggaduggaduggaduggaduggaduggaduggaduggaduggaduggaduggaduggaduggaduggaduggaduggaduggaduggaduggaduggaduggadugga

That's how a 50 cal sounds.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: jkrobin on August 02, 2013, 03:41:40 am
Finally got around to swapping out the stock Bosch plug for the NGK (6637) BPR6EIX Iridium IX. ...didn't expect it to make as much difference as it did! Great improvements in both idle and smoothness across the power bands. Highly recommend!
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Post by: Graylic on August 02, 2013, 05:32:11 am
Today I installed a 7 inch headlight It is definitely an improvement over the stock unit and was easy to install, I only had to drill out the mounting holes a bit so I could adjust it upwards.  It could still be a bit brighter though so I will have to try a halogen one of these days.  I also tried the bar end mirrors, however I will be returning them, as I find there field of vision to be too narrow. 
Thirdly I got a windshield.  It is not one of the Nfield gear ones, but something Marty over at Go Moto came up with.  It uses the Memphis Shades mounting bracket, and some unknown brand of shield that they modified to fit those brackets.  It is a pretty big windscreen and it has great coverage, though for me it would be nice if it was just a bit taller as the blast from it hits the top of my helmet making an awful racket.  As such I will be leaving it off for commuting, but I think it will be excellent for long trips.  All in all it is a great deal at $90.  I will try to get some pictures of the new screen up later. 
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Post by: Royal Stargazer on August 02, 2013, 09:34:56 pm
I bought it.  8)
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Post by: Ducati Scotty on August 02, 2013, 10:18:53 pm
I bought it.  8)

Boo-yah!  Welcome to the club :)

Scott
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Post by: barenekd on August 02, 2013, 10:26:38 pm
Quote
Finally got around to swapping out the stock Bosch plug for the NGK (6637) BPR6EIX Iridium IX. ...didn't expect it to make as much difference as it did!

As I said, you don't know how many problems you have with the Bosch until you replace it!
Bare
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Post by: Arizoni on August 04, 2013, 11:59:01 pm
Yesterday I rode my 2011 G5 to the weekly vintage/custom auto show.  Nothing unusual about that but the odometer is now over 11,000 miles and she's still thumpin' down the road like it did at 1,000 miles if not better. :)

I mention this because before I bought it I was concerned about its ability to run without problems.
  It's proving to be as reliable as any Honda or BMW I've owned. :)
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Post by: Graylic on August 05, 2013, 05:02:01 am
Today, I crossed the 1000 mile mark. 
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Post by: vyasar on August 05, 2013, 06:59:51 am
Bought a 2011 C5 Classic and rode ~150 miles today. Joy to ride!
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Post by: JVS on August 05, 2013, 12:12:21 pm
Very nice choice! And that windscreen is one of a kind. So clean it almost seems nonexistent lol. Am I tripping?  :o
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Post by: i.candide on August 05, 2013, 12:32:52 pm
I want that windshield - doesn't detract from the exquisite lines of the bike. :)
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Post by: D the D on August 05, 2013, 08:39:38 pm
Replaced the AWOL nut on the shifter retainer bolt with an extra dose of Loctite.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: wildbill on August 06, 2013, 02:06:56 am
vyasar

thats one mean hill/dune whatever in the background
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Post by: Ducati Scotty on August 06, 2013, 03:26:28 am
Crossed 12,500 miles :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: wildbill on August 06, 2013, 07:49:36 am
 Ducati Scotty

your having a good run with 20,000kl on the clock.  8)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: D the D on August 07, 2013, 12:30:29 am
Installed a new Hitchcock's throttle cable and replaced the worn throttle tube with a Honda one.  WOT without digital gymnastics.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on August 07, 2013, 01:20:34 pm
Monday night I reinstalled the passenger grab bar so I had SOMETHING to strap my tools to for work.  Yesterday rode the bike to work, I didn't lose any oil this time, but I did lose a nut to my battery bracket and also the bolt that holds the front of the chain guard in place.  Needless to say I had some obnoxious ass rattles going on, but the bike ran really good. 60 miles at 65mph and other than losing some hardware (thankfully no parts fell off  :) ) the bike seems to be worthy of a road trip.  After I got home I addressed the missing hardware with some leftovers in the garage and gave them a good application of Loc-Tite.  Then I went thru the bike and tightened other bolts including the head bolts.  Finished up by finally replacing my leaky fuel petcocks (I've had the new ones for over a month).

Scottie
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Post by: b.sheets on August 08, 2013, 12:38:50 am
Finally installed a copper/asbestos crush washer from Aircraft Spruce on the exhaust pipe (suggested by Bare a while ago). it looks to be great quality as opposed to the horrible stock asbestos ones.... I've already burnt through 3 of those.

the correct size is 1-1/2", part no. AN900-24,  $0.78 + $2 Shipping.

hopefully it holds up well. Thanks bare.

http://www.aircraftspruce.com/catalog/eppages/an900.php?clickkey=7239
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Post by: Arizoni on August 08, 2013, 02:37:25 am
Ah, the good old AN 900.  It's an old Army/Navy spec.
I've used those several times in gas turbine engine design. :)
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Post by: GSS on August 08, 2013, 02:57:17 am
Thanks for posting. Looks like a great buy for good quality gaskets. I just picked up two. :)
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Post by: High On Octane on August 08, 2013, 03:21:44 am
Will those gaskets work for my old 700 twin?  I'm not sure if there's supposed to be a gasket in there out not.  ???

Scottie
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Post by: i.candide on August 08, 2013, 04:18:00 am
Had K70's mounted front and rear - YEAAAA
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Post by: High On Octane on August 08, 2013, 04:33:16 am
+1
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Post by: Royal Stargazer on August 08, 2013, 05:15:15 am
Today I crossed the hundred mile mark. The ride is already smoother than it was when I drove her home on friday. Man... I like this bike.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gremlin on August 08, 2013, 06:46:51 pm
....... I like this bike.


+1
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: D the D on August 09, 2013, 01:22:02 am
Put in one of the controversial Barsnakes.  I think it does do some dampening while cruising.  Actually, my mirrors are steadier at idle too.  Then I added new Driven 2 ply Gel Grips, the kind that aren't soft on the outside, and rode again.  I do like the grips better than OEM ones.  If I had to choose, I'd take the $14 grips over the snake.
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Post by: wildbill on August 09, 2013, 01:33:49 am
D the D

here's something that worked for me. if i took off and the bike was a bit on -vibration wise - i would pull over and stop and back in 1st gear work my way back to cruising speed.
most of the time the vibration dropped dramatically   
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: D the D on August 09, 2013, 02:23:18 am
Wildbill, I didn't have a major problem.  Certainly nothing that would require me to stop and start over - that indicates a big problem with the bike's setup if you ask me.  I'm just playing around with things.  I didn't like the stock grips and was going to replace them with something else anyway.  After this experiment I wouldn't invest in the snake if I was serious about a vibration problem.  There isn't $45 worth of improvement.  But then, I'm just seeing how calm I can get the bars without hanging weights off the ends or pouring shot down the tube.  Shot is for trap loads, not handlebars.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on August 10, 2013, 04:56:32 am
I installed the Pro Grip Enduro grips.  Super comfy and really reduced the vibrations quite a bit for not having bar end weights installed.

Scottie
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Post by: Ducati Scotty on August 10, 2013, 05:25:11 am
Had a nice ride in the hills at lunchtime with some friends at work.  Hit the rev limiter a few times.  An RE was not made to chase a Bandit 1250.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ice on August 10, 2013, 06:53:09 am
True enough but I bet that 1250 Bandit is lousy on trails.  ;) 
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ice on August 10, 2013, 07:01:46 am
Ordered a throttle and idle cable to put a CV carb on the shovel head
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Royalista on August 10, 2013, 09:50:47 pm
Made a dash shelf to hold my gps. It will also allow to velcro on a pocket bag for small items like cell phone and change.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on August 10, 2013, 09:57:26 pm
I hit a bump in the highway at 80mph and caught some air time!  It was scarily fun.    :D

Scottie
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Post by: Catbird on August 11, 2013, 12:53:42 am
Made a dash shelf to hold my gps. It will also allow to velcro on a pocket bag for small items like cell phone and change.
Pics?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Royalista on August 11, 2013, 01:48:38 am
Before, the gps was strapped around the brake fluid box. Raindrops hindered readability and generally the device was out of my line of sight.
Using a leftover from a repair to stairs all of these were solved.
It has already been tested in the rain, doesn't get a drop while riding.

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Post by: Sectorsteve on August 11, 2013, 09:48:38 am
nice ride, lubed chain and re cable tied the passenger sit on my rear rack.
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Post by: Royalista on August 11, 2013, 11:27:30 pm
A better picture.
The pocket has in- and outer velcro. It can be attached to an item or wrapped around fe strap of a backpack/camelpack or in this case the bar.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Graylic on August 12, 2013, 03:50:41 pm
This last weekend, I adjusted the chain on both my G5, and my old DR250s.  Both have snail cams, but the DR is a 15 minute job with only one nut to loosen and tighten, while the G5 took over an hour, and moving each adjuster one notch resulted in a slightly misadjusted rear wheel.  I love snail cams when they are designed right, and I would have no problem with the ones on the enfield if the only issue was that the cams read different settings. It is the complexity of the adjustment process, and the difficulty of getting everything back together just right that bugs me.  oh well I am sure it will get easier as I get more used to the process. 
On a positive note, the enfield has been beating out my DR in fuel economy (RE 65-72, DR 60-65), and the RE is much more comfortable, and actually enjoyable to sit on for more than 5 min. 
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Post by: heloego on August 12, 2013, 04:42:51 pm
Just broke 900 miles on the clock this morning. Since my street will be re-paved over the next two days , a perfect time to do an early oil change, and clean and polish. She's really smoothed out and I'm getting the hang of using the bi starter to kick start her.  :)
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Post by: Royalista on August 12, 2013, 11:27:03 pm
Just broke 900 miles on the clock this morning. Since my street will be re-paved over the next two days , a perfect time to do an early oil change, and clean and polish. She's really smoothed out and I'm getting the hang of using the bi starter to kick start her.  :)

Hi, just wondering how cold it is that you have to use the bi starter. We had a (too) long cold winter and I had only to use it a couple of times with temps in the 20's Fahrenheit.
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Post by: Catbird on August 13, 2013, 12:44:22 am
My NATIONAL CYCLE Deflector Screen DX was delivered late this afternoon.  I am in the process of installing it this evening but will probably do the final placement tomorrow when I have more light.

I'm pleasantly surprised at how small it is; sometimes it's hard to tell by the published pictures till you hold the actual windscreen up to the bike.
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Post by: wildbill on August 13, 2013, 07:36:07 am
you'll be happy with that- just fitted my old one to the bike today-same model
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Post by: Graylic on August 13, 2013, 03:05:58 pm
Actually happened yesterday, but I got my new tires! 110/90-19 shinko 705's front and rear.  only a few miles on them, but the bike is already feeling better in the corners. Nice aggressive look too :D
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Post by: gremlin on August 13, 2013, 06:11:48 pm
.....I got my new tires! 110/90-19 shinko 705's front and rear.......

They look good !
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Post by: High On Octane on August 13, 2013, 07:53:45 pm
Actually happened yesterday, but I got my new tires! 110/90-19 shinko 705's front and rear.  only a few miles on them, but the bike is already feeling better in the corners. Nice aggressive look too :D

+1    The 705s are great tires!

Scottie
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Post by: Graylic on August 14, 2013, 04:39:13 am
correction: the 705's are 110/80 not 110/90.  The front just barley fits in the fender, but they handle nice.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Royal Stargazer on August 14, 2013, 05:05:02 am
Put 300 miles on the clock today running between Minneapolis and St. Paul. Time for that first oil change!

I hear there will be gobs of metal shavings and a smoother engine on the other side. Something to look forward to!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gremlin on August 14, 2013, 01:08:52 pm
........Time for that first oil change!........

If you do it yourself, remember to rock the bike side-to-side or you won't get but half of the old oil out.
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Post by: gtdohc on August 14, 2013, 02:55:38 pm
Changed the spark plug and spark plug cap with NGK brand, what a surprise to me, no more cutoff at idle, no more back firing, no more abrupt throttle, no more cursing when all that happen, can't be more happy with only $14 spend.   ;D ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Sectorsteve on August 14, 2013, 11:25:27 pm
oil/filter change cleaned, pulled wheels off in motorcycle workshop carpark to install new tyres...installed the new steel speedo gear on front wheel, raised the muffler a bit.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Catbird on August 15, 2013, 12:02:52 am
Just a little trial and error --

I kept getting the rubber sole of my right riding boot too close to the exhaust pipe when stepping on the rear brake pedal.

I decided to try adjusting the brake rod adjusting nut a couple of turns (clockwise) to see if that helps.  I felt absolutely no brake drag when turning the wheel while in neutral and on the center stand.

I may need to repeat after I check the results.
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Post by: b.sheets on August 15, 2013, 12:31:08 am
Changed the spark plug and spark plug cap with NGK brand, what a surprise to me, no more cutoff at idle, no more back firing, no more abrupt throttle, no more cursing when all that happen, can't be more happy with only $14 spend.   ;D ;D

how hard was it to do the spark plug cap?
I've never attempted it before...but I've been wanting to use the NGK cap as well.
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Post by: Ice on August 15, 2013, 01:14:06 am
Easy peasy. Twist on twist off. The spark plug cap has a tiny "screw" inside that the wire "threads" itself onto.

 Resistor plugs are not needed in my bike ('06 Iron Barrel) as the plug cap has an internal resistor of its own.
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Post by: Sectorsteve on August 15, 2013, 11:46:20 am
wheel alignment using eyes and 2 lasers. i think we have lift off!
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Post by: Royal Stargazer on August 17, 2013, 06:05:35 pm
Got that first oil change.

Then they told me I could take her on the highway.

So I did.

 8)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: D the D on August 17, 2013, 08:32:20 pm
Stripped a used TM32 I'm going to put on the Bullet and soaked it in Lestoil to give it a dark grey, parkerized look.  Soaked a couple of hours, rinsed in volumous flow of hot water, soaked with WD-40.  Looks like the old M-16s with the Phosphatized receivers.  Should look  appropriate on a Military Iron Barrel.
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Post by: High On Octane on August 17, 2013, 09:49:35 pm
Stripped a used TM32 I'm going to put on the Bullet and soaked it in Lestoil to give it a dark grey, parkerized look.  Soaked a couple of hours, rinsed in volumous flow of hot water, soaked with WD-40.  Looks like the old M-16s with the Phosphatized receivers.  Should look  appropriate on a Military Iron Barrel.

That sounds seriously cool!  Pics?!

Scottie
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Post by: D the D on August 18, 2013, 05:18:48 am
That sounds seriously cool!  Pics?!
Scottie
Lousy cell phone pics will have to do for now.

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Post by: mattsz on August 18, 2013, 10:27:26 am
What the... the carb in those pics looks totally faked, like old colorized b&w pics.  Very cool.  This is the first I've heard of somebody using a cleaner in order to obtain a certain color!

Reminds me of when I used Pine-sol to clean my BMW carbs - I was clueless, and the person instructing me fail to mention that I should dilute it with water.  I was afraid I killed them; they went super-dull battleship-gray, and lots of gunk (oxidized material?) sloughed off when I tried to clean them:

(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/sPa0X7VaXGD2EJsKaA1Phaqebzu96rKbm_1NYr3Zqt0=w288-h201-p-no)

Cleaned up and ran good in the end, though:

(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/bg-fTIR3EFvSbPmOnCEHYPhWxVT7z9B7-kWemh0TG6M=w134-h227-p-no)

Not sure if these pics will stay, but it doesn't matter...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: wildbill on August 18, 2013, 11:50:08 am
unfortunately i was getting a vast number of false neutrals so i checked the clutch play. once i adjusted it back from 5mm to 2mm or just half a turn on the adjustment nut - things improved dramatically.

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Post by: D the D on August 18, 2013, 02:52:35 pm
Cleaned up and ran good in the end, though:

Not sure if these pics will stay, but it doesn't matter...

They stayed.  Way cool!
Don't leave them too long or the Pinesol will eat them.
I was going to paint it with OD Green Lauer Duracoat two part epoxy paint, but decided the Pinesol is less work.
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Post by: High On Octane on August 18, 2013, 04:31:33 pm
D the D -  That is awesome!  I think I might do that to my Amal for the Blackhawk.  I was actually thinking of either polishing it or painting it black, but that just looks cool as shit!  Is the coating durable or does it wear off?

Scottie
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Post by: D the D on August 18, 2013, 07:24:57 pm
It's fairly durable. It'll wear off of rubbing surfaces and can be polished off.  I use a toothbrush to clean the parts when I scrub the Lestoil off and it doesn't remove it.  It gets harder after a day.  A carb isn't handled much and doesn't rub on anything so it should last a long time.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: rvcycleguy on August 18, 2013, 07:28:08 pm
Took the bike out for its weekly ride.   On the way back I was still 15 miles from home and the bike developed a heavy vibration.  Couldn't make it out, hard to check it while riding.  Performance was not affected and the gearing seemed to be ok.  Vibration increased with rpm's. Thought it might be the chain, so I started to take it easy to get home.  Came to a highway stoplight and the bike died.  Low idle I guess.  Pushed it out of traffic and started to kick start it.  Took a couple of kicks and then when it started, I heard a metal sound hit the ground.  Looked down and saw a 3inch bolt?  Was this from my bike?  Looked underneath the gas tank and sure enough, the upper engine mount bolt was missing.  Wow,  must have vibrated off on the ride today.  With the bolt now in my pocket, vibration was worse.  Took it very slow the last few miles to get home.  I'll have to get me a lock nut and replace the bolt.  Interesting day.
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Post by: Ice on August 18, 2013, 08:03:33 pm
Lousy cell phone pics will have to do for now.

Fantastic !!

Would you please give a few details of the process for the good of the order.
 
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Post by: D the D on August 18, 2013, 08:27:23 pm
Fantastic !!

Would you please give a few details of the process for the good of the order.
I placed the subject on the kitchen counter, touched the camera app icon, pointed the phone, and pressed the iris icon.  The focus and flash were automatic.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ice on August 18, 2013, 09:05:20 pm
Ok. so my Bike is in the kitchen as the lighting is pretty good there i've the camera in one hand and the phone in the other and nothing  ::) except for a few mosquitoes my screens are still blank. Should I be using a touch tone phone ? mines a rotary dial.










 ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: D the D on August 18, 2013, 09:25:31 pm
Rotary dial.  Then you can take a picture for the Photo Challenge thread.

Seriously, just get a bottle of Lestoil big enough to cover your aluminum parts.  You can add hot water if you don't have enough Lestoil, but the stronger the solution the quicker it works.  Use a plastic container big enough to hold 2 to 3 times the level of the covered parts because this will slowly foam up.  A little plastic cleaning bucket or something works.  Do this where there is good ventilation because it smells and I don't know what's in the fumes.  Shouldn't be too harmful but it smells like a gas station bathroom that's been cleaned with Pinesol.
Dismantle whatever is going to be treated with the cleaner, place in bucket, and wait as it foams up.  Check it after a few hours.  I wouldn't go more than 4, 2 worked for my carb and other small parts I've done.
Wear vinyl gloves and rinse with running water.  You can use a plastic toothbrush to get the slime off.   Dry it and use WD40 or water displacing oil to get all the water out of the passages.  It'll be soft and leave gray stains on your hands that washes off with soap and water.  After a day or so that stops.
This will work on valves covers and any smaller aluminum parts.
Remember:  Ventilation (outdoors is best) and rubber gloves (vinyl are best).
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Post by: gremlin on August 18, 2013, 10:52:39 pm

Reminds me of when I used Pine-sol to clean my BMW carbs - I was clueless, and the person instructing me fail to mention that I should dilute it with water.  I was afraid I killed them; they went super-dull battleship-gray, and lots of gunk (oxidized material?) sloughed off when I tried to clean them:

looks good, that's the patina I'm looking for on my B5 side cases ......   how long did you soak in Pinesol ?
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Post by: wildbill on August 19, 2013, 12:44:06 am
rvcycleguy
make sure you use locktite on the tank bolt. only way to keep the nuts on. ;D
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Post by: rvcycleguy on August 19, 2013, 01:47:07 am
rvcycleguy
make sure you use locktite on the tank bolt. only way to keep the nuts on. ;D

Will do.  Makes me want to check every fastner on it before I take it out again.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: D the D on August 19, 2013, 02:18:12 am
looks good, that's the patina I'm looking for on my B5 side cases ......   how long did you soak in Pinesol ?

I don't think Pinesol or Lestoil will react with steel that way.  The only way I know of to get a parkerized looking finish on steel it to actually parkerize it.  It's not that hard to do at home.  There are kits available through Internet outlets like Midway USA.
I wouldn't mess with any home brew as it's iffy to the final finish.
The procedure is simple, but usually requires sandblasting the parts, cleaning all oils off, not touching with your bare hands etc.  Heating the solution to about 185 deg F and waiting for the parts to stop bubbling.  Then wash in water followed by a water displacing oil like WD40.  The parts harden over a couple of days.
http://www.midwayusa.com/product/731489/american-gunsmithing-institute-agi-parkerizing-kit-with-step-by-step-dvd (http://www.midwayusa.com/product/731489/american-gunsmithing-institute-agi-parkerizing-kit-with-step-by-step-dvd)
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=parkerizing&oq=parkerizing&gs_l=youtube.3..0l10.72.3388.0.3656.13.8.1.2.2.0.626.1407.3j4j5-1.8.0...0.0...1ac.1.11.youtube.4vVgey1G3Vc (http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=parkerizing&oq=parkerizing&gs_l=youtube.3..0l10.72.3388.0.3656.13.8.1.2.2.0.626.1407.3j4j5-1.8.0...0.0...1ac.1.11.youtube.4vVgey1G3Vc)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Pauly on August 19, 2013, 04:21:42 am
Rode up the canyon to see the fire.  Orange flames popped over the ridge just as I started the bie to leave, but by then it was too dark for pics
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on August 19, 2013, 10:16:00 am
D the D - I think Gremlin's engine side covers are made of aluminum.

Gremlin - stand by...

Pauly - I'm afraid your side stand has developed a very bad leak!  ;)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: D the D on August 19, 2013, 03:34:40 pm
D the D - I think Gremlin's engine side covers are made of aluminum.
Gremlin - stand by...

Oh you guys and your quest for low weight and speed I thought he meant his tool boxes.
In that case, it takes anywhere from 2 to 4 hours in undiluted cleaner.  You can pull the parts out and look for the grey color developing and leave it in as long as needed.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on August 19, 2013, 05:14:23 pm
Gremlin - PM sent...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: REdmonton on August 20, 2013, 03:59:58 am
The other day I noticed that my bike was sounding louder and backfiring. Once I got home I checked out the exhaust pipe, one of the nuts that holds it one was gone and the other wasn't even finger tight. I was able to get another nut and lock washer for it today. It's all good now. I guess that's what happens when I spend almost every day at the hospital.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on August 20, 2013, 01:55:16 pm
Changed out the engine oil in the primary case to Type F ATF.  The clutch seems to be slipping less but I only went around the neighborhood, maybe a couple miles.  Maybe I'll go for a ride after work.

Scottie
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: The_Rigger on August 20, 2013, 04:55:02 pm
Foot slipped off the RH peg.  Burned the crap out of my right inner shin on the exhaust pipe.  Does anyone make floorboards for a C5?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on August 21, 2013, 01:39:20 am
Haven't seen any floorboards, but the Indians may have some. There are heatshields available though.
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: heloego on August 21, 2013, 01:57:02 am
Quote
    Just broke 900 miles on the clock this morning. Since my street will be re-paved over the next two days , a perfect time to do an early oil change, and clean and polish. She's really smoothed out and I'm getting the hang of using the bi starter to kick start her.  :)


Hi, just wondering how cold it is that you have to use the bi starter. We had a (too) long cold winter and I had only to use it a couple of times with temps in the 20's Fahrenheit.

It just seems that using the BiStarter is the only way I can get it to kick start. My leg is only good for one decent kick, so when I started using it now I can get it to start 4 out of 5 times.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Royal Stargazer on August 24, 2013, 12:37:25 am
Just installed a K&N filter. About to take her out and see how she performs, although I have the nagging feeling I didn't quite do it right. I don't know. Maybe I'm just nervous cos it's the first time I've wrenched on a bike.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on August 24, 2013, 12:39:16 am
It's an air cleaner, not rocket surgery.  Ride more, worry less ;)

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: rvcycleguy on August 24, 2013, 01:23:12 am
Rode the Bullet to a downtown appt.  Took advantage of the HOV lane inbound.  Nice and easy.  Hot weather for sure.  Then, went to wife's elementary school to help her get the classroom ready for her first grade class on Monday.  We left together at the end of the day with her following me in the car so we can take the freeway to downtown again.  Get up to 100kph max with her behind me to take the pressure off any wannabe tailgaters. Then, we get to the HOV lane outbound and I wave to see her at home.  Still hot weather but I sure enjoy riding the Bullet.  Time for an oil change tomorrow.  First since I bought it in May. 
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Dazzler on August 24, 2013, 10:19:51 am
Just coming into spring in Australia.  Perfect weekend for riding.  Still air and around 21*C(70 F).  Air filled with the scent of flower blossoms.  Brand new Lewis Leathers Jacket, Royal Enfield rumbling and vibrating, happy at 90 kph, flirting briefly with 105, blue skies, twisty back roads, God is in His heaven.

Das
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: wildbill on August 24, 2013, 12:33:00 pm
dazzler
lucky your not in orange nsw australia - still only 5 degrees ;)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Dazzler on August 24, 2013, 09:42:55 pm
Sorry to hear that Wildbill.  5 degrees is mighty cold.  I am located at Nowra, coastal, 2hrs south of Sydney.  If I ever venture over the Great Divide and make it to Orange I will look you up.  By the way,  I have an EFI muffler fitted with the same perforated plate positioned in the pipe beyond the baffle.  You were threatening to take a drill to the plate.  If your pioneering spirit leads on to a satisfying outcome I would be very interested to hear about it.

Das
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on August 24, 2013, 10:39:43 pm
The carb kept flooding out on me so I pulled the bowl and made a float adjustment.  And made another.  And another.  And ten more.  Finally got it just right.   :)  Then took the Blackhawk out to run a few errands.  Damn does it run good.  ;)

Scottie
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: wildbill on August 25, 2013, 02:52:14 am
plan to drill a bit of it out shortly. but first i gotta buy a long shank drill bit. decided i might not totally remove it just increase a few of the holes to 6mm to 10 mm
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Catbird on August 25, 2013, 11:59:24 pm
This morning, I rode my 2013 RE Military to the local Lowe's home repair store to pick up some plumbing supplies.  While parked, I had two different middle-aged gentlemen approach me wanting to know details about the bike and admiring the vintage 'look'.

When I returned home, I decided to adjust my new-ish windshield in order to do a better job of directing the air stream over my head rather than at my chin... I'll test it tomorrow.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: rvcycleguy on August 26, 2013, 01:20:47 am
Drained the oil and cleaned the cartridge filter. Put new oil in and did a wipe down on the engine and under carriage.  Noticed the throttle cable was in a bind under the gas tank.  Now it rolls on much easier. 
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on August 26, 2013, 02:49:17 am
When I returned home, I decided to adjust my new-ish windshield in order to do a better job of directing the air stream over my head rather than at my chin... I'll test it tomorrow.

Catbird, I'd love some details - what screen you've got, and how you've mounted it.  I have terrible wind-noise trouble with mine and I really wanna solve it...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on August 26, 2013, 03:05:40 am
Made a clutch adjustment today.  It's better now but still slipping a little bit.  I think I'm just going to order the "improved" clutch kit from Hitchcocks with new springs and all new plates.

I also have a funny story.   :)

I stopped by the Advance Auto Parts I used to work at in town here to visit/harass my old co-workers.  I pulled into the lot cranking in 1st gear, back into a parking stall right by the front doors all casually, and then start revving the hell out of my motor!  As I back off throttle at 6000 RPMs or so the Blackhawk lets out this shot gun blast of a cackle out of the cocktail shakers!!!  The warehouse delivery guy was parked right next to me pulling parts out of his trunk and damn near hit his head on the trunk lid it scared him so bad.    ;D  He looks over at me after I shut it down and says "Holy shit that is one mean ass bike!  Wooooo Lordy!"  LMAO  :D

Scottie
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Graylic on August 26, 2013, 05:33:08 am
Got back from a 400 mile weekend ride to the Duluth bringing the total miles up past 1800.  On my way out of town on Friday I think I saw a red/chrome Enfield going the other way on 169/MN47 in Anoka could that be any one here?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: D the D on August 26, 2013, 05:37:44 am
My older siblings went to Anoka High.  But I haven't lived in Coon Rapids since kindergarten in 1962.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gremlin on August 26, 2013, 06:00:03 am
B5 was getting lonely, so, I parked a Trophy next to him.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Catbird on August 26, 2013, 01:47:45 pm
Catbird, I'd love some details - what screen you've got, and how you've mounted it.  I have terrible wind-noise trouble with mine and I really wanna solve it...
mattsz -

If you refer to the thread "Which Windshield?", go to page 2 and look at the pics provided by wildbill.  This is the same one I have.  It has several ways to adjust it to suit your needs.  When I first installed it, I had it positioned at too much of an angle toward my chin from bottom to top.  I have now adjusted it reducing the angle to a more vertical position (maybe 80 degrees).  I plan on testing it later today to evaluate the improvement.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on August 26, 2013, 02:43:26 pm
Thanks Catbird - I remember that thread (I posted in it myself).  Let us know if you manage to improve anything...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Catbird on August 28, 2013, 02:36:13 am
mattsz -

I took a test ride this afternoon, but the results were inconclusive. There may have been a small amount of improvement; it's very difficult to tell because my Nolan Trilogy helmet is so loud without earplugs.

This evening I removed the Laminar Lip from my Vespa scooter and installed it on the windscreen of my RE.  I'll give it a test run tomorrow.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: heloego on August 28, 2013, 04:11:58 am
Broke 1k miles yesterday and decided to change oils and filter for the pure hell of it. Of course everything looked great, but the mag plug did have a few slivers on it. I'm not gonna sweat it.
Looking through the garage and seeing the stock mirrors against the bright great outdoors I noted that it had a distinct "Disney-esque" look and decided to hop over to Cycle Gear for a set of bar end mirrors. Jerked to OEM ones and "voila!" not so Mickey Mouse anymore.  I like the bar ends.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on August 28, 2013, 04:49:12 am
Broke 1k miles yesterday and decided to change oils and filter for the pure hell of it. Of course everything looked great, but the mag plug did have a few slivers on it. I'm not gonna sweat it.
Looking through the garage and seeing the stock mirrors against the bright great outdoors I noted that it had a distinct "Disney-esque" look and decided to hop over to Cycle Gear for a set of bar end mirrors. Jerked to OEM ones and "voila!" not so Mickey Mouse anymore.  I like the bar ends.

Come on!  You know the rules.  You can't talk about an upgrade or mod and NOT post a pic!   ;)

Scottie
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: heloego on August 28, 2013, 07:48:48 am
For clarity here are the BEFORE and AFTER images side-by-side:
(runs away)


(http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r290/Heloego24/Image3-2.jpg) (http://s147.photobucket.com/user/Heloego24/media/Image3-2.jpg.html)


Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on August 28, 2013, 12:57:28 pm
For clarity here are the BEFORE and AFTER images side-by-side:
(runs away)


(http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r290/Heloego24/Image3-2.jpg) (http://s147.photobucket.com/user/Heloego24/media/Image3-2.jpg.html)




Oh yes!  I see!  Great mod!  But....  Where's your bike?  LOL  ;D

Scottie
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on August 28, 2013, 02:13:33 pm
heloego: you are one disturbed individual.  ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: JVS on August 28, 2013, 02:35:33 pm
heloego: you are one disturbed individual.  ;D

He meant to show this -

Before -

(http://i.imgur.com/mRhW1eS.jpg)

After -

(http://i.imgur.com/hKjTajD.jpg)

Don't mind that heloego, I was just bored for a bit.  :D  :-X
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: rvcycleguy on August 28, 2013, 03:35:40 pm
I think I will go that route as well.  Thanks Mickey...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: heloego on August 28, 2013, 04:57:43 pm
oooh kaaay... :)
"BEFORE" is in the post above, so here's the genyuwine "AFTER" pic. Haven't decided to leave them up or put them down yet. Won't load for some reason, so here's the link:

http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r290/Heloego24/NotMickeyMouse.jpg
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: BadDP on August 28, 2013, 07:32:01 pm
Crossed the 1000 mile mark.  More oil filters arrived in the mail, so an oil change will get done soon.  I will most likely run full synthetic now. Has anyone tried to modify the stock filter cap to replicate the ez cap on NField Gear?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: meilaushi on August 28, 2013, 08:21:00 pm
I left both REs in the garage.  Got 2" of rain last night, and more coming down today, and both bikes are clean and shiny.  I've no intention of messing up such beauty with road slop if I can help it. ;)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on August 28, 2013, 11:12:28 pm
Crossed the 1000 mile mark.  More oil filters arrived in the mail, so an oil change will get done soon.  I will most likely run full synthetic now. Has anyone tried to modify the stock filter cap to replicate the ez cap on NField Gear?
If your bike is a 2010 or newer it probably already has the new filter cap with the bolt holding the brass pressure relief plate and spring.

If the plate and spring shoot across the shop when you remove the cover you'll know you have the old style.

Here's a link to a post that has a picture of the modded filter cap

http://www.enfieldmotorcycles.com/forum/index.php/topic,7829.msg126815.html#msg126815
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: The Garbone on August 29, 2013, 01:41:43 am
He meant to show this -

Before -

(http://i.imgur.com/mRhW1eS.jpg)

After -

(http://i.imgur.com/hKjTajD.jpg)

Don't mind that heloego, I was just bored for a bit.  :D  :-X

Hey,  what is in the box?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: heloego on August 29, 2013, 02:34:26 am
Beats me. Something to do with the neighbors.
Got it, and liked what you did with my mirrors.  ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: D the D on August 29, 2013, 06:17:46 am
1)  Mounted a Mikuni TM32 and Ace Canister.  Set the air screw at 1.5 turns and she took about 6 or 7 kicks to find where the idle screw should be before it started and idled.  Tuning tomorrow if it's not raining.
2)  Replaced the OEM Taillight with a Ford Model A LED Taillight.
http://www.speedwaymotors.com/1928-1931-Ford-Model-A-LED-Tail-Light,23473.html (http://www.speedwaymotors.com/1928-1931-Ford-Model-A-LED-Tail-Light,23473.html)
Doesn't deflect the Ammeter needle at idle with the brakes on and is much brighter than the LED replacement bulbs.  It looks like it belongs though it's stainless and not Mil Green, but we can fix that later.  Required drilling two mounting holes and ovaling the existing hole to fit, but that's covered by the light.
Covering holes and OD paint to come.
The flash in the garage kind of drowned out the Running Light, but it is brighter than an 1157.  The Brake Light is very bright even over the flash and very visible at an angle, which some have mentioned is a problem with other LED lights.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on August 29, 2013, 03:05:30 pm
New rear brake shoes. 

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: JVS on August 29, 2013, 03:17:16 pm
New rear brake shoes. 

Scott

Cool! How many miles on the bike? Were the rear shoes considerably worn out?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on August 29, 2013, 05:19:56 pm
Lamented the loss of mine! Noticed that it is still on Craigs List. The price is coming down!
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on August 29, 2013, 06:18:55 pm
Cool! How many miles on the bike? Were the rear shoes considerably worn out?

Just under 13k.  They weren't really that bad, I'm betting I could have easily done another 4-5k.  When I did the chain I remember they were worn so I ordered some new shoes.  Somehow I mis-remembered them being paper thin so opened it up.  I could have left them in for a while but since it was already open I just swapped them for new.  Getting the return springs off and on is a total PITA!

After the brakes were in I spent the day looking at motorcycles at the local shops.  I looked at the Bonnies and the the MGs.  The V7 Racer isn't really pretty comfortable to sit on, not that aggressive.  The Thruxton certainly is way more so.  I like the MG better but the dealer support here for Triumph is much better and has been here much longer.  The same dealer used to carry both but dropped MG at the end of last year.  They could not get parts for their customers in a timely fashion and they were not willing to make them suffer.  My friend who has one was off the road for 5-6 months last year waiting for a part.  The guy carrying teh MGs now is a former tech from the Triumph shop and a really nice guy. 

The Stone and the Bonnie are really the only two bikes on the market I like right now.  Tough call between them.

My wife told me to just buy an old bike and start working to cafe it.  God bless her :D

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: bikesnob on August 29, 2013, 07:03:29 pm
Lamented the loss of mine! Noticed that it is still on Craigs List. The price is coming down!
Bare
Hey Bare, I saw it on Craigs List, would you consider buying it back for the right price.
Steve
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on August 29, 2013, 07:13:50 pm
You could always say, "Yeah that price sounds reasonable."  Then when you get there to look at it, "What?  Salvage title?  On, no way I could pay that on a salvage title!" ;)

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: D the D on August 29, 2013, 07:40:02 pm
Test rode the new TM32 with Ace Canister.  Tooled around the back twisted roads to National Harbor.  Putted around a bit to watch skirts then out on Indianhead Highway for a bit.  I pre-jetted based on what others have listed expecting to go up or down one with the main and needle.   I hit it right he first time!
30 Pilot Jet, 1.5 turns on the Pilot Screw
190 Main Jet
P-4 Needle Valve
5FP17 Needle (Stock Needle) in the middle
4.0 Throttle Valve (Stock Throttle Valve)

Got it to run last night.  This morning I gave it a priming kick-through with the choke on.  Then turned the choke off and she started first kick @ 82F.  May need to go richer later in the fall, but we'll wait and see.
Thanks everyone for posting your angst and tribulations.  This was easy.

Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on August 29, 2013, 10:13:24 pm
If I'd wanted it back and had to get the salvage title, I could've bought it back for $900.
I didn't want the salvage title. Apparently no one else does, either!
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on August 29, 2013, 10:47:59 pm
A cool wave went thru here so I got off my duff and went out and replaced my front brake pads.
The old pads were in better shape than I thought they would be at 11,000 miles but it's nice knowing I won't need to replace them again for a few years. :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: TWinOKC on August 30, 2013, 02:03:40 pm
The speedometer needle had been kind of twitchy for some time, I had removed the inner cable, cleaned/lubricated it with white grease, axle grease, WD40, tried all kinds of lube, still twitchy.  Finally called Nfield  Gear, and ordered the new cable, the cable and housing arrived within 5 days.  Replaced the cable and housing using Singh's youtube video.  All is well.  The cable replacement is a very straight forward repair but its is really reassuring to watch a video.  There are a couple of helpful tips on there about routing the cable that I might not have thought of.

Thanks Tim @ Nfield Gear and Singh!!   ;) ;)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: JVS on August 30, 2013, 02:24:13 pm
Just under 13k.  They weren't really that bad, I'm betting I could have easily done another 4-5k.  When I did the chain I remember they were worn so I ordered some new shoes.  Somehow I mis-remembered them being paper thin so opened it up.  I could have left them in for a while but since it was already open I just swapped them for new.  Getting the return springs off and on is a total PITA!

Ah, thanks! That's quite reassuring and yes those shoes do appear quite thin. When I had the rear tyre off, I lubed the brake cams..and for the first time saw how a drum brake system works. It is so straight-forward..makes you think how this simple brake system played a major role in early automobiles/motorcycles and even till recent times. Thankfully, the brake shoes on mine still have a lot left in them..as you said, messing with the springs must be one hell of a workout.

My wife told me to just buy an old bike and start working to cafe it.  God bless her :D
Scott

+1  :D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on August 30, 2013, 02:35:56 pm
Pulled the transmission cover off to try and see why it's been shifting kind of crappy.  Looks like the whole ratchet system is just getting old and sloppy.  I took a hammer and tried to smash the assembly pins down a bit, it helped, but there's still some slop.  Put it back together and warmed up the bike and went for a short ride.  It was shifting better, I definitely didn't feel as much slop in the shifter.  So as I turn around in this parking lot off of the road, I decided I needed to see how the bike was going to react to a full out beating.  It was 10pm and there wasn't hardly any traffic, so I figured it was a good of time as any.  I pulled out of the lot into the merger lane, checked to make sure there weren't any lights coming up or down the road.  Staged the bike at about 3500 RPMs, visualized an imaginary light in head changing and gave the bike it's 1st official launch.  It felt real good and solid and hooked up almost immediately!  (I was having clutch issues earlier as the scissor mechanism was out of adjustment).  A couple more practice launches over the next couple days and I think I'll be ready for the drag strip Wednesday night!

Scottie
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: D the D on August 30, 2013, 02:55:25 pm
Pulled the transmission cover off to try and see why it's been shifting kind of crappy.  Looks like the whole ratchet system is just getting old and sloppy.  I took a hammer and tried to smash the assembly pins down a bit, it helped, but there's still some slop.  Put it back together and warmed up the bike and went for a short ride.  It was shifting better, I definitely didn't feel as much slop in the shifter.  So as I turn around in this parking lot off of the road, I decided I needed to see how the bike was going to react to a full out beating.  It was 10pm and there wasn't hardly any traffic, so I figured it was a good of time as any.  I pulled out of the lot into the merger lane, checked to make sure there weren't any lights coming up or down the road.  Staged the bike at about 3500 RPMs, visualized an imaginary light in head changing and gave the bike it's 1st official launch.  It felt real good and solid and hooked up almost immediately!  (I was having clutch issues earlier as the scissor mechanism was out of adjustment).  A couple more practice launches over the next couple days and I think I'll be ready for the drag strip Wednesday night!

Scottie

Cool!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Catbird on August 30, 2013, 06:15:08 pm
I always hard wire these Battery Tender connections directly to my motorcycle batteries.  I will be installing the one for my new RE Military C5 this afternoon.

Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on August 30, 2013, 06:37:32 pm
Quote
Getting the return springs off and on is a total PITA!

Another drum brake hint--To get the springs off and on easily, just rotate the shoes up to a vertical position and lift the shoes and springs out as a unit. Put them back in by reassembling the springs to the shoes outside the drum, slip them back down over the pin and cam vertically and rotate the shoes back into the drum.
Don't forget a dab of grease on the cam and pin!
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ice on August 30, 2013, 06:45:24 pm
I always hard wire these Battery Tender connections directly to my motorcycle batteries.~

 +1 and ditto.

 I routed mine to put the connecter inside the left hand tool box.   
 
 Beside keeping the connector secure and protected, the tool box lid being open is a visual reminder for folks like me to disconnect the battery tender before take off.  :o
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: D the D on August 30, 2013, 06:57:01 pm
+1 and ditto.

 I routed mine to put the connecter inside the left hand tool box.   
 
 Beside keeping the connector secure and protected, the tool box lid being open is a visual reminder for folks like me to disconnect the battery tender before take off.  :o

+1
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Catbird on August 30, 2013, 11:59:26 pm
...I routed mine to put the connecter inside the left hand tool box...
Nice idea; I like it!
After considering my options, I think I'll zip tie mine under my solo seat and leave the free end accessible for a female cigarette lighter connection.  At some point, I will probably want/need to recharge my cell phone, GPS, etc.
 
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: D the D on August 31, 2013, 12:36:41 am
You can get lighter sockets and USB charger attachments, GPS chargers or just plain plugs to put on other things 12v for accessories.
I put a 4 fuse block in my left tool box and ran the charger attachment through a 5 amp fuse.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: JVS on August 31, 2013, 02:18:53 am
Another drum brake hint--To get the springs off and on easily, just rotate the shoes up to a vertical position and lift the shoes and springs out as a unit. Put them back in by reassembling the springs to the shoes outside the drum, slip them back down over the pin and cam vertically and rotate the shoes back into the drum.
Don't forget a dab of grease on the cam and pin!
Bare

Thanks Bare! I will note this down somewhere.  :D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: crush02342002 on August 31, 2013, 03:57:21 am
burned a hole all the way through my alpine stars gp air jacket I just bought (never worn) on the exhaust of my c5. So I guess I gave my exhaust a nice black char coating....I fail...lol
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Graylic on August 31, 2013, 04:00:31 am
Tentatively diagnosed a rattle as a broken retaining clip on the heat shield.  I can't be positive though as I have not taken it apart yet, and don't really want to as the screws have yet to loosen up on me @~1900 miles.  maybe tomorrow. 
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on August 31, 2013, 04:17:41 am
Went out to a little 1/4 mile long road with nothing on it and practiced my drag race launching.  1st attempt I missed 3rd gear.  But my 2nd launch was solid and I ran it all the way thru 3rd gear at about 70mph!  It felt real good, can't wait to line it up on the track Wednesday night!   ;D

Scottie
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: heloego on August 31, 2013, 05:16:13 am
Installed my new windshield.

(http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r290/Heloego24/2013-08-30_16-57-54_677.jpg) (http://s147.photobucket.com/user/Heloego24/media/2013-08-30_16-57-54_677.jpg.html)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on August 31, 2013, 10:28:13 am
Tentatively diagnosed a rattle as a broken retaining clip on the heat shield.  I can't be positive though as I have not taken it apart yet, and don't really want to as the screws have yet to loosen up on me @~1900 miles.  maybe tomorrow.

Graylic - go for a spin!  Before your exhaust gets too hot, briefly put pressure on the forward skinny end of the shield with your boot.  You'll feel it and hear the difference in the noise if that clip is broken...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Royalista on August 31, 2013, 10:12:27 pm
Tentatively diagnosed a rattle as a broken retaining clip on the heat shield.  I can't be positive though as I have not taken it apart yet, and don't really want to as the screws have yet to loosen up on me @~1900 miles.  maybe tomorrow.

Adress that issue forthwith as the shield may start to crack.
See my reply in the thread "Chrome outer cover of stock EFI silencer" of august 25. There's some pictures too of the problem.
Save that shield!  ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Catbird on September 01, 2013, 12:08:35 am
1. I went out for a ride to test the "Laminar Lip" attached to my new windshield, to see if it reduced/redirected the amount of wind from my neck area to over my helmet after making some adjustments.

I'm pleased with the results, but I still plan on perfecting the arrangement by adjusting the overall windshield's angle.

2. I opened the headlight and removed the jumper wires as described in this video...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhQUNMKRix4
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ice on September 01, 2013, 03:31:38 am
Replaced the kicker return spring.

New on the right and old on the left.
Broken piece set in position. Note difference of bends between old spring and replacement.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on September 01, 2013, 01:59:50 pm
Ice - You know, a while back earlier this year when I was still trying to diagnose problems with the magneto, I actually broke my kick return spring right where the "L" that hooks into the shaft kicking the kicker too far trying to get it running.  I didn't feel like waiting to order a new spring so I fixed what I had in about 45 minutes total.  Pulled everything apart until I could access the spring and remove it.  Then I trimmed off the bad section of the spring so it had a nice flat end again.  Then I took 2 pairs of vice grips and grabbed the spring accordingly, took my 3 flame cigar torch and heated in between the pliers until the metal turned bright orange, bent a 90 back into the spring and threw the spring in some cold water to temper it.  It's worked like a champ ever since and has never given me any trouble.

Scottie
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on September 01, 2013, 02:46:09 pm
More Story Time!

Last night while at the store getting provisions for the camping trip today, an old timer in his late 70's early 80's, sees me pull in and stops at the front door to wait for me to walk in.  He asks me as I'm walking up to the store "What year is that bike?"  "It's a 1958 Trailblazer.  Enfield built model."  "I remember back in 1960 or so, I bought an early 40's Indian.  Just a little 250 single cylinder.  Had to wear boots to start the damn thing because it kicked back so hard it'd about break your foot."  Paul arrives to meet me to get our needs, and this older gentleman just slowly followed me in to the store reminiscing on his younger years.  It really put a smile on my face and I look at Paul and say "Dude.  That's totally going to be me when I'm in my 80's."

As we're leaving, Paul and I are standing in front of my bike talking about final plans for the trip, a lady in her 40's comes up and says "Oh My God!  What a beautiful bike!  It looks just like the one my dad used to own.  What year is it?"  Finish that conversation and look at Paul and say "Every time I ride it."  He chuckles and replies, "Well it's a bad ass bike, and super rare."  No sooner he says that, and the old timer from earlier comes walking back out of the store over to the bike and says he'd like to hear me start it.  So I fire it up on the 1st kick (go Thorspark Ignition!) and his face just lights up with joy and says "You have a great weekend" and I said for him to do the same.  It was a great feeling knowing that I was able to take an older man back to his youth just by sharing my story of an old bike I restored.  What a great weekend so far and I haven't even left for the trip yet!

Scottie
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gremlin on September 04, 2013, 02:45:04 am
Pushed B5 a mile (uphill with a flat rear tire) to get home.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on September 04, 2013, 03:19:36 am
Big Bummer.....     :(
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: D the D on September 04, 2013, 05:14:30 am
Ugh.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ice on September 04, 2013, 06:08:13 am
Ice - You know, a while back earlier this year when I was still trying to diagnose problems with the magneto, I actually broke my kick return spring right where the "L" that hooks into the shaft kicking the kicker too far trying to get it running.  I didn't feel like waiting to order a new spring so I fixed what I had in about 45 minutes total.  Pulled everything apart until I could access the spring and remove it.  Then I trimmed off the bad section of the spring so it had a nice flat end again.  Then I took 2 pairs of vice grips and grabbed the spring accordingly, took my 3 flame cigar torch and heated in between the pliers until the metal turned bright orange, bent a 90 back into the spring and threw the spring in some cold water to temper it.  It's worked like a champ ever since and has never given me any trouble.

Scottie

Wish I could do that but the spring broke 1 1/ 2 coils in from the bend.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on September 05, 2013, 01:03:16 pm
Gremlin - sorry to hear about that!  Glad you can pull it off, though!

Pushed B5 a mile (uphill with a flat rear tire) to get home.

Both ways?  ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: crush02342002 on September 07, 2013, 02:07:44 am
took her in to be fitted for a custom seat ;D.....wont be ready for a few days :(



oh and hit 500 miles today
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Graylic on September 07, 2013, 02:57:42 am
hit 2000 miles :D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: D the D on September 07, 2013, 03:37:10 am
Ran out of gas on the way to the gas station!   :-[  Good thing she has a reserve.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on September 07, 2013, 03:47:49 am
hit 2000 miles :D

Booyah!

D the D, go ahead, rub it in! ;)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on September 07, 2013, 03:55:24 am
Ran out of gas on the way to the gas station!   :-[  Good thing she has a reserve.

I hit my reserve yesterday while I was out picking up a few things.  I just started taking a detour home too, I aborted that idea.  Did finally take the Blackhawk to work again to today.  I decided to keep it under 65mph as to not rattle off anymore nuts and bolts.  I did get on it a few times here and kept it around 60mph.  Ran like a champ!

Scottie
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: D the D on September 07, 2013, 03:58:32 am
Booyah!

D the D, go ahead, rub it in! ;)

Didn't mean to thumb my nose at anyone, I really ran out of gas on the way to the gas station.  ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Royal Stargazer on September 07, 2013, 06:12:39 am
Broke a thousand miles today! She really is starting to run smoother and smoother, and I almost never get false neutrals anymore.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on September 07, 2013, 04:19:17 pm
Just finished detailing the Blackhawk.  Getting ready to head out on my first poker run, I'm hoping it will be great fun.  You know, getting to tell all the super envious H-D owners that I actually own an Enfield.   ;D

Scottie
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: windhorserider on September 07, 2013, 06:11:26 pm
I made a run from Dallas to Canton, Texas and back. I’m approaching 3,000 miles on the B5, so I thought it was time for a good all morning cruse to see how the bike (and I) would do. This ride instead of the usual morning and afternoon commutes. It was beautiful day, warm, but I was out before the true heat would set in. I did wear a Heat-Out shirt and I was surprised at how well it worked. I took the roads less traveled on the way out: “Farm to Market” roads. Great two lane roads running through the East Texas piney woods and fields, but one needs to be careful because of farm trucks, farm equipment and farm animals (now you know why Farm comes first in the name). Coming down a gentle hill and looking up the distant lane as it climbed back up the shallow valley a large bird crossed the road flying up 10 feet or so. At first I thought it was a heron or egret but on closer inspection (I pulled over by the stock pond the bird was working) and found it was a Golden Eagle. An early return to this part of Texas: I took this as a good omen.
On the way back I took the Interstate to see how the bike (and I) would do. The bike does up well. I, on the other hand, had to get reacquainted with the tricks of truck turbulence and butt ache. As I was riding a large spot appeared before my eyes going crazy. I tried to determine what it was: itinerant eye spot, large approaching erratic bug, lightly floating jetsam? No, it was an ant inside my helmet on the screen. Quick flip open and the hitch hiker was gone.
Now I’m just counting the days till next Saturday morning. (I’ve got to work on my butt tolerance levels.)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gremlin on September 08, 2013, 05:49:43 pm
picked up my rear wheel from Marty (dealer) and remounted it.  While I've got it on the table here, I think I'll have a look at the chain ....
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on September 08, 2013, 05:51:24 pm
picked up my rear wheel from Marty (dealer) and remounted it.  While I've got it on the table here, I think I'll have a look at the chain ....

That's the best time to do it!  ;)  What chain are you using Gremlin?

Scottie
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gremlin on September 08, 2013, 05:54:50 pm
OEM  5,000 miles.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: D the D on September 08, 2013, 07:40:26 pm
Left rear blinker lens fell off somewhere last night.  Put one from the front on and took both front blinkers off.  I'll order a set of small round ones for the front.  Might find something more vintage looking as the front ones looked way too big and 70's Honda-ish to me.  DOT be damned.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on September 09, 2013, 02:44:05 am
Put on some new grips and repaired the wire to the right front turn signal that had broken at the connector.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on September 09, 2013, 06:57:54 am
Replaced the bulb in my right rear turn signal.
I can't blame Royal Enfield though.  I replaced my DOT turn signals with the small metal bullet style that were popular back in the '60's & 70's. :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: benknrobbers on September 09, 2013, 10:22:55 am
rode it back from a party in Kansas today. almost plowed into the back end of the camper. Was dazing out on the open highway following my wife, when some guy decides rather than pull into the very big breakdown to turn off the road, he was going to execute a full stop in the middle of the road, and then turn off. I locked up both brakes, felt the back end kick for a second, and managed to keep the rubber down. Meanwhile I'm watching the camper start to jack, which I'm again fortunate that she managed to get it straightened out.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: ROVERMAN on September 09, 2013, 12:57:02 pm
Went to the annual Battle of the Brit's Sunday at Camp Dearborn in Milford MI. Usual array of great bikes and British cars. Our new RE dealer, Detroit Iron was there and had people buzzing around like flies.He had 4 C5's and a 69 Interceptor in perfect condition (not for sale  :'(). At one point his first sale showed up on his black and chrome C5 grinning from ear to ear, all in all a good day. REnfield ran like a top there and back and as usual i had to spend a lot of time answering the throngs of people with the usual questions! Hope some of you also attended.
Robert & REnfield. Cheers.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on September 09, 2013, 05:38:03 pm
Quote
Might find something more vintage looking as the front ones looked way too big and 70's Honda-ish to me

Vintage bikes didn't have turn signals!
Neo-vintage stuff like Hondas were uglier then the new ones! Best deals are from Cycle Gear! Gotta go down there today and pick up a pair myself!
Bare

Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Royalista on September 09, 2013, 08:46:03 pm
24000 kms (15000 miles). Grand cleaning and maintenance.
Gave the OEM spark plug an honorable discharge and, a gold watch.
It is in retirement now, yet ready for recall as it has some more miles in it. Good chap.
Because of its flawless record (never missed to start at the first kick) it was replaced by a younger recruit of the same brand. Sound the bugle, raise the colors.  ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: D the D on September 09, 2013, 08:53:00 pm
Vintage bikes didn't have turn signals!
Neo-vintage stuff like Hondas were uglier then the new ones! Best deals are from Cycle Gear! Gotta go down there today and pick up a pair myself!
Bare
Yes Sir! That's why I said "more vintage looking".  I'd go without, but why give the soccer moms one more excuse for running me over?
Motor Cop looked me over today and just gave me a thumbs up before he made a turn away from me.  Didn't notice: No front signals.   ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on September 09, 2013, 09:33:05 pm
+1.  It's the reason I keep the unusually large stock signals.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Pauly on September 09, 2013, 11:23:15 pm
I did the right thing with it.

Rode in a counter protest against the westboro baptist church.   They decided to protest on MSU's campus because they think god should be taught.  A couple of thousand other students and I let them know we disagreed.

She wasn't the loudest bike there, but not the quietest either.  At one point my clutch did sort of stop working and it was stuck in gear, but I rode it at normal speed to cool it off and it seems to working now.  Any suggestions on this would be welcome

Pauly
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on September 09, 2013, 11:59:56 pm
Quote
24000 kms (15000 miles). Grand cleaning and maintenance.
Gave the OEM spark plug an honorable discharge and, a gold watch.
It is in retirement now, yet ready for recall as it has some more miles in it. Good chap.
Because of its flawless record (never missed to start at the first kick) it was replaced by a younger recruit of the same brand. Sound the bugle, raise the colors.  ;D

Yeah, you never know how many problems you had with it until you put an NGK in there!
Congrats on the 15,000, though.
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on September 10, 2013, 12:29:20 am
Vintage bikes didn't have turn signals!...........


I had a long debate with myself as to whether I was going to install turn signals or not.  I finally decided that if it never had them in the first place then they wouldn't look right no matter what I decided to do.  That's why I use arm blinkers.  ;D

Scottie
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: D the D on September 10, 2013, 04:43:46 am
Hand Blinker Signals; Need to tape this to my tank:
Left Hand down - Left Turn, Slowing Down, or Wave to oncoming Biker.
Left Hand Raised - Right Turn, Dyslexic Nazi, or Wave to oncoming Biker.
Left Hand Tap on Helmet - Speed Trap!, Helmet Loose, or Wave to oncoming Biker.
I get so confused.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: draggin on September 11, 2013, 04:10:30 pm
Did my full 300 mile service (at 260 miles), replaced the grease spewing stock chain, upgraded to NGK plug, swapped in some L.E.D's, lowered my tire pressure. Painted in the "RE" on the side covers and starter cover. Adjusted the angle of my levers, cleaned the grease spray from around the kickstart bushing and rear wheels. Did some measuring to MAYBE fab up some ammo can mounts, but not sure how they will look on my black N chrome C5, maybe if I paint them black and pinstripe them in gold?.........
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: crush02342002 on September 13, 2013, 12:20:04 am
installed my new custom springer seat...wow the gel pad insert really makes for a kick ass ride.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: D the D on September 13, 2013, 02:51:41 am
Installed new front LED bullet turn signals.  Nope, no weirdness, no random flashing, etc.  It all works.
The Green fades out in the flash, it is darker and almost matches in normal light.
Replaced the non-working OEM horn with an old, smaller, louder, Yamaha horn that was taking up space.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: The_Rigger on September 13, 2013, 07:03:18 pm
installed my new custom springer seat...

Photos?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: crush02342002 on September 14, 2013, 05:11:01 am
Photos?

not much to see...looks like stock but about 1/2" thicker and with better stitching/seems and better material.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gremlin on September 15, 2013, 03:16:48 am
switched out the sportster muffler for one from a 1600 cc FXS.
quite a bit sharper exhaust sound.  seems like it might breathe easier at higher RPM.

Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on September 15, 2013, 06:00:32 am
I broke my mirror, and battery too apparently.  Did a 167 mile run today and visited with a new forum member Dan Kearney.  We had a good time talking about bikes and comparing the differences between the new and the old Enfields.  But while sitting at the bar my bike fell over on the rain soaked dirt parking lot.  A lady that saw us pull in happened to see it sitting it's side and came over to let me know.  No body damage, but the cheap cast mirror clamp busted.  And I guess the Advance Auto AGM battery didn't like being on it's side.  After a couple road closure detours I stopped on the edge of the Denver Metro to call my wife and check in and found out the battery completely failed.  I have no idea how I was able to kick start it, but the Sparx battery eliminator/regulator is the shit!  +1 to that bad boy.  Made it home without a hitch, aside from my electrical taped on mirror that gave me a good view of the right shoulder.   :D

But here's the kicker...  Somehow I did this 167 mile run into the Rockies dodging in and out of more torrential storms!  It was real nice when I left, then I get home only to find out that it was pouring out all around me.  Flash flood warnings all over the Denver metro again.  The roads were always damp or wet, even some re-closed roads/exits, but I never once got rained on.  It's crazy!  BTW The Blackhawk ran great at 8500' with no carb adjustments.

Scottie
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Catbird on September 15, 2013, 09:47:47 pm
After three unsuccessful attempts of calling and ordering LED replacement bulbs for my turn/neutral/hi-beam indicators, I finally received the correct ones which I installed today. They are super bright!

HAPPY, HAPPY, HAPPY - Phil Robertson
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: D the D on September 15, 2013, 10:11:44 pm
Looked at it today and shook my head.  A lady ran me over in a parking lot last night.  I came out with a few aches and scratched glove and helmet.  The bike didn't fair as well as I did and had to be towed.  PG County Policeman and all the witnesses were very nice and helpful.  Even the Tow Truck Driver was a cool dude from Sierra Leone playing Reggae in his truck.  No details until it is all settled.  I am fine, and the bike can be fixed or replaced.
Those that don't wear armor or helmets because it isn't cool, be forewarned.  I might have a broken ankle and elbow without armor & boots, and would have kissed the pavement rather intimately on the mouth without a full face helmet.  As it is, I limped for 10 or 15 minutes.
The lady said she just didn't see me.  Sound familiar?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: rvcycleguy on September 15, 2013, 10:12:50 pm
Received the ordered parts this week from Flanders in CA and Niche Cycle Supply in FL.  Flanders supplied the slotted stepped down throttle adjuster and Niche supplied the carb needle retainer plate and lock nut adjuster.  $12 total with $5 of that was postage. 

Installed all three items and the throttle cable issues seem to be back to normal.  I hope that fixes it for some time.  As always, thanks for the advice you guys offered.  I learn new things everytime I work on this vintage bike.  Have a couple of shows coming in a few weeks.  Sept 28-29 in the Austin area for British vintage and then Oct 18-19 in Luckenbach for Vintage European. 
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on September 15, 2013, 11:58:59 pm
Replaced my battery that failed yesterday and when I was at Advance Auto I found an ATV fender bag that I picked up on clearance for $12.99.  I don't have money for a new tank bag so I figured for $13 I'd see what I could do with it.  Turns out it mounts perfectly on the rear fender!  It has 2 separate pouches, so I used the smaller upper pouch for my tool kit and I can use the larger pouch for random stuff like drinks and/or my saddle can.  In my tool kit I have a small adjustable wrench, 1//4" bit/screwdriver with LED lights, a small screwdriver for carb adjustments, stubby phillips screwdriver to remove battery terminals and carb bowl,  needle nose pliers, 13mm ratchet wrench and a couple hex wrenches. In the small medicine bottle I have a tube patch, several different size bits for my 1/4" screwdriver, and extra fuses.

(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y217/lethalinj/FenderBag_zpsaf8df47a.jpg) (http://s6.photobucket.com/user/lethalinj/media/FenderBag_zpsaf8df47a.jpg.html)

(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y217/lethalinj/ToolKit_zps8a2db73b.jpg) (http://s6.photobucket.com/user/lethalinj/media/ToolKit_zps8a2db73b.jpg.html)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Catbird on September 16, 2013, 01:49:46 pm
Reminiscent of days long ago riding my 1976 Honda GoldWing, I installed a heel/toe shifter on my 2013 RE Military.  Although I haven't had a chance to try it out on the RE, I recall liking it a lot on the Honda.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on September 16, 2013, 02:28:24 pm
D the D, glad you're ok. An old lady backed into my last bike and totaled it, but I was lucky enough not to be on it at the time.  Bought my RE with the insurance money ;)

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: D the D on September 16, 2013, 03:27:23 pm
Thanks Scotty!
I've been thanking God I wasn't hurt when I went flying off the bike.  I even managed to lift my leg before her bumper smashed the shift lever and footpeg up and into the Primary cover.  Weird, I never got an adrenaline rush, just reacted.  Maybe getting too old for drama. LOL
I'm waiting to see what the insurance company says.  If they total it, I get to go shopping.  If they want to fix it, I probably won't see it before Spring.
Dennis
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on September 16, 2013, 03:31:33 pm
Same thing with my last emergency stop: no adrenaline, just reacted and the got pissed.  Must be getting old ;)

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on September 16, 2013, 07:13:51 pm
Hey, D the D,
Glad to hear you're OK. Getting run over does kinda suck. ATTGATT should be the byword, But, I'm as guilty as anyone about ignoring that myself. Fortunately I usually land someplace where I have armor, like my wallet! I did buy some AlpineStar SMX-1 boots a couple of weeks ago. Kinda like high sneakers with a bit of armor in them and ankle protection. They're less hassle than full size boots and lighter and quite comfortable to walk around in. Zippered sides. No laces. And even lightly vented. I can feel the airflow through them.
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: draggin on September 16, 2013, 08:00:00 pm
Put my finned tappet cover on.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: draggin on September 16, 2013, 10:01:51 pm
oops, pictures, or it didn't happen...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: D the D on September 16, 2013, 10:23:21 pm
Hey, D the D,
Glad to hear you're OK. Getting run over does kinda suck. ATTGATT should be the byword, But, I'm as guilty as anyone about ignoring that myself. Fortunately I usually land someplace where I have armor, like my wallet! I did buy some AlpineStar SMX-1 boots a couple of weeks ago. Kinda like high sneakers with a bit of armor in them and ankle protection. They're less hassle than full size boots and lighter and quite comfortable to walk around in. Zippered sides. No laces. And even lightly vented. I can feel the airflow through them.
Bare
Thanks Bare!  Glad you wear some protection.
I have a Mesh Summer jacket and lightweight Summer boots similar to yours.  The jacket has zippers for breathers front and back, armor in the elbows, shoulders and back, and a separate rain liner.  Can't tell it's mesh or armored except up close.  It actually gets chilly riding below 70*F without the liner in it.   Protection doesn't have to be heavy, clunky and ugly.   The helmet literally saved the skin of my nose.  Big scratches where the chin hit the ground.  Guess I'm getting a new jacket and helmet from the insurance company since policy is if it hit the ground, it's trash.
Ride defensively ladies and gentlemen.
Dennis
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: DanKearney on September 17, 2013, 01:13:29 am
Didn't really do it today, but I guess yesterday is close enough.  I'm getting ready to do a three-day trip on the C5 Special, and I needed something to allow me to strap a waterproof bag above the rear fender.  I suppose I'll purchase some sort of fender rack in the future, but I needed something now.

An hour of sawing and fitting some left-over furring strips, a little non-skid tape, and three bolts later I have a nice little  rack that sits on top of the pannier rack.

(http://coloradopeaks.net/PostedPhotos/Enfield/DSCN0727.png)

(http://coloradopeaks.net/PostedPhotos/Enfield/DSCN0726.png)

Cheers,

Dan K.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on September 17, 2013, 01:50:54 am
Brilliant!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on September 17, 2013, 03:04:50 am
That came out nice Dan!  I was picturing it as you were describing it to me and it looks even better than I imagined.  Nice custom fit and well finished.  Great Work!  :D

Scottie
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Post by: DanKearney on September 17, 2013, 04:30:41 am
Thanks Mattsz and Scottie,

I think it will hold up for a good bit.  Untreated pine, so it's not the best wood.

Cheers,

Dan K.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on September 17, 2013, 04:37:17 am
After your trip, let me spray some polyurethane clear coat on there and it will hold up real well!  I'll even do it for a 6 pack of beer.  :)

Scottie
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: D the D on September 17, 2013, 04:51:20 am
Pretty cool looking rack!
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Post by: Ice on September 17, 2013, 04:53:06 am
Sweet !
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Post by: singhg5 on September 17, 2013, 05:25:45 am
Thanks Bare!  Glad you wear some protection.
I have a Mesh Summer jacket and lightweight Summer boots similar to yours.  The jacket has zippers for breathers front and back, armor in the elbows, shoulders and back, and a separate rain liner.  Can't tell it's mesh or armored except up close.  It actually gets chilly riding below 70*F without the liner in it.   Protection doesn't have to be heavy, clunky and ugly.   The helmet literally saved the skin of my nose.  Big scratches where the chin hit the ground.  Guess I'm getting a new jacket and helmet from the insurance company since policy is if it hit the ground, it's trash.
Ride defensively ladies and gentlemen.
Dennis

Sorry to hear that a lady just ran into you. Fortunately your are OK for the most part.

It is so critical to have all the gear on since one does not know what will happen at any moment. Hope insurance pays you for everything and you can get good jacket and helmet  and your motorcycle back or a new bike.

Take care.
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Post by: barenekd on September 17, 2013, 07:04:54 pm
Nice bit of woodwork, Dan,
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: NorEaster on September 19, 2013, 12:14:24 am
Filled in some blanks
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Post by: crush02342002 on September 19, 2013, 12:32:04 am
I approve  :P

though it would be killer to see a desert storm with some WWII plane art on it or even the green would be cool.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: NorEaster on September 19, 2013, 12:47:05 am
There are some great ones out there with babes riding bombs. I almost went with one of them or a gal on a wrench; but this one had a Bettie Page flair to it.
I got the stickers from http://pinupsplus.com/
They had to print them to size for the battery and toolbox lids
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: D the D on September 19, 2013, 01:22:43 am
I watched it drive away on the back of a flatbed.  :'(
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on September 19, 2013, 03:46:34 pm
Sad day :(  Had to break out the silk scarf, fall is here.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Royalista on September 19, 2013, 03:58:08 pm
Sad day :(  Had to break out the silk scarf, fall is here.

Scott

Don't be sad, you have something heartwarming on the side  :D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on September 20, 2013, 02:36:25 am
Ran it out of gas on the way from work/bar.  So 292 miles is the official clock time before there's nothing left.  In a desperate attempt to get on the next main drag a few miles from home I some how took a wrong turn.  Now I'm sitting on a bench next to my bike waiting for wife to save my ass.  Who luckily got off of school early tonight and called me just after I sat my kick stand down.  I'm actually good spirited given the current circumstances.   :)

Scottie
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Land O Aches on September 21, 2013, 12:40:01 am
Hammered around the neighborhood on my '05 Military, just learning to ride again after a few decades off. Rolled into the driveway, killed the engine, rocked the bike back on the center stand as the tool box fell open and the lockset clattered to the pavement.

Re-assembled with a touch of Locktite...
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Post by: windhorserider on September 21, 2013, 04:54:04 am
It's like a tattoo. But my wife is jealous of the bike enough...
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Post by: gremlin on September 21, 2013, 10:45:47 pm
.......Re-assembled with a touch of Locktite...

I vote this phrase becomes the "club motto".
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on September 21, 2013, 10:49:34 pm
I vote this phrase becomes the "club motto".

+1   :D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ice on September 22, 2013, 01:48:25 am
Re-assembled ? or RE-assembled ?

 ;D

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Post by: High On Octane on September 22, 2013, 02:36:06 am
I went into work and fixed my clutch problems today.  Turned out the clip that connects the cable to the lever sheared off.  I custom fabbed a new one out of 1/2" stainless steel tubing.  It won't break again.   ;D  Them I gave the friction plates a real good cleaning with brake cleaner.  Clutch now works better than it ever has!  NO slippage at all and a nice range of feel thru the entire pull.

(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y217/lethalinj/ClutchCableMod2_zps21a64708.jpg) (http://s6.photobucket.com/user/lethalinj/media/ClutchCableMod2_zps21a64708.jpg.html)

Then on my way home there was some pretty light traffic, I had on all the my gear, and now that motor is broken in nice and running great with about 1600 miles clocked, I decided to run her for all she had coming down I-70. I had a nice open straight stretch with no traffic in front of me for about 2 miles.  The temp and weather was perfect, 65*F clear skies and no wind.  The fastest I've run it before was 89mph GPS/112mph Smiths Speedo.  This afternoon I just stayed in it to win it!  The needle kept creeping so I kept cranking!  Closer and closer, little by little.......   

I DID IT!  I BURIED THE SPEEDO AT 125MPH!!!
WHOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!


I'm not a rocket scientist by any means, but by my math with my speedo being about 20% fast, that is good for EXACTLY 100mph!  Damn I wish I had the GPS turned on!    ;D  Holy crap what a rush on a 55 year old bike!

Scottie
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on September 22, 2013, 02:42:10 am
Official ton up!  Nicely done :)
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Post by: D the D on September 22, 2013, 04:40:15 am
Congrats!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: The_Rigger on September 22, 2013, 07:10:26 am
looks like stock but about 1/2" thicker and with better stitching/seems and better material.

Okay then....  Source and part number?  I've had the Devil's own time trying to fit a Lycett to my C5. After two attempts with to different saddles, I surrender.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: The_Rigger on September 22, 2013, 07:12:25 am
Went to the annual Battle of the Brit's Sunday at Camp Dearborn in Milford MI.

Ooo!  If I'm home in September next year, I'm going!  That's not even an hour away....  Well...  Maybe on the C5 it is.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: GreenMachine on September 22, 2013, 04:15:52 pm
wow..I bet that was a rush on that old machine..Love the detailed pic too..I feel like riding today now but won't push it over 60...GM
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on September 22, 2013, 04:37:07 pm
Went for a ride last night and my electrical failed again.  :(  Luckily I was just cruising town and made it home.  It's either 1 of 2 things.  1 - I accidently pulled a wire loose on the alternator itself trying to finagle it off of the mounting studs so I could retrieve my cable ferrule.  or 2 -  The electrical system doesn't like doing 125mph.    ;D  Either way, the alternator is completely dead, so not sure if the regulator is working or not, but maybe the Sparx did fail because I charged the battery last night and I'm only getting .3V on the input wires of the Sparx.  Not sure if that indicates anything or not.    ???

Scottie
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Royalista on September 22, 2013, 09:16:59 pm
Drooling
Felicitations
 8)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: AussieDave on September 23, 2013, 01:13:28 am
125 mph... On drums.. Sounds terrifying ! How does your beast handle those sort of speeds ? Doesn't seem like natural Enfield territory to me , I often run my g5 out to max  and its stable but 125 mph Is like about 200 k ? Inconceivable .
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on September 23, 2013, 01:20:34 am
Well, when Enfield built those 700 twins they were one of the fastest bikes of their time.  I could go even faster if I wasn't at 5400' altitude.  :D

Scottie
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on September 23, 2013, 01:27:04 am
Well, Scottie, you just gotta do it again with the GPS so we'll know for sure!  ;)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: AussieDave on September 23, 2013, 01:28:56 am
I guess that's true . I often seem to read them refered to as the first super bike . You should try goin downhill . Works for me   :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: crush02342002 on September 25, 2013, 02:29:04 am
Okay then....  Source and part number?  I've had the Devil's own time trying to fit a Lycett to my C5. After two attempts with to different saddles, I surrender.

no part number, I took my seat to trendsetters in Katy, Texas ph#281-371-2033.... had them rip apart the seat, lay a gel pad over the oe foam and recover with a stiffer vinyl and also fill in any gaps left by the gel pad with foam. they did great work with the stitching if you ask me.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on September 25, 2013, 07:27:13 pm
My Smith's speedometer is a big fat liar!    >:(

I went for a short ride with the GPS turned on so I could see just how fast I'm going with the speedo buried at 125mph.....  It's only 91mph!  So, I didn't hit the ton,    :(  but I did improve my all-time best.  So that's cool I guess.  I need to put some taller gears and that bad boy.

Scottie
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on September 25, 2013, 07:34:13 pm
It's an Imperial ton ;)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Royalista on September 25, 2013, 08:50:31 pm
It's an Imperial ton ;)
... after taxes  ;)

It's still cool to beat an all-time best.  :D
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Post by: vyasar on September 26, 2013, 06:48:27 am
changed my stock seat with corbin  :D
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Post by: Bulletman on September 26, 2013, 07:20:51 am
+1 Vyasar..that Corbin Seat looks awesome...good Job... :)
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Post by: wildbill on September 26, 2013, 08:15:05 am
looks good, 8)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Catbird on September 26, 2013, 11:56:06 am
Is it as comfy as it looks?

Today, the weather was beautiful so I took my RE out for an extended pleasure ride to test my new "heel/toe" shifter.
I wanted to ensure that I had it adjusted correctly to suit my personal preference regarding ease of use -- it was and I like it very much.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: JVS on September 27, 2013, 08:23:11 am
(Yesterday) Replaced the stock circular tail-light with an older style Minda light.  8)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: D the D on September 29, 2013, 02:53:14 am
Since RE hasn't seen fit to release a new twin, I took my settlement money and bought a new Star Bolt R Spec.  Yes, I'm leaving the esteemed members of Enfieldness to go to the V-Twin, evil darkness.  Alas, everything that was wrong with my Iron Barrel Enfield has been cured.  Speed, acceleration, handling, comfort, highway worthiness, all cured in one Bolt of lightning.

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Post by: Alan LaRue on September 29, 2013, 03:00:35 am
I'm back! Haven't been on here in awhile. Hadn't ridden since sometime in June. Finally replaced the rear sprocket last night and installed a new Tsubaka O-Ring chain. (Ordered brake shoes, but the old ones looked almost new!) Took the luggage rack off since it had broken in the same spot on both sides! I had a Bestem T-box on it, but never loaded it up. (Rain gear, plus put my helmet in it when parked.) So now I can't carry much.

Anyway, it's finally getting cool enough to ride again. And I'll finally get that last 400 miles needed to hit 10K! First two years saw about 5000 miles each. Maybe I can put more than that on it between now and May. 9 months... If I'm dedicated I should get at least 9000 miles, right?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Alan LaRue on September 29, 2013, 03:03:57 am
Since RE hasn't seen fit to release a new twin, I took my settlement money and bought a new Star Bolt R Spec.  Yes, I'm leaving the esteemed members of Enfieldness to go to the V-Twin, evil darkness.  Alas, everything that was wrong with my Iron Barrel Enfield has been cured.  Speed, acceleration, handling, comfort, highway worthiness, all cured in one Bolt of lightning.



The Bolt looks cool, and isn't especially expensive, either! Not much rear travel, but I don't know if that's a problem. More travel than an Iron 883, though! That thing might as well be rigid.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on September 29, 2013, 03:05:05 am
Since RE hasn't seen fit to release a new twin, I took my settlement money and bought a new Star Bolt R Spec.  Yes, I'm leaving the esteemed members of Enfieldness to go to the V-Twin, evil darkness.  Alas, everything that was wrong with my Iron Barrel Enfield has been cured.  Speed, acceleration, handling, comfort, highway worthiness, all cured in one Bolt of lightning.

I saw that bike recently, really nice ride.  If I were to back to some cruiser type thing that would be the one.  Happy trails!

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: D the D on September 29, 2013, 03:15:43 am
Thanks! I rode the Sportster 48 and it came the closest to the Bolt.  The Bolt just had the edge in low-end torque, handling, and ride.  Yes, it is firm, but nowhere near as hard as the over-priced H-Ds.  Dealers want more than MSRP for H-Ds in the DC area.  Went to PA and found the Bolt for $1500 under MSRP OUT THE DOOR!  Try that at a Hardley dealer.
Rode 91 miles today and my hands and butt weren't numb.  That alone makes it better than the Sportster.  Kept up with a Suzuki Street Fighter up to 105 but backed off 'cause I'm still breaking her in.   8)
added:  I couldn't beet 72 on the Iron Barrel, not that I needed too, but.... ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on September 29, 2013, 03:18:59 pm
I liked the 48 too.  Black wheels, totally stripped down.  It looked great except for the terrible 48 graphics across the tank.

Scott
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Post by: High On Octane on September 29, 2013, 03:27:28 pm
Detailed the HELL out of The Blackhawk yesterday for The Distinguished Gentleman's Ride today.  Also got the carb all dialed in real nice.  Awesome throttle response and a WICKED pop-cackle-pop-cackle-cackle out of both pipes when down idling from high RPMs.    ;D  It's funny, a lot of you guys on here try to tune your bikes so perfectly and try not to have any banging in your exhaust at all.  I've ALWAYS tuned my bikes a hair lean on the pilot jet and extra rich on the air screw.  It's a beautiful sound.     8)   Speaking of which, I need to clean plugs soon.  LOL

Scottie
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Catbird on September 29, 2013, 07:04:48 pm
After tussling with the idea for quite some time and after watching MANY youtube videos, I went to Harbor Freight and bought this motorcycle lift.  When I got home, I unpacked it, but didn't assemble any of the pieces.  Whew -- I'm glad I didn't.  I decided to take a "dry run" and place just the rubber coated lifting arms under the RE to check the spacing where they would contact the motor and/or frame.  IMO, it was a NO GO (at least safely).   In the best position, one of the arms would either push on and most likely damage my exhaust or obstruct one of the bottom oil drain plugs.  The other arm would have to be supported by the retracted center stand.  Rather than trying to fabricate something out of wood or steel to make it work, I decided to do as my wife suggested in the first place and get the motorcycle lift table.  Tomorrow, back to Harbor Freight to make an exchange.

Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on September 29, 2013, 07:58:12 pm
The advantage with the lifting forks is that you can get the wheels off the ground to remove them and change the tires!
I have a similar one I used for lifting for my Enfield,and it works fine, It never marked the pipes or caused any other problems. I think I raised the bike with the forward arm actually under the side stand, moving the whole thing back where the rear arm was under the center stand. I had a jack under the frame at the front to get the front wheel off the ground. I changed the oil on the center stand, so all the drain plugs were clear.
It worked quite well when I sorted it all out.
Te Goose has two pipes so the stand is excellent for that!
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Catbird on September 29, 2013, 08:48:56 pm
As much as I hate to admit it, it's really the pits getting old.  With arthritis, it's hard getting up and down, up and down, etc. and working on the garage floor positioning the lift arms "just right" with a lift.  When changing the oil, getting down and removing the oil drain bolts and getting to the screen is getting difficult for me.  Raising the bike up higher for oil changes and chain maintenance will make my life a lot easier.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on September 30, 2013, 03:15:50 am
I'm no sure if its my dismal back or shear laziness, but that lifting table looks better every year :)

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Roeland on September 30, 2013, 05:25:06 pm
Fitted a new DID gold x ring chain and new rear sprocket. The whole thing disintegrated last Tuesday after a 600 km ride. There were 18 missing teeth on the sprocket - 8 in a row and the remainder ad hoc. After thightening the chain as stiff as possible we managed to reach home over the last 100 km + at about 40 to 60 kmph. I suspect a stone got jammed between the sprocket and chain.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on September 30, 2013, 06:49:15 pm
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As much as I hate to admit it, it's really the pits getting old.  With arthritis, it's hard getting up and down, up and down, etc. and working on the garage floor positioning the lift arms "just right" with a lift.

I know the feeling. Had to get out today and do a little torch work on my side stand. As you say getting up and down is a PITA. Well, getting down isn't hard, it's the back up that's difficult. Getting old ain't for wusses!
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on September 30, 2013, 07:04:28 pm
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The whole thing disintegrated last Tuesday after a 600 km ride. There were 18 missing teeth on the sprocket - 8 in a row and the remainder ad hoc. After thightening the chain as stiff as possible we managed to reach home over the last 100 km + at about 40 to 60 kmph. I suspect a stone got jammed between the sprocket and chain.

Didn't need a rock. That OEM chain needs to be looked at every couple of hundred miles. Once it starts to go, it goes fast. The internal bushing are breaking up and that allows the chain to "Stretch" way too much to the point the rollers are riding the top of the sprocket teeth and just ripping them off. The shearing off teeth on these bikes is fairly common. And inordinately expensive compared to just replacing the chain.
Anybody with over a couple of thousand miles on the stock chain and is planning a several hundred mile ride should consider getting a real chain before you leave. It's a pain to have to get a chain and sprockets in the middle of a trip. You will probably be OK on the sprockets if you get a new chain now! When the chain goes, as I said, it goes fast and you don't want to waste your time on the road! The shearing off teeth on these bikes is fairly common. And inordinately expensive compared to just replacing the chain. Don't let it happen to you!
Frankly, AFAIK, the Skid Masters and chains should be replaced before you get home from the shop the first time!
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Rich Mintz on September 30, 2013, 07:10:41 pm
Same thing happened to my rear sprocket, midway through a 500-mile round trip. I limped home the last 100 miles at 40mph, clattering all the way...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on September 30, 2013, 09:45:03 pm
I once saw one missing about half its teeth with the other half pretty damaged.  IIRC, it was under 2000 miles but the owner had no idea bike chains needed adjusting, so never looked at it. 

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: D the D on September 30, 2013, 10:07:44 pm
Thanks to the gentlemen here I changed mine to a Tsubaki at 3100 miles before I had major problems.  The OE chain was like cooked spaghetti - lots of floppy side play that shouldn't have been there.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: heloego on October 01, 2013, 02:54:18 am
Installed Indiglow clock, Speedometer eyebrow, 7" Headlight kit w/eyebrow, and 12v power outlet on the bar.
Cleaned, lubed and adjusted chain.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: AussieDave on October 01, 2013, 03:39:35 am
"Headlight kit with eyebrow"- and maybe some eyelashes for the parking lights, :D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Roeland on October 01, 2013, 07:11:15 am
Anybody knows how to measure the maximum stretch on the rear chain? Mine had 19k on it.
Thanks
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: wildbill on October 01, 2013, 09:04:14 am
in that case -i'd just replace it  ;)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: heloego on October 01, 2013, 12:54:18 pm
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"Headlight kit with eyebrow"- and maybe some eyelashes for the parking lights, :D

I was bit leery about installing the eyebrow. Thought it might give away my natural color.  :-[ :P
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Catbird on October 01, 2013, 04:27:51 pm
The drapes don't match the carpet?  :P
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on October 01, 2013, 06:16:25 pm
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Anybody knows how to measure the maximum stretch on the rear chain? Mine had 19k on it.

Rulers usually do a pretty good job ;) There are limits published for chain "Stretch" you should be able to find the limits by googling it. You have 19k what? Miles or Km. You can't mean 19,000 miles, or what are you riding? It certainly isn't an Enfield G5 with an OEM chain!
Maybe a C5 with an Oring chain. I haven't heard too many people saying what they get out of those  The easier way to check them is by lifting a link between sprocket teeth. If it lifts 1/2 the height of the sprocket, it's time for replacement. There are also limits on how much the chain should curve when it's laid flat. Mine would curve well over a foot when I junked it.
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Catbird on October 01, 2013, 07:20:38 pm
Today, at ~350 miles, I changed the oil and filter for the first time.  It gave me a good chance to try out my new lift table.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on October 01, 2013, 07:37:51 pm
Anybody knows how to measure the maximum stretch on the rear chain? Mine had 19k on it.
Thanks

An easy way to tell, just grab the chain at the back sprocket at the 9 o'clock spot and pull away from the sprocket.  If you can see light between the chain and sprocket, it's done.  It's usually hit the published limit before this, but if it's this bad it's REALLY done.  Also, look at the teeth.  If they're obviously hooked in one direction that's an indication that the chain has worn too far.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: AussieDave on October 02, 2013, 07:04:54 am
Well,I pulled the baffle out of my new efi pipe and tried different methods of wrap. Tried rockwool ( took away the bottom end and left the slap) then stainless steel scrubbers(attenuated the midrange slightly) then some fibreglass Matt ( best of the three) and then decided to just leave the baffle out for a while coz it sounds so good ! Bill you were right! Not that I ever doubted you. And I made a new rubber centre stand stopper out of an old boot coz the original kinda split down the middle. Now if only it would stop raining...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: AussieDave on October 02, 2013, 07:24:08 am
Oh yeah, and I went the local specialist tool store to try to get a 46mm hex socket and a 3/4" drive and they could only order one in for 50 bucks. Any thoughts? I really want to get a hex not the  multi pointer so I don't risk burring the nut.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: wildbill on October 02, 2013, 11:20:17 am
aussiedave
when you removed the baffle - was it straight through job or the welded perforated unit like mine used to be
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: AussieDave on October 02, 2013, 12:29:41 pm
Welded and perforated. Could double as a shower head. Is yours much more spritely since you took a drill bit to it? You'll have to speak up, I just got back from a ride in the dandenongs- love the sound it makes now.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: wildbill on October 02, 2013, 02:56:57 pm
just made this video today - getting ready to cash it

http://youtu.be/_YzIvkUoDIk
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: wildbill on October 02, 2013, 03:00:44 pm
if that does not work -try this one. you get to hear the sound

http://youtu.be/9UFWBQ8q2hE
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Catbird on October 02, 2013, 03:43:10 pm
just made this video today - getting ready to cash it

http://youtu.be/_YzIvkUoDIk

Do you mean wash?

Anyway, it sure is purdy.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on October 02, 2013, 07:10:01 pm
Oh yeah, and I went the local specialist tool store to try to get a 46mm hex socket and a 3/4" drive and they could only order one in for 50 bucks. Any thoughts? I really want to get a hex not the  multi pointer so I don't risk burring the nut.

Is this for the front sprocket?  I forget the exact size but the closest SAE equivalent is about 0.1mm off, works great, and is usually about half the price of the metric socket.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on October 02, 2013, 10:55:27 pm
45mm is 1.811 inches.  A 1  13/16" socket would be made for a 1.8125 nut.
Close enough for government work, I says. :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on October 02, 2013, 11:10:52 pm
That's it!  It's a 46mm nut and 1 13/16" = 46.0375mm.  It cost me about $30 with the adapter at Sears and they had it on the shelf.  But it was in a separate section, just for the ridiculously large tools :)

http://www.sears.com/craftsman-1-13-16-in-socket-12-pt/p-00947786000P

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gremlin on October 03, 2013, 01:18:41 am
Imagine being told you *MUST* come to work, all leave is canceled, and you won't be getting any paychecks "for the duration".

RE UCE content:  Rode B5 back & forth to work the last couple of days.   Sure am glad it sips fuel sparingly !
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: D the D on October 03, 2013, 01:25:19 am
Imagine being told you *MUST* come to work, all leave is canceled, and you won't be getting any paychecks "for the duration".

RE UCE content:  Rode B5 back & forth to work the last couple of days.   Sure am glad it sips fuel sparingly !

Gosh, that sucks.  I'm still getting paid, but I sit and look at a couple of guys in uniform who also can't do anything since no one else is working.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Sectorsteve on October 03, 2013, 01:48:18 am
worked on muffler
tightened chain
reseated back brake(thanks to forum members for making me aware this is why the brake asnt working!)
oil & filter change
wash down.
to do: check if shocks arrived. maybe whack em on
wished that the newest comments would be on first page :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: NorEaster on October 03, 2013, 03:36:57 am
Mine has been in the shop for a week now.  :'(
They are trying to perform warranty repairs.
They are not able to do much as they are not able to get the parts needed from India.
 :'(
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: AussieDave on October 03, 2013, 05:43:06 am
Thanks for the tip about the nuts guys, I ll check it puff locally and see how it compares. Bill , very tasty machine ye got there, although I tell the sound apart from mine just from the video. But if drilling out the perforated baffle improved performance I think I'll do the same. Cheers . Gremlin , I hope they back pay you. Maybe we can send you a food parcel or something. Looks awfully close to forced labour. All the best  D.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: wildbill on October 03, 2013, 09:59:41 am
aussiedave
about 2 weeks ago - straight after i bashed out the perforated disc i gave it a good run along a straight section of road and got a gps reading 132kph...about 82 mph and could have gotten more.
30 minutes later i had my first rear wheel puncture sitting on 100kph and the chance to call the wife.
"bring me the hi ace,loading ramp and the tie downs. only 50 miles away so don't be long....it's hot" lol
buy yourself a long shank drill bit and just increase the size of the holes. if your not happy -take the lot.
on my very first c5 i bought the hitchcocks efi muffler. 18 months back there was no perforated disc - just straight threw with a 10"baffle
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: AussieDave on October 03, 2013, 02:30:24 pm
Thanks Wildbill, I shall take your advice. Bad luck about the puncture! Trusty Hi-Ace saves the day(with help from your wife). I used to have a diesel one - second best set of wheels I ever had. Thanks for the response, cheers D.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: The_Rigger on October 03, 2013, 05:55:15 pm
Mine has been in the shop for a week now.  :'(
They are trying to perform warranty repairs.
They are not able to do much as they are not able to get the parts needed from India.
 :'(

I sympathize... It took almost a year to get my C5 rebuilt, and that was just cosmetic repairs from a Close Encounter of the Deer Kind, you may recall.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: D the D on October 03, 2013, 09:32:57 pm
...Trusty Hi-Ace saves the day

So they do have a use besides hauling soccer teams.  I won't make fun of those things ever again.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Catbird on October 04, 2013, 12:11:36 am
I just finished installing my "butterfly" engine guard/crash bar on my 2013 RE Military C5.  I am pleased that the OD green matte finish is an exact match to the bike's color and finish.  My goal is to maintain a genuine military appearance and resist the temptation to add chrome bling like I'm accustomed to doing.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Roeland on October 10, 2013, 05:36:50 pm
Absolutely nothing. My wife got a phone call that my 18 year old son ended up in hospital in the early morning hours - motorcycle crash. I bought him two months ago a 150cc Motomia, only available in South Africa and basically a 1970's Honda 125 cc made in China; unchanged for the last 40 years.
this was his second crash in the two months he had on the bike. The first one was minor - but this one made me decide to take the bike back from him. He had been drinking and cannot remember a thing. I took us 5 hours to trace the whereabouts of the bike which was eventually located at the fire brigade. Two cars were involved and towed away but nothing was reported to the police?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: D the D on October 10, 2013, 05:41:22 pm
I just finished installing my "butterfly" engine guard/crash bar on my 2013 RE Military C5.  I am pleased that the OD green matte finish is an exact match to the bike's color and finish.  My goal is to maintain a genuine military appearance and resist the temptation to add chrome bling like I'm accustomed to doing.

Glad it matches.  That's something that often doesn't happen.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: DanB on October 10, 2013, 11:47:43 pm
Quote
My wife got a phone call that my 18 year old son ended up in hospital in the early morning hours - motorcycle crash.
Sorry to hear that Roeland. Drinks and bikes do not go together.  All the best for a healthy recovery for your son.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on October 10, 2013, 11:54:17 pm
Sorry to hear that Roeland. Drinks and bikes do not go together.  All the best for a healthy recovery for your son.

+1.  Hope he's ok.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on October 11, 2013, 12:16:41 am
Ditto - do what you need to do for your son!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: AussieDave on October 11, 2013, 12:32:58 am
 I hope he's alright Roeland. I must to similar shenanigans in my youth so I can't be judgemental . Experience is a great teacher. All the best to you and your wife. David.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: crush02342002 on October 11, 2013, 12:58:43 am
fooled around with the preload on the rear
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Roeland on October 11, 2013, 09:37:53 am
Thank you all – my son is ok – very bruised but fine.  He can’t remember a thing but from eyewitness reports he apparently went straight over a traffic circle.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: AussieDave on October 11, 2013, 09:55:23 am
Glad to hear it man!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Sectorsteve on October 11, 2013, 11:54:15 am
installed new brake shoes.
wheel alignment
refilled muffler with sound proof rockwool.
chain lube
chain adjustment
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Alan LaRue on October 11, 2013, 10:02:04 pm
Got a thumbs up! (This was Tuesday, not today.) On the way home from work, tooling along at 70 indicated in the right lane, a Triumph Rocket pulls up in the second lane, gives me a thumbs up and yells "nice bike!" Then he proceeds to prove that a Rocket is faster than a Bullet. (In fact, I've never seen a large motorcycle take off that quickly... looked like crotch rocket speed.)

Since the top case is gone (luggage rack was cracked on both sides) I've really been getting noticed by other motorcyclists. Slowing down to look; actually yelling "nice bike" (happened twice) or giving a thumbs up.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on October 12, 2013, 12:48:22 am
After removing the right hand side cover to make sure how the lock worked I decided to check the condition of my air filter.

Imagine my surprise when I removed it and discovered a large black widow spider sitting inside of it !!  :o

After a short battle, me with my Phillips screw driver using it as a lance and the spider with its poisonous fangs resulted in me 1, spider 0.  ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: AussieDave on October 12, 2013, 12:57:00 am
Scarey! An epic battle with tha arachnids at the gates of combustion! Hope she didn't have any mates. Just think of all the miles you've done with her just sittin there , inches away from your testicals .gives me the shivers. Fangs in balls- ouch!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on October 12, 2013, 01:23:44 am
Hope she didn't have any mates.

Of course not - why do you think they're called Black Widow spiders?!?

Oh, wait, you're from Australia...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on October 12, 2013, 01:24:21 am
LOL   ;D   My friend just found 3 black widows in his bedroom as he was cleaning making room for his new bed set.  Here's the scary part.....  They were behind his old head board.   UUUUGGGHHHH!!!!!

Scottie
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: D the D on October 12, 2013, 01:33:05 am
Of course not - why do you think they're called Black Widow spiders?!?

Oh, wait, you're from Australia...

In their cities they've got these big brown arachnids that eat children!  I seen it on the inner net.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: AussieDave on October 12, 2013, 01:41:29 am
Well, as it happens I have meet a couple of widows - they weren't black but they were very friendly!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Alan LaRue on October 12, 2013, 12:51:14 pm
After removing the right hand side cover to make sure how the lock worked I decided to check the condition of my air filter.

Imagine my surprise when I removed it and discovered a large black widow spider sitting inside of it !!  :o

After a short battle, me with my Phillips screw driver using it as a lance and the spider with its poisonous fangs resulted in me 1, spider 0.  ;D


Ye shalt hereby be called: Sir Phillipsalot!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: ROVERMAN on October 12, 2013, 01:58:32 pm
I rode to work, heavy fog, 48 deg, long johns and toasty warm. This is something i would have not done on my old Iron Barrel. Green B just got the job done. Second week in October here in Michigan, not much chance to ride soon :'( :'( :'(. I hope to do my first oil change this week end :) :) :). Ride safe brothers.
Robert & the GREen B.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gremlin on October 13, 2013, 12:00:41 am
............... Just think of all the miles you've done with her just sittin there , inches away from your testicals ...........

Another example of thoughts that should be squashed BEFORE being shared !
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: D the D on October 13, 2013, 12:48:28 am
Another example of thoughts that should be squashed BEFORE being shared !

That belongs in the JOD thread.  :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Roeland on October 13, 2013, 01:56:09 pm
We took part in the Sunflower Rally today - a charity event organised by the M.O.T.H. MC. About a 1000 bikes on the 60 km mass ride. I was fantastic - a bit fast on the freeway; some of these superbikes really like to open it up. My military drew much attention and was very much liked - especially by the HD crowd. We also had a chance to fully open the throttle on the military airfield landing strip. I was surprised by the pulling power of the bullet - many smallish V twins could not keep up in acceleration.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: linearB on October 13, 2013, 09:57:44 pm
I've owned a 2009 EFI bullet as a first motorcycle for two whole weeks now. Today I got to learn how to inspect and replace the battery and spark plug, but the bike still won't start  :-[
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on October 13, 2013, 11:02:21 pm
Did you inspect and replace the ground wire? What do you mean, "It won't start?" It won't turn ever? It turns over, but it won't fire? It'll fire, but won't keep running? My man, you leave us with too many options. This is a question that should live in its own thread!
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Gypsyjon on October 13, 2013, 11:08:26 pm
He has a thread.

http://www.enfieldmotorcycles.com/forum/index.php/topic,17431.0.html
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: DanKearney on October 14, 2013, 03:06:18 am
Rode it past the local rail road museum. . .


(http://coloradopeaks.net/PostedPhotos/Enfield/Loco.JPG)


Cheers,


Dan K.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Alan LaRue on October 14, 2013, 03:20:31 am
Rode it past the local rail road museum. . .


(http://coloradopeaks.net/PostedPhotos/Enfield/Loco.JPG)

Love it! I've taken photos of my motorcycles with locomotives, too.

Cheers,


Dan K.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Philbomoog on October 14, 2013, 02:31:03 pm
Repaired a stress fracture on the rear chain guard bracket. Steel bracket and pop rivets, cost 30 pence.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: heloego on October 15, 2013, 03:42:33 am
Nothing.
Motorcycle total miles: 1367
Yesterday installed stainless banjo fittings and stainless hose to front brake system. Bled as needed. No discrepancy noted.
Removed front wheel and guard to install shock gaiters from Lowbrow Customs. Getting them over the extension flanges was (were?) a REAL PITA, but got it done nonetheless. Re-installed mudguard and front wheel. Performed ops check(ride) due to maintenance. No discrepancy noted.
And, dammit, I'm not so sure I like the damn things! Argh!  :o
(Edit) ask and ye shall receive...
(http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r290/Heloego24/1382124544953.jpg) (http://s147.photobucket.com/user/Heloego24/media/1382124544953.jpg.html)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: wildbill on October 15, 2013, 04:58:46 am
lets check it out with a photo
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Land O Aches on October 15, 2013, 05:10:29 am
Odometer turned 700 today, means I've put 65 miles on my '05 Military and haven't even left the neighborhood. Got it to kick start from stone cold on the third try, throttle technique is getting better. Cutting out at high rpm, maybe need to shift earlier?

Lando
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on October 15, 2013, 05:25:50 am
You shouldn't be running the engine fast enough to hit the rev limiter just putting around the neighborhood.
Have you changed out the Bosch sparkplug your bike came with?
Several of us have had misfiring with that double electrode spark plug.
Changing it to a NGK BPR6ES should solve the problem if it isn't the stupid sidestand kill switch that's getting you.
According to Mr. Mahoney, the man who imports the RE into the US and owns this site, the switch can be adjusted so that slight movements of the sidestand won't cause it to shut off.
Most of us have just unplugged the sidestand switch.  The connector is down towards the rear of the engine on the left hand side.
WARNING:  If you unplug the connector you will be able to ride the bike with the sidestand still down.  Under certain conditions this can dump you on the tarmac.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Land O Aches on October 15, 2013, 02:29:40 pm
The bike's got the NGK plug, Bosch Blue coil and there's no sidestand.

The bike sat in the original owner's garage for six years. There's a fine dusting of oil based housepaint all over it.

The previous owner changed the fuel tap - could the wrong unit cause fuel starvation?

Maybe I just need to check my expectations - a 500cc motor with a lard ass like myself aboard will not rack up impressive acceleration numbers...

Lando
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: ace.cafe on October 15, 2013, 03:17:08 pm
The bike's got the NGK plug, Bosch Blue coil and there's no sidestand.

The bike sat in the original owner's garage for six years. There's a fine dusting of oil based housepaint all over it.

The previous owner changed the fuel tap - could the wrong unit cause fuel starvation?

Maybe I just need to check my expectations - a 500cc motor with a lard ass like myself aboard will not rack up impressive acceleration numbers...

Lando
The correct plug for an 05 military is BR8ES or B8ES. It is an Iron Barrel engine.
At 65 miles, it is nowhere near broken-in, and it is to be limited to moderate engine speeds for at least a few hundred miles. Failure to observe this may result in piston seizure.  This is not the kind of bike that can be treated like a modern Japanese bike.
It's a slow bike and it is not broken-in. It can be made faster if you want that, but it still needs a break-in process that is rather lengthy, and requires restraint with the throttle hand.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on October 15, 2013, 11:51:48 pm
Sorry.  When I see people talking about RE's with only 700 miles on them in the UCE area of the forum my mind jumps to the conclusion that the bike is one of the new bikes.  :-[

Seeing that it is an '05, it's possible it's still running the old points style of ignition?

If so, it's also possible that the pivoting arm of the points would like just one small drop of oil on the pivot pin.
Sometimes old oil can get a bit sticky and if this happens the points won't close rapidly like they should at high speeds leading to power loss and misfires.
Be cautious in oiling that pivot.  The last thing one would want is for oil to get onto the contact surfaces.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Land O Aches on October 16, 2013, 04:37:33 am
My '05 has the original points, I'll try a drop of oil on the pivot - thanks!

Lando
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: JVS on October 16, 2013, 11:32:33 am
Usually I don't need to use the horn as I keep at a nice and safe distance from the cagers. And most of them hear the Bullet when I'm riding close to them. But there are some times where you can't avoid being in between the cagers during peak times etc or being in between inconsiderate drivers who are not paying attention to their surroundings.

The stock horn is just a pat on the back for reckless drivers. So to give them a good lesson and wake them up from their temporary sleep, I bought the Wolo Bad Boy air horn from E-bay and installed it today. Pretty pleased with it. Very loud indeed. Good investment.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: AussieDave on October 16, 2013, 12:14:59 pm
Well done! ive been wanting to het something louder for awhile too . I guess I'll just have to imagine what it looks like on your bike since you haven't posted a photo ! ( hint hint )
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Catbird on October 16, 2013, 01:28:51 pm
...Wolo Bad Boy air horn...
+1
IMO, an absolute necessity; the very first modification I made to my 2013 C5.  I rarely use it, but for safety's sake when I need to make my presence known to inattentive drivers, it's there.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: DanKearney on October 16, 2013, 02:56:30 pm
Usually I don't need to use the horn as I keep at a nice and safe distance from the cagers. And most of them hear the Bullet when I'm riding close to them. But there are some times where you can't avoid being in between the cagers during peak times etc or being in between inconsiderate drivers who are not paying attention to their surroundings.

The stock horn is just a pat on the back for reckless drivers. So to give them a good lesson and wake them up from their temporary sleep, I bought the Wolo Bad Boy air horn from E-bay and installed it today. Pretty pleased with it. Very loud indeed. Good investment.

In what location did you mount it?  Pics?

Cheers,

Dan K.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Catbird on October 16, 2013, 05:52:20 pm
The mounting of the Wolo air horn was very easy.  After removing the stock horn, I mounted the new horn to the (old) stock horn bracket.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on October 16, 2013, 06:23:44 pm
Nice clean install.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: JVS on October 16, 2013, 09:12:24 pm
I guess I'll just have to imagine what it looks like on your bike since you haven't posted a photo ! ( hint hint )

In what location did you mount it?  Pics?

Cheers,

Dan K.

Hi,

I mounted it at the location of the stock horn, exactly like Catbird's install in the post before Scotty. I will post a pic or two later as well.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: JVS on October 17, 2013, 07:42:48 am
I will post a pic or two later as well.

Here are some pics. Still gotta give it some finishing touches to make the wiring neater, take off the stickers and make it more conforming to the bike's colour.

Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: AussieDave on October 17, 2013, 02:31:56 pm
Thanks JVS that looks great . Wow - your bike is so clean...!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gashousegorilla on October 17, 2013, 11:35:57 pm
   Love the swords on the front motor mount. Looks perfect...  What symbol is that ? I've seen it before.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: 1 Thump on October 18, 2013, 12:09:30 am
   Love the swords on the front motor mount. Looks perfect...  What symbol is that ? I've seen it before.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khanda_(Sikh_symbol)

Don't take it too literally though. Its more of a religious-cultural representation these days.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gashousegorilla on October 18, 2013, 01:37:58 am
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khanda_(Sikh_symbol)

Don't take it too literally though. Its more of a religious-cultural representation these days.


   Very cool and very interesting...... A group of people to admire.  And who could argue with what seems to be the main theme......

   
"The guiding principles of the Sikh faith are Truth, Equality, Freedom and Justice."

  "Sikhs believe in the equality of humankind, the concept of universal brotherhood"

"Sikh teaching emphasizes the principle of equality of all humans and rejects discrimination on the basis of caste, creed, and gender. "


 



Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: JVS on October 18, 2013, 01:42:12 am
Yup ^

As the Wiki article shows, it depicts the notion of "Degh Tegh Fateh" - Degh signifies the importance of providing food to the people and Tegh signifies protecting the people from any wrong-doings. Fateh is just saying, 'victory to the degh and tegh'.  :-X

I love it too  :D Thanks to my parents for raising me with the guidance of the teachings that the Sikh gurus provided. But anyways, this is the Enfield forum, Bullets are awesomeeee

Thanks JVS that looks great . Wow - your bike is so clean...!

Thanks Dave. The magic camera doesn't pick up the amount of dust the bike has collected over the past few weeks, being quite windy etc  ;)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Craig McClure on October 18, 2013, 04:39:11 am
Here are some pics. Still gotta give it some finishing touches to make the wiring neater, take off the stickers and make it more conforming to the bike's colour.
Hi, Unless my eyes deceive me, the trumpet openings on that Bad Boy horn are pointed to the rear(backwards). It may sound loud to you, but it won't to anyone in front of you, which is where it's most needed. Enclosing picture of my Bad Boy mounted so it points to the front. I eventually found I preferred a more compact FIAMM High note Nautilus type horn & sold my Bad Boy.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: JVS on October 18, 2013, 04:59:59 am
Hi, Unless my eyes deceive me, the trumpet openings on that Bad Boy horn are pointed to the rear(backwards). It may sound loud to you, but it won't to anyone in front of you, which is where it's most needed. Enclosing picture of my Bad Boy mounted so it points to the front. I eventually found I preferred a more compact FIAMM High note Nautilus type horn & sold my Bad Boy.

Yes you are right, it is facing backwards. I did that so that the trumpet thinggy doesn't get unwanted particles in there as I don't want to end up cleaning the horn every now and then. There was a way I could make the trumpet thing face towards the front, but I didn't opt for that.

And as far as the loudness is concerned, it lives up to its name. It is very loud indeed, not to myself, but to other people. You have to use the relay to notice the full potential. Trust me, it is quite loud. Almost like a train/big-rig type of horn, you can hear it from 200 + metres.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Catbird on October 18, 2013, 12:53:11 pm
Yes you are right, it is facing backwards. I did that so that the trumpet thinggy doesn't get unwanted particles in there as I don't want to end up cleaning the horn every now and then. There was a way I could make the trumpet thing face towards the front, but I didn't opt for that...
+1
I did the same thing to reduce the potential for water damage if I get caught in the rain.  Actually, I would have preferred the bell to face downwards.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Craig McClure on October 18, 2013, 05:24:57 pm
Not to be argumentative, but You are decreasing the potential of the horn by at least 50%-unless you need to warn drivers behind you. Assuming rain could get to the top of the vertical trumpet, All you would need to do is HONK IT before you put it away, to get rid of any water or particles. I sold my entire Bad Boy because it was to bulky, for about $15.to a forum member, & don't miss it.
  My FIAMM, is nearly as loud, faces forward, doesn't stick out, & no relay is needed.  Sorry to disagree.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Catbird on October 18, 2013, 05:51:29 pm
I think it matters very little  because there are so many different scenarios that are possible.  A common situation that I encounter is for a vehicle beginning to merge into my lane from the side.  Should the bell be facing forward, backward, up or down? Maybe someone should come up with a remote control turret device.  :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on October 18, 2013, 07:27:04 pm
Crossed 13,000 miles on the way to work this morning.  Cold but clear, great day for a ride.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: JVS on October 19, 2013, 01:06:35 am
Not to be argumentative, but You are decreasing the potential of the horn by at least 50%-unless you need to warn drivers behind you. Assuming rain could get to the top of the vertical trumpet, All you would need to do is HONK IT before you put it away, to get rid of any water or particles. I sold my entire Bad Boy because it was to bulky, for about $15.to a forum member, & don't miss it.
  My FIAMM, is nearly as loud, faces forward, doesn't stick out, & no relay is needed.  Sorry to disagree.

It's all good! To have an even situation, I turned the horn around so now the trumpet is facing outwards, i.e. towards the left of the bike, looking away. Just like the stock horns on some Harleys. And now it doesn't look too 'bulky' when you look at it from the front. So, I'm still satisfied - less risk of stuff getting in there and at the same time being more effective. It was all good in the previous direction too. But now it's better, I guess. No regrets  :D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: JVS on October 19, 2013, 01:10:20 am
Crossed 13,000 miles on the way to work this morning.  Cold but clear, great day for a ride.

Scott

Good stuff!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: iron.head on October 19, 2013, 06:02:09 pm
Removed the throttle body out of the bike and cleaned it thoroughly with petrol. Now will have to check if there is any improvement in the throttle response as a result of this exercise. Cheers!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: NorEaster on October 19, 2013, 10:20:58 pm
Brought it back home from the shop. It had been there for about a month waiting for parts.
ugh
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: AussieDave on October 21, 2013, 07:40:54 am
Bar end mirrors 33 bucks each from Modak British motorcycle parts in Melbourne . And the NGk plug and cap. Exhaust seal replacement still to do.
 Both the bikes looks and my visability are much improved.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: AussieDave on October 21, 2013, 08:35:58 am
Here's a better pic.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: heloego on October 21, 2013, 05:03:40 pm
Lookin' good, Dave!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: JVS on October 22, 2013, 02:20:41 am
Lookin' good, Dave!

+1
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: heloego on October 22, 2013, 09:40:47 pm
Broke 1500 miles on the ticker.
Lubed the chain, adjusted cables, and feel frickin' great!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gremlin on October 22, 2013, 10:43:53 pm
Drove it over to the dealer for Winter Storage ....  (yep, decided to let someone else care for B5 this winter).
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: DanKearney on October 23, 2013, 01:38:01 am
Drove it over to the dealer for Winter Storage ....  (yep, decided to let someone else care for B5 this winter).


Winter storage?  What is this thing you call "Winter storage"?   :)


What would Wesley Pegden think of that?


Cheers,


Dan K.



Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: i.candide on October 23, 2013, 02:42:54 pm
Rocinante now has over 2400 miles - three and a half months since being adopted from the dealer.

When she had over 1600 miles on her, she was allowed on the freeway. Not being used to such speeds, 65 plus a little more was max, and vibration was maximized.

Today, Rocinante out did herself - 78 mph indicated. Oh my! Oh joy! Oh sweet! Vibration was minimal. Though the throttle was maxed - she just gallopped along, seeming without effort.

Every day , love for her grows.

i.candide
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: ROVERMAN on October 23, 2013, 04:38:18 pm
Road the crap out of mine (okay,maybe not) on Sunday. Wasn't half cold though!
Robert & the GREen B.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: The_Rigger on October 23, 2013, 07:04:36 pm
Looked out the hotel room window at yet another sunny day without my Fiona...  I won't get home to ride Her 'til around Christmas Eve, and I don't think a ride will be in the cards then. Home for three weeks and then I'm off again 'til late June/early July next year.

I miss my bike.  :-[
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Royalista on October 23, 2013, 11:20:58 pm
Made my first sortie in 39 days, courtesy of a stubborn bullet.
Oops, familiar roads when not ridden for some time are the most dangerous in the whole wide world.
So I lowsided, rather hefty, courtesy of a motorist unfamiliar with small roads, forcing me to the far side, decorated with a generous layer of fat slick mud.
The mud was not so bad: only the crash bar took a severe beating and will have to be replaced.
The man was helpful in lifting the bike. He was desperate: a major detour brought him into this spot, and he had no clue where he was and how to continue. So I could help him out with directions. I was also grateful for him to stop timely. I should not have slid a foot further.
All in all an interesting re-entry.
And the repair, that enabled it, did hold. Makes me happy.  :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on October 24, 2013, 12:15:31 am
I've been staring at The Blackhawk for the last few weeks trying to find time to tear it apart and replace the head gaskets again.  Just been so busy with work and my side work that I haven't had time for my bikes.  In fact the Chief is still sitting in the crate.   :(

Damn you life!  What happened to "ME" time?!      >:(

Scottie
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: D the D on October 24, 2013, 12:42:04 am
What happened to "ME" time?!      >:(
Scottie

Work and Wife and Kidlettes.  We feel your pain. :'(
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on October 24, 2013, 12:46:44 am
Work and Wife and Kidlettes.  We feel your pain. :'(

I've had parts sitting on the shelf since May.  I might get to put them in this weekend, sending the wife and kid off to visit family ;)  First things first though, gotta meet my budy for beers.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Royalista on October 24, 2013, 01:17:31 am
I've had parts sitting on the shelf since May.  I might get to put them in this weekend, sending the wife and kid off to visit family ;)  First things first though, gotta meet my budy for beers.

Scott

+1
You have your priorities just right.  :D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: AussieDave on October 24, 2013, 05:34:34 am
Made my first sortie in 39 days, courtesy of a stubborn bullet.
Oops, familiar roads when not ridden for some time are the most dangerous in the whole wide world.
So I lowsided, rather hefty, courtesy of a motorist unfamiliar with small roads, forcing me to the far side, decorated with a generous layer of fat slick mud.
The mud was not so bad: only the crash bar took a severe beating and will have to be replaced.
The man was helpful in lifting the bike. He was desperate: a major detour brought him into this spot, and he had no clue where he was and how to continue. So I could help him out with directions. I was also grateful for him to stop timely. I should not have slid a foot further.
All in all an interesting re-entry.
And the repair, that enabled it, did hold. Makes me happy.  :)
Royalists- gives me good cheer that both you and your motorcycle avoided injury. Crash bars eh..... I am beginning to think they may be a wise addition to my machine! By the by , mud can be a wonderful tonic for the skin- some people ( well, mostly women I guess) pay perfectly good money to get themselves covered - and you got your treatment for free! :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on October 24, 2013, 06:33:47 am
+1
You have your priorities just right.  :D

And he just invited me to go off roading on Sunday :D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Alan LaRue on October 24, 2013, 03:15:45 pm
Finally rolled past 10,000 miles! I thought I was going to do it before summer, but when the chain started slipping on the completely worn out rear sprocket my riding season ended a week earlier than expected. Finally got the sprocket replaced a few weeks ago, but it's rained so much that I've been taking the car to work.

This week: BEAUTIFUL! I love Autumn on the Texas Gulf Coast. (It's like Summer for most of you folks.) Lows in the mid-50s, highs around 75-80F. And since Autumn runs right into Spring, with barely a day or two of Winter most years, well, I keep telling myself I'll use the motorcycle more and the car less. Looks like I'm doing about 5000 miles per year, so about 1/4 of my miles. Surely I can up it to half!

Since the luggage rack broke, I no longer have decently sized top case. I put a tail bag on the pillion seat but it's too small to carry rain gear. Guess I'm going to have to do saddle bags. I've gone through a lot of storage solutions on this bike, and none seems to work out.

Hitchcock's carries a rack with those small Givi panniers (E21 "Cruiser") that looks really sturdy, but it's £225, about $363. Doesn't sound bad, but I'm not sure I should spend that right now.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on October 24, 2013, 03:18:24 pm
Way to go Alan !
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Royalista on October 24, 2013, 09:30:56 pm
Royalists- gives me good cheer that both you and your motorcycle avoided injury. Crash bars eh..... I am beginning to think they may be a wise addition to my machine! By the by , mud can be a wonderful tonic for the skin- some people ( well, mostly women I guess) pay perfectly good money to get themselves covered - and you got your treatment for free! :)

Talking crash bars: at closer inspection mine is barely damaged, there is just a slight bend. And it is the one from the factory, figures. Go for it. What really took the brunt of the slide was the left bottom bracket. Look at the picture top left.
It took me a bit under 5 hours today to go from that to a freshly painted one. A pro with his pro tools would have done it in a jiffy but would he have had the same fun? Aha...
I cleaned all the other fasteners, gave them some rust protection. Tomorrow crash bar goes back up and we're on the road again. Rain forecasted...  ::)

How it was, the last straws and hanging to dry...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gashousegorilla on October 24, 2013, 11:22:33 pm
  That's some handy heating and hammering ! Nice.   Love that lump hammer BTW.    You sir, would be good at ornamental wrought Iron gates  !  ;)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: AussieDave on October 24, 2013, 11:27:47 pm
Good work Royalista! Top marks in my book. Nothin better than a bloke doing his own repairs- much better than payin for a new part. Sure was twisted. Could you please post another pic when you put back on the machine- I haven't seen the crash bar arrangement close up before- just wondering if I could make one. Cheers D.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: crush02342002 on October 25, 2013, 03:34:10 am
Finally rolled past 10,000 miles! I thought I was going to do it before summer, but when the chain started slipping on the completely worn out rear sprocket my riding season ended a week earlier than expected. Finally got the sprocket replaced a few weeks ago, but it's rained so much that I've been taking the car to work.

This week: BEAUTIFUL! I love Autumn on the Texas Gulf Coast. (It's like Summer for most of you folks.) Lows in the mid-50s, highs around 75-80F. And since Autumn runs right into Spring, with barely a day or two of Winter most years, well, I keep telling myself I'll use the motorcycle more and the car less. Looks like I'm doing about 5000 miles per year, so about 1/4 of my miles. Surely I can up it to half!

Since the luggage rack broke, I no longer have decently sized top case. I put a tail bag on the pillion seat but it's too small to carry rain gear. Guess I'm going to have to do saddle bags. I've gone through a lot of storage solutions on this bike, and none seems to work out.

Hitchcock's carries a rack with those small Givi panniers (E21 "Cruiser") that looks really sturdy, but it's £225, about $363. Doesn't sound bad, but I'm not sure I should spend that right now.

Are you in the Houston area? Im trying to plan out a ride around lake Livingston and it would be cool if I could get another Enfield in the mix.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gremlin on October 25, 2013, 10:06:30 pm

Winter storage?  What is this thing you call "Winter storage"?   :)
What would Wesley Pegden think of that?
Cheers,
Dan K.

It's good to have room in the shed for working on the Triumph this winter.  Last winter B5 occupied the service-lift from November to March.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Royalista on October 25, 2013, 11:34:22 pm
The bracket was dry, so the crash bar could go back on.
First picture shows the left bottom bracket back where it belongs.

The second is made to have a proper impression on how much the bars are bent now.

And then I went to collect groceries and a ride after that. A day without drama. And I managed to stay out of the rain which started only after I got home. How 'bout that?  ;D

@AussieDave
This is the basic crash bar, aka "diamond bar". Apparently this is the one the Indian military uses on their bikes. I thought they had the one with the high wings that comes on the military version of the bullet. Never too old to learn.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Alan LaRue on October 26, 2013, 01:40:11 am
Are you in the Houston area? Im trying to plan out a ride around lake Livingston and it would be cool if I could get another Enfield in the mix.

Yes, I'm in Baytown, TX-146 about a mile south of I-10. When are you planning this ride?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Alan LaRue on October 26, 2013, 01:46:46 am
Clutch cable broke! Fortunately, there only 3 lights and one stop sign between me and home. Stop sign was right after the break, so I ducked into an empty parking lot and killed it. Tried to start it in neutral, but it died when I kicked into first, so I ended up with a lurching start in 1st instead. (Not much traffic at the time.) Timed the 1st two
lights so I wouldn't have to stop, and got into neutral for the left turn into the neighborhood. Killed it again going into first but got going (probably hell on the starter motor!). There's a clutch cable in the box of spares that came with it, so I should be able to get that on pretty easily. Handy item to have on hand; I'll have to order another to keep in the box.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: crush02342002 on October 26, 2013, 03:59:15 am
Yes, I'm in Baytown, TX-146 about a mile south of I-10. When are you planning this ride?

soon while the weather is good. I need to figure out a meet spot and figure out whether or not to find a motel to stay the night at.
Title: Thanks Wildbill
Post by: squire on October 27, 2013, 01:15:04 am
I finally got around to installing the TEC Girling look-alike shocks that Wildbill was kind enough to send up to Canada for me.....wait till the check bounces ;D

These shocks look like the shocks did on my old British bikes in the 50s and 60s and offer a huge improvement in handling and comfort. Highly recommended.

You can see my recently installed pedestrian slicer from the UK and 7" headlight and hood which all go to make the C5 look like it should.

I have none of the shaking and vibration issues some of the others do and other than two broken speedo cables my 2012 has been flawless.

(http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w98/feliz_bucket/Bullet003.jpg) (http://s174.photobucket.com/user/feliz_bucket/media/Bullet003.jpg.html)

(http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w98/feliz_bucket/Bullet002.jpg) (http://s174.photobucket.com/user/feliz_bucket/media/Bullet002.jpg.html)

(http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w98/feliz_bucket/Bullet001.jpg) (http://s174.photobucket.com/user/feliz_bucket/media/Bullet001.jpg.html)

(http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w98/feliz_bucket/DSC00014.jpg) (http://s174.photobucket.com/user/feliz_bucket/media/DSC00014.jpg.html)



Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: JVS on October 27, 2013, 01:31:59 am
squire,

Very nice looking motorcycle. Good mods. Maybe some bar-end mirrors in the future?  :D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: squire on October 27, 2013, 01:35:37 am
Thanks JVS, that's the plan!!!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: AussieDave on October 27, 2013, 01:50:45 am
I was wondering about that. Never did see a email from ye. Glad you got them , they look great!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on October 27, 2013, 09:45:37 am
Lookin' good, Squire!  Now all you gotta do is ride it - I know you don't, because there isn't a speck of dirt on it!  ;D

Oh, and add some oil! ( ;) )

I like the black "RE" logo on the engine case - I did mine in red for a little pop of color to match the B5 badge on the otherwise all-black bike.  I also did the starter cover - it's easy to remove, so you can paint it at the kitchen table!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: NorEaster on October 27, 2013, 12:23:05 pm
Squire,
The bike looks great! Is there a thread that discusses the shocks that you put on?
I am interested in finding out more about them.
Thank you
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: squire on October 27, 2013, 04:16:42 pm
Squire,
The bike looks great! Is there a thread that discusses the shocks that you put on?
I am interested in finding out more about them.
Thank you

There's been a few of them but here's what started it:

http://www.enfieldmotorcycles.com/forum/index.php/topic,17231.0.html

They are great shocks and a big improvement over stock but good luck trying to get a pair, I was lucky enough to get Wildbill bill in Australia to send me a pair.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: squire on October 27, 2013, 04:24:29 pm
Lookin' good, Squire!  Now all you gotta do is ride it - I know you don't, because there isn't a speck of dirt on it!  ;D

Oh, and add some oil! ( ;) )

I like the black "RE" logo on the engine case - I did mine in red for a little pop of color to match the B5 badge on the otherwise all-black bike.  I also did the starter cover - it's easy to remove, so you can paint it at the kitchen table!

Actually, I just got back from a ride before taking the pictures. I ride every day but not always the RE as I have a few bikes so I have to alternate!!

Lots of oil in the engine but I put it on the sidestand first so the oil puddles to one side making it look like its low. If I manage to keep the bike upright after turning it off it shows exactly half way up the window. As you know there's been numerous threads on this.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: rvcycleguy on October 27, 2013, 08:53:25 pm
Are you in the Houston area? Im trying to plan out a ride around lake Livingston and it would be cool if I could get another Enfield in the mix.

When you have a date for your ride, let me know as well. Maybe get another Bullet on the ride. 
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Royalista on October 27, 2013, 10:24:29 pm
Bike looks so nice I started to smile.
But I wouldn't dare to ride, mine always collects mud and dirt...  ;)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on October 27, 2013, 10:33:04 pm
Lots of oil in the engine but I put it on the sidestand first so the oil puddles to one side making it look like its low. If I manage to keep the bike upright after turning it off it shows exactly half way up the window. As you know there's been numerous threads on this.

Yeah, just stirring the pot... or should I say, poking the hornet's nest?  ;)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on October 28, 2013, 12:42:50 am
I finally got around to replacing the head gaskets this weekend.  Unfortunately the copper gaskets are for a standard bore and I think it's causing some interference with the piston.  It's making a lot of chatter but running like a champ.  So I was taking it easy and hot torqued the head bolts twice.  The more I got on the throttle the more quiet the motor got.  I'll put a little more time on it over the week and check the valve adjustment again.

Scottie
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: crush02342002 on October 28, 2013, 01:57:53 am
When you have a date for your ride, let me know as well. Maybe get another Bullet on the ride.

Will do!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Royalista on October 28, 2013, 10:11:03 pm
While still waiting for a replacement fuel tank some other stuff got in. One made it already to the bullet.  :D

Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Royalista on October 30, 2013, 09:36:39 pm
Replaced diamond crash bar with butterfly.
It has a snag: the top bar hinders the RR-unit. Trafficator lights also come akwardly close to the wings with the handlebar at lock. In stead of relocating the RR-unit, the bottom struts of the former crash bar were recycled, which took care of both issues.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Roeland on October 31, 2013, 05:26:04 pm
I like the saddle bags - they look like mine - are they army issue? It was very difficult for me to source?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Royalista on October 31, 2013, 09:26:09 pm
I like the saddle bags - they look like mine - are they army issue? It was very difficult for me to source?

Yes, they are british army issue, and from an army dump in the uk.
They are very wide and adapt easily to odd shapes like vegetables ea. Makes them excellent for all duty.

I don't know whether these are still available but the key word is musette bag (although mine aren't exactly that; sorry the matter gets confusing at times).
If I can retrieve the site I'll come back to you.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on October 31, 2013, 09:33:10 pm
My 2011 G5 passed 12,000 miles today.

Still running great with no niggles except for a burned out speedometer light bulb. :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Royalista on October 31, 2013, 09:40:40 pm
I like the saddle bags - they look like mine - are they army issue? It was very difficult for me to source?

Got it  :D
http://www.silvermans.co.uk/tabid/62/MOTORCYCLE/ACCESSORIES/GREEN+MOTORCYCLE+PANNIERS/0/SKU/7-197-17460-1931/Default.aspx (http://www.silvermans.co.uk/tabid/62/MOTORCYCLE/ACCESSORIES/GREEN+MOTORCYCLE+PANNIERS/0/SKU/7-197-17460-1931/Default.aspx)

Oops, they upped in price.  :o
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Catbird on October 31, 2013, 10:23:54 pm
I'm using these; very spacious inside.  These were just $15.99 ea. a couple of weeks ago with free shipping on orders of $25 or more.

http://www.amazon.com/Jumbo-Musette-Bag-Available-Various/dp/B00276KGJ0/ref=pd_sim_sbs_a_2
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Catbird on October 31, 2013, 10:29:11 pm
I installed my new Napoleon bar end mirrors because I was so displeased with the stock mirrors' field of view.  They're not the cheapest bar end mirrors around but they are definitely solid and well-built.  The field of view is now fantastic.  I recommend them highly.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: AussieDave on November 01, 2013, 03:30:30 am
I just received my new tapper cover in the mail from Bsheets. A huge thank you to Brandon- your Dad is an artist- this beautifully made cover is perfection in form and function. Going green with envy is an acceptable response,but I think you should all petition Mr Sheets to go into business making these.
 Thank you Brandon, the tim tams are on their way!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Roeland on November 01, 2013, 05:41:06 am
Royalista,
Silvermans - that's correct - I also got 2 bags there and then another 2 of slightly later edition but identical - ex. SA army. The problem with Sivermans was that he did not want to send them to SA. I had to wait until somebody came to visit and brought them with.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: D the D on November 02, 2013, 05:07:55 pm
Saw it sold for parts.  A friend with a towing company gave me the link (not a public auction, just for licensed thieves).  It was listed as having a parts only title, not rebuildable, not registerable and described as doesn't start/doesn't run, bent frame, damaged trans, and damage as "Broken: All Over".
You'll probably see the parts on eBay soon.  :'(
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on November 02, 2013, 07:30:16 pm
Lubed my chain with some PJ1 Blue Label.  This is the third application of this lube and I've noticed it doesn't seem to sling off of the chain like the PJ1 Black Label does.
I also replaced the burned out light bulb in my speedometer.
Loosened the top headlight clamp screw, removed the bulb holder, replaced the bulb, inserted the bulb holder and retightened the top headlight clamp screw.
Will these difficult tasks ever end?  ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Roeland on November 02, 2013, 07:52:44 pm
Where can I get this tapper cover?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: NorEaster on November 03, 2013, 01:32:49 am
Took my bike out for what will most likely be the last ride of the season today [but I sure as heck hope not ;) ]
Brought it up to second oil change time, so timing seems good. As always, as I drove about and stopped at various places it was great to answer the common question:
"How old is that?"
I just smile and tell them it's a 2014  8)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Craig McClure on November 03, 2013, 02:07:24 am
Beautiful fall day here in Jasper, in the North Georgia Mountains. I took the opportunity of the nice weather to run errands in town on my 2010 G5 deluxe. I hadn't been on it in several weeks of cold wet dismal weather. Today it performed magnificently on the mountain roads & crowded Saturday village streets. It drew a small crowd in front of WalMart, who were amazed it was recently made in India. I held it at 65 all the way up the mountain to home. Reaching home I parked it on its center stand before switching off the engine, walked up to the mail box & back, & MY SIGHT GLASS WAS TOTALLY FULL UP. But I have decided not to worry(or complain anymore), it runs & starts perfect, Doesn't leak, & my crankcase breather tube is routed to the rear of the bike. Theoretically it will blow off unwelcome oil.
  ALMOST EVERYTHING WAS RIGHT WITH THE WORLD TODAY.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on November 03, 2013, 05:04:06 am
My bike sometimes has a full sight glass after a run too.  Just put it on the center stand and check again later, it settles down.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on November 04, 2013, 12:25:12 am
Quote
Reaching home I parked it on its center stand before switching off the engine, walked up to the mail box & back, & MY SIGHT GLASS WAS TOTALLY FULL UP.

You should turn it off and let it sit on the center stand for a few minutes while you take your gear off, then check it. it should be about the middle of the glass.
Check it in the same spot every time, pointed the same way. If your garage has any slope at all it will read differently if checked in another spot or orientation.
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on November 04, 2013, 12:29:50 am
Took another shot at soldering my broken oil feed line and finally nailed it!  I seriously tried soldering this damn thing a dozen different times.  It was either still leaking, or crooked or whatever.  But I went out to the garage early this morning and gave it another go with a slightly different technique and now it doesn't leak a drop.   :D   So after that I decided to take advantage of the beautiful fall weather today and went down to the car wash and gave her a nice bath and washed off all of the spewed oil.  After I had The Blackhawk all shiny again I took a cruise around town rattling all the Sunday drivers' windows.   ;D   The bike is running soooooo good, but the clutch is cooked.  Anything over 1/3 throttle at 4000+RPMs and the clutch just breaks loose.  Still a blast to ride!   ;D

(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y217/lethalinj/OilFeedFix_zps2b7aaf20.jpg) (http://s6.photobucket.com/user/lethalinj/media/OilFeedFix_zps2b7aaf20.jpg.html)

Scottie
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Royalista on November 04, 2013, 12:53:06 am
It feels so good when a repair succeeds and holds at last.
Relax, enjoy the pause...  ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: DanKearney on November 04, 2013, 04:10:25 am
Nice work Scottie,


I took the RE out today also.  Looped through Central City, then down to Evergreen and the Kerr Gulch cutoff down to 74 and into Morrison for lunch.  Then back up Golden Gate Canyon/Crawford Gulch to home. 


(http://coloradopeaks.net/PostedPhotos/Enfield/Kerr.png)


Was a great riding day today.  I don't know how many more are in the cards for us out here for the rest of the year.


Cheers,

Dan K.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on November 04, 2013, 01:08:16 pm
.......Was a great riding day today.  I don't know how many more are in the cards for us out here for the rest of the year.


Cheers,

Dan K.

I know!  67*F yesterday and supposed to snow tomorrow!  At least we live in Colorado and there will probably be some nice riding days in December and January when the likes of riders in the Midwest huddle around their fireplace.   ;D

Scottie
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on November 05, 2013, 01:21:18 pm
Readjusted my valve lash last night.  Even at .005 lash, the motor is just so noisy.  Which is weird because the manual calls for .005 lash when "the motor is at constant higher RPMs".  It was so damn loud on the highway it was making my ears ring!  Uurrrrgh!  So I went back and set them the same way I did last time, basically set the valves as tight as I could and still hear a "tick" play in the rocker.  Didn't finish until late tho so didn't get a chance to fire and warm it up.

Scottie
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on November 05, 2013, 04:12:15 pm
Quote
Which is weird because the manual calls for .005 lash when "the motor is at constant higher RPMs".

From what manual did you got that .005" number? That doesn't sound like an RE produced Manual.
The bike is supposed to have zero lash, just loose enough to be able to spin the pushrods.
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on November 05, 2013, 04:58:48 pm
I was wondering the same thing, though the zero clearance is for the singles.  Not sure what it's supposed to be on twins.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on November 05, 2013, 05:15:47 pm
From what manual did you got that .005" number? That doesn't sound like an RE produced Manual.
The bike is supposed to have zero lash, just loose enough to be able to spin the pushrods.
Bare

Right out of the Constellation manual.  Look at the very bottom.

(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y217/lethalinj/Mobile%20Uploads/CAM01371_zpsef6cef1e.jpg) (http://s6.photobucket.com/user/lethalinj/media/Mobile%20Uploads/CAM01371_zpsef6cef1e.jpg.html)

Scottie
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on November 05, 2013, 05:28:15 pm
My old book says .002" for the exhaust and that's for all Enfields including the Bullet.
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on November 05, 2013, 05:51:35 pm
I have copies of the original manuals.  They must have changed the clearances later after they realized that .005 is too damn noisy.

Scottie
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on November 05, 2013, 06:37:58 pm
Kinda makes sense to run a little more clearance on the exhaust.  They get hotter and tend to grow a bit more, especially if you're running at continuous high speed.

Never saw another engine that called for zero clearance before the RE.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: heloego on November 06, 2013, 04:29:29 pm
Got rid of the OEM trafficators and installed a set of Bullet Turn Signals PN Z90457 w/the 2" stems. Definitely looks more better.  ;D
(http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r290/Heloego24/2013-11-02_16-17-14_636.jpg)

(http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r290/Heloego24/2013-11-05_10-17-10_336.jpg)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on November 06, 2013, 05:34:57 pm
Very nice!   :D

Scottie
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: heloego on November 06, 2013, 05:52:07 pm
Thanks, Scottie.
After posting the pics I decided I dislike the gaiters so much I cut them off.
Spent 3 hours getting them on, and 5 minutes getting them off.  ::)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on November 06, 2013, 06:27:16 pm
Got rid of the OEM trafficators and installed a set of Bullet Turn Signals PN Z90457 w/the 2" stems. Definitely looks more better.  ;D

Looks really nice.  Did you use the lights with 2" stems both front and rear?

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Royalista on November 06, 2013, 09:41:57 pm
Looks really nice.  Did you use the lights with 2" stems both front and rear?

Scott

Same remark and question here.
I too prefer them closer to the frame and plan to do so too.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: heloego on November 07, 2013, 12:14:44 am
I used the ones with the 2" stems, PN Z90457. The front ones took no time at all. Most of the time on the rear units was spent debating whether to order or fabricate brackets, or direct-mount. Direct-mounting had some distinct advantages:
a) units mounted closer to the doghouse,
b) mount struck me as more solid than brackets
c) no exposed wiring,
d) it catered to my natural laziness  ;)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on November 07, 2013, 01:00:21 am
I've seen people mount the signals without built in extensions: flush up from and with some kind of bracket in the rear. 

While the flush mounts will bolt to the stock brackets up front, they're tucked in very tight.  Out back you need a bracket of some kind to clear the plate panel and they never look great.  The 2" extensions look good front and back.  I may need to get me some of those :)

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on November 08, 2013, 04:32:09 am
Installed a 280 main jet in my carb and also installed my new Super Bike bars.  Only got to ride down the road a bit but the throttle seems to be nice and torquey.  LOVE the stance of the new bars!  Much more aggressive and comfortable to my likings.  :D

(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y217/lethalinj/BarsMulti_zps26816dbe.jpg) (http://s6.photobucket.com/user/lethalinj/media/BarsMulti_zps26816dbe.jpg.html)

Scottie
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Craig McClure on November 08, 2013, 04:29:59 pm
I also like & use the superbike bars. they are very similar to what was used on the classic British bikes sold in the UK. They are very comfy for me also. the stock bars on my G5 Deluxe hurt my wrists & felt like holding hedge trimmers.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on November 08, 2013, 05:29:47 pm
The bike looks great Scottie.  I like those bars too, I've have them on a few bikes.  Please don't take this the wrong way, but it's time to make that seat a winter project.  The rest of the bike is too pretty for that seat ;)

Any chance of a close up on how you mounted the tail light?  I've never seen one like that mounted high up before.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on November 08, 2013, 05:37:08 pm
Quote
I have copies of the original manuals.  They must have changed the clearances later after they realized that .005 is too damn noisy

.005 was probably a typo
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on November 08, 2013, 06:57:59 pm
The bike looks great Scottie.  I like those bars too, I've have them on a few bikes.  Please don't take this the wrong way, but it's time to make that seat a winter project.  The rest of the bike is too pretty for that seat ;)

Any chance of a close up on how you mounted the tail light?  I've never seen one like that mounted high up before.

Scott

I was actually wanting to take care of the seat this or next weekend.  ;)    As for the taillight I just have it mounted between the fender and the fender stay.  I've grown to like it there but I kick it on occasion swinging my leg over.

.005 was probably a typo

I don't know bare.  My reprinted Interceptor manual calls for .005 on the exhaust as well.

Scottie
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on November 08, 2013, 07:23:15 pm
I do like those mounted low on the swingarm, but then visibility from the other side is pretty bad.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: sumeetanand1980 on November 09, 2013, 12:27:49 am
Did 3 things today:

#1. Added a USB / Cigarette-lighter mount on Air-fly crash-bar (left): To charge my phone-cum-gps while riding:

(http://imageshack.us/a/img513/1797/p16r.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/513/p16r.jpg/)

(http://imageshack.us/a/img163/3608/0hcu.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/163/0hcu.jpg/)

#2. Battery gauge on Air-fly crash-bar (right):

(http://imageshack.us/a/img27/8381/q9wr.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/27/q9wr.jpg/)

#3. My favorite: Added a Brake-light LED kit to my helmet. Lights up when brake is enabled.



(http://imageshack.us/a/img819/5238/zg86.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/819/zg86.jpg/)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on November 09, 2013, 12:35:53 am
Sweet.  Nice.  And freaking bitchin'!  :D

Scottie
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Royalista on November 09, 2013, 02:15:59 am
Wicked!  ;)

The synchronized brake light on the helmet is a novelty.
I can see the benefit, especially in the dark winter commute.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Magoo on November 09, 2013, 03:34:04 am
Picked up the new ride last Thursday (classic chrome in maroon).
This morning was my fist decent ride to start running her in.
Long semi-rural road, sun shining, dogs racing me along property fence lines, admiring looks, a couple of bugs hitting the goggles, the odd mistimed downshift.
The oft mentioned permagrin is here!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: heloego on November 09, 2013, 04:00:48 am
Quote
Did 3 things today:

Slick! Love the USB charging unit. Where'd ya get it?

and Magoo, the permagrin won't thaw any time soon.  ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: D the D on November 09, 2013, 11:27:26 pm
I do like those mounted low on the swingarm, but then visibility from the other side is pretty bad.

Scott

I like the look up where you have it.  The low ones are bad boy and I was going to do it to my Bolt, but like you said, people can't see them.  Yours is unique and does fit the style.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on November 09, 2013, 11:34:58 pm
It probably isn't a problem in Colorado, but there is a new law in Cantafordia about mounting license plates and/or taillights off to the side like that. You can't do it!
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Alan LaRue on November 09, 2013, 11:41:43 pm

#3. My favorite: Added a Brake-light LED kit to my helmet. Lights up when brake is enabled.

Okay, that's awesome, but how does it work? Do you plug yourself in? Is it bluetooth?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on November 10, 2013, 12:53:15 am
Colorado is super laid back when it comes to bikes and the LCD highway signs often read "Look Twice Save A Life".  Here for a bike to be legal you only need a side mirror, DOT tires, lit license plate, headlight with hi/lo switch and a taillight/brake light combo.  There are all kinds of 2 stroke dirt bikes here that have been converted to street legal.

Scottie
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Alan LaRue on November 10, 2013, 03:15:32 am
Today: Replaced clutch cable (thanks for the board help!), changed the oil, discovered I can't add. I performed the 11,250 oil change at 10,100, thinking it was supposed to be a 10,250 oil change. Now I shall forever be having to calculate it.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Roeland on November 10, 2013, 12:50:45 pm
Just came back from a rally. The oldest rally held in SA - The Beaver Rally. I was told by the organisers that it was a classic rally without hooligans and that REMC would really fit in. Was I wrong - hardly any classic bikes and a lot of hill billies; we where even joined at our table by a completely naked man?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on November 10, 2013, 12:58:00 pm
Just came back from a rally. The oldest rally held in SA - The Beaver Rally. I was told by the organisers that it was a classic rally without hooligans and that REMC would really fit in. Was I wrong - hardly any classic bikes and a lot of hill billies; we where even joined at our table by a completely naked man?



Aaaaaaargggghhhhhh???!!!    :o
That does NOT sound like a good time.   :(  I need more details.  This has got to be an interesting story.

Scottie
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Roeland on November 10, 2013, 01:32:54 pm
Organised by the Italian MC - these guys also organise the Toy Run, attended by 75000 bikers country-wide on an annual basis - probably the biggest run in the world. In Cape Town alone we go on a 15000 bike mass ride every year. I expected more from this rally - something with classical bikes; perhaps a Vincent Rapide, etc... Instead we got a booze-fuelled, macho event with a miss "Beaver" competition and the works. It turned out that the naked man has taken his clothes off  at every rally for the last 15 years and even occasionally rides his bike naked. He was beaten up in the past - arrested and jailed, but believe it or not, he was a rather intelligent fellow in his late 50's who currently builds and repairs bikes. In his collection is a Second World War Harley with a side car. I just think he was a little lonely and not appreciated for who he is. So now and than it is OK to go and get totally wasted but I was really hoping on a more classic event. Believe it or not - some of the guys were even tazering each other to prove their manhood - I'm past that stage - although I did take my RE at 4:30 min the morning for a spin around the camp (too many beers). The next morning I got a Neanderthal coming over to me replicate the sound of my bike in my ear drum. The morning after,  the same guy got so trashed he could not find his way back to his "housie" (but and ben). He fell down in a field somewhere - luckily not in the lake - where somebody found him, took him back to his tent, whereupon the entire campsite was treated to his loud and tearful re-union with his "wifie" - it seems her name was "skapie" (small sheep) and his beloved son, whose name appeared to be "seun" (son). Once the bloke stopped sobbing, the first thing he asked was for another Brandy and Coke... And then off course ther are the usuall guys without legs, walking around on their stumps or riding little cycles.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: heloego on November 10, 2013, 01:46:54 pm
Cirque du SA?  ;)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Roeland on November 10, 2013, 01:52:18 pm
Without the grace an glamour ;)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on November 10, 2013, 02:15:42 pm
Well, if nothing else, sounds like an eventful weekend.  :)

Scottie
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: GreenMachine on November 10, 2013, 04:00:09 pm
Okay but you left out "Miss Beaver"...Pics would had been entertaining..Glad u had  good time. GM
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: DanKearney on November 10, 2013, 10:31:41 pm
Scottie J and I rode 'em!

Beautiful canyon route interspersed with some nice hairpin curves and sand.  And a few miles of dirt road thrown in for good measure.

I had one pucker moment on a quick paved corner that had a sand patch all across it.  Scottie's Indian got lots of well deserved attention at our rest stop in Deckers.

We shared about 90 miles of riding and I wound up with almost 160 for the day.

(http://coloradopeaks.net/PostedPhotos/Enfield/2013.11.10 ride.png)

Cheers,

Dan K.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on November 10, 2013, 10:36:39 pm
It was a fantastic ride!  Beautiful scenery combined with hours of twisties and even a little dirt.  It's a shame we didn't have a GoPro recording the ride.  Absolutely gorgeous.  Too bad my headlight broke completely off 20 miles from home.  :(  No biggy, fairly easy fix.  A total of 150 miles for myself today.

(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y217/lethalinj/DanKAndScottieJsBikes_zps550616ca.jpg) (http://s6.photobucket.com/user/lethalinj/media/DanKAndScottieJsBikes_zps550616ca.jpg.html)

(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y217/lethalinj/DanKAndScottieJsBikes2_zps891ced49.jpg) (http://s6.photobucket.com/user/lethalinj/media/DanKAndScottieJsBikes2_zps891ced49.jpg.html)

Scottie
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gmmechanic on November 10, 2013, 10:49:01 pm
rode it till dark and cold set in...great time with her today...true biker luv for the re...i leave my low rider in garage since got the military 500
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gmmechanic on November 10, 2013, 10:51:23 pm
od green rules...same color as my fishing boat ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on November 11, 2013, 04:58:46 pm
Started to put it to bed for the winter!

Very little spare time these days between work and a sick parent.  I had a small window of an hour or so and a sunny day which was warm enough to either take a ride, or wash the bike.  The wash carried the day, and now it's getting cold enough that road salt could appear at any time.  So that's it for me for the season…    :(
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on November 11, 2013, 06:14:16 pm
Spent some time yesterday with Blue Away and Blue Job and removed most of the rainbow from my exhaust pipe.  It got really bad a while back, almost down to the lower bend.  I was running the bike in place for an hour or so trying to charge up my friend's dead battery.  Not sure how long it will last but it looks better for now anyway :)

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on November 11, 2013, 06:25:00 pm
Hope you had a fan on it!
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on November 11, 2013, 06:43:56 pm
Nah.  It was a cool day with a breeze.  Seems fine except for the extra blueing.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Royalista on November 11, 2013, 09:47:06 pm
Had a brilliant ride today. First crisp day. Will need a liner soon now.

Yesterday was rougher. Got surprised by thunderstorm I thought I could elope, but not. Had some hail too. Got soaked.
Nice to come home to a warm place.  ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: windhorserider on November 12, 2013, 01:34:10 am
Enjoyed a great Saturday, washing, waxing, cleaning and lubing the chain etc. Even cleaned each spoke. Yesterday took a short ride on a clean bike.
Today made the commute and stopped on the way home to pick up a few things. Came out of the store to find someone bent over looking closely at the bike. Older gentleman stood up and said, "Perfect timing" when he saw me caring my helmet.  He was an Army Brat/Vet who traveled around with his dad and then on his own assignments. He had ridden REs in England and India. I was glad it was shining and clean. We talked for good while.  He had some great stories. He had me start it up and just smiled it the thump.
All in all a good day.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on November 12, 2013, 03:13:53 am
Enjoyed a great Saturday, washing, waxing, cleaning and lubing the chain etc. Even cleaned each spoke. Yesterday took a short ride on a clean bike.
Today made the commute and stopped on the way home to pick up a few things. Came out of the store to find someone bent over looking closely at the bike. Older gentleman stood up and said, "Perfect timing" when he saw me caring my helmet.  He was an Army Brat/Vet who traveled around with his dad and then on his own assignments. He had ridden REs in England and India. I was glad it was shining and clean. We talked for good while.  He had some great stories. He had me start it up and just smiled it the thump.
All in all a good day.

+1

Sounds like a great weekend.   :)

I did a little fab work last night and shortened my front brake cable to the correct length for the new handle bars.  It looks a lot better now.  And it was a HELL of a lot easier to solder than then that damn oil feed line was.  ;)

Scottie
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: ge0ff on November 12, 2013, 09:06:01 am
Dan Kearney - do you have some more photos/info on what you've got going on up the back there - rack/bags etc? Looks very practical!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on November 12, 2013, 01:26:15 pm
Dan Kearney - do you have some more photos/info on what you've got going on up the back there - rack/bags etc? Looks very practical!

It's a luggage rack that he hand made out of wood.  It's actually really nice, it like "snaps" in place between the 2 panniers and makes for a quite a large rack.  And I must say, he did a fantastic job building it.

(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y217/lethalinj/DansLuggageRack_zps1498c4d4.jpg) (http://s6.photobucket.com/user/lethalinj/media/DansLuggageRack_zps1498c4d4.jpg.html)

Scottie
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: DanKearney on November 12, 2013, 03:37:17 pm
It's a luggage rack that he hand made out of wood.  It's actually really nice, it like "snaps" in place between the 2 panniers and makes for a quite a large rack.  And I must say, he did a fantastic job building it.

(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y217/lethalinj/DansLuggageRack_zps1498c4d4.jpg) (http://s6.photobucket.com/user/lethalinj/media/DansLuggageRack_zps1498c4d4.jpg.html)

Scottie

Thanks for the plug Scottie.

Ge0ff,

The black panniers I bought from the RE distributor up in Canada.  They're the standard military ones with a rack modified to mount to the C5 frame. 

http://www.enfieldmotorcycles.com/forum/index.php/topic,17245.msg190804.html#msg190804

The wood slats in the middle are just pine furring strips that I cut up.  I notched the ends so that they rest on top of the pannier mount's horizontal bars.  I ran a single length of wood up the middle to connect all three transverse pieces of wood together using a cross halving joint (I think that's what it's called).  I then put a strip of non-slip tape on top so that anything I bungie down won't slide around to much.

Check out reply 3381:  http://www.enfieldmotorcycles.com/forum/index.php/topic,7829.msg191192.html#msg191192

The brown canvas pouch I picked up from a military surplus store.  It carries all my spare cables, tire irons, flat-fix kit, etc.  Better shot of it here:

http://www.enfieldmotorcycles.com/forum/index.php/topic,17288.msg191496.html#msg191496

Cheers,

Dan K.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: heloego on November 13, 2013, 01:00:08 am
Great job at max use of minimum space, Dan! And it looks great, too!

Did you modify the Pannier Racks yourself, or were they already modded by the distributor?
And is that a Pelican case top-mounted in your other pics? I've considered doing something similar so I can use the bike for work. Do you recall the part # for that case?
NFG doesn't give the interior dimensions of the panniers. What are they?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: DanKearney on November 13, 2013, 04:45:06 am
Great job at max use of minimum space, Dan! And it looks great, too!

Did you modify the Pannier Racks yourself, or were they already modded by the distributor?
And is that a Pelican case top-mounted in your other pics? I've considered doing something similar so I can use the bike for work. Do you recall the part # for that case?
NFG doesn't give the interior dimensions of the panniers. What are they?

If I recall correctly, the Canadian distributor told me he has the racks made for him in India, so they're bespoke for the C5.  I didn't have to do anything other than bolt them on.

That Pelican case is just a big case I use as a suitcase when I travel abroad.  Built like a tank!  It's a bit too large for the RE, but it worked quite well on the trip I took it on back in September.  I simply strapped it down to the pannier rack.  I now have a smaller black box (Actually a large pistol case) that I use in that spot for everyday commuting.  Easy on, easy off and does not block the tops of the pannier boxes.

The pannier boxes are pretty narrow.  I don't remember the dimensions.  I'll try to remember to measure them tomorrow.

Cheers,

Dan K.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: windhorserider on November 14, 2013, 12:09:52 am
300 this morning.
My wife asked me if I was going to ride in. Then she saw I was suited up. A ride like that makes you feel alive. ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on November 14, 2013, 12:35:32 am
300 this morning.
My wife asked me if I was going to ride in. Then she saw I was suited up. A ride like that makes you feel alive. ;D

+1    :D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Royalista on November 14, 2013, 12:58:13 am
+2  :D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on November 14, 2013, 05:19:12 am
I actually started on this last night but just finished up tonight.  I finally removed the failing, and eventually completely failed, fork shroud/headlight mount and replaced it with some custom billet CNC machined aluminum headlight brackets.  The right fork tube came undone no problem but the left tube was completely seized.  I fought with it last night for a good hour before I gave up and put some Liquid Wrench on it over night.  Today I bought a 1/2" drive 1/2" hex socket from the Snap On guy (I love working in a shop again  ;D ).  Got home and cut off the remaining piece of the upper shroud and then used it as a heat shield as I held the torch on the joint for 5 minutes or so until it had been smoking for at least a good 2 minutes.  Put the breaker on it and it finally broke loose.  I also borrowed the 1/2" drive cordless impact from work which really sped up the job.  I saved so much time I decided to go ahead and change the fork oil again while I had everything tore apart.  Now tomorrow I can to ride to work and enjoy and the unseasonably warm weather were having right now.   :D

(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y217/lethalinj/Headlight2_zps43bd4527.jpg) (http://s6.photobucket.com/user/lethalinj/media/Headlight2_zps43bd4527.jpg.html)

(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y217/lethalinj/Headlight1_zps26de3444.jpg) (http://s6.photobucket.com/user/lethalinj/media/Headlight1_zps26de3444.jpg.html)

And here's what I thought of the fork shrouds
(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y217/lethalinj/ForkShroudRemains_zps299eb845.jpg) (http://s6.photobucket.com/user/lethalinj/media/ForkShroudRemains_zps299eb845.jpg.html)

Scottie
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gremlin on November 14, 2013, 07:41:31 am
.....replaced it with some custom billet CNC machined aluminum headlight brackets. ..............

looks nice !
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: JVS on November 14, 2013, 11:32:17 am
Well done.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: DanKearney on November 14, 2013, 03:23:01 pm
Nice work Scottie,

Should be good for another 50 years.   :)

Cheers,

Dan K.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gashousegorilla on November 14, 2013, 03:37:35 pm
  Looks good Scottie.  I think those brackets would look cool in black as well.  Pull it in with your tins and all.....
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on November 14, 2013, 04:00:44 pm
I was actually thinking of painting the forth tubes in that portion black.  Hadn't thought of painting them.  If anything I may sand and polish them.

Scottie
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: D the D on November 14, 2013, 04:03:02 pm
I don't knw, they look a little Harleyish to me  :P  ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on November 14, 2013, 04:21:38 pm
I don't knw, they look a little Harleyish to me  :P  ;D

Jerk.   JK   ;)

Here's a better pic I just took.

(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y217/lethalinj/CAM01464_zps9d1314b9.jpg) (http://s6.photobucket.com/user/lethalinj/media/CAM01464_zps9d1314b9.jpg.html)

Scottie
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: D the D on November 14, 2013, 05:06:49 pm
Ha ha ha.  They look good or I wouldn't comment.
I don't think you'd go wrong paint or polish.  Tough call on that.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on November 14, 2013, 05:35:48 pm
They look way too modern for the bike and yet still look really good.  I agree though that paint or polish would make them even better.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on November 14, 2013, 05:52:18 pm
I'm seriously thinking of painting them now........

Scottie
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gashousegorilla on November 14, 2013, 06:01:31 pm
I'm seriously thinking of painting them now........

Scottie


    They DO look good now Scottie.  My thought was just that it might be a nice contrast.... with the black in between the chrome of the headlight and the chrome of the fork legs. And match the tins at the same time... Just a thought, I wouldn't go crazy over it.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: D the D on November 14, 2013, 07:18:08 pm
I'd paint them black and move them up a bit, but it's your bike and what makes you happy is all that matters.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Royalista on November 14, 2013, 07:32:12 pm
Second picture is adorable. Bike on superjuice...  8) 8)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Craig McClure on November 14, 2013, 09:25:58 pm
I'm seriously thinking of painting them now........

Scottie
OR you could look up BSA CLUBMAN HEADLIGHT SUPPORT BRACKET. It is a pretty easy bolt on, with moveable clamps on the radiused tube & loop brackets that fit Brit fork tubes at the top. Very neat period piece for the 7" headlamp.   See photos below.......
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gashousegorilla on November 14, 2013, 10:20:38 pm
  Man... you had some nice ones!  Tell me me you didn't sell it ?!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Royalista on November 14, 2013, 11:38:50 pm
Seducing beauties...  ::)
...just drooling  :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on November 15, 2013, 02:05:16 am
Rode the bike into work today.  You know what's great about riding in 45*F weather?  Ripping at 65-75mph for miles on end without having to worry about overheating!   ;D  Got home and changed the main jet to a 290 rode it for a couple miles and tweaked the screws once more.  I'll try and do another top speed run this weekend weather permitting.

By the way, does this look any better?   ???
(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y217/lethalinj/CAM01472_zpsa644ace6.jpg) (http://s6.photobucket.com/user/lethalinj/media/CAM01472_zpsa644ace6.jpg.html)



Scottie
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Craig McClure on November 15, 2013, 03:43:14 am
  Man... you had some nice ones!  Tell me me you didn't sell it ?!
YES, I sold it for MEGA BUCKS. Ever own something that is so precious to you, that you don't have fun for worrying about it?  I honestly enjoy my 2010 G5 Deluxe more than I did the Gold Star. The Enfield's performance compares very well, easier to start, easier to live with.
   Today was chilly, but the sun was shining, I got into my leathers & ran errands in town. I had a very good time & was even pretty comfortable. Despite the 59 club & BSA patches on my jacket, some guy in the Post Office asked me what model Harley I rode. I told him "I'm a leather freak & ride a Royal Enfield". His expression was priceless.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: heloego on November 15, 2013, 03:54:40 am
Put another 50 miles on her today visiting a couple of doctors. One asked me how often I rode, and I said "as much as possible"  ;D  Then she asked if I ride a HD. When I told her RE she was really surprised. Why? "Because my sister owns one."  :o
The other doctor thinks I'm nuts.  :D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gashousegorilla on November 15, 2013, 04:10:36 pm
YES, I sold it for MEGA BUCKS. Ever own something that is so precious to you, that you don't have fun for worrying about it?  I honestly enjoy my 2010 G5 Deluxe more than I did the Gold Star. The Enfield's performance compares very well, easier to start, easier to live with.
   

  Yeah, I hear ya Craig..  Damn shame though.


 


By the way, does this look any better?   ???



  Yeah, the black paint on the top of the legs look better.





Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on November 16, 2013, 12:41:28 am
I rode my black/chrome G5 down "to work" today.

Once a year they hold a "BRING YOUR MOTORSPORTS FRIDAY" so the employes and retirees can bring in their special machines.
There were lots of cars ranging from a 1924 Ford model T coupe thru a 2014 Corvette including a friends 1954 Packard straight 8, a 1948 Jaguar Saloon, 1985 Rolls Royce. Camaros and Mustangs to name just a few.
The bikes ranged from a 2014 Yamaha FZ-09. a totally custom Harley chopper, a beautiful Triumph Trident thru a Yamaha RD400 and some off road bikes.
My Royal Enfield of course was one of the crowd getters with the, "I haven't seen one of those..., and "You mean their still making those?" that goes along with riding it.
 :)

I hadn't registered to show my bike but when I pulled into the area where the event was held with my Retirees badge hanging from my pocket, the guy at the gate insisted that I bring it in to park it with the rest of the bikes.  He was another one of those, "Wow!  A Royal Enfield Single!" guys.

For my efforts I, along with everyone else, got a free lunch from the company.

I not only got a free lunch but I also got a nice little plaque to say I had brought my ride to work.
:)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: heloego on November 16, 2013, 06:41:25 am
Always a good feeling when the bike draws compliments, especially from those who know what their looking at.
Went to the Barber today and the security guard, a long-time rider, actually RAN up to me and said it's the most beautiful bike he's seen in a long time. Good thing I was early cuz he wanted to know every detail from where I got it to what I'd done with it.  :)
After the cut I took it down to Old Town and drew a lot of looks from the good folks there. Of course, I was the only one there making any noise.  ::) All in all a good day.  :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on November 16, 2013, 11:34:52 am
heloego - Barber? Security guard?  Words I simply never expected to see used together in a sentence...

You aren't in prison, are you?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: heloego on November 16, 2013, 04:38:33 pm
Guido says to tell ya "Hi!"  ;)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: cstorckiii on November 16, 2013, 09:35:43 pm
Replaced the faulty sprag assembly and starter relay. Now, on to the exhaust gasket.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: windhorserider on November 17, 2013, 03:37:35 am
Replaced the lollipops with bar-end mirrors.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on November 17, 2013, 05:02:43 am
Started diagnosing why my bike wasn't charging and found the the alternator was completely fried.  Said screw it and pulled it out and put the bike together.  In between working on the bike, my step son and I kicked some ass cleaning out the garage for the winter.  I didn't want the Blackhawk to have a messy home and I needed to organize a little better anyways.  I even added a shelf for my oils and chemicals.  After all that I put the GPS on the bike and went out for a top speed run to see if there were any major difference after the main jet change and air screw changes.  (Up to a 290 main in my Amal now)  Ripping down the country road in the pitch black brought back some memories from my younger years.  LOL  Tipped 92mph for a split second but mostly stayed at 91mph like before.  Maybe I should replace my crank sprocket when I replace my clutch and alternator.   :D

(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y217/lethalinj/Alternator1_zps5805f97d.jpg) (http://s6.photobucket.com/user/lethalinj/media/Alternator1_zps5805f97d.jpg.html)

(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y217/lethalinj/Alternator2_zpsf0773506.jpg) (http://s6.photobucket.com/user/lethalinj/media/Alternator2_zpsf0773506.jpg.html)

The Man Cave
(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y217/lethalinj/Garage_zps18ce49d8.jpg) (http://s6.photobucket.com/user/lethalinj/media/Garage_zps18ce49d8.jpg.html)

Scottie
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on November 17, 2013, 12:27:41 pm
Scottie - how long will your bike run without an alternator to recharge the battery?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Roeland on November 17, 2013, 12:49:22 pm
I had exactly the same when my bike had only 3000 km on the clock. Alternator fried - copper wiring entered the engine - engine seized and cylinder head cracked. I was all covered under guarantee.
Today I fitted organic brake pads and a S/S breaded hose. I could not believe the improvement in braking ability off the bike - this is a must upgrade.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on November 17, 2013, 01:36:59 pm
Scottie - how long will your bike run without an alternator to recharge the battery?

About 45 minutes with the headlight or about 2-3 hours with the headlight unplugged and using just the taillight.  Then I throw it back on the trickle charger after each ride.  It's inconvenient but better than staring at the bike sitting there.  ;)

Scottie
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Land O Aches on November 17, 2013, 07:59:24 pm
Got the rims and spokes back from Seattle Powdercoating. Got to take them to Wheelmasters in Auburn for reassembly this week. Pictures when done...

Lando
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on November 17, 2013, 09:02:55 pm
Today I fitted organic brake pads and a S/S breaded hose. I could not believe the improvement in braking ability off the bike - this is a must upgrade.

Good to know, those are on my winter to-do list.

I had to get a flat fixed.  Weird.  I had the tires and tubes done some time ago.  Coming home the back end felt a little soft.  Checked the tire when I got home, way too hot and 0 pressure.  I dropped it at the shop.  The odd part was the hole was on the top of the tube next to the rim band.  The tech sanded the rim in that area to be safe, though there was no obvious problem, and gave me a new tube. 

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on November 17, 2013, 10:44:03 pm
Quote
The odd part was the hole was on the top of the tube next to the rim band.

Sounds like it got pinched by a tire iron!
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on November 18, 2013, 12:49:13 am
Didn't look like it and it's been on there for months doing just fine.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Dazzler on November 18, 2013, 11:15:10 am
Went on a motorcycling weekend with a couple of colleagues and a friend of theirs who happened to be 86 years old and mounted aboard a 1976 BMW tourer.  He told me the designation but I don't remember it exactly.  I know it was 1000cc and he had Toyota rings in it which cost him about one quarter of the price of original BMW rings!  My colleagues were aboard a Yamaha FJR 1300 and a Suzuki SV1000 respectively.  Then there was me on my dear old C5 Enfield panting along in their wake.  We did over 700km over the weekend covering gloriously empty roads winding their way through the high country of the border regions of south east Australia.  I discovered I could cruise pretty happily at around 70mph provided I lay down over the tank on the long inclines.  On the flats I had little problem with 75mph (lying down over the tank again) without being flat chat but all the same only held it there for a minute or two at a time.  I have to say the bike felt very secure at that speed and  vibrations seemed to be very minimal.  No matter what the absolute speed was, when I lay down on the bike it felt like I was doing a million miles an hour and it was difficult wiping a maniacal grin off my face!  My colleagues were very considerate and kept their cruising to pretty much match my pace.  There were a few occasions however when we would crest a rise and there stretching before us was a couple of miles of open road dipping down into a valley and rising up the other side with free vistas of open tundra to either side.  The temptation was too much and they disappeared like arrows released from a longbow hitting 180km/h before reigning it in.  Good times all round.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gremlin on November 18, 2013, 03:34:33 pm

Dude .... you really need one of the Harbor Freight bike service tables in there.


The Man Cave
(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y217/lethalinj/Garage_zps18ce49d8.jpg) (http://s6.photobucket.com/user/lethalinj/media/Garage_zps18ce49d8.jpg.html)

Scottie
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: rep_movsd on November 18, 2013, 04:09:39 pm
Finally got round to installing the Thunderbird 500 fork assembly on my fireball. The RE service people won't sell me all the odds and ends needed, so I had to improvise...
The handlebar mounts are from a Suzuki Shaolin and the ring nut which locks the steering head was unavailable, so I cut an older nut to 1/4" and used that. The handlebar locking mechanism of the new TB500 ignition switch needs a small tab with a hole on the steering tube into which a pin slots. I made one out of an old brake shoe, since it has 2 holes and a round Y shaped end. Drilled and bolted it onto the steering tube of the frame. Works fine.

The headlamp holders are made from old shock springs and wrought iron rod, over which I ran some nylon electrical stretch braiding. It's a bit heavy (2 KG a piece) , but it looks awesome.





 
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: rep_movsd on November 18, 2013, 04:22:07 pm
Designing a completely custom wiring harness - The design goals are

1) DC lighting
2) No high current live wires going up the frame when ignition is off
3) Isolated fused circuits for lights, horn and ignition
4) Switch gear carries only microamperes of current
5) 30 Hz flashing tail lamp (makes it more visible)
6) All components within the glove box
7) No messy tangled and failure prone connections inside the headlamp area

Everything is driven by P-Channel TrenchFETs and low current signals from switchgear are carried by LAN cable with RJ45 connectors.

Indicators are LED based, as is the Tail lamp bulb.
I'll have two LAN cables, and three 15 AMP cables going up along the frame, and one two core cable for the indicators. I intend to modify my fuel float so that instead of driving a meter, it merely drives a warning LED when the fuel level goes below a certain limit - a sort of "reserve before reserve" system.

 
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: GreenMachine on November 18, 2013, 04:57:31 pm
Great job on your springer front end....Do you think that the RJ 45 connections will hold up with the thumping and road conditions where you're at....I just did a cursory overview of your schematic and that's what caught my attention....Is the LAN cable solid or stranded (comes in either)..I  like the concept and the schematic looks straight forward. Can't wait to see your results .GM
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gremlin on November 18, 2013, 06:47:18 pm
Designing a completely custom wiring harness -

Q9 is not long for this world.
use multiple U1with DC outputs in parallel.
Is C1 necessary ?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: rep_movsd on November 18, 2013, 09:53:10 pm
Great job on your springer front end....Do you think that the RJ 45 connections will hold up with the thumping and road conditions where you're at....I just did a cursory overview of your schematic and that's what caught my attention....Is the LAN cable solid or stranded (comes in either)..I  like the concept and the schematic looks straight forward. Can't wait to see your results .GM

RJ 45 connect pretty solidly, and the connector quality is good. LAN has single strand and twisted pairs as well as a reinforcing nylon core that lets the wires slide within the covering, so I believe it's pretty much the best thing for controls.

I have replaced my wiring harness thrice since 2008, so this time I want to blackbox it for good... Usually something would stop working, or something would burn out. 
The last fiasco was my ignition switch catching fire on the road. I had to stop and chop in a jiffy... For some strange reason the engine was happily running even then :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: rep_movsd on November 18, 2013, 10:03:54 pm
Q9 is not long for this world.
use multiple U1with DC outputs in parallel.
Is C1 necessary ?

There will be a reverse kickback protection diode added to Q9 and probably to Q1 thru Q8 as well - a diode is only a few cents and it cant hurt.

There is also an error in the diagram, I dont have any room left in the connector for the front brake switch, I probably have to have just one idiot light for the indicators in the front panel.

Do I need 2 rec/regs if I paralell the 4 wire alternator to a 2 wire output?

C1 helps me start the bike on a dead battery - This has happened thrice to me and once out of those three times I had C1 so I got home safe and sound. Off course, I switch out the battery and keep only the cap until the engine catches and then switch back the battery in.

It's strictly not necessary, but a Fireball has a lot of compression and a marginal battery sometimes will fail to fire it after a couple of days parked. A lot of the batteries sold in India come with marginality built in. It's not uncommon for a brand new battery to stop holding much charge after a couple of months use.

Ideally I would get a Shorai Lithium, but maybe I just rig one up using old laptop battery cells which is a cheaper deal!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: DanKearney on November 19, 2013, 04:56:10 am
Designing a completely custom wiring harness - The design goals are

1) DC lighting
2) No high current live wires going up the frame when ignition is off
3) Isolated fused circuits for lights, horn and ignition
4) Switch gear carries only microamperes of current
5) 30 Hz flashing tail lamp (makes it more visible)
6) All components within the glove box
7) No messy tangled and failure prone connections inside the headlamp area

Everything is driven by P-Channel TrenchFETs and low current signals from switchgear are carried by LAN cable with RJ45 connectors.

Indicators are LED based, as is the Tail lamp bulb.
I'll have two LAN cables, and three 15 AMP cables going up along the frame, and one two core cable for the indicators. I intend to modify my fuel float so that instead of driving a meter, it merely drives a warning LED when the fuel level goes below a certain limit - a sort of "reserve before reserve" system.


If you're going to use LAN Cat5/6 cable, suggest you select braided, not solid core.  Vibrations might cause cracking at bends with solid core.


Cheers,


Dan K.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: D the D on November 19, 2013, 04:45:08 pm
Finally got round to installing the Thunderbird 500 fork assembly on my fireball. ...it looks awesome.

Far Out!  That's quite some ingenuity.   Got a picture from the side?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: D the D on November 19, 2013, 04:49:57 pm
Started cleaning out and organizing.  I have some Iron Barrel spares and gaskets that need a new home.  Once I have it organized I'm not sure if I should list stuff here in deference to our host.  Some is Hitchcock's or India stuff.  If I list on eBay, I'll post that it's all on eBay.
I do know that since having an EFI bike, I may not get another Iron Barrel and the parts mostly won't go with the EFI RE's.
Dennis
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on November 19, 2013, 06:03:12 pm
There used to be a good karma thread here for giving away parts to anyone who needed them.  I think it got shut down when people started selling parts, which is a no-no rule set by our host.  If you want to give them away to good homes though, I'd bet that could be done.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on November 19, 2013, 06:17:07 pm
There's a new karma thread - for give-away stuff:

http://www.enfieldmotorcycles.com/forum/index.php/topic,13047.0.html (http://www.enfieldmotorcycles.com/forum/index.php/topic,13047.0.html)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on November 19, 2013, 06:19:20 pm
Amazing!  thanks Matt :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: rep_movsd on November 19, 2013, 07:50:42 pm
Far Out!  That's quite some ingenuity.   Got a picture from the side?
I'll post one soon as I fit the tank and seat...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: heloego on November 20, 2013, 09:29:39 pm
No LOW Beam last night, so I spent my morning troubleshooting

Problem: No Low Beam

Headlight:
B=High, Green=Low, Amber(Orange)=Ground
Good continuity across Amber and Green. Filament is good.

No voltage at Green Lamp Connector.
12.2v at Blue Lamp Connector.

Pig Tail (lamp-to-2x2.8 White Connector):
   Good continuity in Green wire.

2x2.8 White Connector:
   No power at Green blade.
   12.2v at Blue blade.

2x2.8 White Connector-to-9x2.8 Black Connector:
   Good continuity in Green wire.

9x2.8 Black Connector:
   No voltage at Green terminal.
   12.2v at Blue terminal.

Note 1: All Blue Wire checks done with HIGH Beam energized.
   All Green Wire checks measured with LOW Beam energized.

Note 2: When rocking the HIGH/LOW Beam switch from HIGH to LOW, the LOW Beam will illuminate momentarily just before the HIGH Beam extinguishes. With the switch in the LOW Beam position there is no voltage to the LOW Beam circuit.

Looks like bad contacts in the LH switch module LOW side.
Under Warranty, so I'll be in touch with my Dealer.
At least I still have my HIGH beam.


Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Graylic on November 20, 2013, 11:59:11 pm
Finally crossed the 3000 mile mark.  Just in time too as winter seems to be hear for real now.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: heloego on November 23, 2013, 05:22:31 am
 >:(
Installed a Wolo Bad boy just to find out the horn button is history, too.  :o
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Royalista on November 23, 2013, 08:58:55 pm
And so you can't be a bad boy.  :'(

118 db should be adequate to wake up texting pigeons.  ;)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: D the D on November 24, 2013, 12:32:50 am
118 db should be adequate to wake up texting pigeons.  ;)

They don't hear ambulances and fire trucks.  Why would a horn wake them up?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: heloego on November 24, 2013, 03:26:25 am
Good point. Maybe I should just install it for "effect".  ;)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on November 24, 2013, 05:44:08 am
I ported and polished my intake manifold!  I was working some extra hours today and decided to go through my crate of RE/Indian parts this afternoon to see what I could play with.  I ended up grabbing the intake manifold and took it home and went at it with the Dremmel to open up the runners a bit, remove the imperfections that were in it and took off about a .5mm on the ports that bolt to the heads.  Then I started wet sanding away with a whole bunch of 320 grit paper until I had the entire surface flat and true and had removed every last imperfection that was possible.  Then I wet sanded with 500 grit, then 800 grit and finished off with 1000 grit paper.  I have to say that the intake is smooth as glass now.  I also have to say that my index finger hastes me, and my whole hand and arm in general is sore as hell.  It took me a total of 4 1/2 hours to accomplish what I did and I'd like to think it was worth it.  It may or may not even be worthy of a 1-3 hp gain, but it should definitely help increase the throttle response and get a bit more torque out of the motor.

(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y217/lethalinj/IntakePics_zps94dd0445.jpg) (http://s6.photobucket.com/user/lethalinj/media/IntakePics_zps94dd0445.jpg.html)

The Aftermath
(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y217/lethalinj/SandPaper_zps01d353e9.jpg) (http://s6.photobucket.com/user/lethalinj/media/SandPaper_zps01d353e9.jpg.html)

Believe it or not that was a fresh bucket of water before I started on this.     :o

Scottie
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: ace.cafe on November 24, 2013, 08:48:16 am
The main thing is to get it to match up to the port for a seamless transition to the head. This is helpful to eliminate any flow losses from a step at the junction.

Unfortunately,  for a carburetor application, the smooth mirror-polish is not helpful, and the normal school of thought is to leave the interior at about a 100 grit finish.This helps to re-atomize fuel that drops out of suspension.
You won't see any modern porting job with a polish like that in it. Even though it looks great,  the function is better with a rough interior finish.
Way back in the day, they used to do polishing like that, but it has been changed for quite a while now. Ever since wet -flow testing was discovered, the polishing went out the window.

If you plan to do the heads, please discuss it with me first, and don't touch the port floors please! Porting should not lower the port angle, nor sharpen the radius on the short turn.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on November 24, 2013, 01:52:07 pm
Don't worry Ace, I haven't, nor plan on touching the heads.  But I must for a moment now discuss my momentary hatred for Wisconsin.  WTF, so apparently most people in Wisconsin are 2 or 3 decades late with performance technology.  After wrenching on this bike for a year, I have learned that everything I thought I knew about performance set ups is now null and void.  Most of my Hot Rod knowledge is apparently directly out of the 1960's and completely irrelevant and useless in today's world, and has basically been limited to the simple knowledge of knowing how an internal combustion engine works.  I guess that what I get for relying on all my educational needs coming from Redneck relatives and Chevy High Performance magazine.  Even with a 1958 bike, what I know (or even thought I knew) isn't shit compared to what I should know.  And most of what I thought I knew, is just plain wrong information.  And here I thought I was a little bit of a bad ass because I was fixing tractors and farm trucks when I was 14.  Wake Up Scottie!!!  You're A Dumbass.

This is saddening to discover.  It is also saddening to find out that all that hard ass work I did last night was in vain and more than likely did more damage than good.  FML.   :(  If it makes a difference, I didn't actually polish anything, just sanded to 1000 grit paper, which apparently is 900 grits too fine.  This isn't how I wanted to start my Sunday.

Scottie
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: ace.cafe on November 24, 2013, 02:04:21 pm
Don't feel bad Scottie.
It's all part of the learning process. If you read the old archives from this site, you'll read things that I wrote back then that I don't agree with today. We are all learning and progressing as we go along. The more that I know about something,  the more that I realize that there's tons of things that I still don't know about it.
Even the most leading experts are still learning.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on November 24, 2013, 02:15:09 pm
Now because I'm mad about this, I'm going to do the only logical thing TO do.....  FIRST, I need to find a website that has current and CORRECT performance information and read my ass off.  Second, as soon as temp gets over 35*F this afternoon I'm going out and running the bike for all its worth so I can really try and feel the difference from before and after.   Uuurrrrggghhh!!!!  I'm so mad I could go enroll for MMI right now.  But I won't, because I'm too old for that shit.

Scottie
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on November 24, 2013, 02:26:40 pm
Scottie, what you have there is a 'period correct' port and polish job for your bike ;)

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: tooseevee on November 24, 2013, 03:27:20 pm
Don't worry Ace, I haven't, nor plan on touching the heads.  But I must for a moment now discuss my momentary hatred for Wisconsin.  WTF, so apparently most people in Wisconsin are 2 or 3 decades late with performance technology.  After wrenching on this bike for a year, I have learned that everything I thought I knew about performance set ups is now null and void.  Most of my Hot Rod knowledge is apparently directly out of the 1960's and completely irrelevant and useless in today's world, and has basically been limited to the simple knowledge of knowing how an internal combustion engine works.  I guess that what I get for relying on all my educational needs coming from Redneck relatives and Chevy High Performance magazine.  Even with a 1958 bike, what I know (or even thought I knew) isn't shit compared to what I should know.  And most of what I thought I knew, is just plain wrong information.  And here I thought I was a little bit of a bad ass because I was fixing tractors and farm trucks when I was 14.  Wake Up Scottie!!!  You're A Dumbass.

This is saddening to discover.  It is also saddening to find out that all that hard ass work I did last night was in vain and more than likely did more damage than good.  FML.   :(  If it makes a difference, I didn't actually polish anything, just sanded to 1000 grit paper, which apparently is 900 grits too fine.  This isn't how I wanted to start my Sunday.

Scottie

            I felt so bad for you this morning when I read your earlier post on how you finished your ports & Then reading what Ace said because my knowledge also, like yours, goes back to Hot Rod magazines in the '50s & '60s, but for some reason I knew when I was reading what you did that "Oh, no. You don't want to shine them up like that".

       I don't recall how I knew that. Read it somewhere or osmosis or something. I was reading about what you had done & thinking "Uh oh. He's gonna get it from somebody".

       I'm sure glad I've had this forum when it comes to Royal Enfields or I'd be nowhere & still standing in my garage staring at it since December 2010 & scratching my head not knowing a damn thing.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: GreenMachine on November 24, 2013, 03:48:18 pm
I'm not even going to do anything like this till I talk to you guys first...I remember this being discussed in another forum...You could try it for the hell of it and see if you notice any difference.  It does look great.. ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: ace.cafe on November 24, 2013, 03:56:01 pm
Now because I'm mad about this, I'm going to do the only logical thing TO do.....  FIRST, I need to find a website that has current and CORRECT performance information and read my ass off.  Second, as soon as temp gets over 35*F this afternoon I'm going out and running the bike for all its worth so I can really try and feel the difference from before and after.   Uuurrrrggghhh!!!!  I'm so mad I could go enroll for MMI right now.  But I won't, because I'm too old for that shit.

Scottie

Scottie,
How 'bout you go to the "Campfire Talk" section of this site, where I posted a thread "Engine Design and Modifications Q/A", and post a question there on that thread about wanting to know some of the current info on engine mods, and I will give you the information you are seeking.
http://www.enfieldmotorcycles.com/forum/index.php/topic,17452.0.html (http://www.enfieldmotorcycles.com/forum/index.php/topic,17452.0.html)

I spend my life researching this stuff, and then actually doing it, and getting feedback from the results, and refining the methods. I have been studying everything, everywhere, about these things for years, and I am up to the minute on the techniques. And I do this on actual engines regularly, and work with some of the most talented performance specialists around, and they answer my questions when I have them.

The reason I recommend doing it this way is because this gets real complicated, real fast. You touch one thing, and it affects something else, or multiple other things. And there are varieties of approaches to doing mods, depending on the kind of basic platform involved. There are all kinds of variables in different kinds of engines that need to be assessed in a total environment, and then a logical approach defined and executed.

This thread isn't the place for it, because it would hi-jack the whole thread, and so I recommend that we take it up in the Campfire Talk thread where we can obsess about this stuff in unlimited doses.
That's why I posted that thread there.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on November 24, 2013, 04:01:54 pm
Doing it now Tom.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on November 24, 2013, 11:57:33 pm
Wake Up Scottie!!!  You're A Dumbass.

One of the things I really value this forum for:  The only one here who will call you a dumb-ass, Scottie, is you.

I've done some dumb-ass things, and the only thing I got for it was a friendly nudge in the right direction.  Ok, Gremlin did give me a poke one time, but only because I forced his hand!  ;D

Be as hard on yourself as you like - we won't be...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Craig McClure on November 25, 2013, 12:38:03 am
To cold to ride today, not even much fun to be in the workshop Brrrrr. But I did bid on a mismatched pair of Albert Bar End Mirrors on Ebay. I wanted the Sport Mirror-as I have its mate in my stash. The other mirror was the Albert Touring Mirror, which I could use on my next Sidecar Tug. They wanted $12. shipping, I bid up to $71. & bailed. THEY EVENTUALLY BROUGHT $177.  They were great mirrors but silly expensive.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Mr.Mazza on November 25, 2013, 10:05:32 am
I kicked it into life and rode off to pick up my girlfriend and take her for a romantic scenic ride through the mountains dining on bread, wines and cheese.
Then I asked her to marry me, which she agreed then started to kiss me....

Then I woke up, and remembered I don't own a Bullet yet :(

Or a girlfriend for that matter... ::)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on November 25, 2013, 02:12:21 pm
REported my intake manifold yesterday afternoon, after discovering that polishing is just a way to make you fingers hurt really bad while apparently causing the bike to not run as good.  Lesson learned I guess.   :P  This time I opened up the carb flange a bit to better mate the carb and tried to sand don the runners in a spiraling motion.  Kind of got what I wanted to achieve.  I don't think I actually gained any HP but the throttle response is real solid and crisp now.

(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y217/lethalinj/IntakeV13_zps516ba334.jpg) (http://s6.photobucket.com/user/lethalinj/media/IntakeV13_zps516ba334.jpg.html)

(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y217/lethalinj/IntakeOnCarb_zps89752c3d.jpg) (http://s6.photobucket.com/user/lethalinj/media/IntakeOnCarb_zps89752c3d.jpg.html)

And here's a little video after warming up the bike on a short ride.  I'm really liking the new throttle response.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDdaKFWPMOA&feature=youtu.be

Scottie
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: GreenMachine on November 25, 2013, 03:59:53 pm
Sounds great and throaty..No harm, No foul and a few years ago, you would have done what was considered the standard practice of the day for improved performance...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: ace.cafe on November 25, 2013, 04:34:16 pm
Cool!
Good recovery on the rebound!
 8)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gashousegorilla on November 25, 2013, 04:45:26 pm
REported my intake manifold yesterday afternoon, after discovering that polishing is just a way to make you fingers hurt really bad while apparently causing the bike to not run as good.  Lesson learned I guess.   :P  This time I opened up the carb flange a bit to better mate the carb and tried to sand don the runners in a spiraling motion.  Kind of got what I wanted to achieve.  I don't think I actually gained any HP but the throttle response is real solid and crisp now.

(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y217/lethalinj/IntakeV13_zps516ba334.jpg) (http://s6.photobucket.com/user/lethalinj/media/IntakeV13_zps516ba334.jpg.html)

(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y217/lethalinj/IntakeOnCarb_zps89752c3d.jpg) (http://s6.photobucket.com/user/lethalinj/media/IntakeOnCarb_zps89752c3d.jpg.html)

And here's a little video after warming up the bike on a short ride.  I'm really liking the new throttle response.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDdaKFWPMOA&feature=youtu.be

Scottie


  Love the way that bike GROWLS ......Nice !
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on November 25, 2013, 05:30:22 pm
With the polished tubes, the gas will tend to actually puddle on the polished metal, as the airflow is too smooth to break the droplets up, the rougher finish causes more turbulence at the surface and tends to break up the droplets and keeps them atomized. This realization came in the '50s or maybe the '60s. It's old info.
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on November 25, 2013, 09:40:58 pm
When I was a kid in the 80s I remember people still going for the mirror polish on most manifolds and heads.  I remember reading an article in some hot rod mag about roughing up certain spots for better results.  I guess that may have been the turning point for the mainstream hot rodders.  I suppose most of the benefit from the old port and polish jobs came from the porting, and that outweighed whatever harm was done by the polishing.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Graylic on November 25, 2013, 10:48:44 pm
Admitted that winter is officially here and took the bike in to Marty for winter storage. :(
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on November 25, 2013, 11:40:48 pm
Almost in the same boat.  The rain has gone, replaced with a sunny cold.  I was planning to ride in despite that, until I saw the current temp was 27F.  That's a bit too cold.  Luckily in Portland, OR the winter is mild enough that I don't bother winterizing any more.  We seem to get a few sunny days here and there and I can sneak out for a short ride.  But we're definitely into the lower mileage months, no doubt about that.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gremlin on November 26, 2013, 10:32:42 am
....... I asked her to marry me, which she agreed........

Wow, those nightmares can be pretty disturbing !
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Mr.Mazza on November 26, 2013, 10:38:27 am
Wow, those nightmares can be pretty disturbing !

Yeah!
Half nightmare half dream come true!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on November 26, 2013, 01:32:17 pm
Holy Crap I'm Stoked!

So as many of you know I've been trying to hit The Ton all year long only to achieve a best top speed of 92mph.  Well last night I was sitting in the garage smoking and staring at the Blackhawk when I thought "I wonder what size front sprocket I actually have on this thing".  Low and behold, this summa-bitch only has an 18 tooth sprocket on it!   :o  I haven't been running out of fuel, I've been running out of motor!  This is fantastic news, as the Blackhawk is laying down gobs of torque and I can fit a 21 or 22 tooth sprocket up front which will dramatically change the characteristics of the torque curve and and RPM range.  Looks like I need to balance my checkbook.   ;D

Scottie
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on November 26, 2013, 06:21:32 pm
Your bike should be able to easily do the ton with proper fearing. 20T should do the job for you. Are the 500 sprockets the  same?
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on November 27, 2013, 02:53:35 am
Had an idea today.  My Chief has 16" wheels and would naturally have to have a taller counter shaft sprocket, so I dug into my crate of parts to have a look.  Good news is that it's a 20 tooth sprocket!  Bad news is someone was running a stretched chain on the bike and the teeth are now curved and distorted.  Worthless.     :(

Scottie
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Craig McClure on December 03, 2013, 10:09:11 pm
Cold, Wet, with Fog here in the North Georgia Mountains today. I was only able to walk by my G5 Deluxe, Love & Admire it, getting to my 01 Miata for an errand in town. I was toasty, comfortable & enjoyed the drive, but wished I was on the R.E. none the less.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Royalista on December 03, 2013, 11:12:13 pm
Upper forties here (6°C), but clear sky, dry 'n sunny, healthy air. Joy to be out. Made for a glorious sunset too.   8)
Although in the west of the country heavy fog caused a mass pile up (150 cars).
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: heloego on December 04, 2013, 04:52:26 am
Dreamt the whole 1200 miles from San Diego that I was on my RE.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Mr.Mazza on December 04, 2013, 11:42:56 am
Dreamt the whole 1200 miles from San Diego that I was on my RE.

Dreamt I HAD an RE

I can get it midnext year.
That's like forever away
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Catbird on December 04, 2013, 12:11:01 pm
All I did was to attach the Battery Tender and to put the motorcycle cover on it.


Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: dginfw on December 05, 2013, 05:04:03 am
Didn't do anything to it today....I sold it two days ago. Now I'm waiting on the Continental GT
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Roeland on December 05, 2013, 04:42:00 pm
I'm setting up a small workshop - got my TIG welder (very basic); the argon gas will be delivered tomorrow - invested in a number of tools and I'm busy with my first café racer project (not RE) - damned it is expensive to buy a lathe and milling machine and a bike lift - these may have to wait - any suggestions about the latter 3?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Craig McClure on December 05, 2013, 10:46:28 pm
I'm setting up a small workshop - damned it is expensive to buy a lathe and milling machine and a bike lift - these may have to wait - any suggestions about the latter 3?
As I'm sure everyone noticed, I'm crazy about my Big Red Harbor Freight Platform Lift- a great value for the money. I also need a lathe & a milling machine, & am waiting for vintage American ones a friend may part with.
  You would do well to check out GRIZZLY TOOLS. They are at the quality upper end of the imported inexpensive shop machines. I have a friend who loves his Grizzly Mill & Lathe. I have had an excellent experience with their woodworking Machinery.  For occasional light work, Harbor Freight machines MAY be ok.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on December 05, 2013, 10:52:25 pm
Can we just stop the charade and call it the "Craig Lift" from now on? ;)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on December 06, 2013, 01:17:45 am
Can we just stop the charade and call it the "Craig Lift" from now on? ;)

LOL  +1   :D

I played in the snow today again.  Well, more like hard pack ice rink!  It would have been funner if it wasn't -10°F.  BRRRRRRRR!!!!       :o

Scottie
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Royalista on December 06, 2013, 08:36:31 pm
A hefty storm went over last night, with spring tide. Made for a noisy night. Went out to check out the aftermath in the woods. Still gusty but the sun shone as the innocence itself.
The charcoal stick that's supposed to heat the box in order to warm my fingers refused to glow. I gave up after the fourth attempt and used the engine instead. Back at home I lit the remains and now it kept on glowing.
That little box has a mischievous mind of its own.  ;)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Land O Aches on December 07, 2013, 12:21:06 am
The 3" Orbital polisher showed up from Griot's Garage, tried a few passes on the front fender. Turned out good, knocked out the oxidation on the Battle Green paint like that.

My enthusiasm for this project has been cooled by the outside temperature - it's about 30 degrees at midday, and that's real weird for Seattle. Usually it's a lot warmer and raining...

Lando
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on December 07, 2013, 12:36:30 am
Same in Portland, just way too cold to even be in the garage.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: roshiba on December 07, 2013, 09:47:43 am
Cleaned the throttle body and changed the mainfold as its cracked..
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: heloego on December 07, 2013, 01:41:18 pm
Using the cold temps and lack of ride time to work on another (maybe better) version of the luggage/bag rack.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Royalista on December 08, 2013, 12:52:37 am
Spent some time at an oldtimer fair.
Saw these beauties. Saved them for you.

Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: heloego on December 08, 2013, 05:11:23 am
 8) Oh! Do I ever like that twin!!!!
Thanks for posting!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: JVS on December 08, 2013, 10:18:16 am
Nothing special, but set a new personal record today. Recorded 33.973 km/L or 79.909 US MPG ~ 80MPG on the Bullet 500. Very pleased. Didn't accelerate too much, and kept it below 51mph on this tank.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Royalista on December 08, 2013, 07:57:22 pm
Congratulations.
That's the secret, keeping it around 50-55 mph and composed accelerating.
My record stands at 35 kpl from the breaking in period. Can't resist jumping the starting grid, alas.  :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on December 09, 2013, 02:18:06 am
I got 80 on my first tank of gas, being over cautious on the breakin. Then I started looking at the numbers in the book closely and realized they were for four speed and totally changed the breakin procedure more fitting to the 5 speed. I never got 80mpg again, but I did average 70 mpg for the life of the bike! I got a lot of mid 70s, though.
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on December 09, 2013, 04:31:09 am
I studded my tires and played in the snow for a while.  I was having fun and got cocky and went down kind of hard in 2nd gear.  I had a real nice drift going and didn't quite get the clutch pulled in on time.  Small dent in the gas tank where the throttle housing hit and tweaked my pretty new headlight mounts.  Oops!  I did cringe seeing the bike go down that hard but I jumped right back on.  I rode around for probably 30-40 minutes.  I should have counted all the crazy ass looks I got.  Good times!   :D

Scottie
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on December 09, 2013, 06:59:42 pm
Small dent in the gas tank where the throttle housing hit and tweaked my pretty new headlight mounts.  Oops!

Ooooo, the guy who painted that tank is going to be pissed that you wrecked his work!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on December 09, 2013, 07:15:08 pm
Ooooo, the guy who painted that tank is going to be pissed that you wrecked his work!


Nah,  I just take it with a grain of salt and a smile.    :D  Honestly, I didn't even put that much time into painting this bike.  I originally wanted to soda blast the whole bike and start over from scratch, but my partner was in Florida last winter while I was doing the restoration and didn't have access to the soda blaster.  So I ended giving my bike a sand-n-shoot (and a small amount of body work) paint job instead.  I don't care about scratching and denting it up over having some fun.  It's so worth it!  Besides, now I have a fun story to tell when someone asks "how the hell did you get a dent in the top of your tank?"   ;D

I've always said "You don't know the limits of your ride until you ride it to the limits!  Once you cross the limit, you know when to stop pushing."

Scottie
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: azcatfan on December 10, 2013, 05:07:44 am
I did the LED punch in  :), changed the pilots, the clusters, and the brake light.  With the LED 1157 replacement seeming a little week, I added a flasher license plate bar.  Now the brake lights are very noticeable, and the amp meter doesn't flinch at idle with the brake on  8)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: 02Electra on December 10, 2013, 11:14:24 am
Polished the side covers up a bit :)

(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7344/11305976763_c072420474_c.jpg)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on December 10, 2013, 12:31:24 pm
Polished the side covers up a bit :)

(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7344/11305976763_c072420474_c.jpg)

If I could whistle with letters I would totally be whistling at your pic right now.  Looks great!

Scottie
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: JVS on December 10, 2013, 12:35:47 pm
hahaha I remember your bike from last year, 02Electra, when you joined the forum. It's still in the room? =O How often do you take it out  ;)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on December 10, 2013, 04:23:03 pm
Polished the side covers up a bit :)

I so need to do that.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: azcatfan on December 10, 2013, 05:03:57 pm
Nice job on the covers, I need to do that on the primary side too, lots of boot marks...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Craig McClure on December 10, 2013, 05:33:53 pm
Nah,  I just take it with a grain of salt and a smile.    :D  Honestly, I didn't even put that much time into painting this bike.  I originally wanted to soda blast the whole bike and start over from scratch, but my partner was in Florida last winter while I was doing the restoration and didn't have access to the soda blaster.  So I ended giving my bike a sand-n-shoot (and a small amount of body work) paint job instead.  I don't care about scratching and denting it up over having some fun.  It's so worth it!  Besides, now I have a fun story to tell when someone asks "how the hell did you get a dent in the top of your tank?"   ;D

I've always said "You don't know the limits of your ride until you ride it to the limits!  Once you cross the limit, you know when to stop pushing."

Scottie
Hey Scottie, After reading of your TANK DENT. I had a thought. Many British made bikes came with adjustable screws on the fork turn limiting lugs, so the fork could turn side to side, lock to lock-adjusted so no hardware contacted the tank. You might check to see if yours is like that. This is harder with low bars, impossible with some clubman or clip-ons. The switches on my low superbike bars just miss my tank.  My G5 has no adjustment on the limit lugs. If the switches had hit, I'd have drilled & tapped them, & installed screws with jam nuts.
Just a thought for what its worth.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on December 11, 2013, 12:38:58 am
Polished the side covers up a bit :)

Wow - I can tell what brand of jeans you're wearing!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: 02Electra on December 11, 2013, 07:18:52 am
Thanks for the kind words guys. The primary cover, fork legs and the brake plate are awaiting similar treatment!

hahaha I remember your bike from last year, 02Electra, when you joined the forum. It's still in the room? =O How often do you take it out  ;)

Ha! Good memory. Let's see- I reckon it's done some 500km's in that time. That's a lot by my standards :P I don't park it outside now. After a ride, in it goes. This was one of the better models produced by RE and not many survive in original condition and even fewer in top condition (maybe a handful including mine). So, I'll just preserve it and ride when I want to ride rather than commute. It has 35,000 km's on the odo. Hopefully I'll break the 100,000 mark by my retirement and I'm only 28 yet  ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Royalista on December 11, 2013, 11:56:43 am
150 km a month will get you there.  ;)

I know a fellow who has 255000 km on his moped and still adding.
Some say our bikes are not reliable. Ha, some say...
 ;D ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Roeland on December 11, 2013, 12:39:31 pm
Hi,

I issued our 12th Cape Town Newletter today. The Cape Town RE Ownersclub strictly speaking exists no for 1 year. Copy of the newsletter attached....

Regards

Roeland
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: heloego on December 11, 2013, 01:18:38 pm
Excellent Newsletter, Roe!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Roeland on December 11, 2013, 01:25:42 pm
Thanks - Anybody who wants to receive it can just email me ( mandy.soulsby.bodart@gmail.com ) - and offcourse we would like to include stories from elswhere in the world as well...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: St1g9203 on December 11, 2013, 04:44:55 pm
Start, warm up for 10 minutes and shutdown!! wait for 3 more days before she hits the road again..
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gremlin on December 11, 2013, 04:57:55 pm
Wow - I can tell what brand of jeans you're wearing!

ummm....  what ?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on December 11, 2013, 07:09:02 pm
ummm....  what ?

The covers are so shiny, and the reflection of the photographer is so clear that...  oh, never mind!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: crush02342002 on December 13, 2013, 03:07:01 am
I know the thread is what did you do to your Royal Enfield today but I just now got a video from my buddies of me playing in the sand a couple of months ago....
https://www.dropbox.com/sc/afvy1cd1ecpbce9/JNWqhDAxqg

I admit this was my first time on the sand on any bike...lol
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on December 13, 2013, 03:15:11 am
I know the thread is what did you do to your Royal Enfield today but I just now got a video from my buddies of me playing in the sand a couple of months ago....
https://www.dropbox.com/sc/afvy1cd1ecpbce9/JNWqhDAxqg

I admit this was my first time on the sand on any bike...lol

Sweet!  I love playing in the dirt.  Ask anyone!   ;)

Scottie
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: crush02342002 on December 13, 2013, 03:37:31 am
Sweet!  I love playing in the dirt.  Ask anyone!   ;)

Scottie

Don't need too ;)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on December 13, 2013, 04:32:57 am
Where was that video taken at?  It looked like a real nice place to ride.  :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: crush02342002 on December 13, 2013, 04:57:00 am
Galveston beach
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: rvcycleguy on December 13, 2013, 11:45:56 am
Galveston beach


Looks like 337, Bluewater Highway.  It runs for 30 miles parallel to the beach from Surfside to San Luis Pass. 
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on December 13, 2013, 01:14:55 pm
Galveston beach

So that's what I was missing out on all these years not going to Grandma's and Grandpa's house for spring break?!  Well, they actually used to live in Brownsville, but I know my parents and MY KIDS have been to Galveston Beach.  Having a job and being responsible sucks sometimes.  LOL   ;)

Scottie
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Roeland on December 13, 2013, 01:21:41 pm
I dressed up as an elf and went on the RE to dish out presents for mentally challenged kids - they really loved the sound of the bike - more so than the presents.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Royalista on December 13, 2013, 02:17:59 pm
+1
That's cool.

Playing in the sand is very rewarding too.  ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: crush02342002 on December 13, 2013, 02:31:04 pm

Looks like 337, Bluewater Highway.  It runs for 30 miles parallel to the beach from Surfside to San Luis Pass.

I think your right... right after we went to the pleasure pier and ate at the bubba gump shrimp co. restaurant. Good food!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: D the D on December 13, 2013, 04:22:11 pm
I dressed up as an elf and went on the RE to dish out presents for mentally challenged kids - they really loved the sound of the bike - more so than the presents.

Cool!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on December 13, 2013, 06:01:03 pm
After about two weeks of sub freezing temperatures I woke up to the thaw.  I was all excited to ride to work today (even if it is raining) and then, dead battery :(  I just took it off the charger a few days ago so I guess this battery is done.  Now I know what to put on my Christmas list.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Craig McClure on December 14, 2013, 03:00:23 am
Quote from: Ducati Scotty link=topic=  I just took it off the charger a few days ago so I guess this battery is done.  Now I know what to put on my Christmas list.

Scott
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NONE OF MY BUSSINESS, BUT...Friends don't let Friends WASTE MONEY on old lead/acid batteries. "AGM Battery" from DEKA or MOTOBATT is the way to go.  Merry Christmas!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: crush02342002 on December 14, 2013, 03:34:33 am
I dressed up as an elf and went on the RE to dish out presents for mentally challenged kids - they really loved the sound of the bike - more so than the presents.

that is freaking awesome, I really would like to get into something like that
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on December 14, 2013, 08:55:15 am
Yup, AGM is the way to go.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on December 14, 2013, 01:13:57 pm
Just don't buy an Advance Auto Parts (AutoCraft) AGM battery.  My spare AutoCraft battery works good for charging my cell phone with my car charger when I'm in the garage.  And.......  I don't have anything else nice to say to about them.    :-\

Scottie
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: tooseevee on December 14, 2013, 01:38:43 pm
Just don't buy an Advance Auto Parts (AutoCraft) AGM battery.  My spare AutoCraft battery works good for charging my cell phone with my car charger when I'm in the garage.  And.......  I don't have anything else nice to say to about them.    :-\

Scottie

                  Do I need a special battery charger for these new glass mat batteries I've got now? (I pulled both batteries yesterday (it was 400 below here) & put them in the tiny warm room I have in the garage for the winter. They both read over 12V).
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: GSS on December 14, 2013, 02:42:23 pm
This works great for all types including AGM and you can usually pick one up for less than $30. It comes with a little connector that you attach to the battery terminals on your bike.......simply plug in your bike without having to remove your battery.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on December 14, 2013, 02:43:15 pm
                  Do I need a special battery charger for these new glass mat batteries I've got now? (I pulled both batteries yesterday (it was 400 below here) & put them in the tiny warm room I have in the garage for the winter. They both read over 12V).

No.  All motorcycle batteries need to be trickle charged.  Just use whatever you have been using.  Tho, if you don't own a battery tender or maintenance charger, get one.  They are specifically designed for motorcycle batteries to keep them at an optimum state of charge.

Scottie
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Craig McClure on December 14, 2013, 04:15:11 pm
No.  All motorcycle batteries need to be trickle charged.  Just use whatever you have been using.  Tho, if you don't own a battery tender or maintenance charger, get one.  They are specifically designed for motorcycle batteries to keep them at an optimum state of charge.

Scottie
Well you guessed it... I bought a neat Float Charger from HARBOR FREIGHT for $13., & wired a permanent pigtail with female plug onto the battery. Every 2 weeks, during winter, I plug it in for a few days. PERFECT!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on December 14, 2013, 04:39:28 pm
Am I'm misremembering?  Or do you need a charger that doesn't de-sulfate for AGMs?  Better chargers for lead acid batteries switch to some kind of pulsing pattern to make sure the battery doesn't get sulfated and die an early death.  I think this is bad for AGMs.  On the bright side, inexpensive chargers rarely have this feature and work just fine. 

And I was planning on getting a MotoBatt.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on December 14, 2013, 04:44:04 pm
I made out like a bandit yesterday at Harbor Freight!  I got a pneumatic flange/punch tool, metric 3/8" drive swivel sockets, 10 piece screw driver set and a wire brush set for $70 w/ tax.  : D

Scottie
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on December 14, 2013, 05:00:59 pm
http://jalopnik.com/5959822/i-love-you-harbor-freight-but-you-smell-like-plastic-hell

I buy a lot of stuff there too.  And I re-read this piece very few months because it's so funny and so true.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on December 14, 2013, 05:16:13 pm
 ;D ;D ;D

I've got a long list of friends I'll be sending that one to!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on December 14, 2013, 06:16:28 pm
The wife was acting like a little beeotch, so I went out to the garage and "tuned" my carb.  After about 10 minutes of some Burt Munroe action I get a text "Stop revving your motor like that! It's obnoxious!"  It's good to be able to know your wife in all circumstances.  Even for little passive aggressive revenge.   ;D

Scottie
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: crush02342002 on December 16, 2013, 03:46:58 am
the list is long of HF crap I have...welder, engine hoist, low-pro jack, jack stands, list just goes on. HF is crack to me. I go in for a screw driver and end up carrying out over a grand in crap including a plasma cutter..........sonofa....lol
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Roeland on December 16, 2013, 01:01:12 pm
It was our wedding anniversary today and we went on a commemorative ride in memory of one of our fellow riders who past away earlier this year. We where joined by 2 Thruxtons - I'm think already on a addition to my small stable.... I received no negative text messages today.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Royalista on December 18, 2013, 08:19:38 pm
Nice spell of weather these days.
Made longer rides, coming home by dusk, after enjoying colors of setting sun. Actually come to like the lit "Royal Enfield" logo on the MIL.  :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on December 21, 2013, 04:05:44 pm
I determined last night that  the solenoid died again.  That's the second one.  I opened it and cleaner the contacts, it worked for about 3 seconds after that.  Time to get something bigger, maybe a nice Ford solenoid.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: GreenMachine on December 21, 2013, 04:49:37 pm
I took the battery out for the winter and brought it inside... :(
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on December 21, 2013, 06:28:17 pm
Scotty - These are pretty dependable starter relay for a Ford 5.0 ltr from the late 80's to late 90's.  I sold probably close to 100 of them in 2 years working for Advance and only returned maybe a half dozen or so.

http://shop.advanceautoparts.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_starter-solenoid-bwd_5972833-p?navigationPath=L1*14920|L2*15006|L3*15662

Scottie
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Royalista on December 21, 2013, 10:53:52 pm
I determined last night that  the solenoid died again.  That's the second one.  I opened it and cleaner the contacts, it worked for about 3 seconds after that.  Time to get something bigger, maybe a nice Ford solenoid.

Scott

How long did both worked?
My first went out at approx 16000 kms (10000 miles).
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on December 22, 2013, 01:02:08 am
One died after a year and a half, the other about two years.  I picked up two different Ford solenoids today.  I'll have to see which fits better.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: tooseevee on December 22, 2013, 01:06:36 am
http://jalopnik.com/5959822/i-love-you-harbor-freight-but-you-smell-like-plastic-hell

I buy a lot of stuff there too.  And I re-read this piece very few months because it's so funny and so true.
Scott

             "I love the smell of good writing in the morning.

                  It smells like..... Hope.

               And I find so little of either of late".
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: DanKearney on December 24, 2013, 12:30:15 am
One died after a year and a half, the other about two years.  I picked up two different Ford solenoids today.  I'll have to see which fits better.

Scott


I'm confused.  Are you talking about the solenoid that makes the starter gear engage?  Or are you meaning the relay that powers the starter circuit?


Cheers,

Dan K.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on December 24, 2013, 01:26:58 pm
We don't have a solenoid in the starter to engage it, we have the sprag clutch.  I'm talking about the relay that closes to send electricity to the starter.  Sorry for the confusion.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on December 24, 2013, 01:51:02 pm
We don't have a solenoid in the starter to engage it, we have the sprag clutch.  I'm talking about the relay that closes to send electricity to the starter.  Sorry for the confusion.

Scott

That makes more sense.  I was wondering where the hell you planned on putting that big ass Solenoid.  ;)

Scottie
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on December 24, 2013, 02:08:01 pm
I've got two Ford relays.  I get back to town New Years Eve, so hopefully I'll have enough Tim to fit one and get the bike running for the New Years Day ride.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: DanKearney on December 24, 2013, 08:35:49 pm
We don't have a solenoid in the starter to engage it, we have the sprag clutch.  I'm talking about the relay that closes to send electricity to the starter.  Sorry for the confusion.

Scott

Got it.  Thanks.

Cheers,

Dan K.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on December 26, 2013, 03:34:04 pm
Yesterday I charged up my battery (still haven't gotten around to replacing the alternator.  Again.) And took a short Christmas ride around town and stopped by my best friends house for a while.  It was actually a quite pleasant ride at about 50°F.  I had a great Christmas.

Scottie
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on January 01, 2014, 06:23:29 am
Dumbest thing yet.  When I re-installed the starter I had put the power and ground lines on the same post.  Ugh!  Sorted quickly and not it lives again.

On a bright note, the Ford starter relay fits in really well, easier than I expected and bolted to the stock mounts with a tiny mod.  This one should never burn out, but if it does I can get one anywhere for $12.  I have it all together and running for tomorrow's ride but I'll be taking it apart and rewiring it cleanly.  Better cable ends and probably replace the stiff OEM battery cables with some larger, more flexible ones.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on January 01, 2014, 12:00:13 pm
...I'll be taking it apart and rewiring it cleanly.  Better cable ends and probably replace the stiff OEM battery cables with some larger, more flexible ones.

Scott, I've gotta do that myself - after my OEM battery cable ends broke, and my "quality" NAPA replacements broke, too!  It was suggested that I look into getting wiring made up of welding cable, IIRC.  Please let us know what you do...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on January 01, 2014, 06:28:25 pm
I'm planning on doing exactly the same.  Check out McMaster Carr.  They sell welding cable by the foot at reasonable prices.  Ends and boots too I think.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on January 01, 2014, 09:23:35 pm
I'm planning on doing exactly the same.  Check out McMaster Carr.  They sell welding cable by the foot at reasonable prices.  Ends and boots too I think.

Well, I'm too lazy right now to go and look, but it may even have been you who made the suggestion to me after my second battery terminal fail...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on January 02, 2014, 05:58:32 pm
Hmmm....  The Ford starter relay is working, but only when the headlight is off.  I suspect it needs a bit more juice than the stocker to trigger and with the tiny wires and headlight burning, there's just not enough reserve.  Looking at some other options, including the one I had.  While I thought it had just failed I now suspect my wiring the positive and negative leads of the starter together may have hastened its demise.  Plus they're cheap, I can always get two and keep one in the toolbox as a spare.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on January 02, 2014, 06:19:36 pm
Scotty - If you touch the ground and positive wires together on the starter you may have melted a wire somewhere.

Scottie
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on January 02, 2014, 06:29:51 pm
Well that curious burning smell was my first clue that something was amiss :)  And the big battery lines were warm but not hot.  I only tried to start it a few times, so not too bad.  I'm replacing those anyway just because I want something heavier gauge and more flexible.  I'm also planning to rewire the regulator/rectifier lines for the same reason.  I've had the parts for a year, just haven't gotten to it, so that's this winter's project.

Still, the miswire should have only affected the leads going to the starter, not the solenoid actuator lines or anything else for that matter.  There are two lines for the actuator, positive and negative, but I only hooked up the positive since the Ford solenoid has a chassis ground.  I'm going to connect the ground line to the solenoid mounting bolt just for good measure, that may make a difference.

Once I get it sorted and working properly I'll move into the winter rewiring projects.  Also planning to do headlight solenoids.  My bike won't charge with a 55/60W headlight so I'm currently running a 30/30W.  If the rewire and solenoids don't sort that out then I'll replace the reg/rect with an aftermarket unit.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Royalista on January 02, 2014, 10:54:28 pm
Changed the bulb from the left tiger eye. It was the original bulb, it lasted 25600 kms and was reluctant to come out.
The one on the right died after 6800 kms.
Now I have 3W on both sides (2W is not available here as these types of bulbs are no longer stocked; I need to hoard).

Got caught by a torrential rain today. It brought darkness an hour earlier. As I wasn't quite sure where I was and visibility got poor I had to ride home on compass. At a given moment I found the road had become really potholed. Figure I'd just found one of the few non paved roads in the area.
Man, do I love the bullet. It never failed a bit, brought me home safe and well. Thanks to the rain all mud wiped off pretty easy.
Never a dull day.
Happy with the new year so far.  ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: JVS on January 03, 2014, 07:42:31 am
Got US 81.45 MPG or 34.63 km/L on my Bullet 500 today! Wow! Highest since I've got it. Very happy.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Royalista on January 03, 2014, 11:12:22 pm
Got US 81.45 MPG or 34.63 km/L on my Bullet 500 today! Wow! Highest since I've got it. Very happy.
Congratulations. You're a smooth rider.  ;)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: crush02342002 on January 04, 2014, 04:07:15 am
wow that is good...that's damn good. great job on the throttle
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: heloego on January 04, 2014, 01:28:21 pm
Great mileage, JVS!  ;D

Weather in the 50s today. Got her out after a 3 week rest, put about 30 miles on her.
Hope the weather hold for awhile.  ???
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on January 04, 2014, 06:35:29 pm
Some of the guys a couple of years ago were getting starter relays from lawnmower shops that replaced the RE ones nicely and were cheap. I don't recall the details as I never had a problem, but it might be worth looking into.
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on January 04, 2014, 07:39:41 pm
Exactly what I picked up yesterday ;)  Universal unit for lawn tractors, $12 at Home Depot.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: crush02342002 on January 05, 2014, 12:12:50 am
since it was warm out I pulled the bullet from the garage and got to work pulling off all the bolts that loosened up on me on my trip to Dallas and smeared some locktight on em. Replaced all the bulbs in the speedo but left the low fuel/engine light alone (wasn't sure how those bulbs come out). Pulled the header pipe off to see what happened to the gasket....ummmmm....no gasket....isn't there supposed to be one?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gashousegorilla on January 05, 2014, 12:24:25 am
   Yes.... at the connection to the head. You sure it's not there, or is it just so blackened with carbon it looks the rest of the port ? 
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on January 05, 2014, 01:08:10 am
ummmmm....no gasket....isn't there supposed to be one?

I have some.  I've got stock and the copper crush style from Aircraft Spruce.  PM me your address and which kind you'd like if you need one.  Oh, and I went with copper, I figure it's less likely to blow out ;)

For myself, I removed the Ford starter relay and installed one from a lawn mower.  The Ford wouldn't kick if the headlight was on.  This one works fine and bolted right up with no mods required.  It's only $13 at Home Depot, part # 490-250-0013:
http://www.homedepot.com/p/12-Volt-Universal-Lawn-Tractor-Solenoid-490-250-0013/203642367#.UsixBPvAHQg

Yup, I've officially got lawn mower parts on my bike now  ::)

Also, if you get the full sized MotoBatt AGM battery, just skip the little bolt on posts and bolt the cables right to the battery.  It's way easier to get the battery in that way and seems to be just fine.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on January 05, 2014, 02:46:25 am
I played in the snow!     ;D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJ1oS309OQU&feature=youtu.be

Scottie
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: DanKearney on January 05, 2014, 06:31:15 am
I played in the snow!     ;D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJ1oS309OQU&feature=youtu.be (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJ1oS309OQU&feature=youtu.be)

Scottie


You're a nut man!


Cheers,


Dan K.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Royalista on January 05, 2014, 03:54:27 pm
... bolted the good way.
Excellent ride.  ;D

Noticed loss of oil.
Found out a corner of the right hand cover gasket went awol.
Turned out a 1000 mile gasket.  ::)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on January 05, 2014, 10:54:42 pm
I rode up to a British Bike show/tell/parts event in North Phoenix today.

Lots of Triumphs, some BSA's, a Matchless 350 single and several Nortons.  For a while, I had the only street legal Royal Enfield and it got a lot of attention. :)

One guy had a Royal Enfield 350cc Fury in the back of his pickup truck.  It was set up for flat track with no front brake. 
The competition cylinder head on that bike was huge!  Doing a little reading I see where the 350 Fury was apparently only made in 1961?   He only wanted $7,000 for it so I let him keep it.

As I was leaving, I did see a green Royal Enfield Iron Barrel parked so I stopped for a bit to see if I could locate the owner.
After three different people asked me about my G5, the owner of the Iron Barrel still hadn't shown up so I left for home.
If he's/she's a member here, perhaps he/she will speak up?

Anyway, it was a nice day for a ride with the temperatures in the low 60's (F.).  ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: azcatfan on January 06, 2014, 10:54:48 pm
I meant to get out there to that show but I got busy with family stuff.

As for what I did to mine today, I got to ride it to and from work, which is something most people in the northern hemisphere can't say right now.

I have a few days off work so I plan on some maintenance - fluid changes, front drum shoe replacement/cleaning/adjusting/cable lube.  I'm going to employ that Hitchcocks mod to the top trunnion.  Any pitfalls I should be aware of doing this?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on January 07, 2014, 04:53:02 am
Did you get that 002 from Barney?  If so, the front brake defenitely needs adjusting.
It should ba able to almost lock up the front tire and when I rode it, it was dong good to stop from 30 mph in 150 feet.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: azcatfan on January 07, 2014, 01:12:48 pm
Did you get that 002 from Barney?  If so, the front brake defenitely needs adjusting.
It should ba able to almost lock up the front tire and when I rode it, it was dong good to stop from 30 mph in 150 feet.

Yup, I have Barney's bike.  He may have adjusted between when you looked at it and when I bought it, to me its front brake performance is on par with my friend's '99 which has the same set up.  I've been riding it as my commuter for the last three months in city traffic and I haven't had concerns for safety with it.  I just know it could be better.

The main reason I'm breaking into it (pun intended, go ahead and laugh) is because I've already put more miles on it in the last 3 months than Barney did over several years and I have some time off to do it.  That Hitchcocks mod looks promising, and it is free!  I'll take pictures and share the work in the Iron section once I get into it.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: crush02342002 on January 10, 2014, 12:01:08 am
I have some.  I've got stock and the copper crush style from Aircraft Spruce.  PM me your address and which kind you'd like if you need one.  Oh, and I went with copper, I figure it's less likely to blow out ;)

For myself, I removed the Ford starter relay and installed one from a lawn mower.  The Ford wouldn't kick if the headlight was on.  This one works fine and bolted right up with no mods required.  It's only $13 at Home Depot, part # 490-250-0013:
http://www.homedepot.com/p/12-Volt-Universal-Lawn-Tractor-Solenoid-490-250-0013/203642367#.UsixBPvAHQg

Yup, I've officially got lawn mower parts on my bike now  ::)

Also, if you get the full sized MotoBatt AGM battery, just skip the little bolt on posts and bolt the cables right to the battery.  It's way easier to get the battery in that way and seems to be just fine.

Scott

Thanks for the offer but im going to order up 2 or 3 of them. Im thinking of swapping exhausts at some point.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: ace.cafe on January 10, 2014, 12:22:35 am
I have never heard of a 350 Fury.
AFAIK, all the Big Heads were for the 500. The guy might have been mistaken about the displacement.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on January 10, 2014, 12:47:31 am
Thanks for the offer but im going to order up 2 or 3 of them. Im thinking of swapping exhausts at some point.

Order 10, they're cheap.  ;)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on January 10, 2014, 04:57:42 am
ACE:

Check out page 156 in the book, "Royal Enfield-By Miles The Best", Gordon G. May.

It shows the 1961, "350 Fury Scrambler".

The text says,
"USA Export Model.
346cc single cylinder OHV.  Bore and stroke 70 x 90 mm.  Competition cylinder head and alloy barrel.  3 roller and 1 ball bearing main bearings. 1 3/16 Amal Monoblock carburettor.  N1 - 4 racing magneto.
Provision for a rev counter.  Armstrong rear dampers.  Straight thru exhaust.  No headlight or speedometer.  Raised handlebars.
2 3/4 gallon sports fuel tank.  Black enamel frame and forks.  Finished in Chinese red & chrome."

The cylinder head looks to have the Iron Barrel style valve covers but the cylinder head fins are quite large (as was the one I saw at the show).
The motorcycle in the photo also has a front drum brake, unlike the flat tracker I saw.

There was also a 500 Fury which was also a USA Export Model with the competition "Big Head" cylinder, a 1 1/2 inch intake port with a 1 15/16 intake valve.
These big heads, as you know had valve covers that are angled and look much like the AVL style.

On page 150, there are three photos of the 500cc Big Head which were apparently made from 1959 thru 1961?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: ace.cafe on January 10, 2014, 06:07:04 am
Wow! I will have to check that out!
Never even heard of it before. It must be super rare. The big head 500 heads are rare enough.
Thanks for the reference!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: rvcycleguy on January 11, 2014, 05:02:04 pm
Got the 56 Bullet out of the garage and fired it up.  Took a few kicks.  Weak battery I guess.  Have not ridden or even started it since before Thanksgiving.  After it fired, warmed it up nicely and went for a quick 30 minute ride. Rode very well.  Felt better than ever before actually. With the new Bosch coil a few months ago, new NGK plugs and the carb slide now working properly, it runs good. Topped out at 100km, which for me is fast. Felt good holding it there for a few minutes.  Weather here is in the 70's and sunny today and tomorrow.  Will probably get out and ride some more after a few honey do errands in the car.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on January 11, 2014, 05:08:04 pm
Some nice cold dense air always makes them run better too.  Glad you had a good ride.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: heloego on January 11, 2014, 10:29:56 pm
Add my grin to yours.  :D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on January 11, 2014, 11:01:13 pm
I worked until noon today and the weather was damn near 60  so I took advantage and took the Blackhawk to run some errands.  Took the long way home and stopped to say hi to my old coworkers (now friends) at Advance Auto, apparently the store hasn't been the same since I left.  All in all I had a great day!  Note I'm going to unwind with some Bard's and MMJ in the garage while I fantasize about my Bonneville build.   :D

Scottie
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: ace.cafe on January 11, 2014, 11:43:37 pm
I'm busy doing other people's Enfields.

One of these days, I will work on my own.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: heloego on January 12, 2014, 01:23:49 am
Unpacked and assembled my baby's HOliday Present.  A HF Big Red Lift.  ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gremlin on January 12, 2014, 03:31:22 am
Unpacked and assembled my baby's HOliday Present.  A HF Big Red Lift.  ;D

Your baby will love it.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gmmechanic on January 12, 2014, 10:54:46 pm
after 2 weeks of bad weather i went for a good putt...hope to tommorrow also if good lord willing and the creeks dont rise...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Royalista on January 12, 2014, 11:55:22 pm
Today was cold again; very cold because of extra wind.
And yet I was still smiling. Such a great motorcycle.  ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Craig McClure on January 14, 2014, 10:01:29 pm
Sunday I removed the Bench Seat from my 2010 G5 Deluxe, in preparation for installing real pretty LEATHER covered Lycette style Solo Seat, & Pillion Seats, I came by.
The G5's rear fender support bracket (I uncovered) had such butt ugly welds, I felt obligated to mold them in so they wouldn't be noticeable. After filing the worst of the welds even with other surfaces, I covered everything up & did my "mold-in" work using JB-Weld. All went well with the filling, filing & finish sanding, & I sprayed it the correct Black today. It should be dry when I finish here, & I hope to have it all together soon. My bench seat was very comfy- but looked pretty cheezy. These seats are just spectacular, & although maybe not as cushy, may help me touch the ground a little easier. Hope I get to try it out soon.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: heloego on January 15, 2014, 04:03:29 pm
Pic(s)?  :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Craig McClure on January 16, 2014, 05:31:19 am
Pic(s)?  :)
Much as I hate to make excuses, This job took longer than it should, I just finished this evening(Wednesday).  Not easy, putting the vintage Solo & Pillion seats on a G5, while still using my Rack, & rear Grab Bar. The seats themselves came with some steel adapter bits cobbled up by Hitchcock's blacksmith, to approximate the mounting holes on the G5 frame. Non traditional bike tools were required, Die Grinder, C-Clamps, pry-bar etc. My JB-WELD was slow to set in my cold work area, & after using a heat gun, still took all night for the first application of mold-in to set, on the ugly welds of the rear fender brace. Another day for the Paint to dry. The hardest part was getting bolts through several sandwiched layers of uncooperative sheet metal, due to Arthritis in old Fingers & ancient Shoulder Joints.  Anyway, it looks pretty good, & felt just fine sitting on it making vroom-vroom noises. I'll try & get Pix soon, but to cold to ride for awhile, so will do some cleaning & touch-up, while it's on the BIG RED LIFT.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: heloego on January 16, 2014, 06:48:03 am
No rush , Craig.
Ya wanna do it up right, then post pics.  :D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Craig McClure on January 16, 2014, 11:34:16 pm
Here are the Lycette style Solo & Pillion seats I put on my G5 Deluxe. I got them previously owned-sight unseen. Fortunately they came with Hardware for a G5. The appear to be the LEATHER COVERED, UK MADE, HITCHCOCKS SEATS. Ordinarily these would have been beyond my budget, but I got lucky. They were not easy to fit, but came out very nicely, & are comfortable enough for the riding I do. I do like the vintage look, & high quality of the seats, & am pretty keen on Leather goods.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on January 16, 2014, 11:43:19 pm
Did the rider's seat end up being higher or lower than the original bench?

Nice looking leather :)

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Craig McClure on January 16, 2014, 11:59:34 pm
Hi Scotty, They are pretty close to being level without me on it. When I'm astride, it probably goes down a bit, I can feel the pillion nudge me comfortingly from behind, & slightly above the drivers seat. I imagine I could still slide back onto the pillion, if needed, coming into the finish line at the TT. ;-)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: JVS on January 17, 2014, 12:30:07 am
Neat install! Looking good.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Craig McClure on January 17, 2014, 02:30:50 am
Did the rider's seat end up being higher or lower than the original bench?

Nice looking leather :)

Scott
Hey Scotty, I think the solo may be about the same height as the bench, but can't be sure until its off the stand, taking my weight.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Magoo on January 17, 2014, 10:33:40 am
Replaced the stock chain with a tsubaki o-ring, and my dealer kindly replaced the upswept silencer that didn't even make it to 3000km before imploding with this Australian made custom number, the M16.
Never heard of it but it sounds pretty damn good!
Can anyone recommend a small heat shield?!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: heloego on January 17, 2014, 01:15:41 pm
The install really looks good, Craig! And NOTHIN' beats real leather! How's it for comfort?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Craig McClure on January 17, 2014, 04:44:16 pm
The install really looks good, Craig! And NOTHIN' beats real leather! How's it for comfort?
Hi, Comfort? I'll know more once I ride it awhile. But on first impression, I noticed the rigid wedge shape of the seat frame, the internal springs, & the seats coil spring suspension, do offer some cush. I don't believe it will be any problem, as I have spent many hours riding on Denfield & Pagusa Rubber Solos, on my old BMW's, URAL's Etc. I can always add a Fleece cover for summertime & long rides.
  Last time I priced real Shearling Fleece Covers - I went to Wal Mart & bought a Black Shag Toilet Lid Cover for $9.95 for my Ural. They work really well, & can soften the edges of a brick.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: tooseevee on January 17, 2014, 05:46:58 pm
Hi, Comfort? I'll know more once I ride it awhile. But on first impression, I noticed the rigid wedge shape of the seat frame, the internal springs, & the seats coil spring suspension, do offer some cush. I don't believe it will be any problem, as I have spent many hours riding on Denfield & Pagusa Rubber Solos, on my old BMW's, URAL's Etc. I can always add a Fleece cover for summertime & long rides.
  Last time I priced real Shearling Fleece Covers - I went to Wal Mart & bought a Black Shag Toilet Lid Cover for $9.95 for my Ural. They work really well, & can soften the edges of a brick.

            I put the NFieldGear version of your seat on my '08 a couple years ago & like it just fine. Of course, I don't ride hundreds of miles a week like you. It just hurts too damn much (not the seat, just me as a whole unit).

             I like the black fake sheepskin toilet seat cover idea. A bit of elastic tape could be stitched around a piece cut to fit & look pretty cool. I could lie & say it was yak  :D(http://)

              I made a custom seat cover for the DS I had in the '70s out of a huge piece of fake sheepskin I found at a remnant store. It saved the blue velour from the in & out of my Levis for 12 years.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: motomataya on January 17, 2014, 08:04:11 pm
Magoo,
Cobra has just what you need for a small heat shield. Part # 99-0155P
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on January 18, 2014, 01:29:44 am
I got my heat shield at the local Harley graveyard store.
It was one of the few things they had that was reasonably priced.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: ge0ff on January 18, 2014, 06:35:06 am
Replaced the stock chain with a tsubaki o-ring, and my dealer kindly replaced the upswept silencer that didn't even make it to 3000km before imploding with this Australian made custom number, the M16.
Never heard of it but it sounds pretty damn good!
Can anyone recommend a small heat shield?!

I thought i saw your bike parked at JCS, i stopped there for a new spark plug. I saw that silencer hanging on the wall behind the parts counter......yours still had the upswept on it when I was there.

Ho do you like it? Can you post a video of the sound?

Are you going on tomorrows Run to the Hills ride with PCR?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Magoo on January 18, 2014, 07:14:38 am
Hey Geoff.
It's made by Outercycle manufacturing in Vic.
JCS stopped stocking the Indian made upswepts, rightly so, total POS.
It's pretty throaty...nice thump on idle and a good blat when it gets going.
Slight performance increase too which was a nice surprise.
I'll check out the PCR ride deets now!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: ge0ff on January 18, 2014, 08:57:21 am
Well hopefully you come to the ride tomorrow so I can hear it!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on January 18, 2014, 09:25:03 pm
Charged up the battery good and took a ride downtown to The Bonneville Shop to finally pick up a new alternator.  Was a great day for a ride!  About 50°F and the Blackhawk is tuned so good for this weather!  I just can't get over how well this bike runs at this altitude.  Can't wait to upgrade the 18 tooth sprocket for a 21.  It should really tear it up then!

Scottie
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Craig McClure on January 19, 2014, 12:45:57 am
My G5 Deluxe is indoors, sipping at the HARBOR FREIGHT $9.95 Float Charger today, & looked achingly good with the New Seats, yearning for warmer weather, ready to go, & aimed at the garage door.
  I was only able to stop & share a moment with it, before heading out to run errands in a vehicle with a heater.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: The_Rigger on January 19, 2014, 02:08:49 am
Those seats look good, Craig...  Nice install.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: heloego on January 19, 2014, 04:44:19 am
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...sipping at the HARBOR FREIGHT $9.95 Float Charger today...

Speaking of HF, at their last parking lot sale I got an "Open Box" special on a bench drill press with a 1/2" key-less chuck for $50. All that was wrong was a busted plastic knob (fixed with Super Glue). Works great. Oughtta last a long time.  :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on January 19, 2014, 12:52:03 pm
My G5 Deluxe is indoors, sipping at the HARBOR FREIGHT $9.95 Float Charger today, & looked achingly good with the New Seats, yearning for warmer weather, ready to go, & aimed at the garage door.
  I was only able to stop & share a moment with it, before heading out to run errands in a vehicle with a heater.

I have to ask Craig.....  Is it really that cold down there in Georgia, or are you just spoiled with all the beautiful weather throughout the rest of the year?   :)


Yesterday afternoon I went ahead and got my new alternator installed.  I think I had mentioned before that the last time I installed a new alternator, the rotor was rubbing just a little bit at the bottom of the alternator.  I didn't think anything of as it was a really tight fit around my adapter bracket and didn't have any play or adjustment.  It was rubbing, but it was also working so I just let it fly.  Well, it only lasted about 4 or 5 months before the alternator completely burned up.  Fortunately, I was able to catch the problem before I got stranded somewhere because I've had electrical/charging problems on other bikes (including this one) so I test my batteries on a regular basis.

First of all, my new DeWalt Impact and Drill saved the day!  The only bolts/nuts I couldn't use my impact on were the foot peg, exhaust mount and muffler mount.  While starting to pull the foot peg, I noticed my primary case was loose and moving around.  AGAIN!  Sure enough, the 3 pan head Witworth allen bolts that bolt the primary around the crankshaft were loose again.  It is really hard getting those damn thing tight, I think this was the 3rd time it has happened to me.  If they loosen up again I will be very surprised, because I removed the alternator adapter bracket and used a T-25 Torx bit and my 112ft# cordless impact to drive those bitches in this time!  "Yeah Mo Fo!  Now What?!"    ;D

A great tip to remember when dealing with allen heads that are stripped.  Can't get a metric or SAE to work?  Use a Torx!  They work almost every time!


Put the adapter bracket back on, slid the alternator on and was having the same problem as before, real tight on the bottom edge.  So I broke out my new DeWalt cordless drill this time and opened up the alternator mounting holes from 1/4" to 3/8", cleaned it off good with brake cleaner and compressed air, slid it back on and NOW I have some play.  Got out the feeler gauge and set a .005 gap right next to the one bolt/mount and tightened it up with the impact.  I then went around with the feeler, tapping here and there with a rubber mallet until I had a nice .005 gap around the whole ring.  Took about 10 tries, which would normally equate to about 30-45 minutes of wrenching the nuts on and off trying to get it just right.  But with the cordless impact it only took about 5 minutes to get it perfect!  If you have never had the chance to own/play/use a cordless impact, you have no idea what you are missing out on!  The last time I did this job (by far NOT the first time I've pulled the primary cover for whatever reason) it took me about 5 hours to do this job.  Last night, it took me 3 hours and I wasn't even working that hard on it.  In fact, I even took a break to smoke a cigar.    8)

(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y217/lethalinj/DrewEstateNaturalCleanRobustoWithBardsBeer_zps7431ea64.jpg) (http://s6.photobucket.com/user/lethalinj/media/DrewEstateNaturalCleanRobustoWithBardsBeer_zps7431ea64.jpg.html)

Everything is all back to normal in the electrical department.  :)

Scottie
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: azcatfan on January 19, 2014, 03:25:03 pm
Scottie, We're going to have to get together for cigars sometime!  I love the ashtray too!

Last night I changed as many of the fluids as I could (oil, primary, trans, catch can, forks).  I also made videos of it all, I'll put them together over the rest of the long weekend and make them available so if folks have any questions about how to do it they can see for themselves.  I know I use the hell out of youtube for researching how to fix things....
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on January 19, 2014, 03:38:41 pm
azcatfan - My buddy/co-worker is originally from Tuscon but I've never been there.  Almost moved there, but I moved to Denver instead.  I'd love to get together sometime over a cigar and drinks!  Maybe you can make your way up here for one of the Rocky Mountain rides Dan Kearny (and probably myself) are trying to assemble.  Or maybe I'll get a hair up my arse and decide to take a roady down there.  Who knows!  LOL  ;)

Come to think of it Heloego lives in the half way point of Albuquerque........

Scottie
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: azcatfan on January 19, 2014, 03:42:53 pm
Scottie, my little four speed hauling my big butt through the Rocky Mountains would be as epic as those crazy Himalayan riders!  By this time next year I plan to have a UCE or perhaps a Bonnie, haven't decided yet.  Once I have that extra gear and a bit more grunt, I'll gladly make one of those big rides  8)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on January 19, 2014, 03:57:34 pm
Hey I'm just as skeptical!  My bike is 55 years old and sat for at least 25 years before I picked it up.  I had anxiety just riding around with Dan K. and I was only 105 minutes from home!  I am starting to get more confidence in her though.  Aside from pissing oil everywhere and electrical problems that are basically completely addressed now, it has been a great bike.  I just have trust issues.  LOL  ;D  Was thinking of going for a nice long ride today, but I don't want to miss the Broncos Championship Game.

Scottie
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: heloego on January 19, 2014, 05:00:00 pm
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Come to think of it Heloego lives in the half way point of Albuquerque........

Considering the # of meth labs operating in this state, "half way house" may have been more appropriate.  ;)

In any case, if anyone heads this way, PM me and maybe we'll meet up!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: azcatfan on January 19, 2014, 05:14:47 pm
Sounds like a 4-corners meet up in the works!   8)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on January 19, 2014, 05:21:28 pm
Sounds like a 4-corners meet up in the works!   8)

That's an excellent idea!  Is anyone else interested in 4-Corners meet up and ride?!   :D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: heloego on January 19, 2014, 06:12:24 pm
Wow!
Schedule permitting, this one really appeals to me!  ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: DanKearney on January 19, 2014, 10:26:00 pm
That's an excellent idea!  Is anyone else interested in 4-Corners meet up and ride?!   :D


Absolutely.


Cheers,


Dan K.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: greenchilli on January 20, 2014, 07:18:11 am
Just fitted the Hitchcock's EFI Classic Silencer to my 2013 C5 - all went well apart from removing the large heat shield has exposed a bit on rough welding and a little sticking out catch for the heat shield to attach to. Anyone else had a similar experience and have a quick fix for this - I'm thinking a miniature heat shield section may be required.
(http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n247/greenchilli1971/heatshield.jpg) (http://s114.photobucket.com/user/greenchilli1971/media/heatshield.jpg.html)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: JVS on January 20, 2014, 07:58:43 am
Yes, Hitchcocks provides a very nice heatshield in two different lengths. I have the 30cm one and I am quite pleased. It covers that weld part pretty neatly. You can refer to the 'Photo Gallery'...search for my username and put 'Bullet' in the keywords to see a few pictures of my bike with the heatshield on. Many other members have the same heatshield.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: greenchilli on January 20, 2014, 08:25:57 am
Sweet - that's what I found after posting on the forum so will get one ordered - think I will go for the 18cm option.
Thanks for the help.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Magoo on January 20, 2014, 11:36:24 am
Have been wanting to change out the giant 'pillbox' rear end since I got the bike, so finally, and with minimal swearing, swapped out the stock indicators for the hitchcock bullets along with the tail light and plate holder.
I like the result, but now I'll need to get a badge to cover the hole left by the stock tail!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Craig McClure on January 20, 2014, 04:51:54 pm
Hi JVS,  Nice looking Tail Light!  Have you considered a red reflector, it would be period correct, & sensible safety equipment. Ebay would be a good place to look under Triumph, BSA, Norton Reflector. Some even have a tapering base & center bolt.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on January 20, 2014, 07:47:41 pm
Small reflectors are available from Cycle Gear.
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on January 20, 2014, 09:49:30 pm
Definitely a add on reflector. :)

They were all the rage back in the '50's. :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on January 20, 2014, 10:08:52 pm
Wow!  The birdhouse tail light has really grown on my but this looks super!  Very nice job.  And +1 to a little round reflector to cover that hole.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Catbird on January 21, 2014, 01:34:54 am
Magoo -

A simple round reflector might be my first choice, but another option you may wish to consider is something like this...

Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Magoo on January 21, 2014, 05:51:24 am
Solved...thanks!
I ordered the little brass badge from Hitchcocks anyway when I bought the heat shield, but I think the badge would go walking pretty quickly if I'm parked up in the city for any length of time. Punks with screwdrivers...
So I'll stick with the reflector for safety reasons as well as aesthetics.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: JVS on January 21, 2014, 07:49:50 am
Good job, well done.  :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: greenchilli on January 21, 2014, 09:06:33 am
I agree - I think the small reflector sets it all off really well. Is the rear headlight unit the Thunderbird one that Hitchcocks sell? I may have to order one as seeing this has made me realise how ugly the large black standard mount is.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Magoo on January 21, 2014, 09:33:44 am
Yeah it was Greenchilli.
As mentioned, you'll need the indicators too as they come separate.
Have to say though, Hitchcocks' service was spot on. A little pricey (British pounds conversion hurts!) but packaged and delivered to Australia within a week! Things take longer to get from Vic to WA than they did from the UK!
No reason that shouldn't apply to NZ too :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Catbird on January 21, 2014, 10:35:15 am
Reflector = Perfect
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on January 21, 2014, 01:33:39 pm
Nice!  :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: heloego on January 21, 2014, 02:46:42 pm
Good looks and a plugged hole. Who could ask for anything more?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on January 21, 2014, 05:30:08 pm
Good looks and a plugged hole. Who could ask for anything more?

That sounds so wrong, my mind is always in the gutter.

After too many weeks of not riding the weather let up a little and I got to ride into work.  Pretty cold, about as cold as I'd like for riding, but it was great to get out and take a spin.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on January 21, 2014, 05:46:52 pm
"Royal Enfield Automobile"? Where did that come from?
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gremlin on January 21, 2014, 06:02:10 pm
dementia
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on January 22, 2014, 04:47:08 am
Ugh!  Great ride in, lousy ride home.  I stopped along the way for some groceries.  I started up again just fine but as I was heading home I noticed the voltmeter dropping low and what sounded like a little extra noise from the engine.  It was still running and felt mostly ok so I figured I'd scoot the last few miles home.  When I turned it off the starter was running and kept running. 

Turned it on and off, thumbed the starter, it kept going.  I pulled off one of the trigger leads from the solenoid, still going.  I quickly opened the battery and removed one of the leads.  No smoke, nothing melting.  The starter was a bit hot and the battery when I measured it was down to 11.5V.  At least nothing was smoking or burning hot.

So either there's a short, the starter button is stuck on, or (most likely) lawn tractor solenoids don't belong on motorcycles.  :(

The battery is on the charger, so I think it will recover just fine.  I'll order a new solenoid and hope for the best.  Oh well, at least the weather was nice today.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on January 22, 2014, 07:43:24 am
I went out and tested the solenoid, it seems a little flaky.  Hopefully I can get a new one and I'll be on my way again.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Craig McClure on January 23, 2014, 04:15:49 am
Cold here today as are most east coast states. Only able to look fondly at my Enfield - Nothing need doing on it. So I put a fresher grounded power cord on a vintage pedestal grinder. Now it works without fear of shocks or shorts, has its own light, & has become a devoted metal polishing station. Even though cold in the workshop, I find that attention maintaining tools, to be an industrious,absorbing activity on bad days. Getting my hands dirty, & positive accomplishment always leaves me feeling very content, especially when things turn out well, & lead to even more future pleasant work.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: azcatfan on January 23, 2014, 04:20:18 am
I got to ride a bit today, which was awesome!  Rode in near 80F weather to a nice place to meet some friends for drinks and cigars on the patio.  My little '02 was admired by all...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on January 23, 2014, 05:20:06 am
I went down to check on things.  The battery is still a bit low but I put it in and she fired right up, three times in a row.  So I'm hopeful there was no harm done.  New solenoids are on the way, I'm definitely replacing the lawn mower one, but at least I can keep working on other projects.  Maybe get a battery cutoff switch ;)

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Royalista on January 23, 2014, 09:00:15 pm
Exactly same thing happened to mine, two years ago. But it also took the sprag clutch out (or the other way round; can't tell).
Battery recovered perfectly, it is still going strong, celebrating its 3rd birthday in a few months.

What would've caused the failure: lawn mower's too weak, incompatible?


Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on January 23, 2014, 09:25:44 pm
I suspect an RE at 75mph puts out more vibes than a garden tractor ;)  Moto specific solenoids are already on the way.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Royalista on January 24, 2014, 12:04:58 am
yeah, but they are good vibes  ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on January 24, 2014, 12:06:16 am
For me, yes.  For the lawn mower part, not so much it seems.  ;)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: The_Rigger on January 24, 2014, 06:04:24 am
In any case, if anyone heads this way, PM me and maybe we'll meet up!

The touring show I'm on plays Popejoy Hall the end of April/beginning of May...  Anywhere I can rent a motorcycle for a week in ABQ?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: heloego on January 24, 2014, 02:46:04 pm
Not far from the U:
http://www.pjsmotorcycles.com/Default.asp

North end of town off I-25:
http://www.thunderbirdhd.com/index.asp

Closest to the U:
http://www.teamrands.com/

On which show are you touring?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: The_Rigger on January 24, 2014, 04:28:56 pm
Not far from the U:
http://www.pjsmotorcycles.com/Default.asp
North end of town off I-25:
http://www.thunderbirdhd.com/index.asp
Closest to the U:
http://www.teamrands.com/

Cool; thanks!

On which show are you touring?

"WarHorse."
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: heloego on January 24, 2014, 05:53:15 pm
Musical or Dramatic adaptation?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on January 25, 2014, 05:57:51 pm
New solenoids should be here today :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on January 25, 2014, 06:36:35 pm
Buttoned up the Primary Mishap (sounds like a punk/metal band  ;D ) last night and made a successful test run with almost no issues.  It appears I was able to save the alternator somehow.  I used automotive grade black epoxy (you guys WISH you had access to this epoxy, freaking fantastic stuff  :D ) to refill all the areas where the epoxy on the alternator had cooked and broken off.  I also recoated the entire inner surface with epoxy and smoothed it out with a small drum sander until the rotor and alternator had a good fit.  I reinstalled the rotor with everything else off and ran the motor to examine the trueness of the rotor.  It appeared to be correct, much better than it was anyways.  Then while the bike was running, I held 180 grit paper to the rotor as I sprayed brake cleaner on it.  This removed all the crap that had glued itself to the rotor, it also looked like it was removing a small amount of metal, so I kept sanding for a bit longer to try and get a bit more clearance.  All said and done, I ended up with a .007 gap, which to me still seems a bit too tight, but we'll see.

I went a bit different on the reinstallation of the outer primary cover.  I wanted to make sure that this punk beeotch didn't leak again, so I removed the center mounting stud and went down to Ace Hardware.  I was able to determine that a 3/8"x26 Witworth is just a smidge smaller diameter than than a 10mmx1.0 bolt but have a nearly identical thread pitch.  So I got a 10mmx1.0 bolt about 1/4" longer than the stud I had.  Went back to the garage and went to work.  As it turns out, the 10mmx1.0 was a real tight but I could get the first 2 threads started.  I was skeptical but determined to make this work, so I removed the bolt, sprayed a BUNCH of Liquid Wrench into the threads, started the bolt again and started forcing the bolt in with my cordless impact.  Guess what?  I ended up with a primary cover with a locking thread bolt!  :D   Now, I'll admit it was a PITA getting the bolt lined up with the clutch arm and what not, but I made it work.  I also ran a bead of Ultra Black silicone on the bottom half of the primary cover and let it dry overnight.  Went out there after work last night, filled her back up with some Type F ATF.  Now it's only leaking from the clutch shaft seal and I'm not too worried about that.  My problem is that now that I have the correct amount of fluid in the primary, my clutch is slipping like a mofo again.  >:(  Oh well, at least I can ride again.  And for the record, you probably won't be able to do this mod without an impact wrench.  You'd be there a LONG time with a ratchet.

Scottie
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on January 25, 2014, 06:43:25 pm
Are you sure the clutch plates aren't intended to be dry? My old BSA Spitfire Scrambler and Gold Star (1959s) had dry plate clutches. You only put enough oil in to just touch the bottom run of the chain. The plates shouldn't get any oil on them as they would definitely slip. Your plates look similar to the Beezers.
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Craig McClure on January 25, 2014, 09:25:27 pm
[quote author=Scottie J link=topic=7829.msg201735#msg2017   

filled her back up with some Type F ATF.  Now it's only leaking from the clutch shaft seal and I'm not too worried about that.  My problem is that now that I have the correct amount of fluid in the primary, my clutch is slipping like a mofo again.  >:(  Oh well, at least I can ride again.  And for the record, you probably won't be able to do this mod without an impact wrench.  You'd be there a LONG time with a ratchet.

Scottie
[/quote]

I had a similar problem with a few of my of my British bikes. Older seal technology being what it was, prompted proactive measures.
My BSA Gold Star & M20 both had leather seals on the engine shafts that would leak oil into the primary from new. The bikes also had "dry clutches". Faced with the unsolvable dilemma of keeping the clutches dry, I came up with this solution; I simply removed the drain plug from the primary case & left it out(running it dry). I'd park over a cookie sheet drip pan, then before a days riding, I would spray Aerosol Dry Chain Lube through the inspection hole cover onto the primary chain. This would lubricate the primary chain for a days riding, & worked keeping my clutch dry. 
Yes in a perfect world old machines wouldn't leak, or get primary oil bath on dry clutches, but they are what they are, & that is what I did to deal with mine. I love that this is not an issue with the unit construction engined bikes.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on January 25, 2014, 11:35:02 pm
I've had 2 alternator burn up already from a lack of lubrication, so I'm not running it dry unless I have the rotor machined.  I was actually thinking of putting some Trans-X in there and see if that helps with the clutch slippage.  It really helps old automatics from slipping.

Scottie
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on January 25, 2014, 11:48:49 pm
Can you just get clutch plates meant to run wet?

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on January 26, 2014, 12:29:43 am
Yeah, but the next time the cover comes off EVERYTHING is getting replaced, and I have other projects I want to invest money into now.   ;D

Scottie
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on January 26, 2014, 01:47:11 am
It lives!  Got the new solenoid in and it fired right up.  I took it for a spin and it's running just fine.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on January 26, 2014, 02:19:21 am
Sweeeeeeet!   :D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Roeland on January 26, 2014, 06:16:31 am
We went on a spirited ride yesterday - BAT - Bikers against Tolls. About 150 bikes, mostly sports and super bikes with us the only RE and probably 1 of the 3 smallest machines on the ride. The front rider cruised at a 100 km per hour - we had our hands full keeping up but managed well and as usual the bike got a lot of attention.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: The_Rigger on January 26, 2014, 06:27:32 pm
Musical or Dramatic adaptation?

Dramatic play...  Touring version of the show that Spielberg saw in London and adapted to the screen.  The book came first, then the play, then the cinema.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: heloego on January 27, 2014, 04:45:23 am
Quote
Dramatic play... 
Cool!
Checked the dates and I'll be off during the second half of the tour here.
Just might have to pick up a couple tickets.  :D

In other news...
Temps were great, honey-dew's were done, so I eased her out of the garage and enjoyed a beautiful day for about 30 miles.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on January 30, 2014, 12:07:14 am
I finally got off my butt and lubed my throttle cables.

A year or so ago I decided to do this so I took the two screws out of the grip housing on the handlebars and checked out the possibility of getting the cables loose.
As some of you know, the cables can't be taken out that way, so,I said to hell with it.

This time I tried loosening the cable nuts down by the throttle body.
Without taking off the fuel tank and removing the tie straps, the cables didn't want to come off that way either.  That's when I had a "hmm" moment.

I loosened the two screws on the handlebar housing and moved the top out of the way.  That gave me a visual access to the places where the inner cable goes into the outer sheath.  It was too far down in there to be able to pour oil into them but I recalled my wife has some hypodermic syringes she used when she bred cats.
Getting one of these and filling it with light weight oil I could place the end of the needle down between the cable and the sheath and very slowly inject the oil.
After injecting the oil and letting it run down thru the cables I put things back together, wiped off the dripped oil and was done.

The throttle action seems to be much smoother now so I'm a happy biker. :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on January 30, 2014, 01:13:10 am
Nothing, I've been busy the last 2 days trying to fix my car from Mondays mishap.  We got a few inches of snow on Monday and apparently there was a sheet of ice under it around the apartment complex.  Not even thinking anything of it, I pulled into the complex as usual.  Turning onto the little s curve I hit the ice and it slung shot my car 180* into the curb.  I really F'd up the right rear area, bent both track bars, the sway bar and the knuckle!  I told my co-workers I should win an award for the most damage done under 10mph.  LOL  Aside from not getting paid because I wasn't on the clock today, all is not lost.  Because I work for a Subaru shop and we have a dozen parts cars out back (no pun intended...... or was there  ;) ) I was able to get all the parts I needed off of other cars.  Best part is, it gave me a reason to put the lifted suspension on my car that I've been wanting to do and now has a fresh alignment (MY 1st alignment on the new rack  :) ).  Now I just need to get some meaty tires for the 16" wheels, body and paint and drop in the 2.5 hybrid high/er compression motor and I'll be ready for some super hard core back country camping.  :D

Scottie
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: heloego on January 30, 2014, 03:57:08 am
Took her to work this afternoon. Nice getting there, but it really cooled down on the way back. Happy for thermals and good gloves!  :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: draggin on January 30, 2014, 03:13:09 pm
I swapped the Battery Tender from the R69s back to the Enfield yesterday. It's like 5 degrees here in Michigan, so that's about as cold as I wanted to get. I do want to drain and refill the C5 forks, and see what that front end rattle is, but that may be a few weeks away.
I also got the fork seals in for the wifes CL175, so I may tackle that first, since the engine is currently out of it. You folks in warmer climates have no idea how depressing it is to go out into the shop and see 5 bikes sitting idle!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on January 30, 2014, 11:36:24 pm
Oh, yes, we do. That's why we go ride!
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on January 31, 2014, 02:34:11 am
Just got my 6ga. ultra flexible battery wire fromMcMaster Carr.  Ten feet cost about $25 delivered.  Really nice stuff.  Fine strand conductor and very supple rubber casing.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: t120rbullet on January 31, 2014, 02:49:30 am
I smoked a cigar for Silver's 15th birthday.

I also took the insurance off of the 09 since I sold it a few months ago.


Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on January 31, 2014, 03:52:43 am
Just got my 6ga. ultra flexible battery wire fromMcMaster Carr.  Ten feet cost about $25 delivered.  Really nice stuff.  Fine strand conductor and very supple rubber casing.

Scott

Sweet!  Sounds nice, hopefully no more broken terminals.  :)

I smoked a cigar for Silver's 15th birthday.

I also took the insurance off of the 09 since I sold it a few months ago.




What did you puff on for the celebration?  I'm a HUGE fan of everything Drew Estate has to offer.  :D

Scottie
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Rich Mintz on February 03, 2014, 01:30:26 am
Parked my SYM Symba in the garage space and moved my Enfield out to the street -- this will be an Enfield week.

Attached the 4 straps to the bike to hold my new Kriega US-20 pack (on the rear seat). I was too lazy to take the seat off, so I attached them to the fender flanges.

Bike started right up after not starting it for a month!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: t120rbullet on February 03, 2014, 02:37:13 am
What did you puff on for the celebration?  I'm a HUGE fan of everything Drew Estate has to offer.  :D
Scottie

It was a Backwoods left over from the Rally on the River in exile last September.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on February 04, 2014, 05:27:37 am
Hey Rich!

I'm glad to hear you still have your RE and plan on riding it.
After not hearing of your adventures I was afraid you might have said, "To hell with it." and sold it.

Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Rich Mintz on February 04, 2014, 03:48:39 pm
Well, Jim, the problem is it's way more fun than my other bike, so I guess I'm stuck with it!

Here's a picture of how it looks right now:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/nqnejdyw7d3ee1k/2014-02-04%2009.41.27.jpg
I'll be riding later today (the streets are cleared)...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: meph1st0 on February 04, 2014, 04:57:09 pm
I have been facing a strange problem for the past few days. RPM climbs quickly but the speedo needle doesn't move up that fast. also rpm for a given speed is more than usual. With the odo on 42000km, first thing that came to my mind was clutch and booked an appointment at service station. But suddenly realised that since I had replaced my front tyre sometime back, mechanic could have broken something. Yes, speedo worm gear was broken. Once replaced bike is back to normal.
BTW has anyone replaced stock clutch? If yes at what odo?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Craig McClure on February 04, 2014, 06:56:40 pm
Well, Jim, the problem is it's way more fun than my other bike, so I guess I'm stuck with it!

Here's a picture of how it looks right now:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/nqnejdyw7d3ee1k/2014-02-04%2009.41.27.jpg
I'll be riding later today (the streets are cleared)...
Hey Rich, That's sad to see. Things "made like guns" don't always function when left in the elements. WALMART SELLS A REAL GOOD BIKE COVER IN THE $20. RANGE.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Rich Mintz on February 05, 2014, 04:03:56 am
Craig - I have a cover, but what with juggling 3 bikes in and out of 2 garage spaces, and no legal street parking anywhere nearby, I don't always have the cover when I need it.

I rode the bike the last couple days despite the snow on the ground. The lanes had been cleared. It's a hoot to be out in crisp cold winter weather!

Tonight when I got home, after hosing the salt off the undercarriage, I installed a couple of accessories: A simple cell phone case that clamps to the handlebars, replacing the complicated ram mount thing I had had on there... And a pair of "oven mitts" type handwarmers for the handlebars. These are the Tucano urbano Italian ones, made for scooters, the same kind I have on my other bike. They are like Hippo Hands, which I don't think are available anymore.

Because of the cant of my handlebars, i'm afraid they may fill up with snow! But if they do, they'll dry quickly.

Also installed a mirror extender on the left side, to match the one I had on the right side.

We have more snow coming tonight, and this bike is outdoors overnight. I parked near my work, in the shelter of some tall buildings so it won't get too covered. We should be clear by midafternoon tomorrow, so I'll be able to ride it home at least!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on February 05, 2014, 05:24:04 am
The idea of riding on wet/salty/slushy streets packed with cages all around me would scare the crap out of me.

Ride with great care grasshopper.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on February 05, 2014, 10:49:08 am
... I installed ... a pair of "oven mitts" type handwarmers for the handlebars...

I'd love a pic or two, and a description/review... I've thought about such an installation.  I've heard tell of some of these causing front brake trouble, with wind pressure actually pushing the front brake lever and causing pad overheating and/or premature wear...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on February 05, 2014, 11:45:13 am
The idea of riding on wet/salty/slushy streets packed with cages all around me would scare the crap out of me.

Ride with great care grasshopper.

It's not as bad as you think Jim.  At least here in Denver anyways.  When people see you ride your bike in this stuff, they are usually so baffled by your braveness they tend to give you extra room and an occasional head shake of disbelief.    :)  If I had a super-moto bike with some gnarly ice tires, I would ride it to work in 8" of snow rooster tailing all the cagers!

Scottie
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: azcatfan on February 05, 2014, 02:16:38 pm
The idea of riding on wet/salty/slushy streets packed with cages all around me would scare the crap out of me.

Ride with great care grasshopper.

Seriously, I had to drive home in some light wind-driven rain at about 40F the other night and thought to myself 'I need to pay better attention to the weather app'.  Could not do the riding in inches of slush and snow....
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Rich Mintz on February 05, 2014, 02:22:56 pm
Well, in terms of riding in winter weather here in densely populated, well-served NYC:

Salting and street clearing is extremely efficient -- that ought to be the case, given the taxes we pay! 2,000 sanitation trucks fitted with plows provide the first wave of clearing, and the city maintains a GPS-driven map of the last service time for every block in the city (0-1 hours, 1-2 hours, etc.). So you can check your route in advance. All my route to work (and pretty much everywhere I ever need to go) is on main streets that get excellent service, but in fact the entire city is passed by plows within about 2 hours of the start of plow service. The streets are narrowed by snow and slush, slowing everyone.

And I don't ride in conditions where I'm likely to see ice. For instance: temps just dropped from just above to significantly below freezing point. The bike is very stable on ordinary dry-salted-slightly-slushy roads (much better than my CB250 Nighthawk), even on stock tires. Obviously whenever I'm anywhere near slush, etc., I slow way down. And I avoid areas with packed ice (I had to walk the bike into a gas station yesterday because the pavement inside the station just looked too risky).

Here are some pics of the "oven mitt"/iPhone case installation from yesterday:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/tquxl5zwmjz2m14/2014-02-04%2018.36.29.jpg
https://www.dropbox.com/s/1d74mc63o2wgqe6/2014-02-04%2018.48.18.jpg
https://www.dropbox.com/s/8meb2gflhexkna0/2014-02-04%2018.48.29.jpg
https://www.dropbox.com/s/ltuuv703tc1as6v/2014-02-04%2018.48.36.jpg
https://www.dropbox.com/s/cv3qse8nmp6rxba/2014-02-04%2018.48.49.jpg

The openings for the levers weren't quite big enough for the beads on the ends of my levers to clear, so I just tore another quarter-inch or so into them.

Given the design of these things (they're just neoprene), it doesn't feel to me like they're capable of exerting enough pressure against the natural sprung position of the levers to cause any wear. I'm a big fan -- they make it possible to ride in freezing temperatures wearing ordinary gloves without having to take special precautions.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Rich Mintz on February 05, 2014, 03:44:28 pm
Picture of the condition of our streets today (the morning after 4 inches of snow overnight):

https://www.dropbox.com/s/rid8jxgetzce9vs/2014-02-05%2010.00.58.jpg
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Craig McClure on February 05, 2014, 04:32:26 pm
Craig - I have a cover, but what with juggling 3 bikes in and out of 2 garage spaces, and no legal street parking anywhere nearby, I don't always have the cover when I need it.


Those Wal Mart Covers come with a nice compact bag you can attach & keep with the bike. So with a small investment your treasure will be protected.

Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Chuck D on February 05, 2014, 04:35:52 pm
Well, in terms of riding in winter weather here in densely populated, well-served NYC:

Salting and street clearing is extremely efficient -- that ought to be the case, given the taxes we pay! 2,000 sanitation trucks fitted with plows provide the first wave of clearing, and the city maintains a GPS-driven map of the last service time for every block in the city (0-1 hours, 1-2 hours, etc.). So you can check your route in advance. All my route to work (and pretty much everywhere I ever need to go) is on main streets that get excellent service, but in fact the entire city is passed by plows within about 2 hours of the start of plow service. The streets are narrowed by snow and slush, slowing everyone.

And I don't ride in conditions where I'm likely to see ice. For instance: temps just dropped from just above to significantly below freezing point. The bike is very stable on ordinary dry-salted-slightly-slushy roads (much better than my CB250 Nighthawk), even on stock tires. Obviously whenever I'm anywhere near slush, etc., I slow way down. And I avoid areas with packed ice (I had to walk the bike into a gas station yesterday because the pavement inside the station just looked too risky).

Here are some pics of the "oven mitt"/iPhone case installation from yesterday:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/tquxl5zwmjz2m14/2014-02-04%2018.36.29.jpg
https://www.dropbox.com/s/1d74mc63o2wgqe6/2014-02-04%2018.48.18.jpg
https://www.dropbox.com/s/8meb2gflhexkna0/2014-02-04%2018.48.29.jpg
https://www.dropbox.com/s/ltuuv703tc1as6v/2014-02-04%2018.48.36.jpg
https://www.dropbox.com/s/cv3qse8nmp6rxba/2014-02-04%2018.48.49.jpg

The openings for the levers weren't quite big enough for the beads on the ends of my levers to clear, so I just tore another quarter-inch or so into them.

Given the design of these things (they're just neoprene), it doesn't feel to me like they're capable of exerting enough pressure against the natural sprung position of the levers to cause any wear. I'm a big fan -- they make it possible to ride in freezing temperatures wearing ordinary gloves without having to take special precautions.
We also have a pretty good subway system. ::)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Royalista on February 05, 2014, 09:04:00 pm
Oh dear, who wants a subway if you have a bike, any bike.  :o

Oven mittens, hippo hands: choice galore in these parts.
I find it too cumbersome for me, but did some recce as my daughter expressed an interest in them.
Some are rigid enough to stay in a given shape. I believe that "exerting pressure on levers" is a thing from the past if you choose a pair for motors, not bicycles. Expect a price tag of around 40 euros though for a quality pair.
Or go diy:  ;D

Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on February 05, 2014, 09:37:23 pm
Some of them are meant for ATVs and aren't very rigid, they can press levers at speed.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Royalista on February 05, 2014, 11:33:44 pm
Ok, I see.
The old leather ones that you see on swap meetings would do that too.
We don't see ATV's much: banned in any city or village. You can buy them, not ride them; except on your own turf, lawn,...  ;)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Rich Mintz on February 06, 2014, 12:06:19 am
I'm pleased to report that I rode the 2 miles home from work today, despite the weather. The street surface was clear and dry, except in a couple of places, but there was slush all along the margins. Still, I rode carefully and felt safe. I did have to dig out a parking place to stash the bike in at the destination, though!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on February 06, 2014, 01:12:46 am
Rich - interesting: your mitts don't cover the switches, and have an "opposable thumb" for them - which I haven't seen before.  Where did you get them?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Rich Mintz on February 06, 2014, 02:04:48 am
http://www.urbanrider.co.uk/brands/tucano-urbano/bar-muffs-r360-neoprene-no-bar-end-weight.html
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on February 06, 2014, 02:07:38 am
Those are nice!  Now I want a pair!   :)

Scottie
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: crush02342002 on February 07, 2014, 01:08:13 am
nothing at all >:(...cause its cold and im broke
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on February 07, 2014, 01:28:20 am
nothing at all >:(...cause its cold and im broke

+1.  But definitely more cold than broke.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on February 07, 2014, 01:35:56 am
me too... more colder and more broker!  15℉ and a foot of new snow here on the Maine coast.  Plus, I just ordered a new AGM battery, a Firstgear thermo suit, and a pair of longer mounting bars for my windshield (though I'm losing patience with it - it may be for sale before too long if I can't solve my wind noise issues!  >:( ).  Now to sort out my battery cable replacements...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: heloego on February 07, 2014, 03:54:12 am
Was hoping to ride to workover today and tomorrow, but same same it's snowing here, too.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on February 07, 2014, 12:44:37 pm
It's been in negative temps in Denver for the last 3 days.  Supposed to warm up to 20*F today.  WooHoo!  Heat wave!  LOL    ;D

Scottie
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on February 08, 2014, 07:10:37 am
Nothing with the bike, but I found out my moto boots are great in the snow.  I dragged my 4 year old son over the the local hill to go sledding.  After a big, painful face full of snow he decided it was not his cup of tea, but we still did a few more runs.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Royalista on February 08, 2014, 11:56:47 pm
Shortly before noon my daughter called if I could pick her up.
After spending 3 days washing and tinkering I jumped at the occasion.
All's well until we are half way on the return trip.
Battery out of juice, in the best possible place: long, busy road, housing wide apart, drizzle.
Took some sweat to push bike back to a village where I had seen a gas station. At least we would be out of the rain. It turned out better: it had a garage, and there were people hobbying on a stock car.
They gently provided a battery charger, and the long wait could begin.
My daughter called a relative to get her home.
A couple hours later rain stopped, a bleak setting sun emerged, and the charger light flashed.
Kicked the bike to life; first kick as usual to the delight of the crew. Didn't dare to use the lights, even with the setting sun. Traffic was low. Got home safely.
Too dark and too tired now to trouble search. Tomorrow will do.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: JVS on February 09, 2014, 12:34:25 pm
Damn.

Stock battery? Time to change it  :-X
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on February 09, 2014, 03:04:19 pm
I was putting around town ( yeah, putting around ;D  ) when I noticed an unusual rattle that I hadn't picked up on before.  I also started to notice that burning epoxy smell again.  And then it dawned on me and everything made sense.  I NOW know the REAL reason that I keep burning up alternators left and right.  The 3 Allen pan head bolts that hold the primary cover to the engine case are freaking shot apparently.  The last couple of times before winter hit that I went on a descent length ride, I had noticed my primary had come slightly loose, didn't think much of it other than to tighten it back down.  Well, riding around yesterday, I hear this weird rattle, and I look down and I can see the primary cover rattling there,  I grab it and I can move it around about 3/4".  So, the reason my alternators keep burning up is because the Primary keeps coming loose and the alternator drops down and sits on top of the rotor just grinding away at it.  Looks like the bike is going to be parked for a bit until I can get some parts ordered from Richcock's. (My new name for them as they charge way too much money for parts just because no one else has them.)

Scottie
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gremlin on February 09, 2014, 04:08:31 pm
Stopped by my local dealer here in Minneapolis GOMOTOMN.COM for an Enfield enthusiast night.  Got to see and pet my beloved B5.  Good conversation with others & free pizza !

Thanks Marty !
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Craig McClure on February 09, 2014, 06:01:55 pm
Scottie, Hate to be gloomy, but the crosshead slots do wear out on pan headed screws, & are hard to tighten properly. A set of stainless allen heads are nice & won't wear that way. BUT there is a chance the threads into the Aluminum are wallowed loose & allowing the screws to come out. guess this should be determined before you buy new screws. I hope it's not that, a big pain to tap new threads. Perhaps a mild thread locking product would help (blue Loctite?) good luck.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on February 09, 2014, 06:23:35 pm
Scottie, Hate to be gloomy, but the crosshead slots do wear out on pan headed screws, & are hard to tighten properly. A set of stainless allen heads are nice & won't wear that way. BUT there is a chance the threads into the Aluminum are wallowed loose & allowing the screws to come out. guess this should be determined before you buy new screws. I hope it's not that, a big pain to tap new threads. Perhaps a mild thread locking product would help (blue Loctite?) good luck.

I know what you're talking about Craig and that is a concern I need to address.  If the holes are in fact wallowed then I will replace them with metric stainless screws and retap the holes accordingly.  Hopefully this isn't the case.  I think the bigger problem is that the Allen heads are so stripped that I don't think I can get enough torque on them to actually bite down tight on anything.  Good news, they all came loose so I won't have to worry about NOT getting them back out!  LOL    ;D   My plan is to remove the primary and hose out the threaded holes real good with brake cleaner, use a fair amount of blue Loctite, drive them in with the cordless impact, and let it dry for 24 hours before I put any oil back in there.  Did I mention I'm so excited about being on my 3rd alternator in 1 year.    >:(

Scottie J
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Craig McClure on February 09, 2014, 06:32:59 pm
BE CAREFUL WITH THAT IMPACT. ALUMINUM SAYS "ZIP NO THREADS". You'd be better off if you don't have new allens yet, to cut cross slots with a hacksaw that you can grab with a flathead screw driver, to use until your stainless allens arrive.  Good luck.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on February 09, 2014, 06:53:45 pm
I rarely pull a full trigger with that thing.  The only time I've torn out threads with a small cordless impact was when the threads were crap to begin with.  ;)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on February 09, 2014, 09:57:59 pm
Your threads are crap to begin with.  At least now they are.

Use your impact wrench.  Then you won't have to ask if you need to rethread the holes.  You'll already know the answer.

If there is enough material around the threaded holes, consider installing metric heli-coils.  Not only are they steel but they spread the load out over a larger area so they can take slightly heavier loads. :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Royalista on February 09, 2014, 10:22:29 pm
Damn.

Stock battery? Time to change it  :-X

It is nearly 3 years old, so I silently counted on it being decrepit.  ;)
Alas, all tests showed it is in good working condition.
The coupler to the RR unit seemed to be not tight. I pressed it together.
Then I was called away. Damn, further testing postponed till tomorrow.

@High on Octane
Alternators are mighty expensive.
This Electra's casing is still tight fitted.
But there have been mystery blow-outs from the oil pump into the airfilter (not because of overfilling; level is below 50%). All that is behind this casing. Cursed cover?

Bottomline, I have three bikes and I can't ride none of them.
Six wheels, still condemned to two legs. Purgatory, things can only improve.  ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on February 10, 2014, 01:37:58 am
Made a nice new set of battery/starter cables with my new ultra-flexible battery cable from McMaster Carr.  I also rerouted the positive battery line.  It's going to be so much easier to get the damn battery in.  The stock lines were crap.  Maybe 8 gauge and stiff as hell, and the negative lead was only 10. 

I also lubed and rerouted the throttle cables since they weren't snapping back at full right lock.

And while I was doing all this I found my head stay had snapped.  So that's what that weird noise from the engine was!

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Blairio on February 10, 2014, 05:09:02 am
re. the pan-head screws discussion:  All my 2 year old UK G5's motor's covers are retained by stainless allen bolts, on copper washers.  That is how it came from the factory. Is that not the same for US market models?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on February 10, 2014, 11:34:26 am
Blario -

My "US market" three-year-old B5 has the same hardware as yours.  However, Scottie's bike is 60(ish) years old, so I'm guessing it's a bit different...  ;)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on February 10, 2014, 01:18:05 pm
Yep, officially 56 years old this year.  Maybe I'll just buy some metric stainless screws and retap them.

Scottie
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Craig McClure on February 10, 2014, 03:03:44 pm
Hey Scottie, I owned one British bike( can't remember which-Triumph maybe) that had some Cap Nuts on the Primary Cover. In other words it had several Studs, & the rest Screws holding the Cover. Perhaps Studs (firmly JB Welded in) could be used for the electrical component, & Screws in the less critical areas? Just a thought.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Blairio on February 10, 2014, 03:18:50 pm
Scottie,
apologies, I didn't realise your bike was that old.  My own old bike (Frannie B Falcon) turned 60 this year, and doesn't have a single allen bolt to its name….yet.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Royalista on February 10, 2014, 08:42:01 pm
Yesterday ended with noticing something fishy with the coupler to the RR unit. That would be the first item to test today. The problem popped right into sight: the red pin was pushed back.
It was still harder than I thought to fix it. Lots of wriggling with a tweezer to push it back to where it actually locks in place.
Putting everything back together and a final check. Battery is charging again, all's well and not a penny spent.
Hurray  ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gremlin on February 11, 2014, 12:51:10 am
Yep, officially 56 years old this year.  Maybe I'll just buy some metric stainless screws and retap them.

Scottie

bronze screws might look better ....
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Craig McClure on February 11, 2014, 05:24:02 pm
As we are having a Snow/Ice Storm of "Historic Proportions" here in Dixie, I had to go out the lower level basement/garage door of the house to take out the trash. Since I was wearing a parka anyway, I stopped in the cold Garage to sit on my G5 Deluxe awhile, & make motoring noises.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: heloego on February 11, 2014, 07:25:58 pm
Weather has cooperated nicely the last few days!
Been riding to work and with the clock at 1775 she's smoothed out noticeably. A real pleasure this morning!  :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Roeland on February 12, 2014, 01:22:10 pm
I cannot afford the RE cafe racer yet so I build my alternative from a 150cc CG made in China. The bike new is about $700 US and I spend about another $400.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on February 12, 2014, 01:32:36 pm
Nice little ride!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on February 12, 2014, 02:15:42 pm
That's cool!   :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on February 12, 2014, 05:23:14 pm
Got the coolest package today!  I ordered an engine gasket set from India on eBay.  It arrived today, wrapped and hand stitched in muslin!  It looks so cool I don't want to open it.
(http://www.enfieldmotorcycles.com/forum/gallery/2695-120214112007.jpeg)

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gremlin on February 12, 2014, 06:44:05 pm
You'll have to check with its family to be sure its OK to marry it, before you break that seal.....
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on February 12, 2014, 07:24:50 pm
Nice looking bike!
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Royalista on February 13, 2014, 01:29:12 am
Got the coolest package today!  I ordered an engine gasket set from India on eBay.  It arrived today, wrapped and hand stitched in muslin!  It looks so cool I don't want to open it.
(http://www.enfieldmotorcycles.com/forum/gallery/2695-120214112007.jpeg)

Scott

That is so  8)
Really, you have to order it again from another vendor and keep this to cherish. It's art.  ;)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on February 13, 2014, 01:49:15 am
And it's open.  I'll keep the picture.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Magoo on February 13, 2014, 10:24:54 am
The bracket holding the regulator rectifier in place under the seat of my C5 has just snapped from the frame and the unit is simply resting in between the frame, mudguard and battery case.
Anyone else have this problem? How'd you fix it?
Will likely take it to the dealer to spot weld the bracket back in place (warranty job) and I'll simply duct tape it to the frame in the meantime.
As long as it isn't dangling loose or work itself totally free!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on February 13, 2014, 11:52:22 pm
Might need to make sure it's grounded
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on February 14, 2014, 12:24:02 am
Ans zip ties are better than tape for something that gets hot.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: greenchilli on February 14, 2014, 02:51:04 am
All parts arrived and the bike now has the same set up as yours - excellent delivery from UK. Just waiting for the Oberon Streetfighter bar end mirrors to arrive this week to finish the initial tinkering.

Yeah it was Greenchilli.
As mentioned, you'll need the indicators too as they come separate.
Have to say though, Hitchcocks' service was spot on. A little pricey (British pounds conversion hurts!) but packaged and delivered to Australia within a week! Things take longer to get from Vic to WA than they did from the UK!
No reason that shouldn't apply to NZ too :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Magoo on February 14, 2014, 03:52:05 am
All parts arrived and the bike now has the same set up as yours - excellent delivery from UK. Just waiting for the Oberon Streetfighter bar end mirrors to arrive this week to finish the initial tinkering.

So show it off with a photo!
What did you cover the hole with?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: greenchilli on February 15, 2014, 06:13:40 am
Just copied what you did!(http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n247/greenchilli1971/rear1.jpg) (http://s114.photobucket.com/user/greenchilli1971/media/rear1.jpg.html)

and

with heat shield, new efi and oberon bar end mirrors
(http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n247/greenchilli1971/side.jpg) (http://s114.photobucket.com/user/greenchilli1971/media/side.jpg.html)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on February 15, 2014, 09:47:19 am
That looks super!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: JVS on February 15, 2014, 09:55:38 am
Very nice indeed! I have the same bar-end mirrors 8)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Magoo on February 15, 2014, 10:58:52 am
Greenchilli how are those bar ends? Weighty enough?
Which size mirror? (60 or 75mm) and which fits? The 7/8" or the 1"?
I was looking at the Halcyons but think the Oberons come in cheaper.

Oh, lovely ride by the way, tail looks neat and I love the maroon/cream models.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: GreenMachine on February 15, 2014, 04:22:20 pm
Outstanding.....I like the rear light setup, color and tires...Its a real beauty from the rear as well as the sides...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on February 15, 2014, 04:45:13 pm
Beautiful Bike!  I love that new cream white color, very sharp!

Scottie J
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on February 15, 2014, 04:58:36 pm
Yeah, sweet!  Now just switch out those front signals, an easy job, to match the bullets on the rear, and you'll be the envy of all - well, most!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: greenchilli on February 15, 2014, 07:12:43 pm
Thanks for the nice comments! I'm really enjoying owning and working on this bike.
They were the M8 bolt 75 mirrors and they fitted really well.
Agree I need to change the front indicators and I must admit I do want a pedestrian splitter but I'm not keen on drilling into the mudguard!
Disconnected the kick-stand switch too as it was easy and I never liked not being able to start the engine on the side stand.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on February 15, 2014, 07:34:30 pm
Mine would start on the sidestand, but as soon as I took the weight off it, it would quit.
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Magoo on February 16, 2014, 06:54:49 am
Thanks for the nice comments! I'm really enjoying owning and working on this bike.
They were the M8 bolt 75 mirrors and they fitted really well.
Agree I need to change the front indicators and I must admit I do want a pedestrian splitter but I'm not keen on drilling into the mudguard!
Disconnected the kick-stand switch too as it was easy and I never liked not being able to start the engine on the side stand.

Where'd you score the Oberons from? Looking direct at their website for the M8 75mm...my turn to copy you!
Postage reasonable timeframe?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: greenchilli on February 16, 2014, 08:48:06 am
Bought direct from Oberon - delivery 6 days but not cheap as I went for the insured/tracked option at about $60 rather than standard $20ish. But figured buy once and pay for it once!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: JVS on February 17, 2014, 09:01:57 am
Installed generic aftermarket turn signals/trafficators/indicators  :D See attached -
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: azcatfan on February 17, 2014, 03:54:05 pm
I installed the Ace Air Canister on my bike.  Haven't done the exhaust or jets yet so no noticeable gains in SOTP feel.  What I did notice though was a smoother and more stable idle.  Prior to putting this on I would have sworn that the bike was tip-top, but listening to it breath through this setup it is noticeably better.   8)

(http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g237/azcatfan/IMG_20140216_183559_hdr_edit.jpg) (http://s57.photobucket.com/user/azcatfan/media/IMG_20140216_183559_hdr_edit.jpg.html)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: GreenMachine on February 17, 2014, 04:31:44 pm
So they are back in full production? It matches your bike perfectly and Ace originally  constructed it in such a way that it retains a period look.  I prefer the black  vice the original stainless production and you now have the added plus of not worrying about the sun radiation bouncing off and melting a hole on your leg   ;D...Everyone that has one seems to like them and they do look fantastic...Enjoy..
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: azcatfan on February 17, 2014, 11:35:33 pm
So they are back in full production? It matches your bike perfectly and Ace originally  constructed it in such a way that it retains a period look.  I prefer the black  vice the original stainless production and you now have the added plus of not worrying about the sun radiation bouncing off and melting a hole on your leg   ;D...Everyone that has one seems to like them and they do look fantastic...Enjoy..

GM, All I know is that I emailed Tom on the side and got him to make one for me.  Since they're not available here in Nfield Gear anymore I handled my shopping experience on the side.  I will say that Tom's customer service is as top notch as the product :-)

And yes, I too think it matches the bike perfectly  8)

(http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g237/azcatfan/ACefit.jpg) (http://s57.photobucket.com/user/azcatfan/media/ACefit.jpg.html)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: JVS on February 18, 2014, 12:01:50 am
And yes, I too think it matches the bike perfectly  8)

Such a lovely bike. There is surely something about the look of that engine (iron barrel) that always brings a smile.

Next mod on the list, traditional right-hand/side shift?  ;)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Royalista on February 18, 2014, 02:12:34 am
I do not disagree with them goodlooking, how could I? They look as if intended for the bullet: the proof is in the picture.
My concern with them is with rain, or do you live in all sunshine country?  :D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: azcatfan on February 18, 2014, 02:33:50 am
Quote from: GreenMachine
Next mod on the list, traditional right-hand/side shift?

Next mod is the exhaust and re-jet.  After that I'll stick to the three R's - Ride till it breaks, Repair, Repeat...

I do not disagree with them goodlooking, how could I? They look as if intended for the bullet: the proof is in the picture.
My concern with them is with rain, or do you live in all sunshine country?  :D

I do, I live in Arizona where we have roughly 350 good riding days a year.  I don't like riding in the rain, and the RE is kept in the garage  :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on February 18, 2014, 03:06:12 am
Ace puts a matte clear on the top so it doesn't laser beam anything.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: azcatfan on February 20, 2014, 02:05:43 pm
Rode it to work this morning for the first time ever using a modular helmet, picked one up for $100 on sale yesterday.  It kind of un-nerved me not being able to hear the valves as well as with my half-lid...   :o
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on February 20, 2014, 05:54:58 pm
Old Royal Enfield saying:

"LOUD VALVES SAVE LIVES"
   ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Craig McClure on February 20, 2014, 11:04:19 pm
My 2010 RE G5 Deluxe finally got the chance to do something for ME today. It was cloudy & very warm here, & what with injuries, illnesses, bad weather, it was my first opportunity to get out for a decent RIDE in some time. My wife was doing the "books" today, figuring out how to pay all the extra doctor bills, & mentioned I should sell off some of my equipment. Although I wasn't feeling quite tops, I was out the door like a shot, & off on the Enfield. This was a impetuous but subtle way of saying NOT THE BIKE!  Oddly enough I felt better physically when I returned. I guess where the spirit goes the body follows. My spirit soared all afternoon.
  Seems I remember someone inquiring about the COMFORT of the Large Lycette type SOLO SEAT: All told it is a keeper. It has enough spring to be easy on the fanny & supportive. The Solo & Pillion combination is actually slightly higher than the bench seat, so I needed to kick a little higher throwing a leg over. I had hoped it would be a little closer to the ground, & had to scoot forward toward to the front of the seat, to put both feet on the ground. This is because the rear of the seat is actually wider than the bikes frame. A little narrower Trials width Seat would be just perfect, & I may trade for one eventually. The Bench seat lends itself to sportier cornering-anchoring the rider more rigidly to the bike. I am pretty happy with the looks & function of the early style seating for my medium aggressive style of riding.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Royalista on February 20, 2014, 11:30:41 pm
One of the rules the Knight Templars had to abide by concerned their horse. Even when threatened with starvation they could not slaughter it, not even to feed others. The only way not to be held an oath-breaker was for it to die in battle.
I guess this goes for us and our motorcycles too. Our bike is our health, we care for it, it keeps us in high spirits.  :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: GreenMachine on February 21, 2014, 06:21:28 pm
Why sell something that makes you feel good...GreenMachine is inside the garage with the battery out of her...I was thinking of putting it back in but I know this mild weather is just a tease till mid march...The outer case has developed enough of a leak whereas the Tranf fluid has made a decent size oil patch on the cardboard underneath the bottom...Need to address that and make sure she doesn't run dry on that primary chain...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: TejK on February 23, 2014, 08:51:37 am
Washed the bike today .

And for some stupid reason thought to open up the TM34 and give a good cleaning. Opened it up and pulled out all the jets and then thought lets pull out the needle jet and clean it up to.

So a light tap with the mallet and the slightly stuck needle jet flew out of the carb body straight into the drain !!! A mad scramble after that to try to locate the needle jet was all but in vain ! Now I have a carb but not the needle jet ! :-[!

So put back the old BS32 carb on the bike  :(

Any one has a spare 389 P6 needle jet they may want to get rid off ? Help !!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on February 23, 2014, 02:05:35 pm
LAME!!!   ::)  How many times do I have to tell you guys that repairing bikes the same way I do isn't the most productive way to do things?!   ;D  Just Kidding  ;)  But totally sounds like something that would have happened to me.

As for me, given the current circumstances and weather, I decided rather than dropping a bunch of money to Hitchcock's for a few random parts I'd try tearing apart the primary,  AGAIN, to see what I could do.  First problem I ran into, when trying to remove the alternator adapter ring, the upper left screw that holds the ring on didn't want to come out, and for whatever reason, that one screw head the "straight head" sheared off with the impact.  YAY!    >:(   So then I decide that it would be best to remove the rotor before I start drilling on the alternator bracket, for obvious reasons.  Upon whacking the rotor with a mallet while prying from behind, the adapter ring just breaks.  No, I didn't hit it with the mallet, apparently it is cast with lovely pot metal.  (Pot - Pretty Awesome. Metal - Hell Yeah!  POT METAL = BULLSHIT!)  Soooooooo, I get the screw head mostly drilled out, said eff the bracket and broke it the rest of the way off of the screw so I could get at it, grab it with a Vice Grips and it come right.   >:(  :o   ???  >:(

OK, so I get the rotor off, get the crank nut off and pull the crank sprocket and the 3 Allen screws that have been a beeotch and killed 3 different alternators for me.  Hold a screw up to my 5/16 - 24 tap that I used on other parts of the bike and threads are damn close.  Make a run down to Ace Hardware (The Helpful Place    ;) ) and find 3 screws that are black oxide coated (SS screws they only had in coarse thread)  and head back home.  Greased up the tap and started running it in the holes and they chased right through, hardly removing any metal at all.  Spent about 10 minutes spraying brake cleaner and compressed air through the holes to make sure they were good clean.  And for the moment of truth?  2 of the bolts torqued right in with intermittent bumps of the cordless impact.  But the one screw that was giving me most trouble, and showed signs of a thread or 2 being sheared off, just spun right thru the threads.   >:(  >:(  >:(  OK, no biggie, we can fix this.  Back to Ace for a helicoil.....  Only have 5/16 - 18    >:(  After several minutes of debate I decided I'll get the coarse thread helicoil and put in an odd ball screw in that hole.  As I'm at the checkout getting ready to spend $35 + dollars to fix 1 stupid thread I have an epiphany "Dude!  Just fill the threads with JB Weld and retap it!"  So I abort the helicoil plan and go for some JB Stik, they don't have it.  So I go across the street to Advance, they are out.  So I go to the other Advance 5 miles away (where I used to work).  Get there and my old co-worker pointed out to me that JB Stik is only rated at 900psi and that it usually crumbles when you cut threads into it.  So I got the JB Marine Weld, which is chemical and oil resistant, water proof, safe up to 550*F and has a tensile strength of like 3200psi.

So what was supposed to be a couple hour job, turned into an entire afternoon of running around from store to store.  Hopefully later this morning or early afternoon the JB Weld should be cured enough for me to go out there and cut some new threads and button up the job for now.  I'll just leave the alternator off for now I guess until I feel like spending some actual money on the bike.

Scottie J
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: TejK on February 23, 2014, 05:18:22 pm
ROFL !!

Reading your day's activities, mine seems petty ! Anyway ordered a new P6 today and hopefully should have it within a few days. Got to be more careful while doing routine work on the bike.

Why can't we just leave the bike as it is when its running good !!  :-*

Guess that's another story about love for the bullet!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on February 23, 2014, 10:58:51 pm
If your interested Scottie J, cast aluminum has a strength of 19,000 to 88,000 PSI tensile strength depending on the alloy type and heat treatment.

Even using the 19,000 PSI strength material, that's still almost 6 times stronger than your JB epoxy.

Don't be surprised when your newly made epoxy threads strip out.

Also, don't get the idea that your JB epoxy can actually hold 3200 pounds of force.  It takes a whole square inch worth of that material to withstand that much load before it fails.

Plan on buying a Heli-Coil insert and its tap so you can fix it right. :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on February 23, 2014, 11:35:06 pm
The beauty of Scottie's plan us that the JB will easily be expelled with no trace by the helicoil tap :)  Perfect backup plan!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on February 24, 2014, 01:11:03 pm
If your interested Scottie J, cast aluminum has a strength of 19,000 to 88,000 PSI tensile strength depending on the alloy type and heat treatment.

Even using the 19,000 PSI strength material, that's still almost 6 times stronger than your JB epoxy.

Don't be surprised when your newly made epoxy threads strip out.

Also, don't get the idea that your JB epoxy can actually hold 3200 pounds of force.  It takes a whole square inch worth of that material to withstand that much load before it fails.

Plan on buying a Heli-Coil insert and its tap so you can fix it right. :)

Yep, the JB Weld flopped like I half way expected it to.  As far as buying the right helicoil and tap kit....  Ummmm, I did mention that they didn't have the correct size.  Didn't I?  Fuck it.  I'm just going to roll the damn thing out to the dumpster and let it be someone else's problem.      :P

Scottie J
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on February 25, 2014, 04:28:22 am
Boy!
I never figured you for someone who would give up so easily.

OK.  Yes, you mentioned they had the National Course thread insert but not the National Fine thread.  Whoopty do for my Subaru!   So what?

The National Course threads in a Heli-Coil insert will be more than strong enough for the job.

The course threads get torqued to a slightly smaller torque like the 5/16-24 for this task might get a torque of 11 ft.lbs and the 5/16-18 gets a torque of 10 ft/lbs.
That means we're talking about a difference in the clamp load of 2600 pounds for the course vs 2800 pounds for the fine threads.  For what it's doing, either of these loads are overkill.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on February 25, 2014, 04:34:39 am
Boy!
I never figured you for someone who would give up so easily......

LOL  That was PURE sarcasm!   ;D  Like I'd actually give up that easy.   ;D  I'm going to give Fastenal a call tomorrow and see if they have a 5/16-24 helicoil available.  If, I'll probably just re-thread all 3 holes and be done with it.  And if they give me trouble in the future I'll just slap a new coil in the hole.  Ah hell, it's still technically winter anyways, right?!   ;)

Scottie J
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on February 25, 2014, 04:42:01 am
You might want to look at Time-Sert instead of Heli-coil.  They're a little more to put in but also a bit better.  Insure either will be better than what you've been dealing with.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on February 25, 2014, 05:38:45 am
The advantage of the Time-Sert is it is designed to lock itself into the threaded hole.  This keeps it from backing out when the bolt is removed when something needs to be replaced.
The disadvantage (in some cases) of the Time-Sert is to accomplish this locking in, the thread on the outside of the insert must be quite a bit larger than a Heli-Coil made for the same internal thread.

With many situations this is not a problem but when dealing with inserts in cast bosses there often isn't enough room to put the larger thread in without seriously decreasing the wall thickness.

If some thread locking compound is used on the outside thread of the Heli-Coil when it is being installed, they seldom back out when the internal bolt is removed.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on February 25, 2014, 07:33:24 am
Thanks for the details Arizoni.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on February 25, 2014, 01:06:32 pm
When I've done helicoils in the past I've always used a bit of loctitie on the coils and them dry a good 12 hours before I assembled it back together.  Thanks for the heads up on the difference in those coils.  I'll probably just stick with the helicoils as I don't want to drill out anymore than I absolutely have to.

Scottie J
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Roy L. on February 26, 2014, 01:32:56 am
Just think about my bike is all I can do pretty much atm... I'm in Finland and still iced-in!
Howdy all, btw.
I'm an expat Brit living up here. Joined up to hopefully share some experiences. I have a 2012 EFI Electra. It's been a funny winter this year so maybe I'll get to roll out in April.
I am though, just about to carry out a few mods.
Medium-sized windshield (39€)
(http://biltema.fi/ProductImages/82/large/82-644_l.jpg)
Throwover luggage racks (56£ UK)
(http://www.hitchcocksmotorcycles.com/http://assets.hitchcocksmotorcycles.com/pictures/category4348/large/s0055.jpg)
Handlebars, 80cmx130cm  (28£)
(http://www.hitchcocksmotorcycles.com/http://assets.hitchcocksmotorcycles.com/pictures/category4326/large/93051-YY1Y5986.jpg)
Mirror extensions (19£)
(http://www.hitchcocksmotorcycles.com/http://assets.hitchcocksmotorcycles.com/pictures/category4312/large/92569.jpg)
Crashbars (45£)
(http://www.hitchcocksmotorcycles.com/http://assets.hitchcocksmotorcycles.com/pictures/category8015/large/R1008.jpg)
Leanburn service kit (20£)
(http://www.hitchcocksmotorcycles.com/http://assets.hitchcocksmotorcycles.com/pictures/category4709/large/s0533.jpg)
Couple of blank spare keys (3£) All the parts from Britain coming from Hitcocks. They charge £30 shipping for 30kg - which is pretty decent IMO! (BTW. I do not work for them etc! - Hope that lot didn't break any house rules! Just thought it may be interesting..)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: DanB on February 26, 2014, 03:09:13 am
Hi Roy,

Welcome to the forum!  I'm having the same winter as you but on the other side of the world!  Gotta ask, where did you find that windscreen?  Don't think I saw it on mr Hs site before.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Roy L. on February 26, 2014, 05:57:36 am
Hi Dan. Thanks!
The windshield is from a big supplier of generic car parts here called Biltema. It's a Swedish company. They have lots of stores all over Scandinavia. Here's the Screen on the Finnish website:
BILTEMA]http://www.biltema.fi/fi/Autoilu---MP/Moottoripyorat/Lisavarusteet/Styling/Tuulilasi-yleiskayttoinen-82644/]BILTEMA (http://www.biltema.fi/fi/Autoilu---MP/Moottoripyorat/Lisavarusteet/Styling/Tuulilasi-yleiskayttoinen-82644/)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: The_Rigger on February 26, 2014, 04:49:37 pm
The advantage of the Time-Sert is it is designed to lock itself into the threaded hole.  This keeps it from backing out when the bolt is removed when something needs to be replaced.
The disadvantage (in some cases) of the Time-Sert is to accomplish this locking in, the thread on the outside of the insert must be quite a bit larger than a Heli-Coil made for the same internal thread.

With many situations this is not a problem but when dealing with inserts in cast bosses there often isn't enough room to put the larger thread in without seriously decreasing the wall thickness.

If some thread locking compound is used on the outside thread of the Heli-Coil when it is being installed, they seldom back out when the internal bolt is removed.

Coincidentally, I have this same stripped-out hole scenario at work right now, with holes drilled & (until recently) tapped through the 3/16"-thick flanges of an aluminum I-beam...  I was thinking of overboring the stripped holes and Helicoiling them back to the appriopriate size (1/4"-20tpi), but would a Time-Sert be better?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on February 26, 2014, 09:19:19 pm
A Time-Sert might work in your application if you can find one that isn't over 1/4 inch (in your case) long.

I don't know what lengths are available but most thread inserts are at least one thread diameter long or longer.
 The bottom 3 threads in a Time-Sert are the area that expands to lock it into the hole and at least one of these will be hanging outside the far side of the plate where it won't have any material to load against.  If you can only find Time-Sert inserts that are longer than 1/4" long, they most likely won't lock in place.

Heli-Coil's are also available in lengths of 1X, 1.5X, 2X... lengths where the number is multiplied times the thread diameter.  That makes the shortest length available for your 1/4-20 thread, 1/4 inch long.
If the Heli-Coil is bonded in place you could grind off the bottom  protruding thread and still end up with a good strong thread.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Magoo on February 27, 2014, 10:53:30 am
Replaced the Mickey Mouse ears on my C5 today with a set of the Oberon Streetfighter bar ends. So long shoulders!!
My final aesthetic mod will be to replace the bigass sprung seat with an unsprung. From reading posts on here there doesn't appear to be a wealth of options.
But I have found something that looks promising from Bulletwala.

http://img.inkfrog.com/click_enlarge1.php?image=VE_RE-K00063C.JPG&username=royalspares&aid=792039947
Anyone used these? Can't seem to find an image of them actually fitted onto a bike to see how they look but they appear to be a simple bolt on job.
Anyone?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Royal Stargazer on March 01, 2014, 08:02:54 pm
Sadly, my poor bike is still holed up in a garage with an ill-fitting cover and a battery conditioner... So... I ordered some saddlebags and the EFI silencer. Then I looked at some pictures from the day I got her and got all choked up because I freaking hate winter.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gremlin on March 02, 2014, 04:36:40 am
............... I freaking hate winter.

amen brother ....
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on March 02, 2014, 01:26:45 pm
Yep, back to cold and snow here in Denver too.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Royalista on March 02, 2014, 10:58:17 pm
In a winter without snow I made first pictures of blossoming trees today.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Royal Stargazer on March 05, 2014, 02:47:04 am
My saddlebags and EFI silencer came in the mail, so I geeked out for awhile over that. The saddlebags are a little smaller than I thought, but they should do what I need them to do.

Man, the temperature will be flirting with 40 next week... That might be my chance to start wrenching...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gashousegorilla on March 05, 2014, 03:09:36 am
In a winter without snow I made first pictures of blossoming trees today.

   Not fare.....taunting. :o  Why not just use the rack ?!  ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on March 05, 2014, 03:37:23 am
Yeah, well we're supposed to get 3"-5" of snow tonight.  53*F and sunny tomorrow.  Gotta love Denver.  :D

Scottie J
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on March 05, 2014, 11:13:59 am
In a winter without snow I made first pictures of blossoming trees today.

Not fare.....taunting. :o

Especially with the bike peeking through the trees...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: azcatfan on March 05, 2014, 04:15:19 pm
Been riding 'Curry' to and from work as my daily rider. *knocks on wood*  This bike is dependable and fun to bust around town on.  :-)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: vyasar on March 06, 2014, 07:49:19 pm
Replaced my old short megaphone with a wide-mouth dunstall replica today. It looks much better and the beat is both deeper and more mellow. Feeling more power in the mid-range now compared to the megaphone. Didn't fit straight on, had to mess around with the opening, widening it and using silicone in oder to slide it over the head.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on March 06, 2014, 07:51:38 pm
I've got one of those already cut to size and repacked waiting for me to finish some other projects.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Craig McClure on March 07, 2014, 12:20:52 am
Replaced my old short megaphone with a wide-mouth dunstall replica today. It looks much better and the beat is both deeper and more mellow. Feeling more power in the mid-range now compared to the megaphone. Didn't fit straight on, had to mess around with the opening, widening it and using silicone in oder to slide it over the head.
If that is the Dunstall Replica that has the 3 bolt in core, at the outlet end, it is possible to tune it, by hack-sawing off an end portion of the core.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: crush02342002 on March 07, 2014, 01:19:37 am
moved it out of the way to work on the Duc, finally got a new rear tire. I went with the Michelin pilot road 4 http://motorcycle.michelinman.com/tires/michelin-pilot-road-4

they didn't have the front instock so I had to order it and wait for that to come in.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on March 07, 2014, 01:49:36 am
moved it out of the way to work on the Duc, finally got a new rear tire. I went with the Michelin pilot road 4 http://motorcycle.michelinman.com/tires/michelin-pilot-road-4

they didn't have the front instock so I had to order it and wait for that to come in.

That was an impressive stop at the end of the video they had posted on that page.  Full brakes on wet white paint without sliding?!  ABS or not, that's impressive.    :)

Scottie J
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on March 07, 2014, 03:16:40 am
The Pilot Road is my favorite tire ever.  You can easily wheelie in the pouring rain. 

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on March 07, 2014, 12:16:06 pm
They definitely have more siping than I've ever seen in any other bike tire.  I bet they're expensive too tho, huh.

Scottie J
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on March 07, 2014, 06:17:04 pm
I had the first gen with no sipes.  It seems they get more of them with every version.  They're not cheap but they're certainly not the most expensive tires out there either, comparable to what you'd pay for a decent tire from anyone else.  They tend to have neutral handling, stick well in the dry, and stick amazingly well in the wet.  I live in Portland, OR so wet weather handling is one of the biggest things I look for in any tire.  If you think they seem expensive see how much it costs to dump a bike in the rain ;)

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: vyasar on March 09, 2014, 02:18:06 am
Ride ~130 miles to San Francisco and beyond today :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: GSS on March 09, 2014, 03:19:28 am
Nice RE helmet!  Did you buy it in the US or India?

How is your Corbin seat?  Ride height, comfort etc. compared to stock?  Thanks.

GSS
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: crush02342002 on March 09, 2014, 04:07:11 am
sweet helmet!!

I paid 205 for the rear, not too bad but not cheap either
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: vyasar on March 09, 2014, 04:13:52 pm
Bought the original helmet and RE jacket at their showroom in chennai. They have tons of accessories like t-shirts, pants, boots, goggles etc. Also test-rode the GT. It is a sweet ride.

The corbin seat is very nice. It is lower than the stock, and their memory foam conforms to your butt after 500 miles of riding. The passenger seat and backrest is especially plush and comforting. Since the height is at least 1.5 inches lower than stock and you sit a little further away from the tank, it needs some time to get used to it. Squeezing your thighs around the rubber pads is more difficult unless you sit close to the tank (at least for my height).
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Royal Stargazer on March 10, 2014, 12:58:16 am
I turned this:

(http://i1137.photobucket.com/albums/n505/Winstheprize/Mobile%20Uploads/IMG_20140309_151057.jpg?t=1394408649)

Into this:

(http://i1137.photobucket.com/albums/n505/Winstheprize/Mobile%20Uploads/IMG_20140309_171845.jpg?t=1394408630)

 8)

(also, first experience posting pics on this site. I realize they're huge, and for that I'm mildly apologetic.)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: FiRE Comms on March 11, 2014, 09:22:48 pm
muffler fell off...  well with help...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Varis on March 12, 2014, 02:11:24 am
Replaced the stock battery with a MotoBatt MBTX14AU.  Then went for a nice ride!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on March 14, 2014, 05:29:44 pm
Finished the rewire of the charging system.  Now I just need to make a new headstay to replace the cracked one and put it all back together.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: suitcasejefferson on March 15, 2014, 02:17:14 am
Repaired and rerouted the wiring harness to the rear lights that the back tire chewed up, adjusted shocks to max preload, installed new license plate.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: BadDP on March 15, 2014, 03:36:07 pm
Ordered a National Cycle Deflector Dx, two head light visors (couldn't decide which I liked better) and a pair of rubber tank pads a local company is going to turn into hand deflectors for me. All but the windscreen is coming from India...lets see how long this ebay purchase takes.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: dginfw on March 15, 2014, 08:15:43 pm
Installed 7" tri-bar headlight on my GT
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Craig McClure on March 15, 2014, 10:55:17 pm
I HAVE ONE ALSO, & am using a blue Xenon bulb. WHAT BULB DO YOU HAVE? HOW DO YOU LIKE THE LIGHT SPREAD?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: heloego on March 15, 2014, 11:27:26 pm
Oh that does look good!  8)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: dginfw on March 16, 2014, 12:11:15 am
I HAVE ONE ALSO, & am using a blue Xenon bulb. WHAT BULB DO YOU HAVE? HOW DO YOU LIKE THE LIGHT SPREAD?
It came with a generic 55W/60W bulb. The light spread on high beam is great, on low beam the light pattern is a bit patchy, but still better than the stock 5 3/4 unit.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on March 16, 2014, 12:14:57 am
... and a pair of rubber tank pads a local company is going to turn into hand deflectors for me...

I'm intrigued...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: BadDP on March 16, 2014, 01:08:08 pm
Mattsz, I couldn't find deflectors I liked.  However based on the size of most commercially available ones and also based on what accessories were available we settled on the tank pads. They have the logo on them and follow the lines of the tank alread so all he has to work out are brackets. He is basing his design off the national cycle hand deflector brackets. With modifications, because it is impossible to leave well enough alone.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: caricabasso on March 16, 2014, 04:24:46 pm
Hello everyone, I joined a few minutes ago and I'm an italian  happy owner a B5 for two years and I have traveled 29,000 kilometers.
I have made several accessryes for my bike and this is the latest:(http://s13.postimg.org/bk62xkmo7/001.jpg)


P.S.:Forgive me for the language because I translate with google.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: DanB on March 16, 2014, 05:51:56 pm
That looks like fantastic work!  Any pics with it on the bike?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: caricabasso on March 16, 2014, 06:34:31 pm
Among some put the full picture of the bike.
I also built the aluminum panniers and other things like stainless steel silencer.
I hope that what I write is correct because I use google translat
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: caricabasso on March 16, 2014, 06:36:25 pm
Among some put the full picture of the bike.
I also built the aluminum panniers and other things like stainless steel silencer.
I hope that what I write is correct because I use google translator.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: caricabasso on March 16, 2014, 06:48:19 pm
A picture of my bike before installation of the roll-tools just made:

(http://s15.postimg.org/6mg5h9ajv/moto.jpg)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on March 16, 2014, 08:28:34 pm
caricabasso - Nice work!  They look very well built.  :)

Scottie J
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on March 16, 2014, 10:59:34 pm
Mattsz, I couldn't find deflectors I liked.  However based on the size of most commercially available ones and also based on what accessories were available we settled on the tank pads. They have the logo on them and follow the lines of the tank alread so all he has to work out are brackets. He is basing his design off the national cycle hand deflector brackets. With modifications, because it is impossible to leave well enough alone.

I'd love to see some pics...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on March 16, 2014, 11:41:26 pm
I have made several accessryes for my bike and this is the latest...

Is it a tool case?  Where does it go, on the fender behind the seat?


A picture of my bike before installation of the roll-tools just made:

(http://s15.postimg.org/6mg5h9ajv/moto.jpg)

That saddle bag is cool!  Google translation, "eccezionale"!!

Other fancy stuff I wouldn't expect to see on a B5:
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on March 17, 2014, 12:38:06 am
Very nice bike! I see you left the number one tool on the floor! But, what are the cans you made for?
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: suitcasejefferson on March 17, 2014, 01:36:47 am
Beautiful bike. But I just got to know where you got that fishtail pipe. I want one. Looks like an old Velocette.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: caricabasso on March 17, 2014, 07:32:41 am
First of all thank you for the compliments.
I did not come because I could not find a section for presentations.
I would also say that I find very difficulty in reading the letters for verification of message to send.

Step to answer the questions:
- bags have been constructed using an aluminum sheet with a thickness of 1.2 millimetri.Shaped by hand with a rubber mallet as he sensed Barenekd .
-the last my creature is the roll -tools that I installed behind the passenger seat .
- the bike is a B5 Standard and , among other things , I changed the tank with one of Chrome on a site purchased online . The petrol tank is indian made ​​and done completely by hand.
- I put the solo seat because I like the most and am in tune with the ancient line of moto.For to install the seat back frame I built a very imile to that of the Classic Crome or to prevent the weight can become a burden on fender.
the gold - striped on front and rear fenders and battery cover  have been made ​​of thin PVC adhesive from a craftsman who builds self-adhesive labels and advertising signs .  I also built the stainless steel edge protection on the lids of the battery cover.
-The fish-tail end in not  attached to the OEM silencer, but the silencer but was completely built in stainless steel, using stainless steel tubes.I built the terminal using a stainless steel sheet made ​​from a tray for dentist ( borrowed from my brother :D).I found that very ductile metal
- I also built in aluminum plate holder and the fron number plate in iron.
-also the side stand is made ​​of stainless steel.
I post some pictures;
(http://s11.postimg.org/3m3o4c34z/ULTIME_FOTO_005.jpg)

(http://s24.postimg.org/4dk6yyn9h/ULTIME_FOTO_016.jpg)

(http://s30.postimg.org/z9s0ldtsh/ULTIME_FOTO_013.jpg)

(http://s12.postimg.org/8oybl92al/ULTIME_FOTO_003.jpg)

(http://s9.postimg.org/j5cd8kmtr/ULTIME_FOTO_004.jpg)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on March 17, 2014, 09:28:22 am
Sweet!  I thought the silencer must have been modified, since the original heat shield is there!  But no reason you can't use it if you're making your own silencer...

Looking good!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Roeland on March 17, 2014, 03:09:33 pm
absolutely great - very well done
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: ace.cafe on March 17, 2014, 03:50:21 pm
Nice!

I see it as a styling re-creation of the older Iron Barrel models, and very nice custom hard-side baggage.
Looks very nice, and clean work.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on March 17, 2014, 05:18:31 pm
Very beautiful work :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: BadDP on March 18, 2014, 01:58:21 am
Mattsz the pads are coming from India. God only knows how long it will take for them to get to the USA. As soon as they are fabricated and mounted I will post pics.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on March 18, 2014, 09:25:29 am
Mattsz the pads are coming from India. God only knows how long it will take for them to get to the USA. As soon as they are fabricated and mounted I will post pics.

Cool.  Let us know...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on March 18, 2014, 12:36:52 pm
Resurfaced my pressure plate and ordered new steel and friction plates from Mr. H's.  Also ordered up a 21 tooth sprocket.  Between the new clutch parts and the 21 tooth sprocket, I should be able to run a descent 1/4 mile now and hopefully hit The Ton!

Before
(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y217/lethalinj/CAM01964_zpsisnsibno.jpg) (http://s6.photobucket.com/user/lethalinj/media/CAM01964_zpsisnsibno.jpg.html)

After
(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y217/lethalinj/CAM01969_zpsokqxlviy.jpg) (http://s6.photobucket.com/user/lethalinj/media/CAM01969_zpsokqxlviy.jpg.html)

It's nice having the right tool for the job!  I used a 18" wide table belt sander.  Don't worry about the surface not being true, the table surface is actually a sheet of glass, as we use it to true Subaru engine heads for our engine rebuilds and head gasket replacements.  I still had to work it for a while to get ALL the grooves out of there,  I think I spent a total of 15-20 minutes sanding on it.  But it looks just as good as if I paid someone $45 to resurface it for me.    ;)

Scottie J
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gashousegorilla on March 18, 2014, 08:14:40 pm
Hello everyone, I joined a few minutes ago and I'm an italian  happy owner a B5 for two years and I have traveled 29,000 kilometers.
I have made several accessryes for my bike and this is the latest:(http://s13.postimg.org/bk62xkmo7/001.jpg)


P.S.:Forgive me for the language because I translate with google.


 WOW !   That is a NICE bit of tin knocking. Love all the little touches on the bike.....
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: FiRE Comms on March 18, 2014, 09:12:16 pm
installed the longer reverse cone, thanks for the vote of confidence, everything is curing, we'll see how it turns out...  also took care of an oil change...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: John20121978 on March 19, 2014, 12:28:14 am
I pushed it a half a mile to a gas station because the fuel light died. Hello sharpie!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: cstorckiii on March 19, 2014, 03:06:58 am
Carefully re-installed the factory smoke in my ignition and headlight wires.

Is it just me, or is "... am in tune with the ancient line of moto." the greatest translation ever? 
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: GGRider on March 19, 2014, 03:26:47 am
"in tune with the ancient line of moto".  I'd like to see it on the back of a new Royal Enfield Tshirt.  Your bike  is bella caricabasso!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: caricabasso on March 19, 2014, 06:19:14 am
Carefully re-installed the factory smoke in my ignition and headlight wires.

Is it just me, or is "... am in tune with the ancient line of moto." the greatest translation ever?

I still apologize for the translation because my English is very imperfect: I meant that the accessories are in harmony with the old style of the bike.In any case I feel in tune with the style of the bike; I think the Royal Enfield is a philosophy of life of bygone days that should be followed.(I hope that the translation is understandable! )
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Roy L. on March 19, 2014, 08:27:45 am
Perfettamente bene, Caricabasso!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Mr.Mazza on March 19, 2014, 10:28:32 am
I still apologize for the translation because my English is very imperfect: I meant that the accessories are in harmony with the old style of the bike.In any case I feel in tune with the style of the bike; I think the Royal Enfield is a philosophy of life of bygone days that should be followed.(I hope that the translation is understandable! )

Better English than me!
Your bike is very simular to what im planning on doing
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: BadDP on March 19, 2014, 11:27:14 am
Windshield arrived last night. If the weather is nice enough it is going on today.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on March 19, 2014, 12:33:39 pm
I still apologize for the translation because my English is very imperfect:

Don't apologize.  We all knew what you meant and we are happy to have you here.  We're used to clumsy translations, we read the RE manuals!  And I for one think they have more character.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: BadDP on March 19, 2014, 07:56:16 pm
New windshield arrived and installed.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Royalista on March 19, 2014, 09:29:35 pm
Goodlooking.  :D
Any plans to "bulletize" the headlight?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on March 21, 2014, 08:01:08 am
Finally got the bike back together.  I took it apart I think around a month ago.  Work, family, the car broke down, etc.  And it's raining so the bike was lowest on the list.  Tonight I finally got some time and got it mostly back together for a test ride.  Here's what I did:

-Re-sealed the valve cover gaskets with Permatex high tack sealant (thanks Bare).
-Made and installed a new headstay, the old one cracked.  The new one is 50% thicker.
-Rewired the charging system.  New 14ga. wires from the alternator to the reg/rect and 10ga. lines from the reg/rect straight to the battery.
-New 6ga. ultra flexible battery cables to replace the original crappy ones.
-Re-routed the throttle cables and now they don't bind at all.  They were really sticky at full right lock.  Took a while to get it just right.
-Greased the speedo cable.
-Lubed the throttle and clutch cables.
-New exhaust manifold gasket and re-hung the muffler.

I think the charging system re-wire is working.  The bike gets 13V just over idle.  The connectors from Oregon Motorcycle Parts worked really well, good quality brass terminals.  I'm hoping I can bump up from the 30W to the 55/60W headlight now without eating batteries.  I'll install the new battery and check voltages soon, then try the larger headlight.  I need to clean the bike up a little and bolt the oval tool box back on.  Then when that all shakes out I can get to mounting the new Dunstall muffler and maybe a little tuning.

It was pretty cold outside but it felt really good to get out for a ride, even just to shake things out.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on March 21, 2014, 11:29:33 am
Scott - that's great news about the charging system rewire!  I hope it works for you... let us know!

Good for you getting out on the bike - I've promised myself that I'd get on the road before the end of March, but I'm away from home now and I go back to my week-long work next Wednesday... which leaves me only Sunday-Tuesday to get it un-winterized and running.  Sunday may be my best bet; it's supposed to warm up all the way to 33℉.  Followed by another cold snap...  :(
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Royalista on March 22, 2014, 12:17:56 am
I'm almost ashamed to post this here.
I feel so sorry for all you guys shivering in the freezer.
Here's a sample of my vernal equinox ride:
cobblestones and miles and miles of me alone on the road: wow
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: FiRE Comms on March 22, 2014, 12:35:57 am
wrecked it :(
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: JVS on March 22, 2014, 12:49:00 am
Mate!!

Damn..very sorry to hear. What happened..?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: FiRE Comms on March 22, 2014, 01:39:04 am
Mate!!

Damn..very sorry to hear. What happened..?


left hand turn from a 4 lane divided, pkwy crossed 2 lanes only to find that there was one of those "T" wedge curb things right In front of me.  hard braking and trying to avoid the obstacle didn't work.  bike went down on it's right side. 

damage includes h/l ring, front fender, r tool box, r peg, tank, handle bars, my 2 day old reverse cone, r/r blinker, and the bird house are all messed up.  helmet has a scuff on the l/r quadrant, jacket has a hard scuff on l scapula, and l elbow
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on March 22, 2014, 01:50:34 am
wrecked it :(

Rub some dirt on that, it'll be good as new. ;)

Rest easy for now.  Fix you first.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: JVS on March 22, 2014, 02:45:37 am
 :(

Rest easy for now.  Fix you first.

+1
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on March 22, 2014, 02:55:54 am
Sorry to hear.    :(     

+1  Get Yourself Better 
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: windhorserider on March 22, 2014, 04:28:06 am
I took a ride. About a 700 miles worth of ride through the piney woods of east Texas.  Started out of Dallas and went to Edom, Texas where I have some old friends who are a part of an artist colony there.  I had a good visit and left after lunch down 314 to 315, a road/ride featured in Ride Texas a few months back. I had driven it several times dreaming of riding it: it did not disappoint.  The road has some nice elevation changes with twists and turns tucked into the woods and farmland.  I stopped a few times to refuel and hydrate and always was asked about the bike. “Nice.”
I stayed on the back roads past Palestine and Elkhart and rode down through the Davy Crocket Nat’l Forest then moved east to the Angelina Forest. I knew I wanted to run down through the Big Thicket off the Neches River so I swung over to Jasper. There I spent the night at Martin Dies, Jr. State Park. The state parks in Texas are well maintained, from my point of view, and the only disturbance I had was guys stopping by the campsite asking about the bike, how far I come, where was I headed, etc.     
A cold front came in that night and the next morning the winds were strong. I had come ready for the cold and as long as I was headed south the wind proved, most of the time, to work to my advantage. But after running down the roads tracing Pine Island Bayou I turned west out of Beaumont on I-10 headed for Winnie. The wind became problematic. I will say the bike held its line, yes; I had to lean into the wind and stay vigilant, but the skidmasters did OK (yes, I'm still riding the skidmasters). This was a good, that the bike could hold in a crosswind, because I jockeyed over to High Island and shot down the Bolivar Peninsula to catch the ferry to Galveston. There are only sand dunes and the Galveston Bay and between the north wind and the Gulf of Mexico on the Peninsula, with the exception of State Hwy 87.           
I am amazed the two lane state roads are now 70 and 75 mph here in Texas. I stay off the interstate because I like the back roads, but as I shot back up to Dallas from Galveston a few days later I felt safer on the super-slab because cars and trucks have a lane to pass me. I also didn't have to deal with the oncoming windwash of trucks moving at 75 to 80. I may have to rethink some of my philosophy.                                                                                                   
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: windhorserider on March 22, 2014, 04:43:16 am
On the ferry, funny thing is I knew Bob (Robert H.) before he passed on.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on March 22, 2014, 01:50:32 pm
Sounds like you had a great ride!

I need to comment on your method of handling cross winds though.  Leaning into the wind to compensate for cross winds is not only dangerous but very unpredictable.  Using this method can put you into oncoming traffic OR into the ditch or a tree faster than your brain can react to what is happening.  What happens is as a strong wind comes across, you lean to compensate.  Now the wind dies as fast as it came on, your bike is still leaning and is going to go whatever direction you're leaning which can lead to serious trouble.  The correct technique for riding with strong crosswinds is to hang your knee out loosely on the side of the bike that the wind is coming from.  For example, if the wind is blowing towards the left side of the bike, hang your left knee out into the wind.  You know, like ride like you're bow legged on that side.  But it is important to leave your leg loose and relaxed, not tense.  This causes your leg to act as a damper and will blow your leg around instead of your entire bike.  This will enable to you to keep the bike upright and still hold a straight line.  It's super easy, is less tiring and much safer than leaning into the wind.

Please PLEASE don't ride leaning into the wind.

Scottie J
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gremlin on March 22, 2014, 03:22:24 pm
On the ferry, funny thing is I knew Bob (Robert H.) before he passed on.

*snicker*
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Norm on March 22, 2014, 03:39:35 pm
Very, very nice!  I'm sure the Moto Guzzi owners are jealous of how nice your motorcycle looks!   ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on March 22, 2014, 06:05:39 pm
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Please PLEASE don't ride leaning into the wind.

Can't say I'd necessarily agree with that. I've been riding in some pretty rippy winds for the last 50+ years and never really had a problem with leaning into the wind. Learned about the wind in Wyoming!
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gremlin on March 22, 2014, 06:10:51 pm
.......... The correct technique for riding with strong crosswinds is to hang your knee out loosely on the side of the bike that the wind is coming from. ..........Please PLEASE don't ride leaning into the wind.

+1
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Royalista on March 22, 2014, 08:40:22 pm
+2
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: crush02342002 on March 22, 2014, 10:28:33 pm
Can't say I'd necessarily agree with that. I've been riding in some pretty rippy winds for the last 50+ years and never really had a problem with leaning into the wind. Learned about the wind in Wyoming!
Bare

same here, though when I lean I lean the bike not myself. I will try the knee thing though, Im always up for trying new things and learning new skills.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on March 23, 2014, 01:05:51 am
I do both but I find it's easier to control/modulate with the knee out.  It's a really cool trick to know too.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on March 23, 2014, 01:18:00 am
I like the knee trick most of all because it takes a lot less effort to maintain control of your bike.  When you are leaning into the wind it takes way more energy and strength trying to force your bike where you want it to go.  And like I mentioned before, when the wind dies off unexpectedly your bike WILL travel what ever direction you're leaning.  With the knee trick you just stick it out there and let it flap around, the bike doesn't hardly swerve at all and there is no tiring out from forcing the bike around.

Scottie J
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on March 23, 2014, 03:31:55 am
getting off topic but...

Can anyone explain why this "knee trick" works?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on March 23, 2014, 05:28:19 am
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Can anyone explain why this "knee trick" works?

Just a wild ass guess, but if your riding with your legs tucked in against the side of the bike the cross wind pressure has a nice relative smooth surface to blow against producing quite a bit of force in the process.  That is to say, all of the square inches of area of the tank, your leg, the tool boxes, fenders (mud guards) can receive the total force of the wind.

If your leg is hanging out into the airstream it creates a turbulence which breaks up the constant side blast so areas of the motorcycle like the rear of the tank, the tool box cover and rear fender that were getting the full side blast are no longer getting it.

Anyway, What did I do today?
I rode the 220 miles from Flagstaff, Arizona back to my home in Phoenix.

I didn't ride the shorter 'superslab' I-17 which is really boring even if it is 80 miles less distance.
Those 140 miles on I-17  are posted with speed limits of 75 mph so you know everyone else is going at least 85 with some up in the 90's.

Instead I rode the State Route 89 from Flagstaff past Lake Mary and Mormon lake to Clint's Well and then route 87 down thru Strawberry, Pine, Payson to Fountain Hills.
Beautiful ride between Payson and Flag' thru thick Pondorosa Pine forests.

The high temperatures in Flagstaff got up into the 50's (F) with lows around 20 (F).
Some stretches of road between Flagstaff and Payson still have snow along both sides but the air temperature was in the mid 40's (F).

From Payson the ride rapidly drops down into the grasslands and then to the Sonora Desert where the temperatures were in the high 70's and low 80's. :)
Good riding weather.

The G5 didn't miss a beat during the entire trip getting about 76 mpg.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Barnone on March 23, 2014, 12:52:34 pm
Nothing,don't own a RE but still looking.

Saw this one at Gene's Holopaw while there test riding 2014 Urals.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: heloego on March 23, 2014, 02:39:32 pm
Quote
If your leg is hanging out into the airstream it creates a turbulence which breaks up the constant side blast so areas of the motorcycle like the rear of the tank, the tool box cover and rear fender that were getting the full side blast are no longer getting it.

+1
Learned that indispensable trick riding the Fairfield Bench in Montana.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: ace.cafe on March 23, 2014, 02:46:27 pm
getting off topic but...

Can anyone explain why this "knee trick" works?

Similar reason why they put a jetty out from the beach. It breaks up the wave front.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Craig McClure on March 23, 2014, 04:19:39 pm
Nothing,don't own a RE but still looking.

Saw this one at Gene's Holopaw while there test riding 2014 Urals.
BTW,  Gene is a real good guy. I bought many new old stock URAL parts from him, for my 1994 Ural. He would always send me the parts immediately, with the invoice enclosed for me to pay. Who does that anymore? Next time You see him tell him I said Hello.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on March 23, 2014, 05:09:54 pm
re. the knee trick...

If you guys say so!  I kind of figured that whether you stick your knee out or not, it doesn't really change the side surface area you present to the wind...

I'll be sure to give it a try next time I'm battling the gales!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on March 23, 2014, 05:17:09 pm
re. the knee trick...

If you guys say so!  I kind of figured that whether you stick your knee out or not, it doesn't really change the side surface area you present to the wind...

I'll be sure to give it a try next time I'm battling the gales!

When I first learned it I wanted to kick myself in the teeth for not learning it sooner.  How does it work?  I don't know.  Freaking science I guess!  I just know it is a total game changer once you put it in your arsenal of riding techniques.

Scottie J
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gashousegorilla on March 23, 2014, 05:32:33 pm

I'll be sure to give it a try next time I'm battling the gales!

 And another one is coming  :o..... THIS WEEK !


 I also found that throwing both knees out and leaning forward, stabilizes the bike. With heavy head on winds or buffeting when blasting by a tractor trailer... or a tracker trailer blast past you. ...... More Science.   
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: suitcasejefferson on March 23, 2014, 06:04:50 pm
Changed my oil for the first time today. Other than spilling a little and burning my arm on the pipe, everything went fine. Fortunately I had put a large piece of cardboard under the bike, so it didn't really make a mess. I had rocked the bike back and forth to get all the oil out, or so I thought, and left the plug and strainer out while I removed the filter. I leaned the bike to the right to drain the oil out of where the filter goes, and a whole bunch more came out the drain plug. I had moved the drain pan to catch what came out from under the the filter area,  so it poured out on the cardboard. I was surprised at the lack of metal shavings that I found, not very much. I was expecting a handful. I also found what looked like a piece of string, and some fuzzy stuff that looked like cotton on the screen. Have no idea where that came from. Next time I'll know what to expect and it will be a lot easier and not as messy. Went for a 20 mile ride, ran beautifully.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Royalista on March 23, 2014, 08:37:10 pm
Regarding the knee trick: it works like the sails in front of a clipper. Allows the ship to travel closer to the wind, and faster.
Lots of sailor tricks work for bikes too. Likes knots,  ;)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on March 23, 2014, 09:58:10 pm
Regarding the knee trick: it works like the sails in front of a clipper. Allows the ship to travel closer to the wind, and faster.

 Choose one:

:o

;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on March 23, 2014, 11:23:16 pm
@ suitcase

Ah!  The old sump rag still lingers. :)
That happens to a lot of us owners of the UCE powered motorcycles.  You've seen the last of it though so don't worry about more of that crap accumulating on the pump inlet screen.

As for chips and steel filings on the two drain magnets, those will continue to show up until the engine has over 2000 miles on it.  I think most of them come from the transmission gears as they finish wearing in plus some of them come from the "dogs" on the gears which slam into one another whenever a gear change is made.

Sounds like all is well.  Enjoy the ride. :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Royalista on March 24, 2014, 12:03:01 am
Choose one:

:o

;D

I'll take both:  :o ;D

On thursday I had a 60kph crosswind on the highway and still got a maxspeed (gps reading) of 127kph!

Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on March 24, 2014, 12:12:04 am
Un-winterized my bike and went for a ride!!!

Installed the new battery (positioning of terminals is worse than the OEM brick!), checked the oil, checked the tire pressure, unplugged the exhaust, squirted about a teaspoon of oil into the plug hole and cycled the engine a bunch of times.  Decided to try kicking it - fired right up on the second kick.  8)

29℉... "decomp clatter" went on for about 6 minutes ("there's nothing wrong with your engine - just ride it").  Rode into town and back and froze my arse off.  Came home, suited up in my new FirstGear Thermo suit, which is awesomely warm, and took a longer spin, about 10 miles, around the hills - fun, but the frost heaves about wrecked my wrists.  I was standing on the pegs as often as I was sitting, which isn't so easy with this riding position.

Even so... (http://s3.amazonaws.com/advrider/jive.gif)

Of course, we're supposed to get dumped on with more snow on Wednesday...  :(
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on March 24, 2014, 02:00:58 am
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I was standing on the pegs as often as I was sitting, which isn't so easy with this riding position.

These things severely need rear sets!
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on March 24, 2014, 02:03:11 am
Hell Yeah mattz!!!  Proud of ya!   :D

I did the primary cover thread inserts today.  I drilled all 3 holes the perfect depth as all 3 coils bottomed out about 1/3 of a turn in from the surface.  I have a slight concern tho.  I was certain that these holes bottomed out at about 1 1/4" and were not a thru hole.  But when I blew air into the hole to blow out the tang nothing came out of any on the holes.  Which means I probably have metal shavings in the crank housing.   :/  I'll probably just run it a few minutes to try and flush the shavings out and then do an oil change.

Scottie J
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: FiRE Comms on March 24, 2014, 02:05:51 am
wrecked it :(

some pics my wife took...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on March 24, 2014, 02:09:30 am
Awwwwwww  Those are just blemishes.  Get yourself healed up first, it will only take you a few hours to get your bike road worthy again.   :)

Scottie J
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: FiRE Comms on March 24, 2014, 02:25:18 am
the bars are out of true as well I was kind of leaning towards the ace bars, any thoughts..?  the air box doesn't close any more so that will get the PVC treatment, as for the fenders, well we will see and the blinkers were on their way to the parts box anyway just didn't have the budget for it now... some how the HL still works so just a new ring there.  oh and the foot rest got bent, so that is a definite replacement.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: cstorckiii on March 24, 2014, 03:00:06 am
Two words: Mulholland Highway!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Craig McClure on March 24, 2014, 02:17:14 pm
the bars are out of true as well I was kind of leaning towards the ace bars, any thoughts..?  the air box doesn't close any more so that will get the PVC treatment, as for the fenders, well we will see and the blinkers were on their way to the parts box anyway just didn't have the budget for it now... some how the HL still works so just a new ring there.  oh and the foot rest got bent, so that is a definite replacement.
Very Sorry to hear of your crash. foot pegs can usually be bent back to into the correct place with a large pipe slipped over for leverage. There is a selection of BIKEMASTER BARS on Ebay for $24.95 each (you will need any 7/8" bar). They offer Ace clubman bars. I use the "superbike" low rise, that are the true vintage British pattern. I also prefer the DRAG BARS to Ace clubman(which are to far forward & can hit the tank). All the bikemaster brand bars are good quality, nice chrome. You will need to drill little holes for the placement pin on your control clamps. heres a picture of my Bikemaster Superbike Bars on my G5 Deluxe.  Good luck.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: heloego on March 26, 2014, 04:17:58 pm
Trouble sleeping last night so cleaned/lubed my cables and since she's just over 2k miles now changed the oil and filter.
It's gonna be a week before I can ride again, so while on the lift I'll get to some cleaning and polishing before I take her down.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: FiRE Comms on March 27, 2014, 05:03:47 pm
stripped the bike down and noticed the left side fork stop is bent...  think I can tap in a new stop?  everything else is as expected...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Craig McClure on March 27, 2014, 05:23:07 pm
Hi, A little hard for me to tell just what I was seeing in the photo. It may be possible to bend the stop tab back with a big Punch & Hammer, failing that you certainly could drill & tap (if you don't break it off straightening).
I would be bit of concerned about the Fork or Frame being twisted. Newer Enfield single down tube Frames are not as heavy as the old ones. It is very hard to see slight fork & frame damage. When I totaled my Kawasaki W650, I couldn't see the frame/fork damage the insurance adjuster found at all. You could probably tell by riding it, but it would be good to know before a lot of work, money & time passes.  Good Luck.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on March 27, 2014, 10:51:38 pm
Before you bend it, check to see if the front fork lock works.
If it does, did the fork come to a stop and allow the lock to be engaged or did the fork turn past the locking position?

If it went past the locking position and you needed to rotate the handlebars back to the right to get the lock to engage then the stop could be adjusted a bit to stop the handlebars & fork from turning that far.

If the fork stops turning at the same time that the lock will engage, straightening the lock stop back out might keep the fork lock from being able to engage.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on March 27, 2014, 11:05:43 pm
Take a look at the other side.  If it's not cracked/fractured you should be able to tap it back into place with a hammer and drift.  If nothing is hitting the tank I'd just leave it.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: FiRE Comms on March 28, 2014, 12:24:52 am
fork lock works perfect with the bars turned to the leg...  bit I can turn the bars, almost 90* to the right...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: FiRE Comms on March 28, 2014, 05:24:44 pm
so the grips came off no problem, levers loosened, but for the life of me HOW does one get the switch gear off?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on March 28, 2014, 05:27:27 pm
Look underneath.  There are usually two holes with phillips screws deep down in there.  Careful tightening them back up, it's just soft plastic.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: FiRE Comms on March 28, 2014, 08:59:25 pm
yep, it was sticking and I thought I was messing something up...  bike is bare now, waiting on parts...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: cstorckiii on March 29, 2014, 01:52:53 am
The Hagon shocks showed up finally, so I got them on the bike. What a difference!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Royal Stargazer on March 30, 2014, 02:37:09 am
I took her home after a long winter's storage.

...and she started on the first kick  8)

The EFI silencer sounds MARVELOUS! Nice thump, no backfiring, and she certainly feels a little more lively off the line. The saddlebags will need a little fidgeting with. The two top straps held fast, but the center snaps came undone, so they hung a little funny on the highway.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on March 30, 2014, 06:08:21 am
Finally got my entire clutch assembly rebuilt and installed a 21 tooth front sprocket.  You can read about it here:

http://www.enfieldmotorcycles.com/forum/index.php/topic,18627.60.html

Scottie J
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: azcatfan on March 30, 2014, 06:20:14 am
New Taillight  http://www.enfieldmotorcycles.com/forum/index.php/topic,3881.msg206659.html#msg206659

New muffler  http://www.enfieldmotorcycles.com/forum/index.php/topic,18943.0.html

And on the test ride for my work discovered the frayed and ready to snap clutch cable...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on March 30, 2014, 06:40:49 pm
Not sure if the 21 tooth is a smidge too tall or the cross wind was just that nasty.  Only hit 95mph, which is still an improvement over the previous 92mph.

SOOOOOOOOOO damn close!  Rats!    :D

I'll try again later when the wind dies down, it's blowing about 15-20mph right now.

Scottie J
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: ace.cafe on March 30, 2014, 07:18:51 pm
Not sure if the 21 tooth is a smidge too tall or the cross wind was just that nasty.  Only hit 95mph, which is still an improvement over the previous 92mph.

SOOOOOOOOOO damn close!  Rats!    :D

I'll try again later when the wind dies down, it's blowing about 15-20mph right now.

Scottie J

Ride the other way, with the wind behind you!
Heh heh!
 8)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on March 30, 2014, 08:21:16 pm
Ride the other way, with the wind behind you!
Heh heh!
 8)

If i did that I'd have to Ton-Up through a field!  Hahahaha   ;D

Here's a video of the attempt.  Check out the Smith's Speedo!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVSvcFCoE_8&list=UUOuxT3uDOINbn5OmZ0BwRVA

Scottie J
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Royalista on March 30, 2014, 11:08:32 pm
Seems you were going uphill too: what were you thinking?  ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on March 30, 2014, 11:18:30 pm
Seems you were going uphill too: what were you thinking?  ;D

It's only uphill for a little bit!  Then the nice downward slope.   ;)   I really think the wind played a factor today.  It was blowing so hard that when I got over 55mph the camera started cutting the sound from so much wind noise.  Even if I didn't Ton-Up (yet :D ) the bike rides a lot nicer.  Not quite as quick, but still pulls good and hard.  I just can't get over how much better the bike shifts with the rebuilt clutch.  It's pretty damn nice.

Scottie J
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: azcatfan on March 30, 2014, 11:19:33 pm
Got the new clutch cable on this morning, but it and other things foiled my time that was set aside for plug chops.  Too much traffic to do it where I had planned this morning.  Happy to say though, she sounds and runs great at the moment...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Royalista on March 30, 2014, 11:25:27 pm
It's only uphill for a little bit!  Then the nice downward slope.   ;)   I really think the wind played a factor today.  It was blowing so hard that when I got over 55mph the camera started cutting the sound from so much wind noise.  Even if I didn't Ton-Up (yet :D ) the bike rides a lot nicer.  Not quite as quick, but still pulls good and hard.  I just can't get over how much better the bike shifts with the rebuilt clutch.  It's pretty damn nice.

Scottie J

Indeed, it sounds really good.
I'm quite interested too, really hope you get it to the ton. I wonder how that would feel on this bike.  8)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: ace.cafe on March 30, 2014, 11:40:12 pm
It's only uphill for a little bit!  Then the nice downward slope.   ;)   I really think the wind played a factor today.  It was blowing so hard that when I got over 55mph the camera started cutting the sound from so much wind noise.  Even if I didn't Ton-Up (yet :D ) the bike rides a lot nicer.  Not quite as quick, but still pulls good and hard.  I just can't get over how much better the bike shifts with the rebuilt clutch.  It's pretty damn nice.

Scottie J

Scottie,
If you want The Ton, you need to gear the bike to hit 100 mph at your engine's peak horsepower rpm. That's how to do it.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on March 30, 2014, 11:43:47 pm
Scottie,
If you want The Ton, you need to gear the bike to hit 100 mph at your engine's peak horsepower rpm. That's how to do it.

Yeah, I know.  I just haven't gotten around to putting the bike on a dyno and I don't have a functioning tach, so I'm not sure where where the peak is at.   ???

Here's a audio clip that I put together today too.  Just cruising around the neighborhood.  ;D

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qi--uZgjbw&feature=youtu.be

Scottie J
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: dginfw on March 31, 2014, 01:52:57 am
I did this yesterday, but just now uploaded a photo. Replaced big stock muffler with small upturned cocktail shaker. I had it laying around in the garage and decided to use it.
(http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk115/dginfw/20140330_184803.jpg) (http://s278.photobucket.com/user/dginfw/media/20140330_184803.jpg.html)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gashousegorilla on March 31, 2014, 01:56:48 am


Here's a audio clip that I put together today too.  Just cruising around the neighborhood.  ;D

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qi--uZgjbw&feature=youtu.be

Scottie J

  That bike does sound good Scottie   :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on March 31, 2014, 01:58:01 am
That Cocktail Shaker is sexy on that GT!!!    8)

You know, if I had left the 18 tooth sprocket on there with the new clutch, I'm pretty sure I could stand the bike up.......    ;D     ::)

Scottie j
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: azcatfan on March 31, 2014, 02:42:58 am
  That bike does sound good Scottie   :)

Indeed it does!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: ROVERMAN on March 31, 2014, 08:42:05 pm
Finally rode the GREen B yesterday. Hasn't turned a wheel in 5 months! Yes, 5 months. I have never not ridden a bike for that length of time over winter, but as we all know, this was no normal winter. The GREen B started right up, a quick  check of lights and tires and off we went. No more Mosquito killing like my old Iron Barrel. 8)
Roverman.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: caricabasso on March 31, 2014, 10:29:20 pm
Today I worked on leather made ​​from an old bag.
I built a mold with wood and I put on the leather wet with alcohol.
I modeled the leather over the mold using the back of a spoon.
(http://s9.postimg.org/i74oqd2e7/cuoio.jpg)

final result:
(http://s30.postimg.org/kjcpzn8pd/c_003.jpg)


anchor with double-sided tape is exceptional.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: ROVERMAN on March 31, 2014, 10:38:37 pm
wow! :) :) :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on March 31, 2014, 10:56:44 pm
Very cool!  Nice work!   8)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: suitcasejefferson on March 31, 2014, 11:53:19 pm
Finally got 600 miles on the bike today. I spent the last 2 days and most of today riding it, giving it a rest break every 25-30 miles. I must be up to about $50 in McDonalds drinks, as I have been riding it from one McDonalds to another to let it rest a bit. I'm going to try and get it up to 1000 miles before it gets too hot here to enjoy riding in the daytime. Then for the next 6 months or so it will be mostly night riding and getting up at 3:00 AM and heading up into the mountains. No problems so far.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on April 01, 2014, 12:49:16 am
Quote
I must be up to about $50 in McDonalds drinks, as I have been riding it from one McDonalds to another to let it rest a bit.

Got yourself a real Cafe Racer there, huh?
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gashousegorilla on April 01, 2014, 01:12:13 am
Today I worked on leather made ​​from an old bag.
I built a mold with wood and I put on the leather wet with alcohol.
I modeled the leather over the mold using the back of a spoon.
(http://s9.postimg.org/i74oqd2e7/cuoio.jpg)

final result:
(http://s30.postimg.org/kjcpzn8pd/c_003.jpg)


anchor with double-sided tape is exceptional.


   Beautifull !    Italians.... what an eye. ;)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Bulletman on April 01, 2014, 02:12:09 am

   Beautifull !    Italians.... what an eye. ;)
Indeed....... ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: azcatfan on April 02, 2014, 02:57:45 am
Did the 7" light upgrade, I cannot believe I waited until now!  It is really nice having an RE dealer on my way home from work that carries stuff.  Also ordered the bullet turn signals and some gaskets and other stuff :-)

(http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g237/azcatfan/REHL.jpg) (http://s57.photobucket.com/user/azcatfan/media/REHL.jpg.html)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gremlin on April 02, 2014, 01:39:17 pm
AZCATFAN <--   Looks good.  I like the yellow hue to the headlamp, reminiscent of the old lucas 6 volt systems.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Alan LaRue on April 02, 2014, 04:25:33 pm
Ordered a rear carrier from Hitchcocks, priced at £58.00. Got an email from them asking me to confirm, as the shipping would be £78.00. I asked them to cancel the order!

(http://www.hitchcocksmotorcycles.com/http://www.hitchcocksmotorcycles.com/pictures/category5714/large/large200003.jpg)

I wish something like this were available from Nfieldgear. This is made in England and is rated at 7.5kg (16.5 lbs). The made-in-India adjustable rear carrier at Nfieldgear is priced nice at $64.95, but doesn't properly fit the B5, and eventually cracked on both sides even though the top-case I had on it was only used for carrying rain gear and an iPad. I may order another one, anyway, but I would love to have something really sturdy.

Hitchcock's also has a set of side carriers that come with the small Givi panniers. Maybe I should find a local welding shop and have something custom made.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on April 02, 2014, 05:53:25 pm
Why not get the one you had that cracked reinforced and customized?  Take it to a welder and have him repair and custom fit it. 

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on April 02, 2014, 06:33:17 pm
+1

That's what I'd do.  Fix what you have and make it stronger.

Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: caricabasso on April 02, 2014, 09:29:19 pm
Il mio consiglio è di acquistare una saldatrice elettrica inverter.
Con questo attrezzo puoi costruire ciò che vuoi in acciaio inossidabile e saldare con elettrodi da 1,6 mm. è molto facile.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Mr.Mazza on April 02, 2014, 09:43:00 pm
Il mio consiglio è di acquistare una saldatrice elettrica inverter.
Con questo attrezzo puoi costruire ciò che vuoi in acciaio inossidabile e saldare con elettrodi da 1,6 mm. è molto facile.

Something about an Electrical inverter you aqqquired and soldering? My Italiano is hopeless considrring im half wog half Aussie!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gashousegorilla on April 03, 2014, 01:56:34 am
  I believe it is something like.... " Buy a welder and you can build whatever you like."   I believe he is referring to stainless TIG welding.....Electric.  He's right .
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on April 03, 2014, 02:04:49 am
+1 to owning a welder!    :D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Alan LaRue on April 03, 2014, 03:13:44 am
Il mio consiglio è di acquistare una saldatrice elettrica inverter.
Con questo attrezzo puoi costruire ciò che vuoi in acciaio inossidabile e saldare con elettrodi da 1,6 mm. è molto facile.

My advice is to buy an electric welder inverter. With this tool you can build what you want and stainless steel welding electrodes with 1.6 mm. is very easy.

You know, I've never welded, but welders these days aren't too expensive... Never too old to learn!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on April 03, 2014, 04:00:55 am
You know, I've never welded, but welders these days aren't too expensive... Never too old to learn!

You obviously have a computer and youtube is jam packed with instructional and how to videos.  ;)

Scottie j
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: caricabasso on April 03, 2014, 06:56:22 am
Something about an Electrical inverter you aqqquired and soldering? My Italiano is hopeless considrring im half wog half Aussie!

I speak of an  electrode welding (not  a TIG because expensive and difficult to use), such as this one that you see on E-bay:

http://www.ebay.it/sch/i.html?_nkw=welder%20inverter&clk_rvr_id=613564178323&adpos=1t1&MT_ID=65&crlp=15281401703_2420816&device=c&geo_id=33486&keyword=welder+inverter&crdt=0

that I use is this:

http://www.comifer.sm/cat0_4723_4724_4725/saldatura-elettrodo/saldatrici-inverter-deca/saldatrici-hobbistiche/p15969-saldatrice-inverter-deca-starmos-120-80-amp.php?gclid=CMm9_OPMw70CFYbMtAodkWgASw

Until a few years ago I never thought of trying to weld.
My job is far from these arguments because I'm a lawyer, but does not prevent me to devote myself to manual labor that I consider the best antidote to stress
Then I decided, and I bought the welder inverter and I started alone.
I found that the stainless steel is easier to saladre than for iron, welder inverter facilitates the operation because the arc is more fluid without jumps.
In addition, the stainless steel, highly polished, very similar to nickel-plating , as it was once.
The secret for newbies is to use very small electrodes, I use those 1.6 mm., And solder points close together, sometimes you file the welding and and then fills with other solder points until a satisfactory result.
Also everything you will build for the bike requires stainless steel pipes and plates of small thickness, so the small electrodes are recommended.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Roeland on April 03, 2014, 11:12:59 am
I have a very basic TIG welder and found it extremely difficult to use. For the contruction of stainless steel side carriers for saddle bags I reverted to MIG welding. The stainless steel is 2mm thick x 20 mm wide and I welded these into an angel frame (lengthwise - next time I buy angles). Easier, but still difficult as the stainless tends to wrap very easily when heated. Always good to clamp everything down very sturdy and spot weld all around before finishing the long welds.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on April 03, 2014, 01:01:03 pm
Man, the bike is a total dog with the 21 tooth front sprocket.    :-\   I retarded the timing a couple of degrees and played with the carb a bit and this is the best I could do.  The clutch works greats but I'm not happy with the gearing.  Maybe I just need more HP.  ;D

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_uuqVotj7Q


Scottie J
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: ace.cafe on April 03, 2014, 02:43:51 pm
Man, the bike is a total dog with the 21 tooth front sprocket.    :-\   I retarded the timing a couple of degrees and played with the carb a bit and this is the best I could do.  The clutch works greats but I'm not happy with the gearing.  Maybe I just need more HP.  ;D

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_uuqVotj7Q
Scottie J

Do you have a tach on that bike?
Sounds to me like you are shifting at midrange rpms.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on April 03, 2014, 03:07:28 pm
The tach doesn't function.  It's there, but there's no gearbox or cable for it.  I know it sounds like I'm shifting at mid RPMs, but it seriously doesn't have much steam above where I shift.

Perhaps I should install something like this.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/New-For-Motorcycle-Universal-Mechanica-13000RPM-Scooter-Analog-Tachometer-Gauge-/400503135824?pt=Motorcycles_Parts_Accessories&hash=item5d3fd8de50&vxp=mtr

Scottie J
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: azcatfan on April 03, 2014, 04:15:04 pm
I wish there were an inexpensive Tach for the singles.  I understand that if I switched to an electronic ignition that I could find one, but noone as is...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: caricabasso on April 03, 2014, 09:11:31 pm
I have a very basic TIG welder and found it extremely difficult to use. For the contruction of stainless steel side carriers for saddle bags I reverted to MIG welding. The stainless steel is 2mm thick x 20 mm wide and I welded these into an angel frame (lengthwise - next time I buy angles). Easier, but still difficult as the stainless tends to wrap very easily when heated. Always good to clamp everything down very sturdy and spot weld all around before finishing the long welds.

If you want to put photographs of how to proceed wing spot welding, so you understand what I mean.
Right now I'm building the rear crash bar to protect the bags of aluminum and myself.
I'll show you the technique and the finished product is amazing.
However, I repeat again, it is important to use very small electrodes (1.6 mm.)
If you look at the fish-tail silencer that I costruto entirely in stainless steel, you'll realize that you can build anything as long as desired.

Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on April 03, 2014, 10:11:15 pm
Rode it again - 45℉ this afternoon.  It's strange to ride by the lakes and ponds and see them still white and frozen.

I'm pretty sure my bike is still pinging - rode it for a stretch of gentle uphill at about 55mph (about 20 minutes into my ride), my little digital tach showing about 3100 rpm, and didn't it rattle for a good bit of the climb!  If I roll on the throttle a bit, the bike won't really accelerate, but I can certainly increase the noise.  And, it doesn't happen every time.

It's weird.  Sometimes, it just won't accelerate on the hills, but it stays quiet.  Other times, it pings.  Is it odd that in similar conditions it would ping intermittently?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on April 03, 2014, 10:26:48 pm
If the bike is pinging under load you should downshift into 4th so the bike isn't working so hard.  Either that or hit the bottom of the hill at a faster speed in 5th.

Scottie J
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: ace.cafe on April 03, 2014, 10:44:20 pm
Rode it again - 45℉ this afternoon.  It's strange to ride by the lakes and ponds and see them still white and frozen.

I'm pretty sure my bike is still pinging - rode it for a stretch of gentle uphill at about 55mph (about 20 minutes into my ride), my little digital tach showing about 3100 rpm, and didn't it rattle for a good bit of the climb!  If I roll on the throttle a bit, the bike won't really accelerate, but I can certainly increase the noise.  And, it doesn't happen every time.

It's weird.  Sometimes, it just won't accelerate on the hills, but it stays quiet.  Other times, it pings.  Is it odd that in similar conditions it would ping intermittently?

Could be bad gas.
But if it's pinging, do what Scottie says and get the revs up above the torque peak where the engine wants full advance and is less likely to ping. And/or roll off the throttle till it stops. Don't mess around with ping! It can kill the engine very quickly, and it wouldn't surprise me to find that is what killed that bike in Italy that has its own "serious damage" thread going.
Pinging on an uphill grade, below torque peak with a bigger throttle opening than usual, can cause that very kind of incident where the owner thinks everything is fine, and he's gently cruising, and all of a sudden the engine comes apart. The pinging overheats the piston, which then expands more than the clearance can withstand, and it seizes hard and snaps the con-rod and the broken end of the rod blows out the engine case.
This has been the demise of quite a few Iron Barrel engines.

We know that this  hasn't been typically seen in UCE bikes, but that doesn't mean it's impossible, so we don't want to tempt fate with pinging.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: sixtysix on April 03, 2014, 11:08:47 pm
My sister came to visit from England so before she came I ordered some bar end mirrors for the GT and she brought them over. Once I got the end caps off, I couldn't get them back on (the long bolt wouldn't capture the internal nut?) The kit had no directions but I used the included end caps, this I what I came up with. Looks odd to me.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Royal Stargazer on April 04, 2014, 12:10:38 am
Today I threw the cover over her because sleet. I hate you, Minnesota...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on April 04, 2014, 02:39:53 am
I forgot to post this earlier.  When I did my timing adjustment yesterday I decided to go ahead and inspect the plugs while I was at it.  They actually look pretty good, not quite as black as I'd like to see them.  I think I might go to a bigger needle jet.  ???  Who am I kidding?  I just need to go to a dual flat side set up.  ;D

(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y217/lethalinj/Plugs_zps4e549ba7.jpg) (http://s6.photobucket.com/user/lethalinj/media/Plugs_zps4e549ba7.jpg.html)

Speaking of tachs again.....  I remember someone posting a small LED tach designed for single cylinder small engines that was battery operated and had a single wire lead that wrapped around the high tension lead.  Does anyone remember what that thing was called?

Scottie J
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: azcatfan on April 04, 2014, 02:45:07 am
It's called the Tiny Tach, or some version of that.  I use to use them on lawn equipment when I was working landscaping back in high school.  They aren't very accurate from what I remember and have a significant delay...

ETA:  Here it is  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usfmhpF6QB0  about 3 min in on the video.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: ace.cafe on April 04, 2014, 02:50:07 am
Yes, it's called the Tiny Tach. It is very slow updating rpm and is always behind what you are actually doing. It's really only good for steady state riding. It sucks for monitoring acceleration.
You can get a decent chinese made tach on a handlebar mount for a Harley or cruiser twin on Ebay for probably 70 bucks.

BTW, your spark plugs tell me that you can advance your ignition timing a bit. Maybe that will help out your top end power.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on April 04, 2014, 03:12:23 am
Yes, it's called the Tiny Tach. It is very slow updating rpm and is always behind what you are actually doing. It's really only good for steady state riding. It sucks for monitoring acceleration.
You can get a decent chinese made tach on a handlebar mount for a Harley or cruiser twin on Ebay for probably 70 bucks.

BTW, your spark plugs tell me that you can advance your ignition timing a bit. Maybe that will help out your top end power.

Well hell!  The Chinese have everything for cheap!

http://www.ebay.com/itm/New-For-Motorcycle-Universal-Mechanica-13000RPM-Scooter-Analog-Tachometer-Gauge-/400503135824?pt=Motorcycles_Parts_Accessories&hash=item5d3fd8de50&vxp=mtr

Thanks Tom.  Maybe I can grab the timing light from Tony's and pick up a degree wheel and see where exactly it is at.  I think 32* full advance is what was determined on the vintage page not too long ago?

Scottie J

EDIT:

On 2nd thought, I really like this one!

http://www.ebay.com/itm/LED-light-Two-Color-Universal-13000-RPM-Scooter-Analog-Tachometer-for-Motorcycle-/221375175553?pt=Motorcycles_Parts_Accessories&hash=item338afd1b81&vxp=mtr
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on April 04, 2014, 03:25:42 am
RE. pinging: Thanks Scottie and Ace.  I'm prepared to move this to another thread if need be, but... Ace, when you say "get the revs up above torque peak", do you have any specifiics?  I know there's always talk about HP and torque around here, but I guess I need some advice about how to apply it to my actual riding.

Scottie, I bought a tach of the wire-wrap-around-the-plug-wire type made by Hardline.  It refreshes about once every second.  Fine for checking the idle speed and for seeing what rpm my bike pings at, but probably not much use for what you're doing.  I like it because it's easy on when I wanna see the rpm, and easy off for when I don't need to see it, which is most of the time...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on April 04, 2014, 03:48:43 am
ACTUALLY I found this one too that is the same as the last but slightly larger diameter, 67mm which is 2 5/8".   I think I could make this mount right inside of the instrument panel and replace the mechanical tach.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/171224623375?_trksid=p2055120.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

Also this one has the wires labeled as how to hook them up.

Scottie J
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on April 04, 2014, 05:53:24 pm
How many teeth does your rear sprocket have? For the 20/21T countershaft to be geared right, it should have 46T.
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on April 04, 2014, 06:15:18 pm
Yeah, it's a 46 tooth rear bare.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: azcatfan on April 05, 2014, 04:23:52 am
Installed some bar end mirrors.  I like the look of bar ends, not sure these are keepers, but the price was right -  free.  Got them from a guy at work that had them sitting around from a project he had gotten rid of already.

(http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g237/azcatfan/BarEnds1.jpg) (http://s57.photobucket.com/user/azcatfan/media/BarEnds1.jpg.html)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on April 05, 2014, 04:38:19 am
Nice azcatfan!

If you decide they are not keepers, I need mirrors for the Blackhawk.  ;)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on April 05, 2014, 11:33:27 am
azcatfan - are your pilot-light ("tiger-eye"?) lenses OEM?  Mine are clear, I think, whereas yours look opaque...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Roeland on April 05, 2014, 04:00:47 pm
We came back from a 100 km ride. Fully loaded with an estimated 400 kg total weight (bike, rider, pillion and luggage).
The last 50 km we must have averaged 130 km per hour GPS with an indicated 137 km per hour GPS top speed....and there was still power left......
That's definitely more than 40 Hp - probably around 42 to 45 Hp
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: azcatfan on April 05, 2014, 04:03:27 pm
azcatfan - are your pilot-light ("tiger-eye"?) lenses OEM?  Mine are clear, I think, whereas yours look opaque...

As far as I know, they are.  The original owner documented every little thing he did to this bike when he had it.  Every detail, right down to cable adjustments and gas cap replacements.  No mention of replacing the Tiger Eye covers.  Maybe they changed things up in later years  ??? Most of the Iron Barrel bikes I have seen have the cloudy pilot covers, but most of the RE owners I know have UCE and they are clear-er.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Craig McClure on April 05, 2014, 04:13:17 pm
Nice azcatfan!

If you decide they are not keepers, I need mirrors for the Blackhawk.  ;)
Hi, you can get those mirrors on Ebay for about $17. if you hunt. Mine are silver. I have them at the ends of my Bikemaster Superbike Bars on my G5 Deluxe, WITH my bar-end Signals. I like them, They don't seem to vibrate, so Light Bars, even a few cars back, are easily seen.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on April 05, 2014, 04:17:05 pm
Oh cool!  That's reasonable for bar ends.  And man do I love the Super Bike bars, they are so comfy and the perfect height for my bike.  Ascetically, my favorite mod so far.  I actually trimmed 1" off of each end of my bars.  I like 'em narrow.  :D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: azcatfan on April 05, 2014, 04:34:48 pm
Hi, you can get those mirrors on Ebay for about $17. if you hunt. Mine are silver. I have them at the ends of my Bikemaster Superbike Bars on my G5 Deluxe, WITH my bar-end Signals. I like them, They don't seem to vibrate, so Light Bars, even a few cars back, are easily seen.

Those look great!  I figured he wasn't deep in the pocket for them when he gave them to me. 

Only thing that was a little unsettling was installing the right side mirror, had to trim and drill the end plug of the accelerator handle to get everything to fit and free movement on the grip.

I rarely use my mirrors anyway, if I'm changing lanes I look several times over my shoulder in the direction I'm going to move to.  I find the movement of my helmet is as  much an indicator as my turn signals for the cagers that actually see me.  Most of the mirror use is watching for people who are arriving too quickly to a stop behind me.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: FiRE Comms on April 05, 2014, 07:58:19 pm
Still waiting on the new tank, and fender...   :'(
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on April 05, 2014, 08:57:12 pm
Well, I adjusted the timing to 34* full advance and it does seem like it runs better and and has better acceleration.  I had to turn down the idle about 3/4 of turn, so I'm obviously more advanced than I was previously.  It doesn't sound like it's detonating either, but my pipes are so loud it's hard to tell for sure.  I did notice that my pipes looked bluer than before the timing change around where they first curve down out of the motor.  Maybe.  ???  BUT I only hit a top speed of 93mph.    :-\

Scottie J
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gremlin on April 06, 2014, 03:46:03 am
Installed some bar end mirrors.  I like the look of bar ends, not sure these are keepers, but the price was right -  free.  Got them from a guy at work that had them sitting around from a project he had gotten rid of already.

I've got the same on my B5 and I love them !
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gremlin on April 06, 2014, 03:49:08 am
Picked B5 up from the Dealer (Winter Storage AND AVL piston install)

had a nice, sedate, ride home.  I'll let the new rings seat for a couple hundred miles before I try it out for real !
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: heloego on April 06, 2014, 02:27:14 pm
Quote
I rarely use my mirrors anyway, if I'm changing lanes I look several times over my shoulder in the direction I'm going to move to.  I find the movement of my helmet is as  much an indicator as my turn signals for the cagers that actually see me.  Most of the mirror use is watching for people who are arriving too quickly to a stop behind me.

+1
 :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on April 06, 2014, 03:48:21 pm
Going to do a quick oil change and then a few people from the Motorcycle Kids: Denver facebook page and myself are heading up to the I-76 Speedway for Hot Laps!  Here's hoping that the rectifier keeps putting out 12.6 volts for the next 250 miles!  ;D  Hopefully, I'll come back this afternoon with me and the bike still in 1 piece and that I have some good video footage of me racing around the dirt track!  Wish me luck!

Scottie J
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gremlin on April 06, 2014, 09:22:52 pm
replaced my rear trafficators with units off a Yamaha.  got red lenses for then and wired it all up.  Much better tail-light solution.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Royalista on April 07, 2014, 12:27:43 am
Totaled 37 km today: does that count for the Intl Ride? But I got pics from blossoms which was the main purpose.  8)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on April 07, 2014, 02:50:37 am
I don't have any pics of me going around the track but I did get a pic of my bike pissing oil all over the pit!  ;D

(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y217/lethalinj/MarkingMyPit_zps46ffb92d.jpg) (http://s6.photobucket.com/user/lethalinj/media/MarkingMyPit_zps46ffb92d.jpg.html)

Had a really good time, the wind sucked, but now I know that my bike can maintain 70-75mph for at least 30-40 miles.  That's a plus!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Boston James on April 07, 2014, 03:52:51 am
After walking past the bike in the garage all winter I'd had enough of this long never ending winter and decided since it was "Ride One 2014" day it was time for a ride.  Tough sledding getting out of the driveway with all the fresh snow still but I did manage to find enough dry road to put on 60km before few degrees above freezing got the better of me.  Lots of winter road sand on the road made it a bit hairy but sweet to get back going again!!!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on April 07, 2014, 04:06:27 am
Hell yeah!  Good for you Boston James!   :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on April 07, 2014, 04:52:11 am
Scottie, with how hard you flog that bike, it's a testament to your skill and care that it keeps running so well. 

Scitt
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on April 07, 2014, 12:40:16 pm
Scottie, with how hard you flog that bike, it's a testament to your skill and care that it keeps running so well. 

Scitt

Thanks Scott!    :)

Well, there is an art form to riding hard and rules to abide by for my type of riding style.  Rule #1 - Know your ride's strengths and weaknesses, address them, and cure the weaknesses when possible.  This includes any kind of maintenance upkeep as well, like oil changes , valve and chain adjustments, ect.  Rule #2 - NEVER float the valves for more than a second or 2.  When you are ripping thru gears and you feel the torque and acceleration drop off that is your motor telling you to shift to next gear.  Some people will try rev out their motors all the way until they won't spin any faster.  This is the incorrect way to flog a bike or car and will almost guarantee a motor failure.  Rule #3 - Possibly the most important rule in flogging a bike, Throttle/Clutch Control!  Dumping the clutch is bad, so is riding the clutch, so is riding the clutch and revving the motor excessively.  It is important to know exactly how your motor likes to rev and equally important to know how your clutch reacts and where it starts to engage.

And in case you haven't seen it yet, here I am on the dirt track from yesterday.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5IrsEQoPtnw&feature=youtu.be

Scottie J
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: ace.cafe on April 07, 2014, 03:08:39 pm
Just watch out if you ever get better valve springs that won't float until an rpm that is higher than the bottom end can take!
That's when a tach comes in real handy!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gremlin on April 07, 2014, 03:15:06 pm
I think the jist of scottie's advice was to shift at the torque peak.  better valve springs won't invite further abuse from him (or his minions).
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gashousegorilla on April 07, 2014, 03:58:48 pm
Thanks Scott!    :)

Well, there is an art form to riding hard and rules to abide by for my type of riding style.  Rule #1 - Know your ride's strengths and weaknesses, address them, and cure the weaknesses when possible.  This includes any kind of maintenance upkeep as well, like oil changes , valve and chain adjustments, ect.  Rule #2 - NEVER float the valves for more than a second or 2.  When you are ripping thru gears and you feel the torque and acceleration drop off that is your motor telling you to shift to next gear.  Some people will try rev out their motors all the way until they won't spin any faster.  This is the incorrect way to flog a bike or car and will almost guarantee a motor failure.  Rule #3 - Possibly the most important rule in flogging a bike, Throttle/Clutch Control!  Dumping the clutch is bad, so is riding the clutch, so is riding the clutch and revving the motor excessively.  It is important to know exactly how your motor likes to rev and equally important to know how your clutch reacts and where it starts to engage.

And in case you haven't seen it yet, here I am on the dirt track from yesterday.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5IrsEQoPtnw&feature=youtu.be

Scottie J

   Love It !  Rules for bike flogage....   Wait, just a thought, but are you floating your valves Scottie under peak torque or a little past ?  They might be doing the Hoochie koochie under that?  Are they the replacement  stock one's ?  Were they replaced ?  May have something to do with your quest for the ton.....
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: ace.cafe on April 07, 2014, 04:19:15 pm
Well, I think the torque peak on that 700 twin is probably around 4000 rpm, with hp peak probably up around 5000-6000 rpm somewhere, depending on the model and how tired out it might be.

So, in any case, shifting around torque peak might be okay for normal riding, but for performance riding it would be a lot more productive to shift up at hp peak.

I may have misunderstood the description and he may have meant shift when he feels the power curve flatten-off, which is a valid technique, and which may have been better interpreted by others above, than I did. But if the valves are floating anywhere near torque peak, then they are dead, and need new. The bike should rev to hp peak for performance riding. And the valves should not float until beyond that, because floating the valves at any rpm is bad for the cams and valves and valve gear(among other hazards), and should be avoided. It's not necessary or desireable to ever float the valves. The valves should be fully controlled by the springs in every range of operation, right up to the max redline.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on April 07, 2014, 04:26:29 pm
The springs are what came with the bike, they're old so they don't perform like they should.  So for me I get valve float at I'm guessing 5K or so.  Tho Ace and Gremlin are both correct. The bottom line is to shift very shortly after you notice the power drop off whether it is due to valve float or passing the peak torque RPM or HP.  The exception would be like Ace just mentioned in a full out race it is better to shift at Higher rpm so that when you enter the next gear you are just below peak torque.  But if the bike is no longer pulling hard it is pointless to remain in that gear unless it is top gear or you are about to enter a turn.

My next mod will be the addition of a tach, followed camshaft swap and new valve springs.  Speaking of valve springs, Tom, can you please shoot me   a PM or give me a call for a price on springs please?  Thanks!

Scottie J
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on April 07, 2014, 04:29:38 pm
It could also be that the current cams are just weak and I am actually hitting peak HP lower than I expected.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: ace.cafe on April 07, 2014, 04:37:43 pm
It could also be that the current cams are just weak and I am actually hitting peak HP lower than I expected.

It'd be a good idea to get a degree wheel and a dial indicator, and analyze all the valve motion. And while you are at it, you could verify all the igntion timing criteria too.
If you just want to see if the lift is worn out, you can do that with a dial-caliper on the cam lobes pretty easy.
If you need any tips on doing any of this, let me know.

Then, after you know where you're at, a strategy can be worked out for any parts you might want to get. That works out better in the end, if you have a real plan.

Edited to add:
I think the new OEM springs are available from Hitchcock.
If you want the Ace stuff, it will be a little more complicated because our beehives need different hardware, and we might need the head to get it all in there properly.

And another thing, you probably want another set of those steel rods you are having made at R&R, for the Blackhawk too. Those OEM aluminum rods have unknown fatigue life, and we have no idea what they have been put through since 1958, and no way to tell when they will let go.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on April 07, 2014, 09:17:27 pm
Forgot my glasses at home for the second time so I just went home at lunch to get them.  After weeks of rain we've got 78F and sunny skies so I took the bike for the ride back.  She's running well after the winter mods and downtime.  Time to start messing with more stuff...

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on April 07, 2014, 09:19:26 pm
Damn it Tom!  The flat track season starts this Saturday and now I want to tear my motor down even tho there isn't a single thing wrong with it.    8)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on April 07, 2014, 09:22:05 pm
There are people who are willing to leave well enough alone.  I don't know any of them.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gashousegorilla on April 08, 2014, 12:04:18 am
There are people who are willing to leave well enough alone.  I don't know any of them.

Scott

   ???..... Why ?  You mean to Just RIDE it ? ONLY ?!  Ummmmmm...... Pffffffff . WHAT fun would THAT be ?!  ;)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on April 08, 2014, 12:05:41 am
Exactly!  Who does that???  I don't imagine they'd be much fun at parties.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gashousegorilla on April 08, 2014, 12:31:38 am
Exactly!  Who does that???  I don't imagine they'd be much fun at parties.

 NO, I imagine not !  OoohhhOOoooofff..... must be four wheeled vehicle driving types !  Have you ever met one ?  What are they like ?!   LOL !


 @ Scottie

  If you can find beehives that work in your application, they are the way to go. A little research and knowing what you need. They're are a LOT of springs out there. Also Smith Bros. in Oregon makes very good rods and will make you up any chromo rod you need... adjustable or not. At a very good price. If you want to give them a call, forget the guys name? But he is pretty Sharp with the old Brit bikes.

 A good article by David Vizard.....

  http://www.strokerengine.com/camtech2.html
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: GSS on April 08, 2014, 12:45:15 am
NO, I imagine not !  OoohhhOOoooofff..... must be four wheeled vehicle driving types !  Have you ever met one ?  What are they like ?!   LOL !
:-\ ??? Us jeepers are fun people!  1.5 mph top speed crawling over big rocks!

Anyway, had a good time running around on the GT this weekend.....50 degrees in Tundraland!!! :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on April 08, 2014, 12:50:28 am
I just laughed out loud at the last 5 posts!   ;D

I just can't leave my toys alone.  There is always something to improve, some mod to get more power.  I have a feeling I'm going to be tearing this motor at least half way apart in the next couple of weeks.  I have a bigger camshaft to install!

Scottie J
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gashousegorilla on April 08, 2014, 04:52:08 am
:-\ ??? Us jeepers are fun people!  1.5 mph top speed crawling over big rocks!



 D'oh !!   :-[   THATS different GSS.    You know.....  I actually have several of them four wheeled vehicles in the family. And two are four wheel drive ! I can can crawl on stuff !  Well... somewhat ?!  ::)   ;)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on April 08, 2014, 05:02:32 am
Speaking of rock crawling......  People build trucks much differently in Colorado than they do in Wisconsin.  In WI people build their trucks with the biggest nastiest tires they can afford with 12" suspension lifts, throw a bunch of money at the motor and trans and go through 2'-4' of mud and swamp water.  Out here, the height is much more conservative with 35" tires and a bunch of money into suspension.  And then you have odd balls like me who take a '95 Subaru Legacy wagon, put in a 3.5" suspension lift with meaty tires and drop in a high compression NA motor.  ;D

Scottie J
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Roy L. on April 08, 2014, 12:16:01 pm
(http://i57.tinypic.com/244uqso.jpg)

Just about ready for action. We're about 3 weeks early this year in Finland thanks to the mild winter.
Electra EFI 2012.
New crashbars, wider and higher bars (US Interceptor) windshield, luggage racks.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on April 08, 2014, 05:50:04 pm
My 4-wheel experiences. I've come to the conclusion that any more than 2 wheels in the dirt is hazardous!
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on April 08, 2014, 06:05:20 pm
Oooooops!   ;D

Did you have one of those upside down "flip me over" stickers in the window?   ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Roeland on April 08, 2014, 06:27:35 pm
Just came back from the airport on the RE. Did a stint in Botswana - Cape town to Johannesburg then a 450 km drive to Gaborone and 450 km back - a meeting the next morning and a 4 hour wait at the airport to get back to Cape Town to kick start my bike on the way home (still did not replace the solenoid). To get in and out of Cape Town International my only option is to tail gate a car...no allowances have been made for bikes...?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: suitcasejefferson on April 09, 2014, 12:07:03 am
Just finished putting 1000 miles on the Bullet (1007 to be exact) No engine related problems. It seems like it took forever. I brought it back into the living room, I'm going to change the oil, and pull both wheels to see what the brake problems are. Front works fine, but squeals like a train horn. Not all the time though. Slowing down from 60 mph it makes almost no noise. When you get almost stopped is when the noise starts. It does it all the time at slow speeds in town. I believe the rear brake is not centered properly and only one shoe is making contact with the drum. If you push hard enough on the pedal, it makes a grinding scraping sound. I think there is also a good possibility that both brakes may have gotten contaminated somehow. Maybe from some kind of preservative that was left on the drum/disc.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: FiRE Comms on April 09, 2014, 05:05:08 am
Tank showed up today, and it's already seen better days...  the threads for the fuel pump and level sensor are a mess...  any clue what size the fuel level sensor is so I can try to push a bolt through there?  also chipping around the pump, and I haven't been able to seat one of the 5 allens properly on the pump due to nasty thread...  Bike is coming back together, IF i put everything on, squint and thump I'm golden...  Oh and the weather turned AWESOME....
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on April 09, 2014, 12:02:44 pm
This is a new replacement tank directly from Enfield, correct?  If so, the reason the threads are "nasty" is because they don't plug them before they paint the tanks.  Take one of the bolts to the hardware store and buy a threading tap of the correct size and chase the bolt holes.  This should make things easier for you and not damage any threads.

Scottie J
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Mr.Mazza on April 09, 2014, 12:30:14 pm
I organised my tow vehicle, trailer, insurance, roadworthy, new tyres for my Bullet! :D
All set for Saturday!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: ROVERMAN on April 09, 2014, 05:31:22 pm
Second ride of the year! April the 8th and it's 52 degrees! holy crap! What do they say? You have 2 seasons in Michigan, winter, and mosquito. :P (and construction).
Roverman.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: caricabasso on April 09, 2014, 08:51:57 pm
Just finished crashbar back.
I did it with stainless steel tube 22 mm. and 90 ° bends welded.
Very finishing work with a file and sandpaper and then polishing with abrasive paste.

(http://s7.postimg.org/xr345iaob/crashbar_002.jpg)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Craig McClure on April 10, 2014, 12:25:11 am
VERY VERY NICE! Beautiful Work.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gremlin on April 10, 2014, 03:51:31 am
replaced B5's rear turn signals with dual filament units in red....

Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: azcatfan on April 10, 2014, 04:04:40 am
I love the lights gremlin!  Which luggage rack is that?  Is it the one that comes with a bolt on pillion?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on April 10, 2014, 05:03:39 am
Replaced my burnt up Sparx with a Tympanium rectifier and then I went out and made a bunch of noise.   ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gremlin on April 10, 2014, 01:08:03 pm
....Which luggage rack is that?  Is it the one that comes with a bolt on pillion?

Yep !  got it from N'field gear.  only thing it needed to mount on the B5 was a pair of heavy duty, stainless steel, rubber lined, pipe hangers.   I had to buy a box of 10 .....  so if you go this route let me know and I'll mail ya a pair.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: azcatfan on April 10, 2014, 02:53:25 pm
I just ordered one through Nfield via the RE dealer (that way I don't pay shipping) and I may have grabbed their last tan pillion! :-)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Royalista on April 10, 2014, 09:08:02 pm
Clutch cable broke:  :o
Still 11 kms from dealer, who rushed to my assistance:  8)

Clutch cable made it to 28400 km. Normal or excellent (good/bad)?
As always a good day.  :D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: suitcasejefferson on April 10, 2014, 09:44:45 pm
I carry an extra clutch cable with me. I still remember that from when I had a '66 Triumph. Since there are 2 throttle cables, I don't need to carry one of those. I have 2 Japanese bikes that have been converted from dual cable to single cable, so I know how that works.

Just got back from a ride, now has 1238 miles on it. Thinking about heading up north tomorrow or Saturday. It's already getting to hot down here for me. 98 degrees today. Riding season is just about over.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on April 10, 2014, 10:23:38 pm
The dual throttle cable is to keep the throttle butterfly from fluttering open on backfires, etc.  One cable pulls it open, the other keeps tension so it doesn't fly open too far.  A carb is very tolerant of that behavior, an EFI with throttle position sensor is not ;)  I'm sure you could limp home with pull only if you had to.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: FiRE Comms on April 10, 2014, 11:37:29 pm
This is a new replacement tank directly from Enfield, correct?  If so, the reason the threads are "nasty" is because they don't plug them before they paint the tanks.  Take one of the bolts to the hardware store and buy a threading tap of the correct size and chase the bolt holes.  This should make things easier for you and not damage any threads.

Scottie J

Scottie, Figured as much...  Any idea what size the fuel sensor is?  Or would the best bet be to just carry the whole tank in? 
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on April 10, 2014, 11:53:05 pm
Scottie, Figured as much...  Any idea what size the fuel sensor is?  Or would the best bet be to just carry the whole tank in?

Just take whatever parts that thread into the tank with you.  Most hardware stores have thread gauges that you can thread your hardware into to determine what size threads you have.  Fastenal and Ace Hardware are my 2 favorite hardware stores to go to.  Fastenal has the best selection and carry more of the hard to find sizes.

Scottie J
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: suitcasejefferson on April 11, 2014, 01:07:41 am
The dual throttle cable is to keep the throttle butterfly from fluttering open on backfires, etc.  One cable pulls it open, the other keeps tension so it doesn't fly open too far.  A carb is very tolerant of that behavior, an EFI with throttle position sensor is not ;)  I'm sure you could limp home with pull only if you had to.

Scott

Yeah, I keep forgetting about this thing being EFI.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on April 11, 2014, 03:23:21 am
Rode the Blackhawk to work today and ran some errands on lunch.  I was skeptical at first as I have been having multiple catastrophic electrical failures that were caused by the primary cover mounting bolt holes stripping out.  Then, since Sunday I've been blowing fuses after riding for any given amount of time.  And yesterday after installing the Tympanium and playing around taking videos, I noticed I blew the fuse again (if you didn't happen to notice in the video I posted) which was disappointing.  Then I remembered that the horn button on the dip switch was grounding out when you pushed it and would blow the fuse.  So I pulled all the wires and tested the switch with my volt meter and sure enough it was grounding out.  So I yanked that out.   But then when I warming the bike up to leave this morning I noticed with the lights off voltage in the low 14's, tail light only low 13's and headlight dropped to 12.2 at idle and 12.6ish at revs.  So I just rode into work with the tail light only and checked the voltage again when I got to work and it was reading 13.5 on the tail light and 13 with the headlight.  So I called Dave over at Arvada Bike Company and explained to him what was going on and he told me that those readings are perfectly normal for the Tympanium rectifier/regulator.  So I ran my errands and rode home (28 miles) with the headlight on and every time I shut off the bike the battery was right at 12.65.  YAY!     :D 

The only issue I noticed was a little chatter coming from the primary case which I assume is the clutch basket bolts still rubbing against the scissor arm a little bit.  I also noticed the last few miles before I got off of the freeway a little more vibration than normal at higher RPMs.  I assume that is related the head steady loosening up.  I couldn't see the bolts that go into the head loose, but that doesn't mean they aren't.  I'll wake up a little early and do a quick once over and tighten nuts and bolt, Tho I believe most all of them have loctite on them by now.  Ehh, who knows with these old buggers.  For all I know I'm just paranoid and there wasn't even extra vibration and I'm just riding faster than I could before.  ;D

I'm still paranoid as shit tho because I have seriously lost count how many times my electrical failed in the first year of operation.  BUT  It feels soooooo damn good knowing that the electrical system SHOULD be OK now and knowing that I addressed the known problems causing failure.  PLUS the addition of a rock soild clutch assembly AND knowing that the primary cover is tight as a Nun's.....  Sorry, I was getting excited.  And FWIW The Blackhawk Envelope is about 1.5" thick with receipts now.  I am just as curious as I am frightened to add them all up.    :o

Scottie J
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on April 11, 2014, 04:12:06 am
Clutch plates can clack back and forth in the basket.  Most notable on Ducati dry clutches but most bikes do it to some degree if you really listen, even wet clutches.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on April 11, 2014, 04:50:21 am
Clutch plates can clack back and forth in the basket.  Most notable on Ducati dry clutches but most bikes do it to some degree if you really listen, even wet clutches.

Scott

Even if I'm down idling with the clutch engaged?  I've never heard of that, but that very well could be what I'm hearing.  It definitely sounds like it's coming from the clutch area.  As far as the vibrations go I'm either paranoid or the crank bearing is walking out because I forgot the washer between the primary cover and case, because I just checked the head steady and it was pretty tight.  I highly doubt that bearing can walk out tho, not saying it's not possible but.  Anyways, the races are in 2 days and I don't have time to tear it down right now.  I'm sure it's fine.  :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on April 11, 2014, 05:28:21 am
Let it idle in neutral with the clutch in, then with the clutch out.  You'll probably notice a slight change in the sound with the clutch in different positions.  If so, it's the clutch parts making that noise.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on April 11, 2014, 12:52:35 pm
Thanks for that info Scott, I will do what you said and see if the sound changes pitch.  It actually makes perfect sense after sleeping on it.  I remember when I had it all apart that I noticed the notches on the clutch basket were worn and beat up a bit.  Nothing bad enough to cause concern, but I can see how they could possibly chatter around with that bit of extra play in there.

OH!  AND DON'T SPLASH LACQUER THINNER IN YOUR EYES!!!


Random, I know, but seriously, I jacked my eye up at the end of the day yesterday.  I was done jambing in a door for the car I'm working on and was cleaning out my paint gun.  My final step in cleaning my guns is to take a clean paper towel with clean lacquer thinner and wipe it all down.  Well, when I put the thinner soaked towel into the paint cup on my gun, the corner of the paper towel flipped up and threw a good size blob of thinner directly into my eye.  Now I've gotten thinner in my eyes before, but just a drop or 2, it hurts but goes away soon after.  Yesterday it felt like someone was driving a hot soldering iron thru my eyeball.  I looked on the computer when I got home for what to do and found a response from a doctor that said there isn't much you can do but continue to irrigate it, and severe cases can take several days to heal.  Anyways, when I woke up this morning my eye was very crusty which was irritating just trying to clean out without trying to irritate my eye more.  My eye isn't burning like it's on fire anymore, but it is definitely still sore.  I'll be wearing safety glasses from now on when cleaning my guns.

Scottie J
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: heloego on April 11, 2014, 01:57:23 pm
Nothing.
I'm down two mechanics, up one aircraft, and now have to deal with the aftermath of one of my brand spanking new ships in a crumpled mess on top of a hospital. just as the weather gets perfect for a good ride.  :(
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Craig McClure on April 11, 2014, 06:06:02 pm
I got in my first decent ride of the season. Weather was perfect. Terrain was mountain rollercoaster & town traffic in Jasper Ga. The Stabil apparently worked, & I ran just fine with last falls gas. Really a happy experience, sure enjoy listening to my Cocktail Shaker sing. Coming home it will hold 50mph in top gear all the way up the mountain. Life is good!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on April 11, 2014, 08:34:17 pm
The dual throttle cable has been on bikes since the '60s, long before EFI. It is there to keep a throttle from sticking open! Single throttle cabled bikes did that more than occasionally. Had a few do it to me!
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Royalista on April 11, 2014, 09:14:43 pm
6 months in the waiting: a replacement tank.
As RE could only deliver one in black my dealer found a local expert painter who mixed the proper color and turned out a stupendous tank. Best tank on an Enfield ever: good paint, plus super duper lacquer on top.

Build quality is equally good: sturdier and a smarter set up of the rear mounts. As was pointed out here earlier the front is wider by 5.4 mm which required the purchase of a longer bolt and a pair of thick washers. The rear needs only one, normal sized, washer; the bolt fits but only just.
The new tank is a tat shorter than the original one: it does not rub the seat, which make it handier to take off and mount. I also have the impression it's tiny bit flatter, I expect a smaller volume.

That was yesterday. Today I applied the relief letters from a well-known UK supplier.  ;)
Feast your eyes on the before and after.

As an extra, an image of the blossomming. After a winter with a few fierce storms and lots of rain the spring is early and with a vengeance. Woohoo.  ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on April 11, 2014, 09:16:44 pm
Great paint and the lettering looks killer!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on April 12, 2014, 12:53:08 am
Nothing.
I'm down two mechanics, up one aircraft, and now have to deal with the aftermath of one of my brand spanking new ships in a crumpled mess on top of a hospital. just as the weather gets perfect for a good ride.  :(

Whaaaa?  I guess my job isn't so stressful after all!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on April 12, 2014, 12:57:57 am
I put my factory dual seat back on - wow, I sure don't like that thing!  I've forgotten how hard it is!  It passes so many vibes, it affects my vision - I can read signs like "STOP" ok, but smaller signs look blurry...  :o
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on April 12, 2014, 02:23:37 am
Rode to work again and detailed the bike while I was waiting for paint to dry.  Tho I must say my detailing technique is quite unorthodox for my bike.  Am I the only one who details my bike with lacquer thinner and brake cleaner?  ???  ;D

Now I am waiting for it to cool back down so I can adjust the valves and double check the clatter coming from the clutch area.  Got to get ready for the races tomorrow!

Scottie J
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on April 12, 2014, 02:51:46 am
OH!  I also cleaned the air filter today as it was pretty nasty with oil residue and dirt.  I just sloshed it around in my bucket of Paint Gun Wash Solvent and blew it out with my blow gun then let it sit in the sun for about 30 minutes.  Worked like a champ!

And I'm pretty sure that the extra vibrations I am noticing is actually my knobby tires rolling down the road.  It dawned on me as I was transitioning from rain grooved pavement to blacktop and it smoothed out a bit.  When I parked the bike I slowly rolled it back and forth and sure enough it is a little lumpy from knob to knob.  No biggie, at least now I know what it is.  I didn't notice it last year because with the 18 tooth front sprocket I couldn't hold fast speeds long enough to ever notice how noisy the tires actually are.  :)

Scottie J
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Roy L. on April 12, 2014, 07:25:45 pm
04.12.14
Read some Byron to my bike today for a while as we sat under the olive trees, staring lovingly into each other's eyes.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Royalista on April 12, 2014, 07:47:41 pm
 8)
Great. I'm in Hemingway. Only few pages today.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: tooseevee on April 12, 2014, 09:20:58 pm
8)
Great. I'm in Hemingway. Only few pages today.

    Read some Ken Kesey & some Vonnegut, Jr. to mine today.

    I want to reread, in order, all the Vonnegut & Larry McMurtry I can get a hold of before I die. And Cormac McCarthy.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Royalista on April 12, 2014, 11:40:05 pm
+1

I like Vonnegut very much.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on April 13, 2014, 12:40:16 am
What the...  Where am I?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Royalista on April 13, 2014, 01:11:31 am
Over there I guess. But you're welcome anytime.  ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Mr.Mazza on April 13, 2014, 10:09:10 am
Took her out for good shake down ride through the hilly roads behind my house, she ran fine, plenty of popping so when I got home a good tune of the carb was in order! Great idle and no popping, also gave her a quick polish, Autosoul is magical!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on April 13, 2014, 01:25:26 pm
Rode my bike 38 miles to the race track, raced the hell out of it and took 2nd Place in The Main Event, and then rode it back home with a storm on my tail.  :D  You know, I have to say, with my new tune and gearing, it is REALLY nice being able to maintain 75-80mph and actually be the one passing cars on a 75mph posted freeway.   ;D  It was also kind of funny pulling off of the track after the Main Event, I went to shift into 1st and my transmission was acting like crap and my clutch cable wasn't working.  I started freaking out hing that I broke my bike racing it!   :o  Nope, the clutch cable adjuster had just worked itself loose from the rough track and I actually only had about half a pull of cable.  REadjusted it and all was well.  :)

Details on the racing here:
http://www.enfieldmotorcycles.com/forum/index.php/topic,19043.0.html

Scottie J
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on April 13, 2014, 11:09:14 pm
Here's the video of the Hooligans Races last night.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zv7ZF4-GXYA&feature=youtu.be
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on April 14, 2014, 02:36:29 am
I don't think I mentioned it but I accidentally dropped my taillight lenses when I got home last night trying to replace my taillight bulb.  And being that is was a glass lenses it shattered all over the garage floor.  So I made a new lenses out of an acrylic jar lid today.  The diameter was a little smaller but that wasn't an issue, the problem was that the lid was flat and didn't seat around the bulb.  So I used my heat gun to soften the lid and then used a light bulb to dish the lenses and then cooled it off with compressed air to harden it back up.  I then wet sanded it and used purple anodized spray paint to coat the lense.  I think it came out pretty damn good for free.  ;)

(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y217/lethalinj/TailightLenses2_zps52cc9a83.jpg) (http://s6.photobucket.com/user/lethalinj/media/TailightLenses2_zps52cc9a83.jpg.html)

(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y217/lethalinj/TailightLenses_zps570d3815.jpg) (http://s6.photobucket.com/user/lethalinj/media/TailightLenses_zps570d3815.jpg.html)

Scottie J
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Guaire on April 14, 2014, 02:51:35 am
Congrats on racing your RE!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on April 14, 2014, 03:16:59 am
The lens looks great, but don't think it might melt out?
Congrats on the race. Better than I did on my last Norton P-11 Dinosaur race at Ascot back in the '80s. The oil tank split open and dumped oil all over the rear tire. The bike didn't go well after that! I was all over the place!
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on April 14, 2014, 03:28:44 am
Thanks Guys!

The lens should be fine, I had to put my heat gun on the high setting and it took a couple of minutes before I could form it.  That little 1157 bulb will never get that hot.

And that sounds like quite the sketchy ride bare!

Scottie J
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Mr.Mazza on April 14, 2014, 04:25:06 am
Rode her work at 5 degrees C! Started third kick (Getting good at it) and no issues at all, besides my workmates saying 'Rev ig Rev it!' ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: FiRE Comms on April 14, 2014, 04:42:02 am
back on the road again with most of the bits in place... 
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Craig McClure on April 14, 2014, 04:11:55 pm
Thanks Guys!

The lens should be fine, I had to put my heat gun on the high setting and it took a couple of minutes before I could form it.  That little 1157 bulb will never get that hot.

And that sounds like quite the sketchy ride bare!

Scottie J
Hi Scottie, Have you considered trying one of the 1157 LED Bulbs. I got some off Ebay cheap, & have used them for about 5 years. Low heat, less electrical drain. They are great.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on April 14, 2014, 04:17:01 pm
Yes I have Craig.  I actually want to install a LED in the headlight and the taillight.  I just haven't decided if I want to go with a HID or LED in the headlight.

Scottie J
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Craig McClure on April 14, 2014, 04:23:32 pm
Scottie, I have shied away from the HID headlight bulb, because it requires extra wiring & $$. I have a Xenon bulb that seems good enough, due to my Diamond cut reflector & clear non diffusing Glass. I'd like to try an LED headlight bulb, as I have not seen one in action yet. I do run an LED in my headlights pilot bulb position, to save my more expensive bulb for night time.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Roeland on April 14, 2014, 05:23:44 pm
We went on a trip fro the weekend - 250 km up and 250 km back. On the return I lost the spring of the side stand - luckily I had some cable ties - 70 km onwards the clutch cable broke at the clutch lever. Try to fix it with the inside of an electrical connector block but the cable was too short when installed (the clutch remained in the engaged position). I did not have the proper equipment with me to shorten the sleeve. We were stranded in the one horse town - 3 Hours later we managed to source a Japanese type cable - some improvisation later and we were back on the road. The last 50 km we had to reduce speed to between 60 and 70 km per hour on the freeway - gale force wind made this the most difficult part of the trip.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Roeland on April 14, 2014, 06:08:30 pm
I forgot - I also noticed the petrol tank bracket at the head steady bracket broke. Do I really need this bracket or would the bracket on the opposite site suffice?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on April 14, 2014, 06:13:15 pm
Rode to work today after being off the bike for a while.  The old battery had just enough juice to start the bike.  I have a new one on the shelf, I'll need to sway it out when I get home tonight.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Philatawgrapher on April 15, 2014, 09:03:59 pm
Did the first oil change at 300 miles on a 2014 C5.

The oil didn't look that bad, and while there was gunk on the suction filter, I've seen pictures on here that had worse. Just a few bits of sealant and the rest was unidentifiable muck.

The magnets had some shavings on them, but I didn't see any large bits of metal.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on April 15, 2014, 10:29:31 pm
Uh-oh, Philatawgrapher - you've gone over 300 miles!  ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on April 15, 2014, 10:36:45 pm
Honestly, that doesn't look that bad for a first oil change.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gremlin on April 16, 2014, 12:19:13 am
...........The oil didn't look that bad, and while there was gunk on the suction filter, I've seen pictures on here that had worse. Just a few bit of sealant and the rest was unidentifiable muck.............

welcome to the club !
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: heloego on April 16, 2014, 03:56:05 am
Typical. It'll look a lot better at the next change.  ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Graylic on April 16, 2014, 04:23:31 am
Was on my way to work and the bike started spiting gas on my leg from the top of the fuel line.  Fortunately, I was only about a mile from home when I noticed and all I had to do to fix it was tighten the hose clamp.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on April 16, 2014, 04:39:22 am
Swapped in the new Chrome AGM battery. 
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on April 16, 2014, 05:42:01 am
Took the bike to the car wash and gave her a good cleaning and finished off at home with a full detail.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Philatawgrapher on April 16, 2014, 05:46:19 am
Uh-oh, Philatawgrapher - you've gone over 300 miles!  ;D

Right?! I had it almost perfect! One turn was just a bit too wide . . . .
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: wildbill on April 16, 2014, 06:50:52 am
fitted the hitchcocks sports muffler to the gt and took this sound video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=s-f12yFk86M
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Mr.Mazza on April 16, 2014, 09:55:10 am
Fixed my tappet cover leak (I hope!)
Threw out the old gasket and made a med size paper gasket, a little wider than needed, screwed on, then cleaned the overhang and hopefully thats enough to stop those few leaks.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on April 16, 2014, 12:03:27 pm
fitted the hitchcocks sports muffler to the gt and took this sound video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=s-f12yFk86M

Nice sounds there mate!  I don't know why, but it still trips me out when I see people driving/riding on the left side of the road.  Maybe I'm just fascinated by anything that isn't American, but lets not get political this early in the morning.  :)

I took a few pics in the dark last night and then I was messing around with some different filters and came up with this.

(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y217/lethalinj/BlackhawkNegitive_zpsc01c951a.jpg) (http://s6.photobucket.com/user/lethalinj/media/BlackhawkNegitive_zpsc01c951a.jpg.html)

Scottie J
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Mr.Mazza on April 16, 2014, 01:27:27 pm
Scottie you really need to share what you're smoking.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: JVS on April 16, 2014, 01:33:23 pm
He sees this in his mind:

(http://s28.postimg.org/d6hgefjwd/Bla.jpg)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on April 16, 2014, 01:34:47 pm
Scottie you really need to share what you're smoking.

Well, you'll have to come visit me here in Denver,  I don't feel like being detained in another state or country for an herb.  ;)

That's cool JVS, what filter did you use to revert it and make it look vintage?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: JVS on April 16, 2014, 01:38:54 pm
Well, you'll have to come visit me here in Denver,  I don't feel like being detained in another state or country for an herb.  ;)

That's cool JVS, what filter did you use to revert it and make it look vintage?

In photoshop, I 'inverted' the image to remove the negative. Then I played around with the 'film grain' effect, and added the lens flare at the top right  :D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: lemming on April 16, 2014, 04:03:55 pm
What did I do to my RE today? Why, I BOUGHT it!!!
????

Also, I put bar end mirrors on, and had them install a brighter bulb.

Stoked!!!!! My first moto, thinking it'll be a good'un.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on April 16, 2014, 04:08:34 pm
Congrats!  Now go and RIDE it! ;)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: lemming on April 16, 2014, 04:13:46 pm
Fully intend to....waiting on some snow and ice to melt off the roads this afternoon. Starting tomorrow, it will be my daily driver!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on April 17, 2014, 01:45:43 am
The proofs/pics were uploaded to the photographers website today!  Granted, these are just proofs, but I will be ordering the actual pics by the end of the week.

(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y217/lethalinj/IMI3_zps56b398f6.jpg) (http://s6.photobucket.com/user/lethalinj/media/IMI3_zps56b398f6.jpg.html)

(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y217/lethalinj/IMI1_zpsb8f48ef5.jpg) (http://s6.photobucket.com/user/lethalinj/media/IMI1_zpsb8f48ef5.jpg.html)

(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y217/lethalinj/IMI2_zpsdcfc2b55.jpg) (http://s6.photobucket.com/user/lethalinj/media/IMI2_zpsdcfc2b55.jpg.html)

(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y217/lethalinj/IMI4_zpsbd0fa050.jpg) (http://s6.photobucket.com/user/lethalinj/media/IMI4_zpsbd0fa050.jpg.html)


Here is the link to the website for more photos of me and the rest of the racers

http://www.xtremexposurephoto.com/g/33-scottie_usher


Scottie J
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: ace.cafe on April 17, 2014, 02:04:40 am
It's so cool that you are out there representin' with the genuine vintage 50s machine!
I love it!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on April 17, 2014, 04:00:56 am
I went out to the garage for a bit and came back inside to find these in my email already!

(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y217/lethalinj/HooliganIndian3_zpsf1c20a71.jpg) (http://s6.photobucket.com/user/lethalinj/media/HooliganIndian3_zpsf1c20a71.jpg.html)



(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y217/lethalinj/HooliganIndian4_zpsf478e553.jpg) (http://s6.photobucket.com/user/lethalinj/media/HooliganIndian4_zpsf478e553.jpg.html)



(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y217/lethalinj/HooliganIndian1_zps98dc31ba.jpg) (http://s6.photobucket.com/user/lethalinj/media/HooliganIndian1_zps98dc31ba.jpg.html)



(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y217/lethalinj/HooliganIndian2_zps88fc1297.jpg) (http://s6.photobucket.com/user/lethalinj/media/HooliganIndian2_zps88fc1297.jpg.html)


It's so cool that you are out there representin' with the genuine vintage 50s machine!
I love it!


I've been wanting to race professionally my entire life.  I think I've finally found my calling riding on a genuine article of vintage racing history.  ;)  I had so much freaking fun!  And the fact that I took 2nd place my first time EVER racing on a track has got to say something.  I've been thinking the last couple of days and I think once I get a bit more practice in the Hooligans class, I might start racing in the Vintage Open class.  I'm pretty sure once I get the hang of sliding into the turns I'll be able to carry enough speed to exit the turns at the bottom of my torque curve peaking out at the entrance of the next turn.  I need to get back on the track and start practicing!  :D


OH!  And what did I do to my Enfield today?  I flogged it for 38 miles down the freeway at 80+mph trying to not be late for the condo showing!  Only to find out it was at 4:30 not 3:30.    :P  I spit quite a bit of oil out the breather (keep forgetting to order a duckbill   ::) ) but the Blackhawk didn't skip a beat!  In fact I discovered I'm pretty sluggish in 4th gear until I hit about 75mph and then she takes off like a bat out of hell.  I may or may not have Ton Up today, I have no clue as my speedo needle fell off the other day.  But I do know it was one hell of a ride!

Scottie J
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Mr.Mazza on April 17, 2014, 04:07:27 am
Well, you'll have to come visit me here in Denver,  I don't feel like being detained in another state or country for an herb.  ;)

That's cool JVS, what filter did you use to revert it and make it look vintage?

I'm a little far away for a quick roadtrip to Denver haha!
Oh and also I made a 50 year old man giggle like a child when I pulled up next to his Audi A4, looked over, he smiled then went nuts with laughter when I revved it!
Lizzy makes a great sound and goes like a rocket, I need to post a video soon!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Craig McClure on April 17, 2014, 05:39:08 pm
Hey Scottie, Any vintage road racing events there? I always preferred nice stable Pavement to Dirt. Do be careful; there are Old Riders & Bold Riders - Not as many Old, Bold Riders.
  Wish I was young & strong enough to do that.  Good Luck, Craig
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on April 17, 2014, 05:56:03 pm
One thing to love about the iron barrels, you could buy a new one in 1990 and put it right into a vintage race.  Scottie, I think you may need to get a second bike: one for the track and one for the street. 

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on April 17, 2014, 06:01:18 pm
Craig - I believe there is.  The complex I raced at on Saturday also has a short road track.  I've been considering running some laps on that when I go back out for practice.


Scotty -I've been contemplating picking up a Bullet and Fireball'ing it for a track bike.  But the Blackhawk just runs so freaking good!

Scottie J
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on April 17, 2014, 06:03:27 pm
Then Fireball a bullet for the street ;)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: azcatfan on April 17, 2014, 11:31:09 pm
Got some Christmas in April!  My most excellent RE Dealer, Scoot Over Tucson, ordered some things for me from the Nfield Gear catalog.  (On a side note, I normally try to stay away from dealers, but this is not the case concerning Royal Enfield, specifically this dealership.  It is mom/pop run and seems like you're just hanging out with buddies while there.  An experience unlike any other as far as a dealership goes.)

Anyway, got the luggage rack with removable pillion that I wanted, will have to get it re-covered as Nfield Gear doesn't carry a tan one.  Got some more jets to tweak the carb to my previous upgrades, a new gas cap as the old one was leaky and chrome was flaking off, and the bullet signals  8)

(http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g237/azcatfan/AprilRE.jpg) (http://s57.photobucket.com/user/azcatfan/media/AprilRE.jpg.html)

Love the signals  :)

(http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g237/azcatfan/AprilRE2.jpg) (http://s57.photobucket.com/user/azcatfan/media/AprilRE2.jpg.html)

(http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g237/azcatfan/AprilRE1.jpg) (http://s57.photobucket.com/user/azcatfan/media/AprilRE1.jpg.html)

Wiring was direct plug-n-play.  I had read up and was expecting a single wire and body ground, but they came with two wires each and were very easy to hook up.

(http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g237/azcatfan/AprilRE4.jpg) (http://s57.photobucket.com/user/azcatfan/media/AprilRE4.jpg.html)

Doing the wiring with connectors, tape, heat shrink tube, and flex tubing made me realize that I need to get into the nacelle and tidy the rest of it up...  :o

For the rear I just used a piece of aluminum bracket I had laying around and bent it into a 'Z' shape for the signal and mounted it in the stock location.  I used the second hole on each side (for the dimple cleat on the stock connection parts) to run the wire behind the bracket.

(http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g237/azcatfan/AprilRE3.jpg) (http://s57.photobucket.com/user/azcatfan/media/AprilRE3.jpg.html)

The luggage rack will require more engineering, the front legs won't reach the top of the shock mount without tilting the entire thing forward which does not please me aesthetically.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Mr.Mazza on April 18, 2014, 04:34:29 am
Used my girl to raise money on a miserable day!
If the gave me at least a dollar I'd let them sit and take a photo.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: JVS on April 18, 2014, 06:01:13 am

Love the signals  :)

Wiring was direct plug-n-play.  I had read up and was expecting a single wire and body ground, but they came with two wires each and were very easy to hook up.

Good job. The new signals are much better than the clunky stock ones. Neat install.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on April 18, 2014, 06:08:16 pm
Rode to work today.  The AVL rings are settling in nicely and it's a lot of fun to ride.  The Chrome AGM battery seems to be working just fine.  Still not getting 14V on charging after the rewire.  I'll try the larger headlight and see how it goes but I may just order a new regulator/rectifier at this point.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: 1 Thump on April 18, 2014, 06:35:27 pm
Used my girl to raise money on a miserable day!
If the gave me at least a dollar I'd let them sit and take a photo.

Thats the way to do it. Supporting a cause ?
----
I rode mine to work.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gremlin on April 19, 2014, 03:38:31 pm
............. Still not getting 14V on charging after the rewire.  I'll try the larger headlight and see how it goes but I may just order a new regulator/rectifier at this point.

what elec. test equip. do you have ?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Mr.Mazza on April 20, 2014, 08:21:59 am
Thats the way to do it. Supporting a cause ?
----
I rode mine to work.

Good Friday Appeal, raises money for the Victorian Royal Childrens Hospital.

Went on an adventure and got lost! Ended up on some 4X4/trail bike track and kept going for around 5 miles before heading back, they all gave me strange looks, I think the old girl was doing fine off road ;)
Also felt her get up to 100kph and even 120kph for an overtake, smooth as silk and didn't feel hot at all :D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ice on April 20, 2014, 09:06:43 am
~ My most excellent RE Dealer, Scoot Over Tucson, ordered some things for me from the Nfield Gear catalog.  (On a side note, I normally try to stay away from dealers, but this is not the case concerning Royal Enfield, specifically this dealership.  It is mom/pop run and seems like you're just hanging out with buddies while there.  An experience unlike any other as far as a dealership goes.)~

 Same thing at the RE dealership nearest me, Vince's. He has plain old honest coffee on the warmer for us to ward off the chill and always has something hilarious to say when we get there.

 He lumps my order in with his regular order and in this way he gets a small cut and I get a break on shipping. My out the door cost after tax is still a good bit lower than ordering direct+shipping.

 What did I do to my Royal Enfield today?

 Stripped and cleaned the carb, replaced the fuel line and filter, drained and flushed the tank and topped her off with fresh gasoline.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: hogdad on April 20, 2014, 09:41:02 pm
Easter Sunday today, and two celebrations.  5:30 AM Sunrise Service and Christ is risen.

2:30 PM Installed the new battery in the Royal Enfield, and the C5 is risen.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: azcatfan on April 20, 2014, 09:56:13 pm
Same thing at the RE dealership nearest me, Vince's. He has plain old honest coffee on the warmer for us to ward off the chill and always has something hilarious to say when we get there.

 He lumps my order in with his regular order and in this way he gets a small cut and I get a break on shipping. My out the door cost after tax is still a good bit lower than ordering direct+shipping.
 

Yup!  Good dealerships are hard to come by with any vehicle.  I know I seem to toot their horn allot, but I think it's important for folks to know, and for our host to know, that there are really good dealers out there putting good reputation with good service.

Even made a little vid when I was there the other day...  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JVguwI2a7Q


Easter Sunday today, and two celebrations.  5:30 AM Sunrise Service and Christ is risen.

2:30 PM Installed the new battery in the Royal Enfield, and the C5 is risen.

Awesome!  8)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on April 20, 2014, 10:31:07 pm
New front brake pads, flushed the brake fluid, lubed the chain.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Pedrocas on April 21, 2014, 02:08:54 am
Just stared at it for a long while and thought, that's a nice looking bike.  8)

Will take it out later for a ride around the south head of Sydney Harbour.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on April 21, 2014, 03:06:57 am
Took the Blackhawk to run some errands this evening.  So far it seems that all of my previous problems have been rectified.  No more electrical issues other than needing to replace the dip switch.  But the electrical system seems to be working great, the motor is running stronger than ever and the clutch is working perfect!  Just need to get that duckbill on there(courtesy of Ducati Scotty :) ) and I should be good to go.  Speaking of duckbills, is it best to just hook it straight up to the crank breather or hook it up to the hose already running out the back?

And in other news today, I traded a detail/touch up/buff job in exchange to have Windows reinstalled on my laptop and get it running again.  It's so nice to have it back.  Best part is that his car came out so good he gave me a $100 tip on top.  :)

Scottie J
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on April 21, 2014, 03:11:17 am
I would hook it to a hose running to the back. I had a duckbill but I never attached it to the hose because I never got any oil up there anyway. However your mileage may vary.
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Mr.Mazza on April 21, 2014, 04:32:22 am
Fixed my brake light (temp fix, work has supplies I need) and went for a spin, found the most beautiful lake
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: heloego on April 21, 2014, 04:12:51 pm
Hope everyone's Easter was a good one!
Finished setting up my Go-to-Work package for my C5.
Pelican knock-off, Tote Tray, personal laptop w/accessories.
Company won't allow me to carry the company PC on the bike, so I set up a cheapie from Best Buy with all the progs I need for work. Now they can't bitch.
Took her for a spin this morning and am GOOD TO GO!!!! Should get a lot of good miles on her this summer!  ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: lemming on April 22, 2014, 04:19:51 pm
^^^^ pics? Also, where did you source the case?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: heloego on April 22, 2014, 04:27:44 pm
Got the case from Cheaper than Dirt.
Item # Case-535, only $44.95.

(http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r290/Heloego24/2012%20RE%20C5%20Classic/V3_Finished_04.jpg)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: lemming on April 22, 2014, 04:37:54 pm
Got the case from Cheaper than Dirt.
Item # Case-535, only $44.95.

Cool, thanks! How are you attaching it?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: heloego on April 22, 2014, 04:49:36 pm
Right now I'm using a couple of bungis to attach to my home made rack, but I'm thinking on a quick release system so I can lose the bunjis but keep it secure.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: lemming on April 22, 2014, 05:58:06 pm
Would love to see what you come up with eventually. I went and got a small clear waterproof case from Wally World for some extra tools, reg., etc. to put on the rear rack I have. It had built-in 1" strap slots so I could run a cam strap around it and the rack to secure it. I put some adhesive-backed minicell foam on the bottom of the case to keep the vibes from rattling things around too much and help it stay put. But I would love to figure out a bigger case and quick release option that is more handy than wing nuts.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on April 22, 2014, 07:04:32 pm
I was falling asleep on my lunch break so I decided to enjoy the 80°F weather and went for a ride.  The bike is running great!  Revs plenty hard with ease.  And I just found out how much faster it is when I wind it up tight.  I need to get out to the drag strip to see what I can do in a quarter mile.  Also I think I might get the Blackhawk on the dyno in the next couple of weeks, so that will be sweet.   :)

Scottie J
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: crush02342002 on April 24, 2014, 12:10:20 am
Right now I'm using a couple of bungis to attach to my home made rack, but I'm thinking on a quick release system so I can lose the bunjis but keep it secure.

Im sure whatever you come up with will kick ass, you've done a fantastic job so far with your rack. If I ever manage to get a tig welder that's going to be my first project with it...lol

got an idea for a quick release system...you know those big, blue handled clamps you see at home-depot? normally on the same aisle as your hammers, bastard files, hacksaws, ect.  something like that maybe. trim up the handles so they aren't as bulky, little paint, and a way to mount it, might just do the trick.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: heloego on April 24, 2014, 04:31:47 am
I'm thinking along the lines of mounting a .040" aluminum plate internal to my rack and attach the case to it using Dzus Fasteners and receptacles. I can't weld worth a damn, so the plate could be attached with steel Adell clamps.

For mounting the case to the plate, something like these, which I can get free from work:

http://www.southco.com/en-us/product/hierarchy.html?hid=7345 (http://www.southco.com/en-us/product/hierarchy.html?hid=7345)

Or maybe some sort of slide-in arrangement with a locking feature... ::) hmmm...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: OkieEnfield on April 25, 2014, 09:39:47 pm
Got a smaller lighter batterie yesterday, installed and seems to turn starter just fine. Still need to replace headlight as mine vibrated to pieces. Decided not to wait for replacement as day was just beautifull. Drove the cage home at lunch, picked up "Alison" and carved the backroads back to work.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on April 26, 2014, 11:51:43 pm
Success!  The charging system rewire seems to have worked. I put the 55/60W headlight back in and at moderate cruising RPM I get about 13.5V at the battery.  I may still get an aftermarket regulator/rectifier. 

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on April 27, 2014, 01:28:01 am
Yesterday I filled my primary with Type F ATF fluid and the clutch started slipping bad.  So I drained it all out and sprayed an entire can of brake cleaner on the clutch assembly and refilled the primary with Valvoline 20W50 motorcycle oil.  I went out for a quick ride and the clutch slip seems to be fixed.  But I did a test just to make sure.

Clutch Test
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Eow9kLJuMc&feature=youtu.be

Scottie J
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: azcatfan on April 27, 2014, 01:57:19 am
I just looked at in in the garage, even if I had the new alternator, it was a rare rain day anyway...  :'(
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Mr.Mazza on April 27, 2014, 02:17:53 am
Saw it was sunny, light breeze, 20 degrees C and just amazing outside.
Then remembered Lizzy is at the workshops till Monday :(
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on April 27, 2014, 06:03:23 pm
A quick story from my ride yesterday.  So as most of you know I keep my bike tuned on the rich side and like to make my exhaust talk back.  Well as the weather is warming up the bike is running even a little richer than before and with the timing at 34* full advance I've discovered that when I back off of a heavy half throttle+ acceleration and close it quick without shifting gears, it gives off 3 or 4 big nasty cracks then gargles and pops for a bit.  Well, not thinking anything of it and enjoying my ride, I come flying down this hill hard in 3rd  and as I get to the bottom I close the throttle .  Well, this unsuspecting black urban teenager was walking/dancing along the sidewalk with his headphones and skinny jeans down past his ass.  ::)  I'm about 30' behind when I closed the throttle at a "faster than posted speed" and the Blackhawk belts out 2 backfires that were so loud it made MY ears ring!  Immediately followed by 3 more not as loud pops.  That poor kid jumped so high his headphones fell off his head and I thought for sure he was going to dive into the ditch before he realized it was only me!  I felt kind of bad but at the same time I almost fell off of my bike I was laughing so hard!     ;D

Scottie J
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Graylic on April 28, 2014, 03:05:36 am
Rode around in the rain.  It is looking like monsoon season has come to Minnesota.
I really love good gear, lets me make people think I am nuts while I stay nice and dry.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: azcatfan on April 28, 2014, 03:52:45 am
Since I'm waiting on parts, I went ahead and installed the luggage rack on. I'll take some pictures, but I didn't use the upper shock support because it would have tilted forward.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: suitcasejefferson on April 30, 2014, 04:36:53 pm
I found these British flag decals on eBay. 4"x2", perfect fit for the rectangular side covers.

(http://i1066.photobucket.com/albums/u415/suitcasejefferson13/REFlag001_zpse285c4f2.jpg) (http://s1066.photobucket.com/user/suitcasejefferson13/media/REFlag001_zpse285c4f2.jpg.html)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on April 30, 2014, 05:41:29 pm
Success!  The charging system rewire seems to have worked. I put the 55/60W headlight back in and at moderate cruising RPM I get about 13.5V at the battery.  I may still get an aftermarket regulator/rectifier. 

Scott

Maybe not :(  It works fine while I'm moving but after lots of stop and go on the way home yesterday, the battery seems a bit tired.  I'll probably go back to the 35W headlight to be safe.  That one doesn't seem to cause me grief.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gremlin on April 30, 2014, 06:22:22 pm
I found these British flag decals on eBay. 4"x2", perfect fit for the rectangular side covers.


Looking Good !
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: azcatfan on May 01, 2014, 07:01:45 pm
Added the luggage rack w/pillion to the bike.  Still waiting for the new alternator though.  Nfield gear didn't make the rear pad in tan so I took it to have it covered to match the saddle, I should get it back this afternoon...

(http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g237/azcatfan/IMG_20140430_181622_hdr.jpg) (http://s57.photobucket.com/user/azcatfan/media/IMG_20140430_181622_hdr.jpg.html)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: hogdad on May 01, 2014, 07:14:39 pm
Very nice setup.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on May 01, 2014, 07:38:48 pm
azcatfan - lookin' very good!  Did you change out your rear turn signals?  Do you have a pic?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: azcatfan on May 01, 2014, 07:50:07 pm
azcatfan - lookin' very good!  Did you change out your rear turn signals?  Do you have a pic?

Thanks Matt! 

I sure do:

(http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g237/azcatfan/Rack.jpg) (http://s57.photobucket.com/user/azcatfan/media/Rack.jpg.html)

Wrote about it here:   http://www.enfieldmotorcycles.com/forum/index.php/topic,7829.msg208658.html#msg208658
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Catbird on May 01, 2014, 08:01:30 pm
Installed a new Philips Xtreme Vision H4 bulb into my C5's headlight to increase my daytime visibility to other drivers.

Installed 'Ride-On' tire sealant/balancer in my C5's two tires.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on May 01, 2014, 09:28:25 pm
Wrote about it here:   http://www.enfieldmotorcycles.com/forum/index.php/topic,7829.msg208658.html#msg208658

Oh, yeah, I remember now.  I bought those turn signals a year ago, and got the single wire ones - had a bit of a job wiring them.  Nice to know NFG is supplying ones that work for our bikes out of the box!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gremlin on May 01, 2014, 10:16:49 pm
Added the luggage rack w/pillion to the bike. 

damn fine machine you have there ......  definitely "Diesel Punk" caliber !
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Candoman on May 01, 2014, 11:34:43 pm
Cut off the stock grips and put on some foam grips. A bit fatter and softer grip, also cuts a bit of vibes.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: azcatfan on May 02, 2014, 01:35:44 am
Nfield gear didn't make the rear pad in tan so I took it to have it covered to match the saddle, I should get it back this afternoon...

Yup!  and here it is, not a bad match  8)

(http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g237/azcatfan/Pillion.jpg) (http://s57.photobucket.com/user/azcatfan/media/Pillion.jpg.html)

Oh, yeah, I remember now.  I bought those turn signals a year ago, and got the single wire ones - had a bit of a job wiring them.  Nice to know NFG is supplying ones that work for our bikes out of the box!

Yes, these were plug and play so much easier.  Some day I will find a rear lighting look that I actually like and make some more changes, but for now this is good.

damn fine machine you have there ......  definitely "Diesel Punk" caliber !

Thanks!  Most of the time the pad won't be on it, I really only bothered so i could give my kids a ride once and a while around the block.  Mostly the rack will hold my lunch box, and be a place to lock my helmet to when I go in somewhere or carry the occasional case of beer.  ;)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: heloego on May 02, 2014, 03:05:30 am
Very nice!
Seat available in black?
And P/N?  ;D
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Post by: mattsz on May 02, 2014, 11:10:37 am
beautiful!  I have the same rig - I was wondering if, while you had the cover off, you were going to try to make the pad a little more, umm... comfortable.  But no need for your plans...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: azcatfan on May 02, 2014, 03:15:17 pm
Very nice!
Seat available in black?
And P/N?  ;D

It is this one, it only comes in black so you're in luck.  I had mine recovered locally to match my saddle.  http://nfieldgear.com/enfield-store/aftermarket-parts-accessories/luggage/rear-carrier-pillion-seat.html

beautiful!  I have the same rig - I was wondering if, while you had the cover off, you were going to try to make the pad a little more, umm... comfortable.  But no need for your plans...

I didn't, this was a cheap and dirty job.  A quick color match and cover for $20.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: lemming on May 02, 2014, 05:32:15 pm
Picked up leather saddlebags today second hand on Craigslist for $30. Will install under the seat/over the rear fender this weekend. Any tricks to removing the B5 seat, or just the obvious bolts?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on May 02, 2014, 08:31:02 pm
Lemming - no tricks, just 2 nuts in front ( :-X ), and two nuts 'n bolts in back.  The front nuts ( :-X ) are attached to studs - the first time I removed them, one of the studs turned out of the frame rather than the nut off the stud; I thread-locked the stud back into place and that was that.

If your bags are "throw-over" with yoke, do something to protect your fender, because it will get scuffed up pretty quickly.  It's a good idea to protect any frame parts that the bags will contact, if you care about these things...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: greenchilli on May 03, 2014, 10:56:22 am
Just tried to start my 2014 C5 today and when I turned the ignition key it made a clicking noise towards the rear and the electric ignition wouldn't work. So I thought battery may be dead - charged the battery to full  - now when I push the electric start it makes a loud clicking noise but doesn't do anythings else, no attempt to fire etc. Any ideas where the problem could be - never had any issues before and it has only done 1000 gentle KMs. Rode last weekend no problem.
Help needed. Thanks Paul
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: tooseevee on May 03, 2014, 01:29:52 pm
Just tried to start my 2014 C5 today and when I turned the ignition key it made a clicking noise towards the rear and the electric ignition wouldn't work. So I thought battery may be dead - charged the battery to full  - now when I push the electric start it makes a loud clicking noise but doesn't do anythings else, no attempt to fire etc. Any ideas where the problem could be - never had any issues before and it has only done 1000 gentle KMs. Rode last weekend no problem.
Help needed. Thanks Paul

            I assume when you say "electric ignition" you mean electric start?

             And when you say "no attempt to fire" you mean the engine doesn't crank over?

             That said, I think your battery's not up to par. Do you always use the electric start & make only short rides & then shut it off? And then crank it to life again? How many times in a given day? How many miles ridden? If you're riding 8 miles & stopping 6 times, your battery's chronically low. Is your headlight on all the time?

              It takes many miles to replace what's taken out of the battery with just one electric start. Even worse if your headlight is on while the battery's trying to crank the electric starter. That clicking noise is the starter solenoid desperately trying to stay engaged without enough voltage.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: greenchilli on May 03, 2014, 08:34:04 pm
Thanks for that - the only problem is that my battery charger now tells me the battery is fully charged - so can that really be the problem?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on May 03, 2014, 08:45:42 pm
IMO, this really should be a separate topic but anyway, here's a few things to check.

If it is off, turn the headlight on and let it glow for a few minutes.  It should not get dim.
Are the fuses all good?  Is the transmission in neutral with the green neutral light glowing?  Is the "kill switch" on the right handlebar in the "run" position?  Try pulling in the clutch lever before hitting the starter button.
Flip the sidestand down and then up and try the starter again.

Check the battery cables connection to make sure they are both tight.

Modern batteries have a habit of getting internal breakage.  They will appear fully charged but when a load is applied they can instantly poop out.  If you have access to a set of jumper wires you could try hooking your automobile battery to the bikes battery at the terminals.  If it cranks and starts you know your battery is bad.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gremlin on May 03, 2014, 09:12:08 pm
Added some racing stripes to my fenders !

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Post by: Royalista on May 03, 2014, 09:58:46 pm
Added some racing stripes to my fenders !
8)
Adding 5 HP in the process.  ;)
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Post by: gremlin on May 03, 2014, 10:02:27 pm
8)
Adding 5 HP in the process.  ;)
The advert said 5+ per fender !!!!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Royalista on May 04, 2014, 12:26:52 am
Oh well, marketeers, you know...  ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Mr.Mazza on May 04, 2014, 01:54:18 am
Kept trying to get my hopes up for my Lizzy, I Should be getting her back tomorrow!
I don't know how I've survived this past two weeks, first no bike, then no work! :(

You guys got any tips for surviving Enfield Withdrawal?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: olhogrider on May 04, 2014, 02:03:09 am
Ride a scooter. It will make your RE feel like a Superbike when you get it back. ???? Just don't let your friends see you on it.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Mr.Mazza on May 04, 2014, 02:09:10 am
Ride a scooter. It will make your RE feel like a Superbike when you get it back. ???? Just don't let your friends see you on it.
I don't have a spare $1000 :P
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: olhogrider on May 04, 2014, 03:20:36 am
I see you are in Oz. If you were around here you could borrow my scooter. ;)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on May 04, 2014, 04:35:31 am
I feared for the life and well being for my bike all day.  I think I just moved into Little Compton.  I have full coverage but I think I should get my bike appraised just in case.  This sucks.  Maybe I should just put the bike into storage.    :-\

Scottie J
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: DanB on May 04, 2014, 04:44:59 am
Spent a few hours trying to figure out why the brake light >:( was working only with the lights off, but then when lights on...no action.  Looked at all the wiring, voltmeter out, pulled tank, seat and the head light.  What was it?  The LED 1157 bulb freaked out; some type of internal fault or short.  Put LEDs on it from Superbright a year ago. 

Put the original back in, back in business.  Lesson learned (again! :o)... start with the easy stuff!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: azcatfan on May 04, 2014, 06:37:54 am
Couldn't stand it anymore so I threw the bike back together and went for a ride :-)  Played with new camera harness and settings as well...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JN-5iQDT0pk
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Craig McClure on May 04, 2014, 05:47:32 pm
I feared for the life and well being for my bike all day.  I think I just moved into Little Compton.  I have full coverage but I think I should get my bike appraised just in case.  This sucks.  Maybe I should just put the bike into storage.    :-\

Scottie J
Hi Scottie, Here is what I have experienced. Most insurance companies are weasels. Even with full coverage, they will try to beat you down when a claim is made on an old bike. I beat the system when I had insured the bike I later crashed with HAGARTY CLASSIC INSURANCE, they had decent rates, & the best part was that I they have an "agreed upon value" I got a check for $6k when my bike was totaled - no arguments.
  They only require: It be garaged, not a "daily commuter", photos.  I did commute in a car insured with them, but could have called it a joy ride if there was trouble.
  Might want to check them out since your bike is at least 25 years old. Good Luck!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on May 04, 2014, 10:35:27 pm
Thanks for the video ascatfan.
A nice relaxing trip showing the desert plants with their yellow blooms was a nice bonus. :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Royal Stargazer on May 05, 2014, 02:50:40 am
I may have just fixed my saddlebag problem - they kept slipping back on the rails.

I bought the express leather saddlebags over the winter, and while they looked great on the bike, after every ride they'd have slipped all the way back and just looked sad.

Plan A was some kind of hook. Plan B was zip ties. Plan C was some kind of little hose clamp, but my worry was that the metal might damage the paint. Then I lucked out - they make insulated cable clamps that have rubber on the interior of the clamp. Bought four of them (5/8") and some hardware to secure them. Looks almost like the clamps belong there - and that's if you're looking for them.

I haven't taken her for a ride to test their effectiveness yet, but there's not enough clearance between the clamps and the fender for the leather to slip through, and the clamps sure aren't going anywhere anytime soon.

Oh, also oil change on friday. 20w50 Lucas synthetic. The old oil was good and dirty (as was expected) with minimal metal shavings (which was unexpected.) She took the whole two quarts. No leaks, and no problems!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Barnone on May 05, 2014, 11:55:53 am
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Ride a scooter. It will make your RE feel like a Superbike when you get it back. ???? Just don't let your friends see you on it.
You must be talking about a 50cc scooter.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Catbird on May 05, 2014, 01:13:12 pm
Thanks for the video ascatfan.
A nice relaxing trip showing the desert plants with their yellow blooms was a nice bonus. :)
I enjoyed that, too.  It showed me a lot of scenery that I don't see here in Virginia.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: suitcasejefferson on May 05, 2014, 07:13:38 pm
Ride a scooter. It will make your RE feel like a Superbike when you get it back. ???? Just don't let your friends see you on it.

I have 2 scooters, an '09 Genuine Stella 2 stroke, and a 2012 Yamaha Zuma 125. The Zuma will keep up with the Enfield up to about 60.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: i.candide on May 05, 2014, 08:43:57 pm
Replaced the broken original silencer with an Emgo Dunstall replica. Had to stretch (expand) the silencer's mouth over 40 thousandth of an inch. The Emgo should last until I can afford a new EFI exhaust system. Without the heat shield, the header is beyond ugly because of the 'India chrome'.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: GreenMachine on May 05, 2014, 10:57:57 pm
Replaced the o ring for the primary chain cover...This time I put a bit more Black RTV to see if that stops the small type f leak that I was seeing all last summer..Not as bad as I thought as almost a quart spilled out the bottom when I cracked it apart...Battery on the charger and waiting  a day or two to let the RTV cure..Hope to be up and running by the weekend..
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Mr.Mazza on May 05, 2014, 11:14:15 pm
Rode her to trade school today, only a clattery/noisy exhaust rocker/tappet, quick adjustment required at lunch ;)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Catbird on May 06, 2014, 12:14:19 am
Yesterday, I removed the front wheel/tire from my 2013 C5 due to an air leak. Today, I took it to a local m/c shop and had them replace the innertube -- will re-install tomorrow.

(Reminder: I need to purchase my own set of tire irons so I'm ready next time.)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: olhogrider on May 06, 2014, 02:37:04 am
I have 2 scooters, an '09 Genuine Stella 2 stroke, and a 2012 Yamaha Zuma 125. The Zuma will keep up with the Enfield up to about 60.
I used my Stella as partial payment for the RE. I still have my Yamaha Morphous.
+1 on the Vice Grips suggestion. I used one for a shift lever to get home (decades ago).
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on May 06, 2014, 02:39:50 am
Yesterday, I removed the front wheel/tire from my 2013 C5 due to an air leak. Today, I took it to a local m/c shop and had them replace the innertube -- will re-install tomorrow.

(Reminder: I need to purchase my own set of tire irons so I'm ready next time.)


+1    Most every motorcycle parts store carries an assortment of Motion Pro tire irons between $15-$50.  I have a cheaper small pair of irons that take a little bit of effort but always get the job done.

Scottie J
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: olhogrider on May 06, 2014, 02:46:19 am
I decided to install a battery tender type SAE pigtail. Simple, right? So when I was done I got the MIL engine light! How?WHAT? GRRRrr. Removed said plug, still had the light. Get on here and use the search function. I found Kevin's response to my question from 2010. Probably a loose wire. Go back out and wiggle all the plugs I can find. Problem solved!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on May 06, 2014, 05:23:02 am
You may want to ground out the single unconnected wire that is located near the computer.
There is another unconnected wire bundle with several wires connected to a multi connector.  It is not the one to ground out.  The right one only has one wire with a single wire connector.

After grounding it, turn on the key.  The MIL should flash out a series of short and long flashes.
These will tell you which sensor is giving the fault reading.  That should make finding a loose wire or bad connection easier.

This is the Royal Enfield MIL blink codes

MIL BLINK CONTENT
Engine will start but not perform to its potential. MIL will glow continuous
LONG 0 SHORT 6 Throttle Position Sensor (TPS) circuit malfunctioning
LONG 0 SHORT 9 Manifold Absolute Pressure (MAP) circuit malfunctioning
LONG 1 SHORT 1 Engine oil Temperature (TE) circuit malfunctioning
LONG 1 SHORT 7 O2 Sensor circuit malfunctioning
LONG 4 SHORT 5 O2 Sensor heater circuit malfunctioning

Engine will NOT Start but will crank. MIL will glow continuous
LONG 1 SHORT 5 Rollover Sensor circuit malfunctioning
LONG 3 SHORT 3 Injector circuit malfunctioning
LONG 3 SHORT 7 Ignition Coil circuit malfunctioning
LONG 4 SHORT 1 Fuel Pump circuit malfunctioning
LONG 6 SHORT 6 Crankshaft position circuit malfunctioning
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Mr.Mazza on May 06, 2014, 01:06:32 pm
Did some scary dodging and hazard avoidance in heavy traffic today...
Heavy 3 lane start stop with speed in between is scary enough for a new rider, until I noticed rainbows in the center of the lane, big..slicky randon blops, and no chance to merge and the other lanes and it was drizzling, this lasted for 5 miles, I think a car ahead was dropping it. Time to try less traffic filled routes!
Honestly shook me up a little avoiding the oil plus crazy cagers.

On the plus side, guys at trade school like bike ;)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Craig McClure on May 06, 2014, 05:29:47 pm


(Reminder: I need to purchase my own set of tire irons so I'm ready next time.)
Oh you hearty souls who change their own tires. When I was younger & stronger I changed tires myself frequently on my scores of bikes (there was always a source of decent used tires). I had several tire irons 20" long to get the leverage needed to get most of the tires off, after setting the wheel on 2, 4x4" timbers & jumping up & down on it to break the bead. I never had any success using the 7" short toolkit tire levers.
  Now I'm not up to doing this anymore, & am content taking wheel, tube, rim tape, & my collection of spoke weights, to a good shop & paying for it to be done right & balanced. That way if THEY pinch the tube its their problem. MORAL: Every one should learn "hands - on" why they charge $30. to change a tube type motorcycle tire. But get some long tire irons, & 4x4's to set the wheel on.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on May 06, 2014, 06:03:42 pm
+1.  I'll rebuild my own engine, chase down any electrical gremlin, but I will not change tires any more.

Rode in to work today.  Good idea to put the tinted shield on, not such a good idea to grab the mesh jacket.  It was colder than it looked ;)  The fuel light was coming on and off the whole way, and I just got gas recently.  I guess sensor number two is on its way out.  I think I have a spare but it's also time to put a Sharpie in the tool box.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: olhogrider on May 06, 2014, 06:04:09 pm
You may want to ground out the single unconnected wire that is located near the computer.
There is another unconnected wire bundle with several wires connected to a multi connector.  It is not the one to ground out.  The right one only has one wire with a single wire connector.

After grounding it, turn on the key.  The MIL should flash out a series of short and long flashes.
These will tell you which sensor is giving the fault reading.  That should make finding a loose wire or bad connection easier.

This is the Royal Enfield MIL blink codes

MIL BLINK CONTENT
Engine will start but not perform to its potential. MIL will glow continuous
LONG 0 SHORT 6 Throttle Position Sensor (TPS) circuit malfunctioning
LONG 0 SHORT 9 Manifold Absolute Pressure (MAP) circuit malfunctioning
LONG 1 SHORT 1 Engine oil Temperature (TE) circuit malfunctioning
LONG 1 SHORT 7 O2 Sensor circuit malfunctioning
LONG 4 SHORT 5 O2 Sensor heater circuit malfunctioning

Engine will NOT Start but will crank. MIL will glow continuous
LONG 1 SHORT 5 Rollover Sensor circuit malfunctioning
LONG 3 SHORT 3 Injector circuit malfunctioning
LONG 3 SHORT 7 Ignition Coil circuit malfunctioning
LONG 4 SHORT 1 Fuel Pump circuit malfunctioning
LONG 6 SHORT 6 Crankshaft position circuit malfunctioning
Thanks for the list. I found it in my search but the fact that I had been just tinkering lead me to believe I had knocked something loose. If I get another code I'll use the chart but for now everything is fine.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on May 06, 2014, 06:09:20 pm
Remember, always look in the last place you 'fixed' something ;)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gashousegorilla on May 06, 2014, 06:44:41 pm
  I'm thinking is was that black ground wire for the ECU, that attaches to the ground strap at the battery .  Might be a bit loose in the connector?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: decker on May 07, 2014, 05:46:07 pm
Checked all the bolts I could find, did a chain tightening and lube, which isn't as easy as it looks in this vid from singh5g. Stupid snail on the right side was a real pain to adjust.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4IZ6diJP9w
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on May 07, 2014, 06:21:38 pm
The fuel light was coming on and off the whole way, and I just got gas recently.  I guess sensor number

Or maybe I was just low on gas  :-[
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Roeland on May 07, 2014, 07:32:03 pm
I paid 4500 US Dollars for a brand new 2011 military about 2,5 years ago and was offered today 7500 US dollars in cash. I refused without any hesitation.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gremlin on May 07, 2014, 07:40:23 pm
I paid 4500 US Dollars for a brand new 2011 military about 2,5 years ago and was offered today 7500 US dollars in cash. I refused without any hesitation.

Y ?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Royalista on May 07, 2014, 07:57:01 pm
I paid 4500 US Dollars for a brand new 2011 military about 2,5 years ago and was offered today 7500 US dollars in cash. I refused without any hesitation.

Hold...
Let me guess. He had hoofs, horns and a tail?
 ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: azcatfan on May 07, 2014, 07:59:55 pm
Or maybe I was just low on gas  :-[

At least it was an easy fix!   8)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on May 07, 2014, 08:14:14 pm
At least it was an easy fix!   8)

For the bike, yes.  For me, no fix for stupid :P
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Royalista on May 07, 2014, 08:29:34 pm
Given the reputation of the low fuel sensor, fuel situation comes last on the evaluation list.  ;)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Mr.Mazza on May 07, 2014, 10:59:37 pm
Who needs fuel sensors?
If your hurting to judge the fuel by gazing into the tank, make a dipstick :p
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: olhogrider on May 07, 2014, 11:23:10 pm
I installed a 7" headlight and little black bullet turn signals, "trafficators" on the front. Got to figure out rear mounts for the sigs. I'll test the headlight after dark.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Magoo on May 08, 2014, 05:31:45 am
During my morning commute along the Freeway a concerned Hyundai driver decided she didn't like my brake pedal, so decided to do something about it and sidswipe me.
Two broken toes, a bruised hip, but I remained upright! All Hail to the freight train that is the RE C5.
As you can see, the pedal has been shoved nicely, bending at the frame.
Will be off the road for a little while.
Could've been much worse so I'm thankful.
At least the driver was nice enough to stop and mention the obligatory "Sorry i didn't see you"
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Roeland on May 08, 2014, 06:16:31 am
Hold...
Let me guess. He had hoofs, horns and a tail?
 ;D
No - I probably have more in it than 7500.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: bluesdaddy2 on May 08, 2014, 11:13:00 am
During my morning commute along the Freeway a concerned Hyundai driver decided she didn't like my brake pedal, so decided to do something about it and sidswipe me.
Two broken toes, a bruised hip, but I remained upright! All Hail to the freight train that is the RE C5.
As you can see, the pedal has been shoved nicely, bending at the frame.
Will be off the road for a little while.
Could've been much worse so I'm thankful.
At least the driver was nice enough to stop and mention the obligatory "Sorry i didn't see you"

Wow, pretty amazing story. How fast were you moving?  Is the bike repairable?  It looks like serious damage to the weldment for the pivot point of the brake lever.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Royalista on May 08, 2014, 08:20:12 pm
Good you stayed upright, guess the cage held you up?
If not for the welding point, it would've been a straightforward replacement. Quite remarkable damage all the same.
Hope you heal up well enough, especially the bruising can take some time.

Please confirm you destroyed at least half of the cage.  ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on May 09, 2014, 12:17:22 am
Quote
  At least the driver was nice enough to stop and mention the obligatory "Sorry i didn't see you"
Was she texting or otherwise distracted?
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Magoo on May 09, 2014, 01:20:08 am
I was travelling about 60kmh in the right wheel track of the left lane, she was in the right lane and heavy traffic around. I saw her shift a little so thought "ugh, here she goes" sped up quickly to anticipate her veering over.
Didn't quite get past and she shunted in, and gave me a decent nudge. Brake pedal went awol and the air filter box flew open. Wobbled a little but corrected quickly and pulled into the emergency lane.
The bent brake pivot ended up about 1mm from the bottom of the chain which was lucky as it allowed me to plod on home.
Don't think she was texting, but just didn't look before attempting to change lanes. usual story..blah blah.
The bike is fully insured to an agreed value so I'm not too phased. She's a young barista and I'm not convinced she's insured herself. If I wasn't married I'd have pulled the 'let's work something out' line ;)
Will hopefully hear from the Enfield mechanic today about likely repair options and cost.

** Just updated. Looks like they have to replace the entire frame which, with any normal bike would be a write-off. But because parts for the Enfields are so cheap it'll likely be covered.
For a moment I considered the write-off option and thought of jumping on the Continental.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Mr.Mazza on May 09, 2014, 08:03:37 am
Went for a day long ride through the mountains, totalled 400kms and the only issue was a tired rider!
Met plenty of fellow riders and everywhere I stopped I had groups of people asking questions, ended up climbing only around 2000ft, engine lost a little bit of grunt but alls well.
Discovered many amazing roads near my home which will require a revisit ;)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: JVS on May 09, 2014, 08:56:09 am
** Just updated. Looks like they have to replace the entire frame which, with any normal bike would be a write-off. But because parts for the Enfields are so cheap it'll likely be covered.

I'm glad that you managed to maintain the bike upright. Very lucky. Thank goodness. We always have to be very careful out there.
Also happy that the cost of the frame will be covered. Best of luck.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Royalista on May 10, 2014, 01:27:19 am
** Just updated. Looks like they have to replace the entire frame which, with any normal bike would be a write-off. But because parts for the Enfields are so cheap it'll likely be covered.

How long will you miss your bullet? How are your injuries?
Good luck on both.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on May 11, 2014, 10:38:43 pm
Yesterday I bought a pair of 1157 red LED bulbs for my taillight.  I don't have time to replace the alternator right now so I figured I could get more ride time if I put a LED bulb in the taillight.  I had to switch to electrical to negative ground for the light to work, but thankfully the Thorspar ignition uses the same hookup with negative and positive ground wiring so all I had to do was reverse the wires on the battery for the lighting circuit.  With a fresh charge on the battery (surface charge removed) voltage with the standard bulb was 13.15 with lights off 12.8 with the taillight on and 12.2 with the brake light on.  With the LED bulb voltage dropped to 13.12 with the taillight on and 13.04 with the brake light on.  Went for about an hour ride and voltage was still at 12.91 when I got home.   :)

Scottie J
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: 1 Thump on May 11, 2014, 11:34:50 pm
I realized I do not need these anymore. Handmade polished aluminum for a B5.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: 1 Thump on May 13, 2014, 05:45:51 am
Here it is : along with the cafe seat pan.
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Post by: 1 Thump on May 13, 2014, 05:47:01 am
Tank
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Post by: Ducati Scotty on May 13, 2014, 06:15:59 am
Shiny and super pretty.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Roeland on May 13, 2014, 10:08:29 am
I realized I do not need these anymore. Handmade polished aluminum for a B5.
What do you mean "you don't need these anymore"?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on May 13, 2014, 10:25:30 am
What do you mean "you don't need these anymore"?

I was wondering when someone was going to ask!  ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Mr.Mazza on May 13, 2014, 10:30:42 am
Had a little poo moment on my commute home from work, had it drop into 4th going 70kmph, no harm down but when your bike suddenly rears up and rockets off you do shit yourself.
I think she was abit sick of the slow traffic...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: 1 Thump on May 13, 2014, 03:30:41 pm
What do you mean "you don't need these anymore"?

Well, the plan was to B5 based cafe racer. That project evolved into something else, and these are now occupying space in the closet. 
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Roeland on May 13, 2014, 03:38:22 pm
Well, the plan was to B5 based cafe racer. That project evolved into something else, and these are now occupying space in the closet.
you can send them to me - I will find good purpose for them.....
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: olhogrider on May 13, 2014, 05:42:51 pm
You still riding that alcoholic bike? It sure smelled good riding behind it!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: 1 Thump on May 13, 2014, 06:09:52 pm
Haha. We should do it again sometime. It's dialed in pretty good now.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on May 13, 2014, 07:22:58 pm
Well, the plan was to B5 based cafe racer. That project evolved into something else, and these are now occupying space in the closet.

I could actually use these on my Bonneville build.  I need an UCE tank for it so I can run a fuel pump to my custom EFI.

Scottie J
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Portland Bullet on May 13, 2014, 11:15:24 pm
Had reason to ride my B5 around town (Portland, OR) then made excuses to keep riding. Up to Mt. Tabor, down Morrison, across the bridge to downtown. circling back. Taking a right here, a left there. Enjoying the ride. A couple guys sitting at a cafe, owners of a pair of nice Hondas out front, I presume, actually applauded the bike as I rode by.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: olhogrider on May 14, 2014, 02:03:09 am
Haha. We should do it again sometime. It's dialed in pretty good now.
I would love to but I'm 400 miles away at the beach in SoCal.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: olhogrider on May 14, 2014, 02:13:05 am
I rode up the coast to Pt. Mugu via Mulholland and back. I saw a turquoise C5 near the Ventura County Line on PCH. Anybody we know?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: caricabasso on May 14, 2014, 06:28:16 am
I built a new stainless steel front number  plate and a new  aluminium bags:

(http://s29.postimg.org/y09rtvq37/ULTIMEFOTO_008.jpg)
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Post by: Ducati Scotty on May 14, 2014, 07:22:27 am
Oil and filter change before my ride up to Seattle this Saturday.  There was less metal than I expected from the cast iron AVL piston rings. 

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Mr.Mazza on May 15, 2014, 04:25:04 am
Finally adjusted my pushrods!
Was going to get to it this weeknd but my foreman got sick of that LOUD exhaust valve, because it disturbs the exhaust note he loves ;)
Amazing what 0.5mm makes...so quite and smooth now!
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Post by: Roy L. on May 15, 2014, 04:43:10 pm
(http://i.imgur.com/FHU8tZn.jpg?)
I caused people to look at me with horror, hate and disgust as I lip-read the two words they all mouthed..
"******* HIPSTER.."
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on May 15, 2014, 06:11:05 pm
Were you wearing skinny jeans? 'Cause if you were then you really have no defense. ;)
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Post by: azcatfan on May 15, 2014, 06:13:55 pm
I see no problem with that, I'm saddened that when I have a gig I cannot ride my bike because of all the gear.  For once I'd like to be able to gig, and then jump on the bike afterwards  8)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on May 15, 2014, 06:24:49 pm
I took a short ride around the new neighborhood yesterday after work.  I had 3 different kids wave to me as I was riding, I smiled as I waved back to all 3 of them.   :)   After my ride, I tested the battery and it appears that I'm only using .1 volts for about every half hour of riding with the LED taillight installed.  That means I can safely take much longer rides without my alternator working, so I decided to ride to work today.  She sure is a load of fun to ride with plenty of power for any situation.   ;)

Scottie J
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on May 15, 2014, 06:37:40 pm
Scottie, is it your regulator/rectifier or the alternator/generator that's the problem?  If it's the reg/rect, check out Oregon Motorcycle Parts.  The guy is really cool and makes some solid parts that have cured many peoples charging system issues.  I believe he carries some 6V stuff too, which is what I'm guessing you need.

If it's the alternator/generator, well, there are some pages out there on rewinding the wiring yourself.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on May 15, 2014, 06:53:32 pm
I took a short ride around the new neighborhood yesterday after work.  I had 3 different kids wave to me as I was riding, I smiled as I waved back to all 3 of them.   :)

Progress, then, perhaps?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Mr.Mazza on May 15, 2014, 09:15:40 pm
Hey Ive gone to a gig with me bass around me back!
Less drag than id thought ;)

Also learnt...the hard way...how tight the lock nuts on the tappets should be!
After a terrible noise and loss of compression.
This is why you carry a tool roll!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Roy L. on May 15, 2014, 09:39:36 pm
Were you wearing skinny jeans?

Ha! How I wish, mate!
The only thing I own these days which could be described as thin is my wallet.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on May 15, 2014, 09:51:07 pm
Scottie, is it your regulator/rectifier or the alternator/generator that's the problem?  If it's the reg/rect, check out Oregon Motorcycle Parts.  The guy is really cool and makes some solid parts that have cured many peoples charging system issues.  I believe he carries some 6V stuff too, which is what I'm guessing you need.

If it's the alternator/generator, well, there are some pages out there on rewinding the wiring yourself.

Scotttt

It's been a few different freak situations that has caused the rotor to rub on the alternator taking out every component in the charging system every time.  Honestly, I'm no hurry to buy a 3rd alternator and rectifier.

Scottie J
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on May 17, 2014, 03:05:48 am
Went down to Sonic for Hot Rod Night and talked to a guy who brought out 2 Cushmans they he restored, '62 and '66 I think he said.  I took a few pics but I still don't have internet at home so I can't post them at the moment.

Also, I spoke with a friend who sells aftermarket automotive lighting.  It looks like I'm going to be able to do a custom LED headlight conversion for about $40.  I think I might buy a half dozen and sell a few on Ebay because I looked and there is NOTHING available on there for a 7" LED headlight for less than $250 each.        :o

Scottie J
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Mr.Mazza on May 17, 2014, 03:15:58 am
Spent two hours polishing her and looking for a loose nut.
After that I had a mirror polish bike and no rattles! Turns out it was the exhaust clamp.

Then I took her for a spin around the twisties, while taking a quick smoke break I saw a big group of jap bike whizz past, eager for a challenge, and knowing its a 60kph limit around the area, I kicked her and chased them down, 10 mins later I overtook half the group but they turned off before I could get the rest!

Lizzy runs very good ;)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on May 17, 2014, 03:34:20 am
It's ALWAYS the exhaust nut that makes the rattle.  Mine's loose right now.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: krimp on May 18, 2014, 04:16:51 am
Today, I rode her home from the dealer. It was a 75 mile trip home, but back roads helped me keep my speed down.
(http://i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd154/r0b3rtw/2014-05-17_18-41-16_311_zps6296a846.jpg)
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Post by: Barnone on May 18, 2014, 03:40:45 pm
Today, I rode her home from the dealer. It was a 75 mile trip home, but back roads helped me keep my speed down.
Beautiful. I want either that model and color or the military.
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Post by: heloego on May 18, 2014, 03:44:55 pm
Yep! That's a sweet ride. Nice catch, and RIDE!  ;D
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Post by: hogdad on May 18, 2014, 04:12:13 pm
I really like that tan color scheme.  Good choice.
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Post by: FiRE Comms on May 18, 2014, 11:02:42 pm
still waiting to get the bike back from the shop...  waiting on parts...  grr...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: ace.cafe on May 18, 2014, 11:10:39 pm
Krimp,
That's a great looking bike.
It would look real cool with a Brooklands silencer on it!
Ultra vintage look.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: rvcycleguy on May 19, 2014, 01:50:19 am
Just returned from the 30th BMOA rally.  100 British bikes and several hundred in attendance.  Camping on the lake, Saturday rides, field events and bike show on Sunday.  I"ll have to find a different category...  Can't compete with 26 RE or a  50 Black Vincent.  Other early bikes was a 24 Beardon Precision, one of 4 known to be running.  NTNOA was in attendance and dozen excellent BSA's from road to trail versions. 

Cold start kick start field event was fun and dirt drags was great.  Couple of wipe outs but only pride was injured. 
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Sectorsteve on May 19, 2014, 08:13:00 am
took right side engine cover off for the 15th time this year because it keeps dislodging from the gear changer thingy inside since hitting that roo...
put back togother only to realise that the gasket is busted and leaking oil like a bastard...
To be continued...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Mr.Mazza on May 19, 2014, 12:29:54 pm
Nearly gave some old bloke a heartattack after he tried to marry his Golf to Lizzy.
They scare them selves so much its frightening to think they are that oblivious..
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on May 19, 2014, 03:01:21 pm
Nearly gave some old bloke a heartattack after he tried to marry his Golf to Lizzy.
They scare them selves so much its frightening to think they are that oblivious..

I hate to say but you might as well get used to it.  In a sense to always be expecting it to happen.


I, myself, damn near got stranded up in a canyon yesterday.  In fact my whole day was doomed from the beginning and I should have probably just stayed home, but here it goes.  I left at around 1:30pm yesterday afternoon with a nice full charge on the battery and a full tank of gas with intentions of an afternoon full of twisties.  My goal was to ride up Lookout Mountain in Golden, CO (my absolute favorite road to ride), cut over to I-70 again and ride up to Idaho Springs and take Oh My God Road (a super gnarly dirt road with shear cliff shoulders) over to the City of Black Hawk and Central City (Vegas in the Rockies) and then back home, all while getting the whole ride on video to make into a nice little movie.

I get to Lookout Mountain, all super excited to ride it for the first time this year, get 6 turns in and traffic is stopped both directions.  Next thing I know an ambulance is coming down from the top and a fire truck is coming up from the bottom.  Well, the hell with this, so I turned around and headed back to 119 to go into Black Hawk and Central City the "normal" way.  This road is also a lot of fun to ride, but also has a LOT of traffic due to being the main way into the casinos.  There also happens to be a mountain river that runs along side of the road, so I stopped a ways up to enjoy a snack and some water on the rivers edge.  Ran into a small group of people who were day camping there and got to talking, had a beer with them and enjoyed some "greenery" that they had grown at work.  Well, I must have been having a good time because the next thing I know it was going on 4pm.  I decided that rather than going up to the casinos, I would just ride back home instead.  I jump on my horse and take off fast so as not to get hit by a car, shift into 2nd gear and the throttle sticks open at over half throttle!!!  I shut her down and as I'm pulling over I see my throttle cable is completely stretched and frayed right where it goes into the throttle housing.

I pull over, and I might as well be in the middle of nowhere, knowing that I'm in the middle of a canyon and no one will stop for me on this road, pull my phone out and I have 1 bar of reception on ROAM and 4% battery life.         :-\         I call my friend Jason in the next town over and spit out all the needed info as fast as possible.  Some time later, he shows up with his Suburban and his bike hitch-hauler and we take my bike back to his place.  Ran over to the bicycle shop and got there 5 minutes before they were closing and bought a new cable.  Spent the next 2.5 hours trying to solder the nipple onto the new cable with repeated failed attempts.  Finally I threw in the towel and called the wife for a ride home around 7pm.  It was so late we ended up going to get pizza for dinner, and was 10pm before I walked in the door at home.  Holy flipping shit do I have quite the adventures on the Blackhawk.

Scottie J
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on May 19, 2014, 04:22:58 pm
Mmmmm, pizza.  Where's the problem here?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Catbird on May 19, 2014, 07:33:32 pm
What kind of pizza did you get?  What about crust... thick or thin?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on May 19, 2014, 08:06:19 pm
What kind of pizza did you get?  What about crust... thick or thin?

And... GF or non?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: hogdad on May 19, 2014, 10:48:15 pm
I don't mean to laugh, but your story was quite funny, and I'm glad you made it home safe.

Holy flipping shit do I have quite the adventures on the Blackhawk.

Scottie J
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Candoman on May 19, 2014, 11:27:30 pm
Tried to adjust the chain for the first time today and quickly found out that a 12 point 24mm socket won't get it. All it did was spin the axle and then wanted to slip. Quit and ordered a 6 point socket and will see if that will work.  Had no idea that the crown nut would be on so tight.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on May 20, 2014, 12:12:39 am
Spin the axle?
  :o
The rear axle has a hole in the far side to stick a screw driver or rod into it to keep the axle from turning when you loosen the nut.  :)

When you get the chain adjusted so it has about 1 1/2" of up/down slop (bike on center stand, 3/4" up & 3/4" down) don't forget to fully tighten the rear brake rod until the wheel won't turn. This will expand the brake shoes to center them in the brake drum.  Then, lightly tighten the big nut to hold the backing plate and brake shoes in the centered position.
Back off the rear brake rod nut a bit and rotate the rear wheel in the forward direction to rotate the brake backing plate clockwise so the stud that fits thru the slot in the swing arm is loaded against the bottom of the slot.  Then fully tighten up the big nut and the nut (and washer) that goes on the backing plate stud.
The smaller castellated nut gets tightened last while you keep the axle from turning with a rod stuck thru the axle.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on May 20, 2014, 01:01:13 am
F*ck pizza and F*ck the Blackhawk.  It clearly doesn't want me to be the owner anymore so it can kiss my ass.  It done broke my heart today.  After running around and f*cking around with it all afternoon, 2 cables later finally got one to work.  Fired it up made sure all was well, went up to the house to say my goodbyes, came back and the cunt licker is laying on its side spewing oil and gasoline everywhere.  I think it's time to sell it and part ways and cut my losses.  I can't deal with this bullshit any longer.

(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y217/lethalinj/Carnage1_zpse760177e.jpg) (http://s6.photobucket.com/user/lethalinj/media/Carnage1_zpse760177e.jpg.html)

(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y217/lethalinj/Carnage2_zpsdae9575e.jpg) (http://s6.photobucket.com/user/lethalinj/media/Carnage2_zpsdae9575e.jpg.html)

(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y217/lethalinj/Carnage3_zpsdfc86041.jpg) (http://s6.photobucket.com/user/lethalinj/media/Carnage3_zpsdfc86041.jpg.html)

(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y217/lethalinj/Carnage4_zps391ac528.jpg) (http://s6.photobucket.com/user/lethalinj/media/Carnage4_zps391ac528.jpg.html)



There's a new Indian dealership that opened in Denver a few weeks ago.  I think I'm just going to fix and repaint the gas tank the best I can and take it up there.  You cannot imagine the sadness in my heart right now, I feel like a family member died.  So heart broken.     :'(  :'(  :'(

Scottie J
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: suitcasejefferson on May 20, 2014, 01:18:55 am
Misery and grief tend to go with trying to ride a real vintage bike. I found that out with my '66 Bonneville. I have no idea how many times that thing stranded me, and it seems a cable broke on almost every ride. I finally sold it out of frustration. It wasn't long till I realized I had made a mistake. I should have kept it and gotten another more reliable bike to ride. Now a decent vintage Triumph is out of my price range. So I bought a new RE hoping for the vintage riding experience with much better reliability. So far it has delivered big time. But I still want the Triumph back.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on May 20, 2014, 01:52:58 am
Dude - take a deep breath.  What happened?!?  Obviously, it fell over, but don't kick it out the door too quickly.  I won't try to convince you either way, but take moment (an hour? a day? a week?) to settle down and make decisions with a clear head...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on May 20, 2014, 02:06:43 am
Oh yeah, my brand new $100 billet headlight mounts are FUBAR.   :(    I'm thinking of turning this in to insurance but I'm afraid of Geico screwing me over.     :-\
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on May 20, 2014, 02:33:15 am
I've never made a vehicle insurance claim - can you initiate the process and then decide what you want to do after they "make an offer"?  At least you could find out what their take on it would be...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on May 20, 2014, 02:46:15 am
I haven't either Matt, I'm not sure how it works.  Does anyone know how I would go about filling a claim for this?  I mean I know I restored this myself but a lot of shit broke and that paint job wasn't cheap OR easy.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on May 20, 2014, 05:18:37 am
Did you ever hear the expression, "He came out the small end of the horn." ?
That's what will become of you if you turn in an insurance claim.

They will instantly claim your motorcycle is beyond repair and "total it".
Then they will claim it as their own and offer you a pittance of its true worth.  If you grovel they might let you buy it back from them with a "Salvage Title".

For a large fee they might be willing to sell you liability insurance but they will refuse to offer any comprehensive that will pay you if you have another accident.

Do as mattsz suggested.  Take a deep breath.  Don't do anything for at least a week.  Then start thinking about the fun you had riding and racing it.  After thinking about that, then decide what your going to do. 
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: suitcasejefferson on May 20, 2014, 12:03:18 pm
I don't know what it is worth, but you wouldn't get much of anything out of it from an insurance company. It's been a long time since I have had comp and collision on any vehicle, for that reason. Even on my new RE I only have minimum liability. $93 a year for that. They wanted $600 a year for comp/collision, and that was with a $1000 deductible. Had it been totaled, I would have gotten almost nothing out of it, and the rates on all my other bikes would have doubled from filing a claim. Insurance just plain sucks.

If you really want to sell it, find out what it is worth, and put it up for sale on Craigslist.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on May 20, 2014, 12:28:25 pm
Well, here's the deal.  I pay for full coverage for the sole fact that something like this might happen.  I also have the best coverage I could possibly buy for this bike and my deductible is only $250.  This accident was beyond anyone's control and was just that, an accident.  Do you guys seriously think I'm screwed?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Mr.Mazza on May 20, 2014, 12:33:55 pm
Well, here's the deal.  I pay for full coverage for the sole fact that something like this might happen.  I also have the best coverage I could possibly buy for this bike and my deductible is only $250.  This accident was beyond anyone's control and was just that, an accident.  Do you guys seriously think I'm screwed?

Full cov is full cov, regardless of fault or how it happened.
Try it and see, they should pay for repairs for the insured ammount you contracted for, beyond that its a write off.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on May 20, 2014, 01:39:48 pm
Just got off of the phone with Geico, I somehow kept my cool the entire time, probably because I'm too depressed to be mad.  They are going to send out an adjuster to have my bike evaluated and then let me decide if I want to proceed with a claim or not.  I expressed my concern with the Progressive horror stories and the lady assured me that no matter the circumstances, I would be given the option to receive my bike back if I file a claim and they total it.

Also, just did a little research for Geico, so far $666.67 just in parts from H's.  This doesn't even include paint and labor.

Scottie J
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: ace.cafe on May 20, 2014, 02:49:38 pm
Sorry to see that, Scottie.

But you can fix it . After the initial grief is over, just TCB, and it will all be okay..

My Bullet got blown over by the wind once, and had similar damage. Not the end of the world.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: ERC on May 20, 2014, 03:08:35 pm
I'll go along with Ace on that, put it aside for awhile. The insurance will most likely pay for value on a 50yr old bike not much. I had a antique appraiser do all mine now they have to pay on that value, which I must admit is quite nice much more than you could sell them for.  ERC
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on May 20, 2014, 03:39:54 pm
ERC - If I have it appraised now even after the mishap would Geico still be obligated to pay that amount?  I am so worried about this damn thing I lost sleep last night and now this morning I'm sick as a dog, I can't keep anything down.  I'm a mess.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: ERC on May 20, 2014, 04:13:38 pm
Maybe, it won't hurt to have a real value on it. I would think they would have to cover it. You just have to find an accepted appraiser.  ERC
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on May 20, 2014, 06:57:10 pm
Gather up a few recent pics to show the condition it was in.  That way you can prove it was pristine and the damage is all from the recent tip over.

Stay strong man.  It sounds like they're willing to assess it and give you the choice to file a claim or not, so that part is very good news.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Craig McClure on May 21, 2014, 01:12:42 am
Oh yeah, my brand new $100 billet headlight mounts are FUBAR.   :(    I'm thinking of turning this in to insurance but I'm afraid of Geico screwing me over.     :-\
When you ride a true vintage bike (over 25 years old) like the Blackhawk, you can buy Hagerty Vintage Insurance. It is reasonable & you tell them how valuable it is (agreed upon value). They don't try to weasel out at all. They wrote me a check for $6k 2 years ago,  I love the Miata I bought with it, really took the sting away from my bike loss.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: lemming on May 21, 2014, 01:41:16 am
Met Tonks' previous owner on my commute this morning. He passed me on a back road, then later at a stop sign popped out of his car and ran up with a big grin yelling "hey, that's my old bike!". We chatted for a bit, then went on our way. Got to ask a couple of questions about the bike, which was great.

Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gashousegorilla on May 21, 2014, 03:02:16 am
F*ck pizza and F*ck the Blackhawk.  It clearly doesn't want me to be the owner anymore so it can kiss my ass.  It done broke my heart today.  After running around and f*cking around with it all afternoon, 2 cables later finally got one to work.  Fired it up made sure all was well, went up to the house to say my goodbyes, came back and the cunt licker is laying on its side spewing oil and gasoline everywhere.  I think it's time to sell it and part ways and cut my losses.  I can't deal with this bullshit any longer.

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There's a new Indian dealership that opened in Denver a few weeks ago.  I think I'm just going to fix and repaint the gas tank the best I can and take it up there.  You cannot imagine the sadness in my heart right now, I feel like a family member died.  So heart broken.     :'(  :'(  :'(

Scottie J

  Holy shyte !!  When did this happen?!    Dude  :'(       Gotta fix it man..... Far too nice of a bike.   
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: azcatfan on May 21, 2014, 04:44:58 am
Scottie J. - Don't get rid of the bike, this is an organic opportunity for improvement!  You can rebuild her, and better!

lemming - It's cool meeting a previous owner.  The gentleman I got my bike from has become a friend.  That is to say, not only did I get a great bike, I got a friend, and here on this forum I got a community too.  Royal Enfield just keeps on giving   8)

As for what I did today....  I decided I'm taking the Iron Barrel camping  :D  So I spent the evening pairing down to essentials for an overnight of desert camping and arranging things on my bike.  Keeping the heavy stuff low, like water bottles, stove and cooking gear, and the fluffy stuff up high like my tent, sleeping bag, and clothes in my bivvy on the rear rack.  I'll try to film some of the trip and camping setup.  ;)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on May 21, 2014, 10:18:56 am
GHG - It happened Monday afternoon.  Sounds like Geico is going to take care of me.  The claims adjuster actually offered to have my bike diagnosed by a very reputable custom paint shop that specializes in motorcycles, Gunslinger Custom Paint,  www.gcpaint.com

Holy shit did I catch a horrible case of the flu yesterday.  I started out a little sick in the morning and kept getting worse and worse throughout the day.  Finally stopped getting sick around 7:30p last night.  Now because I don't have any medicine in me I'm suffering from insomnia.  What a craptastic week I'm having so far.  Hopefully I can muster up enough energy today to either ride my bike over to the shop or have it towed.

Scottie J
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on May 21, 2014, 03:22:03 pm
I started a new thread for the claim on the Blackhawk.

http://www.enfieldmotorcycles.com/forum/index.php/topic,19335.0.html

Scottie J
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: suitcasejefferson on May 21, 2014, 04:14:01 pm
When you ride a true vintage bike (over 25 years old) like the Blackhawk, you can buy Hagerty Vintage Insurance. It is reasonable & you tell them how valuable it is (agreed upon value). They don't try to weasel out at all. They wrote me a check for $6k 2 years ago,  I love the Miata I bought with it, really took the sting away from my bike loss.

I agree about Hagerty. I have 2 vintage cars insured with Hagerty. A 1964 Ford Fairlane and a 1972 Ford Pinto woodgrain wagon. Not show cars, but in nice condition. I have each of them insured for $5400, and the premium is less than $200 per year for BOTH of them. There are a lot of restrictions, they must be kept in a garage, and they cannot be used for transportation. But that is ok with me, they are hobby cars, I have a newer car with A/C for transportation.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Craig McClure on May 21, 2014, 04:53:20 pm
I started a new thread for the claim on the Blackhawk.

http://www.enfieldmotorcycles.com/forum/index.php/topic,19335.0.html

Scottie J
Hey Scottie, Would a later model iron barrel tank fit your Interceptor/Chief?  You might find a nicely striped one & add the decal. May be cheaper than the body work & repaint.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on May 21, 2014, 05:32:04 pm
Hey Scottie, Would a later model iron barrel tank fit your Interceptor/Chief?  You might find a nicely striped one & add the decal. May be cheaper than the body work & repaint.

It's custom black metal flake paint Craig.  No matter if I get a replacement tank or not, it will need to be repainted.  I have to say that I do enjoy the Connie tank with the knee recesses tho.  Maybe this could be the inspiration for the Cafe upgrades?   ???

Scottie J
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on May 21, 2014, 06:37:12 pm
Hitchcocks has lots of tanks on their used parts board.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gashousegorilla on May 22, 2014, 03:06:11 am
I have to say that I do enjoy the Connie tank with the knee recesses tho.  Maybe this could be the inspiration for the Cafe upgrades?   ???

Scottie J

  DO IT !!  It would be cool.....
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on May 22, 2014, 09:54:18 am
It's custom black metal flake paint Craig.  No matter if I get a replacement tank or not, it will need to be repainted.  I have to say that I do enjoy the Connie tank with the knee recesses tho.  Maybe this could be the inspiration for the Cafe upgrades?   ???

Scottie J

Heeee's baaaack!  (http://d26ya5yqg8yyvs.cloudfront.net/clap.gif)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Mr.Mazza on May 22, 2014, 10:18:59 am
Added some additions to the ol girl!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: azcatfan on May 22, 2014, 06:53:08 pm
Got back from a little camping trip, the RE did just fine  :)  I'll throw up a video and some pics of the Catalina State Park in a little while...

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Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: decker on May 22, 2014, 11:27:41 pm
 :)Added my custom leather tail bag to the bike ( 5th one it's been on ). had new Dunlop K70's installed.[[(http://www.enfieldmotorcycles.com/forum/gallery/thumb_14391-220514172048.jpeg[/size]
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Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: bob bezin on May 23, 2014, 05:01:44 pm
finally got the 2000 re running. last year it would'nt start and i tried everything even changed carbs. finally this spring i checked the battery and found it very low on electrolite. i thought it was dead .,but i filled it up and lo and behold it took a charge and started. i guess the battery was too weak for the electronic ig last fall.  well it ran ,but back fired and stumbeled so i put on the old carb, and now it runs like a new bike
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: olhogrider on May 23, 2014, 05:23:15 pm
finally got the 2000 re running. last year it would'nt start and i tried everything even changed carbs. finally this spring i checked the battery and found it very low on electrolite. i thought it was dead .,but i filled it up and lo and behold it took a charge and started. i guess the battery was too weak for the electronic ig last fall.  well it ran ,but back fired and stumbeled so i put on the old carb, and now it runs like a new bike

It has been said that 90% of all carb problems are actually electrical problems. And vice versa.  ;) Glad you got working right.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Mr.Mazza on May 24, 2014, 09:58:38 am
Ended up trapped by Ze Germans!
So...many...BMWs...Death by flat twins!
Turns out my morning coffee café was the local for the BMW owners club, I saw two or three when I pulled up next to them, come out with my coffee and there was about 60! Old ones, new ones, off road ones, road ones, a few motorcycle cops, everything!
Then I went on a 5 hour ride through the hills, didn't skip a beat and used about half a tank, I travelled around 200kms, twisties, overtaking big Harleys guys, being overtaken by monster sports bikes, good fun!

The Saddlebags came in very handy with sudden cold snaps during the day, a hoodie under the jacket is the best cold weather gear ;)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on May 24, 2014, 03:56:46 pm
Ended up trapped by Ze Germans!
So...many...BMWs...Death by flat twins!


.......The Saddlebags came in very handy with sudden cold snaps during the day, a hoodie under the jacket is the best cold weather gear ;)

The proper term is boxer motor, but I'm sure you knew that.  ;)

And hoodies are always great to keep in the saddle bag or backpack for sure.  :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: NorthernMonkey on May 24, 2014, 07:25:48 pm
Today I found my bike has developed a small incontinence problem

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That's a job for tomorrow then, if it ever stops raining
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Mr.Mazza on May 24, 2014, 10:36:59 pm
The proper term is boxer motor, but I'm sure you knew that.  ;)

And hoodies are always great to keep in the saddle bag or backpack for sure.  :)

Maybe death by boxers? ;)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on May 24, 2014, 10:44:33 pm
Maybe death by boxers? ;)

I know your young so I'll give you quick history in these engines.  They are actually called a horizontally opposed engine/motor.  These style motors were dubbed "boxer" motors because the pistons go in and out horizontally like a boxers fists, hence the name boxer.  ;)

Scottie J
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Mr.Mazza on May 24, 2014, 11:13:33 pm
I know your young so I'll give you quick history in these engines.  They are actually called a horizontally opposed engine/motor.  These style motors were dubbed "boxer" motors because the pistons go in and out horizontally like a boxers fists, hence the name boxer.  ;)

Scottie J

Scottie I am a mechanic haha! I know dem technical terms for dem funny looking engines, but boxers from boxers? Didn't know that!

Today Im giving the girl a quick tapper adjustment, ordering a better sealing system (Sick of my tappet cover leaking!)

Then shes getting a quick polish, and off to a show dubbed 'Rats, Tatts and Pinups!'
Big indoor car and bike show, complete with rockabilly bands, and a pinup girl contest!
Anyone in Melbourne, it's on 10-4 on Whiteman Street, Southbank.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on May 25, 2014, 12:48:58 am
The Saddlebags came in very handy with sudden cold snaps during the day, a hoodie under the jacket is the best cold weather gear ;)

And if you need a place to crash for the night, you can just slap it on and wander into a bank - score a free night in jail!!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: t120rbullet on May 25, 2014, 01:31:45 am
Sold the G5 last November and finally got picked up today.
Down to 1 Enfield for the first time in 15 years.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Mr.Mazza on May 27, 2014, 08:55:11 am
Got stranded again.
Fired up, backfired and sprag shat itself.
I didnt even use the electric starter! I never do.
Ive had this bike for 2 months and it looks like a month of that is broken down, I am the master of shit luck, dont know why i bother anymore.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: ruufman58 on May 27, 2014, 10:02:35 pm
Installed the efi silencer from nfield.Sweet sound and just a little louder.Maybe as loud as a stock Harley with a hole or two in the baffle.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: olhogrider on May 30, 2014, 12:48:16 am
Got mine on May 1. Yesterday hit 1000 miles! Before my plate came I had an "interesting" conversation with a cop on a BMW. He had a real hard time with the concept that a new vehicle wouldn't have a license plate. "Royal Enfield... Who makes that?" "Royal Enfield" "Yeah, but who makes it?" "Royal Enfield since 1901" "Never heard of it" It went downhill from there. Anyway, got my plate and painted it black/yellow like the early '60s. That's really going to mess with them. Next year, California is supposed to issue "vintage" plates if they get enough people to pre-order. I'm just ahead of the crowd.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on May 30, 2014, 01:15:37 am
What did I do to my RE today?
I lubed the clutch cable.  It didn't take long and on a UCE it's easy to do with a 6 or 8 inch adjustable wrench, a squirt can of oil and a little time. 
Don't even have to loosen or readjust any nuts or settings. :)

For you people new to the RE UCE's, to loosen the cable, find the clutch lever on the top of the left hand engine side case.
Put your adjustable wrench with its side face resting on the boss on both sides of the lever and adjust it so it fits snugly on it.
Keeping the wrench flat against the top of the boss, turn the wrench about 1/8 turn counter-clockwise.
Holding things in this position, flip the sheet metal yoke that holds the end of the cable with your finger so the enlarged end of the cable will slide out of the yoke's slot.
Relax and remove the wrench.

At the hand grip end, pull the cable a bit out of the casquette and move it forward and outward so the inner cable is pointing in the same direction the motorcycle is pointed.  It will now slide easily downward out of the handgrip.
Slide the little rubber seal away from the metal end of the cable and pump some oil into the open area where the inner cable enters the outer cable.
Sooner or later, some oil will start to drip out of the cable down at the engine.

To reassemble everything, just reverse all of the above directions.  There is a plastic strip on the grip end of the cable that needs to be in place.  It looks like a thin piece of black plastic and it goes between the cable end and the aluminum handgrip to provide lubrication.  Make sure it didn't fall off while you were working.

No need to readjust anything but while your futzing with it, it's a good time to check the cable adjustment.

The grip should move about 1/8" to 3/16" before it starts to activate the clutch. :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: azcatfan on May 31, 2014, 12:00:46 am
Just did my 7th commute ending in triple digit temperature.

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I think I'm going to have to save my riding for nights and early mornings until it cools of near the end of September  :-\

Part of the trade-off for being able to ride during the winter I suppose...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: lemming on June 02, 2014, 04:09:13 am
Went to a friend's place (he knows from wrenches), did my first oil change since I acquired my fair Tonks and tensioned the chain. 6 slots on the snail!!!! I was, ahem , a touch out of spec before the tensioning.....

Tonks is a much happier girl. Purred all the way home from my friends house.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on June 02, 2014, 11:48:06 am
Just wondering, Lemming... does your bike change color?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: lemming on June 02, 2014, 02:09:50 pm
She does seem a bit blue about the gills, as it were.... ;-)

Actually, one of those shade-changing paint schemes would fit quite nicely, wouldn't it?

Also pulled the plug to check it while we were futzing about...has an NGK R plug, clean as a whistle.

The oil screen was rather full of metal shavings and such, as well as a couple small bits of plastic. With 9600 miles on the clock, should I still be seeing...or, maybe more appropriately, is it normal for REs to be seeing such flotsam and jetsam?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: jkrobin on June 02, 2014, 03:53:40 pm
Stopped by the local (~100 miles away) RE dealership while out for a ride on Saturday... just to check in/look around... and ended up significantly poorer than when I went in.  ;D

They ended up having a bunch of things in stock that I wanted to have done eventually, and I ended up with them all, including:

- EFI muffler (replacing stock torpedo)... this showed significant 'golding' and 'blueing' after riding just the 100 miles home. Normal?  The bike showed significantly more comfort at higher speeds than with the torpedo, but I'm still getting used to the MUCH louder 'blat' at higher revs.

- 7" headlight conversion.... I really like the look and the increased light. It's pointed a bit too high, however. Any suggestions on adjusting this non-adjustable setup down a tad?

- 'Airfly' engine guard/crashbar (http://nfieldgear.com/enfield-store/aftermarket-parts-accessories/body/airfly-engine-guard.html) This looks surprisingly good on the bike, but I'm still not positive about it for the long-term.

Also had a chain adjustment and oil change done while they had it.

EDIT: Also... forgot to mention... the 100-mile ride home had much less vibration overall (and specifically at the handlebars)! I'm thinking it had to be an effect of the crashbar mounting/attachments, but am not positive. Thoughts?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: lemming on June 02, 2014, 04:01:31 pm
Stopped by the local (~100 miles away) RE dealership while out for a ride on Saturday... just to check in/look around... and ended up significantly poorer than when I went in.  ;D

They ended up having a bunch of things in stock that I wanted to have done eventually, and I ended up with them all, including:

- EFI muffler (replacing stock torpedo)... this showed significant 'golding' and 'blueing' after riding just the 100 miles home. Normal?  The bike showed significantly more comfort at higher speeds than with the torpedo, but I'm still getting used to the MUCH louder 'blat' at higher revs.

- 7" headlight conversion.... I really like the look and the increased light. It's pointed a bit too high, however. Any suggestions on adjusting this non-adjustable setup down a tad?

- 'Airfly' engine guard/crashbar (http://nfieldgear.com/enfield-store/aftermarket-parts-accessories/body/airfly-engine-guard.html) This looks surprisingly good on the bike, but I'm still not positive about it for the long-term.

Also had a chain adjustment and oil change done while they had it.

EDIT: Also... forgot to mention... the 100-mile ride home had much less vibration overall (and specifically at the handlebars)! I'm thinking it had to be and effect of the crashbar mounting/attachments, but am not positive. Thoughts?

Pics? Would love to see it all together.....
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: jkrobin on June 02, 2014, 05:29:43 pm
Pics? Would love to see it all together.....


Lemming: here are three pics showing the upgrades discussed (EFI muffler, crashbar, 7" headlight):

Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: lemming on June 02, 2014, 05:47:37 pm
Thanks, looks great!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on June 02, 2014, 06:23:29 pm
The oil screen was rather full of metal shavings and such, as well as a couple small bits of plastic. With 9600 miles on the clock, should I still be seeing...or, maybe more appropriately, is it normal for REs to be seeing such flotsam and jetsam?

That sounds like a first-oil-change find, or maybe a second.  You got that bike used, didn't you?  Do you know its maintenance history?  I wonder if perhaps that screen wasn't properly removed and cleaned during previous oil changes?

By my third oil change, the magnets in the plugs had some minute "filings" clumped together, but the screen was basically clean. 
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: heloego on June 02, 2014, 07:18:31 pm
Both incandescent tiger eyes burned out. Replaced with amber LEDs from superbright.
Sorry pic is on Photobucket, but I'm having issues posting to here.  >:(
Next up are the speedo LEDs.

Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: lemming on June 02, 2014, 08:14:47 pm
That sounds like a first-oil-change find, or maybe a second.  You got that bike used, didn't you?  Do you know its maintenance history?  I wonder if perhaps that screen wasn't properly removed and cleaned during previous oil changes?

By my third oil change, the magnets in the plugs had some minute "filings" clumped together, but the screen was basically clean.
The local RE dealer (not the dealer I bought it from) told me it was well maintained, but I do not have the actual records. I am wondering also if it were maintained elsewhere and the screen was just never cleaned out. There was a fair amount of stuff in there. We will see what it looks like at the next oil change, which at current pace should be mid-July.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on June 03, 2014, 12:21:24 am
It sounds like whoever changed the oil/filter before you bought it didn't know about removing the pump inlet screen cover.  They might have just removed the big drain plug and thought they had done everything that was needed.

My pump inlet screen had all sorts of crap on it when I did the first oil change.  A few small pieces of steel fragments on it on the second oil change and basically nothing on it on all of the subsequent changes.
Both magnets do show some very fine metal fragments with every change but nothing major.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Mr.Mazza on June 03, 2014, 11:24:49 am
Got her back!
Lizzy was fixed by a nice man as I didnt have time :/
Running even better because he gave her a good service (bar oil as 2000km on that) out of his heart, chain adjustment, fixed my headlight ect. I was gonna do this on the weekend but :)
Just gotta wait until my new tappet cover arrives then all issues fixed!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: olhogrider on June 04, 2014, 06:06:21 am
Both incandescent tiger eyes burned out. Replaced with amber LEDs from superbright.
Sorry pic is on Photobucket, but I'm having issues posting to here.  >:(
Next up are the speedo LEDs.
The amber LEDs I got from superbright were dimmer than the white stock bulbs. The lights I got for the idiot lights appear to be the wrong polarity. Grrrr >:(
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on June 04, 2014, 10:19:38 am
olhogrider - you can get "ac/dc" LED bulbs for most of our applications... polarity doesn't matter.

If your harness has two wires going to each bulb socket (i.e., it doesn't rely on the chassis ground), it's very easy to switch the polarity of the socket at the closest harness plug, by switching positions of the little spade connectors in the plug...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: lemming on June 04, 2014, 03:06:31 pm
Tonks died mid-ride on my commute in to work today. Just quit right out. Having read the posts recently, my first thought was that the battery terminal plugs had broken. Nope. Intact and strong. Went to check the MIL code, and....nothing. No lights or power at all with the ignition and kill switch both on. So, it's not getting power. Kickstand is up, and even if it weren't, it doesn't kill ALL the power. Okay, time to check fuses. Sure enough, one of the fuses in the fuse bank is blown. Fortunately, Tonks has died in front of a dairy farm (which, in my opinion, is the next best thing to an auto parts store for a break down). Knock on the door, and ask the farmer if he happens to have a 20amp blade fuse handy which, of course he does. A whole box of them. I give him $2 for two fuses and his trouble, and go on my way.

I am figuring that there was still some water working its way out of a switch somewhere from the epic soaking I took last night on my way home when this beauty rolled through:

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Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: bluesdaddy2 on June 04, 2014, 03:56:09 pm
Tonks died mid-ride on my commute in to work today. Just quit right out.

lemming, Good find but keep an eye on those battery lugs.  Oh, and by the way, I believe the first three fuses in the holder are spares.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: lemming on June 04, 2014, 04:13:14 pm
Oh, and by the way, I believe the first three fuses in the holder are spares.

Ha! Chuckle.....Figures.  ::)

The cows were not at all sure what to make of me in my ninja-teletubbie motorcycle gear. One trotted over, looked right at me, mooed loudly and proceeded to poop. I chose not to take it personally.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: krimp on June 04, 2014, 06:43:58 pm
On my ride home last night, a rather big guy on a really nice Harley with ape hangers, looked at me and said nice bike. I could barely hear him over the sound of his Harley.

On the ride into work this morning, I had a maintenance man for the city give me a thumbs up while I was waiting for the light. This beauty is getting more attention than a fat topless woman at the city park.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: hogdad on June 04, 2014, 08:18:04 pm
Lemming, Great adventure, thanks.

Barry
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: hogdad on June 04, 2014, 08:48:53 pm
Mounted a fast release Nelson-Rigg Tail Bag to the C5 Military today using existing N-R mounting straps.

It certainly makes it easier using tiedown straps with the pillion bracket installed, plenty of places to attach.

I'm planning on taking this fun motorcycle on a 300/400 mile trip soon to see how I and the bike fair on an extended trip. She ain't no touring bike, but I'm expecting an adventure.

I set some stuff aside to pack. A riding belt, few more tools, rubber gloves, mechanics wire, Leatherman, spare bulbs, tubes, rain suit, water & snacks, and tie-wraps.

I'll increase the rear shocks springs by one setting and see how that works with the extra weight, I'm presently on the third step.

Barry

Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: olhogrider on June 05, 2014, 07:24:21 pm
olhogrider - you can get "ac/dc" LED bulbs for most of our applications... polarity doesn't matter.

If your harness has two wires going to each bulb socket (i.e., it doesn't rely on the chassis ground), it's very easy to switch the polarity of the socket at the closest harness plug, by switching positions of the little spade connectors in the plug...
I swapped the wires in the plug. The MIL works fine. I need to run low (or out) of gas to see if the low fuel works. Thanks.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: heloego on June 05, 2014, 11:27:28 pm
The BA9 amber LEDs used for the Tiger Eyes work well. I can actually see them reflected in my windscreen.  :)
Shoulda looked at my instrument lights first though. Ask me why...
Local Autozone had the spade-type needed, and good golly miss Molly I can actually SEE them now!  ;)
Replaced the tail light with an 1157W LED. Much brighter. Just not sure if it's $40 brighter.  ???
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: azcatfan on June 07, 2014, 04:23:33 pm
It has been around 110F nearly every afternoon this week, that in combination with having to pick up kids after work meant that I didn't ride the RE for my daily commute all week.

I got up early enough to enjoy a ride before the temps got too hot and caught the sunrise.  Went to one of my favorite places to rev the motor; an abandoned 5-story parking garage  8)

(http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g237/azcatfan/Junerise1.jpg) (http://s57.photobucket.com/user/azcatfan/media/Junerise1.jpg.html)

(http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g237/azcatfan/Junerise2.jpg) (http://s57.photobucket.com/user/azcatfan/media/Junerise2.jpg.html)

Enjoyed the sunrise from here while having a short stogy.

(http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g237/azcatfan/Junerise3.jpg) (http://s57.photobucket.com/user/azcatfan/media/Junerise3.jpg.html)

After cruising for a while I decided to take advantage of the early hours and shoot a few pics at the retro Texaco near my house.  I saw another black RE had posted a pic on here from a while back but cannot find it in the members pics.

(http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g237/azcatfan/Junerise4.jpg) (http://s57.photobucket.com/user/azcatfan/media/Junerise4.jpg.html)

(http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g237/azcatfan/Junerise6.jpg) (http://s57.photobucket.com/user/azcatfan/media/Junerise6.jpg.html)

(http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g237/azcatfan/Junerise5.jpg) (http://s57.photobucket.com/user/azcatfan/media/Junerise5.jpg.html)

And for the hell of it...

(http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g237/azcatfan/Junerise5Vintage.jpg) (http://s57.photobucket.com/user/azcatfan/media/Junerise5Vintage.jpg.html)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on June 07, 2014, 11:04:09 pm
The black and white picture is perfect! :)
Love the "CONTAINS LEAD" sign too.  Lots better than the "Contains up to 10 percent.....la la la" crap on modern pumps. :(
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on June 08, 2014, 04:39:17 am
The Blackhawk kicked my ass today.  Still have a little bit left to finish, but I did get the new alternator secured properly and the primary cover buttoned up and also got the new rear sets installed.  Long long day.  Pics tomorrow.

Scottie J
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Magoo on June 08, 2014, 07:44:51 am
Thought I'd share my happy milestone today.
Six months in, no major issues and the love affair with the C5 is as strong as ever.
So happy my wife lets me have a mistress.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: hogdad on June 08, 2014, 11:51:18 am
Congratulations, nice job.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on June 08, 2014, 01:00:28 pm
Pics of the new rear sets installed.

(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y217/lethalinj/RearSet1_zpse2b66a59.jpg) (http://s6.photobucket.com/user/lethalinj/media/RearSet1_zpse2b66a59.jpg.html)



(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y217/lethalinj/RearSet2_zps5fcbd5cf.jpg) (http://s6.photobucket.com/user/lethalinj/media/RearSet2_zps5fcbd5cf.jpg.html)



Scottie J
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Mr.Mazza on June 08, 2014, 01:37:26 pm
Hopefully patched the tank up and ordered some bar end mirrors!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: azcatfan on June 08, 2014, 02:15:20 pm
Magoo - Congrats!  You have a very understanding wife  ;)

ScottieJ - Glad to see the center stand on there!  I wish you'd had one about 4 weeks ago!  Now, how are those rear sets going to effect your dirt track racing?  Won't your toes no be more in position to dig in?  Also, not as easy to peg a leg while sliding... just curios  :)

Also, what tail light/LP bracket do you have on your fender?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on June 08, 2014, 03:05:23 pm


ScottieJ - Glad to see the center stand on there!  I wish you'd had one about 4 weeks ago!  Now, how are those rear sets going to effect your dirt track racing?  Won't your toes no be more in position to dig in?  Also, not as easy to peg a leg while sliding... just curios  :)

Also, what tail light/LP bracket do you have on your fender?

I've always had a center stand, but the one on the bike is really worn down and doesn't support the bike properly.

The rear sets feel much more natural than the original foot pegs.  When I stand up on them I feel WAY more comfortable than standing on the factory pegs.  As far as racing goes it will be a huge improvement.  I was speed limited in the corners before because my foot pegs were scraping in the turns and still had 3/4" of tread on my tire that wasn't making contact with the dirt.  So now I should be able to carry considerably more speed in the corners allowing me to accelerate faster in the straights.

As far as the tail light goes I ordered it from TC Bros Choppers off Ebay.  It looks like the price went up on it however.  I think I only paid $120.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/LED-BLACK-33-FORD-SIDE-MOUNT-TAIL-LIGHT-PLATE-BRACKET-SPORTSTER-XS650-BOBBER-BSA-/351088350471


Scottie J
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: lemming on June 08, 2014, 11:31:29 pm
Tonks and I headed into the Adirondacks yesterday for a ride with my father (he was on his sparkly new F700GS). Took a stunningly beautiful road left off 9N before Moriah up into the peaks, with a section so delightfully twisty we had to go back for a second lap. Tonks took marvelously to the twisties. Using more inside weight shifts off the seat I was able to carry a lot of speed through the 25-35mph warned corners, which was loads of fun. Then, on the way back, I got a flat in the rear tire. :-( left Tonks resting at the entrance to Lincoln Pond State Park and rode Dad's bike home 2up to borrow a truck and ramps. Retrieved Tonks later that night and ordered some tubes. I will be sure next time I take an extended ride to have enough tools and such to change out the tubes, though hopefully I don't have the same experience often.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: trimleyman on June 09, 2014, 02:00:59 am
Busy weekend really. After being on the road for a week I return home to find my new silencer (a Dunstall replica) had arrived. Fitted that with a few minor mods to make it happen. Nice sound compared to the Indian short bottle it had been sporting for a couple of years (it was time for it to go as the chrome was rubbish , but it served it's purpose). The Dunstall is perhaps a little quieter at low revs and speeds but has that tell-tail on the pipe sound when opened up. Lovely sound. The today a photo-op. 
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on June 09, 2014, 02:15:05 am
Installed the Tympanium, topped off the fluids and went for a short ride around the block to make everything was working and it was.  A quick adjustment of the brake rod and a few adjustments of the clutch cable and all was well.  Went to Buffalo Wild Wings with the wife for lunch and it started pouring outside.  But shortly after we got home the rain had slowed enough that the roads had mostly dried and it was only a light drizzle, so I geared up and headed out for another jaunt.  Of course as soon as I hit the road it started to sprinkle again and eventually turned into rain, but I wanted to ride and was still able to get about 30 minutes of ride time in.  Tho it was a wet 30 minutes.   :)  I found out I need to be careful when it's wet, I was making a left turn after a red stop light and went to accelerate out of 1st kicked the ass end sideways!    :o  After I knew I could spin the tire that easy I had a lot more fun leaving from a stop on the way home.   ;D   Good thing I rode when I did because it hasn't stopped raining since and even had a nice hail storm in the mix.

Scottie J
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: JVS on June 09, 2014, 10:37:51 am
The last couple of pages with the pics have been awesome. Great shots, azcatfan. Congrats Magoo, always ride safe. The rear-sets look great, Scottie.

Always good to read what other members are doing with their REs! Keep at it.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Royal Stargazer on June 10, 2014, 05:27:28 am
Broke 4,000 miles, ventured out onto the Wisconson alphabet roads for a bit after dark. She's running a little funny though - starts in one kick, but the first time I twist the handle she threatens to stall. Runs fine after that, though.

Also had to convince a trucker that I didn't restore her, though I think I should have just played along. "I was lucky enough to find a gas tank in such good condition, but the rest of the bike was a pain in the ass to assemble!"

I love the comments this bike brings in  8)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Mr.Mazza on June 10, 2014, 09:38:15 am
Got my new tappet cover!
Goes on the bike with the fixed tank tomorrow, very pleased with it :)
Also HCs sent me a free cataloge as well :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Philbomoog on June 10, 2014, 09:45:02 am
New front tyre fitted. 15000 miles from my Avon AM20 and it still had a decent amount of tread left but no amount of boot polish could hide the cracks in the side wall.
Replaced with an Avon AM26 with only minor loss of knuckle skin.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Mr.Mazza on June 11, 2014, 04:31:27 am
Got my tank back, 4 inch spilt! Soldered and sleeved up, and new tapper cover...wait for it...DOESNT LEAK.
NO MORE LEAKS YAY!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on June 11, 2014, 04:50:09 am
Damn near lost my eyeball trying to change out the headlight.  Stupid FU (W) clip jumped out and hit me directly in my left eye.    :o    How it didn't get cut my eye is beyond me.  Hurt like a mofo tho.  Yesterday I changed out my fork seals.  I was planning on changing the fork springs too, but when I compared the old to the new they didn't match.  The new springs were a 1/2" shorter than the original springs, 20.75" on the new compared to 21.25" on the old, so I just put the old springs in back in there.  I also completely flushed out every component of the fork assembly with brake cleaner and compressed air.  It was kind of gross, 56 years worth of sludge.    :P      A good part in the bottom of each fork leg didn't even want to come out and took a lot of hosing down to completely remove the sludge.  I am extremely surprised and thrilled that simply changing the seals made a huge difference on how responsive the forks are.  They used to bottom out and were a little sloppy but it feels much better now.  I refilled the the forks with 8 ounces of ATF fluid in each leg.  Now I just need to get some new rear shocks.  :)

Scottie J
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Mr.Mazza on June 12, 2014, 04:02:13 am
If anyone is contemplating getting a SAMRAT tappet cover, do it!
The finish is extremely high quality and it seals perfectly, coupled with a half wingnut it looks superb!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: olhogrider on June 12, 2014, 06:28:31 am
If anyone is contemplating getting a SAMRAT tappet cover, do it!
The finish is extremely high quality and it seals perfectly, coupled with a half wingnut it looks superb!
That looks great! But does it fit the EFI motor?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on June 12, 2014, 08:48:04 am
One for the EFI motor with a fake half wingnut bolted on would be cool :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: olhogrider on June 12, 2014, 09:23:06 am
I went for a 400 mile ride out to the Salton Sea. Never been there before. Took a short video of the road through Anza Borego. Not sure if this will work but here's the link.  http://vimeo.com/user4872598
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Mr.Mazza on June 12, 2014, 09:37:53 am
That looks great! But does it fit the EFI motor?

No it wont fit the EFI engine, but HC sells dressed up efi tappet covers :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: krimp on June 12, 2014, 02:52:31 pm
I rode to work today. In the rain. It was a fun ride.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on June 12, 2014, 03:30:33 pm
I rode to work today. In the rain. It was a fun ride.

Funny, I went for rode in the rain last night.  It was actually quite relaxing.   :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: krimp on June 12, 2014, 04:09:26 pm
This morning was just a little bit heavier than a mist and I ride with an open faced 3/4 helmet for now. By the time I got to work (about 30 minutes), my beard was soaked and I had a big grin.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gremlin on June 12, 2014, 11:51:53 pm
Prepped B5 for a ride to the fairgrounds tomorrow.  The Antique Motorcycle Club of America is holding a show this weekend.
http://www.vikingmc.org/
I'll be parking out front by the doors on Friday.  Anybody else planning to go ?

Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Mr.Mazza on June 13, 2014, 03:48:28 am
I rode to work today. In the rain. It was a fun ride.

I did aswell!
As soon as I got to work it cleared and is now 18 and sunny! :(
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on June 14, 2014, 05:16:23 am
Rode to work today.  The first 12 miles I was just cruising along put putting at 55mph enjoying the nice cool air in face at a relaxed pace.  Then about half way thru my commute, I started getting to the section of freeway with lots of turns and sweepers.  AND I got a hair up my arse.    8)     My fuel economy took a hit and my adrenaline rose as I started pushing the bike harder than ever thru the double S section with the new rear sets installed.  Holy crap is it exciting scraping your toes in a rhythm section at 80mph!   ;D  Ummm,  I mean 55mph.    ::)

Then on my way back home I kept hearing this strange rattle coming from the front that I couldn't pinpoint.  Then when I parked the bike at home, I noticed the headlight wasn't working so I took a peak at it.  The entire filament broke off from the bulb and was floating around inside of it!  2 days old!  Yeah, I won't be buying a Wagner 6024 ever again.  POS.

Also I built a new luggage rack for the bike.  I want to be able to start camping with the Blackhawk and strapping gear to a curved fender doesn't work worth a crap.  So I welded up and painted this guy today.  :)

(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y217/lethalinj/CAM02410_zpstqpzwvuq.jpg) (http://s6.photobucket.com/user/lethalinj/media/CAM02410_zpstqpzwvuq.jpg.html)



And yeah yeah yeah.  I know my crappy seat cover is falling apart.  I got a number from a local DJ/Hot Rodder for an upholster, and I've called him 3 or 4 times but no return call.   :(




Scottie J
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on June 14, 2014, 11:44:14 am
Also I built a new luggage rack for the bike.  I want to be able to start camping with the Blackhawk and strapping gear to a curved fender doesn't work worth a crap.  So I welded up and painted this guy today.  :)

That looks great!  You've banged together in a few spare moments a rack that looks better, and is likely much better made, than the OEM one I bought for way too much money - and mine still doesn't fit the bike!

Quote
And yeah yeah yeah.  I know my crappy seat cover is falling apart.  I got a number from a local DJ/Hot Rodder for an upholster, and I've called him 3 or 4 times but no return call.   :(

You know my feelings about that seat, chum, so I won't keep harping.  ;)

Besides, I renovated my living room, and I repainted everything except one built-in corner shelving/cabinet unit - two years later and it's the only thing that sticks out as unfinished.  So who am I to criticize?  ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Craig McClure on June 14, 2014, 04:25:11 pm
  I was planning on changing the fork springs too, but when I compared the old to the new they didn't match.  The new springs were a 1/2" shorter than the original springs, 20.75" on the new compared to 21.25" on the old, so I just put the old springs in back in there.  I also completely flushed out every component of the fork assembly with brake cleaner and compressed air.  It was kind of gross, 56 years worth of sludge.    :P      A good part in the bottom of each fork leg didn't even want to come out and took a lot of   I refilled the the forks with 8 ounces of ATF fluid in each leg.  Now I just need to get some new rear shocks.  :)

Scottie J
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Craig McClure on June 14, 2014, 04:37:16 pm


Hi Scottie, When I installed my last set of progressive fork springs they were shorter than the stock springs (probably because they work in several bikes). The instructions had me insert a short length of cut PVC plumbing pipe on top of each spring, to make up for the length difference.
  I like the ATF in my fork legs also. I had some synthetic Amsoil to put in, now I can forget about them indefinitely.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on June 15, 2014, 12:42:58 am
Went down to the 7th Annual Cruisin' Havana today.  Met up with a buddy and checked out some Hot Rods and then had a beer at B Dubs.  Then as we were sitting down it started raining, so we just chatted for a while and enjoyed our brews and waited for the rain to slow.  Once we saw a break in the clouds he headed out, only to get hailed on 4 blocks away.  Took a chunk of hail right in my lip at 40mph, that sucked ass.   :o  Luckily it only hailed for a couple of minutes and it was light rain the rest of the ride home.  Coming down I-225 we decided to crack the bikes open for a half mile or so.  Turns out, even with a slipping clutch, I'm still faster than a '78 CX500 with a fresh motor.  ;)

Scottie J
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: krimp on June 15, 2014, 05:04:14 am
I took a ride through Garden of the Gods tonight. Speed limit 20MPH and awesome views.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on June 15, 2014, 05:38:27 am
Nice!  I may have to join you next time you decide to roll thru there.  I haven't been there since I was 11.  :)

Scottie J
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on June 15, 2014, 06:01:48 am
My G5 odometer reading passed 15,000 miles on the way home from the Pavilion Car Show.  ;D 
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Mr.Mazza on June 15, 2014, 07:39:57 am
Rode around the beautiful hills getting used to my one bar end, after my spark plug shat itself last night in the rain, on the way to a gig!
 Always carry a spare ;)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on June 15, 2014, 11:08:59 am
Once we saw a break in the clouds he headed out, only to get hailed on 4 blocks away.  Took a chunk of hail right in my lip at 40mph, that sucked ass.   :o

What the hail?!? (said in my best southern twang)

At least you're back to getting injured while actually riding!  ;)  How's your eye?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: tooseevee on June 15, 2014, 01:32:38 pm
Prepped B5 for a ride to the fairgrounds tomorrow.  The Antique Motorcycle Club of America is holding a show this weekend.
http://www.vikingmc.org/
I'll be parking out front by the doors on Friday.  Anybody else planning to go ?

           I wish Minna Sota was closer to Ro Dyland. East Coast motorcycle shows that I can get to are few & far between.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on June 15, 2014, 02:38:07 pm
What the hail?!? (said in my best southern twang)

At least you're back to getting injured while actually riding!  ;)  How's your eye?


 ;D  Honestly, my eye doesn't feel much different than it has the last couple of days.  It's not bothering per say, but I can definitely tell that it is still swollen and irritated.  I'm going to drink a cup of coffee and roll the bike back onto my front door step.  I don't like how the clutch is acting so I want to open up the primary and take a look to see what exactly is going on with the clutch cable end/knuckle area.  It feels like the cable keeps getting longer and longer.   :-\   Also, while I'm in there and I'm going to give the clutch plates a bath in brake cleaner again and see if I can't get the slip to go away.  I'll take a quick spin around the block with the primary cover off and the clutch dry to see if it is still slipping.  If it is then I'll open of the clutch pack and use some 36 grit paper to rough the surface of the steel plates, but I don't want to do that unless I have too.  And I may.

Scottie J
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: krimp on June 15, 2014, 04:48:28 pm
Nice!  I may have to join you next time you decide to roll thru there.  I haven't been there since I was 11.  :)

Scottie J

It was a short ride. I think it took all of about 20 minutes. I'm using this to plan some longer and more fun rides.

http://www.coloradodot.info/programs/live-to-ride/rider-resources.html
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on June 15, 2014, 04:58:52 pm
It was a short ride. I think it took all of about 20 minutes. I'm using this to plan some longer and more fun rides.

http://www.coloradodot.info/programs/live-to-ride/rider-resources.html

Oh cool!  If you get something planned keep me posted.  Also, Dan Kearney lives outside of Blackhawk and I know he likes to take adventurous rides as well.  He may be interested in joining.  The two of us have talked about getting an all RE ride going but have been having trouble finding/getting others to Colorado riders to join.  Dan has been talking to the RE dealer as well.  Hopefully something will come together in the near future.  When I first joined this forum I tried to get a group ride to do Pikes Peak but it was a total flop and there was no interest at that time.

Scottie J
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: krimp on June 15, 2014, 05:32:43 pm
Oh cool!  If you get something planned keep me posted.  Also, Dan Kearney lives outside of Blackhawk and I know he likes to take adventurous rides as well.  He may be interested in joining.  The two of us have talked about getting an all RE ride going but have been having trouble finding/getting others to Colorado riders to join.  Dan has been talking to the RE dealer as well.  Hopefully something will come together in the near future.  When I first joined this forum I tried to get a group ride to do Pikes Peak but it was a total flop and there was no interest at that time.

Scottie J

Which RE dealer is Dan working with?

And a run to the top of Pikes Peak would be totally worth it. It's now paved from bottom to top. Any run to Pikes Peak will require cold weather gear.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on June 15, 2014, 05:39:31 pm
Which RE dealer is Dan working with?

And a run to the top of Pikes Peak would be totally worth it. It's now paved from bottom to top.

He is working with Unique Rides in Fort Collins.  Last I spoke with Dan the dealer was supposed to send out an email to RE purchasers to promote Dan's website http://rockymountainenfieldriders.bbforum.co/  (which for some reason isn't working at the moment).
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: azcatfan on June 15, 2014, 05:49:06 pm
I got up before the heat, put over 100 miles on the bike this morning just putting around the outskirts of town.  My father's day ride  8)  Didn't even take the cameras, just wanted to have fun with the ride.

Now I'm heading to the movies with my kiddos, happy father's day to all the dad's out there...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Craig McClure on June 15, 2014, 06:11:29 pm
  I don't like how the clutch is acting so I want to open up the primary and take a look to see what exactly is going on with the clutch cable end/knuckle area.  It feels like the cable keeps getting longer and longer.   :-\   Also, while I'm in there and I'm going to give the clutch plates a bath in brake cleaner again and see if I can't get the slip to go away.  I'll take a quick spin around the block with the primary cover off and the clutch dry to see if it is still slipping.  If it is then I'll open of the clutch pack and use some 36 grit paper to rough the surface of the steel plates, but I don't want to do that unless I have too.  And I may.

Scottie J
Hi Scottie,  I had several Brits that were prone to slipping clutches from the primary case oil bath. This was sometimes caused by crank seal seepage raising the oil level. Rather than pull the whole thing down to put in a dubious new seal, I opened the drain screw, drained the primary case, & left the drain screw open. It was a simple matter to squirt the primary chain with spray chain lube, while idling in neutral, through the big inspection port, before every days riding. This cured the problem for me.
  Back in the day, the clutch plate cleaning ritual was to soak the fiber lined plates in gasoline, dump the gas down a drain, then BURN off the residue.  I did this quite a few times until I started using the dry primary case/spray lube trick.  Worked for me.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on June 15, 2014, 07:16:21 pm
Success!!!

Pulled the primary cover and did exactly what I said.  Except I noticed the scissor adjustment wasn't anywhere near where I thought it was.  Took me about ten tries to get the adjustment where I wanted it and then I hosed the clutch pack with a half a can of brake cleaner.  Went around the block and no slipping, so I put the primary cover back on and filled it with engine oil, went for a short ride and I can actually feel the motor torquing real hard and she pulls like a freaking monster now!  PLUS the alternator showed a little signs of heat/rubbing but the clearances were acceptable and is putting out 14v with the lights on!  Man am I a happy father right now!

Scottie J
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: krimp on June 16, 2014, 06:44:28 pm
I upgraded my pilot lights to LEDs. Follow the link to see the difference.

http://www.enfieldmotorcycles.com/forum/index.php/topic,19622.new.html#new
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on June 17, 2014, 12:30:43 pm
Sunday my battery failed out in the country so I limped the bike over to a nearby friend's house.  Yesterday I replaced my POS Autocraft (Advance Auto Parts brand) 4LBS "AGM" battery with a Batteries Plus 5LBS AGM battery.  The bike fired right up and it looks like my charging system is still working just fine, which makes me happy because I was convinced and pissed that my alternator had failed again.  I didn't get much of a chance to ride yesterday, but I did take it down to Ace Hardware to buy 4 bolts and lock washers for my custom luggage rack.  After I got home from there I got the rack installed, pretty easy and straight forward.  I installed the bolts with lock washers and a good amount of blue Loctite.  The bike isn't quite as sporty looking now, but at least I have a functional rack that I use carry stuff.


(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y217/lethalinj/Rack1_zps106c4cb4.jpg) (http://s6.photobucket.com/user/lethalinj/media/Rack1_zps106c4cb4.jpg.html)


(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y217/lethalinj/Rack2_zpsd8194177.jpg) (http://s6.photobucket.com/user/lethalinj/media/Rack2_zpsd8194177.jpg.html)


(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y217/lethalinj/Rack3_zps91aaea63.jpg) (http://s6.photobucket.com/user/lethalinj/media/Rack3_zps91aaea63.jpg.html)



Scottie J
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on June 17, 2014, 12:51:17 pm
Nice, Scottie.  And, I see you've got the perfect liquid accessories for maintenance work - a bottle of blue loctite and a bottle of beer!  8)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Portland Bullet on June 17, 2014, 07:44:55 pm
Rode in the rain. Froze. Dried off. Napped. Went for another ride. Got soaked. Dried off. It sucked. It was great. Can't wait to do it again.  8)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Mr.Mazza on June 17, 2014, 09:12:07 pm
Rode in the rain. Froze. Dried off. Napped. Went for another ride. Got soaked. Dried off. It sucked. It was great. Can't wait to do it again.  8)

Its winter here
This is my life haha
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on June 17, 2014, 09:29:36 pm
Rode in the rain. Froze. Dried off. Napped. Went for another ride. Got soaked. Dried off. It sucked. It was great. Can't wait to do it again.  8)

Makes me glad I chose the leave the bike in the garage this morning.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Portland Bullet on June 17, 2014, 10:40:21 pm
Makes me glad I chose the leave the bike in the garage this morning.
Haha. You got that right Scotty.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Portland Bullet on June 17, 2014, 10:41:53 pm
Nice, Scottie.  And, I see you've got the perfect liquid accessories for maintenance work - a bottle of blue loctite and a bottle of beer!  8)

I too give those accessories a shout out, esp. the beer. I think that rack looks fine Scottie.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: krimp on June 17, 2014, 11:06:23 pm
Makes me glad I chose the leave the bike in the garage this morning.

Sacrilege! Missing the opportunity to ride is like missing a day of your life.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on June 17, 2014, 11:22:34 pm
I didn't say I wouldn't ride today, just not in this morning's rain ;)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: hogdad on June 17, 2014, 11:24:10 pm
Yesterday (June 16th) was "National Ride Your Motorcycle to Work Day" here in the U.S., and as I have not had the Royal Enfield on a significant ride since new, and was not working, I plotted a day trip.

I needed to know a distance I could travel on the C5 in a day with regard to any back ache, hand numbness, ass numbness, and the like.

I started out at 6:30AM from Berlin, CT and headed north with secondary roads only (Highway avoidance on the Garmin) and headed for Keene, NH. 116 miles to visit family. From there, I plotted a course to Pembroke, NH. to visit National Power Sports, 62 miles. Being "Laconia Week" I encountered several groups along Route 9N heading to the "Weirs", and was congratulated on the "fine restoration job" I had done on the C5, right!

At 2PM I pointed her south for the 173 mile trek back home and arrived at 7:20PM.

The things I learned:

* The Enfield was flawless in its operation, without a burp, and gave me 81 MPG.
* I could sustain 55/60 MPH for 37 miles on Massachusetts Route 2 West with no detonation.
* I could ride 351 miles in a day not needing the riding belt I brought, just-in-case.
* I could sit on the saddle for 9 hours, and my ass was still there, and was not anymore numb than with the Road Glide.
* Ditto for my hands.

It was a very good day.

Barry
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: krimp on June 17, 2014, 11:25:23 pm
I didn't say I wouldn't ride today, just not in this morning's rain ;)

OK then. We'll let it slide this time.   :D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: krimp on June 17, 2014, 11:27:51 pm
Yesterday (June 16th) was "National Ride Your Motorcycle to Work Day" here in the U.S., and as I have not had the Royal Enfield on a significant ride since new, and was not working, I plotted a day trip.

I needed to know a distance I could travel on the C5 in a day with regard to any back ache, hand numbness, ass numbness, and the like.

I started out at 6:30AM from Berlin, CT and headed north with secondary roads only (Highway avoidance on the Garmin) and headed for Keene, NH. 116 miles to visit family. From there, I plotted a course to Pembroke, NH. to visit National Power Sports, 62 miles. Being "Laconia Week" I encountered several groups along Route 9N heading to the "Weirs", and was congratulated on the "fine restoration job" I had done on the C5, right!

At 2PM I pointed her south for the 173 mile trek back home and arrived at 7:20PM.

The things I learned:

* The Enfield was flawless in its operation, without a burp, and gave me 81 MPG.
* I could sustain 55/60 MPH for 37 miles on Massachusetts Route 2 West with no detonation.
* I could ride 351 miles in a day not needing the riding belt I brought, just-in-case.
* I could sit on the saddle for 9 hours, and my ass was still there, and was not anymore numb than with the Road Glide.
* Ditto for my hands.

It was a very good day.

Barry

That sounds like it was an awesome ride. I'm planning a few of my own for later this summer. I might have to take a day off work just to ride.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on June 18, 2014, 10:43:08 pm
Quote
The things I learned:

* The Enfield was flawless in its operation, without a burp, and gave me 81 MPG.
* I could sustain 55/60 MPH for 37 miles on Massachusetts Route 2 West with no detonation.
* I could ride 351 miles in a day not needing the riding belt I brought, just-in-case.
* I could sit on the saddle for 9 hours, and my ass was still there, and was not anymore numb than with the Road Glide.
* Ditto for my hands.

Been telling you guys for years, Royal Enfields are fantastic for EPIC day rides
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: decker on June 21, 2014, 01:41:42 am
Changed the oil and filter( 3rd change). Went for a 100 mile ride of nothing but twisties. Big smile on my face after getting back. Bonus, when I changed the oil and filter found no metal bits or old dissolved paper shop towels. 3000k's and counting.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on June 21, 2014, 06:42:39 am
Rode down to the Friday Night Hot Rod Meet at Sonic.  Great turn out this week!  Close to 75 cars and 8 bikes or so.  The last 3 weeks it's been rained and/or hailed out so I guess everyone in the neighborhood decided to come out tonight.      :D      I parked next to a new Indian, a V Max and a mid 70's XS650 cafe racer.  Even with the hideous dent in the gas tank mine still gets almost all the looks.  ;D  One of the regular guys noticed my luggage rack and complimented on it.  I didn't get any pics this week because my phone was dead.  Too bad, there was a lot great rides.  Always next week.  ;)

When I got home I cracked open a beer and cracked open my primary cover because my clutch was acting goofy.  Sometimes it'd slip and sometimes it didn't and my cable free play kept changing.     :o    I discovered that the custom cable knuckle that I made was causing the trouble.  Turns out that the ferrel on the old clutch cable was bigger than the one on the new cable and the ferrel was slipping around and not sitting in place.  So the reason the cable kept changing lengths was because the ferrel was moving around and settling in different positions.  I put a small hose clamp around it and tightened the hell out of it and it seems to be fixed now.  I then filled her back up with B&M Trick Shift tranny fluid as recommended by ACE.    :)  Took a ride a few blocks down to get the bike up to temp.  Then at a stop sign just down the street from the house I revved her and kind of dumped the clutch and the motor loaded up instead of revving so, so I think I'm back in business.   :D


Scottie J
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Mr.Mazza on June 22, 2014, 09:14:52 am
I sat on the side of the road waiting for a tow.
After two days of perfect running in chilly conditions, she seized while idling while barely warm.
Managed to unseize with kick lever but I could hear the big end knocking while kicking it, until it seized while kicking it around and it's stuck good.

I have several expensive options, either rebuild it to a fireball which will take months. Best and more expensive but longest.

Get a forged steel with roller big end and pay a shop to put it in asap.
Still expensive but quick fix

Throw myself and bike off bridge. Most tempting.

Or try to flog off bike and buy some cheap 250 shitbox to get around on.

I have no other transportation besides public, which is 1.5 hours each way to work.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on June 22, 2014, 10:37:49 am
 :o

Geez, Mazz, do you know what happened?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Mr.Mazza on June 22, 2014, 11:01:15 am
I'm not sure, it has oil so I'm assuming maybe oil pump stripped at some point and after my slightly hard riding before it's decieded to shit itself so I'm left with trying to figure out how to fix this up cheaply but still improving it.
Would installing a forged steel conrod with roller big end, high flow oil pumps and better spindals with a new piston head if it's damaged be good enough? Plus honing the cylinder and balancing/machining old crank to make it all good?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on June 22, 2014, 02:40:59 pm
Talk to Ace, get some advice.  Even for a stock rebuild he's the guy who'd know what you need.

And if you have the cash, just buy a used Rebel or Ninja 250.  They'll get you to work and you can sell it for what you paid when you're done.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: azcatfan on June 22, 2014, 03:47:29 pm
Yesterday I got to go out and meet a local riding group.  All big HDs and Victory bikes.  Couldn't keep up at all and didn't even try with my old IB, but when we got to the twisties I think I had more fun not riding a lowered and bagged 1,000 lb bike.

Of course when we stopped for lunch I was the last to pull in, but as usual, the good ol' IB Royal Enfield got all the attention  8)  Some of the bikes I was parked next to were nearly $20k rigs with custom paint jobs, but many of the 'Ooooos' and 'Ahhhs' went to the RE.

My outing with them ended when they insist I show everyone how to kick-start an old single.  So many were fascinated by the mild aspiration when pushing through the compression with the decomp open.

It was a fun day, even plugging around in 100+ degree heat, and the RE- used worth less than $4k- stole the day  :D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Mr.Mazza on June 22, 2014, 09:08:51 pm
Talk to Ace, get some advice.  Even for a stock rebuild he's the guy who'd know what you need.

And if you have the cash, just buy a used Rebel or Ninja 250.  They'll get you to work and you can sell it for what you paid when you're done.

Scott

Unfornataly cheapdst I could get one is around 2k at a pinch :/
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on June 22, 2014, 09:11:10 pm
Yup, that's what they cost.  Cheap for a nice little bike but it's stil $2k. :(

Do you need to ride freeway?  If not, you might be able to get a small used scooter cheaper

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Mr.Mazza on June 22, 2014, 09:50:04 pm
Yup, that's what they cost.  Cheap for a nice little bike but it's stil $2k. :(

Do you need to ride freeway?  If not, you might be able to get a small used scooter cheaper

Scott

The day I ride a scooter is the day I chop my nuts off.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gremlin on June 22, 2014, 10:02:47 pm
The day I ride a scooter is the day I chop my nuts off.

Don't hold back now, tell us what you really think !
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: azcatfan on June 23, 2014, 12:20:30 am
Got up early and did a partial up Mt. Lemmon before the heat kicked in.  No on-board cameras for the twisties or anything, though I did stop and snap a few pics at Babad Doag Point.  It was  a fantastic morning   8)

The ride up I stayed in 3rd gear the whole time, varying between 30-40mph.  The climb was quite easy for the bike but what really impressed me was coming down.

I hadn't taken the RE up the mountain until this point and I didn't know what to expect in the engine braking department on the way down.  Much to my surprise 3rd gear again worked like a charm.  3rd slowed me down to 25mph in the tight turns and gave really good grunt to power out of the turns.  Now I know why they love these bikes in the Himalayas.

Huge smiles and waves from the folks that got to see the bike, I even saw a much newer RE going uphill as I was coming down.  My confidence in this little bike has grown  :D

(http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g237/azcatfan/MtLemon1.jpg) (http://s57.photobucket.com/user/azcatfan/media/MtLemon1.jpg.html)

(http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g237/azcatfan/MtLemon2.jpg) (http://s57.photobucket.com/user/azcatfan/media/MtLemon2.jpg.html)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on June 23, 2014, 12:54:04 am
I did about 150 miles with 2 friends down to Colorado Springs and back for the Tejon Street Bike Fest 2014.  There must have been close to 1000 bikes there spread out over about 3 or 4 city blocks.  It was really cool because they had Tejon St shut down, but they had a small barricade where bikes could ride past the beer garden and rev up their motors as they were passing by, which we did as we left.  ;D    We got rained on pretty good for a little bit, but after a couple of beers and a hotdog we found a break in the clouds and headed back home dry.  On the way there tho before it had started cooling off, we got stuck in bumper to bumper for about 20 minutes and the Blackhawk was getting very upset.  She got so hot she wanted to die on me and actually stalled twice, but there was an exit for a gas station an 1/8 of a mile up so we just road on the shoulder for minute so I could park it safely and shut her down for it.  It's quite possible that my carb is dirty too, might need to tear it apart and give it a good cleaning and replace the fuel filters again.  The clutch was slipping when we first hit the road but after she got up to temp it stopped slipping.  Damn thing.   >:(

All in all it was a great fun ride and got to see a lot of fantastic bikes.  It was a great afternoon!   8)

Scottie J
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: sjbiat on June 23, 2014, 01:40:21 am
I didn't do anything today, but last week, after shipping it to Greenville SC, I took it on the Blue Ridge Parkway and rode 400 miles over the next 2 days.  Magnificent.  And no traffic.  I decided to drop it at a shop in Silver Spring to get the starter system repaired, since I got tired of having to hot wire it every time I turned off the motor.  Hopefully, next week I'll finish the ride to NYC.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on June 23, 2014, 02:39:38 am
Because this topic is in the UCE engine area of the forum I think I should point out to anyone reading about Mr.Mazza"s problem with his engine freezing up and possible problems with the oil pump is not happening to a 2009+ UCE powered Royal Enfield.

He owns a 2006 Iron Barrel which is running an engine that was designed over 60 years ago.
The oil pumps in these IB's consist of two small pistons driven by small connecting rods.  These are driven by a shaft with crank pins on each of its ends.  It is driven by a worm gear on the crankshaft.
The worm gears on the crankshaft and pump drive have been known to strip their teeth causing a total loss of the engine oil pressure.

The new UCE engines use a modern gyrotor style oil pump and I have yet to hear of a failure of the pump or a UCE engine due to problems in this area.

Just thought some of you would like to know, your UCE powered motorcycle is not the subject of Mr.Mazza's problems.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Mr.Mazza on June 23, 2014, 06:44:46 am
Because this topic is in the UCE engine area of the forum I think I should point out to anyone reading about Mr.Mazza"s problem with his engine freezing up and possible problems with the oil pump is not happening to a 2009+ UCE powered Royal Enfield.

He owns a 2006 Iron Barrel which is running an engine that was designed over 60 years ago.
The oil pumps in these IB's consist of two small pistons driven by small connecting rods.  These are driven by a shaft with crank pins on each of its ends.  It is driven by a worm gear on the crankshaft.
The worm gears on the crankshaft and pump drive have been known to strip their teeth causing a total loss of the engine oil pressure.

The new UCE engines use a modern gyrotor style oil pump and I have yet to hear of a failure of the pump or a UCE engine due to problems in this area.

Just thought some of you would like to know, your UCE powered motorcycle is not the subject of Mr.Mazza's problems.

Thanks for that clear up, sorry for any confusion!
Bikes no seized, stator issue, check the Classic post for info.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: krimp on June 23, 2014, 04:52:50 pm
I did about 150 miles with 2 friends down to Colorado Springs and back for the Tejon Street Bike Fest 2014.  There must have been close to 1000 bikes there spread out over about 3 or 4 city blocks.  It was really cool because they had Tejon St shut down, but they had a small barricade where bikes could ride past the beer garden and rev up their motors as they were passing by, which we did as we left.  ;D    We got rained on pretty good for a little bit, but after a couple of beers and a hotdog we found a break in the clouds and headed back home dry.  On the way there tho before it had started cooling off, we got stuck in bumper to bumper for about 20 minutes and the Blackhawk was getting very upset.  She got so hot she wanted to die on me and actually stalled twice, but there was an exit for a gas station an 1/8 of a mile up so we just road on the shoulder for minute so I could park it safely and shut her down for it.  It's quite possible that my carb is dirty too, might need to tear it apart and give it a good cleaning and replace the fuel filters again.  The clutch was slipping when we first hit the road but after she got up to temp it stopped slipping.  Damn thing.   >:(

All in all it was a great fun ride and got to see a lot of fantastic bikes.  It was a great afternoon!   8)

Scottie J

What he didn't mention is that we met up while there. We only got to speak for a few minutes because we were with separate groups, but still, it's nice to be able to meet a fellow RE rider. Maybe next time I will get the chance to see that monster.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on June 23, 2014, 07:01:20 pm
What he didn't mention is that we met up while there. We only got to speak for a few minutes because we were with separate groups, but still, it's nice to be able to meet a fellow RE rider. Maybe next time I will get the chance to see that monster.

I dropped the ball on that one.     ::)    I was actually thinking while I was driving to my job interview how I needed to update that piece of info.  I was pretty exhausted last night.  I honestly haven't even really looked at all the video I took either.  I will do that today.  Tho we only chatted for a few minutes because of the reasons stated, Krimp seems like a really cool guy.  I'm pretty sure we will be doing some rides together in the future.  :)

Scottie J
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: hogdad on June 23, 2014, 10:28:39 pm
Thanks Arizoni for the clarification.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: krimp on June 23, 2014, 10:42:40 pm
I dropped the ball on that one.     ::)    I was actually thinking while I was driving to my job interview how I needed to update that piece of info.  I was pretty exhausted last night.  I honestly haven't even really looked at all the video I took either.  I will do that today.  Tho we only chatted for a few minutes because of the reasons stated, Krimp seems like a really cool guy.  I'm pretty sure we will be doing some rides together in the future.  :)

Scottie J

I'm already planning a ride up Independence Pass (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8MXMtRd8qA minutes 2 to 4 are the pucker part, just look to the left side of the video) or Pikes Peak (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTiTPAusog4 I certainly won't be going that fast.)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: AussieDave on June 24, 2014, 02:15:37 am
Hey Scottie , off topic , but how's the build going?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on June 24, 2014, 04:50:26 am
Hey Scottie , off topic , but how's the build going?

Just waiting for the heads to get finished and need to have custom rods built.  As far as building an actual Bonneville bike, that frame is on the back burner now as I just haven't had time to work on it.  Once I have all of the engine parts in hand, I will build the motor and install it in the Blackhawk like I originally wanted to do when I was just looking for a motor.  THEN I will rebuild the old motor the same way.  Have 1 supercharged and 1 NA high compression.   :)

Scottie J
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: lemming on June 26, 2014, 02:29:37 pm
Nothing.  :-[

Waiting for new rear sprocket to wend its way across the Pacific. While I appreciate and enjoy the opportunity I now have to spend some commuting time on my dad's F700GS, I must say that I miss Tonks on my commute. I alternate at times between envy and satisfaction when riding the F700. Mostly, I love the taut handling and GO THERE NOW! passing power of the F700, but I have to say my commute is made somewhat more boring at the same speeds by the over-competence of the Bimmer. Also, it sounds roughly like a swarm of robot bees with a bout of bad flatulence.

Can't wait for the boat to get in with my part!!!!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Mr.Mazza on June 27, 2014, 10:36:28 am
Got her back!
Turns out the magnet has started rubbing the alternator and a half inch chunk flew out and caused havok!
Also the bloody shop took my tappet cover off and put IT BACK ON WITH THE OLD GASKET MAKER!!!!
I think I lost quart of a litre...

Oh well, free chain adjustment was given haha!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Mr.Mazza on June 30, 2014, 01:14:30 am
Rode to work in 0 degrees C.
Safe to say I think I need winter gloves.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: lemming on June 30, 2014, 03:12:06 pm
Tonks has been parked at my parents' place where I left her to wait for her new sprocket and chain. Brought her home last night so she could repose in her own environs, and was happy she managed not to throw her chain on the way. After commuting all week last week on my dad's bike, it felt like coming home to be back in the saddle of the Enfield. Reminds me that I made an excellent choice for my purposes in purchasing the B5. Can't wait to get the new drivetrain parts in and installed, and get back to my daily rides with Tonks.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: hogdad on June 30, 2014, 11:01:37 pm

Do you have an estimated delivery date of your parts?

Barry
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: lemming on July 01, 2014, 01:41:16 am
Sometime between mid-July and early August.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: The_Rigger on July 01, 2014, 03:18:15 am
Got home from the tour today! Two years gone... Walked out to the shed, and took the sheet off Her, and just... Gave Her a hug. It' snice to be home, even if just for a short while - We have July off, then take the show over to Tokyo for a month, opening July 30th and playing the Orb by Shibuya Station for four weeks.

I'll get Her running tomorrow and go for a putt...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on July 01, 2014, 03:32:16 am
Welcome home Rigger!     :D


I went for a ride to a micro brewery not far from my home, Dry Dock in Aurora, CO,  and had a couple of great beers.  On my way home I stopped at the store and bought a massive rib eye steak to throw on the grill for my wife and myself.  While walking down an isle a customer looks at me and says "Don't you own an old Indian and go to Sonic a lot?"  I replied "Yeah, I have the '58 Indian."  "Man that is a beautiful bike."  That made my day.   :D


Scottie J
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on July 01, 2014, 12:19:16 pm
Rigger - welcome home!

Scottie - so now they're recognizing you off the bike...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on July 01, 2014, 01:12:51 pm
Apparently Matt.  :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: The_Rigger on July 02, 2014, 03:44:43 am
Spent some quality time with the Old Girl today; a couple of hours aimlessly putting around town, just for the sake of racking up saddle time... Got back to the house and decided to do something (*finally*!) about the tail lights & turn indicators...

I had picked up a set of bullet lights on 75mm stalks from Hitchcock's, last summer when I thought I'd have time to do anything (Ha!), and still had a set of four short-stalk bullets from NFG... The Hitchcock lights were just the ticket for the rear end; swapped them for the OEM lollipops, and figured out a mounting method for replacing the OEM tail/brake lamp with an old '50s vintage street rod tail lamp... I would conservatively say it looks 472.8485003% better.

For the front end, I tried putting one of the Hitchcock bullets on...  I thought they'd work better, as they are two-wire sockets (hot & ground) vs. the NFG shorties, which are only hot-wire and depend on the mechanical connection to the bike for ground, which I don't tend to trust... And just as well I don't; the single wire lamps wouldn't work with the bike's turn signal circuitry. But the shorties look soooo much better on the OEM fork mounds than the 75mm long mounts...

So I did the logical thing: Pulled a pair of short-stem NFG bullets apart, pulled my remaining pair of long-stem Hitchcocks apart, and put the 2-wire Hitchcock lamp sockets into the short-stem NFG bullet fixtures. Et Voilá! I have lamps that look summa cum sexy, *and* work just as good as the OEM canoe paddles.

Tomorrow: I move my 1,500-lb. tour toolbox home from my theatre, and take a crack at swapping a nice wide tractor saddle for the OEM torture-device-that's-passed-off-as-a-seat.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on July 02, 2014, 10:17:27 am
lookin' good, Dave!  I've been working on my turn signals, too... PM sent!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: JVS on July 02, 2014, 12:11:27 pm
Good job. Looks awesome.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: heloego on July 02, 2014, 05:31:57 pm
+1!
The Hot Rod Tail Light goes very well with the Bullet signals.  ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: JVS on July 03, 2014, 10:03:25 am
Installed a Motobatt MBTX14AU AGM battery. Good stuff.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: bob bezin on July 03, 2014, 01:48:44 pm
replaced the horn on the fireball. the new bracket had 2 small holes,and the origional had one big hole . the original bracket had in the past cracked in half from vibration . the new bracket was three layers of the hardest steel i have ever drilled. i dont think it will ever break.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: krimp on July 03, 2014, 10:08:04 pm
I took the day off from work so that I could get my tags taken care of. Unfortunately, that meant that I had to go back up to the dealer to fix some state licensing paperwork. While I was there, I had them adjust the chain. After getting lunch, I headed home. I accomplished two firsts today: I crossed the 1000 mile mark and managed to get her up to 80. In a partial tuck. Going downhill. Into a headwind.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on July 04, 2014, 01:04:27 am
I accomplished two firsts today: I crossed the 1000 mile mark and managed to get her up to 80. In a partial tuck. Going downhill. Into a headwind.

Krimp, how were the vibes at that speed?  I've got over 6000 miles on mine now, and below 4000 rpm it's smooth sailing.  But as soon as I get above 4k, the vibes kick in and my feet begin to go numb very quickly.  And I occasionally have to run in that range to keep up with traffic without engine pinging.  I keep hearing that vibrations are normal, love-it-or-leave-it (getting tiresome), but I'm not sure this is as it should be.  Still trying to track down another broken-in bike to try for comparison...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: krimp on July 04, 2014, 06:33:50 am
Krimp, how were the vibes at that speed?  I've got over 6000 miles on mine now, and below 4000 rpm it's smooth sailing.

The vibrations weren't that bad. And she's just barely broken in. She runs great and is getting smoother everyday. Even in the 4000 RPM range, she doesn't vibrate too badly.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on July 04, 2014, 06:34:58 am
I had an adventurous day on the Blackhawk riding to and from work.  First I go out and go thru my pre-ride routine.  Get the motor to TDC and the clutch slips, or something.  I assume the clutch because it always slips when it's cold.   IDKWTF   :o    It slips a few times then catches runs for a second and nothing.  And again.  Tickle the carb and then get a nasty kickback and puff out of the carb.  And a second time.    :-\   I literally step back and walk around the bike and look at her and say "What the F is your problem this morning?"  Check the trigger on the ignition to make sure nothing is loose, scratch my my arse for a second and think to myself "One more kick and I'm taking the car."  Kick her over and fires right up.      :)  So I ride to work dealing with the now cold clutch slip that goes away after it gets hot.  When I left work she fired on the first kick.  But I've noticed since I took a 160 mile trip to Bike Fest I've had a loss in power that has gotten progressively worse over the last 2 weeks.  Then a mile away from home I got on her hard and she popped and stalled and then recovered.    :-\  Then as I was sitting here relaxing it dawned on.  I'm still jetted from the winter.  She was running really good below freezing and perfect in the 50's and 60'sF.  But the last few weeks have been in the 80'sF and today it was 94F.  I have a feeling I am going to have some pretty crusty plugs when I investigate in the morning.  I just need to throw the 270 main back in there and I should be good.  And I guess I'll pop the primary again and have another look at the clutch.

As the late George Carlin once said "Ah shit, it's always something."    ;D


HEY!  At least the electrical is still kicking ass!  Finally!

Scottie J
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on July 04, 2014, 06:45:21 am
I would also like to add that I have come to the conclusion that this bike was built with anger and animosity with random parts that were just laying around.  Like one day a foreman looked at his crew and said "Look we need one more Trailblazer for this order but but we're out of parts.  Take this that that this that and this and build a bike."  Seriously, Interceptor frame, K2F mag WITH AUTO-ADVANCE, dual instrument nacelle, 19" front 18" rear wheels.  The Blackhawk has a serious attitude problem.  And some days I just want to punch her right in the speedometer.  So our personalities match perfectly.  We are both one of a kind and I think we were meant to be together.      ;D

Scottie J
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: krimp on July 04, 2014, 06:51:28 am
I would also like to add that I have come to the conclusion that this bike was built with anger and animosity with random parts that were just laying around.  Like one day a foreman looked at his crew and said "Look we need one more Trailblazer for this order but but we're out of parts.  Take this that that this that and this and build a bike."  Seriously, Interceptor frame, K2F mag WITH AUTO-ADVANCE, dual instrument nacelle, 19" front 18" rear wheels.  The Blackhawk has a serious attitude problem.  And some days I just want to punch her right in the speedometer.  So our personalities match perfectly.  We are both one of a kind and I think we were meant to be together.      ;D

Scottie J

So, it's a lot like being married?

BTW, if anyone is looking for a British Green G5, my dealer has one that he is looking to make a deal on.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on July 04, 2014, 06:57:05 am
So, it's a lot like being married?

Yep!  But instead of buying her boobs I get to buy cool shit like custom 1-off racing heads by Ace!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: krimp on July 04, 2014, 05:27:27 pm
I forgot to mention that I finally had something vibrate loose and off on my ride yesterday. I wasn't able to recover it, so I had the dealer replace it.

What did I loose? My temp tags.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on July 05, 2014, 12:25:39 am
Tidied up a few things and polished all the aluminum.  It looks sweet!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: The_Rigger on July 05, 2014, 01:30:13 am
Yep!  But instead of buying her boobs I get to buy cool shit like custom 1-off racing heads by Ace!

You're implying boobs aren't cool?  Hmmmmm....
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on July 05, 2014, 02:46:53 am
You're implying boobs aren't cool?  Hmmmmm....

My wife already has huge boobs, now I need heads that flow huge numbers.  ;D


Checked my plugs this morning and they didn't look as bad as I was expecting.  But I cleaned them none the less and dropped the 280 main jet to a 270.  Adjusted the clutch again, but still slips when it's cold but works fine when it's hot.  I guess I'll just have to get used to it.  Also adjusted the chain again as it was getting a little loose.  Bike is running great again after the rejet.  :)

Scottie J
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: no bs on July 05, 2014, 09:05:08 pm
new rear tire, stock avon I found for $70.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: 02Electra on July 06, 2014, 04:11:32 am
Made good use of Saturday and took the bike out of storage!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: JVS on July 06, 2014, 04:52:04 am
Made good use of Saturday and took the bike out of storage!

Awesome bike. The Bullet 350 cast iron engine will always be my favourite, followed by the 500 of course. Enjoy.  8)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: 02Electra on July 06, 2014, 06:19:42 am
Awesome bike. The Bullet 350 cast iron engine will always be my favourite, followed by the 500 of course. Enjoy.  8)

Thanks.

There is something special about the old CI. This week I had an opportunity to ride the GT535 and the Classic 500. Great bikes.

But yesterday when I took the CI350 for a leisurely ride, it spoke to me like nothing else. The engine has a life of its own.

No offence to the UCE bikes. I intend to own a UCE500 when I can afford one! It's a whole new experience.

Cheers.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Mr.Mazza on July 06, 2014, 07:31:50 am
Went for a 100 mile round trip, mainly 30 and 40mph roads, some 55 highways for a little. To have breakfest with some 59ner club members at a lovely cafe.
When I was 20 mins from getting there it pissed down, by the time I found a gas station to pull into and get my pullovers on I was soaked to my balls!
Dried off in time to go home but it was freezing!
Turns out I was the only one crazy enough to ride! :s
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on July 07, 2014, 12:01:19 am
Well, I never got in a legitimate July 4th ride.  Friday it was almost 100*F so I decided not to go out until later in the evening and just rode around town.  Yesterday the wife and I hosted a party so I didn't have time to ride.  And today I was just lazy and when I finally felt like gearing up it was raining.   :D  But I've been looking on google maps today for some new dirt roads to ride on when I decided to look at a road I always pass on I-70 and keep saying to myself I'm going to explore it one day.  Turns out it winds up into the mountains and goes to this very remote place that has 6 different small lakes and reservoirs.  Best part is that the roads are rated for 4X4 use only......  Or one capable Enfield.  ;D  So I'm going to load up my fishing gear and head up there tomorrow morning for some much deserved relaxation and trout fishing.

This is my destination, Loch Lomond, CO.

(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y217/lethalinj/LochLomond_zps61419db1.jpg) (http://s6.photobucket.com/user/lethalinj/media/LochLomond_zps61419db1.jpg.html)


Scottie J
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: azcatfan on July 07, 2014, 01:09:48 am
Went for a little ride this morning.  Between the high temps over 105F and the crazy monsoon rains dumping a 1/10 of our annual rainfall in less than an hour each day, I haven't gotten much saddle time.

(http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g237/azcatfan/BikeSunrise.jpg) (http://s57.photobucket.com/user/azcatfan/media/BikeSunrise.jpg.html)

I went out for a ride before the heat and the storms got started today.  Rode into the sunrise until I got to the Tanque Verde area of Tucson.  Most of the roads had been under water the day before, yet surprisingly most of the debris and rocks had been scooped up already.

Saw plenty of wildlife, those tiny frogs that only come out when it rains were all over the road, and coyotes running across the road snapping them up as snacks.  Even saw a covey of quail and a flock of bicyclists.

I also attempted some new camera angles.  I tried strapping it to my leg but mostly caught a great view of my light switch.  I apparently am too tall because I had seen that method used before but it shot under the RE bars.  Also, I see people using their cams on their helmets, but when I do that there is no view of the bike at all and just appears like I'm flying five feet off the ground.  I'll keep trying.  I also did not use the HD mic this time either.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnc1hHyq21w

For the highlights:

Coyote at 2:46 and another at 3:45
Bicyclists coming down the mountain at 3:55
Switch to helmet cam at 3:10
Quail to the right at 4:51

Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: DanB on July 07, 2014, 02:11:08 am
That looks very very nice!  Im jealous...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Mr.Mazza on July 07, 2014, 03:44:59 am
Also got a cool pic of my bike on the weekend!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: jkrobin on July 07, 2014, 03:16:38 pm
Went for a beautiful ride in the hills of central Virginia.

Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: sjbiat on July 07, 2014, 05:11:07 pm
I drove from washington to NYC.  I left the RE dealer in Silver Spring saturday at 530 and got to havre de grace at 730 (route 40), stayed over and watched fireworks. Left at 530 Sunday  & arrived GWB at noon with leisurely breakfast stop. Route 40 to Wilmington. NJT to 206/130/1/27/21/46. Prettiest part was route 130. Worst part was negotiating urban NJ on 27. Half the turns are missing route signs!  Bike was fine, of course.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: JoeSchmofo on July 07, 2014, 05:30:51 pm
I bought it! It's a Forest Green Bullet and I'm picking it up on Monday!

Joe from London, (over the pond)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: tooseevee on July 07, 2014, 05:32:59 pm
Well, I never got in a legitimate July 4th ride.
This is my destination, Loch Lomond, CO.

Scottie J

            Do you ever get to Grand Lake? It was one of my mom's & my favorite destinations in the '40s & '50s as I grew up & got through high school. We probably made the trip through Loveland & Estes Park & over Trail Ridge at least 20 times. I'll never forget the time she let me drive for the first time.

            I took my 1st wife & my kids (son 1 & daughter 8 ) there in 1970; scared 'em to death. If we had stayed in the canyon the night of the day we drove down into Grand Lake we would have all been killed in the flash flood that wiped out the whole Big Thompson Canyon. Stuff (& bodies) was found weeks & months later in Nebraska. 

         I last drove it in '89 when my mom died & it scared the shit out of me. I guess death is closer now at 77.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on July 07, 2014, 06:13:42 pm
I bought it! It's a Forest Green Bullet and I'm picking it up on Monday!

Joe from London, (over the pond)

Congratulations and welcome to the forum :)

I rode to work today for the first time in too long.  I washed the bike yesterday for the first time in way too long.  She looks great when she's all shiny.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: lemming on July 07, 2014, 08:00:23 pm
Rear sprocket arrived! Will pick up the chain tomorrow and dive into it. Riding Tonks by week's end!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on July 08, 2014, 12:38:12 am
            Do you ever get to Grand Lake? It was one of my mom's & my favorite destinations in the '40s & '50s as I grew up & got through high school. We probably made the trip through Loveland & Estes Park & over Trail Ridge at least 20 times. I'll never forget the time she let me drive for the first time.

            I took my 1st wife & my kids (son 1 & daughter 8 ) there in 1970; scared 'em to death. If we had stayed in the canyon the night of the day we drove down into Grand Lake we would have all been killed in the flash flood that wiped out the whole Big Thompson Canyon. Stuff (& bodies) was found weeks & months later in Nebraska. 

         I last drove it in '89 when my mom died & it scared the shit out of me. I guess death is closer now at 77.


I haven't made it to Grand Lake yet but I have been to Rocky Mountain National Park a couple of times, but stayed towards the Estes Park side.  I did make it to Loch Lomond today but I didn't take the bike.  I had it all loaded up and ready to go and I got this gut feeling to take the car instead.  I'm glad I did but because it isn't really a road, more like a rock trail.  I think I could do it on the bike, but it would definitely take some skill and patience.  I'll post the trip the Campfire section so as not to hijack this thread.


Scottie J
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ryan J on July 08, 2014, 11:51:31 am
Hello all.  Bought My 2012 C5 Military about 2 months ago, and have been lurking on this site for a while now.  Today I took my bike up the west coast of Hawaii and pass the 1500 mile mark.  Bike is really starting to run great.  The vibrations at 60 mph were a little worrisome at first but they are almost completely gone.   Loving Life :-)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: heloego on July 08, 2014, 12:57:04 pm
Those roads are meant for bikes!  ;D I wish I had one when I checked out the Road to Hana.  :(
Enjoy!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Royal Stargazer on July 10, 2014, 03:00:10 am
Spent like two hours at work doing research on bulbs (don't tell them that) and went on a fixaholic rage today. Replaced a tiger eye (53,) neutral indicator (194,) and I didn't stop until my chain was lubed and my K&N was thrown out in favor of the old paper unit.

Amazing how something as simple as replacing a bulb can turn a guy's day around.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on July 10, 2014, 12:10:06 pm
Spent like two hours at work doing research on bulbs (don't tell them that) and went on a fixaholic rage today. Replaced a tiger eye (53,) neutral indicator (194,) and I didn't stop until my chain was lubed and my K&N was thrown out in favor of the old paper unit.

Amazing how something as simple as replacing a bulb can turn a guy's day around.

Yes, but - how many of you did it take?

I'm so sorry...  :(
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: krimp on July 10, 2014, 02:58:46 pm
Spent like two hours at work doing research on bulbs (don't tell them that) and went on a fixaholic rage today. Replaced a tiger eye (53,) neutral indicator (194,) and I didn't stop until my chain was lubed and my K&N was thrown out in favor of the old paper unit.

Amazing how something as simple as replacing a bulb can turn a guy's day around.

You should replace your pilot lights with LEDs. It can be done for about 5 dollars and you won't have to replace another one ever again.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on July 10, 2014, 05:30:23 pm
You should replace your pilot lights with LEDs. It can be done for about 5 dollars and you won't have to replace another one ever again.

Anyone found any that look good?  A nice warm incandescent look, rather than the ultra-white, almost blue ones that I got - which I don't like?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: krimp on July 10, 2014, 06:14:11 pm
Anyone found any that look good?  A nice warm incandescent look, rather than the ultra-white, almost blue ones that I got - which I don't like?

The ones I found do look kind of blue in the picture.

http://www.enfieldmotorcycles.com/forum/index.php/topic,19622.0.html

But they are very bright.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on July 10, 2014, 07:05:13 pm
I like the white ones. I replaced all my bulbs except the turn signals with white, the lens cover provide the necessary color. And keeps them bright enough to see in any conditions.
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Royal Stargazer on July 11, 2014, 12:53:12 am
Yes, but - how many of you did it take?

Three: One to fool my boss into thinking I'm working, one to buy the bulbs (and get disgruntled at how little the people at the local shops know,) and one to swear and mutter things like "my hands are too damn big for this! Who built this thing?" as I installed the stupid neutral indicator light under the speedo...

I'll do the LED conversion for the gauge lights, but I like the traditional "warm incandescent look" for the pilots.

Today I did more stuff to Scarlet: reinstalled the K&N RO-5010 that I took out last night. K&N filters seem to be less recommended on this board than most, so I decided to give paper one last go. I didn't like the results.

Managed to find a way to coerce the whole mess to keep together as I reinstalled that goofy black box thing, too.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: lemming on July 11, 2014, 04:06:24 am
Done! Sprocket came in Monday, picked up the chain today, installed both tonight. Easy-peezy and Tonks is ready to rock the commuter trail again. Man, did it feel nice to be back on my own bike!!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: medioXcore on July 11, 2014, 04:19:16 am
Picked my girl from the shop and rode around the south shore oh Oahu and through downtown Honolulu. She runs so smooth and seamless.  I can't wait to take her out some more.  8)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: krimp on July 11, 2014, 03:25:05 pm
I put bar end mirrors on last night. She looks a whole lot better without the lollipops.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: lemming on July 11, 2014, 03:57:58 pm
Not sure if it is all in my head, but Tonks seems to be running vastly smoother with the new chain and rear sprocket. Spins along at 60-65 now rather smoothly, and no drama when I spooled right up to 70 on a straight stretch of empty two lane. Real or imagined, I'll take it!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on July 11, 2014, 07:22:05 pm
Probably not imagined.  Evenly mildly worn chains and sprockets make a lot of mechanical noise and vibration, same for a chain that is too slack or too tight.  I'd also bet your new chain is higher quality and smoother.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: lemming on July 11, 2014, 07:33:18 pm
Well, she practically sings an aria now....
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on July 11, 2014, 07:39:56 pm
It's one of those things like shocks or tires.  It wears and gets worse over time but since it happens gradually you don't notice the degradation, until you replace them :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Mr.Mazza on July 12, 2014, 12:24:52 pm
Took Lizzy out for a hours spin in the half wet half beautiful sunshine!
Risked the rain as she's been sitting all week due to pouring rain, and no where undercover to put her at work these days..

Ran good, forgot the lovely noise she makes, a few things might be ratteling, and I need to get some bush type deals on my tank mounts, I think that'll stop ALOT of noise and vibration, plus be kinder on the metal.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: busmec on July 13, 2014, 05:13:05 am
Broke 10,000 mi today on my 2011 B5 . Except for the first 300 to 750 mi they have been mostly trouble free , just regular maintenance. Engine was pretty noisy but around 5500 to 6000 miles engine quieted down. I wrapped the exhaust this also helped with noise. Also attached picture of present confirmation of my bike.

Dan
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Craig McClure on July 13, 2014, 03:31:05 pm
Unfortunately I couldn't do anything with my G5 today, it is locked away in a storage bay (with Stabil in its tank) in Venice Florida. I, Wife, & Jack the wonder dog, are staying in a tourist efficiency room, living out of suitcases, while hunting for a home in the Venice - North port Florida area. It is a big adventure I'm looking forward to ending. Lots of bikes here but none I find interesting.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on July 13, 2014, 05:09:23 pm
I haven't ridden in over a week.  The weather has been crappy every evening and I have been spending the good weather fishing.  ;)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Carlsberg Wordsworth on July 13, 2014, 08:08:15 pm
Did my 1st oil change for the 3750 mile service @ 3616. Only slight amount of oil on garage floor to soak into concrete. Of course it will miss any newspaper you had put down previously  ::) Now my ribs have healed I'm getting some much needed bike time.

1550ml ish out, I has already put 1700ml in to halfway of the marks. Now shows well over the top, the same as before. Thought I would have had more out. I did tilt the bike, perhaps not far enough though.

Went for a run, and what do you know, the speedo says have some of this and decides not to play ball. Great. Now to decide, back to original or maybe a white face? Hitchcocks have a couple of nice ones, shame the Smiths doesn't have places for the idiot lights. I wonder if you could hook up small LEDs instead and have 4 small holes in the nacelle. Thoughts anyone?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: azcatfan on July 13, 2014, 08:48:41 pm
I had a great time with my RE yesterday!  The monsoons have cooled the temps down a bit and that allowed me to grab some ride time.  Rode over to my favorite cigar bar where they allow me to park the bike on the sidewalk in front of the store.  It was the talk of the evening from both the fellow libatious participants and passersby.  Follow that with a cool evening ride home: mark down another great outing with the old iron barrel  8)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: medioXcore on July 14, 2014, 08:16:57 pm
I just ordered some bar end mirrors from amazon. I only have to wait 15 days for them to get here, too.  ::) the joys of island life. 

Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Royal Stargazer on July 16, 2014, 12:54:42 am
As detailed in another thread, I both lost and found my EFI silencer early this morning, and spent the better part of the day hunting for parts before reassembling the whole mess.

Everything's all well and good with a little blue loctite for added security, but my exhaust note sounds a little harsh, so I'm wondering what damage I did to the silencer...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: NorEaster on July 16, 2014, 01:58:02 am
put the nfield gear suction cup tank rack on my bike
It's a little disappointing  :-\
rack doesn't match the contour of the tank very well. Pushing down on the upper left corner makes the lower left corner pop off  >:(
Item is about $40 overpriced given the quality
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: wildbill on July 16, 2014, 06:04:31 am
my old tank rack popped and flipped while i was riding. same problem -lifted suction caps. i was very lucky not to damage the tank.
i think it is more of a looker than a practical  daily use item
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Craig McClure on July 17, 2014, 04:46:04 pm
I heard that the original Triumph Parcel Tank Rack was discontinued as a safety precaution, following complaints after incidents with "orrible" results.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: FastDoc on July 17, 2014, 06:37:35 pm
I returned my Nfield Gear saddlebags. I did not like the way they mounted. Did not seem safe and secure to me. I also did not think their construction, fit, finish, an feel were commensurate with the price. I did not have the time to fabricate a mounting system.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: bob bezin on July 17, 2014, 09:08:41 pm
took the 2000 re for a 10 mile ride and gassed it up. then a 40 mile ride on the fireball (with a cool down rest half way) then changed the oil and filter.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Royal Stargazer on July 18, 2014, 02:35:34 am
put the nfield gear suction cup tank rack on my bike
It's a little disappointing  :-\
rack doesn't match the contour of the tank very well. Pushing down on the upper left corner makes the lower left corner pop off  >:(
Item is about $40 overpriced given the quality

Bummer it didn't work out, but I was considering picking one of those things up so I'm glad you posted your thoughts on it.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: decker on July 18, 2014, 06:29:33 am
Bought an HD Sportster silencer, just waiting for shipping. Some new vibrations noticed especially at low rpm's. Going to check the head bolt tomorrow
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Carlsberg Wordsworth on July 18, 2014, 08:34:29 pm
Replaced speedo, and decided to take the headlight peak off. I haven't uploaded a pic yet and all that but I think it makes the bike look a lot more 'classic' and makes the front end look bigger.

*edit*
Forgot to add, a new speedo from Hitchcocks also included the bulbs and the small wiring harness.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: retrolynn on July 19, 2014, 03:42:09 am
 I changed the oil,and filter,at 500 miles,for the second time.Used Mobile 1 v twin 20-50.Took almost 2 quarts.The magnets had small amounts of fuz,the screen was almost clean.The oil still looked ok.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: decker on July 19, 2014, 04:44:21 am
 :) Removed those funny rubber things from the fins. Changed the spark plug to an NGK. Inspected the head stay and tank bolts. :( didn't get to ride.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gremlin on July 19, 2014, 02:02:04 pm
repaired a saddlebag strap.  rode around running errands.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on July 19, 2014, 03:10:16 pm
I guess I should take the Blackhawk to run some errands today.  I haven't ridden in 2 weeks, it has seriously rained every single night for 2 weeks straight.  Last night was the 1st time it didn't rain.  Hopefully she starts right up.

Scottie J
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Manatoc fox on July 19, 2014, 03:12:02 pm
Bought a new C5 Military in Battle Green.  Trailered it to a parking lot to practice then rode it to a friend's house and stashed it in her garage next to a very nice looking Triumph.  An all British stable as it were.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: krimp on July 19, 2014, 05:19:06 pm
Bought a new C5 Military in Battle Green.  Trailered it to a parking lot to practice then rode it to a friend's house and stashed it in her garage next to a very nice looking Triumph.  An all British stable as it were.

Welcome to the club.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: retrolynn on July 19, 2014, 07:02:53 pm
Manatoc: Congrats on the new bike! Nice that it shares space with aTRIUMPH!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: krimp on July 19, 2014, 10:05:41 pm
Today, I adjusted the rear brake. She is now sitting at 1300 miles. about 1100 of that is from riding to and from work. Every day. Even in the rain. I love riding
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: jkrobin on July 20, 2014, 12:34:01 am
Added another ~200 miles to the odometer on a beautiful ride through central Virginia.  ;D

Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Manatoc fox on July 20, 2014, 05:52:57 am
Manatoc: Congrats on the new bike! Nice that it shares space with aTRIUMPH!

Thanks for the welcome, guys.  My friend bought a 2012 Speedmaster a week or so ago, and that finally pushed me over the edge to getting a bike of my very own.  They are certainly cousins if not brothers!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Royal Stargazer on July 20, 2014, 11:02:40 pm
I went on a hunt for more CDs, hitting 5,000 miles in the process!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Catbird on July 21, 2014, 12:42:28 am
Since my body weight is ~250 lbs., I decided to crank the pre-load of my rear shocks all the way up (2 notches).  I went for a 50 mile test ride thru the Virginia country roads where I live.

Results: I decided that I definitely didn't like this setting at all, so I backed the adjustment down to the place it was originally.  I am now happy again.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Mr.Mazza on July 21, 2014, 09:43:47 am
Rode to work today, was 3 degrees and very chilly!
Took a few kicks to get her going.
Also my fender is ratteling but canneigh find loose nuts bolts anything!
And gotta properly reseal my header pipe.

Also scared the shit outta of a teenage girl crossing at the lights xD
As she passed infront of me, I revved up to shift into first and she jumped and ran!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on July 22, 2014, 04:03:26 am
I haven't ridden in over 2 weeks.  Finally decided to fire up the Blackhawk to run and get a 6 pack.  I was wondering how many kicks it was going to take, it fired as I was cycling thru to find TDC.   :D   let her warm up ride about 200' and realize the rear tire is flat.  I no longer have my big compressor and my portable 12v compressor I must of accidentally packed up and took out to the shop.   :(


Scottie J
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: The_Rigger on July 22, 2014, 04:33:07 pm
My wife already has huge boobs, now I need heads that flow huge numbers.

W-A-A-A-A-A-Y TMI...  ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on July 22, 2014, 04:34:23 pm
I'd rather have a dead tire than a dead engine any day.  And a stand up bicycle pump is also nice to have in the garage.  I never fire up my compressor, not even to top up the cars.

Scott

Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: The_Rigger on July 22, 2014, 04:38:30 pm
Anyone found any that look good?  A nice warm incandescent look, rather than the ultra-white, almost blue ones that I got - which I don't like?

I got warm whites from superbriteleds.com
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: The_Rigger on July 22, 2014, 04:56:16 pm
First stab at installing Hitchcock's wide tractor saddle for Fat American Asses was a mixed success... Had to do some minor modding to the front bracket to get it to bolt up with the frame mount. The springs that come with the saddle are on the verge of being too weak to support my Fat American Ass, so I'm gonna do some more modding to get the stouter OEM seat coil springs to work with this saddle. But probably not 'til September, as I fly back out in two days to rejoin the WarHorse tour in Japan for the month of August...

I also added the Hitchcock's electronic self-canceller (stock #92029, ridiculously expensive and not currently available) to Fiona... It works quite well, and the ability to have 4-way flashers & escort flashers is a nice bonus, although the turn signal indicator switch modification was a PITA to execute...

Pedestrian slicer w/Fiona's reg number is ordered from Frampton's. It'll probably arrive just as I touch down in Tokyo.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on July 22, 2014, 06:16:48 pm
Seat looks good.  They should just call it the 'Fat Ass American Saddle'.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: azcatfan on July 22, 2014, 06:17:47 pm
Seat looks good.  They should just call it the 'Fat Ass American Saddle'.

Yup, could use one myself   ::)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on July 23, 2014, 12:04:34 am
I got warm whites from superbriteleds.com

Got any pics?  Especially comparison between incandescent and warm white LED?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on July 23, 2014, 12:30:04 am
I put up a new roof for my G5.

My house doesn't have a garage or car port to park my motorcycle in so shortly after I bought it I put down a couple of 1/2 inch thick plywood sheets on the ground.
I bought one of those "pop up" 10 X 10 foot dining canopies and lashed it down with steel cable guy wires at each corner.

I really didn't expect the thin cloth cover to last over a year with the Arizona sun beating down on it 300 out of 360 days a year but much to my amazement, after 3 years it still was holding together.  It was still even waterproof to ward off the occasional storms we get here.
The house is protecting most of it from the wind storms we get.

Well, from most windstorms.

Last week we had a doosie though.  The rain poured down almost an inch worth in less than 20 minutes.  It was also blown by winds that were easily over 50 mph so the rain was falling more horizontally than vertically and I could hear the canopy flapping.

After the storm left I went out and found about half of the cloth canopy ripped and folded back over itself.
This storm by the way uprooted my neighbors 25 foot tall palo verde tree and dumped it across their driveway.  The trunk diameter was close to a foot in diameter!

Anyway, a trip to the local sporting goods store and $80 worth of cash bought me a brand new dining canopy which I put up today.  If it lasts as well as the last one, I'm a happy camper. 

I'm sure my motorcycle is happy now. :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on July 23, 2014, 02:06:53 am
Jim - Have you considered adding a tarp around 3 sides (or 2 sides if it is right against your house)?  Just a thought.  :)

Scottie J
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on July 23, 2014, 02:15:51 am
Yes, I've thought about enclosing the sides but it's so hot here, enclosing it would make the area next to the bike really hot and uncomfortable.

As long as the sunlight is kept off of the motorcycle, it shows very little evidence of its 3 year old age so this dining canopy works out very nicely.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Kalbo on July 23, 2014, 05:35:06 am
Today ?
Wiped the carpark's dust off the seat.
Wished it wasn't rainy season.

Haven't been on here for a while so here's an update on previous "todays" that I've missed.

Done :
- Front registration plate
- Replaced the indicators
- Bar end mirrors
- saddlebags (VERY happy with those)
- rear mudflap
- replace tail-light unit
- some stickers so people know that I'm aussie
- wire headlight cover (failed, headlight visor made it unfittable)

Now, if it would just stop raining.....

Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: medioXcore on July 24, 2014, 08:00:08 am
I got my bar end mirrors in the mail today, so I threw them on. It was easy and relatively quick. My wife was rushing me out the door, so I didn't get to snap any pics or take it out for a test spin. I also added a new sticker and started the process of taking off the "500" stickers on the air box cover and fuse box cover. Still looking for black tank decals. I found them on nfieldgear.com and Hitchcock's, but shipping is waaaaaaaaaaay too high.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: lemming on July 24, 2014, 08:33:11 pm
Cleaned off the mud and silt from a wet ride on dirt the other day. She's no trailer queen, but she looks much better now! Cleaned, lubed and tensioned the chain while I was at it for good measure.

(http://i1289.photobucket.com/albums/b504/jduqhoff/Mobile%20Uploads/IMAG0666_zps2e4b0767.jpg)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Royal Stargazer on July 27, 2014, 04:27:32 am
I put about three hundred miles on my bike today (round trip,) and noticed some odd things:

After about an hour, the speedometer needle (which was super steady up until this point) decided it'd had enough of my crap, and just started dancing around madly. I could no longer even estimate how fast I was going, and I had the feeling that it wasn't fast as I had been going. Up until halfway through the journey or so, I had enough twist on the throttle left to pass if I needed to but after the needle started going bananas, I started getting passed a whole hell of a lot. Coincidental, maybe, but still worrisome.

Resting the bike, even for only a few minutes while running, seemed to reset the needle dance for another half hour or so.

What the hell did I break?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: wildbill on July 27, 2014, 04:35:42 am
how about clean and relube the speedo cable - it might be worth a shot! plus it might even solve the sticky speedo. worked for me once as i too had a jumpy speedo and found it very annoying.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Royal Stargazer on July 27, 2014, 04:57:15 am
how about clean and relube the speedo cable - it might be worth a shot! plus it might even solve the sticky speedo. worked for me once as i too had a jumpy speedo and found it very annoying.

Not a bad plan. Got any pointers?

I guess the thing that weirds me out about it is not that it did it, but that it went back to normal after resting, and then did it again. I can handle something breaking - but when it fixes itself and decides to break again... That's where I call shenanigans.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on July 27, 2014, 05:41:50 am
On my last 200 mile ride up to Flagstaff my 2011, G5  speedometer started doing the same thing while I was riding at 60-65 mph.
 
The road was rather rough so I thought that might be the cause of the bouncing needle but even in the smooth stretches it continued to bounce.

I then decided it was the drive cable, catching and whipping in the housing so at my next rest stop I pulled the inner cable out.

There it was, still glistening with fresh Vaseline with no snags or anything else that looked like a problem so I reassembled it and rode on.

I must have gotten its attention because for the rest of the trip, and well over 1000 miles since this happened, it hasn't repeated its dance, even once. :)

Maybe it was caused by some lost soul that was just trying to be let out?  :o
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Royal Stargazer on July 27, 2014, 03:33:03 pm
So... just unscrew the cap under the speedo and wait until the spirit's left?

I can wrench alright, but we venture into ghost hunting territory and you've lost me.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on July 27, 2014, 04:53:08 pm
Disconnect the speedo cable at the wheel and pull out the inner cable.  Clean it off.  I lube mine with moly grease, but don't lube the top 6-8".  You don't want grease to make it's way into the speedo itself.  You can also look for speedo lube.  Do this every time you change the oil. 

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gashousegorilla on July 27, 2014, 05:48:39 pm
 The problem with my speedo was that it had front to back play on the stem that the cable and the clamp mount to. And depending on that play , whether it was held towards the front it was fine. If it shifted back, not fine.  So it would engage something inside,  and at times disengage.  When it disengaged, the needle would get wonkey, and it would even go in reverse as I rolled the bike backwords. It would also hang up at times and the cable would twist and fray. No amount of lube helped in my case, although that IS a good thing to keep well lubed. The issue was internal on my speedo.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: retrolynn on July 27, 2014, 11:05:48 pm
Rode 45 miles,and tightened the bolts that hold the exaust pipe on the engine . One was loose. Up to 650 miles on it.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Mr.Mazza on July 27, 2014, 11:31:10 pm
Home sick from work, might go unbend my footpeg and install my smiths style speedo!
Anyond got tips on changing the speedo, dont care about milage, not a legal here.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on July 28, 2014, 03:43:52 am
Started putting air in the rear tire only to discover that the valve stem is torn.    :-\  Damn it, and I JUST adjusted the rear chain too.    :P
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on July 28, 2014, 05:34:31 am
I think almost all Royal Enfields have a "cush drive" between the rear sprocket and the actual wheel.

One of the advantages of these was it cushioned the shock of changing gears etc.

Another feature that went along with these was you should be able to remove the rear wheel without loosening or changing the rear sprockets location.

At least on the Bullets, removing the axle and spacer (without loosening the sprocket nut or rear brake backing plate stud) allows the rear wheel to move sideways, disengaging the cush drive and allowing it to just slide out for tire repair.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: JVS on July 28, 2014, 09:47:24 am
I think almost all Royal Enfields have a "cush drive" between the rear sprocket and the actual wheel.

One of the advantages of these was it cushioned the shock of changing gears etc.

Another feature that went along with these was you should be able to remove the rear wheel without loosening or changing the rear sprockets location.

At least on the Bullets, removing the axle and spacer (without loosening the sprocket nut or rear brake backing plate stud) allows the rear wheel to move sideways, disengaging the cush drive and allowing it to just slide out for tire repair.

+ 1

(http://i.imgur.com/kWOfXRK.png)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: tooseevee on July 28, 2014, 02:02:39 pm
I put about three hundred miles on my bike today (round trip,) and noticed some odd things:

After about an hour ........ snip

           Boy, I envy you guys who can ride 200, 300 (even 45) in a day. I got 5 miles on the "Ace AVL" the last time I rode (the 20th) & the pain took over. Made a total of a whole 7 miles. At least it was enough to tweak the mixture screw another hair. Still dialing it in to make it a reliable one or two kick starter. It's a long, sometimes frustrating process when you can't ride every day & can only do one tweak per ride.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gremlin on July 28, 2014, 08:14:43 pm
The weather has been nice recently.....  been putting around the neighborhood .......
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Carlsberg Wordsworth on July 28, 2014, 10:58:55 pm
Rear went flat on a 65-70mph run. Yes, the heart wobbled.

Now removed, ready for new tube, didn't get on with rim protectors as well as I did with tubeless tyres on cast wheels though.

Going to wire brush inside of wheels and maybe spray with a zinc primer before new rim tape as well.

3.25 tube for a 3.50 tyre? hmm. Anyway, anyone have good tyre soap alternatives or should I just get some. Don't fancy soapy water with chance of rusting spokes from inside.

(http://i1259.photobucket.com/albums/ii544/Carlsberg_Wordsworth/plateremoved_zps7c6092ed.jpg)

Scottie J, I had also adjusted the chain the day before, I think I had a hole in the tube though and not where I may have pinched the tube on removal,  I had to rip the valve off the tube as the nut had rusted (and tight against rim) so didn't get chance to see the cause.

What with the speedo a couple of weeks ago, I'm not sure if the bike is testing my patience or just trying to bond with my toolkit!

Yes, garage is a mess (looks worse than it is) also quality Paint skills on the number plate lol
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on July 28, 2014, 11:31:28 pm
First time I changed a tire, I coated the tube with talc, but used Windex on the tire bead.  Second time, I just used the talc on everything - stayed dry, and worked a treat!  Stay away from corn starch powders, though...

On an unrelated note... why do people hide their number plates in photos?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on July 29, 2014, 12:14:51 am
First time I changed a tire, I coated the tube with talc, but used Windex on the tire bead.  Second time, I just used the talc on everything - stayed dry, and worked a treat!  Stay away from corn starch powders, though...

On an unrelated note... why do people hide their number plates in photos?

+1  I too have been using Windex or a concentrated mix of water and car wash soap.  The talc powder inside the tire and coated around the tube is a must.

Scottie J
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: azcatfan on July 29, 2014, 01:28:20 am
Great opportunity to try the zip tie method
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Mr.Mazza on July 29, 2014, 04:16:56 am
Left her at home as im sick as a dog and riding would be dangerous.
With all my coughing and blurry visions :/
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Manatoc fox on July 29, 2014, 02:56:27 pm
Installed the canvas front fork bag from Nfield gear.  I like the way it fits and looks.  Going for my first service in a couple of days.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: retrolynn on July 30, 2014, 12:05:43 am
Mr Mazza: Sorry you are sick! I rode 23 miles to check if tightening the muffler bolts at the engine cured the high pitch rattle,at some rpms,and it did!. Am almost at 700 miles.      Lynn
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on July 30, 2014, 12:44:55 am
Rode to and from work... after about 4000+ miles of (mostly) behaving, my 2011 B5 has decided to begin, once again, stalling at idle with throttle, just like the GT complaints.  It did it after a couple minute warm up this afternoon, but it also did it this morning after riding 10 miles - fully warmed up...  >:(
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: medioXcore on July 30, 2014, 06:55:45 am
I rode mine around a bit, still haven't broken the 300 mile mark. Time has not been my ally lately. But I did take my toolbox cover off only to find one bolt was MIA. I put some lock title on the remaining two. Now I guess I gotta go to lowes and pick up a new one.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Craig McClure on July 31, 2014, 03:24:02 am
Here in FL, I pulled my Miata out of the storage unit today, & only looked in passing at my G5 deluxe. Tomorrow I am going over there to put everything left in a smaller 10'x10' unit. While I'm there I hope to get in a good ride & to top up the battery. Still evicting insects & lizards from the bank owned (vacant 3 years) house we are buying. Many repairs are still needed to be ready. I will save gas running around in the Miata. The new place is in North Port, & I will probably wait until we move in to go riding. Not taking chances when between homes & hospitalization insurance plans.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Manatoc fox on July 31, 2014, 01:57:50 pm
Got mine back from the dealer after getting its 300 mile service and a hefty case of sticker shock.  Subsequently bought the oil change kit from Nfield gear. Thumper is purring like a kitten and finally I was able to ride the speed limit to work today.  Very excited.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: wildbill on July 31, 2014, 02:53:02 pm
whatever happens - can't go wrong with a miata
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: lemming on July 31, 2014, 03:15:15 pm
whatever happens - can't go wrong with a miata

+1. My friend has a nice red '90 with around 140k miles and hard top. I have been telling him for years that it is actually my car and when he is done with it he must give it "back" to me. This joke has been running long enough now that he gives me regular updates on the repairs and maintenance he does to "my car". Heck, he even consulted me on tire choice.....  ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on July 31, 2014, 04:12:28 pm
Does he send you the bills? ;)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: lemming on July 31, 2014, 05:25:54 pm
Thankfully, no! It really is an ideal arrangement. When my car was hit by a deer (yes, not the other way 'round) and was in the shop for three weeks, he gave me the Miata to commute in. I think I have put more miles on it in the last few years than he has.  ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Craig McClure on July 31, 2014, 08:41:09 pm
Here in FL, I pulled my Miata out of the storage unit today, & only looked in passing at my G5 deluxe. Tomorrow I am going over there to put everything left in a smaller 10'x10' unit. While I'm there I hope to get in a good ride & to top up the battery. Still evicting insects & lizards from the bank owned (vacant 3 years) house we are buying. Many repairs are still needed to be ready. I will save gas running around in the Miata. The new place is in North Port, & I will probably wait until we move in to go riding. Not taking chances when between homes & hospitalization insurance plans.
Unbelievable but true, my 2010 G5 Deluxe started right up after not running in well over a month. I was able to go for a nice ride & would have ridden all day, but had to put everything in the 10'x10' storage unit until we have a permanent address. I sure love my G5 Deluxe & the Solo seat conversion IS extremely comfortable, but slightly further from the ground - Both bike & seating are keepers.  Big testimonial to Deka AGM Battery & STABIL Marine formula, Fast starts when fuel could have been stale, & lesser batteries discharged.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: The_Rigger on August 01, 2014, 01:09:15 am
Not a bad plan. Got any pointers?

Pull the headlamp, unscrew the cable from the back of the speedo & disconnect from the lower end, pull out the cable core, put the lower end of the housing in a pan of some sort, get a can of good aerosol de-greaser/cleaner (I use Birchwood Casey "Gun Scrubber"), stick the red straw into the nozzle, and give a few good long blasts down the speedo cable housing to thin up & blow out the old grease & grunge. Let the cleaner dissolve & dry out, then repeat the blasting process with a good cable lube (I use TriFlow), replace the cable core (which, while you were waiting on the housing, you cleaned thoroughly with a good solvent and re-lubed with TriFlow, et.al.), give it one more shot of lube, reconnect both ends of the cable, replace the headlamp, and some guy named Bob is now taken up with your mother's sister...

I guess the thing that weirds me out about it is not that it did it, but that it went back to normal after resting, and then did it again. I can handle something breaking - but when it fixes itself and decides to break again... That's where I call shenanigans.
With those symptoms, that's where I call a dirty cable. It is also possible the core is in the process of breaking, and you should thoroughly check it for broken strands while it's out of the housing.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on August 01, 2014, 04:13:21 pm
I sure wish I had the Blackhawk with me in Texas right now.  It's beautiful down here!  It's hot, but not crazy cook you death Arizona desert hot.  It's humid, but not ridiculous Midwest Great Lakes Humid.  Mom has central air in the house, but I find myself sitting on the patio quite often just enjoying the Gulf breeze watching the palm trees blow in the wind.  My point is, I think I am going to try and make a trip and ride down sometime in the not too distant future.  Maybe I can plan a trip where I can ride the bike and have my wife drive in the car.  That way I still get my adventure on, but will still have tools and parts available for the inevitable break down.  1175 miles each way/17 hours, so totally doable in 2 days, possibly 3.  Or maybe I'll just buy a trailer and trailer the bike down here and just ride once I get here.  I really want to ride my bike down the beach on Padre Island, like roll onto the beach at Beach #1 and just start riding until I run out of real estate or find sand that is too soft to ride.  Either way, I think that would make for an epic afternoon.

Scottie J
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gremlin on August 01, 2014, 05:24:17 pm
...... maybe I'll just buy a trailer and trailer the bike down here and just ride once I get here. ....

You seem to be a handy guy, why not knock one up yourself ?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on August 01, 2014, 06:45:49 pm
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I really want to ride my bike down the beach on Padre Island, like roll onto the beach at Beach #1 and just start riding until I run out of real estate or find sand that is too soft to ride.  Either way, I think that would make for an epic afternoon.

As log as you stay down where the water comes up at high tide, the sand is usually fairly hard. You won't have any trouble riding there, but it might be a bit corrosive. Spray on some ACF50 before you hit the sand, then rinse it off well with fresh water when you're down. I used to ride and race on Pensacola Beach. The sand is a lot of fun. The soft stuff is great for falling off. Very soft landings!
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on August 02, 2014, 12:33:11 am
Daytona bike week started as a race on the beach sand.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on August 02, 2014, 04:48:58 am
Burt Munro did most of his test runs on the beach as well.   :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Carlsberg Wordsworth on August 02, 2014, 09:20:35 am
replaced rear tube, man that was a fight, or out of practise. not convinced an easy task if stranded though. Considered looking for tubeless wheels....

Managed to scratch the rim too. Might spray them black eventually. Couldn't get on with rim protectors on this wheel, they worked really well when I changed the YBR tyres over.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Royal Stargazer on August 02, 2014, 06:53:01 pm
Today I celebrated one full year of motorcycle ownership. Love this bike! 5,690 miles and going strong!

Missed the local ride though :( too much mirth last night.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gremlin on August 02, 2014, 08:39:38 pm
........ Considered looking for tubeless wheels....

I still am.    I'm thinking solid disc.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Craig McClure on August 02, 2014, 10:34:56 pm
I still am.    I'm thinking solid disc.
I'm not turned off by cast wheels, the ones on my SR500 were pretty nice. I have heard the Fat Bob riders say the solid disc artillery type wheels were seriously affected by cross winds, which might get very twitchy on a light bike. Think I'd like a painted industrial revolution styled cast spoked wheel.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on August 02, 2014, 11:07:54 pm
There is a reason that there are no disk wheels on production, or racing, motorcycles.
People think that a heavier bike is better in the wind. Having been raised in Wyoming, I learned a long time ago that windage, the amount of side area you have is far more harmful than the lack of weight. The best bikes in a cross wind are the ones that the wind blows through. Baggers and fully faired sportbikes are terrible in the wind. 
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Mr.Mazza on August 03, 2014, 12:40:12 am
Pulled my header pipe off, which was easier than I thought!
Cleaned up the pipe face and inside the head, put a shitload of Permatex Copper Gasket on and reassembled.
HOPEFULLY that seals it up nice a good, was getting sick of my leaky exhaust, sometimes it was louder than the end of my muffler!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Magoo on August 03, 2014, 09:15:22 am
Sunday Renfield therapy in the sunshine: wash off a month's worth of rain, oil change, chain clean & lube, reseal loose bolts, a good polish and she's feeling loved again.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: krimp on August 04, 2014, 05:15:17 am
I gave her a good cleaning today. The rains of the last two weeks left both of us feeling waterlogged. She is feeling much better now.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gremlin on August 04, 2014, 06:33:24 am
There is a reason that there are no disk wheels on production, or racing, motorcycles..........

May I introduce the 2002 V-rod
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: rvcycleguy on August 04, 2014, 04:10:48 pm
Had a good ride day.  My everyday bike, Suzuki Boulevard, is in the repair shop getting some crash damage fixed.  So, I have found the time to ride the vintage Bullet.  Went solo on a 100 mile ride. Weather was decent for August here on the upper Texas Gulf Coast.  Bike is performing well.  Top speed was 62 and mostly crusing at 55.   
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: caricabasso on August 07, 2014, 06:51:26 am
I built the tank cap with stainless steel.
The original cap did not have a good seal with this new plug bayonet coupling nut is tightened by turning the screw.
The estate is perfect, the air vent hole is formed inside of the screw.
(http://s13.postimg.org/4vmp6hsbb/TAPPO_001.jpg)

(http://s22.postimg.org/bv0droocx/TAPPO_002.jpg)


(http://s2.postimg.org/kdc2990mx/TAPPO_003.jpg)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Craig McClure on August 07, 2014, 03:39:16 pm
I built the tank cap with stainless steel.
The original cap did not have a good seal with this new plug bayonet coupling nut is tightened by turning the screw.
The estate is perfect, the air vent hole is formed inside of the screw.
(http://s13.postimg.org/4vmp6hsbb/TAPPO_001.jpg)

(http://s22.postimg.org/bv0droocx/TAPPO_002.jpg)


(http://s2.postimg.org/kdc2990mx/TAPPO_003.jpg)
LOVE IT!   That is really fine.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: azcatfan on August 08, 2014, 03:49:27 am
That tank cap is very cool!

As for me, it has been hot here so I've been commuting on one of my other bikes.  Tonight though I decided to take my Royal Enfield down to the 'bike night' at the local Cycle Gear and uh, no, not my crowd at all, just went on by and had a nice little ride.

 8)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on August 08, 2014, 02:07:03 pm
Well, with vacation, long days at work, rain that seems to show up everyday and a flat tire that I don't have time to fix, the Blackhawk has just been sitting for the last month.    :-\   Sad, I know, but sometimes life happens.  But the other day my wife and I were taking the dog for a walk.  Just as the car port for the Blackhawk comes into view, I see an unsupervised Hispanic kid just climb right up on my bike like he owns it!!!!!    >:(    "GET OFF MY FUCKING BIKE!!!"  The kid got so scared he damn near fell off trying to get back off.  "I'm sorry! I'm sorry!"  "What the fuck dude?!  You just go around playing on other peoples' private property?!  That's fucked up dude."  "I'm sorry!  I'm sorry!"  "Where's your parents?"  After I said that him and his little brother (I assume) started hiding behind cars in the parking lot, keeping my eye on them whole time.  As soon as I got far enough away I saw them bolt out of the corner of my eye and disappeared.

Kids these have no freaking respect for personal property or even people in general.  Drives me nuts!    >:(
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: lemming on August 08, 2014, 02:32:14 pm
I would have told him the fee for sitting on the bike was a thorough hand wash, or any other chores you might have come up with...  :D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gremlin on August 08, 2014, 04:29:25 pm
Kids these have no freaking respect for personal property or even people in general.  Drives me nuts!    >:(

Ok uncle cranky .....     :P  ;)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: lemming on August 08, 2014, 05:16:23 pm
(http://www.stayathomedrunk.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Its-driving-me-nuts.jpg)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: NorEaster on August 08, 2014, 05:18:21 pm
H.O.C
The lifeguard quit working at the gene pool a couple of centuries ago. Some areas of the world never hired one... lol
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on August 08, 2014, 08:24:43 pm
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As soon as I got far enough away I saw them bolt out of the corner of my eye and disappeared.

Musta kinda smarted when he bolted out of the corner of your eye! ;)
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: azcatfan on August 10, 2014, 01:32:15 am
I installed a new tail light assembly and moved the rear turn signals.  Also cleaned it up a bit for the little RE get together we have planned for tomorrow...

(http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g237/azcatfan/NewTail5.jpg) (http://s57.photobucket.com/user/azcatfan/media/NewTail5.jpg.html)

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Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Mr.Mazza on August 10, 2014, 01:23:18 pm
Went for a 100 mile ride with some mates, half highway half backroads, she did well to keep up even with a 60mph headwind. Mainly crusing 60mph, backroads 40-55. And a buttload of rain and winds :s
Kept the engine cool at least!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: decker on August 11, 2014, 05:23:20 am
Polish, polish, polish. Inspect bolts for tightness. Finally got my Sportster silencer in the mail. just have to figure out how to plug the cross over hole.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Mr.Mazza on August 16, 2014, 03:28:43 pm
Replaced my broken clutch cable, lubed it and lubed up all my cables, feels much better now.
Also cleaned out my carby, and renwed my air filter and cleaned the hell out of her, gleaming and shiny!
Caught this cool photo of her too.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: 2bikebill on August 16, 2014, 06:34:14 pm
What did I do to my RE today? I had a few stern words with it for taking me past a copper with a camera at 45mph in a 30 limit the other day. This morning came the notice of intention to prosecute. This means a £100 fine and three points on my license (clean since 1995).
Bollocks!  >:(
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: retrolynn on August 16, 2014, 10:51:41 pm
Willw:Ouch! That hurt!  I rode 80 miles,today,with a friend on his GT. Am now at close to 1000 miles,none over 60mph! Last mpg 76mpg,corrected for odometer error. Enjoying this bike!     lynn
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: singhg5 on August 16, 2014, 11:11:58 pm
What did I do to my RE today? I had a few stern words with it for taking me past a copper with a camera at 45mph in a 30 limit the other day. This morning came the notice of intention to prosecute. This means a £100 fine and three points on my license (clean since 1995).
Bollocks!  >:(

Your motorcycle is REally misbehaving - going FASTER than the speed limit  :-[. What is wrong with it ? 

Hope you don't have to pay the fine or get points on your license. Give the cop a ride on your RE, may be he will tear off the ticket ;)!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Craig McClure on August 17, 2014, 02:56:50 am
Very busy as we are closer to moving into the foreclosed house we bought in Florida, after being vacant 3 years, most of the spiders & lizards have been evicted. Still an armadillo den under the floor of the bedroom. Our stuff will arrive soon as it is livable.
  Had some actual playtime today. I didn't want to keep paying for the storage unit where I've been keeping my 2010 G5 Deluxe, since the garage at our place is now secure. I got to ride from Venice to North Port Fl. Not a real long ride, but very therapeutic for me. It was a beautiful morning. Hadn't run the bike in 2 weeks, but it started easily & behaved perfectly. The ride before that, it started after sitting well over a month.
  When our stuff arrives, the existing garage will be packed until I can arrange additional space, I will keep my Enfield in the tiled foyer. It has double doors & the bike IS housebroken & a cherished family member.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on August 17, 2014, 04:58:20 am
......I will keep my Enfield in the tiled foyer. It has double doors & the bike IS housebroken & a cherished family member.

Bwahahahaha!!!!!  That is awesome.  8)  Wish I could teach my wife that.  Oh wait, my bike pees all over the place, I guess my bike isn't house broken.    ;D

FINALLY!!!  After 2 months of sitting (1st month due to weather, 2nd month due to a flat tire) I got out for a ride this evening!    :D  Earlier this afternoon I got her fired up and warmed up, but not after pulling the bowl off of the carb to get the float needle to stop sticking.  And she was running like a champ!  But still had a flat tire.  Then after talking to my business partner Tony, we decided to take a trip down to Performance Cycle to pick up some 2 stroke oil for the jet skis and figured while I was there I might as well get a tube for the bike.  Finally got started on it at about 7:30pm and had it wrapped up at about 8:45pm.  It was kind of a twat trying to get the rear wheel back on in the dark, but I got her put back together and went out for a short ride around town.  I think the front tire might be low tho because I got her up to around 80mph a few times and was getting a really bad speed wobble.  I thought maybe it was the grooved pavement at first, but it was doing it on asphalt too........  OK  So a cop blew past me while stopped at a stoplight with his lights and sirens on and I thought to myself "Well, the police are in front of me now.  Let's Go!"  Even after not running for 2 months, the Blackhawk get's up and boogies!  Still dealing with the cold clutch slip, but once she's up to temp, boy does she scream!  Good times!  I can't believe I went this long without riding at all.  Shit, I rode more over the winter than I have this summer!    ::)  Just glad to be back in the saddle.    :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: 2bikebill on August 17, 2014, 09:13:06 am
Singh - there's no way out unfortunately. It's a fixed penalty notice. Had I been marginally over the limit, I'd be offered a "speed awareness course" - £75, four hours of nagging, but no points on the licence. Not an option for 45mph.
I'd been riding home from local bike night, doing same speed as all the other traffic (cars) but they were targeting bikes. They have a purge every now and then when the locals complain.
OK it's a slap on the wrist. I've been lucky for a long time...  ;)

Plymouth Mega Ride today. Several thousand bikes rolling down the A38 to the coast. What a sight! What a racket!   8) :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Royal Stargazer on August 17, 2014, 09:29:53 am
At the end of a long adventure, I replaced my clutch cable. I was worried that, in my state and never having done it before, I would screw it up. I was wrong.

The director's cut includes heat exhaustion, overly-concerned friends (although the timely rescue was much appreciated,) and vigorous hydration.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on August 17, 2014, 07:45:19 pm
Well I thought I had about a half tank of gas and I thought I had my wallet on me........   Oops.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: azcatfan on August 17, 2014, 08:00:30 pm
Well I thought I had about a half tank of gas and I thought I had my wallet on me........   Oops.

 ;D  That sucks....


I took the wheels off of my IB, new shoes and new chain tomorrow :-)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: ace.cafe on August 17, 2014, 08:17:21 pm
Bwahahahaha!!!!!  That is awesome.  8)  Wish I could teach my wife that.  Oh wait, my bike pees all over the place, I guess my bike isn't house broken.    ;D

FINALLY!!!  After 2 months of sitting (1st month due to weather, 2nd month due to a flat tire) I got out for a ride this evening!    :D  Earlier this afternoon I got her fired up and warmed up, but not after pulling the bowl off of the carb to get the float needle to stop sticking.  And she was running like a champ!  But still had a flat tire.  Then after talking to my business partner Tony, we decided to take a trip down to Performance Cycle to pick up some 2 stroke oil for the jet skis and figured while I was there I might as well get a tube for the bike.  Finally got started on it at about 7:30pm and had it wrapped up at about 8:45pm.  It was kind of a twat trying to get the rear wheel back on in the dark, but I got her put back together and went out for a short ride around town.  I think the front tire might be low tho because I got her up to around 80mph a few times and was getting a really bad speed wobble.  I thought maybe it was the grooved pavement at first, but it was doing it on asphalt too........  OK  So a cop blew past me while stopped at a stoplight with his lights and sirens on and I thought to myself "Well, the police are in front of me now.  Let's Go!"  Even after not running for 2 months, the Blackhawk get's up and boogies!  Still dealing with the cold clutch slip, but once she's up to temp, boy does she scream!  Good times!  I can't believe I went this long without riding at all.  Shit, I rode more over the winter than I have this summer!    ::)  Just glad to be back in the saddle.    :)

If you put your new ACE hi-lift heads and Interceptor R cams and a pair of TM32 carbs on your Blackhawk, there is going to be some concern about clutch holding.
 8) ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on August 17, 2014, 08:37:38 pm
Yeah, I'm pretty sure someone helped themselves to my gas.  How does 2-3 gallons just evaporate in 2 months?!  Unless I really had ridden further than I thought the last time I filled up, but it seems like the last time I did fill up I just rode to work twice which is only 120 miles and I can usually get about 250 out of a tank.  Hmmmmm.........

Anyways, it was cheap entertainment for a bit.  I was only about 5 miles from home when it cut out on me.  So I pulled off and started smacking the hell out of the carb thinking the float needle was stuck again.  Well after about 3 minutes of smacking I started thinking what the hell is going on here.  So I sloshed the tank around and that's when I realized I was empty.  Luckily, where I stopped was the entrance to a plaza with a gas station on the other end.  Even better there was a slight downward grade so I only had to push for about 15' and was able to coast the whole way into the pump.  Go to pull my wallet out and my pocket was empty.  Yay!    :-\  Had to call my wife to come save the day.  It's good to have a good woman who loves you.     :)


If you put your new ACE hi-lift heads and Interceptor R cams and a pair of TM32 carbs on your Blackhawk, there is going to be some concern about clutch holding.
 8) ;D


I've been thinking about that Ace.  I have a feeling I'm going to need to install a Newby before I do the motor swap.  I'm also thinking about ordering another 3 "heavy" clutch basket springs for now to see if that helps any.  I know my GS550 had a way heavier clutch than the Blackhawk does, and my clutch hand could definitely take the extra stiffness.  I should have just ordered those extra springs when I bought the rest of the clutch parts like I was originally thinking of doing, but decided that the nnew set up would be just fine.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on August 17, 2014, 11:45:08 pm
Oh yeah!  The speed wobble last night was definitely a low front tire.  Checked it this morning and was only 9psi.  But I decided while I was playing with air pressures I would try different pressures.  Previously I was running 26psi front and 22psi rear.  Today I changed it to 30psi front 28psi rear.  A little bit stiffer ride but the handling is much more responsive now.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Mr.Mazza on August 18, 2014, 09:00:57 am
Oh yeah!  The speed wobble last night was definitely a low front tire.  Checked it this morning and was only 9psi.  But I decided while I was playing with air pressures I would try different pressures.  Previously I was running 26psi front and 22psi rear.  Today I changed it to 30psi front 28psi rear.  A little bit stiffer ride but the handling is much more responsive now.

Hey I woke up to a 0psi rear! Dirty nail sticking out of it :(
Local bike shop picked it up for free and put my spare tube in while I was at work, pick it up tomorrow. Fitted tube, balanced and aligment for $50
Not complaining as I have no knowlege of fitting bike tyres and dont wanna want till the weekend.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: sjbiat on August 18, 2014, 02:27:15 pm
 Vintage bike tour.  (This was actually a week ago.)  There was a covered bridges tour for vintage bikes, around Walton NY.  They had no problem with a RE participating, and I was the only one.  Lots of fun.  350 miles that weekend.  (The oldest bike was a 47 Harley; I could barely keep up with it.)

Stephan
 
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on August 18, 2014, 07:33:23 pm
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quote] Am now at close to 1000 miles,none over 60mph! Last mpg 76mpg,corrected for odometer error. Enjoying this bike! 

What are you comparing the odometer reading to? If your using the speedo correction for the odometer, you're going to way off. The odometers are are usually quite accurate as the law requires them to be. It's to keep the manufacturers from cheating you out of warranty mileage. The odometer and speedometers are two separate entities in the speedo box. The speedo is driven by a spinning magnet and the odo is driven by gears. The speedo can be altered by the gap on the magnet. The odo is most easily adjusted by tire diameter changes.
have you checked it against the mile markers on  the freeway?
Not that I am questioning your mileage. Living up in the mountains makes that a very feasible mileage. I got that riding in the mountains around here.
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: azcatfan on August 19, 2014, 04:16:36 am
I put my new tires and chain on the IB!    :D

Let me just say, everything that has been written about changing your stock tires and upgrading are true.  Do it, just do it, really, do it....

It feel more nimble, smoother, you can feel the road more, but not in an annoying 'too much vibration' way.  I'm only upset that I hadn't done it earlier.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on August 19, 2014, 04:18:31 am
I put my new tires and chain on the IB!    :D

Let me just say, everything that has been written about changing your stock tires and upgrading are true.  Do it, just do it, really, do it....

It feel more nimble, smoother, you can feel the road more, but not in an annoying 'too much vibration' way.  I'm only upset that I hadn't done it earlier.

I thought you'd like those.   ;)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: azcatfan on August 19, 2014, 04:20:10 am
I thought you'd like those.   ;)

You ain't kidding!  I haven't even scrubbed them in yet and they already feel stickier than the Avons.  The new chain is nice and quiet too :-)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: retrolynn on August 19, 2014, 04:42:04 am
barenekd: I checked the odometer with the mileage posts along the road,for 10 miles,several times,and found it to be .2 miles fast,in ten miles. When I filled up at 169 miles,indicated,I subtracted 3 miles,and put in 2.187 gallons,for 75.9 mpg. I figured that was close! The speedo seems to read about 3-4 miles an hour fast. Lynn
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: krimp on August 19, 2014, 05:45:55 pm
Today, I rode into work. I have been out of town for the last week and a half. It felt good to ride again.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: The_Rigger on August 20, 2014, 06:56:29 am
Well, I've been here in Tokyo for about a month now, and missing my Fiona more and more, so this morning I got up early and had an Adventure before heading in to work at noon; I traveled by subway and city bus *waaay* off our beaten track between Minato-ku and Shibuya-ku, and visited one of the Enfield dealerships in the Tokyo metropolis; Wingfoot, waay up north in Adachi-ku. They've got several GTs ready to go, in a flaming yellow that I don't think we get in North America, do we? I got some brochurement from the sales guy and also bought an Enfield decal that I've never seen on any vehicle in North America... Not sure what I'll put it on yet. But it was certainly a fun morning, getting to look up close & personal at a GT and showing the Japanese salesdude some smartphone photos of my beloved Fiona....
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: busmec on August 21, 2014, 06:57:13 pm
My 2011 B5  original battery gave up & i replaced it with a agm battery.
Got a Duracell at Batteries Plus has a 2 year warranty. After il. state &  Fairview Heights city taxes  $113.00. Its a lot  better battery than the original Exide Batt. Oh and remember enjoy the ride.
    Dan
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Carlsberg Wordsworth on August 21, 2014, 10:13:08 pm
Couple of hour blasts over the last couple of days.

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Also a new tyre pressure gauge, shows I've been running at lower pressures than I thought. Has made 2 bikes feel completely different, giving less buzz on the Enfield and a lot more confidence in the bends. Might try K70s next as front @ 2.2mm. Anyone know the pressures for those or are they the same as the Avons?

Avons front and rear, 24 & 29 psi. Sorry if pics too big.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Techmaven on August 22, 2014, 01:03:36 am
Took my Electra for a spin today..time for chain adjustment and check out the play in the swing arm.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on August 22, 2014, 03:22:33 am
Road to work today!  But made the mistake of filling up with 85 octane fuel.  Bike was pinging pretty bad, I had to baby it all the way to work without giving it more than 1/4 throttle.  When I got to work I put 16 ounces of gun wash solvent in the tank to get the octane up.  Was all better when I ride home.

Also, I tried installing the AVL center stand on the bike after work.  I say tried because it was too short.  When Hitchcocks says "will work with older iron barrels" apparently they mean older IB Bullets.    :-\
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: tresser4K on August 22, 2014, 03:31:19 am
weld on a couple lengths of tubing sideways same as original feet) on the bottom of the centerstand
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on August 22, 2014, 04:19:17 am
You know that's not a bad idea.  I didn't think about welding the new one.  It's never been an option before as the old stand is cast aluminum.  I'll take another look at it tomorrow.  Oh also I don't have the right bushing for the mounting bolt.  The old one won't work.

Scottie J
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on August 22, 2014, 05:04:06 am
Forgot to post this.  This is how you change a center stand.  ;)

(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y217/lethalinj/BikeOnLift_zpsf7ca6979.jpg) (http://s6.photobucket.com/user/lethalinj/media/BikeOnLift_zpsf7ca6979.jpg.html)
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Post by: mattsz on August 22, 2014, 11:35:20 am
 8)

I'm going to get a lift like that right now, just in case I need to change my center stand.  I think Harbor Freight has a coupon right now, only $42...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: ironbird6901 on August 22, 2014, 02:09:46 pm
I lost my battery cover on the freeway  :(, made a quick repair and made it back to work on time  ;D. 
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: pmanaz1973 on August 22, 2014, 08:08:57 pm
Holly improvising - that is awesome!!   Bummer on the cover.  Looks like you are riding a 2014 C5.  You will never know, but I wonder if the "new and improved" plastic latch broke of?  My 2014 C5 has the same plastic lock and it is not confidence inspiring.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on August 22, 2014, 10:29:02 pm
My G5 had a metal strap bolted on to keep the battery captive. The cover had nothing to do with the battery staying on.
Bare
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Post by: Ducati Scotty on August 22, 2014, 10:39:55 pm
You could totally market that mod to hipsters. :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: olhogrider on August 23, 2014, 03:40:30 pm
When I got my bike new from the dealer the "tech" had left the battery hose off. It was two days of acid spilling onto my electrical box before I noticed. By then the damage was done. I got my Anti-Gravity brand lithium battery. I also repainted the damaged paint but in spite of the claim of not needing primer, the VHT paint has some fisheye. I'll let it solidify for a while before I try again. Not perfect but acceptable. The battery is amazing! It cranks faster than the lead acid OEM, weighs next to nothing and is so small I'm trying to figure out what to do with all that extra space in the battery box. Carry tools?

http://shop.antigravitybatteries.com/antigravity-batteries-ag401/
$119 plus shipping. It got here in less than 24 hours. This thing is so small I could carry one in a pocket as a spare.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on August 23, 2014, 03:53:12 pm
When I got my bike new from the dealer the "tech" had left the battery hose off. It was two days of acid spilling onto my electrical box before I noticed. By then the damage was done. I got my Anti-Gravity brand lithium battery. I also repainted the damaged paint but in spite of the claim of not needing primer, the VHT paint has some fisheye. I'll let it solidify for a while before I try again. Not perfect but acceptable. The battery is amazing! It cranks faster than the lead acid OEM, weighs next to nothing and is so small I'm trying to figure out what to do with all that extra space in the battery box. Carry tools?

http://shop.antigravitybatteries.com/antigravity-batteries-ag401/
$119 plus shipping. It got here in less than 24 hours. This thing is so small I could carry one in a pocket as a spare.

Did you neutralize the acid before painting it?
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Post by: 2bikebill on August 23, 2014, 06:43:22 pm
Had a sunny ride round the coast to Dawlish Air Show. Glad I was on two wheels - miles and miles of traffic tailback. We were all going to see the world's best aerobatic team, the Red Arrows. Wow! Precision flying. Thrilling!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lK8T6n7xrt0 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lK8T6n7xrt0)
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Post by: Simon Taylor on August 23, 2014, 07:48:01 pm

Thanks for that link,

Just wonderful watching them perform, always was, always is!

I went to school in Dawlish too!
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Post by: 2bikebill on August 23, 2014, 09:46:42 pm
Their fiftieth year! Always amazing.
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Post by: Scotty Brown on August 24, 2014, 02:38:02 am
Replaced the broken speedometer cable and rode and entered a motorcycle/hotrod show--Nice to know how fast I am going since 17.8 miles---btw, the bullet gathered the most lookers and questions were aplenty.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Mr.Mazza on August 24, 2014, 02:40:33 am
Went for a 80 mile blast through the hills, lead a pack of harleys, beamers, hondas and other cafe racers.
I had to pull back as some of the boys couldnt keep pace!
They were adament it wasnt a stock bike, kept calling me a cheater!

Just wait until shes Fireballin'
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: JVS on August 24, 2014, 02:50:18 am
Went for a 80 mile blast through the hills, lead a pack of harleys, beamers, hondas and other cafe racers.
I had to pull back as some of the boys couldnt keep pace!
They were adament it wasnt a stock bike, kept calling me a cheater!

Just wait until shes Fireballin'

Hahaha. Awesome. Great story/ride.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: cstorckiii on August 24, 2014, 05:15:47 am
Replaced both worn out AM26's with Bridgestone BT45's. Front went on fine, but of course I somehow pinched the rear tube, and could not, no matter how much foul language I used, get the new tire back off. That's the 5th rear tube in 9500 miles. I'm beginning to think the rear wheel is haunted.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gremlin on August 24, 2014, 05:24:34 am
.......... That's the 5th rear tube in 9500 miles. I'm beginning to think the rear wheel is haunted.

up your pressure and check for loose spokes.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: wildbill on August 24, 2014, 05:37:59 am
did a 120 klm run on this

(http://i907.photobucket.com/albums/ac278/wildbill2010/P1120155_zps487b2fc9.jpg)
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Post by: olhogrider on August 24, 2014, 07:54:12 am
Did you neutralize the acid before painting it?
I sanded the spots down to bare metal and washed with dish soap. it is ok for now. I'll redo it some other time.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: NorEaster on August 24, 2014, 01:37:41 pm
Ok... technically it was yesterday but did about a 300 mile ride from home to National Powersports with some stops and visits in between.
I get out a kick out of stopping at Japanese bike dealerships to look around and have all the staff come out to check out the bike as soon as I pull up.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on August 24, 2014, 01:51:01 pm
I cruised around town yesterday ripping' and rompin' everywhere I went.  I think my front wheel is out of balance tho, still getting a speed wobble at 80mph+.  I've noticed previously that I do have a little bit of a hop going on with the front wheel on the highway, but I haven't been able to determine if it is from the tire or the fork.  The wheel appears to be true, so I don't think that is it.  I guess it's possible I didn't get my rear wheel aligned as good as I thought I did, it was dark by the time I got the wheel mounted back on the bike when I did the tube last week.

Anyways, I was really pushing the bike as hard as I could yesterday.  Kind of a test to see if the bottom end is going to handle the new heads.  :D  I don't have a tach but I am positive I was hitting at least 6,000 RPMs yesterday.  I was wrapping the motor until the clutch lever was about to rattle off!    ;D  The motor sounded real good, except as I was close to home, I was running thru the gears and shortly after I shifted into 3rd the motor stalled for half a second and seemed to recover but I closed the throttle right away because I wasn't sure what happened.  It sounded/felt like I lost spark or fuel for a second, but I didn't notice any issues after it happened.  I even got on it hard a few more times without issues.  It was weird.  I'll try and post the video before I leave this morning for my fishing/camping trip.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on August 24, 2014, 02:40:05 pm
Here's the video.  The bike stumbles at :21 seconds.  The more I watch that video the more I wonder if I just didn't hit a pothole and blip the throttle without realizing it.....   ???

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=99_s0l0rRVI&feature=youtu.be
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gashousegorilla on August 24, 2014, 03:26:12 pm
 Sounds like your ignition cut out.  Do you have a kill switch on that bike Scottie ?  I hear some clicking.... not sure if that just you working something out of site though.. keys vibrating around in the ignition switch ?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Craig McClure on August 24, 2014, 03:53:15 pm
We move into the house in North Port Fl on Tuesday. Pushed my G5 deluxe from place to place while getting ready for our stuff to arrive. Unfortunately no time to ride-just work & sleep for awhile. It will live in the entry hall if there's no room in the garage.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on August 24, 2014, 04:13:00 pm
Sounds like your ignition cut out.  Do you have a kill switch on that bike Scottie ?  I hear some clicking.... not sure if that just you working something out of site though.. keys vibrating around in the ignition switch ?

I just have a toggle switch.  The rattling is the clutch lever going bezerk.  I need to replace both of the levers just haven't gotten around to it yet.
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Post by: FiRE Comms on August 24, 2014, 04:24:22 pm
installed a new exhaust gasket, and an oil change...  hopefully the gasket will resolve some back fire issues....  also still trying to track down a rattle that's driving me nuts...  it kicks in most noticeably around 40 in 5th and is there at whatever that portion of the power band is in all gears (no tach)...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Royal Stargazer on August 24, 2014, 09:11:16 pm
Went riding with some local RE folk, and fixed a brake light problem.

Also took a good long look at my fusebox, and suffered a momentary episode of WTF - the harness that's going into what I assume is the ECU has one light purple wire separated from the rest with a green butt splice on it. What on earth is that thing supposed to be connected to?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: jkrobin on August 24, 2014, 10:10:58 pm
Finally got around to removing the "EFI-500" tappit cover on my 2012 Chrome and replaced it with the "Royal Enfield" cover from Hitchcock's.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: retrolynn on August 24, 2014, 10:33:14 pm
Rode 53 miles,and am now at 1026 miles.Took my wife for a short,6 mile ride,for the first time on my b5,expecting her to hate it,as I have Willie and Max bags on it.To my surprise,she thought the ride was fine! The bike handled ok,but seemed   to vibrate more,altho,my wife did not think it was any problem.  Lynn
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Post by: cstorckiii on August 24, 2014, 11:04:40 pm
up your pressure and check for loose spokes.

I check them regularly. I'm hoping it was just a perished rim tape. This last tube lasted 5000 miles... until I pinched it. 
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Post by: Arizoni on August 24, 2014, 11:20:57 pm


Also took a good long look at my fusebox, and suffered a momentary episode of WTF - the harness that's going into what I assume is the ECU has one light purple wire separated from the rest with a green butt splice on it. What on earth is that thing supposed to be connected to?

I'm pretty sure that is the "test lead" that you would ground out to get the ECU to flash the "fault codes".  It normally is not connected to anything.

If the MIL light stays lit when your about to start the engine, that indicates some sort of problem exists with one (or more) of the sensors.
If that happens, turn the ignition switch off and ground out that wire to the engine/ frame/battery (-) terminal.  Then turn on the ignition switch again.

The MIL will flash a series of short and long blinks.  Write them down and then come to the forum and look for the several posts that give what they mean.

There is no way of erasing the faults so it may show several that no longer are a problem.  I think it shows the latest fault(s) first.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: DanB on August 25, 2014, 03:10:28 am
Replaced my short bottle muffler (mech. baffled) with an Emgo cocktail shaker (straight thru with removeable baffle). 

Old: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/21409382/IMG_1805.MOV (https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/21409382/IMG_1805.MOV)

New Emgo: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/21409382/IMG_1806.MOV (https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/21409382/IMG_1806.MOV)

Havent added any packing.. yet.  Certainly is louder  :D
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Post by: gremlin on August 25, 2014, 03:29:41 am
............,my wife did not think it was any problem.  Lynn

Keep her happy  ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Mr.Mazza on August 26, 2014, 10:04:19 am
Finally figured out what that rattle was...my headstay bolt being loose.
The bike was thumping harder than usual, making s horrible metal on metal noise.
Pulled into the best place to ever do a roadside diagnosis and fix, a service station with 5 workshops, found a bolt and nut and she was like new. :)
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Post by: olhogrider on August 26, 2014, 11:05:33 pm
I had my leaky kickstart seal replaced under warranty. They say "your bike is done". I say "It has more oil on it now than when I brought it in!" They say "it leaks some oil when you remove the side cover." I ask "How do you know you fixed the leak if everything is covered in oil?" 10 minutes later it is washed and looks like it will stay clean. Lazy mechanic who doesn't check his work. Grrr.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: suitcasejefferson on August 26, 2014, 11:48:04 pm
Got up early and rode it 127 miles. It had not been ridden in 2 weeks. Got back and lubed the chain while it was still hot. Checked the chain adjustment, it has not been adjusted in over 2000 miles, and is still perfect. I thought these were supposed to be crappy chains. Checked the water level in the battery (not a fun job) it was a tiny bit low, I topped it off with distilled water. I don't mind maintaining a battery, I grew up doing it. But this battery is just to hard to get in and out. And you can't really see the water level without setting it on a counter and putting a light behind it. Will be replaced with an AGM battery when it goes. 2900+ miles, still not seeing much tire wear. Am considering a rack or saddlebags. Really getting tired of carrying a backpack with spare tubes and flat tire fixing tools.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on August 27, 2014, 01:56:14 am
Stopped in at Rocket Motorcycle in San Diego while on vacation.  I ran into my MSF instructor from 14 years ago who still works there.  I got to see the Contis.  Really nice bikes I the flesh, they look better than in pics.  No too aggressive of a seating position.  Bought a t-shirt while I was there.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: medioXcore on August 27, 2014, 02:24:48 am
I had a few minutes of free time, so I took the horn off of the bracket, took the bracket off of the frame, and reversed everything.  Now, the horn sits right behind the front fender. I  contemplated taking the horn apart and painting the fake chrome cover. Maybe I'll do that over the weekend, along with the pilot light housings. And I may throw some plastidip on various parts, specifically the headlight housing. 
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Post by: bsachania on August 28, 2014, 09:07:00 pm
Chi out these amazing. Transparent covers....
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: bsachania on August 28, 2014, 09:09:08 pm
For the u.c engine
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Post by: NorEaster on August 28, 2014, 11:16:51 pm
For the u.c engine
Wow... that's kind of neat
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Post by: pmanaz1973 on August 28, 2014, 11:33:36 pm
That is cool...who makes those?  I might have to have one of those for some weird reason.
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Post by: SteveThackery on August 28, 2014, 11:38:32 pm
Me too!  I just gotta have one!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Royal Stargazer on August 29, 2014, 03:53:10 am
I fixed my exhaust. The clamp that came with the EFI silencer that everyone said to tighten more than you think was tightened all the way and was somehow still loose. I located a replacement at Fastenal, went in there (five minutes after they closed) and bought their entire stock. Took this time to reposition the silencer, and the little heat shield...

Then I broke my brake light. Again. This time the rear pedal won't turn it on. I found out that the pedal was getting hung up on one of the clamps holding the heat shield on, so I moved it. With the tension off, of course, the brake pedal won't trip the switch. Tinkered with it. Increased the tension. No dice. I'm in that special place where I can't just "sleep on it" either. Come what may, I'll be tinkering on this - or at least researching this - well into the night.

An hour later...

Fixed the brake light! I loosened it, and jiggled it. That should never be an acceptable repair method, and yet it is. I guess that's two wins for me today.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: JoeSchmofo on August 29, 2014, 09:45:57 am
I have no idea why I want a transparent tappet cover but I do.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: azcatfan on August 29, 2014, 04:36:59 pm
I have no idea why I want a transparent tappet cover but I do.

I know, right?   8)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: The_Rigger on August 29, 2014, 10:30:21 pm
Spent this afternoon installing a Frampton's PRS slicer and modding up the American Fat-Ass saddle from Hitchcock's to use the stouter OEM seat springs, 'cuz... Well... I needs 'email, that's why. Unexpected Bonus: the OEM springs lowered the saddle a touch, and it gives the bike a more aggressive look.

Still sorting out using the C5 pillion seat mounting frame as a saddlebag rack, in order to raise the bags up high enough to stay off my upswept exhaust. Other than that, I've pretty much got the old girl set up the way I want her.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: NorEaster on August 30, 2014, 11:24:39 pm
Rigger,
Which template of the Frampton's fender plate did you go with?
I want to get one but want to get the right radius for my fender.
Took my RE to the Owls Head Transportation Museum bike meet today and met up with our forum member Mattsz. It was good to see Matt and check out all the classics that were in the show. There were a number of great looking classic Brit bikes there. Great weather, great folk, cool bikes made for a great day.
Got my RE over 2K in mileage and found out she really likes going 70mph...  ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: medioXcore on August 30, 2014, 11:41:39 pm
Yesterday I took the clutch and front brake lever off and gave them a couple coats of spray on bed liner with low grit. I put them back on this morning. They look pretty good. My friend had the idea to wrap some 550 cord around them, too. I might try that out when I find some green cord.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on August 31, 2014, 01:02:08 am
Last night I went for a cruise.  Ended up racing a Honda CRV with a car load of kids in it.  He had some kind of boosted motor in it.  I killed him from the first stoplight.  Then we went at it again from a rolling 40 mph start.  Had him until until about 65mph and then he spooled up and was gone.  Still fun times.  :D

Today I rode down to a local junk yard.  The rock station was broadcasting live for Willie B's Garage.  There were a bunch of rat rods and a few other bikes, and best of all FREE PANCAKES!!!  It was a good time too.  Got on her a little bit coming home, she's definitely a good running bike, but I can't wait to get the new ACE heads on there!  ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: krimp on August 31, 2014, 04:54:50 am
I took a short ride, then lubed my chain. She was starting to make some noise.
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Post by: Mr.Mazza on August 31, 2014, 08:06:34 am
Went for a 120 mile ride on all sorts of roads, highways, backroads, dirt roads you name it!
Ended up with the 59ners riding from Healsvile to Flowerdale with 40 guys, felt awesome.
Then took crazy narrow twistie roads home.
A little noisy at times but she ran well.
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Post by: Scotty Brown on August 31, 2014, 09:23:10 am
Practiced a little psycle therapy and bonded with my new Bullet----------------
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: The_Rigger on August 31, 2014, 03:35:03 pm
Rigger,
Which template of the Frampton's fender plate did you go with?

I went with the standard 6-digit, on advice of the young lady I spoke with on the phone. I also made clear I was fitting a Royal Enfield fender and only had a five-digit registration number, which I think helped a lot.  The slicer follows the curve of the fender precisely.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: NorEaster on August 31, 2014, 04:46:23 pm
Rigger,
Thanks for the info on your slicer.
Today I straightened out the horn bracket and added maroon paint to the RE logos and the 500 EFI tappet cover
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on August 31, 2014, 05:18:43 pm
Just got back from a Sunday morning ride.  As most of you know I'm an aggressive rider and put the Blackhawk thru it's paces.  About a mile from my house I'm making a right turn from a stop light that turned green as I was approaching the intersection.  I canned on throttle and half way thru the turn I broke the tire loose!  I've done it on wet pavement before screwing around but that was the first time I've done it on dry pavement.  Totally caught me off guard but I stayed in it and rode it out hard!  I was smiling and laughing the rest of the way home!   ;D

Scottie J
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Post by: pmanaz1973 on August 31, 2014, 06:11:07 pm
Found a big abandoned parking lot and practiced slow speed maneuvers- figure eights, slow straight lines, balancing at a stop and start with feet on pegs and a few quick stops in and out of turns.  Didn't drop the bike ;D  Spent a few minutes adjusting my rear brake and brake peddle - the rear actually feels "good" now.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on August 31, 2014, 06:17:22 pm
Found a big abandoned parking lot and practiced slow speed maneuvers- figure eights, slow straight lines, balancing at a stop and start with feet on pegs and a few quick stops in and out of turns.  Didn't drop the bike ;D  Spent a few minutes adjusting my rear brake and brake peddle - the rear actually feels "good" now.

Funny you should say that.  I ALMOST pulled into a school parking lot on my way to do the same thing.    :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on August 31, 2014, 09:13:41 pm
Rigger,
Which template of the Frampton's fender plate did you go with?
I want to get one but want to get the right radius for my fender.

Regarding that number plate: I think they only make one radius, and it may not match the C5 fender.

b.sheets installed one, 6 digits long, and it looks like the radius is a little larger than his fender (his was the C5 special, so it's got a 19" front wheel).  Check out his thread for details, including where I asked the same question of him:

http://www.enfieldmotorcycles.com/forum/index.php/topic,16136.0.html (http://www.enfieldmotorcycles.com/forum/index.php/topic,16136.0.html)

There's photos of his, and squire's, installation there - both with 6 digits, both radii seemingly not quite matching.  Looks ok to me, but you did ask.

Rigger went with the standard 6-digit plate, but he only has 5 digits on his, which shortens the length a little bit, making the difference in radii less noticeable.  You may have trouble if you go for your long "vanity" plate number.  Or, maybe you could grind the bottom edge to fine-tune the radius?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: DanB on August 31, 2014, 09:39:17 pm
A good weekend thus far.

Replaced muffler with emgo cocktail shaker.. Very growlie, and noticed a get a lot less vibration at 5k and above.

Replaced chain with a DID. Much quieter.

Adjusted TM32 carb... Dropped the mains to a 185. Hit 92 (GPS) lying a bit onto the tank. Put a 20w fork oil in, makes a big difference for me.

Found this little town between IL and WI. This sign cracked me up. Had to turn around and take a pic.

(http://www.enfieldmotorcycles.com/forum/gallery/medium_12026-310814201258.jpeg) (http://www.enfieldmotorcycles.com/forum/index.php?action=gallery;sa=view;id=4611)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: The_Rigger on August 31, 2014, 11:42:41 pm
Rigger went with the standard 6-digit plate, but he only has 5 digits on his, which shortens the length a little bit, making the difference in radii less noticeable.

FWIW, my Old Girl is a C5 Special as well, with the 19" front wheel and corresponding fender.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: The_Rigger on August 31, 2014, 11:54:59 pm
Took the pillion pad off the bracket and used the bracket to mount a pair of saddlebags on Fiona... This raised the bag up above the mouth of the upswept exhaust, and I think it looks pretty good. I may get one of the chromed flat racks to affix to the top center of the bracket, for a place to lash on a cooler or sleeping bag or duffel or somesuch...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on September 01, 2014, 12:14:24 am
DanB - Where is that?  I grew up on the central part of the WI/IL border, Beloit area.  I never remember being thru there before.

Scottie J
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: DanB on September 01, 2014, 02:53:23 am
DanB - Where is that?  I grew up on the central part of the WI/IL border, Beloit area.  I never remember being thru there before.

Scottie J

Between Genoa and Ringwood, a good deal east of Beloit. Little town not to fair away from morries (there's some nice back road twisties). I took the pic, came to a small stop sign, kids playing outside on a Farmall, I stalled it in the intersection. One kick (no estart)  back in business and they all clapped.... Always happens when people watching.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: trimleyman on September 01, 2014, 04:57:49 am
Oh , today, yes. The GT is all good . But the G5, oh that is another matter. Having developed some new noises of late and a sudden increase in vibration it was time to check things out and find out what is really going on. After stripping the side cases first issue is play in the alternator side main bearing. Primary drive side , all ok.
Removed head, oh dear. Heavy carbon build-up, looks like the valves will need re-seating. Removed barrel.  Although piston crown has heavy carbon build-up the bore is good. Removed piston. Connecting rod can be rocked side to side on the big-end bearing (not side float). So looks like new main bearings and big-end bearing at the very least. That's after just 18k miles. 
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on September 01, 2014, 05:53:56 am
The service manual doesn't give a value for the amount of distance the connecting rod can be rocked.  It says the "Axial movement" which I interpret to be the side to side movement should be 0.20-0.55mm when new with a 0.65mm service limit. (.0079-.0217 inches new, .0256 inches service limit).

Part of the reason for this is with the relatively short rollers, a very small amount of clearance will allow the upper end of the connecting rod to rock back and forth more than would be expected.  This doesn't mean the bearing is worn out.

Edit added:  The bearings in the big end appear to be in the needle bearing class.
The Service manual lists it as part number "NRB 35 X 42 X 20" which would make it a Needle Roller Bearing for a 35mm (1.378") diameter crankshaft journal X 42mm (1.6535") connecting rod bore X 20mm (.7874") long.
That would make the "needles" slightly less than 3.500 (.1378) in diameter.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: trimleyman on September 01, 2014, 06:04:23 am
Thanks for the info , Arizoni. I'll check it further when I split the cases. Currently the axial movement looks on the outer limits , which could explain the rocking. Have to say I am still more in tune with the Ducati singles I rode for years and expect closer tolerances. At the very least I will be replacing mains bearings.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: retrolynn on September 01, 2014, 10:56:29 pm
This morning,I took my wife on a 40 mile round trip for breakfast. All on a nice 2 lane rural road. The bike ran fine,and it was a nice ride. The bike is approaching 1200 miles,so I ran it up to 65mph,and the mirror was clear. I prefer 55-60mph,which I ride most of the time.        Lynn
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: krimp on September 03, 2014, 03:28:49 am
I did nothing to my C5 since I parked her on my back porch Sunday night. I travelled to Wash. D.C. on Monday for a week of work. I really wish I could have ridden.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Mr.Mazza on September 03, 2014, 04:26:50 am
Rode her to work, and just went over 99% of my nuts and bolts and found some a little loose which could be that vibe im getting recently, alsp decided I need to clean the shit outta my chain and relube it properly, a little noisy and covered in gunk.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on September 03, 2014, 07:27:21 am
Figured out my registration is a month overdue.  Yikes!  I guess it will be a busy morning. 
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on September 03, 2014, 06:09:32 pm
and expensive!
bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on September 03, 2014, 07:31:17 pm
Smiled, said please and thank you, no penalty fees :)  Went pretty easily.  I think the key at DMV is not to pretend your problems are their problems.  They didn't forget to register my bike, they even sent me a nice reminder.  Kinda makes me look like an idiot really.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: pmanaz1973 on September 03, 2014, 08:53:23 pm
Yeah...I've started a few conversations at the DMV with "So, I'm an idiot and forgot to..."  It almost always goes well.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on September 03, 2014, 09:07:01 pm
I was there when the door opened.  There were about 25 people and 3 or 4 people working the desk.  How bad could it really be for everyone waiting?  Yet almost all the people who didn't go right up to the counter sat down, frowned,  and immediately started complaining to each other.  Really?  Nobody wants a bad attitude first thing in the morning when they start work.  It doesn't take much to smile, even if you do have a problem.  It's amazing how far a smile and please & thank you go to make someone's day a little easier.  I don't relish going to DMV but I try not too make it worse for the people who spend all day every day there.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Mr.Mazza on September 03, 2014, 09:15:39 pm
Had my rear tail light blow at night, again!
400 miles to the globe, does that sound right?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: olhogrider on September 04, 2014, 01:08:47 am
Had my rear tail light blow at night, again!
400 miles to the globe, does that sound right?
I would be looking for a short in the wiring. I had that with my aftermarket turn signals. Bulbs blow faster than fuses.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on September 04, 2014, 01:35:03 am
If it was a fuse I would agree on the idea of a short in the wiring but being a bulb, I just chalk their short lives up to the quality of Indian light bulbs + the vibration of a big single chugging merrily down the highway. :)

No, my bulbs last longer than 400 miles but I can't think of a bulb except for the ones in the speedometer that I haven't had to replace at least once.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: olhogrider on September 04, 2014, 02:18:59 am
If it is just poor quality bulbs, switch to LED. They last forever and are very sturdy. Just be sure to get the brightest one you can find.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on September 04, 2014, 03:51:03 am
If it is just poor quality bulbs, switch to LED. They last forever and are very sturdy. Just be sure to get the brightest one you can find.

+1   I was just about to say that.  LED's are where it's at.  :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Mr.Mazza on September 04, 2014, 03:54:21 am
If it was a fuse I would agree on the idea of a short in the wiring but being a bulb, I just chalk their short lives up to the quality of Indian light bulbs + the vibration of a big single chugging merrily down the highway. :)

No, my bulbs last longer than 400 miles but I can't think of a bulb except for the ones in the speedometer that I haven't had to replace at least once.

Im using el cheapo Navara bulbs, might get some better quality ones.
Or maybe a 24v bulb..
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Mr.Mazza on September 04, 2014, 10:09:18 am
+1   I was just about to say that.  LED's are where it's at.  :)

Yeah but I hate the look of LEDs...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: SteveThackery on September 04, 2014, 11:15:01 am
Yeah but I hate the look of LEDs...

Hitchcock's sell replacement LED bulbs for the pilot lights, but they have a strong blue tinge and look quite out of place.  I can't recommend them and this morning will be fitting the old bulbs back in.

However, you CAN get LEDs of a good colour for domestic use (warm white, 2700K) so the technology is definitely there. 
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on September 04, 2014, 12:39:19 pm
Yeah but I hate the look of LEDs...

The Super Bright LEDs have a better color and appearance than other LED replacements from what I am told.  I have a cheap 1157 LED for my taillight.  It works great, sure you can tell it's LEDs, but at least I know cagers can see it.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on September 04, 2014, 07:37:36 pm
The Super Bright LEDs have a better color and appearance than other LED replacements from what I am told.  I have a cheap 1157 LED for my taillight.  It works great, sure you can tell it's LEDs, but at least I know cagers can see it.

I'm not usually looking at my own butt so I'm sure it would be fine :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: NorEaster on September 04, 2014, 09:39:10 pm
Hitchcock's sell replacement LED bulbs for the pilot lights, but they have a strong blue tinge and look quite out of place.  I can't recommend them and this morning will be fitting the old bulbs back in.

However, you CAN get LEDs of a good colour for domestic use (warm white, 2700K) so the technology is definitely there.
I bought a pair of LED pilots off of flea-bay and found mine were too bright and white. I put the original type replacement bulbs back in mine too
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: pmanaz1973 on September 05, 2014, 03:48:04 am
Did the first oil change at 306 miles - Super easy and ending up taking right at 2 liters.  Sump screen didn't look as bad as others I've seen here. 

I also found a use for a graduated cylinder- Uber effecient oil filter soaker - occasionally I think I might need medication.  :o
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gremlin on September 05, 2014, 07:12:21 am
.......occasionally I think I might need medication.  :o

Welcome to the club !
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: bluesdaddy2 on September 05, 2014, 11:29:58 am

 - occasionally I think I might need medication.  :o

- occasionally I think when I'm on medication.  :o ???
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on September 05, 2014, 01:07:51 pm
......occasionally I think I might need medication.  :o


Maybe you should try some Colorado medication.  ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: pmanaz1973 on September 05, 2014, 07:04:47 pm

Maybe you should try some Colorado medication.  ;D

I live in Washington...where are my Twinkies?  8)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on September 05, 2014, 07:31:11 pm
Here in Portland, we now refer to Vancouver as "Vansterdam".
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: NorEaster on September 06, 2014, 03:12:06 am
Contacted the company that made these:
http://www.lowbrowcustoms.com/p3464/buy/m-c-parts/bars-risers-amp-controls/handlebars/1-quot-/lcfabrications--quot-bullet-quot-brass-handlebar-ends-for-modern-triumphs/ (http://www.lowbrowcustoms.com/p3464/buy/m-c-parts/bars-risers-amp-controls/handlebars/1-quot-/lcfabrications--quot-bullet-quot-brass-handlebar-ends-for-modern-triumphs/)
Their website is here:
http://www.shop.lcfabrications.com/category.sc?categoryId=4 (http://www.shop.lcfabrications.com/category.sc?categoryId=4)
I asked if they could make them to say Bullet 500
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Mr.Mazza on September 06, 2014, 04:28:20 am
Washed her, cleaned the shit outta the chain, lubed it. Road to the bike shop for them to see and retify my tyre problem, got home, topped up the oil. More chain lube while shes hot, and gave the carby a quick tune, idle was getting way high and was flat.

Edit: Also refitted bar end mirrors after mine were destroyed/fell off.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on September 06, 2014, 11:29:46 am
I asked if they could make them to say Bullet 500

Well, they call them "bullet" handlebar ends, so they ought to!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Manatoc fox on September 06, 2014, 03:58:37 pm
Took the canvas saddlebags off (didn't like them much) and put a new set of throw overs I got from a former bullet owner.  Very nice and practical.  Also got a tank bag.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Bulletman on September 06, 2014, 05:41:47 pm
Took the canvas saddlebags off (didn't like them much) and put a new set of throw overs I got from a former bullet owner.  Very nice and practical.  Also got a tank bag.
Could you post some pics...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: wildbill on September 08, 2014, 09:28:26 am
sprag or no sprag....took it out on a 90 kl run

(http://i907.photobucket.com/albums/ac278/wildbill2010/10375150_10203931075890301_4376476461515410175_n_zpsb93a19a4.jpg)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Manatoc fox on September 08, 2014, 05:28:06 pm
Could you post some pics...

I'll see what I can do.  I don't have a camera, though.  I'm seeing what my phone can do.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on September 08, 2014, 06:07:33 pm
sprag or no sprag....took it out on a 90 kl run

(http://i907.photobucket.com/albums/ac278/wildbill2010/10375150_10203931075890301_4376476461515410175_n_zpsb93a19a4.jpg)

Good for you Bill!  BTW, I forget, why exactly is it you've owned so many different Enfields in such a relatively short span of time?

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Scotty Brown on September 09, 2014, 02:28:11 am
Put blue lock tight on all threads of the key locks.  They have been vibrating loose.  Also installed canvas Musette bags. Having fun !!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: medioXcore on September 09, 2014, 10:34:37 pm
I installed my new exhaust and painted the headlight housing, turn signals, and shift lever. Next up is wrapping the exhaust and painting kickstart lever, side stand, and rear brake lever.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Craig McClure on September 10, 2014, 05:24:05 pm
Still unpacking, getting set up in new digs in Florida. I put my float charger on my 2010 G5 Deluxe, where it sits in our entry foyer (no room in the garage yet). I shouldn't take the bike for a ride, because when I recently renewed my insurance - I did so for Florida, not realizing my Georgia plates would be cancelled & no good. I have heard the North Port police are very strict & a seatbelt ticket costs $200. - I can't imagine what bad plates might equal, jail time?
  Soon as I visit the DMV with my complete family tree & bags of $$, I'll be good to ride.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on September 10, 2014, 09:48:21 pm
Graham, no PM because I didn't really have much of a response. Any chance of an air leak at the head? That or the EFI is still sorting itself out. How long has the EFI Muffler been on there?
By the way, nice bike. I like the colors
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: azcatfan on September 10, 2014, 10:49:13 pm
I think the monsoons season is finally over because I've been able to ride the RE to work the last two days  :)  Not sure if Phx is still under water though...    8)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on September 10, 2014, 11:05:58 pm
Nope.  Phoenix has once again risen.
Monday night my back yard got 4.3 inches (109mm) of rain.  :o

My back room was flooded with 1/2 inch (12.7mm) of water but it is drying out.  I used my wife's carpet cleaner to dry much of the carpet.  It needed cleaning anyway.

The "pop up" dining canopy that shades my RE buckled and started to collapse but I managed to straighten it out and it's doing its job again.  The only damage to the motorcycle was the rear view mirrors were knocked out of alignment.  Their all fixed up now so everything is fine here.  :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on September 10, 2014, 11:12:56 pm
Rain? Whazzat! Actually got some flooding out in Riverside and Hemet. Saw a picture of a car up to its roof in water.
Nary a drop at my house!
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on September 10, 2014, 11:16:00 pm
We've been getting lots of rain in Denver too.  I've only ridden maybe a dozen times or so this summer.    :-\
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on September 10, 2014, 11:45:17 pm
Quote
We've been getting lots of rain in Denver too.  I've only ridden maybe a dozen times or so this summer.

My riding has suffered a lot this summer for a couple of reasons like the bike not running right, but more, it's just been too damn hot!
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: wildbill on September 11, 2014, 08:46:04 am
took mine out for a 70 klm run and while running through a small lower population township of probably 30 or 40 residents i  was a bit surprised to see 3 camels looking over the fence as i shot past!....lol
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on September 11, 2014, 07:13:01 pm
Are they counted as the population? ;)
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on September 11, 2014, 07:41:38 pm
took mine out for a 70 klm run and while running through a small lower population township of probably 30 or 40 residents i  was a bit surprised to see 3 camels looking over the fence as i shot past!....lol

They always look so bored.  Must be the droopy eyelashes.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: lemming on September 11, 2014, 09:09:22 pm
2hr (each way) ride to a presentation in southern Vermont yesterday...gorgeous weather. Moderate temps, clear skies, leaves beginning to turn. Yummy! Another long ride in the mountains on tap tomorrow, can't wait!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: NorEaster on September 12, 2014, 12:02:37 am
Ordered a roll of chip protection tape about a week ago.
http://www.topoftheline.com/paint-chip-protection-tape.html (http://www.topoftheline.com/paint-chip-protection-tape.html)
It arrived and I cut 3 strips 2 1/4" wide by the 6" width of the roll of tape. I took a little craft cutter my wife has that cuts a perfect rounded corner on a piece of paper and then rounded the corners of each of the strips.
I then cleaned the top of my front fender and the front of my fork legs in the area that my tool bag hangs. The chip tape strips were then applied to those areas and I then hung my fork bag back on. Its barely noticeable with the bag on the front; but I figure that chip tape will help to protect from any rubbing damage that would come from the fork bag.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: retrolynn on September 12, 2014, 03:29:42 am
noreaster: Thats great!I have been looking for that stuff for a long time.Thanks!        Lynn
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: pmanaz1973 on September 12, 2014, 03:41:05 am
Had my motorcycle insurance by State Farm canceled today due to Royal Enfield being a unrecognized manufacturer.

I posted the letter and specifics on Campfire Talk -http://www.enfieldmotorcycles.com/forum/index.php/topic,20316.0.html
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: retrolynn on September 12, 2014, 04:15:42 am
I have had no issues with Geiko,insuring my b5.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: krimp on September 12, 2014, 06:20:44 pm
Today, I rode in to work. Starting temp was a balmy 35 F.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on September 12, 2014, 09:26:08 pm
Not a fan of State Farm. They canceled me when I moved to CA because they had no record of me being a customer, even though my Indiana policy was still in active.
Never had any desire to do business with them again. Bunch of idiots
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: azcatfan on September 12, 2014, 09:58:37 pm
Got to ride for my commute again after the rains, it's bee a bit cooler in the mornings, I even needed the enrichener this morning...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: lemming on September 14, 2014, 02:37:06 pm
Took Tonks on the interstate for the first time...Much less dramatic than I expected. Took WOT to keep it between 70 and 75, but she was happy to hang out there. Lovely jaunt back home through the mountains. Getting cooler!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on September 14, 2014, 02:54:14 pm
Yesterday afternoon I gave the Blackhawk a good detail, wiping off all the extra oil that likes to spew everywhere and quick detailed the paint and chrome.  I noticed a couple of issues tho while I was detailing.  I noticed that since I removed the fork shrouds, and there was a 2 months period where I didn't even touch the bike, the top of my fork legs are starting to pit and rust, which in turn is tearing up my brand new fork seals.    :-\  Then I also noticed as I was wiping down the swingarm that the rear brake retainer nut had loosened and spun almost completely off.  So I clean that with some brake cleaner and put some Loctite on the threads.  Still having issues with the clutch but I'm slowly getting that figured out.

This morning I'm meeting with a friend and we are riding down to Colorado Springs to see the Vintage Cannonball Run bikes come thru town.  They are meeting at a motorcycle museum down there and there is supposed to be food and drinks available too. So that should be a good time, I'll get as many pics as possible.  I was thinking too, how cool would it be if there was a vintage Enfield AND a vintage Indian parked next to each that I could squeeze my bike in between for a pic?  :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on September 15, 2014, 01:47:38 am
Took Tonks on the interstate for the first time...Much less dramatic than I expected. Took WOT to keep it between 70 and 75, but she was happy to hang out there. Lovely jaunt back home through the mountains. Getting cooler!

Nice to know that there's a 2011 B5 that can manage it...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: lemming on September 15, 2014, 03:36:19 am
Nice to know that there's a 2011 B5 that can manage it...

She's been a pretty solid steed thus far. Foibles that have occurred were of my own doing. Keeping the chain lubed and properly tensioned, and the oil level right, along with a clear preference for non-ethanol premium are really her only substantial requests. I've worn out my rear tire, currently applying an ostrich approach to that one.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on September 15, 2014, 03:47:34 am
Did about 120 miles today and checked out the bikes for the Vintage Motorcycle Cannonball Run.  I'm not sure how many bikes were on the ride but the highest number plate that I saw was 114.  I killed my phone battery taking pics and videos.  Bike was running goofy, I'll sort that tomorrow.  But overall it was a really awesome time, I even got to meet Kevin Bean're.  He complimented me on my restoration of the Blackhawk, actually we talked for a bit about it.  It was really cool.  I didn't realize it Pikes Peak Harley Davidson where we were at has a small bike museum upstairs.  I was blown away to not only see a bunch of Indians and old Harleys, but they even had a '55 Enfield/Indian but also a '63 Interceptor!  I'll post some pics tomorrow morning.

Scottie J
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Royal Stargazer on September 15, 2014, 04:28:23 am
Being a bit under the weather, I only looked longingly at my bike through the bedroom window.

I also ordered the Lycett style saddle and pillion from Nfieldgear because I freaking wanted them.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Mr.Mazza on September 15, 2014, 09:18:46 am
Sadly let her sit while I took the car, feeling sick and crappy weather, sadly last weekend was amazing weather but I was too busy to get a ride in :(
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: NorEaster on September 16, 2014, 01:09:16 am
I put the Lycett Saddle on my C5 today that I ordered from NFG.
http://nfieldgear.com/enfield-store/aftermarket-parts-accessories/seats/lycett-style-saddle-seat.html (http://nfieldgear.com/enfield-store/aftermarket-parts-accessories/seats/lycett-style-saddle-seat.html)
Looks like it was something that someone may have originally ordered and returned, as there was a circular paint rub on the hole to be used to mount the rear spring for my C5, and not all of the parts that were pictured on the instruction sheet were there. As a result, I had to run to the hardware store and get a few bolts, locknuts and washers so that I could complete the job. Overall, it was a fairly easy project but would have been better if all the needed parts were included.  :(
It feels different from the OEM and is much narrower in the front. It s also about 2" shorter as well. It is a stiffer seat than the original. Probably a better option would be to have the original reupholstered to look more similar to the Lycett by the use of stitching and rivets. Because it has a much more narrow nose and more of a radius to flare out to the back, it does reveal more of the area normally hidden and protected under the OEM seat. I think I will need to fabricate some type of battery cover as the saddle exposes more to the elements.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on September 16, 2014, 01:29:07 am
Noreaster - what's happening just above your circle, next to the forward-most rivet?  Is that cover torn?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: NorEaster on September 16, 2014, 02:08:19 am
Mattsz,
That picture is grabbed from the product description page at NFG.com. By the time I got mine swapped, it was too dark to get any pics.
The is a triangular seam on the seat there and the one in the picture looks like it has some fraying of the vinyl.
The one on my bike seems fine as far as the quality of the vinyl is concerned.
I'll try to get pics of mine after work tomorrow.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: lemming on September 16, 2014, 03:01:56 am
She's been a pretty solid steed thus far. Foibles that have occurred were of my own doing. Keeping the chain lubed and properly tensioned, and the oil level right, along with a clear preference for non-ethanol premium are really her only substantial requests. I've worn out my rear tire, currently applying an ostrich approach to that one.

Well, this was oddly prescient. Today I left my Enfield in a pull off by a river to convalesce for the night. I'm gonna go ahead and suggest against the ostrich approach to dealing with tire wear. Today, on my ride home, in the tightest turn of the one set of S-curves on my route, my too-thin tire let go. Two full rear end slides later, I was beside the road doing this....

(http://i1289.photobucket.com/albums/b504/jduqhoff/Mobile%20Uploads/IMAG0931_zps0c1a7b73.jpg) (http://s1289.photobucket.com/user/jduqhoff/media/Mobile%20Uploads/IMAG0931_zps0c1a7b73.jpg.html)

(http://i1289.photobucket.com/albums/b504/jduqhoff/Mobile%20Uploads/IMAG0933_zps0a3654db.jpg) (http://s1289.photobucket.com/user/jduqhoff/media/Mobile%20Uploads/IMAG0933_zps0a3654db.jpg.html)

It ought to look more like this:
(http://img.jpcycles.com/zoom/217-507_A.jpg)

Yup, still an idiot...... Looks like I'll be hunting for a tire tomorrow.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on September 16, 2014, 09:46:43 am
Today, on my ride home, in the tightest turn of the one set of S-curves on my route, my too-thin tire let go.

Did your sphincter let go a bit too?

Glad it didn't end badly!!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: lemming on September 16, 2014, 02:10:18 pm
Did your sphincter let go a bit too?

Glad it didn't end badly!!
Thanks, me too! It was certainly a little unnerving, but actually, I have to say it was relatively undramatic considering I was in a full drift into the opposite lane...twice.

When the rear let go, it just slid progressively, and I was able to stick with it and recover it. I tried to get it back into the turn lightly to stay in my lane through the turn and not drift farther into the opposite lane, but it let right go again. Since I could see the oncoming lane was clear, I just straightened it up and rode it out to the pull off on the opposite side of the road after the curve. Apparently my days of skidding my bicycle as a kid paid off? Really, I was just plain lucky.  :-)

Also, I credit the Enfield for being a stable, well handling, predictable bike, and one that does not encourage (or enable) me to ride at silly speeds. This would have been a different experience at 50+ instead of 35-40.   

Called around to every bike shop in the area to see what they had for tires in stock. A couple Dunlop 404s, a Tourance, and an Anakee, all over $130 each! Yowsa. Found a Shinko 712 at the local RE dealer for $70, and finally got the local big dealer to price match an internet shipped price on a Pirelli MT66. So much for my plans to go with Shinko 705s. Oh well. That's what I get for the ostrich method...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: NorEaster on September 16, 2014, 11:41:16 pm
Got a couple of pics of my bike with the Lycett style seat on.
(http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s35/AbominableBill/IMG_0059_zps48e2bd1e.jpg)
(http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s35/AbominableBill/IMG_0054_zpsa67ea913.jpg)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on September 16, 2014, 11:50:10 pm
That looks really sweet.  That's a great color for a vintage look and the super clean install just makes it even better.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Craig McClure on September 17, 2014, 03:53:13 am
I finally bought the Florida Tag for my 2010 G5 Deluxe. It is the newest vehicle I own, but was cheapest to tag here. Our Cars were each taxed $400. one time entry tax here.  It almost seems they encourage folks to use motorcycles, because they make it much easier financially to do so. They also said "under Florida law" - they weren't interested in seeing any proof of motorcycle insurance. I asked if that meant you didn't need it & got NO REPLY - Weird.
I am so ready to ride. However; all the geriatric snowbird moron drivers are arriving, & traffic volume has over doubled, I will need to learn back roads.
  This is the first year I've got a DISABLED motorcycle plate. It is a fact that I ride as good as ever & much better than I walk. guess I've paid my dues, & will enjoy that plate..
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on September 17, 2014, 11:26:12 am
Got a couple of pics of my bike with the Lycett style seat on.

I hear what you're saying about the seat, but you gotta love how it looks!

How do you find the no-padding comfort and ride position?  Dos it mount at a drastically different angle?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Craig McClure on September 17, 2014, 03:21:14 pm
I hear what you're saying about the seat, but you gotta love how it looks!

How do you find the no-padding comfort and ride position?  Dos it mount at a drastically different angle?
Hey Matt, I also have one of these on my G5 deluxe (front & rear pad both) Because the G5 has taller wheels it's a little farther from the ground. The seat isn't as soft as the foam bench seat, but does give a firmly planted glued to the bike feeling. There are plenty of springs both within the saddle & beneath to soak up all the bumps. I think it is more comfortable than the padded steel pan solo seats I've ridden, as it seems able to conform to the riders anatomy. It's a keeper for me
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on September 17, 2014, 03:59:46 pm
Thanks Craig!

Actually, I have the same seat on my B5.  NorEaster and I were comparing bikes side-by-side when he still had the OEM seat on his C5, so I was wondering how he found it changed his ride...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: NorEaster on September 17, 2014, 05:27:27 pm
Hey Mattsz,
I am getting used to the Lycett seat. It is conforming its shape to me. There is a visible change to the top contour of the seat after I get off the bike. It does have a slightly different angle in that the stock springs, used with that seat, give a slightly higher level to the rear of the seat.
The OEM seat sits much more level. If it were a bother to someone they could get a lower set of springs for the assembly.
Given the more narrow nose of the seat, I do note a bigger difference in when I am standing with the bike or resting at a stop.
1. the nose does seem a tad lower than the stock solo providing the feeling of being more flat footed when straddling the bike
2. the more narrow nose allows the leg to pass through that area closer
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: lemming on September 18, 2014, 12:15:37 am
Another tube failure. I really suck at this.  :o 

I give. Time to let the professionals put the damn thing on.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on September 18, 2014, 12:26:56 am
Another tube failure. I really suck at this.  :o 

I give. Time to let the professionals put the damn thing on.

Bummer.     :-\     Tubes can be tricky, I've pinched quite a few myself but haven't in a while.  The last one I pinched was on my YZ125 race bike.  It let loose as I was hammering up a hill with a step, I aired the step and when I came down it blew and sent me off of the trail full throttle.  That was a bitch trying the push the bike out of the weeds and up the rest of the hill.  Banged up my leg pretty good too.  I started paying a lot closer attention to my tire installs after that.    ;)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on September 18, 2014, 12:34:21 am
Another tube failure. I really suck at this.  :o 

I give. Time to let the professionals put the damn thing on.

This is one job I'm always willing to pay someone to do, such a pain on the C5.  I ditched the tire irons from the factory tool kit, utterly useless.  Then you get the job done only to find you pinched the tube.  Arrggghhhhh!  I feel your pain man.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: lemming on September 18, 2014, 12:56:56 am
Thanks for the solidarity, fellas. I even bought a nice set of tire levers, too... It mostly annoys me to spend the money on what should be a simple job but, in the end, I suppose it's worth the peace of mind. Flatting in the middle of a hard turn was, well, not fun. No interest in repeating that experiment.

What makes me most annoyed is that it held air overnight after my install without any fluctuation. Held air for a 20 mile ride, then when I went back out at the end of the day after it had been parked, it was completely flat. GRrrrrrrrrr!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on September 18, 2014, 01:16:12 am
Did you remember to coat the tube and tire in baby powder?  I find it helps to inflate the new tube slightly to where it just starts to take form before stuffing it in the tire too.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Pongo on September 18, 2014, 01:30:54 am
Got to change the clutch cable after almost 7,000 mi. I'm quite thankful that it gave out in my garage & not 100 mi from home, and I'm thankful that RE has the foresight to give you spare parts with the bike...like a clutch cable!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: lemming on September 18, 2014, 02:14:16 am
Did you remember to coat the tube and tire in baby powder?  I find it helps to inflate the new tube slightly to where it just starts to take form before stuffing it in the tire too.

Thanks (many thanks!) to your note about this last time, I DID in fact use the talc this time. I really thought I did it right this time..... Oh well.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: REG5 on September 18, 2014, 02:31:15 am
I'm waiting on a fuel pump, so my bike is currently in a few pieces. I took this opportunity to take care of a few things I've been thinking about.

(http://i.imgur.com/7O0rLBl.jpg)

found the source of intermittent ignition issue

(http://i.imgur.com/0noDSXi.jpg)

Replaced the broken bolt to one of my rear foot pegs and the pinch bolt on the front fork that sheared off a couple days ago.

I removed the front fender just to see how it would look. It turns out the four bolts securing it sheared, so it looks like I'm running that look until I buy some easy-outs haha.

I also debated whether or not to flip the bars...I did it. Without too much trouble. The most time was spent filing down that pesky little knob on the throttle control. I used 3M tape to keep the throttle control in place until it proves to be insufficient. I'll post some pictures tomorrow.

 
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on September 18, 2014, 04:35:49 am
I even bought a nice set of tire levers, too.

Me too!  They made a nice gift to my mechanic.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: SteveThackery on September 18, 2014, 11:06:24 am

found the source of intermittent ignition issue


In the photo it looks like dirt and corrosion.  Is there definitely a loose connection, though?  It isn't easy to see from the photo.  I've had stuff looking far worse than that work perfectly.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: REG5 on September 18, 2014, 04:03:16 pm
In the photo it looks like dirt and corrosion.  Is there definitely a loose connection, though?  It isn't easy to see from the photo.  I've had stuff looking far worse than that work perfectly.

I cleaned up the corrosion with some C3H8O, and I resoldered all the connections. Works like a charm now.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on September 18, 2014, 08:06:33 pm
Put some dielectric grease or vasoline in there to keep the corrosion away.
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: REG5 on September 19, 2014, 02:15:02 am
Put some dielectric grease or vasoline in there to keep the corrosion away.
Bare

I will next time I'm in the nacelle. The G5 is back in business by the way. The pump works well. As a preventative measure, I added a cap of sea foam when I added fuel today. 
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: SteveThackery on September 19, 2014, 11:03:26 am
I cleaned up the corrosion with some C3H8O, and I resoldered all the connections. Works like a charm now.

And it definitely didn't before?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Mr.Mazza on September 20, 2014, 05:15:37 am
Went for a lovely 40 mile ride to a awesome bike show, stunt riders, vintage bikes, everything.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: azcatfan on September 20, 2014, 04:25:57 pm
Finally got to commute on the bike again, I'll be glad when the raining season is over...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Manatoc fox on September 20, 2014, 08:44:37 pm
Hit 2000 miles and did my first at home oil change!  (others were done by the dealer).  Going to finish the air filter cleaning, etc tomorrow.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: retrolynn on September 22, 2014, 12:39:35 am
Made it to 1300miles,after a29 mile ride for gas. Only got 69mpg this time with some two -up rides. Checked the battery,after the ride,and was at 13.4 volts. Still under 65mph. Bike is running better all the time.Lynn
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on September 22, 2014, 02:40:12 am
Went for a short ride... just to warm it up.  It's been cold here, and we had a fast-moving front come through with warm temps and high humidity.  I opened my garage, the outside air came in , and in minutes, the bike was absolutely soaked and dripping with condensation - it just wouldn't dry.  I could even see the fuel level in the tank by noting where the condensation started half-way down the outside of the tank...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Royal Stargazer on September 22, 2014, 04:24:38 am
I set out to do a whole lot, but ended up doing next to nothing.

Wanted to adjust my chain tension, but it's within tolerance.
Wanted to set my TPS voltage a little higher than stock, but it already is (0.76)
Wanted to replace my spark plug, and did. The old BPR6ES looked like it was running a little hot. I replaced it with another BPR6ES and have been doing a little research since then. Seems some people favor the BPR7ES, which runs a bit cooler (and supposedly makes for a smoother ride,) while the NGK website recommends the BPR8ES, but that just sounds like madness.
I also replaced my exhaust gasket cos I knew I had a leak. In absence of the oft-spoke of AN900-24, I'd found other options - including a few locally. The one I've got in the bike now is almost an exact match ID and OD (although it does fit rather snugly... Extraction is going to be trying) but it's about 5mm thick, where ours are roughly half that. There's no denying it works, though. The exhaust sounds a little more even, and doesn't pop nearly as much. That fried donut in there wasn't doing me any favors, that's for sure... Nuts backed off a couple ft/lbs after a short ride though, so I have a feeling I'm going to be tightening them every day for the time being. Either that or expansion of metal due to heat? (I'm not a scientist. Not even a little bit.)

I still have this weird feeling she's running lean, though, so I'm going to scoop up an NGK BPR7ES and run an experiment - and by that I mean burn a tank of gas.

I also want to pull the baffle out of the silencer... Just to see what happens...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on September 22, 2014, 05:02:43 am
I'm pretty sure the NGK recommendation of the BPR8ES is for the old Iron Barrels.

They run a bit hotter than the UCE's so the colder spark plug would probably be less likely to overheat.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: JVS on September 22, 2014, 09:52:53 am
I'm pretty sure the NGK recommendation of the BPR8ES is for the old Iron Barrels.

They run a bit hotter than the UCE's so the colder spark plug would probably be less likely to overheat.

+1

Also, 0.76V from stock seems quite high  :o Quite rich idle voltage, that one. I think you were running a bit lean due to the air leak at the header. Keep the BPR6ES and test it with your full tank of gas  ;) Then check the plug again. Maybe post a pic of it here  :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: SteveThackery on September 22, 2014, 02:20:36 pm

Also, 0.76V from stock seems quite high  :o Quite rich idle voltage, that one.


According to my experiments, the ECU doesn't use the TPS signal at idle anyway, so having it set at 0.76V won't affect the idle mixture.  I've tried varying mine while watching the mixture, and nothing at all happens until it gets up to about 1.2V (if I recall correctly) and then the engine suddenly stops.

At idle the ECU uses the O2 sensor on its own to set the idle mixture.

At least, according to my experiments......
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: JVS on September 22, 2014, 02:40:24 pm
According to my experiments, the ECU doesn't use the TPS signal at idle anyway, so having it set at 0.76V won't affect the idle mixture.  I've tried varying mine while watching the mixture, and nothing at all happens until it gets up to about 1.2V (if I recall correctly) and then the engine suddenly stops.

At idle the ECU uses the O2 sensor on its own to set the idle mixture.

At least, according to my experiments......

Thanks. You are most likely correct as you have evidence. I intended to say that the mixture will be a bit richer across the whole RPM range with an idle TPS voltage like that. Mine is around 0.64V. Once I adjusted it to be about 0.7V; the spark plug was being 'carbonised' a lot. Now, at 0.64V, mine is optimum (Based on the spark plug). Even little increments in the TPS voltage make a lot of difference.

Because Royal Stargazer had a partial air leak at the exhaust, I was thinking that the mixture would be inclining towards being a bit lean. So, with a new exhaust gasket and existing BPR6ES plug, it will be a good idea to go for some test runs and examine the spark plug again. And then go from there.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on September 22, 2014, 02:53:17 pm
According to my experiments, the ECU doesn't use the TPS signal at idle anyway, so having it set at 0.76V won't affect the idle mixture.  I've tried varying mine while watching the mixture, and nothing at all happens until it gets up to about 1.2V (if I recall correctly) and then the engine suddenly stops.

At idle the ECU uses the O2 sensor on its own to set the idle mixture.

At least, according to my experiments......

Unless you had your bike on a dyno with a sniffer attached to the muffler, I doubt that you can say with certainty that changes to the TPS DO NOT effect the fuel at idle.  I'd go as far as saying that without a sniffer or any other kind of emissions diagnostic equipment your readings are nothing more than that.  Readings.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on September 22, 2014, 03:35:54 pm
IIRC, the TPS spec is 0.6V + or - 0.2V.  So .76 is near the upper end.  Somewhere near .67 is the sweet spot for most bikes.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on September 22, 2014, 04:05:12 pm
Had some nice rides this weekend.  I let a friend take it for a spin which gave me the all too rare experience of hearing it roar by when someone else is riding it. Boy it sounds great.  Also went for a nice Sunday morning ride and traded bikes with a buddy who owns a BMW Gigantosaur. Not sure of the exact model, but it's really big and covered in animal bones he has glued on to it.  Good times.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gashousegorilla on September 22, 2014, 07:10:11 pm
According to my experiments, the ECU doesn't use the TPS signal at idle anyway, so having it set at 0.76V won't affect the idle mixture.  I've tried varying mine while watching the mixture, and nothing at all happens until it gets up to about 1.2V (if I recall correctly) and then the engine suddenly stops.

At idle the ECU uses the O2 sensor on its own to set the idle mixture.

At least, according to my experiments......


    Steve, I wouldn't but much faith in tuning or trying to determine an accurate idea of what the AFR's are by using a narrow band o2 sensor.   All it is going to tell you if it is Stoic, too rich, or too lean.   And switch in between.  My experiment's show that TPS voltage WILL richen across the range ... including idle.   By plug reads and a sniffer on a Dyno.


http://www.enginebasics.com/EFI%20Tuning/AF%20Ratio%20Basics.html
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: SteveThackery on September 22, 2014, 08:21:45 pm
OK, gashousegorrilla and High On Octane: here is a challenge!

When running at idle for more than twenty seconds (and when warmed up), the engine definitely runs closed loop, as you can see by watching the output of the O2 sensor cycling rapidly between 0.1V and 0.9V.

Therefore how can the TPS possibly alter the mixture?  I put it to you that it cannot!  Closed loop means stoichiometric, and stoichiometric it must be.  You cannot run "slightly rich" if it is using the O2 sensor in the feedback loop for the very reason you said - it is (essentially) a binary device.

Here is how I "know" it doesn't.  I watched the mixture in two ways: firstly by watching and recording the voltage behaviour of the O2 sensor, and secondly by watching and recording the fuel injection pulses (which get wider when the mixture richens).

I think those two measurements combined make some very compelling evidence.  Neither changed in any way when I altered the TPS output voltage.  In the end I made a "dummy" TPS which I could alter outside the normal range, and it made no difference all the way up to either 1.2V or 1.4V (can't remember which), at which point the engine suddenly cut out.  Presumably the ECU decided the TPS was faulty.

The reason I was doing this is because here in this forum I read people talking about how you can tweak the mixture using the TPS, and I thought "Ah hah!  This is the answer to my excessively rich idle problem!"  Only when I actually tried it did I discover it made no difference to the idle mixture at all.  I was disappointed.

HOWEVER: of course the TPS offset will make a difference when the engine is NOT running closed loop.  That is, whenever you give it some beans.  Also, for some weird reason, when the engine idles, it idles rich for the first twenty seconds (the O2 sensor sits at about 0.92V) and then suddenly goes stoichiometric (O2 sensor voltage cycling between 0.1V and 0.9V).  Happens every time.  Don't understand why (not engine temp as first suspected).  See the attached picture.

Now, guys, I know you think I'm full o' shit and talk too much, but can you show that I'm wrong?   ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: enfielddan on September 22, 2014, 09:38:05 pm
Had the tires on the motorcycle and sidecar checked and topped off with nitrogen gas.  I was surprised that the tires needed more nitrogen than expected to get back to the required tire pressures (at least compared to my Harley which also has spoked rims and nitrogen gas and which the tires were check at the same as the Enfield).

Danny
2012 C5 with Inder sidecar
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on September 22, 2014, 09:43:56 pm
You might want to check/replace the valve stem inserts and get some better valve caps.  The nice chrome ones usually have a rubber seal inside which contacts the end of the valve stem and does a better job of sealing than just the valve or the plastic caps.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: JVS on September 23, 2014, 02:56:18 am
Neither changed in any way when I altered the TPS output voltage.  In the end I made a "dummy" TPS which I could alter outside the normal range, and it made no difference all the way up to either 1.2V or 1.4V (can't remember which), at which point the engine suddenly cut out.  Presumably the ECU decided the TPS was faulty.

Weren't you just adjusting the voltage at the TPS sensor which hax the Torx screw? I would suggest that you firstly set the potentiometer voltage to 0.6V with engine off, ignition on; tighten the torx screw properly at this set voltage. Then start the engine and record the pulse width time of the fuel injection. Similarly, turn off the engine and repeat the same for 0.75V and record the results (If possible).

If you did the above, then please ignore this post.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: SteveThackery on September 23, 2014, 07:08:35 am

Weren't you just adjusting the voltage at the TPS sensor which hax the Torx screw? I would suggest that you firstly set the potentiometer voltage to 0.6V with engine off, ignition on; tighten the torx screw properly at this set voltage. Then start the engine and record the pulse width time of the fuel injection. Similarly, turn off the engine and repeat the same for 0.75V and record the results (If possible).


I left the engine running as I did that.  Then I disconnected the TPS and connected an external potentiometer so I could vary it more widely.

Do you think stopping and starting the engine each time is necessary?  I don't see how it could be, but am happy to take your word for it.

Also, though, I don't see how anything can alter the mixture when it is running closed loop, because no matter what you do, it's going to stay on stoichiometric, as I see it.  One concern I have is that the engine behaves differently for the first twenty seconds after coming down to idle, and for the first twenty seconds after a start (a hot start, that is).  Thus it might be possible to fool yourself unwittingly if you're using a sniffer and you don't know about that.

Incidentally, I tried a similar exercise with the temperature sensor.  Again, varying it made no difference until it made a step change in mixture as I moved it towards "cold".  It seems that it doesn't use the temperature sensor to fine-tune the mixture, but more as a "cold running/normal running" detector.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Mr.Mazza on September 23, 2014, 09:37:37 am
Maybe the basic ecu runs it rich so as to try and not let the engine stall.
This is evident back to carb days where you would always have a slightly rich idle on a single so sudden rpm drop fo idle wont runs too lean, misfire and stall the engine.
Simular to start up, if you had a tickler you used it even if hot, and as we know, a tickler enrichens the starting mixture, I havd found it helps with the first few beats as to help get the first kick.

So possibly the ECU is trying to emulate these conditions to enable easier starting.
I also know plenty of modern of cars run closed loop (or non stocimetric) upon startup for ease of cold starts.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on September 23, 2014, 12:17:50 pm
Tore apart my heads, lapped the valves and reassembled them.  Turned out to be a bigger PITA than I had ever imagined, but found where I was losing compression, addressed it, and fixed it for the most part.  Turned out there was a carbon deposit that built up right next to the valve seat, and turns out it bent the face of the valve just a tiny bit.  After it was assembled I used a 13/16" plug socket and a rubber mallet on the face of the valve and worked it a bit.  I got it to damn near seal completely, but not quite.  But I think it will reseat itself after it runs for a bit.


carbon deposit
(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y217/lethalinj/HeadCarbonDeposit_zps5a65a8dc.jpg) (http://s6.photobucket.com/user/lethalinj/media/HeadCarbonDeposit_zps5a65a8dc.jpg.html)

before
(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y217/lethalinj/IndianHeads9_21_14_zps4746ad1f.jpg) (http://s6.photobucket.com/user/lethalinj/media/IndianHeads9_21_14_zps4746ad1f.jpg.html)


after
(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y217/lethalinj/HeadsFinished_zps47dcae18.jpg) (http://s6.photobucket.com/user/lethalinj/media/HeadsFinished_zps47dcae18.jpg.html)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: wildbill on September 23, 2014, 12:23:46 pm
weather was good here today so i took the c5 on a good 200 mile run or pretty close to it
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: lemming on September 23, 2014, 01:34:05 pm
Swapped the bulbs in the pilot lamps for new LEDs, works great and is brighter, for sure! New rear tire (Pirelli MT66) is getting scrubbed in, starting to get after it a little more and finding it to be quite suitable for curve carving. Tips in much quicker than my old tire, so a touch twitchier in the wind, but boy, in a turn it sure grips nicely.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: REG5 on September 23, 2014, 02:33:10 pm
Swapped the bulbs in the pilot lamps for new LEDs, works great and is brighter, for sure! New rear tire (Pirelli MT66) is getting scrubbed in, starting to get after it a little more and finding it to be quite suitable for curve carving. Tips in much quicker than my old tire, so a touch twitchier in the wind, but boy, in a turn it sure grips nicely.

What pressure are you running in the rear? I just picked up a set of 100/90 mt66s. I usually inflate tires around the highest recommended pressure, but I'm still curious what others are running this tire at.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: lemming on September 23, 2014, 02:43:39 pm
What pressure are you running in the rear? I just picked up a set of 100/90 mt66s. I usually inflate tires around the highest recommended pressure, but I'm still curious what others are running this tire at.

28 right now, but only because that's what I was running my last tire at and wanted to compare evenly. I think Bare was running these, and has likely posted up his pressure preference in one of the tire threads, I will search....


Addit: Looks like Bare was running around 24psi. Since I am a person of, ahem, significant tonnage, I shall likely leave mine where it is....
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on September 23, 2014, 07:48:46 pm
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Tore apart my heads, lapped the valves and reassembled them.  Turned out to be a bigger PITA than I had ever imagined, but found where I was losing compression, addressed it, and fixed it for the most part.  Turned out there was a carbon deposit that built up right next to the valve seat, and turns out it bent the face of the valve just a tiny bit.  After it was assembled I used a 13/16" plug socket and a rubber mallet on the face of the valve and worked it a bit.  I got it to damn near seal completely, but not quite.  But I think it will reseat itself after it runs for a bit.

Wouldn't bet on that. Get some valve grinding paste and a suction cup grinder and and work them down with that. Hand lapping shouldn't take too long. You need the valves to seal. If something is leaking by, it will only get worse.
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Craig McClure on September 24, 2014, 05:45:30 am
Still working on the new-to-us Florida place, & to busy to ride. Had to make room for an entire pre-hung double front door assembly & some other deliveries. MOVED MY 2010 G5 DELUXE from the foyer through to the kitchen/dinning area. Since there is no room in the garage, it may just live inside with us. Tradesmen seem very amused, & I think it looks better than our furniture.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Craig McClure on September 24, 2014, 05:50:56 am
Almost forgot, unless I mentioned it earlier (coming unraveled from stress). I had to get Florida plates last week, which aren't cheap. But got more bang for the price with HANDICAPPED PLATES, which I need because I am not walking as well these days. Now I can park almost anywhere I want.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: REG5 on September 24, 2014, 04:31:19 pm
New shoes

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Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gremlin on September 26, 2014, 05:49:13 pm
blasted down the freeway to test my AVL piston upgrade.

Oh, yeah - it's a keeper.   8)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Mr.Mazza on September 28, 2014, 08:57:51 am
I tightened up my primary chain, relubed my cables and chain.
Installed a new front brake cable (Yay for no more stretching!)
Went for a hard ride through the hills 100 miles, got home and polished the side casings.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: NorEaster on September 28, 2014, 08:25:19 pm
Enjoyed the great summer-like weather for these parts at this time of year. Cruised the country back roads and enjoyed the fall foliage.
Ordered the EFI Classic Silencer from our host.
Looking forward to hearing how my C5 will sound with it on.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on September 28, 2014, 09:40:48 pm
Sold it.  I never seem to keep a bike more than a few years.  I've been getting the urge to move on to something new.  Fall is here so maybe a nice winter project bike.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: NorEaster on September 28, 2014, 09:58:57 pm
 ??? Wow... What do you think you will move on to Scott?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on September 28, 2014, 10:16:54 pm
Looking at a GS500.  I want something small and simple.  The GS is simple and reliable, just really need to upgrade all the suspension to make it a very nice bike.  Maybe a Ninja 500, but that's a better track bike and I really prefer a bike that's better for the street.  We'll see, gotta go see what's available out there.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on September 28, 2014, 10:21:34 pm
Sold it.  I never seem to keep a bike more than a few years.  I've been getting the urge to move on to something new.  Fall is here so maybe a nice winter project bike.

Scott


Didn't see that coming.  Are you still going to hang out around here?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on September 28, 2014, 11:33:01 pm
Of course.  No one else will have me.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on September 29, 2014, 01:01:21 am
Sold it.  I never seem to keep a bike more than a few years.  I've been getting the urge to move on to something new...

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Didn't see that coming.  Are you still going to hang out around here?

Of course.  No one else will have me.

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Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Royal Stargazer on September 29, 2014, 01:13:11 am
I removed the baffle from the EFI silencer completely without my knowledge. Sounds better, but backfires frequently.

I'll take it.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Scotty Brown on October 01, 2014, 04:46:17 am
Third fill up since new --- OMG 87.8 MPG  -- Needless to say I am amazed and very happy with my C5
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Royal Stargazer on October 01, 2014, 05:07:43 am
Today I was rear ended.

I stopped for pedestrians by a crosswalk in front of a local college, and heard the chirp of tires beginning to squeal behind me, and suddenly went airborne. Surprisingly, the bike seemed to take only minimal damage. The rear mudguard had pinned the tire, the left foot peg was bent, the clutch lever was bent, and the left mirror housing scraped. I was within a hair's breadth of just walking home for my tools, returning to remove the mudguard, and just riding home.

I'm hoping they don't total the bike. She started and ran just fine after being struck, and she's only got a little over seven thousand miles... Too young for the scrap heap. I'm not going to wait four hours for a tow and then have to help load her onto the bed while feeling (rightfully) like I'd been hit by a car only to be told my bike is toast. Fur will fly.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: JVS on October 01, 2014, 10:13:12 am
Glad that you're fine. Damn distracted drivers. Bike will be okay  ;)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on October 01, 2014, 12:06:51 pm
Yeah, glad you're ok!

I'm amazed we don't have more of this type of accident here in my town - crosswalk pedestrians have the right of way over cars, and there is car parking right up to the crosswalks, so pedestrians are always stepping into the road from between parked cars.  Drivers are always having to stop short to avoid the walkers - and with the scenic, touristic nature of the town, drivers are often looking around them to catch the sights or looking for a parking space, rather than focusing on driving safely...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on October 01, 2014, 12:49:44 pm
Glad you're OK RS.  I was almost rear ended about 3 years ago at a school.  I slowed down at a green stoplight to turn right into the school parking lot to pick up my step son from school.  As I was approaching the intersection I heard tires squealing behind, so I leaned the bike over as far as I could and cracked the throttle wide open.  After I made it thru the intersection I saw the car stopped in the middle of the intersection with a giant cloud of rubber smoke.  I'm pretty sure if I hadn't reacted the way I did I would have been hit really hard.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: tooseevee on October 01, 2014, 12:54:10 pm
I removed the baffle from the EFI silencer completely without my knowledge. Sounds better, but backfires frequently.

I'll take it.

           Well, yeah, it's going a little lean off throttle.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on October 01, 2014, 03:24:36 pm
Glad your ok!  Hope the bike is back in shape soon.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: enfielddan on October 02, 2014, 12:23:59 am
Today, I brought my bike to for its first dealer maintenance checkup.  (I did call to see if I can reschedule it because the ride in was about 40 degree Fahrenheit and 50% chance of rain, but they said if I did not bring it in then it would be a three week wait.) The local dealership finally had an open date and could not get me in earlier because they were busy and were also moving to another location.  I did change the oil and oil filter myself much earlier. 

Unfortunately, they did not seem too knowledgeable with Royal Enfields as they mostly deal with scooters, but they are an authorized Royal Enfield dealership (I did not buy my bike from them). They did not seem too thrilled when the work completed and prior to paying the bill, that I asked to speak to the mechanic on what was actually performed.  They sent the office/head mechanic.  Asking him numerous questions, he could not himself answer all my questions on what was done.  They also did not initially sign my owner's manual for the first checkup nor did they returned my used parts (I bought in a new tappet cover and new magnetic oil drain plug)...both of these actions which I asked for prior (the owner or lead person said earlier upon arrival that people do not usually bring in their maintenance manual to get signed).  They did not give me confidence that they followed the Royal Enfield owner's manual period maintenance list but instead followed their own scooter list, which was very much shorter. 

They also recommended that on my next service I should consider a Power Commander to best utilize my non-stock exhaust and non-stock air filter.  I think I will decline that recommendation because 1.) I do not have confidence in their abilities and trustworthiness 2.) having a sidecar I just putter around and the present set-up suits me just fine 3.) $400 dollars plus labor will not provide much return-on-investment in my particular case 4.)the present EFI supposed to acknowledge the new exhaust and air filter and make the necessary adjustment, albeit it might take longer and not as thorough as a Power Commander.

This dealership, who is the closest to me, is about 90 miles around trip.  The next closest dealership, who deals in more Enfields and also Urals, is about twice the distance.   I might have to find a trailer to haul the bike or just make a long trip for my next service.  Or bite my tongue, and go back to this dealership.  Too bad my local Harley dealership does not work on these bikes (maybe I will ask them to consider getting authorized because they do like the Enfields as a flock of people always come out to look at the bike when I drive up).

On returning back home, I also missed the downpour of rain by about 10 minutes.  Good thing I did not bring the dog as he usually rides with me but 40 degrees on the ride-in and the chance of rain prevented me from bringing him.

Danny
2012 maroon C5 with Inder sidecar
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: SteveThackery on October 02, 2014, 12:34:32 am

This dealership, who is the closest to me, is about 90 miles around trip.  The next closest dealership, who deals in more Enfields and also Urals, is about twice the distance.   I might have to find a trailer to haul the bike or just make a long trip for my next service.  Or bite my tongue, and go back to this dealership.


I would like to suggest a third alternative: service it yourself.

Seriously: Bullets are extremely easy to service, and in my view all Royal Enfields should be owner-serviced - it's part of the brand ethos.  The only service that I would say must be done by the dealer is that first one at 300 miles (and that's only to get their stamp in your book).  After that, it's really much better to do it yourself.

I bought my new B5 in August, did the 1000 mile service myself, and now have 1600 miles on it.  I wouldn't want any dealer to mess with it, unless it's for a warranty claim.  I write "owner serviced" in the service book, and describe briefly what I've done, the type of oil used, etc.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on October 02, 2014, 12:42:47 am
You can certainly call CMW/Kevin and report your disappointment.  They are knowledgeable and want to help new dealers do the right thing.  They may also encourage them to shape up ;) 

I'm sure they could install a Power Commmander, there's really very little to it.  But you're right, you don't need it and I think they were just looking to drum up business.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on October 02, 2014, 01:08:43 am
Actually, no one even needs to call Kevin.  He often stops by here and reads the posts so I'm sure if he wants to know more, he'll be contacting enfielddan.

As for self service, I'm in total agreement.
Changing the oil and oil filter is an easy job if the owner is capable of unscrewing bolts, wiping things off and screwing the plugs and bolts back in.
A complete oil filter kit consisting of 5 filters and a bunch of (usually) un-needed O-Rings is sold by NFG.  They can be reached at 1-800-358-0938.

A couple of wrenches or sockets are needed to do the job, a 8mm and a 19mm.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: enfielddan on October 02, 2014, 03:00:10 am
I did the first oil change myself because they were too busy to get me in at around the appropriate mileage point. I did go to their old location to get the necessary oil, oil filter, O-rings, and information on how to do it.  That mechanic who helped me (who I have not seen since) was very helpful and professional.

In addition, when I reminded them at the new location to sign the first dealer maintenance log in my owner's manual, I noticed that they did not have their stamp in there.  I asked them about the stamp and they said they do not have their new stamp because they recently moved to their new location.  I then asked them to put in their old stamp and of course, they did not have that either.  I left shaking my head.

When they were at their old location, that mechanic who I have not seen since said because I had a sidecar, the maintenance would normally take place inside the showroom so people can see them work.  However, when I asked to look on when they perform the work at their current location, the main owner said no because it would hamper the mechanic.

Also when I enquired about the possibly of changing out the sidecar shock to better match the motorcycle.  Later, the lead mechanic said it is possible especially one with chrome springs and one that is adjustable.  He said it would be between $75 - $150.  When I got home I noticed that my stock sidecar shock is adjustable.  Did he, being the head mechanic, bother to even see if my stock sidecar shock had that capability?

The only other Enfield that I saw in their shop/showroom was a used G5 military on the floor and it was for sale.  Before I made my bike trip up there today, about a week ago I went in my car to find the place and to get to know the people.  I meet the owner, and he asked where I got my sidecar.  I said Fort Worth.  He said they, themselves, do not carry much Royal Enfield inventory because people would look and then buy them someplace else like Fort Worth.  Well, after my experience, I surely would not buy from and surely would not like to have my bike service by them.  Besides, they in more likelihood would not go through the time and effort to built, paint, and setup a sidecar like I have.  If only Fort Worth was much closer to me, then I would surely go there. Beside, Fort Worth would have paid for my first dealership maintenance but of course I am not located conveniently nearby.

Does it sound I am disgruntled with my first Royal Enfield dealership maintenance...YES, indeed.   I had to go because I really like my sidecar setup and want to keep the warranty intact.  I am so OCD (obsessive compulsive disorder) about my toys, Royal Enfield C5 sidecar included, in that they are in a climate controlled garage and then covered with a cover.  And if any toy should have go out even one block, it gets cleaned and detailed before that night is over (today included with the C5).  When I got my sidecar back from this dealership, there were oil streaks on the body, grime on the rear rim/spokes, and one arm rest of the sidecar was dirty. 

A Royal Enfield fan who did not get the royal treatment from a certain dealership on his first maintenance...
Danny
2012 maroon C5 with Inder sidecar
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on October 02, 2014, 03:32:31 am
Dan Kearney bought his 2012 C5 Military and his Ural hack from Ft Worth and he really likes them.  I understand it is a long ride up there for you but it might be worth it.  Those guys actually know Enfields and sell quite a few of them.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: enfielddan on October 02, 2014, 03:46:13 am
High on Octane, do you mean Fort Collins vice Fort Worth?   I had numerous dialog with Tammie in Fort Collins when I was deciding (or not) on getting the Conti GT...she was very informative, trustworthy, and professional.  But as you said, it might be worthwhile...at least probably better than the one dealership closer to me.  In fact, I might do that soon...just to make sure that all the items on the first period maintenance list has actually been adjusted, cleaned, inspected, lubricated, or replaced. 

Kind regards,
Danny
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on October 02, 2014, 12:50:23 pm
Yes, sorry.  I meant Ft Collins, but kept thinking about how you bought your hack at Ft Worth. But yes, I hear very good things about the dealer in Ft Collins.  You could always grab a beer from the brewery while you're waiting to get you service done.  ;)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: retrolynn on October 03, 2014, 02:25:48 am
Went for a 12 mile ride on a nice 2-lane road along the river,with my new Nolan n91 helmet.What a difference! Much more quiet,than my hjc.Makes riding more pleasant.The bike now has 1353 miles on it and runs great.   Lynn
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Manatoc fox on October 03, 2014, 12:09:43 pm
Put the 'Turbo' style mirrors on.  I'm amazed at how much better I can see.  Haven't actually ridden yet, but I'll put an update somewhere once I get a real ride report in.  Unfortunately Thumper is headed in for some warranty work so it might be a week or two.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: lemming on October 03, 2014, 01:31:42 pm
Commuting these days is such drudgery.

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Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on October 03, 2014, 02:24:07 pm
Commuting these days is such drudgery.

I can see how that would get to a guy :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: retrolynn on October 03, 2014, 07:03:06 pm
Great pictures,and ride!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on October 03, 2014, 09:47:28 pm
My dealer was 50 miles away, but he as a great guy and treated his customers well. he also had Enfield knowledge as he as an old Brit bike guy. Even though there were other dealers around here closer, I stuck with him because I liked the shop. I didn't mind the 100 mile round trip because it always gave me an excuse to get a good ride in!
I could ride the interstate all the way if I wanted to, but I got to know the surrounding neighborhoods very well as I used a different route quite often.
The Enfield and I enjoyed the tour!
I do my own maintenance and he didn't mind letting me have any warranty parts that I needed and do the work myself.
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: NorEaster on October 04, 2014, 02:20:58 am
Went to my dealer today to get my 3K service.
National Powersports in Pembroke New Hampshire does an awesome job! They went over my bike from stem to stern and checked everything over.
Everyone here writes so much about vibration in their bikes. I had some but I didn't think it was all that bad. I did have a funky rattle. They discovered that one of the front engine mount bolts was broken in the middle. When they test drove the bike they felt the vibration was excessive. They replaced the bolt. It feels like a totally different bike.
I guess it must have come out of the crate with the broken bolt as it has felt the same in all the miles that I have put on it. It rides smooth as glass now.
It sounds better as I am revving up through the gears, feels better too. A night and day difference... speaking of night and day... the got my headlight aimed correctly and put a brighter bulb in too.
Great folks to do business with. They are a 150 miles from my house; but their quality of service makes it worth the trip.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: krimp on October 05, 2014, 06:24:00 am
Gave her a good washing. She was a dirty girl.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: krimp on October 05, 2014, 06:44:30 am
I forgot to mention this. On my way home from work on Friday, I gave a nod of recognition to another biker heading in the opposite direction. Not even a minute later, I hear a large Harley coming up behind me. That same biker pulls up next to me and gives me a thumbs up. That is the first time I've had someone actually turn their bike around to come look at mine.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: azcatfan on October 05, 2014, 10:06:22 pm
Met up with our little RE ride group this morning.  I couldn't go with them up to Mt. Lemmon, but still met up for coffee and saw them to the edge of town  8)

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Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: NorEaster on October 05, 2014, 10:25:57 pm
Got my bike over 3k today by putting a few hundred miles on her. She is running like a champ. I hated to have to stop riding for the day.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Mr.Mazza on October 08, 2014, 07:35:32 am
Had a few mates come over and help me fix up my primary case stud so it'll seal again, hopefully holds, seems good now. Also installed new non-bent footpeg! :)
Also my headlamp peak arrived, so I'll wait for my other package which has my new bracket for headlamp, knee pads and a few other bits 'till I put it in, the peak just tucks into the rim correct?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: wildbill on October 08, 2014, 10:16:50 am
noreaster
i too clicked over the 3k mark today but mine is in kilometres ;)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gremlin on October 08, 2014, 05:31:18 pm
Dropped B5 off at the dealer for winter storage.   :-\  :(
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: NorEaster on October 08, 2014, 09:50:12 pm
 :( Gremlin... that is a sad note to end the day on. Will they let you go visit?   ::)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: bluesdaddy2 on October 09, 2014, 11:07:12 am
Dropped B5 off at the dealer for winter storage.   :-\  :(

Say it ain't so............. it's too soon.  :-\
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gremlin on October 09, 2014, 01:43:17 pm
:( Gremlin... that is a sad note to end the day on. Will they let you go visit?   ::)

I dunno, maybe they'll let me bring my wrenches ?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Mr.Mazza on October 11, 2014, 01:02:14 am
My plan is too polish the living hell outta the old girl, it's all I can do with one hand :(
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Royal Stargazer on October 11, 2014, 01:36:36 am
I took her home.

All fixed up! Got a weird, big tail light for the time being, but everything's in its right place. Starts strong, still draws attention, and still runs like a champ.

My poor tailbone isn't ready for the saddle yet though, ouch. Getting T boned this week sure didn't help that either. I swear, I must have pissed off the universe something fierce...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: lemming on October 11, 2014, 02:20:24 am
Rode to work, then took a jaunt on my break to pick up a craigslist win: the upswept sport exhaust! Another RE pilot was going to sell his bike, has three (!) aftermarket exhausts with it, and kindly agreed to sell me the upswept for a song. Threw in a headlight visor too!  What fine folk RE people are! Stoked to get it fitted up!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Royal Stargazer on October 11, 2014, 03:53:08 am
Are you running the 5-3/4" headlamp or have you made the 7" jump?

I've got the peak for the 5-3/4" - looks great, but I've seen the 7" peaked and now I want to do that too...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: lemming on October 12, 2014, 07:23:54 pm
Haven't done the 7" light yet, and this visor is a smaller, generic one. Not the Enfield one. But hey, it was gratis, so I''ll take it.. :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on October 12, 2014, 11:24:07 pm
I installed a new nipple and barrel on my clutch cable and replaced the ignition fuse holder with a blade style fuse holder.  The bike fired on the 2nd kick and wasn't misfiring, but it's been raining today and so I wasn't able to go for a ride to see if it still misfires under load.  Sounded like it was running fine tho.  I also tested the electrical system just to make that wasn't the issue again and it's charging really strong, if anything close to overcharging.  It was running at 14.5 volts at about 3000 RPMs with the lights on.  Supposed to be nice tomorrow so I'll take her out for a ride then.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: AussieDave on October 13, 2014, 01:04:34 pm
Today I serviced the front end. I removed the forks and cleaned them and changed the fork oil, removed the steering yoke and re packed the bearings with fresh grease, replaced the rubber boots, one of which was split ,tidied up the wiring behind the headlamp, lubed the speedo cable , and cleaned up the front wheel . Tomorrow I will service the brake calliper . Looks so much nicer clean !
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on October 13, 2014, 06:22:32 pm
I installed a new nipple and barrel on my clutch cable...

Did you use a bolt on or solder on piece?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on October 13, 2014, 11:35:05 pm
Did you use a bolt on or solder on piece?

I used a soldered nipple.  I think what happened was I used silver solder the last time I did the cable instead of rosin core.  It just pulled right off.  And last time I slotted the barrel to slide the cable thru the knuckle, this time I just installed a solid barrel in the knuckle, ran the cable thru and then soldered it.  It shouldn't break again, also the adjuster is back to where it should be.

Took it out for a run this afternoon.  Made a couple of timing adjustments and on my 3rd time out I was cruising approaching a stoplight, right lane was empty and the light turned green before I got there so merged over.  The next thing I know this BMW 735i was right next to me as I'm trying to get around.  So I pulled full throttle and he stomped on it.  I beat him twice from a rolling start, but the 3rd go round he started pulling on me a bit when I got to 3rd and then I had to slow down to pull into home.  Needless to say, I gave that luxury V8 a run for his money, he had to earn that last pull.  ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on October 13, 2014, 11:58:03 pm
Nothing beats a bike for power to weight ratio.  And when you factor in $$$/hp/pound, it's fast AND cheap!  I tell most people, unless you spent over a quarter of a million on your car, a $5000 used sport bike will probably spank you to 100mph.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Scotty Brown on October 14, 2014, 01:00:30 am
Regarding soldering cable ends.  Back when I made cables for Flanders, we would poke the cable end into silica sand after pushing it through the nipple which would expand it just enough to allow the solder to penetrate between the strands of cable while expanded which made it much less able to pull back through the nipple.  Hope that made sense.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on October 14, 2014, 03:08:45 am
I know what you're saying.  I actually use a small "tune up" screw driver to fray the ends before soldering.  Same concept.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: AussieDave on October 14, 2014, 04:03:23 am
I applaud your actions with the BMW ! Their v-8's are over rated! You'd think he'd have learnt after the first two runs to accept the natural order of things gracefully ...    :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on October 14, 2014, 04:26:57 am
I applaud your actions with the BMW ! Their v-8's are over rated! You'd think he'd have learnt after the first two runs to accept the natural order of things gracefully ...    :)

Thanks!  I'm loading the video to youtube right now.  The first 2 times he didn't get past me until I let off and he stayed in it to try and prove a point or something.  The 3rd time I had already let him in front of me because of traffic and I rolled in 3rd gear at about 2500 RPMs where I don't have any power and I still stayed right on his rear.  I could've hung in 4th for a bit too but I didn't have time to shift to 4th as I needed to slow down for home.  ;)   I hope I see him again after I have the Ace Race motor built.  I'll make him pee a little bit.  ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on October 14, 2014, 05:28:20 am
On the very rare occasions I need to show someone how fast a bike really is, I usually wave goodbye before the light turns green.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: AussieDave on October 14, 2014, 07:38:24 am
Today I had the k70 that I bought from wildbill last year fitted to the front wheel for the princely sum of 20 bucks ! And put that wheel back on the bike .and dismantled and cleaned the front brake assembly..... Definitely time for new pads....put the original trafficators back on.. Which reminds me - I have the small vintage indicators from hitchcocks and have found that the chrome is rusty in spots..... So I think they may soon become black.... Gloss of course.....
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: wildbill on October 14, 2014, 08:04:41 am
aussiedave
you should load up a photo
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on October 14, 2014, 11:52:37 am
From yesterday.  :)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HyDAqW9DjB0&feature=youtu.be
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: AussieDave on October 14, 2014, 01:08:20 pm
You always have a camera strapped to ye head?!
  But that motor sounds great winding out -
  Enjoyed:)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on October 14, 2014, 01:22:58 pm
You always have a camera strapped to ye head?!


My wife would like to think so!  ;D  But, no, not always.  I just never know what excitement I might catch when going for a test ride after wrenching on the bike.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Carlsberg Wordsworth on October 14, 2014, 07:48:38 pm
Not strictly today as I forgot to post, but yesterday after adjusting the chain I looked further into why the rear brake arm was up against the exhaust and the brake rod was touching the exhaust hanger.

Seems at some point in it's previous ownership, the brake arm had been flipped the wrong way round!

Also glad I had a windscreen arm removal tool to remove the brake arm, made life a lot easier.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: REG5 on October 14, 2014, 09:43:50 pm
Hitchcocks delivered my new spindle assembly, so I got back out on the road today for the first time in a couple weeks. The perfect birthday gift  ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Craig McClure on October 15, 2014, 01:13:43 am
Finally sorted the stuff in my garage enough to make a parking spot for my G5 Deluxe, my wife is happy that it's out of the parlor now. Space is still tight in the garage, so I run it up on my Big Red Harbor Freight Lift  & park it on its center stand.   KEEPERS.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Scotty Brown on October 15, 2014, 02:10:26 am
Craig,  This may seem like a dumb question but here goes.  I also have one of the big red lifts that I used on my smaller Yamaha dirt bike which worked fine as it did not have a center stand.  Now that I have the Enfield I am afraid that if it get it up there and on the center stand I won't be able to rock it onto the tires without the stand skidding and me falling down.  I am ten years older than you and not very strong anymore. Advice is needed, or encouragement, or perhaps a parking attendant.  Getting old stinks, but I'm still glad to be here !
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: AussieDave on October 15, 2014, 09:43:32 am
I put the tank back on !!!! It looks like a bike again! Just need front brake pads, motul ,air filter, one stock trafficator  and I'm riding again (I hope)!!!
Craig, I'm very pleased to read that you're keeping the g5 comrade! I recon you would've regretted letting it go .
Keep rolling !
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: heloego on October 17, 2014, 05:20:02 pm
Scotty Brown:
I am afraid that if it get it up there and on the center stand I won't be able to rock it onto the tires without the stand skidding and me falling down.  I am ten years older than you and not very strong anymore. Advice is needed, or encouragement, or perhaps a parking attendant.

I bolted a rubber door mat to the area for the center stand. Works great. Some have used plywood.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Craig McClure on October 17, 2014, 06:27:43 pm
Craig,  This may seem like a dumb question but here goes.  I also have one of the big red lifts that I used on my smaller Yamaha dirt bike which worked fine as it did not have a center stand.  Now that I have the Enfield I am afraid that if it get it up there and on the center stand I won't be able to rock it onto the tires without the stand skidding and me falling down.  I am ten years older than you and not very strong anymore. Advice is needed, or encouragement, or perhaps a parking attendant.  Getting old stinks, but I'm still glad to be here !
Hey Scotty Brown, I am afraid of heights, & have very bad knees, but have been wheeling(pushing) motorcycles into tight corners all my long adult life. Right now I'm parking my G5 Deluxe on my big red lift. I have the front wheel stop set so the center stand comes down just in front of the trapdoor. Standing on the lift with both feet on the left side of the bike, I am still able to put the stand down with my right foot, press on it & heave it back on its stand with the lifting loop. There is an uncertain moment while I'm balancing the bike standing on my left leg reaching for the stand with my right - but the second the stand touches the lift it becomes stable. Some people have used gum back 3M sandpaper safety strips under where the stand sets, but mine is naked to clean up grease & dirt best. I've never even had a close call putting the bike on this way.   Hope that helps
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Royal Stargazer on October 18, 2014, 03:20:59 am
I almost got hit again within five hundred feet of where I was hit a couple weeks ago!

Just like last time, I stopped at a crosswalk in front of a local college, but this time I was watching behind me, and this car was just not slowing down! I rode right up next to the curb so the car could at least swerve around me, but at the last second, the car stopped.

I'm praying for good weather through next week. After my car got totaled last week, I'm kind of at Minnesota's mercy... Things should turn around next Saturday though.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on October 18, 2014, 03:30:58 am
You need a brake light flasher module my friend.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on October 18, 2014, 11:50:25 am
I'm praying for good weather through next week. After my car got totaled last week, I'm kind of at Minnesota's mercy... Things should turn around next Saturday though.

yeah, don't worry chum... summer's coming!  ;)


You need a brake light flasher module my friend.

And a brighter light to go with it?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Royal Stargazer on October 18, 2014, 05:09:59 pm
Ha, next Saturday is the day I should be back behind the wheel of a car. As far as I know, next Sunday we'll get a foot of snow, and then the following monday it'll be 80 degrees. This state doesn't make any damn sense.

I've got a larger brake light on there. The dealership didn't have the stock C5 light, so I've got this big, blocky taillight. Brake flasher might not be a bad idea...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on October 18, 2014, 06:46:06 pm
Might want to do an LED bulb too.  They go in and off more sharply tha an incandescent, can be a bit more visible.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on October 18, 2014, 08:21:51 pm
Might want to do an LED bulb too.  They go in and off more sharply tha an incandescent, can be a bit more visible.

Although... some guys have complained that there isn't enough difference between the tail and brake light brightness.  Personally, I don't have a problem with my LED tail/brake light.  But I haven't been hit from behind, either...  :-\
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on October 18, 2014, 11:01:13 pm
Yup, depends.  But something to consider.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Scotty Brown on October 19, 2014, 04:41:45 am
To Craig and Heloego thanks for the tips.  I am going to try to master the technique but hope to have a catcher in place if I screw up.  The lift was a great help with my smaller bike.  Scotty
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gremlin on October 19, 2014, 08:36:45 pm
I almost got hit again within five hundred feet of where I was hit a couple weeks ago!

Just like last time, I stopped at a crosswalk in front of a local college,........

Dude,you need to keep clear of the Dinky Town area ....
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: lemming on October 19, 2014, 09:39:05 pm
Installed the upswept sport pipe (listed for the C5) on Tonks, and flipped and relocated my saddlebags. I'm stoked at how it came out!
(http://i1289.photobucket.com/albums/b504/jduqhoff/Mobile%20Uploads/IMAG1103_zpsa4b594a8.jpg) (http://s1289.photobucket.com/user/jduqhoff/media/Mobile%20Uploads/IMAG1103_zpsa4b594a8.jpg.html)

The ECU was definitely NOT happy with the new pipe at first, but their rapport seems to be improving.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: AussieDave on October 19, 2014, 11:01:14 pm
Perpetuating the myth that the ECU learns......it doesn't. The pipe looks good though!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: lemming on October 19, 2014, 11:57:11 pm
I dunno, but at first it ran like crap, then it ran better. I won't make any claim as to causality, then...I'll just offer the observation.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on October 20, 2014, 12:28:23 am
I'm with Dave on this one.  The computer between the ears is what self tunes. 
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: SteveThackery on October 20, 2014, 12:49:28 am
Yup, I'm with Dave, too.  The ECU is a simple device: it either runs closed loop using the O2 sensor to decide on the fuel mix, or it runs off its internal map.  There is no learning facility in it at all.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: lemming on October 20, 2014, 03:24:20 am
Makes sense to me. All I can say is , when first attached, ran badly- stalled, uneven idling, backfiring. After a bit, ran much better, held steady idle, smooth fueling under throttle, less backfiring. Maybe it was cold, and just warmed up? Dunno.....just was what it was.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: AussieDave on October 20, 2014, 04:00:06 am
Hmm......curious....I wonder if something else is at play.....there is a fair bit of  opinion that makes the same observation in the forum,maybe the carbon build up in the pipe?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: lemming on October 20, 2014, 01:54:17 pm
Hard tellin', not knowin'....

In other news, good LAWD was it a beautiful ride in to work here in the Shire this morning! One tick below the freezing mark, but no real wind. Blue skies, streaked with brushstrokes of pink and orange as the sun came over the mountains, then the sideways light set the remaining foliage colors absolutely on fire. Warm gear, throaty new exhaust note, no one on the road for most of the ride and the curves to myself. Stunning.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: retrolynn on October 21, 2014, 02:11:57 am
Lemming,it looks good! I went for a 12 mile ride ,as the sun was setting.It was 66degrees,and beautiful. Unusual for Montana this time of year!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: pmanaz1973 on October 21, 2014, 05:33:57 am
Yup- 67 degrees and bright fall colors with a blue sky up here in northeastern Washington.  Probably one of the last long rides I'll get in this year. I love fall rides. 

On the pipe note- when I switched from factory to the EFI Silencer, my 2014 C5 ran a little weird for the first few miles and then went back to it's smooth self.  Weird that a few folks report this - does give one the impression the ECU is "adapting".
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gremlin on October 21, 2014, 03:02:17 pm
..... - does give one the impression the ECU is "adapting".

agreed.  It would be unexpected to have an ECU with closed loop mode that does not have dynamic tables (AKA comp idx - compensation index)  That feature *is* what keeps an engines' operation stable through altitude changes. 
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: SteveThackery on October 21, 2014, 03:21:12 pm
agreed.  It would be unexpected to have an ECU with closed loop mode that does not have dynamic tables (AKA comp idx - compensation index)  That feature *is* what keeps an engines' operation stable through altitude changes.

Well, I don't see why, because that's what closed loop means: it continuously monitors the mixture (via the O2 in the exhaust) and continuously adjusts the fuel injection pulse duration until it's as close to "correct" (stoichiometric) as possible.  That closed loop ought to work regardless of atmospheric pressure, as I see it. 

At high altitude, less oxygen in the air will result in the ECU having to shorten the pulses in order to keep the mixture stoichiometric.  Again, all achievable just by tweaking the pulse duration until the O2 sensor is happy.  (Theoretically you don't need any kind of tables when closed loop, do you?)

HOWEVER, it only runs closed loop some of the time.  Not when it's cold; not at full throttle; not on a trailing throttle; not for the first minute or two after starting; not when the idle speed is set too low. 

I also think you'd get terrible throttle response if - when opening the throttle - the ECU waited for the O2 sensor to say "weak mixture!" before injecting more fuel.  So I imagine it dips out of closed loop briefly every time you alter the throttle position, in order to respond more quickly.

In other words, I suspect it only actually runs closed loop under fairly steady-state conditions; for the rest of the time it's using its lookup tables.  For those occasions it has its internal map, and of course the map will have compensation factors for air density (via the MAP) and engine temperature.  That doesn't mean it has a "learning" feature: simply that the exact table entry and compensation factors are calculated "on the fly".

Of course, I guess none of us has any factual knowledge of how the map is implemented, because I assume that's a commercial secret of Keihin.

In the second year of my degree course we'll be covering this in loads more detail, so I should no longer be guessing and bullshitting!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on October 21, 2014, 04:03:09 pm
agreed.  It would be unexpected to have an ECU with closed loop mode that does not have dynamic tables (AKA comp idx - compensation index)  That feature *is* what keeps an engines' operation stable through altitude changes.

The Indian domestic market bike has open loop and also runs fine at altitude, as do many other open loop EFI systems.  The MAP/MAF sensors are all you need to compensate for altitude.  No learning ECU required, the pressures just alter the fixed table values by a factor.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: wildbill on October 22, 2014, 02:45:04 pm
did a late afternoon 90 mile non stop run on the C5 - gotta say that I enjoy riding it more than driving the sports cars.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on October 22, 2014, 07:15:52 pm
How is there any comparison between an Enfield and any cage, even if it a Bugeye Sprite or Miata! Take the bike any time!
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on October 22, 2014, 08:54:00 pm
Wettest day of the year here in Portland, OR, 1 1/2-2" today.  The tail end of the SV is apart in the garage right now so I can remove the fender eliminator kit and re-attach a stock fender.  Just got some nuts and bolts at the hardware store this morning to finish the job.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: wildbill on October 23, 2014, 02:15:14 am
bug eye sprite  :) always wanted one of those - but @ $30k even I have too pull the plug on that one!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Craig McClure on October 23, 2014, 04:15:46 am
bug eye sprite  :) always wanted one of those - but @ $30k even I have too pull the plug on that one!
Are they really $30K now? Goes to show, some folks have more $$ than sense. I had 2 they WERE fun until they broke - which was often. The one I fettled for my SCCA drivers school spun a bearing on my first (& last) outing. Nothing but trouble, be glad you can't afford one.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Scotty Brown on October 23, 2014, 04:35:44 am
Well, I finally did it!  Ran out of gas today.  I knew it was getting close but was waiting for the light to tell me when.  Well, it didn't tell me.  No light ! Nada !  --- Now I may have disconnected a wire  when trying to change my seat this weekend.  Will pursue this later.  In any event,  with fresh gas the thump thump was working well again.  Apparently no damage was done to the fuel pump ( I was worried about that )  At any rate I will be refueling at specified mileages from now on rather than rely on idiot lights.  With the marvelous mileage on these machines one tends to forget to re-fuel.  BUT only once !
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Mr.Mazza on October 23, 2014, 06:13:52 am
Got told by a bike shop they will charge me $120 in labour to remove my rear wheel to change the tyre..
Took me and my dad 10 mins using the QD system, which is fucking the coolest system I've seen!

My friend got me in touch with a bike tyre shop that do free fitting if you bring the wheel in. So my $260 quote became a $120 tyre!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: bluesdaddy2 on October 23, 2014, 10:54:47 am
Took me and my dad 10 mins using the QD system, which is fucking the coolest system I've seen!


What, pray tell, is the "QD system"?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Mr.Mazza on October 23, 2014, 12:17:09 pm
What, pray tell, is the "QD system"?

Quick detach system, just take the axel nut & axel bolt off to remove rear wheel.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: bluesdaddy2 on October 23, 2014, 01:07:44 pm
Gotcha......... :-[
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on October 23, 2014, 02:09:52 pm
Is there some other "system" to use to remove the wheel?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: lemming on October 23, 2014, 02:11:26 pm
Got told by a bike shop they will charge me $120 in labour to remove my rear wheel to change the tyre..
Took me and my dad 10 mins using the QD system, which is fucking the coolest system I've seen!

Now that you've done it, you'll find you can do it again in just a couple minutes tops. I've gotten quite quick with mine....Don't ask me how.  :o
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on October 23, 2014, 02:58:41 pm
Ditto.  10 minutes to completely remove the wheel and rear brake set...  ;)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on October 23, 2014, 03:59:52 pm
I wen to attach the rear fender on the SV only to find that some nimrod snapped off a bolt in one of the mounting holes.  Blind hole, upside down.  Should have taken 20 minutes.  It took me that long just to drill a hole in it, now I need to get an extractor.  :(
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on October 23, 2014, 07:11:00 pm
Quote
Ran out of gas today.  I knew it was getting close but was waiting for the light to tell me when.  Well, it didn't tell me.  No light ! Nada !

Mine did that and I ran out of gas. I just started carrying an erasable marker and wrote the fillup mileage on the chrome handlebar clip. When I got a couple of hundred miles on it I'd look for a gas station. I never ran out of gas again. but I did determine I could get 240 miles out of a tank!
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Mr.Mazza on October 23, 2014, 09:36:22 pm
Is there some other "system" to use to remove the wheel?
You could remove the chain and brake n shit but this way has been on REs since 1939ish
Extremely easy, simple and I did most the work one handed.
The fender flip trick is handy to know too, also allows easy taillight work.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on October 23, 2014, 10:20:08 pm
You could remove the chain and brake n shit but this way has been on REs since 1939ish
Extremely easy, simple and I did most the work one handed.
The fender flip trick is handy to know too, also allows easy taillight work.

But you gotta remove the wheel to remove the brake.  Don'cha?

I read the original post as if he was suggesting that the QD system was just one possible method to remove the wheel.  It wasn't written that way, though.  He simply said that it took him 10 minutes to remove the wheel, in what turns out to be the usual fashion.  So, nevermind!  ;)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: AussieDave on October 24, 2014, 02:33:29 am
 I finally got the parts i needed except for the new brake pads and started her for the first time since the re-build . started first go. Sounds fine . Went for a little test ride and all seems to be ok, although the tappets seem a tad louder than i remember. So no commuting to melbourne yet ,just a bit more local riding until the new rings are bedded in. Oh and the neutral light is on.
guess I need to replace that-its a fragile wire and i was a bit sus on it .
Just a quick edit to say ~ She's running beautifully! Feels great to be riding again. :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Mr.Mazza on October 25, 2014, 04:45:58 am
Bought some new polishing stuff.
Thought I'd try out Mothers after seeing them at a show.
Got that power cone buffer that goes in a cordless drill, Alloy polish and chrome polish.
Started on my primary case...It works, like amazingly well, within 30 mins I had a near chrome finish! And my case was rough, Ive yet to use the chrome and the buffer is drying out but I can safely say Mothers is extremely good!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: motorman2whel on October 25, 2014, 06:06:41 am
I use Mothers Mag & Aluminum Polish on My aluminum it works great and last quite a while. I haven't tried their chrome polish yet. They make high quality waxes so I bet it works good too. ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on October 25, 2014, 03:01:29 pm
Mother's and Meguiar's are both great companies.  I have no problems using either of their products.  Actually, I even stock a few of their items at the shop for auto body and paint.

I'm getting geared up for a late season mountain ride with my friend Paul.  We're going to meet up for breakfast in a couple of hours.  I think we are heading up thru Evergreen, take 103 up and over Squaw Pass.  Probably stop at Echo Lake at the bottom of Mt Evans for a few pics, and then back down into Idaho Springs.  Maybe even go up to the top of Mt Evans, not sure yet, but I'm sure it's getting quite brisk at 14,100' this time of year.  Sounds like an adventure to me!  ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: GreenMachine on October 25, 2014, 04:44:13 pm
Lubricated both brake cables, adjusted brake cables and went for a 30 min spin...Started up on first kick so I'm satisfied with the mental preparation of pulling the battery mid Dec..The grass is till growing strong so maybe I'll see a longer riding season here...GM
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: johno on October 25, 2014, 05:05:55 pm
Fitted an AGM battery went to go for a ride..... puncture in rear tyre, pulled out a 1" long nail.
So thought might as well......
Dropped bike on it's side, removed engine case changed sprocket for a 1 tooth bigger version fitted new chain,
Stood bike up, removed rear wheel ready for new inner tube then removed brake and swingarm ready for new swingarm bushesto be fitted. The swingarm needs a bit of preservation so it will be a while before I rebuild the back end
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Craig McClure on October 25, 2014, 05:13:23 pm
Mine did that and I ran out of gas. I just started carrying an erasable marker and wrote the fillup mileage on the chrome handlebar clip. When I got a couple of hundred miles on it I'd look for a gas station. I never ran out of gas again. but I did determine I could get 240 miles out of a tank!
Bare
Being an old guy, I'll relate the system used in the past. Before going for a ride, look in the gas tank. If the tank is half empty, fill it from your gas can, or stop by your nearest gas station. Main thing is to remember to look every time. Also good to be aware of oil level before you ride.
I had a good refueling system going with my Ural. I had a 2 gallon jerry can attached which I would always top off when buying gas, so always had enough for solo bikes & lawn mower.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on October 25, 2014, 05:50:29 pm
Sometimes we forget the simplest stuff.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on October 25, 2014, 07:41:00 pm
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Went for a little test ride and all seems to be ok, although the tappets seem a tad louder than i remember.

They probably sound louder because all the other noises were gone!
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on October 26, 2014, 06:36:47 am
Wow!  What an adventure today!  Met with Paul and Caleb for breakfast, rode 140 miles of beautiful Rocky Mountain scenery, and some delicious wine.  But this ride was NOT without adventure.  I decided to bring pretty much all of my tools this time and good thing.  My bike was still jetted for for 5200' and 90*F and we were at about 11,000' and 40*F.  Bike just started bogging down and had no power beyond 2nd gear.  So we pulled over to make a jetting change, pull out the tool kit and realized I forgot to put my jets in there.  So I did the only thing I could do and lowered the needle 1 notch.  It was still pretty sluggish but I could at least accelerate in all gears.  Once we got back out of the mountains I had to pull over again and change it back as it started backfiring pretty bad.  All in all I had to pull over 4 different times to make carb adjustments, but it was an awesome ride.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: GreenMachine on October 26, 2014, 02:38:19 pm
They probably sound louder because all the other noises were gone!
Bare

Bare: That was a good one..There lies the problem....GM
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: rocksinpockets on October 26, 2014, 10:11:18 pm
This morning I did the 300 mile oil change on my new 2011 G5.   Then, my wife and I took advantage of the great Tennessee weather today and took a nice ride.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: rocksinpockets on October 26, 2014, 10:13:06 pm
This morning I did the 300 mile oil change on my new 2011 G5.   Then, my wife and I took advantage of the great Tennessee weather today and took a nice ride.
[buy the ticket, take the ride.    Hunter Thompson]
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on October 26, 2014, 11:22:27 pm
I suggest that the "polishing" compounds made for chrome be avoided on the RE's.

Waxes do no harm and provide good protection but "polishing compounds" have fine abrasives in them that remove material.

The chrome plating on the RE's is damn thin and with enough polishing, it will be completely worn away.  Sure it may look good.  Bare steel always does for a while but without the chrome to protect it it may soon start to rust.

Polishing aluminum doesn't cause a problem like polishing chrome can.
It removes the aluminum oxide on the surface and some aluminum too but the aluminum parts have lots of material on them.

After  polishing aluminum, if you don't clear coat or wax it, it will soon reoxidize, dulling slightly.  That aluminum oxide is the same thing that anodizing creates and once formed it will protect the surface under it from further oxidation.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Mr.Mazza on October 27, 2014, 03:40:20 am
I suggest that the "polishing" compounds made for chrome be avoided on the RE's.

Waxes do no harm and provide good protection but "polishing compounds" have fine abrasives in them that remove material.

The chrome plating on the RE's is damn thin and with enough polishing, it will be completely worn away.  Sure it may look good.  Bare steel always does for a while but without the chrome to protect it it may soon start to rust.

Polishing aluminum doesn't cause a problem like polishing chrome can.
It removes the aluminum oxide on the surface and some aluminum too but the aluminum parts have lots of material on them.

After  polishing aluminum, if you don't clear coat or wax it, it will soon reoxidize, dulling slightly.  That aluminum oxide is the same thing that anodizing creates and once formed it will protect the surface under it from further oxidation.

When I say polish I really mean a cleaning goop that doesn't actually take a layer off, rather help clean and leave a wax finish ;)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on October 27, 2014, 11:28:49 am
I use brake cleaner or lacquer thinner to clean my chrome.  It cuts right thru the burnt on oil but is not aggressive enough to attack the chrome.  It works very well for me.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: krimp on October 28, 2014, 04:19:22 pm
I rode in today. Starting temp was about 35F (about 2C for the rest of the world). She really didn't want to start this morning. But once she was running, she was happy. Tonight, I will cross 3000 miles on my way home.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gremlin on October 28, 2014, 07:17:21 pm
Not mine, but, somebody had a bad day.....
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: lemming on October 28, 2014, 07:19:17 pm
Ouch!

(http://fc06.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2012/196/1/0/et_says_ouch_by_wonderdookie-d57aub6.jpg)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: REG5 on October 28, 2014, 11:16:31 pm
Not mine, but, somebody had a bad day.....

why  :'(
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Grant Borden on October 29, 2014, 02:48:01 am
A nightmare.

Grant
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: JVS on October 29, 2014, 03:32:19 am
:o
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on October 29, 2014, 06:52:17 pm
Quote
Not mine, but, somebody had a bad day.....

damn and just think, a few inched to the left and he would've gotten up on the crash bar and saved the day!
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on October 29, 2014, 09:02:42 pm
How do you even begin to report that to the insurance company.  "Well, see, there was this tank. (pause) No a 'tank'.  (pause) No, not a fuel tank... (sigh)"
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: JoeSchmofo on October 30, 2014, 01:47:22 pm
Was on my on-loan GT, while my Bullet was in the shop, I knew that there was some nice curves ahead, and the road was dry, so I dropped down close behind the twin dials and let her rip, enjoying that Harris frame to the full. Then coming round the last bend I clocked a police car, the speed I went from fantasy fifties greaser to nonchalant Sunday dawdler should have won awards and all with 9 points on my licence!!!!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Scotty Brown on October 30, 2014, 09:44:24 pm
Approaching Nirvana===Installed a Wassell spring saddle on my C5 today.  Similar to the Lycett but Two inches wider.  No more numb butt and aching back from being battered with the stock saddle.  The saddle sits a bit lower than the stock one and can be installed with the existing springs and a slight modification.  The nose will bolt on to the existing front perch using two shorter bolts. The rear will require an extension on top of each spring of about two and a half inches allowing the seat to move to the rear while the springs remain vertical in their original mounting place.  The seat already has the holes drilled for you.  The only drilling will be on the extension pieces.  If I ever learn how to send pictures I will forward them.  Huge difference in comfort.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Mr.Mazza on October 31, 2014, 10:46:31 am
FINALLY was able to take the old girl for a evening cruise to a local gig after my finger nearly left me, fired up first kick!
Ran well, abit more rattly and noisy than I remember but Im sure thats from a month off.
So nice to feel the wind in my face again, looking forward to a nice 30 mile trip tomorrow after a few adjustments.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: JVS on October 31, 2014, 11:18:52 am
That's great Mr. Mazza. This weekend is gonna be BBQ hot here in Syd. Should be good though. Enjoy, and ride safe.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: lemming on October 31, 2014, 05:32:25 pm
Bought myself some birthday fun:
(http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/MTIwMFgxNjAw/z/EjsAAOxyNo9SrpVL/$_57.JPG)

(http://static.powersportsplace.com/global/images/prod/mediumlarge/KNN-RO-5010_ml.jpg)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on October 31, 2014, 05:34:34 pm
Bought myself some birthday fun...

Lemming - what...  where...  how...  ??
 
I can't wait to see those cases on the B5!  8)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: lemming on October 31, 2014, 05:38:11 pm
$49 shipped for both cases.... fleabay for the win! I fully expect to have to fabricate an attachment bracket, but I think that will be pretty straightforward.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on October 31, 2014, 07:51:11 pm
$49 shipped for both cases.... fleabay for the win! I fully expect to have to fabricate an attachment bracket, but I think that will be pretty straightforward.

I wonder who made them...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: lemming on October 31, 2014, 08:57:33 pm
I wonder who made them...

Someone in China, undoubtedly. ABS plastic, I have low expectations.  ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: johno on November 01, 2014, 08:32:24 pm
those panniers do look nice love to see them fitted to a B5, could make a nice replacement for my Givi E21's.
So after fitting the old style bushes, I refitted the swingarm, had to replace the chain guide bracket thing as the original had cracked.
I also replaced the rear tube due to a puncture, thought it was from a nail I pulled out the other week, but turned out to be caused by the rim tape slipping and the tube ripping on the spoke adjusters.
A quick ride out for some fuel shows the bigger sprocket makes for more controlled acceleration and vibration reduced at 65mph the rear end now has zero side to side movement and handling much improved.
I have now fitted the Hitchcock leg-shields and the Avon style fairing, just need to fit the headlight and align it before my B5 is ready for some winter fun.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: heloego on November 01, 2014, 09:50:32 pm
Fitted a flasher unit to my brake light. Might help prevent getting rear-ended.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on November 01, 2014, 11:22:32 pm
I have now fitted the Hitchcock leg-shields and the Avon style fairing, just need to fit the headlight and align it before my B5 is ready for some winter fun.

Dude, you gotta post pics of that or it really didn't happen...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on November 01, 2014, 11:34:54 pm
Because why not.

(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y217/lethalinj/1101141702a_zpsf2kcirvn.jpg) (http://s6.photobucket.com/user/lethalinj/media/1101141702a_zpsf2kcirvn.jpg.html)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: retrolynn on November 01, 2014, 11:59:08 pm
Lemming,those look very nice! Cant wait to see them on the bike.Lynn
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on November 02, 2014, 02:27:36 am
Keep diggin', Scotty - it's a long way to China!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: johno on November 02, 2014, 11:46:58 am
Dude, you gotta post pics of that or it really didn't happen...
Oh yes it did......enjoy
(http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y258/johno0_0/Photo0119_zps6df3aac9.jpg) (http://s7.photobucket.com/user/johno0_0/media/Photo0119_zps6df3aac9.jpg.html)
(http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y258/johno0_0/Photo0121_zps6d9f6dc6.jpg) (http://s7.photobucket.com/user/johno0_0/media/Photo0121_zps6d9f6dc6.jpg.html)
(http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y258/johno0_0/Photo0126_zps3bb2317a.jpg) (http://s7.photobucket.com/user/johno0_0/media/Photo0126_zps3bb2317a.jpg.html)
(http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y258/johno0_0/Photo0122_zps58767874.jpg) (http://s7.photobucket.com/user/johno0_0/media/Photo0122_zps58767874.jpg.html)
(http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y258/johno0_0/Photo0120_zps16749b0d.jpg) (http://s7.photobucket.com/user/johno0_0/media/Photo0120_zps16749b0d.jpg.html)
(http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y258/johno0_0/Photo0124_zps059297b2.jpg) (http://s7.photobucket.com/user/johno0_0/media/Photo0124_zps059297b2.jpg.html)
(http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y258/johno0_0/Photo0123_zpsfdb61262.jpg) (http://s7.photobucket.com/user/johno0_0/media/Photo0123_zpsfdb61262.jpg.html)
(http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y258/johno0_0/Photo0125_zps5121db5c.jpg) (http://s7.photobucket.com/user/johno0_0/media/Photo0125_zps5121db5c.jpg.html)

After wiping all the chrome in AC50 for winter I went for a test ride on a gusty day, if anything the bike is more stable and cuts through the air , with the 1 tooth bigger sprocket accelerates up to 65mph and seems to top out at 70mph with a lot less vibration, which is the speed I ride at on fast roads, top gear is now like an overdrive, the engine is not stressing so probably needs a longer run to see what the true top speed is now although I don't think it will be much more, before all the new bits were fitted I saw 90mph on the clock which is more like an honest 83mph.....Looks nice (IMO) too, just need a nice 'Royal Enfield' transfer in gold to go on the fairing or screen to finish it off.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: JVS on November 02, 2014, 11:58:35 am
Oh my fairing Gods. What is that O_O

Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on November 02, 2014, 12:14:00 pm
Paint it black and white and you'll have yourself a vintage Police Bike!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: johno on November 02, 2014, 12:19:20 pm
Paint it black and white and you'll have yourself a vintage Police Bike!
The thought did cross my mind!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: JVS on November 02, 2014, 12:55:37 pm
Paint it black and white and you'll have yourself a vintage Police Bike!

Nooo, keep the golden pinstripes forever!

But I did find this on Google:

MK1 Interceptor

(http://i.imgur.com/1HBB8iS.jpg)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: johno on November 02, 2014, 01:22:38 pm
velocette's
(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7351/9228059119_1344b5e261_s.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/f4sdtz)Classic British Police Motorcycles - Velocette (https://flic.kr/p/f4sdtz) by brizzle born and bred (https://www.flickr.com/people/20654194@N07/), on Flickr
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: JVS on November 02, 2014, 01:27:19 pm
^^ Wow. Very similar to your current fairing/style.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on November 02, 2014, 10:06:01 pm
^^ Wow. Very similar to your current fairing/style.

They've been using that same Avon fairing mold for the last 50 or 60 years, so yeah, it is the same style.   ;)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on November 02, 2014, 10:11:43 pm
Oh yeah, Friday night and Saturday morning I started rejetting and tuning the Blackhawk.  Finally got the timing dialed back in and back up to a 280 main.  Tried the 290 and sounded good at revs but started loading up under idle.  Now the timing is correct again, I may try the 290 main and drop the needle one notch and see how the bike likes that.  But for now it seems to be running as good as it did before.  But I'm pretty sure the right head gasket has a slight leak too.  I'll deal with it once I have a replacement valve and new head gaskets.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: rvcycleguy on November 02, 2014, 10:30:27 pm
I removed the gas tank and the front fender and took them over to the paint and body shop.  Had the RE in  a vintage show and the 59 BMW next to me fell over damaging the tank and fender.  Deep dent and gouge.  Guy said he would help me with the repair costs but now he has indicated he is no position to do so.  Oh well, chalk it up to a life lesson.  Guy did not have insurance. 
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on November 03, 2014, 12:24:49 am
I removed the gas tank and the front fender and took them over to the paint and body shop.  Had the RE in  a vintage show and the 59 BMW next to me fell over damaging the tank and fender.  Deep dent and gouge.  Guy said he would help me with the repair costs but now he has indicated he is no position to do so.  Oh well, chalk it up to a life lesson.  Guy did not have insurance.

I imagine he'll manage to fix up his own ride, though...  :-X
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on November 03, 2014, 12:30:33 am
Yep.  My head gasket is blown.  Just ran to the liquor store for a 6 pack 2 blocks away and it completely let loose coming back up the hill.  Damn.   :-\
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Mr.Mazza on November 03, 2014, 02:12:13 am
Yep.  My head gasket is blown.  Just ran to the liquor store for a 6 pack 2 blocks away and it completely let loose coming back up the hill.  Damn.   :-\

Didnt you just replace them?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on November 03, 2014, 03:14:18 am
No I reused the old ones.  I'm not surprised really.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Mr.Mazza on November 03, 2014, 07:02:25 am
No I reused the old ones.  I'm not surprised really.

In hindsight it might of been wise to replace them then :p
Oh well then eh, just a weekends job. Im sure itll be fine :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on November 03, 2014, 08:45:10 am
Seems like you should keep a spare on hand Scotty.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on November 03, 2014, 11:31:31 am
In hindsight it might of been wise to replace them then :p
Oh well then eh, just a weekends job. Im sure itll be fine :)

I reused the old ones because I had one week to get the bike ready for the DGR ride and no one state side had the gaskets in stock.


Seems like you should keep a spare on hand Scotty.

Absolutely.  I called Cometic Gaskets about a month ago and they sell an actual head gasket for the interceptors that will work well for my bike.  Problem is they don't stock them so when I order them I'll have pay a set up fee.  Might just say screw it and order 4 pairs.

I forgot to add.  When I was at the liquor store, a guy comes up to me while I'm at the counter from out side and says "Is that your Indian out there?!"  "Yep."  "Is it a REAL one?"  "Well, it's an Enfield model, but it's a real legal Indian."  "Oh man!  What a beautiful bike!"

This continued for several minutes, and eventually made our way outside.   After 5 minutes or so chatting outside I realized that the drunk man's wife was sitting in the driver seat of the SUV parked next to me.  "Come. ON!  Let's. GO Jim!"  "OK! OK!  His bike is just so beautiful!  Can I hear it run?"  I thought maybe he was going to rape my bike.  LOL
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: krimp on November 03, 2014, 05:27:27 pm
Yesterday, I changed the oil to a nice winter weight of 10w-40 full synth. Since I will rarely be riding in temps lower than freezing, this should work out just fine. I also noticed that after the oil change, the valves got quieter. She now has 3072 miles and is averaging 65 miles per gallon.

At the rate I'm putting miles on her, I will rack up about 6000 miles this year. Mostly travelling to and from work, with some side trips.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Mr.Mazza on November 03, 2014, 07:07:43 pm
On the weekend my bike had the pleasure pf sharing a shed with 6 other Enfields, but some wern't 'stock'...
2 V-Twin Enfields, Carbry or somethinv
Probably nearly the fastest Bullet going around (He's hoping to hit 200kph with a new head)
A beat up C5
And a stock as a rock Classic.

You may of heard of him, Guy Brown, SpeedDog racing, he is a friend of mine and a 59ner, and he is gonna help me with a bottom end build with an ACE head ;)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: johno on November 05, 2014, 09:23:54 pm
Just returned from my 220 mile commute on my B5.
The riding experience on the Bullet is so much better, cruising happily at 60-65mph with bursts to 70-75 for overtakes and very little vibration. when fully warm I pinned the throttle as the speed climbed to an indicated 85mph no more. which is not bad considering the fairing, leg-shields and larger drive sprocket.
Back to cruising speed, the fairing is very effective, I'm 6'3" so the screen is just below my eyeline, air flow is passed over the top of my helmet to such an extent I had the helmets faceshield open for most of the journey with the temp about 2deg C (minus windchill) even heavy rain was no problem. Handling seems more assured due extra weight on the front, downforce etc. front is now very sure footed. The rear is also a lot better having eliminated the vague feeling caused by the rusted swingarm pivot bolt and tube wearing the nylon bushes.
The legshields work but not as well as I'd like, the issue is the front indicators, the legshields need to be raised by about 2" to be more effective but the OEM indicators are in the way....time to look for an alternative.
Overall the modifications may not be to some peoples taste but they have already proved their worth and mean I can enjoy my Bullet more all year round ;) 
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: wildbill on November 05, 2014, 10:45:07 pm
mr mazza
your friend who is a 59er - maybe you made and error and missed it by another 10.....lol
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: NorEaster on November 05, 2014, 11:26:20 pm
Took probably my last ride for the season after work today... :(
It was in the mid '50's but will get progressively colder in this neck of the woods.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on November 06, 2014, 02:29:10 am
Took probably my last ride for the season after work today... :(
It was in the mid '50's but will get progressively colder in this neck of the woods.

Yeah - beautiful day today!  But no riding - the roads are still covered with salt... snow-melt... leaves... tree branches... trees... live electric wires...  NorEaster, you missed it all!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: NorEaster on November 06, 2014, 03:03:49 am
Yes Mattsz we only got about an inch of snow the other day. I know other areas in our state got socked pretty good.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on November 06, 2014, 10:32:59 am
Yup...

http://www.enfieldmotorcycles.com/forum/index.php/topic,20659.msg229224.html#msg229224 (http://www.enfieldmotorcycles.com/forum/index.php/topic,20659.msg229224.html#msg229224)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gremlin on November 07, 2014, 05:46:15 am
Yep.  My head gasket is blown.  Just ran to the liquor store for a 6 pack 2 blocks away and it completely let loose coming back up the hill.  Damn.   :-\

was that a full copper gasket ?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on November 07, 2014, 12:37:58 pm
was that a full copper gasket ?

Yes it was.  I'm thinking of maybe taking the tank off and starting the cafe conversion and fix the dents on it this weekend.  It will give something to do until I can get the new gaskets ordered and made from Cometic.  :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Royal Stargazer on November 08, 2014, 03:31:27 am
I got one last ride out of her for the year, and put her in storage. Spring can't come soon enough...

Over the winter I intend to do a little wrenching on the bike, and after replacing some of the instrumentation lamps in the car with LED bulbs, I'm determined to replace at least the idiot lights on the bike. The speedo has to keep its warm incandescent glow, though, just like the pilot lights.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Scotty Brown on November 08, 2014, 08:10:42 pm
Installed my Wassell spring seat and test rode it.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: NorEaster on November 08, 2014, 08:46:15 pm
Scotty,
What are the dimensions on that seat?
Was it direct bolt on job or did you have to fabricate anything?
Thanks!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Scotty Brown on November 08, 2014, 09:22:54 pm
Width is 16" Length is 14" -- The front will bolt on to the existing perch using two smaller nuts and bolts and a little bending of the seat frame, the rear will require two metal strips appx three to four inches long and two bolts to attach at the rear.  The existing springs mount to the front of the metal strips.  This applies to a C5, and will lower the seat height about two inches  I purchased the saddle from the Bonneville Shop in Denver.  The price is now $99.95. I received two day delivery.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on November 09, 2014, 12:29:54 am
Roger, the owner of the Bonneville Shop is a great guy.  I have bought several parts from him locally.  He actually recently expanded over the summer and moved to a bigger shop, but it's about 30minutes further away from me.  So my last couple of purchases I just ordered over the phone and had him ship the parts to me.  :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: retrolynn on November 09, 2014, 03:36:04 am
Today,I rode 50 miles,in35degree fog. My face shield had slush on it! The sun came out on the way back,and when I got home,I changed the oil,and filter,at 1500 miles. The oil had 1000 miles on it,and looked good.There was nothing on the screen. It is becoming difficult to find non-alcohol fuel,here,as winter is coming. Have a good ride,if you can!      Lynn
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: dls on November 09, 2014, 04:58:15 am
Scotty, I think you've solved my seat height problem, did you use the C5's stock spings? How is it for comfort?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Scotty Brown on November 09, 2014, 05:56:11 am
My reply may not have come thru.  I find the saddle very comfortable and I feel much more stable on the bike.  It does make the bike a bit lower and the saddle sort of holds you in place.  The install in not difficult but will require two short pieces of quality metal to attach to the seat frame and then attach to the stock springs so that they will remain vertical.   Be sure to use blue loctite on all the just and bolts.  I also used some black 3m weather striping adhesive on the bolts as insurance.  Best of luck on the install and enjoy.  Scotty
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on November 09, 2014, 07:01:27 pm
Rode it.  It's mostly sunny and 50℉.  It was like the first ride of spring, in many ways: piled up snow-banks melting streams of cold water across the blacktop, sand- and gravel- covered roads... gotta remember all over again to take extra care!

Just before putting it to bed for the winter...  :(   But not yet!  There's still more sunny days above freezing in the offing...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: johno on November 09, 2014, 08:32:44 pm
today I fitted a replacement headlight rim clamp and bolt, the ones I received are about 5mm shorter than the original as fitted to my 2012 B5, so instead of adding 2 extra clamps 120 deg apart to secure the headlight onto the Avon fairing, I simply replaced the original, seems more secure as the headlight is held tight against the fairing now, I'll see how it fares on my next long trip.
As I left the new chain a little slack, I adjusted it as per that wonderful series of videos on you-tube to get 45mm of play.
I then Adjusted the fit of the rear mud guard support frame, it seems that there were some washers missing from the right side so the shock had been rubbing against it on left handers, the play in the swing-arm bushes didn't help, but now that's sorted, I added a couple of washers behind the frame at the foot peg and at the top suspension bolt to match the left side which has the lift handle behind the frame.
Finally went for a short ride in the dark to make sure the headlight is aimed correctly before tucking the Bullet away for a few days.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: NorEaster on November 09, 2014, 10:53:33 pm
Rode it.  It's mostly sunny and 50℉.  It was like the first ride of spring, in many ways: piled up snow-banks melting streams of cold water across the blacktop, sand- and gravel- covered roads... gotta remember all over again to take extra care!

Just before putting it to bed for the winter...  :(   But not yet!  There's still more sunny days above freezing in the offing...
Followed your inspiration and put another ride in too Matt  :D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on November 10, 2014, 06:33:07 pm
I finally got around to installing the new rear shock on the SV650.  It took way longer than expected because there was this piece of plastic sandwiched to the battery box that as far as I can tell has no function whatsoever except to be in the way of the shock reservoir.  I had to remove all the rear bodywork and the gas tank to get to the three screws holding it on, but once it was off everything went pretty smoothly. 

I took it out for a test ride and there was no one out on the highway.  No one I could see at all, for almost a mile.  The hooligan came out and the bike hit the ton easily.  The shock is definitely working better than stock, the rear end doesn't feel so twitchy and unsettled any more.  Now I just need to get the preload and damping dialed in.

So after spending the better part of a few hours on my knees under the bike with it up on stands, my knees and back are killing me today.  Ugh!  I was thinking about getting a Craig approved big red lift but the garage is too crowded already.  Maybe if I can get rid of a few things.

On the down side, I think the chain is worse off than I originally thought.  The tension seemed about right when I got it about 400 miles ago but it's really sagging now.  I'll tighten it up and keep a close eye on it.  It looks like I'll be doing the chain and sprockets over the winter, along with for bushings and the headset bearings.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: bluesdaddy2 on November 11, 2014, 10:51:08 am
Followed your inspiration and put another ride in too Matt  :D

Ditto, may be the last ride before the dreaded "VORTEX" arrives.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: AussieDave on November 11, 2014, 11:04:04 am
 I rode my lovely machine out to a tannery near ballarat where I picked up some really thick strong leather-the kind used to make saddles-and started making patterns for some panniers. I bought two sides,probably far to much but we will see. Waxed cotton thread and some rivets, should hold together. Ill post a pic or two of my efforts in a couple of weeks.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: lemming on November 11, 2014, 02:38:27 pm
Put the K&N filter in last night. Haven't ridden it yet, but the throttle response is already noticeably quicker. Also, it now isn't stumbling at all on idle, which it has done since I put on the sport muffler.

The old filter was pretty dirty. Also, I removed the plastic piece inside the airbox as I couldn't get the filter to stay put while I put it on and tightened it. Are there any likely issues with leaving out that internal cover? I wonder whether more dirt would intrude...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on November 11, 2014, 03:08:20 pm
Also, I removed the plastic piece inside the airbox as I couldn't get the filter to stay put while I put it on and tightened it. Are there any likely issues with leaving out that internal cover?

No issues, except I think that maybe the intake air will bypass your filter?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: lemming on November 11, 2014, 03:15:56 pm
Well, the outer airbox closes fairly tightly. There are two holes in the outer box. One goes into the middle of the air filter and the other out to the throttle through the hose. So it seemed to me that the air would still only come through the filter. However, that assumes the outer box lid is a good seal, and none of the mounting bolts fall out and leave another hole open in the outer box (whoops, one just did). Having just now used the search function to un-noob myself on this question, I am now thinking I might just use a little silicone to keep the filter in place and reinstall the inner cover to be safe.

 
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gashousegorilla on November 11, 2014, 05:20:38 pm
  Hockey tape around the lid ....  prior to the invention of the inner plastic cover, that was the method for some guys.   Might not look bad if it's a military ?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: krimp on November 11, 2014, 07:15:54 pm
Parked it on the side of the house for the next week. Snow put an end to my riding today.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: pmanaz1973 on November 11, 2014, 11:33:24 pm
Snow and in the 20's here as well.  Waxed my chrome, topped off the tank and hooked it onto the battery tender.  I love 4-seasons, I just wish summer was a bit longer up here at 48 degrees N.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: lemming on November 12, 2014, 03:51:22 pm
  Hockey tape around the lid ....  prior to the invention of the inner plastic cover, that was the method for some guys.   Might not look bad if it's a military ?

Silicone-ing the metal lid to the filter worked marvelously, and given the dust/oil/goo that lightly coated both surfaces, should peel away easily when it is time to oil the filter, though I don't know that will even be necessary to oil it (removing the plate, that is), since I can spray it from the backside...

Wait, that didn't sound right....  ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: krimp on November 12, 2014, 05:54:45 pm
This morning, I dusted the snow off of her (about 3" deep) and fired her up for a few minutes. She didn't want to start, but once she did, she was good to go. I will keep starting her every day until I get to ride again. Which will hopefully be next week.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gremlin on November 12, 2014, 10:11:13 pm
....... thick strong leather...... cotton thread.......

you want to avoid cotton it will rot over time and the seams will fail. You don't want thread that can stretch and you need a UV protected thread.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gashousegorilla on November 13, 2014, 12:33:17 am
Silicone-ing the metal lid to the filter worked marvelously, and given the dust/oil/goo that lightly coated both surfaces, should peel away easily when it is time to oil the filter, though I don't know that will even be necessary to oil it (removing the plate, that is), since I can spray it from the backside...

Wait, that didn't sound right....  ;D

   Ahhhhh ...... ? Yeah, I got ya  :o ;)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: decker on November 13, 2014, 03:23:16 am
 :D Got in a very chilly ride, then started prepping for winter storage.????
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on November 13, 2014, 10:00:19 pm
It's just starting to cool off enough in SoCal to be comfortable riding again!
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on November 13, 2014, 10:19:29 pm
Rain, snow, sleet, and freezing rain here today in Portland along with winds up to 50mph.  Probably too cold to even go down and work in the garage.

Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: krimp on November 15, 2014, 05:27:33 pm
Last night, after I got home from work, the temp was sitting somewhere around 35 F, I went out and tried to start her up. She fired up in under 2 seconds as if it was the middle of July.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on November 15, 2014, 07:48:15 pm
I think I'm going to bundle up, go out to the bike, remove the bar controls, flip the bars over and start smashing my tank with a ball peen hammer.   ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gremlin on November 15, 2014, 08:12:20 pm
I think I'm going to ..... start smashing my tank with a ball peen hammer.   ;D

I like brass and leather mallets for dimpling tanks.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on November 15, 2014, 08:48:10 pm
I like brass and leather mallets for dimpling tanks.

Me too, but you have to work with what you have.  ;)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: dls on November 18, 2014, 10:19:37 pm
Changed my Goldstar type silencer for a short bottle type & following Scotty Brown`s lead I ordered a Lycette type seat for my C5, can`t wait to get it.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattb on November 18, 2014, 10:39:14 pm
Changed my Goldstar type silencer for a short bottle type

I'm about to do the same once I get past the initial run-in period. I have one with steel baffles, the standard eBay item from India. How do you find it?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: dls on November 18, 2014, 11:22:33 pm
better bass & sound than the Goldstar which was a straight thru pipe with an aftermarket baffle I installed. The short bottle may be the same as yours a baffled Silman from India. Had to fabricate brackets & quality is ok, about the same as the bike actually
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Mr.Mazza on November 19, 2014, 10:19:56 am
After riding to and from trade school, I came home and fitted a new brake assembly, old one's mounting clamp snapped after dad did it up  ::)
Took 30 mins and lubed my throttle and brake cable while I was in there, gotta fine tune my brake cable but all good.
I WILL lube my clutch tomorrow morning or at trade school, I like to do them in sets.

Then rode 20 miles to a massive car and bike show, two football ovals full of cars and bikes!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: krimp on November 19, 2014, 04:41:06 pm
I rode into work today. She died about 2 miles from work. I performed an emergency side stand switch disconnect (used my knife to cut the wires), but that didn't fix the issue. I pulled the battery cover, moved the battery around and power came back. So, at lunch time, I am buying new battery cables and installing them.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: johno on November 20, 2014, 01:40:52 pm
Rain, snow, sleet, and freezing rain here today in Portland along with winds up to 50mph.  Probably too cold to even go down and work in the garage.
Know the feeling.........oh I'm in a different Portland......The original ;D just wet and windy here!
Grip puppies and K&N airfilter have arrived ready for install in/on my B5 next weekend
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on November 20, 2014, 03:22:04 pm
As Click and Clack always said, when people just say Portland without the state you know the mean the west coast :)  Great leaves in the fall just like the original but less snow and ice in the winter.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: johno on November 20, 2014, 06:39:29 pm
Oh I mean Portland Dorset UK ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on November 20, 2014, 06:43:33 pm
Ah!  The real original.  I am many more degrees removed than I first thought. ;)  On the bright side, yup, about the same weather I'm guessing.  Lots of rain and fog but with lovely summers.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: johno on November 20, 2014, 07:52:35 pm
you got it, just about sums it up.
great biking roads not a stones throw away from the isle through the counties of Dorset, Somerset and Devon, it really is a good place to live  8)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattb on November 21, 2014, 10:30:27 am
I fitted a short bottle silencer. That ubiquitous eBay number with permanent steel baffles. The sound is now...perfect! Wonderful bass, lots of presence yet not too loud.  My only gripe is that I'm not a fan of the short look, but I'll get an extension for the header in time.

I'm 600km in, still running the engine in, but I can now do 80-90kph, and have a 400km round trip planned on Sunday - the first country ride.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: NorEaster on November 21, 2014, 05:31:27 pm
I fitted a short bottle silencer. That ubiquitous eBay number with permanent steel baffles. The sound is now...perfect! Wonderful bass, lots of presence yet not too loud.  My only gripe is that I'm not a fan of the short look, but I'll get an extension for the header in time.

I'm 600km in, still running the engine in, but I can now do 80-90kph, and have a 400km round trip planned on Sunday - the first country ride.
MattB
Could you please post a picture on your bike and maybe a link to the ebay muffler?
Curious if yours has changed colors since you started using it
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Scotty Brown on November 22, 2014, 05:23:18 am
Time for the second oil change.  Certainly gets easier the second time.  Everything seems clean and shiny and no chips or bits in either filter.  Used the same O rings with no leaks.  Using Castrol HD40------Has always worked well in everything I have ever owned.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Mr.Mazza on November 22, 2014, 07:10:06 am
Got my tank fixed and resealed my exhuast.
Drained my forks and only one had oil :/
I think the previos owner didnt fill the other one...3 years ago.
So new 15w oil and I'll be looking for leaking seals!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattb on November 22, 2014, 09:06:54 am
MattBCould you please post a picture on your bike and maybe a link to the ebay muffler?
Curious if yours has changed colors since you started using it

I have only just started using the new exhaust, so I am not sure about the colours.

I bought this exhaust ages ago for my iron barrel Bullet, but never fitted it (the open Goldstar which came with that bike was horribly loud!). So I don't have the add in "my eBay". However I see that Nfield Gear sell what appears to be exactly the same one - it has the same sticker which I removed from mine yesterday: http://nfieldgear.com/enfield-store/aftermarket-parts-accessories/exhaust/classic-exhaust-system-1675.html The header on the UCE is shorter, it seems, so it sits more forward than in that photo. I will fit an extension to the header. I rode some more today and it's a fantastic-sounding exhaust. The bike runs nicely with it. I'll post a picture tomorrow evening after I go for a country run.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on November 22, 2014, 10:51:48 am
Time for the second oil change.  Certainly gets easier the second time.  Everything seems clean and shiny and no chips or bits in either filter.  Used the same O rings with no leaks.  Using Castrol HD40------Has always worked well in everything I have ever owned.

Changed my oil for the long winter's nap - what with my extra early mileage oil change, and one by the dealer when it was in for repair, I've got 7000 miles on and two oil changes above and beyond what the manual calls for.  No metal chunks since change #2, but still tiny black metal filings on the drain magnets, and still finding bits of silicone in the screen... (http://d26ya5yqg8yyvs.cloudfront.net/ne_nau.gif)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: johno on November 22, 2014, 06:28:06 pm
Fitted a pair of grip puppies (overgrips) to ease my grip cramps that start to happen after an hour in the saddle. Also installed the K&N air filter that arrived during the week.
As soon as I started the engine I noticed the difference in the way it started and ran, so much better.
I cut the paper filter into segments just to see what was inside, glad I changed it the paper filter looked clean but was solid with dirt at the tighter folds in the filter paper.
Air temps are dropping to below freezing this week in the UK so I'll see what effect some nice cold dense air makes on the engine with the free flowing air filter in place.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattb on November 23, 2014, 11:25:21 am
Could you please post a picture on your bike

Here it is with the new exhaust, out on a 400km run today - its first country ride. It performed marvellously.

Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: NorEaster on November 23, 2014, 01:26:15 pm
Looks great MattB
That's a great shade of green
Your muffler seems to be holding up better than mine too
Got into the low '50s here! It's been in the 10s-30s. So I took my bike out for a quick errand and took the loooong way home :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: pmanaz1973 on November 24, 2014, 02:07:33 am
Freezing rain and snow here in northeast Washington, so I decided to start on changing the fork oil on my 2014 C5; also decided to start shaving the foam on the seat to get a lower and different contour.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: NorEaster on November 24, 2014, 02:13:41 am
pmanaz1973
Keep us posted on that project.
I'm curious as to how much of a job the forks will be on a 2014 as well as how your seat turns out.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Mr.Mazza on November 24, 2014, 02:22:00 am
Rode her to work
Its been raining since 10am, its gonna keep up for another hour and hopefully I miss the massive storms coming.

Boss wont let me bring her inside :(
When I get home ALL the water will be removed and everythi v relubed...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on November 24, 2014, 05:58:26 am
Good weekend all around.  I went up to the shop for some Ural demo rides Saturday.  The new CT model is nice.  It's lower and handles better on the road than the others.  Today I went up to Seattle with the two mechanics for the International Motorcycle Show.  Good show this year and good crowd.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: AussieDave on November 24, 2014, 06:47:37 am
Yeah mAzza , I got caught in that storm riding in from ballarat- gave the plastic onesie a good workout! Bike didn't miss a beat though !
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Mr.Mazza on November 24, 2014, 07:23:20 am
Yeah mAzza , I got caught in that storm riding in from ballarat- gave the plastic onesie a good workout! Bike didn't miss a beat though !

Managed to skip the heavy rain on my way home but she still sat in heavy rain  >:(
I need to find a park for rainy weather or bring a tarp
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on November 24, 2014, 11:53:13 am
When my bike was my only mode of transportation, I used to keep my bike cover rolled up and strapped to the back of the bike.  That way if I did have to ride in bad weather I always had the cover to keep the bike protected and dry.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: johno on November 24, 2014, 12:45:14 pm
Rode my B5 on my 120 mile commute. Air temps below freezing, I just love this time of year the frost coated verges lighting up in the headlights glow so night riding is little less stressful, apart from ice at corners and in dips that is!
The bullet is performing well The K&N Air filter has brought the engine performance back up to seat of the pants power as it had with the smaller sprocket. Cruising at 60 mph (posted limit) is a breeze, then on the motorway and dual carriageways (highway) she sits happily at the posted limit of 70mph, vibration is much reduced the over grips do reduce high frequency vibration at the handlebars as well as removing the cramps I was suffering before.
As for the Avon style fairing, what a difference this makes I could compare it to my GL1200 but that would be silly, but I'll just say wind chill of around -4f and I was comfortable without suffering any helmet turbulence and actually rode with the face shield open.....
All the modifications  (so far) have made my Bullet a much better all year round machine able to keep up with UK traffic with a little in reserve, much like a 250 twin of the '80's :) without changing the classic '50's look ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Russ on November 24, 2014, 08:40:47 pm
North of me, West of Lake Erie got (7) yes SEVEN + FEET of snow. I got a light dusting so felt it was my responsibility to go out today. Windy and cool. es.........seven feet..plus some......
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Russ on November 24, 2014, 08:42:20 pm
Sorry....make that "East" of Lake Erie !!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on November 24, 2014, 10:54:56 pm
Putting things away, still.  Had a warm rainy day today, and the bike, stored in the garage, is soaking with condensation again.  You guys with heated storage are lucky - and smart...



I keep the little tool kit that came with the bike in the side case with the relays and EFI, in a heavy plastic sleeve - shocked at how dirty everything gets in there!  Anything I touch turns my fingers black...



Did mice move into my tool bag?

(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-OOK-Empck2o/VHO1iMhbRdI/AAAAAAAAB_w/xMB7AzF4-80/w600-h426-no/DSC03377.JPG)

Nope - vibration over 500 miles of sitting on top of the tail light housing.  The socket handle rested on top of the zip-lock bag of sockets, and the spark plug in the box was beneath them.  Everything got chewed to bits: the bag, the box, even the lining of the bag...  :(
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: NorEaster on November 25, 2014, 01:02:18 am
Same here Mattsz  :P
Mine looked like someone performed a heavy mist with the hose
grrrr  >:(
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on November 25, 2014, 01:17:53 am
50's and partly cloudy tomorrow, NorEaster - better go for a ride to make sure to get your bike good and dry...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Norm on November 26, 2014, 08:30:44 pm
I found my 2010 C5 on sale on Craigslist from a non-RE dealer in Olympia, WA, for the same price I sold it to owner #2, who must have recently traded it in for something else.  I recognized the license number.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: krimp on November 26, 2014, 08:50:28 pm
I rode into work this morning. It was a below freezing when I left. Tonight the temps will be above freezing as I ride home.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on November 26, 2014, 10:53:18 pm
In the process of reshaping my gas tank as part of the cafe conversion on the Blackhawk.  The hardest part so far has been the front dimples for the bars.  I have the 2nd coat of fiberglass hardening now, then 1 coat of regular filler and then some glaze coat.  Gonna keep at it for another 3hours.  Hope to have it in primer before I go home for thanksgiving.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Mr.Mazza on November 27, 2014, 02:17:12 am
Rode to work on a sunny but chilly morning, the ride home should be 26 and perfect 8)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on November 27, 2014, 02:33:09 pm
For those who don't look at the Vintage category, here are some pics of what I have going on with my old twin.  I'm getting the bike ready for the cafe conversion I'm doing to it.  You can see from the 1st pics that initially the tank looked really REALLY ugly after whacking it with a ball peen hammer for 20 minutes.  Also, notice the large pile of paint and body filler that fell off of the tank.

(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y217/lethalinj/1125141651_zpsakcjaqii.jpg) (http://s6.photobucket.com/user/lethalinj/media/1125141651_zpsakcjaqii.jpg.html)

(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y217/lethalinj/1125141651a_zps0j9rhrzw.jpg) (http://s6.photobucket.com/user/lethalinj/media/1125141651a_zps0j9rhrzw.jpg.html)

(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y217/lethalinj/1125141652_zpsv1os5jvv.jpg) (http://s6.photobucket.com/user/lethalinj/media/1125141652_zpsv1os5jvv.jpg.html)

After about an hour of grinding off old paint, another 30 minutes of hammering and 4.5 hours of spreading filler and blocking mud, this is what I turned it into.  I have about 1 more hour of sanding and it will be ready for primer.

(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y217/lethalinj/1126141959a_zpsqwclngz1.jpg) (http://s6.photobucket.com/user/lethalinj/media/1126141959a_zpsqwclngz1.jpg.html)

(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y217/lethalinj/1126141959c_zpsaf18a57u.jpg) (http://s6.photobucket.com/user/lethalinj/media/1126141959c_zpsaf18a57u.jpg.html)

(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y217/lethalinj/1126142000b_zps4lqsyie2.jpg) (http://s6.photobucket.com/user/lethalinj/media/1126142000b_zps4lqsyie2.jpg.html)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on November 27, 2014, 02:54:27 pm
Pretty big dimples up front.  I can see why it took so much effort.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on November 27, 2014, 03:11:17 pm
Pretty big dimples up front.  I can see why it took so much effort.

I wanted it artsy AND functional.  By doing it this way, it leaves my options for handle bars wide open.  Plus, once it is in paint, you'll see why I did it like I did.  I'm going all in on this paint job.  ;)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: NorEaster on November 28, 2014, 01:20:21 am
That is going to look cool!
Nice work!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on November 28, 2014, 03:40:38 am
Finished sanding the body work tonight and is now ready for primer.   :)

(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y217/lethalinj/1127141845_zpsybabqcyr.jpg) (http://s6.photobucket.com/user/lethalinj/media/1127141845_zpsybabqcyr.jpg.html)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Mr.Mazza on November 28, 2014, 11:54:19 am
Had her die this morning just before I threw over, had to take the car  :(
Think coil wiring came loose, have a play tomorrow and she'll be right.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on November 28, 2014, 02:22:56 pm
Had her die this morning just before I threw over, had to take the car  :(
Think coil wiring came loose, have a play tomorrow and she'll be right.

I have had that happen before on my way into work.  Started misfiring really bad about 5 miles from work.  When I got there I found that the positive terminal for the coil was loose and barely holding onto the coil terminal.  I squished the wire terminal so it would hold tighter on the coil and has been fine since.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Mr.Mazza on November 29, 2014, 12:21:25 pm
I have had that happen before on my way into work.  Started misfiring really bad about 5 miles from work.  When I got there I found that the positive terminal for the coil was loose and barely holding onto the coil terminal.  I squished the wire terminal so it would hold tighter on the coil and has been fine since.

Turns out I'd been bad and not watched my point gap in awhile and they had closed up, regapped and bike runs amazingly well, except when I loose compression from dislodging all that carbon shit from poor running and a valve gets sticky  :-[

One solid hour breakdown with half compression and a backfire cleared it and a half splutter-pull over-restart fine moment I think it'll be fine and better haha
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: johno on November 30, 2014, 03:54:19 pm
Friday rode the return of my 120 mile commute, looks like mpg at high speed (70mph+) is around 71miles per uk (imperial) gallon. Which is the same as before the mods so a more sedate pace should return around the 90mpg I was seeing previously.
I have also obtained a pair of Dark Green 1958 pattern British army waxed canvas haversacks that can strap together and be used as panniers. I have kept the Givi pannier frames on the bike so I still have a hard case option, the haversacks straps loop over the seat and between the rear of the seat and grab handle, there is also a clipped strap that I have used to loop behind the Givi frames to hold the haversacks tight against the bike.
the carrying capacity is near double over the Givi panniers but are much slimmer when empty, ideal for what I need.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on December 01, 2014, 03:07:44 pm
Got the gas tank in primer this morning.  :)
(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y217/lethalinj/1201140724a_zps90imph6q.jpg) (http://s6.photobucket.com/user/lethalinj/media/1201140724a_zps90imph6q.jpg.html)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: GreenMachine on December 01, 2014, 03:18:33 pm
Amazing job...Smooth as Glass..Can't wait to see it painted...GM
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on December 02, 2014, 03:19:43 pm
First stage of painting is complete!!!!!    8)



(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y217/lethalinj/1202140811b_zpsz2rsp8ca.jpg) (http://s6.photobucket.com/user/lethalinj/media/1202140811b_zpsz2rsp8ca.jpg.html)

(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y217/lethalinj/1202140811a_zpstubd7de0.jpg) (http://s6.photobucket.com/user/lethalinj/media/1202140811a_zpstubd7de0.jpg.html)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: heloego on December 02, 2014, 08:37:08 pm
Beautiful!
How many coats 'til finished?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on December 02, 2014, 08:46:57 pm
Beautiful!
How many coats 'til finished?


I'm going to paint the front dimples white and then do 2 or 3 coats of gold and white pearl then 3 more coats of clear.  Then the stripes will be painted and decals applied and then 4 more coats of clear.  :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: heloego on December 02, 2014, 08:52:54 pm
Gonna be DEEP, bro! Keep us posted!

 ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: NorEaster on December 02, 2014, 10:17:22 pm
First stage of painting is complete!!!!!    8)



(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y217/lethalinj/1202140811b_zpsz2rsp8ca.jpg) (http://s6.photobucket.com/user/lethalinj/media/1202140811b_zpsz2rsp8ca.jpg.html)

(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y217/lethalinj/1202140811a_zpstubd7de0.jpg) (http://s6.photobucket.com/user/lethalinj/media/1202140811a_zpstubd7de0.jpg.html)
Looks awesome!!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Craig McClure on December 03, 2014, 12:15:56 am
I'm going to paint the front dimples white and then do 2 or 3 coats of gold and white pearl then 3 more coats of clear.  Then the stripes will be painted and decals applied and then 4 more coats of clear.  :)
I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE THAT!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: NorEaster on December 03, 2014, 12:23:08 am
High on Octane,
Are you going to be doing clubman bars?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on December 03, 2014, 01:56:03 am
High on Octane,
Are you going to be doing clubman bars?


No, I'll be getting 35mm clip on bars.  I'm trying to capture the "real deal" authentic 60's cafe racer.  I'll be installing a vintage fairing and cafe seat from Dime City Cycles as well.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on December 03, 2014, 02:23:32 am
Before Pearl Coat:
(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y217/lethalinj/1202140811b_zpsz2rsp8ca.jpg) (http://s6.photobucket.com/user/lethalinj/media/1202140811b_zpsz2rsp8ca.jpg.html)


After Pearl Coat:
(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y217/lethalinj/1202141723a_zpsj9xuklox.jpg) (http://s6.photobucket.com/user/lethalinj/media/1202141723a_zpsj9xuklox.jpg.html)


Notice how in the shade it gets blacker as less light hits it.
(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y217/lethalinj/1202141723c_zpsi6mhmo1x.jpg) (http://s6.photobucket.com/user/lethalinj/media/1202141723c_zpsi6mhmo1x.jpg.html)

I LOVE pearl coats!!!
(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y217/lethalinj/1202141724_zpspswhn18o.jpg) (http://s6.photobucket.com/user/lethalinj/media/1202141724_zpspswhn18o.jpg.html)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on December 03, 2014, 03:02:31 am
Me in action!     8)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ju93mFAf6V8&feature=youtu.be
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: pmanaz1973 on December 03, 2014, 04:10:19 am
Smooth and accurate- kind of like you do it for a living  ;)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: kiwihintz on December 03, 2014, 11:19:28 am
Installed Power commander 5 then threaded the block trying to remove sump nut!!!!! AAAAHHHHH
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: kiwihintz on December 03, 2014, 11:27:31 am
Punched myself several times in the face, took bike to JCS to Helicoil the block thread,..  then and tried out the my new PC5 on the freeway.
A Friken awesome ending to a fkdup day!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on December 03, 2014, 03:25:06 pm
Alright, finally finished......  For now, until I can get my custom stickers made.  :)


(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y217/lethalinj/1203140810a_zpsdgcocqbc.jpg) (http://s6.photobucket.com/user/lethalinj/media/1203140810a_zpsdgcocqbc.jpg.html)

(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y217/lethalinj/1203140810b_zps4axbplnr.jpg) (http://s6.photobucket.com/user/lethalinj/media/1203140810b_zps4axbplnr.jpg.html)

(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y217/lethalinj/1203140810c_zpseuhdznc4.jpg) (http://s6.photobucket.com/user/lethalinj/media/1203140810c_zpseuhdznc4.jpg.html)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on December 03, 2014, 08:18:51 pm
Very nice, Scotty!
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: NorEaster on December 04, 2014, 12:00:25 am
Ok... need a new keyboard... just drooled on mine  ;D
Looks AWESOME!
This project deserves it's own thread
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on December 04, 2014, 12:04:07 am
This project deserves it's own thread

Done!  Don't say I never did anything for you, NorEaster:

http://www.enfieldmotorcycles.com/forum/index.php/topic,19408.0.html (http://www.enfieldmotorcycles.com/forum/index.php/topic,19408.0.html)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on December 04, 2014, 12:11:20 am
Love the dual Indian/RE logos.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: NorEaster on December 04, 2014, 12:25:41 am
Done!  Don't say I never did anything for you, NorEaster:

http://www.enfieldmotorcycles.com/forum/index.php/topic,19408.0.html (http://www.enfieldmotorcycles.com/forum/index.php/topic,19408.0.html)
Thanks Matt... I don't usually stray out of the UCE forum  ::)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on December 04, 2014, 12:49:56 am
Thanks guys!  I appreciate the kind words.  I've really been busting my ass on this thing.  I've been waking up at 4am to get o work by 6a, to put in 2 very fast paced hours then clock in at 8a.  I figured so far I have 18 hours of labor invested into this tank in the last week (started Thanksgiving Eve).   :o  So it is nice knowing that people like it.  Hopefully I can win a bike show or 2 this year.  Also hope to make it to Bonneville this summer.

Thanks Matt... I don't usually stray out of the UCE forum  ::)

That's why I've been posting in both sections of the forum.  I noticed a long time ago that the "Vintage" section doesn't get nearly the traffic that the "UCE" section does.  I'm very proud of what I have going on and wanted to make sure that most everyone got a chance to see what I can do.  :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gashousegorilla on December 04, 2014, 04:45:14 am
  Scottie that tank looks awesome.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on December 04, 2014, 11:55:20 am
Thanks GHG!

One last pic of the tank out in the sunlight. This pic really shows how the pearl effects the color depending on how much light hits it.  As you can see, where the sun hits directly on the paint the color gets intensely bright.  As the the light transitions over the surface to the shadowed areas, the color gets darker and darker until it turns almost completely black.  It was totally inadvertent, but it ended up kind of looking like Chameleon British Racing green!

(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y217/lethalinj/1203141057e_zpslo8lcdb8.jpg) (http://s6.photobucket.com/user/lethalinj/media/1203141057e_zpslo8lcdb8.jpg.html)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: ace.cafe on December 04, 2014, 03:04:32 pm
That style of stripe is also very 1950s/60s type of racing stripe. Very "period" style.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Scotty Brown on December 04, 2014, 11:11:32 pm
Scotti -- The tank is beautiful--You are a master craftsman my friend !
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Scotty Brown on December 04, 2014, 11:16:03 pm
Following in the footsteps of others in Kalifornia, I repositioned the charcoal canister to a drawer in my workbench -----Now to install the crash bar in case my ancient self drops the bike while rolling it off the center stand.  Being old and weak really sucks!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gashousegorilla on December 05, 2014, 12:43:48 am
Thanks GHG!

One last pic of the tank out in the sunlight. This pic really shows how the pearl effects the color depending on how much light hits it.  As you can see, where the sun hits directly on the paint the color gets intensely bright.  As the the light transitions over the surface to the shadowed areas, the color gets darker and darker until it turns almost completely black.  It was totally inadvertent, but it ended up kind of looking like Chameleon British Racing green!

(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y217/lethalinj/1203141057e_zpslo8lcdb8.jpg) (http://s6.photobucket.com/user/lethalinj/media/1203141057e_zpslo8lcdb8.jpg.html)


  Yeah, I see what you mean.....Looks cool .   The indents came out real nice and even as well.  Not easy to do sometimes I know.   Gotta watch how that metal caves in. ;)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: heloego on December 05, 2014, 02:58:11 am
Beautiful work, Scotti!
Absolutely beautiful!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: wildbill on December 05, 2014, 12:22:51 pm
nice job - a credit to you
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: lemming on December 05, 2014, 04:00:04 pm
(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y217/lethalinj/1203140810a_zpsdgcocqbc.jpg) (http://s6.photobucket.com/user/lethalinj/media/1203140810a_zpsdgcocqbc.jpg.html)

(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y217/lethalinj/1203140810b_zps4axbplnr.jpg) (http://s6.photobucket.com/user/lethalinj/media/1203140810b_zps4axbplnr.jpg.html)

(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y217/lethalinj/1203140810c_zpseuhdznc4.jpg) (http://s6.photobucket.com/user/lethalinj/media/1203140810c_zpseuhdznc4.jpg.html)

Ummm.........WOW!!!!!!!!!!!! Seriously beautiful work!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on December 05, 2014, 04:20:17 pm
Thanks everyone!  Just found out this morning that a custom fab company I contacted has decided to sponsor me and will be supplying me with a custom one-off aluminum cafe seat pan!  Things are looking really good for me right now.  :D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on December 05, 2014, 06:29:41 pm
What colors are you planning for the frame and other body tins?

I'm torn right now.  It's cold and rainy so I should be starting on my winter project, but I just know that warm Saturday is going to pop up as soon as I take things apart for a project.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on December 05, 2014, 07:04:25 pm
I'm leaving the chassis black for now, there's really nothing wrong with the paint on the frame anyhow.  The new seat pan is going to be custom made for my bike and will be bolt on, I just made a template that I need to send out tomorrow.  It is going to be painted to match the tank.  Eventually I'm going to paint my 16" wheels gloss black and install those, but I'm going to wear out the Shinko 705s first before I do that.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Scotty Brown on December 05, 2014, 09:12:31 pm
Installed crash bar ( easy )  then re-routed the vent and eliminated the hoses from the re-located charcoal canister and plugged the vacuum port, checked all the electrical connections and replaced the tank (like a male nudist climbing over a barb wire fence).  Got to be REEEEEAL careful with that fuel pump nozzle.  All went well and it runs like a champ.  Next adventure changing to K70's. Tinkering with an Enfield is half the fun -------------------
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: ace.cafe on December 05, 2014, 10:05:18 pm
I didn't do anything for my own RE, but I did this for somebody elses!
Racing Big Head with Hi-Lift Roller Rocker kit and porting for 8000 rpm, destined for a race bike in Australia which plans to run it at the Philip Island Classic races in January.

http://www.enfieldmotorcycles.com/forum/index.php/topic,19256.msg231743.html#new (http://www.enfieldmotorcycles.com/forum/index.php/topic,19256.msg231743.html#new)

You might have to scroll up or down a little to get to all the photos and flow data.
 8)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on December 05, 2014, 10:30:53 pm
Do you ever ceramic coat the exhaust ports?  Would it be worth it to keep the head cooler and move that heat to the header?

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: ace.cafe on December 05, 2014, 10:38:23 pm
Do you ever ceramic coat the exhaust ports?  Would it be worth it to keep the head cooler and move that heat to the header?

Scott
Yes, it's standard equipment on the Fireball heads.
That Big Head in that linked thread has ceramic coated exhaust port. That's why it is black and shiny inside.
The combustion chamber and valve faces have ceramic/metallic coating, which is that matte gray color seen in that chamber photo.
Works well.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on December 05, 2014, 10:43:41 pm
I knew about the combustion chamber/valves and that you do the piston, wasn't sure on the port.  Thanks :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on December 07, 2014, 02:22:00 pm
I actually did this Friday, but here it is now.  I've been desperately needing some kind of catch can on my bike,  I've done a couple different things but nothing really worked that well.  Digging thru the parts rooms at work on Friday, I saw an A/C drier canister sitting on a shelf and gave me an idea.  So I went out to a parts car and found an A/C drier that still had the lines connected.  Brought it into the shop and trimmed the refrigerant lines to accept some rubber fuel line, then soaked it all in a bucket of gun wash (Acetone, MEK, ect.).  After letting is soak for about 30 minutes, then I pulled all the parts back out and cleaned them with compressed air.  Next, I took the pressure sensor, broke the plug part off and filled it with black plastic epoxy and then ground the epoxy flat.  I think this is going to work quite well for a couple of reasons; 1 - it is small and won't take up much room or weight, and 2 - it's baffled so it shouldn't allow any fluid to come out the other side, spraying the back half of my bike with oil.  My plan is to install the crank breather line to the input of the drier (the very short line) and the duck bill on the exit side (upside down U shaped line).  This should completely eliminate all blow by oil due to the combination of the baffling and the duck bill, and will bolt right onto my battery tray.  Plus, if it does fill up with oil and start spitting again, I just need to remove it and put it upside down in an oil drain pan for a little while.   :)

(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y217/lethalinj/NewCatchCan_zpsf37501c8.jpg) (http://s6.photobucket.com/user/lethalinj/media/NewCatchCan_zpsf37501c8.jpg.html)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Craig McClure on December 07, 2014, 06:03:22 pm
I actually did this Friday, but here it is now.  I've been desperately needing some kind of catch can on my bike,  I've done a couple different things but nothing really worked that well.  Digging thru the parts rooms at work on Friday, I saw an A/C drier canister sitting on a shelf and gave me an idea.  So I went out to a parts car and found an A/C drier that still had the lines connected.  Brought it into the shop and trimmed the refrigerant lines to accept some rubber fuel line, then soaked it all in a bucket of gun wash (Acetone, MEK, ect.).  After letting is soak for about 30 minutes, then I pulled all the parts back out and cleaned them with compressed air.  Next, I took the pressure sensor, broke the plug part off and filled it with black plastic epoxy and then ground the epoxy flat.  I think this is going to work quite well for a couple of reasons; 1 - it is small and won't take up much room or weight, and 2 - it's baffled so it shouldn't allow any fluid to come out the other side, spraying the back half of my bike with oil.  My plan is to install the crank breather line to the input of the drier (the very short line) and the duck bill on the exit side (upside down U shaped line).  This should completely eliminate all blow by oil due to the combination of the baffling and the duck bill, and will bolt right onto my battery tray.  Plus, if it does fill up with oil and start spitting again, I just need to remove it and put it upside down in an oil drain pan for a little while.   :)

(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y217/lethalinj/NewCatchCan_zpsf37501c8.jpg) (http://s6.photobucket.com/user/lethalinj/media/NewCatchCan_zpsf37501c8.jpg.html)
Hi, I thought catch cans were used to satisfy the rules when racing to keep oil of the track. All my old Brits came with open hoses following the rear fender line. I'm running a similar open crankcase breather on my G5 Deluxe. It only spits when I've over filled the Crankcase. Does your twin spit a lot?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on December 07, 2014, 06:30:59 pm
Yes, a lot.  Regardless of oil level or rpms.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: ace.cafe on December 07, 2014, 11:19:23 pm
Well, it will catch the oil. Should eliminate that issue.
Certainly not ideal to have a large volume can ahead of the duckbill. It will allow quite a bit of pumping activity between the crankcase and the can, and back again. But, I suppose it's better than nothing.

A completely open breather line is the worst thing you can do. So, at least you have a duckbill on it somewhere, even if it is not ideal.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: motorman2whel on December 07, 2014, 11:29:35 pm
Ace have you ever done any of those coatings on a piston crown? .
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: rvcycleguy on December 07, 2014, 11:36:06 pm
Rode the bike yesterday and had the throttle cable snap off at the handlebar grip.  Second time in 2 years.  Hate when that happens.  Had to adjust the idle to high to get the bike to my destination.  Have to order another one. 
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: motorman2whel on December 07, 2014, 11:40:59 pm
Rode the bike yesterday and had the throttle cable snap off at the handlebar grip.  Second time in 2 years.  Hate when that happens.  Had to adjust the idle to high to get the bike to my destination.  Have to order another one.
   Use a pressure luber on the new cable before installing it. If you don't have access to one, use a funnel & some tape then pour some synthetic engine oil in it and let it run thru overnight . (Hang it or clamp lightly in a vice)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: ace.cafe on December 07, 2014, 11:54:54 pm
Ace have you ever done any of those coatings on a piston crown? .

Yes, nearly all of them. A few people requested them bare to save money, but not many.
Cer/Met(matte gray) on the crown, and moly-coat(black) on the skirt. Virtually all Fireballs ever built have both of these coatings on the piston.
(http://www.enfieldmotorcycles.com/forum/gallery/1119_11_02_10_1_13_06.JPG)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on December 08, 2014, 02:07:53 am
Ace - This canister is not wide open.  It has a large baffled plate and filters inside of it.  You can blow/breathe thru it, not freely, but not restricted either.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Craig McClure on December 08, 2014, 02:31:39 am


A completely open breather line is the worst thing you can do. So, at least you have a duckbill on it somewhere, even if it is not ideal.
Hi Ace, Could you elaborate on that statement. I have been running open breather tubes up over my rear fenders & out the rear for decades now & never had a problem. Why is this bad?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: suitcasejefferson on December 08, 2014, 04:01:32 am
I have also run open breathers on most of my bikes. Some of them go directly from the crankcase to the air box (same thing as an open breather) I always remove all the emissions crap from my bikes, and sometimes that does not leave a place for the breather to go. I do recommend a filter of some kind on the end. Bikes do not have a PCV system like cars, there is no suction on the breather hose. My late 1985 Goldwing had the most complicated breather system I've ever seen. Almost 50 parts. I ripped it all off, stuck a hose on the crankcase fitting, and ran it down below the bike, so that it would work kind of like the old road draft tubes cars had before PCV valves appeared. I have always wondered why bikes never had PCV systems. It is a great way to keep the crankcase clean.

Oh, I rode my Enfield 220 miles today. It took all day, with several stops. Beautiful day, perfect for a ride. This is a perfect therapy bike. I felt so much better during and after the ride. No issues with power, speed, or handling, like so many modern bikes. Just sit back and enjoy the ride. I wish I'd had this bike a couple decades ago.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Magoo on December 08, 2014, 10:17:32 am
Threw on the new header pipe & efi from Hitchcocks on the C5 last week. My PC V and K&N filter arrived from NField today so it's all systems go.
I foresee a lot of swearing tonight when I try to figure out the leads and where they go! Not a fan of electrics...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on December 08, 2014, 12:03:21 pm
Most modern bikes do have a PCV of sorts.  Most vent the crankcase to the air cleaner as the RE does.  Some have a one way valve so air can't get sucked back in to the crankcase.  Both systems help keep the crankcase under some vacuum. 

With the RE being a big single with a long stroke, no matter how long the line is you're going to pull dirty air into the crankcase when the engine is started if it's open to the outside.  You can use a small filter.  Better yet, get a one way valve too like they use on vacuum brake reservoirs.  This will minimize your pumping losses and grab you some free power.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: ace.cafe on December 08, 2014, 12:50:20 pm
Hi Ace, Could you elaborate on that statement. I have been running open breather tubes up over my rear fenders & out the rear for decades now & never had a problem. Why is this bad?

Yes, first let me state that it is worse on some, and less bad on others, depending on the crankcase volume, but the general rule applies across the board. It is particularly critical on dry-sump Bullets and other dry-sump engines with small crankcase volumes. Somewhat less critical on UCE bikes because the transmission case volume that is part of the unit construction adds a pretty good amount of volume inside. And also, with the wet-sump construction, there is more volume under the crank, so that windage doesn't whip the oil bath up, causing power loss and aerated oil.

Anyway, the piston moving up and down in a small crankcase creates a high pressure condition inside the crankcase when it comes down, and a low pressure(suction) as it goes up. With a single piston in a large bore and long stroke, these are significant events.
When the piston comes down, this higher pressure created inside the crankcase can have some negative effects. If it is not relieved out some port, it can push upwards on the piston rings, potentially unseating them, or causing them to be less stable on the lower part of the ring grooves, causing blow-by of combustion pressure into the crankcase, losing power, and increasing crankcase pressure even more. This also can cause issues with bore oiling, can lose various amounts of power, causes the engine to heat up more than normal, and gets more combustion by-products into the oil.
In an open breather hose situation, as long as the breather hose is big enough to flow the amount of displacement out the hose at the speed of engine rpm, then the build-up of pressure would be minimal, but this almost never happens, and the crankcase runs at some increased pressure due to this, and may have varying degrees of all of the above mentioned things happening. But it would be lessened by the amount that the open breather hose can flow.

On the up stroke, this piston causes a low pressure(suction) in the crankcase. This helps ring seal, and ring stability, and is generally a good thing. However, with an open breather hose, it sucks air back thru that breather into the crankcase, doing as much as it can to reduce any of these good effects by the amount that the breather can flow air back into the engine.

And, in both cases, the engine is pushing or sucking(or trying to) air in and out of the crankcase via this open breather tube. This is not easy to push the whole 500cc engine displacement out a little hose, and then suck 500cc engine displacement back into the crankcase, on the order of several thousand times a minute. This creates something called "pumping losses". Pumping losses are losses of power that could have been useful to power the motorcycle, which are lost as waste heat when trying to push this air in/out of the little breather hose thousands of times a minute, and it shows up as horsepower loss, added heat, and possibly ring seal issues. It  also can be responsible for pushing a lot of oil mist out the breather hose, and up into the air filter housing, or wherever.

Since these things do not prevent the engine from running, many people say, as you did, "I had no problem with them". And from the user standpoint, it does seem that way. But there ARE problems arising from it, and the user just does not see what these problems are, because they are sort of "below the radar" and he doesn't know they are robbing engine performance on a small scale.(1-3hp)

So, how do we solve these things?
We use a one-way valve in the breather hose system, such as a "duckbill" valve, or a racing "KrankVent", or some fast acting check valve like a brake-booster valve, or something like that to allow the air to be pushed out the breather hose, but the check valve stops air from coming back into the crankcase via the breather hose. In short order, the crankcase develops a relatively low pressure condition continually while the engine is running, and this gives the best conditions for ring seal, and drastically reduces the pumping losses, and keeps the engine running nice and smooth and efficiently and cooler, making better power, making less waste heat, and generally being much happier.

On your old Brit bikes, you may not have been aware of the design features that included controlled breather function. For example, your BSA Gold Star DBD34 had a "timed disc" breather system which allowed the crankcase to vent out the "open hose" for a certain number of degrees of crank rotation at the right time when the engineers wanted it, and closed the breather disc when they didn't want it open. This was incorporated into the crank system. They previously used other methods, but found that the "timed disc" worked best for them at the higher engine rpms on the track, and that is what all the later Gold Stars had, up until they ceased production. Other Brit bikes had other kinds of things, and Enfields had the "duckbill" valve, which is just a rubber tube with a flattened end that allowed air to flow out, but closed down when air tried to come back in. Very cheap to produce, and it "quacks" just like a duck call in some cases. Iron Barrel Bullets have this system.

Many people are not aware of these functions of the engine breather, but we are keenly aware of them, and so are all engine designers.
In the world of big American V8 racers, they use dry sumps with big volume return pumps to get all the oil out of the sump quickly, and add vacuum pumps to the sump, which have the sole purpose of pulling high vacuum in the crankcases to help with ring seal and reduce pumping losses. It actually loses less power to mechanically or electrically drive these vacuum pumps, than what they lose without them, so it makes significant hp gains to have the vacuum pumps in these racing engines. So, that's an example to show that it isn't just our little vintage engines that benefit from proper breather systems.

In a proper breather system there is no air "coming back in" thru the breather. That is stopped at the check valve. Therefore, there is no need for a "little air filter" on the breather hose, which you see various vendors featuring on their "breather kits", displaying their total ignorance about what breather systems do. I don't run around telling these people about their wrong designs, because I have better things to do with my time, like telling my customers how to make proper breather systems for their bikes that we mod, so that they have the best results. This is the kind of detail that we do with all our mod packages. We solve problems that many people don't even know exist. But that's our job, so that the customers get the best result, and we do the design work that benefits them, even if they don't really understand everything that we do.
We do it for them. In many circumstances, we could get away without it, and make more profit or sell more mods, but we always try to be the "best function", not necessarily the "best selling"(although I have no aversion to being the best selling too, if we can!).
 :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on December 08, 2014, 02:06:24 pm
So would installing a pcv valve just before my "catch can" be beneficial?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: ace.cafe on December 08, 2014, 02:31:35 pm
So would installing a pcv valve just before my "catch can" be beneficial?
Possibly. But typical PCV valves have not worked as well as hoped, in our experience. But power brake booster check valves have been pretty good. The duckbill works real well up to about 6000-6500 rpm. The Bullet uses a duckbill inside the catch can, on a pipe stub that is inside, coming from the engine. I'm pretty sure that all the RE twins had a duckbill coming right off that elbow fitting on the crankcase, above the primary chaincase. If you have a lot of oil ejection out the breather, and no duckbill, the lack of the duckbill may be the reason that the oil is ejecting.
If you want a catch can, you could just buy an old Bullet catch can that everybody takes off because they don't know what it does. It has the duckbill and everything all in there, ready to be plugged on to the breather hose. Put it as close to the engine breather outlet as feasible, and locate it up high near the heads so that any big pukes of oil can't make it all the way up the vertical portion of the hose, and will run back down the hose and go back into the sump.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: barenekd on December 08, 2014, 05:56:26 pm
Quote
Somewhat less critical on UCE bikes because the transmission case volume that is part of the unit construction adds a pretty good amount of volume inside. And also, with the wet-sump construction, there is more volume under the crank, so that windage doesn't whip the oil bath up, causing power loss and aerated oil.

Are you insinuating that the UCE is a wet sump engine?. It's not. There is still the same "oil tank" in it that the iron barrels have and the sump pump to fill it.
Bare
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: ace.cafe on December 08, 2014, 06:14:47 pm
Are you insinuating that the UCE is a wet sump engine?. It's not. There is still the same "oil tank" in it that the iron barrels have and the sump pump to fill it.
Bare

Looks like a wet sump to me.
3 pressure feeds off the common oil pump, with a drainback system to the sump, and a single suction feed from that sump.

I'm not seeing any scavenge pumping system, so that makes it wet sump, unless I am overlooking something about the oiling system.  Perhaps you can point it out to me. All dry sump systems have a feed pump and a scavenge(return) pump system.
(http://image.slidesharecdn.com/ucelubrication-090831220410-phpapp02/95/royal-enfield-uce-lubrication-3-728.jpg?cb=1251774294)


Here's another bit of supporting information from the Royal Enfield factory site about the Bullet UCE.
As you can see, if you scroll down a little to the Technical Specifications, it lists the lubrication system as "wet sump".
http://royalenfield.com/motorcycles/bullet-500#!technical-specification (http://royalenfield.com/motorcycles/bullet-500#!technical-specification)

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Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: rvcycleguy on December 08, 2014, 06:53:51 pm
   Use a pressure luber on the new cable before installing it. If you don't have access to one, use a funnel & some tape then pour some synthetic engine oil in it and let it run thru overnight . (Hang it or clamp lightly in a vice)

Thanks motorman.  The first time it snapped, the engine died and I could not get it to start due to no throttle.  This time, the idled and I recognized what happened and was able to reach down to the carb and turn the fast idle knob to keep going on the road I was on to my final destination.  Lucky I was only a few blocks away.  I had been riding up to that point for an hour. 
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on December 08, 2014, 07:39:23 pm
Thanks motorman.  The first time it snapped, the engine died and I could not get it to start due to no throttle.  This time, the idled and I recognized what happened and was able to reach down to the carb and turn the fast idle knob to keep going on the road I was on to my final destination.  Lucky I was only a few blocks away.  I had been riding up to that point for an hour.

The best trick for preventing the cable from snapping there is to make sure it all has a light coat of grease.  Same with the lever ends of you cables for clutch and brake too.  The main reason for the cable breaking there is because the ferrel binds and the cable kinks instead of rotating.  So every time you open and close the throttle and clutch/brake levers the cable kinks.  It does this over and over again until it snaps just a few months later.  Making sure it all is greased prevents this from happening and allows the ferrels to rotate smoothly.  Cables will last for years when all points of friction are greased and the cable itself lubed on a regular basis.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: rvcycleguy on December 08, 2014, 10:39:41 pm
Thanks for the advice. As soon as I find a vendor for a replacement, I'll order it and lube it before install. 

RV
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: The Old Coot on December 08, 2014, 11:37:50 pm
I had a can on my Buell. I ran the discharge line up and back to the rear of the bike and used a small breather filter on it. The was a drain valve on the can I had and I'd drain it daily.Most of the time there wasn't much but on a cold wet day I'd get lots of nasty looking drool out of it.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on December 09, 2014, 12:10:01 am
I think of the UCE as a "semi-dry sump" design.

No, it doesn't have a real oil pump to pump the crankcase below the cylinder dry like a Iron barrels dedicated pump.
Yes, it has a pump of sorts.  It uses the flywheels on the crankshaft to pick up and sling the oil slung off of the connecting rod bearing over a dam at the rear of the crankcase.
This oil ends up landing on top of the gearshafts in the transmission and eventually draining back to the "oil tank" under it.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: SteveThackery on December 09, 2014, 11:27:43 am
I, too, have been taught that the Bullet is an example of a dry-sump, not a wet-sump engine.

The argument goes that it has an oil tank in the bottom of the engine, which is not the same thing as a wet sump because it is isolated from the crankcase.  Apparently a wet sump - as used in many car engines - is not isolated from the crankcase.

This first arose for me when I had a Ducati single, which has a similar arrangement for the oil and Ducati insisted it was not a wet sump, but an oil tank located beneath the crankcase.  The arrangement/existence of scavenge pumps didn't form part of the definition.

Not saying any of this is right - just what I learned.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: ace.cafe on December 09, 2014, 12:24:40 pm
The Bullet(Iron Barrel) is a dry sump design.

The UCE is a wet sump design. Everything about the design fits into the wet sump category. Royal Enfield themselves define it as a wet sump design. I really don't know how to get this point across any more succinctly. It is a wet sump design.
In fact, this bit about using oil windage off the crank to oil the gearbox is really a giveaway about that, and in fact is not a great idea, and even most wet sump engines try to avoid having oil windage like that by using oil scrapers or baffles around the crank. Maybe this is part of the "vibration problem" that we read about, because using the crank as an oil scoop at the bottom of the stroke will definitely impart undesirable vibrational effects into the crankshaft. I understand that it can get the oil back there that way, but I'd call it an "agricultural" approach.

Further investigation into the design criteria for these systems will yield a more full understanding.

Anyway, I have nothing against wet sump designs, and most modern designs today are wet sump. I only mentioned it because they generally have more volume inside the crankcase, which had to do with the earlier topic about breather systems.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: NH Oldguy on December 09, 2014, 05:26:33 pm
Ace's graphic of the lube system from Dec 8 clearly shows the suction line for the oil pump ending in the bottom of the sump.  The pump needs an uninterrupted supply of oil to maintain oil pressure to the bearings at all times, so they put the suction line intake where the oil always is - in the sump (not in the bottom of the gearbox cavity).  Best to hope that the sump stays wet.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on December 10, 2014, 03:34:35 pm
Started building a steel box for my battery and electrical stuff.  There will only be 3 or 4 harnessed wire bundles thru the whole bike when I'm done.  I will paint the box black when I'm done fabricating.
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Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on December 12, 2014, 03:53:15 am
Well, I didn't do anything to the bike itself.  But yesterday my friend helped me haul my bike over to where I work so I can finish the cafe build there.  Today I spent about $60 on wires and connectors and stuff to complete the new custom wiring harness.  I'll probably work on it late tomorrow night to get the harness built, then it will be back to body work.  :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on December 12, 2014, 04:06:34 am
I remember the days of wiring vehicles before EFI.  Sure, you've got lights and all of that but just one wire to get it to run.  Not the case any more ;)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on December 12, 2014, 04:14:31 am
Yep!  Pretty much 6 wires for the entire bike.  NOT the case with EFI.   :P
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: JoeSchmofo on December 12, 2014, 02:28:14 pm
Went on a great ride in the cold.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on December 12, 2014, 02:32:46 pm
Cool pic!  Nice Looking bike too.  :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on December 12, 2014, 02:40:19 pm
Went on a great ride in the cold.

Wish I could do the same - but it's just not fun, and not safe.  It's wet, and there's so much sand and salt on the road right now... and there will be, straight through until April.  :(
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: JoeSchmofo on December 12, 2014, 04:11:53 pm
I have to admit you have to keep your wits around you a bit more in the winter, it's not so much the weather conditions, but the idiots in cars just not expecting you to be there.... and there's so many of them at the moment rushing to the shops for that perfect Christmas present.

Wanted to post this version of the above pic but thought it a bit too much.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on December 12, 2014, 05:33:21 pm
yes, that pic is a bit over the top... I'm glad you didn't post it.   ;)

Actually, I think it's kind of cool!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on December 12, 2014, 06:20:11 pm
I have to admit you have to keep your wits around you a bit more in the winter, it's not so much the weather conditions, but the idiots in cars just not expecting you to be there.... and there's so many of them at the moment rushing to the shops for that perfect Christmas present.

Thought the same this morning myself.  The bike hasn't been out in a few weeks with all the holiday busy-ness.  Not too rainy today, and the wife took my son to daycare.  Nah, too many crazed lunatics shopping for deals on a Friday.  I left it in the garage.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: ace.cafe on December 12, 2014, 06:32:11 pm
Just in case any of you didn't notice this in the Iron Barrel section, this link is to one of our members in the UK, who is one of the top vintage Bullet racers in the world, starting and running his 500 Big Head Bullet racer. We at Ace also collaborated on this build, providing cylinder head porting and our roller rocker hi-lift package with titanium valves. It has 14.5:1 compression, light flywheels, special squish design piston, 1.5" carburetor, and about every possible high performance thing allowable for this UK VMCC class.
It is running Fireball stickers on the bodywork, and we are hoping for a national VMRCC title with this bike, and if it all goes the way we'd like, it's got a trip to the Isle of Man in its future!
He has dubbed it the "F.A.B" which stands for Fireball ASBO Bullet. ASBO is Bullet Whisperer's line of performance Bullets in the UK, and ASBO means "Anti-Social Behavior Order", which is the term they use for the ticket that they give you if you make too much trouble with your bike!

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=407437576099468&set=o.132597770120179&type=2&theater (https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=407437576099468&set=o.132597770120179&type=2&theater)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: eda1bulletc5 on December 16, 2014, 08:47:41 pm
Ace!!
Pretty excited for you and your team!
Congratulations and all the very best for the a great outcome  :)

Regards,
Sajiv
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: johno on December 16, 2014, 09:31:48 pm
went for a little spin on my B5 to warm her up as the sun was shining.
Topped up the oil, must have been about 2 thimbles full, the loss was from when I changed the front sprocket ( I hope).
Then decided to fit my nice new EFI exhaust, I was surprised how easy the heavy original was to remove and fitting the new one was childs play, the job completed in less than 15minutes.
I found that the main-stand now clangs against the new exhaust when I roll the bike off it even though there is  about 1/2" of clearance when the stand is fully up. as a temporary measure I have stuck some sticky pads to the exhaust and stand until I can make a rubber stop of some sort.
A test ride and the everything that has already been said is true, nice sound and a bit more punchy on the power. Trouble is I now have an ugly bracket on show that is welded to the original header where the heat shield is supposed to clip.

Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: NorEaster on December 17, 2014, 02:28:35 am
Johno,
Which exhaust did you get?
Is it one from NField Gear?
I bought the short EFI but there is no contact with the center stand.
Your issue has me curious
NE
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on December 17, 2014, 05:59:32 am
Finished making my new electrical box for the Blackhawk!  The box itself is made from 1/8" plate steel and has holes cut in it for a key ignition and wires to run in and out of the box thru rubber grommets.  All connections will be made inside the box except for a couple, but they will be hidden under wire looming. The lid is made out of 16g cold roll steel, and I intentionally bent the sides a little tight so it "snaps" into place.  I will put velcro on the 2 side flanges just as a secondary measure.  I will also glue a small piece of rubber foam to the bottom side of the lid above the battery to secure the battery in place.  I built the box to have minimal clearance for the battery, so after I coat the inside with rubberized undercoating, the whole box will be insulated and have a soft cushion for the battery to rest in.  Tomorrow I will weld a short M6 stud to the inside of the electrical box for a grounding point.  The box itself will ground thru the frame at the mounting points.  Then hopefully after work tomorrow I can get the box painted and officially mount it and finish the wire harness and complete the connections inside the box.


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I'm also going to weld two 6M to right side (in this pic) to mount the rectifier.
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Also, I spliced in a 3 wire waterproof plug into the brake light harness.  So, any time I need to remove the brake light when I remove the exhaust, I just unplug it!   :)


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Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: johno on December 17, 2014, 12:20:35 pm
Johno,
Which exhaust did you get?
Is it one from NField Gear?
NE
Being in the UK mine is from Hitchcocks, I had a closer look today, there is a bump-stop rubber on the mainstand cross brace which keeps the stand clear when it is up, it seems that the return spring is a little strong as the rubber compresses enough to spring into the exhaust when the stand flicks up. I have the muffler fitted as far forward as it will go so it is in contact with the original heat shield bracket. Though if I moved the muffler rearward by about 1/2 an inch the stand would miss, but the provided bracket wouldn't be long enough to reach either of the two original mounting points on the B5's frame. I could make extension brackets but that would look a bit ugly with the shiny chrome of the new muffler parts, so a simple bump stop bolted to the lower bracket bolt, bent under the muffler with a rubber tip should do the job and be invisible, or a harder piece of rubber fitted to the mainstand to replace the soft stuff that OEM has glued in place.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: NorEaster on December 17, 2014, 11:02:05 pm
Hitchcock's sells a long heatshield... would that work?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: johno on December 17, 2014, 11:29:16 pm
I'm sure it would, that's the next step, either make or buy a cover of some kind, looks are not to important now winter is well and truly upon us.
 Without a cover it will be easier to keep the corrosion at bay during my winter rides.
I think I have finished this years upgrades on my Bullet as I now have to repair my sidecar that's attached to my GL1200, the front bracket has broken away from the sidecar chassis so needs stripping, strengthening and welding back together, so I'm just going to enjoy riding the RE for a bit, 80 miles tomorrow on fast roads, can't wait to see how it performs now ;)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on December 18, 2014, 03:11:05 am
Painted my new electrical box and started getting ready for the front end swap.  Polished up the top nacelle all pretty like.  :)


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Also took a pic of both bikes together before I tore the front end apart on the Chief.
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Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: ra_01 on December 18, 2014, 12:43:08 pm
Engine was shutting down on the middle on the road, specially low rev's. Apparently the problem was with TPS. Since it was under warranty, they had to replace the entire Throttle body assembly...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: johno on December 18, 2014, 07:22:55 pm
 ;D ;D
Very happy
The new exhaust sounds great, not as intrusive as I would have thought, in fact at higher speeds its actually less of a strain on the ears than the original heavyweight torpedo muffler.
The difference in weight is very noticeable to making the B5 a bit more nimble, the power is back so pulling the bigger gear is not an issue. Managed a spurt up to 80mph (on the clock) on a straight, vibration is less, rattles are less overall noise is less and the whole thing seems to have come together which made a great days winter ride, out again tomorrow if the weather stays dry and calm (unlike today ::))
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on December 20, 2014, 03:51:20 pm
Finished my electrical last night!  More details at the build thread here:

http://www.enfieldmotorcycles.com/forum/index.php/topic,19408.150.html



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Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: johno on December 20, 2014, 10:20:11 pm
Had a bit of a scare as I lost the front end rounding a small roundabout in the dark (it was dry). As the front skidded away from me, reactions went to auto as I opposite locked speedway style and managed to prevent the low side turning into a high side as grip returned.
Time to swap out the original front tyre for something with more grip.
So today The Bullet is up on my Bike jack and front wheel removed so I can change the tyre, which is a job for tomorrow.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Craig McClure on December 20, 2014, 10:44:15 pm
JOHNO, DUNLOP K70's WON'T DO THAT.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: pmanaz1973 on December 20, 2014, 10:46:40 pm
johno -You may want to ensure your seat cover is still there  ;)

I sat in my garage and waxed and polished my rims and spokes.  First ever for me.  Figured I might as well as it was raining and snowing all day... :-\
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on December 21, 2014, 12:12:18 am
JOHNO, DUNLOP K70's WON'T DO THAT.

And, while I'm well on my way to having worn out my second K70 in less than 6000 miles - on the rear - my front K70 has that many miles and still looks basically brand new.

But, it sounds as if you've already got a replacement ready to mount...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: caricabasso on December 21, 2014, 07:42:47 am
I devoted my time to paint the hubs blacks because that color gray in my opinion does not suit the style of the bike:

(http://s29.postimg.org/sceindvhj/IMG_3857.jpg)


(http://s7.postimg.org/vkd9aseaz/IMG_3858.jpg)


(http://s30.postimg.org/oidfp2vkh/MOZZI_006.jpg)


(http://s23.postimg.org/zbfud8jsb/MOZZI_007.jpg)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: NorEaster on December 21, 2014, 01:00:08 pm
Very classy looking!!
Looks great!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: pmanaz1973 on December 21, 2014, 05:16:00 pm
Looks good.  It does match a bit better.
Every time I see your bike with those panniers I get jealous.  Those are amazing!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: johno on December 21, 2014, 07:59:49 pm
That does look nice with gloss black hubs.
Fitted the new front tyre, no drama's for a change. Yes I already had one, I bought a full set of tyres for less than the price of a single tyre a while ago, a bargain I couldn't miss.
The new front is a MITAS HO-1, which is a universal tyre it still has a period style tread but a lot more grip (hopefully)than the AVON Speedmaster Mk2 that was originally fitted. The Avon still had over 1mm of tread (legal limit in UK), however its the first time I've had to change a front tyre on any motorcycle before the rear has worn out!
Once the Mitas has worn in and I get my confidence back, I'll let you know how the Bullet handles and the tyre grips
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on December 21, 2014, 11:59:18 pm
Changed fork oil and installed the new clip on bars.  :)


(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y217/lethalinj/1221141252c_zpsxugrgvnt.jpg) (http://s6.photobucket.com/user/lethalinj/media/1221141252c_zpsxugrgvnt.jpg.html)


(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y217/lethalinj/1221141251a_zpslcw6fewj.jpg) (http://s6.photobucket.com/user/lethalinj/media/1221141251a_zpslcw6fewj.jpg.html)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: JVS on December 22, 2014, 12:23:23 am
Looks great, Scottie.  8)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: heloego on December 22, 2014, 03:34:30 pm
+1!
The light really shows off your paint!  ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: ROVERMAN on December 22, 2014, 05:40:51 pm
I stared at mine. :-[
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on December 22, 2014, 05:50:17 pm
I keep sitting on mine pretending I'm going fast.  ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: ROVERMAN on December 22, 2014, 07:53:47 pm
Yeah, tried that too!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: pmanaz1973 on December 22, 2014, 09:05:50 pm
Did that as well...except with a beer in one hand.  ;)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gashousegorilla on December 22, 2014, 10:55:11 pm
  Bike is lookin' good Scottie.    Are you doing rear-sets ?   The foot controls don't look like they are in a bad spot now..... ?    Seat first I would think to see how it is.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on December 22, 2014, 11:50:46 pm
  Bike is lookin' good Scottie.    Are you doing rear-sets ?   The foot controls don't look like they are in a bad spot now..... ?    Seat first I would think to see how it is.

The are the Hitchcock's rear sets on there now.  ;)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gashousegorilla on December 23, 2014, 12:05:32 am
The are the Hitchcock's rear sets on there now.  ;)

 D'oh !!   That's why they look like they are in a good spot. ::)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on December 23, 2014, 12:45:21 am
I'm super stoked about the build.  When I was sitting on it today, I was doing a full tuck and was able to completely hug the bike.  I felt really good too, it wasn't awkward at all.  I was actually able to get so low that the nacelle and steering damper rod were blocking the lower porting of my vision.    8)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Scotty Brown on December 23, 2014, 04:37:53 am
Mighty Purrddie Scottie------and love the tires !
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: decker on December 23, 2014, 08:14:40 pm
Finally decided I probably wasn't going to be riding for while ( to wet and cold for my old bones ) , so took it out front and started it up to get the oil warm washed it, changed the oil, filter, air cleaner, cleaned and checked the condition and Gap on the plug. Checked all the nuts and bolts, chain tension, tire pressures etc.. Put it in my shop, covered it up and wished it a merry Christmas  and a happy new year. Sleep sound Gnarly till warmer weather returns.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on December 23, 2014, 08:28:07 pm
Installed the new controls this morning.  I'm really liking the all black controls, they look good.  New cable ends are ordered, should have those Monday, then I can install the cables.  I'm digging the micro kill switch too, It's very sleek and clean.

(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y217/lethalinj/1223140710_zpstt7elldb.jpg) (http://s6.photobucket.com/user/lethalinj/media/1223140710_zpstt7elldb.jpg.html)

(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y217/lethalinj/1223140710a_zpsjiplygdq.jpg) (http://s6.photobucket.com/user/lethalinj/media/1223140710a_zpsjiplygdq.jpg.html)


(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y217/lethalinj/1223140710b_zpsbmfgiwny.jpg) (http://s6.photobucket.com/user/lethalinj/media/1223140710b_zpsbmfgiwny.jpg.html)


(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y217/lethalinj/1223140710c_zps8uo3jlqq.jpg) (http://s6.photobucket.com/user/lethalinj/media/1223140710c_zps8uo3jlqq.jpg.html)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: NorEaster on December 23, 2014, 08:58:41 pm
Octane,
Will you have front brakes?
If so, where is your reservoir?
Bike is looking awesome!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on December 23, 2014, 09:25:30 pm
She's an oldie, '58, I have a single leading front drum.  May change it to a UCE disc front end one day.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gashousegorilla on December 23, 2014, 11:10:08 pm
  I'm liking the black bars and controls  Scottie !    I think the head light brackets would look good in black as well.    And maybe the top of the lower legs.... Right where you would have a dust boot , thinkin' that would match with the rear shocks ?  Bike looks great, and just thinking out loud.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Mr.Mazza on December 24, 2014, 08:36:09 am
She's an oldie, '58, I have a single leading front drum.  May change it to a UCE disc front end one day.

I highly recommend putting a TLS or disk on he front Scottie, just for safetys sake, I've found even with a setup TLS going down winding hills becomes scary, I am putting a Electra front end onto my bike with disk. Going this path as apparently Electra front ends are slightly stronger so they handle the disk better.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Craig McClure on December 24, 2014, 10:49:28 pm
I am putting a Electra front end onto my bike with disk. Going this path as apparently Electra front ends are slightly stronger so they handle the disk better.
HI MR. MAZZA, While you are pulling down your Fork to replace it, as a favor, could you tell me IF the Front Fork Upper & Lower Clamps are the same dimensions as on the Electra forks?  Reason I ask is I would like to find a way to have an early type Friction Fork Damper adapted to my 2010 G5 (which I believe is the same fork as the Electra) but it has no hole through the center of the fork pinion. If the dimensions are the same I will be looking for an earlier Fork Tree. Only other option is to buy a spare new lower clamp & have the pinion Drilled at a machine shop. Thanks !
Merry Christmas, Craig
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on December 24, 2014, 11:28:06 pm
Craig - Were you aware that H's sold these?   ???

(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y217/lethalinj/Screenshot_2014-12-24-16-22-08_zpsli2gn1af.png) (http://s6.photobucket.com/user/lethalinj/media/Screenshot_2014-12-24-16-22-08_zpsli2gn1af.png.html)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Craig McClure on December 25, 2014, 03:54:36 pm
Craig - Were you aware that H's sold these?   ???

(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y217/lethalinj/Screenshot_2014-12-24-16-22-08_zpsli2gn1af.png) (http://s6.photobucket.com/user/lethalinj/media/Screenshot_2014-12-24-16-22-08_zpsli2gn1af.png.html)
THANKYOU - I will look into it !
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: SteveThackery on December 25, 2014, 11:15:55 pm
That steering damper - is it just a friction damper, or viscous?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Craig McClure on December 26, 2014, 04:14:57 pm
That steering damper - is it just a friction damper, or viscous?
It is a simple friction Damper, as used back in the day. They work very well, & obviously I miss them. They DO clear up some of the wobble many experience - of course they won't cure something that's out of whack.
   At cruising speed, I always preferred to dial in slightly stiffer steering. Once you've had that option - you'll miss it if its gone.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: sparklow on December 26, 2014, 04:45:19 pm
Here is one made by a friend of mine to fit new Bonneville's. It's a lot less money. Wonder if it could be made to fit an RE?

(http://www.farleyandace.com/sitebuilder/images/S6300023-600x450.jpg)

Put "farley and ace.com" into your browser.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: ToesNose on December 26, 2014, 09:56:53 pm
Picked mine up at the dealer.....BEST CHRISTMAS EVER!!!!!!    ;D

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-863c97Em7Gk/VJ22NfOwOQI/AAAAAAAADng/qIxa4ngF_RE/w946-h710-no/20141226_141151.jpg)
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Post by: NorEaster on December 26, 2014, 10:14:54 pm
Toesnose
I like your taste in color choice!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: topdog29 on December 27, 2014, 02:59:35 pm
Did a 600km ride with a single stop for 30 min. Average Speed 50 to 70 kmph. Cheers!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: SteveThackery on December 27, 2014, 10:06:51 pm
I'll tell you why I asked if it was friction or viscous: because last time I tried a friction one it made the bike do a slow roll as you were driving along.  Kind of like a very long, endless 'S' curve.  It would lean over (almost imperceptibly) one way, then the force on the steering would "unstick" the damper which let the steering go over to the other side, at which point it would stick again and the process would then repeat in the other direction.  Back and forth endlessly.  This happened back in the day on two completely different bikes - a Kawasaki Z1 and a Ducati single.

Has anyone else had that problem?

I can't understand how a friction damper can be of help, on the grounds that if it's loose enough not to cause roll it's too loose to dampen high speed wobbles.  (Hence why viscous ones are available, I guess.)

Obviously I must be wrong, though.  If anyone can enlighten me I'd be most grateful.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: wildbill on December 28, 2014, 12:18:12 am
looks a bit like mine!

(http://i907.photobucket.com/albums/ac278/wildbill2010/P1000655_zps3bdc1123.jpg)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on December 28, 2014, 01:26:58 pm
I'll tell you why I asked if it was friction or viscous: because last time I tried a friction one it made the bike do a slow roll as you were driving along.  Kind of like a very long, endless 'S' curve.  It would lean over (almost imperceptibly) one way, then the force on the steering would "unstick" the damper which let the steering go over to the other side, at which point it would stick again and the process would then repeat in the other direction.  Back and forth endlessly.  This happened back in the day on two completely different bikes - a Kawasaki Z1 and a Ducati single.

Has anyone else had that problem?

I can't understand how a friction damper can be of help, on the grounds that if it's loose enough not to cause roll it's too loose to dampen high speed wobbles.  (Hence why viscous ones are available, I guess.)

Obviously I must be wrong, though.  If anyone can enlighten me I'd be most grateful.

I keep my damper very tight.  As in, about a 1/4-1/2 of a turn from from being completely bottomed out tight.  The only time it ever caused an issue was the very first time I went around the block, I didn't know what the damper was, so just tightened it.  I almost dropped the bike 3 times before I realized what I did.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: ace.cafe on December 28, 2014, 01:45:58 pm
I thought the friction dampers were okay. All my Ducatis had them. I never really noticed any problem.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Craig McClure on December 28, 2014, 04:09:19 pm
I keep my damper very tight.  As in, about a 1/4-1/2 of a turn from from being completely bottomed out tight.  The only time it ever caused an issue was the very first time I went around the block, I didn't know what the damper was, so just tightened it.  I almost dropped the bike 3 times before I realized what I did.
On my machines that had friction steering dampers I was comfortable with just a wee bit of tension for average riding, & slightly more for Highway. To much friction would cause the rolling Steve Thackery mentioned.  Sidecar use requires even more tension. My Russian rigs would shake their head at 19mph, This would go away at 21mph. It was un-noticeable if you were accelerating quickly past this speed.
  Friction damping goes far back in motoring history. Motorcycle girder forks & springer forks would rely solely on friction rebound damping before Hydraulically damped shocks were made. Antique autos with leaf springs were fitted with knee action Friction Dampers on all corners, that served as shock absorbers. I owned a 1949 MG that had them.
  Friction Dampers on motorcycles work pretty much like the Hydraulics, but are much simpler & more compact. They are intended only to produce as much drag on the steering (as determined by the rider) to overcome various road conditions & aid the rider in controlling his machine. I think hydraulic dampers are unwieldy & wouldn't use one if it were a gift.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: ruufman58 on December 29, 2014, 06:32:30 pm
I spent 2 hours installing a power commander and it actually started on the first try
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: SteveThackery on December 29, 2014, 07:15:04 pm
On my machines that had friction steering dampers I was comfortable with just a wee bit of tension for average riding, & slightly more for Highway. To much friction would cause the rolling Steve Thackery mentioned.

Thank you, Craig - I was obviously setting them too tight.  Mind you, I'm not sure they were really necessary on the Z1 or the Ducati, because both seemed fine with the damper backed right off.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on December 30, 2014, 02:51:36 am
I turned my dual exhaust into a 2-into-1 exhaust!  I was nervous cutting it up but it actually came out really great.  :)


(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y217/lethalinj/1229141602_zpsdgjch8gi.jpg) (http://s6.photobucket.com/user/lethalinj/media/1229141602_zpsdgjch8gi.jpg.html)


(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y217/lethalinj/1229141602a_zpslhfsc5ky.jpg) (http://s6.photobucket.com/user/lethalinj/media/1229141602a_zpslhfsc5ky.jpg.html)


(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y217/lethalinj/1229141604a_zps4tzj430z.jpg) (http://s6.photobucket.com/user/lethalinj/media/1229141604a_zps4tzj430z.jpg.html)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: ToesNose on December 30, 2014, 01:00:27 pm
Wow! The two into one came out really clean looking, top notch Scotty.  ;)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: ToesNose on January 01, 2015, 10:19:23 pm
I swapped the stook grips for the Amal style ones,  so much better with the ticker grips raised in the center, I've always found flat thin grips to fatigue my hands.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: NorEaster on January 01, 2015, 10:32:02 pm
passed through my garage for the "umpteenth-million" time staring longingly at my bike... wishing I could just hop on it and ride away  :-[
winter sucks
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on January 01, 2015, 10:52:08 pm
Me too....    :(
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: pmanaz1973 on January 02, 2015, 04:33:42 am
+1 with a beer in my hand
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on January 02, 2015, 04:48:47 am
Rode the SV today.  It was supposed to be a small group ride but no one else showed :(  Still a nice ride.  Just above freezing and clear.  Only a spot or two of ice in the hills.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: crock on January 02, 2015, 07:11:54 pm
Installed the Power Commander PCV, the Nfield "Sport" exhaust system, and the Scott chain oiler. Fired off on the first kick! Sometimes I impress myself. Now if only I could figure out how to post the pictures...I'll give it a try next week.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gremlin on January 04, 2015, 05:10:46 am
I turned my dual exhaust into a 2-into-1 exhaust!  ........

Y ?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on January 04, 2015, 05:38:41 am
Y ?

Better performance, less weight, and less of a PITA when I need to get into the primary cover.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: caricabasso on January 04, 2015, 10:33:48 pm
I removed the tool EFI and put the ammeter.
(http://s28.postimg.org/42yzr2xr1/IMG_3877.jpg)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: ToesNose on January 05, 2015, 12:19:14 am
Rainy and quite windy here today so I decided to pull the headlight jumper out from the bucket,  anyone know what the extra two wires are at the headlight?  Possibly for the H.I.D. option in India?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on January 05, 2015, 12:35:51 am
I removed the tool EFI and put the ammeter.

Does it work?  How did you connect the wires?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on January 05, 2015, 12:37:48 am
anyone know what the extra two wires are at the headlight?  Possibly for the H.I.D. option in India?

"Parking" light?  If it's like mine, you'll find the pair has power whenever you switch on the lights to the "parking" position... or the full-on position, too, of course...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: caricabasso on January 05, 2015, 05:47:16 am
Does it work?  How did you connect the wires?

No, not yet.
It will connect tomorrow, meanwhile, put the lights on and the fuel control unit with two holes in the nacelle.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: suitcasejefferson on January 05, 2015, 05:57:51 am
Went for a ride, about 50 miles. It was pretty cold. Mid '40s. Again, I lost a nut off the header pipe to head joint. The engines sound changed suddenly. Fortunately I had another one, and a wrench. I have not yet found a solution to this problem. The area is way to hot for any kind of thread locker, it just melts. Still trying to find some kind of mechanical means to secure them. There are two things to secure. The nuts come loose on the studs, and the studs come loose in the heads. Maybe the only solution is to snug them up every couple hundred miles. I have ridden with Harley riders back in the early '90s who had to pull over every so often to tighten their engine mount bolts. Guess I have been spoiled by those "reliable" Japanese bikes.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: crock on January 05, 2015, 06:12:29 am
You should try Loctite 2422 which is a high temp version of the blue thread locker good to 650 degrees. You can get it on Amazon for about 35 bucks delivered.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on January 05, 2015, 11:12:53 am
Or you could try hi temp silicone on the threads.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: azcatfan on January 05, 2015, 01:55:44 pm
Met up with a friend that has on old KZ400 cafe style and went for a ride.  After the snow in the desert last week, the weather has been perfect B-)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOYNd-1M9HQ&list=UUQ07mbkbFRRntZh4_P81Ktg
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: pmanaz1973 on January 05, 2015, 04:28:26 pm
Still trying to find some kind of mechanical means to secure them. There are two things to secure.

Get two stainless replacement drilled nuts or have your existing nuts drilled by a machine shop (Wow! That sounded bad  :o).  Then you can thread some safety wire through them. Mechanical solution and shouldn't cost very much.  Google "drilled jam nut" and you see what I'm talking about.  I've done this before on a Harley and it worked great.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on January 06, 2015, 04:55:43 pm
Got the new cable ends installed on the clutch and front brake cables.  The new controls are finished now.  :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Mr.Mazza on January 06, 2015, 07:26:25 pm
Stripped and cleaned my new-old rearsets for my bike, I was gonna paint them but polished alloy looks cool!

I also saw at least 100 riders today (perfect riding weather for the whole month) and am sad I dont have a running bike :(
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: heloego on January 09, 2015, 10:39:08 pm
OEM pos battery gave up the ghost. 
Picked up an AGM locally from Interstate Batteries and I'm back in business.  :D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on January 09, 2015, 10:56:42 pm
Finished the new exhaust system today and wrapped it.   :)

(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y217/lethalinj/0109151428_zpsvy6qdkqv.jpg) (http://s6.photobucket.com/user/lethalinj/media/0109151428_zpsvy6qdkqv.jpg.html)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: akbled on January 12, 2015, 04:25:45 pm
Let's see, yesterday I lubed the chain and fixed an exhaust leak after replacing the torpedo with the megaphone.  I pulled the headlight jumper.  I also bent a heavy duty negative battery terminal about 45 degrees.  I had replaced this one when the stock one sheared off.  The new one was putting pressure on the post from the frame and actually broke the the negative post on the stock battery a short time ago.  I spent some time trying to figure out a front wheel squeak I was getting.  Assumed it was the brake, and tried to clean it well with some brake cleaner.  Didn't notice any squeak this morning but may have to take it apart if it comes back. 
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: krimp on January 12, 2015, 05:26:10 pm
This morning, I stared at her sitting there in the snow and longed for the day when she and I could go for another ride.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Grant Borden on January 12, 2015, 07:39:52 pm
Took advantage of rainy and cold weather by replacing both battery cables, installing a Power Commander, bar end mirrors and ran wires to power up LED driving lights. Tomorrow list is to wire out driving lights, GPS and maybe a XM radio.

Grant
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on January 13, 2015, 12:03:01 am
I didn't do anything today......  But Bedlam Werks started on my new custom seat pan today!!!!!    ;D  ;D  ;D

https://www.facebook.com/bedlam.werks


(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y217/lethalinj/BedlamSeat1_zps24c7734c.jpg) (http://s6.photobucket.com/user/lethalinj/media/BedlamSeat1_zps24c7734c.jpg.html)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: wildbill on January 13, 2015, 01:42:59 am
well I was about to re-check the oil level on my C5 when something in a nearby finch aviary caught my attention..........one of the male finches was riding the hen!
doesn't sound exciting to some but I felt a slight hot flush and my light bulb lit with $$$$ signs and then looked down at the bike and wished my oil fill cap -had a dipstick too!!! ...lol
that way we both would have been in.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Scotty Brown on January 13, 2015, 02:44:31 am
Rained all day.  Installed my new headlight visor --- Tomorrow I tackle the new chain adjustors and exile the snails.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gashousegorilla on January 13, 2015, 03:34:40 pm
well I was about to re-check the oil level on my C5 when something in a nearby finch aviary caught my attention..........one of the male finches was riding the hen!
doesn't sound exciting to some but I felt a slight hot flush and my light bulb lit with $$$$ signs and then looked down at the bike and wished my oil fill cap -had a dipstick too!!! ...lol
that way we both would have been in.



   What ?..... A Finch Brothel !?  :o  ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on January 13, 2015, 04:07:54 pm
well I was about to re-check the oil level on my C5 when something in a nearby finch aviary caught my attention..........one of the male finches was riding the hen!
doesn't sound exciting to some but I felt a slight hot flush and my light bulb lit with $$$$ signs and then looked down at the bike and wished my oil fill cap -had a dipstick too!!! ...lol
that way we both would have been in.


Well the last time your finches got busy you bought a new CGT.   :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on January 13, 2015, 06:17:38 pm
Weather was nice (enough) today and my wife took my son to daycare, so I fired up the bike and rode in.  Always feels good to get back on the bike after being away for a few weeks. 

I keep thinking it's time to tear down and start winter projects and it keeps getting sunny.  I managed to get a new set of bars on the SV and remove the hideous frame sliders and radiator guards.  Good functional stuff, just big and ugly, totally ruins the lines of a beautiful bike.  I'll keep it all in case I ever take the bike to the track.  Once I get some parts in I'll need to seriously take a few weeks and do everything I need so it's fully ready for anything come spring.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Scotty Brown on January 14, 2015, 04:17:41 am
Well, tackled the new chain adjustors and failed miserably.  After about two hours of frustration went back to the snails for the time being.  Going to take some wheat germ and vitamins plus weight lifting to get in shape to tackle it again in the future....... I did recover enough to go for a sixty mile ride.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: wildbill on January 14, 2015, 09:24:28 am
yep!...the GT....lol  well later this year and if all goes well in the breeding season for the feathered friends  I have my sights set on a restored BSA and maybe a Norton or something.
time will tell if I get the double bike deal or not but I think one bike is quite easy to get hold of breeding those birds
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: NorEaster on January 14, 2015, 10:06:02 pm
-13 F here this morning...  >:(
walked past my C5  wishing winter was over
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: JVS on January 15, 2015, 09:26:26 am
No, please keep winter with yourselves up there ;)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: johno on January 15, 2015, 09:47:07 am
I was going to spend the week riding my B5 but the wind has been in excess of 75mph, just a bit to breezy for my liking so its been cleaned and polished ready for next week...........although snow is forcast so we will see  ::)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: NorEaster on January 15, 2015, 07:18:12 pm
No, please keep winter with yourselves up there ;)
Ahhh in about 6 months when we have our 1 1/2 weeks of summer and we get our heatwave of about 70F everyone else will be wishin' they were here  ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Scotty Brown on January 15, 2015, 08:34:20 pm
Nice little ride up the Coast from Laguna Beach to Newport Beach.  About 70 degrees today.  Eat your hearts out.  Except for the Politics and Piss Ants California is a pretty nice place.  Oh yeah, I almost forgot about the damn traffic.  Well, one can't have everything.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on January 16, 2015, 05:56:56 pm
Check out the new custom seat pan!  You can't buy this off a shelf.   ;)

(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y217/lethalinj/20150115_160704_zpsr7agp4gb.jpg) (http://s6.photobucket.com/user/lethalinj/media/20150115_160704_zpsr7agp4gb.jpg.html)
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Post by: lemming on January 16, 2015, 06:17:02 pm
Check out the new custom seat pan!  You can't buy this off a shelf.   ;)

(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y217/lethalinj/20150115_160704_zpsr7agp4gb.jpg) (http://s6.photobucket.com/user/lethalinj/media/20150115_160704_zpsr7agp4gb.jpg.html)

That is a thing of beauty!
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Post by: ajsmith on January 16, 2015, 07:22:38 pm
Looks good!
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Post by: NorEaster on January 16, 2015, 10:31:07 pm
SWEET! Can't wait to see it all together!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Magoo on January 17, 2015, 08:04:14 am
Noticed a new rattle under the tank so decided to remove it and throw a foam tube around the frame & wiring. But also found that the damn head steady bracket from the cylinder to the frame had snapped.
Any marked issue riding without it for a couple of days until it's replaced?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: rvcycleguy on January 17, 2015, 02:13:16 pm
I would not ride the bike with a broken head steady.  Lots of vibration.  May do more damage. 
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on January 17, 2015, 04:48:49 pm
I would not ride the bike with a broken head steady.  Lots of vibration.  May do more damage.

+1.  You can just get a piece if steel and make a new one.  Only takes a hacksaw and drill.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Craig McClure on January 17, 2015, 07:54:05 pm
Busy day moving stuff around in the Garage to make room for my Ural Combination, which is due to arrive tomorrow.
  While moving my 2010 G5 Deluxe, I noticed the Throttle/Switch unit moving, apparently having sheared of the plastic nub in the handlebars mounting hole. Hope an aluminum shim will fix it.
   Prettiest day in a week, love a ride, but to much work to do.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: ToesNose on January 17, 2015, 10:44:15 pm
Installed my $18 stem clock
 (https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-YH3fSfDJyHw/VLqXgAT1AZI/AAAAAAAAD80/zEbmu86yiV8/w619-h824-no/20150117_121010.jpg)

I think I may be stealing the 1 1/2" voltmeter from my LS650 and installing it in the ignition hole soon!   ::)
(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-VRhkjPFi2Zc/VLqXrSf10_I/AAAAAAAAD9A/GCRBwZ5iCgY/w619-h824-no/20150117_121054.jpg)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on January 18, 2015, 08:25:56 am
Busy day moving stuff around in the Garage to make room for my Ural Combination, which is due to arrive tomorrow.
  While moving my 2010 G5 Deluxe, I noticed the Throttle/Switch unit moving, apparently having sheared of the plastic nub in the handlebars mounting hole. Hope an aluminum shim will fix it.
   Prettiest day in a week, love a ride, but to much work to do.

Craig, a wrap or two if electrical tape under the housing will take care of it.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: krimp on January 19, 2015, 03:13:21 pm
I rode to work today. A nice 45 degrees at the time I left home, about 20 minutes before sunrise. It felt great.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: johno on January 19, 2015, 06:58:35 pm
thought about riding my B5 on my 100 mile commute today as the storms have subsided for now.
Then I saw the night time temperature, so after checking it over and running the engine up, I moved it out the way and took my GL1200/sidecar combo instead.
Oh, the average temp was 24deg F (-4 deg C), a nice cool ride 8)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: SteveThackery on January 20, 2015, 06:44:19 pm
I rode to work today. A nice 45 degrees at the time I left home, about 20 minutes before sunrise. It felt great.

Hey, that reminds me of something I want to ask you American guys.....

Sometimes I hear you refer to a cold temperature as something like "twenty below" (not always twenty, obviously, but you get the idea).

Now, this puzzles me.  Is this 20 degrees Fahrenheit below freezing point (i.e. 32 - 20 = 12 degrees Fahrenheit)?  Or is it even colder at 20 degrees Fahrenheit below 0F (i.e. -20 degrees Fahrenheit)?  Or do you mean 20 degrees Celsius below freezing point (i.e. -20 Celsius)?  Or something else?

Sorry, I realise this is OT but I've been meaning to ask for years.  :-)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on January 20, 2015, 07:01:27 pm
Below Zero F.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: krimp on January 20, 2015, 08:48:06 pm
20 below does indeed mean 20 degrees below 0.

Yes, I know, we are a strange bunch. Still sticking with all of our inaccurate measurements like Fahrenheit and Inches and what not. I would prefer to be on the metric system, but will have to settle for my bike being metric.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on January 20, 2015, 10:52:50 pm
I'm pretty good with everything metric except temperature.  I know where water boils and freezes but if you give me the ambient temperature in Celsius and it's more that 5 degrees from either of those two temperatures, I have no idea if it's hot, cold, comfortable, or what.  I tried to memorize a few equivalent temperatures a while ago but failed to keep them straight.  I'm a hopeless product of the US on temperature, but I can tell a 12mm nut from a 13mm nut by eye at arm's length.  One of my many useless super powers.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on January 20, 2015, 11:27:53 pm
If you want to convert Centigrade to Fahrenheit  take the C degrees number and multiply it times 1.8.  Add 32 to this answer and you get the F degrees.

For example, to get from 20 degrees C to F you take
 20 X 1.8 = 36.0  Add 32 and you get 68 degrees F.

Going the other way, to get from F* to C* take the F* and subtract 32.  Then take the answer and divide by 1.8

For example to get from 114 degrees F (summertime in Phoenix) to C

114 - 32 = 82 divided by 1.8 = 45.56 degrees C.  That's still hot. :(
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on January 21, 2015, 02:22:10 am
continuing the hijack...

I wing it two different ways.  I know that "room temperature" for me is about 68℉, and I know that's about 20℃, and I know that freezing = 32℉ = 0℃, so I can easily roughly interpolate between them.

When it's properly cold, I know, again, that freezing = 32℉ = 0℃, and that the Fahrenheit and Celsius scales meet at -40, so again I can easily roughly interpolate between them.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on January 21, 2015, 02:52:54 am
I can do the math, even know the formula offhand, but when someone says it's 7 degrees C outside I don't immediately know if that's cold or damn cold. 

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on January 21, 2015, 11:05:25 am
...when someone says it's 7 degrees C outside I don't immediately know if that's cold or damn cold.

Neither.  Right now, I'd consider that "tropical"...  ;)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: SteveThackery on January 21, 2015, 11:22:28 am
20 below does indeed mean 20 degrees below 0.

Thanks, Krimp and Ducati Scotty.  It's interesting, because here in the UK we say "minus 5" rather than "5 below".  It also makes me realise that you guys get some seriously cold temperatures compared with us.  All thanks to the Gulf Stream, apparently.

Yes, I know, we are a strange bunch. Still sticking with all of our inaccurate measurements like Fahrenheit and Inches and what not. I would prefer to be on the metric system, but will have to settle for my bike being metric.

Yes, I agree.  In the UK we're kinda stuck in a half way land, where we use the ISO metric system and the old Imperial system (obviously you don't call it "Imperial" in America!).  I don't understand why America doesn't adopt the ISO metric system, simply because it is just so simple and easy.  That's why I prefer it - not on any kind of principle, but just for pragmatic reasons.  (By the way, I smile because when America does occasionally use the metric system, all the measurements are in multiples of 2.54mm!).

Also, it makes physics much easier.  If you stick to kilograms, metres, newtons, etc, the numbers come out beautifully simple: 1 newton of force applied to 1 kilogram of mass gives 1 metre per second squared of acceleration.  1 newton applied over a distance of one metre uses 1 joule of energy.  1 joule per second is 1 watt.  And so on.

Sorry for hijacking this thread - I'll shut up now.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: John S on January 21, 2015, 07:39:36 pm
I am a general contractor in the Republic of Texas, oops, I mean in the USA.......... and when we do federal projects they insist on using metric but most of us contractors, and frankly architects, think in feet & inches.  It's a conundrum for sure.  That being said I have metric wrenches in my toolbox, like may Americans, but it's a little different trying to measure a wall thickness in millimeters as opposed to inches.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on January 21, 2015, 07:49:45 pm
Rebuilt my spare heads and got my seat from FedEx today.

(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y217/lethalinj/0121151120a_zpsfitufres.jpg) (http://s6.photobucket.com/user/lethalinj/media/0121151120a_zpsfitufres.jpg.html)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on January 21, 2015, 08:39:58 pm
Coming along Scottie!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: NorEaster on January 21, 2015, 09:49:55 pm
Loooooking Gooooood  ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: ace.cafe on January 21, 2015, 10:07:59 pm
I just have to cross-post this report from the Iron Barrel section, from Bullet Whisperer's road racing bike with our maximum effort roller rocker Big Head on it. This is like the most exotic head we have made so far. It is designed to peak hp around 8000+ rpm, so it has a LOT more on tap than is being described below, and that may be pretty hard to believe.

Here's the quote of his post.
"I got wrapped up well this afternoon and we took the 500 racer to a quiet spot in the hills for some testing, but snow and ice suddenly appeared on the road in front of us and prevented the van getting us to anywhere near the usual spot we aim for. Instead, we came down [carefully] out of the ice and unloaded the bike where we were just clear of most of the hazards and I started her up and aimed for home, stopping at a quiet spot just before reaching civilisation again and loading her back into the following [ many minutes behind] van!
 11 fun filled miles were covered very quickly on damp, twisty roads, the engine never missing a beat. At one point, I gave her a big handful from about 6000 rpm in third [5 speed] and the front wheel raised a little and bounced a couple of times while doing so, the rear wheel also hopping and skipping as the rear tyre fought to grip the road - it felt like a big surge was just coming on tap! However, I kept my cool and didn't push my luck, the main criteria being to get some initial mileage done and assess the settling down process. 11 miles is as much as any practise session we ever get and probably more and checking over afterwards revealed no issues - no rattles, no leaks, no smoke.
 A dyno session has been booked for next week ...
 B.W."

YEAH, Buddy!!!!!!!
 8)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Scotty Brown on January 22, 2015, 12:58:59 am
Tough to top the previous missive of Ace.cafe---However-- Had a nice ride today of 160 miles taking advantage of our nice California weather.  Now over 2000 miles without a hitch with the original Bosch plug.  Two oil changes so far and will do another at 2500 miles.  Increased tire pressure to 38 rear and 34 front on the avon radial tires.  Much sharper steering and a better feel but a bit rough.  Will try 34 and 32 next trip for comparison.  Visited the boys at Douglas Motorsports in San Bernadino.  Very nice store and very pro Enfield.  Still loving my C5 !!!!!!!!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on January 22, 2015, 03:35:53 pm
She's Alive!!!    8)

http://youtu.be/v0QXgQjKddw
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: akbled on January 22, 2015, 04:04:22 pm
Outstanding!  Bike sounds great, good work!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: krimp on January 22, 2015, 04:32:10 pm
That sounded awesome!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: NorEaster on January 22, 2015, 09:04:01 pm
She's Alive!!!    8)

http://youtu.be/v0QXgQjKddw
Fantastic! That sounds great! Great moment for you... congratulations! Can't wait to see her done. She's going to be awesome!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: JVS on January 23, 2015, 10:39:14 am
Tough. Those flames!  8)
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Post by: heloego on January 23, 2015, 04:39:44 pm
Jeez that sounds great, Scotty! Great work!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on January 24, 2015, 03:38:51 am
I GOT A LOT DONE TODAY!!!    :D

So Ducati Scotty sent me a brand new Dunstall that he had bought for his Bullet before he sold it but never installed it.  So a huge thank you to him for helping me complete the classic race exhaust!   ;)   I welded it directly the head pipe, since I always remove the exhaust with the muffler attached anyway, and gave it a nice little kick out.  It comes back and exits even with the rear tire and is 66" in total length.  Scott had already packed the core with fiberglass, and while extremely quiet, it chocked the motor out so bad the bike didn't want to run or even rev.  So after consulting with Ace on the phone I decided to remove all the fiberglass and cut the core down to a mere 3" in length, compared to 24".  The throttle response it crisp and has a real nice bark out the exhaust.  I am really liking the new exhaust as a whole, and between that, the heads, and the dry clutch set up (attempt) I am super excited to get out for a test ride.    ;D

And after work today I got the new Bedlam Werks seat pan installed on the bike....  Fucking Sexy!    8)


Here's a video of the exhaust.  :)
http://youtu.be/3i2h4BlEYW0

(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y217/lethalinj/0123151749_zps87gbtfv4.jpg) (http://s6.photobucket.com/user/lethalinj/media/0123151749_zps87gbtfv4.jpg.html)


(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y217/lethalinj/0123151750_zpszde95qt7.jpg) (http://s6.photobucket.com/user/lethalinj/media/0123151750_zpszde95qt7.jpg.html)


(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y217/lethalinj/0123151750a_zpsooayqbo4.jpg) (http://s6.photobucket.com/user/lethalinj/media/0123151750a_zpsooayqbo4.jpg.html)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: DanB on January 24, 2015, 04:37:27 am
That looks and sounds freaking awesome!  Nice Scottie.
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Post by: NorEaster on January 24, 2015, 11:06:34 am
Awesome!  ;)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: ace.cafe on January 24, 2015, 01:43:07 pm
Scottie,
I just want to mention that the length of the exhaust is a little on the long side. It is a tuned length which reinforces the mid-rpm range.
You can see how it goes, as is.
If you feel it could use some more oomph in the upper rpms, and you think the lower and mids are plenty strong, you can cut the tail end of the header back a few inches, and that will move the tuning range up the rpm band some. We use 31" header length on the Fireball, and a 14" megaphone, for about 6000 rpm use.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on January 24, 2015, 01:52:18 pm
Scottie,
I just want to mention that the length of the exhaust is a little on the long side. It is a tuned length which reinforces the mid-rpm range.
You can see how it goes, as is.
If you feel it could use some more oomph in the upper rpms, and you think the lower and mids are plenty strong, you can cut the tail end of the header back a few inches, and that will move the tuning range up the rpm band some. We use 31" header length on the Fireball, and a 14" megaphone, for about 6000 rpm use.

Thanks for the info Ace!  I'm OK with strong mid range as long as the top end doesn't puke out before 5000 rpms.  If she ends up being a slouch at the top, I will remove a few inches from the head pipe.  It is a bit longer than I wanted, but it just looks so damn good!  8)  I did notice that with the exhaust as is, the throttle response is very crisp, no hiccups.  And when I rode around to the gas station across the parking lot it had real clean torque using very little throttle.  I wasn't about to get too crazy with my funnel fuel tank installed tho.  ;)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: tooseevee on January 24, 2015, 02:05:41 pm
Thanks for the info Ace!  I'm OK with strong mid range as long as the top end doesn't puke out before 5000 rpms.  If she ends up being a slouch at the top, I will remove a few inches from the head pipe.  It is a bit longer than I wanted, but it just looks so damn good!  8)  I did notice that with the exhaust as is, the throttle response is very crisp, no hiccups.  And when I rode around to the gas station across the parking lot it had real clean torque using very little throttle.  I wasn't about to get too crazy with my funnel fuel tank installed tho.  ;)

            Bike looks great, Scottie. Good work.

            I wish your shop was right down the road. I'd love to hang out there every now & then & hand you a wrench or a cutting wheel. Nobody around close here is garage building & I can't ride far enough any more. Waaaah  :(
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on January 24, 2015, 05:11:11 pm
Sounds really good Scottie!  I'm a little bummed all the work I spent repacking the muffler was for nothing but I can't argue with the results. 

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: johno on January 25, 2015, 02:22:49 pm
That sounds brilliant. Hurry up and get the bike finished so we can see and hear it all in one piece ;)

Gave my B5 a good wipe over with wd40 to remove the brown stains of surface rust, the salt air is really effecting the ally and chrome.
found the front tyre had been slowly deflating, thinking I may have pinched the inner tube when installing the new tyre, on checking, I found the inner part of the valve wasn't seated properly. now sorted.
After a ride out to get some gas thinking the top end was a bit noisey, I also found the exhaust header nuts have worked loose this is the second time. I'll look into some way of locking them on a bit more securely.
So now the bike is ready and the weather is better this week for my 100 mile each way commute.......
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on January 25, 2015, 04:56:33 pm
Drill and safety wire those puppies.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gashousegorilla on January 25, 2015, 07:35:52 pm
I GOT A LOT DONE TODAY!!!    :D

So Ducati Scotty sent me a brand new Dunstall that he had bought for his Bullet before he sold it but never installed it.  So a huge thank you to him for helping me complete the classic race exhaust!   ;)   I welded it directly the head pipe, since I always remove the exhaust with the muffler attached anyway, and gave it a nice little kick out.  It comes back and exits even with the rear tire and is 66" in total length.  Scott had already packed the core with fiberglass, and while extremely quiet, it chocked the motor out so bad the bike didn't want to run or even rev.  So after consulting with Ace on the phone I decided to remove all the fiberglass and cut the core down to a mere 3" in length, compared to 24".  The throttle response it crisp and has a real nice bark out the exhaust.  I am really liking the new exhaust as a whole, and between that, the heads, and the dry clutch set up (attempt) I am super excited to get out for a test ride.    ;D

And after work today I got the new Bedlam Werks seat pan installed on the bike....  Fucking Sexy!    8)


Here's a video of the exhaust.  :)
http://youtu.be/3i2h4BlEYW0

(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y217/lethalinj/0123151749_zps87gbtfv4.jpg) (http://s6.photobucket.com/user/lethalinj/media/0123151749_zps87gbtfv4.jpg.html)


(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y217/lethalinj/0123151750_zpszde95qt7.jpg) (http://s6.photobucket.com/user/lethalinj/media/0123151750_zpszde95qt7.jpg.html)


(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y217/lethalinj/0123151750a_zpsooayqbo4.jpg) (http://s6.photobucket.com/user/lethalinj/media/0123151750a_zpsooayqbo4.jpg.html)



  WOW !   Pretty cool Scottie.  That bike is coming along nice !  Sounds great.    I'm using that same   " Silencer" now.   I shortened mine a bit on the inlet side, with the baffle unpacked, yet full cone length . To fit the tuned length of the 1 7/8 header.   So with the header inserted it gives me about a 18-20 baffled megaphone....Nice deep sound.  Remove the three baffle nuts at the rear. pull the baffle.... and instant open megaphone.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on January 25, 2015, 09:13:21 pm


  WOW !   Pretty cool Scottie.  That bike is coming along nice !  Sounds great.    I'm using that same   " Silencer" now.   I shortened mine a bit on the inlet side, with the baffle unpacked, yet full cone length . To fit the tuned length of the 1 7/8 header.   So with the header inserted it gives me about a 18-20 baffled megaphone....Nice deep sound.  Remove the three baffle nuts at the rear. pull the baffle.... and instant open megaphone.

That is exactly what I discussed with Ace over the phone.  With my set up, I should have really good torque and power in the mid range which will be great for the street and twisties up in the mountains.  Then when I go to the track, pull the baffle and instant open pipe!  And boy does she sound nasty with the baffle out.    ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: bob bezin on January 26, 2015, 02:53:34 pm
oooh i'd love to hear that thing climb a nice long grade.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on January 26, 2015, 07:26:03 pm
What do you guys think of the seat?
(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y217/lethalinj/0126151004a_zpsrylwewft.jpg) (http://s6.photobucket.com/user/lethalinj/media/0126151004a_zpsrylwewft.jpg.html)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Russ on January 26, 2015, 08:03:08 pm
You need to learn to hold the airbrush steadier.....your lines came out all "squigily" !!!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: lemming on January 26, 2015, 08:10:22 pm
What do you guys think of the seat?
(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y217/lethalinj/0126151004a_zpsrylwewft.jpg) (http://s6.photobucket.com/user/lethalinj/media/0126151004a_zpsrylwewft.jpg.html)

Looks lovely!.....If a bit hard.  ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on January 26, 2015, 09:48:10 pm
What do you guys think of the seat?

Clear it just like that ;)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: pmanaz1973 on January 26, 2015, 09:49:53 pm
That pan is as sweet as they come.  I'd personally like to see you paint the pan to match the tank.  That paint job is incredible on the tank and it would be cool to continue the racing-stripe you did over to the rear of the bike.  Either way, it's looking good.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: NorEaster on January 26, 2015, 10:14:43 pm
That pan is as sweet as they come.  I'd personally like to see you paint the pan to match the tank.  That paint job is incredible on the tank and it would be cool to continue the racing-stripe you did over to the rear of the bike.  Either way, it's looking good.
+1  ;)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on January 27, 2015, 12:44:38 am
I originally was going to paint it, but the craftsmanship is so beautiful I don't want to hide it.  And actually I do want to continue continue the stripe thru the cowl.  I was thinking of taping off the stripes and then taking a wire wheel in the die grinder so it has brushed aluminum stripes.  I think that might work.    :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: rvcycleguy on January 27, 2015, 01:05:14 am
Installed a new VM28 carb, throttle cable, throttle sleeve tube and spark plug and all is well now.  Has not run this well and the throttle has not been that responsive and easy to roll in some time.  Had a leaky carb and a damaged sleeve tube that was causing issues.  Thanks for the advice you guys. 
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on January 27, 2015, 12:13:54 pm
A quick video of the bike together, minus the seat pad.
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Post by: High On Octane on January 27, 2015, 02:49:53 pm
Seat pad is finished.

(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y217/lethalinj/0127150710_zps2mzl4iim.jpg) (http://s6.photobucket.com/user/lethalinj/media/0127150710_zps2mzl4iim.jpg.html)

(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y217/lethalinj/0127150710a_zpssmphpg6k.jpg) (http://s6.photobucket.com/user/lethalinj/media/0127150710a_zpssmphpg6k.jpg.html)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on January 29, 2015, 12:19:52 am
This is what I decided for the primary cover.  I ended up grinding it to match the seat.  :)

(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y217/lethalinj/0128151707a_zps4fgqzvms.jpg) (http://s6.photobucket.com/user/lethalinj/media/0128151707a_zps4fgqzvms.jpg.html)

(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y217/lethalinj/0128151706_zpsrcfth9qs.jpg) (http://s6.photobucket.com/user/lethalinj/media/0128151706_zpsrcfth9qs.jpg.html)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on January 29, 2015, 12:38:47 am
Is the primary on yours usually dry or did you need to convert it?  And if you converted is it chain or belt?

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on January 29, 2015, 12:50:21 am
It is still chain drive.  I disassembled everything and packed all the moving parts with Lucas HiTack Red grease.  It has a 540°F drop point.  So far everything is fine.  :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Royal Stargazer on January 29, 2015, 01:11:57 am
I pulled the trigger on some new toys - decided to give the Power Commander a spin. Can't wait til I get a chance to wrench on my bike!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: i.candide on January 29, 2015, 08:01:18 pm
I got the call. I pick up my new - 2015 - C5 today. Will post photos as soon as I can.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on January 30, 2015, 12:19:41 am
I got the call. I pick up my new - 2015 - C5 today. Will post photos as soon as I can.

Excellent!  Can't wait to see what the new ones look like!  ( ;) )
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: johno on January 30, 2015, 09:47:57 pm
Bit of an adventure today, a nice ride, covering 75 miles of my hundred mile trip when at 50mph there was a judder and loss of drive.
Pulled over on a really dangerous and busy set of S bends to find the drive chain had disappeared!
Seeing other vehicles behind slowing and avoiding something on the road, I walked back the 300 yards or so to find my less than 500 mile old chain (Renolds) lying in the middle of the lane.
I managed to recover the chain and dodging the traffic got back to the bike.
 I started pushing the bike to a point of safety with trucks and cars wizzing past inches from the bike. After about 15mins of pushing the bike up hill with all my winter biking gear on I was running out of energy fast, luckily a passing police vehicle stopped and one officer got out to help me push the bike while the other stopped all traffic on this main and busy route while we managed to get the bike to a safe place. I was so out of breath I couldn't even thank the officers! They also offered to take me to the next place where there is a bike shop but I declined gratefully and called  the recovery firm I use.
Inspecting the chain while I waited the 90 mins for the recovery truck, I could see that one of the side plates had broken at the rivet hole the other side had snapped at the midway point in sympathy under the extra stress.....the joining link was still in place and complete. The chain guard took most of the force of the wayward chain saving a locked up rear wheel and potential disaster. It may just need bashing back into shape but may go with a new replacement.
I'm guessing this was caused by a manufacturing defect, Hitchcocks will be getting a warranty call on Monday, wonder if they would send out a chain guard as well as a replacement chain.........
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on January 30, 2015, 09:54:37 pm
Ouch!  I've never seen the side plates on a chain fail like that.  Glad you're ok.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on January 30, 2015, 11:16:40 pm
Wow, glad you're safe.  With only 500 miles and that dangerous of a situation I think I'd be calling Reynolds and explaining your story and ask for "rectification of the situation".  I'm sure they'll give you a new one.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: motomataya on January 30, 2015, 11:31:17 pm
You might check the routing of your battery vent hose, assuming you have that type battery. battery acid can cause this failure.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on January 31, 2015, 12:06:31 am
Finished up the exhaust changes and rewrapped the new 2" pipe.  Then after work I went for a short ride and took this video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSfpy0anocQ&list=UUOuxT3uDOINbn5OmZ0BwRVA
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: ace.cafe on January 31, 2015, 12:28:42 am
Finished up the exhaust changes and rewrapped the new 2" pipe.  Then after work I went for a short ride and took this video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSfpy0anocQ&list=UUOuxT3uDOINbn5OmZ0BwRVA
Sounding real good!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: johno on January 31, 2015, 11:56:08 am
You might check the routing of your battery vent hose, assuming you have that type battery. battery acid can cause this failure.
A good tip thanks,
However on the B5 the chain is on the right side so shouldn't be an issue, I have also recently installed an AGM battery after my original acid type blew the acid all over the left side causing some minor damage to the engine case finish, swing arm blank cap etc.
in the fresh light of day a closer examination shows that the one pin where the failure occurred is in tighter than the others, although it could have been damaged during the failure, the chances are that the link had partially seized on the pin, not through lack of lubrication but through poor assembly, in the words of a TV show, 'you are the weakest link...goodbye'!.........Not good, but during mass manufacture a small percentage will be incorrect in some way or another, I just happen to be the unlucky one!
This is a first for me as all my bikes over the years bigger than 250cc have been shaft drive. Now I need space to carry a spare chain in case it ever happens again...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: i.candide on January 31, 2015, 05:42:22 pm
First ride - The Galaxy - new, 2015, military Green, C5.

On the evening of 1/29/15, the new Royal Enfield C5 was unloaded in front of my driveway. I started her up. Nice thump. Idle was about 800-900 rpm. The valve clatter was just noticable. I felt like Toad of Toad Hall.

It was getting dark and I have no garage, so there was not all that could be done. The neighbor came out. We talked about motorcycles again.

4;45 Friday morning, I pushed the new Enfield out to the street and started her up. Easier start than my previous Enfield - Rocinante. 10 miles on the odometer, a full tank of gas, a light,gentle rain and 18.2 mile commute through suburban Orange County to work. I'm in heaven.

The ride - vibration is way less than the 2012 C5. Shifts are positive (not one mis- shift the entire time). Idle is lower - can definitely feel the pulsing of the engine. The valve noise is distinctive with a pleasing sound. Throttle response is crisper and satisfying.

The seat - others have said that it is more comfortable. It does feel more supportive. Only time will tell if the comfort is there for me. Gotta break it in.

Asthetics - the above is subjective the remainder is very subjective. There seems to have been more care in manufacture and assembly. The mud guards are centered. Nothing seems to be jammed in or 'made to fit'. There seems to be more room to work on the bike. There is even direct access to the idle screw. The paint is pleasing and the decals look good. It looks like quality has drastically improved over the past 3 years (2012-2015).

42.5 miles on the Galaxy, and I am very impressed.

A special THANK YOU - to the GREAT people At Southern California Motorcycles and Kevin Mahoney.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on January 31, 2015, 05:53:56 pm
Nice!  Congrats on the new bike!     :D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on January 31, 2015, 06:01:12 pm
Congratulations!  Good to hear that quality seems to be getting better.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Scotty Brown on February 05, 2015, 10:30:15 pm
Nice day for a ride -- Wound up on top of Palamar Mountain at the observatory.  Found some beautiful freshly paved roads on the way home arriving after dark and 240 miles later.  C5 never missed a beat. A delightful machine. Now to change the oil again and lube the chain and check the nuts and bolts.  This maintenance stuff is so tough.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: strat71 on February 06, 2015, 05:53:19 am
tonight, i worked on my C5 front brake caliper...
i started to bleed it... what came off is a disgusting greenish un-liquid thing...
yackkkk!!!!
then totally dismantle the brake, the two pistons were stuck... pain in the ass to remove them... used a lot of WD40...
finally off, cleaned everything, lubbed, and get all the parts back in...
i even changed the brake line for a new stainless steel from hitchcock...
now i still need to put some new brake fluid... and try on the road...
Ben
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: i.candide on February 06, 2015, 05:31:23 pm
138.6 miles on the Galaxy (C5). First gas-up this morning (the light was flickering, but not yet steady), 2.404 gal, 57.65 mpg (US). Not bad for the aggressive style of riding I do. Don't get me wrong. I go no more than half throttle, gradual speed buildup, and lower speeds.

No vibration to speak of. Deffinite pulse, but very light to no harmonic vibration - very unlike my previous C5 (Rocinante). She is also more ready to turn sharply (but she does not seem twitchy) and the butt is adjusting well to the firmer seat.

The K70s are gripping well, the brakes are performing as they should, and no loose bolts or nuts - yet. A chain check and adjustment will be performed tomorrow (Saturday).

I did notice that the fuel line is kinked. It has no adverse effect as yet, but I am concerned that over time, the heat-cool cycles and pulsing engine could make the kink worse. I watched Singh5g's video. Maybe this weekend the line will be replaced.

This weekend should also give me time to photograph the Galaxy. I like the new speedometer face, but am not overly enthused about the status lights. The gas tank seems wider and shallower, but it could be an illusion caused by the matt paint.

Enjoy the day...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: caricabasso on February 06, 2015, 06:25:10 pm
Bit of an adventure today, a nice ride, covering 75 miles of my hundred mile trip when at 50mph there was a judder and loss of drive.
Pulled over on a really dangerous and busy set of S bends to find the drive chain had disappeared!
Seeing other vehicles behind slowing and avoiding something on the road, I walked back the 300 yards or so to find my less than 500 mile old chain (Renolds) lying in the middle of the lane.
I managed to recover the chain and dodging the traffic got back to the bike.
 I started pushing the bike to a point of safety with trucks and cars wizzing past inches from the bike. After about 15mins of pushing the bike up hill with all my winter biking gear on I was running out of energy fast, luckily a passing police vehicle stopped and one officer got out to help me push the bike while the other stopped all traffic on this main and busy route while we managed to get the bike to a safe place. I was so out of breath I couldn't even thank the officers! They also offered to take me to the next place where there is a bike shop but I declined gratefully and called  the recovery firm I use.
Inspecting the chain while I waited the 90 mins for the recovery truck, I could see that one of the side plates had broken at the rivet hole the other side had snapped at the midway point in sympathy under the extra stress.....the joining link was still in place and complete. The chain guard took most of the force of the wayward chain saving a locked up rear wheel and potential disaster. It may just need bashing back into shape but may go with a new replacement.
I'm guessing this was caused by a manufacturing defect, Hitchcocks will be getting a warranty call on Monday, wonder if they would send out a chain guard as well as a replacement chain.........

It would be very interesting to see the photos of the chain and the breaking point.
Can you say how many miles he had traveled and how often you had greased the chain?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on February 06, 2015, 07:24:19 pm
I did notice that the fuel line is kinked. It has no adverse effect as yet, but I am concerned that over time, the heat-cool cycles and pulsing engine could make the kink worse. I watched Singh5g's video. Maybe this weekend the line will be replaced.

I've seen this on many bikes and they ran just fine.  More important, the fuel line on many bikes starts to crack pretty early in the bike's life and /or is right next to the edge of the batter box on the C5s. 

To get rid of the kink, you usually just need to shorten the line.  If you're going to do that, just get a foot or so of 5/64" high pressure fuel line at the store and replace the whole thing.  Be careful taking it off the plastic spout of the fuel pump.  It's better to gently cut it off than to wrestle with it and snap the spigot off.  It's often easier to unbolt the whole throttle body to get the line off and on than to fight in the tight confines where it lives.  Just two bolts on the manifold and the air clean hose and it's free.  And get the nice clamps that go all the way around with no threads cutting into the line. 

If you have a C5, get some door edge guard for the battery box edge while you're picking up the new hose and clamps.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: strat71 on February 07, 2015, 12:07:08 am
Arghhhh!!!
the stainless steel line from hitchcock is not directly fitting..
the heads are 1mm width less than the stocks one...
so the line is not aligned (you have to align the line hole to the screw hole..) it is directed toward the front of the bike.. the low end is worse.. directed toward the wheel...
not good...
i'll try to use the stock washers, they have a little more width...
will report..
Ben

tonight, i worked on my C5 front brake caliper...
i started to bleed it... what came off is a disgusting greenish un-liquid thing...
yackkkk!!!!
then totally dismantle the brake, the two pistons were stuck... pain in the ass to remove them... used a lot of WD40...
finally off, cleaned everything, lubbed, and get all the parts back in...
i even changed the brake line for a new stainless steel from hitchcock...
now i still need to put some new brake fluid... and try on the road...
Ben
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on February 07, 2015, 01:33:04 am
Ducati Scotty

I think you meant to say 5/16" high pressure fuel line.

5/64 inches is only .0781 inch diameter.  About the size I use for my flintlock rifles touch hole and it is fine for that but it's a bit small for a fuel line.  :D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on February 07, 2015, 01:48:04 am
Arghhhh!!!
the stainless steel line from hitchcock is not directly fitting..
the heads are 1mm width less than the stocks one...
so the line is not aligned (you have to align the line hole to the screw hole..) it is directed toward the front of the bike.. the low end is worse.. directed toward the wheel...
not good...
i'll try to use the stock washers, they have a little more width...
will report..
Ben


Are you sure you don't have the line upside down?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: johno on February 07, 2015, 10:16:12 am
The chain was heavily lubricated before fitting then every 200 miles as my journeys consist of 100 mile each way distance travelled before the break 475 miles, front sprocket was fitted at the same time as the chain so is new, rear sprocket had 5700 miles on it, so is hardly worn.
I'm about to recheck wheel and sprocket alignment as suggested by Hitchcock's in case something has moved before fitting a new chain.
some slightly out of focus pictures (sorry!)(http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y258/johno0_0/Photo0131_zpshf1x7hwh.jpg) (http://s7.photobucket.com/user/johno0_0/media/Photo0131_zpshf1x7hwh.jpg.html)
(http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y258/johno0_0/Photo0133_zpswj0prrd0.jpg) (http://s7.photobucket.com/user/johno0_0/media/Photo0133_zpswj0prrd0.jpg.html)
(http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y258/johno0_0/Photo0132_zpsoyk1vdmb.jpg) (http://s7.photobucket.com/user/johno0_0/media/Photo0132_zpsoyk1vdmb.jpg.html)
(http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y258/johno0_0/Photo0127_zpswdyaa5et.jpg) (http://s7.photobucket.com/user/johno0_0/media/Photo0127_zpswdyaa5et.jpg.html)
(http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y258/johno0_0/Photo0128_zpsarsdibyv.jpg) (http://s7.photobucket.com/user/johno0_0/media/Photo0128_zpsarsdibyv.jpg.html)
a second broken link 18" from the complete break
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Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: ace.cafe on February 07, 2015, 11:53:39 am
Renolds chain is not what it used to be.
I think that DID chain box in the background of your photo looks like a good choice, or a Tsubaki.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: JVS on February 07, 2015, 12:02:40 pm
Glad that you're safe @ johno. It's surprising though. I'm also using a standard Renolds chain (purchased from Mr. H) on my Bullet 500 for quite a while now. I've adjusted it once in 9000mi. Seems okay to me, with no uneven spots of 'tightness'  :-\

Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on February 07, 2015, 01:49:25 pm
Your mileage may literally vary.  Tsubaki 530 o-ring chains receive a lot of praise, so I put one on my B5, cleaning and lubricating it about every 300 miles.  It was history four thousand miles later, when links started seizing up...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on February 07, 2015, 02:14:46 pm
Ducati Scotty

I think you meant to say 5/16" high pressure fuel line.

5/64 inches is only .0781 inch diameter.  About the size I use for my flintlock rifles touch hole and it is fine for that but it's a bit small for a fuel line.  :D

I think you're right ;)  Thanks for the correction.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: johno on February 07, 2015, 05:01:07 pm
I checked wheel and sprocket alignment, everything is as was when I installed the chain and front sprocket......so it looks like it is the chain at fault .....unless a bit of road debris hit the chain, but I didn't see  or feel anything.
As I need the bike, I havn't the time to wait for a warranty replacement, so bought the D.I.D chain that is in the photo, this is a very heavy duty chain and is actually 3mm wider overall than the Renolds, which was wider than the OEM elastic band. What a well engineered chain the D.I.D. is, the rollers slot perfectly into the sprocket teeth, spinning the wheel and the chain emits a low rumble rather than a rattle, being heavy duty, it looks the part to.
I also did a bit of tin bashing to straighten out the chain guard, there is a small hole where the Renolds ripped through it, I'll sort that out at a later date.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on February 07, 2015, 05:16:30 pm
I've heard of occasional problems with other good name chains but never with a DID.  Just handling them you can tell it's quality.  It's the only chain I use.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on February 07, 2015, 06:27:46 pm
Well, I've got a new DID (non o-ring) on the shelf, waiting to be installed in the spring - if I don't kill myself before it gets here.  I have plenty of opportunities.  I could throw myself off the roof - while I'm up there shoveling it; I could step in front of a snow plow - which comes by my house about every hour;  I could poison myself with CO from my generator exhaust - which I have had to run when the power goes out...

Hmm... can you tell yet that I'm sick of this winter?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on February 07, 2015, 07:10:52 pm
Snow in the mountains and 70°F in Denver.  Think I'll lube my cables and try for a ride.   :)  So glad I moved from Wisconsin to Denver.   ;)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: krimp on February 07, 2015, 09:12:52 pm
73+ today down here in the Springs. Washed the bike and two other vehicles. Took about an hour and a half.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on February 07, 2015, 10:36:42 pm
Well, I've got a new DID (non o-ring) on the shelf, waiting to be installed in the spring - if I don't kill myself before it gets here.  I have plenty of opportunities.  I could throw myself off the roof - while I'm up there shoveling it; I could step in front of a snow plow - which comes by my house about every hour;  I could poison myself with CO from my generator exhaust - which I have had to run when the power goes out...

Hmm... can you tell yet that I'm sick of this winter?

And don't feel too bad Matt.  Karma kicked me in the face and took 4th gear away from me.  So no real riding.  :(
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: johno on February 07, 2015, 10:55:19 pm
I've been lucky on the south coast of the UK this year plenty of good if a bit chilly riding weather.
Last year we had destructive storms seemed like every day for 3 months. But this year it has been reasonable, unlike further North where they are suffering the left overs from the USA weather!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: NorEaster on February 07, 2015, 10:58:02 pm
Well, I've got a new DID (non o-ring) on the shelf, waiting to be installed in the spring - if I don't kill myself before it gets here.  I have plenty of opportunities.  I could throw myself off the roof - while I'm up there shoveling it; I could step in front of a snow plow - which comes by my house about every hour;  I could poison myself with CO from my generator exhaust - which I have had to run when the power goes out...

Hmm... can you tell yet that I'm sick of this winter?
I know how you feel Matt! Run down to CVS and get some vitamin D :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on February 08, 2015, 12:07:02 am
Didn't really get to ride much, but I was able to put this video together today.  :)


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1ZnHlEXUFU&feature=youtu.be
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: caricabasso on February 08, 2015, 06:57:38 am
The chain was heavily lubricated before fitting then every 200 miles as my journeys consist of 100 mile each way distance travelled before the break 475 miles, front sprocket was fitted at the same time as the chain so is new, rear sprocket had 5700 miles on it, so is hardly worn.
I'm about to recheck wheel and sprocket alignment as suggested by Hitchcock's in case something has moved before fitting a new chain.
some slightly out of focus pictures (sorry!)(http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y258/johno0_0/Photo0131_zpshf1x7hwh.jpg) (http://s7.photobucket.com/user/johno0_0/media/Photo0131_zpshf1x7hwh.jpg.html)
(http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y258/johno0_0/Photo0133_zpswj0prrd0.jpg) (http://s7.photobucket.com/user/johno0_0/media/Photo0133_zpswj0prrd0.jpg.html)
(http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y258/johno0_0/Photo0132_zpsoyk1vdmb.jpg) (http://s7.photobucket.com/user/johno0_0/media/Photo0132_zpsoyk1vdmb.jpg.html)
(http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y258/johno0_0/Photo0127_zpswdyaa5et.jpg) (http://s7.photobucket.com/user/johno0_0/media/Photo0127_zpswdyaa5et.jpg.html)
(http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y258/johno0_0/Photo0128_zpsarsdibyv.jpg) (http://s7.photobucket.com/user/johno0_0/media/Photo0128_zpsarsdibyv.jpg.html)
a second broken link 18" from the complete break
(http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y258/johno0_0/Photo0129_zpsjb5r2pmv.jpg) (http://s7.photobucket.com/user/johno0_0/media/Photo0129_zpsjb5r2pmv.jpg.html)

Last fotos I seem to see the traces of rust on the chain links.
It 's true or those red spots depend on the fact that the picture is blurred?


Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: johno on February 08, 2015, 09:28:49 am
yes that's rust, mostly from laying on a wet salted road for a while, however, I also think the chain had sat on the shelf for a while in damp conditions before being sent out to me.
It's getting posted back to Hitchcock tomorrow so I'll have to await their conclusion.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: johno on February 11, 2015, 12:50:09 am
I just received an email from Hitchcock, they have agreed that something is not right with the chain, there is excessive wear to the rollers and plates etc so have refunded the cost of the chain as well as the return postage cost, which was unexpected so a nice surprise.
They are sending the chain back to the manufacture for further investigation.......They have asked me to ensure my sprockets are in good condition so as not to risk another life threatening incident, which of course I have already done, but will now do before any long distance trip for the foreseeable future.
They have also asked for a report on the performance of the new DID chain I have fitted, guessing they may stock them in the future then.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on February 11, 2015, 02:09:55 am
Did another and what I HOPE to be a final shakedown run.  Also ran to The Bonneville Shop on lunch and picked up a thermal spacer for the carb and got that installed.  Went out for a short ride, doing a few more timing adjustments on the side of the road, and she seems to be running real solid now.  Still want to make a few more tweaks and there's a few other things I want to do still, but the Blackhawk is getting very near 98% completion.  I can't say 100% because what bike is ever 100% finished?!    ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: caricabasso on February 15, 2015, 04:03:42 pm
I disassembled the exhaust manifold, it was a job I had in mind for a long time.
In fact I had noticed from the first day that the flange was bent and also the bolts.
I also cut the casting of aluminum that is horrible also an obstacle to cooling.

(http://s1.postimg.org/sixh4exsf/SCARICO_001.jpg)

The flange was bent and crooked bolts

(http://s7.postimg.org/k852vyuob/SCARICO_002.jpg)

(http://s12.postimg.org/kmqm8einh/SCARICO_004.jpg)

With the welder I added material to reinforce.
I used stainless steel electrodes from 1.6 mm
(http://s2.postimg.org/kjyhr7wqx/SCARICO_011.jpg)
Painted with heat resistant paint
(http://s15.postimg.org/ctwlkjm4b/SCARICO_012.jpg)
All assembled again
(http://s1.postimg.org/49bxwbpdr/SCARICO_003.jpg)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: suitcasejefferson on February 16, 2015, 04:42:28 am
Checked the battery and put some air in the tires, rode it to a small town about 25 miles away, stopped at my favorite run down restaurant, had a cup of coffee and watched the Enfield out the window. After a short while a crowd had gathered around it and I went out to talk to them. Mostly older guys who didn't seem to know what it was. They were all convinced that it was a restored vintage British bike (I have British flag stickers on the side covers) They were quite amazed to find it was almost new, it seemed most of them wanted one, but figured their wives would not allow it. Got back on, fired it up, listened to that beautiful sound for a minute or so, and headed back home. The long way. About 80 miles total. It's amazing how miles seem to melt away on the Enfield, even at 60 mph.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: suitcasejefferson on February 16, 2015, 04:58:35 am
I disassembled the exhaust manifold, it was a job I had in mind for a long time.
In fact I had noticed from the first day that the flange was bent and also the bolts.
I also cut the casting of aluminum that is horrible also an obstacle to cooling.

(http://s1.postimg.org/sixh4exsf/SCARICO_001.jpg)

The flange was bent and crooked bolts

(http://s7.postimg.org/k852vyuob/SCARICO_002.jpg)

(http://s12.postimg.org/kmqm8einh/SCARICO_004.jpg)

With the welder I added material to reinforce.
I used stainless steel electrodes from 1.6 mm
(http://s2.postimg.org/kjyhr7wqx/SCARICO_011.jpg)
Painted with heat resistant paint
(http://s15.postimg.org/ctwlkjm4b/SCARICO_012.jpg)
All assembled again
(http://s1.postimg.org/49bxwbpdr/SCARICO_003.jpg)

Very interesting. What model Enfield? You just cut the ribbed collar off? I notice the flange itself is cracked. I am assuming you welded the crack in the steel flange? It looks like the studs got bent from the nuts being overtightened. The studs on mine keep coming loose. However they are not bent. I have not tightened then really tight because I was afraid of stripping the threads in the head or breaking a stud off in the head. You say it was that way when you bought the bike? Did anything ever come loose? It looks like things do not line up properly is what bent the studs. Did you replace the studs? I'm thinking about using bolts instead, and possibly drilling the heads for safety wire, so they will be mechanically locked in place. I also need a new gasket, mine leaks a tiny bit, from being reused so many times. I suppose I will have to order one from the dealer 120 miles away, then wait a few weeks for it to come in. Do you or anyone else know of an alternative? Harley Sportster gaskets are a perfect fit on my Kawasaki Vulcan 750.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: suitcasejefferson on February 16, 2015, 05:04:17 am
Didn't really get to ride much, but I was able to put this video together today.  :)


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1ZnHlEXUFU&feature=youtu.be

Nice. Sounds the way a bike should. I assume that's the twin?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: suitcasejefferson on February 16, 2015, 05:15:44 am
Wow, glad you're safe.  With only 500 miles and that dangerous of a situation I think I'd be calling Reynolds and explaining your story and ask for "rectification of the situation".  I'm sure they'll give you a new one.

I would not want another chain of the same brand. You might not be so lucky next time. I use  DID and RK chains on all my bikes, and have never had one break, even on a KX500 2 stroke  MX bike that broke a lot of parts due to excessive power. Those things are crotch rockets for the dirt. My stock chain (unknown brand) still looks good at 5600 miles, I lube it every 300 miles with BelRay Superclean spray. Never been ridden or left sitting in the rain. Only been adjusted once, before 500 miles.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Mandar_C500 on February 16, 2015, 08:19:24 am
I am facing an issue with the Low Fuel Indicator on my classic 500 from day one. This weekend I have opened the Fuel sensor after emptying the tank.
The sensor is working fine outside the tank, I cleaned it and fix it back but no luck. The problem persist. Not sure what went wrong.
Any pointers.

--Mandar
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: suitcasejefferson on February 16, 2015, 09:10:33 am
I am facing an issue with the Low Fuel Indicator on my classic 500 from day one. This weekend I have opened the Fuel sensor after emptying the tank.
The sensor is working fine outside the tank, I cleaned it and fix it back but no luck. The problem persist. Not sure what went wrong.
Any pointers.

If the sender unit is functioning properly mechanically, then the problem is electrical. I'm not sure about bikes, but most cars use a 0-90 ohm system, with O ohms being empty, and 90 ohms being full. But that is with an actual gauge. The Enfield system may have a simple on/off switch, which illuminates the light when the sending unit reaches a certain level. If the light is on all the time, either the sending unit is malfunctioning and sending power to it all the time, or it is getting power from somewhere else. I have not seen a schematic of that circuit.

--Mandar
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: caricabasso on February 16, 2015, 10:20:20 am
Very interesting. What model Enfield? You just cut the ribbed collar off? I notice the flange itself is cracked. I am assuming you welded the crack in the steel flange? It looks like the studs got bent from the nuts being overtightened. The studs on mine keep coming loose. However they are not bent. I have not tightened then really tight because I was afraid of stripping the threads in the head or breaking a stud off in the head. You say it was that way when you bought the bike? Did anything ever come loose? It looks like things do not line up properly is what bent the studs. Did you replace the studs? I'm thinking about using bolts instead, and possibly drilling the heads for safety wire, so they will be mechanically locked in place. I also need a new gasket, mine leaks a tiny bit, from being reused so many times. I suppose I will have to order one from the dealer 120 miles away, then wait a few weeks for it to come in. Do you or anyone else know of an alternative? Harley Sportster gaskets are a perfect fit on my Kawasaki Vulcan 750.

Mine is the Standard B5 of 2012.
The exhaust gasket is made of cardboard type asbestos with a metal core.
Should put a seal mixed copper-asbestos (asbestos or type) of the same size.
I do not think difficult to find at aftermarket car or bike, also available from retail marine engine spares.
To remove the aluminum part just make a cut with a saw and then expand with a wedge.
It should however protect the exhaust manifold by inserting a blade of aluminum or iron between the flange and the tube to avoid marking with the blade.
Once removed the aluminum collar remains the iron part that I then shortened.
With the welding I reinforced everything.
We here in Italy several Royal Enfield show that defect, that is, the bending of the flange.
My impression is that the bolt of the right to remain shorter than the left for an incorrect alignment of the flange.
In fact, as can be seen from the photographs, after repairing the folding of the flange and reinforced with the carry the welding, right now the bolt remains shorter than the left one.
Probably during assembly at the factory is a tendency to tighten more to the right until it pops out from the nut.
This involves the bending of the flange and the bolt.
I have not replaced the bolts bent have them repaired by blocking the vice beating with a hammer after putting the nuts to protect the thread.
However, it is advisable to replace them.
To ensure a good locking bolts used to put the thread of this product and it works well from Bostik threadlocker resistant up to 1250 ° celsius

http://www.ebay.it/itm/BOSTIK-SIGILLANTE-CAMINETTI-E-STUFE-MASTICE-REFRETTARIO-SIGILLANTE-FINO-A-1250-C-/131069657340
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on February 16, 2015, 11:58:38 am
Nice. Sounds the way a bike should. I assume that's the twin?

Yep!  That's the ol' '58 twin.  :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: rvcycleguy on February 19, 2015, 10:19:23 pm
Rode the vintage bike yesterday and today.  135 miles total with an overnight stay at my GF's home in the country.  Yesterday's ride was 85 miles on rural roads.  Couple of hours with a pit stop for gas.  Bike started miss firing on the way although was intermittent.  During my down time in the evening, I found a local auto parts store for a new NGK plug.  Today's ride home on a shorter route went much better with no miss fire.  Great weather for riding down here in Houston. 
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: msj239 on February 20, 2015, 08:43:04 pm
First Post, I ride mostly thru Anza Borrego desert. I use my RE C5 as my camera bike that hauls my 4 x 5 system. Attached is a photo I took last Monday.

MSJ
Long Beach
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: NorEaster on February 20, 2015, 09:25:22 pm
Cool! Great shot! Welcome aboard.
What are you running for tires?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on February 20, 2015, 10:13:31 pm
First Post, I ride mostly thru Anza Borrego desert. I use my RE C5 as my camera bike that hauls my 4 x 5 system. Attached is a photo I took last Monday.

MSJ
Long Beach

Great pic!

I went for a quick ride as the next snow storm is rolling in.  Took some video with the camera mounted on the handlebar but it's crap.  At least I got a cool selfie from it.  :)

(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y217/lethalinj/IndianSelfie_zps11b6d063.jpg) (http://s6.photobucket.com/user/lethalinj/media/IndianSelfie_zps11b6d063.jpg.html)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on February 20, 2015, 10:18:25 pm
First Post, I ride mostly thru Anza Borrego desert. I use my RE C5 as my camera bike that hauls my 4 x 5 system. Attached is a photo I took last Monday.

MSJ
Long Beach

Wicked!  I wanna know more...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: msj239 on February 20, 2015, 11:06:32 pm
Thank You,
Tires: I run a 3.00 x 19 K70 Front
         4.00 x 18 Kenda 270

Here is a closer look at my bike - can you spot the modifications
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on February 21, 2015, 12:19:35 am
Here is a closer look at my bike - can you spot the modifications

I've not seen that rack before... where'd you come up with it?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: NorEaster on February 21, 2015, 01:18:20 am
msj239,
Very cool rear rack... I'm with Mattsz, where did you find it?

Mattsz,
I'm really liking your avatar! Great work!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: msj239 on February 21, 2015, 03:37:35 am
Since there wasn't any rear racks big enough to fit my camera bag to purchase,
I had to design & fabricate one.  I used .62 dia steel tube, which matches the fender
supports.
MSJ
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on February 21, 2015, 12:32:04 pm
I thought I saw some support bars leading forward, paralleling the straight fender supports...  anyway, it sure looks a treat!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: ace.cafe on February 21, 2015, 07:23:25 pm
Nice fabrication job.
 :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: heloego on February 21, 2015, 08:05:37 pm
Yes, very nice! Looks like a factory accessory!

Spent this morning rigging a quick disconnect system for my faux Pelican carrier using 5/16" and 1/4" clevises. Works ok, so now I'm ready for my ride to Aurora this may!  :D
It'll be my longest ride since new, so I'm really looking forward to it.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: wildbill on February 22, 2015, 11:18:26 am
took a holding deposit from hopefully the new potential buyer 8)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on February 22, 2015, 12:29:53 pm
Yes, very nice! Looks like a factory accessory!

Spent this morning rigging a quick disconnect system for my faux Pelican carrier using 5/16" and 1/4" clevises. Works ok, so now I'm ready for my ride to Aurora this may!  :D
It'll be my longest ride since new, so I'm really looking forward to it.

Colorado or Illinois?  If you're going to be in Colorado I live in Aurora, we should get together for a ride.  :)

And speaking of rides, I think once the sun comes out I'm going to go play in the snow!  See how many neighbors I can convince I'm crazy today.  ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: pmanaz1973 on February 22, 2015, 05:08:48 pm
Got a smoking deal on a set of new K70s from a guy who was closing up shop.  I decided to swap the tires out myself - even with large tire spoons it's a serious PIA - Got the front off and managed to scratch my rim in the process.  Tires are going to the shop Monday to be mounted and balanced on a machine.  Lessoned learned.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on February 22, 2015, 05:23:41 pm
Did that myself once.  Then just took them to my mechanic.  I gave him the nice tire spoons I had just bought.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: heloego on February 22, 2015, 06:12:36 pm
" Colorado or Illinois? "

HOO: Colorado, amigo! Don't know how your schedule is, but the tentative plan is as follows, due to having only a week to work with:
1. May 14th - ABQ to Alamosa via US 285.
2. May 15th - Meet friend in Buena Vista for continued trek to Aurora via US 285.
3. May 16-17th - Relax in Metro Denver
4. May 18th - Return to ABQ via US 285

Sadly, I'll not have time to check out the Million Dollar Highway.  :(
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: rvcycleguy on February 22, 2015, 06:26:40 pm
Nice route.  Try and make time for Royal Gorge, Canon City on US50 on the way back.  In 2012, I did make time for US550 and 50 and still marvel at the breathtaking views and riding challenges.  That high elevation can be problematic too soon before summer at least in the Buena Vista, Breckenridge route. 

RV 
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on February 22, 2015, 06:53:09 pm
Awesome!  285 is a fantastic HWY, you'll enjoy it.  Especially around the Buena Vista area.  :)

I tried to play in the snow.  But the Blackhawk wasn't having any of that today.  After about 20 attempted kicks of not being able to kick the motor 1 full revolution I gave up.  Clearly, the bike doesn't like being stored in the car port.  Bummer.  I really wanted to get in a snow day this year.   :(


(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y217/lethalinj/0222151138a_zpsdsjvfllx.jpg) (http://s6.photobucket.com/user/lethalinj/media/0222151138a_zpsdsjvfllx.jpg.html)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on February 23, 2015, 10:21:11 pm
Temp warmed up to 16*F so I thought I'd go try and play in the snow again.  Kicked her over 20-30 times and then actually tried to start it.  About 30 kicks and maybe 3 brief fires and nothing.  I miss my garage.    :'(
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Scotty Brown on February 26, 2015, 02:21:11 am
That time again--Change the Oil -- Short thirty mile ride to warm the oil and then drain-- Everything looks very clean no particles or shiny stuff.  I use Castrol HD #40 straight weight oil, two quarts and then add four ounces of marvel mystery oil -- Change at 2000 miles--Have used this oil for years on many, many machines without a failure.  Getting a little hard to find these days.  Auto Zone has it in some stores in California.  I just never trusted a multiple viscosity oil.  No new tricks in this old Dog.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on February 26, 2015, 02:40:26 am
Got my replacement coil in the mail today from Thorspark.  Yay!   :D  So I got that installed as the snow was coming down.  Got her fired up despite the cold so let her idle and warm up for a while.  Played in the snow for a little bit but I think I must have gotten some snow/condensation in the fuel.  I'll drain her out thru the bowl after it warms up.


(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y217/lethalinj/Cafe%20Snow%20Fun_zpsfdxbpk4r.jpg) (http://s6.photobucket.com/user/lethalinj/media/Cafe%20Snow%20Fun_zpsfdxbpk4r.jpg.html)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on March 01, 2015, 12:57:04 am
I adjusted my G5's rear chain today.

I originally installed this USA made Diamond chain at 3500 miles to replace the OEM chain that needed 4 adjustments just getting to that 3500 mile mark.

My new chain needed its first adjustment at 10820 miles so it had gone 7320 miles.

Now, with 16875 miles on the bike, it needed adjusting again.  That's about 6000 miles from the last adjustment.  Not too shabby if you ask me. :)

My only problem is the G5 uses a 101 link chain and I used a 102 link chain because it was available. 
That forced me to adjust the chain snail adjusters out to their last three notches.  The first adjustment moved the snails to the next to the last notch and this adjustment moved it to the last notch.

I guess the next time the chain needs adjusting I'll just buy a new DID chain.
Their cost is low and the bike will think it's living high on the hog with its brand new chain. :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: johno on March 01, 2015, 10:14:07 am
you could remove a link then install a half link to make a 101 chain.
I'm thinking of doing this with the 102 link DID chain I have fitted to my B5. The snail cams are over half way round with a new 102 chain and 18tooth drive sprocket (17 is original size)
The problem is that any new links must be from the same manufacture as side plate widths change between makes and chain type.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on March 01, 2015, 04:29:00 pm
Once you get to the end of adjustment, is there enough room to remove two links?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on March 01, 2015, 11:18:07 pm
Yah, I could remove some links and frinkle around with the chain but with the cost of a standard 530 DID being in the $40-$50 USD price range I think just changing the chain would be the best option.

That way I would be sure everything was new. :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on March 01, 2015, 11:52:17 pm
I accidentally cut my Tsubaki too short when I installed it and had to use 2 masters and an inner link to fit.  I have a couple thousand on it now but it still hasn't stretched rough to remove the extra link.  Maybe this summer. 
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: heloego on March 02, 2015, 12:53:52 am
Remember the panniers set NFG was selling cheap that "didn't fit anything"?
I cut off the lugs and got 'em to fit. All I needed was a vise, some 1/8"x1" flat stock, drill press and bench grinder.  :D
Definitely the Euro-cabinet handles have to go for something a bit more appropriate, and I'm still debating blasting and painting the frames, but I'm pleased. AND twice the capacity of my erstwhile saddle bags.  ;D   Solid, too!

First try...
(http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r290/Heloego24/2012%20RE%20C5%20Classic/20150227_1618251.jpg)

(http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r290/Heloego24/2012%20RE%20C5%20Classic/20150227_1619311.jpg)

Second time moved the braces for better lower support...
(http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r290/Heloego24/2012%20RE%20C5%20Classic/20150301_1759081.jpg)

(http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r290/Heloego24/2012%20RE%20C5%20Classic/20150227_1619152.jpg)

Quick Disconnects for upper carrier, attaching with clevises and hitch pins...
(http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r290/Heloego24/2012%20RE%20C5%20Classic/20150301_1757331.jpg)

Finished...
(http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r290/Heloego24/2012%20RE%20C5%20Classic/20150301_1759421.jpg)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Sectorsteve on March 02, 2015, 02:15:41 am
Nearly crashed cause brakes are gone
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: ToesNose on March 02, 2015, 03:13:41 am
Yikes Steve! Cease & Desist until said brakes are back man! Get on it, and glad you came out ok  ;)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: AussieDave on March 02, 2015, 08:28:55 am
Steve, that's not good ! It's bad! Enfield Australia will post some to you post haste if you call and arrange a payment method . His name is Graham and he's a good bloke . 9971 5590 ..... I did mine both front and rear a few months back .. Wasn't very expensive and he has the parts in stock ... Hope this helps . Cheers 
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: AussieDave on March 02, 2015, 08:30:18 am
Area code 03 I should add .
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: JVS on March 02, 2015, 10:03:03 am
Nearly crashed cause brakes are gone

Oh no. Same issue?!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: heloego on March 02, 2015, 02:06:22 pm
Jeez, Steve!  :o
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: NorEaster on March 02, 2015, 09:25:36 pm
yikes is right!
Glad you were not hurt!

Yesterday... not today... I was able to go out into the garage... and start my Enfield!
Temps got above 20F. Only about 3 more months to go and it will be riding season.   :o
yay  :-\
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on March 03, 2015, 12:21:11 am
Noreaster - all is not lost... even if you can't ride it, at least you can register your bike this month!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: NorEaster on March 03, 2015, 02:00:11 am
 ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
Oh yes! I forgot about that joy. The mandatory March registration. 
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on March 03, 2015, 03:08:56 pm
;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
Oh yes! I forgot about that joy. The mandatory March registration.

For y'all's information:

Maine motorcycle registration plates had two stickers, one for the year, and one for the month, of registration expiration, just like car plates.  There were no motorcycle inspection stickers displayed on bikes… certificates were issued and had to be carried, and produced for law enforcement on demand.

In 2012, Maine changed the law to require new motorcycle inspection stickers, to be displayed on the registration plate.  To accommodate the new inspection sticker, they did away with the registration expiration-month sticker.  To have only one registration expiration sticker, they decided that the registrations for all motorcycles would expire the same month - March.  Not sure what you're supposed to do if you ride a Maine bike down south in or around March?

BTW, antique bikes aren't inspected at all, so they retain their original any-of-12-months of registration expiration…
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: caricabasso on March 03, 2015, 04:49:49 pm
For some time I wanted to make leather saddles:

(http://s4.postimg.org/a1l8ilfh9/SELLA_001.jpg)

(http://s24.postimg.org/qsyzzb4w5/SELLA_004.jpg)

(http://s12.postimg.org/6kvz0xr71/SELLA_005.jpg)

(http://s11.postimg.org/fsilpztoz/SELLA_007.jpg)

(http://s21.postimg.org/lloo0lagn/SELLA_001.jpg)

(http://s10.postimg.org/q99abqt55/SELLA_002.jpg)

leaning over to try:

(http://s13.postimg.org/p1pz1koyf/SELLE_001.jpg)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: NorEaster on March 03, 2015, 08:40:02 pm
Wow!! Awesome work!
Love the panniers too!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: pmanaz1973 on March 03, 2015, 09:27:53 pm
That looks great. I'd love to have that on my bike.

You are a man of many talents - so when are you opening your custom pannier and seat shop?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Russ on March 04, 2015, 03:56:04 pm
Not as fancy as CB !!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Russ on March 04, 2015, 03:59:28 pm
Another view...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on March 04, 2015, 06:35:54 pm
Nice and clean Russ!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: ace.cafe on March 04, 2015, 07:03:46 pm
You guys are doing some great looking work on your bikes!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on March 05, 2015, 01:00:33 am
;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
Oh yes! I forgot about that joy. The mandatory March registration.

Got it done today - one step closer!  8)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: NorEaster on March 05, 2015, 01:37:28 am
 ;) Now if mother nature could get rid of the 3-4 feet of snow
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on March 05, 2015, 01:52:20 am
I told Mother Nature to bite and went for a ride anyway.  :D


(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y217/lethalinj/0304151544_zpsgxzv2l9d.jpg) (http://s6.photobucket.com/user/lethalinj/media/0304151544_zpsgxzv2l9d.jpg.html)

A quick detail after I got home to get the grime off.   ;)

(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y217/lethalinj/0304151613_zpsarfwzjzt.jpg) (http://s6.photobucket.com/user/lethalinj/media/0304151613_zpsarfwzjzt.jpg.html)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Mr.Mazza on March 05, 2015, 09:47:44 am
You are one batshit crazy rider ;)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on March 05, 2015, 11:06:51 am
It's just like riding a snowmobile!  Ok, no it's not, but I dress the same.  ;D  It only got sketchy on the 1 side street that hadn't seen any sun and was ice pack.  It was actually so cold I had to put a piece of Gorilla Tape around a good part of the air cleaner to choke her out a little.   :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on March 05, 2015, 12:18:45 pm
It was actually so cold I had to put a piece of Gorilla Tape around a good part of the air cleaner to choke her out a little.   :)

 :o   ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on March 05, 2015, 04:19:05 pm
Here's the thing - look at the condition of the blacktop on Scottie's "snow-covered" road:

(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y217/lethalinj/0304151544_zpsgxzv2l9d.jpg) (http://s6.photobucket.com/user/lethalinj/media/0304151544_zpsgxzv2l9d.jpg.html)


Now, take a look at what our roads are like:

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-p74-IDymXRc/VPiBKVzN2sI/AAAAAAAACUg/RaF6BDhMSuw/w700-h444-no/DSC03600.JPG)


(http://s3.amazonaws.com/advrider/duel.gif)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on March 05, 2015, 06:07:41 pm
That's because in Denver they use mag-chloride.  It melts the snow and then evaporates.  No crappy sand left on the streets and intersections.   :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on March 05, 2015, 06:45:49 pm
So..... You spend all winter on bodywork and paint building a concourse ready vintage cafe bike, then stick duct tape on it and take it out in the snow?  I knew there was a reason I liked you :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: NorEaster on March 05, 2015, 09:09:31 pm
Here's the thing - look at the condition of the blacktop on Scottie's "snow-covered" road:
Now, take a look at what our roads are like:
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-p74-IDymXRc/VPiBKVzN2sI/AAAAAAAACUg/RaF6BDhMSuw/w700-h444-no/DSC03600.JPG)
Mattsz,
That's not fair... you're using a picture of our roads taken last July or August  ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: decker on March 05, 2015, 09:30:23 pm
 :) insured and went for a brisk ( brrrrr!) ride. Would have stayed out all day if it wasn't for my sore hip. The bike ran great ! Love this bike.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Royal Stargazer on March 07, 2015, 02:29:39 am
I took advantage of the seasonable weather by installing the Power Commander V. The install was pretty painless, Wildbill's writeup saved my bacon. That bit about the hairdryer for the fuel line is solid gold.

She gave me one good backfire before starting up, but she runs like a champ. Even the exhaust note sounds more confident and rounded, not as "sharp" as it used to. I've got the aftermarket silencer and filter, next step (maybe tomorrow) is the Lycett saddle and pillion... if I can ever figure out how to get those darn things on.

Can't wait til next Friday when I take her home.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: johno on March 07, 2015, 06:53:30 pm
I removed the snail cam adjusters on my B5 and replaced them with the threaded blocks. this should mean more accurate wheel/sprocket alignment.
I adjusted the chain after its initial settling in and gave it a good dowsing of chain lube. I also replaced the split pin with a stainless R clip.
Gave the rear wheel a clean up to remove the surface rust and chain wax.
Just need to put some miles on it now to build my confidence back after the chain failure...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on March 07, 2015, 07:27:05 pm
I also replaced the split pin with a stainless R clip.

Interested in this as I thought of doing it myself.  But, I can't find an R-clip which is a good fit.  They're either the right size, but made from too thin a wire stock, or the right wire stock thickness but way oversized otherwise...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: johno on March 07, 2015, 07:46:25 pm
Being in the UK, I bought mine from Hitchcock so are correct for the job.
I bought 2 so just measured the spare one which is 3.5mm or 0.138"
The fit is good but I had to be careful with the angle of the clip or the brake operating arm could make contact or force the clip off.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gremlin on March 07, 2015, 09:06:49 pm
Picked B5 up from storage .....
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on March 07, 2015, 11:14:03 pm
Cruised around the neighborhood for about 45 minutes.  I hit reserve just as I was pulling into my apartment complex, so I'll finally be able to find out how much the tank holds now since pounding in the sides.  Bike seems to be running pretty good, no misfires at all, but I still need to replace the valve springs and primary chain in the near future.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on March 08, 2015, 12:03:29 am
Picked B5 up from storage .....

Sweet!  Now it's time to HEAD FOR THE HILLS!!!   8)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Royal Stargazer on March 08, 2015, 01:30:15 am
I took my C5 out for a little spin. That PCV is a pretty handy little device.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Scotty Brown on March 08, 2015, 03:43:47 am
Nice little 300 mile ride from Laguna to Borrago Springs and back.  Never a quiver and got 76 MPG.  God how I love this bike, and California weather.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on March 08, 2015, 02:28:20 pm
God how I love this bike, and California weather.

 :P
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Royal Stargazer on March 08, 2015, 11:43:08 pm
Today I brought her home!

(http://i1137.photobucket.com/albums/n505/Winstheprize/Mobile%20Uploads/20150308_173113.jpg)

She (as well as the car behind her) needs some cleaning up, but she ran like a champ - with the occasional backfire, of course. She certainly seemed more spirited with that PCV all hooked up though, that's for sure.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: krimp on March 09, 2015, 02:49:57 pm
Today I brought her home!

(http://i1137.photobucket.com/albums/n505/Winstheprize/Mobile%20Uploads/20150308_173113.jpg)

She (as well as the car behind her) needs some cleaning up, but she ran like a champ - with the occasional backfire, of course. She certainly seemed more spirited with that PCV all hooked up though, that's for sure.

Did you reposition the tail light? That looks very high on the back fender.

Also, I rode into work today. Riding season in Colorado has started.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on March 09, 2015, 02:59:23 pm
Also, I rode into work today. Riding season in Colorado has started.

 :P
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: heloego on March 09, 2015, 03:53:23 pm
About 300 riding days in New Mexico.  ;D :P
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on March 09, 2015, 03:59:19 pm
About 300 riding days in New Mexico.  ;D :P

Ok, now you're just being mean!  Just for that, you get two:  :P :P
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Royal Stargazer on March 09, 2015, 04:23:12 pm
Did you reposition the tail light? That looks very high on the back fender.

Also, I rode into work today. Riding season in Colorado has started.

It's the rectangular tail light from the G5 (I think?) It's what the shop had after my accident last year. Looks alright, but I can't wait to get a less insane looking tail light.

I also installed the Lycett seat and pillion last night. Pillion was missing a piece, but the saddle went on like a charm thanks to the board here, and rides like a dream. I also rode to work. I'm the only bike in the lot today.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: krimp on March 09, 2015, 05:42:54 pm
About 300 riding days in New Mexico.  ;D :P

Roughly the same for Colorado. The real question though, is how willing are you to ride in below freezing temps.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on March 09, 2015, 07:49:42 pm
Roughly the same for Colorado. The real question though, is how willing are you to ride in below freezing temps.

Very willing!  I've got decent cold-weather gear.  Our problem is the roads - my street:

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-p74-IDymXRc/VPiBKVzN2sI/AAAAAAAACUg/RaF6BDhMSuw/w700-h444-no/DSC03600.JPG)

They'll look just like this - wet and covered with sand and salt - until every molecule of snow is melted, and beyond... :(
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: heloego on March 09, 2015, 10:52:34 pm
That 300 days includes some damned chilly riding, but hey, I dress for the weather! :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: johno on March 10, 2015, 01:06:44 pm
Took the B5 for a spin on my 100 mile commute, I kept the speed down to 50-60mph after the previous chain issue.
the Mitas H-01 front tyre is great, good grip no white lining and seems to soak up the bumps better.
The new DID chain is doing its job, nice and quiet and the drive seems less snatchy....or that's me being slightly more cautious :P
The ride was not bad apart from nearly being knocked off by a white van. The fairing provides enough of a calm zone so I can ride with my visor or goggles up and still feel protected.
fuel consumption is in the 80-90mpg (UK) region
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on March 10, 2015, 04:23:35 pm
I blew off work yesterday and did about 200 miles on the SV with some friends on Washington state back roads.  It was a beautiful day and the riding was great.  It's the first really long ride I've had on the bike.  It's mostly set up how I want it now, still needs some small suspension tweaks and I need to finish the custom seat I'm working on.  I feel much more comfortable on it now.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Catbird on March 12, 2015, 05:38:17 pm
This morning's weather was rather mild and sunny in the mid 40s F.  I had a couple of local errands to take care of, so for the first time since last November, I decided to take the RE.  I went out to the garage, uncovered the bike, disconnected the Battery Tender and pushed it off the center stand and onto the side stand.  It was immediately apparent that my tires had lost more than a little bit of air pressure because they felt awfully squishy.  My air pressure gauge showed 8.5 psi in the front and 15 psi in the rear; I increased the front to 20 psi and rear to 32 psi.  My manual recommends 18 psi and 28 psi, but since I'm no lightweight at 250 lbs., I decided to be a tad generous with the air.

Bottom line -- the RE ran great and the tires felt perfect.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: bob bezin on March 12, 2015, 10:08:05 pm
yesterday i pumped up all the bike tires ,and today for the first time this year took out the 2000 for a ride .the bike ran great.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on March 12, 2015, 11:10:50 pm
Adjusted the timing and went for a short ride.   :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: lemming on March 13, 2015, 03:25:54 am
Pulled the left cover off to look over the primary chain and make sure nothing was rattling around in there. Next up before riding season is pulling the drive side cover and inspecting the front sprocket and seals, then flushing out the oil and new oil, some exhaust leak sealing at the junction of the header pipe and the sport exhaust and mounting up the new panniers.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: johno on March 13, 2015, 03:43:56 pm
Return trip, started off in glorious sunshine only to be swamped in a deluge 40 miles into the journey.
The Bullet took it all in its stride and delivered me home safely and reasonably dry, that fairing is really protective.
Good news is the chain is still attached :D Bad news is the front brake is starting to bind  :(. A strip and clean required before my next trip or at least before summer finally arrives!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Royal Stargazer on March 14, 2015, 12:43:41 am
Just switched out the BPR6ES for the BPR7ES and went for a test drive. Nothing too noteworthy to report just yet. I feel like she backfires less, so that's something at least.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Mr.Mazza on March 14, 2015, 12:44:33 am
Rain on a exposed disk brake like that can seize it a little, easy strip and relube should fix that issue.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Craig McClure on March 14, 2015, 05:17:38 am
Rolled my G5 Deluxe out of the way to continue work on my Fixer-upper Ural Tourist, but decided to deal with the Enfields throttle control unit slipping around on the handle bars. seems the little plastic perch-pin broke, but some wrapped electrical tape fixed it, as some one here suggested. Then I went for a short ride, got carried away, & stayed out on it for quite awhile.
I had an excellent break. I can work tomorrow.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: johno on March 14, 2015, 03:42:53 pm
Rain on a exposed disk brake like that can seize it a little, easy strip and relube should fix that issue.
I've been riding through most of winter as well so it is understandable with the salted roads/rain/snow/ice and everything else the elements could throw at my poor Bullet :P
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on March 14, 2015, 03:55:57 pm
Just my luck!   ;D

So there I am, detailing the Blackhawk getting ready to go to Cars And Coffee.  Gave her the ol' brake cleaner and microfiber treatment.  Go to wipe down the primary cover, and it's loose again.  Well, I anticipated to have this happen again eventually, and it did last awhile.  Then I thought, well I have all my tools in the car for my road trip to Texas on Monday, and it'll only take an hour or two to tighten it back up.  Start walking over to the car and remember, the giant 2 1/16" crank socket was the only socket/tool I left at work.  Go figure.  LOL  So I guess the Blackhawk is going to be parked for a few months until I can afford to order a new primary chain and valve springs.

At least she got a full detail before being parked.  ;)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: krimp on March 15, 2015, 01:22:28 am
Changed from winter weight oil back to the standard 20W-50, full synth. At 3950 miles and still discovering shavings on the magnets. Otherwise, everything looked good.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: ToesNose on March 15, 2015, 12:18:08 pm
Well 100 miles and time for her first oil change, new filter and seals along with Valvoline 20w-50 Moto oil. After doing the deed I noticed that the kick start didn't feel the same, also two times on my post change ride there was a loud clanking noise, the first time I heard it I thought I had ridden over something like gravel making a scattering sound on the engine, but there was no gravel and it happened a second time. The chain has some slight slack, but not that bad and it was only after changing the oil. Hmmmm any thoughts? I did a search and found others with AVL's that had similar noises after their first oil change but none with UCE's.   ???
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: AussieDave on March 16, 2015, 10:12:54 am
Rolled my G5 Deluxe out of the way to continue work on my Fixer-upper Ural Tourist, but decided to deal with the Enfields throttle control unit slipping around on the handle bars. seems the little plastic perch-pin broke, but some wrapped electrical tape fixed it, as some one here suggested. Then I went for a short ride, got carried away, & stayed out on it for quite awhile.
I had an excellent break. I can work tomorrow.

Hi Craig , I had the same issue a while back . I made a small metal pin from a large nail I had kickin' around .... Carefully drilled out the spot where the plastic pin had Broken (pilot first) and glued in the new steel dowel. Worked a treat ... No more slipping when you twist ! Hope this helps mate ! All the best
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: heloego on March 18, 2015, 01:58:07 am
Installed the Kuryakin "Cruise Control". Nice! A good design.
It'll save me some wrist pain this May!  ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on March 18, 2015, 02:53:36 am
Left it in Denver under a tarp.  Hello South Texas!  Time for some fishing and relaxation.   8)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: krimp on March 18, 2015, 04:06:56 pm
Rode into work today, crossed the 4000 mile mark. I am really loving the ride. It gets better every day.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on March 18, 2015, 05:31:25 pm
That's around where the bike really starts to feel broken in.  Enjoy!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: ToesNose on March 20, 2015, 07:35:24 pm
Went over the bike and couldn't find anything to cause that noise I had, it's been raining so I haven't made it out for a ride to check it out again. I did come across a nice clean filler for the mirror holes left when you switch to bar ends, they are 'Nylon Rivets' that I found at Lowe's in the automotive hardware drawers. Only $1.09 for two of them, they are a little small so I just wrapped some rubber around them and had to cut the tips off the anchor. Looks nice and clean  :)
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-BK2KhZs_3V8/VQSmOVzjxGI/AAAAAAAAFCA/8ZW3EyxV2s0/w571-h761-no/0314151720.jpg)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Craig McClure on March 21, 2015, 04:43:35 am
After slaving over a hot Ural working on it all afternoon, my light began to fail, so I jumped on my G5 Deluxe for a refreshing sunset Burn-up. I terrorized the neighborhood for about 30 minutes, & was successful in having some fun before the "Loud Motorcycle Punk" complaints could be acted upon. All together a good day.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on March 21, 2015, 12:29:51 pm
We're you getting harassed by your neighbors, Craig?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: heloego on March 21, 2015, 02:51:00 pm
Kinda bizarre.
Got back yesterday from a 30+ mile ride and heard a "clunk" as I pulled into the garage. One of the acorn nuts for a top shock bolt fell off! Checked the other side and it was history. I expect someone got it through their grill. My own fault for not tightening them properly. Lesson learned.
Learned another thing...
IPB shows the bolts as:
  PN 170399 Hex Bolt - 3/8"x45 (for RH Side only), and
  PN 111696 Hex Bolt - 3/8" BSF x 2" (For LH Side only).

Ok, I "get" the 3/8" diameter (M10 replacement is too big to fit). What I've never seen is any SAE diameter mixed with a metric length (45mm) and metric thread pitch (1.25 as measured with my pitch gage).  :o
So I took it to ACE hardware to mess with the "pros" a bit. Had a bit of fun with them scratching their heads and telling me "No way!" "Impossible!" "Where the hell did you get this?!?" ;)

A couple of 3/8" x 2" bolts with matching Acorn nuts did the trick for me, and I ordered a couple each of the OEM bolts and nuts for good measure. I'll keep them in my tool bag.

Went home. Finished installing my now primed and painted mounting stays for the RE Pannier racks, and short of a chain and oil change in a week or two I'm good to go!  ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: pmanaz1973 on March 21, 2015, 03:32:33 pm
Went home. Finished installing my now primed and painted mounting stays for the RE Pannier racks, and short of a chain and oil change in a week or two I'm good to go!  ;D

Would love to see some pictures of the pannier racks and panniers once your done.  Seems to be the biggest missing accessory for the C5 anyway.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Craig McClure on March 21, 2015, 05:21:35 pm
We're you getting harassed by your neighbors, Craig?
Hi, No not yet, but my wife says its raspier than a Harley loud, & I did romp everywhere I could. Probably did get noticed.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: heloego on March 21, 2015, 07:35:10 pm
pmanaz1973 look on page 222 of this thread, about 3/4 way down the page for pics.


Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: pmanaz1973 on March 21, 2015, 08:28:44 pm
Decided to take the bike for a run with no front fender while I wait to get my extended fender stays back from the welder.  Streets were a little wet from recent rain.  Yeah...not sure how people can do this all the time.  Those K70s put up a nice rooster of spray. 
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: pmanaz1973 on March 21, 2015, 08:31:51 pm
pmanaz1973 look on page 222 of this thread, about 3/4 way down the page for pics.

Thanks, but the picture was removed.  Maybe once you get them on the bike, etc.?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: cstorckiii on March 22, 2015, 01:14:31 am
Changed the oil... and found the remnants of a shattered needle bearing stuck to the drain plug magnet.  :o >:(
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on March 22, 2015, 02:03:32 am
Changed the oil... and found the remnants of a shattered needle bearing stuck to the drain plug magnet.  :o >:(

Yikes!  What's it from?  Is this a surprise, or did you know of problems? 
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: cstorckiii on March 22, 2015, 02:13:30 am
Supprise. My guess is somewhere in the transmission. According to the parts book, that's where most of the needle bearings are. Plus, it seemd to be running fine. Splitting the case should be an adventure...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on March 22, 2015, 02:52:57 am
Are you sure it's a bearing?  A while back someone found a pin but I can't remember what it was from.  As I recall, it wasn't too hard to put back.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: cstorckiii on March 22, 2015, 03:02:53 am
Positive. 9 & 1/2 needles and a couple assorted pieces of shrapnel.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on March 22, 2015, 03:23:50 am
Ick! :(
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: cstorckiii on March 22, 2015, 03:29:08 am
Oh well. Maybe I'll add a kick start while I'm in there.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on March 22, 2015, 04:48:03 am
If your Royal Enfield is still under warranty any damage like this should be totally covered.

The "pin" that was mentioned by Ducati Scotty was a pin from the transmissions shifting cam plate.
As I recall, without that pin the transmission refused to shift into one of the gears.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: cstorckiii on March 22, 2015, 05:36:53 am
Waaaaay out of warranty.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on March 22, 2015, 11:48:10 am
Supprise. My guess is somewhere in the transmission. According to the parts book, that's where most of the needle bearings are. Plus, it seemd to be running fine. Splitting the case should be an adventure...

Sorry to hear that!  I wouldn't call splitting the case an adventure - if I can do it, anyone can do it!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: heloego on March 22, 2015, 12:10:57 pm
pmanaz:

NO idea why it shows as removed, as I see it fine. Hmmm.
How about now?
(http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r290/Heloego24/2012%20RE%20C5%20Classic/20150301_1759421.jpg)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: AussieDave on March 22, 2015, 01:19:29 pm
Swore at it .
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Post by: pmanaz1973 on March 22, 2015, 04:50:52 pm
pmanaz:
NO idea why it shows as removed, as I see it fine. Hmmm.
How about now?

It worked.  Thank you.  Very clean looking.
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Post by: pmanaz1973 on March 23, 2015, 02:59:22 am
Slapped the extended fender stays on my bike (3.50 front) and went for a 60 mile ride.  Ran like a champ in the cool air approx. 60F.  Found a nice clean deserted straight stretch of road and did some WOT - from my glances down, it looks like 83ish mph indicated is as fast as it'll run with me on it.

Good times!
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Post by: suitcasejefferson on March 23, 2015, 03:12:25 am
Put 270+ miles on it this weekend, ran it till the low fuel light came on, poured in a gallon of 100 octane non ethanol gas I had in a backpack, rode it back home, put in a double dose of both Stabil marine and Seafoam, filled it the rest of the way up with 100 octane, removed the battery and threw it away, and parked it in the living room where it will sit for the next 3 months or so. I will be spending most of that time in the Portland/Seattle area. I wish I had a bike to ride while up there. I have a small dual sport, but no way to get it there.

Hopefully I will be able to get started on the carb conversion when I get back. By then it will be way too hot to ride in the Phoenix area in the daytime.
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Post by: heloego on March 23, 2015, 03:41:44 pm
160 mile RT to Santa Fe.
I'm "technical support" for a couple guys with 500s there. Maroon C5 and a 2008 AVL in BRG.
Sold my Cobra seat to the AVL rider and installed it for him.
Funny how once you've quickly engineered something to fit you stand back and immediately see you could have done it simpler and easier.  :o
Once he gets the ride registered he'll take it to me in Albuquerque for a cleaner install, but for the moment he's tickled that he can plant both feet flat when idling.
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Post by: lemming on March 23, 2015, 05:41:42 pm
Put mine up for sale on the interwebz. Conflicted....I really love it, but want to explore some more distance riding, including highway work. I know it CAN do it, but there are better tools. Also, may want to have the SO on the back for some, so again, there are better tools. Wish I had the funds to do both, but I don't. It really is the perfect Vermont back road bike. And mine is doing so well, too!
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Post by: heloego on March 23, 2015, 07:59:12 pm
Sorry to hear it.  :(
I'm planning a 1000 mile trip this May and seriously looking forward to it. ALL back road travel, too!  ;D
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Post by: lemming on March 23, 2015, 11:27:22 pm
Well, I'm not selling it at fire sale pricing, so it may just be that it doesn't sell, and wouldn't that just be terrible, now?
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Post by: suitcasejefferson on March 24, 2015, 01:09:54 am
Put mine up for sale on the interwebz. Conflicted....I really love it, but want to explore some more distance riding, including highway work. I know it CAN do it, but there are better tools. Also, may want to have the SO on the back for some, so again, there are better tools. Wish I had the funds to do both, but I don't. It really is the perfect Vermont back road bike. And mine is doing so well, too!
If you want to carry a passenger, I suggest something BIG. My daughter and I bottomed out my former '85 1200 Goldwing. It only had a load capacity of 400 pounds. I noticed those electric handicapped shopping carts at Walmart have a load capacity of over 700 pounds.
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Post by: Heyska on March 24, 2015, 02:04:02 am
Painted the RE on the engine black to have it stand out a bit more. Looking at headlight peaks online and wondering if the cheap ones on E-bay are going to be a pain after awhile? Thinking I may have to just buy a more pricey version later on. Any thoughts? Also looking for headlight grills but they seem to only be for 7" headlights. I still have my stock size.
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Post by: krimp on March 24, 2015, 02:50:39 pm
Painted the RE on the engine black to have it stand out a bit more. Looking at headlight peaks online and wondering if the cheap ones on E-bay are going to be a pain after awhile? Thinking I may have to just buy a more pricey version later on. Any thoughts? Also looking for headlight grills but they seem to only be for 7" headlights. I still have my stock size.

First, welcome aboard.

Second, I recommend that you upgrade your headlight to the 7", then put the visor and screen on. It may cost more, but will look better in the long run.
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Post by: Craig McClure on March 24, 2015, 03:36:14 pm
Painted the RE on the engine black to have it stand out a bit more. Looking at headlight peaks online and wondering if the cheap ones on E-bay are going to be a pain after awhile? Thinking I may have to just buy a more pricey version later on. Any thoughts? Also looking for headlight grills but they seem to only be for 7" headlights. I still have my stock size.
HI, I use a peaked headlight ring I bought on Ebay, from a Chinese CJ (BMW copy) Motorcycle, with a 7" Adjure tripod reflector. It requires some skills in fitting, but has authentic period looks (not like an accessory) & the Adjure diamond cut reflector puts the light where you need it, as there is no adjustment ion a 7" reflector. See photo.
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Post by: TheFatMan on March 24, 2015, 10:01:54 pm
Out of storage today.  There is still a lot of sand and crap on the roads in northern Wisconsin, so I took the long way home from the storage building but very slowly around corners.  Still got to open it up a bit on the one stretch of two lane highway I traverse.  Just hoping for some rain to wash all the junk off the roads.  It shot up to nearly 50* today and bike season isn't far off... at least the snow is mostly gone.
The Fat Man
2010 C5
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Post by: krimp on March 25, 2015, 08:40:26 pm
Had a pick up pull out in front of me before I got to an intersection this morning on the way to work. Had I been in a car, we would have collided. As it is, I missed being hit by no more than 3 feet.
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Post by: NorEaster on March 25, 2015, 11:06:58 pm
 :o Glad you're ok!
 >:( rotten cagers... go through it every spring in these parts... they spend the winter forgetting how to drive. We have mostly 3 lane roads around here... the right lane, the left lane and the unmarked one going down the middle that most seem to want to use.  >:(
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Post by: krimp on March 26, 2015, 02:16:00 pm
I'm doing just fine. I look at it like this: riding to work yesterday saved my life.

On a better note, as I was riding in this morning (in below freezing temps), I realized just how much my bike has improved. When I first picked her up, I had to shift to 4th gear at 40mph. Today, I was able to hold 40mph in third gear and she didn't sound like she was wanting to be shifted.
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Post by: cstorckiii on March 26, 2015, 06:59:57 pm
Made a mess!
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Post by: lemming on March 27, 2015, 04:38:08 am
Continued working my way through my pre-season to-do list. Tightened and sealed up the "new" sport exhaust so it won't leak at the junction anymore, pulled the right side cover to take a look at the front sprocket and other bits (all look good), put in the new oil filter, swore at myself for forgetting to get a new gasket on the way home today, then did a little fab work to get the new side cases mounted onto the chrome rear rack stays.... These are cheap cases, but I think they actually look pretty cool! Will post better pics with the bike outside in the light when the weather is less sh**ty
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Post by: retrolynn on March 28, 2015, 02:54:05 am
Installed a new Duracell Ultra battery,as the original was junk after 7 months.Was charged on the battery tender all winter,and monitored on a volt meter.     Lynn
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Post by: Mandar_C500 on March 28, 2015, 12:30:18 pm
Changed the sprocket set and chain. Old lasts for 31K km and 4.5 Years, Only one teeth was broken from the rear sprocket, however chain was on the last notch of setting.

Regards
Mandar
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Post by: caricabasso on March 28, 2015, 01:16:49 pm
Made a mess!

How many miles has covered your motorcycle?
I see the carbon residues on the piston crown and it seems a fair amount:
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Post by: Catbird on March 28, 2015, 01:37:55 pm
... Looking at headlight peaks online and wondering if the cheap ones on E-bay are going to be a pain after awhile? Thinking I may have to just buy a more pricey version later on. Any thoughts?...

I took a chance and bought a chromed plastic peak for my Vespa scooter.  It has held up perfectly and looks just as good (to me) as the expensive metal versions.  It comes ready to install with its own 3M double-sided adhesive tape.  I'm probably going to get one just like it for my 2013 Royal Enfield Military and paint it either black or OD green.

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Post by: mattsz on March 29, 2015, 09:59:39 pm
Made a mess!

I've got one just like that in my basement!

However, like I mentioned in another thread: it's 31℉ today - but sunny, and I'm off work today - so I've un-winterized my bike, just so I can say I'm on the road by April, which is my arbitrary ultimatum.  Installed the battery, added a dribble of oil to the cylinder and cycled the engine with the kick-start lever a bunch of times to try to get some oil circulating, installed the plug and it fired right up second kick... after sitting since December 1st.  A little smoke for a minute, but ran great.

Each tire was down exactly 2 psi.

I had brought my new-last-year AGM battery into the heated basement for storage - I didn't leave it on the trickle-charger, as I didn't see the point.  Once a month I plugged it in, and each time it went from charging to almost charged to "maintenance mode" in less than 5 minutes...
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Post by: mattsz on March 29, 2015, 10:05:37 pm
ps: I forgot... pics or it didn't happen, right?
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Post by: retrolynn on March 30, 2015, 02:50:27 am
Mattsz: Very nice! Looks like Montana,but it was 50degrees here today.
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Post by: Blairio on March 30, 2015, 05:47:31 am
Those shots look great.  There is nothing better than a run on a cold and bright winter day to blow away a few cobwebs.

My hands used to get chilly though - even with decent gloves.  Then a skiing friend suggested to me I try silk under-gloves, and they work a treat.  They are incredibly thin, but somehow trap enough air to make a huge difference to the coziness of my gauntlet-style leather gloves.
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Post by: mattsz on March 30, 2015, 10:35:21 am
That's the local public golf course!  It was chilly, but no wind (other than riding speed!) and the sun was strong.  I've got a pair of Olympia cold-weather riding gloves I really like.  They're warm and seem custom-fit to my hands - I've got long fingers, and in most gloves they bottom out hard against the ends of the gloves... the insulation gets compressed and my fingers get cold, fast.  Not with the Olympias, though.
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Post by: cstorckiii on April 01, 2015, 03:20:19 am
I got the case open and found the offending bearing.
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Post by: cstorckiii on April 01, 2015, 03:21:34 am
The culprit.
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Post by: suitcasejefferson on April 01, 2015, 06:10:26 am
I took a chance and bought a chromed plastic peak for my Vespa scooter.  It has held up perfectly and looks just as good (to me) as the expensive metal versions.  It comes ready to install with its own 3M double-sided adhesive tape.  I'm probably going to get one just like it for my 2013 Royal Enfield Military and paint it either black or OD green.

What year is that Vespa? I bought a brand new
'09 Genuine Stella, an Indian made copy of the Vespa P series, and the last year for the 2 stroke, and have has no issues at all with it at just past 10,000 miles, other than a top end seizure at under 300 miles, probably trying to ride too lean during beak in during 120 degree Phoenix weather.

Over 4 years ago, I found real Deltran Battery Tender Jr.s on sale from Dennis Kirk, free shipping, and bought 5. I connected the leads directly to the battery, then stuck thm out from under a sidecover or some other place they would fit through. My Stella battery died, but it was a cheap flooded lead acid battery, and I threw away the Enfield battery for the same reason. Every time I park a bike, I plug the tender into it. When I go for a ride, I unplug it, when I get back I plug it back in. I have the connectors laying right where I park the bikes. They work fine on any flooded battery, or any SLA AGM battery. I see the AGM batteries as being the best thing out there right now. You used to could buy a quality flooded battery, back in the '80s, Yuasa made great ones. Now all you can get are junk. Some people had acid damage from them, I never did on a new bike. But they had to be kept filled (and not overfilled or underfilled, and you had to use an acid catch tank on the vent hose. The AGM battery is just a better way. but they work well enough, and last long enough that I see no need to try using something like a lithium battery. Just heard about to many problems. The battery on my one year old laptop is already down to 73% of new capacity. And I constantly unplug it and let it drain, then plug it back in and charge it up, just the way my computer guy says.
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Post by: Catbird on April 01, 2015, 01:03:54 pm
What year is that Vespa? ...
Answer: 2011
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Post by: lemming on April 01, 2015, 01:55:28 pm
Better pics of my new side cases:
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(http://i1289.photobucket.com/albums/b504/jduqhoff/Mobile%20Uploads/IMAG1561_zpsh0ivwxs6.jpg) (http://s1289.photobucket.com/user/jduqhoff/media/Mobile%20Uploads/IMAG1561_zpsh0ivwxs6.jpg.html)

(http://i1289.photobucket.com/albums/b504/jduqhoff/Mobile%20Uploads/IMAG1558_zpsmllhaquz.jpg) (http://s1289.photobucket.com/user/jduqhoff/media/Mobile%20Uploads/IMAG1558_zpsmllhaquz.jpg.html)

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Continued with my pre-season prep and tinkering...Found a local guy who had a rear fender and taillight assembly for a Triumph Scrambler kicking around, so I pulled off the doghouse and set about modifying the Scrambler tail assembly to mount it to my fender (the Scrambler fender is wider and flat on top). One tack-welded stud and one drilled hole in the fender later, I got this:

(http://i1289.photobucket.com/albums/b504/jduqhoff/Mobile%20Uploads/IMAG1567_zpsivkcbzsc.jpg) (http://s1289.photobucket.com/user/jduqhoff/media/Mobile%20Uploads/IMAG1567_zpsivkcbzsc.jpg.html)

Once I finish sorting out the wiring harness, and add the extra wires to go to the lights in the side cases (single-filament lamps, so I will wire them up as brake-only), I will put the cases back on and post up pics of the finished project. I put the case/rack assembly on briefly last night to make sure the new tail light didn't interfere....and I think it looks fantastic. Stoked to have that buttoned up, hopefully this week. Oh, and also installed a headlight peak visor.
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Post by: mattsz on April 01, 2015, 03:11:05 pm
Stoked to have that buttoned up, hopefully this week. Oh, and also installed a headlight peak visor.

Lemming - I thought you were selling that bike?
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Post by: lemming on April 01, 2015, 03:50:29 pm
Chuckle....that is the "plan", mattsz. I do have listed it for sale on the interwebz. Whether it SELLS or not, well, that remains to be seen.  ;)

In the meantime, I shall continue to proceed as I otherwise would, and awesome-ize it to my preference.  And, if I just happen to end up riding it for another season, or five, well...so be it! ;D
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Post by: mattsz on April 01, 2015, 04:42:45 pm
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Post by: Craig McClure on April 01, 2015, 05:38:01 pm
Still working on my 2002 Ural Tourist & enjoying the results. I have to roll it out of my overloaded garage to work on/around it. I have found that my G5 Deluxe slides back & forth sideways on its center stand very easily, on my smooth concrete garage floor, allowing me room to maneuver the "hanger queen" outdoors.

Craig in North Port FL
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Post by: High On Octane on April 05, 2015, 04:01:15 am
I pulled the tarp off of the Blackhawk today to discover that somehow, about a 1/4-1/2 of a quart of oil had been, I assume, poured on the back of my bike under the tarp.  I don't know how the hell this is even possible, and it pisses me off because I just gave the bike a full detail before I put it in storage before I left for vacation.  I can tell there is a bunch of oil between the seat pan and the pad now too.  Effing shitty people.  The tarp is basically ruined now too because it has so much oil on it.   >:(


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I was so mad about it that I decided that despite the primary cover being loose, I fired it up and went for a ride.  I just stayed in the neighborhood, but I was able to load time the bike a little better with the 92 octane.  She's running good, but I need to look into a Mikuni carb so I can run pure E85.  I just can't get enough timing with the 150psi cylinder pressures on pump gas.
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Post by: NorEaster on April 05, 2015, 12:02:53 pm
Your bike was in a public area with the tarp on it?
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Post by: High On Octane on April 05, 2015, 02:00:03 pm
Your bike was in a public area with the tarp on it?

It was parked in my personal car port that I spend $25 a month to have.
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Post by: heloego on April 05, 2015, 02:01:19 pm
That just plain mean!  >:(
Some sh*thead in your neighborhood needs to get a life.
At least no real damage to the bike?
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Post by: High On Octane on April 05, 2015, 02:03:31 pm
Yeah, I'm pretty pissed about it.  What's the point in paying extra money to keep my bike protected if f**k faced assholes are still going to vandalize it.    >:(
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Post by: heloego on April 05, 2015, 02:27:12 pm
I used to keep finding cigarette butts in the same place just outside my courtyard wall at the gate. Apparently someone was checking out the new residents for extended periods.
I hung a false security camera in a conspicuous location and haven't seen a butt since. I just change the battery occasionally to keep the little red light blinking.
Might be worth a shot.
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Post by: pmanaz1973 on April 05, 2015, 04:56:06 pm
Vandalism just pisses me off - This smacks of some angry, noise sensitive neighbor or someone pissed off about a motorcycle taking up a full space - F'ing apartment living right?  When I lived in a apartment years ago some dudes moved my bike out of a full-sized spot up onto a sidewalk.  When I confronted them, they said "bikes shouldn't take up real car's spots."  I then pointed out they didn't have permission to touch my bike and that they were blocking the sidewalk and that we had a neighbor in a wheelchair.  They said "Tuff shit, figure it out." I ended up having the apt. manager designate two spaces for motorcycles and stripping them for motorcycles only.  Those two knuckle draggers were pissed...such is life.
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Post by: High On Octane on April 05, 2015, 05:02:30 pm
Vandalism just pisses me off - This smacks of some angry, noise sensitive neighbor or someone pissed off about a motorcycle taking up a full space - F'ing apartment living right? ........

That is what I came to as well.  Either some pissed off woman in that building that thinks my bike is too loud (even tho I never rev it loudly or excessively around the apartments) or some punk ass teenagers just out causing trouble.  I think after the Chief is sold I'm buying a bike alarm and will keep it parked closely to my apartment.  I will also be keeping a baseball bat by the front door for when I ever hear the alarm go off.   >:(
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Post by: decker on April 05, 2015, 10:13:44 pm
 :D passed the 5000km mark on my ride today. Running better than ever, loving my k70 tires and HD Sportster exhaust.
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Post by: krimp on April 06, 2015, 12:38:52 am
My battery straps are frayed and one is broken. I have temporarily replaced my straps with paracord. Tied it real tight. This will get me to the end of June, when I can replace the straps and cover.
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Post by: gizzo on April 06, 2015, 02:17:43 am
Left the CGT at home in the shed and went up the river to ride my DR with the kids on their XT225 and PW50. Good times  :D
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Post by: lemming on April 07, 2015, 04:03:48 pm
Finished the tailight and hard case light wiring projects, buttoned it all back up:

(http://i1289.photobucket.com/albums/b504/jduqhoff/Mobile%20Uploads/IMAG1580_zpsstqja641.jpg)

(http://i1289.photobucket.com/albums/b504/jduqhoff/Mobile%20Uploads/IMAG1579_zps3ixxjoga.jpg)
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Post by: AussieDave on April 07, 2015, 05:45:25 pm
I rode it 100k home at two in the morning through the cold pouring rain . Didn't miss a beat. Thank you Enfield .
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Post by: Scotty Brown on April 07, 2015, 11:06:18 pm
Installed Baren Napoleon bar end mirrors -- Why did I wait so long to do this? -- Night and day in rear visibility, and a subtle frontal difference without the stock mirrors blocking a bit of the view.  Vibration is negligible.  It is advised to purchase longer bolts when installing these mirrors just to be on the safe side.  Try, and enjoy !
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Post by: gremlin on April 08, 2015, 08:03:48 pm
Logged into the security camera and stared at it sitting in the workshop......
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Post by: stevew on April 08, 2015, 09:51:16 pm
Had the in-laws round for a meal so couldn't ride today  :(
Parked the R/E outside the garage and within view if the big dining room window so i could look at it whilst the rest talked jibberish !!
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Post by: suitcasejefferson on April 08, 2015, 09:53:24 pm
I pulled the tarp off of the Blackhawk today to discover that somehow, about a 1/4-1/2 of a quart of oil had been, I assume, poured on the back of my bike under the tarp.  I don't know how the hell this is even possible, and it pisses me off because I just gave the bike a full detail before I put it in storage before I left for vacation.  I can tell there is a bunch of oil between the seat pan and the pad now too.  Effing shitty people.  The tarp is basically ruined now too because it has so much oil on it.   >:(


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I was so mad about it that I decided that despite the primary cover being loose, I fired it up and went for a ride.  I just stayed in the neighborhood, but I was able to load time the bike a little better with the 92 octane.  She's running good, but I need to look into a Mikuni carb so I can run pure E85.  I just can't get enough timing with the 150psi cylinder pressures on pump gas.

That just plain sucks. If it were vandalism, somebody went to more trouble than usual, if they lifted the tarp, poured oil on it, and put the tarp back.

We have a very high rate of both car and motorcycle vandalism here. Way more vandalism than theft. Bikes usually just get kicked over. Cars get scratched, windows broken out, tires slashed, and spray painted.

I would not leave any of my nice vehicles in any parking lot anywhere. They are all safely at home, either in the garage or what used to be the living room. I have an old beater car (with A/C) and an old scooter to use for transportation and commuting. I once lived in an apartment for about 2 years, I made a deal with a friend (30 years) to park my bike in his garage, as he had a 2 car garage, and only one car. I bought my house (first, and last) mainly because it offered a lot of secured storage space, a 2 car garage, a large shed in the back yard, and was completely surrounded by a 6' cinder block wall with a wrought iron gate. Only 970 sq.ft. inside, but plenty for me. 
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Post by: johno on April 09, 2015, 05:46:00 pm
Fetched my B5, I wish I had cleaned it before putting the poor girl in the garage a month ago, as its been to windy to ride it until this week, spring is here with a burst of glorious sunshine  :)
So now I get to clean and polish a winters worth of riding of mud, dirt and grime away ready for (hopefully) the next few months of more sunshine than rain
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on April 10, 2015, 09:43:36 pm
Yay!  I upgraded my car port to one that is under the building of the building I live in.  The old car port was 2 buildings away and in the middle of the parking lot.  That made it kind of difficult to keep a close eye on.  Best part is that it's on the east side of the building, so it should be very protected from the elements now, plus it is directly across from where I park my car so I'll always see it.  ANNNNND now it's parked on flat concrete, so I don't have to worry about it sinking into the asphalt anymore.  Another $5 a month, but it's worth it.    :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Scotty Brown on April 10, 2015, 10:11:49 pm
Replaced the breather tube and sealed the air box.  Routed the new hose to the rear fender and inserted a duck bill into the larger hose.  Works like a charm and no more oil in the filter case.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Heyska on April 11, 2015, 10:59:02 pm
Took her for a ride and some dude clipped my rear turn signal while parking. 75 miles later the negative battery lead snapped and I had to jerry-rig it to get me home. Pretty disappointed this happened before I even put 250 miles on it. I guess I am going to go down and find something to replace it and secure it better.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Craig McClure on April 12, 2015, 12:23:33 am
Replaced the breather tube and sealed the air box.  Routed the new hose to the rear fender and inserted a duck bill into the larger hose.  Works like a charm and no more oil in the filter case.
GOOD FOR YOU,  I do the same but without the duck bill. This has worked for me since before there was a DOT.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on April 12, 2015, 02:26:15 am
The Blackhawk had always sprayed oil out of the breather.  Pretty badly, as in the rear of the bike was always wet.  But I recently installed a PCV valve about 3" from the crank breather and a duck bill directly on that and the spray has been reduced to a light misting.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on April 12, 2015, 05:16:26 am
Of course, the Blackhawk is a original late 1950's twin.
The old Iron Barrels also had many problems with oil mist/drops coming from its breather.

I have yet to see any evidence of oil in my air filter plenum from the breather hose on my 2011 UCE powered motorcycle.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: lemming on April 12, 2015, 12:25:25 pm
Brought her home from the winter garage, changed the oil and filter again and ran through most of the gas that was in the tank. She was a little grumpy at first that I didn't drain the old schmutzy gas and give her fresh food, and gave a mighty burp to illustrate. In a few miles, though, her delight at once again seeing the open road overcame her distaste for the food, and she was chugging along happily. Fresh fuel and a few errand miles are hopefully on tap today.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: johno on April 12, 2015, 05:02:56 pm
washed and waxed the B5, gave her a once over, oiling and greasing cables chain, pivot points etc. made a note of the more heavier corroded parts, mainly on the left side which may be due to when the oem battery sprayed its acid gas when it failed. I'll attend to these bits and pieces when its not riding weather!
filled up the tank from a gas can, cold, fuel sunny day, yep expanded and ruined my polishing efforts, I had to run the engine for a while to drop the level enough to not blow out in the sun, before setting about with the wax again.....
100mile commute time again good spring sunshine forecast for this week, ideal for the Bullet. 8)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gremlin on April 13, 2015, 03:13:22 am
stuck in Oklahoma for business, One of our fellow inmates here advised me about the Street Rod Nationals at the fairgrounds this weekend....  Had a great time looking at hillbilly T-buckets and found a replica tail-light that is going on the back of my B5 !

It's heavy chrome and a true GLASS lens ....  nice deep red color ......   sweet !
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on April 13, 2015, 05:22:21 am
It looks a lot like a 1953 Pontiac tail light.

That would look good on the back of a RE.
I'd think about getting one if I could figure out how to meet my States requirement to light up the license  plate.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gremlin on April 13, 2015, 06:48:35 am
http://www.nfieldgear.com/acorn-license-plate-lights/

-or-

http://us.banggood.com/Wholesale-Warehouse-2-x-White-LED-Motorcycle-Car-License-Plate-Bolt-Lights-wp-Usa-30076.html
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: pmanaz1973 on April 13, 2015, 03:03:28 pm
Took her for a ride and some dude clipped my rear turn signal while parking. 75 miles later the negative battery lead snapped and I had to jerry-rig it to get me home. Pretty disappointed this happened before I even put 250 miles on it. I guess I am going to go down and find something to replace it and secure it better.

Be sure and search around the forum (via google) for the battery lead replacement thread.  There is some good stuff there.  That is a bummer, as I thought they had that all figured out and all of the newer (2014 and on) models had much thicker negative lead connectors.  Oh well, now you have a chance to get familiar with the battery replacement and that area of the bike. 
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on April 13, 2015, 03:08:26 pm
Search function is still down.  This is the link here for battery cable and lead replacements:


http://www.enfieldmotorcycles.com/forum/index.php/topic,18593.0.html
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: johno on April 15, 2015, 06:33:26 pm
Been out and about on the B5 the last few days, after my chain failure , the slightest metallic noise from the rear immediately grabs my attention.
It looks like the bottom shock bush has swollen and forced the chain guard forked mount out from behind the shock, causing it to bounce on the rear chain and sprocket. After a couple of roadside try to fix its, only to have come loose on the next pothole, I gave up and just tied it out of the way with an elastic cord.
Another poor design, I am going to make a new bracket either weld or rivet it to the chain guard, that will fit on the outside of the shock so can be secured properly with the shocks nut and a washer or two.
Otherwise its been brilliant finally riding in the sunshine once again ;)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: cstorckiii on April 18, 2015, 03:24:48 am
Got my C5 completely back together after three weeks of dis-assembly to replace a needle bearing in the transmission. Also took the opportunity to add a kick start, decarbonize  the engine, paint a few odds and ends, change the tail light, and fabricate a new head stay. And after all that... she started on the first kick.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on April 18, 2015, 04:09:50 am
Well done!  The first documented kickstart add on.  Prepare for the deluge of questions coming your way. Glad you've got your ride back together.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: GSS on April 18, 2015, 04:36:28 am
ScooterBob also added one to an early C5 military many years ago.

Great job and here is the first question  :)

Would you be able to post a complete list of parts, gaskets and the source for parts?  An approximate price would be exceedingly helpful.  I am planning on doing this as well and a reliable parts and supplier list would be highly appreciated by many good folks in this forum. Thanks for considering!

GSS
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: cstorckiii on April 18, 2015, 06:17:04 am
I sourced everything from Hitchcock's.
 570805 Kick Starter Shaft Sub Assembly ( shaft, pawl, plunger, and plunger spring)  46.20
 570284 Kickstart Gear Assembly                                                                            44.00
 550030 Washer, Thrust 500cc + Sixty5 + EFI                                                           1.32
 570209 Circlip                                                                                                        0.33
 570239 Oil Thrower                                                                                                2.64
 570240 Hex Socket Screw, M5 x 35 (X3)                                                     0.66ea   1.89
 146450 Spring, Kickstart                                                                                         3.03
 145090 Screw, Short                                                                                                .88
 570241 Oil seal, Kick Starter  (X2 or 3, I got 2)                                            1.00ea   2.00
 861034 Cover, Kick Start Shaft                                                                     Out Of Stock
 500622 Kick Start Crank Assembly                                                                          36.30
                                                                                                                 Total=138.59
Prices are in GBP. Shipping was a whopping 41GBP, plus the other items I ordered, my total was $310.00. You'll need to find a machine shop to finish boring the case and the shaft cover plate (the plate behind the drive gear).  Part 142257 Stop Plate, Foot Starter Pawl and  146714 Hex Screw were installed on the case at the factory, so you may want to hold off on ordering the parts until you open the case, in case you need to add them to your order. The holes for the oil thrower screws and the spring screw were drilled and tapped, so everything was simple assembly.   
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on April 18, 2015, 06:58:19 am
ScooterBob also added one to an early C5 military many years ago.

I said first documented. SB never gave us a parts list ;)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on April 18, 2015, 04:25:11 pm
What crap weather we're having in Denver.  I really wanted to get out for a short ride to check the bike with the core/baffle installed in the Dunstall.  I could go now, but the roads are still a bit wet and it's only 40*F, and it's supposed to rain all afternoon.  I just might go out anyway, I can always wipe the bike down when I get back.  I really want to get some more seat time in before I pull the seat and primary cover off to get it ready for the custom hydrographics.  :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on April 18, 2015, 08:13:48 pm
Lubed all my cables and moving handlebar bits; also pulled the air filter out to give it a good shake... found this rock in it.  Nothing like having the air intake right next to the back wheel!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: retrolynn on April 19, 2015, 12:09:47 am
Wow! Thats a big rock! I filled up with new premium no ethanol,and went for a 40 mile ride,with two friends.  B5 ran perfectly,and had a nice ride on a good two-lane road.Speeds were 50-60mph,and temps in the 60s.     Lynn
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Scotty Brown on April 19, 2015, 02:40:50 am
Tighten and tinker day.  Checked all nuts and bolts, spokes, aired tires to correct pressure, for me. Readjusted the seat.  Added some stabil and Marvel Mystery oil to the gas. Ten mile or so test ride.  All is well.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: GSS on April 19, 2015, 03:53:13 am
I sourced everything from Hitchcock's......
Thank you so much......this is indeed the first one with parts list as well :)

Even though SB never posted a list, I did see the C5 he had added the kickstart to with my own eyes.....and this was before RE started putting one in a C5......time to call Hitchcocks! Thanks.

GSS
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Rich Mintz on April 19, 2015, 04:40:32 am
Changed the oil (out with the 5W 15, in with the 20 W 50). Checked the chain play. Cleaned and lubed the chain. And put on this soft sided trunk that I ordered months ago:

https://carousel.dropbox.com/photos/lass/bG4AZOIEiuHWq0j
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on April 19, 2015, 05:11:20 am
As I recall, you switched to the 5W15 oil because you were having problems starting your motorcycle in those freezing NY temperatures.
I don't recall you saying if it improved things or not so I'll ask, did it help the starting problem?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Blairio on April 19, 2015, 05:31:04 am
. And put on this soft sided trunk that I ordered months ago:

Hi, that soft sided trunk looks great - where did you get it?  I already have a soft-sided carrier, but it is uglier than sin, whereas your one looks pretty good.

Cheers,

Blair
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Rich Mintz on April 19, 2015, 06:23:26 am
I don't know if the lighter oil helped, since I also charged up the battery at the same time.

This is the bag:
http://www.amazon.com/Dowco-Rally-Pack-Value-Tail/dp/B001A6JH02

I have the same bag on one of my other bikes for months, and I've been very happy with it. It's a great compromise between value and versatility – and it's inexpensive enough that I don't really care that much if it gets stolen off the bike.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on April 19, 2015, 02:09:15 pm
Rich, that is a nice bag for the price.  Does it look like it could be mounted to the back of a cafe seat?  I may just stick with my backpack, but that bag does look like it is easy to install and remove.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Rich Mintz on April 19, 2015, 02:41:49 pm
The bag has 4 D-rings, on the bottom on the 4 corners. So it can be mounted any way you like. It comes with various straps but you can bring your own too.

I have the 2 front D-rings hooked to the foot pegs, and the 2 rear ones connected by a double-ended strap that wraps under the pillion seat frame. The rear strap is just for stability (can be manually removed) because i didn't want to bother removing the pillions seat to attach it more securely.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: johno on April 19, 2015, 04:48:14 pm
Spent the afternoon de-rusting and painting away all the winter corrosion from my B5.
I also sorted the vagrant chain guard with a couple of washers between frame, guard and shock then fitted larger penny washers to the outer side of both rear shocks. feels more secure, just have to wait and see.
I fitted a small rear mudflap, the type with Royal Enfield in gold writing.
I removed the Givi panniers and catches from the pannier frames so I could finally fit my British Army '58 pattern haversacks as panniers, which I will keep on for the summer and use the Givi's for winter.
The bikes already for some summer trips and tours. Must remember to take a picture or two to share.....
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Carlsberg Wordsworth on April 21, 2015, 10:21:53 pm
After re-installing the rear luggage rack last weekend and noticing from the top that it looks out of square I thought tonight I'd re-adjust. Well, even though it has slots I was unable to adjust it the way I wanted and ended up chipping a flake of the rear mudguard valance. Another battle scar.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on April 22, 2015, 12:30:47 am
Didn't do anything to the bike, but I'm getting ready to do some hydrographics to it.  I did a test dip with an old broken mirror today, and it came out descent.  I think there must have been very light oil left over in the storage tote that I'm using for a dip tank because I got some small bubbles in the main part.  Need to do a couple more practice dips, but I think it will go well.

Here is the pattern I will be using on the new cafe seat pan.  I will also be doing the primary cover in a carbon fiber graphic that should come out really cool.  :)


(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y217/lethalinj/0421151538b_zpsqbky54pa.jpg) (http://s6.photobucket.com/user/lethalinj/media/0421151538b_zpsqbky54pa.jpg.html)


(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y217/lethalinj/0421151539a_zpszald2zsa.jpg) (http://s6.photobucket.com/user/lethalinj/media/0421151539a_zpszald2zsa.jpg.html)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Scotty Brown on April 22, 2015, 08:29:09 am
Took advantage of a nice day for a 189.5 mile ride once again without incident. 
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gremlin on April 22, 2015, 01:26:02 pm
...... I did a test dip with an old broken mirror today, and it came out descent........Here is the pattern I will be using on the new cafe seat pan......

Sick.  ;)  I like it  8)

Maybe you'd consider starting a hydrographic topic so we can all follow along and learn ?  Is it something that the average tinker could do ?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on April 22, 2015, 02:02:54 pm
Sick.  ;)  I like it  8)

Maybe you'd consider starting a hydrographic topic so we can all follow along and learn ?  Is it something that the average tinker could do ?

I can definitely start a new thread.  In a sense, anyone can do it, but you do need tho know to how to paint as well.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: heloego on April 24, 2015, 05:22:48 am
5K on the clock.
Changed Oil/Filter, cleaned her up and covered for the next week.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mc35803 on April 24, 2015, 11:47:53 am
Picked it up from the dealer Thursday,  rode 3 miles,  and put it on the trailer to take it home.  8)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: The_Rigger on April 24, 2015, 02:28:40 pm
Today I burned the mortgage, so to speak, on Fiona; just made the final bike loan payment (two years ahead of schedule) to the Credit Union... She is mine-all-MINE now.

(of course, being I'm back out on tour, I can't ride her...)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gremlin on April 24, 2015, 04:51:35 pm
Today I burned the mortgage, so to speak, on Fiona.....

 ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on April 28, 2015, 02:08:04 am
Started the finishing touches on the Blackhawk today.  :)

(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y217/lethalinj/0427151554_zpsbfs2zawo.jpg) (http://s6.photobucket.com/user/lethalinj/media/0427151554_zpsbfs2zawo.jpg.html)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Magoo on April 28, 2015, 03:37:22 am
After 30,000km of regular riding over the space of 18 months, my OEM battery is finally failing - (at least I hope it's the battery and not the starter motor!)
Not a bad run for a stock battery though.
Installing the Motobatt MBTX14Au today.

Update: farrrk. It was those f%#*ing negative battery terminals again. Should've checked those before forking out for the new battery. I wanted to see how long the oem lasted.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on April 28, 2015, 02:27:45 pm
Graphics are applied.   :)

(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y217/lethalinj/0428150703_zps0yzo3ynv.jpg) (http://s6.photobucket.com/user/lethalinj/media/0428150703_zps0yzo3ynv.jpg.html)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on April 28, 2015, 03:46:36 pm
After 30,000km of regular riding over the space of 18 months, my OEM battery is finally failing - (at least I hope it's the battery and not the starter motor!)
Not a bad run for a stock battery though.
Installing the Motobatt MBTX14Au today.

Update: farrrk. It was those f%#*ing negative battery terminals again. Should've checked those before forking out for the new battery. I wanted to see how long the oem lasted.

You still can.  That MotoBatt should sit nicely on the shelf for some time.  Just charge it before you put it in.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Mandar_C500 on April 28, 2015, 07:41:35 pm
Also check the current at the battery while engine is running, It might be RR unit or magneto which is not able to charge the battery.
I am facing the same issue now. Can somebody help me how to check if RR Unit or Magneto is at fault.

Regards
Mandar
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on April 30, 2015, 03:45:30 am
Got the newly painted parts installed tonight and damn it looks good!  So much so that as I was rolling my bike back into the car port after taking some pics, a police officer that was patrolling the complex stopped and started complimenting it and my work.  "Beautiful bike!  I really love the old vintage stuff."  "It's a '58 Enfield Indian, I built it all myself."  "You did an excellent job with it.  Enjoy it!"   :D  I'm going to get some perforated sheet metal to install on the primary cover cut outs to protect everything and to toughen up the look.


(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y217/lethalinj/0429151945_zps8tvc3zu5.jpg) (http://s6.photobucket.com/user/lethalinj/media/0429151945_zps8tvc3zu5.jpg.html)


(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y217/lethalinj/0429151943b_zpsfygn92re.jpg) (http://s6.photobucket.com/user/lethalinj/media/0429151943b_zpsfygn92re.jpg.html)


(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y217/lethalinj/0429151943a_zps20o79z01.jpg) (http://s6.photobucket.com/user/lethalinj/media/0429151943a_zps20o79z01.jpg.html)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: GSS on April 30, 2015, 05:25:03 am
Scottie,
Great job!  Very nicely done.

GSS
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Scotty Brown on May 01, 2015, 02:25:44 am
Changed to coke bottle grips for more comfort -- Added a luggage rack for more convenience-- and finally, as a humorous note, installed red and green eyebrow lights to distinguish port from starboard as I served in the Merchant Marine back in the day.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gremlin on May 01, 2015, 03:32:00 am
added the "ambassador" engine guard, and, the "milk crate" to B5.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on May 01, 2015, 11:22:41 am
added the "ambassador" engine guard, and, the "milk crate" to B5.

A touchy subject here.  Prepare for abuse:

http://www.enfieldmotorcycles.com/forum/index.php/topic,17565.msg195080.html#msg195080 (http://www.enfieldmotorcycles.com/forum/index.php/topic,17565.msg195080.html#msg195080)

Be strong, Gremlin!  ;)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: bob bezin on May 01, 2015, 10:22:17 pm
took fireball #5 for a 31 mile ride.turned 17000 miles.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gremlin on May 02, 2015, 02:08:18 am
replaced the tail-light with a pontiac glass unit....

Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on May 02, 2015, 02:56:37 am
That looks really good.

Reminds me of my dad's '53 Pontiac I used to learn how to drive.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on May 02, 2015, 11:17:37 am
Gremlin - that looks good!  Can it be seen from the side at all, like the OEM unit?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on May 02, 2015, 12:47:08 pm
Looks good Gremlin, I liked that a lot.  :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: ace.cafe on May 02, 2015, 01:14:12 pm
I like the vintage tail light, too!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: heloego on May 02, 2015, 04:21:50 pm
HoO: Absolutely lovin' what you've done with your bike. An obvious labor of love!

Gremlin: Nice additions! Just curious why the cardboard box is installed offset behind the wheel.  ;)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gremlin on May 02, 2015, 04:42:03 pm
Gremlin - that looks good!  Can it be seen from the side at all, like the OEM unit?

Not so much.   maybe I'll add reflectors to the wheel spokes and sparkly tassels to the handlegrips ?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Craig McClure on May 02, 2015, 04:53:10 pm
After 30,000km of regular riding over the space of 18 months, my OEM battery is finally failing - (at least I hope it's the battery and not the starter motor!)
Not a bad run for a stock battery though.
Installing the Motobatt MBTX14Au today.

Update: farrrk. It was those f%#*ing negative battery terminals again. Should've checked those before forking out for the new battery. I wanted to see how long the oem lasted.
At least your new AGM MOTOBATT will never puke ACID over your chrome or paint. You will be glad you switched.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: krimp on May 03, 2015, 02:13:53 am
Replaced the fuel line today. No more gasoline smell when starting in the morning.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: decker on May 03, 2015, 02:29:07 am
 :D got out for a nice long ride. Gnarly ran fine except for some backfiring on deceleration. That's new. Hoping that it might be just a fouled plug?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: bluesdaddy2 on May 04, 2015, 11:17:14 am
Finally got the EFI short bottle exhaust and Power Commander installed.  Like the sound of it.  Took it to work (30 miles one way) and it ran great, for the most part.  I did notice slight hic-up where it seemed like it missed fired.  Happened about six separate times, all spaced apart, with no load just a steady throttle.  Maybe a loose connect somewhere.  Anyone else experience this?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on May 04, 2015, 11:40:44 am
Seems like every time these bikes develop a "random misfire" it's a broken a negative battery terminal.  Not always, but a lot of times.  I'd start looking there as it is easy to check.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: bluesdaddy2 on May 04, 2015, 11:50:25 am
Seems like every time these bikes develop a "random misfire" it's a broken a negative battery terminal.  Not always, but a lot of times.  I'd start looking there as it is easy to check.

That has crossed my mind and it will be the first thing I check.. Already been down that (hidden/broken connector) road once before but that time it just up and died on my son while I was out of town.  Didn't do much for winning him over to the RE camp.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: lemming on May 04, 2015, 03:39:15 pm
First commute of the year this morning...outstanding day for it! 60 deg. and crystal clear. Marvelous.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: johno on May 04, 2015, 05:00:37 pm
Seems like every time these bikes develop a "random misfire" it's a broken a negative battery terminal.  Not always, but a lot of times.  I'd start looking there as it is easy to check.
Not forgetting the sidestand cut out. vibration at speed can cause the thing to operate, cutting ignition for a split second. Happened on my B5 while overtaking, not nice! soon as I arrived at my destination the switch was disconnected....Not had a problem (fingers crossed) since.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on May 04, 2015, 05:12:27 pm
Yes, the 'ol side stand switch.   ;)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: bluesdaddy2 on May 04, 2015, 05:20:28 pm
Yes, the 'ol side stand switch.   ;)

That came out a looonnng time ago.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on May 04, 2015, 07:03:16 pm
That came out a looonnng time ago.


That's why I didn't think of it, I assume that's the first thing everyone does is unplug it.   ;)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Royal Stargazer on May 05, 2015, 03:00:35 am
I've been having some mysterious misfiring lately too. It would happen mostly at high speed (where it was most troubling) but nothing stopped it from also occurring on side streets. It was getting worse, too.

Decided to swap the BPR7ES plug out for the BPR6ES, administered a healthy dose of fuel injector cleaner, and checked some wires for the PCV as well as the battery cables. Nothing loose (or at least not anymore) and problem solved. Me and the bug that hitched a ride in my helmet just got back from a rather pleasant test ride.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: heloego on May 05, 2015, 03:18:32 am
Glad you're running ok, and the bug enjoyed the ride.  ;)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: bluesdaddy2 on May 05, 2015, 11:08:24 am
I've been having some mysterious misfiring lately too. It would happen mostly at high speed (where it was most troubling) but nothing stopped it from also occurring on side streets. It was getting worse, too.

Decided to swap the BPR7ES plug out for the BPR6ES, administered a healthy dose of fuel injector cleaner, and checked some wires for the PCV as well as the battery cables. Nothing loose (or at least not anymore) and problem solved. Me and the bug that hitched a ride in my helmet just got back from a rather pleasant test ride.

Mine is still missing in a similar fashion.  I have also developed a problem that I never had before installing the new silencer and PCV, it backfires.  Not often and usually just one load pop.  Never had that before........

Do you know which of the actions you took eliminated the problem?  Spark plug, loose connection, injector cleaning?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: lemming on May 05, 2015, 11:28:23 am
New sport exhaust and filter have given mine a tendency toward popping on the overrun and the occasional hooliganish burp out the pipe. Apologies if I wake you with a bang some morning as I turn off South Middlebrook.....
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: bluesdaddy2 on May 05, 2015, 11:44:06 am
New sport exhaust and filter have given mine a tendency toward popping on the overrun and the occasional hooliganish burp out the pipe. Apologies if I wake you with a bang some morning as I turn off South Middlebrook.....

Turning onto Rt 7?  I can see that intersection from my house.  You'd have to be pretty early to wake me tho, I'm up at 4am and heading down Plank Rd by 4:45, Winooski bound.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: lemming on May 05, 2015, 01:47:16 pm
Yup, I usually take Green Rd. until South Middlebrook, then hop on 7 up to N. Ferr., where I pop over to lower Spear for the rest of the ride. I will definitely not be waking you, though....I go through around 7:20-7:30.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on May 06, 2015, 12:25:11 am
Finished my primary cover today.  :)

(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y217/lethalinj/0505151717a_zps5tjxvplj.jpg) (http://s6.photobucket.com/user/lethalinj/media/0505151717a_zps5tjxvplj.jpg.html)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: heloego on May 06, 2015, 02:32:53 am
That is one seriously cool bike, and the screens on the side cover really make it.  ;D 8)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Royal Stargazer on May 06, 2015, 03:19:25 am
Mine is still missing in a similar fashion.  I have also developed a problem that I never had before installing the new silencer and PCV, it backfires.  Not often and usually just one load pop.  Never had that before........

Do you know which of the actions you took eliminated the problem?  Spark plug, loose connection, injector cleaning?

I think with the aftermarket silencer you're going to run into backfires. Switching out to the cooler plug helped though, as did the PCV. Didn't eliminate it, but the backfiring is certainly less aggressive.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: krimp on May 06, 2015, 05:29:11 pm
Rode to work in the rain. Yesterday, today, tomorrow and Friday. Feeling water logged.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on May 07, 2015, 12:42:49 am
My 7" headlight fell out again.
Fortunately, the wires kept it from hitting the pavement so it just rattled against the top of the front fender as I came to a stop.

After getting it re-installed and getting home I studied the issue.

This isn't the first time this has happened.  The last time it did, I decided the steel retainer clamp wasn't applying enough force inside the top of the outer chrome headlight ring because it was too short.
That time, I used some soft lead solder to build up the outer ends of the steel clamp and it hasn't given me trouble for about a year.

Looking at the solder on the clamp today, it was obvious the outer ring had been vibrating directly against it and had pounded it down causing the ring to become unclamped (even though the clamp screw was still tight).

To avoid this hammering (swaging) on the soft solder in the future, I cut a thin.030" (0.76mm) piece of brass stock just slightly larger than the working surface of the metal clamp where it touches the headlight rim.

After "tinning" the piece of brass, I soldered it in place and then filed it down to the same width and length of the clamp.
This essentially added about .040" (1mm) to the height of the clamp.

It seemed to tighten up against the inside of the headlight ring very nicely.
Hopefully, the brass will make a much harder surface for the vibration to work on and it will last this time. :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: cstorckiii on May 07, 2015, 01:38:32 am
Arizoni, Hitchcock's sells a longer headlight clamp. P/N 141636, for inner rings 23mm or wider.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on May 07, 2015, 01:44:57 am
I'm with Arizoni, I'd rather fix something than give Mr. H anymore money than I have to.  Nice fix.  Much easier fix than when my headlight mounting ears sheared off and my entire headlight was dangling.    :o
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: cstorckiii on May 07, 2015, 01:49:39 am
Well, sure. There is nobility in a cobbled solution, and there are plenty of those on my bike for sure. Just layin' down the knowledge.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Manatoc fox on May 07, 2015, 01:53:19 am
Just installed a 7" headlight of my own. Blacked out. Looking good and feeling good
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on May 07, 2015, 12:20:48 pm
Well, sure. There is nobility in a cobbled solution, and there are plenty of those on my bike for sure. Just layin' down the knowledge.

Of course.  I was just implying I'd rather fix for cheap than give Hitchcock's $8 for a 30 cent screw.   ;)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Carlsberg Wordsworth on May 07, 2015, 09:29:08 pm
Not sure If I'll go back to a local old school bike shop who supplied and fitted a new Avon Speedmaster for me last week. Didn't feel too great and on further inspection the beads didn't look equal. Spent the last couple of hours rectifying that. Fitted a new Oxford V8 controller for the heated grips to replace the busted V7 I had on there last weekend.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: heloego on May 08, 2015, 12:47:43 am
Installed my garage door opener.  ::)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Craig McClure on May 08, 2015, 04:29:30 am
I finished working on the Ural early enough today to get in a good ride on my 2010 G5 Deluxe. I really have felt bad about neglecting it lately (but put plenty of STABIL in the tank) After piloting the heavy Ural around, the Enfield felt like going from heavy boots to track shoes, a light, lively, fine running bike.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gremlin on May 08, 2015, 09:29:24 am
My 7" headlight fell out again.
Fortunately, the wires kept it from hitting the pavement so it just rattled against the top of the front fender as I came to a stop.

After getting it re-installed and getting home I studied the issue.

This isn't the first time this has happened.  The last time it did, I decided the steel retainer clamp wasn't applying enough force inside the top of the outer chrome headlight ring because it was too short.
That time, I used some soft lead solder to build up the outer ends of the steel clamp and it hasn't given me trouble for about a year.

Looking at the solder on the clamp today, it was obvious the outer ring had been vibrating directly against it and had pounded it down causing the ring to become unclamped (even though the clamp screw was still tight).

To avoid this hammering (swaging) on the soft solder in the future, I cut a thin.030" (0.76mm) piece of brass stock just slightly larger than the working surface of the metal clamp where it touches the headlight rim.

After "tinning" the piece of brass, I soldered it in place and then filed it down to the same width and length of the clamp.
This essentially added about .040" (1mm) to the height of the clamp.

It seemed to tighten up against the inside of the headlight ring very nicely.
Hopefully, the brass will make a much harder surface for the vibration to work on and it will last this time. :)

You are the Tinker !
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on May 09, 2015, 01:01:57 am
Thanks, I guess.  :o ;)

Today, I lubricated my clutch and throttle cables.

Just a 10 minute job but its something that needs doing every now and then.  ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Scotty Brown on May 09, 2015, 04:07:02 am
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Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: decker on May 09, 2015, 09:57:43 pm
 :) got in a nice 225 k ride today.  Still getting good fuel mileage at 82 mpg.???? no backfiring, minimal vibration. A keeper for sure.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on May 13, 2015, 12:11:36 am
Yesterday I received my new rear tire, inner tube and air filter from NFG.
Got out my little bottle of baby powder and powdered up the tube and the inside of the tire.  No doubt about it.  I gotta get something unscented.
The tire, tube and me all smelled like a clean baby's butt by the time I was finished.
A little of that smell might be OK on a baby's butt but it don't smell right on an old fart like me.:(

Today I took the rear wheel off of Emma2 (my G5 Deluxe) and took it, the new AVON  rear tire and the new inner tube over to Apache Yamaha/Kawasaki/KTM in Scottsdale.
15 minutes later the tire was installed and balanced all for the princely sum of $17. :)

Having replaced tires on my Honda's years ago I consider that price to be a bargain.

Apparently more than a few of the Superbikers don't understand that new tires have a slippery parting compound on the outside of them when they are new.

I got the "These tires are slippery for the first 100 miles so be careful" speech from the shop foreman and then got the same speech from the guy running the cash register at the front of the store.
Not only did I get the speech from the guy at the cash register but he had me initial a "I got the slippen and slidin' speech" he stamped on the store copy of the receipt.
In todays world I suppose some bonehead tried to sue them for not warning him about the dangers of a new tire. :o
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Catbird on May 13, 2015, 12:55:41 am
$17 - What a deal!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: heloego on May 13, 2015, 03:21:18 am
+1!

   Prepped for the trip Thursday. I'm pumped.  :) I'll be adding over 1000 miles to the clock.
   Changed oil and checked chain tension, verified spare fuses and lamps, tools, water bottle, spare fuel bottle, Power Bars, etc.
   Thursday morning it's gas & go!
   Weather looks pretty good for Thursday and Friday all the way through Santa Fe, Alamosa, Salida, and Kanosha pass. Hope to make Salida before evening Thursday, otherwise I get charged for a cancelled reservation.
   Bringing the laptop, so I'll keep all posted. And yes, some pics, too!  ;D
   
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Mr.Mazza on May 13, 2015, 03:53:11 am
$17 - What a deal!

Scotties in Ringwood (down under) will fit a new tyre and tube for free if you but the tyre through them. And their prices are unbeatable!
He is old school so he also checks trueness, balance and spoke torqes, also reconised my enfield rear wheel in a heartbeat!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: decker on May 14, 2015, 02:29:27 am
Spent a good part of the afternoon mocking up brackets etc for solo seat and rack. Waiting on springs.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Royal Stargazer on May 14, 2015, 02:53:30 am
I fixed my rough running problem and in so doing proved that I'm the dumbest person alive: I just had to tighten the battery cables a bit more.

I also relocated the PCV ground wire and got my neutral indicator light working again.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mc35803 on May 14, 2015, 03:24:36 am
Going stir crazy with not being able to ride on busy highways yet.  So just as the last rays of sunlight were highlighting the waters of the Tennessee River, I sneaked out onto the highway for a 20 mile ride flashing my brake lights over and over as a few cars approached me.   Me- 40 mph, Random cars-60mph +.    With only 136  miles on the clock, 300 seems so far away.   :-\

I have other bikes I am riding to work but the route is just to fast for the C5's break in.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on May 14, 2015, 11:05:21 am
I fixed my rough running problem and in so doing proved that I'm the dumbest person alive: I just had to tighten the battery cables a bit more.

I also relocated the PCV ground wire and got my neutral indicator light working again.

Two fixes - this shows that you're not the dumbest person alive!

I did a compression check the other day and got confusing readings before putting it all back together, only to be reminded later about holding the throttle open while checking.  I modified my tester to fix the problem in the future...

(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-HiUsWl9RaRY/VVRySvhSrRI/AAAAAAAACZA/d7jQ6U8TtOE/w240-h280-no/DSC03652.jpeg)

Is there a thread where people can post the stupid things they've done on or to their RE's?  If not there should be...  it would be educational and entertaining!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on May 14, 2015, 03:40:34 pm
I made the same mod to my compression tester long ago for the same reason  ::)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Bulletman on May 14, 2015, 05:57:43 pm
Two fixes - this shows that you're not the dumbest person alive!

I did a compression check the other day and got confusing readings before putting it all back together, only to be reminded later about holding the throttle open while checking.  I modified my tester to fix the problem in the future...

(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-HiUsWl9RaRY/VVRySvhSrRI/AAAAAAAACZA/d7jQ6U8TtOE/w240-h280-no/DSC03652.jpeg)

Is there a thread where people can post the stupid things they've done on or to their RE's?  If not there should be...  it would be educational and entertaining!
I'm assuming that's a Sears or a really good brand. compression tester!!! ( I've been there before )
Otherwise it doesn't matter if You "Hold" the throttle open or not... ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on May 14, 2015, 06:02:52 pm
I'm assuming that's a Sears or a really good brand. compression tester!!! ( I've been there before )
Otherwise it doesn't matter if You "Hold" the throttle open or not... ;D

Bulletman - what have I ever said on this forum that would lead you to believe that I'd own a "really good brand" compression tester?

 ;)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: lemming on May 15, 2015, 12:54:27 am
Finally found a bearing to replace my completely fragged sprocket-drum bearing. Used an SFK brand 6005-RSJ, double seal. Fits, nice and smooth, no more sprocket wobble. Put on the new sprocket and chain, ready to rock.

Incidentally, I went with a 100-link chain. It fits. Just. But it fits, with proper chain tension . Now I should have the full range of adjustment to work with.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: heloego on May 15, 2015, 02:02:46 am
Rode from home in Albuquerque, New Mexico to Salida, Colorado. 310 miles at 55-65mph. Damned glad I swapped out for the Lycette - style seat and added the Cruise Assist. My arse was numb (a little), but the regular stops helped.  :D
Another 200+ miles tomorrow to Aurora, Colorado.
Some beautiful country here. These mountains seriously make me homesick for Montana.
C5 ticked over beautifully all the way.  ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: AmBraCol on May 15, 2015, 04:25:18 am
Rode from home in Albuquerque, New Mexico to Salida, Colorado. 310 miles at 55-65mph. Damned glad I swapped out for the Lycette - style seat and added the Cruise Assist. My arse was numb (a little), but the regular stops helped.  :D
Another 200+ miles tomorrow to Aurora, Colorado.
Some beautiful country here. These mountains seriously make me homesick for Montana.
C5 ticked over beautifully all the way.  ;D

Beautiful country.  In a few weeks we'll be in NE New Mexico and a week afterwards will cross Monarch pass for the first time in??? Unfortunately, we'll be cagers.  I'm still looking forward to the scenery!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on May 15, 2015, 11:30:45 am
Rode from home in Albuquerque, New Mexico to Salida, Colorado. 310 miles at 55-65mph. Damned glad I swapped out for the Lycette - style seat and added the Cruise Assist. My arse was numb (a little), but the regular stops helped.  :D
Another 200+ miles tomorrow to Aurora, Colorado.
Some beautiful country here. These mountains seriously make me homesick for Montana.
C5 ticked over beautifully all the way.  ;D

Hit me up when you get here.  I should be home from work around 3 pm.  :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: heloego on May 15, 2015, 01:59:09 pm
El Nino is pushing some weather through here, so I'm a bit concerned about possible snow on Kanosha Pass. Weather faces on TV are predicting snow starting at 9000 feet. For sure I'll hit some rain. We're supposed to meet in Fairplay around Noon, so according to Murph we should be getting into town sometime around 3-4 to beat the traffic.
News this morning on Channel 9 is all doom and gloom, of course, but I think the worst will be rain.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on May 15, 2015, 03:57:03 pm
Unfortunately it has been a monsoon here the last 2 weeks.  :(  Safe travels.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: The_Rigger on May 16, 2015, 03:24:39 pm
Took delivery this week of one of Tom's beautiful Ace Cafe air canisters for my beloved C5, Fiona... I'm pretty certain I still have enough Royal Maroon touch-up paint left to color-coordinate it with Fiona's coachwork. We'll see in July...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gremlin on May 16, 2015, 08:08:09 pm
Spent a good part of the afternoon mocking up brackets etc for solo seat and rack. Waiting on springs.

Good lookin' muffler !
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: decker on May 17, 2015, 12:19:20 am
Thanks Gremlin, Harley sportster slip on with the original RE heat shield.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: lemming on May 17, 2015, 12:40:31 am
170 mile ride yesterday, beautiful clear skies, 68 degrees, clean dry two lane roads with lots of green emerging. Took a detour up a national forest road through a steep creek drainage up a mountain ridge...gorgeous!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on May 17, 2015, 02:14:52 am
Thanks Gremlin, Harley sportster slip on with the original RE heat shield.

He knows... he's got one, too!  8)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: decker on May 17, 2015, 04:35:39 am
????
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: krimp on May 17, 2015, 04:31:40 pm
Celebrating the end of my first year with my C5. 4800 miles in, she just keeps getting better.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Heyska on May 17, 2015, 04:41:56 pm
http://i.imgur.com/sxhYlAX.jpg (http://i.imgur.com/sxhYlAX.jpg)

Entered my Enfield in a show this weekend with some friends. She didn't win anything but boy does she look pretty in the sun. Added a few things to her recently (exhaust wrap, pillion seat, headlight peak, pedestrian slicer) and have a few things in the process of being installed (hard case panniers and a crash bar). Overall it was a blast and we had fun. I just wish I had some more time to get the rest put on. Hit 1100 miles this week, averaging about 200-250 miles a week commuting, so she is getting a bit of a workout. Loving my ride and the attention it attracts doesn't hurt either =)

Now to figure out how I am going to mount these metal panniers...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: johno on May 17, 2015, 05:41:16 pm
Gave my B5 a well deserved in depth clean, a good was and polish before finally removed the staining on the engine cases from the battery acid when it failed as well as the winter salted roads.
I used Brasso applied with carpenters wire wool before polishing off with paper towel, same treatment removed the rust spots on the wheel rims. I then waxed all the chrome and alloy parts to make the bike gleam.
Went for a short enjoyable ride to make sure everything is as it should be.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gremlin on May 17, 2015, 08:08:40 pm
Thanks Gremlin, Harley sportster slip on with the original RE heat shield.

I like the heat-shield, looks kinda like .......  (maybe it should be pointing ahead!)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Carlsberg Wordsworth on May 17, 2015, 09:08:01 pm
Quick question then (read lazy forum search), I see a couple of Harley slip on exhausts with different numbers. G352 or G351 or are they the same?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Richard230 on May 17, 2015, 10:23:15 pm
Yesterday I showed off my 2011 RE B5 at the local high school car show.  It was well received by both car and old motorcycle enthusiasts.   :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on May 17, 2015, 11:47:58 pm
I had the great pleasure of meeting and spending some time with member heloego this weekend while he was in town visiting friends.  Turns out one friend lives in the same neighborhood as me, so we met at my favorite local brewery down the street, Dry Dock.  We chatted over a pint and then got a couple of growlers to go and went to heloego friend's house for dinner, where we enjoyed a delicious meal together.  It was great fun drinking fine beer and listening to amazing stories of travels thru Ireland. 

This afternoon we met again at the grocery store next door and talked about bikes for a while and struck conversation with a few different people passing by, complimenting our Enfields.  And then the next round of rain started making it's way in so we parted ways.

Royal Enfield people are good people.  :)


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Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Magoo on May 18, 2015, 03:49:16 am
My first major off on the C5 this morning :(
Textbook lowside slide in the wet when the front wheel hit a grease trap.
Luckily it was a low speed. No major physical damage to me apart from a sore shoulder.
I think I surprised the other commuters when I got up quickly and started swearing at the bike.
Now will see if she's repairable or not.
Dented tank, clutch pedal awol, left peg is 90 degrees with the bike, fuse box scratched.
Too be honest I expected much more damage..these things are freakin tanks.
If it was a Triumph it'd be a write-off.
But now I'm sad. After 30,000km I almost had her exactly how I wanted her!!

Ride safe out there people.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: DanB on May 18, 2015, 04:34:14 am
Glad to hear you're ok.  I just did the same damn thing on Sat afternoon.  Kick myself looking at that dent in the tank :'(.  Sounds like everything is cosmetic damage only and thats a good thing. 

Be safe and shine side up!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gremlin on May 18, 2015, 08:41:18 pm
Quick question then (read lazy forum search), I see a couple of Harley slip on exhausts with different numbers. G352 or G351 or are they the same?

Harley has a way of placing 2 different size silencers on the same bike.  If you get both silencers from say a sporster ....  you may likely notice one is slightly longer than the other.   Don't know why.

Having said that -

I've used harley mufflers from their 1300cc engine, and, their 880cc engine.  definite sound difference, the 1300cc muffler tended to be slightly louder with a bit more blatt.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: krimp on May 19, 2015, 03:09:13 pm
Parked her on the side of the house for two weeks while I'm down in Dallas for work. My next day to ride is June 1st.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Carlsberg Wordsworth on May 19, 2015, 08:46:55 pm
Cheers Gremlin. Lemming has also helped in what to look at.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: heloego on May 20, 2015, 06:56:49 pm
Kissed my bike!  ;D
Just returned from a 1131 mile shakedown of my C5 round trip to/from Aurora Colorado via the back roads (US 14, US 285, US 24, CO 67/County 126).  8)
Trip started with cool and overcast, but comfortable nonetheless.

At the New Mexico/Colorado border:

(http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r290/Heloego24/2012%20RE%20C5%20Classic/NMCOBorder.jpg)

Was wondering how weather would hold up, but it was ok and here's a view on the Taos Plateau. Sangre de Cristos, I think:

(http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r290/Heloego24/2012%20RE%20C5%20Classic/SangreDeCristos.jpg)

Got through Alamosa just fine and made Salida by 3:30pm. Saw this sign at the motel next door and couldn't resist a pic. "Real Furniture" !?!? Accept No Substitutes, I guess  ;) :

(http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r290/Heloego24/2012%20RE%20C5%20Classic/RealFurniture.jpg)

Met a couple friends in Fairplay, but Kanosha Pass was socked in, so we headed down US 24 instead. Stopped at Decker's at the US24/CO67 junction. L to R - Craig, Me, Murph.:

(http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r290/Heloego24/2012%20RE%20C5%20Classic/CraigHeloMurph.jpg)


Spent a great couple of days in Aurora. Met with High on Octane, had a brew at the Dry Dock and dinner later. Also met with HoO again next day and got to appreciate his expertise with his '58:

(http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r290/Heloego24/2012%20RE%20C5%20Classic/Scottys%2058.jpg)

Last evening there enjoyed a great time listening to Trad at the Burns Pub in Broomfield. That's Murph killing the fiddle. Note the Oriental matching him note for note:

(http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r290/Heloego24/2012%20RE%20C5%20Classic/MurphtheFiddler_1.jpg)

Left early Monday Morning to rain, then snow up Kanosha Pass. Had to take the reverse of the previous alternate route and got into Salida around 1:30pm. Rain and snow all the way. Next morning? SNOW!!!!! 2" and wet. Had to wait until Noon to leave and chance the Poncha Summit Pass. It was OK and once through it was smooth sailing all the way back. Got home around 8:30pm.

NO problems from the bike! I could've kissed it. Oh yeah, I guess I did.  ;)
Only issues were a couple broken clamps for the pannier rack and my rack forward mounts vibrated out from under the top shock mount bolts. Replaced the clamps and the bolts are gonna get a couple lock washers under the heads.
Was told Colorado has been advertising "Visit Colorado in May. It's an adventure!" No sh*t!  ::)
All in all a great trip, but I think I'll do the next one a bit later, like June or July.  :P
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on May 25, 2015, 05:32:52 pm
So, since my last electrical failure, I've developed a unique condition I have not seen before.  The voltage is stable with the bike not running, but as soon as I start it the voltage bounces ALLLLL over the place, and then stabilizes again when I kill it.  I removed the rectifier thinking it was the culprit.  It was not.  So this morning I removed the alternator as well thinking it was grounding out and causing the problem, and was not.  So, the only conclusion I can come to is the battery has developed a partial short internally.  Weird part is that it will still take a charge.   ???

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VHzk8cTjCI
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gremlin on May 26, 2015, 01:28:30 am
Is this a bike with points and a bad condenser ?
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Post by: High On Octane on May 26, 2015, 01:55:53 am
No, the points have been converted to electronic ignition.  It's super bizarre.  Took a full charge after 3.5 hours, headlight bright ( tho I don't usually have it on) and rode flawlessly for a short 20 minute ride today.  Battery might still be under warranty, I'll find out tomorrow.

Also tested the rectifier and alternator, both junk again.  Good news is I was able to get a 6" Torx bit in past the crank pulley to tighten the primary cover back up without tearing everything apart.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: upintheair on May 26, 2015, 03:35:35 am
Two weeks of ownership, 2015 B5, green, 75 miles now on the meter, spent some time cleaning, found upper shock mount nut loose.  Checked behind the headlight, found a headlight plug instead of female spade connections.  After 40 years of working on reciprocating aircraft engines, all I can say is, "what noise".
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: heloego on May 26, 2015, 01:49:17 pm
After hanging around acft for as many years as we have, even straight pipes just ain't that loud.  8)
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Post by: Scotty Brown on May 27, 2015, 04:50:20 am
Did the first plug change ---Being a thrifty Scot I went with the Autolite #64  also purchased a #63 which is a bit hotter.  Both plugs interchange with the NGK BPR 6 ES which has been recommended numerous times on this forum.  However the Autolite is about three bucks cheaper.  Took a short test ride and everything seems to work fine.  I ran the Bosch over 5000 miles without a problem now we can test the Autolite.
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Post by: mattsz on May 27, 2015, 10:49:34 am
Did the first plug change ---Being a thrifty Scot I went with the Autolite #64  also purchased a #63 which is a bit hotter.  Both plugs interchange with the NGK BPR 6 ES which has been recommended numerous times on this forum.  However the Autolite is about three bucks cheaper.  Took a short test ride and everything seems to work fine.  I ran the Bosch over 5000 miles without a problem now we can test the Autolite.

That's a really good deal!  The NGK BPR6ES costs me a few pennies over $2, so hopefully Autolite is paying you!  ;)

Seriously... I know prices and availability vary.  Let us know how the Autolite works out!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gremlin on May 27, 2015, 08:12:04 pm
replaced the stock speedo with one that is much more precise .......   Now if the d*mn thing were accurate I'd be happy.  Unfortunately ~ she seems to be cal'd for 21 inch wheels.....
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Craig McClure on May 27, 2015, 09:03:03 pm
replaced the stock speedo with one that is much more precise .......   Now if the d*mn thing were accurate I'd be happy.  Unfortunately ~ she seems to be cal'd for 21 inch wheels.....
SURE IS PRETTY THOUGH. Aren't those Smiths still priced like a fine watch?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Richard230 on May 27, 2015, 10:06:06 pm
Speaking of NGK plug prices, today I bought the last two NGK BPR6ES plugs that my local Cycle Gear store had on the shelf.  $4.95 USD each.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: heloego on May 27, 2015, 11:27:00 pm
Richard:   OUCH! That's a 100% markup!  :o

Gremlin: Easy enough to re-calibrate your speedo. See that pin at the bottom of the scale (The one that stops the indicating needle).
   1. If your OK with opening up the unit, remove the pin, note or mark where the indicating needle is at rest, then carefully lift the needle off its spindle (Should be a press fit. If not...well...  :( ). I use a Trim Removal tool, or you can use a fork to pry it off.
   2. Reset the needle on the pin either just above or below your mark and check it against a radar sign or GPS. Reset as needed until you're spot on or as close as you can get it.

   It worked for me and one of the other guys here on the OEM unit.  Hope it works for you.  :D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gremlin on May 28, 2015, 05:16:33 pm
Good advice Heloego !

I've not had any luck resealing the instrument in the past after attempting such repair(s).....   But, maybe I'll try it again.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Manatoc fox on May 28, 2015, 07:11:49 pm
Sold it, decided a Honda NC700 was more my speed.  Better for commuting.  If anyone is interested in a couple of the add on bits I saved from the bike message me and let me know.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gremlin on May 28, 2015, 07:53:37 pm
SURE IS PRETTY THOUGH. Aren't those Smiths still priced like a fine watch?

Not so much .......    Check this out, after six hours in the morning sun - the face warped !!!

Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on May 28, 2015, 08:15:05 pm
No way!  WTF?!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on May 28, 2015, 09:03:44 pm
Sold it, decided a Honda NC700 was more my speed.  Better for commuting.  If anyone is interested in a couple of the add on bits I saved from the bike message me and let me know.

My buddy just bought one of those to replace his 82 CB. Enjoy!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Manatoc fox on May 28, 2015, 09:20:26 pm
Thanks, Scotty.  It is fun so far.  The Enfield has a better seat but that's about it.  I'm going to miss the looks and conversation but with many days being over 100 mile commute I just couldn't reconcile the Enfield when every morning I woke up and had to ask 'is today the day it breaks down and leaves me somewhere?'.  That and the dealer service was not so hot.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: cstorckiii on May 28, 2015, 09:36:49 pm
replaced the stock speedo with one that is much more precise .......   Now if the d*mn thing were accurate I'd be happy.  Unfortunately ~ she seems to be cal'd for 21 inch wheels.....
I've been through 3 of those. Mine have all vibrated themselves to uselessness in short order. I hope yours fairs better.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on May 29, 2015, 12:33:59 am
Not so much .......    Check this out, after six hours in the morning sun - the face warped !!!

Now, THAT would REALLY PISS ME OFF.

I would hate to think of what the 118° F temperatures here in Phoenix would do to that dial face.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: SteveThackery on May 29, 2015, 07:26:51 am
Not so much .......    Check this out, after six hours in the morning sun - the face warped !!!

Hey, gremlin, would you mind saying where you got that instrument from?  It's just that I know the guy in England who re-manufactures chronometric speedos and if it's one of his then he really needs to know about it.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gremlin on May 29, 2015, 08:08:03 pm
Hey, gremlin, would you mind saying where you got that instrument from?  It's just that I know the guy in England who re-manufactures chronometric speedos and if it's one of his then he really needs to know about it.

Show him the pictures, ask if he would be willing to warranty exchange it.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: retrolynn on May 30, 2015, 11:08:17 pm
Just got back from a 280 mile round trip ,on my 2013 b5,to the dealer. Had the negative  battery cable replaced,and everything adjusted. The bike ran great,over the pass,without any problems,except for the wind,and some rain. Good dealer,family owned. Both dad,and son are mechanics.Now have 2000 miles on the bike. I ran at 55-65 all the way. Wind was worse than any vibration! All 2-lane roads.
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Post by: heloego on May 30, 2015, 11:11:25 pm
140 one-way?
Great Falls?  :)
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Post by: retrolynn on May 30, 2015, 11:28:58 pm
helego: Helena,took the cut-off road to Avon,and then over the beautiful pass.
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Post by: krimp on June 02, 2015, 05:45:00 pm
After being out of town for two weeks, I finally got to ride to work. It was a beautiful morning for it and I didn't mind one bit when the ride took 10 minutes longer than it should have.
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Post by: gremlin on June 02, 2015, 06:55:36 pm
........ I didn't mind one bit when the ride took 10 minutes longer than it should have.

 8)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: heloego on June 03, 2015, 01:57:47 am
Retrolynn:
   Yeah! Beautiful ride!!!!!!!! Somehow I wouldn't have expected a dealer in Helena.  ::) Actually figured either one would be in Missoula or Great Falls.

   Lubed the chain, cleaner her up and stuffed the silencer with steel wool again. Replaced a silencer hanger bolt with f*cked up threads.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: pmanaz1973 on June 03, 2015, 06:15:52 pm
Picked up a new Bell Pit Boss helmet for my in town ridding.  Just to make sure I like it, I did go on a 75 mile ride at higher speeds than I normally would with a 1/2 helmet (45-55 mph).  I like the helmet a lot; doesn't lift at speeds and has a cool flip-down tinted lens. 
It won't replace my full-face for long rides, higher speeds, but a great grocery getter helmet for the 25-30mph speeds I'm dealing with in my town. 
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on June 03, 2015, 08:09:25 pm
A few years ago I picked up a Skid Lid half helmet just for running errands.  Works out great.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: krimp on June 03, 2015, 11:27:37 pm
Just purchased a new battery. I went with the MotoBatt MBTX14AU per the recommendations of several of you here.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gremlin on June 07, 2015, 05:01:19 am
Oiled B5's saddlebags - thrice !
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on June 07, 2015, 10:41:31 am
Oiled B5's saddlebags - thrice !

Oh, the heartbreak of Royal Enfield ownership...  ;)
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Post by: heloego on June 07, 2015, 02:51:54 pm
Third time's a charm!  ;D
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Post by: decker on June 07, 2015, 11:29:42 pm
Washed, waxed, polished then got in a short ride before work. ????
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Post by: pmanaz1973 on June 08, 2015, 07:58:28 pm
Just got back from a 75 mile ride on slow winding two-lane back roads.  A friend just finished a 1966 BMW build and wanted someone to go along with him on a slow speed (35-45 mph) ride while he starts his break-in period.  Perfect weather (80F) on almost abandoned back roads winding through the hills, farms and forests of NE Washington.  I forgot how tranquil it is to be rolling through the shadows and sunbeams at low-speed totally relaxed riding and able to smell and hear everything around you.  No traffic, no stress...perfect!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Catbird on June 08, 2015, 08:58:33 pm
That's my favorite type of ride.  8)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on June 14, 2015, 03:54:11 pm
I've been doing a bit of tinkering the last couple of days.  Friday I went out and did another timing adjustment and now have it running the best yet since I put it back together over the winter.  So took her up to Sonic for the Friday Night Hot Rod Meet.  Unfortunately my phone died so I didn't get any pics, but the bike and I received MANY compliments on the build.  Even met the owner of a 2003 AVL that I have seen a couple of times over the last few years.  I guess he is in need of a full rebuild and so I gave him my phone number and offered my assistance when the time comes and also suggested he join the forum here.

However, when I wrenched on the bike last week, switching back to the 18T front sprocket, I discovered 2 new issues.  ::)  First of all, the nut that holds the counter-shaft sprocket on doesn't have a single thread left in it!   :o  So currently, it's just serving as a spacer.  I said screw it for now, I'll replace it when I do the primary chain.  I have a feeling it's been like that for over 1.5 years.  I had problems with it the last time I changed the sprocket, and I don't think it ever took then.  No biggie, I haven't been taking very long rides at all anyhow.

(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y217/lethalinj/0601151934_zpsukhfodll.jpg) (http://s6.photobucket.com/user/lethalinj/media/0601151934_zpsukhfodll.jpg.html)

Then as I was adjusting the rear wheel on assembly I found the brake anchor pivot bolt threads were stripped and the nut had seized itself onto the bolt.  I addressed that issue yesterday, and I ended up having to cut the bolt off.  After I did that I was able to remove the rear wheel and disassemble the brakes.  I went down to Ace Hardware with the remaining piece of the pivot bolt and a brake shoe and started looking in all the different drawers trying many different configurations trying to make something that would work safely and not have excessive play.  My hands were all greased up so I didn't get any pics, but I ended up using a 2" long 1/2" diameter shoulder bolt, a 3/8"ID x 1/2" wide steel spacer drilled out to 1/2" ID, 2 - 1/2" ID nylon shim washers, and a 3/8" nut and washer.  I needed to grind down the head of the shoulder bolt to get clearance around the drum, but that was easy enough.  I had some serious doubts that my concoction was going to work.  But after I cleaned everything out, sanded the drum, chamfered and sanded my Asbestos brake shoes, greased all the pivot points and put it all back together, low and behold the rear brake now works better than I think it has since I got it back on the road.   :D  Sometimes I even amaze myself.  ;)

Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Carlsberg Wordsworth on June 20, 2015, 11:05:37 pm
Decided to have a crack at a fork oil change before schedule service time.

Many many thanks to those who made the guides. You know who you are but names currently escape me.

Man those top caps were tight. The first fork I did the cap was slightly corroded and I almost gave up until it finally 'cracked'.

140ml ish out 195 10w fresh in. This will be interesting as I thought it was already quite firm (remember I'm a 60kg odd lightweight) still, just a final tighten check on all bolts tomorrow and a check as to what's now rubbing (shroud I think though looks centred to me) then a good test ride down some local favourite roads.

This job now done I think that finally I'm getting to know every inch of the bike which is surely part of the bike bonding process :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on June 21, 2015, 12:41:15 am
and a check as to what's now rubbing (shroud I think though looks centred to me)

Is something rubbing?  There isn't a lot of clearance between the B5's fork legs, fork cover tubes, and fender.  Get everything centered, or you're likely to find the paint rubbed off the cover tubes and/or fender...

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-iVnb3CxhF9c/UEDicC9W6UI/AAAAAAAAA2s/c1dqqf7GQd8/s600/fork%2520chafe.jpg)
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Post by: Carlsberg Wordsworth on June 21, 2015, 08:26:30 pm
mattz that looks like a lot of for travel. I', sure mine don't move that much though could be wrong.

Nah, mudguard is centred nicely. I thought it might be the bottom leg rubbing inside the shroud as there were marks on it when I took them out. I don't think there's much I can do and it's not that noticeable.

The ride difference is though. I think it actually vibrates less now. I'm currently deciding if to follow manual schedule or change every year.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on June 21, 2015, 08:39:04 pm
IMO, unless your riding a lot of scrambles courses where the front suspension gets a lot   of full travel there isn't much reason for changing the oil in the front forks.

Their basically a sealed system so the only contamination for the oil is any metal dust that wears off of the sliding components.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: pmanaz1973 on June 22, 2015, 12:50:52 am
I had to do some bending and tweaking of my front fender stays when I first got the bike to center up the fender and fit a rub like that.  Centered the fender and all is right in the world.
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Post by: High On Octane on June 22, 2015, 01:26:32 am
I was working on the Subaru this morning so I took the Blackhawk up to Advance Auto for some stuff.  After chatting with old co-workers for a bit I went into the small field next to the store and did a couple rooster trails in the dirt.   :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on June 22, 2015, 03:31:06 am
IMO, unless your riding a lot of scrambles courses where the front suspension gets a lot   of full travel there isn't much reason for changing the oil in the front forks.

Their basically a sealed system so the only contamination for the oil is any metal dust that wears off of the sliding components.

It does wear out though.  Good to change it every few years or so.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: lemming on June 24, 2015, 04:03:15 pm
Wrecked.  "You don't have bad luck.....the reason that bad things happen to you, is because you're a dumbass."

:o I managed my first real dumbass move (at least, first with consequences) on Monday, 14 months into my tenure on a motorcycle. Wet morning, foggy as hell, damp roads with spots of dry. Went into a slow left turn onto another street across wet crosswalk striping, and the rear let go on the bat-guano slick striping paint, then caught on a dry patch of asphalt and flipped into a high side. No more than 15-20mph.

My gear did its job. I hit on my shoulder and face, armored jacket meant I didn't even feel where my shoulder hit. Full face shoei was all scuffed where my cheek would have been, again no injury. Only bump is on my shin where it must've hit the foot peg.

Hard side case was crunched, along with the bar end mirror. Handlebars slid in their clamp, bent, brake lever scuffed and bent. Scrapes on the fender, tank, small dent in the tank from the throttle cable junction hitting the tank. Foot peg scraped, exhaust scraped, seat damaged. Bike was stuck in gear briefly, but broke loose and seems to run free now. Brought her into the shop for a full look over.

So...what did I do wrong? My assessment: Too much lean over the wet striping for the available grip, and when it went out I think I should have nailed the throttle to keep it spinning and maybe have avoided the high side flip once the tire hit the dry asphalt?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: stevew on June 24, 2015, 04:17:52 pm
Is something rubbing?  There isn't a lot of clearance between the B5's fork legs, fork cover tubes, and fender.  Get everything centered, or you're likely to find the paint rubbed off the cover tubes and/or fender...

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-iVnb3CxhF9c/UEDicC9W6UI/AAAAAAAAA2s/c1dqqf7GQd8/s600/fork%2520chafe.jpg)

My 2011 B5 is exactly the same.  Doesn't hurt the running though.  No easy answer so i have just left it  ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: krimp on June 24, 2015, 06:51:17 pm
Wrecked.  "You don't have bad luck.....the reason that bad things happen to you, is because you're a dumbass."

:o I managed my first real dumbass move (at least, first with consequences) on Monday, 14 months into my tenure on a motorcycle. Wet morning, foggy as hell, damp roads with spots of dry. Went into a slow left turn onto another street across wet crosswalk striping, and the rear let go on the bat-guano slick striping paint, then caught on a dry patch of asphalt and flipped into a high side. No more than 15-20mph.

My gear did its job. I hit on my shoulder and face, armored jacket meant I didn't even feel where my shoulder hit. Full face shoei was all scuffed where my cheek would have been, again no injury. Only bump is on my shin where it must've hit the foot peg.

Hard side case was crunched, along with the bar end mirror. Handlebars slid in their clamp, bent, brake lever scuffed and bent. Scrapes on the fender, tank, small dent in the tank from the throttle cable junction hitting the tank. Foot peg scraped, exhaust scraped, seat damaged. Bike was stuck in gear briefly, but broke loose and seems to run free now. Brought her into the shop for a full look over.

So...what did I do wrong? My assessment: Too much lean over the wet striping for the available grip, and when it went out I think I should have nailed the throttle to keep it spinning and maybe have avoided the high side flip once the tire hit the dry asphalt?

I'm glad to hear that you are fine after that.

I ride in all weather, including rain and snow, and use this simple rule of thumb when I get to intersections with crosswalks in the rain: If I'm not in first gear, then I am going too damn fast.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gremlin on June 24, 2015, 07:12:27 pm
Wrecked.  "You don't have bad luck.....the reason that bad things happen to you, is because you're a dumbass."...............

Bummer.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: krimp on June 24, 2015, 07:17:04 pm
Last night, on the way home, I crossed the 5000 mile mark.
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Post by: gremlin on June 24, 2015, 07:18:55 pm
Last night, on the way home, I crossed the 5000 mile mark.

90% to go !
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Post by: mattsz on June 25, 2015, 11:15:53 am
Wrecked.

Sorry to hear it, lemming!  That's a hard lesson to learn, but I'm glad you're ok!!!  I ride over a crosswalk on my commute - it's fancy smooth red brick with painted borders, and it's in the middle of a sweeping bend, so I probably tend to ride over it too fast.  I will be careful to learn from your misfortune!

My 2011 B5 is exactly the same.  Doesn't hurt the running though.  No easy answer so i have just left it  ;D

Well... once the cosmetic damage is done, it's a hassle to repaint or replace the parts.  But unless there's an actual defect, it's a dealer setup issue, and it is quite easy to readjust things so they don't continue to chafe...
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Post by: lemming on June 25, 2015, 11:40:27 am
Thanks all. The roads were mostly dry from the sun just peeking out, but the white striping doesn't warm up like black asphalt, so it was still wet. As slow as I was going, it was still too fast. First gear is a good standard for crossing striping like that. I was in second, but not even under throttle. Just physics kicking my butt.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Scotty Brown on June 25, 2015, 08:29:53 pm
Had a little 178 mile ride to lunch today.  Rode with two Norton Commandos and a V7Guzzi.  My 27 HP held up very well on the tight and twisty roads on the main divide road and DeLuz between the Ortega Hwy and Fallbrook getting 73 MPG.  Those of you in So Cal will know these roads.  Could have used a bit more suspension but all in all a great ride.  As usual no problems with this bike.  All I have done is change the oil and adjust the chain in over 6000 miles.  I must thank my dealer for a proper set up and a well delivered machine.
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Post by: Bulletman on June 25, 2015, 11:37:58 pm
Had a little 178 mile ride to lunch today.  Rode with two Norton Commandos and a V7Guzzi.  My 27 HP held up very well on the tight and twisty roads on the main divide road and DeLuz between the Ortega Hwy and Fallbrook getting 73 MPG.  Those of you in So Cal will know these roads.  Could have used a bit more suspension but all in all a great ride.  As usual no problems with this bike.  All I have done is change the oil and adjust the chain in over 6000 miles.  I must thank my dealer for a proper set up and a well delivered machine.
I do the back road twisties to Tahoe and Yosemite, it has made a world of a difference since I've put the Hagons on.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: JVS on June 26, 2015, 09:59:41 am
Thanks all. The roads were mostly dry from the sun just peeking out, but the white striping doesn't warm up like black asphalt, so it was still wet. As slow as I was going, it was still too fast. First gear is a good standard for crossing striping like that. I was in second, but not even under throttle. Just physics kicking my butt.

Sorry to hear. I'm paranoid about those paint markings as well, so I really try to be cautious. But you never know..
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: jkrobin on June 26, 2015, 07:17:05 pm
Finally got my new tires ordered. Ended up going with the Bridgestone BATTLAX BT-45... 19" front, 18" rear.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: The Old Coot on June 26, 2015, 09:14:22 pm
Got my new head pipe and gasket on, Bike's now rideable...if it ever stops raining that is. There were Whitecaps in the parking lot when I was working on the bike.

BTW if you ever have a little buzzy rattle check the wire heat shield. Mine was loose and making a racket, nothing a quick couple of steel pop rivets couldn't fit...and did.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Carlsberg Wordsworth on June 26, 2015, 10:43:25 pm
Glad you're ok Lemming. I had more or less the same thing a year ago and bust the 1st bones in my life! I was more annoyed at that than coming off.

In other news .... hoping to get a good ride in tomorrow with neighbours with the good weather forecast.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Surfernick on June 26, 2015, 11:55:01 pm
Thanks all. The roads were mostly dry from the sun just peeking out, but the white striping doesn't warm up like black asphalt, so it was still wet. As slow as I was going, it was still too fast. First gear is a good standard for crossing striping like that. I was in second, but not even under throttle. Just physics kicking my butt.

It's that darn thermoplastic that the street and road maintenance folks use instead of paint.  The stuff lasts forever, but it gets slick when wet or if oil gets on it.  It also melts into an ugly mess if you put a road flare on it (ask me how I know).
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Dharmabum on June 27, 2015, 07:33:37 am
looked at it and wished I could go for a ride but too much domestic shit to do, ah well another day its winter here in Oz about 11c so i want to test out my cold weather clothing,
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: The Old Coot on June 27, 2015, 11:57:16 am
It's that darn thermoplastic that the street and road maintenance folks use instead of paint.  The stuff lasts forever, but it gets slick when wet or if oil gets on it.  It also melts into an ugly mess if you put a road flare on it (ask me how I know).

At least you can see the painted (plastic?) lines. I hate "Tar Snakes" they get me all the time. Luckily what happen most of the time is the bike side steps a couple of inches and  settles back down. I have been lucky but almost had the KLR swap ends and ended up riding off into a farmers field.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on June 27, 2015, 12:22:28 pm
...if it ever stops raining that is. There were Whitecaps in the parking lot when I was working on the bike.

 ;D

Quote
BTW if you ever have a little buzzy rattle check the wire heat shield. Mine was loose and making a racket, nothing a quick couple of steel pop rivets couldn't fit...and did.

Wire heat shield?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: lemming on June 27, 2015, 12:24:54 pm
It's that darn thermoplastic that the street and road maintenance folks use instead of paint.  The stuff lasts forever, but it gets slick when wet or if oil gets on it.  It also melts into an ugly mess if you put a road flare on it (ask me how I know).

You'd think they could mix in some grit of some kind to improve traction. Or something. Oof.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: upintheair on June 27, 2015, 03:36:08 pm
My 2015 B5 has been a joy, now with 245 miles the only problem was a loose upper shock absorber mount nut.  My dealer in Fremont CA was very thorough and even shipped it to a local bike shop since I am 250 miles away.  There is a wire heat shield where the muffler expands to full diameter.  Unfortunately, that is where my boot heel comes through during kick starts.  My shield has since departed and is not going back on.  A wonderful ride at sunrise dodged the 100+ temperature.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Craig McClure on June 27, 2015, 07:10:55 pm
Hi, Monsoon season here in Florida, especially North(storm)Port. The pattern is hot sunny mornings, clouding up & raining sometime in the afternoon, usually after I'm hot from working & want to go swimming or riding. Yesterday rain kept me grounded when really needed some wind therapy. Today it stormed while I was having breakfast, Sun came out & I was ready to go. Had a brisk ride & having great fun until it started sprinkling. A little sprinkle can be pretty refreshing, so I headed for the garage & was soaked by the time I got home. Fortunately I put my license, insurance card & cell phone in a plastic zip lock bag in my pocket before leaving home.
  I rode well & even enjoyed the amphibious ride. I just wish I could walk as well as I ride.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gremlin on June 28, 2015, 12:03:01 am
I really starting to love that milk crate on my B5.   Today I replaced the battery in SWMBO's Rav4.  its a good size battery group 24F, rode home from the farm store with it in the milk crate & returned an hour later with the bad battery .......   beautiful day here in Minneapolis - 80 degrees and it seems like everything is in bloom.  Today was a feast for the nose - a fine day for riding.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: heloego on June 28, 2015, 04:55:44 am
Put miles on the bike and smiles on the face.  ;D
Across town to Hwy 14 (the Turquoise Trail), North to Santa Fe, then North to Taos, West to US 285, then South back to Espanola/Santa Fe to return by the same route.
Spent 10 hours on that sucka today! It hurts sooo goood!  ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: The_Rigger on June 30, 2015, 04:21:59 am
Finally got down to installing one of Ace's air canisters on Fiona. Thanks, Tom! And I festooned her with some new artwork, here and there...

Also, finally got a photo up of my saddlebag "rack" mounting. I don't ever carry a passenger, so taking the pad off the pillion bracket was no handicap for me.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Catbird on June 30, 2015, 03:13:07 pm
I tightened the chain of my 2013 C5 Military followed by a spray on lube.  Note to self - I need to purchase a 30mm socket for the axle nut.

I recently ordered this OD green kit bag ($15) and installed it below my headlight.  I'm not sure I like it there afterall, so I may use it as an occasional tank bag.

(http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y115/Catbird1/IMG_0081_zpsbfurgilj.jpg) (http://s4.photobucket.com/user/Catbird1/media/IMG_0081_zpsbfurgilj.jpg.html)
(http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y115/Catbird1/IMG_0080_zpshvpnbs6u.jpg) (http://s4.photobucket.com/user/Catbird1/media/IMG_0080_zpshvpnbs6u.jpg.html)
(http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y115/Catbird1/IMG_0077_zpsedue2jk4.jpg) (http://s4.photobucket.com/user/Catbird1/media/IMG_0077_zpsedue2jk4.jpg.html)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: pmanaz1973 on June 30, 2015, 07:11:54 pm
Yes, I agree.  A bit too modern to blend well.  You may want to consider a Google search for reproduction WWII kit.  Some of it isn't too expensive and looks more the part. I ended up using a original (but modified before I got it) 1940's British Pattern 37 backpack for my saddlebag.

Check this stuff out: http://www.wwiisoldier.com/shop/ww2-british-army-pattern-37-backpack/
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on June 30, 2015, 07:30:07 pm
Catbird
You may want to check out the location of your bikes rectifier/voltage regulator.

Mine is located right behind the place where you put your new kit bag.

These RR's can produce quite a bit of heat which is the reason they are usually located in areas that get a lot of air passing around them.
Blocking off this cooling air can cause the RR to overheat and fail.
That is the reason I never installed the leather tool bag my wife bought for one of my Christmas presents in that location.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: stevew on June 30, 2015, 08:27:59 pm
Yeah, my RR is there too.  Been looking at an alternative 'cos i'd like to mount an Indian number plate there.  No reason really, just like the idea of it looking more "Indian" !!
Although they (RR) can produce a fair bit of heat i reckon that as long as they are well 'heat sinked' they should be OK out of the direct airstream.  Reason for this presumption is that when you look at their location on other bikes they are often tucked away under the seat or similar, but nearly always bolted to a solid bit of metal with that heat transfer gunk.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: pmanaz1973 on June 30, 2015, 08:50:36 pm
Catbird
You may want to check out the location of your bikes rectifier/voltage regulator.

Mine is located right behind the place where you put your new kit bag.

These RR's can produce quite a bit of heat which is the reason they are usually located in areas that get a lot of air passing around them.
Blocking off this cooling air can cause the RR to overheat and fail.
That is the reason I never installed the leather tool bag my wife bought for one of my Christmas presents in that location.

+1  good point - My bike is a 2014 and the R&R is under the seat.  Not sure when that change happened.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: symmo on July 03, 2015, 06:16:20 pm
Cleaned everything, polished, then polished the polish, after a very long wet ride yesterday, and oiled the chain, after the rain washed it dry of any lube.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Catbird on July 04, 2015, 01:05:42 am
Catbird
You may want to check out the location of your bikes rectifier/voltage regulator.

Mine is located right behind the place where you put your new kit bag.

These RR's can produce quite a bit of heat which is the reason they are usually located in areas that get a lot of air passing around them.
Blocking off this cooling air can cause the RR to overheat and fail...
Thanks for the tip.  My RE's RR isn't located where I intended to place the bag; it may be under the seat, but not sure.

I decided to remove the bag anyway simply for aesthetics.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Carlsberg Wordsworth on July 06, 2015, 09:31:12 pm
Although I'm not keen on the overall look of the rear rack from Mr H that came with the bike, I need the practicality it offers with the top box on.

Do you think I can get that thing centred properly?

Can I heck as like :(

Try as I might I just don't have the adjustment I require.

Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: longstrokeclassic on July 07, 2015, 10:03:19 am
Replaced the 1.7W neutral indicator bulb with a 35pence (0.50Euro) 50 Lumen SMD led - visible even when the Sun is shining :) 

Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: pmanaz1973 on July 08, 2015, 12:21:29 am
Went for a early morning ride on my favorite deserted road before it got too warm- Just love this bike at 50 MPH indicated - just thumps right along - relaxed, easy ride and if my calculations are correct, I'm averaging 80.57 MPG (U.S. Gallons) on this route that I take frequently.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: ToesNose on July 09, 2015, 01:34:09 am
I was heading home from work and my C5 started running a bit wonky along with the MIL/Engine light intermittently coming on. Grounded out the single lead from the ECU and got an error pattern of Long 4-Short 1 which is 'Fuel Pump circuit malfunctioning'.  So I'm guessing that I'll be trying to hunt down some electrical gremlins this weekend  :P
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Rustygears on July 09, 2015, 02:13:28 am
pmanaz1973.  Great shot of your silver bullet.  Mine is on order.
RJ
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on July 09, 2015, 02:51:24 am
ToesNose
My first suspects would be the electrical connector at the fuel pump and the fuel pump relay.

I don't know if the ECU actually "sees" the fuel pump current load but I'm sure it does see the fuel pump relay windings current load (or lack thereof).
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on July 09, 2015, 04:10:27 am
I was heading home from work and my C5 started running a bit wonky along with the MIL/Engine light intermittently coming on. Grounded out the single lead from the ECU and got an error pattern of Long 4-Short 1 which is 'Fuel Pump circuit malfunctioning'.  So I'm guessing that I'll be trying to hunt down some electrical gremlins this weekend  :P

Take a look at the harnesses under the tank and seat, they have been known to work themselves loose.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: ToesNose on July 09, 2015, 06:52:00 pm
Thanks for the heads up guys!  I should have some time on Saturday to poke around, more then likely just something loose since she is still running, just running weird  :o
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: fxrskrsa on July 10, 2015, 09:11:42 am
Have had the electric start on my sixty-five removed  :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on July 10, 2015, 05:25:19 pm
I was heading home from work and my C5 started running a bit wonky along with the MIL/Engine light intermittently coming on. Grounded out the single lead from the ECU and got an error pattern of Long 4-Short 1 which is 'Fuel Pump circuit malfunctioning'.  So I'm guessing that I'll be trying to hunt down some electrical gremlins this weekend  :P

It's most likely a loose or corroded connector or a shorted/broken wire.  Check and clean all the connectors and inspect the wiring harness, especially where it crosses any metal edges.  I'm betting it will be a simple fix if you look closely.

Good luck!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: ToesNose on July 11, 2015, 12:31:31 am
Electrical gremlin vanquished for the time being  ;D  I had time after work to check things out,  nothing obviously out of place or loose.  So I just wiggled,  giggled and cleaned any connectors which yielded no more engine light and a smooth running stead once again!  Yay!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: The Old Coot on July 11, 2015, 01:13:50 am
Be careful thinking you have it under control. This little short put me and my KLR on the side of I-675 in the rain, first and so far only time. OH, the shame! I'd never found it when it was wet so I had it towed home. I let it dry and started the hunt the next morning it took about 3 hours to find...and about 3 minuets to fix.

One trick I was taught was to use an old inter-tube cut into strips to wrap the wires with then tape over that. You might wear through the tape BUT the tube being soft will not wear through very easily.

You can see the shorted wire it's about the size of a match head.

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v87/MarkN/Buell/KLR/short/Shorted_wire.jpg)

What it looked like when I was done, wrapped, taped and vacuum tube glued over the sharp brackets that wore through in the first place.

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v87/MarkN/Buell/KLR/short/rubber_hose.jpg)

Enfield is not the only one that sometimes have electrical grief, Kawasaki KLR for all their toughness have had more that one weakness in the wiring dept. 
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on July 11, 2015, 02:45:08 am
Very instructive!  Your first pic shows two clues - the damaged wire, but also the arc-scarred sheet metal...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: The_Rigger on July 13, 2015, 04:02:21 pm
Came home yesterday to find my PCV has arrived from NfieldGear... I guess I know what this morning's hobby will be.

Cover me; I'm goin' in hot & heavy...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: no bs on July 13, 2015, 05:20:36 pm
thrashed the g5 on saturday in napa with the bsa owners club.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Craig McClure on July 13, 2015, 07:44:33 pm
thrashed the g5 on saturday in napa with the bsa owners club.
WELL, HOW DID IT STACK UP AGAINST THE BEEZERS ? Did you shame any Victors or other 500 singles?
Enquiring minds want to know....
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: no bs on July 13, 2015, 09:08:22 pm
a lot of really old beaters, some very clean bikes. and i could have led them all because of my familiarity with the route(all twisty mountain roads). the g5 can hold it's own in those circumstances. plus the sweet exhaust tones! as a guest rider, i just fell into the middle of the group.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: bluesdaddy2 on July 14, 2015, 11:02:05 am
Installed a new Biltwell Solo Seat, progressive shocks and KOSO Speedo, almost.
The seat was pretty simple and looks great, The shocks were also fairly easy but spent some time working around the rack I had installed earlier on the rear fender.  I did run into a problem putting all back together where the stud used to fasten the shock to the swingarm had the threads gauled when I removed the acorn nut.  I didn't have a metric die to chase the threads and ended up running a 3/8-16 SAE die over it.  Not really what I wanted to do but my options were limited.  It worked.
Started the install on the speedo but ran out of time.  I do have some question on that (which I posted elsewhere) but any advise on getting the tach portion hooked up and set up correctly in the settings would be helpful.
 
Oh and the progressive shocks with the new seat get me almost 3 inches lower but those shocks do render the center stand almost impossible to use. I may have to modify the center stand unless there are other options available............
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: ToesNose on July 14, 2015, 01:30:36 pm
How about removing the centers stand and having a machine shop shorten it?  ::)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on July 14, 2015, 01:42:18 pm
I did run into a problem putting all back together where the stud used to fasten the shock to the swingarm had the threads gauled when I removed the acorn nut.  I didn't have a metric die to chase the threads and ended up running a 3/8-16 SAE die over it.  Not really what I wanted to do but my options were limited.  It worked.

A metric die might not have helped you anyway - the studs on my 2011 swing arm are a BSF 3/8-20 thread, as are the upper shock mounting bolts - the only non-metric fasteners I've found on the bike so far.  I discovered this when I had to replace a broken stud, and we couldn't match it with anything available locally.  In the end, I replaced it with a UTS 3/8-24 stud (I think it was a 24 pitch thread)...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: bluesdaddy2 on July 14, 2015, 01:44:56 pm
How about removing the centers stand and having a machine shop shorten it?  ::)

My thoughts except I'll probably do the work myself....
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Carlsberg Wordsworth on July 14, 2015, 08:19:12 pm
Turned both tool and airbox bolts round where they meet the frame. I can see for aesthetic reasons the way they are but they don't half get in the way. In fact I noticed it pulled the rubber seal slightly off when checking the air filter condition, may have pulled it back off when putting it back in. No further danger of that.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Carlsberg Wordsworth on July 15, 2015, 09:44:56 pm
Realised tonight that my fork shrouds squeak. Not overly long since the fork oil change. Probably have to take them back out again. Shroud looks central over the forks to me.

Might change to gaiters but would it ruin 'the look'?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on July 16, 2015, 12:07:51 am
You don't need to take them out to re-center them, just loosen the bolts.  I use a cardboard toilet paper or paper towel tube to do it. 

Cut it in half the long way so you have two long curved pieces.  Loosen the shroud mounting bolts.  Stick one half in the front between the shroud and slider and one in the back.  This should center the shroud over the slider.  Now tighten the mounting bolt and remove the cardboard.  Repeat for the other side.

Make sure they don't rub the fender.  If they do, loosen the fender struts and move it out of the way.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: pmanaz1973 on July 16, 2015, 04:58:29 am
What Scotty said - I had to loosen and center mine a few times to get them right.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mc35803 on July 17, 2015, 01:48:03 am
Finally, and it seems like forever coming, got to my first 300 miles.  In the middle of changing the oil and about to put her all back together.  Between rain, being out of town, switching bikes, it's taken about 3 months.  Sad, but I'm happy.  Now I car ride up to 50MPH and not get killed in my town's traffic.  Took me almost 15 minutes longer today riding to work on very back roads in order to keep the speeds down.  Now, I finally feel like I ;) can begin letting the miles pile up some.  Oil looked clean, very little accumulation on the magnetic drain plug ends.  Was expecting a full on set of hair like I've experienced with my Ural but was pleasantly surprised.  Bike kick starts usually on the fist time after a couple of prepatory kicks with the everythign shut off.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: bluesdaddy2 on July 17, 2015, 11:17:39 am
Not exactly done today but here are a few pix showing what it looks like today. Showing rear rack with quick disconnect for bag, front & rear directional/brake light, bar end mirrors, 7" headlight, EFI exhaust w/Power Commander installed, biltwell seat, KOSO speedo & Progressive shocks (2" shorter).

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B4Hi9xoZCOsCaGFjWk5JYUROWEk
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B4Hi9xoZCOsCQ3lGR2RPWWQ5R0U
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B4Hi9xoZCOsCamtTZzNNQVIzS0E
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B4Hi9xoZCOsCZUpZX0JHSGYyV0U
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B4Hi9xoZCOsCVHM3emlrTHR2ZzQ
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on July 17, 2015, 11:30:42 am
bluesdaddy2 - the first pic looks great, but the rest say I need permission to view them...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: bluesdaddy2 on July 17, 2015, 11:53:59 am
bluesdaddy2 - the first pic looks great, but the rest say I need permission to view them...

Thanks Matt, let me know if there's still a problem..........
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on July 17, 2015, 11:58:44 am
I can now see your bike in all its glory, from all angles!  Thanks!

I like that bag attachment system - simple and effective!  8)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: bluesdaddy2 on July 17, 2015, 12:07:56 pm
I can now see your bike in all its glory, from all angles!  Thanks!

I like that bag attachment system - simple and effective!  8)

Thanks Matt.  That particular bag is expandable (can hold a helmet) and made to be carried around.  It has a handle and straps (if you like) to carry on your back.  I needed an easy way to get it on and off.  The built in "D" rings line up with the eyebolts I attached to the rack and the snap hooks add a bit of security while tooling down the road.  You could add a real lock for some added security of the bag.  That won't help what's in it, unfortunately.  Another reason for easy on/off so I can take it with me.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Catbird on July 17, 2015, 01:50:53 pm
A very handsome/classy looking bike, bluesdaddy2.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: fxrskrsa on July 17, 2015, 06:20:32 pm
Took a ride around Cambridgeshire
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on July 17, 2015, 07:58:08 pm
Not exactly done today but here are a few pix showing what it looks like today. Showing rear rack with quick disconnect for bag, front & rear directional/brake light, bar end mirrors, 7" headlight, EFI exhaust w/Power Commander installed, biltwell seat, KOSO speedo & Progressive shocks (2" shorter).

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B4Hi9xoZCOsCaGFjWk5JYUROWEk
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B4Hi9xoZCOsCQ3lGR2RPWWQ5R0U
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B4Hi9xoZCOsCamtTZzNNQVIzS0E
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B4Hi9xoZCOsCZUpZX0JHSGYyV0U
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B4Hi9xoZCOsCVHM3emlrTHR2ZzQ

Seat looks really nice.  Is it comfy?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Carlsberg Wordsworth on July 17, 2015, 09:48:23 pm
Ducati Scotty & pmanaz1973, thanks for the advice. I tried this tonight but no dice. So removed wheel, removed right fork, gave everything a wiggle and some threats of sale. tested fork so not that. put it all back together and tightened it all up and further threats of sale and now no rubbing squeak.

I think it was internal in the fork as originally I held the bottom leg whilst screwing the leg in so probably disturbed 'the forks  ::)' Not this time.

Now that's done I can get round to doing the rocker cover bolt seal tomorrow that's weeping.

@ bluesdaddy2 & fxrskrsa, very nice looking bikes you both have there.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Royal Stargazer on July 18, 2015, 03:38:01 am
Just bought a new filter to replace the stock filter and box setup. Plan is to migrate the oval utility box contents to the air filter box, obtain a small Lithium Nanophosphate battery to mount somewhere other than the stock position (maybe under the seat?) and remove both the battery platform and oval utility box to get a stripped-down look.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gremlin on July 19, 2015, 02:38:22 am
after much chiding from SWMBO  ::) and others .....  I removed the milk crate from B5's luggage rack.   :o   Then I went and mounted a blasting-caps crate.  8)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on July 19, 2015, 02:51:35 am
It's a good thing that you are as tall as you are.

That box is right where I would want to swing my leg as I'm mounting my motorcycle.  :o  ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on July 19, 2015, 04:53:33 am
Wait a minute.....  What did you do with all those blasting caps?  ;)  Looks good.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gremlin on July 19, 2015, 05:43:29 am
Wait a minute.....  What did you do with all those blasting caps?  ;)  Looks good.

 ;)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Craig McClure on July 19, 2015, 06:05:06 pm
I use a black canvas roll bag bungeed on my tail rack. Tail boxes & I don't get along (or sissy bars back in the day) Hard for me to mount, & scary in event of a crash. I avoid them like the plague. As it is when I fill my tail bag at the store, I have to climb on the left peg (bike on center stand) to get my leg over, & my bag is not as tall as a tail box. Would much prefer a generous size set of period Pannier Bags.  Be careful of that tail box.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Royal Stargazer on July 19, 2015, 10:34:48 pm
I just reinstalled the proper C5 taillight and performed an oil change. I also got a decent sunburn, too!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on July 19, 2015, 10:48:17 pm
I put my old "beep" "beep" horn back on my G5.

http://www.enfieldmotorcycles.com/forum/index.php/topic,19493.msg248908.html#new
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: bluesdaddy2 on July 20, 2015, 11:05:57 am
Seat looks really nice.  Is it comfy?

Scotty,
Not too many miles on that seat yet but it does feel & fit pretty good and I love the look. The new seat, in combination with the new shocks, seems a little stiffer than the original setup but it sticks to the road quite well and with my 30" inseam the new setup gets me right where I want to be with the seat height. I lost 2" with the shocks and at least an inch with the seat.  Feels good..........Looks great, IMO
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on July 20, 2015, 11:17:44 am
I was thinking of that seat shortly before I sold mine.  Looked really nice and pretty comfy for the small size it was.  Thanks for the info.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Carlsberg Wordsworth on July 20, 2015, 09:11:05 pm
Not strictly today 9yesterday) but after warming the bike up pre oil and filter change I move it off the centre stand and for whatever reason in a slow motion affair the bike falls away ........

Luckily lands softly but breaks the right mirror off. Now I notice that neither mirror stem was the same. This leads me to wonder if the bike has gently fallen over before and  bending the rear carrier therefor putting the right side closer to the shock as I have previously mentioned elsewhere. I can't see how it would do this but it's a theory.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: ToesNose on July 20, 2015, 09:49:21 pm
Installed new shocks, Monza progressive 292mm. Wife is away on a business trip leaving me alone with the boy......No ride report till the weekend.
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/buT1vcCUQYCT7gO5wGHWUjI3XxxEErpSN0SQxNfRhI4=w962-h722-no)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Craig McClure on July 22, 2015, 04:03:29 pm
Installed new shocks, Monza progressive 292mm. Wife is away on a business trip leaving me alone with the boy......No ride report till the weekend.
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/buT1vcCUQYCT7gO5wGHWUjI3XxxEErpSN0SQxNfRhI4=w962-h722-no)
That's a very pretty bike, & shock change is a great improvement over stock - one of the first things I did. That big log of a muffler looks to be drooping toward the rear. If you live in a state without emission inspections, it would be my next choice for an improvement. I'm running a sporty non - EFI 1960's NOS Cocktail shaker, that works fine, won't drag, & sings to me.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Mulga Bill on July 23, 2015, 07:20:21 am
Looked at it, looked at the rain, looked at it, looked at the rain......you get the idea :(
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: krimp on July 23, 2015, 03:31:29 pm
Looked at it, looked at the rain, looked at it, looked at the rain......you get the idea :(

You should have gone for a ride in the rain.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Mulga Bill on July 24, 2015, 05:49:55 am
You should have gone for a ride in the rain.
If I do the carpet in the lounge room will get wet when I put it to bed...bahaha!
Title: First Fillup/Fuel Mileage
Post by: Rustygears on July 24, 2015, 09:32:47 pm
I filled my tank and checked my fuel mileage....102 mpg (imp gal)!!! :)  Of course that's during breakin so I've been very easy on the throttle.  Next is my first service, interested to see how that goes..

RJ
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: ToesNose on July 25, 2015, 01:07:26 pm
84 mpg in U.S. gallons, nice Rusty!  ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: The Old Coot on July 25, 2015, 01:24:31 pm
I'm "Down" to about 79 MPG as I can run faster now that the breakin is further along.

As to what I'm doing to my Enfield today, I riding it over to Heindl Engineering, where I bought it at, for their open house. About a 60 miles trip each way and all  of it back road. Should be a fun trip.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gashousegorilla on July 26, 2015, 02:41:35 am
 Rode the feckin' piss out of it man.  No work.... out of the garage for a while.  Hills , woods , twisties , farm land, scraping pipes, blasting down the highway doing 90. Beautiful summer afternoon and evening.... Gawd , I love this bike.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on July 26, 2015, 04:14:30 am
Rode the feckin' piss out of it man.  No work.... out of the garage for a while.  Hills , woods , twisties , farm land, scraping pipes, blasting down the highway doing 90. Beautiful summer afternoon and evening.... Gawd , I love this bike.

Not too shabby...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: pmanaz1973 on July 27, 2015, 07:49:07 pm
Picked up a new Shoei Qwest helmet and went for a 2 hour ride.  I finally got rid of my old loud and hot Nolan and I am loving the new lid - comfy and really quiet. 

I despise full-face helmets, but I still wear them on higher speed runs. 
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on July 28, 2015, 12:14:37 pm
Picked up a new Shoei Qwest helmet...

I like the fit and comfort of mine - so I'm inclined to wear it! - but I have a terrible time with the visor fogging.  And even one notch open of the flip-up visor directs a stream of wind right into my eyes, even at 10 mph.  I'd be curious to know if you have similar issues...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on July 28, 2015, 07:41:04 pm
Picked up a new Shoei Qwest helmet and went for a 2 hour ride.  I finally got rid of my old loud and hot Nolan and I am loving the new lid - comfy and really quiet. 

I despise full-face helmets, but I still wear them on higher speed runs.

Got one of those a few months back.  Very comfy and quiet, so long as the visor doesn't whistle.  It takes a little more fiddling than the old model to get the visor just right.  If it's wrong it whistles terribly.

Amazing visibility in this helmet, especially up.  I really have to tilt my head down a fair bit to use the top edge as a sun visor now.

I wear full face all the time, you don't get to pick when you'll crash.  Face vs. asphalt only ends one way, even at 10MPH.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on July 28, 2015, 10:12:28 pm
I saw a helmet like that but much worse on Palomar Mountain once.  A young guy had crashed his vintage Ducati and the entire front of the shield was ground so deeply you couldn't see through it.  Some Marine medics were riding, helped him up, parked the bike, and rode him to the cafe so he could wait for his friend to come with a trailer and get him and the bike.  He was beaten and bruised, but he still was able to smile and re-tell the story.

Deer suck.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on July 29, 2015, 12:20:00 am
And here I was about to post a quick "joke" reply to your helmet photo... I'm glad I thought better of it and read ahead!  That's quite a story - I'm glad you persevered!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: pmanaz1973 on July 29, 2015, 09:09:30 pm
I like the fit and comfort of mine - so I'm inclined to wear it! - but I have a terrible time with the visor fogging.  And even one notch open of the flip-up visor directs a stream of wind right into my eyes, even at 10 mph.  I'd be curious to know if you have similar issues...

No fogging, but it does blow air straight into my eyes at low speed if I notch it up one or two - past that the wind goes away.  No fogging on my helmet and no whistling what so ever.   Scotty - I'd love to hear how you adjusted your visor.  I was under the impression that these couldn't be adjusted by mere mortals.

Deer- I hate them - tons of them around here and they all seem to have a death wish.  Glad you survived.

I still hate full-face helmets, like I hate seatbelts and the gym - but I use them all religiously.  I do ride with my Bell pit boss around town (25mph and below), but never faster than that.  Just can't see or hear shit out of a full-face.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on July 30, 2015, 12:42:39 am
There are two screws that hold each side mechanism on, you just loosen them so you can move them and go with trial and error until you get it right.  Takes a while to get it, most people give up and send it back to the factory.  Also, closing the visor from the middle (instead of using the tab to the side) and giving it a nudge to seat it helps a lot.

My last Shoei shot a jet of air right into my eyes when propped open one notch.  The only really useful settings were wide open and closed.  This one is a bit better but I don't bother opening much these days.  Ventilation in the Qwest ain't that great, but with a Foggy Respro it never matters.  I got one a while back for fall riding when everything tends to get fogged up all the time.  It works so well and it's so comfortable I never took it out.  I tried the new helmet for a day without it before I moved it over.  Really worth it, I never get fogging ever now.

http://respro.com/store/product/foggy-mask

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: The Old Coot on July 30, 2015, 12:49:29 am
Fogging? Fogging not since I added a Penlock insert to my Quest. My HJC CF-17 came with the insert and I was so impressed I sprung for the Quest as well
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: pmanaz1973 on July 30, 2015, 04:45:05 am
Thanks Scotty.  Kind of what I figured.  I adjusted my old Nolan a bit and that was a trail and error sort of thing.  Nice find on the foggy mask.  I'll order one up.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on July 30, 2015, 04:40:57 pm
Fogging? Fogging not since I added a Penlock insert to my Quest. My HJC CF-17 came with the insert and I was so impressed I sprung for the Quest as well

Those are nice too and work very well. 
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on July 31, 2015, 12:22:09 am
Ventilation in the Qwest ain't that great, but with a Foggy Respro it never matters.  I got one a while back for fall riding when everything tends to get fogged up all the time.  It works so well and it's so comfortable I never took it out.  I tried the new helmet for a day without it before I moved it over.  Really worth it, I never get fogging ever now.

http://respro.com/store/product/foggy-mask

Scott

Again, to each his own.  I bought one of those, and never could get it to fit comfortably and still have a good seal - and, every time I tried to move it around to readjust the fit, the velcro hooks that stick to the cheek pads shredded the material a little more.  For me, both useless and destructive!  It's keeping my shelf fog-free...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: longstrokeclassic on August 24, 2015, 10:00:36 am
I eased the round cable entry hole in the headlamp casquette (top outer, lower inner section) with a Dremmel to remove the kink it was putting in my clutch cable. The touch up paint on the bare metal could not be seen once the grommet had been pushed back into place. The clutch cable outer moves easier within the opening and the inner cable feels a smoother now it has a much cleaner run :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: johno on August 24, 2015, 01:34:40 pm
Added a heat chromed heat shield to the B5's exhaust to hide the ugly original bracket on the header and the joint on the shorty muffler. also to stop my boots from melting on the pipe.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Farmer_John on August 24, 2015, 05:18:14 pm
I like the fit and comfort of mine - so I'm inclined to wear it! - but I have a terrible time with the visor fogging.  And even one notch open of the flip-up visor directs a stream of wind right into my eyes, even at 10 mph.  I'd be curious to know if you have similar issues...

Three ways I've found to diminish fogging. One is shaving cream. Spread it on, polish it off. One is cutting a raw potato and wiping it across the shield, the polish it off.

If you want the industry standard, get some Cat Crap.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Carlsberg Wordsworth on August 24, 2015, 09:16:29 pm
Found out today pushing the start button did absolute zip. Took apart the switchgear and cleaned the contacts with some fine sandpaper. Silicone grease over the contacts and all's good.

Kinda glad I had the kickstart option.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: tpelle on August 24, 2015, 11:09:25 pm
Three ways I've found to diminish fogging. One is shaving cream. Spread it on, polish it off. One is cutting a raw potato and wiping it across the shield, the polish it off.

If you want the industry standard, get some Cat Crap.

Reminds me.......gotta clean the litter box.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: ToesNose on September 01, 2015, 02:26:06 am
The extra wire heat shield vibrated off the rivets yesterday on my way home from work, so since I had to take the large heat shield off I decided to cut it down and black it out.  I like the way it looks,  I might keep it like this longer then I was originally planning.

Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: heloego on September 05, 2015, 02:01:09 am
That does look pretty good, in a "bazooka" sort of way.  ;)
I like the wire heat shield. Come with the bike, or after market?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: i.candide on September 07, 2015, 03:10:58 pm
I looked at the lovely beast and sighed..feel more like Charlie Brown than i.candide. This post is more like what I did not do than what I did. I did not dust her down or clean her or lube her or...

I'm in my sixth week post surgery. Fused 4 vertibrae and removed portions of 2. Doc says it will be up to 3 months - Noveember - before  I'll be back to normal - whatever that will be. Have not been able to ride since April.

I hope the new normal includes riding my C5 Galaxy!!!

Just when the dealer - one of the best (Southern California Motorcycles) - sorted out the stalling problem, this started.

The down time has allowed me to explore metal working, including welding. I hope I can start the planned work sooner than November. paniers, modified top box, napolean bar end mirrors, vibration isolation, etc.

Wish I had the knowledge to help out with other people's problems, but my ignorance shouts out too loudly.

This forum is my lifeline to the 'Enfield nirvana' of riding and working on my beautiful Military C5. Thank you all!

Please wish me luck.

i.candide
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: heloego on September 07, 2015, 03:48:30 pm
At our age it sure doesn't take much to set us down for awhile, does it?
Sorry about the vertebra, bro, but good to hear you're able to use the downtime constructively.
Best of luck with the recovery.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on September 07, 2015, 11:15:35 pm
Please wish me luck.

i.candide

Consider it done!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on September 08, 2015, 04:19:39 am
I.candidate, sorry to hear about you back issues.  Still, for all the work you had done the recovery time doesn't seem too bad.  Patience, you'll be riding again soon. Here's hoping you heal up well.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: i.candide on September 08, 2015, 05:01:05 am
Thank you for all your encouragement. It seems that Nov is wayyyyy awayyyy. I needed the boost.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on September 08, 2015, 12:57:47 pm
November will come and go in the blink of an eye!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: krimp on September 08, 2015, 06:25:36 pm
This weekend, I adjusted my chain and added a connection for a battery tender. Next on the list: new exhaust. Maybe.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: suitcasejefferson on September 11, 2015, 04:23:57 am
Oddly enough, it was cool and cloudy today in the Phoenix valley, and I took the chance to go for a ride. I put air in the tires, adjusted and lubed the chain (only it's second adjustment in 5500 miles) and went out and put 228 miles on her. I ran into some light mist, but no actual rain. She ran beautifully the whole way. But that seat, oh that seat. I can barely sit in my computer chair 8 hours later.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: ToesNose on September 11, 2015, 01:03:19 pm
That does look pretty good, in a "bazooka" sort of way.  ;)
I like the wire heat shield. Come with the bike, or after market?


It came with the bike, that's what vibrated off in the first place. Well the steel rivets didn't do the job either, it vibrated off again and now it's lost forever LOL.  :P
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: krimp on September 11, 2015, 04:08:32 pm
Last night, on the way home, I crossed the 6000 mile mark. Tomorrow, it's time for another oil change.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Eagle56 on September 11, 2015, 06:18:53 pm
Fitted a landrover series 2 nail horn
Not sure is its any louder but hope the dozy gits hear it better
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Carlsberg Wordsworth on September 16, 2015, 07:36:37 pm
Have noticed some clunks from the rear recently so thought I'd better investigate.

I think at some time before in adjusting the rear shocks, I've inadvertently had them at slightly different settings. I can't remember how long they've been like this and suffice to say they are now equal.

 
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: jkrobin on September 16, 2015, 10:29:57 pm
Have noticed some clunks from the rear recently so thought I'd better investigate.

I think at some time before in adjusting the rear shocks, I've inadvertently had them at slightly different settings. I can't remember how long they've been like this and suffice to say they are now equal.

Did this recently myself!  :)  Fixed.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ice on September 17, 2015, 01:54:07 am
 Brought it home.

 Sorry gents, I myself did not go to the dark side and join the ranks of late 20th century motorcycling with all it's EFI voodoo and modern ignition electrickery 8), this one is hers.  ;D 

 REspectfully ,
Ice.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on September 17, 2015, 03:28:06 am
I know Pedro is crying now that that bike has left the shop.  He loves REs.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Richard230 on September 27, 2015, 12:13:18 am
Today I hauled a tire 40 miles to my daughter's home and installed it on the front wheel of her 1981 BMW R65LS. And I was helped out by the trombone rear rack sold by NField Gear.   :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gashousegorilla on September 27, 2015, 12:57:56 am
Brought it home.

 Sorry gents, I myself did not go to the dark side and join the ranks of late 20th century motorcycling with all it's EFI voodoo and modern ignition electrickery 8), this one is hers.  ;D 

 REspectfully ,
Ice.

  Dark side !?   You mean the age of enlightenment . ;) ::)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Farmer_John on September 27, 2015, 01:17:07 am
I looked at mine through my dining room window.  Rode yesterday, broke both 1000m and 70mph for the first time.

It was good.


tomorrow, I ride dapper...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: suitcasejefferson on September 27, 2015, 05:51:47 pm
I got up super early this morning (to beat the heat) and went for a 150+ mile ride. No destination, just made it up as I went along. I did stop at a McDonalds and got something to drink, where I also sat and admired it through the window.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ice on September 30, 2015, 01:46:35 am
 Took delivery of some Dunlop goodness.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: AmBraCol on September 30, 2015, 02:27:32 am
Got one step closer to ordering the Rumbler 500.  Hopefully we'll get 'er done soon and take delivery...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Mr.Mazza on September 30, 2015, 02:46:55 pm
Put 30 more miles on my Halfa fireball Cafe special! ;)
And did normal running in checks and adjustments.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Richard230 on September 30, 2015, 03:16:11 pm
For the first time that I have owned my 2011 B5, I had to replace a bolt that had loosened and fallen off.  However, this was the muffler-hanging bolt and I had installed it without thread locker.  I corrected that little error with a new nylon-insert locking nut.  I then went around the bike to check for loose fasteners and couldn't find a single factory-installed bolt that was loose.  Someone was doing something right at the factory when my bike was manufactured.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on September 30, 2015, 08:10:36 pm
However, this was the muffler-hanging bolt and I had installed it without thread locker.

Sinners, REpent!  REpent!

;)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: AmBraCol on October 02, 2015, 06:04:22 pm
Placed my order for a blue Rumbler 500. There are only four  dealers in the country so will have to wait 'til they can ship it to an affiliated bike shop here.  The countdown has begun!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Carlsberg Wordsworth on October 02, 2015, 10:23:48 pm
I would like that headlamp, speedo and tach setup on the B5 AmBraCol. I wonder how hard (read $/£) that transformation is??

In other news, swingarm and bushes removed and tbh was expecting a nightmare but done within 50 mins. Just got to insert (with expected grief) the new ones now.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: longstrokeclassic on October 03, 2015, 06:00:52 pm
Had measurements taken for a straight through bottle type exhaust with a drain plug baffle for a more 'classic' sound. Should be ready next month.
RE in their wisdom have decided to increase the diameter of the down pipe by over a millimetre so the silencer from the older models wont fit.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: caricabasso on October 09, 2015, 06:20:36 pm
I had found a store of old things and I thought it might be of some use.
It is made of brass and I painted glossy black, leaving the bottoms and using it to grease the chain.
(http://s2.postimg.org/jrhgann55/INGRASSATORE_001.jpg)

(http://s15.postimg.org/5jttd5n2z/INGRASSATORE_002.jpg)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: tenacres650 on October 09, 2015, 10:31:16 pm
Had measurements taken for a straight through bottle type exhaust with a drain plug baffle for a more 'classic' sound. Should be ready next month.
RE in their wisdom have decided to increase the diameter of the down pipe by over a millimetre so the silencer from the older models wont fit.

What model and year do you have, my C5 has an ID of 41mm for the muffler?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: ToesNose on October 10, 2015, 01:17:20 am
Very cool Caricabasso, looks right at home there  ;)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Narada on October 10, 2015, 03:48:18 am
That looks great, I love brass!  How does the oil dispensing work?  It looks like you open the valve and turn the jack screw? Or is it a pump?  Nice clamp.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Scotty Brown on October 10, 2015, 04:47:33 am
Had a nice 120 mile ride breaking in a new modular helmet in 110 degree heat.  Ate the best chili cheese dog ever at Tom's Farm in Carona Ca.  Joined by four other riders aboard a Moto Guzzi, a Honda, a Norton, and a BSA.  We all suffered with the heat ~!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: heloego on October 11, 2015, 01:42:16 pm
Can't ride due to employment regs, but last night put a shiny new ACE decal on the cannister.
It ain't depressed no mo'.  :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: The Old Coot on October 11, 2015, 01:45:05 pm
Can't ride due to employment regs, but last night put a shiny new ACE decal on the cannister.
It ain't depressed no mo'.  :)

You can't ride because of company rules? I know at my work if you don't wear a helmet the insurance won't pay if you crash but I never heard of not being allowed to ride.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: heloego on October 11, 2015, 01:53:42 pm
To clarify, since I'm required to have a company computer with me 24/7 while on duty (7 on, 7 off) I can't ride with a company pc.
Some idiot from IT dropped one right in front of the company safety spook  ::) and broke it, so now it's policy that we are not allowed to carry one on a motorcycle.
I have to wait until Wednesday evening after a pass-down briefing with my opposite before I can ride.  :(
Sucks, but I can't use my own PC due to the company firewall.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: The Old Coot on October 11, 2015, 01:56:44 pm
OK I can see being on call. When I was in a On Call position we were required to stay within 25 miles of home. If we did get a call, rare, but the whole plant was stopped.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: heloego on October 11, 2015, 02:10:06 pm
I have to be within a 1 hour response, and on weekends cover three bases. Two of them are 80 miles away.
I'll be glad when today's over.  :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: tenacres650 on October 13, 2015, 05:46:02 am
Fitted and tried out my new EMGO Cafe’ Muffler today, very free flowing.

picked it up off ebay for $26 including postage, came with 3 reducer sleeves and mount, but I used the original front muffler mount with a spacer to match.

(http://i410.photobucket.com/albums/pp190/tenacres1100/2c525ea4-191c-4991-b568-648c65bee960.jpg)[/URL][/img]
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: longstrokeclassic on October 13, 2015, 11:16:45 am
What model and year do you have, my C5 has an ID of 41mm for the muffler?

Just updated Profile ;)
But bike is this years model B5 and the end of the downpipe measures 43mm. The Company still work with imperial stock so the ID for the inlet on the silencer will actually be 1&11/16" 
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: AmBraCol on October 14, 2015, 02:47:20 am
The Rumbler is at the dealer's place!  ;D Now to wait 'til they can get it shipped over here...  :-\

It's hard to wait, but time will pass (eventually)...  8)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: heloego on October 14, 2015, 04:17:53 am
Nice!  ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Blairio on October 14, 2015, 06:32:44 am
Some idiot from IT dropped one right in front of the company safety spook  ::) and broke it, so now it's policy that we are not allowed to carry one on a motorcycle.

That's a drag. I have to take my work  laptop home with me as well. I managed to source an A4 pannier by Carradice that takes a laptop in soft-shell case nice and snuggly.  It migrates between my cycle pannier rack and my Electra pannier rack. The Carradice kit is well worth checking out - no moulded plastic here: just 'cotton duck' canvas, leather, aluminium, wood and clever fittings that fit a big range of racks.

http://www.carradice.co.uk/index.php?page_id=product&under=range&url=a4-pannier (http://www.carradice.co.uk/index.php?page_id=product&under=range&url=a4-pannier)

Their cycle saddlebags and panniers are timeless. Also, anything breaks and you send it back to Carradice for repair, so <edit NO> built in obsolescence!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on October 17, 2015, 12:48:11 am
Yesterday... rode it.  About 300 miles...

https://forum.classicmotorworks.com/index.php/topic,22623.0.html (https://forum.classicmotorworks.com/index.php/topic,22623.0.html)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: heloego on October 17, 2015, 01:01:37 am
Nice ride, Matt! You do have some beautiful vistas in your part of the country! ;D
Glad you got a good ride in before the real cold sets in.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: sjbiat on October 17, 2015, 02:33:16 am
Found a beautiful rutted gravel road, only 40 miles north of NYC.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on October 17, 2015, 03:16:50 am
Found a beautiful rutted gravel road, only 40 miles north of NYC.

Sublime!!  8)
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Post by: retrolynn on October 18, 2015, 01:02:55 am
Nice road! Went for a 40 mile ride with a friend with a GT. Beautiful scenery
all 2 lane,and relaxing. We are having a beautiful fall in Montana! My b5 turned 2500 miles,and his GT turned 2000 miles.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: heloego on October 18, 2015, 01:47:19 am
Makin' me homesick, Lynn.  :(
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Mulga Bill on October 18, 2015, 08:03:32 am
Washed, polished and detailed both the wife and mine. Now to get them dirty again.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: JVS on October 18, 2015, 08:43:53 am
Washed, polished and detailed both the wife and mine. Now to get them dirty again.

 :o  8) Nothing wrong with that lol
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on October 18, 2015, 10:43:41 am
Washed, polished and detailed both the wife and mine. Now to get them dirty again.

Did you mean "the wife's"?  If not, your day is about to get a lot more interesting...  ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Mr.Mazza on October 18, 2015, 11:04:20 am
Went for an hours blast around the hills, came home and hopefully fixed the exhaust leak!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on October 18, 2015, 05:11:38 pm
Cleaned the carb, dumped the old gas and put in fresh, signed the title and ride her to her new home.    :-\
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on October 18, 2015, 05:18:14 pm
So I guess it sold!  What's next on your project list?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: pmanaz1973 on October 18, 2015, 05:28:34 pm
At least you know who has it and after you get into your house and all, you might have the opportunity to buy it back someday.

Homeownership has dashed a number of my plans as well - It's nice to own your own place, but it ain't cheap and depending on the place can take time away from fun stuff to maintain, etc.  At least you'll get a tax break on your mortgage and hopefully get a place with a nice garage.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: heloego on October 18, 2015, 08:57:08 pm
+1 and congrats(?) on the sale.  ???
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: ace.cafe on October 18, 2015, 09:49:05 pm
End of an era.
Kinda sad, but the future awaits!
 :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on October 19, 2015, 12:44:57 am
It went to a good home and I do have the option to buy it back in the future.  But we'll see what the future holds.  I'd much rather have a Fireball Bullet than a twin.  ;)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on October 19, 2015, 03:15:58 am
Look around and I'm sure you'll be able to find an old bike cheap.  Nice to have something to start with in the garage ;)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: heloego on October 19, 2015, 02:48:51 pm
Glad you found it a good home, Scotty.
Just remember...what goes around comes around, so keep moving in the right direction and good things will come your way.
Like another bike cheap!  ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Guaire on October 19, 2015, 08:16:21 pm
It went to a good home and I do have the option to buy it back in the future.  But we'll see what the future holds.  I'd much rather have a Fireball Bullet than a twin.  ;)
  A Fireballed single will have more power and less weight than a twin. Sounds like the old Miller ad, 'less weight, more power'!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on October 19, 2015, 11:22:28 pm
And only about half as many things that can go wrong ;)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: malky on October 20, 2015, 07:08:37 am
Took off the rear number plate holder, treated the tail lamp and indicator internals to a dose of acf, painted the inside of the holder with red oxide and stuck it all back together. Finished off by filling in the hole where the wiring exits the rear mudguard (fender) with silicon to stop the winter salt getting in there and festering away unseen. Next job, paint the underside of the mudguards, two coats red oxide, followed by a coat of stoneguard, and hope for a mild winter.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Guaire on October 21, 2015, 12:28:22 am
I threw away the side stand switch. Then I cleaned up the battery terminal connections.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: The Old Coot on October 21, 2015, 12:29:55 am
I rode mine. What's better to do?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: AmBraCol on October 21, 2015, 03:21:25 am
Received a call from the dealer where I bought the Rumbler.  It's at the warehouse from whence it will be sent together with a truckload of lesser bikes to our town.  Should be here by the weekend, but then have to wait 'til the licensing and such are taken care of. Hopefully will get to ride it before the end of the month!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on October 22, 2015, 12:30:27 am
It's at the warehouse from whence it will be sent together with a truckload of lesser bikes to our town.

 ;D

I guess we know your feelings on the matter, AmBraCol!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: AmBraCol on October 22, 2015, 04:02:59 am
;D

I guess we know your feelings on the matter, AmBraCol!

Actually,  AKT makes a pretty decent little bike. But as far as I can tell, I'll have the first Royal Enfield in town so am looking forward to interactions with the folks at AKT as we get the paperwork sorted out.  RE is threatening to open a dealership here, but no specific time frame yet.  In the meantime I'll be enjoying the Rumbler.   ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Scotty Brown on October 24, 2015, 04:20:58 am
Through cleaning and detail -- Removed bags and applied leather conditioner also--- Looks like brand new again --- Checked and tightened nuts and bolts -- Few needed attention --- Next week or so I will install the K70's although the Avons don't look to worn at 7500 miles. --- Maybe try for 8500 --
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Mr.Mazza on October 24, 2015, 05:46:57 am
Did my second oil change on my Fireballish 525 today!
Also changrd primary case oil as it was leaking, so I sealed that, the sump plug (which was leaking before) and the tappet cover.
While I was in there I tightened my exhaust tappet, I think the rod a wee bent though :/
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: johno on October 24, 2015, 01:39:59 pm
My 2012 B5 had its first ministry of transport test (MOT) today. which takes place 3 years from first register date, then every year there after.
The test is a thorough safety check of the machine, looking at condition, bearings, steering, weight, brakes, lights and so on.
Good news, my B5 passed with flying colours, surprised that the rear brake was more than sufficient for the test (25% of the braking effort) giving out about 40% of the effort before the back wheel started sliding on the so called friction surface.
Most get there MOT done in spring, I prefer mine to be in autumn (fall) so its ready and safe for any winter trips....
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: NDC5 on October 24, 2015, 04:48:42 pm
2010 C5 put on the lift, disconnected the sidestand switch, changed out the battery terminals, replaced/adjusted chain, installed canvas saddlebags, topped off fuel, added stabilizer and cleaned/polished/tightened. It'll be in hibernation until April or May of 2016. Should have snow here in North Dakota in a few weeks. Bought it in May with 732 miles now has a whopping 948 on it. Plan on riding more next year.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: wildbill on October 25, 2015, 01:52:49 am
glad you asked? I lost the lock to my battery cover some time ago and since then it has been held on by cable ties. today I was following the usual annual pilgrimage to mecca -feeding the birds- and noticed a flash of yellow plastic in the grass and the holly grail lay before me- my battery cover lock with clip still attached.
I removed it once and misplaced it and never jumped back on the bike for days so -its back on again. only problem I just ordered a new one a few days back
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on October 25, 2015, 08:59:47 am
only problem I just ordered a new one a few days back

That's not a problem - they've been known to break, so you'll have a spare!  Now if you could only keep a bike around long enough to need it...  ;)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on October 25, 2015, 06:28:54 pm
So the SV650 with the Yoshimura exhaust was a little too raucous and I decided to put the stock exhaust on.  I hate it :( 

It didn't change the performance a lick so no problem there.  While it's quiet it still sounds good.  The problem is all kinds of different vibrations at all different RPMs now.  I noticed the same thing on the C5, fewer vibes when I went to a less restrictive exhaust.

So I ordered a repacking kit from Yosh, that may help a bit.  I'm also trying to figure out a way to mount an extra baffle.  Mine is an older model so doesn't have the threaded holes required nor enough metal to drill them in. 

And to be totally honest, I really did like the sound it made with the Yosh, just a little too loud for civil society.

I also have a softer spring to mount on the shock since it's a bit stiff for me.  It's a heavy steady rain here in Portland so I'm all focused on winter projects.  Now, If I can just finish tiling the bathroom floor...

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: AmBraCol on October 28, 2015, 12:55:41 am
Well, I finally got to sit on her.  Yep, she arrived at the local AKT dealer who promptly called me so I could get the paperwork started to get her licensed and on the road.  Also fired her up and listened to her idle a little bit.  The next day or so is going to drag something horrible.

Here's a link to a horrible, brief video.  The channel name is a play on the Colombian pronunciation of "Rumbler" (they tend to say "rambler") and my plan to share videos of my ramblings through the Andes on the Rumbler.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_D2HueAS_4 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_D2HueAS_4)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: AmBraCol on October 31, 2015, 11:09:33 pm
Yesterday and today I managed to sneak in time to ride the Rumbler.  No telling when I'll get to do some more as today we received the keys to the new place we're leasing and will be in full moving mode by Monday. But picking up the keys worked as a good excuse to get out and ride.  Instead of taking the direct route I rode the long way around, partly to get a feel for arriving at the house from the other side of town but mostly as an excuse to get out on an unbusy highway.  RPM's kept below 3,000 and plenty of opportunity to change gears up and down to vary the engine speed. Memory tells me that my dad's CB400 twin was much buzzier than this bike.  Folks talk about the Royal Enfields vibrating, but this bike is fairly smooth.  Once I get a chance to wind it up to 50+ mph we'll see, but it gives no indication to me that it's going to be a horrible as folks say the RE's are.

151 km on the odometer now.   :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: malky on October 31, 2015, 11:24:27 pm
I sat and looked at mine and wished the fog would go away and take the rain with it. :'(
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: AmBraCol on October 31, 2015, 11:28:04 pm
I sat and looked at mine and wished the fog would go away and take the rain with it. :'(

I really like my Nelson-Riggs rain suit.  The Aerostitch rain gloves keep my regular gloves dry.  The piece of kit missing is good rain boots, but for short jaunts my waterproof boots do OK.  Rain just  helps keep the engine cooler!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: malky on November 01, 2015, 12:15:04 am
I was just having a moan. I want to get across to the west coast of Scotland before the snow and ice arrives,along with the Enfield dissolving salt. :)
For some reason my antiquated tabled (or its antiquated operator) can't post links, best boots I've ever had,(and a lot are in agreement) are called Altberg Hoggs, made in England. I've never had wet or cold feet in them. Current ones are 15 years old and they've seen a lot of use.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: The Old Coot on November 01, 2015, 12:35:16 am
Nice looking boots, I found their web site. I stick with Sidi and Tourmaster here. Both do good the Sidi Adventure Gortex are a tough as they come and stiff as well. The Toumaster I got as commuter boots after my old Sidi Rain boots wore out. Took 6 years and over 150,000 mile but I could almost step on a dine and call it heads or tails!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: AmBraCol on November 01, 2015, 02:01:47 am
Oh, I  understand quite well.  Here north of the Equator and south of the Canal we've got halfway decent riding weather pretty much year 'round.  Back in college up in the U.S. it was different.  Winter is not a fun season to ride bikes -although I did a lot of winter riding as my CB500Four was my only transportation for a while.

Those are interesting looking boots. I dasn't buy footwear over the 'net, so am stuck with what ever I can find locally (not much).  But for the past few years I've been wearing a pair of White's Boots "Farmer Rancher" boots for travel.  With a good pair of water proof breeches and a good oiling of the boot, they are pretty much water proof for riding purposes and give excellent leg support.  I've had them rebuilt once and will do so again when they need it.  Had them custom made after being fit at the factory in Spokane, Washington a few years back.  Don't know when I'll get a chance to use them on my Royal Enfield, not 'til after the first maintenance when I take my first trip.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: malky on November 02, 2015, 07:45:02 pm
Checked out the White's boots website, good stuff. I notice they don't give prices though.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Carlsberg Wordsworth on November 02, 2015, 10:27:07 pm
Not quite today but solenoid deaded, got used to kicking it all week. Bi-starter not doing much either lol.

At least I got my old speedo working, even if the face plate still bounces.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Blairio on November 03, 2015, 06:46:50 am
my 'go to' waterproof riding footwear is a pair of Hi-Tech hiking boots.  I have had them 13 years and they still work fine, although they do get a good layer of boot polish every now and then. I have a pair of 'gaters' which seal between my waterproof trousers and the boots. Very useful things, gaters.

http://www.millets.co.uk/footwear/118445-trekmates-dry-grasmere-ankle-gaiters-black.html (http://www.millets.co.uk/footwear/118445-trekmates-dry-grasmere-ankle-gaiters-black.html)

I have a proper pair of riding boots, but they don't get used often - too restrictive.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: HiFi Guy on November 04, 2015, 03:44:43 am
Installed Hitchcock's fly screen.
Installed mirror shock absorbers- brilliant!
Changed the Bosch plug for an NGK Iridium.
Rode it a bit.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on November 04, 2015, 10:37:43 am
Installed mirror shock absorbers- brilliant!

Details?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: longstrokeclassic on November 04, 2015, 11:10:20 am
http://www.hitchcocksmotorcycles.com/http://www.hitchcocksmotorcycles.com/pictures/category7391/large/90247.jpg

These are on my shopping list :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Narada on November 07, 2015, 04:41:47 am
My new Dragonfly panniers have arrived from India.  Will begin fitment tomorrow.

Purchased 10 feet of nice 6 gauge battery cable, terminals and shrink tubing from NAPA as reccomended in Scotty's battery cable repair thread. I will be looking into that process this weekend also.

Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Carlsberg Wordsworth on November 07, 2015, 09:18:56 am
Solenoid not dead, battery up the creek. Probably can't  return solenoid as red boot split apart so now have a spare.

Off to get new battery, though a bit of a pain, it has been strangely satisfying kicking bike to life.

Next up will be a sticky calliper repair.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Mulga Bill on November 07, 2015, 09:58:19 am
Put the panniers on.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Magoo on November 07, 2015, 10:17:53 am
Celebrated our two year anniversary (and subsequent end of dealer warranty) today.
She just got back from a six month hiatus to replace tank and other bits and pieces after a lowside. India sends parts via turtle to Australia.
So a good polish and a 30,000km service and she's running sweet again.
Now to rekindle the love affair this summer!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: johno on November 07, 2015, 11:52:06 am
http://www.hitchcocksmotorcycles.com/http://www.hitchcocksmotorcycles.com/pictures/category7391/large/90247.jpg

These are on my shopping list :)
I have a set fitted, they do work....to a point, with the added benefit of raising the mirrors an inch
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: AmBraCol on November 09, 2015, 02:47:31 am
Swapped the rear foot peg to the front - because like a complete newby I left the bike idling while I locked the garage door.  Note to self:  When waiting for the engine to warm up, make sure it's on a flat surface and preferably on the center stand.  Now I need a new mirror as well.  Thankfully the tank and side plate were not scratched.

We're closing in on the half way to the first oil change mark.  It's been slow going because we've been moving to a new house, no time to cruise around on the Rumbler.  Somehow this week I've got to get the kilometers run in so as to get the oil change done prior to a trip I'll probably be doing next week on it.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: ToesNose on November 10, 2015, 02:09:55 pm
Pouring rain and 43 degrees yesterday.....all I did to mine was ogle it and wish it wasn't pouring out. But tomorrow's weather looks good!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: AmBraCol on November 10, 2015, 03:13:29 pm
I warmed up the engine before wheeling the Rumbler out of the garage and made sure to set her properly so she wouldn't lay down on me again while locking the door.  Then I rode her.  After my appointment I rode her again, talking the long way home.  Today we broke 300, getting clear up to 319 km on the odometer before I parked in front of the house.  Oh, and yesterday I took my wife to work on the Rumbler.  She told me that it's FAR MORE COMFORTABLE than the old XL 200 was.  :) 
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: longstrokeclassic on November 10, 2015, 09:45:48 pm
Cleaned the points and checked the gap, checked the sparking plug, adjusted the idle mixture, re checked the sparking plug, adjusted the front brake cable and then cleaned the headlight connections.

 You C5 and G5 guys might consider picking up an Iron Barrel like mine so you can have some maintenance fun too.


 Wished for a G5.

I think we're gonna be in trouble when our EFI's come prefilled with lifetime oil and filters
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: AmBraCol on November 11, 2015, 03:28:17 pm
On a quick ride down to "Carthage" and back I hit an indicated 100 kmh for the first time.  The tach reads right at 3600 rpm at that speed in fifth gear.  And it's smooth at that speed, much smoother than I'd been lead to expect. The run in process continues, this was the first four lane highway jaunt, although our four-lanes are nothing to compare to the ones up in the U.S. of A. Most traffic is between 70 - 80 kmh with the occasional person in a hurry zipping past at 120 kmh. So varying from 50 to 80 for the most part with the bump up to 100 was no problem at all, just watch the traffic flow and stay awake to what the other guy is doing, both the one in front and the one overtaking from behind.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: ToesNose on November 11, 2015, 03:39:25 pm
Beautiful crisp morning to ride into work.......bike died again LOL.  I thought I found the electrical Gremlin, but I guess not. Probably just a short somewhere HEH. At least with the kick start I can turn the headlight off and get where I need to go  ;)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gremlin on November 11, 2015, 10:21:25 pm
decorated the battery box for B5
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on November 11, 2015, 11:32:48 pm
Gremlin - I can see you spent a lot of time on that mod!  ;)

Now I gotta update my avatar!  :(
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gremlin on November 12, 2015, 01:23:49 am
Gremlin - I can see you spent a lot of time on that mod!  ;)

Amazon.com  5 inch decal from "Nostalgia Decals Super Store" for $3.50 (shipping included) 20 minutes with a razorblade to remove the OEM sticker, a bit of alcohol wash for the part, a bit of alcohol wash for me ...... and a couple passes of Krylon clear coat from a spraycan.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on November 12, 2015, 03:03:34 am
The alcohol wash part sounds good... at least the second one does!

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Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: AmBraCol on November 27, 2015, 02:13:55 am
Apparently the cold weather up north has shut down this thread for the most part.  Well, here north of the Equator and south of the Canal we've had good riding weather.  Today, however, all I did was check oil as "Pico y Placa" means I couldn't run the bike between 7:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m..  No, don't ask my opinion of socialism.  I try to avoid that kind of vocabulary.

On the other hand, yesterday I did get a chance to clean up some of the grime from last weeks long trip.  Not much, but some.  The bad news is, somewhere along the way I picked up some type of oil, probably from the areas where they were repairing road - and it was raining.  Nasty stuff all over the place, but worst of all is the baked on junk on the exhaust pipe. What would take THAT off?  Carb cleaner won't even touch it, although it cleans other parts of the bike just fine.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: heloego on November 27, 2015, 09:34:37 pm
Fine steel wool and some elbow grease did it for me.  :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Carlsberg Wordsworth on November 27, 2015, 10:11:45 pm
Tested new ramp :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: AmBraCol on November 28, 2015, 01:21:43 pm
Fine steel wool and some elbow grease did it for me.  :)

Hmmm.... will have to see if I can find any.  Steel wool here tends to be a bit coarse. That didn't scratch up the chrome? 
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: tooseevee on November 28, 2015, 01:38:28 pm
Fine steel wool and some elbow grease did it for me.  :)
           How do you avoid taking the shine off the chrome with steel wool? Especially removing something like road tar as AmBraCol says. (Unless that's your goal as it is mine).
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on November 28, 2015, 01:40:53 pm
           How do you avoid taking the shine off the chrome with steel wool? Especially removing something like road tar as AmBraCol says. (Unless that's your goal as it is mine).


0000 steel wool is very fine.  It's what I was taught to use to polish rusty chrome bumpers.  Works even better if you use it with glass cleaner.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: heloego on November 28, 2015, 10:52:06 pm
+1.
My shine was just fine after using the 0000.
Thanks for mentioning the glass cleaner, Scottie!  ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on November 29, 2015, 04:37:40 am
I haven't tried it for removing burned on plastic but people who are concerned with frinkling up the thin chrome plating the RE's have should try using wadded up aluminum foil.

It works very well for removing any rusty spots that might show up on Indian chromed parts.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Eagle56 on November 29, 2015, 09:11:05 am
Wash it
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: malky on November 29, 2015, 04:22:19 pm
To get tar etc of exhausts. If you can get it, Belgom Alu cleaner.
The other thing I've used for hard to shift stuff is domestic oven cleaner, be careful and try it on something else first.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: suitcasejefferson on November 29, 2015, 10:14:04 pm
Lubed the chain, put some air in the tires, and went for a 150+ mile ride. Beautiful riding weather here. We have about 4 months left before the heat hits again, and I want to get in as many 2 wheeled miles as possible.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: AmBraCol on November 30, 2015, 02:03:13 am
Okeydoke, got a bit of time this evening and got at it with a bit of steel wool and some penetrating oil. First I sprayed down the burned on oil or whatever it was with penetrating oil. Carb cleaner just dried off and didn't touch it.  The spray oil soaked in and the steel wool started working on it as well.  After a bit I wiped it down with a paper towel and then repeated the process.  Bit by bit I moved down the pipe and the chrome started coming out of the goop.  I've got probably 90% off now, with all visible parts of the pipe nice and shiny again.  After thinking about the suggestion of steel wool I got to thinking about the different rusted firearms and pellet guns I've managed to salvage over the years.  For light rust a bit of light oil and steel wool does the trick, as long as one doesn't get TOO enthusiastic with the elbow grease.  Well, it worked a treat on the chrome as well!  Now to get the bike washed so it's presentable again... Thanks, heloego, for the suggestion!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: malky on November 30, 2015, 06:35:36 pm
Took the battery off and put it to "bed" Heavy snowfall and sheet ice here. :'(
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: AmBraCol on November 30, 2015, 07:13:27 pm
Took the battery off and put it to "bed" Heavy snowfall and sheet ice here. :'(

I'm hoping I didn't get a sunburn while waiting for the pup to "do her thing". Had a good ride on the Rumbler this morning, before it got all hot and sunny.

 ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: heloego on December 01, 2015, 01:16:32 am
Happy to hear your chrome is shiny again!  ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Scotty Brown on December 03, 2015, 05:03:23 am
Time for another oil change ---Mission accomplished today at 8000 miles---Still using Castrol HD#40 two quarts and 4 oz of Marvel Mystery oil.  Everything looked clean with no metal shine in the used oil.  Oh yes, I always change the filter also.  Next job, replace tires with K70's ---At 10,000 will tackle changing fork oil --Not looking forward to that one !
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gremlin on December 04, 2015, 05:00:44 pm
SHHH .....  its a secret.

I just received a "New Year" gift that I'm planning to give B5 at the end of the month.....

Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Narada on December 04, 2015, 05:18:15 pm
It looks like 2016 will be a good year!  Is that a 535cc kit for an iron barrel?

It looks like a piston, rings and cylinder.  Am I right?  Is there more?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ice on December 04, 2015, 05:35:54 pm
 Looks UCE if I'm not mistaken. 
The piston crown looks to have a pretty good dome on it too.  ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Otto_Ing on December 04, 2015, 05:37:43 pm
Where did I only see this piston before. Looks like ghg's piston in there... ;)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Narada on December 04, 2015, 10:03:24 pm
Wasn't that an AVL piston that will fit a UCE if you hone the cylinder 0.002?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gremlin on December 04, 2015, 10:06:38 pm
Where did I only see this piston before. Looks like ghg's piston in there... ;)

It sure does look that way   8)

Scooter-Bob and GHG are at the top of my Christmas card list this year.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: heloego on December 04, 2015, 11:45:27 pm
Oooh!  8)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on December 05, 2015, 02:24:08 am
SHHH .....  its a secret.

I just received a "New Year" gift that I'm planning to give B5 at the end of the month.....

Well, Gremlin, if it gives you anything even close to the performance of the "Keltic Kruiser", grin and hang on...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gashousegorilla on December 05, 2015, 04:06:10 am
  Wait.... Whats all this ?!   I wonder what the ..... ?  OH I see !   Ummmmm.... ;)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Carlsberg Wordsworth on December 05, 2015, 10:27:47 am
Thanks to Wildbills tacho recommendtion, found that I could get to 60mph in 4th at around 4500rpm give or take a couple of hundred rpm.

Also what I thought were too high rpms in lower gears were not so adjusted city riding style.

I think I've been mollycuddling her too much.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gremlin on December 06, 2015, 08:35:09 pm
Truly, a work of art.   nice snug fit too ......   
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Otto_Ing on December 06, 2015, 08:48:50 pm
It looks so nice, better keep it only on the office table as decoration... :P
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on December 07, 2015, 09:30:46 pm
FINALLY! First ride since November 23rd.

Jerry - how's by the oil drain plug leak?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gashousegorilla on December 08, 2015, 01:12:01 am
Truly, a work of art.   nice snug fit too ......   


  Man, to think of that original blob of clay and measuring cup.  ::)   JE does a nice job don't they ?!   LOL !  ;)     
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Scotty Brown on December 09, 2015, 11:07:45 pm
Installed K-70's front and rear.  Looking good -- Going for the test ride now -- Had the devils own time with the front axle spacers, finally gave up and shimmed the speedo side with washers.  Next time pictures before taking apart. Four hour ordeal to get it to work. Anyone with pictures to send would be appreciated.  This is a 2013 C5 with the straight forks and 19 inch wheel.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Magoo on December 10, 2015, 05:34:23 am
Installed K-70's front and rear.  Looking good -- Going for the test ride now -- Had the devils own time with the front axle spacers, finally gave up and shimmed the speedo side with washers.  Next time pictures before taking apart. Four hour ordeal to get it to work. Anyone with pictures to send would be appreciated.  This is a 2013 C5 with the straight forks and 19 inch wheel.

Interested to hear your thoughts - especially in comparison to the stock Avons - which have done really well to last me 35,000km of freeway riding.
My 2013 C5 is getting new K70s (3.25/19 fnt and 4.00/18 rear) tomorrow and I guess I'll find out soon enough..but it'd be good to know in advance!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Narada on December 10, 2015, 05:50:57 am
After about two weeks of down pouring rain, it cleared up today so I took my C5 with new panniers out for a ride while wearing my new helmet.  I really enjoyed it a lot.  The temperature became increasingly brisk as it got dark and I was quite chilled by the time I got home.  Next ride, I'll be wearing a sweatshirt under my coat.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Scotty Brown on December 10, 2015, 06:19:45 am
Magoo --Went for short ride and love the K70's--Very different feel than the Avons --  Better control when cornering and lighter steering. Still experiencing problems from the front axle spacing.  Take pictures when you take it off.  More info as the tires get worn in a bit.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on December 10, 2015, 11:45:50 am
Interested to hear your thoughts - especially in comparison to the stock Avons - which have done really well to last me 35,000km of freeway riding.

As Scotty Brown says - better handling, great looks... and they'll last half as long.  Good thing they're (relatively) cheap...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Gypsyjon on December 10, 2015, 11:41:58 pm
Took a nice afternoon ride...Temp 65F or so..sunny and nice...Still running stock Avon's but I am not like you wild things, so they work fine for me.   :-)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Narada on December 11, 2015, 12:49:58 am
The rain has been dumping down in buckets here.

I went out to my shed and stared in awe at at Garudas' magnificence. 
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: dogboy443 on December 11, 2015, 01:59:14 am
I bought my 2014 C5 at the end of June with 732 miles showing. We turned over 2000 miles on today’s ride. It would be more but I divide riding time among 5 motorcycles. Upon arrival back home I ... (1) replaced missing screws that hold the sealed beam in place (2) replaced the left rear turn signal that had a split rubber mount (3) checked and tightened loose spokes (4) lubed chain and cables (5) secured several places on the wiring loom that was dangling loose and (6) promised myself to do the oil/filter change very soon.
I'm looking at that same bike except it's a 2015. I'm looking at having the pillion seat on and putting on horse saddlebags but threading them under the seat. How do you like this model?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Narada on December 12, 2015, 06:43:27 am
Cleaned my bike for the first time since I bought it last June.  Then I used the spray on Mequires carnuba wax as recommended by Arazoni.  It is now very, very shiny.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: krimp on December 12, 2015, 10:05:34 pm
Today, I:

Replaced the rectifier bracket with one purchased from our host. It is much sturdier than the original and weighs almost twice as much. The cost was $34, I will let you know how it holds up.

Replaced the para cord holding my battery in place with some cloth straps ones I found at Ace hardware. I cut the hooks off of the old broken straps and used them in combination with the new straps.

Fitted a new battery cover and lock.

Put a new lock on the tool box and re-mounted the tool box.

For all of my fixes, I used blue thread locker to make sure that everything stays where it belongs. She now looks very close to factory. The bar end mirrors are now the only give away.

BTW, I made all of these fixes in the garage, in freezing temps with the garage door open, while it was snowing. Hopefully, I will be able to ride on Monday.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gremlin on December 12, 2015, 11:19:24 pm
decorated another battery box for B5 ......

Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gashousegorilla on December 13, 2015, 12:18:08 am
decorated another battery box for B5 ......

   Hahahaha !   Love it.  It will go well  with a "pimped" chamber  ;).  Gettin' there.....

Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Scotty Brown on December 13, 2015, 12:31:53 am
Spent part of the day scrubbing in the new K70's and the other part once again taking out the front axle and trying to fit the spacers.  This is so dammed confusing.  I know that the spacer came from the speedo side of the front axle but it just won't go back.  If any of you guys have a C5 with the straight forks would you kindly take a picture of how it is supposed to go and post it.  I've been working on bikes for over 60 years and feel dammed stupid with this spacer problem.  May be getting Senile or as the Italians say senille----
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: malky on December 13, 2015, 12:47:31 am
I've been working on bikes for over 60 years and feel dammed stupid with this spacer problem.  May be getting Senile or as the Italians say senille----
It's called a "craft" moment. :) ;)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Narada on December 13, 2015, 05:31:41 am
If the chamber is pimped will it go like a ho?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gremlin on December 13, 2015, 06:17:03 am
   Hahahaha !   Love it.  It will go well  with a "pimped" chamber  ;).  Gettin' there.....

I'm not worthy ......  that chamber looks awesome !   can't wait to get it all assembled, then, ~easily~ allow it to self-clearance........

Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gremlin on December 13, 2015, 06:20:23 am
If the chamber is pimped will it go like a ho?

ho ho ho .....
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Magoo on December 13, 2015, 08:40:09 am
Ran in the new K70s (3.25 19 front, 4.00 18 rear) today on a nice 100km run.
Very happy!
True on the road, steady and some improved cornering.
None of the twitchiness I was led to believe would be their downfall, and there were no wobbles at speed (130kmh+).
They fit well, plenty of room under the fenders, and they look the goods too.

My only issue was when I went to lube the chain and found the rear wheel still touches the ground when on the centre stand so I'll have to chock it up to get it spinning freely.

A small issue on what should be a great summer of riding!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on December 13, 2015, 11:05:26 am
Gremlin - love that sticker!

You holding out on us?  Is that shiny head going on your bike?  What you got goin' on, chum?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ice on December 13, 2015, 03:36:52 pm
Ran in the new K70s (3.25 19 front, 4.00 18 rear) today on a nice 100km run.
Very happy!
True on the road, steady and some improved cornering.
None of the twitchiness I was led to believe would be their downfall, and there were no wobbles at speed (130kmh+).
They fit well, plenty of room under the fenders, and they look the goods too.

My only issue was when I went to lube the chain and found the rear wheel still touches the ground when on the centre stand so I'll have to chock it up to get it spinning freely.

A small issue on what should be a great summer of riding!

 A scrap of 1/2 inch ply wood is all you need.  ;)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Narada on December 13, 2015, 05:34:12 pm
Nice bike Magoo!  I've never seen a seat like that one, I like my stock one just fine, but yours is pretty cool.  I assume that it is comfortable?  I would love some K70's for my chrome/maroon C5 just for better safety.  Now I know just how nice they will look.  Thanks for that.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on December 13, 2015, 06:51:57 pm
Spent part of the day scrubbing in the new K70's and the other part once again taking out the front axle and trying to fit the spacers.  This is so dammed confusing.  I know that the spacer came from the speedo side of the front axle but it just won't go back.  If any of you guys have a C5 with the straight forks would you kindly take a picture of how it is supposed to go and post it.  I've been working on bikes for over 60 years and feel dammed stupid with this spacer problem.  May be getting Senile or as the Italians say senille----
If the wheel and axle are the same as they used to be on the older offset forks the parts manual shows the parts in the following order starting with the speedometer drive:

A cylindrical spacer.  It looks like the ends may have a small tang sticking out.

The flanged spacer that looks like it may have the bearings pressed onto it.  It has slots on both ends.

Another spacer, this one looks like it is stepped.

Plain washer.

M16 X 1.5mm Nut.

Hope this helps.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Scotty Brown on December 14, 2015, 01:18:42 am
My dilemma with the C5 spacing---I took the wheel off to install the K70 on the front.  Should have taken pictures.  I could have sworn that the pictured spacer came off of the front axle on the speedo side.  It doesn't ! -- The spacer on the brake side fits fine.  These are the ONLY spacers in the wheel.  It looks like there should be a spacer between the hub and the speedo drive.  There isn't.  The spacer pictured is too big to fit.  I have installed the axle to butt against the speedo drive and tightened the pinch bolt.  I have tightened the axle nut with the nylock insert to hold everything in place.  I have never had the axle out in 8000 miles and have had no problems.  Driving me NUTS --The new plan is to make spacers to fit between the hub and speedo drive. Then make one to fit between the speedo drive and the right fork.  Gaining on it, but slowly.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gashousegorilla on December 14, 2015, 01:38:35 am
   That shouldered spacer goes on the brake side... in between the fork and the hub, with the small shoulder facing into the hub.  The none shouldered spacer goes on the speedo drive side, in between the speedo drive and the hub.


   So.... axle goes into the right fork leg. Speedo drive first and winds up sitting against the shoulder on the axle.  Next should come the non shouldered spacer behind the speedo drive, then the axle goes through the hub. Out the other side and next comes the shouldered spacer... with the small part facing in towards the brake rotor.   Axle through the left fork leg now, then flat washer and lock nut.  If everything is not lined up well as your sliding the axle through, it will get hung up.  So... Try holding the wheel by the spokes with one hand as you line it all up. Then tap the axle on the right side with a mallet with the other hand and it should slide right through.    Greasing the axle helps things along....
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on December 14, 2015, 02:36:21 am
What GHG said.  Maybe the attached diagram will help. From the diagram's left to right (which is actually the bike's right to left  :o )

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Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Scotty Brown on December 14, 2015, 04:34:57 am
Thanks for that help.  It would seem that I am missing a spacer between the hub and the speedo drive but the explanation of how it fits seems pretty straightforward.  The diagram picture did not come through.  In any event the next step is to make some spacers and fit everything together.  Thanks to all of you. Looking for a happy ending. I will let you know the outcome.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on December 14, 2015, 10:12:55 am
Thanks for that help.  It would seem that I am missing a spacer between the hub and the speedo drive but the explanation of how it fits seems pretty straightforward.  The diagram picture did not come through.  In any event the next step is to make some spacers and fit everything together.  Thanks to all of you. Looking for a happy ending. I will let you know the outcome.

I've got the diagram showing right there on my screen... I wonder why you can't see it?  Not that it will help you now, but I've attached it below, maybe that will help.

Did your bike not have that smaller spacer to begin with?  Or did it roll away somewhere during removal perhaps?  Seems strange that your bike would have been assembled without it...  (http://advrider.com/styles/advrider_smilies/ne_nau.gif)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: longstrokeclassic on December 14, 2015, 10:19:56 am
 My bike came with an offset front wheel. Making a suitable spacer out of an old washer was one of the first things I did. For me the most difficult part of the reassembly process was getting those stupid tangs correctly seated inside the speedo drive unit.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: AmBraCol on December 14, 2015, 01:32:22 pm
Fired her up, let her warm up a bit then wheeled her out the door so my wife could lock up behind us.  Then I rode about 15 minutes into town (traffic was relatively light today) to drop the wife off at work and took "the shortcut" back home. You know a shortcut always is longer and takes longer.  ;)  Headed south out of town then caught the new road that cuts east to west across the south end of town and came out a few blocks from home.  This only added about 10-15 km to the ride, but it was a great day in Coffee Country to be out and riding and every KM was enjoyed - especially once I got out of town.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on December 14, 2015, 01:44:20 pm
......This only added about 10-15 km to the ride, but it was a great day in Coffee Country to be out and riding and every KM was enjoyed - especially once I got out of town.

Extremely jealous.  Not only of what I try to imagine of the beautiful scenery (based on pictures and movies I've seen) but your cups of coffee in the morning must be Fantastico!  Much better than the Folgers I'm drinking right now, anyway.  Hahaha    :D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: AmBraCol on December 14, 2015, 01:50:04 pm
Extremely jealous.  Not only of what I try to imagine of the beautiful scenery (based on pictures and movies I've seen) but your cups of coffee in the morning must be Fantastico!  Much better than the Folgers I'm drinking right now, anyway.  Hahaha    :D

I'll let you in on a little secret. It doesn't take so much water to make a good pot of coffee.  :)  One weird little observation, most Colombians have NO idea how to make decent coffee, nor do they drink much of it. We lived here for about two or three years before I had a decent cup made somewhere other than home.  We've found a couple of local brands that are really good.  I like it a bit darker than my wife does, but she can add hot water if I get it too strong for her.  Speaking of coffee, I should go make a pot before I go to sleep here in the office!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on December 14, 2015, 01:55:19 pm
I'll let you in on a little secret. It doesn't take so much water to make a good pot of coffee.  :)  One weird little observation, most Colombians have NO idea how to make decent coffee, nor do they drink much of it. We lived here for about two or three years before I had a decent cup made somewhere other than home.  We've found a couple of local brands that are really good.  I like it a bit darker than my wife does, but she can add hot water if I get it too strong for her.  Speaking of coffee, I should go make a pot before I go to sleep here in the office!

Same here.  I've heard coffee is served in much smaller, but stronger portions there.  Here in the USA you have order espresso if you want something strong and dark like that.  Our coffee is more like tea, hahaha.  But I also make the coffee too dark for my wife's liking, and when she makes it, I think to myself "Did you PUT coffee in the basket?"   ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: AmBraCol on December 14, 2015, 02:37:47 pm
Same here.  I've heard coffee is served in much smaller, but stronger portions there.  Here in the USA you have order espresso if you want something strong and dark like that.  Our coffee is more like tea, hahaha.  But I also make the coffee too dark for my wife's liking, and when she makes it, I think to myself "Did you PUT coffee in the basket?"   ;D

That'd be Brazil where they make stronger coffee and serve it in smaller cups.  The renowned "cafezinho" of Brazil is head and shoulders above anything made in Colombia by Colombians.  The Colombians have a few twists on it, one being the use of "agua de panela" (brown sugar water) to make "coffee".  It usually tastes like brown sugar water. The best coffee ever is made out in the middle of nowhere Brazil over a charcoal or wood fire with beans roasted right there and "ground" in a huge wooden mortar and pestle.  Of course, they also make it sweet - strong enough to walk down your throat and put your pancreas in a headlock.

At church we brew up a pot each Sunday and have had a hard time teaching the ladies to do it right. "Make it strong, if someone wants it weak they can add hot water, but there's no way to turn a weak cup of coffee into one worth drinking!" is the message I occasionally have to remind them of.  :)     
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on December 14, 2015, 06:21:49 pm
"If this is coffee, please bring me some tea; but if this is tea, please bring me some coffee” is a frequently cited anecdote that has usually been attributed to Abraham Lincoln. There is no evidence that Lincoln ever said it.

Regardless, I agree.  I started making coffee with a Brikka from Bialetti.  It's the standard Italian home espresso pot but with a pressure cooker top so you get a bit higher pressure and temperature.  It only makes enough to fill two espresso cups or about half a standard coffee mug, but it's strong and bold and one serving is all I need before I leave the house in the morning.

I'm jealous about your ride too.  It's been raining hard here in Portland, OR for the better part of two weeks.  It rains a fair bit here and people take pride in taking it in stride, but this is enough rain that we're getting flooding and landslides.  Not really riding weather.  I better hook up the battery tender before the battery fades away from lack of use.

Scott
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gremlin on December 14, 2015, 07:26:09 pm
........ the standard Italian home espresso pot but with a pressure cooker top so you get a bit higher pressure and temperature.  It only makes enough to fill two espresso cups or about half a standard coffee mug, but it's strong and bold and one serving is all I need before I leave the house in the morning........

Or, you could forgo the morning ritual and just swallow a couple Vivarin on your way out the door .....
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gashousegorilla on December 15, 2015, 12:11:24 am
  Oh... I polished an exhaust port, textured an intake port.  Finished up a chamber.  :-X ;D

 
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Post by: wildbill on December 15, 2015, 12:55:21 am
my xmas gift!......accempted!....lol
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Post by: Narada on December 15, 2015, 05:13:35 am
Nice touch with the textured intake port.  I like it!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gremlin on December 15, 2015, 11:04:24 am
  Oh... I polished an exhaust port, textured an intake port.  Finished up a chamber.  :-X ;D

de-carbonization,  turned up past 11 ..........    That engine shall be known as "Mjolnir".
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on December 15, 2015, 11:50:57 am
de-carbonization,  turned up past 11 ..........    That engine shall be known as "Mjolnir".

And what, henceforth, shall you be known as?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gremlin on December 15, 2015, 03:13:33 pm
And what, henceforth, shall you be known as?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gashousegorilla on December 15, 2015, 03:46:04 pm

  That engine shall be known as "Mjolnir".



  I like it.  I can't pronounce it ?  But I like it !

  Or maybe... ?  Hnykkja eik   :o 8)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: malky on December 15, 2015, 04:04:10 pm
I have a Russian watch with a similar name. :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Otto_Ing on December 15, 2015, 04:05:51 pm
I have a Russian watch with a similar name. :)

Mjölnir was made by the dwarven brothers Sindri and Brokkr and worn by Thor.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gremlin on December 15, 2015, 04:51:58 pm
Mjölnir was made by the dwarven brothers Sindri and Brokkr and worn by Thor.

Mjölnir is depicted in Norse mythology as one of the most fearsome weapons, capable of leveling mountains.   The hammer of Thor, a Norse god associated with thunder.

Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Otto_Ing on December 15, 2015, 05:17:12 pm
Mjölnir is depicted in Norse mythology as one of the most fearsome weapons, capable of leveling mountains.   The hammer of Thor, a Norse god associated with thunder.

So you ride it than we can call you Thor from now on but who are the dwarven brothers in that case?  :P

Very good name for the bike actually, although the marvels depicting Thor have become quite popular nobody will associate Mjölnir whith it. Unless you live in Scandinavia like me.  ;)

Android phones are by the way flashed with a tool called Odin, which is a rather interesting fact too.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gremlin on December 15, 2015, 07:32:21 pm
ODIN : Online Data INtegrity   (its a DB engine)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gremlin on December 15, 2015, 07:36:41 pm
...... who are the dwarven brothers in that case?  :P

Very good name for the bike actually........

Thank You.
GHG & ScooterBob operate the forge....   
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Otto_Ing on December 15, 2015, 07:58:33 pm
ODIN : Online Data INtegrity   (its a DB engine)

It's this Odin I had in mind...at least for Samsung. A true ruler of the mobile phone Valhalla.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: krimp on December 15, 2015, 09:59:43 pm
Today, I had to take the car to work because of the snow. With luck, I will be able to ride to work by next Monday.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gashousegorilla on December 15, 2015, 10:51:13 pm
So you ride it than we can call you Thor from now on but who are the dwarven brothers in that case?  :P

Very good name for the bike actually, although the marvels depicting Thor have become quite popular nobody will associate Mjölnir whith it. Unless you live in Scandinavia like me.  ;)


   Yeah..yeah.. yeah.  Dwarfs ... Lepricons .   It's all the same right ?! .  :o  Hahahaha !  :P  ;D       
 And I'm thinking ?..... Some people in the upper mid-west might just be familiar with Mjolnir as well.  ;)

Thank You.
GHG & ScooterBob operate the forge....   

 Actually I think it is Lugh and Goibhnui  who run the forge.  ;)  :)       But hey, you never know ?  There WHERE a lot of Vikings around Waterford.....
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gremlin on December 16, 2015, 12:32:31 am
Enough. Put the hammer down and back away.  ;)
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Post by: Ducati Scotty on December 16, 2015, 12:49:29 am
So you ride it than we can call you Thor from now on but who are the dwarven brothers in that case?  :P

The Case brothers: Nut and Basket, aka Scooter Bob and Gashouse Gorilla.  Not totally sure which is which...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gashousegorilla on December 16, 2015, 01:24:34 am
The Case brothers: Nut and Basket, aka Scooter Bob and Gashouse Gorilla.  Not totally sure which is which...


 Noooo Scotty .    It's Nut and MENTAL  :o   Ummmmm .....  You got me on that one !? Wondering myself actually ? :-\  ;D ;)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gremlin on December 16, 2015, 09:27:49 am
Ordered a Megasquirt kit for Mjölnir.
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Post by: Scotty Brown on December 16, 2015, 09:10:47 pm
Finally got the spacers in correctly thanks to all the help from you forum members.  The diagram is correct.  I am an idiot and had the speedo side spacer on the brake side and of course nothing fit right.  What really helped was putting the bike on a hoist to line up the forks and the wheel and spreading the forks just a bit to get the brake side spacer in position and everything fits as it is supposed to.  The lesson learned is to ALWAYS take pictures.  The front end is now very solid and the K70 tires are a blessing now that they are scrubbed in.  Thanks again you guys for the all of the support.
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Post by: Otto_Ing on December 16, 2015, 10:08:22 pm
Ordered a Megasquirt for Mjölnir.

As the legend says Mjölnir is so mighty and powerfull that not even Thor can handle it without his Járngreipr. Should be included in the shopping list.. ;)
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Post by: Arizoni on December 16, 2015, 10:12:36 pm
I think if I had to ride the Triumph Bonniville I test rode a few years ago on a 200 mile trip, that ironing board seat on that bike would make my ass Thor.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gremlin on December 16, 2015, 10:24:07 pm
As the legend says Mjölnir is so mighty and powerfull that not even Thor can handle it without his Járngreipr. Should be included in the shopping list.. ;)

 Þrymr didn't need them .....  or a Megingjörð......
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Post by: Magoo on December 17, 2015, 02:05:09 am
My first roadside breakdown today.
Bike just started farting and spluttering before stalling completely..
It was running rough yesterday so I was going to replace the spark plug.
(For some reason during the last service my mechanic decided to replace the iridium number with a POS Bosch).
But...Thankyou foresight for being anal about maintaining the toolkit.
And thankyou RE for the predictable negative battery terminal issues....yet again.
While I was there I replaced the spark plug back to a new iridium, rewired the terminal and off again within 15 minutes :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gashousegorilla on December 17, 2015, 02:34:41 am
Ordered a Megasquirt kit for Mjölnir.


  I was just bitten in the eye out on the garage by a horse fly...   Odd for December ?!   Or maybe it was just a Beehive retainer ? Doink !    Anyways Gremlin , do you have a link to that Megasquirt  kit you are getting ?  Should be some pretty cool reading.....
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on December 17, 2015, 02:46:18 am

  I was just bitten in the eye out on the garage by a horse fly...   Odd for December ?!   Or maybe it was just a Beehive retainer ? Doink !    Anyways Gremlin , do you have a link to that Megasquirt  kit you are getting ?  Should be some pretty cool reading.....


Didn't you read my Tech Tips post about shooting myself in the eye with a headlight clip?    8)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gremlin on December 17, 2015, 04:01:29 am
...... a link to that Megasquirt  kit you are getting ?  Should be some pretty cool reading.....

http://www.msextra.com/doc/index-ms1.html
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gremlin on December 17, 2015, 04:03:15 am


Didn't you read my Tech Tips post about shooting myself in the eye with a headlight clip?    8)

Loki got him .....
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gashousegorilla on December 17, 2015, 04:45:57 am
Loki got him .....

  Yes, I was extremely Loki I was wearing safety glasses..Just got the corner of the lid.  And thanks for the link  ;)  .  It's hanging up with the paint drying.......
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: heloego on December 17, 2015, 05:12:19 am
If the Norse God of Mischief is Loki, does all this mean the Mexican God of Mischief is Loco?  :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: ToesNose on December 17, 2015, 03:28:00 pm
Clad the leathers and had a nice brisk long ride yesterday, might be time to replace my old worn in leather winter gauntlets........
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on December 17, 2015, 05:16:21 pm
As the legend says Mjölnir is so mighty and powerfull that not even Thor can handle it without his Járngreipr. Should be included in the shopping list.. ;)

I think it says Járngreipr on the side of Gremlin's luggage crate...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Otto_Ing on December 17, 2015, 06:26:51 pm
I think it says Járngreipr on the side of Gremlin's luggage crate...

I thought that was a box of beer  ;) maybe a reminiscences of Útgarda-Loki...no, no you can't drink a whole ocean of it.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Scotty Brown on December 19, 2015, 12:20:57 am
Well, I ran out of gas today. That's twice in 8000 miles so not too bad.  Guess speeding down the Freeway takes more gas than poking along the back roads, and the new K70's seem to change the odometer a bit. In any event I will be  monitoring my mileage a bit more closely.  No damage to the fuel pump as I quit when it did.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: johno on December 19, 2015, 04:36:52 pm
Took my Bullet out for a spin as we are having unusually warm weather for the time of year.
Before I rode off into the sunrise I first had to free off the front brake. A few taps with a rubber mallet eased the pads back enough into the calliper to allow the wheel to spin, but on applying the brake it just stuck again.
I removed the calliper and used some brake cleaner and an old tooth brush to clean out around the pistons and brake pads, expecting to find the pistons corroded after 2 winters on the road, I was pleased to find underneath the caked on brake dust, the pistons looked as good as new.
Spent the day out and about, cruising some pleasant back roads with a little blast up to 80mph on some faster stretches. Home in time for tea and cakes at sunset :-).
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Post by: Scotty Brown on December 20, 2015, 09:16:23 pm
Well a minor setback today --The ears that hold down the rear of the tank vibrated completely apart--Both sides -- I call this a nigley ! -- Took tank off, removed all gas, fuel pump, removed the gasoline sensor gauge and found out why it hasn't worked since the first week.  Prepped the the tank for welding next week.  Bike still in warranty, but why bother.  This is a simple repair and will be stronger as the result.  Still love my Enfield~!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gremlin on December 21, 2015, 01:54:53 pm
I ordered a Wideband O2 sensor kit for Mjolnir.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: krimp on December 21, 2015, 02:49:58 pm
Yesterday, I lubricated my clutch cable.

Today, I rode in to work. Temps were right at the freezing mark.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ice on December 21, 2015, 06:32:32 pm
 Rode the sammich makers G5 instead of my Iron Barrel to town and back. 

 Bears REpeating, you lucky UCE owners do have the better Bullets.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Narada on December 21, 2015, 07:26:47 pm
I'm sure it's subjective, but I am very happy with my 2015 UCE.

It was by divine providence that I was fortunate enough to own it, and I treasure it as such.

Is there snow on your roads Krimp?  Do you have studed tires?  Sounds scary and fun!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: krimp on December 21, 2015, 09:44:58 pm
I'm sure it's subjective, but I am very happy with my 2015 UCE.

It was by divine providence that I was fortunate enough to own it, and I treasure it as such.

Is there snow on your roads Krimp?  Do you have studed tires?  Sounds scary and fun!

No snow on the roads. No studded tires. It isn't scary at all because I use the following criteria for riding in the winter: If there is moisture on the roads and the temps are at or below freezing, I won't ride.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on December 22, 2015, 03:29:34 am
I ordered a Wideband O2 sensor kit for Mjolnir.

Now you're talking!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Scotty Brown on December 23, 2015, 03:55:45 am
Retrieved my welded tank for installation.  The rear tabs vibrated enough to break off from the tank.  Had them re-welded and now should be stronger.  Tank was filled with water to avoid a fire or explosion.  Now drying out with the help of a heat gun and air blower.  A little elbow grease and $20.00 and all better ~!
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Post by: ToesNose on December 23, 2015, 01:24:30 pm
Nice clean job Scotty  ;)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: no bs on December 24, 2015, 02:29:23 am
I left frankenbullet languishing in the garage whilst taking the klr on the I-80 commute. I did apologize, and plan a lengthy putt up around napa to make up for the willful neglect.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ice on December 26, 2015, 05:59:57 pm
 Lubed the de compressor cable, spiffed up the head lamp connectors wiped it down here and there.


  "Patina", a kind euphemism for beat to crap.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: AmBraCol on December 26, 2015, 08:56:51 pm
Took a trip over to Salento with my wife, our first trip on the Rumbler 500 together.  Had a good ride through some of the most beautiful country in the Andes and a good lunch of  "trucha al ajillo" with some nice, thin, crispy patacones on the side.  A beautiful day on a beautiful bike through beautiful country with my beautiful wife.  Yep, a beautiful time.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: decker on December 30, 2015, 01:35:27 am
Checked front brakes pads, lubed throttle and clutch cables, checked battery connections for breaks and cleaned same, filled and charged the battery. Started it just to hear it thump.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: AmBraCol on December 30, 2015, 01:46:26 pm
Ran errands, reflecting on how tough it is riding the Rumbler in these 30* temperatures... and how glad I am that the thermometers here read in Celsius instead of Fahrenheit.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: retrolynn on December 31, 2015, 11:32:47 pm
I went out in the garage,and touched my b5! It is 20 degrees,and we have 6" of snow. Waiting for spring.    Lynn
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Carlsberg Wordsworth on January 02, 2016, 07:58:53 pm
See out the old year by changing the brake fluid. Some horrible gunge in that master cylinder.....

Onto 2016 (Happy New Year everyone) and spend a day in bed for over exuberance but today tested on how the fluid changed fared.

Seems I put the piston side pad in wrong way (pads on piston ???), no idea how I managed this, still no harm done thankfully.

Last roundabout just less than 1/4 mile from home I hear some clinking and clanking and something breaking then the bike engine stops.

*?!!$$ chain (7500 miles) now snapped. Inconceivable! Believe it was the link but not fully inspected yet. Thankfully my neighbour was driving past and helped me push up the hills towards home. Chain now bunched up at the top and hanging from the bottom.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on January 03, 2016, 01:06:24 am
Last roundabout just less than 1/4 mile from home I hear some clinking and clanking and something breaking then the bike engine stops.

*?!!$$ chain (7500 miles) now snapped. Inconceivable! Believe it was the link but not fully inspected yet. Thankfully my neighbour was driving past and helped me push up the hills towards home. Chain now bunched up at the top and hanging from the bottom.

Well, that could have ended a lot worse!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Carlsberg Wordsworth on January 03, 2016, 07:06:53 pm
mattsz - you're not wrong. I've have realised how unfit I am these days though.

So it looks like the split link plate snapped. Closer investigation now shows damaged crankcase :(

I've not included a pic of the split link btw.

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Post by: malky on January 03, 2016, 08:01:01 pm
Went visiting, but had to turn back because the road had turned into a river. Bummer.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on January 03, 2016, 10:27:09 pm
So it looks like the split link plate snapped. Closer investigation now shows damaged crankcase :(

That's a bummer - but is that damage very serious?  Will it result in structural weakness or leaks?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: krimp on January 04, 2016, 03:45:36 pm
I rode in to work this morning. It was a bit nippy (temps were below freezing), but she did just fine.

I have officially crossed the 7500 mile mark.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Carlsberg Wordsworth on January 04, 2016, 07:31:30 pm
That's a bummer - but is that damage very serious?  Will it result in structural weakness or leaks?

Eek! Hadn't thought of structural. Guess I won't know on leaks until I get it started. I've ordered a new chain. Didn't order a gasket if I have to pull the side cover off. Did manage to put the chain roughly on to check it still locked in gear as no neutral and spinning front sprocket had me with a gearbox worry but that seems ok.

I'm going to have to order a gasket now as I'm unsure of front sprocket condition now I have a better view.

Oh well, it was time for the 6 month oil change.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: retrolynn on January 04, 2016, 08:17:53 pm
Thats really rotten! I dont know how it could have been prevented. I hope you can get it repaired.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: AmBraCol on January 05, 2016, 04:06:59 pm
Rode into town to see the dermatologist and afterwards took a "shortcut" home.  Stopped in at the Texaco station on the edge of town to fill up, the first time this year.  333 kilometers and 4 "imperial" gallons.  OUCH!  This riding in city traffic really sucks the joy out of life and the gas out of the tank! On the other hand, the engine just seems to run smoother and smoother as it runs in.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: AmBraCol on January 05, 2016, 08:56:23 pm
So I'm sitting in the office getting things done and my wife hollers up "I smell gasoline!".  Note to self:  Keep an eye on the guy filling the tank.  He really "topped it off" this time.  And the bike setting outside in the sun got a bit heated up, with no expansion room for gases.  Outside under the Rumbler was a nice wet spot where gasoline was being forced out by the expansion caused by the sun combined with no room for gases.  Solution?  Wheel it away from the wet spot, ensure no fire danger, start 'er up and go for a ride.  Good excuse to get out of the office for a while. :)  So took a spin out of town up some of our twisty turny roads and back to the house and back to work.  Didn't even track the distance, but a half hour of riding got the gasoline down to a more manageable level. Sure do miss being able to top off my own tank, thank you very much.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Scotty Brown on January 06, 2016, 04:23:40 am
I've made that mistake of filling up on the center stand and going right home from the station. Always a mess.  Now if I am heading home I fill on the side stand to avoid the overfill.  I like the tank as full as possible to avoid moisture and rust.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on January 06, 2016, 01:01:02 pm
I've made that mistake of filling up on the center stand and going right home from the station. Always a mess.  Now if I am heading home I fill on the side stand to avoid the overfill.  I like the tank as full as possible to avoid moisture and rust.

I thought about this, too - it's what I do.

But, I think the Rumbler's fuel filler opening is offset - to the right side.  Topping it right up when the bike is leaned to the left on the side stand might worsen the situation...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: AmBraCol on January 06, 2016, 02:29:02 pm
I thought about this, too - it's what I do.

But, I think the Rumbler's fuel filler opening is offset - to the right side.  Topping it right up when the bike is leaned to the left on the side stand might worsen the situation...

Good point.   I had him fill it on the center stand, and then parked the bike on the side stand on a slight slope - and it STILL caused problems.  Oh well, it gave me a good excuse to play hooky from the office!  :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: heloego on January 09, 2016, 04:13:24 am
Finished my pillion seat mod.

https://forum.classicmotorworks.com/index.php/topic,22561.msg261965.html#new (https://forum.classicmotorworks.com/index.php/topic,22561.msg261965.html#new)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Scotty Brown on January 09, 2016, 06:50:06 am
Replaced a leaky valve core and adjusted the chain.  Second adjustment now @ 8500 mi.  Sprockets and chain looking good.  Then went for a thirty mi. test run.  All O K ---
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Carlsberg Wordsworth on January 09, 2016, 09:30:55 pm
As luck had it (or not) managed to find the part of my crankcase that got obliterated when the chain snapped.

Found front sprocket has nice little ridges on it after taking cover off so going for the whole chain/sprocket change now.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on January 09, 2016, 09:49:50 pm
As luck had it (or not) managed to find the part of my crankcase that got obliterated when the chain snapped.

So, what's the final butcher's bill on the crankcase?  Is it just "cosmetic" damage?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Carlsberg Wordsworth on January 10, 2016, 08:54:32 pm
@ mattsz (can't quote in Edge)

Yeah I think so, I can't see any cracks or other damage. Might have more mess with lube possibly now nothing will be currently covering the top of the front sprocket. Not going to use any metal weldy epoxy stuff either to rejoin it. Can't imagine a trade in value will ever be as good as it could be with a portion of case missing so can't threaten the bike with that anymore and looks like we're in it together for the long haul now lol.

Ordered a 46mm socket.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on January 10, 2016, 09:01:55 pm
@ mattsz (can't quote in Edge)

Yeah I think so, I can't see any cracks or other damage. Might have more mess with lube possibly now nothing will be currently covering the top of the front sprocket. Not going to use any metal weldy epoxy stuff either to rejoin it.

JB-Weld a tiny fender over the gap - just to keep your right leg clean?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Narada on January 11, 2016, 05:10:39 am
I took advantage of the first sunny day with above freezing temperature that I had time off work and went out for a ride on my freshly waxed shiny chrome maroon C5. 

I cruised over to an area with windy roads on hills and a beautiful view of Puget Sound with snow covered Olympic Mountains. Everything was perfect.  After a while, I turned into a park and as I wound down the entrance drive, there was a gentleman and his wife with a Ural sidecar rig. 

Not surprisingly we had a great conversation about Urals with sidecars, and Royal Enfields.  The funny thing is just last night I was up late reading all about the Cozy sidecars on Kevins new sidecar site; http://www.cyclesidecar.com/showroom/index.html  and today I meet a guy with a sidecar in a neighborhood park ... who would have thunk it? 

This ride was long overdue and I really enjoyed it.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: decker on January 12, 2016, 08:10:53 pm
Flushed the front brake fluid and adjusted the chain tension.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: longstrokeclassic on January 12, 2016, 10:09:01 pm
I lubed my chain, then went for out for a ride and got it and the rest of the bike very very dirty.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ice on January 13, 2016, 06:59:56 am
 Lightened it by 38 pounds. ;)

 

 Emptied the panniers.   ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: longstrokeclassic on January 13, 2016, 05:21:02 pm
Went out for what turned out to be a 150mile jaunt today and the Odo clicked over to 4334 as I pulled in to fill up the tank at my local petrol station. I didn't bother putting the ear plugs back in and whilst pulling away I heard this horrible graunching noise emanating from this quality Indian bearing  ::)

 (http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t245/portisheadric/P1010945_zpsldr7m3xj.jpg)

Fortunately I have another in my odds'nsods bin.  Unfortunately it probably came off the same production line  >:(
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Scotty Brown on January 14, 2016, 01:21:00 am
--and the bearing was located where?----
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: pmanaz1973 on January 14, 2016, 01:59:44 am
Yikes!!! Yes, where?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Narada on January 14, 2016, 04:16:18 am
I thought I was the only one who didn't know!   So... what bearing is that race from?  Looks like a bad front wheel bearing from a '66 El'Camino I once had.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: longstrokeclassic on January 14, 2016, 08:22:08 am
Wasn't the quiz today then   ???
It's the 6203 rear wheel bearing on the side located furthest from chain. The other one seems fine but will be replaced as a precautionary measure.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: longstrokeclassic on January 14, 2016, 03:36:57 pm
It's a rear wheel bearing.

 Today I increased the length of the internal wheel bearing spacer (part No.146499) by adding a shim to prevent any future brinelling.
 
The husband of someone I used to work with is currently employed at the local bearing shop so managed to get a one off 'staff' discount and treated the wheel to a set of SKF's. :) :) :) 
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Carlsberg Wordsworth on January 14, 2016, 07:53:05 pm
I didn't know either lol

And this from a 2015 Bullet?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: longstrokeclassic on January 15, 2016, 10:01:26 am
Yes it's only 7½ months old.
 
Either the spacer was too short, or the bearing seats in the hub were not machined deep enough. Either way as soon as the wheel spindle was tightened up a severe loading was placed on the ball races before they'd turned a single revolution.

Once the wheel was out of the bike I found the other 6203 was just as bad and also chewed up over to one side of the race, during my initial casual inspection the hub assembly had prevented me from detecting its demise. 

Perhaps now the rear wheel has less friction I'll be rewarded with a few more MPG ;)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: upintheair on January 15, 2016, 05:35:38 pm
Second oil change at 600 miles, some fuzz on the magnet, but no part numbers noted, nothing loose, 2.1 qt. drained (including tipping bike to get it all).  2015 B5 green, K70's, Koso speedo/tach from our sponsor (fantastic unit, can see all lights in any weather, neutral, hi beam, turn signal, shift point) a real chain installed.  I couldn't be happier.  Vibration is going down with more miles, I can even use my stock mirrors at 55 mph.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: longstrokeclassic on January 17, 2016, 04:50:46 pm
I threatened mine with being replaced  >:(

 I went out on a charity ride today and had to bail after just a few miles with a drained battery. First symptoms were misfiring under acceleration, then the engine dying after applying the brake/using the indicators or lights. 
The regulator connector block had come loose, unfortunately I only discovered this after arriving back home.
 Luckily about 95% of the journey home was downhill. I live at sea level and the start point was 330feet above it some 9 miles away.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: wildbill on January 18, 2016, 02:31:34 am
probably just a bad day for you and an easy fix BUT when I threaten mine - they are in very deep shit!...lol
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: ace.cafe on January 18, 2016, 04:59:00 am
Yes it's only 7½ months old.
 
Either the spacer was too short, or the bearing seats in the hub were not machined deep enough. Either way as soon as the wheel spindle was tightened up a severe loading was placed on the ball races before they'd turned a single revolution.

Once the wheel was out of the bike I found the other 6203 was just as bad and also chewed up over to one side of the race, during my initial casual inspection the hub assembly had prevented me from detecting its demise. 

Perhaps now the rear wheel has less friction I'll be rewarded with a few more MPG ;)
This spacer issue has been commonly seen in the rear hub of the Iron Barrel Bullet models also. Same bearings, and probably the same hub.
I think people should check and grease the rear wheel and brake hub bearings early in the life of the bike, and inspect the alignment of the bearing spacer and seat during the process. Buying good quality new bearings wouldn't hurt, either.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: longstrokeclassic on January 18, 2016, 02:47:15 pm
This spacer issue has been commonly seen in the rear hub of the Iron Barrel Bullet models also. Same bearings, and probably the same hub.
I think people should check and grease the rear wheel and brake hub bearings early in the life of the bike, and inspect the alignment of the bearing spacer and seat during the process. Buying good quality new bearings wouldn't hurt, either.
Sadly  ::)  all these little idiosyncrasies will eventually be lost once the CGT swinging arm and brake migrate across to the other UCE models for EuroIV compliance.

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I noticeably improved my front light output today by cleaning away the factory grime (with some lint free medical gauze swabs) off the inside of the headlamp lens.
They're also brilliant for applying polish to paintwork.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Narada on January 18, 2016, 05:24:57 pm
With all due respect for the past, I am all for safety / reliability upgrades.  When (or if) a CGT swing arm and disc brake conversion kit comes out I will buy it for my C5.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: wildbill on January 21, 2016, 12:54:55 am
bike 8 - loading up at the dealer ;)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gashousegorilla on January 21, 2016, 01:07:03 am
  Can we see it tonight then ?! 
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: wildbill on January 21, 2016, 01:18:29 am
maybe and if so - YOU FIRST!  ;) after all this month I celebrate exactly 3 years since I bought my very first uce enfield and it has been a great and interesting journey too.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gashousegorilla on January 21, 2016, 01:37:34 am
maybe and if so - YOU FIRST!  ;) after all this month I celebrate exactly 3 years since I bought my very first uce enfield and it has been a great and interesting journey too.

  Cool , I'll stay up late then!   Cause I know you are like a day or two ahead of me ... in the mid afternoon or something like that ?  ::) ;D ;)

   OH !!!   And BTW, I forgot to tell you.  I was in a warehouse yesterday, that had bushels and BUSHELS !    Volkswagen sized bushels I tell ya !   Of Finch seed.   I must get a picture of it for you.....
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Scotty Brown on January 22, 2016, 01:22:39 am
Met a new C5 owner for the first time and we went on a hundred mile plus ride to break in his new bike.  One thing about living in California is good weather most of the time and today it was beautiful in the mid seventies.  Oh yes, I also ordered the 7 inch headlight kit.  Looking forward to receiving that.  Just another day in paradise with one exception--traffic and cell phones in abundance......... Stayed on the secondary roads for the most part.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: TdLpps on January 22, 2016, 04:28:09 am
Met a new C5 owner for the first time and we went on a hundred mile plus ride to break in his new bike.  One thing about living in California is good weather most of the time and today it was beautiful in the mid seventies.  Oh yes, I also ordered the 7 inch headlight kit.  Looking forward to receiving that.  Just another day in paradise with one exception--traffic and cell phones in abundance......... Stayed on the secondary roads for the most part.

Thanks for the ride, Scotty.  Good times today.  For a lot of the time we were riding I was just laughing in the helmet thinking, "It's January, and I'm riding my bike in 70 degree weather."

My new bike ran great and felt freer and happier at the end of the ride than it did at first start up today.  Looking forward to the next ride.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: AmBraCol on January 22, 2016, 12:14:50 pm
My new bike ran great and felt freer and happier at the end of the ride than it did at first start up today.  Looking forward to the next ride.

Welcome to the forum!  Yep, if you do the run in process right, they just keep getting better and better. 
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: heloego on January 22, 2016, 12:32:35 pm
Enjoy!

(as if you won't)  ;)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Rattlebattle on January 23, 2016, 05:48:30 pm
Well, today as it was a bit warmer in the garage I fitted the mount for my Garmin satnav and wired it in. To do so I had the rider's seat off for the first time (my bike is an LE Despatch, same as Wildbill's) so that I could get the fuel tank off easily. While there I also did Wildbill's mod to the r/rectifier mount, though mine hadn't broken in 1,000 miles. I must say that I like the way the fuel tank mounts on the newer C5s; it sits on rubber buffers both ends so is less likely to fracture and looks way better without the awful front mounts on the earlier ones and B5s. But what a PITA the battery terminals are. I know I should replace the wet cell original and I will in a while. What idiot at the battery factory designed the captive "nut" into which the terminal bolts screw? The problem is that they drop down too far to be able to get a purchase with the bolt. Eventually I made a couple of bio-degradable spacers out of cardboard, to lift the nuts high enough in the terminal to be able to start the bolt. Anyway, job done. Engine started first time on the kickstart after not having run for weeks. Best thing I ever did was to throw away the expensive iridium spark plug I fitted nearly from new; mine starts and runs much better with the "cooking" NGKs; I don't think it likes fancy stuff..... ;)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Carlsberg Wordsworth on January 23, 2016, 05:54:38 pm
Result!

Passed 1st MOT.

I ought to challenge it though really, charged me an extra £1.25 for a stick-on red reflector saying rear lens doesn't have one built in.

News to me, I've seen it. Not my fault they couldn't. Couldn't be bothered to argue with a yes/no game.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: malky on January 23, 2016, 05:59:52 pm
Result!

Passed 1st MOT.

I ought to challenge it though really, charged me an extra £1.25 for a stick-on red reflector saying rear lens doesn't have one built in.


When I got my bike the dealer had stuck on two small reflectors either side of the tail light for this same purpose. Looks like he saved me £1.25 come mot time. :) :) Happy riding till next time.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Carlsberg Wordsworth on January 23, 2016, 07:20:06 pm
When I got my bike the dealer had stuck on two small reflectors either side of the tail light for this same purpose. Looks like he saved me £1.25 come mot time. :) :) Happy riding till next time.

I stand corrected then, I could have sworn that I've seen a small rectangle bottom left in the lens before. Typically can't see it now. Ah well, a small price to pay if it's a pass :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Rattlebattle on January 23, 2016, 10:17:04 pm
Well, that explains why in the box of goodies I got with my bike (after I found out about it and went back to the dealer) was included an oblong red reflector. Not sure where I'll stick it though (no, I don't want any suggestions); I doubt anyway that the MoT tester I use will even comment.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Narada on January 24, 2016, 12:24:37 am
I rode down my favorite windy road... then went back 3 more times!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on January 25, 2016, 01:02:08 am
  Cool , I'll stay up late then!   Cause I know you are like a day or two ahead of me ... in the mid afternoon or something like that ?  ::) ;D ;)


He's in Oz, you're in Jersey...  If you stay up late enough you might technically see it before he does.  I think....
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gashousegorilla on January 25, 2016, 01:37:50 am
Your right ! I did technically view it 16 hours or on the previous day... Then he did ?  There's a time worp in OZ !!  I think ?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: AmBraCol on January 25, 2016, 01:32:33 pm
Well I warmed her up, rode to town to drop my wife off at work and then took a longer route home to my office.  Along the way I misremembered the route I thought I'd take so ended up catching more rush hour traffic than I care for.  The Rumbler rumbled along quite nicely. With just over 2,300 KM on the odometer she's smoothed out and gained power.  It's a real blast to roll on the accelerator and feel her pull forward with authority.  Yesterday an old picture of yours truly on the little GN125H that served for the purpose the Rumbler now fills came up in "Facebook memories".  The smallness of that little bike had escaped my memory.  It's similar to the Rumbler - only in a miniaturized form. It'd cross La Linea pass also, albeit at 9,500-10,000 RPM over much of the haul.  Yep, the Rumbler is living up to the high expectations we had of it.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Craig McClure on January 25, 2016, 05:27:40 pm
After several days of bad wind & rain, a 2nd clear cool day for a ride. I got in an excellent brisk ride yesterday.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Scotty Brown on January 26, 2016, 06:31:14 pm
Installed the 7 inch headlight kit --Piece of cake -- I must applaud the excellent service from our host, ordered Thursday and arrived Monday.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Carlsberg Wordsworth on January 30, 2016, 08:14:19 pm
Found front Avon lives up to it's nickname .... but in reality, prob not the tyres fault.

Had the front let go at low speed.

So ended up with bent brake lever, bent right peg, dented the top of the tank, squashed headlight rim in part and front mudguard scuffed.

Rats.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: malky on January 30, 2016, 08:31:29 pm
Bad luck,hope you get it all proper again soon.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Carlsberg Wordsworth on January 30, 2016, 08:41:13 pm
Thanks malky.

Very much a 'what was that all about' moment. Wasn't much above walking speed as going downhill on a right curve. More battle scars.

To my mind, the Enfield has further cemented itself in the 'anti trade-in' stance it seems to have adopted lol.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: wildbill on February 01, 2016, 11:13:14 am
on a positive note -your still here to write about it -so that's good! ;)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ice on February 07, 2016, 07:10:06 am
 Fixed a long lingering oil leak and in the process also ditched the E start.
Lightens things up a bit and frees one more switch to be used for something else.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: pmanaz1973 on February 07, 2016, 04:02:12 pm
It hit 45 Degrees F and the roads were dry and clear, so I went for a short ride.  These bikes do run well with lots of cold air to draw from.  Nice to be back on the bike after four months...with only a couple of months to go before real riding weather is here.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: malky on February 07, 2016, 05:12:00 pm
Measured up to design a sump guard that will double as a "dolly" for my hydraulic lift. Now to look for some stainless plate.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on February 08, 2016, 09:23:37 pm
Fixed a long lingering oil leak and in the process also ditched the E start.
Lightens things up a bit and frees one more switch to be used for something else.

On the UCE or on Timex?  The e-start on Timex was pretty lame anyway, so...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on February 08, 2016, 09:53:41 pm
I changed the headlight bulb on my G5.
After 4 years, the low beam filament burned out so I had to ride home the other night using the high beam.

The bulb is for the 7 inch Lucas non-sealed beam sold to me by NfieldGear and they are unavailable from auto parts stores here in the US.

Now that I'm using my "spare" bulb, I called CMW (NfieldGear) to order another backup but they said they don't have any on hand which is kind of a bummer.
On the bright side, I got an e-mail from CMW saying this is the last day for their stock reduction sell out and lo and behold.  They were selling the 7 inch sealed beam headlight and rim at a super good price so I bought one of them.
Now, when my old fashioned bulb (yes, it looks like a old bulb with a large flange base on it) burns out I can replace my Lucas headlight with a sealed beam so buying spare bulbs won't be a problem.

I will miss my genuine "Lucas" headlight lens though.  Several people noticed it when they were looking at my G5 saying things like, "Oh my God!  That headlight was made by the Prince of Darkness in England.  I've heard they even come with a cartridge of electrical smoke in them so you can re-live true "old time" adventures first hand."
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: motomataya on February 08, 2016, 11:27:59 pm
I have 55 60 w halogen bulbs for the Lucas headlight. They come from Emgo, your local dealer can get them if they want to go to the trouble.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gremlin on February 09, 2016, 04:05:05 am
I've got a few 12 volt 35/35 watt of the BPF (British Pre Focus) that you might be describing.

The important bit is ..... does the flange have a nip pointing out from the circumference, or, is it like mine and have "half a hole" keyway notched out of the flange?  they look like the attached pic.

These 35/35 watt units are none-too-bright (tungsten in vacuum, not Halogen) but they really look the part and have the correct color light (in my opinion)

Jim  (PM me if interested ~ and ~ I might be interested in the Lucas glass)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Scotty Brown on February 09, 2016, 04:10:55 am
I recently replaced my C5 small headlight with the seven inch which was on sale.  Rode home after the Superbowl in the dark and what a difference from the original.  Felt like daylight, with great illumination, rather than two fireflies making out in a plastic box.  A worthwhile investment especially for safety.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on February 09, 2016, 07:08:36 pm
The 7"headlight of almost any kind is so much better than the ~5" US stock one.  The Halogen is great, lots of light and replacement bulbs at any auto store.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on February 09, 2016, 10:13:25 pm
Gremlin:
My bulb looks just like the one in the photo you posted. (Ha!  Bet most of you folks never saw a headlight bulb that looks like that before?

They were called "Pre Focused" because just plugging them in automatically located the bulb in the right place and they were quite popular back in the 1940's for headlights that didn't use the "new" sealed beam type.

Prior to bulbs of this style a mechanic had to adjust the fore/aft location of the bulbs to get the lens to shine the light in the right direction.
I used to have a 1939 Motor's Manual that described how to do this on your Graham, Pierce Arrow or LaSalle.

The large sheet metal flange on this "Pre-Focused" bulb positions and times the light.)

The bulb I installed is a 40/50 watt bulb.  THAT should dazzle the kiddies.  :D

CMW as usual, already packed and shipped my order so I should be getting it in a day or so.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gremlin on February 09, 2016, 11:37:40 pm
still eagerly hunting for a 7 inch cats-eye lense/reflector assembly ......

Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: longstrokeclassic on February 12, 2016, 05:26:50 pm
Hitchcocks  part #90247
(http://www.hitchcocksmotorcycles.com/pictures/category7391/mid/90247.jpg)
Finally fitted these which have reduced mirror blur to a more than acceptable level :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Narada on February 12, 2016, 06:15:09 pm
I just ordered a pair of Dunlop K-70s!  3.25 X 19 front and 4.00 X 18 rear.

Now to find a trustworthy shop to mount them on my spoke wheels. 

I also saw a post about using the spoke mounted balancing weights.  Any advice about that? 

Should I replace inner tubes with a specific type?  I think someone once mentioned an extra thick puncture resistant one.

These classic Dunlops should look pretty cool, but I am mainly thinking it will be safer with better traction and cornering ability.  I usually just putt around, but you never know what could happen, I may have to swerve quickly.  I still am trying to figure out cornering too, so I can use all the help I can get.  For $150.00 (plus mounting and balancing) that is cheap insurance!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Scotty Brown on February 12, 2016, 08:03:57 pm
=Extra thick punture resistant tubes are really not necessary.  HOWEVER if you want extra safety find natural rubber tubes, not synthetic.  If punctured the natural tubes release air slowly where the synthetic will rip or tear and deflate almost instantly.  May be  a bit hard to find these days, but worth the effort.=
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: motomataya on February 12, 2016, 09:04:48 pm
Some manufacturers are going back to natural rubber tubes, for just those reasons. They should get easier to find, if you have a good parts person. In particular Bike Master tubes are now real rubber.  Thick tubes will only run hotter with no real advantage on the street.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: pmanaz1973 on February 12, 2016, 09:15:54 pm
I just ordered a pair of Dunlop K-70s!  3.25 X 19 front and 4.00 X 18 rear.
I also saw a post about using the spoke mounted balancing weights. 

Stick on weights are rotten.  Only accept the spoke mounted type.  If a shop doesn't have them, I'd go to a shop that does.
You will love the K70's.  I've had mine for over a summer and love them.  If your front fender clearance is an issue, have no fear it is easy to have the struts extended.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Narada on February 13, 2016, 04:49:58 am
Thanks for the advise on the genuine rubber tubes.  They are about $5.00 each from Bike Master.  More cheap insurance.  I am very grateful for that.  I couldn't figure out for sure which tube was right for my C5 so I called but I got an answering machine.  I will be ordering some as soon as I can verify what is the right ones for me. 

I will also have the wheels balanced with spoke mounted weights when the tires and tubes are installed. 

This forum and the people in it are priceless.  The information I have learned, just on the subject of tires could be saving my life a few times over. 

Thank you everyone!

I took my Avons out for a ride this (sunny & cold) afternoon along the coast.  I have been exploring and finding a good route connecting some affluent, out of the way view areas, to make a nice riding course with stunning views of Puget Sound most of the way.  Very enjoyable!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: motomataya on February 13, 2016, 02:30:12 pm
One thing about the bike master tubes. They made the change last fall and many tubes on the dealers shelves are still the old style. So you should ask about this.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: PerazziMx14 on February 13, 2016, 05:01:21 pm
My new leftover 2012 C5 got its oil changed and oil screen cleaned today with 37.3 miles miles on the odometer. I also tweaked the rear fender brackets so the fender was centered on the rear tire and no offset to the right 2+ inches as it came from the factory.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Narada on February 13, 2016, 06:09:00 pm
A leftover from 2012?  Is there a story as to how that happened?

How did RE manage to install a fender 2+ inches to one side? Was a bracket welded out of place, or holes misdrilled?

How did you fix it? 

What sort of discount did you get?

What color is your C5?

Did you find anything worth mentioning in your oil screen?

Please forgive my curiosity, but this is very interesting.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gremlin on February 14, 2016, 12:47:10 am
I measured some stuff, and, poked the bear ......
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: BakoC5 on February 14, 2016, 01:30:54 am
I replaced the air box lock that disintegrated on the last ride :)
Gotta love a unbalanced single (Really I love it)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: PerazziMx14 on February 14, 2016, 10:13:03 am
Narada,

The dealer I got the RE from is predominantly a sales outlet for lawn mowers, generators, snow blowers etc. w/ RE and Vespa as pet projects of the owner. The business is being sold and the new owner does not want to sell 2 wheeled vehicles so everything including the Vespa's and any remaining parts are 50% off. At least that's the story I got.

The fender brackets just need a bit of pushing and pulling as the bracket bosses where they attach to the frame did not appear to be welded on exactly true. So with a few physical adjustment they are now lined up pretty good.

The bike is a chrome/black and was discounted 50% off MSRP and had no prep or freight.

The oil screen, magnets or oil pan showed nothing out of the ordinary. Just a few fleck, slivers and black fines. I am happy with the lack of material that was present.   
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Narada on February 15, 2016, 12:35:13 am
That is an interesting story PerazziMx14.  The chrome and black C5 is a gorgeous bike, and it looks like you got a great deal on it too.  At that price, I would have been tempted to buy it just to park next to my chrome and maroon.  I had the dealer do my first oil change at 300 miles and he said there was nothing worth mentioning in mine, but I've always wondered.

A couple of months ago I put hard panniers from India on my C5 and found that between the hand made pannier brackets which were supplied, and the hand made frame, I had to do some adjusting as well.  With a little effort everything came out great, and I couldn't be happier with the results.

Here is a link if you are interested in seeing how that went;
https://forum.classicmotorworks.com/index.php/topic,22561.0.html
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: PerazziMx14 on February 15, 2016, 10:55:15 am
That is an interesting story PerazziMx14.  The chrome and black C5 is a gorgeous bike, and it looks like you got a great deal on it too.  At that price, I would have been tempted to buy it just to park next to my chrome and maroon.  I had the dealer do my first oil change at 300 miles and he said there was nothing worth mentioning in mine, but I've always wondered.

A couple of months ago I put hard panniers from India on my C5 and found that between the hand made pannier brackets which were supplied, and the hand made frame, I had to do some adjusting as well.  With a little effort everything came out great, and I couldn't be happier with the results.

Here is a link if you are interested in seeing how that went;
https://forum.classicmotorworks.com/index.php/topic,22561.0.html

Your bike looks really good with the hard luggage. I'm not sure what I'm going to do as far as luggage, but its good to have lots of options.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: krimp on February 15, 2016, 04:03:11 pm
I rode into work today. Starting temp was below freezing. I don't care though, because I got to ride into work.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Magoo on February 16, 2016, 05:59:57 am
Someone pinched my damn Oberon streetfighter bar end mirrors while my bike was parked up at a shopping centre..wtf!

Luckily I still have the stock mickey mouse ears, but they look damn hideous on my custom handlebars.
I do get a good view of my shoulders though...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: wildbill on February 16, 2016, 01:57:11 pm
i took the blue c5 out today -first time in 3 weeks. yesterday I did a very quick run in the mx5 turbo which I thought was pretty good. it hold its own with v8 power with a bit over 5 seconds to 60 mph
but compared to the bike on today's 20 mile run - the turbo car is a long way off the thrill of riding a bike. :D
one has sheer power and the other sheer enjoyment ;D
 
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ice on February 18, 2016, 04:03:31 am
 Put a pair of Dunlop K70's and set of Hagons on the G5 for she who makes the delicious baked goods.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Narada on February 18, 2016, 07:50:53 pm
In a previous post I was advised to get natural rubber inner Tubes to go in my new K70s, such as Bike Master brand. 

Bike Master is made of butyl rubber, and another brand I've been offered is IRC which are made from a blend of natural and butyl rubber. 

Is butyl rubber natural, and what is the IRC blend?


Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on February 18, 2016, 10:38:49 pm
I have no idea what the IRC blend is and the only thing I can see on the net dealing with those letters is International Rubber Conference.

Butyl rubber is a synthetic rubber created in the 1930's.
It is air tight and resists a number of fluids.

Oil, fuel oils and gasoline will cause a rapid breakdown of butyl rubber so keep it away from them.

Natural rubber is equally poor if it comes in contact with oil, fuel oil or gasoline.

Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: retrolynn on February 19, 2016, 08:48:04 pm
The snow finally left,and the roads are mostly dry. It got up to 47 degrees today,so I rode 20 miles,and filled the tank on my 2013 B5. Found an Exon station that had no-alcohol premium. Felt great to ride again! Lynn
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: longstrokeclassic on February 19, 2016, 10:02:16 pm
Took it out for a ride and discovered some of the mud that's been building over winter had reached critical mass.
It came back slightly lighter than when it went out. Not cleaner, just lighter.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Blairio on February 22, 2016, 07:51:17 pm
I measured some stuff, and, poked the bear ......

is "poked the bear" a euphemism of some sort?  Or do you indeed have a bear .. that you poke?
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Post by: Blairio on February 22, 2016, 08:15:15 pm
Today in Glasgow it stopped raining, and the sun came out.  I had to google what 'sun' actually is since it has been a while since it was visible in our skies.

Anyway I had the day off, so I fired up "Electra" and headed for the country. Initially she was like a bear with a sore head (bears again), and a low speed misfire that finally cleared after about 10 minutes. The air temperature was low, but it was great to out and about. After an hour or so I headed home to thaw out, and plan a decent run for when we get a few days of dry weather forecast.
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Post by: no bs on February 22, 2016, 09:12:01 pm
topped off the tank, took the back roads into work. let the klr sit in the garage for a while!
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Post by: mattsz on February 22, 2016, 09:15:59 pm
Today in Glasgow it stopped raining, and the sun came out.  I had to google what 'sun' actually is since it has been a while since it was visible in our skies.

Anyway I had the day off, so I fired up "Electra" and headed for the country. Initially she was like a bear with a sore head (bears again), and a low speed misfire that finally cleared after about 10 minutes. The air temperature was low, but it was great to out and about. After an hour or so I headed home to thaw out, and plan a decent run for when we get a few days of dry weather forecast.

I envy you.  We've had an odd winter here, with occasional days, or even stretches of days, that were warm enough to go riding.  But the roads are such shit here, absolutely covered with chunky sand - like ball bearings - and salt.  Bad for me and the bike.  It's just not worth it... I'll wait until spring.  :(
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Post by: decker on February 22, 2016, 09:50:02 pm
Glued the first layer of foam on a seat pan I've started making.
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Post by: gremlin on February 23, 2016, 12:30:28 am
.............. do you indeed have a bear .. that you poke?

SWMBO'd would never permit such frivolity .......
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Post by: decker on February 25, 2016, 08:01:49 pm
Removed seat, gas tank, rocker covers. Used gasket goop to fill in gaps on the poor machining under the rocker cover seals. Replaced rocker covers. Now to wait 24 hrs for the goop to set. Hope this solves my leak issue.
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Post by: krimp on February 25, 2016, 10:44:37 pm
Yesterday, I crossed the 8000 mile mark.
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Post by: AmBraCol on February 26, 2016, 01:19:16 pm
Yesterday was the day to take her in for her second warranty service.  She was getting too close to the 3,000 km mark and there's no telling when I'll get time to do the deed so I shifted a couple "to do's" and took off early to ride to Cali.  It's just over 200 km and after toodling around town trying to find the dealership she as setting at 2,952 km when they serviced her.  The instrument cluster was a bit loose but otherwise it was a matter of checking for proper chain tension, changing oil and filter (the manual only calls for checking the same, my OCD insisted on the change) and giving her a wash. The last bit was problematic as Cali is under water rationing and the section of town the dealer is in was sans dihidrogenmonoxide.  But they managed to scare up the liquid anyway and did the deed although I told them it was likely wasted effort as the road home was long and rain was likely.  But the deed was done, the fee was paid and off towards home we went.  Sure enough, hit some of the worst rain I've ridden through in ages.  The gear tossed in the backpack came in handy and the emergency flashers gave me some confidence as to being visible to the folks in cages.  After about an hour of heavy rain I stopped at a roadside spot, had a bit of juice to rehydrate (how'd I get so dry on the inside when it was so wet outside?), drain the ol' radiator and wait to see if it'd slow down a bit.  It did so off again we went until a look at the instruments showed a flashing fuel level.  Oops!  Turned into a roadside filling station and topped her off, 4.2 gallons with just over 103 km/gallon on the last tank full, not bad considering that a large portion of that had been at speeds around 60 mph instead of my usual 50 mph, the road to Cali being mostly fourlane marked up to 60 mph (approximately, 100 km is the marking)

This bike just seems to get smoother as she runs in.  3,500 rpm in 5th gear and she just glides down the road smoothly.
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Post by: Scotty Brown on February 28, 2016, 05:52:42 am
Adjusted the chain -- Centered the brakes -- checked that the brake lite worked OK --Live is Good--
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Post by: AmBraCol on February 28, 2016, 12:31:53 pm
Last night the Rumbler crossed the 2,000 mile mark.  :)
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Post by: Magoo on March 02, 2016, 05:58:25 am
Marked the last day of the Australian Summer by reaching 40,000km on the 2013 C5.
Shame it was reached during the daily commute, but I gave it some unnecessary revs to celebrate.
Time for a service...
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Post by: longstrokeclassic on March 03, 2016, 07:25:42 pm
Repositioned the front wheel rim so it sit midway between the front forks.
Hopefully that's where it should be and not sitting with the gap on one side 3mm larger than the gap on the other side >:( 
Then re-aligned the back wheel with the front and went out for a ride.

The bike is just about ready for its 6,000 mile oil change - and this engine is still settling down and losing some vibrations.
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Post by: decker on March 04, 2016, 06:23:06 am
Fit my new seat . Looking forward to getting my first spring ride.
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Post by: Narada on March 04, 2016, 04:34:01 pm
That is a nice bike.  Picture saved!
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Post by: longstrokeclassic on March 04, 2016, 06:46:11 pm
There's a small rack available that fixes to the exposed framework and will complement that solo seat very nicely  ;)
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Post by: Scotty Brown on March 04, 2016, 08:20:38 pm
==The most fun to be had with your clothes on==
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Post by: krusty on March 05, 2016, 11:39:36 am
Collected my Lagoon Blue 2016 C500 today. Had a great ride home.  :D
And now it's snowing. :(
Krusty
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Post by: heloego on March 05, 2016, 04:39:58 pm
That'll give you time to go over every nut and bolt for tightness. Don't forget the Loc-Tite and really enjoy the next ride!  ;D
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Post by: AmBraCol on March 05, 2016, 05:03:20 pm
Collected my Lagoon Blue 2016 C500 today. Had a great ride home.  :D
And now it's snowing. :(
Krusty

Congrats on the new bike.  Give her a good rubdown with quality wax so she'll be ready when the weather lets up!
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Post by: Royal Stargazer on March 05, 2016, 09:40:31 pm
Took my bike up to the mechanic to have the 535cc piston installed. Can't wait to get her back.
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Post by: malky on March 05, 2016, 09:59:10 pm
Collected my Lagoon Blue 2016 C500 today. Had a great ride home.  :D
And now it's snowing. :(
Krusty
Congrats, hope the sun's up soon for you. 8)
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Post by: gremlin on March 05, 2016, 10:06:07 pm
Went for a ride on Mjolnir ......  WOW - such an improvement in torque.....  GHG and ScooterBob have found the sweet-spot for modification of the UCE engine.   I'm likin' it.   AND it is now (finally) freeway competent !
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Post by: wildbill on March 06, 2016, 01:15:26 am
just did the 2nd oil and filter change on the blue c5 with a total of 300 miles on the clock. took it for a 20 mile run and just waiting a while to check it out for any leaks from the 4 oil outlets. after that its good riding for another 300 miles till I drop it again.
oil nice and clean  with no rubbish so that's a good sign  ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: longstrokeclassic on March 06, 2016, 06:19:19 pm
Removed the  bi-starter cable  :o

 My bike has been starting problem free without it several times over this passing winter at temps going down to -3*C which is my personal limit for taking the bike out for a leisure ride.
It gives the clutch cable a little more freedom through the nacelle and this can be felt every time the clutch lever is pulled. When my clutch fingers start to get cold next time out in similar temperatures I know this little bonus will be more than welcome.
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Post by: longstrokeclassic on March 07, 2016, 05:58:43 pm
Swapped the oil out at just over 6,000 miles and fitted an LED bulb inside the main unit to match the two already above it.

(http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t245/portisheadric/Gump/P1010951_zpsxb7uvkbc.jpg)


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Post by: retrolynn on March 07, 2016, 09:15:59 pm
Very nice! My 7inch headlight made a big difference. Do you like the led bulb?  Rode my b5 40 miles in 35degrees,some sun. Have to ride when I can!
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Post by: longstrokeclassic on March 07, 2016, 09:41:13 pm
Well it certainly doesn't look as 'period' as the yellow glow given off by the standard Tungsten bulbs but I definitely believe it makes things more noticeable in traffic.
I replaced the other two BA9s bulbs a little while back and kept thinking it looked odd with a different colour light output from the main unit.
Now I have three of a kind.  ;)

These particular bulbs have 5 SMDs. 
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Post by: gashousegorilla on March 08, 2016, 01:38:18 am
Went for a ride on Mjolnir ......  WOW - such an improvement in torque.....  GHG and ScooterBob have found the sweet-spot for modification of the UCE engine.   I'm likin' it.   AND it is now (finally) freeway competent !


  Quool !  You are not getting away THAT easy Grem.   I have not ran that piston without hot rod cams.  How is it ?  Better bottom end, better top end ? ... mid range, passing ability and etc. ?  What plug are you using with the HIGH Corn-pression... an 8 ?  Fuel ?   Any ping-age ?
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Post by: gremlin on March 08, 2016, 07:53:20 pm

  Quool !  You are not getting away THAT easy Grem.   I have not ran that piston without hot rod cams.  How is it ?  Better bottom end, better top end ? ... mid range, passing ability and etc. ?  What plug are you using with the HIGH Corn-pression... an 8 ?  Fuel ?   Any ping-age ?

be fair now .....  I've only got 60 miles on it. the first 50 were light short trips in traffic around the neighbourhood.   I'm running 93 octane non-ox fuel and an NGK 8.  I took it on 2 short jaunts of 4 miles each up and back on the freeway  (with a lunch break between).

initial impression:

low range still as strong (or maybe a touch stronger) than stock.
freaking stump pulling midrange torque.
still runs out of breath on the high end, but, getting there is much quicker .....  might consider an additional tooth on the front sprocket.

kinda like a diesel engine.

NO detectable ping.
the thump is epic.
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Post by: gashousegorilla on March 09, 2016, 02:28:25 am
be fair now .....  I've only got 60 miles on it. the first 50 were light short trips in traffic around the neighbourhood.   I'm running 93 octane non-ox fuel and an NGK 8.  I took it on 2 short jaunts of 4 miles each up and back on the freeway  (with a lunch break between).

initial impression:

low range still as strong (or maybe a touch stronger) than stock.
freaking stump pulling midrange torque.
still runs out of breath on the high end, but, getting there is much quicker .....  might consider an additional tooth on the front sprocket.

kinda like a diesel engine.

NO detectable ping.
the thump is epic.

  LOL !     Yup I hear ya, your right see how it goes as the weather gets better for riding. ;)

  Anyways, sounds good so far.  Also, the same as what I found back when I was running the same compression ratio WITH the stock cams.  The difference at the time was the chamber shape and volume with the flat top AVL.   And, we were looking for the same behavior with the Dome and the stock chamber.   It should be very close and perhaps flow a bit better, and it sounds like it is.  The running out of breath in the top end... as you know I'm sure. Is a combination of the stock cams, the intake is probably a bit restrictive, the header could be a little bigger and the silencer a bit more open. THEN... it would hit you in the ass in the top end when you crack it open, and you would be hard pressed to run out of throttle up there.  ;D   But good stuff,  I say play with it and get it were you want it.   I have run a 20 tooth and an 18 to good effect in your configuration.   Yeah, I think the 19 would be fun to try.
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Post by: Ice on March 09, 2016, 03:38:17 am
 Assuming one wanted to take a stab at port and polish to improve the flow, what is the next size larger throttle body that will bolt on and what bike do we salvage it from ?
 ;)
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Post by: gashousegorilla on March 10, 2016, 02:08:47 am
Assuming one wanted to take a stab at port and polish to improve the flow, what is the next size larger throttle body that will bolt on and what bike do we salvage it from ?
 ;)

  Michael.. Brother... would you be referring to that cookie cutter , pre-made cafe racer GT thang ?!  And, it's ... It's.. bucket sized TB ?!    Hehehehehehe  ;)   NO... I think with the stock ( pretty narrow) rev range, or even a bit north of that stock rev range, the stock UCE 500 TB is good.   Sure, you'll get more volume ... but at a slower speed.  And you will likely, ONLY feel an improvement in the top end, and when ringing it's neck !  My humble opinion, from us working and tuning on this 500 cc motor for quite a long time now.... is that speed, velocity and time BEAT volume.  Unless that is, IF you want to rev it to the moon and stay up there... and Race ?  Throw some money at that bottom end to !  :o  When that stock intake cam opens that valve with the 34 mm GT TB, it will be at a slower rate and there will also be no help from the stock exhaust cam profile with pulling in the next incoming charge of react-able mix... IMHO anyways. Do the port and and polishing and keep the stock TB.  When I said intake, I meant to free it up and or lengthen it. 
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Post by: Ice on March 10, 2016, 04:34:24 am
 I asked out of curiosity only and in reference to the 500.
 The skunk works department of the Mad Science lab currently booked solid with projects,,for now.
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Post by: gremlin on March 10, 2016, 07:25:30 pm
.................The skunk works department of the Mad Science lab currently booked solid with projects,,for now.

HA HA .....  I know what you mean .....  know anybody that wants a moderately used BMW R1200RT-P  (police bike) ?

single seat with tail box ......  would make a great big-boy cafe !
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Post by: krimp on March 10, 2016, 08:17:07 pm
HA HA .....  I know what you mean .....  know anybody that wants a moderately used BMW R1200RT-P  (police bike) ?

single seat with tail box ......  would make a great big-boy cafe !

How much and where is it located?
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Post by: gremlin on March 10, 2016, 10:53:03 pm
I found a 6 1/2 inch headlamp lense with promise ......  Now I need to find or fab an adapter .....
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Post by: Ice on March 12, 2016, 08:06:49 am
HA HA .....  I know what you mean .....  know anybody that wants a moderately used BMW R1200RT-P  (police bike) ?

single seat with tail box ......  would make a great big-boy cafe !

 My brother.
He is absolutely nuts about those and is actively interested in another.
Please PM me the details and I'll pas it to him straight away.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ice on March 12, 2016, 08:12:41 am
 "What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?"
Not to my Enfield but with my Enfield. Took an MSF refresher with it.

 Having the only kick start, drum braked, distorted clutch disc bike bike in the class was entertaining.  A few people were genuinely shocked by it's handling.
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Post by: malky on March 12, 2016, 08:58:51 am
"What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?"
Not to my Enfield but with my Enfield. Took an MSF refresher with it.

  A few people were genuinely shocked by it's handling.
In a positive way I hope. :)
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Post by: Ice on March 12, 2016, 09:29:49 am
 Yes quite positive.

 Ten bikes in the group eight of which were Harleys whose riders had not seen a British single cylinder in live action before. Unintentionally caught them unaware it seems. Agility is a wonderful thing. ;)  ;D
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Post by: jvb on March 13, 2016, 04:15:58 am
Fitted a new temp sensor to my C5 Chrome, and went for a punt around the city.  All good, no engine light!
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Post by: Ice on March 13, 2016, 04:25:12 am
 Serviced the front brakes on the Military, flushed the disc brake system on the G5, lubed the drive chains and everything that could use some lube, adjusted everything that needed adjustment and went for a test ride.
 Enjoying a post ride cup of tea as I write this, all is well.  :D
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Post by: PerazziMx14 on March 13, 2016, 09:45:11 pm
Changed the oil/filter and lubed the chain on my 2012 C5 at 550.9 miles.

For the record I also changed the oil at 37.3 miles and 198 miles.

Each of the 3 times I have done oil changes I was surprised at the lack of metal on the oil screen or in the bottom of the oil drain pan.
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Post by: Scotty Brown on March 14, 2016, 06:14:17 am
Rode to a Vintage meet in So. Cal --Over 100 vintage machines and the winner was a 650cc Panther -- Very rare here in the States-  Beautiful unrestored example --
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Post by: Royal Stargazer on March 16, 2016, 01:01:04 am
Brought her home. It was a soggy ride, but it was worth it.
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Post by: AmBraCol on March 17, 2016, 02:29:56 pm
Brought her home. It was a soggy ride, but it was worth it.

So, how's it feel to be riding a 535?
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Post by: longstrokeclassic on March 17, 2016, 07:45:59 pm
Removed a tiny bit of rubber off the left hand footrest
- with the help of some tarmac, a really nice bend and
some Avon Roadriders :)  :)  :)

(http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t245/portisheadric/Gump/20160316_122558_zpswqahvdz5.jpg)
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Post by: Carlsberg Wordsworth on March 17, 2016, 07:53:52 pm
I must get on and get a set then.

Last time my bike went that far I was with it.
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Post by: Scotty Brown on March 18, 2016, 02:02:04 am
Yesterday installed new Volar 530 o ring chain--This is an experiment because of low price, but will watch closely. Real Pain to rivet master link and needs a special tool.  Some reviews on this chain are good and others bad -- Today installed new Hagan shocks ---- Now a very happy camper but a poor one.  Will keep you guys posted on the Volar chain.  Certainly should be strong enough with the C5 horsepower but will it kink.
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Post by: Royal Stargazer on March 18, 2016, 04:02:31 am
So, how's it feel to be riding a 535?

If I had to sum it up in a single emote:  8)

I feel like I've got more low end power, and I'm looking forward to breaking it all in so I can venture back out onto the highways.
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Post by: AmBraCol on March 18, 2016, 12:34:54 pm
Cool!  I may go that route when the time comes for a rebuild. What all did you do?  Just a basic cylinder/piston swap, or is it more involved?
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Post by: Royal Stargazer on March 18, 2016, 06:59:15 pm
Cool!  I may go that route when the time comes for a rebuild. What all did you do?  Just a basic cylinder/piston swap, or is it more involved?

I ended up having the existing cylinder bored out rather than buy the cylinder + piston combo (it was the more economical option).

I haven't had any other work done, but I'm sure it's only a matter of time.
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Post by: johno on March 20, 2016, 01:34:12 pm
Although its still a bit chilly on the south coast of the UK (bordering on freezing in the mornings and evenings) at least we have had a couple of dry weeks. Having not used my B5 over winter this year, apart from a short trips to keep her turning over. I spent a wonderful day rediscovering the back roads of Dorset, making the most of the dry roads and the perfect bike to take in the views.
Apart from having to replace the indicator repeat bulb (what a pain) the 100 or so miles went without any issues.
This is how my B5 looks now, The panniers are 1958 pattern British army haversacks, I think they need to fade a bit for the patina to help the look!
(http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y258/johno0_0/DSC_0002_zps0qehhszl.jpg) (http://s7.photobucket.com/user/johno0_0/media/DSC_0002_zps0qehhszl.jpg.html)
(http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y258/johno0_0/DSC_0004_zps9rzklqh9.jpg) (http://s7.photobucket.com/user/johno0_0/media/DSC_0004_zps9rzklqh9.jpg.html)
(http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y258/johno0_0/DSC_0003_zps2bxbcdcf.jpg) (http://s7.photobucket.com/user/johno0_0/media/DSC_0003_zps2bxbcdcf.jpg.html)
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Post by: krimp on March 20, 2016, 02:57:15 pm
Although its still a bit chilly on the south coast of the UK (bordering on freezing in the mornings and evenings) at least we have had a couple of dry weeks. Having not used my B5 over winter this year, apart from a short trips to keep her turning over. I spent a wonderful day rediscovering the back roads of Dorset, making the most of the dry roads and the perfect bike to take in the views.
Apart from having to replace the indicator repeat bulb (what a pain) the 100 or so miles went without any issues.
This is how my B5 looks now, The panniers are 1958 pattern British army haversacks, I think they need to fade a bit for the patina to help the look!
(http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y258/johno0_0/DSC_0002_zps0qehhszl.jpg) (http://s7.photobucket.com/user/johno0_0/media/DSC_0002_zps0qehhszl.jpg.html)
(http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y258/johno0_0/DSC_0004_zps9rzklqh9.jpg) (http://s7.photobucket.com/user/johno0_0/media/DSC_0004_zps9rzklqh9.jpg.html)
(http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y258/johno0_0/DSC_0003_zps2bxbcdcf.jpg) (http://s7.photobucket.com/user/johno0_0/media/DSC_0003_zps2bxbcdcf.jpg.html)
I love that fairing. How well does it perform and are you seeing any other benefits to having it in place?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: longstrokeclassic on March 20, 2016, 09:31:35 pm
Today I reduced the width of the rear brake pivot pin lock nut (Part no.580310) so that now when the rear wheel spindle settles at 90* to the brake hub assembly, both front and rear wheels are perfectly aligned and the sprocket teeth run centred between the inner chain plates.

This was the last item on a list of things that needed sorting to get the bike to how it should have left the production line. Other things which I remember having done were:-

Adding a 6mm spacer under one of the dual seat support lugs to get the seat level.

Getting the front wheel positioned centrally between the forks - originally it was 3mm off centre.

Centralising the rear brake cam to allow both brake shoes to make contact with the drum and moving the rear brake arm around the cam splines for better mechanical efficiency  via the brake pedal.

Flipped the incorrectly assembled rear brake pedal washer through 180* to remove the sideways slop in the pedal.

Adjusting the side stand switch so the stand only cuts the engine when halfway through its travel ark instead of when it moves downwards slightly as a result of uneven road surfaces.

Fixing an incorrectly assembled regulator block connector so that both positive and negative connections were made when the wiring loom block and reg/rec block were pushed and locked together - the tang on the +ve spade had not engaged resulting in the female connector being pushed backwards out of the block by the male.

Rotated the Speedometer so it no longer sat skewed at an angle in the nacelle.

Removed an air bubble from the front brake calliper.

Moved the handlebars so they sit parallel to the front wheel spindle and then tightened up the loose clamp spindle Allen bolt.   

Set the front forks parallel by repositioning the right fork leg. Replaced the OEM bolt ( which snapped upon tightening) with a stainless Allen bolt and a Nylock nut.

Increased the length of the undersized spacer that sits between the rear wheel bearings to prevent premature bearing failure after another 4,000 miles.

Swapped over the live and neutral wires on the pilot bulb so the metal case is no longer live.

Repositioned the front brake lower hose guide so the hose is no longer in a position to make contact with the wheel spokes under heavy fork compression.


Other than those minor niggles it's all good and now the bikes up to scratch it might be time to add some farkles ;)


   
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: johno on March 20, 2016, 10:39:23 pm
I love that fairing. How well does it perform and are you seeing any other benefits to having it in place?
It is absolutely brilliant, hands are protected, the screen is the perfect height for me. There is little noticeable side wind effect, another advantage is the streamlining which makes higher speeds more comfortable, I regularly ride at 70mph +.
This is the Hitchcock version which is made of modern light-weight grp unlike the original 1950-60's heavy weight lumps.
If you get one, you need to order the imperial headlight clip (It is slightly longer) to secure the original B5 7" headlight, although I advised Hitchcock of this so they may include the correct clip with the fairing kit now, but worth asking anyway.
I can't think of any disadvantages to be honest, I'm glad I fitted it and it will stay, The leg shields though, don't seem to provide much protection, they are fitted now so are staying!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: krimp on March 21, 2016, 05:56:46 am
It is absolutely brilliant, hands are protected, the screen is the perfect height for me. There is little noticeable side wind effect, another advantage is the streamlining which makes higher speeds more comfortable, I regularly ride at 70mph +.
This is the Hitchcock version which is made of modern light-weight grp unlike the original 1950-60's heavy weight lumps.
If you get one, you need to order the imperial headlight clip (It is slightly longer) to secure the original B5 7" headlight, although I advised Hitchcock of this so they may include the correct clip with the fairing kit now, but worth asking anyway.
I can't think of any disadvantages to be honest, I'm glad I fitted it and it will stay, The leg shields though, don't seem to provide much protection, they are fitted now so are staying!

Due to cost, this will have to wait just a little bit and would have to be painted to match the awesomeness that is the cream C5. Otherwise, it is on my list of things to do.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gremlin on March 21, 2016, 12:16:21 pm
My cold-blooded Triumph refused to fire this morning (30F) sooo.....  I rode Mjolnir to work.

First time running under sustained load (25 miles, all highway) and I gotta say the change is stupendous !

I was keeping up with the 60+ MPH traffic with 1/3 throttle .....  before it would require 2/3 throttle.

HAPPY !
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Otto_Ing on March 21, 2016, 12:48:23 pm
Mjölnir is living up to his legacy.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Scotty Brown on March 27, 2016, 12:23:15 am
Cleaning my garage I found my old racing saddle and installed it on my C5 --- How cool is that --Comfortable too~!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gremlin on March 27, 2016, 03:22:15 am
classic !
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Eagle56 on March 27, 2016, 05:58:02 pm
Got pissed off trying to fit a single seat to my Electra efi now resided to the fact that it my be best suited to the duel seat set up.
Bought a sheepskin pelt hoping to improve the duel seat comfort but not sure if it looks right
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: TdLpps on March 27, 2016, 06:06:13 pm
Cleaning my garage I found my old racing saddle and installed it on my C5 --- How cool is that --Comfortable too~!

Very nice, Scotty.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: AcetoMadras on March 27, 2016, 07:29:21 pm
Finally got my B5 back from the workshop after having the rear end front mud guard done, reconnected a loose TPS sensor and enjoyed a brief spell of sun!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Otto_Ing on March 27, 2016, 07:33:34 pm
Finally got my B5 back from the workshop after having the rear end front mud guard done, reconnected a loose TPS sensor and enjoyed a brief spell of sun!

Good looking bike, only the square airbox or what ever that is looks bit square....  ;)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Carlsberg Wordsworth on March 27, 2016, 09:04:48 pm
Since fitting the O2 eliminator, I've found the revs appear to build more readily. Couple of 15 mile runs through the lanes enjoying myself.

Until the speedo packed up again, then worked and then stopped. The cable appears to attach at an angle and I think it's stopping the brass coloured turny thing (for want of a better term lol) from functioning correctly.

Huzzah! one piece of foam found hanging around the garage later and shoved between cable and wiring later to keep the cable straight .... so far so good.

Wouldn't be surprised if a Koso is ordered in the very near future though. I suppose best to have the one with a rev counter whilst at it.

*edit*

@ Eagle56, Hitchcocks do a 2/3 scramble seat suitable for Electra. Requires frame drilling apparently.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: decker on March 27, 2016, 10:33:05 pm
Hitchcocks scrambler seat bolts to the shock mount and the front seat mount for the dual seat. Any drilling required is more than likely only on the front seat mounting.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Eagle56 on March 28, 2016, 10:39:38 pm
Any idea how comfortable the scrambler seat is and will it allow a pillion pad on the 4 bolt fixing if required
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: decker on March 28, 2016, 11:47:11 pm
No idea how comfortable the seat is, Hitchcocks site shows it with a carrier rack mounted behind it. Some racks allow a seat to be mounted to them. I fitted a carrier rack from CMW behind the solo seat on my G5, which came with a pillion seat.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: longstrokeclassic on March 30, 2016, 11:38:31 am
Today I removed some corrosion from between the disc and the disc carrier which had put a slight ripple in the front disc but under firm braking felt as if the front wheel was buckled!

Didn't need to do anything other than remove the bolts, spin the disc in situ and refit the bolts. Only had a problem with one bolt, the only which had been thread-locked at the factory ::)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: decker on March 31, 2016, 01:53:57 am
Insurance day. ????
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Narada on March 31, 2016, 04:36:32 am
Rode 65 miles in the sun!

Experienced the difference of a rear tire low on air, as compared to properly inflated.  Not fun on a windy freeway.  Amazing what a few pounds of air pressure can do! 

I just might hit my 1,000th mile tomorrow.  Riding my RE just keeps feeling more natural all the time.  I'm really enjoying it.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: malky on March 31, 2016, 02:23:23 pm
Replaced my trusty old hand crank HMT Indian watch for the convenience of a quartz one.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: The Old Coot on March 31, 2016, 08:11:40 pm
I don't always wear a watch but when I do I wear a Seiko Divers Self-winding model. No batteries for me, Old School to the end!

(http://seikousa.com/images/watches/thumb-large/SKX173.jpg)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: longstrokeclassic on March 31, 2016, 10:04:20 pm
Had one of those but got fed up going for a swim every time it needed winding,
I now have a Casio solar powered watch and only have to roll my sleeve up every time it stops working  ::)

also had time for a short ride around North Wales today :) 
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: malky on April 01, 2016, 03:19:25 am
Had one of those but got fed up going for a swim every time it needed winding,
I now have a Casio solar powered watch and only have to roll my sleeve up every time it stops working  ::)

also had time for a short ride around North Wales today :)
Erm, just in case you're missing something, my watch is attached to my Enfield.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Narada on April 01, 2016, 04:25:22 am
I cracked the 1000 mile mark, after another sunny day ride along the coast I'm at 1,024. Getting lots of comments by admirers (of the bike, not me) everywhere I go. 
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Blairio on April 01, 2016, 05:06:48 am
Erm, just in case you're missing something, my watch is attached to my Enfield.

I use an Oxford Motorcycle Clock, firmly bolted to the RHS mirror mounting bracket.

http://www.halfords.com/motoring/motorcycling/motorcycle-accessories/oxford-motorcycle-clock (http://www.halfords.com/motoring/motorcycling/motorcycle-accessories/oxford-motorcycle-clock)

It is the same size as a regular gent's wrist watch, and benefits from a solid mounting bracket. The only downside is that the (tiny) battery pegs out after 18 months, but it is easy enough to replace.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: krimp on April 01, 2016, 05:52:25 am
Today, I crossed the 8500 mile mark. I will hit 9000 miles in another two or three weeks. Also, for the 2nd time in two days, I rode home during a snow storm. The only thing the snow was sticking to was me.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ice on April 01, 2016, 06:11:34 am
Much REspect to you brother.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Scotty Brown on April 02, 2016, 04:35:42 am
= 106 mile ride for Pastrami and beer while checking out the new Haggon shocks and old racing seat plus the new chain --- Went one up on the shocks and found better control,  chain working nicely, and when one feels no pain in the butt the seat must be working as well.  Approching 10,000 (9788 currently) and it just gets better with every mile. =
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gremlin on April 02, 2016, 01:34:29 pm
rode Mjolnir around town running errands .....  took twice as long as anticipated, everywhere I went old geezers wanted to look at & discuss the antique bike.....
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: stevew on April 03, 2016, 06:40:54 pm
2 hour thrash around the Hoo peninsular. That Bullet is one of the most "engaging" bikes to ride. Not fast, not the best handling but surely one of the prettiest and fun to ride. Happy bunny here  ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Carlsberg Wordsworth on April 03, 2016, 08:20:02 pm
After the buzz of seeing MUSE last night, time for a quick spirited run through some promising spring sunshine as opposed to spring sunshine bimble lol.

Treated the bike to a polish, pondered some Electra handlebars.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: krusty on April 03, 2016, 09:12:21 pm
Stuck some stickers on the C500. I got some reproduction stickers from Hitchcock's.
Put a nice black and gold RE one on the battery box, and a "wash with petrol" one on the faux air box. Just for the added visual interest.


Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: jvb on April 03, 2016, 11:13:21 pm
Replaced the original Bosch plug with an NGK BP6EY.  Made a lot of difference, no more missing and fluffing on acceleration.  Pulled the guard off the muffler after the front rivet fractured.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: krimp on April 04, 2016, 12:38:34 am
Gave her a good washing, then replaced my leaking valve cover gaskets. Discovered during cleanup that my front brake line is about 2 inches too long, the damn thing wore through the paint.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: AmBraCol on April 04, 2016, 02:26:50 am
Met up with two other RE owners who reside here in Coffee Country.  We then took off south to Quindío where we thumped around from town to town, had a bit of lunch, thumped around some more then headed home.  Normally I ride on my own, this was the first group ride I've been on in almost thirty years.  It was fun, I rode drag the whole way.   Lead bike was a Desert Storm 500 Classic, leather seat and customized pillion seat, leather panniers and Pirrelli M60s front and rear.  Middle bike was a blue 350 Classic, mostly stock except for bits and pieces of bling the owner ordered in from India via fleabay. And yours truly brought up the drag on the Rumbler 500 which is still 100% stock.   Interestingly, we're all within a few hundred kilometers on the odometer and we purchased within about a six week period.  One from Cali, one from Bogotá and mine ordered in Medellin and delivered here.  It's good to know there are other RE riders in the area. Also found out about an AKT dealer that is an authorized RE service center up in Manizales.  Much shorter ride than over to Cali like I had to do last time.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: krimp on April 04, 2016, 05:41:00 am
That sounds like a really nice day.

I forgot to mention that found the source of my latest unknown vibration: A broken head steady. I'm still under warranty, so I will be calling in the morning.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: heloego on April 04, 2016, 01:19:30 pm
Nothing today. Too busy spark chasing the starter system on my bud's '08 AVL. Sheesh, what a rat's nest of wiring! And the wiring diagrams I DL'd from our host are from '95. Dog only knows how different the '08 wiring is... :o
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on April 04, 2016, 02:30:40 pm
Today was a beautiful WINDY day with empty blue sky and bright sunshine. The temperature was about 80F. The “Leftenant” and I enjoyed a good 60 miles ride. The (five) motorcycle diary now shows 24 rides and 1301 miles.  It was the first ride of 2016 wearing the mesh jacket and short gloves.
We are right on the cusp of Spring. I know because I caught my first whiff of lilacs passing through Liberty and the wasps are now keeping us company on the front porch. The grass is green and the low lying brush is leafing out. The trees have tiny buds sprouting that I can see if I squint my eyes just right.
The crock pot has been happily cooking a roast with carrots, potatoes and onions all day. The house smell really GOOD.
The opening game of the KC Royals is tonight.  :)

What a difference a day makes, huh Jerry?

Here in Maine, I woke up to 16℉.  It's warmed up all the way to 24℉ now, mid-morning, but we're due for a couple of inches of fresh snow in the next few hours.  I don't think I'll ever ride again...  :(
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: krimp on April 04, 2016, 05:31:08 pm
A BIG shout out to Brett at RENA for getting my head steady replaced under warranty.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: krusty on April 06, 2016, 10:32:13 pm
I didn't do anything to, but I did order a 50s style EFI exhaust from Hitchcocks.
The torpedo needs to go. Damn thing is just so huge!
Next will be an air filter and EJK when funds allow!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: malky on April 07, 2016, 05:42:38 am
Ordered some olive drab paint for my pannier frames and canceled the order for the alloy boxes because they were out of stock. Found a couple of large aluminum ammo boxes, so hopefully they'll appear (and probably suit the bike better anyway).
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: malky on April 08, 2016, 04:56:02 pm
Paint and boxes arrived today. Mrs Malky's going to paint them.(makes a better job than me) So I'd better get on with the prepping. :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: retrolynn on April 09, 2016, 05:50:19 am
https://forum.classicmotorworks.com/Smileys/default/smiley.gif Rode 115 miles to Ovando Mt,round trip,with a small group.Started out cold ,lots of sun. By the afternoon it was in the 70s. Had to tighten the speedometer cable,where it attaches to the front wheel on my B5. Approaching 3000 miles,and the next oil change.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ice on April 09, 2016, 06:00:10 am
 Installed a crash bar.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: PerazziMx14 on April 09, 2016, 01:18:33 pm
Brought home a bottle of nitrogen to charge a shock on a different bike so I though what the heck and filled the tires on the RE with nitrogen. Probably good for an additional 3% HP gain :o
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: heloego on April 09, 2016, 01:22:43 pm
Won't have to worry about condensation anyway.  ;)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: retrolynn on April 09, 2016, 06:30:52 pm
Wow! Interesting!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: PerazziMx14 on April 09, 2016, 07:44:31 pm
Won't have to worry about condensation anyway.  ;)

It sure does wheelie easier now ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: ace.cafe on April 09, 2016, 11:56:45 pm
Installed this PCV valve on my GT, and removed the stock breather hose which was cracked. Also plugged the connector on the airbox, and put a hose on the PCV outlet that pointed at the chain.
(https://forum.classicmotorworks.com/gallery/medium_1119-090416164323.jpeg)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gremlin on April 10, 2016, 01:06:02 am
Installed this PCV valve on my GT, and removed the stock breather hose which was cracked. Also plugged the connector on the airbox, and put a hose on the PCV outlet that pointed at the chain.
(https://forum.classicmotorworks.com/gallery/medium_1119-090416164323.jpeg)

why?  without a fresh-air intake that PCV will create an atmospheric depression in the crankcase ..... thereby increasing the apparent chamber pressure felt by the rings.  (without the benefit of increased CR)   I'm seeing increased blow-by as a result, but, I'm sure *you* know what you are doing .....
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Otto_Ing on April 10, 2016, 01:10:57 am
I know why Tom is doing it!!!! The vacuum will prevent the engine from leaking oil.  ;) ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: ace.cafe on April 10, 2016, 01:18:27 am
why?  without a fresh-air intake that PCV will create an atmospheric depression in the crankcase ..... thereby increasing the apparent chamber pressure felt by the rings.  (without the benefit of increased CR)   I'm seeing increased blow-by as a result, but, I'm sure *you* know what you are doing .....

Yes, I know what I am doing.
An atmospheric depression in the crankcase is exactly the goal I am after, for exactly the reasons that you stated. But it doesn't increase blow-by. It improves ring seal, reducing blow-by, and also reduces pumping loss. It's a well known practice among hot rodders. Been doing it for years on the Iron Barrel models.
 :)

And Otto's reason is a nice effect too.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield the last five weeks?
Post by: TdLpps on April 10, 2016, 06:19:36 am
A non-motorcycle related broken foot kept me off my Enfield for a while.  After I was able to stand in the air cast for a while, I was able to spend time in the garage on several projects.  With the fracture mostly healed I'm back in the saddle again.  During my down time I:


(https://drconvertible.smugmug.com/Motorcycles/Royal-Enfield/2015-Bullet-500/i-9xQGmMd/0/L/IMG_9423-L.jpg)


(https://drconvertible.smugmug.com/Motorcycles/Royal-Enfield/2015-Bullet-500/i-pw4QbXW/0/L/IMG_9425-L.jpg)


(https://drconvertible.smugmug.com/Motorcycles/Royal-Enfield/2015-Bullet-500/i-jN4qjxv/0/L/IMG_9426-L.jpg)


(https://drconvertible.smugmug.com/Motorcycles/Royal-Enfield/2015-Bullet-500/i-MF9Jh7K/0/L/IMG_9422-L.jpg)

I've gotten a couple hundred miles in since recovery and things are working well.


Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield the last five weeks?
Post by: ace.cafe on April 10, 2016, 12:22:58 pm
A non-motorcycle related broken foot kept me off my Enfield for a while.  After I was able to stand in the air cast for a while, I was able to spend time in the garage on several projects.  With the fracture mostly healed I'm back in the saddle again.  During my down time I:

  • Installed extended mirror stems so I can see more than my elbows
  • Installed foam grip covers that better fit my hands
  • Installed Sportster silencer

(https://drconvertible.smugmug.com/Motorcycles/Royal-Enfield/2015-Bullet-500/i-9xQGmMd/0/L/IMG_9423-L.jpg)

  • Installed S/S front brake hose and EBC pads
  • Installed a pair of Progressive 416 Air Shocks (a project, they are not bolt on and go)

(https://drconvertible.smugmug.com/Motorcycles/Royal-Enfield/2015-Bullet-500/i-pw4QbXW/0/L/IMG_9425-L.jpg)

  • Installed a set of CMW Bullet Turn Signals
  • Installed red and green lenses and LEDs in the pilot lights

(https://drconvertible.smugmug.com/Motorcycles/Royal-Enfield/2015-Bullet-500/i-jN4qjxv/0/L/IMG_9426-L.jpg)

  • Sent my saddle out for a little work and recovering in saddle leather

(https://drconvertible.smugmug.com/Motorcycles/Royal-Enfield/2015-Bullet-500/i-MF9Jh7K/0/L/IMG_9422-L.jpg)

I've gotten a couple hundred miles in since recovery and things are working well.

Tdt.pps,
Sweet looking ride!

Glad you're healed up and ready to go!
 :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield the last five weeks?
Post by: gremlin on April 10, 2016, 05:28:41 pm
  • Installed a set of CMW Bullet Turn Signals
  • Installed red and green lenses and LEDs in the pilot lights


red/green  is that an homage to Steve Smith, or, port & starboard ?

Either way - LIKE IT
And, glad you are back on your foot !
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: retrolynn on April 10, 2016, 05:33:51 pm
Nice! Glad you have recovered. What a great way to spend your down time.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield the last five weeks?
Post by: TdLpps on April 10, 2016, 06:10:06 pm
red/green  is that an homage to Steve Smith, or, port & starboard ?

As a sailor and aviator it just kind of seemed the right thing to do with that space.  We'll see how long I get away with it.  Technically, it's not legal.  They aren't very bright or noticeable so the police might not care to do much about it.  It's not like they're going to be pulling me over for speeding.

Thanks for the well wishes.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Royal Stargazer on April 11, 2016, 03:43:37 am
Today I snuck in an oil change and sped out onto the highway to see how the 535 would fare. I was pleasantly surprised. She's a bit more eager to get up to speed and holds it with less effort. Vibrates less, too.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gremlin on April 11, 2016, 11:01:01 am
Today I snuck in an oil change and sped out onto the highway to see how the 535 would fare. I was pleasantly surprised. She's a bit more eager to get up to speed and holds it with less effort. Vibrates less, too.

sweeet !
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Mandar_C500 on April 11, 2016, 11:50:25 am
Hi,
      I have added a UNI foam filter (51MM Id 152MM long) and increased the height of the needle by adding a spacer of less than 1 mm thick.

Bike is performing great in Initial and the mid range, however at top end I see some resistance.
Do I need to upsize the jets?
I am using BS33 CV carb.

Regards
Mandar
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: krimp on April 13, 2016, 05:58:12 pm
Last night, on the way home, I discovered that my front tire was going flat. I found out that the valve stem is broken. I will have the tube replaced tonight and will be back on the road tomorrow.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: krimp on April 14, 2016, 02:59:03 pm
Things didn't go exactly as planned. I wound up taking the wheel to a local guy and had him replace the tube. I'm glad I did. He found a sliver of metal inside the tire that I had picked up somewhere. That sliver of metal had chewed up part of the tube and caused it to leak.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: stevew on April 14, 2016, 03:45:27 pm
Got it out the garage to access the Cub.  Must say i still love the Enfield look :)

Won't be using it this w/e cos there is a Honda C90 (Cub) meeting on here in the UK and i'm off to that. First camping this year and i really looking forward to it.  Will be a 500 mile plus w/e so i hope the little bike will prove as reliable as ever  ;)
Here she is ready to go;-

(http://i1052.photobucket.com/albums/s453/stevewatkin1/C90/20160414_140212_zpsew8c0qlb.jpg) (http://s1052.photobucket.com/user/stevewatkin1/media/C90/20160414_140212_zpsew8c0qlb.jpg.html)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: PerazziMx14 on April 15, 2016, 01:20:54 am
Got it out the garage to access the Cub.  Must say i still love the Enfield look :)

Won't be using it this w/e cos there is a Honda C90 (Cub) meeting on here in the UK and i'm off to that. First camping this year and i really looking forward to it.  Will be a 500 mile plus w/e so i hope the little bike will prove as reliable as ever  ;)
Here she is ready to go;-

(http://i1052.photobucket.com/albums/s453/stevewatkin1/C90/20160414_140212_zpsew8c0qlb.jpg) (http://s1052.photobucket.com/user/stevewatkin1/media/C90/20160414_140212_zpsew8c0qlb.jpg.html)

Love it!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on April 15, 2016, 11:53:31 am
 :o  ;D

You missed an empty spot over that front wheel - wait, is that for stacking firewood on when you get near the campsite?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: stevew on April 15, 2016, 12:06:12 pm
It's not really that loaded 'cos there are things like a full pillow in the yellow bag and the front panniers only have a single welly in each.
Any more weight on the front and the handling gets horrible.  The top box is all but empty, just used for stuff i need on the ride.
It's all about "mass centralisation" seen it on the GP bikes so i know it's good  ;)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: longstrokeclassic on April 15, 2016, 08:19:48 pm
Fitted another Avon AM26 Roadrider 100/90-19 on the rear wheel.
10" tyre irons and a tubeless tyre makes for an interesting afternoon.
Fortunately it seated perfectly first attempt :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: malky on April 15, 2016, 08:40:23 pm
Got it out the garage to access the Cub.  Must say i still love the Enfield look :)

Won't be using it this w/e cos there is a Honda C90 (Cub) meeting on here in the UK and i'm off to that. First camping this year and i really looking forward to it.  Will be a 500 mile plus w/e so i hope the little bike will prove as reliable as ever  ;)
Here she is ready to go;-

(http://i1052.photobucket.com/albums/s453/stevewatkin1/C90/20160414_140212_zpsew8c0qlb.jpg) (http://s1052.photobucket.com/user/stevewatkin1/media/C90/20160414_140212_zpsew8c0qlb.jpg.html)
What, no trailer?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Carlsberg Wordsworth on April 17, 2016, 07:25:50 pm
Sun out, went for a 20 mile blast for an ice cream.

Not quite summer riding gear though, felt every vibe through the summer gloves and set off the Reynauds :(

Nice ice cream though, even they have gone up in price .. £2.10 for a '99!

That's a cone with a chocolate flake in it for non UK forumites.

Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: krusty on April 17, 2016, 10:28:38 pm
I don't know why they're called 99s, so far as I can remember they were never 99p always at least a quid!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: SteveThackery on April 17, 2016, 10:58:13 pm
I don't know why they're called 99s, so far as I can remember they were never 99p always at least a quid!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/99_Flake

Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: longstrokeclassic on April 18, 2016, 03:31:04 pm
I remember waiting for the ice cream van to drive down the road on a Saturday to buy a Saucy Tanner  - which not surprisingly cost 6d.
My guess is that inflation ensured it only had a short production run!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: malky on April 18, 2016, 05:17:50 pm
I was always told that when the ice ice cream van played it's chimes it meant they'd run out of ice cream. :'(
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on April 18, 2016, 05:33:05 pm
I was always told that when the ice ice cream van played it's chimes it meant they'd run out of ice cream. :'(

Oh, you poor sucker!

Malky... you do know now that's not true, don't you?   ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: malky on April 18, 2016, 05:44:34 pm


Malky... you do know now that's not true, don't you?   ;D
Really?  Next you'll be telling me there's no Santa. :(
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Eagle56 on April 18, 2016, 05:58:08 pm
Fitted a new plug BPR6 coated coated some bits with ACF50  cleaned wheels and pipes with WD40 cleaned engine with sovol  autosol lubbed the chain polished the paint then gave it a good hammering

Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: no bs on April 18, 2016, 07:50:55 pm
removed bent exhaust valve...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: ACGsb on April 18, 2016, 08:05:45 pm
Put it back together for spring. Over winter change tail aseembly, dremeled fenders down, new signals, headlight, handlebars, shortened new grips, and mirrors. Adding pcv and k&m filter once it arrives!

Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: AcetoMadras on April 18, 2016, 08:48:09 pm
Rode down to Paris and back from London over the weekend with a very resilient pillion. The B5 was happy to sit at 65mph and the only hiccup was me trusting the low fuel indicator to light up... A quick run through a field to a very helpful farmer a few miles out of Calais and it was all sorted. Here's to more adventures!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: longstrokeclassic on April 19, 2016, 10:24:08 am
Problems starting bike this morning. I had to adjust the side stand cut out switch position (again) - it had moved to the point it would cut the ignition unless the stand was fully seated in the up position.  Post adjustment it now cuts the ignition halfway through its travel. If this occurs again I'll probably disconnect it.
Oddly enough, all the winter salt, the rain and a few deeper than expected fords I've crossed that have doused and immersed the switch have made no difference to the electrical performance, its just the positioning of it that's caused me problems.

Now the switch and a coffee have been taken care of,  I'm off to scrub a few miles in on my new tyre in :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on April 19, 2016, 11:16:26 am
Rode down to Paris and back from London over the weekend with a very resilient pillion. The B5 was happy to sit at 65mph and the only hiccup was me trusting the low fuel indicator to light up... A quick run through a field to a very helpful farmer a few miles out of Calais and it was all sorted. Here's to more adventures!

Cool!  How about a ride report? (Hint, hint...)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on April 19, 2016, 11:39:05 pm
I repainted the logo on the side of the engine.

I guess 4 years of weather is about the limit for Testors PLA red paint as it was beginning to look pretty shabby.

This picture gives an idea of what the paint looked like a year ago and it had gotten worse so it needed fixing.

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v85/JAMESKING/Vintage%20Motorcycles%202012/BREATHER-002WEB_zpsuhnxz5p4.jpg) (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/JAMESKING/media/Vintage%20Motorcycles%202012/BREATHER-002WEB_zpsuhnxz5p4.jpg.html)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Scotty Brown on April 23, 2016, 05:02:50 pm
Enjoying my second childhood !
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: TdLpps on April 23, 2016, 05:20:06 pm
Enjoying my second childhood !

Nice!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ice on April 23, 2016, 06:41:56 pm
Enjoying my second childhood !



 And some who shall remain un named have yet to finish their first.
 ;)  :)  :D  ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ice on April 24, 2016, 07:36:08 am
 Installed a Slipstreamer Spitfire wind screen on the G5. Changed the oil in the Iron Barrel.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mevocgt on April 24, 2016, 06:58:10 pm
I bought 3 bolts, nuts, and washers for installing my Ace/Dettro filter kit on the CGT!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: krimp on April 25, 2016, 02:59:07 pm
Saturday, I gave her a 9000 mile oil change, lubricated the clutch cable and replaced the broken head steady. Unfortunately, the head steady has re-introduced vibrations into the frame. I can feel the difference mostly in the foot pegs. Tonight, I will loosen the top of the head steady then start her up and tighten it again. If that does not resolve the issue, I am going to pull the damn thing.

However, I do think it would be wise of RE to look at a vibration dampening head steady.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on April 25, 2016, 03:21:00 pm
Saturday, I gave her a 9000 mile oil change, lubricated the clutch cable and replaced the broken head steady. Unfortunately, the head steady has re-introduced vibrations into the frame. I can feel the difference mostly in the foot pegs. Tonight, I will loosen the top of the head steady then start her up and tighten it again. If that does not resolve the issue, I am going to pull the damn thing.

However, I do think it would be wise of RE to look at a vibration dampening head steady.

That's interesting - IIRC, broken head steady brackets introduced excessive vibrations for many.  Replacing the broken bracket reduced vibrations...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Guaire on April 25, 2016, 03:22:38 pm
Installed a Slipstreamer Spitfire wind screen on the G5. Changed the oil in the Iron Barrel.

 That will make the bike more rideable.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Narada on April 25, 2016, 05:53:05 pm
Maybe when the head steady broke, it caused other mount points to loosen or be somehow altered.  It may be prudent to check and re-set all mounting points.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: krimp on April 25, 2016, 09:40:20 pm
Before I take it off, I will loosen the rear tank bolt, then while the engine is running, tighten the bolt back down. That should resolve the issue. If not, it comes off.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gremlin on April 26, 2016, 07:47:50 am
pushed Mjolnir home from the quikie-mart up the street ......   it started randomly cutting out, then just died.  wouldn't fire.

put it on the lift - spark good - compression good - fuel pressure ok.....

injector reads 10 ohms ..... hmmmm ....

looks like I'm chasing wires next weekend.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ice on April 26, 2016, 07:53:47 am
That will make the bike more rideable.

 So far so good. More tests tomorrow to check for high speed flutter.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: krimp on April 26, 2016, 02:44:59 pm
If you are replacing your head steady, after you attach it to the engine and before you tighten the rear tank bolt, start the engine and let it run while tightening the rear tank bolt.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: heloego on April 29, 2016, 01:13:38 am
   After re-installing the stock shocks and C5 Pillion Seat support I finally got the EJK Kit installed. Tucked the controller away inside the electrical box cover.(http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r290/Heloego24/Bikes/2012%20RE%20C5%20Classic/Mods/Dobeck%20EJK/EJK%20Install.jpg)
  Function check at idle good so far, but I have to wait for my hip to stop hurting before I can take it for a decent run. Hoping for the best tomorrow.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: cstorckiii on April 29, 2016, 04:06:19 am
Finally got the tank I've been working on since November on the bike. 
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Narada on April 29, 2016, 06:00:44 am
Nice tank cstorkiii, and nice bike!!!  Picture saved.

EJK is looking good Heloego! Keep us all posted on how it works for you.  I hope your hip gets better soon.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: wildbill on April 29, 2016, 08:03:32 am
Heloego
let me know how it goes. i've been thinking of buying an EJK myself. wildbill said it works better with a straight through muffler plus it runs quicker than a standard bike.
that's sounds hard to believe ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: heloego on April 30, 2016, 10:55:12 pm
   My Santa Fe buddy came by today to pick up his '08 Bullet AVL, and I was still wondering how it would pull on a steep grade nearby, off we went, he with his AVL, and I with my C5 + EJK. Perfect opportunity for me to get initial impressions of the EJK system now installed on my UCE with a Stage 1 upgrade.
   After a 5-minute warmup, I was very pleased at the increase in acceleration just going out the driveway. We dropped by the pumps to fill our tanks, then off for a 1/2 hour ride.
   I did not make any adjustments to the initial settings of the EJK, but at the acceleration and cruise settings negotiating the hill was excellent in all gears. There is a traffic light at the bottom of the hill, so I didn't know what to expect going uphill from full stop, but even in 5th gear the pull was excellent and I still had plenty of headroom on the throttle, and since we didn't get out of town due to rain, we never had the chance to see what it would do at high cruising speeds. Still, at 50mph, if I romped on the throttle the response was much better than stock.
   I can't wait to get out of town so I can really open her up!  ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: malky on April 30, 2016, 11:17:46 pm
Finally got the tank I've been working on since November on the bike.
Like it. How did you attach the tank badges?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Scotty Brown on May 01, 2016, 12:21:14 am
=Re-Installed my Wassell spring saddle now covered with a dead sheep---Comfey!!!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: cstorckiii on May 01, 2016, 05:16:33 am
Like it. How did you attach the tank badges?
I bought a B5 tank off of EBay and painted it. The original tank had a golf ball sized dent from when my wife first got her motorcycle license.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on May 01, 2016, 11:42:55 am
Like it. How did you attach the tank badges?

I bought a B5 tank off of EBay and painted it. The original tank had a golf ball sized dent from when my wife first got her motorcycle license.

The older B5 models had screw-on badges.  I guess the newer "elephant trunk" badges are glued or double-stick-taped on?  Must make building a tank much easier without needing to add the threaded lugs...

cstorckiii, there's a lot of nice details on that machine!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: heloego on May 01, 2016, 02:37:20 pm
   That really is a sweet bike!
   Bar end mirrors and signals, the swing arm pivot hole badges, short bottle exhaust, pedestrian slicer, and different tail light assembly all jumped out at me right away!
   Definitely nice, and congrats on a vision well implemented.  ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: cstorckiii on May 01, 2016, 02:56:54 pm
Thanks, gentlemen! She's certainly been a labor of love.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on May 01, 2016, 04:23:17 pm
   That really is a sweet bike!
   Bar end mirrors and signals, the swing arm pivot hole badges, short bottle exhaust, pedestrian slicer, and different tail light assembly all jumped out at me right away!
   Definitely nice, and congrats on a vision well implemented.  ;D

Not to mention, since we're listing: flyscreen and visor, finned tappet cover, toolbox latches, rear duckbill crankcase vent, nicely painted ACE air canister... looks like you painted the e-start motor cover, too...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: cstorckiii on May 01, 2016, 04:37:42 pm
How did you ever notice that tappet cover?  ;)
The things you can't see: 7" Lucas P700 with LED BPF, Norman Hyde M bars, Beston grips, Swift digital "Chronometric" gauge, full compliment of LED's and stainless hardware, bike pedal foot peg rubbers, heal and toe shifter, PC V, Hitchcocks header, color matched the chainguard, Hagon full shroud shocks (I'll color match those, eventually), and my favorite thing, kickstart added to a pre kickstart bike. Not to toot my own horn or anything....  ::)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: cstorckiii on May 01, 2016, 05:04:21 pm
The primary side.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on May 01, 2016, 06:21:00 pm
The primary side.

Tax disc (of sorts); port and starboard tiger eye lights... what's the toggle switch on the left-side "tool box"?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: cstorckiii on May 01, 2016, 06:45:46 pm
It's for the speedometer. It changes the display from odometer to trip meter. And I forgot about the LiFePo battery in the vintage battery box and strap.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Carlsberg Wordsworth on May 01, 2016, 09:34:55 pm
nice looking bike there cstorckiii :)

care to share more info on the speedo?

In other news, shook fist at weather so did a bit of polishing.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: cstorckiii on May 01, 2016, 10:28:01 pm
It's a Swift digital Chronometric speedometer, very similar to the Smiths unit in both look and function. I got it from Acewell in the UK about a year ago. Unfortunately, they don't make them any more.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ice on May 02, 2016, 07:50:05 am
 Replaced the carby on Hooligan the Trials Bullet and took 'er out for a test run.
 OMG is it quick ! The jetting is close. Plug chops coming soon.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: heloego on May 02, 2016, 02:18:33 pm
cstorckii: What tires are those?

Ice: What carb did you install?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: cstorckiii on May 02, 2016, 03:29:27 pm
Bridgestone BT45's. Great handling tire, even at the end of its tread life.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mevocgt on May 02, 2016, 03:34:48 pm
Bridgestone BT45's. Great handling tire, even at the end of its tread life.
Ya, Bridgestone rubber compounds do well through the wear....I have a set on my CB400, and love em too!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: AcetoMadras on May 02, 2016, 07:52:37 pm
Rode down to Hastings with a bunch different bikes for the Revolution Show including the amazing 612cc Slo Poke. The B5 kept up admirably with some much more exotic metal (although I think this is in part down to no one's carbs ever being 100% right on a custom...). 2000 mile service tomorrow!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: heloego on May 04, 2016, 09:42:39 pm
   OK! Final personal verdict for the EJK at Dobeck base settings!  ;D
   Put about 40miles on it today, mostly Freeway. The posted limit is 65mph/105kmh, but everyone in Albuquerque generally does about 10mph/8kmh over the limit. My mode on the bike was always 60mph/95kmh on back roads and the freeway. Average speed today (on the Freeway) was 65-70mph/105-115kmh, and I still had headroom! No problems passing many of the cagers! At one point I was trying to merge left and some dummy decided that when I slowed to let him pass he would slow down, too. So I rolled on full throttle and zipped right by him and able to merge with plenty of throttle to spare. At one point I took it up to 75mph/120kmh for a couple of miles. NO complaints from the bike, but I figured I'd better treat her nice so I backed off to 65mph/105kmh and stayed there for a good while.
   All gears: Good acceleration and cruise, even in 5th. I noted that even in 5th gear applying full throttle felt excellent. Much better than stock with the Stage 1 system!
   After about 30 miles I did note some minor after-fire when I chopped the throttle, but I'm sure that can be adjusted out with my Gen3.5 EJK.
   For the investment I think I've received my money's worth!  ;D

   Good on Kevin for including it in the CMW inventory!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: wildbill on May 05, 2016, 05:50:36 am
try that quick take off in the first 3 gears -that's impressive compared to stock
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: heloego on May 05, 2016, 01:37:05 pm
Already done! Love it! ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: wildbill on May 05, 2016, 01:38:49 pm
well in that case - how about wheel standing it!...  ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Carlsberg Wordsworth on May 07, 2016, 10:21:15 pm
Had a set of AM26 fitted. I started, then thought for £20, stuff it.

Someone in the local rag might want a set of used Avon SMs. 
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: johno on May 08, 2016, 01:35:13 pm
Finally, some decent sunshine unlike the last 3 years, my B5 was tucked away for winter only coming out on the odd day every month for a check over. A NT700VA being my winter transport this year. This is now off the road for summer while I change wheel bearings tyres and brake parts. So out came the Enfield for a pleasant 30 mile chug around the local area, I love the smell of the melting winter preservatives and wax on the hot engine! I'm hoping to get some good 200 mile weekly round trips in over the next few months.............until the rain and storms set in again that is!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: malky on May 08, 2016, 05:06:53 pm
Took a run to Auld Reekie (Edinburgh) Sun Sun Sun  8) 8) 8)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Carlsberg Wordsworth on May 08, 2016, 08:46:42 pm
Went for a good ride to Chris Walker Kawasaki and enough to bed in the new tyres. Hmm, W800 on 0% finance is tempting.

These new AM26 have affected my speedo rather drastically it seems as I saw 90 on it!! Did almost think I could get it to 100 but ran out of road.

Will have to GPS test now to see how far out I am.

Also noted this around in odd spots on tyre, do I need to go up or down the current 25psi? Mind you it was rather hot day today.

Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: malky on May 08, 2016, 10:15:50 pm
Went for a good ride to Chris Walker Kawasaki and enough to bed in the new tyres. Hmm, W800 on 0% finance is tempting.

These new AM26 have affected my speedo rather drastically it seems as I saw 90 on it!! Did almost think I could get it to 100 but ran out of road.

Will have to GPS test now to see how far out I am.

Also noted this around in odd spots on tyre, do I need to go up or down the current 25psi? Mind you it was rather hot day today.
I'm running front 22psi, rear 30psi. Tried a few variations, these suit me best.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: johno on May 09, 2016, 08:21:03 pm
I run 28 front and 32psi rear, unless you were cornering like a track star, I would say with wear on the edges the tyre is under inflated and could benefit from a couple more pounds of air in it.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Carlsberg Wordsworth on May 09, 2016, 08:57:11 pm
Ah, it appears I've dropped a clanger here. Realised tonight that this was where the sticker was and I'm looking at old glue.

Panic over lol.

For info though, I went to 27F and felt more buzz through the bars.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: 2014BulletC5 on May 14, 2016, 12:03:23 pm
What did I do with my Royal Enfield?  I watched it being hauled away on a trailer by the dealership.  Unfortunatey this was probably the last time I'll see it.

I got run off the road Tuesday morning by a speeder.  I was making my way through an S curve that crests a hill and had slowed down just a bit because it was wet and because I've seen deer crossing in this area numerous times.  Next thing I know there's a huge pickup truck right on my tail.  He came through that curve hauling ass.  One second there was nobody behind me and then next thing I thought I was going to get hit from behind.  I served off onto the very narrow shoulder but was going too fast to keep the bike under control and wiped out.  I never did look at the speedo but estimate I was traveling at probably 40 miles per hour.

My helmet, jacket and gloves did their job and I am okay other than a couple bumps and bruises and a scraped up knee.  The bike's front fender and headlight are badly dented.  I also scratched the seat, engine, exhaust and brake reservoir and lever.  The foot peg is bent in against the kick starter.  Pretty much every painted surface on the right side of the bike is dented or scratched.  The handlebars are bent so there might be fork damage.

The bike seemed to run fine after the crash and I made it into work only a little late.  But I'm afraid it might be totaled by the cost of replacement parts.  Not even 4,000 miles on it yet. 

Interestingly I recall being surprised that the bike's tip over sensor doesn't work.  Funny how stupid little thoughts like that are what I recall.

And of course the c*cks*ck*r didn't even bother to pull over and see if I was okay.  He just kept on hauling ass.  Thanks for everything you *ssh*le!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: AmBraCol on May 14, 2016, 01:48:03 pm
Glad to know you're doing OK.  There's a lot of things out there trying to kill bikers, from gravel on the road to deer and other animals crossing in front (or over the top of) you.  But it's the humans that really irk me. Some folks really don't belong on the road.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: malky on May 14, 2016, 02:16:05 pm
As long as you're fine that's the main thing. Bikes can be repaired or replaced.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mevocgt on May 14, 2016, 08:01:39 pm
If they total it, see about a buyback option, And fix it yourself. 
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: krusty on May 14, 2016, 08:44:15 pm
Just ordered a couple of bits from CMW for the C5, EJK and some Biltwell grips.
Already got the 50s style exhaust from Hitchcocks sitting on the shelf.
I just want to put a few more miles on the bike before throwing some speed at it. At least get the 1st service out of the way.
I love the C5, but standard, it's just too damn quiet! Some extra go is always welcome!

Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: malky on May 14, 2016, 09:48:32 pm
Just ordered a couple of bits from CMW for the C5, EJK and some Biltwell grips.
Already got the 50s style exhaust from Hitchcocks sitting on the shelf.
I just want to put a few more miles on the bike before throwing some speed at it. At least get the 1st service out of the way.
I love the C5, but standard, it's just too damn quiet! Some extra go is always welcome!

It'll be interesting to see if you get skelped with tax!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: heloego on May 14, 2016, 10:17:02 pm
Had to make a hard choice today...
...Ride the bike, or go for a flight on a B-17 (Aluminum Overcast).
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mevocgt on May 14, 2016, 10:30:21 pm
I think the B17...You can go for a ride tomorrow.... ;)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: krusty on May 14, 2016, 10:34:04 pm
It'll be interesting to see if you get skelped with tax!
I tried to find out what the tax is likely to be but the .gov web site was not forthcoming and seems purposely difficult to navigate...sodding thieves I tells ya!
So I've thrown caution to the wind and taken me chances.
I couldn't even find a list of percentages for different origins. I couldn't even tell you if that's how it works!
It's all so bloody cloak and dagger it's untrue.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Richard230 on May 14, 2016, 10:57:54 pm
I displayed my RE at a local high school-benefit car show. Considering that it was a car show, I did get a fair amount of interest in my B5.  But I didn't get any type of award though. Photos attached.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: heloego on May 15, 2016, 03:53:35 am
Dropped $900 on rides on the B-17 for the missus and me.
Therapeutic in it's own right!  ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Magoo on May 15, 2016, 12:46:22 pm
45k km oil change, relubing the chain then looked at my rear sprocket and wished I hadn't. Five teeth missing.
Dammit.
Still....40,000km on the C5 is a pretty good run for the tsubaki chain I guess, particularly since I've been doing 145km a day commute for the past 20k.
Will check out the front sprocket tomorrow with fingers crossed.
Tempted to ride still as it's my commuter..but won't.
Just bummed as I like the ride immediately after an oil change - she's always a little more sprightly.
But will park her up until sprocket and chain replaced lest the chain snaps doing 100kmh to work.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mevocgt on May 15, 2016, 04:19:56 pm
45k km oil change, relubing the chain then looked at my rear sprocket and wished I hadn't. Five teeth missing.
Dammit.
Still....40,000km on the C5 is a pretty good run for the tsubaki chain I guess, particularly since I've been doing 145km a day commute for the past 20k.
Will check out the front sprocket tomorrow with fingers crossed.
Tempted to ride still as it's my commuter..but won't.
Just bummed as I like the ride immediately after an oil change - she's always a little more sprightly.
But will park her up until sprocket and chain replaced lest the chain snaps doing 100kmh to work.

Just my two cents...I would go ahead and change out the front sprocket too, regardless if it's missing teeth or not.  When replacing a chain, it's best to do both sprockets, because they have worn to the stretch of the old chain.  This means with a new chain on the old sprocket/s, you are going to get an uneven and excellorated ware on the new stuff.  Just my two cents...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Carlsberg Wordsworth on May 15, 2016, 05:53:15 pm
local motor show fro me today, no prizes this time though :(

Lots of great comments though and plenty of people took pics so pleased enough with that. It's kinda nice sitting close enough to the bike to keep an eye on it and hearing what people say without them realising you're the owner.

I wasn't going to take phone pics of everyone admiring her lol
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mevocgt on May 15, 2016, 07:06:16 pm
It wasn't leaking oil, was it?  What was the pan for?
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Post by: Carlsberg Wordsworth on May 15, 2016, 07:12:55 pm
Nah, no leaks. All the bikes and cars had them under their engines.
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Post by: Eagle56 on May 16, 2016, 05:14:12 pm
Fitted a new cool lead cap and plug.
Fired up ok but not riden yet in case it breaks down again
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Post by: Arizoni on May 16, 2016, 07:41:32 pm
As some of you may know, when I installed the 7" Lucas headlight on my G5, it pointed the beam down at the road about 15 feet in front of my front wheel.

To get the light to point down the road like it should, I slotted the two lower screw holes in the chrome headlight rim so I could move the bottom of the light forward to aim the light beam up.

All fine and dandy except the lower area of the rim would move forward almost to the point that it would disengage with the screw head if I revved the engine up to a speed that caused high frequency vibrations.
Even adding a nice flat washer and tightening the screw as much as I dared didn't fix it.

Today, I went to my handy hardware store and bought some external tooth, stainless steel, "star" type lock washers.  The kind that have a bunch of teeth going around the outside edge.  They cost about 17¢ each.

After installing them on the two lower screws I rode several miles revving up into 5000 rpm zone many times.
So far it seems the teeth have bitten into the chrome rim as it hasn't moved at all. :)

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Post by: TdLpps on May 16, 2016, 11:35:46 pm
Wash, polish, wax...and I rode down to the DMV to pick up my new license plate.

(https://drconvertible.smugmug.com/Motorcycles/Royal-Enfield/2015-Bullet-500/i-kctzz39/0/L/image-16-05-16-03-21-L.jpg)

Somebody beat me to ENFIELD by just a few days.  This was my second choice.  I'm just as happy.
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Post by: Scotty Brown on May 17, 2016, 02:56:46 am
=Mighty pretty Todd -- Wish I had thought of it =
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Post by: Narada on May 17, 2016, 04:21:42 am
That turned out great!  I love the old style black and gold colors.  Do they press the letters into the metal? 

In WA state they have gone to using what looks like adhesive letters and numbers, or they could be painted.

The bike is looking good too.   I also have Chrome / Maroon.  I could be biased, but it is my favorite, although I've never seen a color I don't like! :)
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Post by: TdLpps on May 17, 2016, 05:38:30 am
Thank you Scotty; Narada.  It turned out well.

The regular white plates are still stamped and so are the legacy 60s style black and yellow.  Some bikes and some cars should have a black plate.  The Enfield just looks right with an old plate on it.

Had a guy the other day ask if my C5 was a '66 or '67.  He said he couldn't tell.  As the light turned green and I putted away I yelled, "....'56."
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Post by: krimp on May 17, 2016, 03:32:37 pm
Today, I celebrate two years of ownership.
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Post by: TdLpps on May 17, 2016, 08:25:33 pm
Since we seem to be talking plates here ... probably most meaningful to those in the UK.  :)

Perfect.
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Post by: Forum Wizard on May 17, 2016, 09:29:44 pm
test
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Post by: mevocgt on May 17, 2016, 09:32:00 pm
test
Did you pass?????
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Post by: gashousegorilla on May 17, 2016, 09:53:01 pm
   Smoked a rear wheel bearing on the Dyno the other day. So I replaced them all around with with Japanese made Nachi bearings.

 
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Post by: Arizoni on May 17, 2016, 10:02:39 pm
Damned!  I hate that.

Come staggering into class only half awake and the instructor says, "Test today".  >:(

Those bearings looked like they've seen better days. 

At least, I hope they looked better at one time. ;D
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Post by: gashousegorilla on May 18, 2016, 12:43:08 am
    Yeah not good.  But, I was actually surprised  at how well the brake drum and inner wheel bearing looked and felt  considering the abuse. :o   India made stock bearings BTW.    Even the grease looked brand new.  I'm a bit impressed ?  The outer left (center in the pic) not so much. ::)    The torque on the right side and on the Dyno drum,  racked the axle a bit , tightened my chain, and must have pinched the bearing I think.....
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Post by: longstrokeclassic on May 18, 2016, 10:10:27 am
Either that or the spacer is the wrong length for the distance between the two wheel bearings.
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Post by: malky on May 18, 2016, 08:49:23 pm
Rode it hard in torrential rain, AM 26's excellent, and the bike's waterproof. So what are all these second hand ads with never ridden in the wet about?  ;)
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Post by: krimp on May 18, 2016, 09:16:43 pm
Rode it hard in torrential rain, AM 26's excellent, and the bike's waterproof. So what are all these second hand ads with never ridden in the wet about?  ;)

I rode home in the rain for the last two days. I'm hoping I don't have to do it for day 3.
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Post by: gashousegorilla on May 19, 2016, 02:23:34 am
   Smoked a rear wheel bearing on the Dyno the other day. So I replaced them all around with with Japanese made Nachi bearings.

 


   I like the Nachi quest bearings so far.... For like two days Maybe ?!  ::) LOL !  Very Honda like.   Buuuut, a buddy ordered up some Ceramics at cost for me today.... I wish he had said something sooner !  :o      What the hell, I'll give them a whirl....

   Also tried out Gremlin's top secret spark mutater box for Mjolnir, on MY bike.  I'm liking it !  ;)   
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on May 20, 2016, 12:37:35 am
Well, I just rode my G5.  Beyond that, I really didn't do anything to my Royal Enfield today but, it did something.

It just passed 19,500 miles* on the odometer and it's still running like a champ. :)

Not too bad considering I've only replaced the rear chain, both tires and the battery along with a few light bulbs and one fuse.
Oh, I replaced the fuel level switch too but I don't use it.

*(That's 31,452 km for you folks who play with metrics.)

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Post by: wildbill on May 20, 2016, 01:29:18 am
good effort jim - keep it moving ;)
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Post by: Narada on May 20, 2016, 04:10:06 am
I discovered where rear seat spring nuts go when you drop them.  After about 1/2 hour of moving my bike and searching everywhere with a flashlight, I solved the mystery... they land right in the center of the rear wheel and hide between spokes!

Re-mounted  my PC-V module.  The adhesive vel-cro had come loose from the bottom of my seat leaving the module to vibrate around on the rear fender. The hard plastic case actually chewed up the center of my maroon fender stripe under the seat!  Once I discovered this I wrapped it in bubble wrap with electrical tape until I could get to re-mounting. 

I tried a few other adhesive tapes, double sticky foam etc... Between vibration and gravity nothing would hold it.  I finally bolted a metal bracket to the front seat mount, put foam tape on that and the module on the top side with two nice zip ties going diagonally around it.  This should hold for many miles!

Went for a nice ride yesterday exploring some affluent waterfront view neighborhoods in Seattle.  Although it's slow riding, I enjoy the views and the roads are always very twisty with hills.  I find that even the rich homeowners smile and wave as the chrome / maroon Enfield passes. 

I also stopped by the Backfire Moto event in the Ballard district of Seattle.  Once a month it is a classic bike and "cafe racer" get together.  It was a light turn out due to big grey clouds in the sky. 

I saw one old Royal Enfield twin, but it didn't say what model it was, and I couldn't tell.  It was well used and unrestored.  I took pictures for later identification.  Anyone else see (or own) it? 
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Post by: krimp on May 20, 2016, 03:44:24 pm
This morning, I left her at home and got a ride into work. My rear tire went flat last night and I had to get her towed home. This really sucks because today is a great day for riding.
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Post by: The Old Coot on May 20, 2016, 06:20:39 pm
This morning, I left her at home and got a ride into work. My rear tire went flat last night and I had to get her towed home. This really sucks because today is a great day for riding.

Sorry about the flat. My front tire flatted and those Avons are the stiffest tires. I gave up on the irons and had my local tire guy change the tube, hey for $20.00 it's worth it.
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Post by: Carlsberg Wordsworth on May 20, 2016, 08:51:00 pm
re-fitted the O2 sensor. I looked into insurance on the bike with 'modded' bits and decided I like the cheaper option.

It had started to pop more on decel lately, but it did rev really well. At least I've got it if I decide to change my mind.

Tried front AM26 @ 23psi, need to test it wet at that. Seems ok when giving it the beans, lower than Avon recommend though. Rear @ 29.

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Post by: The Old Coot on May 21, 2016, 02:06:30 am
Finely feeling good enough (getting old's not all it's cracked up to be :-[ ) to spend money on the C5. I ordered a Lycett seat and the name plate for it from our host AND a air box from ACE. And I just want to check on bulb sizes and base type before I place an order for LED replacements (I'm on my 3rd tail light bulb) from SuperbrightLEDS.

Hopefully I get it all in by next weekend and get it all installed.

 
Plus I'm changing oil in the morning.

Still saving for a Fireball head for the C5...going to be saving for a LONG time I fear.  :P
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Post by: rtillery02 on May 21, 2016, 03:56:13 am
Sealed an exhaust leak betwixt header pipe & EFI silencer on the C5 & wrapped the tiny baffle with 4 cycle baffle wrap. Hoping for a decel pop reduction.
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Post by: gremlin on May 21, 2016, 02:19:23 pm
   Smoked a rear wheel bearing on the Dyno the other day. So I replaced them all around with with Japanese made Nachi bearings.

 

*DAMN*  now THAT'S some serious horsepower !!!!!
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Post by: malky on May 21, 2016, 04:09:52 pm
Finely feeling good enough (getting old's not all it's cracked up to be :-[ ) to spend money on the C5. I ordered a Lycett seat and the name plate for it from our host AND a air box from ACE. And I just want to check on bulb sizes and base type before I place an order for LED replacements (I'm on my 3rd tail light bulb) from SuperbrightLEDS.

Hopefully I get it all in by next weekend and get it all installed.

 
Plus I'm changing oil in the morning.

Still saving for a Fireball head for the C5...going to be saving for a LONG time I fear.  :P

Would like to see a pic of the saddle when fitted.
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Post by: The Old Coot on May 21, 2016, 05:01:55 pm
Would like to see a pic of the saddle when fitted.

You got it.

I also want to see about rerouting some of the under seat wiring harness I see that runs over the cross frame member to clean things up a bit. Ain't nothing that can't be moved with a hand full of zip ties.  ;D
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Post by: gremlin on May 22, 2016, 05:11:57 am
Mjolnir and I went to a meet-up today ...... 

I had five too many PBRs, and, Mjolnir stole some hardware ....

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Post by: Narada on May 22, 2016, 05:13:09 am
I got my chrome bike filthy with road dirt.

Went for my first long ride in the rain.  Bought a nice Grunden rain coat along the way and kept dry and warm through a long deluge ride.

 Met with RE friends, then stopped by the new Royal Enfield Seattle.  It was a RE-ally great day!
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Post by: Narada on May 22, 2016, 05:15:57 am
Nice trophy Gremlin! I've never seen one like it.
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Post by: rtillery02 on May 22, 2016, 03:14:39 pm
Finally got my parts in for my iron barrel, they had a holdup in NY usps for 8 days...geez, customs, I guess. Got my timing gears cover back on last night after the neoprene worm gear seal & quill bolt R&R. once again, the job was tougher to think about than to actually do, I wish now I'd have thought to order some allen head cover replacement bolts, guess I'll source'em locally. Took a WHILE to get the oil picked up & movin, my knee will feel it this time but it's good to have my thump back.
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Post by: Narada on May 25, 2016, 05:16:51 am
Sunday I tore the perfectly good engine apart on my 2015 C5 which has 1,200 miles on it. 

Sent Cylinder to be fitted with new Gashousegorilla / Scooterbob piston.  Head to be ported and polished, with multi angle valve job by the same. Bee hive valve springs and improved push rods for valve stability also.

My thanks to all involved in the research and development of this combination.  I dearly loved my bike before, but I know I'll be loving it even more after the completion of this upgrade.
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Post by: gremlin on May 25, 2016, 07:53:54 pm
.........Sent Cylinder to be fitted with new Gashousegorilla / Scooterbob piston.  Head to be ported and polished, with multi angle valve job by the same. Bee hive valve springs and improved push rods for valve stability also. .....


 :) :D ;D
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Post by: mevocgt on May 25, 2016, 08:39:56 pm
I stood next to mine for several hours in the rain on Sunday....
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Post by: gashousegorilla on May 25, 2016, 10:17:25 pm
Sunday I tore the perfectly good engine apart on my 2015 C5 which has 1,200 miles on it. 

Sent Cylinder to be fitted with new Gashousegorilla / Scooterbob piston.  Head to be ported and polished, with multi angle valve job by the same. Bee hive valve springs and improved push rods for valve stability also.

My thanks to all involved in the research and development of this combination.  I dearly loved my bike before, but I know I'll be loving it even more after the completion of this upgrade.

    I think you are going to have a weeee bit more fun on that bike now. ;)




 :) :D ;D


  ;)






   Off today, beautiful 85 degree day.  So I took it out to the country and beat it's ass on some country roads , then cruised home on the interstate doing 80 mph..... with short bursts to 90.  Traffic you know   :-\
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Post by: Narada on May 25, 2016, 10:22:29 pm
I might need a new helmet for riding the Hindu Hot Rod!   :)

Maybe some "Depends" too! :o
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Post by: The Old Coot on May 25, 2016, 10:22:58 pm
Not much other than collecting all the stuff I order last weekend to install this week end. Lycett saddle and a mess of LEDs and a hand full of SS hardware. I'm still waiting on the airbox but I know it takes a bit for it to be made and then ship to me but I have time and the world will not end (I hope anyway ??? ) Now Saturday I plan to play and then ride!
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Post by: gashousegorilla on May 25, 2016, 10:32:10 pm
Mjolnir and I went to a meet-up today ...... 

I had five too many PBRs, and, Mjolnir stole some hardware ....

  The monster of the midway !  MUCH better then those gold " bowling trophies" one see's with the lame figurine on the top.

I might need a new helmet for riding the Hindu Hot Rod!   :)

Maybe some "Depends" too! :o

      You might could if ever put cams in that bike.   You'll hit 4000 rpm's and say , " what the hail was that ! :o"   Hahahaha !
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Post by: longstrokeclassic on May 27, 2016, 06:08:08 pm
Put some out of date oil based mastic sealant down the handlebar ends followed by a handful of ball bearings.
Vibration level has decreased enough to know the 15 minutes it took and was time very well spent :)
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Post by: mevocgt on May 27, 2016, 06:57:08 pm
I went to the shop and paid my bike a visit.  It's all together, sounds great, and starts a lot easier than ever before!  I will be transporting it to the Dyno guys next week! ;D
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Post by: Carlsberg Wordsworth on May 27, 2016, 09:04:29 pm
Tried 22psi in front. Not liking that at low speed. Hardly any vibes thorough bars though.

Biggest plus today was finding decrease in spark plug gap to 0.5mm made the bike so much smoother on the throttle. It's a different bike, no switch off/on feeling at low revs at all.
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Post by: The Old Coot on May 28, 2016, 01:54:08 am
Installed the Lycett saddle and a mess of LEDs.

I'll post posted tomorrow. It was over 100f in my garage and I'm done to a turn...time for a shower.  :-[

BTW every bike I've ever owned has had the A/C go out on it as soon as it gets hot, the RE is no better that the rest and I can't even find the switch for the A/C on it.  ::)
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Post by: Eagle56 on May 30, 2016, 09:11:20 pm
After weeks and weeks of trying different ,plugs new coil and leads with continuose break down's and engine popping and farting like a bad dose of ghandies revenge.
I tried its old Bosch super twin R6 plug and it ran like it did before.
A flat spot that was there before  but no breakdowns
I wonder how far I can push it or hopefully not.
(Fingers crossed)
Still wondering dobiac tuner or not to tempt fate while its back up and running
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Post by: The Old Coot on May 30, 2016, 09:50:44 pm
The saddle's much better that stock. I may add a bit of stiffener to the under side to get the "Sitting on Springs" feeling out. And I may make a new front mounting bracket to move the saddle forward on the bike an inch or so. But I'm just going to ride right now.

Man if you don't upgrade to LEDs you have no idea what you are missing. All the indicator light, turn signals. bright beam and neutral, are now clearly visible in bright sun light. Might be too much at night but I rarely ride at night here other than to work. WAY too many drunks and critters.

I ordered LEDs for the blinkers, the chrome bullet blinkers I got from CMW use a 1157 base and I had a hard time finding these that would fit in the blinker housing. You can wire these as a running light/blinker as the are a dual element bulb but I wired both legs to the blinker feel hoping for brighter blinkers.  Hopefully they show by the weekend. I found a E12 blinker relay for LEDs in my "Box 'o Stuff" so all I'll have to do it looks like is pick up some diodes to stop cross power on the LEDs. 
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Post by: malky on May 31, 2016, 06:31:23 pm
Did my key mod to make it look a bit more "period".
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Post by: suitcasejefferson on May 31, 2016, 06:50:57 pm
Took it for a ride, came back home and removed the tank and poured out all the ethanol gas. Put the tank back on and poured in a couple of gallons of Sunoco Optima ethanol free race gas (about $18 worth) took it for another ride to make sure the Sunoco got all the way through the system, brought it back and parked it in the living room, connected the battery tender, and put a cover over it. It's done for the summer. I will start it up a few times during the summer, but even if there was a nice cloudy day, I can't afford to ride it. I'm not putting any more ethanol gas back in it until riding season starts again sometime in late October. I hope to get the carb conversion done this summer, along with a new exhaust.
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Post by: krimp on May 31, 2016, 08:35:49 pm
Did my key mod to make it look a bit more "period".

I like it. I'm pretty sure that my father has some of those knobs somewhere in his house that actually are from the 60's and 70's.
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Post by: stevew on May 31, 2016, 08:49:23 pm
Did my key mod to make it look a bit more "period".

How did you make that Malky?  Looks just right.
Reckon it would be good enough to grace another UK Bullet.... ;)
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Post by: The Old Coot on May 31, 2016, 10:30:52 pm
Yeah, give Malky. Where'd you get the knob at? Or at least what's it from?

That's one of those "Why didn't I think of that" mods that we all can (and likely will) Copy. Likely to be known as a "Malky Key" on the board. Adds so much to the look of the bike.

Simply brilliant.
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Post by: malky on May 31, 2016, 10:34:26 pm
How did you make that Malky?  Looks just right.
Reckon it would be good enough to grace another UK Bullet.... ;)

I got one of these,
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0118743MY/ref=pe_385721_134527521_TE_3p_dp_1

and got a new key cut, and then cut and filed down the top of the key, tig welded the cut down top and ground it round to fit the knob. The knob has a locking screw that secures it to the key. You need to measure up properly so the underside of the knob sits flush with the top of the ignition switch.
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Post by: heloego on June 01, 2016, 04:45:51 am
Love it!

A search on E-Bay for "chicken head knob" gives something like 22 pages of these!  ;D

I'm definitely "gonna"  8)
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Post by: Blairio on June 01, 2016, 06:26:29 am
Did my key mod to make it look a bit more "period".

Liking this. It is what's known as a "chicken head" control knob, and it has come back in fashion big style now with makers of guitar stomp boxes and amps. I think one of my MZ's had similar thing.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mevocgt on June 01, 2016, 02:10:22 pm
Amplifier parts stores may have em on line too.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: The Old Coot on June 01, 2016, 05:27:08 pm
Malky, can you post a photo of your ignition switch without the key in? The reason I ask is I looked and the switch on my C5 is held in by a large nut and I want to if the knob clears before I order it.

Thanks

Coot
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Post by: gremlin on June 01, 2016, 06:02:06 pm
Did my key mod to make it look a bit more "period".

genius !
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: malky on June 01, 2016, 06:35:49 pm
Malky, can you post a photo of your ignition switch without the key in? The reason I ask is I looked and the switch on my C5 is held in by a large nut and I want to if the knob clears before I order it.

Thanks

Coot
Once I get some suitable material, I'll make a surround for the nut to tidy things up a bit.
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Post by: The Old Coot on June 01, 2016, 07:48:34 pm
Thanks Malky, that shows me what I wanted to see. You have the knob over the top of the nut. I was worried that RE had changed things on me.

So off to order and get an extra key made, don't want to cut up the factory ones.

Coot

PS I ordered the knob but couldn't find anyone in the States selling it so I had to order from the UK. Stated delivery is some time between 6/10 and 6/21. Good thing this isn't keeping from riding or I'd likely have a fit.  :P
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Narada on June 02, 2016, 03:38:03 am
Cylinder has arrived at Scooter Bob's Speed Shed. 
Precision power piston fitment is eminent!
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Post by: wildbill on June 03, 2016, 02:53:23 am
I think I will do that key mod too and a nice addition to the royal enfield chariot.......actually I just ordered it ;)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gashousegorilla on June 03, 2016, 04:36:24 am
Cylinder has arrived at Scooter Bob's Speed Shed. 
Precision power piston fitment is eminent!

  Done !  ;D   Ummmm, this head could use some cleaning up next though..... ;) 8)     
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Eagle56 on June 04, 2016, 04:01:21 pm
Broke down again, management keep coming on popping and farting again.
Parked up for a while then back to start up nothing no power lights or anything.

After a quick investigation found the little red battery wire severed.
Checked these before and repaired the earth in the past.

Result, ran like a scolded cat and the flat spot seams to have gone also ????
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Narada on June 04, 2016, 05:34:53 pm
Piston fitment is complete with highest quality rings included! :)   Turnaround time? One day!
Now thats a "speed shed"!

Head porting is in process. Evidence of fuel "pooling" was found in intake port, also a very rough factory finish with casting "flash" and rough bits obstructing flow.  Clean up and porting should make a huge difference.  The funny thing is that bike ran great before, and that with obstructed flow!

Before we get started on judging RE for their production intake port quality, I'd like to mention that I've seen the same on many production line automotive ports in my day. It just seems to an acceptable practice in modern assembly line mass prodution.

This is one reason that as a mechanic, I am sold on intake and exhaust port clean up.
There is always hidden power, just waiting to be revealed in a stock head.

To summerize;
New custom SB/GHG designed J&E forged piston, providing much improved compression, in lightly machined cylinder for proper straightness and clearance, Excellent rings for sealing compression. 

Clean up and porting of stock head to provide free flowing fuel / exhaust.  Multi angle valve grind with bee hive valve springs and chrome moly pushrods for improved valve stability... a stock RE head with unsurpassed performance. what more could you ask for?

My heartfelt thanks and grattitude to Scooter Bob and GasHouseGorilla for "blueprinting" (my choice of words) my UCE.

There is more one can do, and later I probably will, but (OMG!!!)I think this will do for now.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gashousegorilla on June 05, 2016, 03:42:25 am
Piston fitment is complete with highest quality rings included! :)   Turnaround time? One day!
Now thats a "speed shed"!

Head porting is in process. Evidence of fuel "pooling" was found in intake port, also a very rough factory finish with casting "flash" and rough bits obstructing flow.  Clean up and porting should make a huge difference.  The funny thing is that bike ran great before, and that with obstructed flow!

Before we get started on judging RE for their production intake port quality, I'd like to mention that I've seen the same on many production line automotive ports in my day. It just seems to an acceptable practice in modern assembly line mass prodution.

This is one reason that as a mechanic, I am sold on intake and exhaust port clean up.
There is always hidden power, just waiting to be revealed in a stock head.

To summerize;
New custom SB/GHG designed J&E forged piston, providing much improved compression, in lightly machined cylinder for proper straightness and clearance, Excellent rings for sealing compression. 

Clean up and porting of stock head to provide free flowing fuel / exhaust.  Multi angle valve grind with bee hive valve springs and chrome moly pushrods for improved valve stability... a stock RE head with unsurpassed performance. what more could you ask for?

My heartfelt thanks and grattitude to Scooter Bob and GasHouseGorilla for "blueprinting" (my choice of words) my UCE.

There is more one can do, and later I probably will, but (OMG!!!)I think this will do for now.

   Hahahaha !  ScooterBobs speed shed... I like it !   Thanks for the kind words Narada, we appreciate it.  ;)  And I couldn't agree more with your assessment on the "finish work" on this mass produced head.   Lets just say the " finish work"  after casting and machining left a lot to be desired.    Also, maybe they shouldn't ROLL the head across the factory floor to the next work station ?  Or hammer the head pipe into the port opening and raise the soft aluminum into a nice ridge ?!  :o ;D  ;)    Hehehehe !   No worries.... I think you are going to enjoy the Bike WAY more now.  8)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: longstrokeclassic on June 05, 2016, 11:04:51 am
Fitted a Hitchcocks luggage rack.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Carlsberg Wordsworth on June 05, 2016, 08:52:52 pm
Liking that key Malky. Great job.

@ portisheadric

I have the (I believe) the same rack. Handy, but for me it ruins the look. Practicality wins though.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Broker57 on June 06, 2016, 06:50:24 pm
Bought it.  Actually that was yesterday.  My wife, two dogs and I took a 14 hour/700 mile roundtrip to pick up a maroon 2009 C5 from the original owner.  6319 miles on the clock.  Today I start work on a whole new learning curve.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: longstrokeclassic on June 06, 2016, 11:23:05 pm
@ portisheadric

I have the (I believe) the same rack. Handy, but for me it ruins the look. Practicality wins though.

I'm of the same opinion and I know it'll look even worse when there's a 47 litre top box on it for a small trip I have planned in a few weeks time...
queue the bagpipes,pasties, midge repellent and sunblock 8)
 
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: harshjain on June 06, 2016, 11:45:10 pm
Cleaned the Spark plug  :P
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: The Old Coot on June 07, 2016, 12:03:48 am
Got my ACE air filter. Now I'm sitting here making plans to do the install. I have to go into work in a few so tonight's out.

I did ride it about 100 miles yesterday and ended up sitting in a bank drive through waiting on the rain to blow by. I and another guy sat there about 30 minuets before it passed. 
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: krimp on June 07, 2016, 04:49:36 am
Installed my new chain today while at work. Lubricated the hell out of it after I got home. I could really tell the difference with the new chain. Also, one of the mounting screws for my license plate came off, so I had to re-mount it. All of my big problem issues should now be resolved for another 8000 miles.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: malky on June 07, 2016, 06:19:36 pm
Bought it.  Actually that was yesterday.  My wife, two dogs and I took a 14 hour/700 mile roundtrip to pick up a maroon 2009 C5 from the original owner.  6319 miles on the clock.  Today I start work on a whole new learning curve.

Good luck, the learning curve is not too steep. Keep an eye on everything, don't worry too much about the negatives, some of us actually have bikes that don't give any trouble. :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Narada on June 08, 2016, 02:27:09 am
Yesterday, I got my cylinder and piston from SB.  He even ships fast. 

Saturday I ordered a brass "Holy Om" key blank from India for the Hindu Hot Rod.  I just couldn't resist!

http://www.ebay.com/itm/like/252087087476
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: malky on June 08, 2016, 04:12:02 pm
My most memorable motorcycle was my Panther 120, it's the bike I kept the longest and covered the most miles on, and got the most enjoyment out of owning, looks like my Enfield is getting closer to taking its place. The Panther earned the nickname "the sphinx" looks like MK2 is on its way. It most definitely will be a keeper. 8)
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Post by: harshjain on June 08, 2016, 07:52:24 pm
Kick started......one Shot  8)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on June 09, 2016, 02:15:35 am
About the only time I have a problem with kick starting is on a cold morning or when people are standing around watching me do it.
A few girls present in the crowd almost always makes the first and second attempt fail.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gashousegorilla on June 09, 2016, 02:38:44 am
Yesterday, I got my cylinder and piston from SB.  He even ships fast. 


   The second part is HEADing west in the morning, for some further ScooterBob  enhancements.   Please mind your rear wheel spokes when completed .  ;)  Hehehehe !  8)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Narada on June 09, 2016, 03:18:03 am
Going west = getting closer...

Soon I could compete in the local tractor pull, or take up weekend stump pulling for extra cash!
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Post by: gashousegorilla on June 09, 2016, 03:26:31 am
  Hahahaha !  Yes !!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: malky on June 09, 2016, 10:53:39 am


Saturday I ordered a brass "Holy Om" key blank from India for the Hindu Hot Rod.  I just couldn't resist!

http://www.ebay.com/itm/like/252087087476

You'll need some Indian security now. 8)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Narada on June 09, 2016, 04:13:51 pm
Wow, that's a scary one!
I would have to go with Durga, my most beloved Goddess, the slayer of demons!

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Unique-Shape-Handcarfted-Brass-Goddess-Durga-Engraved-2-Key-Padlock-/281772510961


Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gremlin on June 09, 2016, 07:52:32 pm
Cleaned the Spark plug  :P

time for a hotter plug ?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Magoo on June 10, 2016, 09:08:14 am
Replaced the front and rear sprocket, installed a new DID chain.
The ride home on the freeway was brilliant!
Edging 50,000km on the ODO and still cruising beautifully at 100-120kph with ease.
My mechanic is actually checking other Australian Enfield dealers as he thinks my 2013 C5 might have the most kms on it in Aus...EFI model that is.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: JVS on June 10, 2016, 11:25:16 am
Good on you mate. Keep at it!  8)

Sectorsteve has approx 70k km on his C5 based on his recent posts  :o
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: heloego on June 10, 2016, 05:18:40 pm
Would that be on one bike, or all combined? ;) :D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Narada on June 10, 2016, 06:09:04 pm
Hi Magoo,  it looks like you're enjoying your ride!  Do you consider it to be generally dependable? 
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: The Old Coot on June 11, 2016, 12:47:20 am
I got my Ace airbox installed, for the most part anyway. I still need to finish the new brackets I am making but I no longer have a bench vice so I'll have to do it at work. You can see I tilted it for better clearance and it fits my C5 better like this.

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v87/MarkN/Buell/Royal%20Enfield/Air%20Box%20and%20headlight%20Plug/IMG_20160610_175448745_zpsdptlbpep.jpg)


Plenty of leg room and the cables clear just fine without rubbing on the painted part of the box.

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v87/MarkN/Buell/Royal%20Enfield/Air%20Box%20and%20headlight%20Plug/IMG_20160610_175458494_HDR_zps3egann6s.jpg)

I'll clean it up tomorrow and put the ACE sticker on. To bad it's not being backed up by a 535 Fireball kit yet but down the road...could be!

By the way if you hate messing with the headlight because it take you 15-20 minutes to remember what wire goes where here's the answer for you. A H4 headlight plug that you crimp your own end on. No butt connectors to come loose and short out. Remember "Friends don't let Friends use Butt Connectors" So don't be a Butt Head!  ;)

Here's the link to where I got them.

http://www.cycleterminal.com/headlight-connectors.html

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v87/MarkN/Buell/Royal%20Enfield/Air%20Box%20and%20headlight%20Plug/IMG_20160609_173241810_zps7dspexg2.jpg)

In case you're wondering there are 2 plugs in the photo, the one on the left shows the side the wires go into and the right is the side that plugs on the headlight.   
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on June 11, 2016, 02:26:52 am
Are you sure you have enough room in the casquette to install that headlight connector?

The distance from the back of the light to the speedometer cable is pretty small.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: The Old Coot on June 11, 2016, 02:29:23 am
I think it should as it's a low profile type and isn't much deeper then the plugs that are there now. I'll post tomorrow or Sunday out it works out.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: wildbill on June 11, 2016, 02:49:42 am
it will or should fit fine. from 2015 royal enfield moved to this style of headlight connector so from 015 on all the new bikes come with this smart connector :D which has been on cars for many many years.
another of their upgrade mods to newer bikes which would have cost then about a $1 and SHOULD have been in all the uce since 09
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: retrolynn on June 11, 2016, 03:07:44 am
Changed the oil on my 2013 b5,at 3000 miles,then went for a44 mile ride. Filled up with no alcohol premium,and got 76mpg. Must be geting broken-in. It took 2 quarts of Mobile 1 v twin oil,this time. I must have drained most of it out,as it was hot,this time. Had 155 miles on the gas,with speeds between 55 and 65.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Magoo on June 11, 2016, 05:14:49 am
Hi Magoo,  it looks like you're enjoying your ride!  Do you consider it to be generally dependable?

Generally yes. Mechanically, very sound. A few niggles along the way and there's been many a game of 'what's that rattle?'.
But it's been my daily commuter for almost three years at freeway speeds here - rain, hail, shine, and it's never left me on the side of the road so I'd say that qualifies as dependable.
She gets plenty of tlc, and aside from major 10k services I've kept up my own maintenance regime and get rewarded with a smooth, nimble ride each day.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Narada on June 11, 2016, 05:41:43 am
Thanks Magoo, that's really wonderful!  I just love to hear such positive testimonials about my favorite bike.

I plan on having many happy miles as well.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gashousegorilla on June 13, 2016, 12:03:06 am
Going west = getting closer...



  DONE !  Should be going out tomorrow  ;)   Remember that ... Ah-hem factory " Combustion chamber"  and those warped none concentric seats and valves ?  ;)    Looking better now... and with drag racing angles to boot !   :o 8)   That bike is gonna move man....

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Post by: gashousegorilla on June 13, 2016, 12:07:06 am
   And old ScooterBob himself in the reflection.. .. the mystery angle man !  Hahahaha ! ;)

 
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ice on June 13, 2016, 05:38:56 am
  OW Ow owowo let me

(https://s15-us2.ixquick.com/cgi-bin/serveimage?url=http:%2F%2Fwww.backfixer1.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2012%2F12%2FSunglasses.jpg&sp=b1dbbe34d12b9d80708be09e95c292fc)

 Ahhhh...cuts the glare.  I can see now, stunning work.
That will reflect the heat back into the fuel/air mix quite nicely.
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Post by: mattsz on June 13, 2016, 10:34:19 am
   And old ScooterBob himself in the reflection.. .. the mystery angle man !  Hahahaha ! ;)

I see he's blanked out his face in that photo... is that for his protection?  Or ours?

 ;)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Narada on June 13, 2016, 02:27:45 pm
OMG!  That should run like a monkey with his ass on fire!

I thought I was the only one who couldn't see ScooterBob. :o  Oh well, his presence should become perceptible when I twist the throttle. :)

Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: heloego on June 13, 2016, 03:19:34 pm
 :o Beautiful!
   About that nice outdoor reflection...
   Does that mean he'll have a "green" machine?  ;)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Narada on June 14, 2016, 01:36:03 am
Got my complete engine gasket set from India.  Since CMW was out of stock at the time (as per website), I rolled the dice on a set from India. I am not putting a link for them on this CMW site, but they could easily be found with a google search if your so inclined.

Ordered June 6th, they arrived today - 7days for the free shipping to Seattle.  The brand name on the package was taped over but it could be read from the back as "Lucky Seven Gaskets and Oil Seals" and the package listed all the gaskets fine qualities in english on one side, and what looks like Tamil on the other.  I was a little concerned when I saw Bullet 350 listed on the package.  I double checked the ad and it just said Bullet EFI.  Doh! I could have sworn it said 500 EFI!

I took the gaskets out to my shed and compared with the old ones.  These Lucky Seven gaskets are indeed identical to the ones I removed from my 500cc EFI. They look good to me and I will be using them.   

And yes, I also got my "Holy Om" ignition key blanks!  The brass Om was made from 3 layers of brass riveted together with an RE key blank in the middle.  They are a little rough looking, and each key is very heavy, but they were lovingly hand made in India!

Although the Om key is a novelty to most of us, (and it is fun to have)  the Om itself is considered to be an aspect of God, and so is treated with much love and respect. In this way, I too will keep my RE Om key as sacred. 

I feel it is fitting since I hold my RE in deep reverence. having seen my first RE in Banaras India, I cannot help but to associate mine with the divine.

ScooterBob tells me my Hot Rod head is shipped, and should be here by Wednesday.  I could be on the road by the weekend!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: heloego on June 14, 2016, 03:51:51 am
Sounds like you're about to have a blast! Glad the seals are gonna work out, and am looking forward to the finish of this auspicious enterprise!  8)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gashousegorilla on June 14, 2016, 04:20:46 am
  OW Ow owowo let me

(https://s15-us2.ixquick.com/cgi-bin/serveimage?url=http:%2F%2Fwww.backfixer1.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2012%2F12%2FSunglasses.jpg&sp=b1dbbe34d12b9d80708be09e95c292fc)

 Ahhhh...cuts the glare.  I can see now, stunning work.
That will reflect the heat back into the fuel/air mix quite nicely.

  Thank you Ice.  8)   A lot of swirly sounding electric and air tools, with copious amounts aluminum dust and Turtle wax.  Hahahahaha !


I see he's blanked out his face in that photo... is that for his protection?  Or ours?

 ;)

   His.   Don't tell nobody Matt.    "ScooterBob" is an alias.  Behind that black circle in that reflection is really Elvis !  ;)


 
OMG!  That should run like a monkey with his ass on fire!





   Hehehehe !   It sure will .  ;)


 


 
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: krusty on June 16, 2016, 11:06:57 pm
Fitted some Biltwell Thruster grips to the C5 today.
Shaved the ribs of the throttle tube with a Stanley knife. Then cut some nice clean holes in the grips for my bar end mirrors. Did this by holding a 7/8" bar in the lathe, push the grips on, then using the Stanley to cut neat circles out. Worked out well!
Grips fixed in the age old tried and tested manner, hair spray.
Didn't get time to do a test ride but the grips feel thicker and more cushioning.
They look so much nicer than the standard ones too!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: The Old Coot on June 16, 2016, 11:29:35 pm
firecaptp7, It's time for my meds....I though at first you have some cool over lay for the speedo in you bike. It was only after I downloaded the JPEG that the truth of the mater came to me.  ::)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Cdogg on June 17, 2016, 11:06:59 pm
Finished putting my new muffler on????
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Royal Stargazer on June 19, 2016, 07:30:13 am
Today I picked my bike up from the shop with a new rear tube and mere hours later, was stranded with a flat front.

I guess I know what I'm doing tomorrow.

Any tips for the greenhorn? The owner's manual does a pretty good job at detailing removal and installation of the wheel itself, but doesn't have a lot to say about the tube and tire.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: malky on June 19, 2016, 08:19:10 am


Any tips for the greenhorn? The owner's manual does a pretty good job at detailing removal and installation of the wheel itself, but doesn't have a lot to say about the tube and tire.

Check out youtube. This one's pretty close for removal etc. Ignore the bit about the rim lock.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&persist_app=1&v=spYCtr3yEeg

If you don't have them already, get a set of tyre removal rim protectors, and some tyre soap. The tyre soap makes tyre removal and replacement a lot easier, once you've broken the bead a light smear of tyre soap around the rim helps the tyre slip off a lot easier, and a good set of three tyre irons. When you've got the tube out check the tyre carefully in case whatever caused the flat is still there. Run your hand carefully along the inside of the tyre checking for any sharp objects that may not be visible from the outside. Good luck. :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Blairio on June 19, 2016, 08:47:04 am
Decent tyre levers are a must.  I tried to use the ones that came with my Electra to remove a tyre on my other bike, and they just bent and twisted, looking for all the world like Uri Geller had been at them. It seems that they are made out of mysterious "cheese-metal".

Back in the day my brothers and I would use washing up liquid when we didn't have tyre soap, but wiser heads suggested it was a bad idea - I think because there is a lot of sodium in washing up liquid, and you don't really want that on steel wheels.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Eagle56 on June 19, 2016, 09:38:52 am
Rode to the barbers broke down three times engine died middle fuse blown.
Used all the spares, found a auto factor, bought a handful of extras to get home.

Found out the horn bracket broke and the horn was hanging by the wires which were shorting on the frame.

I now need to refix the bracket all good fun ????






Found the the horn bracket b
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on June 19, 2016, 07:18:07 pm
Royal Stargazer
As you remove the front wheel, pay special attention to the spacers, washers and other bits and which side of the wheel they came from.
They aren't the same and if they are not put back in the right place, the speedometer drive won't work right.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: malky on June 19, 2016, 07:23:40 pm
Royal Stargazer
As you remove the front wheel, pay special attention to the spacers, washers and other bits and which side of the wheel they came from.
They aren't the same and if they are not put back in the right place, the speedometer drive won't work right.

+1. Use your phone camera to record your taking apart procedure, then if you're in any doubt you've got it on record for reassembly.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Royal Stargazer on June 19, 2016, 10:20:53 pm
I'm having trouble getting the valve stem in place. My hands are too big, lol.

Edit: Got everything together so the job was technically a success. Too bad the tube doesn't hold air. Must have pinched it.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: The Old Coot on June 20, 2016, 01:32:42 am
I'm having trouble getting the valve stem in place. My hands are too big, lol.

Edit: Got everything together so the job was technically a success. Too bad the tube doesn't hold air. Must have pinched it.

As to the first there's a tool for that.

As to the second...that sucks.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on June 20, 2016, 01:51:12 am
I didn't do anything with my Royal Enfield today.
At 7:30 this morning the temperature was 98° F (36.7° C).
Now at 5:30 PM it's cooling down.  It's 119° F (48.3° C) in my back yard.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: The Old Coot on June 20, 2016, 01:54:06 am
I didn't do anything with my Royal Enfield today.
At 7:30 this morning the temperature was 98° F (36.7° C).
Now at 5:30 PM it's cooling down.  It's 119° F (48.3° C) in my back yard.

Did it melt? Your Enfield I mean not the back yard. :P
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: longstrokeclassic on June 20, 2016, 10:06:58 am
Replaced the brake pedal height adjusting Allen bolt with a stud and nut to the underside. 

(http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t245/portisheadric/Gump/allen%20bolt_zpsvbxua3sg.png) (http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t245/portisheadric/Gump/Untitled_zpslecmjafw.png)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: johno on June 20, 2016, 10:33:31 am
Gave my B5 a good once over in preparation for a 300 mile trip over next Thursday and Friday, hope the rain holds off.......
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: krusty on June 21, 2016, 10:59:18 pm
Washed and polished the Conti GT. Then fitted a Hitchcock's 1950s EFI exhaust to the C5.
Good times. ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: malky on June 21, 2016, 11:42:44 pm
Then fitted a Hitchcock's 1950s EFI exhaust to the C5.
Good times. ;D

Standard ecu?
How does it behave?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: krusty on June 21, 2016, 11:49:38 pm
Don't know yet. Will take it out tomorrow for a spin, weather permitting.
All I can say is it fired up straight away and has a nice thump. It's significantly lighter than stock and looks a country mile better.
I've started a thread in the "Bullet with UCE" section.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: malky on June 22, 2016, 12:07:11 am
Don't know yet. Will take it out tomorrow for a spin, weather permitting.
All I can say is it fired up straight away and has a nice thump. It's significantly lighter than stock and looks a country mile better.
I've started a thread in the "Bullet with UCE" section.

Thanks, I've had the same one gathering dust for over a year now, it's about time I did something with it. :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: johno on June 24, 2016, 10:57:24 pm
arrived home earlier from my 300 mile trip, all went well, a lovely ride out across the southcoast of the UK then through Dartmoor and so on, even the weather held and only rained overnight when I was resting. the ride back was just as pleasant until I was less than 20 miles from home, there was a sound like a pop and the rear end kicked out, I managed to control it and thinking I had a puncture , pulled over. Not a problem as I always carry a can of tyre repair foam anyway. However the tyre was fine it was when I grabbed the rear wheel and found it could swing from side to side I realised the swingarm pivot bolt had snapped. I could write a tail of repairing it with a stick and some tape, but I chickened out and called for breakdown recovery and sat stranded by the side of a busy road for nearly 4 hrs, I could probably pushed the bike home in that time!
It looks like the bolt has stretched and snapped rather than sheared which seems a bit strange.
I've ordered a new bolt washer and nut from Hitchcocks as well as an oil filter as the oil change is due. So should have the Bullet back up and running soon, am I starting to lose faith in her? not sure yet, that's twice she's had to be recovered after a longer trip, once for a snapped chain and now the pivot bolt, I wonder if they are related, maybe I should check the frame alignment.........Its all part of the Enfield adventure (so I keep telling myself)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on June 24, 2016, 11:14:54 pm
When you install the new bolt, the book says the torque for the big nylock nut should be 70 NM (52 lb/ft).

Normally, I would go with the recommended factory torque but in this case, if I was doing it I think I would aim for something more in the 40-45 lb/ft (54-60 NM) range.

Because the nut is a self locking nylock style, it doesn't need the high torque to keep it tight and the lower torque will produce less stress in the bolt shank.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: johno on June 25, 2016, 12:45:38 pm
Thanks for that information, I was wondering if it had been over-torqued. I also wonder if it would be better passing the bolt through from the right side so the full width of the shank and the flanged hex takes the strain of the drive rather than the threaded end of the bolt. Although I was only doing about 40mph when it failed I had been riding for about 2 hours at anywhere between 50 and 70mph, which if it failed 2 mins earlier, could have been deadly!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: The Old Coot on June 26, 2016, 12:47:57 am
I got new grips for the bike and for ME...

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v87/MarkN/Buell/Royal%20Enfield/Coffee_Cup_zpsnzy43sqo.jpg)

From our host CMW.

Yes I love my coffee and that's a real coffee grinder back there like you find in a coffee shop but NO I'm no damn Hipster I just like good coffee.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: longstrokeclassic on June 26, 2016, 08:59:31 am
Thankfully good coffee was around long before the Hipster.

I get my beans from an Artisan coffee roasters (along with a freshly made cup of coffee) which is a scenic 70 mile round trip away. This place even supplies roasted beans to a client in Kuwait.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: TdLpps on June 26, 2016, 09:32:55 pm
Put the odometer into four digits on a ride with my daughter....

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Motorcycles/Misc-Motorcycles/i-KZprR2d/0/L/CA_06261612585990-L.jpg)

Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mevocgt on June 27, 2016, 06:56:49 pm
Is that a super Cub?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: TdLpps on June 27, 2016, 07:44:56 pm
Is that a super Cub?

More or less...1981 C70 Passport with a 125cc swap.

A little more info on the swap at:  http://advrider.com/index.php?threads/very-successful-lifan-125cc-swap-into-1981-honda-c70-passport.1111996/

Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mevocgt on June 28, 2016, 02:47:15 am
Neet bike.  Thanks for sharing!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mc35803 on June 30, 2016, 03:59:52 pm
Replaced the air filter housing with a new one shipped to me by RENA after I complained about the old one on my 2015 C5 on their Facebook page.  I don't have a local dealer anywhere as is quite common now with the reorganization and I wasn't going to bother Heindl as they work through RENA negotiations.   RENA contacted me almost immediately after the Facebook post..  The old one, under warranty, kept opening up completely while riding and never really closed anywhere close to tightly.  It would fling open wthin a few miles at highway speeds and repeatedly when I closed it.  Very distracting.   Went for a 70 mile ride with out incident after installing the new one yesterday.  Sadly, when removing the lock from the original housing and installing it in the new one, it hit me that if I had opted to tighten the nut on the lock on the original housing it would have placed the locking tab a little deeper inside the housing when locking it - and that might have fixed the original problem.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mevocgt on June 30, 2016, 04:36:38 pm
Well, that's the cost to RENA for not having their dealer network up to force.  Glad it worked out for you.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mevocgt on June 30, 2016, 04:38:12 pm
I road mine for the first time last night,after being in the shop for the last six months.  Now I have the fastest GT....Yellow is the fast color.... ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ice on July 01, 2016, 07:21:48 pm
Replaced the air filter housing with a new one shipped to me by RENA after I complained about the old one on my 2015 C5 on their Facebook page.  I don't have a local dealer anywhere as is quite common now with the reorganization and I wasn't going to bother Heindl as they work through RENA negotiations.   RENA contacted me almost immediately after the Facebook post..  The old one, under warranty, kept opening up completely while riding and never really closed anywhere close to tightly.  It would fling open wthin a few miles at highway speeds and repeatedly when I closed it.  Very distracting.   Went for a 70 mile ride with out incident after installing the new one yesterday.  Sadly, when removing the lock from the original housing and installing it in the new one, it hit me that if I had opted to tighten the nut on the lock on the original housing it would have placed the locking tab a little deeper inside the housing when locking it - and that might have fixed the original problem.

 This post is three way win !
Good on RENA for taking care of you.
Double good on you for being honest and for sharing what you learned.

 Those are some of the things I like about, and still find refreshing abou, these bikes and the people who ride them.

 Today I let the front rocker cover of my Iron Barrel continue to seep oil.
And I rode it with "vigor" on errands.  ;D 
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: johno on July 02, 2016, 03:32:20 pm
fitted the new swingarm pivot bolt, the new one from Hitchcock is about 3mm longer than the original and is stamped with 8.8 which hopefully means it's been made to a standard, I torqued it to the suggested 45lb/ft, which was enough to pull the frame in to the swingarm, I find it amazing how much the frame is sprung, maybe that's why the original was over torqued. I checked the chain alignment and all seems well, so went for a quick ride out and all checks out ok. whether I'll do another long run on the B5 is another matter.....
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Narada on July 02, 2016, 04:23:27 pm
Over the last couple of weeks, I've been re-assembling my engine with the new and improved top half from SB/GHG, as time allows. Life has been interrupting my work quite a bit but I "keep on plugging away" a little at a time.

Last thing accomplished; set up the adjustable chrome moly push rods for optimum length / lifter pre-load.  Next thing; correcting (factory over torqued) bent exhaust flange, and fitting into head properly, while finagling (incorrectly factory bent) pipe to fit. The rest should go back together pretty quickly, once I actually put a little more time in.

Also brought home recently acquired Cozy Rocket last week for future installation.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Cdogg on July 03, 2016, 02:16:14 am
Put leds in the speedo, neutral and high beam. Also ordered a pillion seat and a pedestrian slicer.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gashousegorilla on July 05, 2016, 01:32:46 am
Over the last couple of weeks, I've been re-assembling my engine with the new and improved top half from SB/GHG, as time allows. Life has been interrupting my work quite a bit but I "keep on plugging away" a little at a time.

Last thing accomplished; set up the adjustable chrome moly push rods for optimum length / lifter pre-load.  Next thing; correcting (factory over torqued) bent exhaust flange, and fitting into head properly, while finagling (incorrectly factory bent) pipe to fit. The rest should go back together pretty quickly, once I actually put a little more time in.

Also brought home recently acquired Cozy Rocket last week for future installation.

   Don't rush it, and enjoy it as you do it. ;)

  I'm looking at a head this evening,actually the rocker blocks.  Thinking just how important the valve stem seals are on these Bikes..... Particularly the exhaust stem .   The valve spring cooler's really put  a good hosing of oil directed at the springs, stems, seals etc.    Check out the needles inserted into the squirter's , and how they are aimed.....


 
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mevocgt on July 05, 2016, 02:45:31 am
Talked about it.....trying to figure out what I want to do about gearing choices I have made. 
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Narada on July 05, 2016, 06:06:49 am
I was looking at those holes too and wondering what they did!  Pretty cool that they squirt oil right where you need it!

Are those washers under the rocker block bolts?  I noticed little aluminum flakes appearing under my bolts after a few times on and off but resisted the urge to add washers.  I did clean and oil everything before final assembly.

Got in a few more hours today.  I Wanted to start up my Indian /British bike for the 4th of July to celebrate my new American piston, valve train, and all of the American hours that were put into the head / piston work, but ran out of time.  Had  to go out for the holiday. Maybe one more hour could do it, she's very close!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gashousegorilla on July 06, 2016, 03:13:57 am
I was looking at those holes too and wondering what they did!  Pretty cool that they squirt oil right where you need it!

Are those washers under the rocker block bolts?  I noticed little aluminum flakes appearing under my bolts after a few times on and off but resisted the urge to add washers.  I did clean and oil everything before final assembly.

Got in a few more hours today.  I Wanted to start up my Indian /British bike for the 4th of July to celebrate my new American piston, valve train, and all of the American hours that were put into the head / piston work, but ran out of time.  Had  to go out for the holiday. Maybe one more hour could do it, she's very close!

    LOL !  Got ya, yeah that would have been nice !  The washers I added mostly because it's a test mule head , and it's on and off a lot.   I think is a good thing to do.... but I wouldn't be overly concerned with it, without them.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Narada on July 06, 2016, 03:30:29 am
Next time I'm in there I'll add some nice thin stainless washers on those rocker bolts! :)

Got my exhaust and crash guard back on.  I learned to only loosely fit the flange at head until you connect and hang the silencer! :o

After first tightening the flange, I slid on the silencer and had at least an inch from hanger bracket to the frame!  Then I loosened the flange, hung the silencer, and re-tightened the flange.  Much better! 8)

Hopefully, she'll be running tomorrow, there's a tractor pull contest coming up and I think I might have a good chance to win it all!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Scotty Brown on July 06, 2016, 04:35:14 am
Took the Enfield out for a little exercise --I have been a bit neglectful since acquiring the V65 Guzzi -- Well, just nothing will compare to the fun and comfort factor of the C5....Genuine pleasure unit above all others in my experience.  For a freeway destination it's the Guzzi for a nostalgic journey the Enfield wins hands down !
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ice on July 06, 2016, 05:12:23 am
Next time I'm in there I'll add some nice thin stainless washers on those rocker bolts! :)

Got my exhaust and crash guard back on.  I learned to only loosely fit the flange at head until you connect and hang the silencer! :o

After first tightening the flange, I slid on the silencer and had at least an inch from hanger bracket to the frame!  Then I loosened the flange, hung the silencer, and re-tightened the flange.  Much better! 8)

Hopefully, she'll be running tomorrow, there's a tractor pull contest coming up and I think I might have a good chance to win it all!

 When you're done there we've got some sod that needs turning.
 ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Narada on July 06, 2016, 05:24:22 am
The Sod-Buster!!! :o  I like it! :)

I do intend to turn some sod before the sidecar goes on.  ::)





Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ice on July 06, 2016, 07:07:31 am
The Sod-Buster!!! :o  I like it! :)

I do intend to turn some sod before the sidecar goes on the Triumph.  ::)

 Fixed it for you !
 ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Narada on July 06, 2016, 04:12:03 pm
Thanks for that very logical reminder Ice.  More power, better brakes, I think the frame is more robust.  It's just the emotional  part of my brain that keeps confusing me.  :o :o :o 
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Cdogg on July 06, 2016, 09:17:06 pm
Rode in to work, and also broke my little bar end mirror
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: krusty on July 06, 2016, 10:40:36 pm
Fitted a nice new horn toady, a proper metal chromed job, no more cheapo plastic chrome naffness.
Sounds ok and looks tidy. 8)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: krimp on July 06, 2016, 11:06:39 pm
Fitted a nice new horn toady, a proper metal chromed job, no more cheapo plastic chrome naffness.
Sounds ok and looks tidy. 8)

You can't post that without a picture. It's like internet law or something.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: krusty on July 07, 2016, 05:46:00 pm
Before I get picked up by the Internet Police, here's a picture of my new horn in all it's shiny shinnyness. Not sure that's word, but it sure is a pretty horn!
Cost £11 from Bike-it.
Sorry Krimp, won't do it again. :-[

Nearly forgot...the bike had it's 1st service this morning!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: malky on July 07, 2016, 07:23:39 pm
Before I get picked up by the Internet Police, here's a picture of my new horn in all it's shiny shinnyness. Not sure that's word, but it sure is a pretty horn!
Cost £11 from Bike-it.
Sorry Krimp, won't do it again. :-[

Nearly forgot...the bike had it's 1st service this morning!

Fantabulus mate.

Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: krusty on July 07, 2016, 07:42:28 pm
I do a lot of work for charity.....but I don't like to talk about it.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: malky on July 07, 2016, 09:52:03 pm
I do a lot of work for charity.....but I don't like to talk about it.

Pop a doodle do, let's rock with some Bachman Turner Overdrive. ;D ::)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: The Old Coot on July 07, 2016, 10:30:22 pm
I thought my "Low Fuel" light was burned out So I stopped and filled up. Took 2.229 gals to top it up. I started thinking and thought something must be wrong as I was showing 93 MPG, I check my math three times and it came out the same no matter what. Not bad as I was just riding not trying to squeeze every mile out I could. My other bike get between 45 to 55 and I have never got much more than that from them. I'll take 93MPG any day of the week.

And I guess that low "Fuel Light" might not be burned out after all.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gremlin on July 09, 2016, 10:07:20 pm
The weather's been nice and I've been riding Mjolnir alot.....  sure does add time to the daily chores - people of all ages want to stop and talk about the bike.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: krimp on July 10, 2016, 12:31:35 am
Took a long ride yesterday and I am now about 10 miles short of 10,000. I have already ordered a new exhaust (EMGO reverse cone) and will put that on next week after it arrives. Also, I found that getting into a racing tuck help get up hills a lot easier.

Finally, when I was parked for a while yesterday, some dumb ass backed into my bike, it happened moments before I got back to my bike and I didn't get a chance to chase the guy down. Fortunately, I had it on the center stand so he only turned it about 45 degrees. There doesn't appear to be any damage from the incident.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gremlin on July 10, 2016, 03:19:26 am

OK, now turn around and drive back UP that mountain ......   :P

I thought my "Low Fuel" light was burned out So I stopped and filled up. Took 2.229 gals to top it up. I started thinking and thought something must be wrong as I was showing 93 MPG, I check my math three times and it came out the same no matter what. Not bad as I was just riding not trying to squeeze every mile out I could. My other bike get between 45 to 55 and I have never got much more than that from them. I'll take 93MPG any day of the week.

And I guess that low "Fuel Light" might not be burned out after all.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: longstrokeclassic on July 10, 2016, 04:54:52 pm
Checked the oil level and adjusted the chain in preparation for the NC500.

http://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/ustours/nc500/index.html

Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: malky on July 10, 2016, 05:07:17 pm
Checked the oil level and adjusted the chain in preparation for the NC500.

http://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/ustours/nc500/index.html
Bon voyage.
Don't forget your midge repellent.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Smidge-Midge-Insect-Repellent-75/dp/B00413715E
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Cdogg on July 11, 2016, 01:22:50 am
That looks like a beautiful ride! I am jealous????
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Narada on July 11, 2016, 03:16:18 am
That NC500 looks incredible! If I ever get the money, I'm coming over! :D

I've been having some fun with my C5 lately.
After installing my new forged hp piston and nicely modded head, I turned on the key, but no fuel pump sound... I sat on the bike and contemplated the possible causes for a couple of moments then focused my eyes on the nice chrome kickstand sticking out! :P 

After putting up the stand, the fuel pump came on, I cranked the engine over but nothing happened.  Pulled the spark plug and found it to be bone dry... no fuel.  I plugged in the fuel injector, cranked it again and still nothing... then I put the plug wire on, cranked it once more, and it fired right up! :) 

I have the premium efi silencer on my bike and it's not entirely silent, but it's not that loud, at least it wasn't that loud. 

Sound really isn't the right word for what is experienced with this piston, it's really the shock of each time the cylinder fires that you feel, it's louder but the concussion is stunning! :o

Now this bike is a thumper!  Going slow, you hear and feel each time the cylinder fires, as you speed up it gets better and better. The "sweet spot" around 50 - 60 mph never was sweeter! 8) 

People you pass who have an awareness of motorcycles, drop their jaws and stare in shock as you go by! :o  Overall, it's pretty incredible.

For now, I'm just going to keep riding and getting used to it.  I also have to seat the new rings in, and change the oil after 200 miles.  I got in 20 miles yesterday, and 40 today.

Thinking about new cams... ::)

My heartfelt grattitude to GashouseGorilla and ScooterBob for many long hours spent on the R&D of this set-up as well as the time put into my parts and for putting up with me!  And most of all, thanks for sharing your madness (Celtic Contagion)!!! 
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: krimp on July 11, 2016, 02:45:05 pm
Hit 10,000 miles today on the way to work. Before I go home today, I should be installing my new exhaust.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gashousegorilla on July 11, 2016, 07:26:20 pm
That NC500 looks incredible! If I ever get the money, I'm coming over! :D

I've been having some fun with my C5 lately.
After installing my new forged hp piston and nicely modded head, I turned on the key, but no fuel pump sound... I sat on the bike and contemplated the possible causes for a couple of moments then focused my eyes on the nice chrome kickstand sticking out! :P 

After putting up the stand, the fuel pump came on, I cranked the engine over but nothing happened.  Pulled the spark plug and found it to be bone dry... no fuel.  I plugged in the fuel injector, cranked it again and still nothing... then I put the plug wire on, cranked it once more, and it fired right up! :) 

I have the premium efi silencer on my bike and it's not entirely silent, but it's not that loud, at least it wasn't that loud. 

Sound really isn't the right word for what is experienced with this piston, it's really the shock of each time the cylinder fires that you feel, it's louder but the concussion is stunning! :o

Now this bike is a thumper!  Going slow, you hear and feel each time the cylinder fires, as you speed up it gets better and better. The "sweet spot" around 50 - 60 mph never was sweeter! 8) 

People you pass who have an awareness of motorcycles, drop their jaws and stare in shock as you go by! :o  Overall, it's pretty incredible.

For now, I'm just going to keep riding and getting used to it.  I also have to seat the new rings in, and change the oil after 200 miles.  I got in 20 miles yesterday, and 40 today.

Thinking about new cams... ::)

My heartfelt grattitude to GashouseGorilla and ScooterBob for many long hours spent on the R&D of this set-up as well as the time put into my parts and for putting up with me!  And most of all, thanks for sharing your madness (Celtic Contagion)!!!

   D'oh !!!    Been THERE , done THAT with the plugs and such.  ;D   No..  thank you for putting up with us  ! :o  LOL !   Very glad you like it Narada and of course keep in touch  ;)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: stevew on July 11, 2016, 09:32:49 pm
Checked the oil level and adjusted the chain in preparation for the NC500.

http://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/ustours/nc500/index.html

That route is just the best, especially the west bit.  Reckon JOG was a real let down but from Tongue westwards absolutely stunning  :)
Did it on a pair of C90s with my son a couple of years back and that ignited the desire to "overland" in him.  He's just off to KL (Malaysia) to buy a C90 and ride it back to the UK over the next two years  ;)  Can be followed here if anybody is interested;-
https://www.facebook.com/toffeestravels/

Here we are in Durness;-
(http://i1052.photobucket.com/albums/s453/stevewatkin1/Scotland%20Aug%202013/1175081_10151864202237489_1606659423_n_zps404f9a06.jpg) (http://s1052.photobucket.com/user/stevewatkin1/media/Scotland%20Aug%202013/1175081_10151864202237489_1606659423_n_zps404f9a06.jpg.html)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: The Old Coot on July 11, 2016, 09:41:08 pm
Nice to see he and you else isn't afraid to ride a small bike far. My first long road trip was on a Yamaha DT 125 and it (and I) did fine. It was a fun if somewhat slow ride. I think that's what cemented my love of small to mid size bikes.

Of course in America you get told "You can't ride THAT little bike you need a REAL bike like my 1800 (that never leaves town)"  When I was growing up 650 WAS a big bike.

I'll keep an eye of his facebook to see how his adventure goes.

Coot
 
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: stevew on July 11, 2016, 10:06:20 pm
Yeah, 'tis true that all my miles now are done on a 125 (mostly the scoot but also the CG) and it gets me anywhere i want.  65mph on the main roads and 100MPG (imperial)  ;D
The Enfield gets used when i want a "hit" of real motorbike 'cos TBH it isn't that comfortable for hours and hours mainly due to the vibration.  The S-wing is soooo smooth in comparison.
Done the big bike thing back in the day with a 1500cc cruiser, nice but not for me now i've lost the ego of mid life !!!!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: malky on July 11, 2016, 10:28:09 pm
Checked the oil level and adjusted the chain in preparation for the NC500.

http://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/ustours/nc500/index.html
I've done the run several times, and never get tired of it. Be up there in September, again.
Even did the crossing on the Queen of Kylesku long before the bridge was built.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=psTDteqZbJg

Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Carlsberg Wordsworth on July 12, 2016, 09:53:40 pm
Checked the oil level and adjusted the chain in preparation for the NC500.

http://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/ustours/nc500/index.html

I like the look of that ride. Must plan it myself.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: malky on July 13, 2016, 04:57:47 pm
I like the look of that ride. Must plan it myself.
Carry some spare fuel, and fill up when you see a filling station, as they are few and far between, and their opening hours can be a bit erratic, especially on Sundays.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Narada on July 14, 2016, 11:05:35 pm
Been riding all week with new piston / head combo.  It just keeps getting better. 

I love the sound/feel of the engine.  Lots more pull, and even going slow you can really hear the improved compression.

Now up to 180 miles, oil change due at 200.  Should be there by tonight!

Waxed bike last night. Very shiney!

Ordered new HP cams from "H".  Shipped today.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Narada on July 15, 2016, 03:21:42 am
Found loose head steady bolt, tightened it.  I'm sure I must have tightened it when I put the bike together last week? :o  Someone had to have snuck up and loosened it while it was parked... yea, that's the ticket! ::)

Stopped by Seattle Royal Enfield and revved engine at their (open)back door. LOL!
Went around the block and showed off bike to sales crew.

(http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn169/edfury426/C5%20july%2014_zpsec3vfs5e.jpg) (http://s304.photobucket.com/user/edfury426/media/C5%20july%2014_zpsec3vfs5e.jpg.html)

Got my 200 miles. Ready for oil change.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gashousegorilla on July 15, 2016, 06:33:02 pm
   Yeah..yeah..yeah.. Likely story  ::)   Hahaha ! ;D   Looking great.   Feel free to open it up a little more now.. 8)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Carlsberg Wordsworth on July 16, 2016, 10:24:58 pm
Took Flash (newly coined bike name decided by work mates) for a near 300 mile round trip.

Performed brilliantly except the speedo once again displayed 20mph at standstill. Plus the needle would stop at about 65 and go no further and the odo would still count but not very smoothly. Keep putting it off and like analogue, but I'm going to have to go for the Koso. Will go for the adaptor rather than magnets though.

Tomorrow it's an oil change.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mevocgt on July 17, 2016, 01:39:18 am
I went and visited mine at the shop.  waiting on parts....
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: johno on July 17, 2016, 09:49:06 am
Checked the oil level and adjusted the chain in preparation for the NC500.

http://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/ustours/nc500/index.html
I did this run about 4 years ago on my GL1200. I had a flask of coffee with me, when I paused for a break and to admire the fantastic vistas, poured out a cup was just about to take a swig when I noticed the surface was black, midges millions of them had committed suicide into my coffee! needless to say I rode on until nearer the sea where the midge population is lower before having a drink. This was the second time I'd done the run, the first was 20 years ago before the A9 was 'modernised' or ruined in my book. Don't think I would bother with the east coast again
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: malky on July 17, 2016, 10:29:30 am
. Don't think I would bother with the east coast again

Perth-Blairgowrie-Braemar-Tomintoul-Carrbridge-Furness-Nairn-Inverness. Whole new set of scenery and excellent roads. :) And less violent Midges.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: The Old Coot on July 17, 2016, 12:31:25 pm
Got to start running the Hagons shocks in and BOY do they need it. Harsh as can be BUT every new set of shocks I ever put on a motorcycle were they same way. After about 50 miles they did seem a bit smoother but still need about 150-200 more on them. I was worried they'd bang on the frame as they do barely touch when the bikes on the center stand but when loaded down ,IE my butt on the bike, they clear by about 1/8" to 3/16"...not much but they clear.

I picked up new riding gloves yesterday, my old one were on their last legs. I bought a pair of Klim Short Induction gloves, the most expensive summer glove I've ever bought at $140.00 but they are "Built like a Brick Sh*T house" and I have this thing about pain...it hurts me and I don't like it so I don't mind paying good money for good gear. I also figure I get about 3-6 years use of of GOOD gear so they should hold me for a while.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Jako on July 17, 2016, 05:30:43 pm
I removed the cover from my B5 ready for a  ride to the lake  and discovered RATS had eaten several holes in my new  solo seat. There were 7 bikes  and several old seats sitting around my shed   they chose  the brand new seat.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: krimp on July 18, 2016, 02:44:30 pm
I removed the cover from my B5 ready for a  ride to the lake  and discovered RATS had eaten several holes in my new  solo seat. There were 7 bikes  and several old seats sitting around my shed   they chose  the brand new seat.

I'm sorry to hear that. It's almost time for me to have my seat re-covered, as of right now, I'm using just a plain old plastic bag to keep the rain off the seat.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: AmBraCol on July 19, 2016, 03:07:57 am
Got the Rumbler up over 4,500 KM today.  Road east up the Otún valley, then headed south  and over the Condina cut off. It was cloudy and cool, but as I headed west along the Condina there was a beautiful view of the eastern slope of the western range of the Andes to revel in.  It was a great day to ride! This bike just gets smoother as the km add up.  50 mph is just idling along from the feel of it. Twist the throttle and she's up and scootin' along!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ice on July 19, 2016, 08:16:16 am
 Winced when I had to take the car instead. The Bullet only has seating for two, We needed three.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: The Old Coot on July 20, 2016, 01:25:00 am
Not what I did it's a matter of what I'm going to do!

I got a box of goodies from Jolly Old England today from Hitchcocks. This was a bit of a pain for them and me as the first CC I tried to use simply would not go through because it was being used outside America.  >:( I ended up cancelling that order and placing another with a different card and no worries.

NOW the problem is www.cycleterminal.com (http://www.cycleterminal.com), where I get my connectors and other wiring stuff, is closed until Aug for vacation and innovatory. So I may end up using cheap spades and replacing them...it's only four. BUT the plug on the Ammeter I may wait on. The lights I can replace with LEDs after the fact after I see if any of the ones I have can be used.

Now the Ammeter has a solid red and a red with yellow strip...anyone have a clue as to which one goes to the battery and which to the Stator?  ???

Here's the haul including what could be called the "Hitchcock's Book of Death"...for my wallet!  :o And of course I had to have that "T" shirt.

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v87/MarkN/Buell/Royal%20Enfield/Goodies_zpsik4xxv24.jpg)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Grant Borden on July 20, 2016, 04:49:45 am
Would placing the ammeter in the series with the ignition switch on the UCE's work?

Grant
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on July 20, 2016, 04:56:51 am
Old Coot

I just posted this on the AVL forum but I'll post it here too.

It is a link to a PDF file showing the AVL wiring diagram.
It might be of interest to you because it clearly shows how the AVL amp meter is wired up.

https://forum.classicmotorworks.com/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=19688.0;attach=23337

Note:  The fused power from the battery + goes into the (-) terminal on the amp meter.  The + side of the amp meter is connected to the voltage regulator and the ignition key switch to provide power to everything else.

That way, anything coming out of, or going into the battery + terminal will show up on the meter as a charge or discharge.

Also notice, they use red, red/white and red/yellow wiring in the power supply circuits.  That might have something to do with the red/yellow wire your seeing?

Your meter also should have two wires for the internal light.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: The Old Coot on July 20, 2016, 06:20:55 pm
That will be a great help. I can transpose that to the UCE and it should work without a problem, I mean there are only so many ways you can build as charging system on a motorcycle.

Of course it's going to be the hottest weekend this year with the heat index over 100 (true temp will be high 90's with the humidity way up there) so I likely ain't goin'a be working in the shed this weekend.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: malky on July 21, 2016, 01:04:48 pm
Went for a good long run. My bike's always run fine, but on the way home it seemed to run better, smoother and the tyres seem to be lasting incredibly well. My CCM R30 would have wasted 3 tyres by now, but the rears nowhere near half worn.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: The Old Coot on July 21, 2016, 07:39:51 pm
My CCM R30 would have wasted 3 tyres by now, but the rears nowhere near half worn.

I learned the hard way that A Buell XB12STT loved to munch on $250.00 rear tires at the rate of one a weekend at a track day. Of course the gumballs it came with were so sticky I could about ride up a wall. But I never got more than about 2,500 miles out of a rear and the front was a goner at about 3,500. And they say drinking expensive! It was about a $1,500 a year habit.  :o
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Carlsberg Wordsworth on July 21, 2016, 08:42:57 pm
Almost pulled the trigger on the Koso unit but after a quick convo with Mr. H, I've sent the speedo away for calibration testing after the bike would accelerate but the speedo would not move past 65mph.

Waiting for the results ......

Also, may have a chance at a cheap GPZ500S that needs a good home.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Narada on July 21, 2016, 09:04:55 pm
Rode to the Backfire Moto night in Ballard WA, last night,  lots of classic bikes, including a new Norton, one other RE.  It was a 2014 Dessert Storm C5 with 475 miles on the odometer.  Never did see the owner.

Starting engine teardown #2 to install new HP cams tonight.  Made appointment with Dyno shop for Saturday the 30th.  I better get busy!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: lucho_nqn on July 21, 2016, 10:11:46 pm
Hi! This is my first post in this forum. I've entered here many times for information, so I registered a few days ago. Ride a 2012 C5, 9200 kms right now. As far as I know the only C5 near my city is 100 miles away here.

Today, actually i didn´t anything physically to my C5 but maths. Lot of maths. Thinking very seriously in Ace head mod, and suspension improvements. It's not easy here (Argentina): Things are very expensive beacouse of taxes. Eg.  my bike costed me new 13500 US Dollars. Parts to import if I proceed with the big mod could cost me near 4000 bucks.
3 weeks ago I started to think in a  Bonnie T120, but I love my R.E, and I think life could be very boring with a different bike. I´ll miss the kickstart, the noises at speed, even all the uncertainities I have when I want to throttle beyond 70 mph!

So, maybe I want a Bonnie. But I love my C5. Still doing the maths.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: AmBraCol on July 21, 2016, 10:26:14 pm
Hi! This is my first post in this forum. I've entered here many times for information, so I registered a few days ago. Ride a 2012 C5, 9200 kms right now. As far as I know the only C5 near my city is 100 miles away here.

Today, actually i didn´t anything physically to my C5 but maths. Lot of maths. Thinking very seriously in Ace head mod, and suspension improvements. It's not easy here (Argentina): Things are very expensive beacouse of taxes. Eg.  my bike costed me new 13500 US Dollars. Parts to import if I proceed with the big mod could cost me near 4000 bucks.
3 weeks ago I started to think in a  Bonnie T120, but I love my R.E, and I think life could be very boring with a different bike. I´ll miss the kickstart, the noises at speed, even all the uncertainities I have when I want to throttle beyond 70 mph!

So, maybe I want a Bonnie. But I love my C5. Still doing the maths.


Lucho, saludos desde Colombia!  Greetings from the opposite corner of the continent! 

Wow!  I thought bikes were expensive here, but that's crazy!  Well, prices were much higher under the previous importer.  RE gave the importation concession to a much larger company here in Colombia and that made things better for everyone interested in Royal Enfield.  We now have four RE stores in different cities around the country, and it sounds like there are more authorized service centers as well.

Anyway, welcome to the forum - and have fun figuring out the math regarding your contemplated upgrades!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: lucho_nqn on July 21, 2016, 10:36:56 pm
Thanks Paul!. I love Colombia, it's like my second home. Spent a time in Bogotá 10yrs ago  :)
Taxes are really crazy here, final prices are twice as US prices. I'm not sure if R.E. Argentina survived the pressures from last goverment, when there was even more tax pressure. Lovely people R.E. representation, a 1st level customer service. There is / was something like 4 dealers in the country, not in my city. Services made by a good mechanic, and other not so good (me).
Btw I have a cousin in your country, great bike adventurer.
Have a safe ride, drink a tintico/pola/guaro/ron for me  :D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: AmBraCol on July 21, 2016, 10:50:17 pm
My uncle and I drove through Argentina back in '93, from Araguaína in Brazil down to Uruguaiana then over to Santiago de Chile and back again.  Argentina is a beautiful country, I'd like to go back some day. If you ever get up this way, let me know.  We'll fix you the best tintico in Colombia (modestia a parte, claro)  ;D  We're up in the heart of Coffee Country, in the Eje Cafetero.  Some of the most beautiful scenery in Colombia.  Didn't get the Rumbler out on the road today as too much work to get done and didn't want to take the time to suit up for rain.  It's the perfect vehicle for rumbling around the back roads.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Narada on July 22, 2016, 05:17:35 am
Got engine mostly torn down. Should get to cams tomorrow.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gremlin on July 22, 2016, 10:54:03 pm
discovered the bottom of the octane requirement for Mjolinar today.

high compression piston + 100 degree heat + Varelo 87 octane regular + 50% throttle in top gear = preignition.

I'm not sure if I want to blame it entirely on the heat ......  This is the first time I've used Valero gas (it was a convenient stop) ..... and .....  it might be the last.   though to be fair, they were out of premium (89 octane) I regularly run 89 or 91 octane.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Narada on July 23, 2016, 05:23:05 am
I found my cams!  I also found why you don't use the shift lever with side cover off!  It only took a minute to re-connect the linkage, LOL!!!

It's a lot of fun being the new guy you know!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: AmBraCol on July 23, 2016, 03:06:06 pm
Rode through a river (ok, crick) six times yesterday while exploring new (to me) back roads.  The maps of the area are a bit hazy (to say the least) so ended up riding into a cul-de-sac of sorts - and riding back out.  The road wound around the Andean foothills, crossing the same small stream three times, since I had to ride back out over my old tire tracks that's why we crossed it six times.  Anyway, it was a beautiful day, good temps, just enough clouds to keep it from being too hot.  And now I know where that road goes.  More or less.

The Rumbler rumbles just fine over the dirt roads.  It's a bit heavy but had no problems even though we had to pull over to let other vehicles come by a couple times.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: The Old Coot on July 23, 2016, 05:54:46 pm
I put a stop to having to dig out a 13mm wrench to adjust the rear brake. I got a brake rod wing nut.

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v87/MarkN/Buell/Royal%20Enfield/d278b097-aea6-45b6-ba49-c2b950bb340d_zps5hqbpjam.jpg)


P.S. No I didn't cross thread it either!  :P
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: The Old Coot on July 23, 2016, 09:16:40 pm
Brave man. I feel for you it like that here with "Heat Alerts" form the weatherman. I did what I could this morning the beat feet into the AC without a thought of riding today.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Narada on July 23, 2016, 10:43:37 pm
Koso is ordered.  White face, chrome bezel, shift light...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on July 23, 2016, 11:00:05 pm
Stopped only once in the state park to pose the OD green “Leftenant” in his element.

You should have posed it in front of the latrine and posted the pic in the "photo tag" thread...  ;)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: malky on July 23, 2016, 11:07:35 pm
Well … I don’t think we saw six vehicles during the entire ride. Nothing was moving. It was like riding through the countryside after one of those science fiction bombs had vaporized all the humans and animals and left everything else unaffected. Didn’t see anybody working outdoors.

Sounds like where I live, and I like it that way. ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: heloego on July 24, 2016, 03:32:35 am
   Tunnel vision with the Electra AVL nearly kept me from getting out on the C5, but sanity took over and had a nice break of 60 miles on two-lane north of Albuquerque toward the Jemez Range.
   Hitting triple digits here, so any riding is limited to morning only, then back to the garage/shop to sweat the Electra.  ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: longstrokeclassic on July 25, 2016, 11:57:10 pm
I worked out the average fuel consumption for my NC500 Scottish trip of 1998miles (well I had to get up there and back again !) on the B5 laden with both mine and my wife's luggage - most of it hers!

Just under 99mpg imperial / just over 82mpg US.
Maximum speed (where possible) was kept between 50-55mph
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Narada on July 26, 2016, 01:37:59 am
Learned how to set cam lash, adjusted adjustable push rods to their new length. :o

Wow Portisheadric, 1998 miles of Scottish coastline? That is pretty incredible! Your wife must be a very good passenger. And 81 mpg too!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: malky on July 26, 2016, 02:56:21 am
I worked out the average fuel consumption for my NC500 Scottish trip of 1998miles (well I had to get up there and back again !) on the B5 laden with both mine and my wife's luggage - most of it hers!

Just under 99mpg imperial / just over 82mpg US.
Maximum speed (where possible) was kept between 50-55mph
Hope you missed most of the rubbish weather we've been getting.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: longstrokeclassic on July 26, 2016, 03:08:53 pm
Malky, We only had a couple of completely dry days and after emptying the water out of my boots after the first drenching in the Lake District I opted to use some plastic bags for boot liners which definitely helped. I also bought some additional waterproof over garments which kept the very worst at bay. I know now that my 5yr old waterproofs weren't !  Scottish rain semed morning or afternoon - fortunately not all day and once it had finished all signs disappeared very quickly.

Narada, the Scottish trip itself should have been about 500 miles in length, but add in a few detours over the Brecon Beacons, through Snowdonia (Wales), the Lake District (Cumbria), the Yorkshire Dales, round a few Lochs here and there and the mileage soon adds up. My wife actually rode up to Scotland and back on one of my other bikes as she prefers riding to being pillion.

Treated the B5 to a new oil and filter change this morning :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Carlsberg Wordsworth on July 26, 2016, 08:17:46 pm
Sounds like a great ride portisheadric!

Narada, I'm about to order the Koso. Results are in for my speedo and it's kaput. I've never known a bike to eat speedometers the way this one does!

So did you order the RPM signal meter for your EFI? I know some have had to use one but not sure if these were used on EFI bikes.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Narada on July 26, 2016, 08:27:24 pm
No, I just ordered the tach.  I am ordering some magnets that go in or near your rotor for speedo pickup as per GHG.  I think that's  the alternative to the part you mentioned. 
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Carlsberg Wordsworth on July 26, 2016, 08:45:10 pm
Hmm, I thought some had experienced some random rev needle jumping which was the need for the signal meter. I'll see how it goes

I decided to go for the cable adaptor instead of magnets. Hopefully installing this weekend.

I've got a little tires of the 'wonder how long the speedo will last' game lol
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Narada on July 26, 2016, 10:19:42 pm
Now I know what you mean!  I just watched a you tube video by Singh5 about that.  The part is readily available from Koso and looked affordable. 

The tach in that video was a different one than I ordered too, so hopefully I won't need it.

I'm at work now, and don't recall the model number I ordered, but it is the "fully loaded" one. 8)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Carlsberg Wordsworth on July 26, 2016, 10:28:58 pm
Well as I decided I didn't know the thread that the cable uses and last week I did phone and was told the normal cable drive adaptor would be ok (not the Triumph, BSA, Royal Enfield adaptor), that'd I'd go for the magnets.

Just tried to measure the clearance, will be close and might have to shave the bracket slightly.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gashousegorilla on July 26, 2016, 11:19:09 pm
   You guys are talking about the koso  TNT gauge I assume ?   If so, no you don't need the RPM filter thing.  You can grab the signal right off the pulsar coil.... UCE engine bike I am talking about here.  Do they make a cable adapter now for the UCE ?    I if they do, and depending on how much it was ?   I probably wouldn't spend the extra cash for one.   I have not had a problem with the magnets yet, and it's been a good few year's I guess now that I have had then in the wheel.  And those shorter magnets that I linked on that thread should do you.

   
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: The Old Coot on July 27, 2016, 01:24:11 am
Cleaned and waxed the bike, Heindl is having their open house this weekend And I want the bike to good good for the trip there and back.

You know for a little motorcycle it takes a long time to get it all spiffed up. :o Maybe that's why I always liked the KLR. A quick ride and the river or rain storm and you were good as gold!  ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Narada on July 27, 2016, 06:01:21 am
Discovered that incorrect right side cover installation can cause malfunctioning kick start lever! :o 

At least that's my theory.  I'm going back in tomorrow to see what happened! ::)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on July 27, 2016, 06:16:46 pm
I welded up the crack that had developed on my G5 Deluxe frame weld.

https://forum.classicmotorworks.com/index.php/topic,23937.msg278105.html#new
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Carlsberg Wordsworth on July 27, 2016, 10:00:08 pm
yup GHG, the TNT. I'll be going over your tips from a previous thread.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: heloego on July 28, 2016, 12:33:39 am
   Finished painting all the Electra black bits. Decided to go with a nice metallic Slate Blue for the mudguards, casquette, side covers, etc.
   Plenty of sanding today.  ;) Now it's gonna be painfully slow due to work week.  >:(
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Narada on July 29, 2016, 06:28:34 pm
Another evening spent in mechanical intimacy. :o  Engine is now fully assembled. 
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Narada on July 30, 2016, 05:22:54 am
Done.

Tomorrow Bholenath awakes! :o
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Narada on July 30, 2016, 10:42:22 pm
Bholenath was not ready to leave his meditation. 

Cam gear backlash was too tight, (makes high pitched whining sound like a chevy starter motor without enough shims)!  Had to shut down before Shiva's third eye of total destruction opened. :o

Looking at my non-running C5 sparkling in the sun, I could only think how much I love my bike.  ::)  OMG, she's so beautiful!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: The Old Coot on July 30, 2016, 10:48:17 pm
I put a deposit on a non running 2008 ES 5 Iron Barrel today to keep my C5 company. All the parts are there it just needs to be put back together. I won't pick it up for a couple of month, a little short after the hospital stay and I just had to buy new glasses Monday (close to a grand). It'll be a good project bike and fun to work and learn on.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: malky on July 31, 2016, 01:22:25 am
I put a deposit on a non running 2008 ES 5 Iron Barrel today to keep my C5 company. All the parts are there it just needs to be put back together. I won't pick it up for a couple of month, a little short after the hospital stay and I just had to buy new glasses Monday (close to a grand). It'll be a good project bike and fun to work and learn on.

Congrats, Coot. Hope you get as much fun and enjoyment out of it as I got from mine. The UCE is a great bike, but I always felt more attached  to my Iron barrel bikes. 8)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: heloego on July 31, 2016, 03:30:35 am
Oh yeah!  ;D
Congrats and enjoy!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gashousegorilla on July 31, 2016, 05:19:29 am
Bholenath was not ready to leave his meditation. 

Cam gear backlash was too tight, (makes high pitched whining sound like a chevy starter motor without enough shims)!  Had to shut down before Shiva's third eye of total destruction opened. :o

Looking at my non-running C5 sparkling in the sun, I could only think how much I love my bike.  ::)  OMG, she's so beautiful!

   And that girl helping you out there ain't so bad either !....  :o ;)   I think after you get that lash adjusted and start that bike,  she is not going to idle on her own.   You'll likely have to give it a hand full of throttle to get her running .  And keep blipping and reving it a bit until it's hot.    Then it may hold an idle.... until you can get to that idle screw and adjust.  OUT to increase idle, IN to decrease idle.   A little at a time, then step back and listen and look at your tach if it is hooked up yet.     After you think it is good... rev the motor again and see if it comes back easily to idle.  If it's slow to come back to idle , races or goes into a surge ?  Your idle screw is still open too much. Then tweak it back in a little at a time  as you repeat the reving of the motor and letting it settle into idle.  It should go RIGHT back to idle nicely.  Even a little bit TOO open on that screw and she will race and surge... Particularly when it is hot.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ice on July 31, 2016, 05:46:15 am
I put a deposit on a non running 2008 ES 5 Iron Barrel today to keep my C5 company. All the parts are there it just needs to be put back together. I won't pick it up for a couple of month, a little short after the hospital stay and I just had to buy new glasses Monday (close to a grand). It'll be a good project bike and fun to work and learn on.

 Congratulations Br. Coot.  You will have fun with this.   :D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Blairio on July 31, 2016, 09:14:27 am
Yesterday (Saturday) afternoon the weather was pretty good so I took a trip out to Inversnaid on Loch Lomond, and stopped on the way back for some moody shots of my Electra.
(http://i35.servimg.com/u/f35/15/51/83/66/electr10.jpg)

(http://i35.servimg.com/u/f35/15/51/83/66/electr11.jpg)

I also found out what happens when you have a Tutoro chain oiler adjusted to give a bit too much oil and then you travel 6 miles down a very bumpy single track road. Oil everywhere!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Carlsberg Wordsworth on July 31, 2016, 07:33:28 pm
Nice pics Blairio.

meanwhile, back at the ranch, went all digital and fitted the Koso unit. Missed the green wire for RPM as told by GHG. All back together and running great. Did grind the caliper bracket down as I had a spare.

It's all a bit conjested in the nacelle but it all fits. I can tweak and shorten the connections over the winter should I feel so incined.

Really pleased with it.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: lucho_nqn on July 31, 2016, 10:43:32 pm
I made some speed tests, in order to convince myself to improve the engine. 55.4 F degrees, wind calm.
2012 (maybe 2013 got to look at VIN), only mod is a 19T sprocket, Avon Roadrider´s 30 psi rear / 20 psi front.
Just in case, for your info:
121 km/h (75.6 mph) gps max speed in a flat road.
I felt some slight unstability (wobbling??) a few seconds in each pass.
I need more speed. 120 km/h to cruise in a hurry and some juice to go to 130 km/h. Got to change shock absorbers, tires and make all that engine mods...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: heloego on August 02, 2016, 12:11:50 am
Ordered a $2.00 Speedometer boot for the Electra some time back. Couldn't paint today, but finally received the part so I marveled at the way the received item was packed. STITCHED LINEN!  :o

Ok, so maybe it's just cheese cloth, but it's the thought that counts!  ;D

(http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r290/Heloego24/Bikes/Electra%20AVL/Nice%20Packaging.jpg)

For a $2.00 item!  :o
It's so cool I almost don't want to open it!  8)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on August 02, 2016, 12:18:35 am
If I tried to stitch up a bundle like that it would take me an hour and it wouldn't look nearly as good as that.  :-[

I'm betting whoever did it had her/his arms and fingers flying so fast you couldn't see them and it was done in less than a minute.  :o
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Narada on August 02, 2016, 05:20:05 am
That must be from India!  Some I've received even had tamper proof red wax seals stamped into the stitching!  Just amazing...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ice on August 02, 2016, 07:01:51 am
 Hauled groceries home then a case of canning jars out to our friends and a gallon of blackberries home grinding the foot pegs in every turn.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: malky on August 02, 2016, 10:48:59 am
home grinding the foot pegs in every turn.

Delinquent. ;D you'll end up giving Enfield owners a good name.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Rattlebattle on August 02, 2016, 05:00:51 pm
I made some speed tests, in order to convince myself to improve the engine. 55.4 F degrees, wind calm.
2012 (maybe 2013 got to look at VIN), only mod is a 19T sprocket, Avon Roadrider´s 30 psi rear / 20 psi front.
Just in case, for your info:
121 km/h (75.6 mph) gps max speed in a flat road.
I felt some slight unstability (wobbling??) a few seconds in each pass.
I need more speed. 120 km/h to cruise in a hurry and some juice to go to 130 km/h. Got to change shock absorbers, tires and make all that engine mods...

I recently found out that mine develops a slight wobble at 75mph (I've only reached that speed once because I'm in the later stages of running in). I do wonder if the front wheel needs balancing. I've never seen any balance weights on any new RE. I'm going to check this by easing back the pads or removing the caliper and removing the speedo drive, then rotating the front wheel to see if it stops in the same place each time- bet it does. When I get round to it I'll report back. Has anyone else checked the balance of their front wheel?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: heloego on August 02, 2016, 11:57:27 pm
   A video was posted here somewhere that analyzed that very issue.
   In the video, the rider reduced/eliminated that wobble simply by leaning forward while on the bike. Leaning forward moved the CG forward (bit more weight on the front wheel), and reduced the parasitic rearward CG movement caused by the air blast against his chest.
   If I recall, when riding two up, the additional weight in back also contributed to the problem.
   The video was made in the late '50's or maybe 60's, but is very thought-provoking.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: AmBraCol on August 05, 2016, 04:06:04 pm
It wasn't today, it was yesterday. Rode back from Bogotá.  A good day in the Andes. Down the western side of the eastern range of the Andes, across the Magdalena River Valley, up and over the Central Range of the Andes.  Good run, relatively light traffic.  The double lane most of the way between Bogotá metro area and Ibagué makes a real difference.  The Rumbler's up over 5,000 km now, had it's 6,000 km checkup while in Bogotá, oil and filter changed, air filter blown out (note to self, check air filter before traveling - dirty filter makes for lousy gas mileage) and everything given a clean bill of health.  Hopefully will get through the next checkup before warranty expires in October. This has been a busy year, not enough riding time.

Another thought on the whole trip, with the engine now at 5,000 km it is running smoother than ever.  Kept mostly to 80 kmh (50 mph) but there are a couple spots along the route where I could open up.  She cruises nicely at 60-65 mph and got up to 75 mph (120 kmh) a couple times.  No undue vibration but she really likes the lower speeds which is just as well since most of our highways are built for 80 kmh or less.  The twisties over La Linea pass were a hoot. Used most of the tires' width, very narrow chicken strips.  It's hard to get the best use of them when navigating semis, buses and cars on a two lane narrow Andean highway.  There were a few long stretches of uninterrupted riding, however, and the Rumbler handled superbly. Folks tell me I'm nuts for riding a motorcycle here, but it makes more sense to me than trusting my life to a suicidal bus driver over these roads!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: heloego on August 07, 2016, 05:14:43 pm
   Pulled the Electra Chain Stay (swing arm) to cleanup and check on the chain rub I felt during the pre-buy inspection.
   Here it is cleaned up:
   (http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r290/Heloego24/Bikes/Electra%20AVL/Chain%20Rub.jpg)

   Looks worse than it is. Depth measured at .002"/.05mm. Not even close to 10% of the tube wall thickness so I'll dress it out, paint, and re-install.
   Was a bit surprised to see the bushings are elastomerics. They're in good shape, too.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ice on August 22, 2016, 03:52:36 am
Changed the fluids and went for a 350 mile ride.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Narada on August 23, 2016, 06:24:57 am
I finally found time to tell of my recent adventures with Hitchcocks HP EFI UCE cams and my PC Internet went down so here's my story from cellphone without pictures.

Having done the recent piston, head, valve gear upgrades I decided to go for a set of HP cams.  The only ones currently available were from Hitchcocks, and knowing they have an excellent reputation for quality, I did not hesitate to order a set.

Having never installed cams in an RE or any other motorcycle before, I first assembled them without setting the backlash. Luckily I had been communicating with gas house gorilla and he quickly set me straight on that.

We also checked valve to piston clearance using clay on the piston top and determined that i could remove one of the 3 layers of head gasket and still have clearance, bringing the compression ratio up to 10.3 : 1. I will definately be running on premium fuel from here on out! 

So, I tore back into the motor, and using a popular 3 part you tube backlash video for reference, I set the backlash in one location for each gear, assembled the engine and found on start up that it made a really horrible gear mesh sound.   :o Like a Chevy starter motor without shims, or one of those gear drive timing chain replacement sets. 

So, I tore the engine apart again.  Upon inspection of the gears and their operation, I realized that there was a huge amount of excess metal on the ends of the gear teeth which was preventing them from moving in and out on the spindles.  I also realized that the gears couldn't mesh properly with this metal interfereing. 

Being in a hurry I used a hand file and removed quite a bit of the material.  Thinking this was probably good enough, I put the cams back in, this time, checking the backlash on every tooth of both gears and setting it a little on the loose side, just to be safe.

I put the engine together again, fired up and... aaagghh!!!  That horrible sound again!!!   :o :o So, I tore the engine apart again, bought a pretty nice little pencil (mini die) grinder cheap at Harbor freight, used a tiny HSS bit with cam gears in a vice, a bright light, and a high powered magnifying lens, to do a very meticulous cleaning and polishing of the cam gear tooth ends.  They came out beautiful! 

Once again, I re-assembled the engine, checked backlash at each gear tooth of each cam, put in new oil and filter for the second time, just for good measure fitted it up and....! $@#&**!!!!! That horrible sound!!!  Aaaghh!!! :o :o :o

Finally after having done all I could to correct the obvious problem of excess material I had to accept that these cams either are really loud by nature or completely defective.

I contacted Hitchcocks, who told me they had a bike which they had just put 3 sets of cams into from the same batch as my cams, and they were all defective!  They advised me to pull them out of my engine and return them for a full refund, or exchange in approximately 8 weeks or longer after they fix the problem and manufacture a new set. :o :o :o :o

I got them out, put my stock cams back in, and am sending the defective ones back for eventual exchange. 

I do not blame Hitchcocks at all. These things happen every now and then.  They are standing behind their product which was made by an outside vendor and they apologized profusely for the trouble I went through. 

Obviously I would not have wanted to get a bad set of cams but the bright side is, I've learned a lot about RE cam installation and backlash setting, and just may qualify as an amateur expert of some sort!   :)

With a little patience, I'll have my new cams in, hopefully before christmas, and in the mean time I have one bad ass Hindu Hot Rod with 10.3 : 1 compression and vastly improved fuel flow!   8)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gashousegorilla on August 24, 2016, 01:03:48 am
  Nice job on that Narada.... way to trouble shoot it.    I admire your determination and great attitude !    ;)     And +1 on Hitchcock's for testing, checking and doing the right thing without question.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Lane on August 25, 2016, 06:41:37 am
Sold it to a friend.  Had a lot of fun with it since 2008, just time for me to move on.  Actually it was July when I sold it but just now getting around to posting.

I'll leave you with a couple of my favorite memories of the bike and me!

MN
(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7539/15094161864_a812e83687_h.jpg)

WY
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/9/8370/28595433833_3256a46f71_h.jpg)

CO
(https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3935/15555218862_f70ff6d333_h.jpg)

(https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3952/15551480081_b6503c3575_h.jpg)

WY
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/9/8421/28595439313_9d46e6ff77_h.jpg)

SD/NE
(https://c8.staticflickr.com/9/8409/29137634551_9052649be4_h.jpg)


Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: AmBraCol on August 25, 2016, 01:34:26 pm
Sold it to a friend.  Had a lot of fun with it since 2008, just time for me to move on.  Actually it was July when I sold it but just now getting around to posting.


So what are you riding now?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mevocgt on August 25, 2016, 04:34:17 pm
I installed a LED 1157 bulb in my GT...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: retrolynn on August 26, 2016, 01:19:27 am
Lane: The gas station picture is great!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Lane on August 26, 2016, 04:45:35 am
Lane: The gas station picture is great!

Met the guy who owned it and he showed me tons of cool stuff, old gas pump lights, 37 chevy, old electric wash tub washer, ... even pictures on the wall of previous owners.  If you are ever in Whalan Minnesota, near Eagle Cliff campground, definately worth a look. 

Whalan is so small that if you just ride around town a bit, you will find it.  He told me they have a parade every year, but that it's a "non moving" parade because they would quickly run out of town before they would parade!  So everybody just walks around the "parade" instead!

(https://c4.staticflickr.com/9/8558/15528902227_a17413f830_h.jpg)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Lane on August 26, 2016, 05:41:04 am
So what are you riding now?

Love the bullet but i'm kinda big for it. It only out weighs me by 100 lbs, and that's if i don't have anything with me and not much ...ahem... on (and nobody wants to see that!).  Add riding gear and camping stuff, could get to 50lbs or less real quick!

1978 BMW R100/7
(https://c7.staticflickr.com/9/8289/28613756014_579138048f_h.jpg)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: heloego on August 27, 2016, 12:21:29 am
Holy Bimmer, Bat Man!


Nice! 8)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Narada on August 27, 2016, 06:23:18 am
Finally got Bholenath back together with original stock cams, and he's running strong. :P

Just I'm time for the Washington state Bullet riders get - together in the morning. 

Now I can  ride in on The Beast From The East, The Hindu Hot Rod!!! 8)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: upintheair on August 27, 2016, 10:25:07 pm
FWIW stock 2015 B5 with 900 trouble free miles.  Koso tach/speedo, K70's (speedo unit calbrated for tire size) the following was noted on this morning's 30 mile jaunt.
Top Gear - 2300 rpm = 35 mph
                3000 rpm = 45 mph
                3800 rpm = 55 mph
Keeping the rpm between 3000 to 4000 keeps the ride smooth and in the meat of the torque curve.  A side note is that aircraft engines (a similar design) usually cruise at 75% of rated take off rpm.  Using that yardstick, that puts the B5 at 3937 rpm for cruising, which seems to match what the bike and my seat feels is right.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: lucho_nqn on August 29, 2016, 04:17:56 am
Installed pillion seat, chain tension adjustment and lube. Went for a 65 miles ride with my wife. Later in home I discovered a forgotten wrench, hanging from a locking nut. Handle pointed downward and amazingly there where no scratches in the wrench...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Haggis on August 29, 2016, 09:57:52 am
Hard at work being a marshall on this year's 14th annual Hizzy run.
(http://i1179.photobucket.com/albums/x395/krodkiss/Mobile%20Uploads/DSC_0327_zpshd3fo5iv.jpg) (http://s1179.photobucket.com/user/krodkiss/media/Mobile%20Uploads/DSC_0327_zpshd3fo5iv.jpg.html)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: malky on August 29, 2016, 11:16:01 am
Hard at work being a marshall on this year's 14th annual Hizzy run.
(http://i1179.photobucket.com/albums/x395/krodkiss/Mobile%20Uploads/DSC_0327_zpshd3fo5iv.jpg) (http://s1179.photobucket.com/user/krodkiss/media/Mobile%20Uploads/DSC_0327_zpshd3fo5iv.jpg.html)

How time passes, saw him race many times.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&persist_app=1&v=IqTZhwE6xGg
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Carlsberg Wordsworth on August 29, 2016, 08:57:54 pm
Not the best pics when zooming in on my phone. Someone taking a nice interest in Flash though on a trip out to the Peak District today.


You'd have to stop every 5 seconds to get some breathtaking view type pictures but I would probably not do it justice. Some very steep gradients up and down. Next time I'll try a video.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: AmBraCol on August 30, 2016, 05:25:59 pm
Had a guy on a 125 two smoker try to get ahead of me from one light to the next.   "Braaap, BRaaap, BRAAap, BRAAAP"... meanwhile over on the Rumbler, just a steady thumpathumpathumpathumpathumpathumpa.  Hilarious, didn't even have to twist it wide open.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Carlsberg Wordsworth on August 30, 2016, 09:26:45 pm
Hit the 10000 mile mark!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: TdLpps on September 12, 2016, 01:03:57 am
Last week I took advantage of the CMW 25% off sale.  I'd had my eye on the new set with rack and panniers that they've offered for a while now but the price was a little hard to justify for the Enfield -- I really don't have a need for luggage on it.  A few longer rides with a back pack for my stuff convinced me it might be worth it.  The sale took enough off the price to buy.  I installed them today.

The rack and pannier mounts are really nice, well made, and install easily.  I'd prefer that the tail rack be about an inch and half shorter, but I can live with it as is.

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Motorcycles/Royal-Enfield/2015-Bullet-500/i-4B4MThX/0/L/image-11-09-16-04-29-1-L.jpg)

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Motorcycles/Royal-Enfield/2015-Bullet-500/i-DSCWsPV/0/L/image-11-09-16-04-29-L.jpg)

I've got a set of black canvas throwover saddlebags and tail pack that can be installed when I need a place to put stuff.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Guaire on September 12, 2016, 02:50:51 am
Everything looks excellent. What kind of silencer is that?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: TdLpps on September 12, 2016, 06:15:07 am
Everything looks excellent. What kind of silencer is that?

Harley Sportster.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: longstrokeclassic on September 12, 2016, 08:23:07 pm
zip tied the reg/rec unit to the frame after its bracket broke over the weekend @ 14,000 miles
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: The Old Coot on September 12, 2016, 08:25:41 pm
zip tied the reg/rec unit to the frame after its bracket broke over the weekend @ 14,000 miles

You got about 13,000 more miles than I did before mine broke.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: krimp on September 12, 2016, 09:08:30 pm
zip tied the reg/rec unit to the frame after its bracket broke over the weekend @ 14,000 miles

Check with CMW, they may have a replacement that will last longer.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: heloego on September 13, 2016, 04:00:39 am
Nothing for several days. Just got back from Salida, Colorado and many miles of smiles with my buds from Aurora.  ;D
Broke the 10K mark on the clock, too! AND AND AND didn't break the bike!  ;D 8)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: AmBraCol on September 17, 2016, 01:59:56 pm
Nothing for several days. Just got back from Salida, Colorado and many miles of smiles with my buds from Aurora.  ;D
Broke the 10K mark on the clock, too! AND AND AND didn't break the bike!  ;D 8)

I love that country.  Did you ride over Monarch to Gunnison, or up to Buena Vista? That's a lovely part of the country to ride a bike in.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: heloego on September 17, 2016, 05:18:54 pm
   Didn't go Buena Vista/Gunnison Way. Headed east on Hwy50 along the Arkansas River, and did the loop (Hwy69/Hwy96)to see Bishop's Castle, then around to Canon City and a hairy ride on Skyline Drive  :o , then back to Salida on Hwy50.  Lovely ride in some of the prettiest country.
   For those who aren't familiar with the area, here's a video done with a drone around Bishop's Castle:

   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7TG7bOtItA (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7TG7bOtItA)

   The ride was on the bucket list of a good friend who was exposed to Agent Orange during his tour in 'Nam. The VA doctors give him a 50/50 chance of living another 2 years due to bladder cancer. Leave it to the VA docs to be all doom and gloom.  >:( We did some research and he's dumped the butchers at the VA and currently involved with standup2cancer.com trials. We're really pumped about it cuz the results on others so far (including Stage 4 patients) has been remarkable!
   He has a beautiful Heritage Softtail, knows Colorado like the back of his hand, and we're looking forward to a late Spring ride in 2017, most likely up Buena Vista way, and with any luck I'll have the ElectraX AVL ready for the trip.  8)
   
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Narada on September 22, 2016, 04:09:08 am
Took "Bholenath" for a ride through some really nice coastal roads to a local monthly "Moto Night".

Lots of cool bikes were there. Ran into Damon with his 1965 Interceptor.  That is a very cool bike!  Took the long way home and had a blast! :o :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: heloego on September 23, 2016, 03:29:39 am
   Peeked in the Electra Tank to see how the Apple Cider vinegar was doing.
   Removing the rust (and everything else) VERY nicely, thank you!  ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on September 24, 2016, 01:51:14 pm
Nothing for several days. Just got back from Salida, Colorado and many miles of smiles with my buds from Aurora.  ;D
Broke the 10K mark on the clock, too! AND AND AND didn't break the bike!  ;D 8)



   Didn't go Buena Vista/Gunnison Way. Headed east on Hwy50 along the Arkansas River, and did the loop (Hwy69/Hwy96)to see Bishop's Castle, then around to Canon City and a hairy ride on Skyline Drive  :o , then back to Salida on Hwy50.  Lovely ride in some of the prettiest country.
   For those who aren't familiar with the area, here's a video done with a drone around Bishop's Castle:

   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7TG7bOtItA (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7TG7bOtItA)

   The ride was on the bucket list of a good friend who was exposed to Agent Orange during his tour in 'Nam. The VA doctors give him a 50/50 chance of living another 2 years due to bladder cancer. Leave it to the VA docs to be all doom and gloom.  >:( We did some research and he's dumped the butchers at the VA and currently involved with standup2cancer.com trials. We're really pumped about it cuz the results on others so far (including Stage 4 patients) has been remarkable!
   He has a beautiful Heritage Softtail, knows Colorado like the back of his hand, and we're looking forward to a late Spring ride in 2017, most likely up Buena Vista way, and with any luck I'll have the ElectraX AVL ready for the trip.  8)
   


Ah man!  I would have loved to ride/visit with you while you were here!  That's what I get for being busy with life and not checking in on the forum.  I've actually been borrowing my buddy's BMW again.  Hope everything is going well for you.  You know, I may have actually seen you riding one day while you were here.  I remember seeing a C5 Chrome Classic a couple of weeks ago over by Dry Dock.

Anyway, I haven't done anything with an Enfield for awhile now.  But, I will be tearing down the Blackhawk's motor some time this winter for a full overhaul.  Going to to finally fix all the oil leaks, inspect the bottom end and see how it held up to my abuse  ;D , replace the timing chain, valve springs, and do the alternator one last time now that I know why they kept failing.  Sure do miss that bike, but at least it is still within my family of close friends.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: upintheair on September 24, 2016, 08:07:16 pm
Nice ride out to our home-site to be, and finally have something to work on.  The left turn lights (which work OK) make the indicator in the Koso speedo/tach go intermittent, the right turn is OK.  It is now time to shake the connections behind the head light.  Not bad for 900 miles on a 2015 B5.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Royal Stargazer on September 24, 2016, 09:22:23 pm
Installed the upswept cocktail shaker silencer and English dual seat.

Behold:

(http://i1137.photobucket.com/albums/n505/Winstheprize/Mobile%20Uploads/20160924_104320.jpg)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Eagle56 on September 25, 2016, 08:18:07 am
I have bought a new low level warning sensor with expectations of fitting it over the week end.
During the week I commute 50 miles and ride when I can at 70mph which It feels fine with more in the tank to overtake.
As I'm on a motorway with no warning of low fuel I've been adding very small amounts at fuelling points to bring the level down with confidence there's some in the tank just enough to get me to where I'm going so I can easily change the sensor.

Thinking by now there is only a slurp left in the tank I was going to lean the bike over to get to the sensor without worrying about fuel spill.
How wrong of me there is still loads of fuel in the tank
This thing must run on fresh air.
Got to re-think now and may be siphon it out.

Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Blairio on September 25, 2016, 11:26:24 am
The problem with my last bike was that the fuel tank was so small (and had no low level warning light) that I was in near-constant fear of running out if I went anywhere remote. The solution was a 1 litre metal camping fuel bottle (designed for anything from meths to kerosene) held in a cylindrical container fixed to the bike's rear rack. The setup was described on the Suzuki VanVan owners forum (for it was indeed a VanVan I had), and the cylindrical plastic container was the operating manual case for a John Deere Tractor.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Magoo on September 25, 2016, 12:50:54 pm
Great day to get dapper and enjoy the Distinguished Gentleman's Ride, Perth...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: heloego on September 25, 2016, 01:10:19 pm
"Ah man!  I would have loved to ride/visit with you while you were here!" - HOO

Highya Scottie! Good to see ya back!
   Hadn't heard from you here for so long I figured you'd moved on, or would have said something much earlier.
   If my bud's chances continue to improve we're already talking about a Peak-to-Peak ride next year.  ;D
From his description it sounds like a beaut!  8)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: wildbill on September 25, 2016, 02:58:54 pm
here's a litre fuel cell I used to carry fuel on my last trip north. worked well
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Narada on September 25, 2016, 04:05:49 pm
Gesewa and I are on our way to the Seattle DGR now. 8)

The weather should be nice here too!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Eagle56 on September 25, 2016, 04:47:26 pm
Fitted the low fuel sensor, found out that the exhaust was broken around where it joins the down pip end also the heat Shield welded both up but will need to replace next time.
My exhaust is loud with a shorten baffle any suggestions on good loud good sounding replacement
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Blairio on September 25, 2016, 05:09:43 pm
here's a litre fuel cell I used to carry fuel on my last trip north. worked well

Yup, that's the one I used.  It bailed me out a few times.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Royal Stargazer on September 26, 2016, 01:29:53 am
I just got back from the St. Paul/Minneapolis DGR not too long ago. The weather was great until I left. Then the sky opened up, hah.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Narada on September 26, 2016, 07:02:17 pm
Went to the DGR.  On the way, my C5 started to sputter and pop, so I pulled over and found my throttle body hanging by its cables! :o  I put it back on and the bike ran better but still not too good.  I pulled the battery and changed out the negative ground terminal, then unplugged and re-plugged a few electrical connectors.  Bike fired right up and ran great all day.  I made it to the meet up just as everyone was leaving so I got my swag bag and joined in. It was said that there were 207 bikes in the ride.

The ride was great, and the weather was nice and sunny too. the only problem was a guy with a 2 stroke scooter in front of me enveloping me in a blue oil smoke cloud for about half of the ride!  Finally I evaded him and was able to breath again. :P

Many compliments were recieved for the C5, and for the engine sound too (SB/GHG piston).  Even though there were a ton of great bikes there, somehow the Chrome / Maroon Hindu Hot Rod won the award for best bike of ride!  Of course, the judging is completely subjective and apparently the judges just liked shiney chrome or something. I'll take it though, and enjoy it while I can! 8)

 

Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: AmBraCol on September 27, 2016, 01:48:26 am
Rode the Rumbler 500 through a cow and horse pasture.  Then took her for a good wash down and clean up.  A beautiful day in the foothills of the Andes.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: lucho_nqn on September 27, 2016, 03:54:17 am
Qué bella locura Paul. A lovely ride!!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: AmBraCol on September 27, 2016, 04:14:00 am
Qué bella locura Paul. A lovely ride!!

Yes, it was - once I got out of town.   ;D And nice and cool 'til about 9:00 a.m. and then it was time to head for the higher hills. That low country really heats up this close to the Equator.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Carlsberg Wordsworth on September 27, 2016, 10:30:32 pm
Think I've finally cured my 'flat spot' at 2800/2900 - 3000 rpm by settling on a fuel brand (Jet in the UK) rather than supermarket stuff. Even managed to put the air screw back to it's original position which I'd moved to try and resolve it.

Seems even smoother rolling on the throttle now.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Fragman on September 28, 2016, 03:39:03 am
I installed an EJK module on me Classic Chrome beasty today & it works very well in the standard, factory preset mode. So long dumbass 02 sensor! From idle to full throttle, the bike is more responsive & cruises smoother than before with way less throttle input lag than stock. :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: heloego on October 01, 2016, 04:55:19 pm
   After cleaning out the Electra tank with the cider vinegar and quite a few .44 lead balls it's now Red Koted and waiting for the solvent to dissolve. Casquette is ATM hanging on the paint bench soaking with paint stripper. Should be ready for cleaning (AGAIN!) this afternoon. This is the last time, too.  >:(
   Screw the clear coat. I'm going on with 2coats primer and 4-6 coats of base. At least I won't get any more of that damned cracking paint. 
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Carlsberg Wordsworth on October 07, 2016, 09:43:03 pm
Found after doing the brake piston seal clean, brakes no longer squeal or bind. Must have been getting progressively worse for longer than I care to think looking back.

Felt like a new bike today, and was not expecting, no vibes on throttle off around 25-30 mph so must have been worse than I thought. increase in mpg as well, maybe.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Eagle56 on October 08, 2016, 03:35:31 pm
Fitted a complete exhaust system 50's style from hitchcocks looks good but not sure if it has effected performance.

Taken the weeny baffle out EJK already fitted with standard stage 1 settings
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: longstrokeclassic on October 13, 2016, 05:58:03 pm
Went out for what turned out to be a 150mile jaunt today and the Odo clicked over to 4334 as I pulled in to fill up the tank at my local petrol station. I didn't bother putting the ear plugs back in and whilst pulling away I heard this horrible graunching noise emanating from this quality Indian bearing  ::)

 (http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t245/portisheadric/P1010945_zpsldr7m3xj.jpg)

Fortunately I have another in my odds'nsods bin.  Unfortunately it probably came off the same production line  >:(

oops. another 'minor' follow up problem concerning the rear wheel. The replacement rear wheel bearings have now covered over 10,000 miles but I recently found some new bearing play. 
I took the rear wheel out and the bearing that sits on the drive side of the rear wheel fell out accompanied by some aluminium dust where it had been turning in it's housing. Definitely a new one for me!  The new bearing definitely went in tight and square at the time it was fitted it has no discernible play or roughness.
It's since been refitted with Loctite bearing retainer and is very solid in the housing.

Any theories as to the cause? 
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: krimp on October 17, 2016, 03:32:01 pm
Yesterday, I adjusted the air/fuel mixture to use less fuel. So far, she seems to be running a bit smoother. Time will tell though and I did bring the required tools with me to adjust again if needed.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: suitcasejefferson on October 18, 2016, 02:07:03 am
Went for my first long ride since installing the Amal carb conversion. I used a new plug. It ran great, but ran out of gas at about 170+ miles. I mean completely out. I expected this and had an extra gallon in my backpack. It is definitely burning more gas than before. The plug looks about right, nice dark tan instead of the VERY light tan it was before. That surprised me, with the new EFI pipe and the baffle removed and the low restriction cone filter that came with the kit, I expected it to be lean. Without the baffle, it's almost a straight pipe, you can see right through it, looks like some kind of screen in there. Sound level is acceptable at cruising speed (not as loud as many Harleys around here) and it really hammers when you open up the throttle. I wear ear plugs and a full face helmet, and don't whack the throttle wide open in town. Overall I am very pleased with this kit. I'm not really concerned about gas mileage, it's the fun factor I like, and that has definitely gotten much better.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Carlsberg Wordsworth on October 18, 2016, 08:52:45 pm
Had one of the main stand springs snap. luckily right outside my door luckily.

Could go old school and just tie it up for now, but ordered two. May as well replace the other whilst I'm at it.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: suitcasejefferson on October 19, 2016, 05:51:49 am
I find it absolutely amazing at the the number of things that can break on a RE that do not break on other bikes.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Narada on October 20, 2016, 05:01:11 am
Went out for about an hour long ride.  Got rained on, loved it. It was long overdue. :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: heloego on October 20, 2016, 02:44:01 pm
Working this week, thus a slow-down on the ElectraX AVL project. Did get to ride some this break, and finally got the tank and casquette painted, waxed. Casquette now mounted on the steering head with speedo, Ammeter, and ignition switch, and awaiting handlebars and 7" headlight install.  ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: lomax on October 24, 2016, 12:53:08 am
Got out in the dirt a little, If you can call these roads dirt.  ::)
It sure is no dirt bike but putting along the dirt roads is a blast.

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Royal-Enfield/i-MSVmwmw/0/XL/IMG_0270-XL.jpg)

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Royal-Enfield/i-wFKTHzR/0/XL/IMG_0272-XL.jpg)

Marc
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: longstrokeclassic on October 24, 2016, 05:41:07 pm
Changed engine oil and filter.
Removed fuel pump and cleaned out a lot of metal swarf found against the large O ring, then placed a neodymium magnet on the underside of the tank to keep any future debris away from the fuel pump.
Removed the (working) low fuel sensor unit and happy to see it was all still there :)
Checked rocker block bolts, all still tight :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Carlsberg Wordsworth on October 26, 2016, 09:24:00 pm
Fitted main stand springs on weekend.

Today adjusted throttle cable. Much smoother with so little free play. Colour me surprised.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Scotty Brown on October 27, 2016, 04:39:28 am
Had a nice little 160 mile ride to have lunch with some fellow riders.  Bikes included two Triumph Thruxtons, one BMW RT, one Norton 850 Commando, one Bultaco Metrella and my Enfield C5.  The ride encompassed a very wide variety of dips, turns, hills, straights, and even a bit of freeway.  Great California weather and good food.  The Enfield and the Bultaco were the conversation starters at the rest stops.  Too much fun !
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gremlin on October 29, 2016, 08:57:30 pm
mourned the temporary loss of my beloved B5 .....  its in storage for the winter.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: The Old Coot on October 29, 2016, 09:57:24 pm
mourned the temporary loss of my beloved B5 .....  its in storage for the winter.

That sad day is heading my way soon. So I took the C-5 out for about a hundred mile ride today for tomorrow who knows?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: AmBraCol on October 30, 2016, 01:16:33 am
That sad day is heading my way soon. So I took the C-5 out for about a hundred mile ride today for tomorrow who knows?

Winter here between the Equator and the Canal can be brutal, temps between 15-20 degrees, occasional rain.  Oh, yeah.  That'd be centigrade, not Fahrenheit.  ;D

Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: The Old Coot on October 30, 2016, 01:43:03 am
Winter here between the Equator and the Canal can be brutal, temps between 15-20 degrees, occasional rain.  Oh, yeah.  That'd be centigrade, not Fahrenheit.  ;D

That's right rub it in...I hates you.   :(  Here that 15-20 is Fahrenheit and my gas bill shows it.  :-[

I'm from Florida and snow looks pretty on a post card but after the first time I was snowed in I decided it was for the birds.  :P
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: AmBraCol on October 30, 2016, 01:20:51 am
That's right rub it in...I hates you.   :(  Here that 15-20 is Fahrenheit and my gas bill shows it.  :-[

I'm from Florida and snow looks pretty on a post card but after the first time I was snowed in I decided it was for the birds.  :P

Hey, I can always ride west about 15 miles and be clear up to 32* - centigrade... ;D  Personally, I prefer it up here in Coffee Country to down there in sugar cane country. Much better temps!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: heloego on November 06, 2016, 03:09:47 am
   Spent awhile giving the Electra X more love. Front End all done!

   http://s147.photobucket.com/user/Heloego24/library/Bikes/Electra%20AVL?sort=3&page=1 (http://s147.photobucket.com/user/Heloego24/library/Bikes/Electra%20AVL?sort=3&page=1)

   Dyna Beads on the way. I'll change out the rear Skidmaster for a K70, then add the Dyna beads to both.
   The HF Tire Changer and Motorcycle Accessory work out very nicely!  ;D
   
Still to do: Rear tire, Tank 3D decals, engine rings, thermal coatings for the head and barrel, polish all covers, install Goldstar exhaust system, and play with carb(s).
   I think I'm in love again. And the missus knows it.  8)

   Just thought I'd mention...
   I installed a stainless brake hose kit and bleeding the system yesterday was a real PITA. I was using my vacuum system to do it and never could get the system to bleed properly. By the end of the evening I just kept recycling nice clean fluid. :o
  So I canned the vacuum setup and after a thorough cleaning and fill of the caliper mounted it, loosened the hose at the caliper banjo and cycled fluid through the reservoir until I was getting only fluid at the banjo. Snugged her up and began pumping the brake handle watching bubbles rise out of the piston relief and filler holes.
   Lo and behold! Within 5 minutes I was getting pressure and a minute later my brake is done!
   Don't know why I didn't think of it last night.  :o
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Narada on November 10, 2016, 05:36:14 pm
Pulled gas tank and checked clearances on mounting tabs.

I have a 2015 C5 with the rubber grommet / bushing on the frame in front with a through bolt.  There was a 1/32" gap (both sides added together) between the tank flanges and bushing. That seemed perfect to me. 

The rear mount has the two welded brackets extending down to the frame where you find a tube welded horizontally for the through bolt. That, combined with the stock head steady made a snug fit for the tank brackets to slide over leaving no gap to shim. 

The brackets are sort of a "Z" shape which I believe, is to help in case there is a gap and they need to flex a little without stressing the welds, which are all perfect machine welds.

So, although many have experienced broken tank brackets due to poor fit in the past, I believe that Royal Enfield has solved that problem, at least on my 2015 C5 Chrome with an original equiptment, earlier production tank. :)  (We, on this forum also know of one 2015 Classic 500, non-chrome, with the newer style tank.)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Fragman on November 11, 2016, 04:38:47 am
I installed a Trail Tech TTO mini tach & hour meter on my 2013 Classic Chrome t'day and I find it dandy for checkin' revs at steady speeds. The guage is dead simple to install and does not take up much space when mounted.

The unit is self powered by a small, wrist watch type lithium battery that has long life. (My amigo's Electra has gone 4+ years with the TTO without swapping out the battery.) :o  Gotta love it.

The hour meter function is on full time, but draws so little juice that battery life is great. The tach function of the unit is powered by the inductive pick up which is merely accomplished by shortening the one wire from the guage for best position and coiling the red inner wire from the unit around the spark plug lead.

Leave at least 8" of inner red wire for the lead that wraps around the HT lead. A bit of wire trimmin' and fiddling around nets a good result. ;)

Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Scotty Brown on November 11, 2016, 04:49:38 am
I try to do as little as possible and just enjoy riding.  Today had an enjoyable 104 mile ride over my favorite ride, Ortega Hwy, in some in wonderful 90 degree weather here in So. Cal.   --- Got home, oiled my chain and took a nap . Oh Yes,  Happy Birthday Marine Corp !
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: tooseevee on November 11, 2016, 01:30:43 pm
Oh Yes,  Happy Birthday Marine Corp !

            Ditto ++
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: longstrokeclassic on November 11, 2016, 05:41:02 pm
Fitted a new NGK plug before today's ride. The first one had done well over 14,000 miles without a problem.
Hopefully its replacement will be just as trouble free.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: The Old Coot on November 11, 2016, 07:54:02 pm
Sadly, I washed, waxed and winterized the C-5 today as it's starting to cool down here fast. BUT It's been the latest in the year I've been able to safely ride after I moved to the mid-west.

The Versys is next but I can ride it a bit deeper in the fall as it's has both a wind shield and heated grips.

The Iron Barrel is still a work in progress and as such I have it to tinker with all winter...or at least until it gets too cold in the unheated garage for me to deal with. Of course I can drag parts inside to clean and work on them!  ;)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: heloego on November 12, 2016, 01:32:42 am
Finished up with the frame stuff on the ElectraX today, installing the rear wheel with its nice new K70, then got started on the jug. Head off and removed rockers. Checked cylinder barrel. No scarring noted and the cross-hatching still looks good after 5500 miles so I think I'll leave the rings alone. Had good compression before I started. Cylinder top and head need a good cleaning, though. Pics in the AVL Section.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: AmBraCol on November 15, 2016, 11:19:54 am
Strapped on my Nelson Riggs water proof bag, loaded with the gear needed for the next week's worth of perambulating through the Andes and the Eastern Plains of Coffee Country. Lubed the chain and checked tire inflation. Y'all behave yourselves.  I'll be posting (hopefully) occasional unedited cell phone video uploads via the Andean Rambler youtube channel, for those interested in seeing different types of country from what you usually ride through.  Am also taking the GoPro, but no telling when I'll have time or opportunity to edit and publish.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: heloego on November 15, 2016, 11:07:07 pm
   Time to change out the rear tire. 10,545 miles on the AM26's! Front tire suddenly also stopped holding air. Valve base had no protective ring (from the factory!) causing the stem to wear prematurely. While I had the tube out during a the change also noted a cut in the side wall.  >:(
   Sooooo... New Tires (K-70s), rim strips, and went ahead and ordered up a couple of tubes so I can always have spares.
   BTW, the Harbor Freight Tire Changer with Motorcycle Tire Attachment works pretty good.
   With the two on the Electra this will make 4 tire changes in less than a month.  8)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: AmBraCol on November 24, 2016, 01:20:19 pm
Unloaded the bike this morning.  Arrived last night after 8 days on the road.  The last three hours were particularly draining as I road over La Linea pass in the midst of some of the worst traffic I've seen on that route, mostly trucks and buses, very few cars.  Had a semi crowd me at the toll booth (motorcycles have a special path as we don't pay toll) and he ran his rear tire so close to my bike he took off the foot pegs (I'd NO place to go).  Just glad no greater damage was done (especially to the rider - that could have turned out way worse!)  Had to ride the past 60 miles or so using the shifter for a footpeg.  Got home, parked the bike on the sidestand (the center stand also got mangled), took a shower and hit the sack.  Good to be back in my own bed once more!  This morning unloaded and am doing laundry - the bike will have to wait 'til tomorrow as can't get it to the dealer due to local idiotic law that deprives me of its use one day a  week "for the planet".

2,374 km over 8 days at 51 kmh average speed over some of the most scenic roads in Colombia.  Various videos on the Andean Rambler youtube channel for the curious.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Frank Tabor on November 24, 2016, 10:18:56 pm
Unloaded the bike this morning.  Arrived last night after 8 days on the road.  The last three hours were particularly draining as I road over La Linea pass in the midst of some of the worst traffic I've seen on that route, mostly trucks and buses, very few cars.  Had a semi crowd me at the toll booth (motorcycles have a special path as we don't pay toll) and he ran his rear tire so close to my bike he took off the foot pegs (I'd NO place to go).  Just glad no greater damage was done (especially to the rider - that could have turned out way worse!)  Had to ride the past 60 miles or so using the shifter for a footpeg.  Got home, parked the bike on the sidestand (the center stand also got mangled), took a shower and hit the sack.  Good to be back in my own bed once more!  This morning unloaded and am doing laundry - the bike will have to wait 'til tomorrow as can't get it to the dealer due to local idiotic law that deprives me of its use one day a  week "for the planet".

2,374 km over 8 days at 51 kmh average speed over some of the most scenic roads in Colombia.  Various videos on the Andean Rambler youtube channel for the curious.

Where do you live AmBra? I've ridden through Columbia twice en route to Ushuaia from Omaha, NE. Even after being warned off the Farc area by the Federal Soldiers, I had wonderful experiences with the people of Columbia.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: AmBraCol on November 25, 2016, 12:48:17 am
Where do you live AmBra? I've ridden through Columbia twice en route to Ushuaia from Omaha, NE. Even after being warned off the Farc area by the Federal Soldiers, I had wonderful experiences with the people of Columbia.

I live in the heart of Coffee Country. Pereira, Risaralda is right in the middle of the so called "golden triangle" (Medellin, Cali, Bogotá) and is part of one of the most beautiful regions of Colombia.  My recent ride was through parts of Risaralda, Quindío, Tolima, Cundinamarca, Meta, Casanare, Boyacá and Santander. Boyacá has some spectacular high altitude country to ride through. Proper warm gear is a must.  Omaha to Ushuaia sounds like quite an adventure.  How long did it take you? What did you ride?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: The Old Coot on November 25, 2016, 01:55:32 am
I live in the heart of Coffee Country.

Coffee County?!? I'll take 10 pounds of beans please!  ;)

I'd love to ride somewhere like you are but being more or less poor I have to work for a living.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: AmBraCol on November 25, 2016, 02:49:08 am
Coffee County?!? I'll take 10 pounds of beans please!  ;)

I'd love to ride somewhere like you are but being more or less poor I have to work for a living.

So do I, but thankfully my work includes riding through this country.  It's a tough life, but someone's got to do it!   ;D  The jaunt this past week was entirely work related, but got to see some gorgeous country and travel some seldom seen back roads.  THIS is where the Royal Enfield excels - back roads, mountain riding, low speed, rough roads, etc.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Frank Tabor on November 25, 2016, 05:05:59 pm
I rode a KLR 650 from Omaha to Deadhorse, Alaska then back to Omaha, waited 5 months for the seasons to change then rode to Ushuaia. Had to ship the bike by GIRAG over the Darrien Gap from Panama City to Bogota so I missed your area.
Sat by a few water falls surrounded by Orchids for a lunch snack.
Loved Colombia.
From Omaha to Ushuaia, including 2 days wait in Bogota for the bike and 3 days in Chinceros, Peru, for a broken collar bone to calm down: 28 days.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Fragman on November 28, 2016, 11:59:12 pm
I took my C5 out fer nice putt t'day after a 2 day rain delay. I yanked off the ugly, useless rubber dampeners from the engine fins & I reckon that maybe me dog could hear an audible sound change in the motor, but not I. ;)





Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Frank Tabor on November 29, 2016, 08:18:51 pm
So do I, but thankfully my work includes riding through this country.  It's a tough life, but someone's got to do it!   ;D  The jaunt this past week was entirely work related, but got to see some gorgeous country and travel some seldom seen back roads.  THIS is where the Royal Enfield excels - back roads, mountain riding, low speed, rough roads, etc.


We see that a horrible plane crash this morning devastated your local soccer team. Just a few miles short of Medellin. I am sorry when people who work so hard to excel are cheated.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Narada on November 29, 2016, 08:26:42 pm
I got out for a nice ride last Friday. It got dark and rained on me before I got home but I loved it! 8)

I even encountered some friendly young ladies in yoga pants dancing in front of a gas station.   :o

I didn't ask why, just thanked God for the simple pleasures in life. :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: AmBraCol on November 30, 2016, 03:48:42 am

We see that a horrible plane crash this morning devastated your local soccer team. Just a few miles short of Medellin. I am sorry when people who work so hard to excel are cheated.

It was actually a Brazilian team that was traveling to Colombia to play.  I don't know too much about it as despite being raised in Brazil and living in Colombia I don't follow the game, but there's a lot of chatter on various media about it.  Very devastating for those involved and it's made a lot of people quite pensive, to say the least. One never knows how long one has left on this globe.  It's best to live life well and leave no room for regrets.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: heloego on November 30, 2016, 09:19:09 pm
   The article about the Brazilian team was one of the few in the paper I fully read. Sad. And the report from survivors seems to indicate it ran out of fuel just before Medellin. Sadder.

   Meanwhile back in the garage, got the front tire and tube changed no sweat. That 18" rear is giving me fits, though. Managed to pinch the tube so now it's useless. Glad I've another spare!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Fragman on November 30, 2016, 10:59:55 pm
I gave the beasty a wipe down then went for a good ride along the seaside roads in my area. A tad nippy at 9 C, but no rain on the ride. :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: heloego on December 04, 2016, 09:04:04 pm
   Nada on the C5. Rear wheel removed for Tire/Tube R&R. Damn that 18" K-70 is a pain! Gonna have to wait for Break when I have a few days to deal with it.
   Meanwhile still plugging along on the ElectraX project. Just finished doing an oil seepage check of the installed valves. Very slight seepage ring in the intake port over a 48 hour period, but no runs or leaks. Should be ok to start fitting the head. Once I get it running, if there's any backfire it'll be a snap to lap the valve and seat.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: pmanaz1973 on December 05, 2016, 02:56:30 am
Installed the EFI Premium Silencer from our host and changed the oil/filter on the bike.  Once a year I pull and inspected the sump screen (100% clear).  I also replaced the air-filter, this one lasted 11 months.  WD40'd the rims and spokes and wiped down everything metal and chrome.  Gave it a thorough checkover and double checked the notorious potential weak weld spot on the C5- no cracks. Found a weeping rocker cover gasket and a need to clean baked in bug guts off the tin.  Rocker gaskets will be a fun winter boondoggle/project; while I'm there I'll clean out the tank and inspect the in-tank filter and shim the tank ears.

The new silencer is a very nicely done piece.  Great deep chrome and it fits perfectly. I love the fact that I can remove/modify and replace the baffle.  While on my short test run it sounded a tiny bit blatty, but oddly balanced by a nice throaty thump. I'll run it for a bit then pull the plug,might have to wait till spring.

Winter is here...another period of drinking beer in the garage with friends talking and looking at bikes, not the worst thing in the world.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Fragman on December 07, 2016, 03:24:46 am
Thanks to overnight chill & a light dash of snow, I just did routine lubing of the cables & pivot points on my ride .

3 degrees C & black ice on every shady part of the roads I ride are not conducive to a relaxed putt. At least I got out fer a toot yesterday though. ;)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Blairio on December 08, 2016, 02:59:46 am
Winter is here...another period of drinking beer in the garage with friends talking and looking at bikes, not the worst thing in the world.

Yes indeed. Unfortunately my garage isn't heated, so me and my friends would need to have the constitution of polar bears. I guess the good news is the beer wouldn't need to be kept in a fridge.

I put my Electra's battery on a trickle charger yesterday, and double checked the tightness of my new exhaust downtube, purchased from Hitchcocks a couple of months back. The downtube is single-walled and beautifully finished, with a very neat chromed flange fastening it to the cylinder head. My bike is pretty much the way I want it now, so not much to do other than ride it, tinker with it, and keep it shiny-side up.

(https://i35.servimg.com/u/f35/15/51/83/66/electr11.jpg)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: AmBraCol on December 12, 2016, 02:44:44 am
Last night I crawled on the Rumbler 500 and rumbled on into town to meet up with a bunch of other folks on RE bikes, some local and some from Cali. 8 bikes with about 14 people came over from Cali and there were about five or six local bikes.  Mostly military classics of both color variations, a few GT's, one black and chrome classic and one Rumbler in blue.  We shot the breeze, ate some pizza, consumed a variety of beverages depending on taste and inclination and once the band got into full swing I was out of there.  Too old to waste what hearing I have left on what passes for "music" with some, especially at that many decibels.

This afternoon six of us on four bikes took various  routes to eventually get to Salento, a small town in the next state south of us.  A much smaller group today, two Desert classics, one Military green and again one Rumbler 500.  We got a lot of lookers as we we rumbled past and when we'd stop we had a lot of folks come over to ask about the bikes, most didn't have a clue about them, but the guy that ran the small restaurant where we had lunch not only knew about Royal Enfield, he's saving his pennies toward when they release the Himalayan for sale here.

We rumbled on up the Cocora valley and back down then over to Filandia to see the lights around the main plaza then back home. 

It as a great afternoon spent with great people.  A fine time was enjoyed by all.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Frank Tabor on December 12, 2016, 04:26:03 pm
Ambracol. What would it cost to buy a Colombian built 200cc dual sport style or standard moto. I want to ride to Ushuaia again, but don't want to wast time and paying mordita going through Central America.
I've done it on KLRs, but think a local bike with 18" tires/tubes etc would be fun and cheap too and maybe attract less attention.
Is liability insurance part of the licensing fee?
Thank you.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: AmBraCol on December 12, 2016, 04:55:43 pm
Frank, an AKT Adventour 250 CC bike runs around $3,500-4,500 US - depending on the exchange.  Don't believe that includes licensing so add about $500 for that.  The Colombian licensing process includes the purchase of SOAT insurance which merely covers a certain amount for hospital care of those involved in an accident.

The AdvenTour is basically the same bike as one sold in the US, although I  don't recall the brand or model number off the top of my head.  I read a blog about the US guy's Colombian adventure where they rode one of these bikes from the city of Medellin to the Caribbean coast and back.  The bike gets high reviews, but is currently sold out.  If I were looking for something in that niche, that's the bike I'd be looking at.  AKT assembles bikes made in China at a plant up in Medellin.  Their bikes have done very well here.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Scotty Brown on December 13, 2016, 03:14:15 am
Fresh oil, new filter a shot of Marvel Mystery oil and lot's of love --plus spit and polish.
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Post by: Frank Tabor on December 13, 2016, 04:12:41 am
Fresh oil, new filter a shot of Marvel Mystery oil and lot's of love --plus spit and polish.

A lot of Olde Timers used Marvel Mystery oil. What do you figure it contributes?
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Post by: Scotty Brown on December 13, 2016, 05:23:51 am
Can't say for sure about Marvel Mystery Oil---Just seem's to make things work a bit better.  Shifting seems better when in the crankcase.  I also use a bit in the fuel along with sta-bil.  I feel it is like giving humans Adrenaline or Epinephrine.  I have used it for many, many years in all sorts of situations and it has worked well for me.  Again personal choice.  Other comments welcome.
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Post by: Richard230 on December 13, 2016, 02:42:59 pm
All I know about MMO is that it has been around for a very long time.  ;) I guess that must mean something.   ???
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: AmBraCol on December 13, 2016, 06:53:03 pm
Fueled her up, got over 500 KM on the tankful and put in nearly 4.5 gallons (a gallon here equaling 4 liters). Found out that my fuel level sensor is not sensing sensibly.  There were still two bars showing on the meter when it should have been on the last bar and blinking at this level.  Not sure yet what to do about that - other than pay more attention to how many KM it's been since the last fill.  Sure do like this 20 liter tank  though.
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Post by: gremlin on December 14, 2016, 12:11:14 am
A lot of Olde Timers used Marvel Mystery oil. What do you figure it contributes?
solvent
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Post by: Fragman on December 22, 2016, 01:14:48 am
I did a nice 1 hour putt on mine today seein' that the weather here was nicely tolerable at +10 C.  :)
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Post by: Scotty Brown on December 24, 2016, 02:25:31 am
Well, it finally started to rain here in So. Cal. ---Spent the afternoon re-waxing my Belstaff Jacket in anticipation of getting caught out in the rain.  Love these jackets and have been using them for over 50 years both Barbour and Belstaff.  These have become VERY expensive in the last few years but if taken care of they will last for a lifetime.
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Post by: Carlsberg Wordsworth on December 29, 2016, 01:50:49 pm
Fitted a windshield. Pity it's way below 0c to try out the hopeful benefits. I'm hoping it doesn't create much wind noise.

Had to slightly open the bolt hole in the perspex and as such created some tiny scratches bah. Was trying to be dead careful on removing the dust as well.
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Post by: Frank Tabor on December 29, 2016, 03:11:10 pm
Fitted a windshield. Pity it's way below 0c to try out the hopeful benefits. I'm hoping it doesn't create much wind noise.

Had to slightly open the bolt hole in the perspex and as such created some tiny scratches bah. Was trying to be dead careful on removing the dust as well.

I like what you did here. What brand/model windshield did you use? Why did you have to auger out a hole?
What did you use to mount a clock on the steering head nut? It looks like it was made that way.
Nice job!
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Post by: Guaire on December 29, 2016, 05:02:05 pm
It's a SlipStreamer, but which model?
  Just keep enough gap underneath the screen and that will decrease turbulence. It's an air trick.
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Post by: Carlsberg Wordsworth on December 29, 2016, 08:40:15 pm
Thanks Frank, shield is part number 200312 from Hitchcocks. It doesn't mention a name or brand sorry. One of the holes for the bolts on the screen needed enlargening a little (tiny bit) as the bolt would pass through the screen.

I suspect the clock (or a similar version) is sold by CMW or Hitchcocks as as a stem nut clock. Bit tricky to see in the dark though! Even with luminescent hands.

Guaire, I have about 35-36mm gap between headlamp and the bottom of the screen so I hope that's not too much. There's quite a bit going on with the handlebars cable wise so there's not as much adjustment as you'd think. Or I thought anyway so will need a bit more jiggery pokery if that gap need to be smaller. I'll soon find out when I get to test it.
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Post by: Frank Tabor on December 30, 2016, 12:05:01 am
Thank you. I see that you are using the Oxford heated grips. What a great value!! And surprised the R/E has enough reserve alternator output to power them..
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Post by: Fragman on January 01, 2017, 10:56:46 pm
I was tempted to go fer a putt but...Naa. ;)

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Post by: longstrokeclassic on January 02, 2017, 04:46:36 pm
Did a gentle 55 mile trip around the Somerset Mendips today. Temperature wasn't too bad somewhere between 3-5*C although I probably would have benefited from wearing my cold weather gloves.

Got home and realised the  'MIL light remaining on for 3 seconds after start-up problem' (which has been reported previously on this Forum) which began last week, was in my case caused by the nut bolting down the main earth lead working loose.  Easily rectified with the help of Mr. Loctite  8) 
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Post by: Carlsberg Wordsworth on January 02, 2017, 08:23:37 pm
Managed to give new windshield a short test run. I notice other people have the screen more upright (more inline with the forks), whereas mine seems to rake back more. I also think I have the handlebar fix points the wrong way round. Anyway, 1st run gave me a headache within minutes due to turbulence. Came home, adjusted and much better. Now get a slight breeze just around the neck area. Felt smooth all the way to 70 (and easier too).

Of course, due to thinking I might have things back to front I tried fix points the other way, couldn't get to the point I wanted so moved it back to what I think was the sweet spot. Knew I should have left it, but it was all in the interests of science etc. A quick run today shows I may have lucked in but was way too cold for spirited runs and of course different weather conditions i.e wind direction.

I think it's a worthy addition though.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on January 03, 2017, 04:00:28 am
One of the things I did just after getting my G5 was to buy a windshield from my RE dealer.

It is made by Memphis Shades and it works great.
There is a bit of wind turbulance up around my head but it's not anything major.

I've used it on the trips I've made up to Flagstaff, Az. , a 200 mile ride each way and much to my surprise it seems to improve the fuel economy I get.
It also does an excellent job of keeping the flying bug guts off of me.  ;D

I would leave it on the bike but IMO, it makes the machine look too much like a miniature Harley so for most of my riding around town I take it off.
I do leave the two clamps on the handlebar though.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v85/JAMESKING/xtra/Windshield-002-reduced_zpsxctgi4yc.jpg) (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/JAMESKING/media/xtra/Windshield-002-reduced_zpsxctgi4yc.jpg.html)

Yes, the picture was taken years ago when the bike still had the funky turn signals, the 5 3/4" headlight and the torpedo silencer.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Richard230 on January 03, 2017, 03:15:30 pm
Having an electric motorcycle and spending time on the electric motorcycle forum, we electric M/C owners are all concerned about getting greater range out of our battery packs before they need to be recharged.  So there is much discussion regarding aerodynamics and the usefulness of windshields.  It is generally concluded by most electric motorcycle owners that installing a windshield is good for about a 10% increase in range.  That has been my experience, too.  I have a MRA windshield on my Zero and a fits-all National Cycle Deflector Screen DX (which I really like as it will fit just about any motorcycle with round handlebars) on my RE. I think installing a small windshield is a great idea - just don't overdo it and install one that is so large that it creates more drag than it reduces.   ;)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Grant Borden on January 03, 2017, 04:27:52 pm
Added a Cozy Euro sidecar to my C5 Classic Chrome, did slow cruising speed to 50 mph and cut fuel economy from 70 mpg to 40 mpg, will have to find a way to boost torque to be able to run the speed limits on state routes.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Grant Borden on January 03, 2017, 05:50:57 pm
It did happen.

Grant
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: TdLpps on January 04, 2017, 09:19:18 pm
One of the things I did just after getting my G5 was to buy a windshield from my RE dealer.

It is made by Memphis Shades .....

Arizoni, which Memphis Shades shield is that?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on January 04, 2017, 09:53:18 pm
TdLpps
I don't know which model it is for sure because I threw away the paperwork.
The only markings on it are Memphis Shades and a serial number.

Looking at the Memphis Shades site it appears to be a clear "The Shooter" style.

LINK
http://www.memphisshades.com/universal-mount/the-shooter

Our host, Classic Motorworks sells what appears to be the same model at a little better price than the maker.  At least it's a better price right now.

LINK
http://www.classicmotorworks.com/low-touring-windshield/

The windshield came with two heavy duty aluminum handlebar clamps and a pair of stiff metal rods to attach to the upper attachment plates.  All in all, it is a quality product.
Because it took a bit of frinkling with the mounting clamps and rods it took a while to get it mounted like I wanted it.
That's why I leave the handlebar clamps clamped to the handlebar.
This makes it necessary to remove one of the upper attachment plates to get it on or off of the bike which is a bit of a pain but not a really big one.
All this does is to keep the windshield from being a "pop it on, pop it off" sort of thing.
It's probably a 10 minute job at most.
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Post by: lomax on January 04, 2017, 10:12:13 pm
What a cute little Cozy.  8)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: TdLpps on January 04, 2017, 10:13:40 pm
Arizoni:

Yeah.  It looks like that's correct.  I looked at the bigger touring shield at CMW but think that yours, the Shooter, looks more complimentary to the lines of the bike.

Thanks very much.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Fragman on January 05, 2017, 01:40:00 am
After lubing the chain& pre-heating the motor, I went for a nice putt in the sun over to my RE dealer. It was a tad chilly at 6 C, but that didn't make the ride less enjoyable.

Funny that my bike was the only machine in the parking lot. :o
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: retrolynn on January 06, 2017, 11:10:52 pm
I went out to the garage to look at my b5,and wipe it down. It has been -14,and 30 inches of snow. Waiting for spring!
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Post by: The Old Coot on January 07, 2017, 01:27:57 am
I went out to the garage to look at my b5,and wipe it down. It has been -14,and 30 inches of snow. Waiting for spring!

I feel your pain. We had a couple in BUT they dumped about 2" of salt on that. Add to it that it was 1 when I got off work...Dreaming of Spring...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: retrolynn on January 07, 2017, 04:23:31 am
That salt is nasty! They use chemical de-icer here. Bad stuff,but easier on vehicles. Was going to put on a new mirror,but would have to remove the windshield. Too cold for that!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: heloego on January 09, 2017, 04:01:58 pm
   Spent most of the day and last night rocking out in the garage and installing the Gold Star exhaust system on the Electra AVL.
   Needed to shim the rear header support enough to give me some clearance between the header and the timing case/oil filter cap so picked up some 3/8" (10mm) All-Thread from the hardware store and cut to the needed length. Shimmed with several washers to get an acceptable clearance.
   Since the silencer support bracket from the original silencer wasn't in any way gonna work I fabbed a simple silencer support (actually a stabilizer) from 1/8" (3.33mm) mild steel stock.
   Carb arrives Wednesday, so I've time to get the chain case fitted and add 2" extensions to the rear blinkers (to allow for clearance past the saddle bags).
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Post by: gremlin on January 09, 2017, 06:23:31 pm
renewed the registration for Mjölnir - got a 2018 sticker.
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Post by: Narada on January 09, 2017, 06:42:37 pm
Drilled hole through RH side cover for oil pressure gauge...lots of fun!
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Post by: mc35803 on January 10, 2017, 01:46:41 am
Ordered Continental TKC 80s dual sport tires in order to make a trip later up some rough jeep trails I know in springtime to get a feel for how the C5 handles before deciding to ride it out west this summer.....
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Fragman on January 11, 2017, 02:09:06 am
Took the beasty out for a seaside putt and finished off
with a warm water rinse of the undersides of the fenders and engine to remove the salt powder.

It was sunny, but it was fookin' 0 C with the wind chill.  ;)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: lucho_nqn on January 12, 2017, 01:14:34 am
Change oil. Broke biggest o'ring seal of oil filter cap. Discovered when started engine.
Tomorrow got to find this oring in my city  :-[

Any idea of the size? Anyway I have the measure rule in my work...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on January 12, 2017, 10:16:33 pm
The large O-ring that seals the oil filter cap is Royal Enfield # 570432.

Measuring one I have on hand, its cross section (width) measures  about 0.103 - .105 inches (2.620 mm).
It has an outside diameter of about 1.890 inches (48.00 mm). 
This seems to give it an inside diameter of 42.760 mm.

There is a ISO -131 packing with a 2.62 mm width and a 42.52 mm inside diameter so my guess is, this is the one you need.

You will want it to be black in color which is Nitrile or Buna-N  which is totally compatible with motor oil.
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Post by: lucho_nqn on January 13, 2017, 07:03:33 pm
Thanks Arizoni, finally I found at the store something very similar in size (nitrile). and seems to be fine. But i´ll plan to get the right ones from CMW in the future, If I can put more items to justify the shipment: It´s time to contribute with our host, this forum provides valuable info every day.

Now, back to What did I do, also drilled a hole for the protection plate. My unnoficial service, made a nice plate but only drilled two holes, for the front and rear nut, so I drilled a third for the primary drain cap.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: AmBraCol on January 23, 2017, 04:38:51 pm
Ran to town to pay some bills, then took the "short cut" home - which is actually about twice as far but through the countryside instead of urban riding.  A beautiful winter day here on the west slope of the central range of the Andes mountains.  Temps around 70*F, the sun shining and simply glorious to be out on two wheels in this "winter" weather.
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Post by: heloego on January 24, 2017, 07:02:59 pm
Would that be a "bitter" 70*F?  ;)
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Post by: heloego on January 24, 2017, 07:04:49 pm
Been too sick to do much of anything with the C5 or the Electra. Tried to work out the oil issue on the Electra, but my head just isn't in the right place yet. Sinusitis.  >:(
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Dharmabum on January 25, 2017, 04:16:37 am
took rear wheel off, removed chain, cleaned chain replaced and tensioned chain, lubed it and went for a ride in 23c nice sunny day here in Oz.  Filled tank to brim as want to record milage , going for a big ride soon want to know how far my C5 can get on a tank full. Sorry I am not going to run it out of fuel. Just want to do some math on fuel used vs distance travelled.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: dickim on January 25, 2017, 07:31:22 am
Want to swap temps ? 45' today 47 tomorrow - bikes staying in garage  ;) but did sort out correct switch position on Rev Counter - now showing 1,100 at tickover.
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Post by: tooseevee on January 25, 2017, 11:30:57 pm
............. but did sort out correct switch position on Rev Counter - now showing 1,100 at tickover.

             You should acknowledge this on the other thread where you discuss this subject under its own subject line..
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on January 25, 2017, 11:45:54 pm
...
 Filled tank to brim as want to record milage , going for a big ride soon want to know how far my C5 can get on a tank full.

If you plan on running out of fuel to see how far you can go, IMO, that's a really bad idea.

Your electric fuel pump needs to be covered with fuel to cool and lubricate it.
Running out of fuel can really damage the pump and they cost more than your right arm and leg.

My Owners Manual says the tank on my G5 holds 15.6 liters of fuel.  That's 3.83 US gallons.
Figuring a 3/4 of a gallon to keep the pump happy that leaves about 3 US gallons.

My G5 gets about 70 mpg on the road (or in town) so that would give me a range of about 210 miles before I have to start thinking seriously about refueling.

Normally, I figure about 150 miles to refuel saving the extra 60 miles to cover unexpected detours that might be ahead of me on the highway.  (A lot of Arizona towns are more than 60 miles apart so it's good to play it safe.)
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Post by: AmBraCol on January 26, 2017, 01:17:22 pm
Would that be a "bitter" 70*F?  ;)

Nope, nope... I wasn't bitter about  it at all!  ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: heloego on January 27, 2017, 03:08:57 am
 :P

 ;)
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Post by: JVS on January 27, 2017, 09:32:01 am
Installed adjustable clutch/brake levers.

For some reason, shifting gears is so much smoother now :D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: johno on January 28, 2017, 10:26:08 am
thought I'd give my B5 a run as she's laid up for winter at the moment, which with temps dropping to -6degC is not a bad thing! although I am still riding my NT700 and also the Gl1200/combi.
I found out that even though I am building strength in my repaired broken leg, I couldn't kick her over at all, which is something I like to do before starting to get the oil around the engine before a start, especially after a lay up. However after freeing the clutch she started almost instantly on the electric starter. I let the engine warm before a quick ride around the block. Still put a smile on my face,
 Bring on spring :-)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Frank Tabor on January 28, 2017, 06:54:56 pm
thought I'd give my B5 a run as she's laid up for winter. Still put a smile on my face,
 Bring on spring :-)

They tend to do that if you are a vintage rider.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Narada on January 30, 2017, 02:08:58 am
Finally got some quality time with Bholenath (my C5).  :)

Working on Koso tach, and Marshall oil pressure gauge install. Hopefully I may be done by by this weekend.  I am really looking forward to getting out on the road!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: AmBraCol on February 06, 2017, 03:29:41 am
Gassed her up for tomorrow's ride.  Up and over the Central Range of the Andes, across the Magdalena river valley and up the western side of the Eastern Range of the Andes to the hell hole known as Bogotá.  Other than the destination, tomorrow's ride should be pretty decent. 
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: fatfatboy on February 06, 2017, 04:39:59 am
 Reached the 300 mark on my new 500 Classic today. Immediately took it 50 MPH. Much funner than the 35-40 mph I was keeping her at for the first 300.

Took her off road a bit running on some Missouri River levees and dirt roads.

Took her home and did the first oil change. Let the bonding begin.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: lucho_nqn on February 06, 2017, 01:47:19 pm
Went last saturday for a 400 km ride with japanese and Sporster. 30 km after start, at 65 mph I felt a sudden speed loss and a feeling of something braking the engine. Stopped for a quick look, everything seemed ok. 2 km later, the same. Back to the city with a tik tik noise on middle loads. I´m suspecting a piston seizure :(
Maybe I'll start a related thread.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Fragman on February 07, 2017, 12:03:57 am
Today was just another clean & maintain day due to the fookin' snow. I really got to get a Rokon Trail Breaker for days like this. ;)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Narada on February 07, 2017, 02:51:20 am
Ordered "English Exhaust Pipe" for the Madrass Missile from "H".

This pipe features a larger inside diameter than stock, port matched at head, and nice quality English chrome plating. Should improve flow at higher rpm. 8)

Weather here is just like in Fragmans picture. PMS (parked motorcycle syndrome) is setting in! :(
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Royal Stargazer on February 11, 2017, 02:49:26 am
I insured the new one, and took a longing glance at the other as she sits in the garage waiting for spring.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mc35803 on February 11, 2017, 04:00:16 am
Rode to work today at 28 degrees and used our hosts luggage rack for the first time with a elastic net with hooks over a bag full of cold weather gear for the ride home in 60 degree sunshine.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: AmBraCol on February 14, 2017, 01:34:51 pm
Not today, but Friday I rode back from Bogotá to Coffee Country. One of my best trips on that route ever.  She definitely prefers to cruise in the 80-90 Kmh range.  She also hangs up at 4,500 rpm in fifth gear, just doesn't have the oomph to get to 5,000 rpm which limits her to 120 kmh indicated top speed, downhill with a tail wind at that. 

Attached is a pic taken at "Alto de La Linea", the highest pass on this route.  It was a lovely winter day here between the Canal and the Equator.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Frank Tabor on February 14, 2017, 03:47:41 pm
Not today, but Friday I rode back from Bogotá to Coffee Country. One of my best trips on that route ever.  She definitely prefers to cruise in the 80-90 Kmh range.  She also hangs up at 4,500 rpm in fifth gear, just doesn't have the oomph to get to 5,000 rpm which limits her to 120 kmh indicated top speed, downhill with a tail wind at that. 
Attached is a pic taken at "Alto de La Linea", the highest pass on this route.  It was a lovely winter day here between the Canal and the Equator.


From the look of that tour bag, I am surprised that the bike could even keep the front wheel on the ground not alone hit 61 MPH
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: longstrokeclassic on February 15, 2017, 10:00:20 am
Looked at it in an attempt to find quality workmanship in the right hand tank support but failed. What I did see however was something akin to this...  https://forum.classicmotorworks.com/index.php/topic,24734.15.html

Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: AmBraCol on February 15, 2017, 06:39:31 pm

From the look of that tour bag, I am surprised that the bike could even keep the front wheel on the ground not alone hit 61 MPH


;D

And you haven't seen ME yet...   :o

Still, loaded or unloaded, she won't go over 4,500 RPM in fifth gear.  Not that I NEED to hit those speeds, just found it interesting.  Must be something about the gearing vs HP output, but I'm not enough of a gear head to figure it out.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on February 15, 2017, 10:42:46 pm
Have you checked the condition of your air filter?  It sounds like it is partially plugged up.

Also, riding at very high altitudes will greatly reduce your bikes horsepower but when I was riding at elevations of 8500 feet (2592 meters), speeds up to 65 mph were easily done if the riding was on a flat stretch of road.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: AmBraCol on February 16, 2017, 11:43:52 pm
Have you checked the condition of your air filter?  It sounds like it is partially plugged up.

Also, riding at very high altitudes will greatly reduce your bikes horsepower but when I was riding at elevations of 8500 feet (2592 meters), speeds up to 65 mph were easily done if the riding was on a flat stretch of road.

I haven't, yet.  Still has the original filter so that may be a part of it.  Need to see if they can get a new one in. RE Colombia hasn't been very good about getting parts to our local dealer.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Frank Tabor on February 17, 2017, 12:40:54 am
I haven't, yet.  Still has the original filter so that may be a part of it.  Need to see if they can get a new one in. RE Colombia hasn't been very good about getting parts to our local dealer.


The C5 filter looks pretty generic. I wouldn't be surprised if you could take it to a car parts store and find something that would fit in the housing.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Scotty Brown on February 17, 2017, 12:59:56 am
Took it up the Ortega highway for a little engine exercise and to survey damage from recent floods.  Highway has been closed for the last three weeks.  AND any info on air filters that fit the C-5 obtainable from auto parts stores would be appreciated.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on February 17, 2017, 04:01:36 am
Good luck on finding one.

I've checked a number of different company catalogs which show the diameters and height of their filters and have yet to find one that would be comparable in size.
There are several that are either smaller in diameter or shorter but IMO, although the smaller filters might work on a 350cc bike, those would not allow the airflow the big 500cc engine needs.

Then their is the K&N filter.  Some like them.  I don't.
Mine reduced the fuel economy and power on my 2011 G5.  That's why I went back to using a factory filter.

For those interested, the OEM filter is 4 5/8" (4.62", 117mm) outside diameter, 3" (3.0", 76mm) inside diameter and 3" (3.0", 76mm) tall from sealing surface to sealing surface.

The airflow on the filter for the B, C and G model RE's is from the inside towards the outside.  If an attempt to blow the dirt out of the filter is being made by using compressed air, blow from the outside, thru the filter material towards the inside.

These filters cannot be washed to clean them.  Doing so will destroy the paper filter element.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: heloego on February 17, 2017, 04:25:17 pm
Arizoni is spot on IMHO.

   I opted to reclaim the tool box on my C5, which eliminates the OEM air filter arrangement, and sprung for the ACE cannister which uses a paper "Performance Air Filter" easily replaced by one from the local auto parts store. It's slightly smaller in diameter than the OEM filter, so not usable in the OEM air box config.

   The Electra was brought home with a pod filter similar to the K&N. The problem with K&N and similar filters is that they must be oiled to be effective, and it's almost an art to get them oiled properly. In any case the trade-off IMHO is increased fuel consumption for sporty good looks.
   One of the previous owners had removed the innards of the air box. Rather than clean the existing filter or go with another pod I have gone with the "Performance Air Filter" PN 47901 with a 2" Triumph fork gaiter as plenum to the 32mm Mikuni carb.

   This won't help you find a direct replacement for your filter, but may give you a relatively cheap viable option.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: fatfatboy on February 18, 2017, 01:46:30 am
 Just took her for a sunset ride.

(http://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss182/fatfatboycw/Rides/4BE7FA8A-2884-4B5D-AE5C-FADCB98A4330_zpsxcdvx0qz.jpg) (http://s574.photobucket.com/user/fatfatboycw/media/Rides/4BE7FA8A-2884-4B5D-AE5C-FADCB98A4330_zpsxcdvx0qz.jpg.html)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: longstrokeclassic on February 18, 2017, 09:50:55 am
Topped up the battery fluid with almost 100cc of distilled water  :(

Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: johno on February 18, 2017, 10:36:09 am
change it for a gel type battery, you won't regret it!
however you will hate the liquid battery when it decides to spit acid all over your frame! (mine did)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on February 18, 2017, 12:36:14 pm
Just took her for a sunset ride.

Nice!  Your riding companion looks a lot like the guy who rides alongside me on my morning commute - on the clear days, anyway!  ;)  I've wanted to get a video of my shadow riding along, but I don't have the ability to do it effectively and safely...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: firecaptp7 on February 18, 2017, 02:00:16 pm
Universal moto pic ....
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Post by: fatfatboy on February 18, 2017, 03:34:28 pm
Universal moto pic ....

 I hope your companion is a better rider than mine. He's kinda slow.
I had to stop the bike and do a u-turn to get a photo of him. ;)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: fatfatboy on February 18, 2017, 03:37:41 pm
I hope your companion is a better rider than mine. He's kinda slow.
I had to stop the bike and do a u-turn to get a photo of him. ;)

Superb selfie.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Carlsberg Wordsworth on February 19, 2017, 08:50:47 pm
More tweaking of the windshield.

Lowered to stop from first fit some sever buffering but was not keen on the angle sloping so far back, it made riding feel cramped.

So a while ago, I'd moved the bars so the dots aligned on the bars and the clamp on the basis that that was there they were supposed to be, and to bring the controls a bit closer.

But to get the angle more in line with the forks and unable to move the clamps to position that would work and not get involved with cables in the way, I decided to move the bars upwards and forwards.

Must have only moved roughly 1mm (2mm at best, or a 'dots' width at worst). Wow, bike felt more 'flickable'. Buffering felt at the top of the helmet at about 60mph so might need a little more of a tweak, but it does take a lot of the chest.

I remember wildbills review of the small flyscreen he'd fitted, but didn't fancy spending more for less (size).

There really ought to be some kind of test initiative for screens. Perhaps I ought to start one. I swear aftermarket screen sales boom because people spend a small fortune in trying to get the right one. Unless you're able to sell them off successfully of course. But you never know, they might come in handy for that next bike haha.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Jako on February 20, 2017, 09:26:32 am
Tested out my new eBay hydraulic bike bench, I set the cam backlash (sounds much better now)   ,  checked the clutch basket and crankshaft fasteners , clutch was loose ,crankshaft was ok , rocker tower bolts were also ok but had to come out to remove the push rods before setting the backlash. New O ring on oil pump outlet,  new oil filter and full synthetic oil .  The bike bench made such a difference, I am getting to old for bending down and working on my knees , it was a pleasure to sit on a chair with castor wheels and freely move around the bike at the right working height.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: heloego on February 20, 2017, 04:42:34 pm
Nice looking lift and very nice B5!

Does the lift have a removable panel under the rear wheel?

Like the front wheel guide/clamping, too. It all looks a bit lighter than my Harbor Freight lift.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Jako on February 20, 2017, 08:31:17 pm
Nice looking lift and very nice B5!

Does the lift have a removable panel under the rear wheel?

Like the front wheel guide/clamping, too. It all looks a bit lighter than my Harbor Freight lift.

Yea it has the removable panel. Overall bit on the light side tho, although it is rated for 1000 lb  it looks to be at close to its comfortable limit with the enfield at around 420 lb,  just needs a few reinforcing braces in  crucial areas,  still a good cheap base to start with , much easier and cheaper to reinforce it then building one from scratch .
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: cemoto on February 25, 2017, 02:35:12 pm
Farkled the crap out of it! New pannier racks and panniers, National cycle windscreen, and butterfly crash bars.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Frank Tabor on February 25, 2017, 04:32:12 pm
Did you cut the exhaust pipe with the welded-on tab? Or did you grind it off and run the new muffler all the way forward to cover the spot?
Have fun this season.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: The_Rigger on February 26, 2017, 03:20:18 am
Rode home from work tonight...  10pm, 35°F, 15-20-kt gusty winds, spitting rain and snow, three miles into the teeth of the wind...

Loved every second of it.  ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gashousegorilla on February 27, 2017, 12:48:40 am
  Changed the clutch cable . The end frayed on my at the lever while out for a ride... felt a little "GIVE"  in the lever , and the lever went a bit loose.  Not bad after seven or eight years ?   That "cable life" lube stuff I have been using must be pretty decent....
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: AmBraCol on February 27, 2017, 01:53:22 pm
Took my wife to work this morning. It was gray and cloudy, spit on us a bit here and there.  Started to take a quick ride after dropping her off, but  it started to really put some down (not enough to make me stop for my rain gear, but enough to make me start heading home).  Grabbed an old route with a new roundabout - and found out the idiots hate motorcyclists.  Coming up to it they had fresh painted some arrows in the middle of the lanes.  Fresh painted arrows and fresh rain combine to make some interesting riding when you're not expecting them.  Was sure glad my darling wasn't on the rear and that there was no one in the roundabout.  Did some fancy fishtailing and managed to get her upright with no damage to anything, didn't even need to change my shorts.   ;D The rest of the ride was mostly uneventful and it was great to be out even with less than optimal conditions.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: pikerin on February 27, 2017, 06:35:10 pm
fitted new tyres Dunlop K81 TT100 - 4.10H19 TT 61H up front and 4.25/85 H18 TT 64H at rear, those tyres look awesome and also new Beston grips without the end bit, both things more period correct and those grips are great to hold and squezze the throttle, cheers to everyone  :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: fatfatboy on February 28, 2017, 02:59:54 am
 Them grips look nice.

Do you notice any more vibration without ends?
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Post by: pikerin on February 28, 2017, 07:19:19 am
Them grips look nice.

Do you notice any more vibration without ends?

no, I don't notice more vibration than before
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: cemoto on March 01, 2017, 04:29:01 am
Did you cut the exhaust pipe with the welded-on tab? Or did you grind it off and run the new muffler all the way forward to cover the spot?
Have fun this season.
Ground it off and used a 2x4 to coax it on.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Jako on March 04, 2017, 01:27:38 pm
 Solid mounted a Biltwell solo seat, first impression it feels like  sitting on a rock . I have a 450 km ride on tomorrow so I hope I get accustomed to it ok.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Jako on March 04, 2017, 01:49:31 pm
 1 more Photo
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Post by: heloego on March 04, 2017, 02:11:23 pm
   Maybe that's where the phrase "Solid as a rock" began. Good looking seat!
   I'm thinking you're either gonna get used to it fast, or be rigging it with springs soon.
   That was my only complaint about the Cobra seat I originally installed on the C5. Great for around town  8) , but anything more than 50 miles was pretty hard on the butt!  :(
   
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: fatfatboy on March 05, 2017, 03:25:19 am
 That is a nice looking seat. Now you'll know how a passenger seat feels like..

I'll be waiting to see how you like it on the long haul.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Jako on March 05, 2017, 09:40:25 am
That is a nice looking seat. Now you'll know how a passenger seat feels like..

I'll be waiting to see how you like it on the long haul.


Well the long haul ride got cancelled due to rain  but I managed to do  a 150 km ride , I love the solid feel of this seat, it's hard but shaped nicely ,I  feel more in touch with the bike , might not suit everybody but I like it.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Blairio on March 05, 2017, 07:06:48 pm
I have a brooks leather saddle on one of my bicycles. When I first sat on it from new, it was pretty uncomfy. A few rides in and it got better. After a couple of weeks it was the comfiest saddle I ever sat on - and it still is 6 years later.

Is there a motorcycle equivalent? The best thing about brooks leather saddles is they adapt to your butt, the way synthetic saddles never will.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Scotty Brown on March 05, 2017, 07:09:08 pm
Must be the week for fanny platforms -- I installed a LaPera saddle on my C5 and went on two rides first one 93 miles Friday and 130 miles Saturday With the Vintage MC. of Southern California in and around Barrego Springs.  I found the LaPera to be a very comfortable saddle but required some welding for the forward mount and spacers for the springs.  Wish it were black but the tan is OK. And of course the Enfield performed flawlessly as usual.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: decker on March 05, 2017, 10:14:26 pm
 :'( was almost all the way thru my twice yearly full maintenance check when I found a pin hole fuel leak by the head steady bolt. Not a happy camper. Looking at past posts I read someone using a radiator shop for brazing the welds. Anyone done this and had a successful result? Further checks and maintenance halted till I get it sorted.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: heloego on March 08, 2017, 12:02:44 am
   Finished the Low Speed runs and chops on the Electra. Now to put some miles on it to break in the rings.
   (Well, the thread doesn't say "UCE", right?  ;) )

   Final successful settings will be posted in the appropriate thread.
 
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Haggis on March 09, 2017, 05:24:55 pm
Sunny day, almost into double figures, almost.
Out by St Mary's loch and onto Moffat for a coffee. A man there has a spitfire in his front garden, like you do.
(http://i1179.photobucket.com/albums/x395/krodkiss/DSC_0354_zpskwnbrtju.jpg) (http://s1179.photobucket.com/user/krodkiss/media/DSC_0354_zpskwnbrtju.jpg.html)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Carlsberg Wordsworth on March 09, 2017, 08:14:01 pm
Awesome!

Good looking bike as well Haggis. Green and mean!
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Post by: johno on March 10, 2017, 09:01:54 am
Now there's something you don't see every day.
loving it
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Blairio on March 10, 2017, 07:45:30 pm
 The $64,000 question is 'how did it manage to land in that garden?'  is it the first (and only) VTOL Spitfire?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Haggis on March 10, 2017, 09:56:10 pm
Not quite,  http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2762658 (http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2762658)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: The_Rigger on March 12, 2017, 05:04:08 pm
Is there a motorcycle equivalent? The best thing about brooks leather saddles is they adapt to your butt, the way synthetic saddles never will.

Yes there is. Hitchcock's has it and I got it for Fiona. Standard leather solo saddle for US-spec Enfields... I don't have the catalog number handy.

Now that it's broken in it rivals my old Goldwing saddles for comfort.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: The_Rigger on March 12, 2017, 05:25:40 pm
Sunny, but windy and COLD!! (-7'C/20'F)
Spent a brisk half-hour in the shed replacing Fiona's broken speedometer. Rode her up & down the hill just enough to make sure the new gauge was functional, then spent an hour trying to get feeling back in my fingers.

Global warming, my curiously-attractive arse...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Jako on March 13, 2017, 12:17:40 am

Well the long haul ride got cancelled due to rain  but I managed to do  a 150 km ride , I love the solid feel of this seat, it's hard but shaped nicely ,I  feel more in touch with the bike , might not suit everybody but I like it.

Tried the 450 km ride again yesterday (Saturday),  only made it 8 km before  a flat rear tire. Lucky it happened close to home, found the original tube had split along what looks to be a seam or moulding line.  Got  tire back on the rim with only a rubber mallet and a  soapy water, I hate to risk new tube with levers. 
Headed out again on Sunday morning and all went well, rode 430 km  , The seat did become uncomfortable after a few hours , a short rest and stretch gave enough relief . Overall I really like the Biltwell solo seat, I might try  a lambswool pad on top when riding more then a few hundred kms.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: fatfatboy on March 14, 2017, 01:14:38 am
 Thanks for the update, Jako.
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Post by: Carlsberg Wordsworth on March 14, 2017, 08:20:57 pm
Adjusted the throttle cable (less slack). seems to have made the low speed snatchiness a lot smoother.

Maybe another turn or two on the adjuster. Found the tip on a Triumph or BMW forum by accident. Can't remember where, it was after a good few glasses of wine googling.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Scotty Brown on March 15, 2017, 09:11:32 pm
Summer is coming -- Installed new K70 on the rear of my C5 -- Old one lasted 5,250 miles and was pretty well shot.  Just love the K70's --Sticky on pavement and very good in dirt.  Priced well too.  Plus that old school look.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on March 16, 2017, 12:18:04 pm
Summer is coming -- Installed new K70 on the rear of my C5 -- Old one lasted 5,250 miles and was pretty well shot.  Just love the K70's --Sticky on pavement and very good in dirt.  Priced well too.  Plus that old school look.

Nice - that's over 1000 more miles than I've ever been able to get from a rear K70... great looking and performing tires, though, and affordable...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Scotty Brown on March 16, 2017, 06:46:14 pm
I guess tires last longer with us old and slow guy's rather than you kids who go like hell.  I am approaching eighty in age but like sixty mph on the bike.  In any event the K 70's are a great tire at a great price and I really enjoy wearing them out.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on March 17, 2017, 11:35:55 am
I guess tires last longer with us old and slow guy's rather than you kids who go like hell.  I am approaching eighty in age but like sixty mph on the bike.  In any event the K 70's are a great tire at a great price and I really enjoy wearing them out.

Hah!  You don't know me very well, do you?  Go like hell, me?  Nuh-uh.  I simply wore out the center strip - I think someone here, after viewing a photo of my tire, asked, "Don't you ever turn?"  I do have fun, but around here, if you wanna drag a peg, or even just get a good lean on, you're waaaay over the legal speed limit...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: AmBraCol on March 17, 2017, 02:29:11 pm
Changed air filter, put "anti-flat" in the tubes.  Reached 10,000 KM on the odometer!!!

It's been a great ride, this Rumbler, only niggling thing to come along is a vibration in the muffler that started showing up recently when the engine's warmed up. 
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: longstrokeclassic on March 17, 2017, 04:46:15 pm
Discovered the cause of very erratic running which appeared towards the end of a 200 mile run earlier this week was caused by a semi-circular split in the insulator which sits between the head and the efi injector body :(

Also noticed the O ring was missing from the injector side of the insulator/ assembly  >:( >:( >:(
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Scotty Brown on March 17, 2017, 09:31:03 pm
Sixty five mile ride to scrub in the new K 70 and bed in the brake modification for self centering which I did when the tire was off.  Easy, but a bit time consuming on the brake mod.  Also removed the chrome wear guide thingy.  Changed out the star washers and scraped paint off backing plate and lubed.  Works very smoothly now.  Improvement?  Not a lot, but a much better feel.  Still a lot of pressure needed for braking.  Worth doing? Yes. Necessary? No.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on March 18, 2017, 11:11:29 am
Sixty five mile ride to scrub in the new K 70...

Better start shopping for a new one, then...  ;)

Quote
...and bed in the brake modification for self centering which I did when the tire was off.

Sorry if I missed something earlier, but which "modification for self centering" is that?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: johno on March 18, 2017, 05:26:17 pm
uncovered my B5 after a winter of 'resting' tried to kick start her but my mending broken leg is still not strong enough. So a push on the starter button and she was up and running, a short ride around a private parking area showed the front disc brake is sticking on, but otherwise everything seems to be ok.
I'll be giving her a good post winter clean and check up as well as sort the front calliper over the next couple of weeks before taking her for the annual MOT. Once passed she will be in use for the rest of the year alongside my NT700
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Royal Stargazer on March 18, 2017, 10:45:50 pm
Picked up my "new" Bullet from the dealership, and went for a couple rides. Feels good to be back in the saddle again.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: fatfatboy on March 19, 2017, 12:48:46 am
Picked up my "new" Bullet from the dealership, and went for a couple rides. Feels good to be back in the saddle again.

Congratulations Mr. Gazer. What did you get.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Scotty Brown on March 19, 2017, 01:08:22 am
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHRm_t_8DYE

Rear brake modification video
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: firecaptp7 on March 19, 2017, 01:21:37 am
Re: The youtube brake video. Any chance those bolts/nuts play a role in the rear brake locking up problems discussed here from time to time?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: decker on March 19, 2017, 02:36:00 am
Got all the bits and pieces re installed after finding repairing cracked headbolt tabs on the fuel tank. Did an oil change replacing all the o-rings, gaskets and copper washers. Inspected the air filter. Lubed the chain. While doing the chain, found a crack in the chrome chain guard.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: johno on March 19, 2017, 10:27:18 am
Re: The youtube brake video. Any chance those bolts/nuts play a role in the rear brake locking up problems discussed here from time to time?
If the brake shoes are not central, all the load is on one side of the drum and the more force that is needed to apply the brake, (consider that the EFI's also have a longer brake arm)warps the brake plate. So yes there is a possible link with the lock ups. I did this mod when I first bought my B5 in 2012 (although some advise not to) and had a good working rear brake since.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on March 19, 2017, 11:58:57 am
...I did this mod when I first bought my B5 in 2012 (although some advise not to) and had a good working rear brake since.

That's the reason I asked - there have been some strongly conflicting opinions about whether this is a safe thing to do.  I seem to recall reading of claims that this mod caused rear brakes to lock up.  But then again, we know they also do that on occasion anyway, without modificaiton...  :-\
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: longstrokeclassic on March 19, 2017, 02:10:07 pm
Depends where the the brake plate is positioned  on the horizontal plane. Too far to the right (when looking at the plate externally) will permit the front edge of the lower shoe to be picked up off the pivot pin and lock solid against the drum.  A loose cam spindle bush could theoretically be moved towards the right by the repeated pulling action of the brake rod if everything is not locked down solid after centralising the new shoes in the vertical plane. 
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: fatfatboy on March 19, 2017, 02:32:21 pm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHRm_t_8DYE

Rear brake modification video

Thanks for posting this.
I've read about the brake lock up but didn't know why it happened or what to do about it.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: johno on March 19, 2017, 06:43:05 pm
I also used nylock nuts instead of the originals so they should not come loose (hence the original 'star' washers).
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: retrolynn on March 19, 2017, 10:40:43 pm
Snow is finally mostly gone,so started the b5,and went for a 20 min,windy ride! Felt great,no problems. Been a long winter here.   Lynn
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Royal Stargazer on March 20, 2017, 12:26:49 am
Congratulations Mr. Gazer. What did you get.

2003 Bullet 500 ES in velvet green. Just did some work on her today. New silencer and oil pumps. Still getting used to all the quirks.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: retrolynn on March 20, 2017, 12:54:00 am
Good luck with the bike! Must have been a really long winter ,here,as I meant to say 20 MILE ride!    Lynnhttps://forum.classicmotorworks.com/Smileys/default/grin.gif
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: ROVERMAN on March 20, 2017, 01:17:45 pm
Finally got out for a ride yesterday on the Green B. To think we had 3" of snow Saturday morning! Gotta love Michigan.
Roverman.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: retrolynn on March 20, 2017, 06:23:19 pm
Roverman: I feel your pain! We had 4feet this winter,and I hope its over.No snow now,but lots of gravel.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: longstrokeclassic on March 20, 2017, 07:43:55 pm
Tweaked the injector spray angle so it puts a better shape fuel cloud down the inlet throat.
Don't know if it'll make any difference to my almost stock bike but discovering how simple it was to make the adjustment made me quietly smile to myself.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: longstrokeclassic on March 20, 2017, 07:50:56 pm
Tweaked the injector angle so it puts a better fuel spray cloud down the inlet throat.
Don't know if it'll make any difference to my almost stock bike but discovering how simple it was to make the adjustment made me quietly smile to myself.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Carlsberg Wordsworth on March 20, 2017, 08:50:39 pm
haha portishedric, this sounds like a weekend tinkering and testing.

make sure you post the results!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: heloego on March 21, 2017, 02:26:44 pm
+1!
Yes, pleez!  :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: longstrokeclassic on March 23, 2017, 06:28:44 pm
OK... so now the bike ticks over a lot more evenly and runs a little crisper  ;D  I guess the fuel isn't pooling as much now on its way down into the cylinder.

However I took the opportunity to align the manifold and insulator which looking at the witness marks on the old spacer was certainly not done during its original assembly. So the improvement is probably down to this rather than correcting the misaligned injector.

The brass? injector assembly cap which holds the injector body in position is held in place by a 10mm nut attached to a 6mm stud along complete with distance sleeve to prevent the injector body being damaged.  As the nut is tightened it's possible for the assembly cap and the injector body to be rotated a little around the fixed stud thus changing the angle the injector sits within the manifold.

 Careful use of a 19mm open ended spanner on the injector cap rotated the injector body back into alignment.  Although I did mine while having the manifold in my hand, it can actually be done (on the B5) with everything in situ.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Haggis on March 24, 2017, 08:34:38 pm
Went to look at the new bridge.
(http://i1179.photobucket.com/albums/x395/krodkiss/DSC_0360_zpszwgq5eui.jpg) (http://s1179.photobucket.com/user/krodkiss/media/DSC_0360_zpszwgq5eui.jpg.html)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: fatfatboy on March 28, 2017, 02:07:57 am
Put some Musette bags to Rubi today.

(http://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss182/fatfatboycw/my%20bikes/RE/61A5C966-ACAE-4B8D-B987-4CC6CE2D5A3A_zpsrrnpfgq0.jpg) (http://s574.photobucket.com/user/fatfatboycw/media/my%20bikes/RE/61A5C966-ACAE-4B8D-B987-4CC6CE2D5A3A_zpsrrnpfgq0.jpg.html)

I had these little quick clips laying around that make it so I can take the backs off easily for service work.

(http://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss182/fatfatboycw/my%20bikes/RE/0473C3C6-AC5E-42B3-9582-2AE748551A3E_zpsdqxyk3ny.jpg) (http://s574.photobucket.com/user/fatfatboycw/media/my%20bikes/RE/0473C3C6-AC5E-42B3-9582-2AE748551A3E_zpsdqxyk3ny.jpg.html)

The straps go down behind the lower fender support and connects via the clip to the D-Ring so that the bags don't flap in the breeze.

Now I can carry my coffee to work.  :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Frank Tabor on March 28, 2017, 05:13:35 pm
Put some Musette bags to Rubi today.

(http://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss182/fatfatboycw/my%20bikes/RE/61A5C966-ACAE-4B8D-B987-4CC6CE2D5A3A_zpsrrnpfgq0.jpg) (http://s574.photobucket.com/user/fatfatboycw/media/my%20bikes/RE/61A5C966-ACAE-4B8D-B987-4CC6CE2D5A3A_zpsrrnpfgq0.jpg.html)

I had these little quick clips laying around that make it so I can take the backs off easily for service work.

(http://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss182/fatfatboycw/my%20bikes/RE/0473C3C6-AC5E-42B3-9582-2AE748551A3E_zpsdqxyk3ny.jpg) (http://s574.photobucket.com/user/fatfatboycw/media/my%20bikes/RE/0473C3C6-AC5E-42B3-9582-2AE748551A3E_zpsdqxyk3ny.jpg.html)

The straps go down behind the lower fender support and connects via the clip to the D-Ring so that the bags don't flap in the breeze.

Now I can carry my coffee to work.  :)


Great use of those tarp clips. Good ideas!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: AmBraCol on March 28, 2017, 06:19:43 pm
Aired the tires, washed and waxed, lubed the chain - all in preparation for a jaunt through the Andes. 
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: heloego on March 29, 2017, 01:59:56 am
Installed a new, lower solo seat.
(http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r290/Heloego24/Bikes/Electra%20AVL/d89018bc-b9b2-4b4e-a1a7-3dbe9a1b964e.jpg)

Too bad I can't find a pillion that matches a bit better.  :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Carlsberg Wordsworth on March 29, 2017, 10:42:54 pm
Nice looking seat heloego!

Removed the screen I installed just after Christmas. We just didn't gel. Some days were better than others but I just couldn't get it in the optimal position.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Blairio on March 30, 2017, 04:14:07 am
A few years back I fitted a large screen my brother gave me.  He found it in his attic, having stuck the it up there in the mid - 90's. it worked incredibly well, and I only took it off last summer because I fancied a leaner look on the bike.

(https://i80.servimg.com/u/f80/15/51/83/66/electr10.jpg)

Anyway, a few weeks back I thought I would split the difference, and purchased a more modest screen from Hitchcocks.

200312   WINDSHIELD COMPLETE WITH FIXING KIT, SMALL

(http://www.hitchcocksmotorcycles.com/pictures/category4288/mid/200312.jpg)

This looks neater,  and works pretty well at town speeds, but seems to direct the wind straight up my nostrils (open face helmet) when travelling faster.  I guess there is no substitute for size.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: longstrokeclassic on March 30, 2017, 09:44:05 am
Tried adding different lengths of old stainless steel tubing to change the volume of the exhaust system
until I found one piece which made a noticeable difference to how the bike performed and left it in place. 
(http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t245/portisheadric/20170330_091127_zpsyng1ijmo.jpg)

Edit :- got the calculator out and an external tube some 30mm shorter would have similar volume and would look much better
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: heloego on March 30, 2017, 03:39:47 pm
From CW: "Nice looking seat heloego!"

   Thanks!
   Not bad for $65 including shipping. Solid, too.  ;D
   Definitely looks and feels good, gets my butt down about 1.5" so my feet are flat on-ground, but won't get to check the ride until later today or tomorrow. Hoping the foam will soften up slightly over time and I'm curious just how it would treat my butt for another round trip to  Aurora from Albuquerque.  ???
   I'll report later how comfy it is, as I expect to do another 50 miles today or tomorrow.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: retrolynn on March 30, 2017, 04:33:10 pm
Blairio: Bike looks great. I like the bigger windshield,as I dont like wind in my face!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Carlsberg Wordsworth on March 30, 2017, 08:33:15 pm
That's the fella I've got Blairio.

I'd be interested to see your setup, just to see if I had mine installed differently. Might have another crack at it.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: heloego on March 31, 2017, 03:02:47 am
   Up to 217 miles on the Electra, 47 of that this morning. The new seat is an excellent compromise for me between the Cobra butt killer and the Lycette style.  ;D
   Even with the drop in seat height still picking up a bit of wind on the chest due to the fly screen, but considered negligible. This is after all intended to be a sportier ride than the C5.  ;)

(http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r290/Heloego24/Bikes/Electra%20AVL/03061498-0c1f-4247-8507-8b2f10f71287.jpg)

(http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r290/Heloego24/Bikes/Electra%20AVL/e9f04456-eb4c-42c6-8904-8f0e3bd93fa0.jpg)

Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: fatfatboy on April 01, 2017, 02:23:20 am
 I got Hitchcocks fuel cap conversion in the mail today. Took just a few minutes to get it installed.

I like it the way it looks over the stock one.

(http://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss182/fatfatboycw/my%20bikes/RE/bcb85bef-a67d-42b4-b1ad-c364fa1ff7ed_zpsaly0kpsf.jpg) (http://s574.photobucket.com/user/fatfatboycw/media/my%20bikes/RE/bcb85bef-a67d-42b4-b1ad-c364fa1ff7ed_zpsaly0kpsf.jpg.html)

Now if it would stop raining long enough I may actually get out and test it on the road.

Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Blairio on April 01, 2017, 06:14:32 am
That's the fella I've got Blairio.

I'd be interested to see your setup, just to see if I had mine installed differently. Might have another crack at it.

CW,

The original mounting for the big screen comprised just two handlebar clamps. I found this insufficient, leaving the screen bobbing about happily in any breeze.  I changed things so that the screen then attached to the handlebars with 4 clamps and two struts, forming 'triangles' with the vertical struts that span the mounting points on the perspex screen.  Does that make sense?  Hopefully the (slightly blurred) photo of the handlebar mounts will give you the idea. To source the required new struts and mounting brackets I simply bought two cheap rear view mirror mounting kits.

(https://i58.servimg.com/u/f58/15/51/83/66/screen10.jpg)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Blairio on April 04, 2017, 05:45:37 am
On Saturday I took my Electra for a run from Glasgow to Glencoe to visit pals there overnight.  The scenery is marvellous  - world class - and the bike ran faultlessly, easily spinning up to 75mph at one point to overtake traffic. The road gets pretty mountainous in places, but the bike never felt short of power, and the return journey has put to bed any niggling concerns about reliability I had after the bike's recent auto-decompressor surgery.

When I replaced the auto decompressor pin, I also replaced the small torsion spring which holds the decompressor open until a certain rpm is reached. The new spring is slightly stronger than the old one, with the result that I can hear the decompressor "tack-tack" as I switch the ignition off and the engine spins down. Not a problem, but interesting that the new spring is sufficiently different from the old one to introduce this.

The Glencoe region is stunning, and highly recommended for anyone visiting Scotland.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Haggis on April 04, 2017, 09:08:10 am
Heading up to applecross next month on my c5, camping with some friends.
I can get 75 with a tailwind, just. That's GPS mph as the speedo is very optimistic reading about 10 mph fast. All those days I thought I was cruising at 60 was really 50.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Blairio on April 04, 2017, 03:10:23 pm
What colour is your C5?  My Electra is Riviera Red, which everyone knows is the fastest colour.  More seriously, my trail tech taco was registering just shy of 5000 rpm in top.

Theoretical max speed in top for the Electra EFI is 83mph at 5500 rpm.

5000 rpm equates to just shy of 75 mph.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Haggis on April 04, 2017, 04:04:32 pm
What colour?? Silly question.
Went up to Samye Ling to see if I could could get the engine blessed with more speed. ????????????.
(http://i1179.photobucket.com/albums/x395/krodkiss/DSC_0370_zpsfsmnegw2.jpg) (http://s1179.photobucket.com/user/krodkiss/media/DSC_0370_zpsfsmnegw2.jpg.html)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Carlsberg Wordsworth on April 04, 2017, 08:28:41 pm
Thanks for the pic Blairio. Got any of the Hitchcocks screen?

@ Blairio and Haggis, sound like good trips.

heloego, nice looking bike.

Gave mine the 11250m once over a la service book, but a cut finger has prevented the wearing of gloves so no motorcycling this week, bah. Good weather too.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: harshjain on April 04, 2017, 08:41:04 pm
Took a picture after a short ride of how the bike looks under a thermal camera :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: harshjain on April 04, 2017, 08:41:56 pm
 8)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: fatfatboy on April 05, 2017, 02:52:49 am
Very cool Mr. Harsh. 8)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Fragman on April 05, 2017, 03:35:51 am
I got Hitchcocks fuel cap conversion in the mail today. Took just a few minutes to get it installed.

I like it the way it looks over the stock one.

(http://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss182/fatfatboycw/my%20bikes/RE/bcb85bef-a67d-42b4-b1ad-c364fa1ff7ed_zpsaly0kpsf.jpg) (http://s574.photobucket.com/user/fatfatboycw/media/my%20bikes/RE/bcb85bef-a67d-42b4-b1ad-c364fa1ff7ed_zpsaly0kpsf.jpg.html)

Now if it would stop raining long enough I may actually get out and test it on the road.

I like the look of that unit. How well does it seal with a full tank on the side stand ?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: heloego on April 05, 2017, 05:00:32 am
   Depends on the seal that comes with it.
   I had to duplicate the cork one that came with mine and double the seal to stop the leaks.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Narada on April 05, 2017, 10:15:43 pm
Looks just like mine! I used thin layer of hylomar on cork, and blue locktite on screws. Seals tight, doesn't leak a drop. 8)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: fatfatboy on April 08, 2017, 03:39:31 pm
I like the look of that unit. How well does it seal with a full tank on the side stand ?

The kit came with two corks. A thick one and a thin one. I had to use the thick one but it seals fine.
I'm glad I made this switch.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: longstrokeclassic on April 10, 2017, 10:03:10 am
Over the weekend covered almost all of the Welsh section in "Bikers Britain" (by Simon Weir) Used several tankfuls of petrol, bike performed faultlessly and even managed to find a brilliant B&B to boot.  Even avoided the occasional sport bikes coming at me on my side of the road  :o
On a side note it was discovered that my wife's bike is actually the 11 litre petrol tank model, not the 13 litre one we thought it was :(  Luckily we were in sight of the petrol station when we found this out.

Today while rotating the wheel to clean and the lube the chain I found some excess play. This was because the 6203 drive side wheel bearing was loose in the hub. While tilting the wheel to bring it out from under the rear mudguard, it just fell out!
 It required a 0.004" shim to keep its replacement firmly in place.
Up until today my wife has never made her thoughts known about all the problems I've had with this EFIn B5 which can all be traced back to (lack of) quality control, but as she walked passed me today she politely said 'I think you've got one of the bad ones!'
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Carlsberg Wordsworth on April 10, 2017, 08:47:00 pm
EFIn B5, lol nice one Centurion, like it, like it.

Sounds like a good book portishedric, I'll check it out.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Blairio on April 11, 2017, 06:22:44 am
Today while rotating the wheel to clean and the lube the chain I found some excess play. This was because the 6203 drive side wheel bearing was loose in the hub. While tilting the wheel to bring it out from under the rear mudguard, it just fell out!
 It required a 0.004" shim to keep its replacement firmly in place.

Was there any evidence that the bearing had seized - causing it to spin in its housing? Did you fit a new bearing, and was the  0.004" shim still required? Interesting conundrum.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: longstrokeclassic on April 11, 2017, 09:15:49 am
This particular bearing - had done over 13,000 miles and although still serviceable was replaced as they're only £5.
The new bearing required the shim to keep it in place because the wall of the bearing housing had been worn away by fretting.   
Usually this damaged is caused by too loose an interference fit between the bearing and its (incorrectly machined) housing. 

Proper quality control would have seen my hub (and others like it) put aside and melted down instead of ending up as part of a rear wheel.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: longstrokeclassic on April 11, 2017, 10:36:08 pm
Hadn't cleaned my tools or put them away since yesterday so after coming back from today's ride I thought I'd finally get around to have a look at the front end.
I removed everything! Cleaned and repacked the steering head bearings,  no signs of wear on the races :)  Disassembled and cleaned the fork legs - both fork caps were finger tight!

Took the opportunity while the springs were out to refit the forks along with the front wheel, left hand spacer and speedo drive and then fully compress the forks to obtain a more accurate location for where the floating right leg should be clamped. I've settling with a good average of 11.78mm (which I obtained twice). The original figure prior to disassembly obtained by the recommended method of bouncing the forks several times before tightening the pinch clamp was 10.96mm so I guess I may have had a little Stiction when the forks were nearing full compression.

 Completely stripped down the brake calliper, found some of salt corrosion behind one of the piston dust seals (explains the recent pad dragging), applied a little fresh grease to the sliding pins so now the calliper can slide easily once again. Flushed the system through twice with fresh fluid before refilling and bleeding it.


EDIT :- Later discovered it was the mudguard stays pushing the fork right hand leg out of position :o 
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: harshjain on April 12, 2017, 07:43:34 pm
Went for a nice early morning ride along the Pacific coast line(CA-1) while it was drizzling.
Its an amazing ride  8)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: johno on April 13, 2017, 07:30:26 pm
I finally took my B5 out of storage and even managed to kick-start her into lifewith my still mending leg. The front brake was sticking on so I spent the afternoon stripping the calliper down, cleaning the pins and slides before reassembly. The pistons have no corrosion on them at all which is a surprise considering I rode through salt encrusted roads during winter for a couple of years. I did find that the holes the pad retaining pins go through were different diameters no wonder it was difficult to remove one of them. I have found this issue before on some Japanese machinery. I used a 6mm drill to clear the holes and open up the narrow one to the correct size.
On reassembly all went together easily and the brake no longer binds.
I also re-torqued the swing-arm pivot bolt (the reason the bike was laid up as the original snapped) to 50lb/ft.
Apart from a good clean the bike seems good to go, just need to get her through the annual ministry of transport test(MOT) and buy vehicle tax before I can ride her on the road again.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Narada on April 14, 2017, 03:51:08 pm
Took Bholenath out for a ride last night. I did a lot of mods over the the winter, an hour or two at a time due to long work hours and "life". Still "ironing out the bugs", but I had a blast! :)  looking forward to better weather. ::)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: harshjain on April 14, 2017, 08:00:58 pm
Took Bholenath out for a ride last night. I did a lot of mods over the the winter, an hour or two at a time due to long work hours and "life". Still "ironing out the bugs", but I had a blast! :)  looking forward to better weather. ::)

Bholenath  ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Narada on April 14, 2017, 10:29:31 pm
The Beast from the East / Hindu Hot Rod / Madrass Missile - Bholenath that is. 8)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: harshjain on April 14, 2017, 11:39:52 pm
Measured the RPM of my engine using a multimeter :)
http://www.wheelhorseforum.com/topic/38679-how-to-measure-rpms-with-a-multimeter/
Really interesting  8)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gashousegorilla on April 15, 2017, 12:17:27 am
Measured the RPM of my engine using a multimeter :)
http://www.wheelhorseforum.com/topic/38679-how-to-measure-rpms-with-a-multimeter/
Really interesting  8)


 Pretty cool there harsh... did it work ?  What did ya you get  ?


The Beast from the East / Hindu Hot Rod / Madrass Missile - Bholenath that is. 8)

  Ummmmm.... The Northwest Nebelwerfer ?  ... The Seattle Scud ?! ;D ;)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Narada on April 15, 2017, 04:45:24 am
What does one say to a motorcycle named Bholenath...? ???
Om Namah C5, Om Namah C5! :o ;D ;)

Sorry for the irreverance, but I think even Mahadev would like that one!

Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: johno on April 15, 2017, 07:29:28 pm
Finally got around to updated my Avatar to how my B5 looks now!
also gave her a good post winter deep clean and polish, looks a lot better now than she did on Friday!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: harshjain on April 15, 2017, 10:46:59 pm

 Pretty cool there harsh... did it work ?  What did ya you get  ?

  Ummmmm.... The Northwest Nebelwerfer ?  ... The Seattle Scud ?! ;D ;)

Yup it did work and I have set it to 1000 RPM at idle  :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Blairio on April 17, 2017, 03:22:52 am
Harshjain,

What did you have your multimeter set to, in order for it to work like a revcounter?

My TrailTech TTO does this by counting ignition pulses and doing a spot of arithmetic.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: harshjain on April 17, 2017, 07:22:28 pm
Harshjain,

What did you have your multimeter set to, in order for it to work like a revcounter?

My TrailTech TTO does this by counting ignition pulses and doing a spot of arithmetic.

I had it set to Frequency mode. Wrapped a single core wire around the sparkplug cable(this also picks up the ignition pulse count). Connected it to the positive of the multimeter and the negative was connected to chassis. Measure it to be 7.5Hz(900 RPM)
Changed my idling screw to set it around 8.2Hz(984 RPM)
Will check for the spark plug condition after a week and see if I need to adjust it any more.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on April 18, 2017, 05:05:59 am
For reference, the correct idle speed for the UCE engine is 1050±200 RPM.

This speed is needed to keep the oil pressure and system voltage up to where it needs to be.

Gone are the days of the "Thump".
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: JVS on April 18, 2017, 09:57:26 am
Hey guys,

I'm not sure why we're a bit scared by low idle RPM on UCE. It is still possible, and I think the oil pressure at low RPMs is adequate. Many riders in the domestic market have the idle at a resting human heart rate, and the bikes keep on going.

Have a listen to a few examples:
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jku-OXow3Ns
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltkJRE5GLbY
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwNQvMYFqT4
- http://youtu.be/nozB-Q-jg90?t=40s
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3CbagYOrIM
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q45wVyr3hds
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nj3QtoJWHFU
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FI1ihE-zXzQ

Thing to note is that they're all on carbs, with auto decomp removed. On my B5 (EFI), with the decomp removed, I have the idle set around 800-900RPM. IMHO, low idle speeds are OK with these bikes as long as you have the auto decomp removed.

On the next scheduled service, I plan to record the voltage at the battery terminals on low idle RPM and will upload a short video clip on YouTube. Will report here on the forum. Unless Harsh can have a quick look/check before me  8). With the ECU and other sensors connected, there's a good chance that the system requires a decent amount of juice at idle, as compared with the carb versions.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gashousegorilla on April 18, 2017, 02:13:50 pm
  I did not know that the UCE came in a Hit and miss version ?  ;D ;)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AzLizuDo3hM
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: harshjain on April 18, 2017, 09:58:39 pm
Hey guys,

I'm not sure why we're a bit scared by low idle RPM on UCE. It is still possible, and I think the oil pressure at low RPMs is adequate. Many riders in the domestic market have the idle at a resting human heart rate, and the bikes keep on going.

Have a listen to a few examples:
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jku-OXow3Ns
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltkJRE5GLbY
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwNQvMYFqT4
- http://youtu.be/nozB-Q-jg90?t=40s
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3CbagYOrIM
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q45wVyr3hds
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nj3QtoJWHFU
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FI1ihE-zXzQ

Thing to note is that they're all on carbs, with auto decomp removed. On my B5 (EFI), with the decomp removed, I have the idle set around 800-900RPM. IMHO, low idle speeds are OK with these bikes as long as you have the auto decomp removed.

On the next scheduled service, I plan to record the voltage at the battery terminals on low idle RPM and will upload a short video clip on YouTube. Will report here on the forum. Unless Harsh can have a quick look/check before me  8). With the ECU and other sensors connected, there's a good chance that the system requires a decent amount of juice at idle, as compared with the carb versions.

I do have the number with me  8)
Did set my RPM around 900.
With ignition key turned OFF, Battery voltage was 12.44V
With ignition key turned ON, Battery voltage was 12.18V
At idle, Battery voltage was 12.30V
I think I need to keep the idling high in order to keep the battery in a good shape :P
Note: I have removed the auto decomp
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: dickim on April 19, 2017, 07:10:34 am
Autumn is finally here (well here in Perth / Oz) Easter Monday, so put the pillion seat on and took my wife for a blast - 70km, no issues after standing for some months and happy at 90kmh two-up (with the odd 100-105 blast) this followed a Lotus club run on the sun involving following a treasure hunt, egg search & a full breakfast - much more relaxed than normal as  Double Points & Fines on Holiday Weekends  >:( ! Then both the C5 & Esprit got a Wash & Wax  :) whilst I waxed myself with a glass or two of Red  ;)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: JVS on April 19, 2017, 10:11:38 am
  I did not know that the UCE came in a Hit and miss version ?  ;D ;)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AzLizuDo3hM

Wow  :o that thing sounds like it has enough torque to move the moon out of orbit  ;D

I do have the number with me  8)
Did set my RPM around 900.
With ignition key turned OFF, Battery voltage was 12.44V
With ignition key turned ON, Battery voltage was 12.18V
At idle, Battery voltage was 12.30V
I think I need to keep the idling high in order to keep the battery in a good shape :P
Note: I have removed the auto decomp

Thank you. That seems fair. Was that with the headlight/parking lights on?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: harshjain on April 19, 2017, 07:15:39 pm
Thank you. That seems fair. Was that with the headlight/parking lights on?
Yup, I have the headlight and the parking light always ON.
I am probably going to change it to a LED.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Carlsberg Wordsworth on April 19, 2017, 08:20:10 pm
changed tyre pressure gauge to a digital one from my pencil one.

slightly different readings, gone with the slightly higher digital reading, more confidence in the turns. either that or the weather's warmer and better for the tyres.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Scotty Brown on April 20, 2017, 04:12:03 am
Please, which model Enfield, which brand of tire, and what pressure.  Inquiring minds want to know.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: johno on April 20, 2017, 04:18:42 pm
Took my 2012 B5 for the Annual MOT (although it ran out in October last year!)
First real ride on her since September when she was laid up after the swingarm pivot bolt snapped. A bit of a stutter from idle to 20 mph, could be the fuel, could be the spark plug as she's still on the original. Otherwise everything seemed to be fine. Mot went ok apart from an advisory for the rear tyre sidewalls starting to surface crack and the rear wheel slightly out of alignment. A bit strange as I'd used a laser to align the chain, so is my rear sprocket not parallel with the wheel.....hmm further investigation needed I think.
But The Enfield passed the test, I hope to get more miles on her this year as she only did 390 miles last year. Just need to purchase road tax to be fully legal. Hoping to attend the 'Royal Enfield Ride' in at the Sammy Miller museum in the New Forest on Sunday.
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Post by: Carlsberg Wordsworth on April 20, 2017, 08:39:32 pm
Please, which model Enfield, which brand of tire, and what pressure.  Inquiring minds want to know.

As it turns out, the digital reads 1psi higher and reads in 0.5 decimal increments which is a bit disappointing but still.

2012 B5 on Avon AM26 (90/90F, 100/90R)

digital - 27F, 29R which when using the analogue over the last year or so has been 26F,28R

They 'felt' harder straight away but I can't remember if this felt the same when I tried 28F, 30R when using the analogue. Perhaps that's a placebo effect with numbers.

Seemed better in the damp today as well, but as always, it's not a spirited ride on the way to work and was bone dry on the way home.

In other news, read some good things about the adjustable levers that are available and as the GPZ has them I've felt a bit spoilt so that may be next on the extravagant purchase list haha.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: singhg5 on April 21, 2017, 07:47:34 am
What does one say to a motorcycle named Bholenath...? ???
Om Namah C5, Om Namah C5! :o ;D ;)

Sorry for the irreverance, but I think even Mahadev would like that one!

Mahadev certainly likes OM NAMAH C5 -
   
Not only Mahadav, even Krishna is gaga over it -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTc8X37oJBE   :D   ;)

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Post by: heloego on April 21, 2017, 12:15:53 pm
   And Krishna knows how to have fun!  ;D
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Post by: harshjain on April 21, 2017, 07:01:15 pm
Mahadev certainly likes OM NAMAH C5 -
   
Not only Mahadav, even Krishna is gaga over it -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTc8X37oJBE   :D   ;)

@Singh5g - Thats a great one :)
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Post by: Narada on April 21, 2017, 07:07:49 pm
I am of course... a Shiva Rider! 8) and I have the t-shirt to prove it! :)

http://www.shamanelectro.com/images/items/109/TS_21_SHIVARIDER_BLACK_D1.jpg

Enjoying the Krishna Das Singh5g, Om Namah Shivay!
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Post by: harshjain on April 21, 2017, 07:53:18 pm
I am of course... a Shiva Rider! 8) and I have the t-shirt to prove it! :)

http://www.shamanelectro.com/images/items/109/TS_21_SHIVARIDER_BLACK_D1.jpg

Enjoying the Krishna Das Singh5g, Om Namah Shivay!

Thats an awesome t-shirt 8)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: harshjain on April 24, 2017, 09:42:46 pm
Went for a nice windy ride 8)
https://youtu.be/5sFVXGPNwWc
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: decker on April 29, 2017, 04:48:48 am
Finally figured I had my fuel tank leak fixed after doing a pressure test, changing the fuel line and the clamps. Got it insured and went for a quick ride. Found I'm still leaking fuel from somewhere. Another tear down and perhaps search for a newer tank. ????
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Post by: Royal Stargazer on April 30, 2017, 12:40:23 am
Put my 2012 C5 up for sale today. Going to be hard to see Scarlet go, but we got one last good ride in.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Blairio on April 30, 2017, 02:56:57 am
Finally figured I had my fuel tank leak fixed after doing a pressure test, changing the fuel line and the clamps. Got it insured and went for a quick ride. Found I'm still leaking fuel from somewhere. Another tear down and perhaps search for a newer tank. ????

When the fuel pump is running, the tank is not pressurised, in fact I would have thought it was the reverse, and that there is negative pressure inside the tank.  On the other hand, the fuel system gets pressurised to 42 PSI, so perhaps it is more likely your leak is downstream of the fuel pump?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: decker on April 30, 2017, 09:08:46 pm
Shouldn't it have a nuetral pressure. The tank cap should have a breather hole.
The pressure test was with the fuel removed and the tank sealed, pressurized and gauge tested.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: The_Rigger on April 30, 2017, 09:15:25 pm
I had put one of those Kisan Tech tail light/turn signal combiner/self-canceling thingummies on my bike a year ago, obtained from NfieldGear a while ago... Today I discovered that it has:
A.) prevented any latching of the turn signals, and
B.) prevented the brake light from lighting, regardless of whether or not I use the foot brake or hand brake.

So if I want to display any turn signal, I need to hold the turn signal switch over to whichever side I want to light up, which is kind of annoying when you also need to manually signal braking with your left hand down.

Looks like tomorrow is an electrical surgery day around here.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Blairio on May 01, 2017, 12:53:33 am
Shouldn't it have a nuetral pressure. The tank cap should have a breather hole.
The pressure test was with the fuel removed and the tank sealed, pressurized and gauge tested.

Yes, it *should* have neutral pressure, if the breather can compensate for the removal of the fuel.  Did you pressure test the tank on the bike or off? Perhaps if it was tested off the bike, then deflection in the mounting tabs when the tank is bolted into the frame is opening up a fissure?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on May 01, 2017, 01:08:32 am
Rigger

The very first thing to check is the tail/brake light bulb.

The OEM bulbs have a very short life and although the good ones you can buy at a auto parts store are much better, those bulbs live in a hazardous area.

The vibration from a big single like the RE can cause the entire rear fender to vibrate up and down rapidly at certain engine speeds.

As for the turn signals, maybe you should count your blessings?
The OEM signals on my 2011 G5 work like they are supposed to.
That is, if I push the switch to the right, the right bulbs start winking.  Likewise, the left  position turns on the left side.

The problem is, in order to get the damn thing to stop winking I have to push the button straight in.  If I push it in and to either side at the same time it just keeps on winking.

If I had to hold it in position to get it to keep winking, I could live with that.  It would also guarantee the signal will stop winking when I stop pushing.
As it is now, I have to look at the green light in the speedometer to see if it is still on.

Like most riders, this means there are times I ride for a long distance after I've turned before I realize it has been winking for a mile or two. :(
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: johno on May 01, 2017, 01:08:36 pm
Taxed my B5 today, then set about re-aligning the back wheel.
I used a couple of house bricks and the sides of a ladder to give the alignment datum.
As I had aligned the chain with a laser device, I was a bit concerned that the wheel adjustment would alter the chain run to much.
I moved the left adjuster in by about 1/4", checked the chain and all seemed to be as before!
I have noticed that the right rear shock reservoir or whatever it is, is once again rubbing on the rear fender stay, looks like I need even more washers at the rear footpeg.
Went for a  teat ride around the Isle (only about 10 miles) and everything seems to be in order, right corners are a bit smoother so maybe the rear tyre was trying to take me off line.

All ready for some summer ride outs.......
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ice on May 02, 2017, 05:07:37 am
 The headlight coils in the alternator failed the other day on a *ahem* spirited ride.  Certainly we were outmatched on the straight-a-ways but the old girl OWNED the bends and made a very good show overall. I REplaced the alternator yesterday and rode it today.

 The Unit lump is unarguably better but this old iron barrel seems blessed with a will of its own and has not yet ceased to amaze me.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Narada on May 02, 2017, 05:38:50 am
Finally dumped the old oil from my drain pan and found a big o-ring!  :-[ Doh!  :o Luckily, I only put about 50 miles on since the change.  Oil pressure gauge seemed fine. ??? I remember the inboard o ring behind the new filter was there. This must be the outboard one. A good lesson on always dumping the drain pan to see what's in the bottom! ;)

Was that spirited riding in the rain Ice, or did you somehow find dry pavement? We have just about had nothing but rain here in the NW this year.  :'( Looking forward to better weather soon.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: tooseevee on May 02, 2017, 04:56:20 pm

The problem is, in order to get the damn thing to stop winking I have to push the button straight in.  If I push it in and to either side at the same time it just keeps on winking.

If I had to hold it in position to get it to keep winking, I could live with that.  It would also guarantee the signal will stop winking when I stop pushing.
As it is now, I have to look at the green light in the speedometer to see if it is still on.

Like most riders, this means there are times I ride for a long distance after I've turned before I realize it has been winking for a mile or two. :(

            I gotta kaveschun fer ya'  :)

             First off I better say I rode for many many years (from the '50s to 2010) with no turn signals. Always used hand signals.

             Why has no motorcycle ever had turn signals with two separate little buttons? As long as you press the button, the directional blinks. Let it go, it stops.

               I am so habituated to hand signals that I still use them on the Enfield remembering only after the fact that I have blinkers. I just automatically stick my arm out.

                The one big plus for blinkers is when you're waiting to turn Left at a 4-way stop light after hitting 1st gear.

                I see bikes and cars all the time blinking away for mile after mile. Doesn't the blinking light or the buzzer (or the clicking) drive them mad?   
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: AmBraCol on May 02, 2017, 05:02:41 pm
       

                I see bikes and cars all the time blinking away for mile after mile. Doesn't the blinking light or the buzzer (or the clicking) drive them mad?   

The blinking light is not visible if I don't look down at the gauges, and why look down since the sound of the engine tells me how fast I'm going?   ;D  Sometimes I think I should install a buzzer to tell me that the turn signal's on, had one on the little CD100 I ran first down here, but that gets old quick.  Solution, for yours truly, has been that my thumb automatically hits the cancel button every few hundred yards or so, sometimes more often.  Still, that's not 100%. Sometimes a quick glance down reveals the blinking light is, well, blinking.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: firecaptp7 on May 02, 2017, 07:06:05 pm
“Why has no motorcycle ever had turn signals with two separate little buttons? As long as you press the button, the directional blinks. Let it go, it stops.”

It’s been a few years so I may be mistaken. But I believe at the advent of turn signals on motorcycles Harley Davidsons had a button on each side of the bars that worked exactly like that?

Hand signals?

As I’ve said before … I use both the turn signals AND old fashioned hand signals. Drivers seem to respond better to the hand signals. Most drivers on the road today began driving after hand signals fell by the wayside and probably wonder what in the hell is that crazy guy doing?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on May 02, 2017, 11:02:40 pm
...

 Most drivers on the road today began driving after hand signals fell by the wayside and probably wonder what in the hell is that crazy guy doing?

I'm sure you are right about that.

Somehow I can hear the young passenger in the car behind me saying to the driver,

"Hey!  Look up from your iPhone and check that out.
That guy on the motorcycle ahead of us is pointing at his head with his left hand!  I wonder what that is all about?"

"I don't know.  Maybe he has a headache?
I've never figured out those motorcycle types.  I mean, how can you check out your messages on your phone if you have to keep your hands on the handlebars and answering your messages would be just about impossible!"
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: heloego on May 03, 2017, 12:47:33 am
   Back to subject... :)
   Put 36 miles on the clock this afternoon to check out my exhaust leak repair on the AVL. No evidence of leakage yet, so hope it's good to go. Won't be able to put any more miles on it until next week, so...
   That was a WINDY 36 miles, too. Crosswind was bad enough I kept it down to 65mph. Headwind just as bad.  >:(
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mevocgt on May 03, 2017, 02:19:12 am
            I gotta kaveschun fer ya'  :)

             

             Why has no motorcycle ever had turn signals with two separate little buttons? As long as you press the button, the directional blinks. Let it go, it stops.

         

My buddy had a Buell Lightning,I believe.  And it had two separate buttons for the turn signals.  If I remember right, it would blink for 5 seconds after you let off the button too. 
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Blairio on May 03, 2017, 05:56:23 am
Veering off topic again.....My Francis Barnett has a friction damper on the throttle (also serves as a primitive cruise control!), so that whenever I stick my right hand out to indicate, the bike doesn't lurch to a halt .

The bike's carb has no throttle stop, and here the friction damper comes into its own as well. I can set the throttle to tickover unaided.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: decker on May 03, 2017, 06:01:20 am
My old 77 goldwing had a buzzer that would sound as long as the signal lights flashed. Drove my Harley riding friends nuts, which was the only reason I left it connected. There are self cancelling switchs out there, I just hand signal.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ice on May 03, 2017, 06:26:33 am
~
Was that spirited riding in the rain Ice, or did you somehow find dry pavement? We have just about had nothing but rain here in the NW this year.  :'( Looking forward to better weather soon.

 In the rain, yes.
By the way she's shod with Dunlop K70's both front and rear. It is begging for a pair of Hagon/Armstrongs in the rear and Gold Valve Emulators up front.
 
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Blairio on May 03, 2017, 07:13:39 am
In the rain, yes.
By the way she's shod with Dunlop K70's both front and rear. It is begging for a pair of Hagon/Armstrongs in the rear and Gold Valve Emulators up front.

Hagons are great - fit and forget. I have fully shrouded ones which look so much better in my Electra than the original kit. The bike handling feels more assured too.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ice on May 03, 2017, 07:39:29 am
 They are. I had a pair. I put them along with a pair of K70's on the sandwich makers G5. Worth every penny.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: tooseevee on May 03, 2017, 12:32:45 pm
My buddy had a Buell Lightning,I believe.  And it had two separate buttons for the turn signals.  If I remember right, it would blink for 5 seconds after you let off the button too.

            Now THAT makes more sense to this old dinosaur brain than the toggle switch type that just goes on blinking after the turn is made as the unaware (the real problem is unawareness) rider putts off into the sunset leaving confusion in his/her wake.

              A directional blinking scares the shit out of me when it's obvious the person isn't turning. I just want to get away from it/him/her/them ASAP.

               I don't have to cancel my arm after I turn. It just goes back to the hand grip as it's 'sposta.

                And, yes, there ARE times when directionals are a plus. Even this old dinosaur sees that 
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: harshjain on May 03, 2017, 06:22:08 pm
Washed my bike after a long time. Did an oil change and changed my handle bars for a much higher one. I have felt an increase in the vibration on these bars. Installed the weights from the OEM bar but still there is a lot of vibration when riding above 50mph :(
How do I reduce that.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: firecaptp7 on May 03, 2017, 06:28:26 pm
Please? What is the chrome bar with the balls beneath the headlamp? Maybe a lightning rod? Reminds me of a science lab machine that releases static electricity?  ;)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: harshjain on May 03, 2017, 07:24:20 pm
Please? What is the chrome bar with the balls beneath the headlamp? Maybe a lightning rod? Reminds me of a science lab machine that releases static electricity?  ;)
Lol :)
That chrome bar had fog light and turn signals mounted on it. Had some issues with the fog lights, need to reinstall :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: longstrokeclassic on May 03, 2017, 08:38:57 pm
I used sealant and ball bearings to reduce handlebar vibration  ::)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: longstrokeclassic on May 03, 2017, 09:16:30 pm
I used sealant and ball bearings in my bars to change where the worst vibration occurs.
Any extra weight - preferably at the ends,  will help dampen vibration down and change it's frequency.

My vibration has been reduced, but more importantly it's moved higher up the rev range to a place where I rarely notice it.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: retrolynn on May 03, 2017, 11:38:10 pm
Went for a 134 mile round trip to Superior Mt for lunch. Mostly two lane frontage roads,with some freeway. Speeds between 40 and 60. One friend checked my speedometer on a gps,and at 60mph,my speedometer read 62.Was surprised,as Thought it would be at least 5mph off. My B5 ran great.
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Post by: firecaptp7 on May 04, 2017, 01:02:23 am
A three hour lunch break? WOW!
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Post by: retrolynn on May 04, 2017, 01:38:19 am
Lots of conversation!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: The_Rigger on May 04, 2017, 03:00:10 am
The very first thing to check is the tail/brake light bulb.

The bulb was fine. Power was fine to the harness connection under the seat where the Kisan module tied in. Power was fine back in the "birdhouse" where the tail lamp & turn signals connect to the rear harness. The culprit was the black Ground wire in the rear harness under the fender - no connection. I grounded the common B- wire from the tail/brake lamp to the fender birdhouse mounting bracket and Et Violá! Fiona has a brake light again.

The OEM signals on my 2011 G5 work like they are supposed to.
That is, if I push the switch to the right, the right bulbs start winking.  Likewise, the left  position turns on the left side.
The problem is, in order to get the damn thing to stop winking I have to push the button straight in.  If I push it in and to either side at the same time it just keeps on winking.

Then you have the same basic problem I have: The switch is broken. I think I'm just gonna live with it for a while.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: The_Rigger on May 04, 2017, 03:04:32 am
Why has no motorcycle ever had turn signals with two separate little buttons?

You mean like many models of BMW bike? With their left turn button on the left grip & the right turn button on the right grip? I dunno...

To your other point, I don't hear my signals blinking, so if they were blinking on and on, mile after mile, I'd have no idea unless I saw the speedo gauge lamp blinking merrily along with them.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: AmBraCol on May 04, 2017, 03:31:39 am
Did the 12,000 km oil change and changed the small spark plug, I'd already replaced the other plug with the indicated NGK unit, but have found no substitute for the factory secondary plug.  It looked good except for a bit of rust around the washer. Now to get 'er washed and lube the chain for an upcoming jaunt.

 Do any of y'all use the Rever App to track and share your excursions?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: retrolynn on May 06, 2017, 10:21:27 pm
I changed the air filter for the first time,at3700 miles. The metal disc was glued to the end of the filter! This is a b5,and has a plastic triangle that covers the filter space.I had to tac glue the metal disc on the new filter,so I could fit it all together!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: malky on May 06, 2017, 11:40:36 pm
Changed all the perished rubber finally, then went for a run on my favorite twisty roads, and remembered why I love this bike so much.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mc35803 on May 07, 2017, 03:38:29 am
Sad to say, I sold it to help fund a future Hannigan sidecar for one of my other bikes.   We have a new RE dealer one town over and if the sidecar doesn't panout I will be back.  I wasn't riding it much, under 2000 miles in two years....
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Blairio on May 07, 2017, 07:03:43 am
The sun was shining.. so a jaunt up to Inverary to enjoy lunch by the harbourside, and then the odd photo opportunity on the road back home.

The bike is running very well. I guess Electra likes the sunshine too.

(https://i58.servimg.com/u/f58/15/51/83/66/dsc00716.jpg)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: johno on May 07, 2017, 03:50:47 pm
After aligning the rear wheel I went the longest ride so far this year on my B5, around 50 miles.
not a lot in my book, but I am slowly regaining confidence in the bike after the pivot bolt snapped. Set the tyre pressures at 26 front and 30psi rear, I think I have found the sweet spot, cornering was a dream and rutted roads not to much of an issue.
50 miles of Dorset's finest country lanes and back roads all with a big grin as I was reminded why I really do enjoy riding the Enfield.

Oh and Blairio, the fairing is completely fly splattered so I bet it would be a god send in midge season! (didn't realise you were way up North..)
I remember touring on one of my GL's, paused for a coffee out of a flask, only to find it 1" deep in midges as soon as I poured it......
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: tooseevee on May 07, 2017, 07:57:41 pm
You mean like many models of BMW bike? With their left turn button on the left grip & the right turn button on the right grip? I dunno...


           I've never even sat on a BMW so I wouldn't have known.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mevocgt on May 07, 2017, 09:41:12 pm
Did the ton. At least it was indicated on the speedo! ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Blairio on May 08, 2017, 01:00:05 am
Oh and Blairio, the fairing is completely fly splattered so I bet it would be a god send in midge season! (didn't realise you were way up North..)
I remember touring on one of my GL's, paused for a coffee out of a flask, only to find it 1" deep in midges as soon as I poured it......

Yes, I am Glasgow based, so northerly at least. Midges can be the surge of the north and west of Scotland in summer. The east coast is not so troubled by them. The east coast of Fife (for instance) is midge-free, and Fife has some good biking roads.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Narada on May 08, 2017, 04:02:21 am
Put my outboard oil filter O-ring (which I found the other day in the bottom of my drain pan) back in.  I used the tipping of the bike method which I think Malky suggested for side cover removal.  It worked perfectly for oil filter cover removal. I didn't loose one drop of oil. Notice the 1-1/2" of wood under one side of center stand.  :)

I had to turn the front wheel for stability.  Kept one hand on bike the whole time just in case...  (Be very careful doing this you can easily tip your bike over and it might even land on you. :o)

(http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn169/edfury426/20170504_183914_zpsvdbrycjr.jpg) (http://s304.photobucket.com/user/edfury426/media/20170504_183914_zpsvdbrycjr.jpg.html)

I wanted to add more pictures but Photobucket is choking on it's own advertisements and cannot be bothered actually processing photos.  I refuse to pay their less-ads fee, so I'll have to wait for another day. :(

Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: AmBraCol on May 10, 2017, 03:23:53 am
Yesterday I rode up to Bogotá, then back to Pereira today.  Tried a new route, via Manizales and Alto de Letras. Less traffic, smoother curves, cursed with fog/clouds/rain - both days.  The usual route takes me 6 hours or less in most conditions. This one took me over 7 hours each day.  Plus the stress of riding in the fog/clouds/rain.

Ran the gas waaay down - I thought. Put 518 km on the tankful I started the trip with. Lost my nerve and filled up at a Terpel (prefer Texaco) since nothing else showed up and the gas gauge's last line had started flashing, then went back to the second last line, then started flashing.  Put in 4.2 gallons, it'll hold 5.  Not too bad, especially considering the horrid Bogotá traffic that was mostly a parking lot situation. Now she needs a good bath to get rid of the grime.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Narada on May 10, 2017, 04:11:49 am
Yesterday, I did a ton, of miles that is! Went about 100 miles including a loop around Lake Samamish. West side was nice and peaceful with lots of trees and parks. East side was good too, but it was a 50 mph highway, so a little more hectic.  The weather was a little chilly yet, but beautiful!

The C5 ran flawlessly with the SB/GHG-UCE and single wall pipe with un-baffled EFI silencer roaring the whole way.

(http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn169/edfury426/20170507_152724_zpscwofhrnr.jpg) (http://s304.photobucket.com/user/edfury426/media/20170507_152724_zpscwofhrnr.jpg.html)

Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: retrolynn on May 10, 2017, 04:13:38 pm
Narada: I like the bags. They look great!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: longstrokeclassic on May 11, 2017, 05:44:34 pm
Did an 18,000 mile oil and filter change, replaced the plastic gear and O ring on the oil pump, fitted a new seal for the crank oil feed and removed some lash on the cam gears. Also removed the decomp unit from the exhaust cam wheel.
No teeth missing on the original plastic gear and the amount of fines picked up on the centre drain plug (magnet) was almost non existent with a very slight amount found on the rear one :)

Added some more petrol resistant putty in an attempt to solve my leaky tank issue :(

quick update - Engine less erratic at tick-over now the decomp gubbines have been removed and it's still easy to start by foot if required. Engine is noticeably quieter now that the lash has been reduced :) :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Royal Stargazer on May 14, 2017, 03:29:54 am
Topped up the oil, went all over town in search of a spare key, and swapped out the stock air filter box for a K&N filter. Also fixed my sticking kickstart problem.

No luck with the key, but it was a great day for a ride.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Guaire on May 14, 2017, 02:28:33 pm
Washed my bike after a long time. Did an oil change and changed my handle bars for a much higher one. I have felt an increase in the vibration on these bars. Installed the weights from the OEM bar but still there is a lot of vibration when riding above 50mph :(
How do I reduce that.

Take a look at Otto's bar ends. He made some efficient vibe reducers.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: AmBraCol on May 15, 2017, 02:13:03 am
OK.  It was actually back in November, but didn't get around to playing with the video editing until today.  Here's a look at Dirt Roads, Dilapidated Asphalt (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-V_vDfjXSw) - somewhere between Villanueva and Guateque.

Direct link here in case the embedded one above doesn't come through... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-V_vDfjXSw (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-V_vDfjXSw)

Oh, and there's several more videos posted on my channel over the past couple of days, if you'd like to see some of the areas I ride through.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on May 15, 2017, 06:35:15 pm
I can tell, your having more than your fair share of fun riding your RE.  :D

It was also good to see your brave dog finally managed to get within a foot of the dreaded pineapple.  Never trust what appears to be a docile lump of something I always say.
 One never knows when a pineapple might attack.  Usually, it is just after you let your guard down and I hear they are fond of munching on wagging tails.  ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: AmBraCol on May 15, 2017, 07:21:06 pm
I can tell, your having more than your fair share of fun riding your RE.  :D

It was also good to see your brave dog finally managed to get within a foot of the dreaded pineapple.  Never trust what appears to be a docile lump of something I always say.
 One never knows when a pineapple might attack.  Usually, it is just after you let your guard down and I hear they are fond of munching on wagging tails.  ;D

Yeah, Biscuit's always been a bit of a coward.  She was freaking out one night, up on the second floor landing, looking down into the garage/livingroom.  When I went to take a look, it was my helmet sitting on the car where I'd left it (houses are pressed for space here in the Andes) earlier that set her off.  Now she's got her very own Facebook page:  Biscuit the World Famous Pup so haven't expanded the youtube videos of her.

As for the Rumbler - she got washed, waxed, the mirrors treated with RainX and the gas tank topped off.  Now she's ready for the next adventure.  Methinks I'll take her back over Alto de Letras again, just to see if it's always as nasty as the last trip over.  Plus, forgot to film the pass itself last trip, just have heading up and then dropping down, none at the crest, nor the turn off for Nevado de Ruiz.  All that's left is to top off the tires (if needed) and strap my gear on the back.

With this tankful the kilometers per gallon (UK) has been 105.65 on average, in town (lots of traffic, stop and start) and on the highway.  The next to last tank full was from Pereira to Bogotá and almost back to Honda with an average of 122.08 KmG.   This tankful (just before Honda to Pereira) came out to 104.83 - which points out the difference in consumption between mostly downhill to mostly uphill - a looooong steady pull from Honda to Alto de Letras took its toll on the fuel consumption. Still, I'm not grousing about the overall average at all.  It's about the same as what I was getting from the XL200, but on a more comfortable bike with much more torque to it. 
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Carlsberg Wordsworth on May 18, 2017, 09:28:19 pm
Finally got to test what swapping the battery from a lead acid Yuasa to a Motabatt had any effect on the bike.

Well, to my surprise (and hope) the bike is a completely different bike! In so much as gone are the surges at certain revs and the hesitancy at low rpm when using roundabouts etc.

According to the onboard Koso voltmeter there's about + 1/2 a volt over the Yuasa. Could the Yuasa have been my issue for however how long it's been now in trying to live with this underlying niggle?

Although it's the direct replacement, it was a tight fit but I'm (so far) pleased as punch. Knew I should have done this when I bought the Motobatt originally for the GPZ but there it is.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: lucho_nqn on May 19, 2017, 01:39:03 am
I have good results with Motobatt, I forgot the same experience when changed the original battery, pretty much like yours C.W.

I'm riding again after my piston episode. First 200 km of 1000 of break in. Enjoying the sound, worried by every engine noise. After break in period I'll check everything to make sure it's in good condition to sell it. Love the bike but I need more cruising speed. I want a Bonneville 120, but still thinking this is the beautiest classic bike (well, the only real classic) of the market.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: longstrokeclassic on May 19, 2017, 11:32:23 pm
Started to suffer some hesitation during acceleration whilst out yesterday. Checked the OEM 'WIND' battery upon return home - 12.20volts. It only lasted for 18,635miles, I've had better. Today I purchased the MBTX14AU Motobatt  :)

Haven't been out on it yet but can't see any reason why I shouldn't have the same positive results as everyone else.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Blairio on May 20, 2017, 01:34:48 am
Took delivery of the alloy air filter cover (Hitchcock part 91101) for the Electra EFI, necessary if you want to install a high level exhaust, like on the Woodsman.  I don't actually have the high level exhaust (yet) but the alloy air filter covers are only produced in occasional short runs, whereas you can get the exhaust itself pretty much any time.

For a picture see 4th from the bottom on the following page:

http://www.hitchcocksmotorcycles.com/page.php?currentpageref=113 (http://www.hitchcocksmotorcycles.com/page.php?currentpageref=113)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Blairio on May 20, 2017, 12:09:30 pm
Slight glitch - the threaded boss securing the plate that holds the air filter element in place sticks out too far, so the new alloy cover is pivoting on it, rather than sitting flush on the air box. This despite a beautifully formed dome in the alloy cover designed to clear it. Luckily I reckon I can loose 4mm from the threaded boss. Now where's that junior hacksaw?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: krusty on May 20, 2017, 06:24:07 pm
Picked up my 1st puncture on the C5. Front tyre totally flat and 40 miles from home...bugger!
The AA man was very nice though, a fellow biker, so plenty to chat about. 
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: i.candide on May 20, 2017, 07:38:08 pm
Hello all,
Resurrected the C5. Sitting in the carport under a breathable tarp since Oct (?). The breather hose cracked & broke. the boot over the alternator wires where they enter the right side cover rotted out. Thank you Permatex black RTV & self sealing insulating tape.
Also washed her and rode around a bit. Good to be in the saddle again 8).

Enjoy the day
i.candide
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: longstrokeclassic on May 20, 2017, 08:16:28 pm
Started to suffer some hesitation during acceleration whilst out yesterday. Checked the OEM 'WIND' battery upon return home - 12.20volts. It only lasted for 18,635miles, I've had better. Today I purchased the MBTX14AU Motobatt  :)

Haven't been out on it yet but can't see any reason why I shouldn't have the same positive results as everyone else.

Got that one wrong  :-[

The hesitation was caused by a dirty Lambda Sensor which responded extremely well to a copious dousing of brake&Carb cleaner.
Bike even ticks over a little better for it :)
(http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t245/portisheadric/Gump/th_Post%20Lambda%20cleanse%20tickover_zpslwyeb2gz.mp4) (http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t245/portisheadric/Gump/Post%20Lambda%20cleanse%20tickover_zpslwyeb2gz.mp4)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Richard230 on May 20, 2017, 10:30:24 pm
I displayed my 2011 B5 at the local high school car show today. A couple of people asked about the bike, but most just walked passed and to look at the 1946 Buick convertible that was parked next to me.  ::) However, I did have one Indian fellow who stopped by and showed my his RE Thunderbird that he has garaged back in the old country. Two photos attached.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: AmBraCol on May 22, 2017, 04:35:11 am
Topped off the tires, front and back, with nitrogen.  Lubed the chain.  Just about ready to  "head for the hills" (the hills being the central range of the Andes mountains, followed by the eastern range after crossing the Magdalena River valley).

Y'all play nice now, y'hear?  See you in a few.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Blairio on May 22, 2017, 04:41:22 am
 My bike has nitrogen filled tyres too - well, approx 78% nitrogen, because that's how much is in regular air. :D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: AmBraCol on May 22, 2017, 04:45:23 am
Haven't calculated what percentage, but using the nitrogen seems to give me more stable pressure over time.  Don't know WHY, just that they don't need aired up as frequently as with regular air.  Some think it's a gimmick, but my experience has been quite positive over time.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Blairio on May 22, 2017, 10:15:19 am
pure Nitrogen in tyres leads to a more predictable pressure gradient as the tyre heats up. It is used in the tires on aircraft landing gear for this reason, and also in formula 1 racing car tyres.  Both usages place incredible stress & strain on the tires.

A side effect is that tires with pure nitrogen lose pressure are slowly, as it is harder for   pure nitrogen to escape - no doubt a chemist could explain why. My guess the molecules are larger than regular air molecules, but I am guessing. Think there is a documented benefit for regular bike and car tires when running at altitude, in that pressure loss is slower for this reason.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: AmBraCol on May 22, 2017, 01:11:46 pm
pure Nitrogen in tyres leads to a more predictable pressure gradient as the tyre heats up. It is used in the tires on aircraft landing gear for this reason, and also in formula 1 racing car tyres.  Both usages place incredible stress & strain on the tires.

A side effect is that tires with pure nitrogen lose pressure are slowly, as it is harder for   pure nitrogen to escape - no doubt a chemist could explain why. My guess the molecules are larger than regular air molecules, but I am guessing. Think there is a documented benefit for regular bike and car tires when running at altitude, in that pressure loss is slower for this reason.

That coincides with my observations.  In theory (at least MY theory) this should also lead to greater tire life as less wear and tear results from a constant pressure than one that's constantly changing. 
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Fragman on May 29, 2017, 04:07:46 am
pure Nitrogen in tyres leads to a more predictable pressure gradient as the tyre heats up. It is used in the tires on aircraft landing gear for this reason, and also in formula 1 racing car tyres.  Both usages place incredible stress & strain on the tires.

A side effect is that tires with pure nitrogen lose pressure are slowly, as it is harder for   pure nitrogen to escape - no doubt a chemist could explain why. My guess the molecules are larger than regular air molecules, but I am guessing. Think there is a documented benefit for regular bike and car tires when running at altitude, in that pressure loss is slower for this reason.

Yer guess is correct. Nitrogen is the larger molecule in air + by keeping oxygen out of the mix, rubber & metal are far less prone to breakdown due to oxidation. Nitrogen in tires has been used in racing applications for years now mainly because of it's thermal stability throughout a much wider range than straight air.

I just put fresh rubber on my HHR & the tire shop used nitrogen as the agent to load 'em with at no extra charge. I run nitrogen in me bike tires as well. ;)

Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: longstrokeclassic on May 31, 2017, 08:02:35 pm
Despite having solved a hesitation problem caused by a (then dirty but now clean) Lambda Sensor, I decided I'd replace the £125 O² Sensor with a £10 sensor eliminator plug :) :) :) 

Plugged it in and went for a 100 mile ride. No MIL light and although it's probably psychological, the engine does seem a little more eager than it did before so the Lambda sensor will be remaining in storage for the moment.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ice on June 01, 2017, 07:56:45 am
 Drilled out the two broken headlight mounting screws and then drilled out the holes and installed a pair of stainless Heli-Coils.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gashousegorilla on June 12, 2017, 08:03:05 pm
  About 95 degrees here... took it out to the country a beat the snot out of it. ;D

Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on June 13, 2017, 01:25:19 pm
Lookin' good as always, GHG!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Narada on June 13, 2017, 10:17:42 pm
Ooh, your making me jealous GHG! Having fun and looking good doing it!  8)

Having not had the time for a proper snot beating of the Madrass Missile lately, I decided instead, to proudly wear my best Shiva Rider - Royal Enfield t-shirt to work today.  ::)

It's always a little cool in the factory, but I took off my coat and strutted all around the predominately Harley Davidson population.  :)

I'm pretty sure my nipples were hard the whole time!  :o
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gashousegorilla on June 14, 2017, 12:27:04 am
 
Ooh, your making me jealous GHG! Having fun and looking good doing it!  8)

Having not had the time for a proper snot beating of the Madrass Missile lately, I decided instead, to proudly wear my best Shiva Rider - Royal Enfield t-shirt to work today.  ::)

It's always a little cool in the factory, but I took off my coat and strutted all around the predominately Harley Davidson population.  :)

I'm pretty sure my nipples were hard the whole time!  :o


 Hahaha !!  Too funny.   Get out there and start flogging that thing and show up them Harley types UP, with the bike AND the hardened nipples !  Hahaha !  ;)



Lookin' good as always, GHG!

 Thanks chum !    You know ...That shot is not all that far from your old neighborhood. ;)





Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on June 15, 2017, 01:28:25 am
Thanks chum !    You know ...That shot is not all that far from your old neighborhood. ;)

I thought those trees looked familiar!  :P
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: dls on June 17, 2017, 09:23:40 pm
paid it off ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: wildbill on June 18, 2017, 01:48:59 am
bet that made you smile all day long....congratulations! 8)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Scotty Brown on June 18, 2017, 03:41:58 am
Nice morning ride to a motorcycle meet then home a changed my clock to daylight time next a nice nap.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: GT1800 on June 18, 2017, 07:39:47 pm
Had a good ride out at different speeds to decide if I need a new silencer
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: AmBraCol on June 20, 2017, 02:34:35 pm
Actually, it was yesterday, haven't been on the computer since I got home.  Loaded up and hit the road down in Villavicencio, Meta at 6:00 a.m., rode through clouds and on wet roads but no rain 'til way down in the Magadalena valley.  Had a record breaking (for yours truly) ride from the tunnel exit, across Bogotá, through Soacha to the toll gate, stopped to "drain my radiator" and then to buy gas (105 km per 4 litre gallon average consumption since the bike was new), continued on up the eastern side of the Central Range of the Andes and did La Linea pass  to Calarcá in 30 minutes - sure helps to not have to fight semis on the road! (yesterday was a holiday and no rigs allowed after 11:00 a.m.) Made it home in just over 7 hours.  Then parked the bike and got my gear off it.  Now it needs a bath, although it's not near as bad as the last trip - when I rode through rain for several hours. 

13,750 km on the clock since October 2015.  Top speed on this run was 128 kph per Rever App on the phone.  She's happier between 80-100, but has loosened up/worn in to the point where she's capable of higher speeds under the right conditions.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Blairio on June 20, 2017, 06:46:10 pm
Had a good ride out at different speeds to decide if I need a new silencer

Good point. My Hitchcock EFI silencer sounds great blasting about town, but is a total pain in the backside on longer runs. There has to be a happy medium.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: decker on June 21, 2017, 05:16:58 pm
 :) new fuel tank installed and tested, new k70 rear tire. Ready to roll again
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Narada on June 21, 2017, 08:39:26 pm
Oooh, nice red tank! Cool silencer too. I've never seen one like that.  :o
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: pmanaz1973 on June 22, 2017, 02:33:42 am
Very nice. I like the lines on that front fender.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: GSS on June 22, 2017, 03:20:19 am
Oooh, nice red tank! Cool silencer too. I've never seen one like that.  :o
Is that a Harley silencer hidden under a RE heat shield? :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mevocgt on June 22, 2017, 09:48:28 pm
I road mine to work!  First time it's been there without having to have someone do something to it.... ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ice on June 23, 2017, 07:22:32 am
 Changed the oil.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: tooseevee on June 23, 2017, 12:59:14 pm
Is that a Harley silencer hidden under a RE heat shield? :)

           Only since you've not gotten an answer am I butting in and saying "Yes, it is"  :) :)(http://)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Narada on June 23, 2017, 06:49:02 pm
Took Bholenath to the Backfire Moto. It was a sunny day so there was a large turn out.  8)

I noticed many people walk in a circle looking at the bike, sort of an circumambulation I think.  ::)

(http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn169/edfury426/20170621_184504_zpspy1kubsr.jpg) (http://s304.photobucket.com/user/edfury426/media/20170621_184504_zpspy1kubsr.jpg.html)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: tooseevee on June 23, 2017, 07:24:49 pm

Took Bholenath to the Backfire Moto. It was a sunny day so there was a large turn out.  8)

I noticed many people walk in a circle looking at the bike, sort of an circumambulation I think.  ::)
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             Those hardbags are kickass.

              Not for me, ya understand, but never the less, kickass  :) 8)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: tooseevee on June 23, 2017, 07:29:29 pm
Took Bholenath to the Backfire Moto. It was a sunny day so there was a large turn out.  8)

I noticed many people walk in a circle looking at the bike, sort of an circumambulation I think.  ::)


             Those hardbags are kickass  8)(http://)

              Not for me, ya' understand, but never the less, kickass  :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Narada on June 23, 2017, 08:55:42 pm
Thanks Tooseevee,  8) here's another angle.

(http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn169/edfury426/20170621_184456_zpseuukd4to.jpg) (http://s304.photobucket.com/user/edfury426/media/20170621_184456_zpseuukd4to.jpg.html)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mevocgt on June 23, 2017, 11:54:17 pm
Thanks Tooseevee,  8) here's another angle.

(http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn169/edfury426/20170621_184456_zpseuukd4to.jpg) (http://s304.photobucket.com/user/edfury426/media/20170621_184456_zpseuukd4to.jpg.html)

I'm sure you get asked this a lot, but where are those saddlebags from?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: GSS on June 24, 2017, 04:37:31 am
Agree with Tooseevee. That is one great looking bike!  Nicely done!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: wildbill on June 24, 2017, 06:45:31 am
would take a very good bike to beat that one for looks......well at least till I get mine ;)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Narada on June 24, 2017, 08:08:43 pm
Thanks for all the compliments guys, and not to be bragging or anything, but just to back up what you all are saying, Bholenath did win best bike of ride at last years Seattle DGR. (spoiler alert; I think Damon just might get it this year with his gorgeous Interceptor). I first have to credit RE for making such a beautiful bike, and this forum where I've learned all I know from all of you. 

I should also mention that the judges watch throughout the ride for which bike is most impressive, and many fellow riders had pulled alongside almost crapping their pants due to the incredible earth shaking sound which you feel as much as hear coming from my Gas House Gorilla / Scooter Bob engine.

That bike has an unmistakable "presence".  I got many compliments from people who were stunned at what they were seeing, hearing and feeling as they rode near Bholenath and I.

Here's the thread from when Mulga Bill posted a link to Blue Garage in India and their Dragonfly Panniers.  I purchased a set from them, and Heloego purchased a set from ebay as it became known that they are readily available from a few different suppliers with universal brackets.

I went with Blue Garage because they paint them to match your bike with RE paint and come with custom made brackets to fit RE.  I had to create a rear bracket of my own, they now supply one which they designed with their kit.  I also had to modify their hand made bracket due to third world fitment issues, as well as the famous non-symmetrical RE rear frame / swing arm situation.

Lastly, I had to pay them by Western Union bank transfer which naturally got messed up and took a while to fix, but shouldn't have been a problem. I also saved $100.00 on shipping by going with India Post. It's all in this thread. Heloego's panniers came out real nice too and there may even have been others as well.

https://forum.classicmotorworks.com/index.php/topic,22561.0.html

P.S. Being from India, they fit right over my saree guard too!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gashousegorilla on June 24, 2017, 11:22:46 pm
  Hahahaha !   That's it Narada... lure in those judges with the curvy bags and such.  Then pound them into submission with compression ratio and torque !  Hahaha !  ;)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Narada on June 25, 2017, 01:51:50 am
Nothing funnier than the truth!  ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Carlsberg Wordsworth on June 25, 2017, 03:19:13 pm
Nice looking bike Narada.

Tried out this rear brake mod that I've read about. Weather not great so no real test yet or if I made a difference. Did pick up the wrong nut for the brake arm and stripped the threads. Hitchcocks brake cam not currently available but luckily managed to get the proper nut on and it's holding and managed to hold it's torque. Might drill a hole if needed and lock it with wire. Still, if no better, at least the brake cams got a greasing/inspection.

Does anybody elses rear wheel 'bounce' on the cush drive rubber when locking the wheel? Bike stationary, hand power only.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: johno on June 25, 2017, 08:41:54 pm
yep, mine passed its annual inspection like that.
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Post by: heloego on June 26, 2017, 04:39:58 am
   Changed the front brake disk on the Electra today due to metal shavings got into the pads and caused some minor galling. Even using a "Butterfly" air hammer only resulted in stripping out the first screw head.  >:( Had to drill off the damned thing first, then use a neighbor's acetylene equipment to heat the projected threads enough to back it out with Vise Grips. The factory "professional" gorilla'd all six screws after soaking them with loctite, so had to heat the rest until cherry red before they'd back out.  >:(
   New unit PROPERLY installed with a PROPER amount of loctite, and everything else mounted too.
   Be a pleasure to ride tomorrow with no chatter just before stopping.  ;D
   I'll see if the old one can be turned so I can save it as a spare. Gonna get m'sef a small acetylene set or a Bernzomatic set with the MAP (yellow) canister so I don't have to bug the neighbor.  :-[
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Blairio on June 26, 2017, 05:28:06 am
Does anybody elses rear wheel 'bounce' on the cush drive rubber when locking the wheel? Bike stationary, hand power only.

Is that not what how the cush drive is intended to behave? That way it takes some of the 'jolt' out of each engine pulse and gives the chain an easier time of things. Years ago I bought a 2nd hand suzuki 250 which had excessive play in the cush rubbers.  I used strips of an old inner tube to pack them out a bit - and it worked just fine.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on June 26, 2017, 07:05:36 pm
I'm sure a regular Bernzomatic MAP torch would do the job.

If you buy the Bernzomatic Oxygen/MAPP torch you will find it is much more like an oxy/acetylene torch with a small, high temperature flame.

It is even possible to gas weld or braze real thin metal with it.

Now for the negative about the oxy/MAPP torch.

It eats those oxygen cylinders like they were candy and they are not cheap.

Once the oxygen cylinder is empty, the torch burning only MAPP gas is about as useful as a oxy/acetylene torch with the oxygen turned off.
In other words, a big, useless flame that would do good to melt solder.

Another thing about the Oxy/MAPP torch.  The adjustment valves to regulate the flame and oxygen are basically, crap.
Just barely moving them goes from too little to too much.
I know.  I own one of them. :(
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Carlsberg Wordsworth on June 26, 2017, 09:43:24 pm
@ johno & Blairio

Yeah it's fine, no excessive play. Just curious. I don't remember my older bikes drums doing this but then I probably never checked tbh lol.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: heloego on June 27, 2017, 01:45:16 pm
   Thanks for the FYI Jim! An Acetylene unit it shall be!  ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ice on June 29, 2017, 08:38:43 am
Agree with Tooseevee. That is one great looking bike!  Nicely done!

 Picture don't do it justice.  8)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: johno on June 30, 2017, 05:38:38 pm
just returned from a 220 mile trip on my B5 everything went well, considering the last 2 longer trips ended in disaster as the chain snapped on one, then the swing-arm pivot bolt sheared on the last longer trip.
I've been a bit concerned but have slowly built up confidence with the bike over medium distances.
I kept the speed to about 60mph with short bursts for overtakes up to 70ish, maybe a bit more, a stop for fuel worked out to 75mpg(UK)
I did find the mileometer on the bike is completely inaccurate I know the exact distance to be 210 miles (I did some pottering around as well hence the 220 miles), the mileometer was at xx354 and ended at xx496...some 78 miles short of the actual journey distance! so much for service intervals based on millage........talking of which time for a plug, oil and filter change!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: dls on July 02, 2017, 07:56:27 pm
Rode the Enfield to work today parked in front of the scale house, nonstop questions and comments from customers. Yesterday rode the Vulcan, got a few nice bike comments not much else. Go figure
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Scotty Brown on July 09, 2017, 07:26:45 am
Removed and serviced the battery with distilled water and a four hour charge to bring up to snuff.  Added a pigtail for a battery tender.  Now all systems go.---Seriously considering a Kozy that belongs to a friend.  Only time will tell if he will part with it.  Now sitting in a shed.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Carlsberg Wordsworth on July 10, 2017, 08:11:56 pm
Hit the 12000 mile mark.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: AmBraCol on July 10, 2017, 10:41:58 pm
Left it at the dealer for some light customization.  On the docket are matte black rims, matte black tool and electrical covers and matte black nacelle. Also putting dust covers on the fork tubes to cover that bit of flash as well.  There will still be some bits of chrome here and there, but it'll look more in tune with the blacked out engine.  Oh, this is on my '15 Rumbler 500 (same bike as the Indian Thunderbird).  Also getting various bits of service done at the same time. 
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Post by: USNA86 on July 18, 2017, 02:22:56 am
put LED pilot lights in
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: malky on July 19, 2017, 09:11:00 pm
Adjusted the chain for the first time in over 2000 miles after a good tour around the Angus Glens.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: The_Rigger on July 21, 2017, 04:00:20 am
I had trailered the bike to the National Matches at Camp Perry, Ohio the other week so I had a bike to ride around between matches, instead of burning fuel in the cage... Unloading the bike from the trailer the other day after returning home, the spring popped of the sidestand. Today I finally got around to replacing it.  Too damn hot to do much else with Her.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: decker on July 24, 2017, 01:05:13 am
Went for a spin on my favorite section of road. Home (Sechelt) to Earls Cove ferry landing. Just over 30 miles, 165 corners, 330 return. ???? ????
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: longstrokeclassic on July 24, 2017, 10:11:55 pm
Did a GPS timed 0-60 run both with and without a removable baffle (Hitchcocks 91080 exhaust).
 
0-60 with a 6.6ft climb WITH the baffle 13.0seconds
0-60 along the flat WITHOUT the baffle 13.2seconds      which was immediately accompanied on it's removal prior to the run by a low speed (20-30mph) stuttering when accelerating normally along with some overrun popping and occasional loud banging, although neither occurred under 'firm' acceleration.

Then I carried out a WOT test, top speed was identical for both (to the limiter) but running with the baffle took an additional 40seconds to cover the last five mph.   

So for my country lane Enfield... the baffle stays in.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: artdog on July 25, 2017, 05:45:11 am
I replaced my exhaust gasket and cleaned the glove prints off the exhaust where I grabbed it when I thought it was going to fall off at a stop sign - after losing both nuts (the ones holding the exhaust flange on...), admired the bike and took a check ride.

This is my first post as I'm a new owner of a 2014 C5 purchased earlier this month after driving 18 hours in three days to retrieve it. No regrets:)

I knew I needed to tighten everything on a regular basis but wasn't expecting this. What else can I expect? I already ordered a heavy-duty regulator bracket after I discovered get the old one was broken while still on the truck...

Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: heloego on July 25, 2017, 02:15:57 pm
   Congrats on your C5, and welcome to the forums!  :)
   Definitely tighten everything and be sure to use blue Loctite when you do.
   Except for the exhaust nuts.  ;)

   At least a couple of guys have drilled the nuts for safety wire. A good solution, too! If you don't have the expertise and access to the proper tools, checking they're tight before each ride is a good idea.
     
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: ace.cafe on July 25, 2017, 06:26:11 pm
Changing exhaust baffle restriction necessitates fuel adjustments to correct mixture for the changed exhaust  conditions. If the mixture was correct with the baffled exhaust, it could be too lean with baffle temoved, explaining the loss of power/acceleration.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: longstrokeclassic on July 25, 2017, 10:35:58 pm
Started my B5 with the kick start for an elderly couple who wanted to video the whole procedure - definitely much shorter than 'back in the day' but they seemed very happy and kept the camera rolling even as I exited the car park.   
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Waltair123 on July 26, 2017, 05:20:46 am
Enjoyed a small 20-mile ride along some single lane roads this evening.  Later stopped by a friend's house who rides a Ducati Monstrada, CD550Four and CD350. While there saw his neighbor riding away in his Ural with his dog in the side car. Need to go back and check out the Ural very soon.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: longstrokeclassic on August 01, 2017, 08:45:32 pm
Replaced the worn out Avon (AM9) Roadrunner tyre on the rear with another one.
Old one lasted 7,935 miles.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: _Paul_ on August 02, 2017, 11:03:41 pm
Changed the oil & filter then cleaned, oiled and adjusted the chain.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Narada on August 03, 2017, 04:53:46 am
Cut two trees out from beside my house and rode out the front way!  ::) Made my local rounds and rode back in too.  Should've done that long ago! 8)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: The_Rigger on August 04, 2017, 05:52:19 pm
Took a nice 50-mile-or-so loop ride from home in Lansing, west to Mulliken for a cheeseburger, thence up a twisty road through a state game area to Portland and back down Old Grand River Hwy to home - Gd. River passes by Chez Rigger, a block or so away.  Had to do a lot of kick-starting; my AGM battery is starting to not hold a charge very well. Rather disappointing for a five-year-old battery of that expense, that's spent a lot of time on a proper Battery Tender in the down-times.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: noontime on August 14, 2017, 08:41:52 pm
Explored why I was getting a significant loss in power on acceleration of any significance. Found out that I had a broken motor mount, which caused my muffler mount to bounce loose on the way to work and somehow my entire negative battery cable had severed at the battery terminal and there was zero ground connection on the bike...cut the cables, rewired it all, heat shrink on everything and presto, problem fixed!!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Scotty Brown on August 16, 2017, 12:20:14 am
Chased a short in the high/low headlight switch and rebuilt.  Installed a sealed beam 7inch headlight.  All is now well.  Enlightening, Heh-heh-heh.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Thudone1 on August 16, 2017, 12:32:43 pm
Rode a wheelie, thanks to Grisso  :D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: AmBraCol on August 16, 2017, 03:45:20 pm
Left her at the shop for new tires.  Putting Michelin Siracs on front and back.  Also putting in a new battery, the factory one died after just under two years of use.  Wonder if the missing bolt on the battery holder and the loose remaining bolt have anything to do with the battery going kaput. Not being strapped in tight means there's even MORE vibration being absorbed by the battery. The Rumbler looks pretty good with the matte black replacing some of the chrome.  There's a couple things I'd like to change, but have a trip to take first.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: AmBraCol on August 16, 2017, 10:55:47 pm
Picked her up and came home via the scenic route.  The Siracs handle nicely, although they'll get topped up to 30/35 psi front/back before my trip.  The shop put them 28/32 psi but I prefer just a bit more since she hauls quite a load.

Funny thing with the bad battery, when I'd switch on the headlight the motor would die - even doing 25-50 mph down the road, it'd just cut out.  Never seen that before.  Also, there was a lot of jerkiness when accelerating.  Now with the new Motobat in, she's back to purring like a kitten, well, rumbling like normal.   Need to post a new pic of her sporting the new blackout parts.  There's still more chrome than I care for, but she's looking better.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Chilliman on August 16, 2017, 11:31:54 pm
Just finished porting and polishing a head for my C5.
Came up nice  :D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Narada on August 17, 2017, 05:13:47 am
Way to go Chilliman, air flow is where it is at!

Took Bholenath out to the monthly local Moto night.  :)   

It was a beautiful day for a ride, so I couldn't resist going along the coastal route.

There was a huge turnout. Saw a very nice green 2007 Iron Barrel, and two continental GT's (both with ladies riding them :o)! 

Gorgeous dusk ride home back up the coast.

I really love the ride of that C5. Can't wait for the Portland Ride out this Saturday!  8)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Chilliman on August 17, 2017, 08:20:06 am
Here are some pics of the semi finished head
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Chilliman on August 17, 2017, 08:25:48 am
Some more pics
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on August 17, 2017, 01:29:54 pm
Funny thing with the bad battery, when I'd switch on the headlight the motor would die - even doing 25-50 mph down the road, it'd just cut out.  Never seen that before.  Also, there was a lot of jerkiness when accelerating.

My B5 did exactly that, but it was a symptom of the "dreaded" broken negative battery connector.  Not the small black ground wire, but the whole main connector strap, being held together by the heat-shrink insulation just enough to work without too much vibration, and without the current draw of the headlight...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gashousegorilla on August 17, 2017, 09:49:20 pm
  Nice work Chilliman !
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Chilliman on August 18, 2017, 07:00:32 am
I whacked a new Continental Conti GO 120/90 on the back.
Fouled on the chainguard but my wife fixed it.
Rides nicely and feels more firm on the bends.
Also, thanks for the compliments re the head work.
I'm an old bloke with around 35 years pure engine experience, mainly high performance eg. top fuel, blown alcohol, sprint cars, rally, Lycoming and Continental aviation engines, Bathurst 1000 etc.
We work on small engines these days like ride on mowers, chainsaws, RC motors.
BUT !! Now I have the Bullet to play with.
Bought a spare engine that head is going onto, with serious cams, Power Command V, bottom end balance, alloy con rod and a piston from a turbo Nissan engine
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: heloego on August 19, 2017, 12:37:04 am
+1
That port's looking great!

Finished second and final leg of my trip to Aurora.
Had planned to take the Electra for a SERIOUS shakedown, but my luck said otherwise.
The morning I left it refused to start. No time to do much troubleshooting, but it looks like the Start relay is bad.
Swapped everything over to the C5 and hit the road. Stayed in Fairplay last night at the Hand Hotel, western-themed, but really nice old place.
Had lunch today in Bailey at the Hog Heaven (YUM!!!!!!!!!!) Good BBQ!!!!!!!
Off to dinner with friends, then tomorrow a Memorial Ride for a buddy we lost in June to complications from Agent Orange.  :(
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gashousegorilla on August 19, 2017, 06:33:00 pm
I whacked a new Continental Conti GO 120/90 on the back.
Fouled on the chainguard but my wife fixed it.
Rides nicely and feels more firm on the bends.
Also, thanks for the compliments re the head work.
I'm an old bloke with around 35 years pure engine experience, mainly high performance eg. top fuel, blown alcohol, sprint cars, rally, Lycoming and Continental aviation engines, Bathurst 1000 etc.
We work on small engines these days like ride on mowers, chainsaws, RC motors.
BUT !! Now I have the Bullet to play with.
Bought a spare engine that head is going onto, with serious cams, Power Command V, bottom end balance, alloy con rod and a piston from a turbo Nissan engine


  You got a good wife Chilli  !   I'm running the same size rear tire on mine... Nice isn't it ?    Cool stuff let us know how you do along the way.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: malky on August 19, 2017, 10:16:45 pm
and a piston from a turbo Nissan engine

What piston are you using ?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Chilliman on August 20, 2017, 02:00:45 pm
The old man back again.
Learned heaps about my Bullet in the past few days.
I did an oil change using 2.75 litres and it vomited oil out the air filter housing.
Read the service manual a little more carefully and replace the oil with 2.4 litres and it vomited that out too.
I started to think I had a blowby problem but it happened too fast and coincidentally with the oil change.
Dropped the oil again and measured 1.65 litres..........
Before I dropped the oil that was left I looked into the sight glass and could just see the oil level at the top of the inspection glass.
I had a good look at the inside of the RH crank case cover and I didn't belive there was any way to get a true reading in the inspection glass the way the baffles in the cover are arranged, so I milled a 3/16th hole through the baffle immediately beside the inspection glass so a small amount of oil is fed to the inspection glass chamber actually allowing the oil level in the case to be represented in the inspection glass without upsetting any dynamic flow which may exist around the baffle.
I use Morey's oil stabiliser 15% in the oil and it has seriously reduced the vibration.
"Roy" (my bikes name) now cruises so smoothly at 100kmh it is crazy.
I took a young bloke for a ride and he said the unbelievable words, "this bike runs really smooth."
I might record him saying that and put it on youtube  :D
When we got home, no oil blowby. Need a new rear sprocket and chain.
The rear sprocket is missing a few teeth and looks like an old man smiling.
Re the piston it is from an RB30 turbo high silican job BUT I need to mic it up and measure pin height and diameter for suitability.
Forged pistons are strong but heavy but high silicon hypereutectic types are fine for the piston speed this engine will see.
The Japanese have made an art form of seriously strong high silicon pistons for decades.
I will keep you posted about all this.
I have an aluminium con rod I am dressing at the moment.
It was the roughest thing I have ever seen come out of a box for immediate use.
Shameful.
Just for something to do between beers, I degreed up the standard camshaft in a 2013 Bullet 500 to get the specs.
Because of the woeful amount of technical information I am kind of making a maunual of specs as I go.
Do they have LSD in India?
Because the specs on these cams are beyond weird. The bloke who designed the grind must have been having one of those transcendental guru moments when he put this one on paper :D
I have seen tougher grinds in Briggs and Stratton side valve engine !
If anyone wants the specs..................
Okay that's it for now.
I have done my job as an old man and talked too much.
Hope I'm still on topic............I do drift a bit......but mainly only on dirt roads ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: tooseevee on August 20, 2017, 04:53:07 pm
The old man back again.
Learned heaps about my Bullet in the past few days.
I did an oil change using 2.75 litres and it vomited oil out the air filter housing.
I use Morey's oil stabiliser 15% in the oil and it has seriously reduced the vibration.

Just for something to do between beers, I degreed up the standard camshaft in a 2013 Bullet 500 to get the specs.
Because of the woeful amount of technical information I am kind of making a maunual of specs as I go.
Do they have LSD in India?
Because the specs on these cams are beyond weird. The bloke who designed the grind must have been having one of those transcendental guru moments when he put this one on paper :D
I have seen tougher grinds in Briggs and Stratton side valve engine

          Another old man chimes in  :) :):

           Checking the oil on these beasts is certainly nothing new here. I've been reading about checking the oil since I joined this group in 2009 (I have an AVL with a dipstick). Thousands of words written on this subject. I don't know how they (the designers) could make it any more of a pain in the ass than it is.

            You will always get blow out if you have even "Slightly" too much oil in the crankcase and if you keep the stock system it will blow out all over your air filter and drain out the bottom of the case and kill the engine running rich if it's bad enough. I got rid of it all long ago. ALL of the mandated crap. Now I no longer suck oil into the engine and with the mods I've done the engine runs more like it's supposed to. If I had more $$$ and mor time, it would run even better.

             I figured mine out years ago; some never do it seems. I, like you, am used to just checking my oil and knowing what I got. Period. Simple. What happened?  ??? ??? ??? ???(http://) And why sight glasses?  ??? ???(http://)

              I think the cams are the way they are in order for the engine to be able to run at 1.0 RPM. The Indians seem to like it that way.

               
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gashousegorilla on August 20, 2017, 05:52:44 pm
The old man back again.
Learned heaps about my Bullet in the past few days.
I did an oil change using 2.75 litres and it vomited oil out the air filter housing.
Read the service manual a little more carefully and replace the oil with 2.4 litres and it vomited that out too.
I started to think I had a blowby problem but it happened too fast and coincidentally with the oil change.
Dropped the oil again and measured 1.65 litres..........
Before I dropped the oil that was left I looked into the sight glass and could just see the oil level at the top of the inspection glass.
I had a good look at the inside of the RH crank case cover and I didn't belive there was any way to get a true reading in the inspection glass the way the baffles in the cover are arranged, so I milled a 3/16th hole through the baffle immediately beside the inspection glass so a small amount of oil is fed to the inspection glass chamber actually allowing the oil level in the case to be represented in the inspection glass without upsetting any dynamic flow which may exist around the baffle.
I use Morey's oil stabiliser 15% in the oil and it has seriously reduced the vibration.
"Roy" (my bikes name) now cruises so smoothly at 100kmh it is crazy.
I took a young bloke for a ride and he said the unbelievable words, "this bike runs really smooth."
I might record him saying that and put it on youtube  :D
When we got home, no oil blowby. Need a new rear sprocket and chain.
The rear sprocket is missing a few teeth and looks like an old man smiling.
Re the piston it is from an RB30 turbo high silican job BUT I need to mic it up and measure pin height and diameter for suitability.
Forged pistons are strong but heavy but high silicon hypereutectic types are fine for the piston speed this engine will see.
The Japanese have made an art form of seriously strong high silicon pistons for decades.
I will keep you posted about all this.
I have an aluminium con rod I am dressing at the moment.
It was the roughest thing I have ever seen come out of a box for immediate use.
Shameful.
Just for something to do between beers, I degreed up the standard camshaft in a 2013 Bullet 500 to get the specs.
Because of the woeful amount of technical information I am kind of making a maunual of specs as I go.
Do they have LSD in India?
Because the specs on these cams are beyond weird. The bloke who designed the grind must have been having one of those transcendental guru moments when he put this one on paper :D
I have seen tougher grinds in Briggs and Stratton side valve engine !
If anyone wants the specs..................
Okay that's it for now.
I have done my job as an old man and talked too much.
Hope I'm still on topic............I do drift a bit......but mainly only on dirt roads ;D


    No... your not seeing things, that inlet valve  really  DOESN'T open till AFTER TDC.  Hahaha !!  Good for carrying the whole family on the bike I guess.

  BTW, with the oil level and amounts.  The UCE motor usually won't spew oil out of the case unless i'st over filled.... hell even up to 6500 rpm's.  You really have to get the bike level and up on the center stand to check it.  Run it  for a few minutes , then shut it down and check the level.  I usually leave the level from the bottom third of the glass to around the middle of the glass.   Refilling after an oil change, I usually wind up putting in a bit under two quarts.   If you have that third drain plug under the crank, at the bottom of the motor like on the newer bikes . You may wind up putting in a bit more then those two quart's..... because your getting a bit more out.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on August 20, 2017, 06:58:12 pm
I totally agree with you GHG.

That 2.75 liters of oil crap is for a brand new, just assembled engine without a trace of oil in it.
For anyone who just changes their oil and oil filter, 1.9 to 2 quarts of oil is just about right on the earlier UCE's with only two drain locations.
It's a bit more for the UCE's with three drains.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gashousegorilla on August 20, 2017, 08:54:25 pm
I totally agree with you GHG.

That 2.75 liters of oil crap is for a brand new, just assembled engine without a trace of oil in it.
For anyone who just changes their oil and oil filter, 1.9 to 2 quarts of oil is just about right on the earlier UCE's with only two drain locations.
It's a bit more for the UCE's with three drains.

 Yeah , right Jim ?    I have never seen an issue with a UCE  when the oil level is correct.  Whether the breather is routed into the box or not.  I think that labyrinth in the breather compartment , behind the right side cover does a good job.... unless it is overwhelmed with oil.   The only time spewing oil happened to me, was when I over filled it, AND at sustained rpm's over 4000.   

 IF... that O ring between the oil filter housing on the right side cover , which goes between the oil pump were to be missing or in bad shape ?   I could see maybe some oil spew-age THERE, and into the right side cover giving a false high oil level... maybe ?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: heloego on August 20, 2017, 10:00:01 pm
 
   In Denver.
   Had a bittersweet memorial ride for a buddy (Craig Amos) who passed away in June.
   East on Colfax to get to Highway 6, then up to Last Shot for lunch, back to Aurora via Golden Gate Park.
   Lovely ride, and I wore Craig's gloves so he'd be there with us.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Chilliman on August 20, 2017, 11:15:32 pm
Firstly, g'day heloego,
glad to hear about your run for your mate. I'm sure we all know where you are coming from old son...............
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Chilliman on August 20, 2017, 11:27:59 pm
Jeez, I can't seem to stop posting!
The whole reason I mucked around with the oiling, was because I had to take the side cover off to replace a tired magneto.
The unit is apparently made by Ducati and has more feild coils on it than the standard peice.
Works great and now I can ride with the light on as I'm supposed to.
Re the sight glasses...........I was referring to the crankcase oil sight/inspection glass thingy. My eyes aren't too bad for an old fella :-)
Re my wife........a true legend.
She is up to speed with EFI on big late model outboards, can pull down, clean, adjust, rebuild and use manometers for syncronising.
We have an oscilloscope here for checking ignition components and charging systems which she uses regularly, but that IS off topic.
So we have made an empirical oil level, that doesn't blow out oil at 100kmh for about 20kms.
Have a good one all, gotta go hit the shed   :D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gashousegorilla on August 22, 2017, 02:14:23 am
 
Jeez, I can't seem to stop posting!
The whole reason I mucked around with the oiling, was because I had to take the side cover off to replace a tired magneto.
The unit is apparently made by Ducati and has more feild coils on it than the standard peice.
Works great and now I can ride with the light on as I'm supposed to.
Re the sight glasses...........I was referring to the crankcase oil sight/inspection glass thingy. My eyes aren't too bad for an old fella :-)
Re my wife........a true legend.
She is up to speed with EFI on big late model outboards, can pull down, clean, adjust, rebuild and use manometers for syncronising.
We have an oscilloscope here for checking ignition components and charging systems which she uses regularly, but that IS off topic.
So we have made an empirical oil level, that doesn't blow out oil at 100kmh for about 20kms.
Have a good one all, gotta go hit the shed   :D




 An unattached sister maybe ?   ;D ;)

  Curious about the Con- Rod, why aluminum ?   Lightening things up, revving it up quicker ?  The stock forged rod is pretty tough I have found.


 
   In Denver.
   Had a bittersweet memorial ride for a buddy (Craig Amos) who passed away in June.
   East on Colfax to get to Highway 6, then up to Last Shot for lunch, back to Aurora via Golden Gate Park.
   Lovely ride, and I wore Craig's gloves so he'd be there with us.


 Good to remember a friend or family member, and speak their name so they are not forgotten heloego.  ;) :) 
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Chilliman on August 22, 2017, 04:14:16 am
The alloy rod?
Well back in the early 90's when everyone was trying to be like the winners and were using Carillo rods in 350 Chev sprintcars.
I had great success with Manley severe duty rods in blown alcohol engines, and tried them in the sprinter with great success, and with other levels of drag racing and even circuit work.
Light, strong, better acceleration, resistant to fatigue.....all the things the "winners" were saying aluminium rods weren't.
I looked at engines like Briggs and Stratton that operated in the worst possible environment, Triumph engines with alloy rod and steel rod cap and they all had great endurance.
They make the rods out of the same alloy as the spars in jumbo jet wings so it cant be too flakey.
I saw one advertised and bought it for a try.
It was the worst looking piece of dung I had ever seen come out of a box.
Looked like it had been dressed with a hoof rasp.
So we gave it the once over and there you have it.
In my opinion for what it is worth, the UCE motor looks quite strong and that steel rod looks well engineered, but I am not sure what material it is made from, perhaps a nitrogen steel.........a guess.
Hey, my wife has 3 sisters. One is a chef, one is hotel owner and the other is a financial analyst.
So I get good food, good beer and good financial advice quite often.
Here is an off topic question.
What size is the secondary chain on my 2009 Bullet 500?
Back on topic..............what did I do with my UCE today?
Well, I bring "Roy" inside the house at night, and a mate I haven't seen for a while dropped by and I started Roy inside the house for a moment.
I have a very short straight through megaphone and it has a very fantastic "Bdop bdop bdop" song at idle.
A couple of hours later after a few beers, we just had to start Roy again, of course with a couple of tiny revs this time.
My wife Tuyet, walked over, looked at us, went and opened the lounge room windows to let the exhaust fumes out, then came back and said to Roy with a smile, " you are lucky you don't leak oil Roy or you'd be staying outside."
God I have a good wife.

 
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gashousegorilla on August 22, 2017, 05:07:43 am
  Hahaha !!  Good stuff Chilli.   Your a breath of fresh air I tell ya.     I like it , and that makes good sense with the Rods too.     A 530-102 chain should do you for that bike.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Chilliman on August 22, 2017, 11:42:05 am
Roger on the chain.
My new rear sprocket arrived today and I need that new chain.
The old one flops around like a cock in a shirtsleeve.
Oh...obviously I mean a male hen. :-)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: johno on August 22, 2017, 01:54:11 pm
DID 530nz heavy duty chain works well on the enfield
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Narada on August 24, 2017, 02:30:02 am
Rode about 375 Washington back country miles with Ice, Bill Harris, 13 Boxes, Josh, and Steve, to meet up with Ducatti Scotty for some Portland hospitality last Saturday. That was a truly great ride! 8)

Ordered an AGM from Baker REFW parts (only $65.00) on Monday, got it on my porch in Seattle this afternoon. :)

Also recently ordered 9' X 40" (nice and wide) Black Widow curved ramp and wheel chock, for loading bike into truck. Should be very good quality, also should arrive Friday.  :)

Ramp will also work for sidecar loading soon as I can figure how to fit it in my truck! :o
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ice on August 24, 2017, 05:01:45 am
 Ordered some hardware from CMW a.k.a. R.E.Fort Worth a.k.a. Baker Motorsports a.k.a. "The Store"  :)  The only difference between then and now is the zip code things ship from. 

 

 
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Chilliman on August 25, 2017, 09:20:19 am
G'day all,
Well recently I bought the new 120/90 Continental Go for the back of Roy.
A couple of issues arose mainly the tyre rubbing against obscure unaccessible places.
A lot of it was to do with that floppy old chain.
BUT there was still some bits up in the guard looking aweful shiny...............like something had been rubbing against them.......yes :-(
The chain guard had a nice almost molten looking spot where the old chain had been flogging against it.
There was another mystery shiny spot on the chain guard........I reckon chain guard gnomes.
And then there was the whopping great rub mark at the top of the mud guard.
From the old days I imagined my back tyre growing a few inches under acceleration, but no, Roy does not run nitro (yet :-)  ).
My wife Tuyet weighs in at a fat old 49 kilos.........a 48 year old woman wrapped in a 16 year old body (sorry  sorry  off topic)..........but I weigh about........well more than twice that..........so it wasnt her causing the problem.
Anyway, Tuyet went off to the workshop and fabricated a tool to adjust the rear shockie spring height/loading.
When she came back she had a good look under the guard and reckoned the nuts on the inside of the guard would be better on the outside with the little domed head screws on the inside.......more clearance and smoother contact surface if the tyre should touch again.....................of course.
So we changed the nuts to the outside, and Tuyet insisted on being neat and painted the nuts and washers with gloss black.
So the back wheel is on again, and Tuyet took Roy to the shed to wash off the back wheel after the last week oil fiasco, and no doubt give Roy a full on tub.
Tuyet rides the bike up to the shed , about 200 metres but walks it back to keep the dust down and the bike clean.
It is the middle of the dry season here and it is as dry as a lime burners boot.
Tuyet has patiently lubed the new chain with a modest application of Morey's oil and we will see how Roy goes tomorrow.
I reckon we will do a solid 200kms tomorrow, at least.
I will report back then Royal Enield-o-nauts.
To 100kmh and beyond !!!

Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: malky on August 25, 2017, 11:33:11 am
Went for a spontaneous ride. Ended up doing just over 300 miles, rain wind and sunshine. Getting worried about my chain, it hasn't needed adjusting in 2000 miles. :o  ;)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: longstrokeclassic on August 25, 2017, 07:29:31 pm
Replaced the two stock bulbs in the nacelle with some 60LM LED ones to match a 115LM unit I'd recently fitted into the reflector shell. 
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Chilliman on August 26, 2017, 11:58:16 am
Hi all,
Took Roy for a run today just after sunrise.
30 deg C and a perfect day.
We did about 220kms mainly at 100kmh and up to 115kmh for around 5kms to see how the oil spitting was behaving.
All perfect.
Rear tyre doesnt rub on anything and the extra spring adjustment seems excellent.
We just watched The Worlgd Fastest Indian tonight.
Turns out I am a fair bit like that old bloke with the shed full of stuff.
Now I am looking very hard at the spare motor sitting here.
Does anyone know anything about the worlds fastest Bullet 500?
Cheers all
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Chilliman on August 27, 2017, 12:46:55 am
Oh...
That last post should read "The World's Fastset Indian" :-)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gashousegorilla on August 27, 2017, 06:53:46 pm
 Great movie.    I bet your thinking of casting them Nissan Pistons yourself now.  ;) 8)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Jako on August 27, 2017, 11:31:05 pm
Great movie.    I bet your thinking of casting them Nissan Pistons yourself now.  ;) 8)

Yea and pissin on your lemon tree
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Chilliman on August 28, 2017, 03:20:00 am
HHahaha, mate I have to settle with peeing on a mango tree, and fortunately don't have to take the dog knacker medicine.
Re that Nissan piston, when I got it, it was a deep reverse deflector type piston (dished) and fairly heavy.
I was thinking about milling a segment from that portion of the flywheel that comes closest to the piston through the swept arc either side of BDC.
That way I might be able to use a slightly longer skirt piston if I need to remove much flywheel material during balancing, instead of milling holes to remove weight.
It is fairly easy to calculate the weight removed from a component if you know it's cross sectional area, depth and material it's made from.
Maybe I should just get Arias to make me a new flat top.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Chilliman on September 01, 2017, 08:08:04 am
Gday all

Took Roy for a run this morning.
Tuyet and I rode about 150kms.
The new tyre, sprocket and chain are great.
Roy got a bit angry the other day and we broke down about 10kms from home.
The neutral light staed on but the MIL light wouldn't come on so we sat there for a while.
Then the MIL light came on again and Roy started again but stopped and started a couple more times.
Then Roy fired up and we made it home no worries.
Went through the whole wiring and all connectors and plugs with contact cleaner and CRC Marine 66.
When we left this morning Roy had two coughs and then went perfectly for the whole ride.
The exhaust smells much sweeter and not so rich.
Good on ya Roy.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: longstrokeclassic on September 03, 2017, 07:48:00 am
25,000 mile oil change 

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Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Fragman on September 05, 2017, 11:10:05 pm
Went for a nice poot along the coast road to stay cool in our hot weather at present, 26 C. The smoke in the upper atmosphere made for an eerie reddish glow and the sky was overcast all day. Thank the wildfires in B.C. & Washington State fer that crap. :(
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Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Narada on September 06, 2017, 10:43:19 pm
If it's any consolation Fragman, I was hacking on my side hack halfway across Washington state yesterday!  :P
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Carlsberg Wordsworth on September 07, 2017, 08:40:36 pm
Shortened the windshield stays to allow a bit more adjustment fore or aft anglewise. One day I'll hit the sweet spot.

A simple enough job, only lengthened by clearing up a spilt cup of tea I knocked over when moving the tool box.

Todays lesson then. Remember where you put your tea!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: wildbill on September 09, 2017, 02:40:50 am
nothing. but I am about 3 days off from picking up a new 017 plate C5 Graphite chrome.
that should see me out this year....lol
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: retrolynn on September 09, 2017, 08:31:29 pm
After fixing leak in the fuel line ,rode across town for breakfast with our mc club. Parked next to a beautiful Gold Wing,and a vintage BMW.Next was a continental GT. There were several more nice bikes. When I came out there were 3 guys,and a gal looking at the bikes. They said they liked my B5 the best! Went for short ride,until the smoke got to me,and went home. Very bad fire season here in Western Mt.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Waltair123 on September 12, 2017, 02:13:10 am
Discovered miles and miles of beautiful country roads in Chester county, PA ???? been racking up 200 miles a week for the last 3 weeks before the weather turns on us.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Chilliman on September 13, 2017, 09:20:01 am
Well, we took Roy (our C5 '09 Bullet 500) for registration in Darwin.
Polished him up all nice and flash.
Thing is, I have this 18" long "muffler" that you can see in one end and out the other.
It used to have a little baffle plate with about 50 holes in it in the middle.
Well, it had this accident with a peice of pipe and a hammer and that little plate fell out.
So when I put the "muffler" back on ...............it had this killer old fashioned "pommy" single exhaust note. Like a Tiger 100 or something.
When I lay on the throttle you oughta hear it...........it sounds so meaty and tough.
Seriously tough.
I dont need Viagra ..................I just go start up Roy in the living room and have a quick listen :-)

But, there was this Indian guy there as an inspector.
When I started Roy up, I think he got a chubby and just passed us immediately.
Even the local Highway Patrol waves at us.
We are truly blessed to have a Royal Enfield.
God, I cant wait to get the cams in and whack that head on.............. 
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Scotty Brown on September 17, 2017, 02:39:15 am
Installed a FIAMM FREEWAY BLASTER horn.  No more meep-meep-meep --This horn is a genuine attention getter, inexpensive, and the leads from the Enfield horn plug right in.  Do use the Fiamm mount to tuck it in somewhat. (Fiamm 27102 from Amazon) Under $20.00
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: longstrokeclassic on September 17, 2017, 04:31:09 pm
Went one tooth up on the front sprocket on my B5 so I can fit a 102 link chain

on the 19th I fitted a new sprocket/brake hub and a 102 link chain :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Fragman on September 19, 2017, 01:55:45 am
Enjoyed a nice blast on the coast road. We now have some rain to dampen the woods a bit after the engineered drought we suffered through this year. :(

Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Blairio on September 19, 2017, 03:03:22 am
Enjoyed a nice blast on the coast road. We now have some rain to dampen the woods a bit after the engineered drought we suffered through this year. :(

 I have to ask - what is an 'engineered drought'?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Chilliman on September 19, 2017, 06:17:03 am
Geo engineering, tampering with the weather for one reason or another.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Carlsberg Wordsworth on September 19, 2017, 09:08:31 pm
Geo Engineering? I had to Google it.

first thoughts were of the Kate Bush Cloudbusting video hahaha.

Anyway, not much riding done this week due to some sort of nerve/tendon pain in my left hand. Made pulling the clutch a super painful experience. Also got two Mitas tyres to go on. Rear AM26 is within a mm of the wear marks after nearly 5000 miles. Not sure if that's ball park mileage.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: The_Rigger on September 19, 2017, 09:37:42 pm
Replaced the dead Motobatt with a new Extreme AGM from Batteries Plus.

https://www.batteriesplus.com/productdetails/cyla14ahlbsxta
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: _Paul_ on September 20, 2017, 03:22:11 am
Fitted a K&N air filter tried it and didn't like it, put the original filter back in.

Taking out the original filter it looked like it had been glued to the cover! possibly to make it easy to fit?

Probably put the K&N back in once the bike is fully run in and I will fit the Power Commander at the same time.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on September 20, 2017, 05:18:12 am
The K&N didn't work well in my G5.  My engine seemed to lose power at the upper revs. The only thing I could figure was the outside of the filter seemed to be blocking off some of the area around the area where the engine inlet meets the plastic filter plenum.

The filter plenum on the G5 is slightly different than the ones used on the C5 bikes which may explain why some C5 owners think they are getting better power.

I haven't seen anyone actually do a dynamometer test to see if there really is a power gain or it's just their butt dynamometer that is being interpreted by a hopeful mind.

Anyway, I went back to the paper cartridge and all of the original my-butt dynamometer power on my bike returned. :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: longstrokeclassic on September 21, 2017, 12:00:27 pm
Attached some wet/dry to the rear brake shoes and used it to remove 4 high spots present in the new rear hub. Downwards movement in the brake pedal from when the shoes are just rubbing to fully applied has been reduced to half  - well worth the two hours and several cups of tea invested.
The stub axle still freely drops out under its own weight whenever the hub is lifted up from the floor off of its vanes after the shoes are inserted into the drum and the brake lever applied  :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Waltair123 on September 23, 2017, 05:25:30 am
Enjoyed a nice blast on the coast road. We now have some rain to dampen the woods a bit after the engineered drought we suffered through this year. :(

Beautiful motorcycle. I spy an antena on the motorcycle. Do you have a CB radio attached to the rear seat?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: heloego on September 23, 2017, 12:10:23 pm
I think that's a protective sheath on the guy wire for that pole in the background.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: upintheair on September 24, 2017, 12:39:24 am
I rode to Paradise and beyond.  A town in the Sierra Nevada foothills that is cooler than on the Sacramento Valley floor.  We started out at 50 F, but by the time we were in the tree lined roads, it was 40 F.  A glorious, cool morning on one and two lane roads.  Sorry, no pictures as I couldn't get to my phone due to cold hands.  We did about 90 miles through the hills.  My stock 2015 B5 ran purrfectly, and had no trouble keeping up with my friend's Hardly Ableson.  I do love my Koso TNT tach/speedo.  I just kept it at 3000 to 4000 rpm and it would go up any hill.  The K70's worked as advertised.  By the way, 4000 rpm is about 55 mph in 5th gear with the stock size tires.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Carlsberg Wordsworth on September 24, 2017, 08:15:01 pm
I do love my Koso TNT tach/speedo.  I just kept it at 3000 to 4000 rpm and it would go up any hill.  The K70's worked as advertised.  By the way, 4000 rpm is about 55 mph in 5th gear with the stock size tires.

That's interesting. I think mine shows about 60 around those rpms. But as I can't remember, I'll make a mental note next time I'm out and report back. Using AM26 F+R at the moment, soon to be Mitas in imperial sizes. Just a thought, if you changed tyres since installing the Koso, you did adjust the rolling diameter? Because I'll have to remember to do this when I change the front. Give or take a mm tape measure reading, I currently have mine at about 1972mm
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: longstrokeclassic on September 24, 2017, 09:44:59 pm
Removed the front tyre in preparation for when its replacement arrives Tuesday. It's done just over 26,000 miles but is showing cracks within the centre tread groove so I've decided to change it rather than continuing to use it.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: upintheair on September 24, 2017, 10:08:55 pm
Yes, I measured the circumference and found the K70 several mm larger than the stock tire.  I believe the exact rpm was 3870 at 55 mph.  I was lazy rounding it off.  In 5th gear, 2000 rpm is 30 mph, 3000 rpm is 44 mph, 4000 rpm is 59 mph.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: AmBraCol on September 27, 2017, 03:12:48 pm
Last Thursday ran the Rumbler over the central range of the Andes, across the Magdalena river valley, up and over the eastern range and down to Villavicencio. Was hoping to get a run in over to San Carlos de Guaroa, but my colleague doesn't ride a bike and insisted on hauling us over there in his old Jeep Cherokee.  Over the asphalted road it's not that much of an adventure anyway.  Headed up to Bogotá first day of the week and then the next day over here to Coffee Country again.  NASTY weather over the old road exiting Villavicencio on the return trip. My rain gear didn't hack it, got to Bogotá soaked in spite of the gear. 

The next day was a good ride though, even stopping to chug some water and get gas before starting up La Linea pass the trip from Bogotá home was right at five and a half hours.  Just over 50 kmh average, not discounting stops.  VERY little traffic.   

Stopped before starting down La Linea pass for a quick snapshot of the western view.  Lots of clouds but no rain. Dry asphalt makes for happier riding.  The Michellin Siracs front and back handled all kinds of conditions with aplomb.  Good tires in my experience.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Scotty Brown on September 28, 2017, 04:29:40 am
Well, after some 14,000 miles my C5 finally let me down quoting suddenly on a down hill section of Main Divide road off California's Ortega Highway.  Cause ? The battery cable connector as discussed so many times on this forum.  I have watched this connector very carefully these past years and have had no indication of a problem.  Be forewarned --It can, and does happen.  Fortunately a nearby friend came to the rescue and a new connector was installed in a few minutes.  Usually I travel with tools and jumper wires, tape and connectors.  Today, however, they were in my Guzzi residing in the garage. No excuse, just laziness.  Take heed my friends and always be prepared.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Blairio on September 28, 2017, 04:47:18 am
That store is certainly the place to go if you are up shit creek without a paddle..

I know, so obvious that someone had to say it.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Narada on September 29, 2017, 07:22:36 pm
Yesterday, Bholenath and I went for a 175 mile ride after work through the western Washington State Cascade foothills.    Skies were sunny, temp in the 80's  8)

On Wendsday we won the best bike of show award at our annual company car and bike show. :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Fragman on October 01, 2017, 02:07:12 am
I made a repair to the fast idle cable on me beasty the other day due to a split
on the sheathing and a pronounced kink in the spiral winding surrounding the core. I bent a short bit of 1/4" copper tubing then sectioned it lengthwise to fix it over the weakened spot of the cable. I held the tubing in place with a couple of zip ties to allow me to wrap the assembly with waxed whipping to hold 'er fast.

After a couple of full wraps with the string, I then overlaid that with a wrapping of hockey tape. It looks like something from a rat bike, but it'll do until I figure that it's time to swap it for the spare that came with the machine.

I'd prefer a lever actuated high idle mounted right on top of the throttle body to do the job simpler and better than a bar mounted cable assy. ;)

Been rainin' the past 2 days which sucks ass fer ridin'. :(



Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Chilliman on October 01, 2017, 02:22:11 am
Gday all,

Got up nice and early and the wife and I went for a run out the Arnhem Highway.
Lovely morning, just a couple of clouds.
About 90kms into our ride the wet season started. The 1st October is officially the start of the wet season.
It bucketed down and even parked up we couldnt see 50 metres ahead of us.
After about 30 minutes of this the rain backed off a tiny bit so took off towards
home.
At 80kmh the rain felt like someone was using a pressure cleaner on my face.
I made sure I smiled nice and widely as each car went past the other way.
I thought to myself "I wonder what the poor people are doing today?"
Just then, a brand new silver Mercedes went past.
Okay, so my question was answered.
But the wife and I loved it. We let out a few yee haaa's and a couple of wooo hooos as we rode along in the rain.
It stopped about 3 minutes away from home.
My 88 year old mum came out of her house and said she was glad we came home when we did because it looked like it was going to rain. Bless her heart.
The wife and I had a good laugh. 
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: heloego on October 02, 2017, 02:35:55 pm
 ;D

Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Fragman on October 02, 2017, 11:17:06 pm
I got in a couple of hours yesterday evening & after doing some routine tiddling on me bike today, I went for an 80km poot around the hilly spots in my area.

It's sunny & clear @ 14C at the moment, so I reckon I'll be goin' on another
ride around dinnertime. ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Magoo on October 03, 2017, 02:37:46 am
Joined a cohort of local Enfield riders for this year's Distinguished Gentleman's Ride in Perth, Western Australia.
A great Spring day, awesome machines and great company among almost 600 riders.
My favourite gig of the year.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Fragman on October 05, 2017, 04:37:09 am
I painted out the top caps on me rear shocks today to tone down the bling a tad more on the C5. Thus far, I've blacked out the battery cover & 2nd. toolbox lid as well as swapped out the turn lights for smaller black housed units along with ditching the stock horn for a much louder Piaa one. The stock mirrors were tossed in favor of archer style bar ends.

I reckon the last thing to finish the beasty's appearance to my liking is to rework the side stand for better purchase on soft ground & black it out as well.

Oh de fun of it mon! 8)

Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gizzo on October 07, 2017, 12:07:40 pm
The local classic bike club had their big show today. Part of the day was a run into the hills to the National Motor Museum in Birdwood, about 50km from the static show. Talked with a few Bullet owners there and one chap in particular who has a AVL Electra. He's ridden it around Australia 5 times and has done about 150,000km on it! Quite a few mods done to make it reliable and comfortable but he says he's only done the crankshaft once, early on in the bike's life. He carries a spare sprag, just in case. Bloody legend!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: sjbiat on October 09, 2017, 03:31:11 pm
Picked up my C5+ Cozy after $1400 service (new tires, SC rubbers, new chain, fuel lines, torque checking, electrical repairs, &c) from Indian Motorcycles of Monmouth.  Took 100 mile route home, with excursions, through suburbia.  Ran great.  Love it.  Cruises easily & comfortably at 55.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Narada on October 09, 2017, 06:20:42 pm
Took wife out of state to visit her mother.  Brought Bholenath in truck and rode out! 8) 

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Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Carlsberg Wordsworth on October 09, 2017, 08:42:48 pm
Got the new Mitas rear fitted over the weekend. Was close to the markers on the Avon Roadrider after some 4600ish miles.

Probably mistakingly, I have left the Avon on the front. Doesn't 'feel' too bad but going to get the front changed over this coming weekend. Did attempt it myself, but my heart wasn't in it when it was just a ball ache to get the lever in.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Blairio on October 10, 2017, 10:07:48 am
Got the new Mitas rear fitted over the weekend. Was close to the markers on the Avon Roadrider after some 4600ish miles.

Probably mistakingly, I have left the Avon on the front. Doesn't 'feel' too bad but going to get the front changed over this coming weekend. Did attempt it myself, but my heart wasn't in it when it was just a ball ache to get the lever in.

What model of Mitas tyre did you fit? I have them in my old Francis Barnett and they they work well and look the part.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Carlsberg Wordsworth on October 10, 2017, 08:12:58 pm
H-02. Got a H-01 to go on the front. To be fair, I'd not realised how slim the 3.50 is against the Roadrider 100/90 so could have probably gone to a 4.00x19.

They might be slimmer than the SM MKII as well but I haven't measured to check. I'll get round to doing that at some point.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Fragman on October 11, 2017, 03:40:23 am
After reworking me engine breather, I went for a nice poot around the area to enjoy the scenery. 10,500 kms on 'er now and all is well. ;D

Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Dharmabum on October 12, 2017, 09:25:03 pm
That is a very clean looking bike. I have a 2012 maroon C5 I will go and clean it some more today. What is the advantage in re routing the breather pipe.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Fragman on October 13, 2017, 02:53:35 am
That is a very clean looking bike. I have a 2012 maroon C5 I will go and clean it some more today. What is the advantage in re routing the breather pipe.

I rerouted the breather so as to keep any oil misting from fouling the air filter. Call it an old habit from running older machines back in the day. On the UCE motors, aiming the crankcase fumes away from the intake tract is still preferable to to the stock setup, especially for folks that run their machines hard.

Fer today's tinker project. I pulled off & cleaned the exhaust system, then sealed the joints with high temp silicone to ensure no sooty leaks. (It was wet out anywho, so what the fook, get 'er done.) ;)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Balaji on October 13, 2017, 02:15:25 pm
Rode it to the mountains. Enjoyed a cool drizzly morning on the madrasi thumper with some hot Nilgiri tea.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Carlsberg Wordsworth on October 14, 2017, 08:36:40 pm
Got the new Mitas H-01 fitted on the front. For a rather exuberant £20. Won't be shopping there again. Drove straight past the place I'd meant to get it changed at where it would've been half of that without thinking. Doh!

Might price up one of those tyre changer bits of equipment for the future though.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Fragman on October 16, 2017, 11:04:33 pm
Only a 30 km putt on my one today due to overcast skies & spots of rain, but the
temp was a nice 14 C. :)


Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: jefrs on October 19, 2017, 04:11:34 pm
I rerouted the breather so as to keep any oil misting from fouling the air filter. Call it an old habit from running older machines back in the day. On the UCE motors, aiming the crankcase fumes away from the intake tract is still preferable to to the stock setup, especially for folks that run their machines hard.

Fer today's tinker project. I pulled off & cleaned the exhaust system, then sealed the joints with high temp silicone to ensure no sooty leaks. (It was wet out anywho, so what the fook, get 'er done.) ;)

The EFI has a very good trap below the hose inside the cases and won't spit oil out if it is at the correct level in the engine. I certainly do not get oil in the airbox and having the breather feed in there has been around for years, It's not an older motor, it is supposed to improve performance not be detrimental. 
I don't think I thrash my bike, I've got it tuned to the stage where I don't have to. Nor do I think I ride particularly fast, I certainly do not enjoy riding too fast, but looking at some of the videos online I seem to go a wee bit quicker than they do on the same type of roads. The art of going quickly is to ride smoothly as it were, not giving it full chat all the time.

There is no silicone goo on my bike. Copper gasket p/n 582638/A (a genuine RE part) seals pipe to head properly unlike the useless cement biscuit thing. The silencer clamp goes around just below and on the end of the slots to compress the pipe, if it is put on the middle of the slots there is a gap. No silicone required.

As for what I'm doing with the C5 - I think I'm planning to save the maps and take the PCV and Autotune back to square one to determine what the engine is actually trying to do (it looks too rich now) and start over with the mapping whilst incorporating what I've already learnt from the current mapping.
You see, running a dyno on it just determines the mapping for maximum power and we don't always want that, it's not a high revving engine so we want powerful mid-range torque as well as providing power up at 6000rpm. 34bhp is possible and just about right for this bike, but we get way more torque than a Velo Venom.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Mr.B on October 20, 2017, 12:14:31 am
Wished I could go for a ride because it has been more than 6 weeks since I ordered the parts to rebuild my forks.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: longstrokeclassic on October 20, 2017, 10:43:24 am
Decided to clean the Scottish mud off of it that I collected on my last few weeks away on it in preparation for a good dousing of English road salt this winter ::) It still surprises me just how good the finish on this bike is, still comes up looking like it's only done a few thousand miles.

Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: heloego on October 21, 2017, 02:22:46 am
jefrs,

   My '06 Electra and '12 C5 parts manuals (dated 2004 and 2009 respectively)do not reflect that PN you provided for the exhaust gasket. Both give a PN of 510804/a (Electra) and 510804 (C5), though the same gasket fits both bikes perfectly. And your PN provided does not appear anywhere in the numerical listing in the back of each manual.
   When I ordered the PN 510804 I received the 510804/a flat grey gaskets, which I returned, as I only ordered them for stock.
   Has there been a later revision to the parts manual(s)? If not, where did you find the PN?
   Another thought: Could you provide the OD, ID, and thickness of the copper gasket in inches or millimeters? Maybe I'll need to source them locally.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Haggis on October 21, 2017, 10:01:58 am
Try ordering,
582638
EXHAUST GASKET
£2.20
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: heloego on October 21, 2017, 12:17:03 pm
E-Mail has already been sent to Tim. He'll take it from there.  ;D

I was just curious where he found the part#.
 
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Narada on October 21, 2017, 05:30:58 pm
Between head pipe and exhaust port right?  ???

The copper "donut" gaskets for Honda CB 750's work well also.  ::)

I was using them myself on the stock pipe, since there is a Honda dealer a few blocks from my house. About $8.00 each though...  :P

I now have an "English Chrome pipe from H, with larger ID.  :) That one leaves a greater distance from ex port to pipe so I've got two flat, grey, fiber, metal gaskets in there together which H included with pipe...so far, so good!  8)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: krusty on October 21, 2017, 06:30:43 pm
Took my indicators and the fittings I made off the bike for painting up. I fitted them at the beginning of the the year to see how they worked out. Then the sun came out and a season of riding intervened. May look at the wheels next, I fancy some gloss black alloy rims laced onto the standard hubs(powder coated black) with the standard s/steel spokes.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Fragman on October 24, 2017, 02:01:45 am
I had a nice couple of hours of riding today after 3 rained out days. I reckon that after the winter riding season is done, I'll be ordering in the larger ID exhaust pipe along with a set of flanged alloy rims from H to spruce up the wee beasty a tad. ;)

 The stock rims on my one look like(And are!) shyte up close. :o
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Chilliman on October 24, 2017, 06:22:38 am
I'm loving this bike.
We normally do a run of 200 - 400kms a week.
Once upon a time I worried about the bike shifting around, the odd tiny wobble, kept hearing engine noises, worried about the bike being reliable.
So the wife and I took a deep breath and agreed to just ride it like a normal bike.
A bit over 1200kms later we are both quite used to the C5 (Roy) and feel totally comfortable on it.
It handles surprisingly well but can be slightly "boingy" on rough corners but always stable, the bike eats up the outback roads and easily copes with 110-120kmh out on the open highway hours on end.
In fact it feels happier at 110kmh than 100kmh.
It is so economical even when pushed a little giving around 40-45kms /litre.
These figure are two up as well.
The tyre pressures I ended up with for the 18 inch Conti GT 120/18 rear is 32 psi, 2 up, and front Avon 22 psi.
The bike is a whole lot more stable with the higher pressure.
We ran 20 front and 28 rear before.
We run premium unleaded with Morey's Injector- UCL, and we use Penrite 15W-50 with 15% Morey's Oil Stabiliser with the engine oil.
The stabiliser made a huge difference to the vibration level and the clutch is smoother and bites nicely.
We have yet to do a night time run mainly because of wallabyphobia and buffalophobia   :)
The Royal Enfield Bullet 500 is a real winner
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Balaji on October 24, 2017, 12:40:54 pm
I ride on the winding roads of Ooty,India (The Blue Mountains).The narrow roads with old british era bungalows and churches on both the sides,I feel like I am on countryside England.
Mesmerized by the mountains and the culture over there , I stuck on this on my Classic 500.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Narada on October 24, 2017, 02:14:14 pm
That is one beautiful sticker Balaji! It really looks good there.  :) I love to ride my RE in the Cascade mountains of Washington state, as do many of my local Enfield brothers. I like to think of it as Himalaya training.  8)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Cidrolin on October 24, 2017, 02:51:27 pm
heloego,
I've also some difficult to purchase in Italy the RE copper exhaust gasket, but I'm succesfully using kawasaki zx6r 2007-2010 copper ones, they fit perfectly to my UCE Bullet.
The following the link to ebay (they comes from UK)
https://www.ebay.it/itm/Guarnizione-Dello-Scarico-Kawasaki-ZX6R-ZX-600-Set-di-4-guarnizioni-2007-2010-/262127590021?hash=item3d08059a85&_uhb=1 (https://www.ebay.it/itm/Guarnizione-Dello-Scarico-Kawasaki-ZX6R-ZX-600-Set-di-4-guarnizioni-2007-2010-/262127590021?hash=item3d08059a85&_uhb=1)

Bye
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: longstrokeclassic on October 24, 2017, 06:04:43 pm
Relieved some (more) alloy from the hole in the nacelle to allow an unkinked clutch cable run from the lever down to the clutch arm. Only requires one fore finger to pull it right back to the grip.
No fast idle cable fighting for space through there also helps - I took that off a long time ago as the bike will start and idle first push of the button even with temps just below zero  -  and I no longer go out for a ride unless it's above freezing :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: heloego on October 25, 2017, 12:51:15 pm
Cdrolin, thanks for the link.
I have however been notified the problem has been corrected and the correct gaskets are on the way.  ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Fragman on October 26, 2017, 11:23:46 pm
The last few days have been great fer just puttin' around the area. T'day was the warmest at +15C. ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: johno on October 27, 2017, 04:46:03 pm
Spent the afternoon servicing my 2012 B5.
I also changed the head steady as it was starting to corrode, to a H's stainless version.
I cleaned up the battery tray area as the metal is not looking good after a boiled battery a couple of years ago spat all its acid out, so I cleaned it up and used anti rust paint to cover it.
I finally changed the original type Bosch spark for an NGK, first impression is idle is much smoother, so hopefully it'll be the same through the rev range when I'm out for my 150 mile trip on Sunday night.
I'm quite surprised how much fibrous debris is still being caught by the oil screen and the small towers of metal on the 2 mag chips although I do ride my Bullet hard on occasion!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Carlsberg Wordsworth on October 27, 2017, 08:22:12 pm
I'd imagine that fairing makes a huge difference now we're coming into winter. Do you get much turbulence even on a windy day johno?

Good weather today, though cooler than it looked and with a day off had planned to get a good long ride in to take advantage. I left it too late though and sinking sun was blinding me at ever turn so just a short outing in the end. There'll be another day, the roads aren't going anywhere soon.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Fragman on October 28, 2017, 01:20:25 am
Another beauty day fer a 100 km poot. :) After doing an oil & filter change, I went on a great ride in me zone, then hit the grocery & swill stores in my village for goodies. I then carried on out along the West Coast road for a spell before headin' home. It was sure nice at around 16 C. 8)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: johno on October 28, 2017, 12:05:41 pm
I'd imagine that fairing makes a huge difference now we're coming into winter. Do you get much turbulence even on a windy day johno?
I fitted it due to having to ride through 2 winters the first without a fairing and then just a screen was pretty hard work as you can imagine. The Avon style fairing is as good or if not better than my GL1200, its surprisingly aerodynamic and even with open face helmet there is no turbulence, the top of the screen is level with the bridge of my nose, hands/gloves are well protected as well. The leg guards however are usless, but there on now and that's where they'll stay! Although(like the fairing) they keep the bugs at bay in summer......
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: krusty on October 28, 2017, 12:40:15 pm
Just fitted ...another..pilot light bulb! :o
It does mean more time to stand and look at the lovely thing though. 8)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: longstrokeclassic on October 28, 2017, 06:58:37 pm
If you suffer with the same side pilot light failing then check the earth tang that sits within a groove inside the rubber moulding.  Took me four bulb failures to discover an intermittent earth was the cause of the problem :-[
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Fragman on October 30, 2017, 02:00:44 am
I gave the bike a tire pressure check & a spot of chain lube and then went fer a couple of rides which ended up around 180 kms total.

T'day was even better riding weather than the past few days. It started out at around 11 C on the first run after lunch and by the time I got back @ 3:30, it was fookin' +17. 8) After a quick gut stuffin', I was out for another blast around me zone. Bike is running beauty. :)

This Samhain should be perfect for a midnight poot. ;)

Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Blairio on October 30, 2017, 02:38:37 am
Just fitted ...another..pilot light bulb! :o
It does mean more time to stand and look at the lovely thing though. 8)

That is a lovely colour combination.  The nacelle in black is a neat touch.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: krusty on October 30, 2017, 09:10:44 pm
Cheers Blairio, it's the standard Lagoon Blue paint scheme.
I've done lots of little mods though, changed the horn, indicators, seat, exhaust, handle bar grips, bar end mirrors, stripped the lacquer off the levers and polished them, a few stickers, removed the edge trims from the tool boxes(so they close properly) and fitted an EJK.
It's a real joy to ride.
Krusty
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Carlsberg Wordsworth on October 30, 2017, 09:28:05 pm
Bought a polishing mop drill attachment for a few pounds that came with some sort of polishing compound. The idea was it would help with keeping the cases and forks up to a shiny level. Having not done this before, it might be a revisit at some point but initial thoughts were that I should just stay with elbow grease and Autosol. Which I realised the other day that I have had a couple of tubes for nearly 25 years! Not that they've always had a bike to polish mind you.

Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Fragman on October 30, 2017, 10:58:51 pm
Another day in the sun, though a tad breezy along the coast. The wind has just dropped to nothin' so I'll be out on the road again after this post to catch the sunset. ;D

Krusty, I quite like the blue version as well. Nicely done. :) Only question though: Why keep the O2 sensor when it ain't needed with an EJK installed?


Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: wildbill on October 30, 2017, 11:01:13 pm
it appears the snakes are about more than the norm this year. over the past week I have come across two of them -one on each ride.
missed the first and ran over the second. unintentional too! no interest this way running over the very deadly eastern brown snake BUT I did pull up further on up the road to check the bike for extra luggage and the legs too.....LOL
same road and almost same place- gotta pick another road ::)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Fragman on October 31, 2017, 12:25:07 am
Close to sundown and the temp at 15 C. Rather fookin' lovely! ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Blairio on October 31, 2017, 02:46:30 am
Cheers Blairio, it's the standard Lagoon Blue paint scheme.
I've done lots of little mods though, changed the horn, indicators, seat, exhaust, handle bar grips, bar end mirrors, stripped the lacquer off the levers and polished them, a few stickers, removed the edge trims from the tool boxes(so they close properly) and fitted an EJK.
It's a real joy to ride.
Krusty

I have a similar approach with my Electra - I call it 'continuous improvement'. I changed the horn for a louder one and mounted it sideways - like many a mid 1950's british bike had their horn mounted.

https://www.highwayhawk.com/product/Horn-12v-Live-To-Ride-Chrome/

The horn's legend 'live to ride' and the bald eagle on the cover raise a few eyebrows amongst my brit-biker pals, but they can't deny it is loud, and very shiny.

Bigger revisions include a full Hitchcocks exhaust system, Hagon rear shocks and solo seat & pillion conversion.  Oddly, I have just refitted the original dual seat, as my partner now likes to go for the odd spin with me. The engine seems unphased by her additional weight ( I am 87kg and she is 57kg).  I simply upped the tyre pressures and cranked up the preload on the Hagons.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Blairio on October 31, 2017, 02:54:40 am
Bought a polishing mop drill attachment for a few pounds that came with some sort of polishing compound. The idea was it would help with keeping the cases and forks up to a shiny level. Having not done this before, it might be a revisit at some point but initial thoughts were that I should just stay with elbow grease and Autosol. Which I realised the other day that I have had a couple of tubes for nearly 25 years! Not that they've always had a bike to polish mind you.

I have been toying with buying a Dremel polishing kit, but holding off as once my cases are polished to a mirror finish, I would become a slave to keeping them that way! Why are you having second thoughts about using your polishing kit?

My favourite engine finish is on the older Laverdas - a dull shot-peened finish that doesn't corrode or need polished, and develops a lovely patina with age.  A friend says you can achieve that finish on any casing with acrylic bead blasting, so I may investigate getting this done locally (Glasgow, Scotland).  On the other hand, Enfields do look good with polished cases. Also, there seems to be a real problem with beads getting lodged in oil ways and other hard to reach nooks and crannies.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: krusty on October 31, 2017, 07:00:27 pm
Krusty, I quite like the blue version as well. Nicely done. :) Only question though: Why keep the O2 sensor when it ain't needed with an EJK installed?
That'll be 'cos it's actually an old photo. Pre EJK. Having said that I still have the O2 sensor screwed in but not connected, must make a blanking plug for it! We are quiet at work so I'll make one this week hopefully.
Cheers Fragman... another little improvement in the pipe line!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: krusty on October 31, 2017, 07:17:20 pm
Some real nice looking bikes there fellas! 8)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Carlsberg Wordsworth on November 01, 2017, 10:52:55 pm
I have been toying with buying a Dremel polishing kit, but holding off as once my cases are polished to a mirror finish, I would become a slave to keeping them that way! Why are you having second thoughts about using your polishing kit?

I don't think my old battery drill was spinning enough rpms really. I was leaving marks on the case and no idea if that's supposed to happen. They're not there now after using the loose mop thingy but I was a bit hmmm, perhaps this might not be the correct approach or I'm just plain doing it wrong. Never used one before so maybe a bit more practice.

I did see the other day in a video how to get a brushed alloy look with WD40 and a scotchpad. Not sure if that works on shiny alloy.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Fragman on November 01, 2017, 11:20:29 pm
T'day I cleaned & lubed the chain, then went on a good poot about the 'hood to cure the Halloween hangover. Weather still holding up nicely, but the chill is coming fer sure. Time to wear the Stanfields under me jeans. :o
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ex Zurin on November 02, 2017, 02:49:59 am
Installed a 7 inch Lucas headlight with the small integral parking lamp.  IMO it made a big difference in looks, much less ‘scoter’ like without the 5-3/4 assembly
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Blairio on November 02, 2017, 03:24:29 am
I don't think my old battery drill was spinning enough rpms really. I was leaving marks on the case and no idea if that's supposed to happen. They're not there now after using the loose mop thingy but I was a bit hmmm, perhaps this might not be the correct approach or I'm just plain doing it wrong. Never used one before so maybe a bit more practice.

I did see the other day in a video how to get a brushed alloy look with WD40 and a scotchpad. Not sure if that works on shiny alloy.

I have heard of the scotchpad & wd40 method.  It is sometimes used to restore decorative brushed alloy & stainless steel finishes in kitchens and such like, but it involves introducing minute scratches into the metal, and to reverse it you need to lose a layer of that metal. As a callow youth I used to help my brothers strip lacquer off their japanese bike engines, polish away any pitting that invariably comes with running bikes through scottish winters, and then re-lacquer the cases. That approach appeals, as the cases don't require regular polishing afterwards: polish once, lacquer once, and don't touch for a few years.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Fragman on November 04, 2017, 02:37:08 am
Sure enough, the temp dropped to zero overnight and stayed at 3 C most of the fookin' day. No riding t'day fer me but that gave me time to add some extra rare earth magnets to all the oil drains. These help a bunch for pulling more ferrous metal from the oil.

I stuck one on the rear drain plug about three weeks before my last oil change and noticed a fair bit more filings piled onto the weak, stock magnet than in my last 4 oil changes. The magnet on the sump screen cap has less grip due to the alloy in the cap, but the bugger ain't flown off due to hard riding. So far,so good. ;)


Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: johno on November 04, 2017, 01:35:57 pm
Yep temps are dropping, best time of the year to go for a ride, a little frost on the ground and no summer riders to get in the way!
two trips of 150 mile each this week The NGK plug has made a smoother engine, but is a lot harder to kick start, oh well that's what the electric boot is for!
unfortunately one of the leg guard top brackets has snapped either with vibration or was damaged when the bike was blown over a while back. It sounded like the engine was knocking, a massive relief when I found it was the leg shield rattling against the indicator.
Otherwise the bike is performing well, cruising at 60-65mph on dual carriage and motorways with occasional spurts to 70+ for overtakes etc
Even the headlight is pretty decent considering the majority of my riding is now at night, even on country roads there is enough light to see at 50-60mph without using the main beam, rare on a motorcycle these days......
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: wildbill on November 05, 2017, 07:28:10 am
fitted a 19" shorty to the Graphite Chrome ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Carlsberg Wordsworth on November 06, 2017, 08:02:15 pm
Having looked at some online pics of the B5 last night, it appeared to me that my handlebars have always been pulled back by quite a bit. So I adjusted those to a more forward position but not as much as the pictures. Not by miles then and that turned out to be a good decision probably. Bike feels a lot different. Have to pretend it's like a new bike as opposed to riding it like 'normal' so to speak.

Gave it a 13000 mile service so went out to test out all these adjustments today. When I got back I thought that the topbox looks lower than normal? Further investigation showed the two mount points on the shocks have broken completely. I can weld so that's not a problem. Having no welder is lol. I wondered where that was squeaking was coming from the back. Now I finally know. Fro the looks of it, probably been a while.

I didn't like the look anyway but the practical side was handy. would've preferred it not breaking. I'm still considering a 125 scooter for nipping to work and shopping and leaving the Enfield for sunny Sundays.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Fragman on November 07, 2017, 12:15:15 am
Just got back from a nice putt over to me mates' shop. Sunny skies & dry roads, but a tad fookin' nippy at 5 C. ;)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: ren on November 07, 2017, 10:10:47 am
Ask not what I did to my Royal Enfield today, ask what my Royal Enfield did to me.  >:(

I'm in the UK and have a new Classic, got it home last week. Beautiful looking bike in black and chrome.

Done a couple of rides and now has about 100 miles on the clock. Go to the garage to start it up and when I switch on, fuel starts jetting out of the fuel pump, just where the little outlet exits the pump body to the injector feed pipe. I can't see it but all I can think is that there must be a small crack in the plastic of the injector at that point. Anyway it's a warranty job so I don't want to start tinkering around with it myself.

With this fault, I can't ride it to my dealer who is about 25m away. But they seem good because when I called them they said they will collect in a van from my home.

I'm really disappointed by this, I know Enfields can suffer with poor quality compared with other makes and I've had one before, some years ago, but this is really annoying to put it mildly on a new bike. The only consolation is that it happened at my house and not in the middle of nowhere.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: wildbill on November 07, 2017, 11:22:13 am
ren
was this an 016/017 plated bike or an early year new old stock bike?
anyway I have not heard of that issue before. its usually either.
 
1. fuel hose clamp requires a slight tightening up either end
2. or bit of a kink in the fuel line where it bends prior to it's run to the injector

both usually easy fixes and no dealer required. anyway you are in the right place now for any issues which pop up - and they will ;) and we will get you roll'in again.

I wouldn't be too concerned by this very minor issue ;)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: heloego on November 07, 2017, 12:15:56 pm
+1

And it appears you have a good dealer who'll stand behind the product.  :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mevocgt on November 07, 2017, 12:26:14 pm
I took my 'GTR' out for a run to the post office......It only took me an hour....
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: heloego on November 07, 2017, 12:30:37 pm
Done the same for the last 5 days... provided loving cleaning and checks while working. And waiting for my hitch to end so I can get on them again!  ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mevocgt on November 07, 2017, 12:37:13 pm
Done the same for the last 5 days... provided loving cleaning and checks while working. And waiting for my hitch to end so I can get on them again!  ;D

I did pass 3 other post offices too.  But I wanted to turn right into the parking lot, instead of left... ;)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: ren on November 07, 2017, 02:45:34 pm
ren
was this an 016/017 plated bike or an early year new old stock bike?
anyway I have not heard of that issue before. its usually either.
 
1. fuel hose clamp requires a slight tightening up either end
2. or bit of a kink in the fuel line where it bends prior to it's run to the injector

both usually easy fixes and no dealer required. anyway you are in the right place now for any issues which pop up - and they will ;) and we will get you roll'in again.

I wouldn't be too concerned by this very minor issue ;)

Thanks for the reply. It's the very latest version known here as Euro 4 spec, with ABS.

The dealer, who has now collected the bike, hadn't seen this fault before either.

Although the driver was not their main mechanic, after observing the fuel jetting out he agreed with my view that it looks like a tiny crack in the fuel pump housing just by the outlet though it is not visible in the white plastic. It doesn't seem to be a kinked hose because the jet comes from the pump housing, not shot back out from the hose which I guess would be the case if it were kinked. My initial reaction was the hose as you suggest but I found nothing so I concluded that it must be a cracked pump housing. Also the MI light stays on, indicating a problem with the EFI.

Anyway it's a warranty job and will need a new fuel pump if it is cracked. I wasn't going to mess with a brand new bike and possibly void the warranty. I'll update here when they have found and fixed the problem.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Carlsberg Wordsworth on November 07, 2017, 05:59:21 pm
Don't be disheartened ren. Good to get this out of the way now even if it does take the shine off it a bit. Could have happened on any bike.

I hasten to add that in case anybody wondered that I may have meant my top shock mountings broke, this wasn't the case. It was the rear rack mountings that broke.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on November 07, 2017, 09:25:48 pm
ren
The hose on my 2011 G5 leaked when I first got the motorcycle.

Slightly tightening the hose clamp just a little bit solved the problem and it has never returned.

If your motorcycle has a metal clamp with a screw for tightening and the  bike hasn't been carried away to the dealer, tighten the screw a bit.

Don't over do it because the clamp is capable of crushing the plastic fuel pump outlet.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: ren on November 07, 2017, 11:40:58 pm
Thanks but it doesn't have a screw type hose clamp, it's a push on fitting but as far as I could tell that's not where the leak occurred. It wasn't a slight leak, it was a jet of fuel.

Anyway it's back with the dealer now.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: wildbill on November 07, 2017, 11:51:37 pm
ren
either way its only a minor issue BUT what's more important to me and probably a few others too - you have the euro4 spec bike - abs and new swing arm and not yet available in the USA or AUST.
how about writing a review here on the forum on the bike. regarding how it runs/vibration wise /braking etc/etc.
I've been waiting for this bike for a year to arrive here in OZ and curios how it stacks up against the old models
when it does arrive here in AUST in 018 they are talking an extra $1000 price hike and that's after they get ride of or off load all the old stock bikes ;D
pretty shifty mob here in OZ ;) the importers that is!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: ren on November 08, 2017, 10:05:51 am
Can't give much of a review right now Bill since as you know the bastard let me down after only 94 miles and it's back at the dealer.

Also I'm still running it in by the book which mandates very limited speed/throttle openings for the first 600m so I won't be able to say much on vibes, acceleration, top speed, handling etc. until I am able to give it some decent right hand. It's winter here now in the UK so I may not stick on much mileage in the next few months, old wimp that I am.

First impressions though aren't bad, probably better than my expectations for this bike, but I can't help you with comparisons against earlier Classics, never having owned one. I had a Bullet many years ago, I think it was one of the early electric starts to be imported to the UK, but that was a different machine.

Have you really got all those Enfields you list? If so that's quite amazing, like an obsession, no offence. HTF do you manage to ride them all?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Haggis on November 08, 2017, 10:34:58 am
I can give two small comparisons between the Euro 3 and euro 4. The fuel pump housing on the Euro 4 is different than earlier models, bolt location and spacing are all changed. So Euro 4 tanks need a euro 4 pump. Disc rear brake works, predictable , progressive and strong, excellent upgrade.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: ren on November 08, 2017, 10:53:17 am
That's interesting what you say about the new Euro4 fuel pump. That may possibly be why I have had such a bad experience with it having a crack after almost no mileage and why this problem is not known amongst those with older models, which is nearly everybody here.

On other hand the new pump in general may be completely reliable and the flaw is just my bad luck. We'll see over time.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: heloego on November 08, 2017, 12:28:39 pm
+1 to what C.W. said. :)

   Best this happened under warranty.
   As he also said it could happen with any bike. Your dealer appears to be on top of it, so now we wait for the diagnosis of the MIL light issue.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: wildbill on November 08, 2017, 01:41:19 pm
ren
yes - I have actually bought all those enfield's brand new but only have the one 017 graphite C5 that I bought a couple of months back. I usually buy them and ride them and then sell them ;D
I find that you can run them in a bit quicker than the book too. just as long as you give them a bit of a cool down ever half hour or so and don't lug the motor.
I also do probably 3 or 4 oil and filter changes in the first 1000 miles too. first oil/filter drop at around the 100 mile mark.
oil and filter is pretty cheap and its good practice anyway and I always swap out the plug and replace with a ngk bpr6es immediately like as soon as I get the bike.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: ren on November 08, 2017, 04:07:49 pm
Ahh I see. Your message footer gave me the impression that you own all those Enfields now, not that you have only one and the others were owned previously.

I am not concerned with the plug but I notice that on my new bike, they are still supplying those old wet open cell batteries that need checking and adding distilled water (if you can even find it in shops) rather than maintenance free. Dunno why, they are a pain, belonging in the motorcycle stone age.  I haven't seen one of those stupid things on any other new bike for a very long time - and I've had quite a few of many different makes. I think the last one I had was on that Bullet I owned a long time ago.

In keeping with the board topic, one of the first things I looked at when I got the bike home, before it decided it don't like me, was to check the battery level. It has a single strip cap  with an attached plug for each cell. Fine, but I couldn't get the 'kin thing back in properly, it was like some Laurel and Hardy film, I pushed one end and the other end popped out, I pushed in the middle and both ends popped out. I tried to push the whole thing simultaneously and five of the six plugs went in but one wouldn't! What happens is that the  crappy plastic plugs become distorted. In the end I left it with 5 of the 6 in and one plug just halfway in so that there's a slight rise in the plug strip at that point.

What a piece of prehistoric junk, I think I'll replace it in due course with an MF type.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Narada on November 09, 2017, 02:41:48 pm
That may have been an AGM?  ???

I was looking at a battery in a 2016 C5 yesterday with the flat strip over the cells. Everything was flush so the battery was completely flat on top.

The salesman said it was an AGM which I suspected because I just bought my first AGM from REFW/Baker Motorsports and it looked just like that.  ::)

My 2015 C5 had a wet cell with caps that stuck up above the battery. It had bit the big one and made spark no more. New REFW AGM works great!  8)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: ren on November 09, 2017, 04:01:32 pm
That may have been an AGM?  ???

I was looking at a battery in a 2016 C5 yesterday with the flat strip over the cells. Everything was flush so the battery was completely flat on top.

The salesman said it was an AGM which I suspected because I just bought my first AGM from REFW/Baker Motorsports and it looked just like that.  ::)

My 2015 C5 had a wet cell with caps that stuck up above the battery. It had bit the big one and made spark no more. New REFW AGM works great!  8)

I'm pretty certain that AGM batteries are sealed and maintenance free. On my Classic therefore this is not an AGM battery but an old style maintenance-required version where you need to check and top up the fluid if necessary. Also, the handbook tells you to do that.

Should be in a museum and not on my bike.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Narada on November 09, 2017, 04:34:01 pm
This is just like the one one I bought from REFW/Baker. It comes with the acid seperate, which you pour into each cell and cover with the flat strip. Once the fluid goes in, it combines with whatever is in there and makes the gel. The flat strip has round plugs for each hole and once you put it on it is not supposed to be removed again.

(https://s19.postimg.org/c6b8e5hur/agm.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)

this looks like the old wet cell that came stock on my 2015 C5;

(https://s19.postimg.org/iy1ngs9cj/Yuasa-_YB7-_A-_Motorbike-_Battery.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)

Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: motomataya on November 09, 2017, 09:34:15 pm
Thats a sealed lead acid battery. Step up from a non sealed. Gel batteries come ready to plug in. As do AGMs, probably the best choice.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Narada on November 09, 2017, 10:00:48 pm
There probably is some confusion somewhere on this, but CMW REFW is calling it an Absorbed Glass Mat battery.  :o

The sales guy at Seattle Royal Enfield said RE has been using AGM's in thier bikes since 2016. What I saw in that bike looked like the top picture.  :o

The top picture was found by entering "AGM motorcycle battery" into google images.  :o

That's all I know.  :P

Is everyone calling batteries AGM when they are not?  ???
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: motomataya on November 09, 2017, 10:09:47 pm
The parts unlimited battery in the picture is a generic lead acid battery likely made in China. They come with an acid pack with a measured amount of acid. AGMs always say AGM on them, and to my knowledge always come filled. I may be wrong, I do sell hundreds of batteries every year. You get what you pay for. The parts unlimited battery is probably around $70 the AGM is more like a hundred. Hope this helps
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on November 09, 2017, 11:18:52 pm
I sell several Bike Master batteries that are AGM but not filled.  So, no, not all AGM batteries cone factory activated.  But, most of them do.  But, most BM batteries do not, except the gel batteries.  Those are factory activated.  And FWIW, anything from the auto parts stores, Wal-Mart or Batteries Plus are usually junk and fail within the first year.  Ask me how I know.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: AmBraCol on November 10, 2017, 02:43:07 pm
Pulled the "back rest" off the Rumbler a couple weeks ago, then made some attachment points to bolt on in place of it to strap my travel kit on with.  Tuesday rode a new (to me) route over the central range of the Andes, across the Magdalena river valley, through Bogotá and down to the eastern plains.  Yesterday came back a longer route, ended up doing just over 600 Km including more time in Bogotá than I like.  Anyway, here's a few videos showing some of the scenery along the way.  Need to take the GoPro and run the route again one of these days.  Also need to do a close up of the tiedowns, I'm tickled with how they worked out.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSHOlY7P71Q

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXnYkZ1y7zk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vS4fCk2zY4
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: heloego on November 10, 2017, 02:50:21 pm
Beautiful country, AmBraCol!
Sad about Armero. The news here back in '85 wouldn't have printed or said much about it. 20,000 people killed.  :(
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: motomataya on November 10, 2017, 03:28:31 pm
Bike Master AGM batteries, at least for the last 10 years all come pre filled and charged. They come in a silver case so they are easy to tell from the Bikemaster sealed lead acid batteries which are black. I sell a lot of these strictly on price. In use you can sure tell a difference btween them and Yuasa.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Narada on November 10, 2017, 05:01:05 pm
The part I don't understand is how and why so many companies, including Classic Motor Works, sell batteries they say are agm if they are not agm?

Is there a "glass mat" inside the non-factory sealed batteries, or is it just lead?

FWIW a Royal Enfield salesman also saying that since 2016 RE comes with agm, but when you look it is not a factory sealed unit so therefore it is not agm?

If this is true there is some kind of huge fraud situation going on! :o
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: motomataya on November 10, 2017, 07:41:52 pm
When RENA took over the didn't use the stock batteries the bikes were shipped with. They went to a sealed battery, not sure of the construction.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on November 10, 2017, 11:25:29 pm
So, apparently the black BM batteries are called VRLA batteries.  Which I've never heard of. They still consider them maintenance free and spill proof.  But, apparently not actual AGM batteries.  But FWIW, the gel factory activated batteries aren't listed as AGM either, just maintenance free and spill proof.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: AmBraCol on November 11, 2017, 12:20:00 am
Beautiful country, AmBraCol!
Sad about Armero. The news here back in '85 wouldn't have printed or said much about it. 20,000 people killed.  :(


At the time, my wife had just gone up to the U.S. for college.  Her folks were in Bogotá.  US news was reporting a "terrible tragedy near Bogotá".  No one in Colombia sees it that way.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Fragman on November 11, 2017, 01:36:33 am
Went on a nice 50 km ride this afternoon and the weather was nice at 10C along with dry roads. Ended up at me favorite dealer to grab a new EK x-ring chain and to shoot the shit. Twas fookin' lovely. ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Carlsberg Wordsworth on November 11, 2017, 07:42:28 pm
Finally sorted the front brake calliper and put some new seals in the lower piston as it wasn't retracting very well and prone to sticking. Might see some better mpg >75-80 that I'm currently getting possibly and some difference on the front end as I'll guess sticking wouldn't have helped much.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on November 11, 2017, 10:51:27 pm
Finally sorted the front brake calliper and put some new seals in the lower piston as it wasn't retracting very well and prone to sticking. Might see some better mpg >75-80 that I'm currently getting possibly and some difference on the front end as I'll guess sticking wouldn't have helped much.

Did you inspect the wheel bearings by chance?  Depending on how much friction the caliper is causing, it's possible for a seized caliper to cook the wheel bearings.  Not so likely on a bike, but I've seen it happen several times on personal and customer cars.  Just food for thought.

I've been staring at my former Enfield on the lift, puking oil, waiting for parts to arrive to correct.  It's bitter sweet knowing that the Blackhawk is finally getting the love it needs, but that it no longer belongs to me.  Oh well, at least I'll get the first few rides in once it's finished.  :D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Norm on November 14, 2017, 04:42:06 am
Finally sorted the front brake caliper and put some new seals in the lower piston as it wasn't retracting very well and prone to sticking. Might see some better mpg >75-80 that I'm currently getting possibly and some difference on the front end as I'll guess sticking wouldn't have helped much.
My 2010 C5 had that sticking problem with the front brake caliper.  I'm surprised by 2017 the problem hasn't been eradicated permanently.  Do you feel confident about your solution?  Best of success.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: longstrokeclassic on November 14, 2017, 11:00:45 am
Unfortunately it doesn't take much to interfere with the fit of the seal in the calliper body and stiffen things up a little. A little bit of salt can go a long way!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Carlsberg Wordsworth on November 15, 2017, 08:14:12 pm
Ah, finally managed to log on to the forum. apparently my session had times out. Anyway. I can't remember when I last cleaned the bottom piston out. Might have been early this year. I didn't use a new seal then or how long the brake stayed good for. Not long probably. Which has meant I learned to live with it and rode accordingly. Braking in now has a lot more feel. I don't think it will lock up though. I have a set of new pads waiting but these have quite a bit of life left for the moment.

I might even treat them to one of those fancy braided lines once the time comes  :)

I've also taken the screen off again. A couple of windy days has made it too noisy and I can never seem to find the sweet spot even if it's not. I may try to make a smaller one out of it and see if I can make a clip mount similar to the headlight peak. Or sell it. I don't fancy shelling the cost of the smaller fly screen that's available.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: wildbill on November 15, 2017, 11:21:58 pm
but that Hitchcock's flyscreen really works well...I tell ya!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: AmBraCol on November 16, 2017, 03:04:15 am
Took the Rumbler in for an oil change today.  I'd rather do it myself, but disposing of used oil around here can be complicated so usually opt for the dealer doing it - which turns out to be a good thing.  They've kept records on the bike since it was new and when I asked the mechanic about a new knocking sound that started on my trip last week he fired it up and said "That's your connecting rod"  :o Then, "Don't worry, the company will cover it."  Turns out they've been having problems with some 2015 500 CC UCE engines and are doing a rebuild even though they're not under warranty.  They pick up the parts tab, the customer foots the labor.  So for around $150 US I should be getting my engine rebuilt around the first of next month.  So the oil DIDN'T get changed today after all...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: tooseevee on November 16, 2017, 04:59:06 pm
Ah, finally managed to log on to the forum. apparently my session had times out.

            This happened to a lot of us for a couple days.

             And a lot of the Left margin stuff is still missing.

              It can be complicated sometimes running these websites. This one runs really well actually.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: hpwaco on November 16, 2017, 07:24:09 pm
Session time out - couldn't log in.  Had the same problem a couple of days ago.  Now magically all better.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Richard230 on November 16, 2017, 07:44:21 pm
Session time out - couldn't log in.  Had the same problem a couple of days ago.  Now magically all better.

The same thing happened to me.  I finally managed to log in and set my log-in time for "forever". No more problems.  :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Carlsberg Wordsworth on November 16, 2017, 08:47:50 pm
This is rapidly turning into the 'What did you do to your Royal Enfield Forum today' lol

Password reset fixed it for me.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on November 16, 2017, 09:24:12 pm
Well, I really didn't do anything to my Royal Enfield but ride it but, I did buy myself a new helmet.

I've been wearing a HJC CL-16 ever since I bought my RE G5 in 2011 and I considered it as the best helmet I've ever worn (and that includes Bell and Arai).

Anyway, I bought a new CL-17.

I only rode with it on for about 6 miles but it seems to be even better than the -16.
Especially the air vent they added to cool off my forehead.  It really works making a noticeable blast of air.

I guess now that I have a new helmet, I'll have to buy a new 650 Interceptor if they ever get around to importing them here.  ???
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: AmBraCol on November 17, 2017, 02:49:31 am
I guess now that I have a new helmet, I'll have to buy a new 650 Interceptor if they ever get around to importing them here.  ???

Was talking with the local dealer yesterday.  He says that the U.S. and Europe get dibs on the first batch of Interceptors and GT 650's.  I'm looking forward to your review!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on November 18, 2017, 12:06:52 am
Well, I really didn't do anything to my Royal Enfield but ride it but, I did buy myself a new helmet.

I've been wearing a HJC CL-16 ever since I bought my RE G5 in 2011 and I considered it as the best helmet I've ever worn (and that includes Bell and Arai).

Anyway, I bought a new CL-17.

I only rode with it on for about 6 miles but it seems to be even better than the -16.
Especially the air vent they added to cool off my forehead.  It really works making a noticeable blast of air.

I guess now that I have a new helmet, I'll have to buy a new 650 Interceptor if they ever get around to importing them here.  ???

I love my CL-17!  Bought it last summer.  Seriously the comfiest full face I've ever owned and worn.  I sell a lot of them at work as well.  We actually just got in the new IS-17, which is the CL-17 with an internal sun shield.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on November 21, 2017, 01:26:48 pm
I started tearing her down for a complete engine rebuild.  She's always ran well, but she leaks oil like crazy.  I should have the engine completely out this morning.  Then will hopefully get the engine disassembled over Thanksgiving break.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: jackedoz on November 22, 2017, 10:20:13 am
Fitted new solo seat added hagon lowered shocks chopped off front guard
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Haggis on November 22, 2017, 11:45:08 am
Couple of left over nuts on the garage floor there, hope they are not important? ????
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: jackedoz on November 23, 2017, 04:11:38 am
Nah off the old seat test ride today very comfy seat also tested out Uni foam filter much smoother ride
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Fragman on November 23, 2017, 11:56:12 pm
Finally got out for a 30 min scoot around the area today after 5 days of rainy shyte, only to be forced back home by another incoming rain system. No biggie, as any ride is better than no ride.

My new chain sure works wonders over the stock boil that should never have been on the bike. Shifting is much more positive now with chain snatch hugely reduced and no backlash worries to boot.  :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Carlsberg Wordsworth on November 25, 2017, 12:06:51 am
Washed it. Thought I'd spend 5 mins giving the forks a little polish. Over the period of the day I seemed to have moved on to crankcases bit by bit.

Autosol works really well with kitchen towel it seems. It works for me.

I may not be riding now until there's a good chance of no salt on the roads. Two wheel fun may have to be on a bicycle over winter.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Scotty Brown on November 26, 2017, 10:38:17 pm
Took a little 45 mile soul enrichment ride -- I have found that aging gracefully requires that you take life one step at a time and watch what you step in .
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Fragman on November 27, 2017, 11:11:31 pm
I installed a fresh air filter element on the bike, then went for a 1 hour putt along the coast. A tad chilly, but well worth it.

Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: heloego on November 28, 2017, 01:46:18 pm
Yesterday, akshully.

   Re-organized the bike locations to accomodate the delivery and make room for the installation of my sidecar (when it arrives). Took the opportunity to install the long sport megaphone on the C5. Richer sound than the short meg, and will move the sound aft a bit so the passenger won't have to turn her hearing aid down as far. ;)
   With the Electra on the lift it was a good time to perform the scheduled services, so I replaced the kicker o-ring and gasket on the gearbox.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on November 29, 2017, 01:37:28 am
Test fitted the new K&N 2.5"X3" cylinder style filter.  Packaging actually says that it's a "crankcase breather vent", but looks identical to the air filter manufacture.  Fits the L-Amal carb perfectly!  And I just coined my new favorite name for that crap that carb.  Haha!  ;D ;D

But alas, just realized I didn't take pics.  Will have to snatch a couple in the AM.  But, here is a pic from eBay of the one I got.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on November 30, 2017, 04:18:30 am
Popped the new filter on the carb and took a pic.  Sure looks a lot better than the old pancake filter.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: suitcasejefferson on December 01, 2017, 03:02:47 pm
Took it out of storage, put air in the tires, checked the oil (it was replaced when the bike was stored last May), lubed the chain, gave everything a good going over, fired it up, warmed it up, rode it to the gas station, filled it up, and went for a 20-25 mile ride. Stopped at McDonalds and got a bite to eat and drink, and admired it through the window. It has a fairly new chain, I replaced it after the brake locked up early last year. Still haven't figured out what to do about the rear brake, don't really need it. I will need tires soon, and would like to get the same tires that came on it stock. They are not ideal for riding, but I like the look.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Fragman on December 05, 2017, 12:12:30 am
I just go back from a nice 1hr ride which was a wee bit chilly at 4C, but at least it weren't rainin'. Before setting out, I tweeked the settings on my EJK controller to leaner than stock and centered up the rear brake shoes to get optimum bite.

The motor runs crisper now and is more eager on acceleration than before. The rear binder now grabs properly & has much better feel than ever. Loving this machine! 8)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Fragman on December 06, 2017, 12:51:22 am
I reset the steering stem bearings & re-torqued the swing arm bushes then went fer a scoot around the area. We're getting into a week of sunny days at least...Hooray! 8)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: wildbill on December 06, 2017, 01:00:54 am
fragman
you appear to be having -a bit of fun ;)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Fragman on December 06, 2017, 01:11:29 am
fragman
you appear to be having -a bit of fun ;)

Ye got that right mate. ;) Nothin' like riding at every opportunity to help knock off the winter blues.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: wildbill on December 06, 2017, 04:51:37 am
well after reading about your stint on the bike - I went out and did a 40 mile run myself.
rain into a bit of light rain too. usually I would turn for home immediately but I thought -"stuff it!" and 3 minutes later I was through the stuff and all good
only second time ever -caught in rain....LOL
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Fragman on December 06, 2017, 05:12:53 am
That's beauty! I've only been caught by the rain a couple of times meself, starting with the soaker I received on the day I bought the machine & rode the few miles from the dealer to my place. ;D

We all gotta say "fook it" and go fer a run every now & then. ;)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: wildbill on December 07, 2017, 01:07:30 am
what were your final numbers after testing the ejk? when I sold my last bike I removed the ejk for future use and forgot the 02 cheater under the tank ::)
I tried another 02 cheater but it appears it doesn't work correctly and I have to order the correct one from the supplier.
once I get it I am hopefully good to go ;)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Fragman on December 07, 2017, 01:36:37 am
Me base settings are Green 4, Yellow 3 and Red 2. I've not fiddled with the transition settings as the motor is quite happy with the settings thus far. The red setting I only adjusted today after being all this time at the default 0.5, and it made a nice improvement for gassin' 'er up my favorite test hills.  ;D

Another crisp, sunny day on the west coast. Lots of bike folks on the road today. ;)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on December 08, 2017, 07:15:41 pm
I changed the clutch cable on my 2011 G5 Deluxe.

While riding about 20 miles from home today, I got to thinking.  (Yes, I know.  Always dangerous.)

"The clutch cable on my motorcycle is the original one and now it is over 6 years and 20,900 miles (33710 km) old.  If it were to break, I'm sure I could make it home but it would be a Royal Pain in the Ass"
"Kinda stupid to not change it since the bike came with a brand new cable".

With this in mind, when I got home I lubed up the new (spare) cable and installed it.
(I always lube the clutch cable every 500-800 miles using one of those aluminum cable lube clamps and the can of lubrication that comes with it.)
It wasn't quite as difficult as I thought it might be but it wasn't a no brainer either.
It took a bit of messing around and I found that pulling it out from the upper end seemed to work better than trying to cram the lever end down thru the rubber grommet in the casquette.

Anyway, now I have a new cable installed.  Hopefully it lasts over 6 years like the last one did and if it doesn't, I still have the old cable to reinstall.  :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: heloego on December 09, 2017, 03:58:07 am
   Received the side car yesterday, unpacked and organized everything, and began set up today.  ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Scotty Brown on December 11, 2017, 04:38:52 am
RODE TO THE MONTHLY VINTAGE MEET -- AGAIN, ONLY ENFIELD IN ATTENDANCE --BUT ALWAYS DRAWS COMMENTS--
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: no bs on December 12, 2017, 02:24:41 am
rode the frankenbullet to work for the first time since last february. froze my nuts off with the wind chill! but so gratifying to get the thumper back on the road. tomorrow, the klr...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Fragman on December 12, 2017, 03:24:18 am
Went for a nice sunny ride after cleaning some road dirt & chain lube from the motor and such. Going through the village during "Retard Season" can be rather frustrating (And hazardous), so I generally use the backroads to get around to the places I frequent most.

Over 7 days now of sunny & crisp ridin' weather...Fookin A! 8)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: wildbill on December 12, 2017, 10:59:02 pm
Fragman
I too have joined you and am beat'in up some miles......although I have to wait it out till late afternoon. pretty hot here in OZ!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Fragman on December 13, 2017, 07:40:19 am
I hear ye on that one wildbill. ;) I followed basically same rule when we were on Rarotonga in the Cooks & riding Yamaha 60cc rental bikes to bob around on. We arrived in their winter & it was still 90F from about 10 am - 4 pm. :o

Todays' ride was sunny again and allowed me to just putt about at my leisure. Rainy shyte is supposed to return in the next few days, but we'll see how that pans out .
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: wildbill on December 14, 2017, 10:43:53 pm
fragman
temps sitting on 30C here daily so I do my ride late in the afternoon - say about 6pm, where on daylight saving on the eastern side of aust so it doesn't get dark till 8 to 8.30pm so time to cool down a bit.
if you get out around 6pm it gives me about an hour or so before I have to be on the alert for the pesky - GREY JUMPERS- or KANGAROOS...LOL
there are a fair few about at the moment due to low rain fall in the area as they come close to the road looking for possible greener picks of grass or the odd chance of water in table drains.
there are no actual hot spots for them-they are ever where. so rule of thumb once it get near dark -be on alert and play it safe.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Fragman on December 15, 2017, 02:03:14 am
I tidied up the bike t'day and got a couple of hours of nice riding around me district and took a pic of the shore near sunset at around 3:30 PM. Over 10 days now of sunny days with temps ranging from 5 to 11+C in the mid afternoon. Great conditions for just enjoying the ride.
(Gotta have the Stanfields on though fer comfort.) ;)

wildbill
True beans on bein' on yer game when it comes to riding at times when big critters are on the move. Our deer, bear and elk are usually meandering about in the wee hours of morning & early evenings + full dark.  :o


Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: johno on December 16, 2017, 06:32:38 pm
Been out and about on the Bullet today.
Temps down to 2 deg C but it was a glorious winters day with not a cloud to be seen.
It was great to cruise along to the beat of the single, which I havn't done for a while due to the storms we've had over the last couple of months.
I have noticed a small split appear in the top of seat cover which I'm a bit annoyed about as the Bullet is garaged when not in use. I've taped it for now but will need to look for a new seat cover in the near future, which I wasn't expecting.....
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Carlsberg Wordsworth on December 16, 2017, 08:42:17 pm
Seriously considering selling the B5 after sitting on and firing up the Himalayan today. didn't get a chance to sit on it at the UK bike show so went to a local dealer for the 'open day' for the Himalayan.

Only 1 bike, no brochures. Not even a cuppa. Anyway. By 'eck it feels comfy. Position felt quite natural. I can get both feet on the floor comfortably, something I can't seem to do on the Bullet. Comes shod with Pirelli MT60. I was expecting some unknown make. £4100 on the road is quite tempting but it would mean trading in or selling the Bullet privately which is something I'm not sure of. I also think I prefer the pre 2017 Bullet/Classics with a drum rear if I'm honest. And I didn't know RE had chopped out some of the Bullet/classic front mudguards (shown in the 3rd pic).

Pics then.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Fragman on December 17, 2017, 01:17:44 am
I got out for another couple hours ride after topping up the tire pressures and checking for loose fittings. (None found.) I also rasped open the hole I'd previously drilled in the rear baffle plate of the muffler to get better exhaust flow & louder rap. Sounds nicely rowdy now under throttle & the bike pulls my favorite hill at 90 km rather easy now with no strain. :)

It was cloudy all day but no rain or wind & temp at 11C. I won't sell my C5 until I get too old to ride, which will suck ass bigtime. ;)

Tis the season fer fun Aussie Xmas music. ;D ;D
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x3696vu

Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Fragman on December 22, 2017, 11:12:57 pm
I got out for decent putt t'day and ran a few errands as well. I lubed the chain & checked tire pressures, then pre heated the motor before initial startup. (The decompressor kicked out within 2 seconds after startup, as usual.) ;)

Chilly ride at 3C but no wind or rain though. I missed me Solstice ride yesterday due to rain which started by 10 am, but at least I got to see a nice sunrise before the clouds moved in.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Blairio on December 24, 2017, 07:44:06 am

... I didn't know RE had chopped out some of the Bullet/classic front mudguards (shown in the 3rd pic).

Pics then.

The only reason I can think of for this is to get round mudguard / fork shroud alignment issues.  If so, it seems to me like trying to cure a fault with a fault.  But hey, it's Christmas Eve! So the alternative and more charitable view is that in cutting away the mudguard, RE is shaving a few hundred grammes off the weight off the machine - for enhanced performance.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: cstorckiii on December 24, 2017, 05:37:29 pm
My guess is it’s been removed so that 3.50 (and metric equivalent) tires will fit on the front, giving a wider choice for front tires.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Fragman on December 27, 2017, 12:15:00 am
Gave the wee beasty a tidy-up, then got out for an hour & change. Stopped by
the site where they are gonna put in a gas bar & a Tim Horton's. Looks like the
old guys on Harley trikes will be gettin' a new meeting spot. ::)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Scotty Brown on December 27, 2017, 02:56:00 am
Getting ready for the annual inspection -- Fluid changes, cable greasing, oil changing, loctite checking, spoke checking and tightening, and tire pressure setting.  Should be ready for next year's pleasure.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: wildbill on December 27, 2017, 03:44:45 am
fragman
that's a nice little tray on the back of the chrome. say a thermos full of hot coffee, couple of sandwiches and a few biscuits and you are right to roll about for the day and stop off at you favourite picnic spots!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Fragman on December 28, 2017, 12:43:38 am
wildbill,
Thanks for that. I made the tray using a 9"x 13"x 3" aluminium Fat Dadios cake pan. These come anodized,  so all I had to do was paint the outside of the pan and fit it to the RE pillion rack using 2 small 1/8" SS screws & a couple of SS washers & wingnuts. A piece of sheet checker plate rubber is fitted in the tray bottom to keep engine vibes from rattling up cargo such as bottled & canned goods or eggs and it's the perfect size for packing motorcycle magazines.  ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Rattlebattle on December 29, 2017, 07:19:12 pm
The occasional post on this and other RE forums about failed regulator/rectifiers on UCE models prompted me to buy one of the neat little LED voltmeters sold by Hitchcocks. As today was above freezing I ventured into the garage to fit it to my 2015 LE Despatch. As recommended, I fitted the unit on the flat part of the handlebar clamp; the Koso unit looks like it was made for the job. Although I followed the additional instructions supplied by the vendor, when I reconnected the battery it was obvious that all was not well as the unit was live all the time. A bit of detective work solved the issue; on my bike at least it is the red wire, not the red and white wire as advised, from the ignition switch to which the positive lead should be connected to get a witched live, so that the unit only works with the ignition on. Also I chose not to use the awful connectors supplied with the Koso unit, preferring to solder the joints.
Anyway, switch on and the unit indicates a healthy battery at 12-13 volts ( two green LEDs lit in the middle). Start the engine and observe that the electrical load is balanced at a high tick over with no lights on ( my UK version has switchable main beam). Rev the engine and two Amber lights come on to the right of the two middle green lights, indicating charging. Switch on firstly the sidelights and then headlight and observe that the voltage varies according to revs and the load on the battery. Great; I now know that the battery is healthy and that the charging system is working as it should. If the regulator/rectifier were to fail, at least now I would get advanced warning and could hopefully save the battery and/or generator. Money well spent methinks, plus I get a useful row of idiot lights to brighten up the camouflage paint job a bit. :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Carlsberg Wordsworth on December 29, 2017, 10:43:52 pm
Looks a nifty tool there RB.

I'd like to point out here for info that there is a voltmeter on the KOSO speedo unit. Just in case anyone is thinking of adding the above and already have a KOSO speedo installed or is thinking of installing the speedo. You don't get cool LED Knight rider lights though  :)

It also depends on what info you want displayed on the KOSO speedo. Volts, trip, mileage etc. If you have a clock fitted to the stem nut, flicking between the options can be a fiddle.

I'd get this for sure if I'd not got the main unit installed though and I'd had a reliable speedo in the first place.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Rattlebattle on December 30, 2017, 10:18:36 am
My analogue clock fits on a nice stainless steel mount that screws into the headlight retaining ring. It is angled up slightly so is nicely visible. No interference with the stem nut for when the head race needs adjustment. Happy with standard speedo; I have a Garmi satnav for accuracy and instant conversion to metric.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Fragman on January 01, 2018, 10:56:08 pm
I lubed the chain & gave the machine a little detailing wax then got out for a chilly, 1 hour New Years Day ride. Temp was 3C and felt even colder on the coast road.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: wildbill on January 02, 2018, 01:58:43 am
fragman
is it all open style riding your way or heavy timber county too?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Fragman on January 02, 2018, 03:08:15 am
wildbill,
It's rocky and well treed in me neck of the woods, at least where it ain't been heavily developed. Dirt & Adventure bikes are the biggest sellers round here.
I really should grab meself a Rokon 2x2 for those snowy days & fer giggles out in the bush. Nothing out climbs these buggers.;)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Fragman on January 05, 2018, 01:31:32 am
I fitted my new LED bulb replacements for me pilot lights and tail/stop light & had a nice ride around me district. Weather holding fine at 7C and overcast skies, but no rain. :)

I'm happy with the way these lights perform thus far and did today's putt using only the pilots as DRL. On overcast days, this setup works ok fer me & anyone not in a hurry to get someplace. Still gotta follow the cardinal rule of not trusting anyone at intersections though. Be aware of ye surroundings as the stupids will blindly trash ye. :o

Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Carlsberg Wordsworth on January 10, 2018, 08:26:09 pm
Nice & bright there Fragman.

I myself am waiting for the weather to improve and my sneezing to stop, so in preparation I've reset trip 'B' to see how many miles I do this calendar year.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: suitcasejefferson on January 12, 2018, 10:39:16 pm
Just rode it, about 150 miles at 55 mph on rural country roads, with one stop at a fast food place for a break. Got a couple of nice compliments on it. No mechanical problems. Riding this bike never ceases to put a smile on my face. It would be my dream bike if only the quality were better.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: AmBraCol on January 12, 2018, 10:45:35 pm
Rode the Rumbler to the dealer and left her there for major surgery.  The connecting rod has been knocking something fierce, RE is going to swap it out on warranty even though the official warranty expired a year ago.  Seems they had a batch of bad connecting rods or something so they've been doing repairs for folks.  A friend had his Battle Desert Storm Classic 500 rebuilt for the same issue.  Should have the bike again on Monday or Tuesday.  Then to start the process of riding in the new parts.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Fragman on January 13, 2018, 01:00:02 am
I got me new wheel workin' tools in today as to be ready for the flanged alloy
hoops I'll be ordering soon from H. No ride today due to rain, but re-torquing my
spokes was easy peezy with the OTC torque wrench. 8)

Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: wildbill on January 13, 2018, 07:05:06 am
when I was a kid I tried getting a buckle out of a wheel with a spoke tightener I think they called them then- no luck at all and ended up with an even bigger buckle!....LOL never tried it since.
looks like whatever you bought has the task well under control ;)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: wildbill on January 13, 2018, 07:43:03 am
forgot to mention - now we are talking oil changes looking under the bike and over to where the two small bolts hold the cage type filter in place...... towards the muffler runs the master cylinder for the braking system. lucky this is not an off roader...LOL
you may also notice that the long full threaded bolt which ran east west is no longer there.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Carlsberg Wordsworth on January 13, 2018, 11:18:20 pm
Another UK MOT passed.

loose chain and rear brake linings as advisory. Chain travel within spec so no drama there and the rear brake only because during the floating drum modification test I had put the arm at 6 o'clock at rest, so quite a lot of rear pedal arm thread on show which would make it look like it was low. As there does not seem to be a wear limit indicator on B5 models like one would expect, I've moved the lever back on the splines a bit. Last time the wheel was off  a couple of months ago there is more than enough pad.

Also the local dealer called to day they have the Himalayan demo now in. Couldn't make it today and next week looks flippin' freezing. At least they called so mentioned my thanks for getting back to me and I'll be in touch to arrange a test :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Fragman on January 15, 2018, 02:43:32 am
Managed to get in a decent ride today after a week of wet crap. I lubed the speedo cable & checked tire pressures before heading out. Temp was 11 C.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on January 15, 2018, 04:15:25 pm
Fitted a new K70 to rear wheel, and got my butt kicked.  Couldn't for the life of me get the right side axle torque flush to the swingarm.  So disassembled it again, looked it over, nothing missing.  Looked at the parts diagram and decided the only possible issue was that the threaded bush that presses into the left wheel bearing had to have moved.  Took a punch and beat the crap out of it until it moved about 3/8" and that seemed to do the trick.  But, of course, while beating on it, the spacer between the drum and brake assembly plate fell out, and the wheel wasn't spinning freely.  Saw the missing spacer, took the wheel off a 3rd time, and now all is good in the hood!  Always an adventure wrenching on these old beasts.  Will go back in later today to fit the new front tire and rebuild the forks.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: AmBraCol on January 15, 2018, 07:20:41 pm
Dropped by and visited her in the hospital.  She looks weird with her heart gone.  The heart (engine) was laying all over the work table.  They showed me the rub marks inside the cylinder, not sure why the piston and connecting rod weren't there as they're to be replaced completely in the rebuild.  Anyway, the rest of the engine looks great.  Can't wait to get her back and start the run in process again.  It should be much better than the first one, as all the Indian gunk should be gone from the first run in process.  With just under 10,000 miles (17,500 km) on the odometer, the rest of the engine/transmission looks great. 
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Fragman on January 16, 2018, 01:25:07 am
Got in another nice ride today after doin' a slight chain adjustment and the weather was like fookin' March temps of 16+C. Beauty!  ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: AmBraCol on January 16, 2018, 10:37:47 pm
Picked the Rumbler 500 up from the dealer.  They did a warranty rebuild on the engine due to a faulty connecting rod.  They replaced the cylinder, piston, connecting rod, seals, bearings. When I looked over the pile of parts Saturday the most of them were in immaculate condition.  The cylinder was a bit scuffed (not badly) from the effects of the bad connecting rod.  Didn't get to see the piston or connecting rod.  Anywho, when I picked her up this evening she was rumbling nicely again.  Rode the 8 or 9 km home and she's shifting cleaner than prior to the rebuild.  Not sure why, but I like it.  And she's back to her old rumble with no trace of the knocking from the connecting rod.  Tomorrow we head back to get a couple other things taken care of (led "fog" lights and a cell phone charger), and then to start the 500 km initial run in period.  Hope to get that out of the way ASAP so she'll be ready for upcoming trips.  Hopefully the weather will cooperate!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: AmBraCol on January 19, 2018, 02:15:15 pm
Yesterday took the Rumbler rambling around the outskirts of town.  Installed a cell phone mount which works well with my current cell phone, includes a charger and give me access to the Waze app, which surprisingly enough shows a lot of the tiny roads around here.  Most maps (including Google maps) miss a lot of them. 

After lubing the chain, she's purring right along.  It has, however, been raining in these here hills.  A lot.  More winter rain (yes, we're in the northern hemisphere) than I recall in ages.  Which lead to my downfall.  While putting along a backroad I came to a slicker than usual spot - and an uneven surface.  The Rumbler's a heavy bike and even though it's got a semi-off road tread on the tires, it wasn't aggressive enough for THOSE conditions.  Down we went, at around 10-15 kmh.  Not too much damage, but did scratch the paint on the tank and the headlight frame as well.  Nuts.   Got back up, waited a little bit (minute or so) and she fired back up just fine and off we went again - even more cautiously than before. 

So almost 100 km done on the 500 km run-in process.  It's good to hear the old thumping instead of the infernal whacking of the connecting rod going bad.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Rattlebattle on January 20, 2018, 03:21:29 pm
Another UK MOT passed.

loose chain and rear brake linings as advisory. Chain travel within spec so no drama there and the rear brake only because during the floating drum modification test I had put the arm at 6 o'clock at rest, so quite a lot of rear pedal arm thread on show which would make it look like it was low. As there does not seem to be a wear limit indicator on B5 models like one would expect, I've moved the lever back on the splines a bit. Last time the wheel was off  a couple of months ago there is more than enough pad.

I had the same issue when I did the mod; I repositioned the lever on the cam so that the angle is greater than 90 degrees. In this way the mechanical leverage is greater. There was no brake dust at all in my drum for the simple reason that the shoes had hardly made any contact. No wonder the rear brake did nothing. It’s not exactly brilliant after the mod; maybe when the weather improves and I can ride the bike more the shoes will bed in. I intend to put a washer on the brake pedal pivot too. Although the mod has got rid of a lot of the slop in the brake mechanism there is still some lost motion at the pivot. I’d prefer the later disc brake version, but not enough to change the bike. If I do that it won’t be for another C5. Let us know how you get on with the Himalayan. If I can find a dealer near enough to home (mine stopped selling REs) I hope to test one as well as the 650.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: wildbill on January 21, 2018, 04:33:53 am
rattlebattle
check out my video. the review starts at 12 minutes and at roughly the 18 minute mark you will see how well the duel disc ABS system works on the best C5 Enfield has made
https://youtu.be/4kHELG7C5gA
without a doubt - best C5 I have ever purchased!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mc35803 on January 21, 2018, 11:43:19 am
EXCELLENT video.  Amazing how smooth everything is at speed.   Well done.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: longstrokeclassic on January 21, 2018, 12:26:48 pm
The video really shows was a nice bike you have.
Keeping this one? 
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Fragman on January 22, 2018, 12:44:24 am
Nice video wildbill & I dig the scenery round yer area. 8)

It's been raining on an off these past few days so I did a mod to the air intake on the back of the air box. I took off the restrictive rubber air inlet & used a piece of 5/8" thick, closed cell polyurethane foam to fashion a venturi around the inlet neck.
Then I glued the ends together and used a thin strip of hockey tape to hold the form fast. I finished the job with an overlay of high performance latex caulking to seal & smooth the surface. An inexpensive & quick way to better airflow. ;)

I wouldn't recommend this mod for folks that ride in heavy rain or on muddy or gravel roads though as the filter will foul much quicker by not having the rubber intake horn to help keep crud out of the filter. No worries fer me as I'm a guy that rides on nice days & on dry pavement.


Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Rattlebattle on January 22, 2018, 02:17:11 pm
rattlebattle
check out my video. the review starts at 12 minutes and at roughly the 18 minute mark you will see how well the duel disc ABS system works on the best C5 Enfield has made
https://youtu.be/4kHELG7C5gA
without a doubt - best C5 I have ever purchased!

Wildbill, I don’t doubt that the Euro IV bikes are likely to be the best yet. That said I’ve no intention of buying one just for the rear brake and ABS as I hardly use the rear brake anyway. Also, whilst I accept that you’ve bought a lot of C5s etc, you haven’t exactly done stellar mileage’s on them, have you? Your comparisons are largely based on initial impressions. Most are not run in before you move them on. A wider user experience from riders who cover large mileage’s will tell us if, as seems likely, the Euro IV bikes are truly a quantum leap forward (as I suspect the 650 will be).
 
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Narada on January 22, 2018, 08:18:13 pm
Excellent video footage and soundtrack! Just one suggestion for future videos if I may...  ::) More nacelle / handlebar / gas tank in the screen please (while riding). It makes sitting at my desk feel much more like riding my Enfield!  8)

Sorry, Mantavya (youtube) has spoiled me with his Green/Chrome C5!  :)

As for the latest C5, I would love to have one, but I'm quite attached to my 2015. A swingarm conversion kit would be best for me but I don't suppose RE will be making one.  :'(

And what about that big bolt that's missing??? They must've changed the frame to do that...?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: wildbill on January 23, 2018, 01:06:00 am
i am impressed with the bike and there is a pretty good chance i will hold on to it ;) i know it's only early but the more you ride and drive and in the car world i've had well in excess of 100 cars - and i mean good stuff not crap- good $$$ cars you know immediately if its any good within miles or not. weeks later your opinion rearely changes and in the end you piss it off.
when some-one sells something its either short of caskh or some-thing wrong or not happy with. mine is usually or always the later...lol and i try again...lol been like that for 50 odd years
now i wouldn't say the colour hits me 100% but i only had the choice of two colours. you might see me do a full colour change on this bike. after all there only bikes-so it means nothing to me!
now as to the 650 good chance i will have one of those by the end of the year. that depends upon if my expensive mutation birds breed or not. i have the birds -all i  require is the bustardos to breed.....and they only have to breed 6 young and i will have a 650 for feather power!

as to the camera angle its fitted on the gas cap. i could use a chest mount. i will have to look at that other guys video. i might take you a couple of frame shots.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Fragman on January 23, 2018, 06:46:44 am
It was still raining today so I made a crud guard from thin, linen reinforced rubber sheet & fitted 'er up using 2 small SS screws, nuts & washers. This should go a fair ways to help keep crap flung from the tire from entering me modified airbox intake.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: tooseevee on January 23, 2018, 01:34:53 pm
rattlebattle
check out my video. the review starts at 12 minutes and at roughly the 18 minute mark you will see how well the duel disc ABS system works on the best C5 Enfield has made
https://youtu.be/4kHELG7C5gA
without a doubt - best C5 I have ever purchased!

               I suppose you've been asked this before, but what camera do you use, how is it mounted and what is the process of uploading to Youtube? Is it just clicking on Apps?

                I'm thinking having a camera might get me on the bike more.

                What cameras are good now if I go look on eBay? I suppose Go Pro. What about used Go Pros? Is buying one taking a big chance?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on January 23, 2018, 02:07:38 pm
               I suppose you've been asked this before, but what camera do you use, how is it mounted and what is the process of uploading to Youtube? Is it just clicking on Apps?

                I'm thinking having a camera might get me on the bike more.

                What cameras are good now if I go look on eBay? I suppose Go Pro. What about used Go Pros? Is buying one taking a big chance?

Being someone who has owned both "generic" action cameras, and a GoPro Session, here's my 2 cents:

A lot of "generic" action cameras do claim true 1080 resolution, the problem falls with the bit/sampling rate.  My first camera I threw away because the sound was atrocious and eventually the sound didn't even cue with the video, then video was skipping.  That was a waste of $90, and that was Sharper Image camera.

Last Christmas, the wife got me a GoPro Hero Session 4.  I absolutely love it!  The desktop editing apps for GoPro kind of suck, but the mobile smart phone editing is very cool and handy for short edits of 3 minutes or less.  Longer edits, I Sony Movie Studio on my desktop.

But, the best bang for the buck is the Ion Air Pro.  There is no preview screen, but due to it's torpedo shape, it is very easy to aim and know with confidence it has the right angle.  180* wide angle lenses, built in battery that lasts a couple of hours, and you can plug it right into your computer with a micro USB cable to transfer video files.

Here is a link to the Ion camera:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/iON-AIR-PRO-Full-HD-Sports-Action-Camcorder/171432917468?epid=116000698&hash=item27ea32b9dc:g:XX8AAOSwDk5T5SYy


Here is a link to an edit I've done recording with the Ion and using Sony Movie Studio for editing:
NOTE: There are some funny and sketchy fails and bails at the end of this one.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Il2e8_czB3M&t=35s
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: AmBraCol on January 23, 2018, 03:02:24 pm
               I suppose you've been asked this before, but what camera do you use, how is it mounted and what is the process of uploading to Youtube? Is it just clicking on Apps?

                I'm thinking having a camera might get me on the bike more.

                What cameras are good now if I go look on eBay? I suppose Go Pro. What about used Go Pros? Is buying one taking a big chance?

I've been using the GoPro 3+ (IIRC the model number) and have been quite pleased with it.  Picked up an extended battery and run a 64 gb SD card in it - that gives me hours of video to choose from later.  Haven't done much with it lately, need to get back into using it, especially on my back road rides. 

As for editing, GoPro has some simple programs for editing.  Very basic, but they get 'er done.  Once you're done with the video, log into your YouTube account, click the "upload video" button, upload your video and you're good to go.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: heloego on January 23, 2018, 06:49:49 pm
   I've been using the Sony Action Cam (rarely) and frankly have not been that impressed, especially after paying for the extras. I can only say the mounts are as good as anything out there, the playback quality is excellent on the cam, but for some reason anything I've attempted to upload has had horrible quality. Might have had something to do with Photofuckit.  >:(
  That Ion cam looks pretty cool pricewise, the reviews are actually very good, and HoO's video quality is superb, but I'll see if I can find the Sony cam, get it out and try again. At the worst I can sell the Sony on CL and use the $$$ to get an Ion. Certainly cheap enough.  8)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: heloego on January 23, 2018, 06:53:27 pm
   Back to the subject...
   Double-checked the hack alignment this morning, adjusted bike shocks to the highest setting. Now waiting to see if it warms up enough to get the missus in the tub and start working on the EJK settings to get decent performance with the added weight and drag.
   If I can't get to it today I'll have to wait yet another week to get to it.  >:(
   I could throw a bunch of ballast in it and go it alone, but the whole point is to get her involved. Meanwhile she can continue practicing controlling her Comm set by feel.  ::)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on January 23, 2018, 07:01:38 pm
Here is a link to an edit I've done recording with the Ion and using Sony Movie Studio for editing:
NOTE: There are some funny and sketchy fails and bails at the end of this one.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Il2e8_czB3M&t=35s

You know that something's amiss when you're grabbing onto trees to stop... classic!

(http://advrider.com/styles/advrider_smilies/super.gif)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: AmBraCol on January 23, 2018, 08:30:09 pm
Took a bit of rubbing compound to the scratch on the side of the tank from my fall the other day.  Thankfully, the white disappeared and one has to look close to see the scratch.  Finished up with a bit of wax on the whole tank and it's looking much better.

Still have just over 300 km to go before the first post-rebuild oil change. 
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on January 24, 2018, 01:55:36 am
I changed the oil, filter and spark plug in my G5.

There was about the same amount of black colored metal filings on the main drain plug magnet.
Very little on the pump inlet screen retainer magnet.

The spark plug looked virtually new but because I have several new replacements, I installed one of them.

Now, the bike is ready for the next 5000 miles. :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on January 24, 2018, 03:31:30 am
Helo - FWIW PhotoBucket always downsized the original video substantially.  I never could get a video to load worth a crap on there.  The Sony cams are supposed to be a decent camera.  If the video playback is high quality on your computer, it was definitely an uploading issue.

Matt - That is probably the sketchiest and funnest road we thrash.  It's a full 10 minute ride from top to bottom.  We've actually clocked 54mph on the gps neck and neck at the lower end of the road.  That particular day was pretty epic as there was a bunch of us riding that day.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Fragman on January 24, 2018, 04:40:00 am
Just dinked around tidying the beasty up a bit & topping up the battery charge. Couldn't get out fer a putt due to the pissin' fookin' rain. >:(

I'm tempted to giver a run like this guy on the 1st dry day I get. ;)
Note the speed wobble at full flight.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=et0GGzG1y8I
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Carlsberg Wordsworth on January 29, 2018, 07:54:28 pm
Oil change yesterday after a quick hoon around town to warm her up. That's the last of the 10w50 in. When the next change is due in July it'll be the 10w40 going in.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: tooseevee on January 31, 2018, 03:42:00 pm

But, the best bang for the buck is the Ion Air Pro.  There is no preview screen, but due to it's torpedo shape, it is very easy to aim and know with confidence it has the right angle.  180* wide angle lenses, built in battery that lasts a couple of hours, and you can plug it right into your computer with a micro USB cable to transfer video files.

Here is a link to the Ion camera:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/iON-AIR-PRO-Full-HD-Sports-Action-Camcorder/171432917468?epid=116000698&hash=item27ea32b9dc:g:XX8AAOSwDk5T5SYy


                I've done A LOT of googling and research on the Ion Air Pro since we spoke here last including downloading and reading the User Manual. Also have looked at a lot of Youtube clips about and done with an Ion Pro.

                 I'm pretty close to pulling the trigger on ordering one and figuring out how to use it before riding season. After I get it I will see what else I have to order as accessories. This is not clear (what's in the box?) in some of the blurbs.

                 I hope to actually be able to upload some videos of some of the great Rhode Island blue line roads I ride on some day. Don't look for any ballsout freeway BS :) :) ;)(http://) 

                 Ooo!Oooh! P.S.: Is 720P good enough for Youtube or should 1080P always be used?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on January 31, 2018, 07:49:52 pm
                I've done A LOT of googling and research on the Ion Air Pro since we spoke here last including downloading and reading the User Manual. Also have looked at a lot of Youtube clips about and done with an Ion Pro.

                 I'm pretty close to pulling the trigger on ordering one and figuring out how to use it before riding season. After I get it I will see what else I have to order as accessories. This is not clear (what's in the box?) in some of the blurbs.

                 I hope to actually be able to upload some videos of some of the great Rhode Island blue line roads I ride on some day. Don't look for any ballsout freeway BS :) :) ;)(http://) 

                 Ooo!Oooh! P.S.: Is 720P good enough for Youtube or should 1080P always be used?

720 is still pretty decent resolution.  My computer won't even handle 4K videos, so I don't even record at that rate, as it makes it impossible to edit.  On the Ion, it just a small switch under the rear cover.  But, I do record mostly at 1080, just not 4K.  Which the Ion is not capable of.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Bilgemaster on February 01, 2018, 02:30:54 am
Being someone who has owned both "generic" action cameras, and a GoPro Session, here's my 2 cents:

A lot of "generic" action cameras do claim true 1080 resolution, the problem falls with the bit/sampling rate.  My first camera I threw away because the sound was atrocious and eventually the sound didn't even cue with the video, then video was skipping.  That was a waste of $90, and that was Sharper Image camera.

Last Christmas, the wife got me a GoPro Hero Session 4.  I absolutely love it!  The desktop editing apps for GoPro kind of suck, but the mobile smart phone editing is very cool and handy for short edits of 3 minutes or less.  Longer edits, I Sony Movie Studio on my desktop.

But, the best bang for the buck is the Ion Air Pro.  There is no preview screen, but due to it's torpedo shape, it is very easy to aim and know with confidence it has the right angle.  180* wide angle lenses, built in battery that lasts a couple of hours, and you can plug it right into your computer with a micro USB cable to transfer video files.

Here is a link to the Ion camera:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/iON-AIR-PRO-Full-HD-Sports-Action-Camcorder/171432917468?epid=116000698&hash=item27ea32b9dc:g:XX8AAOSwDk5T5SYy


Here is a link to an edit I've done recording with the Ion and using Sony Movie Studio for editing:
NOTE: There are some funny and sketchy fails and bails at the end of this one.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Il2e8_czB3M&t=35s


Thanks for the tip! Based on your recommendation and superbly demonstated results I went ahead and grabbed one of those Ion Air Pros.  That is, exactly the same model, but as part of a package I turned up on Amazon along with a few extra trimmings like those handy plug-in Wifi PODZ (https://www.ebay.com/itm/iON-Camera-5012-Wi-Fi-Podz-Black/202108341017) that interface with one's phone or allow for real time uploading and also some other "Helmet and Bike Kit" mounting gear as shown here (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B007WZTMVE). At $54 the package I pulled the trigger on was only $5 more than the eBay offering you had linked to for just the camera, but I regret to say that it looks like I snagged the last one of those packages from that vendor at that price, at least for the time being. Other vendors currently appear to be asking about twice that for the package. Of course, you can buy one of those Wifi IPODZ doodads all day long for just about $12 (https://www.ebay.com/itm/iON-Camera-5012-Wi-Fi-Podz-Black/202108341017)...maybe even a bit less if you care to shop around.

Frankly, at the lowball price point I grabbed that package deal for my "spidey sense" is sort of tingling that I may be getting a dud or the package may be lacking this or that, be a return, damaged, or what have you. But that's OK. I'm an early retiree with plenty of spare time on my hands to make a religion out of skewering and roasting bad faith online merchants at home or abroad. I am indeed the scourge of Shenzhen!: "不要试图欺骗我,屎桩!", which is to say, "Don't even try to rip me off, you pile of shit!", whilst poetically evoking a monumental "shitpile" quivering languidly Gibralteresque, as might befit a 5,000 year old culture with the kind of time to really get that done. Very effective epithet, "屎桩"...even kinda classy in its own very old school way. You can almost hear the strains of a pi'pa plucking from across a long fog-streaked valley (https://youtu.be/UWeI-HUL8ZA?t=5208)...followed by a big wet plop!

Anyhow, looking forward to lobbing a little content at long last onto my long dormant YouTube channel...So, thanks!

As for more mechanical concerns, today my new heavy duty Royal Enfield Premium Barnett Clutch Cable (Iron Barrel) 5 Speed (https://www.ebay.com/itm/322958926921) arrived in double-time speed from the good folks in Fort Worth for just $32.91 with free shipping.  Yes, there are cheaper cables out there, but I've broken more than a few cheap clutch cables in my time, so apart from feeling obliged to support the good folks who host this fine forum, I also feel I've arrived a time in my life where I deserve the finer things.  A quick comparison of the stock and this new cable seems to bear out their claims that this is simply a stronger better cable. It is perfectly obvious. The cable even comes with a handy little packet of lube. Nice. For now it'll snooze in my pannier, but I'll feel better just knowing a superb spare's there. 

Yet to arrive from England is another item for the toolkit:  Assorted Solderless Wire Nipple Pull T Cable Throttle Bike Bicycle Brake Stops (https://www.ebay.com/itm/Assorted-Solderless-Wire-Nipple-Pull-T-Cable-Throttle-Bike-Bicycle-Brake-Stops/281704178644) acquired for the democratic sum of about a five spot delivered (that is, three guineas a half macaroon and a bobbed crooked thrupneybit in the local currency, if I recall correctly). These are super handy doodads to repair broken cable ends on the fly--crucial tools of the British motocyclist's bodger's (https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/bodger) art, but which are rarely seen in this form in the Western Hemisphere for some reason:

(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/9SMAAOSw7RdZu2fi/s-l500.jpg)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Blairio on February 03, 2018, 12:37:23 am

Yet to arrive from England is another item for the toolkit:  Assorted Solderless Wire Nipple Pull T Cable Throttle Bike Bicycle Brake Stops (https://www.ebay.com/itm/Assorted-Solderless-Wire-Nipple-Pull-T-Cable-Throttle-Bike-Bicycle-Brake-Stops/281704178644) acquired for the democratic sum of about a five spot delivered (that is, three guineas a half macaroon and a bobbed crooked thrupneybit in the local currency, if I recall correctly). These are super handy doodads to repair broken cable ends on the fly--crucial tools of the British motocyclist's bodger's (https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/bodger) art, but which are rarely seen in this form in the Western Hemisphere for some reason:

(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/9SMAAOSw7RdZu2fi/s-l500.jpg)

When I was a callow youth, solderless cable nipples were a pretty commonplace bodge, but pretty soon they became a straight MOT fail if you had them on front or rear brake cables. So definitely a useful thing to get you home, but then perhaps best to put back in the toolbox.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Bilgemaster on February 03, 2018, 01:42:06 am
Yes, to be sensibly used as a temporary expedient. That said, I recall that my old '72 Norton 750 Interpol Commando had one on its clutch cable in the gearbox for years and years and years...thousands of miles. Insensible miles.

By the way, for the benefit of my colonial countrymen I should perhaps explain that "MOT" or "Ministry of Transport" refers to a required annual British vehicle safety and emissions inspection.   
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ice on February 03, 2018, 05:50:44 pm
"cable savers" at one time no self respecting rider left home without them.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: heloego on February 03, 2018, 09:48:35 pm
   Nice sets here. Some include spare cables and storage can. https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_2?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=motorcycle+cable+repair&rh=i%3Aaps%2Ck%3Amotorcycle+cable+repair&ajr=0 (https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_2?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=motorcycle+cable+repair&rh=i%3Aaps%2Ck%3Amotorcycle+cable+repair&ajr=0):

   
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Bilgemaster on February 03, 2018, 11:07:35 pm
Yeah. Those Pit Posse kits seem like they might be particularly fine and compact add-ons to a side toolbox, assuming the cable bits would do the lengths plus a bit for the various cables one might have on one's Enfield or whatever. Might get one just because...

Thanx for the tip, "heloego"!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Fragman on February 05, 2018, 11:31:39 pm
I finally got out fer an hour+ ride today after near 2 weeks of wet weather. Much needed therapy fer sure, and with the temp at 10 C along with mainly dry roads, the ride was sweet.  :)

Before I went out, I first pre-heated the engine oil, lubed the chain, checked the tire pressures and topped up the battery level. The wee beasty is running great.  8)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: wildbill on February 06, 2018, 08:28:47 am
fragman
do you just get out and do a leasurely 80kph or 50 mph cruise or up it to a much quicker pace!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: tooseevee on February 06, 2018, 12:56:27 pm
I finally got out fer an hour+ ride today after near 2 weeks of wet weather. Much needed therapy fer sure, and with the temp at 10 C along with mainly dry roads, the ride was sweet.  :)

Before I went out, I first pre-heated the engine oil, lubed the chain, checked the tire pressures and topped up the battery level. The wee beasty is running great.  8)

            Can you please tell me how to source something similar to your rear rack shallow covered box? What is it called? (Generic category) Is it metal? plastic? I'd like to find something similar. All I seem to find are redesigned, modern "milk crates" and I don't want or need anything that large or deep. All want is a little added storage when I don't want the saddle bags on; small tool roll, Leatherman, an envelope or small package that needs to go to the post office, stuff like that.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Fragman on February 06, 2018, 11:51:49 pm
            Can you please tell me how to source something similar to your rear rack shallow covered box? What is it called? (Generic category) Is it metal? plastic? I'd like to find something similar. All I seem to find are redesigned, modern "milk crates" and I don't want or need anything that large or deep. All want is a little added storage when I don't want the saddle bags on; small tool roll, Leatherman, an envelope or small package that needs to go to the post office, stuff like that.

No worries mate.
Me parcel tray is a Fat Daddio's 9"x13"x3" heavy duty anodized aluminum cake pan. These are perfect for packing bundles of motorcycle mags around in as well as for decent loads of grocery items. Though my one has no hard cover, I make do with a plastic  bag & short piece of light bungy cord to secure the load to the tray & keep water out.

http://fatdaddios.com/catalog/sheet-cake-pans

I painted the pan with black Krylon and fixed 'er to the RE pillion frame with a couple of small stainless screws & wing nuts. These are centered up on the fore & aft ends of the pillion rack which I drilled to accomplish the fit. To keep vibrations from singing through the pan, I placed  strips of hockey tape (2 layers thick) to the underside of the pan & inline with the rack tubing.
To finish the job, I then cut out a piece of rubber checker plate to fit the inside bottom of the pan. Works well fer my use & looks like a factory item from the good ole' days to boot. ;)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Fragman on February 07, 2018, 12:15:06 am
fragman
do you just get out and do a leasurely 80kph or 50 mph cruise or up it to a much quicker pace!

wildbill,
Fer me, most of my riding is just for riding the quickly vanishing rural roads in my area and at
the 80 kph that I'm most cumfy at, but I have numerous favorite stretches of road to use for
testing engine tune & rowdy rips to 115 k's. Every ride gets a wee dash of hooligan. ;)

This is me favorite road to cruise on. Helps that I live right close to the start of the Loop. ;D
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qkq7CuyYQEI
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: tooseevee on February 07, 2018, 12:29:25 am
No worries mate.
Me parcel tray is a Fat Daddio's 9"x13"x3" heavy duty anodized aluminum cake pan. These are perfect for packing bundles of motorcycle mags around in as well as for decent load of grocery items. Though my one has no hard cover, I make do with a plastic  bag & short piece of light bungy cord to secure the load to the tray & keep water out.


        I could live with that  :)(http://) I'm visualizing a cover that's maybe 3/8" plywood 1/2 of it solidly epoxied to the pan and the other 1/2 liftable and lockable with a small hasp. Hinged in the middle.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Bilgemaster on February 07, 2018, 03:28:45 am
            Can you please tell me how to source something similar to your rear rack shallow covered box? What is it called? (Generic category) Is it metal? plastic? I'd like to find something similar. All I seem to find are redesigned, modern "milk crates" and I don't want or need anything that large or deep. All want is a little added storage when I don't want the saddle bags on; small tool roll, Leatherman, an envelope or small package that needs to go to the post office, stuff like that.

I must say that is one sweet-looking Enfield, "Fragman."  That's REALLY gorgeous.  Aside from that, I just jumped in here to also tell "Tooseevee" that based on his modest requirements as described he might do well to splurge for about $15 on one of these little Magnetic Tank Bags (https://www.ebay.com/itm/Waterproof-Magnetic-Magnet-Motorcycle-Bike-Oil-Fuel-Tank-Phone-Saddlebag-Pouch/202130261822).  It should do the trick handily, and they really don't suck even a little:

(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/ia0AAOSwD5BZbP7m/s-l1600.jpg)

I described it and some other useful gear elsewhere on these forums right here (https://forum.classicmotorworks.com/index.php/topic,25804.msg297612.html#msg297612).
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Bilgemaster on February 08, 2018, 06:02:47 am

Thanks for the tip! Based on your recommendation and superbly demonstated results I went ahead and grabbed one of those Ion Air Pros.  That is, exactly the same model, but as part of a package I turned up on Amazon along with a few extra trimmings like those handy plug-in Wifi PODZ (https://www.ebay.com/itm/iON-Camera-5012-Wi-Fi-Podz-Black/202108341017) that interface with one's phone or allow for real time uploading and also some other "Helmet and Bike Kit" mounting gear as shown here (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B007WZTMVE). At $54 the package I pulled the trigger on was only $5 more than the eBay offering you had linked to for just the camera, but I regret to say that it looks like I snagged the last one of those packages from that vendor at that price, at least for the time being. Other vendors currently appear to be asking about twice that for the package. Of course, you can buy one of those Wifi IPODZ doodads all day long for just about $12 (https://www.ebay.com/itm/iON-Camera-5012-Wi-Fi-Podz-Black/202108341017)...maybe even a bit less if you care to shop around.

Frankly, at the lowball price point I grabbed that package deal for my "spidey sense" is sort of tingling that I may be getting a dud or the package may be lacking this or that, be a return, damaged, or what have you. But that's OK. I'm an early retiree with plenty of spare time on my hands to make a religion out of skewering and roasting bad faith online merchants at home or abroad. I am indeed the scourge of Shenzhen!: "不要试图欺骗我,屎桩!", which is to say, "Don't even try to rip me off, you pile of shit!", whilst poetically evoking a monumental "shitpile" quivering languidly Gibralteresque, as might befit a 5,000 year old culture with the kind of time to really get that done. Very effective epithet, "屎桩"...even kinda classy in its own very old school way. You can almost hear the strains of a pi'pa plucking from across a long fog-streaked valley (https://youtu.be/UWeI-HUL8ZA?t=5208)...followed by a big wet plop!

Anyhow, looking forward to lobbing a little content at long last onto my long dormant YouTube channel...So, thanks!
[...snip!]

Turns out my guarded pessimism about that Ion Air Pro package deal that I snatched for just $54 was completely unfounded. It was all there, including the crucial little Wifi IPODZ gimcrack, clearly brand new and never opened and with more mounts, straps and other doodads than I am ever likely to use. Everything seems to work tip-top, including the nice-enough editing software.  So, thanks again for the great tip, "High on Octane"!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: tooseevee on February 08, 2018, 06:04:25 pm
Turns out my guarded pessimism about that Ion Air Pro package deal that I snatched for just $54 was completely unfounded. It was all there, including the crucial little Wifi IPODZ gimcrack, clearly brand new and never opened and with more mounts, straps and other doodads than I am ever likely to use. Everything seems to work tip-top, including the nice-enough editing software.  So, thanks again for the great tip, "High on Octane"!

           Mine arrived last week. Put a full charge into it. Waiting for Micro SD card to arrive today and accessories package Monday. Have been reading the manual online for a week. Can't wait to introduce my laptop to it and set the purr amateurs.

        PS: It's a beautiful little camera, isn't it?

Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on February 09, 2018, 09:18:49 pm
Turns out my guarded pessimism about that Ion Air Pro package deal that I snatched for just $54 was completely unfounded. It was all there, including the crucial little Wifi IPODZ gimcrack, clearly brand new and never opened and with more mounts, straps and other doodads than I am ever likely to use. Everything seems to work tip-top, including the nice-enough editing software.  So, thanks again for the great tip, "High on Octane"!

           Mine arrived last week. Put a full charge into it. Waiting for Micro SD card to arrive today and accessories package Monday. Have been reading the manual online for a week. Can't wait to introduce my laptop to it and set the purr amateurs.

        PS: It's a beautiful little camera, isn't it?



I always enjoyed mine.  In fact it would still be my go to camera if my wife hadn't gotten me the gopro for Christmas in 2016.  I honestly am considering using it for a reverse backwards facing angle with the gopro facing forward.  Then I could entertain the idea of doing multiple shots in the same video edit.  Picture in picture of you will.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Fragman on February 10, 2018, 10:17:39 pm
2 days of sunny weather in a row. 8) After givin' the wee beasty a quick dusting off & a dab of chain lube, I went fer a nice rural putt. T'was grand even though the temp was only 6 C. ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on February 10, 2018, 11:46:08 pm
6 degrees C is a bit cooler than the temperature I like to ride at but I'm glad to hear you had fun.

For those like me that are more familure with temperatures in the F scale numbers, multiply the C value times 1.8

Then, add 32 to the answer.

For the numbers freeks, C X 1.8 +( 32 ) = F
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: wildbill on February 11, 2018, 06:05:23 am
.......and either way you look at it 6C is pretty cold compared to 30C ;) here in OZ and the complete opposite -and more like too hot to ride ;D or I think so :D
I like it more around the 18 to 20 C mark...perfect!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: johno on February 11, 2018, 08:59:53 am
been riding my Deauville in -5deg C and ice these last few weeks any colder and I'll get the train!
My Bullet is tucked up in a relatives garage 30 miles away!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Fragman on February 12, 2018, 12:16:44 am
Just got back from a nice couple of hours scootin' around the hood with me chum and the weather was a nice mix of sun an clouds along with dry roads. A tad chilly at 5 C when speeds were past 80 kph though, and they were t'day as he was on his Kawi Concours, and there ain't no playing catch-up when the bikes are so far apart in performance.

Still, my unit is so much better at going over pea gravel at the bottom of the driveway at our buddy's place. I do it feet up, simple slow & easy whereas the big Kawi forces one to get the legs out to help prevent a tip over. ;)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Bilgemaster on February 12, 2018, 02:18:32 am
The torrential monsoons heralding a warm break to the recent sustained arctic blasts, even down here in Virginia, let up long enough for me to screw a shiny phallic strap-on onto my already über-manly-man 2005 Bullet 500ES Iron Cylinder Military 5-Speed, as already described here (https://forum.classicmotorworks.com/index.php/topic,25828.msg298007.html#msg298007) featuring a particularly piquant and titillating photo. Calm down ladies! You can all have a ride!

I also screwed on a much-needed (and not entirely non-phallic) sidestand, as shown here:

(http://www.bukmop.com/RoyalEnfield/Sidestand.jpg)

For those who may yet lack or want a nice side stand for the princely sum of $16.99 delivered in North America from Delhi (or for about half that amount in Rupees delivered in India), appropriate eBay vendor links can be found in this earlier posting (https://forum.classicmotorworks.com/index.php/topic,25801.msg297837.html#msg297837).

To make it fit on my 2005 I merely needed to take a hacksaw to that left hand outermost foot peg spacer tube (Part 801044 [Old 110230] "Dist. Tube LH Black - Footrest", shown in section 09-10, p. 140 as diagram item 22 in my Spare parts catalogue), shortening it by precisely 1 inch (25 mm) to make room for the side stand's forward mounting flange set flush against the frame member.  It looks good, works great, and doesn't get in the way of the center stand. It gets my "thumbs up", if you know what I mean (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGrvQ1c5khU).
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Fragman on February 13, 2018, 10:22:04 pm
Got out yesterday & today for about an hour each time. Fookin' chilly though at
3 C. Had to use the winter gloves & head sock fer sure. :o
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: AmBraCol on February 14, 2018, 12:48:51 am
Took her in for the 500 km oil change following the partial rebuild.  She's rumbling nice and purty now, no more connecting rod knock, ready for an upcoming ride over the Central Range of the Andes. 

Our winter weather here is atrocious.  Had to endure about 25 degrees on the way home.  Celsius that is.  ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: tooseevee on February 14, 2018, 01:18:50 am
Got out yesterday & today for about an hour each time. Fookin' chilly though at
3 C. Had to use the winter gloves & head sock fer sure. :o

             BTW Thanks again for the cake pan idea. I've found the perfect one, I think. It's pretty deep and has a cover with 4 very strong snap-on closures.  Film at 11:00.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: longstrokeclassic on February 16, 2018, 05:42:04 pm
Put the original exhaust system back on.

I recently went one tooth larger on the front sprocket to do away with the half link found on the B5 chain leaving me with the option of a better quality 102 link chain. However the bike has never been that happy since doing this and now it’s returning less than 100miles per gallon :(

I junked the stainless steel higher flowing downpipe and straight through short silencer.  The bike now pulls the larger sprocket noticeably easier.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on February 16, 2018, 07:47:40 pm
Ordered new cylinders and stock forged pistons.  Found out my current cylinders are 72mm, not 71mm.  So the .040 over pistons drop right thru the bore.  With any luck, the head valve seats will be cut today so I can reassemble those this weekend.  If not, I think I'm going to do some dirt biking on Sunday.  Haven't really been out since October.  Need to get some Braaappp!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: AmBraCol on February 16, 2018, 08:57:56 pm
Picked up a used cylinder and piston - in excellent condition.  Still debating what I'll end up doing with the bike, boring to 535 and installing a forged piston along with EJK, etc is still an option - but no rush, still running in the freshly rebuilt 500 CC engine.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Carlsberg Wordsworth on February 24, 2018, 09:28:31 pm
Well there we go, 18 months in and my Motobatt is deaded and won't hold a charge.

Good job there's a kickstart.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Fragman on February 24, 2018, 11:55:23 pm
I finally got out fer a nice poot after 12 days of icy temps & snow flurries. Started the ride at +6 C and by the time I was done it was 10 C. Beauty! :)
I just finished cleaning the road salt & sand from under the mudguards & givin' the wee beasty a touch up wax. All is sweet.


Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on February 25, 2018, 06:15:12 am
Got the heads rebuilt and ready to go for the Blackhawk.  I'll be going over to a  friend's house tomorrow to start mocking up the cylinders to check for clearance on the forged rods. 
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Carlsberg Wordsworth on February 27, 2018, 09:05:25 pm
I'll get round to taking a pic but almost finished putting a set of Electra bars onto the B5. Just need to some jiggery-pokery with the brake line and throttle cables i.e take the brakeline off the master cyclinder so nothing is under stress.

Initial feel seems to bring me to the front of the bike more but I'm hoping to see if left wrist will ache after a decent ride, stop start commute.

Bad news, weather totally freezing with snow and ice so even when done there'll be no testing for a bit.

If all goes well after testing, I might even retry the screen. Or put the old ones back on. Roll on warm weather!

*edit*

Flash of inspriration - no need to remove banjo bolt, just sort of untwisted it over and under the throttle cables as it were though if anyone know hows to get the front brake switch free, that'd be dead handy.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: heloego on March 01, 2018, 04:17:10 am
Parts book shows the switch/wires/connector as a complete kit.
It also appears the switch plugs into the switch housing on the Master Cylinder, and can be removed. I've just never done it (not needed to) so I can't say for sure how.
Do you need to remove it from its housing, or can you just remove it in situ along with the Master Cylinder by disconnecting the other end?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Carlsberg Wordsworth on March 01, 2018, 09:32:14 pm
I've decided to leave 'as is'. On the master cylinder end you'd have to pull it out from the front wires but no connector. The wires are then pressed into the connector after pulling them through the master cylinder front to back if this makes sense. So I either cut them and bullet connect them or live with it. It's no biggie, just aesthetics really. I'm just hoping the bars are comfortable when riding :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Fragman on March 03, 2018, 12:53:31 am
Had a nice ride around me zone today & the weather was decently clear with temp around 9c. Ended up gettin' a fresh pile of Motorcycle Classics magazines over at my dealer's shop. :) Folks bring in their excess magazines and we all share 'em around. Cool recycling.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Bilgemaster on March 05, 2018, 06:29:21 pm
Had a nice ride around me zone today & the weather was decently clear with temp around 9c. Ended up gettin' a fresh pile of Motorcycle Classics magazines over at my dealer's shop. :) Folks bring in their excess magazines and we all share 'm around. Cool recycling.

That's a fine looking Bullet, and you seem to keep it up nicely. I do love those chromy rides. Bit on the cool side in the high 40s (also about 9 degrees Celsius), but I also had a nice long snort through the hinterlands. Today I think I'm gonna look into my drive chain adjustment whilst changing the oil in the old towbeast Dodge Durango.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: AmBraCol on March 05, 2018, 07:54:18 pm
Hadn't moved the Rumbler since returning from Bogotá a week ago last Friday.  Moved it out and checked the oil, looked a bit low but didn't think about it too much as had places to go and things to do.  Got back from running errands and when I went to park it again, low and behold a nice little mess on the pad (we park our bikes on rubber mats, keeps from scratching up the tile) Took a quick look and still not sure exactly where it's coming from.  Need to wash it good and then we'll see if we can pinpoint the area it's coming from.

Between taking off and returning had a good little rumble into town, did what needed done and headed home - via the scenic route.  South of town caught caught on the fringe edge of some rain, managed to get out of it before needing to stop and don rain gear.  Winter weather here is brutal, 26* here in the foothills of the Andes.  Life is rough between the Canal and the Equator!  ;)   8)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Rattlebattle on March 06, 2018, 04:52:34 pm
Took off my Hitchcocks replacement silencer and replaced it with one of their stainless steel silencers, retaining the Hitchcocks downpipe. Went for a brief ride. Nice. The reasons for the change is that I never particularly liked the look of the first replacement, even with the baffle in it was too loud after a while, it never felt secure with the supplied mounting and it scraped the ground when cornering enthusiastically. New one seems much more mellow, about midway between the original bazooka and the first replacement. :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: _Paul_ on March 09, 2018, 03:28:48 am
Finally fitted a stainless O2 sensor blanking plug in the exhaust, the plug is a well made item but looking at it it looks a bit of a dogs dinner what with the factory applied silver paint (that I cant get off).

I'm tempted to try Hitchcocks big bore pipe at least then I wont have the O2 sensor weldment carbuncle.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: longstrokeclassic on March 09, 2018, 09:44:24 am
I'd check with them first before parting with any money! 
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Narada on March 09, 2018, 01:52:15 pm
Should be chrome under that silver paint.   ???  I think I have used steel wool for removal.  :P
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Fragman on March 10, 2018, 03:25:02 am
Did the usual check over on the bike, plus an adjustment to the EJK, then got out fer a nice braap around me zone. Sunny skies & 10c temp...nice. 8)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Bilgemaster on March 10, 2018, 11:39:18 am
Did my first drive chain adjustment and tappets check (all was well enough). Had a small bit of luck at the Harbor Freight getting the required 24 mm and 30 mm sockets for those castle and stub axle nuts. They were having one of their sidewalk sales, and just happened to have a big 1/2" drive impact socket set missing a couple of its smaller sockets marked way down that still had the needful 24 and 30. Got a nice long fat 1/2" breaker bar with the difference to replace the one lent to a buddy long ago and never returned. I can only presume he must be using it as a marital aid, and that it has since acquired some sentimental value. Who am I to stand in the way of true romance?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Rattlebattle on March 10, 2018, 12:58:54 pm
Tappets check? On a UCE?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: longstrokeclassic on March 10, 2018, 01:01:57 pm
They might have them on a 2005 Bullet 500ES in "Mean Green" Military Trim though...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on March 10, 2018, 03:13:49 pm
Got a nice long fat 1/2" breaker bar with the difference to replace the one lent to a buddy long ago and never returned. I can only presume he must be using it as a marital aid, and that it has since acquired some sentimental value. Who am I to stand in the way of true romance?

Very thoughtful of you!  If he ever offers to return it, I'd politely refuse...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: longstrokeclassic on March 10, 2018, 05:59:02 pm
If it's been gone that long it's now probably only useful as an anal depth gauge, be impolite not to test it out on him ;)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Bilgemaster on March 10, 2018, 10:20:18 pm
Very thoughtful of you!  If he ever offers to return it, I'd politely refuse...

Well, I'm not that squeamish, but it ain't like he's never helped me out of a bind or six. So, if it gets those skyrockets in flight, I'm OK with him (or her) holding on to that big silver Honduro.  Cue the Hawkwind... (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=yao_T2adl14)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on March 11, 2018, 03:08:28 am
Finally got my 1/8" flexible shaft die grinder on Thursday.  After over a week of having a tracking number but still marked as not received by post office, and 2 unanswered messages, I threatened to pursue a PayPal claim if no tracking or response was made in 48 hours.  They never did message me, but there was a tracking trail started the next day.

Anyway, I also ordered 2 precision 1/8" deburring bits for it from Snap On.  Of course they are quite proud of them at $18 each.  But I had a chance to start grinding out clearances for the connecting rods.  The setup actually works very well.  If the bits shaft's were about 1" longer they'd be perfect.  None the less, still great for my needs.  I'm pretty sure the drive side case half is good to go.  Went to check cylinder clearances and the found the head studs are bent and causing too much grief for fitting purposes, so will need to get new studs ordered ASAP.   Will get pics posted on my thread as I make progress.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Fragman on March 11, 2018, 11:33:50 pm
Just got back from a nice Spring ride out to Jordan River and back around the hood. Beauty weather and temp at 10c. Before setting out I checked tire pressures and lubed the chain. Twas a nice way to add another 120 km on the beasty. :)

Lot's of other bikes out there today, but as usual, I never saw any other RE's on the road. Bummer. :o
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: wildbill on March 12, 2018, 02:11:06 am
what about weather condition-is it windy most days or pretty good in that direction. I really hate riding on those windy days :o ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Fragman on March 12, 2018, 02:35:07 am
No worries t'day for wind. Steady light breezes from off the sea. :) April and November are pretty windy compared to the rest of the year around here. :o
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Bilgemaster on March 12, 2018, 12:24:07 pm
nn
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Bilgemaster on March 12, 2018, 12:29:52 pm
Tappets check? On a UCE?

Sorry. My cast iron wandered into the wrong subforum...

Further to the topic of breaker bars, in this case a nice easily stowable one, there's this (https://forum.classicmotorworks.com/index.php/topic,25828.msg298634.html#msg298634).
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on March 12, 2018, 11:41:35 pm
Those cast iron's will do that from time to time.

I think it's senility setting in.  ;D 8)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: _Paul_ on March 12, 2018, 11:48:43 pm
Changed the original fuel pipe as it was completely kinked double, i'm surprised it kept on running, did it without taking the tank or seat off so getting the pipe back on the injector was a right sh!t.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Bilgemaster on March 13, 2018, 12:01:18 am
Those cast iron's will do that from time to time.

I think it's senility setting in.  ;D 8)

Or the Yuengling Black & Tans...Then again, all it says in the roster at my end when I mush "Show Unread" with my fat and scarred pre-Nintendo thumbs is "What did you do to your Royal Enfield Today?" So, you Modernos with your golden lamé riding onesies with heated footpads will just have to forgive a pre-dotard from time if he prattles on about grommets and tappets and shit. It's all for the good, bitches.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: hpwaco on March 13, 2018, 01:43:45 am
Sure miss that yuengling porter!  Heard they are starting up in Arkansas.  Hope they come to Texas.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Fragman on March 13, 2018, 03:05:09 am
I had to tweek the the the EJK controller a tad t'day as I noticed me machine weren't going as strong on the hilly sections of the ride I took yesterday. Turned out that I miss counted the lights for some settings on the unit.

My EJK lives under the seat on a little hammock I made fer it outta hockey tape, and the controller is fixed to that bit with the double sided tape that came with the bugger. (The rig works great & the unit ain't budged since me install.)
Only buggaboo is, to get at the controller buttons and see the panel, I either got to pop off the seat or do the peek, twist & fiddle from the side.
I chose the latter method which proved poor due to whiskey, old eyes & being in a hurry to get set fer the morning ride. :o

I'll get this sorted quick by making a little pouch outta synthetic fabric with a velcro mounting to the seat pan & a velcro fastened, front flap to allow easy withdraw of the EJK for tuning.

Twas a grand ride t'day thanks to the warm air coming in from the south. I'll take 15c temps anyday! :)

Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Bilgemaster on March 13, 2018, 12:30:25 pm
Sure miss that yuengling porter!  Heard they are starting up in Arkansas.  Hope they come to Texas.

I dunno...I do miss that humble Shiner Bock. It's like gourmet suds up here, and priced accordingly--if you find it.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Fragman on March 14, 2018, 11:38:22 pm
I gave the wee beasty a good goin' over to get the dust & crud off 'er from the past few rides. A dash of chain lube was added, then off fer a nice blap around the area. Temps were between 9 an 10c and windy by the water.

The motors' runnin' fine again since setting me EJK proper. :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: _Paul_ on March 14, 2018, 11:50:29 pm
Fed up with my existing faulty handlebar clock I bought a 43mm watch/clock insert and turned up a ribbed Aluminium mount for it in my old Boxford lathe.

(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/10/Clock_Nut_-15.jpg)

(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/dc/Clock_Nut_-3.jpg)

(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a0/Clock_Nut_-5.jpg)

(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/ca/Clock_Nut_-6.jpg)

(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/72/Clock_Nut_-13.jpg)

(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1c/Clock_Nut_-10.jpg)

(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ab/Clock_Nut_-12.jpg)

(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/da/Clock_Nut_-20.jpg)

Paul

Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: heloego on March 15, 2018, 11:40:24 am
Sweet!  :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Guaire on March 15, 2018, 05:03:29 pm
I'm completely jealous.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Fragman on March 16, 2018, 01:10:01 am
I'm a tad envious meself. Love the lathe. ;D Nice work.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: cruro02 on March 16, 2018, 10:32:58 pm
Installed leather grip wraps (standard grips were too narrow for me - the wraps made a huge difference in comfort), and replaced the standard headlight visor with a "Royal Enfield" engraved one.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Bilgemaster on March 17, 2018, 02:15:20 am
Installed leather grip wraps (standard grips were too narrow for me - the wraps made a huge difference in comfort), and replaced the standard headlight visor with a "Royal Enfield" engraved one.

Yeah. Those little headlamp visor caps are a real nice touch...Yanking out that silly-ass DOT-mandated 5¼ inch export headlamp for a halogen 7 incher (https://www.ebay.com/itm/Royal-Enfield-500-7-Halogen-Headlight-Conversion-Kit-Pre-Assembled-Non-Sealed/282587767992) ($89.99 delivered) topped off with a  natty little cap engraved with that old cannon logo (https://www.ebay.com/itm/ROYAL-ENFIELD-CANNON-TRADE-MARK-EMBOSSED-CHROME-HEADLAMP-SHADE-USD/282596939567) ($22.14 delivered) was job one for me after doing the fluids. I was pretty happy to receive a cap where the engraved parts are painted in rather nicely in red and black, unlike the one shown in its eBay photo below, though I'd frankly have been perfectly happy with that too. Installation of both was a snap.

(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/B-0AAOSw1BlZXMQP/s-l500.jpg)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Scotty Brown on March 17, 2018, 05:19:48 am
Changed the oil and filter and ready for another 2500 miles.  Paid a visit to my friendly fabricator  to see about having a skid plate made.  Wanting to explore some dirt roads with rocks.  Nothing too serious at my age but just wander about a bit and looking for case protection.  Will send pic's when completed.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: _Paul_ on March 17, 2018, 04:20:54 pm
Yeah. Those little headlamp visor caps are a real nice touch...Yanking out that silly-ass DOT-mandated 5¼ inch export headlamp for a halogen 7 incher (https://www.ebay.com/itm/Royal-Enfield-500-7-Halogen-Headlight-Conversion-Kit-Pre-Assembled-Non-Sealed/282587767992) ($89.99 delivered) topped off with a  natty little cap engraved with that old cannon logo (https://www.ebay.com/itm/ROYAL-ENFIELD-CANNON-TRADE-MARK-EMBOSSED-CHROME-HEADLAMP-SHADE-USD/282596939567) ($22.14 delivered) was job one for me after doing the fluids. I was pretty happy to receive a cap where the engraved parts are painted in rather nicely in red and black, unlike the one shown in its eBay photo below, though I'd frankly have been perfectly happy with that too. Installation of both was a snap.

(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/B-0AAOSw1BlZXMQP/s-l500.jpg)

Visor/peak looks nice better than my plain one, whats the quality like?

Paul
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Narada on March 17, 2018, 05:49:26 pm
...and you say it's red and black, not chrome?  ???
Some people gotta have cowbell... I gotta have chrome!  8)

Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: cruro02 on March 17, 2018, 10:49:55 pm
Yeah. Those little headlamp visor caps are a real nice touch...Yanking out that silly-ass DOT-mandated 5¼ inch export headlamp for a halogen 7 incher (https://www.ebay.com/itm/Royal-Enfield-500-7-Halogen-Headlight-Conversion-Kit-Pre-Assembled-Non-Sealed/282587767992) ($89.99 delivered) topped off with a  natty little cap engraved with that old cannon logo (https://www.ebay.com/itm/ROYAL-ENFIELD-CANNON-TRADE-MARK-EMBOSSED-CHROME-HEADLAMP-SHADE-USD/282596939567) ($22.14 delivered) was job one for me after doing the fluids. I was pretty happy to receive a cap where the engraved parts are painted in rather nicely in red and black, unlike the one shown in its eBay photo below, though I'd frankly have been perfectly happy with that too. Installation of both was a snap.

(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/B-0AAOSw1BlZXMQP/s-l500.jpg)

Here in Australia the Classic 500 comes standard with a 7" headlight so no need to replace. The visor I got have was engraved and painted red and black as well - looks good fitted..
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Fragman on March 17, 2018, 11:16:44 pm
I had a good ride about the zone on this fine St Paddy's Day. :) Sunny with temp around 17c mostly.
I checked the bike over before departing and had to snug up the kick start lever bolt as it had developed a looseness on the shaft. That's the only fastener that has come loose in 3 yrs of owning the wee beasty. Can't bitch at that. 8)

I cruised out to Blueberry Flats (Our local speed stretch.) then down to me chum's shop fer a wee nip an a BS. Fun day & plenty of other riders out to boot. ;D

Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: heloego on March 20, 2018, 03:14:22 am
Installed 17T sprocket. 102 chain was too long, leaving me at the next to last notch on the snails so I knocked a link off which set it back to a comfortable 5th notch from start. Replaced the Oil Pump Pinion gear for good measure. Replaced the Oil Pump Outlet o-ring. The old one was smashed into what looked like a plastic stepped bushing (Nice factory install. :o ). New RH cover gasket and installed the cover. New OIl filter, new oil, and after letting it sit overnight will check for any static leakage before firing it up.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Bilgemaster on March 20, 2018, 04:28:06 pm
Visor/peak looks nice better than my plain one, whats the quality like?

Paul

Well, it looks far better than its eBay picture. That's for sure. The chroming on the underside of the one I got is just a little spotty, but who'll ever see it? I polished mine all over with just a dab of humble yet long-lasting Turtle Wax Chrome Polish (https://forum.classicmotorworks.com/index.php/topic,25719.msg297172.html#msg297172) before mounting as a sort of preservative against rust--same with the new headlight bezel inside and out. I might come back and lob a photo of it here for you if the rain lets up...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Bilgemaster on March 20, 2018, 04:28:31 pm
Visor/peak looks nice better than my plain one, whats the quality like?

Paul

Well, it looks far better than its eBay picture. That's for sure. The chroming on the underside of the one I got is just a little spotty, but who cares? I polished mine with just a dab of Turtle Wax Chrome Polish before mounting as a sort of preservative against rust--same with the headlight bezel. I might come back and lob a photo of it here for you if the rain lets up...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: _Paul_ on March 21, 2018, 05:59:53 am
Sounds good, a pic or two would be really great before I flick the switch and buy one.

Thanks Paul
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Bilgemaster on March 26, 2018, 05:17:49 am
Sounds good, a pic or two would be really great before I flick the switch and buy one.

Thanks Paul

Sorry for the delay, but here's how that headlamp peak looks that I got off FleaBay from Enfield County. The red lettering in this picture looks a little "bleedier" than it actually is. It's tricky to photograph chrome at dusk with a cellphone. Like I've already pointed out, the one shown on eBay (https://www.ebay.com/itm/ROYAL-ENFIELD-CANNON-TRADE-MARK-EMBOSSED-CHROME-HEADLAMP-SHADE-USD/282596939567) has an unpainted logo engraving. If you prefer one or the other type, you might do well to let them know when you order.

(http://www.bukmop.com/RoyalEnfield/HeadlampPeak.jpg)


Enfield County offers lots of other interesting aftermarket parts and oddball doodads. I also got a much-needed sidestand from them. If you like brass (http://stores.ebay.com/spares2u/_i.html?_nkw=brass&submit=Search&_sid=894255246), you need look no further. After all, who couldn't use one of these mounted on the front fender to really "cut through traffic"?...

(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/HHAAAOSwtYxZgWl2/s-l1600.jpg)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: _Paul_ on March 26, 2018, 02:23:53 pm
Thanks very much for the pic, that does look really nice I will flick the switch on one directly.
I like the "number plate" thingy a proper slasher, they do have a really extensive range of Enfield stuff on offer I can see me buying a few more bits!

Paul
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Bilgemaster on March 26, 2018, 05:39:33 pm
Hell, why stop with a scimitar? For just twenty semolians delivered you can mount a double-barreled cannon up there. Not sure why it's double-barreled--maybe it was designed by "Cross-Eyed Sanjay," the same guy who did my 2005's crankcase breather and catch can system I just pitched... (https://forum.classicmotorworks.com/index.php/topic,25940.msg298895.html#msg298895)

(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/VOEAAOSwfJJZadLS/s-l500.jpg)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: hillntx on March 30, 2018, 07:43:38 am
Bought this little gem the other day, 2010 with 815 miles.  Bought a rear seat and 7" headlight with peak off Ebay, and have an EFI silencer at the house waiting to be installed.  I was debating getting an Interceptor later this year, but I think this little C5 will do everything I want from it.  Kickstart would have been nice, but I couldn't beat the price and condition.  Ordered a new set of tires to swap out for the originals; safety first.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: bonkers on March 30, 2018, 08:02:16 am
Wow, 815 miles  in 8 years time, that's a sleeping beauty! Have fun.
B.t.w. I did the same, waited  and still waiting for the 650 GT but bought me a lovely thumper I couldn't resist.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: AmBraCol on April 05, 2018, 03:34:12 am
Installed a hellicoil in the front drain hole on the Rumbler.  Hopefully that'll take care of the leak that had developed.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: High On Octane on April 05, 2018, 04:52:15 am
Installed a hellicoil in the front drain hole on the Rumbler.  Hopefully that'll take care of the leak that had developed.

Wasn't that motor JUST rebuilt?   :o
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: AmBraCol on April 05, 2018, 12:49:04 pm
Yep, and they apparently over torqued the front drain bolt.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: hillntx on April 05, 2018, 01:46:38 pm
New tires and an oil change for the 2010 C5.  Found the new rear tire had some cuts in the side, contacted BikeBandit and they are sending a replacement.  Ordered a crash guard and some bolts.  Hopefully everything is here by Friday.

Received the new pillion seat Wednesday.  Going to wait to install until after the rear tire is replaced.  Still waiting for the 7" headlight.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Narada on April 05, 2018, 02:06:33 pm
Here's a link to my recent experience with forward drain plug failure.  :P

https://forum.classicmotorworks.com/index.php/topic,25867.0.html

 I did not feel that I had had used excessive force at all. The threads just pulled out during regular tightening with standard combination wrench.  :(

I don't know if there's anything you can do to prevent this. Just be forewarned, and if it happens to you, do a proper repair with either a heli coil, time cert, or drill up to a bigger size to increase strength of threads.  8)

Oh yeah, there's always the rubber expansion plug too!  :o

Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: AmBraCol on April 05, 2018, 03:20:18 pm
Yep, I remember you posting about that.  There's a local guy that does hellicoil installations.  He charged me less than $15 US equivalent, parts and labor included, to hellicoil the original plug into the case.  So far, so good.  Today's my weekly "can't ride" day (we're saving the planet here by obliging folks to drive their car instead of ride their bike one day a week)  and tomorrow and Saturday don't look good for road time, so it'll probably be Sunday afternoon before I can get out and get her warmed up and see how she's doing, but I expect she'll be doing just fine.  2,000 km to the next oil change, then we'll see how she does for sure.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Scotty Brown on April 07, 2018, 02:22:50 am
Got back my Enfield with new custom skid-plate installed.  Ready for some serious boulder bashing.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: hillntx on April 07, 2018, 03:18:45 am
Installed the EFI silencer this morning.  Didn't realize it had a retaining spring.  After 8 years on the bike it didn't want to come off.  Sounding much better now.  This weekend I'm swapping to the NGK BPR6ES plug, addding the rear seat, and pulling off the bar end mirrors and going back to stock.  Hopefully within the next week I'll get the crash bar and 7" headlight. 
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: hillntx on April 13, 2018, 03:41:19 am
Took off the bar end mirrors and added the stock style back on.  I like how the bike doesn't seem as wide.  I also added the diamond crash bar.  Saturday the rear tire get swapped out and then the rear seat gets mounted.

As I was leaving the house tonight, my 7" headlight and visor arrived.  Those will go on in the morning.  Now its just about ready.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: johno on April 16, 2018, 05:00:01 pm
took my b5 bullet out o winter storage and changed the back tyre.
went for a quick spin, how good to hear the thump once again.
roll on some decent weather!!!!
(that's cursed it!!!)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ergyd on April 18, 2018, 11:32:33 pm
The curse hasn't made it's way to Wales, johno! Beautiful day today, and I certainly took advantage.
Took Harriet for a day-long trip, smashing the 4k mile marker in the process. No problems, no hiccoughs - just thumping along, and amazing views.

Fingers crossed for more days like these.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on April 18, 2018, 11:36:39 pm
I finally got off my butt and replaced the front tire on my 2011 G5.

It was getting pretty worn with just a trace of its original tread on the Dunlop K70 I've been running.

As you can tell, I gave up corner carving years ago so although a lot of you are only getting 6000 miles or so out of your K70's, this one has lasted me 14,142 miles.  8)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Scotty Brown on April 19, 2018, 09:41:02 pm
=Stupidly rode up Saddleback mountain alone, without water, food, or extra clothing and into a no cell phone area.  Enfield working perfectly but not my aged body.  Tipped over about six time and the last time a real crash.  Fortunately a young man in a pickup truck stopped and lifted the bike off of me.  I had become the poster boy for "Help, I've fallen and can't get up ".  We left the bike along side the road and he drove me back to civilization.  A good friend retrieved the bike several hours later.  I have scrapes and bruises but no permanent damage.  Great fun, beautiful scenery, and an adventure story to tell.  Advise,  don't go alone and plan ahead.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Scotty Brown on April 19, 2018, 09:56:29 pm
Pic's of the rocky and slippery road up the mountain and the guy lifting the bike off of me.  Talk about friends in high places is an understatement as the Mountain is about 6000 feet high.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on April 20, 2018, 01:27:29 am
=Stupidly rode up Saddleback mountain alone, without water, food, or extra clothing and into a no cell phone area.  Enfield working perfectly but not my aged body.  Tipped over about six time and the last time a real crash.  Fortunately a young man in a pickup truck stopped and lifted the bike off of me.  I had become the poster boy for "Help, I've fallen and can't get up ".  We left the bike along side the road and he drove me back to civilization.  A good friend retrieved the bike several hours later.  I have scrapes and bruises but no permanent damage.  Great fun, beautiful scenery, and an adventure story to tell.  Advise,  don't go alone and plan ahead.

You're lucky you didn't have to amputate your own limb(s) with a pocket knife to escape!

That guy in the pic is the "young man" who helped you?   ;D

Glad you're ok...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on April 20, 2018, 01:30:05 am
The curse hasn't made it's way to Wales, johno! Beautiful day today, and I certainly took advantage.
Took Harriet for a day-long trip, smashing the 4k mile marker in the process. No problems, no hiccoughs - just thumping along, and amazing views.

Fingers crossed for more days like these.

First post, Ergyd?  If so, welcome!  What bike is that?  It looks like what was sold here in the U.S. as a B5, but with the "wrong" tank...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Scotty Brown on April 20, 2018, 06:25:05 am
Hi Mattsz --No, the guy in the pic was the first to help.  There were several more.  I never seem to learn.  Number seven is the one where  I really woofed the cookie.  Ouch !  Another nice young man saved the day. It is said that the second and third day's after a crash are the worst.  They are right.  Booze seems to help a lot.  I'll be back in the saddle next week.  Never too old to have a second childhood.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: retrolynn on April 20, 2018, 04:35:40 pm
You were lucky! Yesterday was 60*,the nicest day this year. I rode the b5 40 miles ,on a nice 2 lane road. It started on the second push of the starter. When I pulled into the driveway,my neighbor came over to see the bike,and said it purred! Hope it keeps purring.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Carlsberg Wordsworth on April 20, 2018, 09:41:12 pm
First post, Ergyd?  If so, welcome!  What bike is that?  It looks like what was sold here in the U.S. as a B5, but with the "wrong" tank...

Welcome indeed Ergyd. B5 tank and debadged with transfers? Throttle cover missing too and the short exhaust.

Well before that question's solved, I hit the 14000 mile mark today. Have found that the new bars are a lot more suited to me. and riding in armoured jeans as opposed to textiles is also easier. It must be the seat shape.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ergyd on April 21, 2018, 07:20:08 am
Thanks for the welcome! 
I've been shadowing the forum for so long, and felt a part of so many of the interesting, valuable, witty conversations that have happened here, it didn't feel like my first post...    ::)

Many thanks to everyone for all the brilliant advice and tips - have helped me troubleshoot and solve all the little issues - all without having to write a thing! ;D ;D

It's a 2012 B5, which I've owned for the last year. And, having been wondering why I couldn't find any pictures of a bike similar to mine, I found out that the previous owner removed the wings, and had the 350style logo applied, while keeping the hand painted lines - and I have to admit to much preferring the style.

Good eyes, Carlsberg! The throttle cover is off while I play with some ideas for making it a useful space... The other small mods/fixes are:

Short EFI silencer
Full LED conversion (apart from headlight)
Clear indicator lenses
Bar end mirrors
Blank off O2 sensor
Remove kickstand switch

Replace small negative connector (solved electrical gremlins!)
Exhaust header plate straightened, and replace bent studs
Replace low-fuel sensor (kept stalling the bike)

The next project is putting a voltmeter and a tachometer on there somewhere... And I'm not a fan of the digital ones, so trying to source reliable, small, analogue gauges.
Any tips much appreciated!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Jako on April 21, 2018, 11:21:54 am

wow love the B5 tank with those nasty plastic emblems removed , anybody know how to do that without destroying the paint ? heat gun maybe ? I really want mine gone.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: tooseevee on April 21, 2018, 03:27:32 pm
Thanks for the welcome! 

It's a 2012 B5, which I've owned for the last year. And, having been wondering why I couldn't find any pictures of a bike similar to mine, I found out that the previous owner removed the wings, and had the 350style logo applied, while keeping the hand painted lines - and I have to admit to much preferring the style.


            Your tank is the same now as my '08 Classic 500.

            Welcome to the Monkey House  :) :)(http://) Have you seen the factory clips on Youtube of these tanks being hand pinstriped?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on April 21, 2018, 04:53:19 pm
wow love the B5 tank with those nasty plastic emblems removed , anybody know how to do that without destroying the paint ? heat gun maybe ? I really want mine gone.

If his bike is a 2012, then it had the screw-on badges?  And therefore, screw holes to be filled?  If you have the newer stick-on badges, then it should be an easy job...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Narada on April 21, 2018, 07:25:52 pm
Glad you made it back from Saddleback mountain Scotty! Seven crashes?  :o

You must've gotten very fatigued and lost the ability to stay up in the bumps? Maybe take more breaks next time? As we all are getting older we need to just stop and rest more. Sometimes even take a nap!  :P

At least you had a nice view while you waited for help...and a sense of humor!  8)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ergyd on April 21, 2018, 08:31:45 pm
Mattsz, Jako

According to the previous owner, they were the screwed in badges. But you could never tell, the filling, masking, painting are brilliant.

Tooseevee - the 350 was the inspiration, I believe. And yes, I've seen the painting videos. Incredible mix of focus and muscle-memory. Half debating getting the gold lines on the front fender too... 


Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Carlsberg Wordsworth on April 21, 2018, 09:40:30 pm
Mines a 2012 and screw in badges. Not plastic either. Afaik, they're aluminium with some nice reflective red stickers.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Jako on April 21, 2018, 10:38:56 pm
If his bike is a 2012, then it had the screw-on badges?  And therefore, screw holes to be filled?  If you have the newer stick-on badges, then it should be an easy job...

 Found this on Youtube , I just need the courage to try it. Might not be the same type glue  https://youtu.be/9Wpq0zn-uEg
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Fragman on April 22, 2018, 03:34:21 am
Hi Mattsz --No, the guy in the pic was the first to help.  There were several more.  I never seem to learn.  Number seven is the one where  I really woofed the cookie.  Ouch !  Another nice young man saved the day. It is said that the second and third day's after a crash are the worst.  They are right.  Booze seems to help a lot.  I'll be back in the saddle next week.  Never too old to have a second childhood.

Jeez Scotty! What a place to poke around in on yer RE. I'd pass on that ride meself unless I was on a Rokon. :o I'm soon to hit 63 & older folk bruise & bust easier. ;)

I pulled a dumbass move 2 Thursdays ago when I fell off me pruning ladder from 7'. Landed flat on me side and tweeked me lumbar a tad. :-[
Other than a couple of bruises & scrapes plus a couple visits to the chiropractor, I'm well on the mend an can still get my dog out on the morning 5k walk.(At a slower pace though.) Gettin' old sucks folks.

That said, all I've done with my ride these past days is keep the bugger tidy & the battery charged plus an oil change today in order to be ready for Monday. Good weather is here now & I'm gettin' the urge to ride again dang quick. Thank fook fer 100 proof whiskey an good herb!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Bert Remington on April 23, 2018, 03:38:08 am
I'm behind the 'today' curve but if I don't start now it won't improve. ;D

I purchased my used 2016 RE about two weeks ago at 104 miles.  Since then:

* 200 mile service at the Triumph/RE dealer who sold it to previous owner [1]
* EBC FA228HH front pads [2]
* RK GB530XSOZ1-102 X-ring Chain with GB530XSOZ1 Clip-Style Connecting Link
* Grip Puppy Comfort Grips
* Burly Voyager Waxed Canvas Tank/Tail Bag
* NGK BPR6ES Spark Plug
* AF-XIED O2 signal adjuster [3]
* Digital Download Service Manual
* Always-on-Headlight jumper removed
* LED lights [4]
* uxcell 3-pin LED Flasher Relay

[1] per dealer Castrol Actevo 4T 10W-40 Oil
[2] Easiest pad installation I've ever done, even for my track Mustang.  EBC says HH are "sintered superbike pads for fast street use on any type of motorcycle providing longest life and superb brake at speed."  The non-HH organic pads are more rotor-friendly but the HH pads are good wet and dry, cold and hot, and rotors are cheaper than didn't-quite-stop-in-time parts.  EPFA pads aren't available for the RE but I use them on my BMW.
[3] trial install, will post pictures of permanent install
[4] DDM PA9 Yellow for Pilots, will change to SBL Red and Green PA9 for grins tomorrow; SBL BA7 Red for Fuel; SBL BA7 Yellow for Emblem; SBL 194 Cool White for Speedometer; SBL 194 Blue for High Beam; SBL 194 Green for Neutral; working on 194 trafficator indicator solution; SBL Cool White 1156 for front trafficators; SBL Yellow 1156 for rear trafficators; Alla 1157 Red for brake/tail lights.  The 1156s are longer than stock so I used O-rings to extend lenses.  The 1157 is longer than stock so lens illuminated by side-firing as well as end-firing LEDs.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on April 24, 2018, 01:13:17 am
You might want to check your State laws before you install red LED's in your pilot lights.

In my State, it is against the law for any vehicle other than a Police or Fire department car/truck to have red lights showing from the front. :o

Your State might be different so it's a good idea to check first.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Bert Remington on April 24, 2018, 01:25:11 am
Arizoni -- you're 100% correct.  Both Red and Green pilots are illegal.  The CHP won't look, the Sheriffs won't care and the SDPD won't bother unless they pull me over for a moving violation.  I feel lucky...  8)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: _Paul_ on April 24, 2018, 11:09:35 pm
My battery cover lock completely disintegrated today so machined a replacement in brass, same concept as the Hitchcock item only using a cap screw to secure it rather than their insecure slotted item.

Paul
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: dickim on April 25, 2018, 02:29:38 am
Hi Ergyd - Re Tach & Ammeter, I followed same route as another member here, pulled out the EFi / low fuel guage (and replaced with 2 very small led's in nacelle) and put ammeter / volt gauge (with enfield logo sourced from India) in place. Tried to put a German sourced analogue tacho in where the key goes but my unit is in soooo tight I gave up (didn't want to break the alloy), but intended moving key to side of nacelle (old school British bike)..... there is a link here somewhere...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Scotty Brown on April 27, 2018, 04:34:59 am
 Retrieved my C5 from the friend who rescued it after my multiple get offs.  Surveyed the minimal damage, slightly bent crash bar-to be expected- Little ouch on the master cylinder box - tiny ding on the headlight ring. Very dirty with embedded grass and weed particles in various orifices. AND one blown fuse caused by my rescuers trying to hot wire the bike due to lack of a key.  Replaced the fuse, kicked the hell out of the crash bar, turned the key on and waited for the fuel pump to let me know it was ready AND --Thump-thump thump.  Gingerly climbed aboard and rode the 28 miles home without incident.  These bikes are like tanks.  Would I do it again ? NO -- Will I continue to ride dirt ?  You bet, but will avoid those baseball size rocks and shale.  Do I love my bike ?  Best one I have every owned for just about everything.  It was the body that broke down not the bike.  Remember- "Never give up"
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: retrolynn on April 27, 2018, 05:06:58 pm
Scotty, glad it turned out ok,as it could have been much worse. I hate dirt riding, as my experience has not been good!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Fragman on April 27, 2018, 11:36:34 pm
I lubed the cables & chain, set the tire pressures then got out fer a nice ride yesterday in temps of 24-C! :o Another temp record broken for that date & I'm sure there's more weird shit to follow.
Today's ride was more to me likin' with a temp of 12-C and light breezes.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Jako on April 28, 2018, 09:05:15 am
I replaced the primary chain on my B5 today  with a Iwis Elite  chain from Hitchcock's , probably unnecessary but paranoia was setting in after reading of the disaster's a few GT'S have suffered from broken chains or sprag  bolts or clutch nuts coming undone , so new chain and loctited fasteners and a oil and filter change. Everything inside the clutch case looked good, all tight and evidence the factory used some type of loctite on sprag  bolt.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on April 28, 2018, 12:37:44 pm
Mines a 2012 and screw in badges. Not plastic either. Afaik, they're aluminium with some nice reflective red stickers.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Bert Remington on April 29, 2018, 05:09:21 pm
I'm STILL behind the 'today' curve but if I don't keep moving it won't improve. ;D

I purchased my used 2016 RE about three weeks ago at 104 miles (now 380 after yesterday's excellent day at Barona's Antique Drags with my friend's 1949 Ford Anglia).  Shortly after I purchased the motorcycle, I replaced the stock lead acid battery with a Shorai LFX14L5-BS12 (https://shoraipower.com/products?action=vehicle&type=175&make=376042&model=376045&year=376045) LiFePO4 battery.  When you receive your shipment, you're going to think Dang, they forgot to pack the battery.  Lithiums are that light!

I chose Shorai based on motorcycle forum reputation, informative website, motorcycle on homepage, and Royal Enfield in the vehicle selector.

I chose LiFePO4 over Optima and Odyssey because it fully charges at stock lead acid voltages while AGM requires 0.2-0.4 higher voltage for a full charge.

I didn't buy a LiFePO4-specific charger but rather am using my existing CTEK multi-use 4.3 amp charger (CTEK-56-864, no longer on CTEK website) with the cigarette plug adapter (https://www.ctek.com/products/vehicle/connect-cig-plug) into my power outlet (a future post).  However I won't use this charger for long-term trickle charge just in case of incompatibility and certainly not in it's recovery mode because the voltages are too high for the LiFePO4 chemistry.

The Shorai is slighly smaller than the stock lead acid so I used the included self-adhesive foam spacers on the battery bracket and cover as shown below.  I used two thin pads on the back of the bracket and a thick pad on the bottom for spacing.  I used a thin pad on the cover to reduce sideways movement. You can install them with the bracket in place; I was modifying cables which required bracket removal (see next post)

The battery has both side and top threaded terminals (ie, no loose nuts).  I used the side terminals for the two primary wires and top terminals for auxiliary/accessory wires.  Use washers on top terminals to prevent top bolts fouling of side terminal bolts.

Performance?  Just like stock lead acid battery -- the motorcycle starts consistently after 0.25 sec cranking.  Moving on to next project...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Bert Remington on April 29, 2018, 06:03:46 pm
As I mentioned over at UCE Cams, Peter and GHG are adamant about replacing primary cables.  So I took a look and RE certainly didn't spend much money on copper wire.  Even though its only a 900W starter, the ground wire is way too small (lower wire in second picture) and the +12 wire isn't much bigger.

So I had this Cadillac Northstar engine cable laying around (first picture) and used it to replace the battery-to-starter ground (upper wire in second picture) and the relay-to-starter cable (third picture).  The battery-to-relay cable is a future project.

The battery tray must be removed for access to the relay which requires removal of the right-side storage compartment.

Getting grounds right is important, especially on ECU-equipped vehicles, so I looked for chassis grounds besides the starter ground.  I found one (which seems to be the only one) connected to a regulator bracket bolt.  I was also concerned about the dinky size of the battery-to-harness ground wire (the short stub on the lower wire of the second picture).  And I wanted a common ground for my accessories.  So I reversed the stock battery-to-starter ground wire (starter end to battery top terminal, battery end to chassis ground) and together with the chassis ground mentioned above fastened them to the regulator bracket bolt.

At this time I didn't want to disassemble the wiring harness to upgrade the dinky +12 and ground wires.  That's a future project although I'll probably use parallel wiring rather than replaced wiring.

Performance?  Just like stock wiring -- the motorcycle starts consistently after 0.25 sec cranking.  Moving on to next project...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Bert Remington on April 29, 2018, 07:11:12 pm
I'm catching up on the 'today' curve -- only a few days behind. ;D

I purchased my used 2016 RE about three weeks ago at 104 miles.  The previous owner installed "bullet" turn signals and a "tombstone" taillight.  A condition of sale was the original parts were included, which they were.

For the front, I picked apart the bullet wires from the stock 2-pin connectors and installed the trafficator wires.

For the rear, first I installed the "doghouse" tail assembly.  Then I picked apart the tombstone wires from the stock 3-pin connector and installed the brake/tail light wires.  I drilled four holes for the license plate.

Then three days ago, I cut the wires on the rear bullets and unbolted their brackets from the shock mounts.  Then I removed the rear fender and stripped out the wiring.  I reused the brake, tail and ground wires.  I replaced the shortened left (Blk/Wht) and right (Blk/Grn) trafficator wires [1] and added another ground, an Always-On +12, and two signal (Hazard Flasher and HelpMe) wires.  I installed two-pin connectors on the trafficator wires.

The motorcycle is back to stock front and rear -- much improved looks!

The Hazard Flasher and HelpMe electronics are a future project...

PS I use Timers Shop (http://timers.shop/) relays.  Very cool, very small and very capable.

[1] ScalyBack's 8/6/2014 EFI Workshop Chart has the rear colors right but the labels reversed.  Its still a very useful diagram which I have often referred to instead of the "service manual".
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Magoo on April 30, 2018, 05:43:49 am
So after a good 90,000km run on the 2013 Enfield C5, I'm putting her out to pasture for now.
She's been a brilliant daily commuter, I've been meticulous with maintenance and she's never left me on the side of the road.
She'll make a great bike for my son in 4 years time when he gets his licence - or I'll throw a sidecar on her for shits and giggles in the meantime.
Will store her well and bring her out for weekenders and special events.

As for my new steed - 2017 Bonneville Bobber. The grin hasn't left since I rode her for the first time last week.
I do miss the thumper, but enjoy the rumble too!
I've learnt a lot from you crazy bastards just by virtue of this forum and I'm looking forward to seeing who gets their hands on the twins first later this year.
M
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: wildbill on April 30, 2018, 02:53:11 pm
magoo
is that a misprint or did you really get 90,000 klm out of that enfield. if so I never actually thought they would be capable of ding it if so I think you really got your $$$$ out of it.
all the best with the triump!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Magoo on April 30, 2018, 03:16:21 pm
magoo
is that a misprint or did you really get 90,000 klm out of that enfield. if so I never actually thought they would be capable of ding it if so I think you really got your $$$$ out of it.
all the best with the triump!

Nope, not an error. Ok...88,700 and was gearing up for the next 10,000k service. Will get a snap of the odo for a few naysayers hehe.
We had the One Ride day a few weeks back organised by a local Enfield dealer in Perth and it was held up in high esteem and proof these things are more than capable of longevity if maintained right.

Funnily enough, still going strong actually, albeit a little tired. I have no doubt she’d have clocked it by year’s end. I didn’t go easy on her either. Was never one to mollycoddle my ride and she gave me many smiles at freeway speeds, rain or shine.

Dropped it twice in that time, once a power slide in the wet. But still freakin powered on.
Getting all melancholy now....
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Bmadd34 on April 30, 2018, 05:36:58 pm
Put the original exhaust system back on.
I junked the stainless steel higher flowing downpipe and straight through short silencer.  The bike now pulls the larger sprocket noticeably easier.

Do you still have the silencer?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Carlsberg Wordsworth on April 30, 2018, 09:14:52 pm
nothing today, I just wanted to post on the 500th page lol

I need to get out more. At least the weather looks good for an upcoming bank holiday :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: wildbill on May 01, 2018, 12:39:17 am
magoo
I think you should keep the wheels roll'in on the enfield and go for the big number 100,000 or 000000 or a odo changeover.....that would be some mean feat.
I actually thought sectorsteve had the highest klm bike about while he was really belting up the klm.
no reason to wear out the triumph - hit the big number with the enfield first- then retire it! ;D
I think in the early years I actually got nearly 10,000 klm out of one I had....LOL since then it's been a downhill run!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: AmBraCol on May 02, 2018, 01:05:27 pm
Nope, not an error. Ok...88,700 and was gearing up for the next 10,000k service. Will get a snap of the odo for a few naysayers hehe.
We had the One Ride day a few weeks back organised by a local Enfield dealer in Perth and it was held up in high esteem and proof these things are more than capable of longevity if maintained right.

Funnily enough, still going strong actually, albeit a little tired. I have no doubt she’d have clocked it by year’s end. I didn’t go easy on her either. Was never one to mollycoddle my ride and she gave me many smiles at freeway speeds, rain or shine.

Dropped it twice in that time, once a power slide in the wet. But still freakin powered on.
Getting all melancholy now....

I believe you.  When my Rumbler was stripped down for the top end rebuild (piston, connecting rod, cylinder, plus related bearings) under warranty, there was no discernible wear on any of the parts other than the connecting rod and a bit of a smudge on the side of the cylinder from the resulting knocking from the defective rod. She was right at 18,000 km at that point, and indicating that with proper maintenance she should reach 100,000 with no problem.  Time will tell.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ergyd on May 02, 2018, 02:50:06 pm
Took Harriet for her MOT - passed with flying colours. Celebrated with a wonderful meandering route home via the Glamorgan coast.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Bert Remington on May 06, 2018, 02:37:36 am
I was hoping someone would bump this topic to 501 but got tired of waiting.  Fabricated power outlet for navigator, etc -- see How ... navigator? topic.  Installed fin intake -- see UCE Cams topic.  As I parked in my driveway the odometer turned 00600.0 miles.  I'm interpreting this as a lucky omen.  I'm changing oil and filter again tomorrow as it keeps turning cloudy (first change at 200 miles by dealer).

Ergyd -- where did you get those clear trafficator lenses?  I couldn't find them at CMW or Hitchcock.  And your MOT accepted the amber LEDs with clear lenses -- cool.  Maybe things are different in Wales than they are further east.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Wrc323 on May 06, 2018, 12:45:10 pm
Well I've had her for a week and found that the speedo bulb had blown. So today I popped in a new globe. I tried out a LED that I had but the light spread wasn't good so stuck with a white light bulb that came with some H4 globes I bought for my car years ago. While I was at it I swapped the H4 globe out for a whiter light bulb. I've got some BA9s LED's on order for the tiger eyes and parker. I've also put my GPS mount on.

I'm thinking about getting some replacement turn signals, something a little smaller and black. Probably stick with bulb to avoid LED conversion problems. Also thinking of changing the muffler/silencer to a smaller unit, in black too, probably the one Wild Bill had on his dispatch. Not sure if I'll mod anything else, I quite like it as is, perhaps some panniers...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: longstrokeclassic on May 06, 2018, 03:51:20 pm
Do you still have the silencer?

No, ended up in the recycling bin.
I mashed up the underside of it just after fitting it on a tight right hander Which also split it open where the universal slide captive nut groove was welded on to the main body which then required a lot of unsightly repair to block up the leaks. It was doubtful I’d find it a new home - even giving it away.

Bit too late to edit my original post but to clarify the bike now pulls the larger front sprocket noticeably easier around town when in traffic.
Haven’t taken the bike over 60 and have no intention of doing but I doubt the higher gearing on what is otherwise a stock bike has done the top end any favours.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ergyd on May 07, 2018, 07:14:08 am
Bert - just saw your question, Apologies!

The clear lenses came with the bike - the previous owner hadn't got around to switching them. But looking at the packaging, I believe they came from eBay seller Enfield County, who're based in India.

I'd taken the amber lenses with me to the MOT, just in case. But they didn't mention anything, and she passed, so I didn't ask any questions!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Carlsberg Wordsworth on May 07, 2018, 08:35:13 pm
Bit too late to edit my original post but to clarify the bike now pulls the larger front sprocket noticeably easier around town when in traffic.
Haven’t taken the bike over 60 and have no intention of doing but I doubt the higher gearing on what is otherwise a stock bike has done the top end any favours.

Are we saying an 18t is better for the UK perhaps? I've often thought I have to constantly go up and down the box, or feels like it anyway in town. I think I might go up a tooth next chain and sprocket change.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Blairio on May 08, 2018, 06:04:14 am
Yesterday was a belter weather-wise, so I stuck my Electra/G5 EFI on the driveway in the sunshine and set about fitting my new Hitchcocks high level exhaust, plus alloy RHS side panel. This takes the place of the airbox cover, and side panel, and is a lovely piece of alloy.

PART No. 91100
EXHAUST SYSTEM, HIGH LEVEL, EFI MODELS

AIR FILTER REPLACEMENT LID, ALLOY, ELECTRA EFI   
Part No: 91101

Fitting was straightforward, although I do wish the plug for the 02 sensor lead was not buried under the petrol tank.  What a faff - removing  the petrol tank just to unclip a 4-way connector! However things went smoothly otherwise and the fit and finish of the new exhaust system is great. My Electra's EFU unit seems to prefer the system over the previous (standard Hitchcocks EFI) one, as tickover even when cold seems more steady. This system has more of a baffle than my last one, so perhaps it is down to that.

I will post a picture when I  have a few moments.

The only issue is with the kickstart. I have moved it forward a few splines so that when folded away it sits near-vertical now, where the exhaust pipe runs nearest to the barrel. Even then, the kickstart rubber wants to sit against the hot pipe. My 'cludge' is to have a wee spacer (half a washer held in by a cable tie) tucked into the pivot so the kickstart does not fully close on its pivot. Not ideal, but it works, and the kickstart is still held closed on its sprung ball bearing detent.  I have emailed Hitchcocks to ask what the recommended solution is. Perhaps a different profile of kickstart? Also confusing was the inclusion of 2 exhaust gaskets with the system.  I only needed one to achieve a good seal.  Should I have used both, or is one a spare?  Who knows......
 


Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: JVS on May 08, 2018, 11:22:14 am
Yesterday was a belter weather-wise, so I stuck my Electra/G5 EFI on the driveway in the sunshine and set about fitting my new Hitchcocks high level exhaust, plus alloy RHS side panel. This takes the place of the airbox cover, and side panel, and is a lovely piece of

Any pics?  8)

And yes, you ideally only need to use one exhaust gasket. However, if it's the old paper/cardboard type one, it's prone to breaking down in the first few 100 mi/km because of the requirement of tightening the header bolts. These bolts might get loose after your first few initial rides - so remember to check the tightness. If they do get loose, you'll be re-tightening them every now and then. The force of the header opening starts to pinch/shatter the paper gasket. The next time you remove the exhaust pipe, you'll see that the gasket is damaged / powdery on one side where the force was the greatest.

For this reason, I was using two paper gaskets for a while so that the outer one can get damaged but the inner one stays OK. However, the new UCEs come with a copper crush gasket - much better! So I reverted to that and now I'm only using one copper gasket. As long as you don't have a leak at the cylinder head, the one paper gasket is also fine.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Bert Remington on May 09, 2018, 04:47:55 am
I changed RE spark plug wire and cap to MSD (see My...booster topic) and checked NGK BPR6ES status (see UCE Cams topic).  I also did one other thing but I'll report on that Friday evening with pictures (hint https://forum.classicmotorworks.com/index.php/topic,22737.0.html).
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: longstrokeclassic on May 09, 2018, 08:50:09 am
Are we saying an 18t is better for the UK perhaps? I've often thought I have to constantly go up and down the box, or feels like it anyway in town. I think I might go up a tooth next chain and sprocket change.

I swapped over to the 18 specifically to lose the half link needed with the 17 so I could use a better quality (102 link) rear chain; the original diamond brand chain needed replacing after only 7250, the Renolds after 19,560 miles.
 My problem was the 'go faster' exhaust system I'd fitted - which wasn't fitted with the intention of going faster but to remove the problem of the original long silencer hitting a wall on a tight bend during some required rear garden maneuvers -  was that it was noticeably missing some oomph down at the bottom end compared with the stock set up so riding in stop start traffic with the higher gear was frustrating.  Putting the original down pipe and silencer back on resolved this and the bike is certainly more relaxed at the speeds I ride it at.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: AmBraCol on May 09, 2018, 04:08:59 pm
Replaced the original chain and the rear brake pads.  The front pads look great, a reflection on my tendency to use the rear brake on downhills.  The original chain was probably good for a lot more KM's, but how many was the question.  It was needing tightened every few hundred km's instead of every 1,000 - 1,500 when first got the bike. Stretching that fast is not something I care for so figured the $30 or so was cheap insurance.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Carlsberg Wordsworth on May 09, 2018, 08:54:39 pm
Thanks portishedric.

I want to try and stay in a lower gear without it revving too high but the speed is too low for the next gear. I think that's what I mean at any rate and hope that it makes sense so I think the 18T would help here.

If that's the case, that'll be next on the list come next chain/sprocket change.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Blairio on May 10, 2018, 02:56:18 pm
Yesterday was a belter weather-wise, so I stuck my Electra/G5 EFI on the driveway in the sunshine and set about fitting my new Hitchcocks high level exhaust, plus alloy RHS side panel. This takes the place of the airbox cover, and side panel, and is a lovely piece of alloy.

PART No. 91100
EXHAUST SYSTEM, HIGH LEVEL, EFI MODELS

AIR FILTER REPLACEMENT LID, ALLOY, ELECTRA EFI   
Part No: 91101

Fitting was straightforward, although I do wish the plug for the 02 sensor lead was not buried under the petrol tank.  What a faff - removing  the petrol tank just to unclip a 4-way connector! However things went smoothly otherwise and the fit and finish of the new exhaust system is great. My Electra's EFU unit seems to prefer the system over the previous (standard Hitchcocks EFI) one, as tickover even when cold seems more steady. This system has more of a baffle than my last one, so perhaps it is down to that.

I will post a picture when I  have a few moments.

The only issue is with the kickstart. I have moved it forward a few splines so that when folded away it sits near-vertical now, where the exhaust pipe runs nearest to the barrel. Even then, the kickstart rubber wants to sit against the hot pipe. My 'cludge' is to have a wee spacer (half a washer held in by a cable tie) tucked into the pivot so the kickstart does not fully close on its pivot. Not ideal, but it works, and the kickstart is still held closed on its sprung ball bearing detent.  I have emailed Hitchcocks to ask what the recommended solution is. Perhaps a different profile of kickstart? Also confusing was the inclusion of 2 exhaust gaskets with the system.  I only needed one to achieve a good seal.  Should I have used both, or is one a spare?  Who knows......

Here are the photos of my 2102 Electra with its new Hitchcocks high level exhaust, complete with alloy air filter cover. The engine seems happier than when I had the standard Hitchcocks EFI exhaust system, and the new system looks ace.

(https://i62.servimg.com/u/f62/15/51/83/66/dsc00016.jpg)

(https://i62.servimg.com/u/f62/15/51/83/66/dsc00017.jpg)

(https://i62.servimg.com/u/f62/15/51/83/66/dsc00018.jpg)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: heloego on May 11, 2018, 02:58:25 pm
Very nice!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Narada on May 11, 2018, 04:50:59 pm
 Riviera Red Electra with extra chrome! I say it looks all 4 aces!  8)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: tooseevee on May 11, 2018, 04:59:18 pm

The only issue is with the kickstart. I have moved it forward a few splines so that when folded away it sits near-vertical now, where the exhaust pipe runs nearest to the barrel. Even then, the kickstart rubber wants to sit against the hot pipe. My 'cludge' is to have a wee spacer (half a washer held in by a cable tie) tucked into the pivot so the kickstart does not fully close on its pivot. Not ideal, but it works, and the kickstart is still held closed on its sprung ball bearing detent.  I have emailed Hitchcocks to ask what the recommended solution is. Perhaps a different profile of kickstart? Also confusing was the inclusion of 2 exhaust gaskets with the system.  I only needed one to achieve a good seal.  Should I have used both, or is one a spare?  Who knows......

              Did you resolve your kickstart lever problem? If I had seen this sooner I would have suggested you try the AVL straight lever. It might work fine for you.

               I think they send two gaskets in case you need two. Hitchcocks are straight shooters. I just received my 2nd brand new shiny catalog after the first was received soaking wet shipped directly from the printer and not wrapped for a trip across the big pond and then to Rhode Island. It was ruined. I even offered to pay for the 2nd one and the shipping and they wouldn't hear of it. And it's a really gorgeous catalog.   

Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: AmBraCol on May 11, 2018, 08:28:07 pm
Quote from: Blairio
Here are the photos of my 2102 Electra with its new Hitchcocks high level exhaust, complete with alloy air filter cover. The engine seems happier than when I had the standard Hitchcocks EFI exhaust system, and the new system looks ace.

(https://i62.servimg.com/u/f62/15/51/83/66/dsc00016.jpg)

(https://i62.servimg.com/u/f62/15/51/83/66/dsc00017.jpg)

(https://i62.servimg.com/u/f62/15/51/83/66/dsc00018.jpg)

Back from the future!  The future looks pretty good!   ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Carlsberg Wordsworth on May 11, 2018, 09:20:53 pm
I was going to say why the long rear brake arm?

And then it dawned on me that the low exhaust is normally covering it lol.

Looking good, shiny and clean there Blairio!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Bert Remington on May 12, 2018, 02:01:58 am
I wanted a variety of luggage options for my Royal Enfield, ranging from carrying a small Panasonic camera and some maps for scenic day trips to multi-day trips to hauling groceries, all options keeping the "1950's" Royal Enfield look.  I searched this and other forums and perused the CMW, Hitchcock and other stores.  Great fun, especially seeing other owners' choices.

CMW's Burly tank bag was an immediate choice which I purchased and I've enjoyed using.  Perfect for what I wanted.  Highly recommended.

Rear fender racks were a disappointment.  All were steel tubing; all were chrome or black; and none were easily removable.  So a friend and I are building our own (a future post).

That leaves panniers.  Long search short I saw Mulga Bill's picture (https://forum.classicmotorworks.com/index.php/topic,22737.0.html) and knew that's what I wanted.  So I went to Moto Machines and ordered the C-Bow brackets (https://www.motomachines.com/C-Bow--Royal-Enfield-Bullet-Classic-from-09_p_3258.html#).  Then came bag choices (https://www.motomachines.com/C-Bow-Bags_c_29.html).  Mulga Bill chose the Oval Street Soft Bag Set, very nice with 22L capacity.  I almost ordered the Royster Street Soft Bag Set, also with 22L capacity.  Allow my to digress to explain my choice.

If I stop for more than 5 minutes, someone comes up to tell me how much they like the motorcycle.  It even happens at traffic lights.  I feel my obligations are a mix of motorcycle rider and nostalgia caretaker.  So I'm working hard to keep that "Classic 500" Royal Enfield look while enjoying modern amenities.

For the C-Bow bags, I went with looks over practicality and chose the "large" (11L) Legacy Courier Bags (https://www.motomachines.com/Hepco-Becker-Legacy-Courier-Bag-Set-LL-for-C-Bow-Carrier_p_6193.html).  I covered my eyes as I pushed the PayPal button.  I'll be drinking fewer IPAs and more MGDs for the next year.

My neighbor wasn't home so I parked the motorcycle in his driveway as better background for pictures.  The first two show the bags front and rear (very traditional) and the second two show bags removed (very tidy).  That's my IPA in the upper left, soon to be a memory.  I put a microfiber towel under the Burly bag to keep the magnets from wearing spots in paint.

From my perspective there is a design flaw in the Legacy Courier bags compared to the Street Soft bags: no carrying handle (yeah I know couriers use shoulder straps which do come with the bags).  The leather straps at the top are not sewed down so I'm going to see if I can find some 3/4" hemp rope to fit underneath for handles.  Of course I'll post solution with pictures.

Next post is installation details.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Bert Remington on May 12, 2018, 03:08:12 am
WRT installing the C-Bow brackets:

* Step 1 -- sort out all the parts.
* Step 2 -- toss the spacers and use shorter bolts.
* Step 3 -- ignore the German designers' sequence: attach the front and rear steel pieces to the aluminum C-Bows with the four (per side) bolts lightly tightened to allow adjustment, not sloppy, movement.
* Step 4 -- attach the front piece to the shock stud (for left side, the lift handle is inside the front piece); lightly tighten shock stud nut.
* Step 5 -- tightly tie-wrap the rear piece above the RE fender brace; don't try to hold it by hand, even with your beer-drinking friend's help.
* Step 6 -- drill the appropriate size hole, remove the tie-wrap, and deburr the hole.
* Step 7 -- final tighten rear piece bolt but not too much as you don't want to crack the plastic washer -- the Nylock nut will prevent loosening.
* Step 8 -- final tighten shock stud nut, then the eight C-Bow fasteners.

I forgot to mention in my previous post but the C-Bow bracket itself is a lovely piece of work: cast aluminum, heli-coiled fastener holes, and powder-coated satin black.  The whole bracket kit is well worth the $$s.

The first picture shows the C-Bow with bags installed -- no spacers on front pieces and rear pieces trimmed 1/2" (oops, I didn't mention this before, YMMV).  Second picture shows side view (I substituted black anodized Allen bolts for rear pieces).  Third picture shows the front pieces sans spacers (I substituted stainless Phillips bolts on the C-Bow end for both the front and rear pieces).

In the third picture note the bronze hex bolt to the left of the C-Bow lock slot; there is a matching black hex bolt to the right.  They are the fasteners for my removable rear fender rack.  And that is a future post...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Blairio on May 12, 2018, 03:38:19 am
              Did you resolve your kickstart lever problem? If I had seen this sooner I would have suggested you try the AVL straight lever. It might work fine for you.

               I think they send two gaskets in case you need two. Hitchcocks are straight shooters. I just received my 2nd brand new shiny catalog after the first was received soaking wet shipped directly from the printer and not wrapped for a trip across the big pond and then to Rhode Island. It was ruined. I even offered to pay for the 2nd one and the shipping and they wouldn't hear of it. And it's a really gorgeous catalog.

Hi, I agree that the Hitchcocks 2018 catalogue is a thing of beauty, and I too would have been happy to pay for it.  I have only needed one exhaust gasket to get a good seal at the cylinder head, so the other gasket Hitchcocks supplied is now in my spares box.

I did solve my kickstart conundrum, but in an unexpected way...  I have a heat shield with two long jubilee clips which I was about to cut down so it would fit on the short run of exhaust pipe that the kickstart rubber wants to rest against.  Then I realised that the kickstart actually only wants to touch the exhaust pipe at one point. So I simply fitted one of the jubilee clips round the pipe at that point and bent the open end of the clip 1cm away from the pipe at the point the kickstart rubber wants to hit the pipe. This works great.  The kickstart is pretty much on the detent that normally holds it closed, but as an extra measure I have a small black cable tie running round the kickstart rubber and through the open end of the jubilee clip.  You can't actually see this unless you are up close. It is visible in the 2nd of the three photos in my previous post.

As a fallback option, in case I decide to remove the kickstart,  I have also purchased a neat polished alloy cover that fits over the end of the kickstart shaft. It is a Hitchcocks part (pt. no. 90220). It pushes over the shaft and is held in place by a rubber 0-ring on the inside that sits in the groove of the kickstart shaft where the bolt would secure the kickstart. At 7 GBP it is a neat touch.

The bike really does run better on this exhaust system.  It used to be like a bear with a sore head until the engine was fully warmed up, and now after a couple of minutes idling from cold it is happy to pull away with no fuss whatsoever.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Blairio on May 12, 2018, 03:44:03 am
Riviera Red Electra with extra chrome! I say it looks all 4 aces!  8)
Hi, and thanks. The chrome tool covers came with my Electra. They should't have as it is not a 'deluxe' model, but I'm not complaining!  The chrome bottoms to the Hagon shocks are in fact polished stainless steel. I still have the original shocks (they are immaculate), and if anyone within the uk wants them, they can have them for the price of the postage.

Blair edit: the shocks fitted to the Electra may be too long for a Bullet 'Classic/C5' so you would need to double check the part numbers if you have a C5.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Blairio on May 12, 2018, 04:02:00 am
Back from the future!  The future looks pretty good!   ;D ;D ;D

Doh! Who knows, maybe my bike will still be around in 100 years' time. My Francis Barnett Falcon is 64 years old now, and it still runs fine.  Mind you, the engine has no EFI, no electronic ignition...

(https://i21.servimg.com/u/f21/15/51/83/66/falcon10.jpg)

When it was new, even the electric horn and rear brake light were optional extras.

 
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: wildbill on May 12, 2018, 04:04:05 am
well here's what I did!
after waiting close on a month and still no oil temp sensor for my euro4 bike I luckily sourced out a dealer in the UK.
he actually had the required part in stock at a greatly reduced price-well compared to what I was paying in OZ. so I bought it immediately and its finally in the UK post ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: johno on May 12, 2018, 08:29:03 pm
Today I welded up and painted a broken leg shield bracket that snapped when the bike was blown over a few months back.
I also removed the front brake caliper, cleaned and lubed the sliding pins as the brake was grabbing and sticking on. alls well now, so I gave the Bullet a good clean and wax polish. ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Rattlebattle on May 12, 2018, 10:23:36 pm
Today I fitted the new head steady that is listed in the new Hitchcock’s catalogue for the later bikes like mine that have the newer type of petrol tank mount. The head steady is adjustable in several ways to allow the less than consistent build of these bikes. A nice bit of kit, in stainless steel that is way better than the standard Meccano tat and far less likely to break. Sadly, although it has slightly reduced the vibration level I fear that it is not the solution. My C5 with only 3,700 miles on it appears to have a knackered big end and/or main bearing. Whilst it has never been very smooth there is now a pronounced clack and riding it feels like I’m astride a pneumatic drill. I’ve torqued up all the engine mounting bolts. I doubt it’s the decompressor sticking. Something has definitely changed. Until a week ago it only vibrated at certain higher engine speeds and was fairly quiet mechanically. Now it vibrates a lot at almost any speed though oddly it’s not bad at an indicated 80 mph, a speed that I’ve only ridden it at once before. Looks like I’ll have to strip the engine down and rebuild the bottom end. So much for the supposed better quality...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on May 12, 2018, 11:10:29 pm
Before you do that, here's something that's been around for years and years.

Loosen ALL of the engine mount bolts and the head steady.  Don't remove any of them.  Just loosen them.

Now, with the motorcycle sitting on the center stand, start the engine and rev it up several times, letting it idle between rev's. 
Then, shut it off and fully tighten all of the engine mounts and the head steady.

It won't always fix the vibration issue but often it will.

It also won't fix any mechanical problems with the engine's lower end but it's worth a try.

Good luck.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on May 12, 2018, 11:16:39 pm
I've heard about successes using Arizoni's suggestion; in a variation of the procedure, some have re-tightened the mounting hardware while the engine was still running...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Bmadd34 on May 13, 2018, 03:13:27 am
I hit 1000 miles today.   :D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: wildbill on May 13, 2018, 04:55:37 am
well if my bike was doing a bit of vibrating -which it was - I would fit that new vibration plate and calm it down a bit ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: johno on May 13, 2018, 08:59:32 am
I hit 1000 miles today.   :D
Hope it didn't hurt to much :P
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Rattlebattle on May 13, 2018, 11:54:01 am
Thanks Arizoni; I knew about the engine mounting bolt loosening trick and did that as part of the running in procedure. I doubt that it’ll work in this case because I feel that something has essentially changed in the way the engine runs. It happened last weekend when I went on a longish ride and the engine got hotter than normal. I became aware of a lot more mechanical noise than usual, accompanied by a fair amount of vibration through the bars, the footrests and the tank. None of the engine bolts was loose when I checked yesterday.
Whilst Wildbill’s suggestion might help a bit I feel that there is fundamentally something wrong with the engine beyond the normal variances in vibration levels. I think I’ll probably draintjd oil and see what comes out. Presumably if the rod or a main bearing is breaking up there will be some more swarf than normal? From a fairly quiet engine it now sounds more like an old iron barrel that has seen better days when it has warmed up. I should probably start another thread rather than continue here.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: JVS on May 13, 2018, 01:05:33 pm
Here are the photos of my 2102 Electra with its new Hitchcocks high level exhaust, complete with alloy air filter cover. The engine seems happier than when I had the standard Hitchcocks EFI exhaust system, and the new system looks ace.

Looks the bomb  8) But I would be kinda scared with my right leg so close to the pipe whilst moving the bike back and forth etc after a ride.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Blairio on May 13, 2018, 09:37:13 pm
Looks the bomb  8) But I would be kinda scared with my right leg so close to the pipe whilst moving the bike back and forth etc after a ride.

Thanks! I was bit worried about leg hitting hot pipe as well, but in fact when I actually did all the manoeuvring stuff, my leg wasn't near the pipe.  The greater ground clearance is a real bonus, and the new system weighs a good deal less than the one it replaced. On top of that, the signs so far are that I don't need Power Commander V.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Wrc323 on May 20, 2018, 03:48:41 am
A few days ago she stopped starting via electric start, just gave a buzz. I tested with the multimeter and she showed around 12v and dipped to around 7v when pressing the starter. Kick start was fine until the other night when it took me 20 minutes to get her going! So I picked up a new battery yesterday (motobatt mbtx14au) and installed it today. Bang, starts straight away. I'm pretty sure the dead battery was original.

I also installed some LEDs in the tiger and pilot lights.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: dickim on May 23, 2018, 01:51:11 pm
Another gorgeous day here in Perth (Western Australia) at 28'c despite supposed to be winter ! so my wife & I did a 100km round trip for Coffee and a Roll (sandwich) - cruised at (indicated) 80kmh on twisty country roads. Also fired up the Guzzi engine in the "reverse" trike I am building - first run since shipped from u.k 18mths ago - all good once I realised that one carb was on back to front - don't assume that just because the carbs have the air filters attached from supplier that is they way they go - amazing how much petrol can P**S out of a Guzzi exhaust manifold ! >:(
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: AmBraCol on May 23, 2018, 08:04:51 pm
Another gorgeous day here in Perth (Western Australia) at 28'c despite supposed to be winter ! so my wife & I did a 100km round trip for Coffee and a Roll (sandwich) - cruised at (indicated) 80kmh on twisty country roads. Also fired up the Guzzi engine in the "reverse" trike I am building - first run since shipped from u.k 18mths ago - all good once I realised that one carb was on back to front - don't assume that just because the carbs have the air filters attached from supplier that is they way they go - amazing how much petrol can P**S out of a Guzzi exhaust manifold ! >:(

That brought a chuckle.   ;D  It's good to know others trust assemblers as well.   :o  It makes you wonder if it was produced on a Monday or a Friday...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: johno on May 25, 2018, 01:15:04 pm
Prepped My B5 for its annual MOT.
 the front brake was sticking a bit so stripped and cleaned the sliding pins. polished the chrome and alloy parts checked oil level, horn, lights, exhaust for leaks, tyres and wheel alignment all seems good.
fingers crossed for a pass later today.....
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on May 25, 2018, 10:18:44 pm
Well, actually, it was yesterday but I installed my new EBC front brake pads.

It took about 2 miles of riding, applying the front brake often before the pads finally started to give me full stopping power but now that they have finally worn in a bit everything is back to normal. :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: johno on May 25, 2018, 10:38:59 pm
B5 passed the annual test, although headlight aim was high due to the Avon fairing.
a couple of tweaks at the testing station and the level was back in spec.
good for another year, hope to get a lot more miles out of the bike this coming year!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: wildbill on May 26, 2018, 12:56:53 am
cleaned it up and put it up for sale. that new release pegusus model really appeals to me and if I can move this bike- I will take one
units arrive here in oz in mid july and taking orders
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on May 26, 2018, 12:14:54 pm
cleaned it up and put it up for sale.

wildbill, haven't you saturated your local market yet?  ;)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: heloego on May 26, 2018, 01:43:16 pm
Easy on the guy, Matt. He's probably the best marketing tool RE has in Oz.  ;)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on May 26, 2018, 06:14:05 pm
Easy on the guy, Matt. He's probably the best marketing tool RE has in Oz.  ;)

Of course he is!  Don't get me wrong, I'm just worried that eventually he'll have trouble finding buyers...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Carlsberg Wordsworth on May 26, 2018, 09:10:05 pm
wildbill may as well become a dealership lol.

In other news though, tensioned the chain and lubed it. Re-fitted (again) the screen. Now that I've got the new handlebars I figured it was worth a shot seeing if it was better, worse or about the same.

Well it was a blustery day indeed so as good a test as any. Most flys killed were just above the visor and only a slight whistle so must be about right. A lot of wind noise but it was very windy. And I couldn't get my ear plugs in properly today so that didn't help.

So far so good.

Also congrats on the pass johno :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Scotty Brown on May 27, 2018, 01:38:08 am
Finally replaced the battery ---Rode to our Saturday motorcycle meet, gassed up and added seafoam.  Any info on seafoam appreciated,  never used before always used stabil.  Approaching 15,000 miles and run's like new.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: AmBraCol on May 27, 2018, 01:42:41 am
Finally replaced the battery ---Rode to our Saturday motorcycle meet, gassed up and added seafoam.  Any info on seafoam appreciated,  never used before always used stabil.  Approaching 15,000 miles and run's like new.

I've never used Seafoam long term, but when up stateside I run it in whatever vehicle we pick up while there.  Wish it were available here.  It really seemed to help the last vehicle we used it in, improved mileage, guessing due to previously dirty injectors.  It was a Toyota Solara with almost a quarter million miles on it.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Bert Remington on May 27, 2018, 04:29:37 am
After changing the R10W trafficator bulbs to SBL's 1156 LEDs along with SBL's 194 indicator bulb and a 3-lug flasher relay (2-lug didn't work, a ground was needed), the trafficators worked great but as I expected the indicator was too dim due to inadequate current through the "off-side" LEDs.  I read about the diodes and other surgery in the casquette but that space is crowded and intricate enough already, especially since I was going to put the hazard flasher components in the rear "doghouse".

I really didn't want to add load resistors but to obtain LED brightness benefits with minimal wiring impact, there wasn't a simpler choice.  With a half-page of calculations (let me know if you are interested) I determined 40ohm 6watt resistors were needed.  Not exactly leaping off the shelf even in San Diego.  So I checked SBL and there was a good-enough 25ohm 25watt resistor (https://www.superbrightleds.com/moreinfo/flashers-load-resistors/led-marker-lamp-load-resistor-kit-sidemarker-led-light-hyperflashing-warning-fix/191/.)  Indicator now operates at full brightness.  I will try returning to 2-lug flasher relay.  I'll provide pictures when the hazard flasher is installed.

I originally used Cool White 1156 LEDs but they washed out the trafficator Amber lenses so changed to Amber LEDs (https://www.superbrightleds.com/moreinfo/tail-brake-turn/1156-led-bulb-27-smd-led-tower-ba15s-retrofit/2622/#/attributes/16).  The 27 SMD bulbs touch the lenses so I'm using extra o-rings now to extend the lenses and will change to longer lenses soon.  I'm pleased with the excellent lighting performance of this LED upgrade.

Also installed a bracket for the HelpMe Call switch.  Details in future topic.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: johno on June 03, 2018, 08:54:24 pm
Paid for the road tax so my B5 is now road legal.
Unfortunatley I didn't get my works secure parking pass changed from my Goldwing to the Bullet last week (only allowed 2 bikes on it). So won't be riding the B5 on my 100 mile each way commute until next week.....
The weather is perfect as well, oh well, the Deauville will have to do for this week ;)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: wildbill on June 04, 2018, 12:19:22 am
SOLD IT!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Fragman on June 04, 2018, 01:38:37 am
I've never used Seafoam long term, but when up stateside I run it in whatever vehicle we pick up while there.  Wish it were available here.  It really seemed to help the last vehicle we used it in, improved mileage, guessing due to previously dirty injectors.  It was a Toyota Solara with almost a quarter million miles on it.

I put Seafoam in all my fuel to keep the systems clean. Just finished topping the gas tank with gas after today's ride & tossed in 30 ml of the stuff. (30 ml per gallon ratio.) It works well to reduce carbon buildup in the combustion chamber. I'm running the same NGK plug in my C5 since the day I bought 'er & the bike still starts on the 1st kick  each time I take 'er out. I won't have to disassemble the top end on my unit to de-carbonize 'er as per factory recommendation, that's fer sure.

Here's a basic way to get the carbon out the motor. I use a hand pump spray bottle to deliver the Seafoam though fer obvious reasons. ::)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WdT4DPFXIkM

Pump gas these days is glorified paint thinner, especially the cat vomit they gouge us for that's blended with ethanol. :(

Weather's been super dry for over a month now & cooler than before & the winds on most days make for an extra shirt under the jacket.

Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Bmadd34 on June 05, 2018, 09:28:16 pm
I detailed the REs on my engine.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Bmadd34 on June 05, 2018, 09:30:55 pm
Upside down again.... I give up, LOL.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on June 06, 2018, 02:06:21 am
They are right side up when I open them. :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Subbu-500 on June 06, 2018, 04:38:33 pm
Quote
After changing the R10W trafficator bulbs to SBL's 1156 LEDs along with SBL's 194 indicator bulb and a 3-lug flasher relay (2-lug didn't work, a ground was needed), the trafficators worked great but as I expected the indicator was too dim due to inadequate current through the "off-side" LEDs.  I read about the diodes and other surgery in the casquette but that space is crowded and intricate enough already, especially since I was going to put the hazard flasher components in the rear "doghouse".

I really didn't want to add load resistors but to obtain LED brightness benefits with minimal wiring impact, there wasn't a simpler choice.  With a half-page of calculations (let me know if you are interested) I determined 40ohm 6watt resistors were needed.  Not exactly leaping off the shelf even in San Diego.  So I checked SBL and there was a good-enough 25ohm 25watt resistor (https://www.superbrightleds.com/moreinfo/flashers-load-resistors/led-marker-lamp-load-resistor-kit-sidemarker-led-light-hyperflashing-warning-fix/191/.)  Indicator now operates at full brightness.  I will try returning to 2-lug flasher relay.  I'll provide pictures when the hazard flasher is installed.

Phew...didnt know the innocent looking LED Hazzard light (trafficator) had so much complications to it  :o...i am a mechanical and electrical illiterate after all lol...So i just went ahead and got the ready made LED Hazard flashers from Novatronix instead  ;D they are a lot brighter compared to the stock turn indicator bulbs and have served me well for almost a year now. Here is a link to their site if anyone is interested.

http://novatronixlabs.com/
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Carlsberg Wordsworth on June 10, 2018, 07:58:56 pm
Went out to get a burger. Not been out on it for a while. Been using the electric pushbike for work lately and weekends have been too busy of late.

Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Wrc323 on June 11, 2018, 03:07:45 am
My Speedo stopped working early last week. I suspected the Speedo cable as I've had it happen on my ct110 after 80,000kms. I was surprised to read that it's quite common on RE's at lower kms. Luckily the previous owner gave me all the spares that came with the bike so I replaced it today. I guess I should purchase another spare in case.  :P
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Mad4Bullets on June 11, 2018, 05:07:39 pm
I saddled up and rode my C5 to work after my weekend fix of the ground fault that was affecting my fuel pump priming procedure since last fall.  Pure bliss buzzing along the back roads of Southern New England on a cool morning.  I can't wait for the ride home.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: johno on June 17, 2018, 11:11:12 am
Just been out to give the B5 a clean and check over before my next long distance commute.
Tyres were down by 4 psi front and back I think this is down to a drop in ambient temp, last week it was 20degC plus today its dropped down to 15DegC.
on the 220 mile round trip the bike managed 78mpg (Imperial) at a reasonable 62mph with the odd spurt up to 70mph+ to pass trucks and slower moving stuff.
The Mitas tyres front and rear are brilliant in the dry not had to ride in the wet yet, I'm sure there will be an opportunity in Sunny UK!
I also need to fit a replacement low fuel warning float switch which arrived this week from 'H's, I don't think there is a rush to do it though.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: TheShaggyDA on June 17, 2018, 07:03:09 pm
Rehomed the reg/rec after having a mount snap again.

https://shagzshed.blogspot.com/2018/06/now-stay-there.html
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Bmadd34 on June 22, 2018, 11:11:05 pm
Washed, waxed, polished and installed the O2 sensor delete kit.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Bmadd34 on June 22, 2018, 11:12:04 pm
Washed, waxed, polished, installed the O2 sensor delete kit and adjusted the throttle position sensor.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: TheShaggyDA on June 23, 2018, 10:44:03 pm
Fitted a Sigma BC 5.15 Bicycle speedo, so that I can have a trip counter and clock :-)

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B000KC2402
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Bert Remington on June 24, 2018, 04:09:12 am
Catching up on my ...today? backlog.  What I actually did today was horn relocation and LED visibility light.

The chrome horn on a bracket in front of the engine was distracting from the RE's clean lines.  I moved it behind the left-hand electronics box.

I'm adding heated handgrips and heated vest so needed to make sure alternator could keep up.  I converted all the other lights except headlight to LEDs.  I changed the headlight from 5.75" sealed beam to 7" CIBIE 82440 based on RE owner review.  Its a very nice traditional look but I couldn't get LED H4 bulbs to fit in my casquette with the stock speedometer (apparently everyone who did get the bulbs to fit either converted to a GPS speedometer or extended the headlight ring by an extra inch).

The RE is my "sunshine only" motorcycle (the R1100RT is all-weather) so I mostly needed the headlight for visibility not illumination purposes.  Since I didn't have an H4 LED solution I separated functions: an LED fog light for visibility and a 55/60W incandescent headlight for illumination.  The fog light is an SBL 13W DOT-compliant unit (https://www.superbrightleds.com/moreinfo/off-road-driving-lights/led-fog-light-3-square-13w-1700-lumens/3542/7536/).

Currently I have it connected to the Pilot light circuit.  I plan on adding a relay so when Hi-Beam is on, the fog light is off per standard fog light protocol.

Coincidence does not imply causation: I always had the headlight in incandescent 60W Hi-Beam mode before I installed the 13W LED fog light, a 47W difference.  On today's Descanso-to-San Diego trip, the motorcycle ran better.  The differences were small but noticeable, especially very few backfires on downshifting for a stop.  So I'm curious -- for those of you who can turn your headlight on or off, have you ever noticed an engine performance difference between the two modes?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Bert Remington on June 24, 2018, 04:56:25 am
Still catching up on ...today?  While replacing the handlebar to install the Halycon 820 mirrors and BikeMaster heated handgrips, I removed the mysterious and, at least for me, non-functional "Manual Bi-Starter" lever and cable (leave the piston and spring in the throttle body).  You don't have to but its two hours faster if you remove the seat and tank first and remove the clutch cable from the casquette grommet before removing the Bi-Starter cable.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Haggis on June 24, 2018, 09:24:31 am
Why do you need heated vest and grips on your "sunshine only" RE?
Just asking. ???
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: longstrokeclassic on June 24, 2018, 02:30:55 pm
... removed the mysterious and, at least for me, non-functional "Manual Bi-Starter" lever and cable

Did exactly the same a few years ago, my bike will start at around freezing point and tick over quite happily without it.
I no longer ride in sub zero temperatures so I don't need to keep any junk on my bike which is only useful for starting the bike at or below freezing.


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Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Bert Remington on June 24, 2018, 03:08:16 pm
My San Diego site is about 300ft elevation and Descanso is about 3500ft higher.  When I left Descanso yesterday afternoon, the temperature was a sunny 90F and when I neared San Diego the temperature was a cloudy 60F for the last 10 miles (yeah I know not sunny but even in SoCal you get some "weather*").  My old hands were hurting by the time I took my thin elkskin gauntlets off (I haven't connected heated grips power yet).

My alternatives are a windshield (that's an acceptable appearance for the BMW but not the RE from my perspective) or multiple glove sets (yeah right I'm going to pull over and switch).  Plus I really like the warmth coming through my hands.  You have a buy a high-end La-Z-Boy to get this combination of heating and vibration.  :)

The reason I haven't connected power is I was waiting on a seat decision.  My current solo seat was modified with a gel pad by the previous owner.  I don't know if it works but I tend to slide off the seat.  I bought a used Lycett that the previous owner said he mounted on his RE but I can't see how.  I've asked Tim (Parts Man) about a BiltWell (springs, not much padding) vs Low seat (no springs, 50% stock padding).  In my experience the springs are for looks not comfort.  I'm concerned about not being able to shift my position on the Low seat so I'm waiting for Bmadd34 to report on his long ride experiences.  And I intend to centrally locate some electronics under the seat (fuse block, ignition booster, etc) which also affects my decision.

WRT electronics location, I can easily distribute the separate functions throughout the motorcycle (I've already started: the hazard flasher/HelpMe/turn signal electronics are in the "doghouse" tail piece).  So a Low seat is still an option.

My long-winded point is I'm carefully modifying the RE to my safety, comfort, capability and reliability needs while retaining its traditional appearance that emphasizes that single cylinder "thumper" engine.  You saw Triumph spend time and money making their fuel injection look like traditional Amal carburetors.  I think RE did much better in their modernization and I don't want to give that up.  For instance, my mirror saga which I'll post shortly: six in three months.

MapQuest's depiction of the fun part of my San Diego-to-Descanso run is http://mapq.st/2MlaJ4O.  I ride it as a track day in that I strive for consistency in my line, braking points, etc while keeping to the 55mph speed limit (60mph indicated).  So getting the ergonomics correct on this motorcycle are essential to allowing me to focus on the road.

*SoCal weather: in spite of paying high taxes and contrary to visitor temperature expectations, our coast can be cold in the summer and hot in the winter and vice versa in our mountains. ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Scotty Brown on June 25, 2018, 01:20:17 am
Well, The old Bates saddle finally fully cracked and the padding was pushing out.  I've had that saddle for over fifty years and have had it on a number of both racing and street bikes---SO, I replaced it with a new LaPerra and eliminated the springs and fabricated solid mounts and made the saddle about two inches lower.  AHAAAA --Comfort and better handling.  Will probably fabricate nicer looking mounting in the future, but for now......work in progress....Enfields are the canvas for works of art !
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Scotty Brown on June 25, 2018, 01:30:37 am
Well, in my old age I forgot to send pictures.  Sooooooo-----
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: heloego on June 25, 2018, 12:55:38 pm
Looks just fine, S.B.!  :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Bmadd34 on June 25, 2018, 01:22:09 pm
Well, in my old age I forgot to send pictures.  Sooooooo-----
Just out of curiosity, What made you go with the Le Pera in leu of the Royal Enfield Low seat? Looks great in either case. Good job.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Scotty Brown on June 25, 2018, 03:47:07 pm
I Traded the stock seat for the Le Pera [
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: johno on June 27, 2018, 05:40:31 pm
fitted a new low level fuel sender,
 polished the alloy parts, wire brushed and painted out some of the small corrosion spots
Then stripped the mainstand and painted that too.
checked tyres oil and chain, ready for another couple of 120 mile journeys...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: longstrokeclassic on June 28, 2018, 05:44:14 pm
...put a for sale notice on it.
Just not riding it as much since I bought my 1200 Triumph Bonneville. I don't intend to actively advertise it but it might pique someone's interest if they come across it.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Carlsberg Wordsworth on June 28, 2018, 07:07:15 pm
...put a for sale notice on it.

Well don't be a stranger!

Tbh, this is the reason that I my GPz is most likely to go.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: TheShaggyDA on June 28, 2018, 11:54:56 pm
Fitted a new top box and tool roll :-)

(http://scontent-lht6-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/36294316_10156486141201484_4535163140165337088_n.jpg?_nc_cat=0&_nc_eui2=AeHskRFISK9loE76MRm-C1C0S7LblTzgQF7Er59v2KP9JwwOtH3JQ5Uvv26VxiF0GBk7r9UbGC4dMYjsYBdUCGgdJmbF6Oj8CDmQ47fomBL4Tw&oh=06f5270e704594e714845d66351dbec0&oe=5BB53166)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: upintheair on June 29, 2018, 03:34:37 am
Washed the beast in preparation for a ride early Saturday, before it hits 106F (41C).
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Bert Remington on June 29, 2018, 07:54:54 am
I purchased a second C5 yesterday: 2010 with 1885 miles apparently badged as Bullet because Classic emblems weren't available at the time.  So I won't be buying a better seat, etc parts for my 2016 for a year or so.

Instead I'll be working with Peter the cam guy on rebuilding one of the engines (2010 or 2016, TBD, while I ride my 2016 with the other engine).  At the end, my 2016 will have the updated engine and I will sell the 2010.

This started with GHG's post on Peter's cams, then pictures of their valve, piston, etc upgrades, followed by plans for more tempting parts and pieces.  Apparently I have wildbill's self-restraint, albeit without his bank account.

Tasteful and nicely-done upgrades installed by the seller include megaphone exhaust; taller handlebar; passenger seat; tank rack; rear cargo rack; stainless steel brake line; and pedestrian slicer.  A Power Commander V is included but not installed.  Neither Peter nor I have personally seen the motorcycle but based on the pictures its a black beauty.  I feel fortunate to have made this purchase.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: longstrokeclassic on June 29, 2018, 10:17:19 am
Well don't be a stranger!

Tbh, this is the reason that I my GPz is most likely to go.

Took it down to the local bike night and was totally overshadowed by the local bike dealer who was selling off his Enfield stock.  He sold his last, a battle green with several onlookers wanting to know where they could buy one.
I originally priced it at £2,000 but willing to accept less from the right buyer but then rewrote the advert asking for sensible offers but didn't receive one, sensible or otherwise! Early days.
I was quite interested in something new from the dealers showroom and part exchanging the B5 against it but he said it was very difficult to price a bike with such 'high' mileage - a kind way of saying they weren't interested. 
Fortunately I'm now in a position where I need neither cash nor space so could just leave it in the shed until I get fed up with looking at it.  I've got to the stage where I can't be bothered with wasting time over a simple bike sale, that's why a sign on the bike is probably the easiest way forwards, anyone interested enough to make contact will already have seen the bike.

Edit. Had a rethink on the price and also decided to put it in the for sale section on Hitchcock’s forum.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on June 30, 2018, 01:52:46 am
Bert Remington:

The 2010 was the only year the RE Bullets did not have a kick starter. 
Maybe you overlooked it but the pictures you posted seem to indicate that the new/used bike doesn't have one.

I think to save money,  RE decided to eliminate the KS but buyers weren't happy with the lack of it so in 2011 they put it back on and every year since then has had one.

The 2010 engine also still had the marginal sprag clutch in it so don't be surprised if it decides to break.

Beyond those two things, the rest of the motorcycle is a good one.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Bert Remington on June 30, 2018, 05:38:16 am
Arizoni -- thank you very much for that information!

WRT kickstarter I have a two year lightly-used FLA battery from my 2016 that was leftover when I replaced it with the Shorai LiFePO4 battery.  In addition I will upgrade the cables per Peter and GHG so the starter should receive full voltage.

WRT sprag clutch I believe it can be replaced with the later version which we will do because the cases will be open.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on June 30, 2018, 07:36:35 pm
Yup.
The new greatly improved sprag clutch is a direct "drop in" for the old clutch and IMO, it's well worth doing.  Especially on a engine without a kick starter.  :o
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Bmadd34 on June 30, 2018, 11:42:49 pm
Went for a 220 mile ride. Got a little burned. It was hot today.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: wildbill on July 01, 2018, 01:21:40 am
although back in 014 I did strike a problem with the new style sprag and had it replaced

https://youtu.be/dYe0JDncKy8
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Wrc323 on July 02, 2018, 01:15:48 pm
Had its first service since I've owned it. The front brake would pulse, they found the disc was warped and replaced it. Feels so much better now! No other issues were found.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ergyd on July 03, 2018, 06:53:37 pm
Noticed that the exhaust wasn't sitting right in the head port... Figured that, like last time, the cement biscuits had disintegrated. Came to remove the nuts holding the flange - only for the uppermost one to bring the bolt with it, and which, due to my sheer carelessness, stripped the thread inside...

After a prolonged period of swearing, and a chat with Hitchcock's about the best possible solution (they didn't recommend drilling out/widening the hole to accommodate a bigger bolt), I took out my tap and die set. M8 1.25, in case anyone's interested.

All went well, and scraped out all the remains of the cement biscuit. And finally replaced with a crushable copper gasket.

Just been for a lovely two hour ride, and all is well.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Boxerman on July 04, 2018, 08:41:17 am
Fitted a Carberry vibration reduction plate - twice! after fitting it for the first time, the engine 'clicked' as it was running. Thinking that I'd done something wrong, I stripped it down again but couldn't find anything amiss.
After much head scratching, I discovered that the 3 'legs' on the new plate were about 0.16mm shorter than the ones on the old plate, so I removed the shims from the ends of the cams. Now running fine with no 'clicking'. Haven't ridden it yet as it was getting late when I finally got it back together.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Fragman on July 05, 2018, 10:53:15 pm
I gave the chain a clean & lube and then headed out to see how the guys were
makin' out on the wildfire that's only 18 km west of me. It started on Monday
& is now 100 hectares in size. Not worried yet, but the winds comin' off the sea
along with no rain as yet ain't a boost fer confidence. :o

Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: heloego on July 07, 2018, 01:42:52 am
   Began work on the C5 after having had quite enough of trying to run with a sidecar.
   As good as it looked, best speed of 40mph (45 with a tail wind) just doesn't cut it with me. EJK was worthless with the car, dropping to a 17t sprocket helped in lower gears, but I could still never get it into 4th without being constantly in acceleration mode. Seriously sucked the fuel, and I believe has contributed to a worn out fuel pump, and possibly the ignition coil. No way I could make a 600 mile trip with this combination. Back to the 18T, and remaining parts on order.
   Now that the car has been removed from the bike it runs worse than ever. Even without the car the best I can do is 50mph.  >:( So it get fixed, cleaned and polished, and traded up.
  I have my eye on a 2017 T-120, as I need to be able to cruise (with the sidecar) at 60-65 on the long trips for which it is intended. No HD for me.
  I still have the '06 Electra, and as much as I've invested ($$$ and sweat) it STAYS!
  Hey, gotta have a bike for the much-loved "alone time", and the Electra really fills that void well!  ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: wildbill on July 07, 2018, 02:32:34 am

heloego

there must be just something wrong there some-where. maybe a badly seated valve or something like that. may even be fuel pump flow related.
just your top speed without the sidecar drops a red flag. I would take it right back to stock standard including the exhaust and do a comparison on the power...
so ejk out- factory exhaust back on and factory air cleaner -if applicable.
I can honestly say even my very badly damaged one could do 50 mph and both had valve problems.
give it a go and I think with a bit of trial and error you WILL see 75 mph in top
throw in a new plug too I pretty sure things will improve for you. ;)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Bmadd34 on July 07, 2018, 03:24:14 am
Added cream exhaust wrap that was gifted to me by Ultra Power Sports of Pittsboro. Looks great. I Also have a fresh roll in Black if there are any takers.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: heloego on July 09, 2018, 03:46:56 pm
Quote
there must be just something wrong there some-where. maybe a badly seated valve or something like that. may even be fuel pump flow related.
just your top speed without the sidecar drops a red flag. I would take it right back to stock standard including the exhaust and do a comparison on the power...
so ejk out- factory exhaust back on and factory air cleaner -if applicable.
I can honestly say even my very badly damaged one could do 50 mph and both had valve problems.
give it a go and I think with a bit of trial and error you WILL see 75 mph in top
throw in a new plug too I pretty sure things will improve for you. (https://forum.classicmotorworks.com/Smileys/default/wink.gif)
   I checked the compression, fuel pressure, injector spray, spark, and air to and through the throttle body. No apparent problems anywhere, other than a weak spark and worn plug.   Until I separated the injector body from the head.
   Found the Insulator was very degraded around the notch (flaking and crumbly) for the injector spray. Parts on order from FW, and my card has been charged, so I may see the new Insulator and Ignition Coil soon. Running over to Southwest Seal & Supply today to see if they have a couple seals (mentioned in Tech Tips)for the Fuel Pump, or another place if necessary.   Also thinking about replacing the Resistor Cap with a non-resistor NGK.
   I've loved this bike since I got it, and it will pain me to give it up, but I don't have room for three bikes and a sidecar.
   

Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Bert Remington on July 10, 2018, 05:15:40 am
I took some measurements and my my things look interesting.

I have three objectives:

(1) mount farkle electronics under seat.

(2) replace previous owners gel-filled seat with low seat sold by CMW (for budget reasons probably this Xmas).

(3) rearrange various parts to emphasize the old school look of the engine.

The first is not compatible with the second so was so I searching for alternative locations.  Then TheShaggyDA described relocation of his voltage regulator and that gave me a new perspective.  The waterproof electronics will go on the back of the left-side electronics box and the other electronics will go where the tool roll is now.  Awesome! Thanks.

WRT to the second, I added some spacers to the springs so the seat is at least level instead of tilting backwards.  It will do until Xmas.

That leaves the third.

My horn relocation is successful.  Left-side box cover opens satisfactorily.

The plastic section of the rear fender is superfluous protection for a sunshine-only street-only motorcycle so if I trim it a bit (the lower mounting point goes to a removable bracket that can be replaced with another configuration), I can mount the EVP canister between the engine and rear wheel.

That leaves the GPS tracker which needs visibility to the GPS constellation and 3G cell services.  Fortunately its small.  Unfortunately unlike BMW, RE uses cheap steel for bodywork.  But I'll find a compromise.

I'm keeping the EVP canister for two reasons.  First, Peter the cam guy gets on my case when I'm not environmentally aware.  Second, when the police stop me for my DOT-violating colored lights as Arizoni predicts (I know he's right but catch me if you can) they might include a full vehicle inspection.  Lighting infractions ain't cheap but environmental fines are really expensive in CA.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: heloego on July 10, 2018, 02:44:35 pm
   Since the correct fuel pump o-rings are not supplied with the Quantum pump I went to two different seal suppliers yesterday to get what was needed. Each supplier had two of one size, so put some miles on the Electra.  :)    At first I was annoyed that I had to go clear across town to complete the purchase(s), but the Electra combined with that both suppliers gave me the rings for free definitely softened that blow. ;D    Pump goes together today, then it's hurry up and wait for the coil and insulator to arrive from our host.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Bmadd34 on July 14, 2018, 05:31:38 pm
Used the stock seat that I no longer use as a test subject for the reupholstering material I chose. What do you guys think?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Rattlebattle on July 14, 2018, 05:38:43 pm
Today I refitted the EFI having used a Hitchcock’s carb conversion for the last two years. Why? Well, I had become aware lately of a knocking noise just off idle. This and the issues I’ve had with vibration made me wonder if the ignition timing is right throughout the rev range with the later H carb conversion. In other words, though it fuels nicely with the Amal Concentric I’ve always been a bit suspicious about what happens to the ignition timing with the later conversion. The original one, which cost a lot more, came with a new generator rotor and ECU as well as all the carb mounting hardware and cables. This suggests to me that it had a new ignition map. With the later one it’s the same rotor and ECU as standard. So, does the ignition timing retard at tickover the have a nice advance curve or is in just fixed at full advance? I do wonder.
Anyway, having refitted the EFI, I started the engine, being somewhat surprised to find that the MIL went out :). Joy was short lived as I noticed fuel spraying from the pump joint. After sorting this with a better fuel clip I tried again. Success; it even ticked over nicely. Went for a ride and found that it was a lot livelier. This is partly down to the faster acting throttle. (With the H kit you use the same twistgrip. With an Amal this results in quite a gentle throttle opening as the drum is a bit too small to lift the slide in one twist of the wrist). Against this, there was too much slop in the EFI twin cables - adjusted when I got home.
I summary I don’t think I’d recommend the “Mark II” conversion kit. Whilst the fuelling is as good as you can tune the carb ( mine was fine as supplied) to me there’s a question mark over what exactly happens with the ignition timing. The exhaust I now have on my C5 is the road legal stainless one supplied by Hitchcock’s. It has a removable baffle but I prefer mine with the baffle. I imagine like this the back pressure is similar to the standard exhaust, though it’s a lot lighter, looks better and is better made. I doubt I’ll refit the carb unless an expensive bit of the EFI packs up.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Subbu-500 on July 14, 2018, 06:34:39 pm
Had the second set of sprockets and chain replaced on my 2014 B5 today at a little over 40k kms on the odo... while the drive sprocket was not so bad, the rear was not a pretty sight.... A total of 11 casualties.. ;D... Also changed the oil while at it as I didn't really like the mechanic's suggestion of filtering the same oil and pouring it back in... It was all black anyways...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: AmBraCol on July 14, 2018, 11:12:44 pm
Used the stock seat that I no longer use as a test subject for the reupholstering material I chose. What do you guys think?

Is that gator or croc?  Looks good by itself, how does it look on the bike?  (hint, hint)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Bmadd34 on July 15, 2018, 12:13:15 am
Is that gator or croc?  Looks good by itself, how does it look on the bike?  (hint, hint)
It is gator. I may never know how it looks on my C5 because it will probably never go back on it.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Bert Remington on July 15, 2018, 08:21:42 pm
Installed Hella Amber 60/55W headlight bulb.  At 2900K its way cooler than anything else except maybe carbide lamps.  Pictures are the old Low Beam, new Low Beam and LED DRL when nighttime-only headlight is off.  The DRL is a DOT Fog light that is aimed high which is not apparent in the picture.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Bert Remington on July 15, 2018, 08:33:06 pm
As I said earlier, I relocated the rectifier/regulator per TheShaggyDA's post to make room for underseat farkle electronics.  The DC output cable was a bit short so I extended it 6 inches.  I also relocated the engine-side alternator cable so it doesn't interfere with the oil fill cap.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: longstrokeclassic on July 16, 2018, 10:15:44 pm
Oil, oil filter and relevant O rings changed.  Gauze filter totally clear (as usual) small amount of 'paste' found sitting on top of the larger magnet :) 
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Dantheman on July 17, 2018, 08:48:53 am
Today I refitted the EFI having used a Hitchcock’s carb conversion for the last two years. Why? Well, I had become aware lately of a knocking noise just off idle. This and the issues I’ve had with vibration made me wonder if the ignition timing is right throughout the rev range with the later H carb conversion. In other words, though it fuels nicely with the Amal Concentric I’ve always been a bit suspicious about what happens to the ignition timing with the later conversion. The original one, which cost a lot more, came with a new generator rotor and ECU as well as all the carb mounting hardware and cables. This suggests to me that it had a new ignition map. With the later one it’s the same rotor and ECU as standard. So, does the ignition timing retard at tickover the have a nice advance curve or is in just fixed at full advance? I do wonder.
Anyway, having refitted the EFI, I started the engine, being somewhat surprised to find that the MIL went out :). Joy was short lived as I noticed fuel spraying from the pump joint. After sorting this with a better fuel clip I tried again. Success; it even ticked over nicely. Went for a ride and found that it was a lot livelier. This is partly down to the faster acting throttle. (With the H kit you use the same twistgrip. With an Amal this results in quite a gentle throttle opening as the drum is a bit too small to lift the slide in one twist of the wrist). Against this, there was too much slop in the EFI twin cables - adjusted when I got home.
I summary I don’t think I’d recommend the “Mark II” conversion kit. Whilst the fuelling is as good as you can tune the carb ( mine was fine as supplied) to me there’s a question mark over what exactly happens with the ignition timing. The exhaust I now have on my C5 is the road legal stainless one supplied by Hitchcock’s. It has a removable baffle but I prefer mine with the baffle. I imagine like this the back pressure is similar to the standard exhaust, though it’s a lot lighter, looks better and is better made. I doubt I’ll refit the carb unless an expensive bit of the EFI packs up.
As far as I was aware, on a Euro 3 Enfield, the ignition timing is only based on VR from the crank and is not load dependent from the TPS sensor. So in theory, ignition timing remains the same whether the EFI system or a carb is fitted as the inputting signal has not changed on either setup. 
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: AmBraCol on July 18, 2018, 03:24:24 am
Not much, just cleaned a bird's turd off the speedometer and another off the tank.  Cleaned the chain, lubed and adjusted it.  Ready to roll again tomorrow.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Subbu-500 on July 18, 2018, 10:37:03 am
The stock replica (well almost) exhaust i had ordered, arrived today just as i was about to leave for work. Looked neately packed but could not unbox it. Can't wait to get back home and fit it on the B5...It is made by a local manufacturer names "Swagman" and this model is even called the Replica. I got it because they claim it is semi-freeflow and is only marginally louder than the stock exhause which is what i want. Every other aftermarket exhaust in India are very very loud for my liking.. Hope this is as per claims. Will update once it goes on.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Subbu-500 on July 19, 2018, 11:51:07 am
So this is how the new Exhaust looks (even the heat shield goes on it  :) ). Pretty close to the stock so i guess the name "Replica" is justified. Please ignore the fact that the stock exhaust looks really dirty...it has been raining every day for the past few weeks here. Coming to the performance, i did not really feel a big improvement but i think the low end torque is better than stock. What i like the most is that it is not annoyingly loud . It is barely any louder than stock below 35/40 kmph and post that it is nicely bassy...good buy i suppose
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Richard230 on July 20, 2018, 09:23:08 pm
My granddaughter will be studying at the Freie University in Berlin for the next year to complete her German language major.  Her dad accompanied her to Berlin and will be returning home on Monday. So they are both walking around Berlin to check the place out before he leaves and she starts school.  He just sent me this photo of a Royal Enfield 350 Bullet that he saw parked in the street.

I just realized that this is an "iron barrel", not a UCE, and should have been posted in that forum.  :-[  So I have.  ;)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Blairio on July 23, 2018, 04:39:47 am
I looked over Electra in preparation for her annual MOT (Ministry of Transport) test tomorrow. In checking over all the lights I remembered that I had replaced the 'tiger eye' and pilot light  incandescent bulbs with LEDs, and they look hideous - a nasty blue / white, instead of the nice warm (and ineffective) amber glow that Lucas (Prince Of Darkness) kit used to give off.

I can live with the pilot light (it is after all pretty bright and help me be seen) but I am really going to have to do something about those tiger eye bulbs.  They suck. Anyone know where I could source 'warm' LED replacements?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ergyd on July 23, 2018, 08:10:17 am
Hi Blairio,

When I did my full LED replacement, I too hated the blue/bright white options on the Enfield - didn't suit her at all.

eBay is a good option for those bulbs - I bought mine from here

https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F181879598828 (ftp://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F181879598828)

But search your usual LED stockists for warm white ba9s, and something will come up

www.classiccarleds.co.uk
www.superbrightleds.com

Here's a picture of my B5, with all the lights changed to LED. The difference is substantial, but still keeping the warmer, classic, look.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Blairio on July 23, 2018, 10:19:54 pm
Hi Ergyd, your lights look exactly how I would like mine to look. I will check those links out.

thanks,

Blairio
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Blairio on July 25, 2018, 04:44:42 am
I looked over Electra in preparation for her annual MOT (Ministry of Transport) test tomorrow. In checking over all the lights I remembered that I had replaced the 'tiger eye' and pilot light  incandescent bulbs with LEDs, and they look hideous - a nasty blue / white, instead of the nice warm (and ineffective) amber glow that Lucas (Prince Of Darkness) kit used to give off.

Update - my Electra sailed through her MOT test, however there was an Advisory on the rear tyre. After 4200 miles it is getting a bit 'thin on top', not unlike its rider. I have a high level exhaust fitted and I rather fancy moving to 'dual purpose' tyres, to promote its 'scrambler' vibe.  The ones I am thinking of are : Ensign Universal Trials tyres 3:50 x 19, from Hitchcocks. These are £80 each in vat.

A less extreme tyre would be the Mitas H-02's. They are actually road tyres, but have a chunky 'off road' look to them, and come in at around half the price of the Ensigns. I fitted a pair of Mitas H-01's to my old Francis Barnett. They have decent grip and a 'classic vibe'.  They are also very good value.  Does anyone have experience of the H-02 tyres on an Enfield ?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Scotty Brown on August 03, 2018, 04:44:26 am
A little spit and polish and a needed chain adjustment and then a little 100 mile exercise ride to check out a recommended new Mexican restaurant.  Both the ride and the Restaurant were excellent and both were HOT---About 102 degrees in Elsinore today at 12:30.  Made it home in time for my nap!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: longstrokeclassic on August 03, 2018, 07:00:16 pm
Recalibrated my speedo...

(http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t245/portisheadric/gump%20sale/20180820_213812_zpsvcpj0vlk.jpg)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Bmadd34 on August 03, 2018, 08:58:53 pm
Recalibrated my speedo...

(http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t245/portisheadric/gump%20sale/20180803_112530_zpssadcrkbo.jpg)

Recalibrated?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Carlsberg Wordsworth on August 03, 2018, 09:22:07 pm
Recalibrated?

See the lines on the bezel ;)

Does anyone have experience of the H-02 tyres on an Enfield ?

Yes. H-01 on the front and the H-02 on the rear 26F and 29R. They're ok. I take it easy in the wet but that's probably just me and they seem ok to me on a lovely day. I'm not a peg scraping rider anyway :D

The price swayed me. I think johno runs a set as well. I've had them on for about a year now but I've probably only put about 1500 miles on them so far. It's been too hot of late to go riding. You can't win. You want it dry and sunny but not like riding in a furnace :D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Scotty Brown on August 04, 2018, 05:17:56 am
Completed adjusting the lowered LaPera saddle and installed the National Cycle deflector windscreen.  Now ready for a LONG trip somewhere when it cools off a bit
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Wrc323 on August 04, 2018, 06:13:45 am
Disconnected the side stand switch.  8)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Scotty Brown on August 04, 2018, 07:20:26 am
re-adjusted the LePara to a lower and more comfortable position - Makes a big difference in handling.  Installed a National Cycle deflector windscreen.  At my age I am into comfort and ride enjoyment which is the Enfield's strongest attribute.  Will attempt to send pictures.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: longstrokeclassic on August 07, 2018, 07:14:07 pm
My bike started misfiring and generally misfuelling yesterday and previous experience led me to believe this was being caused by a dirty lambda sensor which once cleaned would perform normally. This was not the case, despite copious amounts of cleaner the problem remained so I opted to solve the problem by pluging in an £11.00  O2 delete resister block from my parts bin which gave an ECU reading of 1.1 volts @ pin No.7 ????

This solved the problem and bike now running without problem again.  Also took the opportunity to clear out a few stored fault codes from the ECU at the same time...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Bert Remington on August 07, 2018, 09:43:28 pm
Scotty Brown -- so you pushed your motorcycle past the green security post shown in the background of picture #4? ;D

I have a Burly tank bag from CMW I really like (magnets and zippers everywhere, super well made) but I have to put a microfiber towel underneath to prevent tank paint wear.  What's your solution?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: longstrokeclassic on August 10, 2018, 02:40:23 pm
Decided to treat the old girl... so I replaced the 3yr old iridium plug in my EuroIII B5 with a new one.
This BPR6EIX had managed 27,330 miles without any problems, although it had been removed a couple of times during its lifetime to check on the tip    8)

(http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t245/portisheadric/gump%20sale/20180810_143037_zpslk6prytt.jpg)

(http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t245/portisheadric/gump%20sale/0de65c7e-eb63-45b2-8e09-56e350d703bd_zpsgm6ymezz.jpg)
OEM plug @ 1,000 miles
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: The_Rigger on August 14, 2018, 07:17:12 pm
Rode Fiona to work about 175 miles one-way in northern Michigan... With about 1K miles on the clock She broke her first speedometer. Another 1900 miles have elapsed since, and She's either parted her speedo cable or tossed Her second speedo - will have to dig into the nacelle this afternoon to determine.

She's also awaiting a replacement LH switch assembly, as Her turn signals have gone Tango-Uniform and the diagnosis leads to a defective turn signal switch.

(Oh, hey! Long time, no see... How've y'all been?)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: longstrokeclassic on August 14, 2018, 08:07:19 pm
The ElectraX carb switchgear internals are identical and the switchgear can usually be had for less than 1/4 of the EFI switch gear price :) 

Use what you want and save the other bits for later ::) 
or if you don't mind reworking the Bi-starter cable just fit the whole switch.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Bert Remington on August 15, 2018, 05:41:30 am
Demonstrated threshold operational capability of rear rack (two 15-paks of Budweiser Natural Light).  Bud is what my Descanso workshop landlord drinks so that's what I drink when in Descanso. ;D

You are looking at downtown Descanso.  The Federal building (ie post office) is to the left.  Perkins is the "other" town hall.  We've got two restaurants and two churches.  Since they "de-cowboyed" the Stallion Oaks Ranch the quick-draw shootings and drunk driving property intrusions have pretty much disappeared.  And feuds are now pretty much limited to honking contests.  Boring...

The rack is removeable (4 bolts to H&B C-Bow brackets) and includes a Givi E300N2 base plate.  Paint and RE decals are on their way.  This is just one of several dozen farkles I've installed.  I'll post an annotated album in Photo Gallery in a month or so.

BTW The_Rigger -- my speedometer needle was swinging +/- 5mph so pulled cable -- top 50% was dry.  I cleaned and lubed entire cable with Valvoline Palladium (high molybdenum disulfide content) and now steady needle.  YMMV.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: 9fingers on August 19, 2018, 05:20:43 pm
I ordered the 7" conversion, actually about a week ago....not here yet. Since my crash damaged my inner and outer headlight ring and cracked the glass, this was a perfect time to do it. I did get a Sylvania bulb from Amazon. Plugged in my new tender and got the battery back up to snuff. Started it and just listened, since I can't ride it for another 2 or 3 weeks, according to the ortho doc. Think I will order an armored jacket to go with it in case another deer hits me..........Waiting on more parts from my dealer.
9fingers
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Fragman on August 20, 2018, 12:26:59 am
Used the stock seat that I no longer use as a test subject for the reupholstering material I chose. What do you guys think?

The gator hide looks good  8), but I reckon me eyes would prefer black & me boney arse would prefer sheep skin. ;)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: longstrokeclassic on August 20, 2018, 10:08:08 pm
Sadly I've advertised it for sale.
It developed a sporadic fueling fault last ride out and I do not wish to invest any of my time required to solve it and have hopefully priced it accordingly to ensure its sale to someone who can.

I will definitely miss it but as the old saying goes - life's too short for some things and my Enfield has just dropped into this category.


edit - Found a logged CPS fault (6 long & 6 short) - disconnected the connector where it comes out of the right hand casing, sprayed it with contact cleaner and remade the connection and then went for a ride. Bike ran perfectly with no faults logged and no 'fueling' problems.


Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: longstrokeclassic on August 21, 2018, 05:33:44 pm
Sadly I've advertised it for sale.
It developed a sporadic fueling fault last ride out and I do not wish to invest any of my time required to solve it and have hopefully priced it accordingly to ensure its sale to someone who can.

I will definitely miss it but as the old saying goes - life's too short for some things and my Enfield has just dropped into this category.


edit - Found a logged CPS fault (6 long & 6 short) - disconnected the connector where it comes out of the right hand casing, sprayed it with contact cleaner and remade the connection and then went for a ride. Bike ran perfectly with no faults logged and no 'fueling' problems.

However I [made a mistake perhaps and] took a lightweight Japanese sportsbike out on test this morning and forgot how scalpel sharp the handling was and how good good suspension can be so despite the B5 now behaving it's still got to go.
Took what could be a a last photo - not brilliant one but it's not that important. (http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t245/portisheadric/gump%20sale/20180821_153341_zpstwvzv287.jpg)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Fragman on August 23, 2018, 02:48:29 am
I gave me we beasty a chain lube and wipe down then went fer a ride around the area. Clearest day in a week as far as
the wildfire smoke has been, but as I type this, a fresh pile of smoke is now filling the air in me zone due to breezes from
offshore.

The Geoengineered global assault on our biosphere must end now, or we all will soon be ended. >:(
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Carlsberg Wordsworth on August 24, 2018, 07:47:24 pm
Well first of all, good work on calming the forum change down Brother Rhett (hope I'm correct)

But today, before getting caught in the rain, I thought she sounded a bit different today. Sounds like she's blowing somewhere (ooer).

I put my hand down to the front and rear join and it's blowing a gale.

So I have a look and this has obviously been going on for a lot longer than I ever realised.

No wonder I could sometimes smell petrol fumes, the mileage had decreased as well as the top end.

New EFI silencer ordered. I've put this into the 'I'll fix this one day' parts bin for now :D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Rattlebattle on August 25, 2018, 02:18:12 pm
Refitted my Hitchcock's carb conversion. I originally fitted this about two years ago, then in a fit of misguided curiosity last month I thought I'd see if I could refit the EFI. This I did without difficulty and was somewhat surprised when the engine started and ran fine and the MIL showed no faults. (Odd, to me at any rate, since there were  only a couple of sensors connected for the last two years. I would have thought that loads of faults would have been stored). Anyway, all was well for a month or so, then recently it began to suffer (again) from a bout of the jitters. Basically it would misfire on larger throttle openings until the engine was quite warm, after which it ran fine.

This was the sort of issue that caused me to fit a carb in the first place, so I decided to refit the carb and leave behind all the hassle. Second time around I refitted the carb in less than 3 hours. Pressed the starter and lo and behold! it ticked over slowly and reliably and ran well. I'll keep the EFI bits to refit when I sell the bike but really it has been nothing but a right royal PITA on my bike. The luck of the draw probably but I've decided I don't need the hassle. BTW, did you know that nothing electrical works if you have removed the headlight rim, which I did to disable the MIL light which would otherwise be permanently on without most of the EFI sensors removed? It seems it provides an earth, probably to the ignition switch. As soon as I refitted the rim to the light everything was then operational. Go figure...

Next time I feel the urge to try again with the EFI (unless to sell the bike) I've asked her indoors to beat me on the head with a broom handle to knock some sense into me.

Maybe those who try loads of things trying to source a fault with the EFI and get nowhere might like to take note: just chuck it in the bin and fit a carb conversion. Then you can just ride yer bike. :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: longstrokeclassic on August 25, 2018, 06:07:39 pm
Hi, does the conversion require any additional sensors other than the one for the down pipe?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: longstrokeclassic on August 25, 2018, 06:17:51 pm
 Hi Rattlebattle,
 Did the conversion require any additional sensors other than the one for the down pipe?

Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Rattlebattle on August 25, 2018, 11:03:30 pm
No extra sensors needed; in fact those relating to the fuelling side (eg TPS, MAP) are disconnected.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Bert Remington on August 26, 2018, 07:02:09 pm
I installed second head steady bracket which significantly reduced gas tank vibration and noise.

I moved the intact stock pressed steel head steady (http://accessories.hitchcocksmotorcycles.com/29121) to the right side and fabricated out of unbendable* aluminum plate the left side steady.  I also replaced the rear bolt (the original's threads were damaged from tank vibration) so rear assembly was: bolt; nylon washer; tank bracket; head steady; frame bracket; head steady; tank bracket; nylon washer; nut.  I also added nylon washers to the front assembly.  Before adding the second steady, the tank brackets bent inwards as I was tightening the bolt-nut.  Now they don't.  Tank doesn't rock side-to-side like before and I can run it to redline without hearing that horrible tank buzz.  While the tank was off I ran all the under-tank farkle wiring except PCV and AT-200: total of 22 wires.

* unbendable -- the alloy was so stiff a cold 30 degree bend would shatter but otherwise was very workable.

I also cleaned the chain.  I recommend the Aluminum Grunge Brush (https://www.amazon.com/Simple-Solutions-AGB888-Aluminum-Grunge/dp/B00B1ZJAFO/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1535251250&sr=8-4&keywords=grunge+brush) as the plastic ones fall apart after the first use.

The motorcycle's flexi-flyer handling seemed a bit more uncertain than usual so I checked the tire pressure for the first time in 3,500 miles (my bad).  18F 27R so increased to stock 20F 30R.  About two hours later started back to San Diego and rear was wobbly -- 0.  Increased to 36 and waited an hour.  Seemed okay so drove 10 miles to Alpine -- 4.  After three gas stations managed to keep westwards with 23.  Finally at midpoint found Mobil station with great air and inflated to 44.  Made it to San Diego and after 1hr cooling 38.  It was apparent while adding air the leak is from the tube.  I suspect the valve stem area as the stock Avon tire shows no sign of intrusion of any kind.  And I'm thinking San Diego potholes at below stock pressures so will be running higher pressures and checking more often -- I score this one against me.

I've ordered front and rear tubes and rim strips from our forum sponsor; hopefully will arrive by Wednesday so motorcycle will be ready for ride to Barona Drags Saturday.

Rattlebattle -- if you live in SoCal, PM me and I'll ride over and help you with your weird electrical problems.  Your headlight rim issue is a symptom not the disease.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Richard230 on August 26, 2018, 10:33:00 pm
Have you tried loosening and then re-tightening the valve core on your tubes? Sometimes that will fix a slow leak.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Bert Remington on August 27, 2018, 04:56:12 am
Richard230 -- I saw bubbles at the bottom of valve stem when adding air but I'll give that a try.  Thanks.

Long-term I've decided on Ride-On products.  Using their calculator (http://www.ride-on.com/calculator.html) I will put 5 oz and 6 oz of Motorcycle Tire Balancer and Sealant in front and rear tires and SCLPV2-BP2 LED Smart Caps on valve stems.  This has been a wake-up call.  I'm too old to recover from an at speed flat tire incident.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Bmadd34 on August 28, 2018, 10:53:58 am
Long-term I've decided on Ride-On products.  Using their calculator (http://www.ride-on.com/calculator.html) I will put 5 oz and 6 oz of Motorcycle Tire Balancer and Sealant in front and rear tires and SCLPV2-BP2 LED Smart Caps on valve stems.  This has been a wake-up call.  I'm too old to recover from an at speed flat tire incident.

I've heard a few guys talking about adding sealant to their tires. I was just wondering, sealant in tubes? does it really help?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Richard230 on August 28, 2018, 02:13:35 pm
I've heard a few guys talking about adding sealant to their tires. I was just wondering, sealant in tubes? does it really help?

Not in my very limited experience. Once a tube gets a hole in it it will deflate no matter how much goop is in it. Once that happens the hole will likely tear if you keep riding, really putting the end to that tube. But the goop will likely slow the deflating which should allow you to get off the road more safely so that the tube can be replaced or patched before it does tear.

However, I bet that stuff will cause the tire and tube to run hotter than it would without it and that will reduce the life of the tire. Tires with tubes run hotter than tubeless tires as the tube will tend to reduce the tire's ability to shed heat when being ridden at high speeds and having slimy goop inside the tube is only going to add to its overall insulation. (At least that is the way I see it.)  ;)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Narada on August 28, 2018, 02:27:47 pm
When I was a kid, we put milk in our inner tubes to prevent flats. it worked great.  ;) Luckily, I never had to patch a tube that I had put milk in.  :o
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Carlsberg Wordsworth on August 29, 2018, 08:37:41 pm
New EFI exhaust rear fitted. No time for a blat.

Sounds "barkier" lol.

Funds didn't stretch for a front end, not that that's needed anyway.

For me, I know I've got used to the fact of not smelling exhaust fumes anymore though. It was almost hard enough to get used to the GPz fumes again (almost nostalgic) but by god, performance or not, catalytic convertors do a bloody good job!


Looking forward to the test ride tomorrow, albeit to work.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: longstrokeclassic on August 29, 2018, 10:41:17 pm
probably the best all round option, the original front pipe coupled to an  aftermarket rear ????
Unless you ride in the higher rev range all the time...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Carlsberg Wordsworth on August 30, 2018, 09:05:45 pm
Good to know portishedric, cheers.

Well it has been a while since I've ridden it, but first impressions are that it seems better on the throttle at low speeds and more tractable throughout the range.

For whatever reason, it doesn't feel like or sound like it wants to go up a gear around town at 30mph. Possibly because of the deeper sound? Who knows. Placebo?

Because of traffic, I only managed a steady 60 so not sure what it's like at full chat but I think it'll struggle to get near 70-75 but it felt comfortable enough.

Pity the original expired but there it is.

Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Bert Remington on September 01, 2018, 04:26:50 am
Coyote's Motorcycle Tires replaced front and rear tubes, both of which had creases as noted below.  Rear crease required 43 psi to slow leaking stopped leaking at 38.5 allowing me to ride to shop to have tubes replaced.  Coyote (aka Carl) also checked wheel true (good just like ScooterBob said) and balanced both wheels.  $40 CMW tubes $100 labor.  I'm pleased.

Inflated both tires 4 psi over stock for San Diego pothole reasons.  No hint of instability at 70 mph (indicated) on grooved pavement.

I also changed the rear shocks per JVS's Poor man's suspension upgrade (https://forum.classicmotorworks.com/index.php/topic,17231.0.html).  After seeing how good the shocks looked, I went to eBay and found TEC shocks for Triumph that were 330mm long, about 10mm longer than stock.  I bought the last pair for an outstanding $64 including shipping and Jerry's share.  Clearances are tight but adequate including H&B C-Bow mounted saddlebags.  Rear wheel rotates on centerstand.  Both feet are flat on ground at stops.  Even with 34 psi in rear tire, San Diego potholes are less painful.  A bit more bouncy in twisties but then unlike stock the rear suspension actual moves in response to road conditions.  My confidence in road-holding has increased because its the suspension moving rather than the frame flexing during turns.  Thanks so much JVS!!!

Next week is changing fork oil to Bel Ray 10W.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: longstrokeclassic on September 01, 2018, 08:18:54 pm
Made this for my B5 out of the old broken reg/rec bracket.   Paints a bit tacky so I'll post a picture of it insitu tomorrow.

(https://i.imgur.com/WevWpjs.jpg)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: longstrokeclassic on September 01, 2018, 08:41:33 pm
I made a support bracket out of the old (broken) reg/rec one for my new Mikuni carb to take some weight off the rubber manifold hose.  It has a 10mm clearance hole for where it's secured by the head steady bolt and the 6mm captive nut is used along with an Allen bolt  to bolt it onto the carb.
Should be heavy duty enough but anything thicker and I wouldn't have been able to put a 15 degree twist in it which is needed to line everything up correctly without putting any undue force on the carb body.  The large notch is to give the clearance to unscrew the top of the carb to access the slide and the smaller one to clear the inlet flange.

 (https://i.imgur.com/WevWpjs.jpg)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: longstrokeclassic on September 02, 2018, 12:08:05 pm
Fitted a 32mm Mikuni and made a support bracket for it to stop it wobbling in the wind 
 
(https://i.imgur.com/tk1ST94.jpg)

Also modified the fake airbox cover so it fits! 
(https://i.imgur.com/vBiXu8h.jpg)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: 9fingers on September 04, 2018, 02:45:12 am
Installed my new right side footrest......thank Heaven for rigid footpegs....saved my bike and probably my leg. And installed my 7" headlight kit, which was good timing since the original inner and outer rings and glass were broken in the crash. Next some paint touch up and the new front mudguard, which requires the front wheel to be removed.....pain in the butt for fender change, IMO. Then the new master cylinder and brake lever and almost there.
9fingers
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ergyd on September 04, 2018, 06:14:07 pm
Yesterday, had the most varied day of riding yet.

Started off taking Harriet the B5 to work. Was running late, so I hit some of the main roads - 60-65mph no problem, and 70 when necessary.

Thick fog and rain came down half way into the hour long ride - I was soaked to the skin, and my boots were filled with water!

Weather cleared up by the end of the day, and had some time to kill, so decided to choose the smallest, windiest route I could find on the map to head home. Ended up having my first ever off-road adventure - rocky gravel tracks/streams/mud/sheep/cows/steep gradients up and down...

Arrived back in Cardiff, so some stop/start city riding, including a jetwash to get her nice and shiny again.

Treated her to a chain clean/lube, and an oil top up back in the garage.

All day long, she didn't miss a beat - was comfortable, trustworthy, exciting, and took everything in her stride.

Man, I love this bike.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: longstrokeclassic on September 15, 2018, 06:04:30 pm
Made a front support strap out of stainless steel for my exhaust which I fitted today - sure put an end to all that tail pipe wagging on idle.
Sits between the exhaust pipe clamp and the brake pedal pivot bolt.

(https://i.imgur.com/1J2yBNI.jpg)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: upintheair on September 15, 2018, 06:06:49 pm
My bride of 50 years and I wandered the back roads of Northern California this morning.  We went through miles of pasture land and orchards.  It was all two lane roads at a comfortable pace, 3000 rpm and 44 mph as registered on the TNT speedo/tach combination.  The bike (2015 B5 Forest Green, Spitfire windscreen, K70s) ran flawlessly.  It even started on the 2nd kick after sitting for a week.  The smoke from the fires had dissipated, so it was a clear, cool morning for our outing.  It just doesn't get much better. 
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ergyd on October 11, 2018, 10:11:16 am
Tried to start her up after a few days of long distance riding (testing my new phone mount - experience here: https://forum.classicmotorworks.com/index.php/topic,26665.0.html (https://forum.classicmotorworks.com/index.php/topic,26665.0.html)
)
But couldn't for the life of me get her to start - on kick, or e-start.

Thought it mightve been because it was very early in the morning, and bloody cold... seemed like she just didn't want to wake up!

Finally bumped her into action, and managed to make the final leg home without any issues, but after getting home, and turning her off, she again wouldn't start. So definitely not a temperature issue.

Managed to trace it to a dodgy negative battery terminal - not the usual small cable issue, been there done that - but the terminal itself seemed caked in a really soft, dull grey, metallic crud. Scraped it off, popped the cables back on, slathered in grease, and hoping it'll stay clean.

Nothing else I need to consider, or worry about, right?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Richard230 on October 11, 2018, 01:56:55 pm
Tried to start her up after a few days of long distance riding (testing my new phone mount - experience here: https://forum.classicmotorworks.com/index.php/topic,26665.0.html (https://forum.classicmotorworks.com/index.php/topic,26665.0.html)
)
But couldn't for the life of me get her to start - on kick, or e-start.

Thought it mightve been because it was very early in the morning, and bloody cold... seemed like she just didn't want to wake up!

Finally bumped her into action, and managed to make the final leg home without any issues, but after getting home, and turning her off, she again wouldn't start. So definitely not a temperature issue.

Managed to trace it to a dodgy negative battery terminal - not the usual small cable issue, been there done that - but the terminal itself seemed caked in a really soft, dull grey, metallic crud. Scraped it off, popped the cables back on, slathered in grease, and hoping it'll stay clean.

Nothing else I need to consider, or worry about, right?

I recommend cleaning your caked terminals with baking soda, then hitting them with a little steel wool, sandpaper, or something similar to make sure they are completely clean or any corrosion and will provide a good electrical connection, then after attaching the electrical cables, cover them with Vaseline to keep the grunge away.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ergyd on October 11, 2018, 02:21:01 pm
Great, thanks Richard230 - I did exactly all of that, apart from the baking soda...

To neutralise any acidic cause of crud, right? Next time I get the battery out, will do that.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Richard230 on October 11, 2018, 10:32:10 pm
Great, thanks Richard230 - I did exactly all of that, apart from the baking soda...

To neutralise any acidic cause of crud, right? Next time I get the battery out, will do that.

A water solution of baking soda is slightly alkaline and will neutralize the acid crust that builds up on the battery terminals.  It really works quickly and does a nice job of getting rid of the stuff.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on October 12, 2018, 08:05:58 pm
If the terminal crudded up like you say it did, there is a leak at the terminal that's allowing the battery acid to escape.

An old method of fixing this sort of leak is to buy a bottle of Karo Syrup.  As I recall, we used the "dark" kind.
For those outside the US, Karo Syrup is a moderately thick corn syrup used for baking bread, cakes and other good to eat sweet things.  You probably have something like it where you live.

Anyway, to fix the battery leak you pour a bit of the syrup around the joint where the lead terminal comes out of the plastic case.
In a few days it will harden and totally seal the joint.  (No, the syrup is not bothered by the acid but it is an insulator so you don't want to get it on the surfaces where the wires/cables attach.)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Richard230 on October 14, 2018, 10:43:31 pm
Today I weighed my B5 using two cheap Chinese electronic bathroom scales. The scale under the front wheel showed 190 pounds and the scale under the rear wheel showed 228 pounds, with about a half tank of fuel on board, for a total of 418 pounds.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: 9fingers on October 16, 2018, 11:20:21 pm
I installed a Champion RNY9C spark plug to go with the Duracell Ultra battery I installed Sunday. My bike is happy and so am I.
9fingers
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: symmo on October 17, 2018, 09:01:09 am
Your words Ergyd "so decided to choose the smallest, windiest route I could find on the map to head home. Ended up having my first ever off-road adventure - rocky gravel tracks/streams/mud/sheep/cows/steep gradients up and down." Same as what I do on my C5 whenever I go out across the Mendips, not long ago I did part of the South west coast path, the bike just copes with where ever you point it. Love the photo.
Yesterday, had the most varied day of riding yet.

Started off taking Harriet the B5 to work. Was running late, so I hit some of the main roads - 60-65mph no problem, and 70 when necessary.

Thick fog and rain came down half way into the hour long ride - I was soaked to the skin, and my boots were filled with water!

Weather cleared up by the end of the day, and had some time to kill, so decided to choose the smallest, windiest route I could find on the map to head home. Ended up having my first ever off-road adventure - rocky gravel tracks/streams/mud/sheep/cows/steep gradients up and down...

Arrived back in Cardiff, so some stop/start city riding, including a jetwash to get her nice and shiny again.

Treated her to a chain clean/lube, and an oil top up back in the garage.

All day long, she didn't miss a beat - was comfortable, trustworthy, exciting, and took everything in her stride.

Man, I love this bike.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ergyd on October 17, 2018, 09:28:16 am
Hey Symmo,

I'm actually going to be in the Mendips area sometime this week... Any routes or roads you'd recommend?

O
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: longstrokeclassic on October 17, 2018, 01:09:04 pm
Today I fitted a richer slide in my VM32. Latest settings are :- Air screw 1.25 turns out,   17.5 pilot jet,   3.35mm high slide cutaway,   needle clip position 3.75,   185 main jet.



Ergyd -  Cheddar Gorge is usually good midweek.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: symmo on October 17, 2018, 04:54:18 pm
Cheddar Gorge as mentioned, If you have an OS map look for Velvet Bottom, Deer Leap, Ebbor Gorge, Prospect Style. You can probably find them on Google maps. I usually just go blind and keep turning off into lanes and unmade roads and see where I end up. I did Gospel Pass and Hay bluff over your side some time ago but that was on a Tiger XC.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: no bs on October 17, 2018, 08:26:24 pm
down loaded workshop manual for the frankenbullet to facilitate gear train replacement(some type of clunk appeared during a short blast around the local roads).
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ergyd on October 19, 2018, 10:37:23 pm
Finished a week-long journey that's taken me all over the place. Some beautiful parts to these countries, which you'd never know about if you didn't hit the roads less travelled...

Some pictures from the ride below - including the moment I rolled over 6k miles, and some of the beautiful sights and views.

Apart from the bike being knocked over in a car park, no issues at all. Though, she doesn't seem to like being started on a very cold morning. Almost seems to lose battery voltage on cold nights... Thankfully, I carry one of those lithium jump-starter packs in my panniers, just in case.

Symmo - thanks for the Mendips recommendation. I had a lovely spin around there today. The little back-route by the Blackmoor Reserve was just the right amount of challenge... And was super impressed with how the bike dealt with it all. Looking forward to exploring more of that area in the future.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Carlsberg Wordsworth on October 20, 2018, 10:51:45 pm
Around 120 mile round trip in the Peak district (UK) today. With friends so I couldn't stop as much as I would solo for pics and ended up not taking any. But then you'd end up stopping every 5 mins lol. Enfield was on song the whole way, barking happily and the odd pop along the way. Stunning scenery and just a cracking ride :D 
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: wildbill on October 21, 2018, 12:48:28 am
sold it!...LOL
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: dickim on October 21, 2018, 01:25:02 am
so Bill I was close with my  Smartarse  "BakersDozen "  >:(
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: wildbill on October 21, 2018, 04:07:23 am
pretty close eh! plus one of them I bought twice...lol like I sold it and later bought it back off him :o
I will contact the dealer next week on any news of the 650's arrival date and go from there.
meanwhile I am playing with the idea of another hit at a metal detector.
cheap one is $1000 and the best one is $9500
ive already owned two $10,000 detectors and found nothing ;D
I don't even want to find a big bit of gold either- just something which is gold and after 5 detector purchases finally find a speck!...lol
im gonna try again for fun -not for profit....lol
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: dickim on October 22, 2018, 09:53:12 am
Do me a favour Bill - keep the 650 long enough to give me some feedback  :D getting the itch for the chrome G.T - will need to sell the Lotus Esprit (Sciatica is a bitch!!!!) but the Guzzi engined trike is coming along nicely, just trimming & painting and trying to fix a leak on a reconditioned Ford Cortina caliper  >:(
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: symmo on October 22, 2018, 04:57:14 pm
 Glad you found those little gems, did you look around the Roman lead mines at Blackmoor,(Velvet Bottom)? there's not much to see but there but you can walk right through the old once smelting dams and slag heaps to Cheddar. You probably noticed the great view from Dear Leap across to the Polden Hills, Glasto Tor, the Channel and Wales of coarse.
Finished a week-long journey that's taken me all over the place. Some beautiful parts to these countries, which you'd never know about if you didn't hit the roads less travelled...

Some pictures from the ride below - including the moment I rolled over 6k miles, and some of the beautiful sights and views.

Apart from the bike being knocked over in a car park, no issues at all. Though, she doesn't seem to like being started on a very cold morning. Almost seems to lose battery voltage on cold nights... Thankfully, I carry one of those lithium jump-starter packs in my panniers, just in case.

Symmo - thanks for the Mendips recommendation. I had a lovely spin around there today. The little back-route by the Blackmoor Reserve was just the right amount of challenge... And was super impressed with how the bike dealt with it all. Looking forward to exploring more of that area in the future.
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Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Roshiba777 on November 11, 2018, 11:16:38 am
Today installed new 12v 14ah vrla/AGM battery it's made by UNOMinda earlier using exide battery but it spills acid
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Outsider72 on December 27, 2018, 09:21:51 am
Good morning. I 'm using the Royal to go to work and I installed this flyscreen to protect myself from cold air in the morning. I like it more without the flyscreen so that when the weather is nice the withdraws. Greetings.


(http://subirimagen.me/uploads/20181227030622.com)

(http://subirimagen.me/uploads/20181227030815.com)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: AmBraCol on January 16, 2019, 01:30:22 pm
It's good to be back after a few months away due to work related travels, etc.  Got back to town and the battery in the Rumbler 500 was flat, dead, kaput.  Don't have a battery tender (not easy to come by around here) and was a bit hacked off as the gel/glass plate battery wasn't that old.  So I put her on the little charger I've got, hit her with 2 amp charge rate and it came up "FAULT" after a bit.  Hit her with 4 amp charge rate, same thing, then 6 amps, same ol' same ol'... Called up the dealer to order in a new battery and every time I walked past that charger I'd hit her with an attempt to charge.  Well after a while, what do you know.  She kept on going, and going, and going - and the next morning there she was, full charged, no fault light.  Talked with the dealer, said I'll be in to pick up the battery because I spoke for it - but now I don't need it.  He said "Don't worry, we'll sell her soon I'm sure."

So yesterday I rode the bike in for mechanical safety/emissions inspection.  Had a drip from the fuel hose come up after they'd already gone over her.  The tech said "We're not going to write it up, but you need to change it ASAP." So off to Bristol Bikes I went where for around $11 US they pulled the tank, swapped the hose and we were good to go.  Sure feels good to have a bike between my knees after several months of cage travel.  :D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: heloego on February 10, 2019, 09:14:55 pm
Installed a GPS Speedo. Wrong one. Marine unit.
(https://i.imgur.com/bM0NK0H.jpg)
Then installed the CORRECT ONE!
(https://i.imgur.com/yRtObyb.jpg)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gizzo on February 10, 2019, 11:36:10 pm
I've got to the stage where I can't be bothered with wasting time over a simple bike sale, that's why a sign on the bike is probably the easiest way forwards, anyone interested enough to make contact will already have seen the bike.


I hear you. I tried selling my TRX850 cafe racer on Gumtree a while back and only got bites from dickheads thinking they were getting it for half price or less. i think I'll save myself the hassle and just give it to my bro in law after I've used it for a big tour next month.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Mad4Bullets on February 11, 2019, 07:09:22 pm
I did the same today as I do near every day lately. It's a bit OCD but I pat the saddle twice as I pass by on my way out the garage to work and pray for an early spring.  She should never feel for a single moment that she's been forgotten. Everyone else in the house I've forgotten from time to time but never my trust Silver Bullet. ;)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Narada on February 11, 2019, 08:12:24 pm
Tried to install fancy stainless 2015 Hitchcock's head steady on my 2015 Chrome.  ::)

Turns out I have the 2014 rear tank mount design which requires a 2014 head steady.  :(

Naturally, I bought the part about a year ago so we'll see if I can still swap it out for the right one...  ???
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Jako on February 12, 2019, 03:56:30 am
Tried to install fancy stainless 2015 Hitchcock's head steady on my 2015 Chrome.  ::)

Turns out I have the 2014 rear tank mount design which requires a 2014 head steady.  :(

Naturally, I bought the part about a year ago so we'll see if I can still swap it out for the right one...  ???


I attempted to fit the up to 2014 Hitchcocks stainless head steady to my 2013 B5,  I don't like it at all, it requires  longer bolts and spacers  to get it anywhere near lining up . It ended up in my miscellaneous junk tray.
 
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Narada on February 12, 2019, 05:51:15 pm
I was tempted to do the same Jako!  :P  Hitchcocks has agreed to swap me for the correct one that is supposed to fit my 2015 bike (with 2014 chrome tank, and 2014 bolt bung welded to frame by factory) so I am doing that.  I wanted to order some other items anyway, so this way I will get all that done. I also suggested to them that they add all additionally required bolts, washers, nuts, and spacers, preferably in stainless steel.  ;)  We shall see how it turns out!  ::)

Nice speedo Heloego (on the bike, not the beach)! I've never seen one like that... It's looking good! 8)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: 9fingers on February 12, 2019, 11:15:16 pm
I ordered a set of these saddlebags. Expensive but they look very nice and I got them with locks.
9fingers

https://customspain.com/en/saddlebags-for-royal-enfield/2009-set-of-saddlebags-for-royal-enfield-bullet-classic-mod-bando-basic-specific-brown.html
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on February 13, 2019, 11:39:57 am
Installed a GPS Speedo. Wrong one. Marine unit.

Too bad you couldn't have kept the marine one - a lot of head-scratching onlookers!

80 mph on a boat, huh?  On the other hand, your correct speedo reads to 160, so...  ;D 
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: heloego on February 13, 2019, 12:27:20 pm
   One of our members had already swapped to a GPS number some time back and had posted a pic of his install. I've wanted to do it for a long time but only recently got around to it.
   The C5 gets the same treatment soon.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Scotty Brown on February 13, 2019, 07:19:00 pm
Went for a mind clearing thirty mile ride before our rains begin again.  Always refreshing.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Narada on February 13, 2019, 08:50:23 pm
So I ordered that head steady from H with a few books, gaskets, seals, etc... They did throw in the longer bolts that I will be needing with washers and nuts, the total was 100 pounds or $128.50. The shipping was 40 pounds, or $51.40! :o 

In fairness, there were 3 books and a few stainless steel items but Damn, that's rediculous! :P
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Bert Remington on February 13, 2019, 10:55:08 pm
9fingers -- those side bags look great.  But if you want high prices order Hepco & Becker like I did.

If you haven't settled on a mounting solution, consider the C-Bow carriers (https://www.motomachines.com/c-bow-royal-enfield-bullet-classic-from-09) with the C-Bow mounts (https://www.motomachines.com/c-bow-plastic-mold-mount) for the bags.  For a rack, consider fabricating an aluminum "U" that bolts into the top four unused fittings of the carriers.  I also bolted the Givi mount for the Givi Monolock top case (http://www.giviusa.com/givi-products/cases/monolock-cases/e300n2-30ltr-matte-black-case-detail) to the rack.  Everything is easily fitted/removed (ith/without bags; with/without rack; with/without top case) as needed for riding conditions except the carriers which fit like they came from the RE factory.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: 9fingers on February 14, 2019, 02:20:01 am
Thanks Bert, I was planning on strapping them to the fender mount bracket, like they were designed to fit. If I don't like that approach I can always modify it. I also bought a rear rack that came from India, semms decent enough for my purpose. And I will strap on a small duffel or leather bag for more luggage space. Doing the Blue Ridge Parkway this summer, from VA to SC and some riding in the Smokey Mountains, a first long trip for me. No more than 200 miles a day at 45mph or less. I also have a vintage looking and very comfortable backpack from LL Bean, so I will have more than enough storage space.
9fingers
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Bmadd34 on February 14, 2019, 02:35:21 am
Thanks Bert, I was planning on strapping them to the fender mount bracket, like they were designed to fit. If I don't like that approach I can always modify it. I also bought a rear rack that came from India, semms decent enough for my purpose. And I will strap on a small duffel or leather bag for more luggage space. Doing the Blue Ridge Parkway this summer, from VA to SC and some riding in the Smokey Mountains, a first long trip for me. No more than 200 miles a day at 45mph or less. I also have a vintage looking and very comfortable backpack from LL Bean, so I will have more than enough storage space.
9fingers

    Let me know when you are passing through NC, maybe we can grab a coffee.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: tooseevee on February 14, 2019, 12:21:41 pm
So I ordered that head steady from H with a few books, gaskets, seals, etc... They did throw in the longer bolts that I will be needing with washers and nuts, the total was 100 pounds or $128.50. The shipping was 40 pounds, or $51.40! :o 


        I think if I wanted or needed a new head steady I'd go to a local small business machine shop and have it made.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: 9fingers on February 15, 2019, 01:38:47 am
    Let me know when you are passing through NC, maybe we can grab a coffee.

I will try to do that Brad, as long as the guy I am going with is agreeable.
9fingers

Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Carlsberg Wordsworth on February 17, 2019, 07:47:14 pm
That's a nice looking unit there heloego :) It's a shame though that the GPS unit has to sit where it does. Would it work inside the casquette?

And what did I do today? Finally, with temps in double digits, me and the neighbour finally got out for a couple hours for bite to eat and a coffee.

And as it's close enough at 14760, it's time for the 15000 mile service.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on February 17, 2019, 09:54:24 pm
That's a nice looking unit there heloego :) It's a shame though that the GPS unit has to sit where it does. Would it work inside the casquette?

Wait, that's the GPS antenna above the headlight?  :(  I always thought those GPS speedos had internal antennae...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: cwmoss on February 17, 2019, 11:26:52 pm
Just lowered the idle, and also took off the rear seat on my new 500 Classic.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: tooseevee on February 17, 2019, 11:41:07 pm
Just lowered the idle, and also took off the rear seat on my new 500 Classic.

      I've just gotta say this :)

       Your avatar/handle is a Classic  8)(http://)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: heloego on February 18, 2019, 12:39:24 pm
The unit above the headlight is the GPS antenna.

The speedo has all electronics inside the speedo housing with a  8-pin power connector/harness and antenna/cable externally.
The antenna is typical of any small GPS antenna. If indoors or blocked by anything its performance suffers dramatically.
In the garage it just keeps looking for a signal until I hut off power, so putting it inside the casquette would be a useless excersize.
I put it above the head lamp because I didn't want to drill the mudguard.
The pic is the install on my Electra, but the C5 gets one next.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: cwmoss on February 18, 2019, 07:56:26 pm
      I've just gotta say this :)

       Your avatar/handle is a Classic  8)(http://)
Thank you, have had the "cwmoss" nickname a very long time, since the movie, if you know which one.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Carlsberg Wordsworth on February 21, 2019, 09:47:19 pm
Fork oil change as part of the 15000 mile service. Left fork was tighter than the right for whatever reason.

Rightly or wrongly I've gone for 180ml 10W.

Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Richard230 on February 21, 2019, 09:55:58 pm
Fork oil change as part of the 15000 mile service. Left fork was tighter than the right for whatever reason.

Rightly or wrongly I've gone for 180ml 10W.

That is what I used when I changed the oil on my 2011 B5 and it seems to work well.   :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: cwmoss on February 22, 2019, 06:41:15 pm
Installed a rear rack/carrier on my new bike today. From India to Texas in about 5 days.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Dalmatian man on February 22, 2019, 07:27:23 pm
I have found that parts from India get here faster than ordering from UK supplier, Also first class tracking from day one.
Also quality of parts from India has been very good, plus price 50% cheaper than uk.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Guaire on February 23, 2019, 06:21:42 pm
Installed a rear rack/carrier on my new bike today. From India to Texas in about 5 days.
Who is the seller? Looks good.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: heloego on February 23, 2019, 10:31:08 pm
Not bad looking, at all!
Nice find!  :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: cwmoss on February 24, 2019, 05:12:19 pm
Who is the seller? Looks good.
The E-Bay seller is autokustoms
Got the rack for less the $100 shipping included. It was advertised as a Royal Enfield part and came in a RE box.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: cwmoss on February 24, 2019, 08:11:25 pm
Changed the oil and filter, installed my collapsible crate for trips to the sto. Here's a pic of the crate on the carrier.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Narada on February 24, 2019, 08:55:19 pm
Worked second weekend in a row to help pay for Interceptor! :P

Put Hitchcocks head steady on last night with supplied bolts. Tight fit with wires over injector, but it fits! Rear bolt at tank too short. Will buy longer one tomorrow.  :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Scotty Brown on February 24, 2019, 11:19:24 pm
Went back to my old Bates racing saddle -- Still the most comfortable of the bunch - Maybe because I have owned it for over fifty years.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Relic on February 27, 2019, 05:33:57 am
After admiring the Pegasus saddle bags, I imported a pair of bags (without the Pegasus patch) and frames from India. Overall very happy with the quality. Fitted them up with the supplied hardware.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: 9fingers on February 27, 2019, 09:56:02 pm
Those look great Relic!
9fingers
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Relic on February 28, 2019, 05:18:07 am
Thanks 9fingers. Once protected with a Scotchgard type application these saddlebags will be put to good use on my next camping trip.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: dickim on February 28, 2019, 07:54:45 am
Hi Relic - any chance of posting a link ????
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Relic on March 01, 2019, 05:04:21 am
Hi Dickim,
I bought through eBay UK, the supplier is royalspareparts.
The guy also gave me his business card, & operates Sparezo, www.sparezo.com, from New Delhi. I found the eBay site much cheaper to buy through. Delivery was 8 days New Delhi to New Zealand which quite honestly shocked me. I'm used to waiting weeks for anything out of India.
I had considered just buying the frames (as they are available separately) and bolting a pair of old army ammo cases to them.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Scotty Brown on March 04, 2019, 10:30:39 pm
= Took the old War Horse out for a little exercise=
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Mad4Bullets on March 04, 2019, 11:57:48 pm
Just ordered a 2-pack of white LED tail lamps that strobe for safety when the brakes are applied.  We'll see how it goes. I posted the details to the forum.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Narada on March 10, 2019, 01:04:22 pm
Changed oil and filter for first time with skid plate installed. Just undo two front bolts and swing it down out of the way... No problem!  :)

Also purchased nice high quality 3mm Allen T- handle tool for the 4 countersunk screws on the pushrod inspection cover. I had used locktite on the threads years ago and then kept stripping screws and cheap Allen wrenches when attempting removal.

New tool fits nicely into new stainless steel screws. Cleaned old locktite out of threads and put in new gasket.  (I experimented with no gasket last time and have been wiping oil off my bike every ride since! :o )
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on March 10, 2019, 02:14:38 pm
Also purchased nice high quality 3mm Allen T- handle tool for the 4 countersunk screws on the pushrod inspection cover. I had used locktite on the threads years ago and then kept stripping screws and cheap Allen wrenches when attempting removal.

New tool fits nicely into new stainless steel screws. Cleaned old locktite out of threads and put in new gasket.  (I experimented with no gasket last time and have been wiping oil off my bike every ride since! :o )

Do you open this cover often?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Narada on March 10, 2019, 03:15:52 pm
I have opened it a time or two Mattsz... since tearing engine down for high compression piston, ported head, new valve train...then going back in to install Hitchcocks cams which unbeknownst to me were defective,  :o (early prototypes, H now selling good ones) had them in and out 3 times, put stock cams back in, replaced those with a set GHG custom made for me, having ring seating issues for which I removed piston again, (may have had upside down compression ring), and multiple re-adjustments of the adjustable pushrods... Putting bike back together and riding between each occurance...other than that, probably not any more than the typical person.   ::) :)

Why do you ask?  ???
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on March 11, 2019, 12:20:00 am
Why do you ask?  ???

Because "normally" it isn't really necessary to open it at all - but now I'm reminded that your engine is far from "normal"!   8)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Barnone on March 11, 2019, 12:31:33 am
Put the orginal speedometer back into my 2012 C5. Previous said it went bad so he replace it with an inproper one.
I did oil the speedometer and the drive cable and it works just fine.
 
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Dalmatian man on March 11, 2019, 10:16:34 am
Put the orginal speedometer back into my 2012 C5. Previous said it went bad so he replace it with an inproper one.
I did oil the speedometer and the drive cable and it works just fine.

Any chance of a link as to where you located the rev counter and is it reading correct revs.Thanks
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: 9fingers on March 11, 2019, 09:45:15 pm
I went for my first March ride! I did one in January and one in Feb. Today was 47 and sunny so I rode over to Starbucks for some beans, maybe 12 miles away, and back, of course........and loved every minute of it. Used my new saddlebag for the first time too, instead of my usual back pack.
9fingers
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: dickim on March 12, 2019, 02:59:41 pm
If you just Google ebay digital tacho they are everywhere - I paid $10 aussie delivered and work on single or twins (using onVtwin)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Narada on March 12, 2019, 06:45:42 pm
Pulled single seat off my C5. Vinyl has come un-glued from the bottom, at the back.

Does anyone know what glue is best for putting this back on?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Carlsberg Wordsworth on March 12, 2019, 09:34:37 pm
Hey Narada, maybe something that is also waterproof? Just in case.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: 9fingers on March 12, 2019, 10:06:47 pm
Probably contact cement. or ask Royal Enfield what they use.......and use something different?
9fingers
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Pmdaniels on March 12, 2019, 10:28:54 pm
Pulled single seat off my C5. Vinyl has come un-glued from the bottom, at the back.

Does anyone know what glue is best for putting this back on?

I used Shoe Goo .

Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: jvb on March 12, 2019, 10:58:17 pm
Pulled single seat off my C5. Vinyl has come un-glued from the bottom, at the back.

Does anyone know what glue is best for putting this back on?

Same happened to mine.  I tried contact glue which didn't really work too well.

I ended up with some edge trim applied with a rubber mallet.  This is from an Australian hardware chain.
https://www.bunnings.com.au/goliath-5m-black-edge-trim_p4230125

Working well so far
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: AmBraCol on March 13, 2019, 03:02:18 am
 
Probably contact cement. or ask Royal Enfield what they use.......and use something different?
9fingers


 :o

 ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on March 13, 2019, 10:19:15 am
Probably contact cement. or ask Royal Enfield what they use.......and use something different?
9fingers

Oh yes, now that's funny!  ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: 9fingers on March 13, 2019, 11:49:10 am
OK, if contact cement is not good enough, I would use polyurethane adhesive, such as Liquid Nails or Gorilla Glue. They must sell something like this in every country. Here is a link for one product.
9fingers
https://www.lowes.com/pd/Gorilla-18-fl-oz-Polyurethane-Multipurpose-Adhesive/1101533
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: wildbill on March 13, 2019, 10:20:53 pm
had not been on it for a couple of weeks so I took the c5 out for a run to check to see if it still has vibration -not disappoined!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Barnone on March 18, 2019, 08:40:00 pm
Changed the oil, oil filter, and cleaned the air filter.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: AmBraCol on March 19, 2019, 12:59:59 am
Rode to town to do errands, ended up riding back in the rain.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Narada on March 25, 2019, 06:09:08 pm
After having considered all input for how to re-attach vinyl which had come loose from bottom of seat (almost went with "Shoo-Goo, it's tough stuff) I decided to stop by a local automotive upholstery shop to see how they do it.  (This had nothing to do with the "Bikini Barista" stand next door, but did afford an intriguing view of their very talented crew  :o ). 

Once inside the shop, it only took a moment, and the owner had sprayed the bottom of my seat with contact cement from a pressurized pot next to his work table.  After letting it sit for a moment, he stuck the vinyl back in place free of charge.  I gave him a tip anyway for solving my dilemma, and then proceeded back to my car (by way of the Bikini Barista zone while once again admiring their fine coffee making skill  ;) ).

Last night I got my throttle body intake insulator installed using just a bit of silicone grease on the rubber O-rings, and replaced the breather hose from crank case to air box.  The hose was badly cracked at the air box end.  ???

When re-installing the seat, I had quite a challenge getting the square shaft into the square hole for the front seat mount. It is an interesting bushing mount which uses the square shaft down the middle to lock it in place and provide torsional "spring" to the front with the big beautiful chrome springs in back.  :)

The secret trick I came up with is to use a small 90 degree vice grip on the square shaft so that you can apply some force inward as you try to get the square shaft and holes to line up beneath the seat.  ;)

Things are looking much better now for this winters "maintenance overhaul".  Next, I need to secure my wiring harness back in the nacelle where it belongs.  After installing Koso TNT last winter, the harness drooped out and was hanging down, Bholenath has been looking somewhat disemboweled ever since!  :(
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Bert Remington on March 26, 2019, 03:55:46 am
Dang Narada you could have provided this link http://www.bikini-baristas.com/sexy-bikini-barista-photos.html so we could appreciate their coffee making skills too.  Warning -- probably NSFW or definitely not for youngsters: the baristas make Victoria's Secrets models look covered up.

I never had any luck with that square shaft "torsion" rotation.  I replaced it with a normal bolt and Nylock nut.  Then I got rotation.  I modified the mount again for the Indian "Lycette" seat.  A bit ungainly but with the $70 Girling-style shocks (thanks JVS) I get classic looks with much better seat and rear suspension compliance.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Relic on March 31, 2019, 03:34:33 am
I fitted Oxford Commuter heated grips, something I wish I had on the bike last winter. These heated grips are very basic with only two settings, low drain on the charging system, and were straightforward to install. I've got a 4 day ride coming up next month, and if the weather turns cold at least my hands will be toasty.
I also fitted a new back tire after picking up a 3 inch nail on the way home from work last week. The original tire had done 18,000 kms (~11,000 miles) and while it still had some life in it, I figured it was a good time to replace it before the NZ winter.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: cwmoss on March 31, 2019, 05:05:12 pm
Just finished pulling that hideous looking cannister off of my 2018 C5. Cleaned up the looks of the bike. When I first bought the bike and got it home, a friend came by to look at it and said, "what the F*** is that thing hanging there?" referring to the evaporative cannister. He said they should have at least tried to hide it. Well, it's gone now.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Bert Remington on March 31, 2019, 05:32:12 pm
I also moved my horn to a less obtrusive location.  Cleaned up the front very nicely.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: bonkers on March 31, 2019, 06:49:32 pm
Did my second oil plus filter change at 2700 km. Everything was very very clean. No iron parts or other rubbish on the magnet nor in the iron filter.
Is it strange that just 1.9 ltr. came out or is this normal? Poured 2.0 ltr in while the book says it needs 2.25?
Anyway, up to the next 6000 km.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: bonkers on March 31, 2019, 06:54:29 pm
B.t.w. Almost forgot to mention, bike runs like a dream, 1ltr/38km and starts every cold start with just two kicks! This no typical english bike, thats for sure!!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: cwmoss on March 31, 2019, 07:47:24 pm
I also moved my horn to a less obtrusive location.  Cleaned up the front very nicely.
I was looking into doing a relocation of the horn also, thanks for the pic.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Mossman on April 01, 2019, 12:48:22 am
New front fender plate!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Bert Remington on April 01, 2019, 01:12:23 am
Subtle...the entire package is very subtle. :D

If you can color match the paint, you need these "Girling-style" rear shocks to match the enclosed front forks:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Norton-ES2-Model-50-Replica-Universal-Shock-Set-Eye-To-Eye-330mm-Black-Chrome/252590254501?hash=item3acf8d69a5%3Ag%3AocMAAOSwURlbIhJ%7E&LH_BIN=1

Check your eye-to-eye shock length to make sure you get the correct ones.  JVS found something similar and I think he needed to tweak a bit to avoid upper housing contact with the frame on one side.  Close fit on both sides for me but no contact.  And much more responsive action than RE's "rigid" shocks.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Bmadd34 on April 01, 2019, 01:52:09 am
I also moved my horn to a less obtrusive location.  Cleaned up the front very nicely.

    I just removed the horn entirely, and replaced it with an air-raid siren.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Bert Remington on April 01, 2019, 04:36:41 am
Now here's an air raid siren: https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=air+raid+siren+v8+motor&view=detail&mid=FDBDD6A36860A3E2E920FDBDD6A36860A3E2E920&FORM=VIRE

And here's a starter motor: https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=sr+71+starter+cart&view=detail&mid=D54D8704AC9C7891E21DD54D8704AC9C7891E21D&FORM=VIRE
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: AmBraCol on April 01, 2019, 09:51:21 pm
Did my second oil plus filter change at 2700 km. Everything was very very clean. No iron parts or other rubbish on the magnet nor in the iron filter.
Is it strange that just 1.9 ltr. came out or is this normal? Poured 2.0 ltr in while the book says it needs 2.25?
Anyway, up to the next 6000 km.

Did you idle it on the center stand then let it remain in that position before draining the oil?  These engines tend to have oil "hide" inside if leaned over onto the side stand prior to draining.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: AmBraCol on April 01, 2019, 10:07:46 pm
Lubed the chain, checked over the bike prior to a trip this week over the Central Range of the Andes.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: bonkers on April 02, 2019, 08:28:02 pm
Did you idle it on the center stand then let it remain in that position before draining the oil?  These engines tend to have oil "hide" inside if leaned over onto the side stand prior to draining.
Yes, I did.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Gizmo on April 03, 2019, 02:41:24 pm
Rode her in to Work today.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: C50916 on April 04, 2019, 10:30:55 am
Had a very enjoyable, relaxing ride on my baby today  8)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: AmBraCol on April 06, 2019, 02:42:55 am
Returned from a trip to the Capitol.  Stopped at La Linea summit for a quick picture. As I pulled back onto the road the clutch cable broke.  Rode the last hour+ home slip shifting.  That's what I get for NOT taking the tool kit and spare cables with me. You'd think I'd learn.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: AmBraCol on April 06, 2019, 03:56:51 pm
Forgot to mention, when was the last time you checked your license plate screws?  I stopped to get my raingear off yesterday (it's HOT down in the Magdalena river valley)  and took a look around the bike - to find the license plate hanging by one corner.  The screw on that side was NOT working loose, but the other side was gone, baby, gone.  Of course I'd NOT taken so much as my Leatherman tool (idiot) and no spare screws anyway.  But to the side of the road was a barbed wire fence.  A quick walk along it (about 30 feet) and found a piece of barbed wire rolled up and draped over a fence post.  I wiggled a piece off the end, bent it into a U, poked it through the hole and bent the ends as much as I could with my fingers.  It got me home. 
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Boxerman on April 06, 2019, 06:07:22 pm
Do you not carry zip ties? the most useful in my toolbox.

Frank

Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Narada on April 06, 2019, 08:07:36 pm
Spent about an hour employing heat gun, and thumb-nail to remove huge (US) "80 decibel law conformity sticker" from Bholenath's frame without scratching paint!  :o Brake clean and a rag cleaned off residual goo.

Having just properly secured wiring harness back into nacelle, that part of frame became a focal point for me and useless, obnoxious, ugly sticker had to go! It is much better now.  8)

Didn't have "before" but here's the "after";
(https://i.postimg.cc/FHcwR2J6/20190406-124824-Burst01.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: AmBraCol on April 07, 2019, 02:19:22 am
Do you not carry zip ties? the most useful in my toolbox.

Frank

Nope, did not - for once.  I DID carry my firstaid kit - which beats needing it and not having it like with the tools.  In this case, had it, but didn't need it.  Need to probably put some zip ties in there just on general purposes.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Guaire on April 07, 2019, 03:20:59 pm
I replaced the stock headlight with a 7" kit from Hitchcock's. The pilot light was a spare LED from replacing the instrument lights.
  One pic shows the stock wiring, which transferred to the kit light. The color leads identify the Lo, Hi and ground connections.
  Watch polarity on the pilot leads. You just pull out the rubber plug, put the bulb back in. I used silicone lube to help re inserting it.
  The kit came with a H4 bulb. I replaced it with a spare LED with a H4 base. Sometime night I'll see how the light works. There's no provision for aiming it. As I recall none of the BSA, Triumph or Norton bikes I rode had aiming adjustments.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: johno on April 07, 2019, 05:35:43 pm
Drove out to my storage to check on the Bullet,
this time I took the keys!
after kicking over a few times to get the oil where it needs to be, she started on the first spin of the starter.
I realised I should have given her a wash before leaving over winter, the Bike is coated in dead flys and beasties which are now rock hard!

I was going to ride the bullet home a few weeks back but the weather turned for the worst, hopefully get her out next week, then oil change Carberry plate fitting, nuts and bolt check a bit of oiling and away we go for another seasons riding so my winter bikes can have a rest..
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mike_bike_kite on April 09, 2019, 11:59:28 am
starts every cold start with just two kicks!
How do you manage that? I usually take 4 kicks but sometimes more on really chilly days. Plus, before starting, I also do a kick to free up the clutch and another 4 kicks to move the oil around. How on earth do you manage with just 2 kicks?

When it's warm I don't bother with the warm up kicks and just give one decent kick to start her. I tend to use the "choke" lever always and then back it off immediately once she's running - I do this whatever the temp. I usually leave her idling for a minute before riding off.

PS mines a 2018 C5 with 2K miles
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: AmBraCol on April 09, 2019, 01:19:48 pm
Changed the clutch cable that broke on my trip last week. 
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Narada on April 09, 2019, 08:51:19 pm
Got headlight re-installed after securing harness back into nacelle. What a tight fit! Rotating speedo grommet between Koso-TNT and nacelle top to correct position did provide headlight clearance, and elevated little buttons for selecting function. Amazing...  ::) Previously they were blocked by big chrome steering head nut.  :P
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: johno on April 16, 2019, 10:25:41 am
Finally collected the B5 from winter storage after 2 hours on a bus (should have been 1 hour but it broke down!).
I still took the long way home over some of Dorset's finest back roads good to be back on the thumper again. I am thinking of putting the original torpedo silencer back on instead of the cocktail shaker or am I just being daft?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: ivanthetolerable on April 16, 2019, 04:49:27 pm
I added an old British mortar shell holder to the back. It's watertight, but I don't know what I'll put in it. Looks cool though.   
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ergyd on April 16, 2019, 05:48:40 pm
I added an old British mortar shell holder to the back. It's watertight, but I don't know what I'll put in it. Looks cool though.   

Fishing rod, and a flask of coffee!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: AmBraCol on April 16, 2019, 08:21:37 pm
Fishing rod, and a flask of coffee!

Funny, the first thing that popped into my mind was a fishing rod.   ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Narada on April 16, 2019, 08:49:17 pm
Spare inner tubes, large tire irons, some cookies, and a big thermos. Maybe registration in the lid?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ergyd on April 16, 2019, 09:47:07 pm
Funny, the first thing that popped into my mind was a fishing rod.   ;D

In a couple of months, I'm taking Harriet (2012 Bullet) for a month adventure, and am planning to combine biking and fishing for the first time... It's all I have on my mind at the moment!
Need to decide whether to make the jump to Tenkara, or stick with traditional fly...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: johno on April 16, 2019, 10:29:57 pm
I added an old British mortar shell holder to the back. It's watertight, but I don't know what I'll put in it. Looks cool though.
A long baguette with a full ploughmans encased within  :P
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Barnone on April 20, 2019, 08:07:35 pm
Went to the local RE dealer's open house today.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Richard230 on April 20, 2019, 10:17:12 pm
Went to the local RE dealer's open house today.

It must have been a warm day.  ;)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: ivanthetolerable on April 22, 2019, 05:00:56 pm
Did some polishing.  8)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Narada on April 22, 2019, 08:13:45 pm
Added "Tail Bag" ($50.00amazon.com) to rack I made last year for long rides or camping trips,  which mounts to pillion seat frame.

Tested bag by riding out on a 200 mile North Cascades moutain and forest ride.  8)

It worked! Now I can bring everything I want, and have easy access. Heavy items ride low in panniers. Bag easily detaches with carry handle.  :)

Also stopped by newest RE dealer; North Cacades HD (and RE). Nice place, good selection, good vibes (pun intended...)  ;)

(https://i.postimg.cc/NMsbTzjH/20190420-104541-Burst01.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: ivanthetolerable on April 22, 2019, 08:32:09 pm
Added "Tail Bag" ($50.00amazon.com) to rack I made last year for long rides or camping trips,  which mounts to pillion seat frame.

Tested bag by riding out on a 200 mile North Cascades moutain and forest ride.  8)

It worked! Now I can bring everything I want, and have easy access. Heavy items ride low in panniers. Bag easily detaches with carry handle.  :)

Also stopped by newest RE dealer; North Cacades HD (and RE). Nice place, good selection, good vibes (pun intended...)  ;)

(https://i.postimg.cc/NMsbTzjH/20190420-104541-Burst01.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)

Are those saddlebags OEM?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Narada on April 22, 2019, 08:52:09 pm
Hard Panniers came from "Blue Garage" in India. They are also available on ebay from various sellers.

Mine offered the option of being painted in any stock RE color and came with hand made brackets (which I had to modify and add a rear brace to.)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: AmBraCol on April 29, 2019, 10:28:33 pm
It wasn't "today", it was this weekend.

Applied silicone to the engine case joint to stop a persistent leak from the gasket.  Swapped out the accelerator cables.  Washer her down good.  Attached some cheap saddlebags to allow easier transportation of my raingear.  Joined the local One Ride 2019 group for an outing to Circasia.

She's running smooth and as always is a hoot to ride.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Mad4Bullets on April 30, 2019, 12:12:53 am
Just rode the bloody beauty to and from my son's little league baseball game. Could use a tank full of fresh fuel as the current is from last May. A thoroughly enjoyable evening.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on May 01, 2019, 12:14:02 am
I replaced the rear drive chain today on my 2011 G5 Deluxe with a RK 530 KS heavy duty chain.  This is a non-O-Ring chain but that's fine with me.  So was the one I removed.

The last time I changed the rear drive chain was back in January, 2012.

 The OEM chain had gone a total of 3,566 miles and during that time it needed adjusting 4 times.  When I removed it, it was totally worn out.  The wear was due to poorly heat treated links that rapidly wore as I rode.  I am kind of a nut when it comes to keeping my drive chain lubed so I know a lack of lube isn't the reason it wore so quickly.

I replaced it with a Made in USA, Diamond brand 530 chain.  After removing the OEM chain I took a close look at it and was surprised to notice it too was a Diamond chain.  The difference was, it was a Diamond chain that was made in India.

The replacement USA Diamond chain that I removed today has lasted a total of 18,682 miles.  It only needed adjusting 3 times and it is still in a good enough condition that it could easily go another 5,000 miles.

I better go out and give the new chain a workout now. :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Mad4Bullets on May 02, 2019, 05:17:51 pm
I designed and prototyped a cell phone holder that mounts just behind the steering's stem nut.  This completely avoids the blurring vibrations that travel through the handlebars and centralizes the phone to my line of sight. Road tests to begin ASAP.  A fun and challenging project.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Relic on May 04, 2019, 08:37:13 am
Today I fitted a HD Sportster exhaust to my Classic 350. I'm happy with the bike's performance but wanted more volume while riding in heavy traffic. I fitted a removable baffle to the exhaust which I've wired some heatproof wrap to, so some adjustment can be made if the bike is too loud - or not loud enough. After a ride this afternoon the bike has a deeper note and more "presence" on the road. Performance seems fine, a bit more urge in the mid range - or maybe it just sounds faster! I've got access to some richer carb jets so if the bike is leaning out at the top end I'll experiment until I get the optimum tune.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Guaire on May 04, 2019, 07:37:22 pm
Buy the HD XL mufflers by the pair. Keep one stock and mod the other one. Switch 'em when you need to.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: johno on May 04, 2019, 09:42:48 pm
Today I thought I'd check the B5 over before its annual roadworthy test next week.
Front brake was staying applied and could only be freed with a tap of something heavy ::).
so I removed the calliper and found the sliding pins seized in the sockets. After separating them I rubbed the pins down, I also removed the rubber boots from the calliper as they were all gummed up. reassembled with red grease and back to sliding smoothly.
I also found that there was some alloy corrosion around the pistons, the pistons themselves are like new. pumping the brake forced the corrosion out where it was cleaned up, more red grease used to lubricate the seals as the pistons were pushed home, did this a couple of times until the evidence of alloy corrosion was no more.
I then rubbed the pads on some emery to remove brake dust etc.
Before refitting I checked the runout of the disc, which was quite difficult because of all the holes! run out was 0.15mm which I think is ok?

Once it was all back together, took the Bike for a quick 6 mile spin, front brake is the best its been since new!
gonna give it a clean and polish tommorow, riding the goldwing this week but if the MOT is passed it will be the Bullet for most of summer on my 120 mile commute.


Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: johno on May 10, 2019, 12:27:35 pm
Good news, the Bullet just passed the MOT.
Now to get some miles on the clock, starting with 250 mile trip next week.
I only managed 1030 miles last year and 300 for each of the previous 2 years. That's the trouble with owning 4 bikes and 3 cars in a small country!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: AmBraCol on May 11, 2019, 03:58:32 pm
Good news, the Bullet just passed the MOT.
Now to get some miles on the clock, starting with 250 mile trip next week.
I only managed 1030 miles last year and 300 for each of the previous 2 years. That's the trouble with owning 4 bikes and 3 cars in a small country!

We've got three bikes and one automobile.  The "spare" Honda Biz gets the least use as neither of us usually has to go to town on the day we can't ride one of the others.  The Rumbler got fewer miles last year as I was out of country for three months and running like crazy to catch up when I got back. 

Today I shifted the Rumbler over in the parking area to make room for easier moving of "stuff" as we leave this house for another.  Haven't had much time for riding in the middle of the move, much less for fiddling around with the bikes.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: ivanthetolerable on May 21, 2019, 12:17:10 am
My electric starter's wire was grounding somewhere on the bike and causing the main and engine fuses to blow and lose all power/. After a day trying to trace it, I gave up and installed a new left-handed starter button.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Relic on May 24, 2019, 07:19:50 am
My bike clocked over 20,000 kilometers today.

Ok it is just 12,427 miles, but I'm still celebrating it! Plus I think milestones are always a good time to take stock, particularly with my vehicles.

This stout-hearted machine has carried me, often with camping gear loaded into my panniers, on some great adventures over the past 2 1/2 years.

Ownership has been incredibly rewarding and trouble free for relatively little outlay.

I also attribute the bikes' reliability to the great advice from this forum - so thank you to the contributors for providing such a fantastic resource.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Narada on May 25, 2019, 04:13:25 am
As I just posted in the "Twin" part of the Forum. I have cancelled my Chrome Interceptor pre-order and used the deposit money to purchase a "Dyno-Jet Auto Tune" to work with my PC-V and set my own fuel maps - no more dyno fees - and will be focusing on continuing to upgrade Bholenath (C5)  8) instead of dreaming of a new bike which won't be here until "Sometime in August", at the earliest.   :P

I will probably still buy a chrome interceptor, but in my own time, no longer dependent upon the grace of a soulless corporation (no offence to RE).  :o
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: heloego on May 25, 2019, 04:20:46 pm
Congrats Relic!
I've over 13K on my 2012 and still running strong.
I, too have benefited from advice here, so BIG THANKS to all!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Bilgemaster on June 23, 2019, 01:33:46 am
As I just posted in the "Twin" part of the Forum. I have cancelled my Chrome Interceptor pre-order and used the deposit money to purchase a "Dyno-Jet Auto Tune" to work with my PC-V and set my own fuel maps - no more dyno fees - and will be focusing on continuing to upgrade Bholenath (C5)  8) instead of dreaming of a new bike which won't be here until "Sometime in August", at the earliest.   :P

I will probably still buy a chrome interceptor, but in my own time, no longer dependent upon the grace of a soulless corporation (no offence to RE).  :o

Your 'Bholenath' is SUCH a fine looking ride, that if it were mine, I wouldn't exactly be on the edge of my seat waiting for that Chrome Interceptor to trundle into the showroom. I gotta say though, those 650s are really growing on me.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Narada on June 24, 2019, 07:46:47 pm
Thanks Bilgemaster!

An Iron Barrel (Deluxe) Bholenath might even look better, but I do think I will make-do with UCE Bhole for now...lol!

Currently waiting for me to change fork oil. Been kind of busy lately... :P

Those Int's are nice but who has time to wait? ???  Been enjoying my 2015 Bonnie 865 twin instead!  8) Ha ha!

I just gotta ride (and upgrade) what I got...   ;)

Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: upintheair on July 13, 2019, 05:08:12 am
Took a leisurely ride on some back roads here in moderate temperature (100 degrees) just after lunch.  45 mph was just about perfect for my B5 with windshield.  What was the saying about mad dogs and Englishmen in the noon day sun?  I guess I qualify, even though I'm in northern California.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Narada on August 12, 2019, 04:25:32 am
Finally got some time in on my Hindu Hot Rod!  :)

Fork oil is changed. Right side had 150 cc, left had 125 cc of black watery oil...supposedly 10W-30. Now has Factory Service Manual reccomended quantity of 265 cc, in Motul brand 15W per side.  8)

New DID chain installed, adjusted and oiled, and stock rear shocks adjusted up two notches higher, to highest setting.  :)

Been trying to cure wobbly instability on freeway (those rain grooves in concrete can be Hell  :o  ) and have learned a lot about that (for a new guy).  :P

Almost replaced my K-70's as a final attempt before GHG coached me through a tire pressure test session...long story short, 28 psi rear, and 18 front did wonders for my bike as I am set up.

Also finally got Uni pod air filter on too. Sounds cooler, runs better, revs higher, goes faster. It's all a bit subtle, but undeniably tangible.

The Madras Missile is ready to Ride Out!  8)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Richard230 on August 12, 2019, 01:56:28 pm
Finally got some time in on my Hindu Hot Rod!  :)

Fork oil is changed. Right side had 150 cc, left had 125 cc of black watery oil...supposedly 10W-30. Now has Factory Service Manual reccomended quantity of 265 cc, in Motul brand 15W per side.  8)

New DID chain installed, adjusted and oiled, and stock rear shocks adjusted up two notches higher, to highest setting.  :)

Been trying to cure wobbly instability on freeway (those rain grooves in concrete can be Hell  :o  ) and have learned a lot about that (for a new guy).  :P

Almost replaced my K-70's as a final attempt before GHG coached me through a tire pressure test session...long story short, 28 psi rear, and 18 front did wonders for my bike as I am set up.

Also finally got Uni pod air filter on too. Sounds cooler, runs better, revs higher, goes faster. It's all a bit subtle, but undeniably tangible.

The Madras Missile is ready to Ride Out!  8)

Your tire air pressure recommendations of 18 front and 28 rear didn't work for me at freeway speeds. Those pressures caused severe wobbling while riding my 2011 B-5, even on smooth pavement, when the bike had the original Dunlop Speedmaster II tires.  When I pumped them up to 24 psi front and 32 psi rear, as recommended by Dunlop for their K-70 tires, the bike became stable right up to its top speed of 78 mph.  I am now running K-70 tires with the same results. My bike continues to be stable at high speeds, although I will admit that the K-70 tires hunt a bit on rain grooves, which the Speedmaster tires didn't do.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Narada on August 12, 2019, 03:43:47 pm
Your tire air pressure recommendations of 18 front and 28 rear didn't work for me at freeway speeds. Those pressures caused severe wobbling while riding my 2011 B-5, even on smooth pavement, when the bike had the original Dunlop Speedmaster II tires.  When I pumped them up to 24 psi front and 32 psi rear, as recommended by Dunlop for their K-70 tires, the bike became stable right up to its top speed of 78 mph.  I am now running K-70 tires with the same results. My bike continues to be stable at high speeds, although I will admit that the K-70 tires hunt a bit on rain grooves, which the Speedmaster tires didn't do.

Just to be clear, I am not recommending anyone copy what worked for me, just sayin', it worked for me... There seem to be a lot of variables from one RE to the next, and it is confusing to understand how any of it makes sense. Ultimately, trial and error is what got me where I am now. Having just ridden in to work this morning, I can say Bholenath has never felt better on the road!  8)

A few differences we have are B5 vs. C5 which I believe have slightly different frames. I think you would have the leading axle forks? I have the axle straight at the end of fork, I think you have the 18" front wheel? I have the 19". And your B5 is 2011, my C5 is 2015. I did put the "old school" swing arm bushings in last winter too, if that has any effect on wobble... I figured it was worth a try and an upgrade (in my opinion) I was happy to make, anyway. I tried going with factory recommended tire pressures too with no luck...  ???

Gods only know what makes a Royal Enfield do what they do. Personally, I think they are karmic devices which are employed by the divine to seduce and play with us until we either surrender, or go mad,  :o LOL!  ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: johno on August 12, 2019, 06:03:01 pm
On my 2012 B5 with 19" front and rear, I run 26psi Front and 32 Psi rear. seems to be ok on 120 mile trips at 65-70mph.
The handbook says 19psi in the front, this is dangerously low having nearly lost the front end on a roundabout or two.
The rear at 32 is kind of what all my bikes have had over the years, apart from radial tyres which are 40psi and above on more modern tat.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Richard230 on August 12, 2019, 10:24:27 pm
My 2011 B5 has a 19" front wheel and a leading axle fork. That is why when commenting about my RE I always mention the model and year. I agree that they all seem to handle differently. Trial and error appears to be the best way to adjust tire pressures. Certainly, the owner's manual isn't much help.  ::)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: mattsz on August 13, 2019, 07:34:25 pm
although I will admit that the K-70 tires hunt a bit on rain grooves, which the Speedmaster tires didn't do.

Interesting - rain groove "hunting" by the stock Speedmaster front tire is one of the most common complaints about them I've seen... trial and error indeed!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: johno on August 14, 2019, 08:55:25 am
My B5 is currently running MITAS tyres front and rear, far superior to the 'skidmasters'.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Carlsberg Wordsworth on August 18, 2019, 07:39:29 pm
Me too johno. Cheap as well. Going to have to get a rear soon though.

Anyway, yesterday a short evening blat around the country lanes and today a clean lube the chain.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Guaire on August 22, 2019, 10:28:22 pm
Got in 20 miles on the newly set up EJK fuel controller. I was hoping I hit the base line settings that have worked for other Bulleteers here. The EJK is held by Velcro in the fuse box door. There are two wires. The small coiled one is for the battery. The larger one is the male/female connector to the throttle body.
  I blanked out the exhaust gas monitor and inserted a loop switch into the wiring harness.
  I switched to an HD XL muffler, as Arizoni recommended. I drilled through the baffles with a 1" hole saw.
  The plug appears light tan.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Haggis on August 22, 2019, 10:49:51 pm
A few differences we have are B5 vs. C5 which I believe have slightly different frames. I think you would have the leading axle forks? I have the axle straight at the end of fork, I think you have the 18" front wheel? I have the 19". And your B5 is 2011, my C5 is 2015.
The straight bottom forks take 195ml of oil! You say you have put in 265ml which is what the leading axle forks take. I would say your forks are over filled.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Narada on August 23, 2019, 12:07:42 am
Oops!  :o   :P

Information is very confused for the various fork designs. I was actually going on a friends advise and I believe he does have the leading axle...

So far they're working great! I suppose I'm risking blowing my seals? Just did a 300 mile ride and no leaks yet... ???

EDIT; I just looked up my notes and I actually had varified in my Factory Service Manual, page 02-7, 265 ml +2.5 (?) for E5, G5, C5. Of course, it says on the cover; "updated December 2010" and shows leading axles in pictures. Doh!

EDIT AGAIN;  Might I ask your source of information Haggis, which indicates 195 ml?
The new Haynes manual just says to put back the same amount that comes out, lol!
Ducatti Scotty's write up says 190 - 195 ml, and that was based on comments from the Indian Royal Enfield Forum. As I remember, Scotty said, that they said, if you go over 195 your seals will (or may) leak...

ONE MORE EDIT AGAIN; I just went out and looked, definately no leaks and about 400 total miles since oil change.  I also re-read Scotty's write-up which was at least based on his leading fork C5, and was written in 2011. Not sure if they had the straight bottom forks yet in 2011? 
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Haggis on August 23, 2019, 03:32:11 pm
I have a pdf workshop manual dated April 2014 which shows the bikes with straight legs also the euro IV workshop manual.
It has the specs page wrong but the correct info in the  manual.
http://www.midlandbullets.co.uk/resources.htm
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: microbc on August 23, 2019, 07:02:05 pm
I have a pdf workshop manual dated April 2014 which shows the bikes with straight legs also the euro IV workshop manual.
It has the specs page wrong but the correct info in the  manual.
http://www.midlandbullets.co.uk/resources.htm

Which link do I select for the workshop manual dated 2014?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Bmadd34 on August 23, 2019, 08:30:14 pm
Went over Fieldy, changed her rear sprocket and chain and cleaned her up in preparation of the "Royal Ramble" tomorrow.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Haggis on August 23, 2019, 09:56:19 pm
Which link do I select for the workshop manual dated 2014?

You can get the euro 4 manual which covers the straight forks. The 2014 manual that have I downloaded from, royal enfield.com, but the file does no seem to be available now? I can send you it if you like? It's just over 11mb.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: microbc on August 23, 2019, 11:34:40 pm
You can get the euro 4 manual which covers the straight forks. The 2014 manual that have I downloaded from, royal enfield.com, but the file does no seem to be available now? I can send you it if you like? It's just over 11mb.

I would really appreciate if you could send me the file.

I have a 2013 C5 so the 2014 file would probably be perfect!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on August 24, 2019, 02:59:17 am
I just downloaded the euro IV manual and it says the amount of fork oil  needed is 430 ml per leg.
I don't know if this is right or wrong but if 265 ml of oil seems to be working I'd just leave it at that and ride on.

)Personally I find the idea that the fork oil quantity could increase that much over the old forks is stretching the imagination a bit.  Almost a pint of oil (0.45 quarts) per leg?  That seems like a lot of oil to me.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Haggis on August 24, 2019, 08:30:10 am
430 is for the gt. I did say don't go by the specs, but further into the manual on changing the fork oil, it has the right amount for the straight leg fork at 195ml.
Don't think there is even room for 430ml unless you add both legs together
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Dalmatian man on August 24, 2019, 10:18:28 am
I would really appreciate if you could send me the file.

I have a 2013 C5 so the 2014 file would probably be perfect!
Would much apreciate if you could email me a copy for my 2014 c5. Thanks
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Narada on August 24, 2019, 03:01:01 pm
Interestingly, the (Copyright 2009) UCE manual calls for 195cc on the C5... but the (Updated on December 2010) EFI calls for 265cc + 2.5cc for C5.  Those should both be the leading axle fork!  If either one was correct for the leading axle fork, could the same be true of the center axle fork?   ???

As others have found, the 2017 Euro IV manual calls for 430ml for the C5 under "Periodical Maintenance" Page-05, then on Page-82, under "Fork Oil Filling" it says 195ml for the C5. That is a center axle fork, and probably is the same as my 2015...but then again, who knows?  ???

If you still have that 2014 link Haggis, could you also send it to me? I don't know if you can access my email address directly, but a PM will work fine. At least that would be the closest reference to my 2015 C5.  Ideally, I would order a 2014 hard copy (since there is no 2015 version) of the manual but that probably doesn't exist, because after all... only someone who likes old school stuff (like an Enfield) would want one of those!  ;D

As I stated in an earlier post, the new Haynes manual says just to put back the same amount that comes out... and on that subject, what about the quantity that the factory puts in?!  :o Is that ever even close to correct, or is there ever anything close to the same amount in each side?  ??? They don't seem to give a f*ck when they build these things,  :o why is it so critical to be correct now?  ???  Of course, I want to do the best for my Bholenath, but it didn't seem to matter much to the factory.

From other research I have been doing, I believe there is no really true absolute amount of oil one should have.  I think the factory recommended amount should be a good average, but that you may choose to have a little more or less to suit your purposes, (or due to being unable to find the one correct answer!). This is a very interesting, and somewhat amusing subject. It will be interesting to see what becomes of my 265cc 2015 fork seals over the next few months (at least), as I won't be able to get back to them before Winter.  Once again, over 400 miles since putting the 265cc of Motul 15W in and all is well... so far!  ;)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Haggis on August 24, 2019, 10:55:37 pm
As you say, page 82 in the euro4 manual,  Front Fork Oil
Filling
 Fill Fork oil 195 ml/leg
(For Bullet & Classic
Models) and 430 ml/leg
(For Conti-GT Model)
with 2W 35 Grade.
Putting extra in decreases the air volume above the oil but because it's a smaller capacity the air pressure will rise higher for a given compression. This can be useful for stopping your forks from bottoming out and firming up the max compression. To much pressure is what blows the seals.
I wouldn't loose any sleep about having a little extra in there and it feels ok.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Narada on August 27, 2019, 02:45:23 pm
Maybe it's just me, but I was under the impression that fork oil quantity changed when RE went from leading axle to central axle design.

It has occurred to me since that they probably just moved the axle...maybe tweaked the triple tree and fork length, but it's still the same Bullet...why change the oil quantity to move an axle?  ???

Whatever is going on with the various listed oil capacities for the C5, may not have had anything to do with a fork design change...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Dalmatian man on August 27, 2019, 07:25:54 pm
Reading the two previous posts one has used the recommended fork oil,2w,and the other has used 15w. What do the experts on the forum think is the best viscosity oil to use.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Carlsberg Wordsworth on August 27, 2019, 08:03:24 pm
I'm pretty sure I used 10W last time round. It's on here somewhere and I'll have to check my logs for the amount I used.

Anyway, yesterday (late again lol) went on a nice 60 mile ride in the sun just for ice cream.

Glad of the air cooled motor not having fans blow hot air all over me like the others hahaha.

Only downside was that following some back issue did not help my hip any when changing gear :(
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Richard230 on August 27, 2019, 10:25:40 pm
Reading the two previous posts one has used the recommended fork oil,2w,and the other has used 15w. What do the experts on the forum think is the best viscosity oil to use.

I used 10wt oil Belray fork oil in the forks of my B-5. Seems to work OK.  Personally, I am not a fan of using motor oil in the forks as RE recommends.  I am pretty sure that motor oil has stuff in it that forks really don't need.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ergyd on August 27, 2019, 10:52:02 pm
Changing fork oil is definitely on my to-do list, so am keeping an eye and making notes from all your experiences!

Today, however, I did enough. Overhaul of both front (disc) and rear (drum) brakes. This includes the rear centralising mod, often references in previous discussions. What a difference.

Whilst bleeding the front brake - my first time ever doing so - I was initially worried that I didn't recognise the components in the master cylinder... Then I was baffled to realise that the previous person do the job had put the rubber cover in inside out! Didn't seem to affect the brake during the last few thousand miles I've owned her, but goes without saying that I corrected that oversight when I put it all back together!

Also replaced my HT lead and cap - part of attempting to find a solution to the rough running I've mentioned in a separate discussion. Seemed to be working well so far, on the short little blast I did to test it all out. I've gone for a Bp5es plug, figuring that since I've put on a resistor cap, there's no need for a resistor plug, right?

Also gave her a nice oil change - one sliver of metal on the magnet, but nothing to worry about (I hope!!!). Frustratingly, the oil change kit from Hitchcock's came without two of the rubber o-rings which were due a change - the oil filler cap, and the mesh cap. They're on their way now.

Changed a defective fuel level switch, too. Though I don't really pay much attention to it anyway - more of a make-a-note-of-mileage kind of guy!

After putting her all back together, and giving her a thorough inspection before taking her out for a test ride, I noticed that somehow, whilst spending so much time around the wheels doing the brakes, I'd failed to noticed a bent spoke on the rear wheel! Damnit.

Take it off again, and take it to the only spoke-wheel place I know of in Cardiff... Only for them to tell me that they don't do motorcycle wheels anymore! Couldn't recommend anyone nearby either, would've had to take/send it bloody miles away.
Lucky for me, once the boss walked away, one of the guys came over - he's a biker himself, and wanted a look. Turns out it was enough just to tap the bent one with a hammer, and retighten the spokes, which he did there and then! I'm relatively new to biking, and I still find the fraternity spirit incredible.

Whilst refitting the wheel, noticed a small gouge in the tyre... FFS.
Maybe it's time for those K70's I've been considering... Or any other suggestions for tyres?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Boxerman on August 28, 2019, 08:21:38 am
Maybe it's time for those K70's I've been considering... Or any other suggestions for tyres?
Have you considered Avon Roadriders [AM26]?
They are standard on the Electra efi. I'm not good enough to test them to their full potential but they are a very popular choice.
Frank
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ergyd on August 28, 2019, 12:16:56 pm
Have you considered Avon Roadriders [AM26]?
They are standard on the Electra efi. I'm not good enough to test them to their full potential but they are a very popular choice.
Frank

Hey Frank,

I'm considering quite a few options - Roadriders, Mitas H02, K70's... All have had good reviews on these boards. Would be interesting to do a side-by-side comparison, but it's mainly going to be a juggle between wallet and aesthetics - unless someone wants to raise a safety issue, which will trump both the other considerations!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Wrc323 on September 01, 2019, 04:04:26 am
Been a while since I've been on here. My fuel tank developed a slow leak that was traced to the rear bracket. Rather than getting it repaired I thought it would probably be quicker and cost not much more getting a new tank considering it would need to be drained of fuel, cleaned, welded, painted, etc. So I put an order in at my local RE dealer and a week or so later got the call that it was in. So I popped down for them to install and went for a coffee. Only to get a call that they can't fit it due to the wrong year model being supplied. So they go about ordering the correct one. Well that ended up being a 5 month saga of back and forth, photos of my tank supplied, pics from the RE catalogue sent to me asking if it was the correct one, tank being on back order, etc.

I got the good call during the week saying that it arrived so booked it in and had it installed yesterday, along with a pillion seat.

So after the install I wend for a nice ride along the beach. I'll be looking forward to some longer rides now the warmer weather is coming. I think I might get a rear rack to swap the seat out for some camping trips too.

(https://i.imgur.com/Vyp9KIn.jpg)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: olhogrider on September 01, 2019, 04:14:42 am
First, why is this question here and not showing up for everyone? Second, I installed my rear rack on the Interceptor and went for a ride. ;)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Enfield Pro on September 01, 2019, 04:32:44 am
Been a while since I've been on here. My fuel tank developed a slow leak that was traced to the rear bracket. Rather than getting it repaired I thought it would probably be quicker and cost not much more getting a new tank considering it would need to be drained of fuel, cleaned, welded, painted, etc. So I put an order in at my local RE dealer and a week or so later got the call that it was in. So I popped down for them to install and went for a coffee. Only to get a call that they can't fit it due to the wrong year model being supplied. So they go about ordering the correct one. Well that ended up being a 5 month saga of back and forth, photos of my tank supplied, pics from the RE catalogue sent to me asking if it was the correct one, tank being on back order, etc.

I got the good call during the week saying that it arrived so booked it in and had it installed yesterday, along with a pillion seat.

So after the install I wend for a nice ride along the beach. I'll be looking forward to some longer rides now the warmer weather is coming. I think I might get a rear rack to swap the seat out for some camping trips too.


The rear brackets have always been an issue. I would recommend adding some shims or a thicker head steady bracket. That way when the rear mounting bolt is tightened up (with an impact) it won't tweak the tabs. It happened twice on my G5 before I said WTF, after the mod it never happened again.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Carlsberg Wordsworth on September 04, 2019, 02:00:18 pm
Ergyd, just remembered I was going to look at my service history for you.

I used Morris 10W for oil, 180ml each leg for my 2012 B5.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Mike in Oz on September 20, 2019, 06:49:14 am
Just chucked on some panniers and a crash bar.

Damn I love this bike!  ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Enfield Pro on September 20, 2019, 06:18:52 pm
Looking good Mike. Did your luggage rack bolt on out of the box no mods necessary?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Carlsberg Wordsworth on September 20, 2019, 09:05:19 pm
So filtering the traffic. Some bozo decides can no longer wait and decides to U-turn into me.

Whilst using a mobile phone!

 No-one hurt. Bike ok. Left footpeg wobbles. Might have always been like that though. Never looked before and if I have, I have long since forgotten.

Police report filed. Keep you posted.

Other than that, she was on song today. Bike felt more planted than usual, weather great, temp great (probably helped) a joy to ride. And there was me thinking that my back/hip could be the end of this machine. Will hold this thought off for a while at least.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Fragman on October 06, 2019, 01:19:32 am
I went for a nice 60 km ride around me zone & stopped by me dealer's shop fer a gab. Nice weather after numerous
rainy days. The trusty C5 still starts on the first boot. Luv 'er. 8)




Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: suitcasejefferson on October 08, 2019, 02:53:52 am
Just putting the finishing touches on my B5 to get it ready for riding season, which is during the winter where I live. New tires and tubes, new chain, new rear brakes, new spark plug, the only thing I haven't done (yet) is replace the plastic oil pump gear. Some say it is necessary, some say it isn't. I will probably do it in the not too distant future. It still has $20 a gallon ethanol free small engine fuel in the tank so I could start it up on a regular basis during summer storage. Once I put real gas in it I will have to ride it on a regular basis to prevent damage to the fuel system (the carb is cheap, I'm more concerned about the tank rusting out) I should be taking it for it's first ride in months during the next few days.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Relic on November 02, 2019, 07:58:10 am
A beautiful spring day in New Zealand had me washing my Classic 350 and heading out for a ride. More than three years after buying the bike it still puts a smile on my face.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gizzo on November 02, 2019, 08:23:53 am
More than three years after buying the bike it still puts a smile on my face.

Same here! 
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Narada on November 02, 2019, 12:30:03 pm
Had to work today...but last Saturday I took Bholenath into the Cascade Mountains of Washington State, to "Jack's Pass", (near Stevens Pass), 25 miles along a dirt road mountain pass through the forest.  :)

At the end, the road was washed out, so I had to turn around and go back over the other way!  8)


(https://i.postimg.cc/sXkYDK8w/20191026-162803-Burst01.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: heloego on November 02, 2019, 12:39:46 pm
Great pic, Narada!
Glad you had a good run, anyway!  ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Narada on November 02, 2019, 10:47:51 pm
It was Awesome!  Btw, my 265 ml per fork tube of Motul 15W took the bumps and potholes like a champ, and I was hitting quite a few!    :P
It was getting late, cold, and close to dark too, so I was pushing pretty hard to get out of there.  :o Me and the bike were well covered in mud by the time I got out, but no leaks around the fork seals... Yee-haw!  :D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Mad4Bullets on November 03, 2019, 07:47:23 pm
I fixed my battery trickle charging system. In typical Classic 500 style, the intense vibration at the battery's negative terminal sheared the charger's ring lug in half like a hot knife through butter.  This sort of thing happens so often it's become laughable. How boring it must be to own a bike that's not trying to self-destruct via its own vibes. Try as she may to push me away it simply won't work. I still love my girl. Never underestimate the therapeutic power of wrenching on your own bike.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ove on November 03, 2019, 10:45:42 pm
It's been nagging at me that the dealer didnt touch the oil strainer at the first service. So, 500 miles further on, I've done a second change. Minor iron filings on the drain magnet, the oil still looked light golden and the strainer was almost completely clear, apart from a tiny amount of fibres. Looked like lint fibres. Cant work out what it was?

Still getting used to the oil sight window. Filled it to the top notch, left it for a cuppa. In the same position when I came back, so started it up, ran it for a couple of minutes. Checked the level, no oil  ???  Put about 1/4 litre in and it was fine again and not wavered after running it again.  All while not moving the bike on the centre stand.

They seem to have their own personality!

Got myself a canvas bag, big enough for a dry-sack full of waterproofs and a tool roll for extra tools & bits. Attached it to the side of the mudguard top rack (no rear seat), added a canvas strap to prevent it getting anywhere near the tyre. Very pleased with it. A nice day, just fiddling, with a 30 mile ride thrown in. Perfect!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Narada on December 16, 2019, 04:31:00 pm
Riding in to work this morning, in the dark, I suddenly sensed something odd happening with the light in front of my bike. I couldn't understand what had gotten my attention but proceeded with increased awareness...

A moment later I figured it out as my headlight popped out of its housing and was dangling by its harness over my front fender, lol!  :o

I was able to pull off the road with no problem. Upon inspection I found that the single #2 phillips pan head screw on top of the housing had vibrated loose and allowed the light assembly to drop out.

I was back on the road after a few minutes, having accessed my handy bag-o tools (which I never leave home without).  I think I'll put some blue lock tite on that screw tonight! ;)

Even after stopping for roadside repair, I still got to work with two minutes to spare...whew! Never a dull moment...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Narada on December 24, 2019, 05:00:31 pm
Never did loctite that screw, and my headlight fell out again during pre-Christmas eve adventure ride!  ???

Despite the rain, I had decided to take a very long country road route home from work yesterday afternoon. Half way along, I encountered barricades and "Road Closed" signs.  ::)

Seeing my opportunity for some Himalayan ride training, I rode between the barricades and continued on with caution.

On the way, I found two areas where the road was washed out with large active streams, and took Bholenath for some "water crossings", yee-haw!  :o

After I got back to the open road, I realized my headlight had come out again, and was dangling by its harness!  :P

Luckily, the threaded piece that the top screw goes into was laying on the wiring harness, I thought I had lost it for sure, and was ready to secure the light with electrical tape, lol!  ;D

Additionally, after all that, I was enjoying a nice banked uphill curve, dimly illuminated by my crappy headlight, when I hit a huge wash of gravel and slid what seemed like a couple of feet over as I completed the turn!  :o That was a new experience for me!

Later, on this same two lane country road, my dim headlight just barely illuminated in time, a brand new "traffic circle" some idiots decided we needed! I had to swerve to make it through that one! No warning signs, lights, reflectors, paint...just a new death defying concrete circle in the middle of an old country road. God, I hate those things!!!  >:(

I finally got home to a nice warm house, completely frozen, and filled with grattitude for the Christmas miracles that had gotten me there in one piece!  8)

I am going back today to personally shovel and sweep the gravel off that curve, and definately getting a new headlight A.S.A.P., maybe a better helmet too! :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on December 25, 2019, 12:55:39 am
Several times, the headlight on my G5 has come loose and ended up dangling from the harness.

It might be due to the large headlight rim I had to use when I got rid of that damn 5 3/4" thing.  I don't know.
I do know the heavy sheet metal bracket the screw fits into needed to be bent a bit  and I had to add a layer of solder to the end of it to built it up so it would firmly clamp the headlight in place.
After making these changes, I haven't had a problem with it but just in case, I keep my eye on it and test it with my hand before going for a long ride.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Narada on December 31, 2019, 06:42:33 pm
I just got an LED "Truck Light". Hopefully, I'll get time to install it today. My friend has them in a couple of his bikes and he is very happy with them.  :) I don't think they look too bad either. I was hesitant to get one of those UFO looking LED lights, but this LED ain't bad...  ::)  All I know is I'm tired of riding blind at night, I need to see be able to see what the hell is in front of me, had to bust a move... ;)

http://www.truck-lite.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?urlRequestType=Base&catalogId=10002&categoryId=13091&productId=48710&errorViewName=ProductDisplayErrorView&urlLangId=-1&langId=-1&top_category=&parent_category_rn=&storeId=10001

Thanks for your input Arizoni, I will also be taking a long look at how that screw and hold down piece work. At least put some blue lock tite on...this time I mean it!  ;D And I think that from here on out, I too will be keeping an eye on that screw! ;)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: diogo_sergio on January 23, 2020, 02:24:01 pm
Today i found out that one of the bolts holding the mudguard stay on my b5 is missing and that one of the bolts holding my seat is the wrong type. Add to that the throttle grip that was badly mounted, one of the holes for the cables on my nacellle that was drilled a bit off, a broken exhaust bracket and wrong size tires the dealer initially sold the bike to me with and quirk factor of this bike goes through the roof! xD Still love it though and won't be selling it any time soon  :P
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: litfire145 on January 26, 2020, 05:05:48 am
I found out today that my bike hopefully needs a clutch adjustment. She popped out of third gear on me. Also my speedo is acting up. It goes up but doesn’t come back down. However, if I pull on the speedo cable while riding it works.

I’m thinking I’ll buy a speedo cable and a speedo gear and see what happens.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on January 27, 2020, 01:54:40 am
Try removing the speedometer cable and coating it with a liberal coating of Vaseline Petroleum Jelly.  Then, work it back up to the speedometer and with luck and a bit of twisting and shoving, sooner or later it will slide back into the speedometer.  That should fix your wonky speedometer.

As for the clutch adjustment, there should be about a 1/8" gap between the lever and the bracket that holds it when you LIGHTLY pull on the lever.

If it is more than that, adjust the clutch using the two nuts on the cable down by the clutch arm.

Usually, if the transmission jumps out of gear it is because you didn't use enough force to engage it.

These Royal Enfield gearboxes are not like the Japanese gearboxes where just a flick of the lever is all that is needed to change gears.  With a Royal Enfield, you have to be the boss and shift the gears with some real pressure.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Carlsberg Wordsworth on January 27, 2020, 10:13:03 pm
Another 'What did you do to your Royal Enfield today' but posted late report lol.

Not ridden it for a couple of months now, kept the battery charged when I remember too. Got to get it ready for an MOT so though I better warm her up.

Couple of kicks with ignition off, held the bi-starter open, got the piston in the right place and whump!

Started first time, no dramas. Bit of white smoke though. Needs a good run.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: litfire145 on February 01, 2020, 01:09:43 am
So I pulled my speedo cable, shot some cable lube into it, and it works again. I’m pretty satisfied with that.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on February 01, 2020, 01:25:17 am
For 9 years, I've used plain old petroleum jelly on my cable and after 23000 miles, it's working great.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Relic on February 07, 2020, 01:01:29 am
I spent a happy morning in my workshop attending to a couple of jobs.

Firstly I replaced the speedo drive unit. It self destructed in spectacular fashion a few weeks back, and the photo shows the old unit. The cable is cleaned & greased regularly, so I don't know why the hub unit let go.

Secondly I could feel some side to side movement in the swing arm. The bike has done nearly 22,000kms on a variety of surfaces including dirt and river crossings, often loaded with full panniers of camping gear. For a 350 it works hard for a living.

On strip down the swing arm bushings showed no obvious signs of wear, although there were some rust stains on the inner tube. I cleaned everything, applied plenty of grease and torqued the pivot bolt to the recommended 70nm. On retesting the play was gone, and all components were free of a few years of grime & chain oil residue.

I was surprised that the chain needed readjusting even though I marked the snail cams before strip down. I'll go for a couple of short rides over the coming weekend & recheck.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Markus Oz on February 09, 2020, 05:55:06 am
Went for a cruise over the hills just by myself. Found a new coffee stop. Bike now done 800km
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Relic on February 16, 2020, 02:50:54 am
Made & fitted a couple of mud flaps for the bike out of 3mm rubber.

I've got a 4 day ride coming up next month, & on dirt roads the front engine mount (and engine) get coated with mud.

While the rear mud flap wont do much for my bike, it may reduce the spray onto my riding buddy. 

Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: AmBraCol on February 18, 2020, 03:37:55 pm
Have a trip coming up soon, so doing my best to get the Rumbler into shape for it.  Took her into the dealer's place and had them give a good maintenance to the fuel system and injector.  Not having a place to work on the bike here at the house means farming out some stuff like this.  Also flushed the front and rear brakes with fresh brake fluid.  Preliminary results show improved acceleration due to a clean fuel pickup, the in tank filter was quite grimy before.  Friday I plan to pull the front forks and change the oil and make sure everything is ready for the trip.  Four years of riding pleasure and I'm just as tickled with the bike as when she was new.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gizzo on February 18, 2020, 11:03:41 pm
Have a trip coming up soon, so doing my best to get the Rumbler into shape for it.  Took her into the dealer's place and had them give a good maintenance to the fuel system and injector.  Not having a place to work on the bike here at the house means farming out some stuff like this.  Also flushed the front and rear brakes with fresh brake fluid.  Preliminary results show improved acceleration due to a clean fuel pickup, the in tank filter was quite grimy before.  Friday I plan to pull the front forks and change the oil and make sure everything is ready for the trip.  Four years of riding pleasure and I'm just as tickled with the bike as when she was new.

So good! Have a great trip.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: AmBraCol on February 19, 2020, 12:39:36 am
So good! Have a great trip.

Thanks!  I'm looking forward to it.  Still debating route, but the kicker is that Bogotá is my destination.  Not looking forward to THAT part of the ride.  The rest?  It'll be great to be out of town again, first road trip in a couple of years.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: kdxandrew on February 22, 2020, 10:03:53 am
clocked 20,000km on the 350 classic - no problems so far, and keeping its condition well, thanks to regular applications of ACF50 :-)

                             
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Narada on February 27, 2020, 02:25:18 pm
Ran out of gas on the way to work, doh!  :o
Waiting for truck to bring some now... :P
Title: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: eggman65 on February 29, 2020, 05:10:58 pm
Pedestrian Slicer install. Sourced from India via ebay. Solid brass. Fun project.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: stefano_musica on March 13, 2020, 03:32:48 am
I rode to our local dealer to try a Himalayan. However over the last 6 months I've been restoring my 2010 Classic 500 back to OEM.

Today I fitted new switch blocks because the previous owner decided to fit aftermarket handlebars. But instead of drilling a small hole for the locating dowel to fit into the bars, they just chopped it off and fitted the new bars anyway.

The problem with the new bars, much like most "mods" I see is that they buy cheap, ill fitting junk and you get issues like the bars hitting the tank.

You could just swivel the bars so they don't, but then the bike is uncomfortable to ride.

So after fitting new OEM bars last week, I fitted the new Switchblocks and they don't spin around the handlebars now when you press the start button. Or the indicator cancellation button. Or twist the throttle.

And while I was fitting that, the airbox arrived. My bike didn't have one. Just the metal lockable cover. So for the last 40,000km it's been sucking in unfiltered air. I put it up to luck that I don't have a dead engine.

The only thing left to do on this Classic 500 is to fit an OEM tail light and indicator assembly. The previous owner fitted a "vintage" looking "stop" light. Problem is, the indicators were moved to near under the rider seat. With panniers on, they're blocked. Illegal and a safety risk.

Anyway, new to the forum, but been a lurker for a little while.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: 58webbing on March 13, 2020, 02:06:06 pm
At the moment I am waiting for the posty to bring me inner tubes so that I can fit trials tyres to my C5. Attached are some pictures of my ammo box (plastic) panniers fitted with straight aluminium bar stock. The 20mm dia bar across the back can be used to lug the bike about. I arranged it so the tops of the boxes is higher than the mudguard so bulky items can be strapped to the panniers without tipping on the mudguard. The whole thing can be removed with loosening 4 nuts. I hope you find it of interest.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: olhogrider on March 13, 2020, 09:34:38 pm
At the moment I am waiting for the posty to bring me inner tubes so that I can fit trials tyres to my C5. Attached are some pictures of my ammo box (plastic) panniers fitted with straight aluminium bar stock. The 20mm dia bar across the back can be used to lug the bike about. I arranged it so the tops of the boxes is higher than the mudguard so bulky items can be strapped to the panniers without tipping on the mudguard. The whole thing can be removed with loosening 4 nuts. I hope you find it of interest.

Nice job!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: olhogrider on March 13, 2020, 09:35:38 pm
Ebay bar end Napoleon mirrors arrived today!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Frogman8 on March 18, 2020, 02:56:49 pm
At the moment I am waiting for the posty to bring me inner tubes so that I can fit trials tyres to my C5. Attached are some pictures of my ammo box (plastic) panniers fitted with straight aluminium bar stock. The 20mm dia bar across the back can be used to lug the bike about. I arranged it so the tops of the boxes is higher than the mudguard so bulky items can be strapped to the panniers without tipping on the mudguard. The whole thing can be removed with loosening 4 nuts. I hope you find it of interest.

Can you post us a link for those ammo boxes? Great set up.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: stefano_musica on March 21, 2020, 09:19:27 am
Replaced a nut and bolt I lost on a ride yesterday. Was loctite'd and was a Nyloc nut too.

Other than that, went on a 200km ride through Bilpin NSW and back around to my place via Lithgow and Katoomba.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: olhogrider on March 21, 2020, 08:34:23 pm
Installed a new front caliper. Time to bleed. The brake. ::)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Relic on March 22, 2020, 03:04:00 am
Just back from a four day ride to unplug from the world. After washing off about a kilo of bugs that had glued themselves to every possible surface I moved the bike into my workshop for some scheduled maintenance.
The rear brake adjuster was right up so I fitted a new set of shoes that arrived from India while I was away. The old shoes were down to 2.5mm of friction material after 23,400kms so no complaints there. Now I just need to bed in the new shoes over a few gentle rides.
I also made a chicken head ignition key as seen in one of Wild Bill's videos. Fun project, and I'm happy with the end result. I tried a hot glue gun to secure the key but it didn't set hard enough. I ended up using some JB Weld steel reinforced epoxy resin.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: robfred on March 26, 2020, 05:58:34 pm
Hi All,

Off as have had fever and dry cough (bleeding COVID 19) luckily now feeling better  :) thought I would get out from under the wifes feet and have a nice bit of tinkering in the shed.
Time to put a 19T front sprocket in Bert the 2019 B5 Bullet. I researched on-line and forum..alot... looked pretty straight forward...
It was a nightmare of a job... Whoever put the bike together in factory didn't do me any favours.
Had to drop exhaust as couldn't get the foot peg off which was stopping the case coming away.
Couldn't find the magneto wires when I did they were buried in behind to wiring/tool box. Then the connectors wouldn't come apart. Gave up, cable tied the case out of the way.
The original gasket wouldn't come away so took ages of careful scrapping with Stanley blade.
Getting the old sprocket of however was a breeze 19T fitted there's gap but tighter than factory fitted 17T.
Put all back together hoping not leaking or anything fell off whilst I was fiddling. Took it for test just round our cul-de-sac much more sedate wouldn't say vibes have improved that much, just lower down the range. Has made Bert a more comfortable and dare I say a more lazy unhurried feeling ride. So thumbs up for the 19T... now just waiting for something to fall off or seize the way my luck is going.

I wish all on the forum good health and hope you avoid this horrible COVID 19.

Cheers

Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Haggis on March 26, 2020, 08:35:09 pm
Robfred,
Did you double check that the oil pump output O ring seal was still in place?
(https://i.ibb.co/Wgk1Jkj/MNjk-Szy-2.jpg)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: robfred on March 27, 2020, 09:31:34 am
Yep quick check on oil seal before finally closing up the housing.
Any ideas how to get the electric blocks (attached to magneto wiring) apart so I can take the whole casing off as think might put on a Carberry plate.
Cheers
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: robfred on March 27, 2020, 11:31:46 am
Also does anyone know if there is supposed to be movement in the magneto?
pulling and pushing no movement, However on twisting left and right there is some movement is this normal??

Cheers
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Boxerman on March 27, 2020, 01:00:44 pm
It shouldn't move relative to the crankshaft.

Frank

How did 'relative' become 'reflective'?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Haggis on March 27, 2020, 02:46:49 pm
Absolutely not, the rotor is keyed onto the shaft and the nut should be torque is 48nm.
As for you connector,  mine is very easy to access from the battery side.
Push the catch down and pull apart.
(https://i.ibb.co/xfvxzqv/IMG-20200327-142332-2.jpg) (https://ibb.co/TbX9PMX)
(https://i.ibb.co/cYT32Sc/IMG-20200327-141938.jpg) (https://ibb.co/MBNSPxD)
(https://i.ibb.co/1636SnC/IMG-20200327-142023.jpg) (https://ibb.co/C2q2rtj)
(https://i.ibb.co/7pNTYbK/IMG-20200327-142053.jpg) (https://ibb.co/943f8GW)
(https://i.ibb.co/S6Tq1BY/IMG-20200327-142223.jpg) (https://ibb.co/b6hpyXw)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: robfred on March 27, 2020, 07:06:57 pm
Thanks for the photos Haggis, very helpful. Looks nothing like mine, whoever put it together just sort of shoved it in behind the ECU box only way to really access it will be to take the whole box off which looks a real pain in the arse  >:(
Think I will leave alone and just cable tie the housing out of the way when I do the Carberry.

Cheers
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: stefano_musica on March 29, 2020, 02:27:22 am
Today I finished making an entire new wire loom for the rear tail/brake light and indicators, along with replacing the small and poorly installed aftermarket LED ones (that I assume the previous owner bought on ebay), to the original OEM tail light box unit.

I had to rewire and made my own 5 wire loom myself because the wiring was rubbing against the rear tyre as it was poorly fitted when whoever did the "mods" refitted everything.

It turned out, once I opened up all the horrible, sticky, gooey mess of electrical tape that one of the reasons the wires were making contact with the tyre was that the loom was thicker than OEM. The reason why is because they ran the wires from the back of the bike where the original OEM indicators go, all the way back up and around the rear guard, to where they mounted the aftermarket indicators under the seat.

This basically made the loom almost twice as thick as it should be.

The plugs on the loom were non-existent too. So there was no way of plugging the new light assembly into the existing loom. Bare wires, twisted together, wrapped in electrical tape. No solder, no crimps, no clips, no cable ties. Nothing that would resemble any logical repair or modification.

So I decided to cut five 1m long strips of automotive wire, fit two 6-pin deutche connectors to either ends. Colour coding the wires (Red, Brown, Green, Blue, Black) and using those colours to connect the two indicators, tail light and brake light to ground (black wire).

Everything was then heatshinked so its quite tidy and smaller than OEM. Being about to tuck itself right up against the rear guard. I used double walled heatshrink so it is quite stiff too.

I crimped all grounds (each rear indicator and tail/brake light) together (black wire). Red wire went to tail light power, blue wire went to brake light power, brown and green are to their respective indicators.

Now, everything works again, and is hopefully safe and a few more millimetres away from that rear tyre.

I also noticed that the rear tyre was fitted back to front on the rear rim. Again, the poor workmanship of the previous owner or the shop they were taking the bike to. Either way. The only thing now left to do is await the full lock kit with two brand new keys and finish off the restoration of this beauty.

Here are some before and after shots of the loom.

(https://i.imgur.com/cw2nbEU.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/GBZ3FCF.jpg)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Relic on March 29, 2020, 05:28:38 am
Like many other areas, here in New Zealand we are on COVID-19 lock down. It's a good opportunity to catch up with jobs both on the house and in the workshop.

Today I gave the Classic 350 an oil & filter change, waxed the paint, treated the leather saddle and polished the chrome.   

Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: retrolynn on April 01, 2020, 06:38:58 pm
 :) Last friday,I took my B5 to the new dealer in town,and had new k70 tires put on,and the oil and filter changed. T hey closed Saturday, because of the Virus. We are on lockdown here ,but I will ride,when the weather improves.Snow ,and 32* here this morning!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: AmBraCol on April 03, 2020, 09:26:12 pm
Not to brag or anything, but my Rumbler 500 is getting around three months to the gallon, more or less.  We've been on lockdown for a couple weeks now, and another couple to go from what the government is saying.  So the Rumbler's on her center stand with the battery cover on the saddle until further notice.  Pulled the battery and charged it up (don't have a battery tender) and will charge it again before putting it back in once this quarantine thing is past.  Sure could use a ride out and about, but not enough to risk the heavy fine for doing so.  Nationwide folks are acting like every one of their neighbors have the virus instead of 1 in 50 thousand that the statistics show.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: kdxandrew on April 12, 2020, 11:14:48 am
Like many other areas, here in New Zealand we are on COVID-19 lock down. It's a good opportunity to catch up with jobs both on the house and in the workshop.

Today I gave the Classic 350 an oil & filter change, waxed the paint, treated the leather saddle and polished the chrome.

Yup - there'll be a few shiny Enfields around! I even greased the steering head bearing - can't think I've ever done that on schedule before!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: tooseevee on April 12, 2020, 03:39:31 pm

I had to rewire and made my own 5 wire loom myself because the wiring was rubbing against the rear tyre as it was poorly fitted when whoever did the "mods" refitted everything.

It turned out, once I opened up all the horrible, sticky, gooey mess of electrical tape that one of the reasons the wires were making contact with the tyre was that the loom was thicker than OEM. The reason why is because they ran the wires from the back of the bike where the original OEM indicators go, all the way back up and around the rear guard, to where they mounted the aftermarket indicators under the seat.

Bare wires, twisted together, wrapped in electrical tape. No solder, no crimps, no clips, no cable ties.


       You've done essentially what I did to my '08 AVL, but it was Brand New!

        All the wiring and connections (and bare wire twisted splices) and the sticky black tape were a horrendous nightmare from the factory.

         I unwrapped what seemed like miles of sticky, black electrical tape from front to rear. Went through every wire and connection and then rewrapped it with non-sticky, '50s style cloth harness tape. I then redid everything from under the seat to the rear end and made sure those wires would Never Ever touch the wheel.

       It was a many weeks-long love/hate situation, but I now trust it totally electrickery-wise after all the other stuff I did relative to electrical stuff too long-winded to go into here.

         You've done one helluva job with your bike. Good luck. 
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: stefano_musica on April 14, 2020, 09:34:01 am
       You've done essentially what I did to my '08 AVL, but it was Brand New!

        All the wiring and connections (and bare wire twisted splices) and the sticky black tape were a horrendous nightmare from the factory.

         I unwrapped what seemed like miles of sticky, black electrical tape from front to rear. Went through every wire and connection and then rewrapped it with non-sticky, '50s style cloth harness tape. I then redid everything from under the seat to the rear end and made sure those wires would Never Ever touch the wheel.

       It was a many weeks-long love/hate situation, but I now trust it totally electrickery-wise after all the other stuff I did relative to electrical stuff too long-winded to go into here.

         You've done one helluva job with your bike. Good luck.

Thank you. I took it for a ride today to run grocery and medication errands. Since owning it, it is now 100% OEM and to be honest, the best its ever been. I love my Harley, but it's nice pottering along to get groceries and stuff for the house with it. Just a no fuss, easy to ride bike that I nearly sold, but glad I didn't.

Next project will be to get the lady's vintage vespa going, then I'll get back on the 500 and begin tidying up the wiring in the headlight. Also a shambles, but working. Then I'll do wires under the tank, followed by under the seat.

But right now, I am stoked with the bike.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on April 15, 2020, 06:19:57 am
We in Phoenix are under lock down too.  Not supposed to be out driving around and all that.
Because of this the weekly car show about 8 miles from where I live isn't being held but I felt my RE needed some exercise so, I started it and climbed aboard.  I figure since I'm riding alone and not stopping at any place where groups of people are, I probably won't catch the disease and I sure won't be giving it to anyone (in case I have it and don't know).

The ride was great and my RE seems much happier now.  Needless to say, I am much happier.  ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: kdxandrew on April 15, 2020, 09:18:25 am
Lockdown continues... Now taken the rear mudguard and side boxes off for some touch-up painting on the stone chips..

Hey presto - instant bobber!  Amazing how much lighter it feels :-)

Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: ivanthetolerable on April 19, 2020, 04:53:49 am
I rode to a local tank today after doing some polishing
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Richard230 on April 19, 2020, 01:38:25 pm
 Birds of a feather.  ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: johno on April 19, 2020, 05:07:09 pm
took the battery out and put it on charge as not riding due to uk lockdown...although I may do some 'essential' shopping on the Bullet at some point.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Frogman8 on April 27, 2020, 05:40:55 am
took the battery out and put it on charge as not riding due to uk lockdown...although I may do some 'essential' shopping on the Bullet at some point.

A battery tender is very convenient. May want to research it.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: johno on April 27, 2020, 10:01:31 pm
I have 3 battery tenders unfortunately the Enfield is stored 1 mile away from any power, I tried solar but didn't work, just as easy to take the battery out along with the other 2 motorcycles and car that are in the same storage, I then connect them up to the tenders.
 I mean who knows how long we are going to be locked down in the UK, could be a while yet.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: stefano_musica on April 29, 2020, 01:31:36 pm
Rebuilt a friends carbi, rode in a thunderstorm.

My 25 year old Dri-Drider one piece suit only leaked a drop or two in the crotch. The Royal Enfield panniers didn’t leak at all. It was an hour and 40 minute commute home on the C5.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on June 05, 2020, 06:30:29 am
I replaced the battery in my 2011 G5 Deluxe today.
Over the last couple of months, the one I had in it was getting to the point where it wouldn't hold a charge so I dug out my records to see how long it had been installed.
Would you believe I installed it 7 years ago?  Yup. 2013 was when I bought it.

I figured if it lasted that long it might be a good idea to get another one just like it, even if it does have a rather odd name.  It's a "Big Crank" AGM battery and I got it from Battery Mart so I looked them up on the web and sure enough, they still carry them.  The price is a bit high at $89 but I figured it might be a good idea to get a battery that can last for 7 years at a high price instead of buying something for $49 and having it die in a year.

Anyway, the "Big Crank" battery that fits my G5 (the American name for a Electra) is a ETX-15.
Looking at the side of it where you can see both terminals, the positive (+) is on the left and the negative (-) is on the right.
I think a lot of the more common RE 500 UCE's like the C5 have the polls reversed with the (-) on the left and the (+) on the right.  If your wanting to buy one of these batteries and you need the polarity of the terminals with the (+) on the right the number for the battery is ETX-15L.

I ordered the battery on Monday at about 10:00 AM Phoenix time and it arrived at my house at at about 10 AM on Wednesday.  That's pretty fast for something that was shipped from Winchester, Virginia.

Remembering that brand new batteries usually need a couple of hours on a low amprage charger I tested the voltage as it was received.  It was right at 12.8 volts.  No charge needed with this one. :)

Anyway, here's hoping this Big Crank lasts as long as the last one did. :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Carlsberg Wordsworth on June 05, 2020, 08:34:11 pm
MOT day.

It ran out in January, and I've been cycling a lot more (pre-pandeminc) anyway so though I'd wait until it got warmer. Well, then it all went belly up around the world so that put paid to that.

But I take a couple of days of work to mooch about and do nothing (and wonder why I did) and decide to book the MOT. Failed on front brake binding. Damn, I could have spent one of the days off fixing it prior to booking it. I knew the culprit was that bottom piston again.

Am I the only one suffering from this or is it common? I know it can happen on all bikes, just wondered if it's common for the lower piston on Bullets (leading fork) models. I appreciate it is closer to the ground lol. I don't recall seeing much on the forum about it.

Anyway, cleaned it up, got it passed before closing time. Will be keeping a closer eye on this in the future.

And got offered £1500 trade in from the dealer for a 2012 machine with nearly 16000 on the clock. Probably not bad but I think I'll be keeping it once I reminded myelf all the reasons I bought it in the first place :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Mad4Bullets on June 11, 2020, 08:38:33 pm
I raised the idle speed ever so slightly on my C5. I had lowered it years ago for a slow tick-over, but it was apparently too low for consistent kick starting. Just a very sight counter-clockwise turn of the mystical brass screw atop the throttle body did the trick.  Starts first kick every time now.  Hot, cold... No worries. Happy days.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Rattlebattle on June 12, 2020, 06:08:53 pm
I test rode my 2015 LE Dispatch after having dropped the engine out and split the cases to investigate the source(s) of increased vibration and engine noise. I originally thought it was the big-end bearing but that was actually ok. I replaced the timing side main bearing and the sleeve gear ball bearing plus all the small gearbox needle roller bearings, the piston and rings, the exhaust valve (with a better one-piece valve from Hitchcock’s) the hydraulic lifters and the necessary gaskets and seals. Some of this wasn’t absolutely necessary but I don’t plan on doing this again any time soon so if there was any doubt I replaced it. Having done the job I would say that the tapping noise was the sleeve gear ball bearing, that had a very pronounced rough spot. The valve/piston replacement has resulted in much better compression and proper adjustment of the cam backlash has been made (the inlet cam was definitely too loose).
I had at the same mileage replaced the fork oil but the UK lockdown has prevented my testing the effect until today - but is also the reason I had time to tear down the motor.
I am delighted to say that, albeit at running speeds dictated by the new piston and rings, the engine is much smoother and quieter than before and the ride quality of the forks remains as it was before, excellent for my weight, but I now have the comfort of knowing that it has decent oil in the forks. All in all a satisfying experience that has increased my knowledge of this motor, which is actually pretty robust and largely unworn apart from the dodgy bearing(s) and worn rings. The piston was reusable but what the hell...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Carlsberg Wordsworth on June 12, 2020, 09:09:37 pm
Hi RB

Do you have any shelves earmarked for any offerings to the Gods of Speed?

:D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Rattlebattle on June 12, 2020, 10:32:47 pm
Er, no.....
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: oldphart on June 13, 2020, 03:44:47 am
It's cold, wet and 'orrible here today, so being a dedicated motorcyclist, I wandered out, made sure her cover was secure, gave her a pat on the saddle and came back inside to watch youtube videos.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Relic on June 13, 2020, 10:16:26 am
Installed a new USB charger. I usually leave my phone in one of the panniers so fitted the charger into the top of the LH toolbox.

To allow room for the waterproof cap to snap on & off, I spaced the toolbox out 3mm from the frame.

Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Carlsberg Wordsworth on June 13, 2020, 08:38:54 pm
Nice work Relic.

I could have gone out today, chose to wash it instead and went out on the bicycle.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: JezzC on June 17, 2020, 02:15:11 pm
I fitted a Hitchcocks goldstar silencer on my 2016 c5 a while back and had been umming and erring on whether to also get a power commander or other fuel controller. In the end I ordered an EJK, it still wasn't cheap, especially with the hefty customs vat charge to the UK from USA. Fitted this morning and runs happily on the pre set programme, I also fitted a k&n air filter. I am not disappointed at all, the bike definitely feels more responsive through the gears and rides more briskly. Money well spent :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Relic on June 22, 2020, 08:05:19 am
Had to replace the tail light bulb for the second time in 2 weeks.
The original dual filament bulb lasted 24,000 km's (~15,000 miles) & nearly 4 years which I consider excellent service.
The second lasted only 200kms.
I'm hoping the replacement bulb is the issue, nothing else!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: stefano_musica on June 22, 2020, 10:16:18 am
Had to replace the tail light bulb for the second time in 2 weeks.
The original dual filament bulb lasted 24,000 km's (~15,000 miles) & nearly 4 years which I consider excellent service.
The second lasted only 200kms.
I'm hoping the replacement bulb is the issue, nothing else!

Spray a bit of contact cleaner on the bulb fitting. It won't hurt.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Relic on June 22, 2020, 10:44:05 am
Thanks for the suggestion, will go through all the lamp contacts this weekend.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Relic on June 27, 2020, 06:23:26 am
Spent an enjoyable wet Saturday morning in the workshop.
Changed the brake fluid (nice firm brake lever as a result  :) ) and then disassembled all light fittings and the starter switch to apply cleaner to the contacts. Disappointed to find a couple of screw fittings had broken away in the front indicator housings and on a couple of lamps the plastic chrome reflectors were starting to flake.
I placed an order for two new indicators from India - don't think I'll see them this side of August given the lack of international flights into NZ.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: stefano_musica on July 06, 2020, 12:15:20 pm
Welded up one of the front mudguard mounts today.

I noticed it had completely cracked last week.

Good thing these RE's are made of steel. Simple weld job, spray some black paint (3 coats), and a clear coat to make it pretty.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Carlsberg Wordsworth on July 07, 2020, 10:03:42 pm
Sunday .... actually rode it properly for the 1st time this year! Only for an hour and a bit.

(excluding the small distance to the MOT station)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Relic on July 18, 2020, 04:44:58 am
Another oil & filter change today.
This time I drilled, tapped & helicoiled the strainer cover bolt holes. The little 5mm bolts no longer felt tight and I was becoming increasingly worried I'd loose one on a dirt road miles from civilisation.

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Post by: kdxandrew on July 18, 2020, 11:28:18 am
Fitted stem but clock - well pleased :-)

(from https://time4bikes.com/epages/5c3e8c86-3d09-4a5d-930c-0d4a6aa662e4.sf/en_GB/?ObjectPath=/Shops/5c3e8c86-3d09-4a5d-930c-0d4a6aa662e4/Products/84)
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Post by: Farmer_John on July 19, 2020, 12:11:13 am
I went out on a dealer tour.  at 1300 miles, it's starting to become responsive to my flogging...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: olhogrider on July 19, 2020, 02:05:57 am
Fitted stem but clock - well pleased :-)

(from https://time4bikes.com/epages/5c3e8c86-3d09-4a5d-930c-0d4a6aa662e4.sf/en_GB/?ObjectPath=/Shops/5c3e8c86-3d09-4a5d-930c-0d4a6aa662e4/Products/84)
You have a UCE with an ammeter? Is it connected? I got one to fill the hole that once held idiot lights.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Relic on July 19, 2020, 06:25:13 am
Yes, the 350cc Classics have an ammeter in place of the fuel light.
Because the bikes have a carb they are fitted with a fuel reserve switch; I guess RE decided a fuel light wasn't necessary. They keep the 350 very simple  :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ove on July 19, 2020, 10:34:00 am
Fitted stem but clock - well pleased :-)

(from https://time4bikes.com/epages/5c3e8c86-3d09-4a5d-930c-0d4a6aa662e4.sf/en_GB/?ObjectPath=/Shops/5c3e8c86-3d09-4a5d-930c-0d4a6aa662e4/Products/84)

Very nice
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Post by: Ove on July 19, 2020, 11:16:58 pm
Today I got to 2,000 miles. Gave it a celebration clean and wax. Overall, very pleased with the bike.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: olhogrider on July 21, 2020, 12:28:01 am
Yes, the 350cc Classics have an ammeter in place of the fuel light.
Because the bikes have a carb they are fitted with a fuel reserve switch; I guess RE decided a fuel light wasn't necessary. They keep the 350 very simple  :)

Aha! A 350. I am converting to a carb so I won't need this functions. I'll have to see where the ammeter is hooked up on the 350. I may make mine functional yet.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: kdxandrew on July 21, 2020, 10:42:21 am
Aha! A 350. I am converting to a carb so I won't need this functions. I'll have to see where the ammeter is hooked up on the 350. I may make mine functional yet.
This is the wiring diagram for the 350 if that helps hook up your ammeter
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Post by: olhogrider on July 21, 2020, 07:09:20 pm
Thanks!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Chilliman on July 27, 2020, 08:48:28 am
I sat on the couch for a couple of hours, staring at a bare cylinder head from a Bullet, trying to figure out how to improve the valve rocker system.
It was 97 degrees here today, with about 99% humidity, and I guess the heat index was about 110.

Have you thought about some performance head work?
A better exhaust system? (Very cheap).
Perfomance camshafts?
An aftermarket EFI system (very cheap).
I can send you some photos of my C5 that has these mods and is running.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gizzo on July 27, 2020, 11:06:56 am
Have you thought about some performance head work?
A better exhaust system? (Very cheap).
Perfomance camshafts?
An aftermarket EFI system (very cheap).
I can send you some photos of my C5 that has these mods and is running.

LOL quoting a post from 10 years ago. I reckon ace has done a few mods since then  ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: olhogrider on July 27, 2020, 07:15:52 pm
Installed K70 tires. 3.25-19 and 3.50-18. Now the bike has both tires on the ground while on the center stand :P
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: ace.cafe on July 27, 2020, 07:52:59 pm
Have you thought about some performance head work?
A better exhaust system? (Very cheap).
Perfomance camshafts?
An aftermarket EFI system (very cheap).
I can send you some photos of my C5 that has these mods and is running.

Heh heh.
Is this a joke?
I just don't know how to answer.

Okay, let's just say that post is from 2010, and since then I have introduced some of the most groundbreaking performance packages ever seen for Royal Enfield singles, and have gained a worldwide reputation on every continent, including national vintage racing championships.

Does that help to answer the question?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: tooseevee on July 27, 2020, 11:36:49 pm
 Quote from Ace to Chilliman
**************
Heh heh.
Is this a joke?
I just don't know how to answer.

Okay, let's just say that post is from 2010, and since then I have introduced some of the most groundbreaking performance packages ever seen for Royal Enfield singles, and have gained a worldwide reputation on every continent, including national vintage racing championships.

Does that help to answer the question?

   ***************************

     From me:  Ace, You are too humble :)
       ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D(http://)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gizzo on July 28, 2020, 12:10:24 am
Made me laugh, too!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: kdxandrew on August 22, 2020, 10:52:31 am
Haha! Stopped at the shops, where there was a group of young fellas with some nice looking sportsbikes.
They come over to check out the Bullet - "what's that bar on the side?" says one...
"eh?" says I ..
"that one there...", he says, pointing...
"That is the kickstart!!"
He couldn't believe his eyes when I showed him what it did - sign o the times!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Farmer_John on August 23, 2020, 02:38:39 pm
Ticked the bike over the 1800 mile mark. Which considering the times were in and that I really only get one day a week to ride pretty good.

She’s showing an ever increasing willingness to rev and in doing so is showing some weakness in Hitchcock’s map for the work done to it (like there’s a huge flat spot right when it’s starting to pull hard, followed by a good pull to the rev limiter).

So, I’ve ordered an autotune. May not install it until I’m ready to put her away for the winter, but I’ll then have the cold Michigan months to do it.

(Gratuitus pic of GGson with “his” bike below)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Chaz Michael Michaels on August 24, 2020, 03:13:18 pm
Purchased the panniers and racks for my classic:
https://accessories.hitchcocksmotorcycles.com/accessory-shop/C5-Classic-Canvas-Panniers/40521?custcol_realbaseprice=108.33

Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ryan H on August 29, 2020, 07:22:11 pm
Took a couple days off and rode my Classic 500 from southern Massachussets up to the White Mountains of New Hampshire. I Drove through the Kankamagus Highway, tagged along a Mini Cooper ralley and raced through Hurricane Mountain Highway, cut back through the Kankamagus via Bear notch road, past Canon mountain, through Crawford Notch (made me feel loke an ant),  and finally rode to the top of Mt Washington. I even got the bumper sticker :-).  Finally set up camp at Jigger Johnson's campway with my new bakers tent. It's the perfect tent for bike camping. It keeps me, my girl, and the bike dry.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: kdxandrew on August 30, 2020, 08:10:47 am
Took a couple days off and rode my Classic 500 from southern Massachussets up to the White Mountains of New Hampshire....

Good times!

These bikes are surprisingly good for soaking up the miles :-)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: tooseevee on August 30, 2020, 11:49:16 am
Took a couple days off and rode my Classic 500 from southern Massachussets up to the White Mountains of New Hampshire. I Drove through the Kankamagus Highway, tagged along a Mini Cooper ralley and raced through Hurricane Mountain Highway, cut back through the Kankamagus via Bear notch road, past Canon mountain, through Crawford Notch (made me feel loke an ant),  and finally rode to the top of Mt Washington. I even got the bumper sticker :-).  Finally set up camp at Jigger Johnson's campway with my new bakers tent. It's the perfect tent for bike camping. It keeps me, my girl, and the bike dry.

        Just seeing your saddlebags (they're great looking) makes me so damn jealous and why can't I be 50 years younger?? >:(

         And that tent is absolutely the shit for fairly nice weather camping :) :)

          Good luck. Carry on :)(http://)
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Post by: heloego on August 30, 2020, 02:42:51 pm
Yep. Love the tent!  :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: heloego on August 30, 2020, 02:49:56 pm
In other news...

Spent the last couple weeks cleaning up the C5 now that I have it back.
Seriously cleaned up the wiring harness. Installed a decent LED headlight lamp, GPS speedo, and LED indicators. Revamped the intake manifold and filter. Installed a PowerTronic ECU.
Took her for a ride yesterday, and had a lot of bucking and popping. Checked the ground at the battery and found the screw had worked loose. Blue Locktite and a Phillips took care of that. Next ride was a treat, with a nice burbling on overrun.
Didn't even have to mess with the stock PT settings.  ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: JPE on August 30, 2020, 03:40:51 pm
I have a 2019 Bonneville black and an Enfield C5 Classic. I live on the Isle of Wight near to Ryde. This weekend is the National Scooter Rally, the Island gets invaded by hoards and I mean hoards of scooters, mostly two strokes with expansion pipes.
So I decided to have a ride out today having polished the Enfield. Lovely day, bike was running well and all was good with the world until I got into Ryde and got mixed up with a scooter club heading in the same direction, towards even more lining the esplanade with me stuck in the middle of them.
Then it happened, I thought what’s that flapping around the front and realised to  my horror that headlight bowl had fallen out and was dangling by the wiring harness.
Ride of shame into the kerb, tool kit out, refitted and rode off. I was careful not to make any eye contact with the Mods mocking me from the opposite kerb.
Should have taken the Bonnie! 
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Lubo71 on August 30, 2020, 08:27:23 pm
Good evening gentlemen. I dismounted whole exhaust piping, to wrap it with the glassfiber tape, and I found a nice big valve in the black hole that I created 🤩
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: kdxandrew on August 31, 2020, 04:58:44 am
Good evening gentlemen. I dismounted whole exhaust piping, to wrap it with the glassfiber tape, and I found a nice big valve in the black hole that I created 🤩
Don't tell me the bike was still running!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: MaxW on August 31, 2020, 06:33:15 am
I installed a Dobeck EJK. I can't wait to get out for a ride!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Lubo71 on August 31, 2020, 07:52:57 am
.... no, it was not running, I temporarily switched it off 🤭
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: ace.cafe on August 31, 2020, 01:40:24 pm
You see that horizontal line in the valve stem, just above the valve head?
That's where the 2 pieces are friction welded together, and that's where they come apart.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: kdxandrew on September 01, 2020, 08:53:16 am
.... no, it was not running, I temporarily switched it off 🤭

Ha ha!! Looked again - first time I looked, I thought that was a broken valve rattling around in the exhaust pipe!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Carlsberg Wordsworth on September 01, 2020, 10:31:20 pm
Got a good 100 mile ride out of the tank along with the neighbours finally. Social distances applied :D
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Post by: MikeAlpha on September 12, 2020, 04:51:00 pm
PowerTRONIC Kit and new rear light and Kellermann turn signals

Mike
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: heloego on September 12, 2020, 05:17:56 pm
Nice!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: JohnnieK on September 13, 2020, 09:10:08 pm
Decided to set the idle speed a bit higher. Needed a special tool to get to the screw on top of the throttle body. So decided to make one.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: heloego on September 14, 2020, 04:12:31 am
Left it in the garage and took the Triumph for the Interstate ride to Santa Fe.
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Post by: heloego on September 14, 2020, 04:16:46 am
On return this afternoon went back to work on the ElectraX AVL wiring harness. Now that the miles of electrical tape have been removed and harness cleaned of the goo, all the SHYTE splices have been replaced with godsend heat shrink splices, and now on to replacing damned near every connector terminal on it due to poor attachment and wear.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Richie on September 16, 2020, 05:39:14 pm
I managed to get stung in the side of the head when a bee flew in my helmet.
Second time in my life this has happened...this time I wasn't able to pull over right away & could feel it's little wings flapping against my face.
Good times, good times.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: JezzC on September 16, 2020, 05:50:43 pm
I managed to get stung in the side of the head when a bee flew in my helmet.
Second time in my life this has happened...this time I wasn't able to pull over right away & could feel it's little wings flapping against my face.
Good times, good times.

Ouch ... I wear an open face but with full visor. Always wondered how those Harley riders with open face, no visor and shades got on
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Richie on September 16, 2020, 08:36:12 pm
Ouch ... I wear an open face but with full visor. Always wondered how those Harley riders with open face, no visor and shades got on
Think of the bugs they've eaten!
 ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Richard230 on September 16, 2020, 10:27:32 pm
Ouch ... I wear an open face but with full visor. Always wondered how those Harley riders with open face, no visor and shades got on

And don't forget the open armpits while hanging on to their Ape Hangers.  ::)  Getting hit with fast moving bugs there must sting a little.  ;)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gizzo on September 16, 2020, 10:52:45 pm
Decided to set the idle speed a bit higher. Needed a special tool to get to the screw on top of the throttle body. So decided to make one.

Nice work! And good thinking.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: johno on September 19, 2020, 12:13:37 pm

Then it happened, I thought what’s that flapping around the front and realised to  my horror that headlight bowl had fallen out and was dangling by the wiring harness.
 
This has happend to me twice, the answer was to get a new clip and screw from Hitchcocks from the iron barrel Bullet, the older version clips are more substantial, you need the screw as the thread is imperial.

These are the 'panniers' I use as seen in my avatar
https://www.silvermans.co.uk/collections/motorcycle-luggage/products/green-motorcycle-panniers?variant=4194344963
They are 1958 British Army haversacks made from heavy water resistant canvas (no plastics!)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Carlsberg Wordsworth on September 29, 2020, 08:31:22 pm
Quote
These are the 'panniers'  use as seen in my avatar
https://www.silvermans.co.uk/collections/motorcycle-luggage/products/green-motorcycle-panniers?variant=4194344963
They are 1958 British Army haversacks made from heavy water resistant canvas (no plastics!)

Thanks for this link johno. Spent some time looking around, bookmarked for future use :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: oldphart on September 30, 2020, 09:09:33 am
Yesterday, I rode to work in warm sunshine and rode home in pouring rain.
Today, I rode to work in sunshine and rode home in lighter rain... but it was colder.
I can't wait to see what tomorrow will bring.


BTW, Himalayans are excellent in the rain, very confidence inspiring, unlike some bikes I've owned.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: heloego on September 30, 2020, 01:16:01 pm
Quote: I can't wait to see what tomorrow will bring.


To work in sunshine and home in snow?  ;)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: oldphart on September 30, 2020, 01:21:43 pm
Quote: I can't wait to see what tomorrow will bring.


To work in sunshine and home in snow?  ;)
Not in Adelaide mate, though it IS 2020  :-[
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: dickim on September 30, 2020, 01:41:41 pm
Melbourne maybe....🤔
Scotland definitely 🤣
Experienced Sunburn and Snow within 36hrs!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Narada on October 01, 2020, 02:01:03 pm
Rode out to the Rieter Foothills State Forest. Climbed up a very long steep rough mountain road (all dirt and rocks, FS-6010) to the tippy top where I found some sort of huge antennae station.

It was quite gratifying to see how well Bholenath climbed that road, especially as a couple of kids on dirt bikes gave me funny looks when I went by them, ha ha!

The view from way up there was incredible, unfortunately, the sun was shining directly at me which mostly washed out my pics...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: heloego on October 01, 2020, 02:19:12 pm
There IS some gorgeous country out there!
Being raised in the Western states gave me a serious appreciation for that.  ;D
Thanks for the view!
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Post by: JohnnieK on October 01, 2020, 02:48:36 pm
What tires have you got on the RE ? I'm looking for more dual purpose tires for my Classic 500.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Narada on October 01, 2020, 03:55:59 pm
Thanks Heloego! I only wish I could've shown it as I saw it, the view from the top was profoundly moving... I stayed for about 20 minutes just taking it all in. One of the most spectacular panoramic views I've ever seen!

JohnnieK, the tires are Kenda 761's. Glad you asked, because they were really great! I forgot to mention in my last post that for most of the climb, there was even a creek going down the middle of the road!

Naturally, I was diving in and out, sometimes going up and down very slippery ruts always with loose rocks of all sizes... No matter what that road threw at me, those tires and that bike just dug right in and kept going!

Those tires are cheap and good, as GHG reccomends in a post on Tim's Bullet Board Forum. I couldn't get on to provide a link, but here's Tim's site. Hopefully the Board will be up later...

https://westerncyclesupply.com/

Here's one more pic of ride from a lower altitude;
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Post by: Narada on October 02, 2020, 12:29:00 pm
Here's that link to GHG's write up on the Kenda 671's;

http://forum.westerncyclesupply.com/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=69
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Narada on October 02, 2020, 03:11:51 pm
Since I chose to go with a slightly wider tire (as GHG did) I chimed in on this thread with a couple of pics showing installation;

https://forum.classicmotorworks.com/index.php?topic=28594.0
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: manxmike on October 03, 2020, 09:24:16 am
Today I fitted a rear carrier (hope to get a top box soon) and a clock and thermometer mounted on the handlebars. For a while I've been riding with a tank bag on the pillion seat to carry bits and bobs, but on the rear carrier rack it's out of the way. I don't think I should put too much weight in it though.........
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Guaire on October 04, 2020, 12:15:08 am
Today I fitted a rear carrier (hope to get a top box soon) and a clock and thermometer mounted on the handlebars. For a while I've been riding with a tank bag on the pillion seat to carry bits and bobs, but on the rear carrier rack it's out of the way. I don't think I should put too much weight in it though.........
Sounds like a good idea.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Arizoni on October 13, 2020, 10:51:53 pm
Very strange.
 
The other day, I was going to go to the car show so I cleaned up my RE.
 
I thought it might be a good idea to check the tire pressures so I checked the front and rear.  The rear was fine but the front tire was down to about 20 PSI so, I rode the bike up to the filling station and pumped the pressure up to 28 PSI.  That station is the only one I know of nearby that has an actual air hose like the old times.  It had the little ball type of connection on it.  The kind that puts air into the tire when you push it down on the valve stem.  After filling it, I screwed the valve stem cap back on.
 
Then, because the weather was nice I rode the bike about 5 miles, brought it home and parked it.
 
About 4 in the afternoon I put on my summer armor, grabbed the helmet and went out to the bike.  I didn't bother to look at the front tire but put on my helmet, started it and rode down to 44th street.  The steering seemed a bit wonky but I turned north and accelerated up to about 40 mph.  That's when the front steering got really strange so I turned around and rode the bike back home.  The front tire looked flat so I assumed it was.
 
Yesterday, I pulled the front wheel off but before I got into trying to pry the tire off I decided to find the nail.  With this in mind, I looked at every bit of the tire.
No nail.  No screw.  No nothing.
After finding nothing I decided to try filling the tire so I got out my Craftsman compressor and pumped the tire up to 32 PSI.  Then, I put soapy water on the valve stem, around the spokes and around the tire beads.  Not a bubble was to be seen.
 
At 5:30 PM I went back out and checked the pressure again.  Still at 32 PSI.
 
This morning it was still at 32 PSI so I took a 30 mile round trip ride up to the store that carries Royal Enfield parts and bought a couple of air filters.  Everything is still fine.
 
The best guess I have is, somehow the valve in the tube stem didn't seat when I put the air in the tire at the filling station.  That would cause the tire to lose pressure like it did.
 
What do you think?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Frogman8 on October 14, 2020, 04:01:42 am
Very strange.
 
The other day, I was going to go to the car show so I cleaned up my RE.
 
I thought it might be a good idea to check the tire pressures so I checked the front and rear.  The rear was fine but the front tire was down to about 20 PSI so, I rode the bike up to the filling station and pumped the pressure up to 28 PSI.  That station is the only one I know of nearby that has an actual air hose like the old times.  It had the little ball type of connection on it.  The kind that puts air into the tire when you push it down on the valve stem.  After filling it, I screwed the valve stem cap back on.
 
Then, because the weather was nice I rode the bike about 5 miles, brought it home and parked it.
 
About 4 in the afternoon I put on my summer armor, grabbed the helmet and went out to the bike.  I didn't bother to look at the front tire but put on my helmet, started it and rode down to 44th street.  The steering seemed a bit wonky but I turned north and accelerated up to about 40 mph.  That's when the front steering got really strange so I turned around and rode the bike back home.  The front tire looked flat so I assumed it was.
 
Yesterday, I pulled the front wheel off but before I got into trying to pry the tire off I decided to find the nail.  With this in mind, I looked at every bit of the tire.
No nail.  No screw.  No nothing.
After finding nothing I decided to try filling the tire so I got out my Craftsman compressor and pumped the tire up to 32 PSI.  Then, I put soapy water on the valve stem, around the spokes and around the tire beads.  Not a bubble was to be seen.
 
At 5:30 PM I went back out and checked the pressure again.  Still at 32 PSI.
 
This morning it was still at 32 PSI so I took a 30 mile round trip ride up to the store that carries Royal Enfield parts and bought a couple of air filters.  Everything is still fine.
 
The best guess I have is, somehow the valve in the tube stem didn't seat when I put the air in the tire at the filling station.  That would cause the tire to lose pressure like it did.
 
What do you think?

It may have been Tar snakes. I've had exactly this experience once before while on my RE. Turned home and changed bikes. Was able to pinpoint the issue only when the same thing happened on the Triumph at exactly the same spot.


Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: JohnnieK on October 18, 2020, 11:57:49 am
First ride out after I changed the exhaust to original. When I bought the bike it had a straight through cone type exhaust. It made a terrible racket. I managed to get an original one for cheap and I am very happy with the result. Bike is much quieter now and I actually enjoy the ride. I can feel that I lost a few ponies, but totally worth it. Also no more backfire on deceleration.
I took a leisurely ride through the farmlands and enjoyed the late spring weather.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: stefano_musica on October 26, 2020, 12:43:23 am
Mine came with some horribly cheap reverse cone muffler that was so loud, but more specifically the pitch had this high "clack clack clack" sound.

I bought a second hand (basically new) muffler from a local trading website, fitted it in the driveway of the seller because the stock one was too big to fit in my backpack. I rode home and instantly within the first few minutes really begun to enjoy my Classic 500. What I also noticed was while top end power was pretty much gone, the low end and mid-rage power was back. So I could actually ride the bike for the way it was designed. I like low end grunt. So for me, this was a plus. Maybe I lost a horsepower or two somewhere, and while that's a bigger percentage compared to modern horsepower figures, the advantage of having low and mid-range grunt back was great. I love that bottom end torque that I can chug along to, and not go deaf in the process.
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Post by: FL260Z on October 26, 2020, 01:04:27 am
I’m new to this site.
I bought a 2017 Classic 500 today. Changed the oil in it, then rode through central Florida Farm Lands. Best ride ever...
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Post by: Ove on October 26, 2020, 12:13:48 pm
Fantastic. Enjoy it and welcome. 🙂👍
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Post by: heloego on October 27, 2020, 04:37:36 am
Glad you're enjoying it!Welcome to the forums! ;D
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Post by: JohnnieK on October 31, 2020, 07:39:38 am
I did the final part of reverting my C5 to stock. I put in the hose that connects the airbox to the throttle body and put in the stock air filter. PO had a cone air filter on and you could see right through it. The bike has definately lost a lot of power with the air filter. Thinking of getting the Hitchcock performance air filter  https://accessories.hitchcocksmotorcycles.com/accessory-shop/Air-Filter-Replacement-Element/21108 (https://accessories.hitchcocksmotorcycles.com/accessory-shop/Air-Filter-Replacement-Element/21108) . Has anyone tried it and is it worth it ? Also discovered the toolkit hidden in the ECU box. Could finally change the small spark plug as well.
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Post by: Ove on October 31, 2020, 11:27:18 pm
Slightly off topic: Was it running the free breathing filter without an aftermarket tuner? Thanks.
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Post by: JohnnieK on November 01, 2020, 10:46:46 am
I don't know. The guy I bought it from did not make any changes. The original owner did the changes and I don't have his contact details.
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Post by: Ove on November 01, 2020, 11:41:20 pm
OK thanks. I'd guess not, or you'd have seen it attached to the ECU, by the tool kit. Useful to know it was running well with the free breathing filter, without an aftermarket tuner.

Thanks.
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Post by: Mark1971 on November 05, 2020, 06:35:17 pm
Had a lovely 110 mile ride before the UK goes into its second lock down. Bimbling around the Yorkshire dales.
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Post by: dickim on November 06, 2020, 08:07:56 am
Hey Mark - say HI to Yorkshire for me 👍
Was due for a return trip in Feb but we all know what happened 😣 My home are of Sth Yorkshire (Wath-on-Dearne, then SHEFFIELD ) was allready at Level 3, and hopefully you'll stay safe MATE And like me just keep watching the Yorkshire Vet UNTIL you can enjoy the Sales again......
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Post by: heloego on November 06, 2020, 04:31:03 pm
Nice! Thanks for sharing!  :)
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Post by: gizzo on December 02, 2020, 06:14:39 am
Parked up next to a brand new 500 Classic in the city today. I noticed the  boot from the air box is secured to the throttle body with a zip tie. Is that how they're doing it nowadays? No expense spared...
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Post by: sjbiat on December 08, 2020, 02:43:20 pm
Put on the windshield.  I'm looking forward to the winter riding season, which is all about gear.

-SB
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Post by: Mad4Bullets on December 08, 2020, 02:56:47 pm
Got her up on the lift and pulled both fork legs for their first oil change in 11k miles. Very exciting and yet somewhat frustrating. Yes, the threaded end caps refuse to budge but I will persevere in the end.
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Post by: Narada on December 08, 2020, 04:38:23 pm
If you mean that kind of oval looking nut with two flat sides, Post #7 on this thread has a link to a video showing the Indian method for removal.

https://forum.classicmotorworks.com/index.php?topic=28760.0

Basically, you just whack it with a hammer a few times and the nut comes right off!  ;)

Worked for me!   :)
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Post by: Mad4Bullets on December 08, 2020, 05:52:30 pm
Oh yes, I'm familiar with that video and have already whacked the threaded cap quite a few times with a 3 pound sledge hammer. After that failed I walked away as my stress levels were quickly on the rise. In the meantime I've found a second "hammer video" from another well established Royal Enfield repair shop in India.  This video, shockingly enough, shows the hammer being applied to the upper fork tube itself, in the general area of the threads. It's best to slow the video speed down to get the full effect. I'll give this method a try with a dead blow hammer. I'm not going metal on metal with a plated fork tube. I'll get a bit of penetrating lubricant at the cap joint as well.

https://youtu.be/caeIIunEntA?t=140 (https://youtu.be/caeIIunEntA?t=140)
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Post by: Haggis on December 08, 2020, 07:35:53 pm
The cap has an O ring at the top end so penetrating fluid won't reach the threads.
I have a spare bottom yolk which I used to hold the leg from turning. Much kinder than trying to clamp  the chrome  stantion in a vice.
Also a large washer under the hex bolt to stop the spanner from slipping off.
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Post by: Mad4Bullets on December 08, 2020, 08:35:53 pm
I have just such a washer ready for service. I picked it up off the road during a walk last spring and put it in my pocket with this task in mind. Thanks for the reminder about the o-ring.  I did know that, it just somehow slipped my mind. Now we won't have any unnecessary lubricants getting on the fork tube making things even more difficult. Having an extra yoke would be a godsend but alas it's not to be.
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Post by: aidanoggy on December 12, 2020, 03:16:22 pm
Replaced the numberplate and indicator mount on my 535.  Originally was going to clean it up because its the only bit showing rust ,  but a tin of black Hammerite was just over a tenner  and a new bracket was virtually the same.   So replaced the bracket  and also the nuts with stainless at the same time.

I was going to fit an led parking light bulb, but the bulb holder is the cheapest and crappest thing I've ever seen and mangled just by looking at it, so left it and have ordered a better one which I will fit next week, when I also need to re adjust my headlight after fitting a flyscreen last week.
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Post by: Ove on December 23, 2020, 04:40:40 pm
Gave my Trials 500 a service at the weekend, tested it yesterday. Washed it today and polished the engine covers and rust proof barrier spray. Waxed the paintwork. Now ready for whatever the winter can throw at it!
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Post by: Richard230 on December 23, 2020, 06:34:52 pm
Gave my Trials 500 a service at the weekend, tested it yesterday. Washed it today and polished the engine covers and rust proof barrier spray. Waxed the paintwork. Now ready for whatever the winter can throw at it!

What's winter?   ::)
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Post by: gizzo on December 23, 2020, 08:14:14 pm
What's winter?   ::)
It's that time of the year when it's cool enough to go outside, the surf pumps and the winds blow NW onto my favourite slope. Bring it on.
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Post by: Ove on December 23, 2020, 11:38:31 pm
What's winter?   ::)
The 9 month period between August and June...
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Post by: JohnnieK on December 27, 2020, 12:35:13 pm
We had some light overnight rain and the clouds lingered for longer than I thought they would, so I too my maroon C5 out for a Sunday afternoon ride. Was lucky enough to see 2 blue cranes with 2 chicks - unfortunately my cellphone camera was not up to the job. They are becoming more scarce due to farming and people encroaching on their habitat. eBird https://ebird.org/species/blucra2 (https://ebird.org/species/blucra2) has better pictures and some info.
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Post by: dickim on December 31, 2020, 07:31:56 am
I remembered winters before I moved to Australia, well Perth! My Mate and I ( in Cheshire) are just whinging to each other and want to swap, he's cold and wet, we've had a week of 40'c!!! and it's not the HOT time YET!  Suggested a house swap, but Western Australia Just shut it's borders again due to Covid in Eastern States....never complain about living 1hr from the worlds most isolated capital city, very lucky and very sweaty !
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Post by: Haggis on December 31, 2020, 11:18:40 am
Cooked Xmas Dinner,
(https://i.ibb.co/2npFgJK/IMG-20201227-150415.jpg) (https://ibb.co/Fxdhgp7)
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Post by: dickim on December 31, 2020, 01:02:57 pm
Jeez Haggis, that takes me back 45yrs, and my late mother whinging about the smell in the kitchen as we did the same - can't remember the brand, just the black shallow tin, and the Dunlop TT100 tyres!
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Post by: Haggis on December 31, 2020, 01:14:23 pm
Think the old stuff was "LinkLyfe " or Duckhams chain guard.
The new stuffis more like a wax than a grease, still smells ok when its cooking though.
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Post by: dickim on December 31, 2020, 02:31:14 pm
Duckhams👍......and Soooo many other memories, read a Great article / list the orher day on forgotten motor accessories and remembered so many from Dad's cars, will see if I can find the link....
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Post by: dickim on December 31, 2020, 02:34:43 pm
Worth a look - how many do you remember????

http://a.msn.com/08/en-au/BB1ciJwh?ocid=se
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Post by: stefano_musica on January 03, 2021, 04:50:15 am
I replaced all the lock barrels on the Classic 500 today because the previous owners somewhere along the lines not only replaced one or two of the locks, requiring 3 different keys, but the little cover over the petrol cap lock was broken off too. So I just wanted to make it all nice and new again.

Let me just say that despite the part number being the exact one for my model 2010 C500 (trust me, we spent hours at the RE dealer looking at different Microfiche (PDF's) until we found what resembled my bike.


Buying OEM, you would imagine would not post half the issues I had. Especially after spending so much time looking at parts codes, different model bikes, etc. You wouldn't expect to have to fix and match parts from your old stuff, having to solder and all that. I am lucky to have the tools and the ability/confidence to do all that, as I'm a qualified mechanic (no longer on the tools).
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Post by: Relic on January 04, 2021, 04:21:30 am
I've finally fitted a new mudguard stay to replace one I broke while riding off road on a road trip back in 2018, and repaired / reinforced at the time.

Adjusted the chain, lubricated the pivot points and went for my first ride of 2021.

Entering my 5th year of ownership & still really enjoy this bike.

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Post by: Antipodean Andrew on January 05, 2021, 08:36:14 am
Hi Relic, I see you have a One Ride sticker on your bike. Where did your One Ride tour take you?
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Post by: Relic on January 06, 2021, 04:55:45 am
This RE One Ride was back in 2019. It went from the dealership in Takapuna up around Whangaparoa and back to base. Great group of people, and a really good turn out.

I live in the Bay of Plenty, but was down in Taranaki on a camping trip the week prior. I rode up to Auckland for the "One Ride", then headed home after the event. Torrential rain all the way home... :)

I guess my unofficial One Ride was around 1,500k's in the end.
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Post by: Antipodean Andrew on January 07, 2021, 01:13:18 am
Ah yes, torrential rain... when your motorcycle boots fill up and overflow! It's all good fun.  :)
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Post by: johno on January 11, 2021, 09:49:19 am
fetched my Bullet from my storage a mile away (on the way back from 'essential' shopping!) and parked it in my mancave, first time the B5 has moved in a few of months due to never ending lock-downs. Good news is, it started first time, although it took a while to self sustain and the clutch had stuck on as when I put it into gear the engine stalled, the brakes were also stuck. A few minutes sorting these out and rode home. At least now I can get up to date with the maintenance whilst in the current UK wide lock-down. just need to fetch my 700 Deauville on the next shopping trip, my Gl1200 is already at home waiting to have the sidecar refitted this week.
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Post by: manxmike on January 27, 2021, 08:52:03 pm
Rode to work and back (yes, yes, I know I'm retired but my ex employer wants me to do a load of scanning during lock-down) then this evening I cleaned some of the road cr4p off and fitted a fly screen. I realise it's not going to make a lot of difference, but until I can get hold of an Avon style nose cone fairing it'll do.
Sadly I had one of those fairings on a 500 Speed Twin Triumph back in the day - at the time I was a bum up nose down hooligan and the fairing didn't fit the boy racer image I was desperate to portray. Leather "Brando" style jacket, jeans so crusted with crud and oil they were waterproof, leather boots with a zip up the back and two straps (still Got the jacket and boots!) Everoak helmet and single thickness racing gloves, ooh I looked the part.
Later I got a '68 Triumph Bonneville with full Dunstall race kit on - brilliant until a boy racer in a souped up mini took the right hand side of the bike off. After various Hondas I am so happy to be heading back towards my British iron roots (even if it is Indian).
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Post by: sjbiat on January 31, 2021, 08:28:39 pm
It being 25 degrees, I felt compelled to go out for a little ride.  OK except I've never found a way to keep my finger tips warm.  Anyone have experience mitts?  I used to have a pair of hippo hands - those were fantastic - but they're too large for a RE, and I sold them last year.  (I would have to cut a slot for bar-end mirrors.)

Stay warm

-Stephan
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Post by: Richard230 on January 31, 2021, 08:44:03 pm
I have had good luck with waterproof glove covers that fit over your riding gloves as sold by Aerostitch. They do a good job of blocking wind as well as being waterproof. Plus they are very lightweight and are thin enough to stuff into your pocket or somewhere on your bike.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Relic on February 01, 2021, 07:38:58 am
The original battery expired today. I was adjusting the clutch after lubricating the cable and, while cranking the bike to test the bite, I swear I heard a noise from under the seat area.

Naturally I suspected the worst (I have a long history with old British vehicles and their electrical "challenges") and started checking fuses, the cabling for shorts, etc.

Finding nothing amiss I removed the battery and tested it, which identified an internal fault. A local parts store had a replacement on the shelf so we're back up and riding again tomorrow  :)

I guess 4 1/2 years and 29,000k's (~18,000 miles) is not unreasonable?
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Post by: sjbiat on February 01, 2021, 04:13:19 pm
sounds like an excellent  idea.  I just  ordered a pair.  Thanks,  - Stephan
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Post by: Antipodean Andrew on February 26, 2021, 03:36:03 am
Today I rode my brand new Redditch Red Classic 500 home from the dealer. Hoorah! It has been a four month wait but I'm very happy to have it.
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Post by: Relic on April 03, 2021, 07:57:52 am
Big day in the workshop.
I had recently completed a five day, 1,600km (~1,000mile) ride. On the last day and a half I noticed the bike behaving differently, with the bike "surging" at times, most felt when climbing big hills.

Back home I ran a couple of compression tests; both showed 165psi on WOT which was higher than expected; possibly a decoke is required?
The spark plugs were changed (the UCE350 runs a twin plug head with two coils) and I tested the leads (both OK) yet the problem persisted.

Next suspect was the chain and / or sprockets. I had ordered a new front & rear sprocket from India with FedEx airmail, and picked up a new chain locally. Incidentally the sprockets travelled India - China - Japan - Singapore - Australia - New Zealand in under two weeks!
On strip down the front sprocket was very worn with sharp edges, the back not so bad. I hadn't touched either when replacing the OEM chain at about 10,000km's, and I'd travelled another 21,00kms on the second, Regina branded, chain.

The side cover was sealed back up and, while running the engine up and then waiting to check for leaks, I used the time to replace the front brake pads and pump fresh fluid through the master cylinder and calliper.

The test ride late this afternoon showed the bike back to its normal, much smoother, self.
The trusty 350 is now ready for it's next big adventure  :)
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Post by: Antipodean Andrew on April 03, 2021, 10:38:44 am
Glad to hear your bike is ready for the road again. I'm clocking up the kays on mine and it will soon be ready for those longer distances. Might see you on the road.  :)
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Post by: manxmike on April 05, 2021, 10:09:57 am
Replaced the fly screen with a Givi taller screen, what a difference! Even with an open face helmet it's far more comfortable in cold weather. It even looks right on the bike.
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Post by: Antipodean Andrew on April 06, 2021, 05:03:07 am
Changed the oil and filter, and cleaned the siphon screen at 1000kms. I had the dealer do the 500km service, so this was my first go. I was very pleased that the bolts weren't over tightened. I managed to get the right amount of oil back in and it didn't blow up or leak, so I'm happy. Next time I will make less mess!
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Post by: Guaire on April 06, 2021, 02:12:31 pm
Changed the oil and filter, and cleaned the siphon screen at 1000kms. I had the dealer do the 500km service, so this was my first go. I was very pleased that the bolts weren't over tightened. I managed to get the right amount of oil back in and it didn't blow up or leak, so I'm happy. Next time I will make less mess!

There's nothing like doing an oil change that shows us what we need to do for an oil change. Particularly, an efficient and clean oil change.
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Post by: nonfiction on April 21, 2021, 08:09:13 pm
(posted to wrong thread)
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Post by: dickim on April 22, 2021, 07:29:18 am
On the subject of the oil change and tight bolts, some time ago I bought a cycle torque wrench kit for $20 on eBay. 1/4 drive and loads of star & hex adaptors great on alloy as VERY low settings available. Use it mainly on the Spyder and Enfield but also anything small or likely fragile
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Post by: Relic on April 24, 2021, 10:18:52 am
The clutch felt off, like I was being less than smooth releasing the lever. As I use the bike for commuting to and from work, it gets plenty of use in traffic.

After checking the cable (still fine) and the movement of the lever itself, the next place to check was the clutch release pin inside the LH side cover.

The photo below shows how the pin is supported between the actuating lever on the top of the case, and the middle of the casing. I raised the pin and applied grease into these three areas.

The clutch action is now much smoother & I learnt some more about the workings of my bike.

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Post by: Guaire on April 24, 2021, 01:22:38 pm
Nice oil pan.
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Post by: gizzo on April 24, 2021, 02:39:30 pm
Did you check the primary drive bolt is tight while the cover was off?
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Post by: Relic on April 25, 2021, 12:34:13 am
Did you check the primary drive bolt is tight while the cover was off?

No, I didn't. I wasn't aware these things come loose on their own (I take it this is a potential issue with these engines?).
Now I've been in there it's not a big deal to pop the cover off at the next oil change.
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Post by: Relic on May 13, 2021, 09:35:04 am
Just when I thought the bike was sorted after dealing to the clutch release pin (great improvement) I went to take it out for a ride and noticed some damp patches under the engine. On close inspection I could smell fuel, so I checked under the tank and it was visibly wet where it clipped onto the frame.

I dropped the tank into a friend's workshop and, after flushing & venting, the cracked gusset was welded up.

We decided to weld & reinforce both sides given this is a known weak area. My friend had previously worked for a Royal Enfield dealer as their mechanic & he said while working there they had replaced several tanks under warranty due to leaks from the front clips. 





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Post by: Mark1971 on May 13, 2021, 04:44:48 pm
On a road trip with Hettie. Rode up and over the Bealach Na Ba, on my way to Applecross.
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Post by: Carlsberg Wordsworth on May 13, 2021, 08:09:33 pm
On a road trip with Hettie. Rode up and over the Bealach Na Ba, on my way to Applecross.

Nice pic. I fancy doing the NC500 myself. I hope I get the chance. Let me know how good/bad the midges are :)
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Post by: Mark1971 on May 13, 2021, 08:21:11 pm
No sign of the dreaded midges so far but I'm stopping in a hostel just outside Applecross. Last time I was up here I camped at the campsite and any bare skin was savaged immediately, even the midge repellent only slowed them down. Always fancied doing the full Nc500 myself, done most of it in separate trips but would like to do it properly. Spent today doing a lap around the Isle of Skye. Wasn't sure about doing this size trip on the Classic 500 but it's been the most enjoyable trip I've ever been on. The pace has been comfortable and allowed more time to take in the whole journey.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: johno on May 14, 2021, 09:51:11 am
Donethe NC500 a few times before it was called the NC500 as I worked in Edinburgh and then Glasgow, it was something to do on a weekend! I stopped once to have a coffee, poured out the flask into a cup took a photo then tried to have a drink only to be confronted with a cupful of midges ::) Still a great ride, not sure now as it is a major tourist trap.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: stefano_musica on May 22, 2021, 06:32:50 am
Last week I rode to my local bike shop to help support my friend ride his brand new bike home. It was his first ever ride as he just got his Learner's license a few days prior. He was nervous, but I helped ride alone with him all the way home, about 70kms.

However, I left home and literally stopped 30 metres from home as my rear drum brake locked up and ground me to a stop. I was able to push the bike home once I got the brake released, which took some persuasion. Jumped on the Harley and took off to get to the bike shop bang on the 11am I promised I'd be there.

My local shop is luckily a Royal Enfield dealer, so while my friend signed the final forms over to his brand new Honda Rebel 500, I ordered myself some new shoes, which I knew were on the cards. I was thinking perhaps the shoes wore out too far and the actuating cam rotated too much, locking into place.

No. Well, yes! The cam did do that, but not because the shoes were worn, but because there was zero lube on the surface where the cam turns and pushes the shoes out to contact with the drum.

Pulling the assembly apart a few days later, I learnt that the lock up caused a whole bunch of other damage.

The large pin that the shoes rest on was bent, the shoe assembly plate was warped, the actuating rod was bent, the pivot mount for the rear brake lever was also bent, the rear brake light switch over extended and broke as well as stretching the spring.

Yay me!

So, today I picked up the new plate, which is identified as a separate part on the diagram, yet it arrived assembled with the pin that was bent on my old plate. I also ordered a front disc, as mine has surpassed 45,000 km, was pulsating on braking, and had worn to its minimum limit. I swapped the disc over, along with new pads for the front. I gave the calliper a little clean and some very slight lubrication on the pins where the pads slide.

Moving to the rear, I noticed that taking out the new shoe plate from the box, it was nothing like mine. The design has changed. My plate was fairly flat, with a huge shim spacing it from the swingarm. There was also a large nut holding on my bent pin. Where as on the new one, the pin is press fit and welded into place.

I attempted to fit the new plate with the shim and nut, but this caused a significant misalignment with the front and rear sprocket. So I figured the new design plate doesn't need this shim and nut. I removed them and refit. Much better. This also allowed more than one thread of the hollow axle that holds the rear brake assembly in place when you remove the rear wheel. It also allowed the rear wheel to fit into place with the axle spacers.

I also found that the old design has more parts, such as the 10mm nuts holding in the actuation arm mechanism for the rear brake. These were tight on mine, and should be ever so slightly loose to allow the brake cam to "centre" itself when you use the brakes. The new plate has no such place for this mechanism to be fitted, so I hope that RE's engineering, casting and machining is better than what I'm generally use to after so many decades of experience.

Once it was all assembled, a test ride after some adjustments was in order, especially as I am taking part in the Distinguished Gentleman's Ride tomorrow. Returning from the test ride, everything is perfect apart from having to nip up the rear brake rod a few turns as the new shoes bedded in and increased the rear brake pedal travel. I turned the nut until the shoes make contact with the drum, then back it off half a turn and spin the wheel to see if it drags at all. Nope, perfect. Looking forward to tomorrows ride, with brand new brakes that should be well and truly bedded in by the end of the 250km round trip I'll be doing.
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Post by: tooseevee on May 22, 2021, 11:57:31 am
I've finally fitted a new mudguard stay to replace one I broke while riding off road on a road trip back in 2018, and repaired / reinforced at the time.
Adjusted the chain, lubricated the pivot points and went for my first ride of 2021.
Entering my 5th year of ownership & still really enjoy this bike.

           I just gotta say those are great looking bags at Reply #7998.
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Post by: Relic on May 23, 2021, 11:19:56 am
           I just gotta say those are great looking bags at Reply #7998.

Those are Royal Enfield panniers; same as those issued on the Pegasus. I've had them a couple of years now & rate them highly. Now fitted with liners made from rain-suit material to keep the contents 100% dry during heavy rain.
 
I've stopped using my old touring panniers, learnt to take less, and lived out of these during my last 5 day camping ride
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Antipodean Andrew on May 26, 2021, 03:33:36 am
Today I cleaned my chain with kerosene and a toothbrush. Having got kero over the rear of the bike, a wash was was in order and then a quick ride to dry everything before lubing the chain. I know you are supposed to lube from the inside of the chain so the oil is thrown outward, but with the enormous stock exhaust there isn't a lot of room to get an accurate shot from an aerosol, so I put the bike on it's center stand and give it a light coating from the rear with the bike running in gear.

This was done without turning the bike off after it's drying run and had the side affect of making my ABS light come on. I guess the system didn't like the fact that my front wheel wasn't moving, but the rear was. Switching the bike off and re-starting sorted the light.

This got me thinking it might be possible to replicate this by smoking the rear wheel up at the lights before launching.  :P
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Haggis on May 26, 2021, 09:31:03 am
Think you have as much chance of "smoking the rear" as 🇬🇧 has of winning euro vision.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Guaire on May 26, 2021, 12:34:09 pm
Think you have as much chance of "smoking the rear" as 🇬🇧 has of winning euro vision.
Where's my emoji when I need one???
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Guaire on May 26, 2021, 12:38:38 pm
Today I cleaned my chain with kerosene and a toothbrush. Having got kero over the rear of the bike, a wash was was in order and then a quick ride to dry everything before lubing the chain. I know you are supposed to lube from the inside of the chain so the oil is thrown outward, but with the enormous stock exhaust there isn't a lot of room to get an accurate shot from an aerosol, so I put the bike on it's center stand and give it a light coating from the rear with the bike running in gear.

This was done without turning the bike off after it's drying run and had the side affect of making my ABS light come on. I guess the system didn't like the fact that my front wheel wasn't moving, but the rear was. Switching the bike off and re-starting sorted the light.

This got me thinking it might be possible to replicate this by smoking the rear wheel up at the lights before launching.  :P

Cleaning with kerosene is a good idea. I use it myself on chains. If you don't have an old chain, ask a shop if they can give you a take off. Here's how I use the 'service chain':
"The traditional roller chain is different. It's easier to maintain well, off the bike. Clean it in a can, pan, whatever, with kerosene or something there about. Brush it to clean off the outer parts.
  The old lube formula was a mix of paraffin and oil. Warm it and let the chain soak in it. This mix penetrates to the pins in the rollers. The chain is lubed and ready to install.
Or:
  Off the bike, spray it with chain cleaner. Wipe clean. Let it dry. Spray on Chain Lube (not Chain Wax). Now the chain is lubed.
  Differences: you don't want the same cleaning or you will strip the lube from the O X rings. Bad idea.
 The ringed chains just need the outside cleaned and a coating of 'wax' product to keep them sealed.
Size, weight, cost and type of maintenance are good considerations for comparisons."
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Slow on May 26, 2021, 03:23:18 pm
Hi guys,
I think that instead toothbrusher is little bit better "chainwashingmachine" ;)
https://www.kettenmax.com/shop/?language=en&language=en (https://www.kettenmax.com/shop/?language=en&language=en)
I know that we have "old" bikes, but we´re at 21century ;D

Do you make bike maitenance at home?

BR
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Carlsberg Wordsworth on May 26, 2021, 08:45:02 pm
Talking of chains, adjusted mine as it was an advisory item last year and checked the rest of the bike in readiness for its UK MOT.

A whopping 289 miles ridden in the last year according to the records .....
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: wildbill on May 28, 2021, 10:21:03 am
Gave it a quick clean up and took a happy snap.

(https://i.postimg.cc/T3YVcC3N/IMG-5940.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/cr2tx7Yf)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Richard230 on May 28, 2021, 02:12:53 pm
Very nice, Bill. Your Bullet is sure clean and is looking great. Ready for a ride.  ;)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: wildbill on May 29, 2021, 01:27:55 am
thanks, i think its come a long way from stock in 3 months...lol at the moment i am still thinking if i should pull the rear guard and fit a C5 instead.
back in the old days when Sectorsteve's bike bit the dust - i bought his front/rear guards tool boxes side cases and a few other things
so i have the parts its just a matter of how hard it is to fit.
his bike was black and mines green or almost black so i think the guard would go straight on without a re-paint or if i want the bike looking older -just swap all his stuff straight over...lol
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: symmo on May 29, 2021, 08:26:56 am
Definitely change the rear mudguard, it looks a bit odd without the full seat, you will need the C5 rails as well.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Antipodean Andrew on May 29, 2021, 11:21:47 am
Looks really spiffy wildbill. Glad you kept the single seat.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Narada on May 29, 2021, 06:54:20 pm
Looking good Wildbill, +1 on the single seat.  8)  Good to hear parts of SectorSteve's bike live on too!  :o
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Narada on May 29, 2021, 07:31:54 pm
Speaking of chain adjusting... I just had to adjust my year old "D.I.D." further back due to stretching. Upon take off for test ride there was a really bad "crunching" sound as soon as I let out the clutch.  :o

Turned out that my chainguard had gotten all twisted up in my rear wheel and ripped in half due to the oversized tire (12-80-18 Kenda 761 Dual Sport) I put on last summer.  :P

At that time I made a nice relief in the chain guard right where it was needed. Looked real clean, worked great and I forgot all about it lol!  ::)

After a bit of straightening, cutting, and welding, the chain guard was re-installed almost as good as new!  :)
 
So, just a reminder for any one cutting their chain guard to allow fitment of wider tread... be sure to take out enough to allow for future chain adjustment!!!  ;)  ;D ;D ;D

Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Carlsberg Wordsworth on May 29, 2021, 11:00:20 pm
Wish I'd bought a Classic rear end from Hitchcocks they had going once for around £100 or so as I was thinking of replacing mine on the Bullet for the more rounded look.

I'm not able to see why the rear rails and guard can't be swapped from a Classic to a Bullet as long as you've got a single seat. The B5 has the single seat bracket last time I looked on my 2012 Bullet from my hazy memory.

Perhaps the 18" rear wheel accentuates it a bit more?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: wildbill on May 30, 2021, 02:10:37 am
its a strange one with the last run of C5s. the first one i bought back in 013 had 19" front and rear and i think ceat tyres fitted to it.
when they added the rear disc they decided just take the classic's wheels 18/19 and slap them on. plus te avon tyres too.
i never had trouble with the avon roadrunner tyres on the C5's so was pretty happy to get them on this.
now it appears the very last bikes arriving here from the trials version onwards are equiped with the trials type tyres.
to all the above who commented
what i did notice after the mods and first ride. usually when i switch this exhaust from cold start and it was cold i do get crackle and pops on over runs. plus this bike has never been smooth on the throttle from first ride -jerky
so i fitted the muffler /booster plug and stock air cleaner kicked it over and let it warm for 2 minutes and did my test videl clip i put up on the accessories - and the bike ran virtually butter smooth with no jerky type throttle issues.
my thoughts being the booster plug sorted this out as i really should have had issues but not the case.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Carlsberg Wordsworth on June 08, 2021, 08:18:00 pm
New rear tyre (Mitas H-02) and I had the wheel balanced too :)

Had I known, I'd have taken the front wheel as well. Some other day. Not had a chance to test to notice any difference yet. 30g or so added I was told.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Antipodean Andrew on June 12, 2021, 05:13:58 am
Today I fitted black military panniers to my Redditch Red C5. I don't think they enhance the bike's looks, but they will be very handy. Not wanting to add weight to the bike, I removed the pillion seat and rear foot pegs. The right side frame fitted like a glove, but the left needed a bit of fiddling.

Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Carlsberg Wordsworth on June 13, 2021, 09:21:50 pm
That looks very smart Andrew, nice looking bike.

I rode out with friends for the 1st time in over a year to a RE dealer who had a Meteor in stock. I didn't know the area well so didn't take a test ride but having sat on it it feels very comfortable to me and everything fell to hand so to speak. More so than my Bullet , so apart from the lower torque that I'll miss, I am very close to pulling the trigger on one. Wheather I trade or private sale yet I'm not sure.

It was however, a much needed sunny ride out for us all.

Oh, and the rear felt good but I'd need to balance the front for a truer picture I think, felt a bit bouncy at speed so I need to play with pressures and shock settings.

Or maybe not if she goes :D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Antipodean Andrew on June 14, 2021, 08:38:18 am
Carlsberg, have you thought of holding out for the Classic next generation. It will have the Meteor engine with the Classic looks. RE can't be far away from announcing this new bike, the videos are all over the Internet. If you like the cruiser looks of the Meteor, go ahead, I bet they will be nice bikes.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: cupoftee on June 15, 2021, 04:54:20 pm
Wished for a kick start C5!
Had my pannier rail on the Pegasus powder coated in 2 day turn round.
Hole thing was rusting, all good now. Erebyb
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Carlsberg Wordsworth on June 15, 2021, 10:15:19 pm
Carlsberg, have you thought of holding out for the Classic next generation. It will have the Meteor engine with the Classic looks. RE can't be far away from announcing this new bike, the videos are all over the Internet. If you like the cruiser looks of the Meteor, go ahead, I bet they will be nice bikes.

Ah, I had forgotten about that. If that's the one with the LCD in the casquette then I'm out I'm afraid. Just looks awful imo which in turn, sadly puts me off.

If I can, I'll keep the Bullet which basically boils down to £'s in the bank. It has a lot of plus points too but I've got a hankering now for something newer. It was nip and tuck on a Himalayan when they came out.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Antipodean Andrew on June 16, 2021, 01:32:30 am
Not sure why RE have gone with that particularly ugly shape for the LCD, other than making the most use of the space. It does detract from a nice looking bike.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: cupoftee on June 17, 2021, 07:51:33 am
Fitted the Hitchcocks, black ceramic silencer, never has a sound of a single sounded so nice, and the engine breaths much better too.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Antipodean Andrew on June 18, 2021, 05:24:07 am
Today I spent 40 minutes filing the head of a tiny bolt into a dome shape and shortening it slightly to replace the one that fell off my muffler heat shield. Looks very close to original and I am happy again. Checked the other fasteners and found three less than snug ones. I was initially annoyed that the bolt fell off, but now when I look at that little fastener I find it pleasing because I had a hand in its creation. Hooray.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Relic on July 02, 2021, 09:24:36 am
After nearly 5 years and 33,000k's from my trusty and much loved 2016 Classic 350, today I bought a new Classic 500.

There is nothing wrong with the 350, it has provided fantastic service and taken me on some great rides around my country, often off the beaten track on camping adventures. I figured if the 500's are to be discontinued soon then now is my chance to put one in my garage.

My local dealer had two of the limited edition tribute models on the floor and, while they look superb, I went with a Redditch Red bike because I like the full gloss paint and the polished alloy engine.

Collection is early next week but I'll be hanging on to the 350 for a bit longer yet. As the army pannier frames are different for the later model due to the new swing arm, and as the bags are used for taking my gear to work each day, I have to wait for some new frames to come out of India before dropping back to one bike.

In a perfect world I'd keep both bikes but that wasn't the deal Mrs Relic agreed to.

It will be interesting playing "spot the changes" between the two bikes :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Willie on July 02, 2021, 05:23:47 pm
I would love to get my hands on a Limited Tribute black.  I seem to keep coming across info that folks have seen 2 or more languishing in a showroom somewhere other than the U.S.  Does anyone know of any that are available here in the states?  Or, can one be imported from an overseas dealer where they are in inventory but apparently not selling?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Relic on July 02, 2021, 10:27:35 pm
I would love to get my hands on a Limited Tribute black.  I seem to keep coming across info that folks have seen 2 or more languishing in a showroom somewhere other than the U.S.  Does anyone know of any that are available here in the states?  Or, can one be imported from an overseas dealer where they are in inventory but apparently not selling?

I hear your frustration.
The Tribute bikes only arrived into New Zealand in the last week, so are fresh off the (much delayed) boat. Going by the on-line interest from local enthusiasts I can't see the Tribute models lasting long here either.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Relic on July 07, 2021, 07:20:42 am
Rode my new Classic 500 home from the dealership today.

In comparison to my well run in 2016 350, it felt a very different beast. I'll be making a few changes over the next few weeks to match what I did with the 350, initially fitting a heel toe shifter, getting some bar end mirrors and changing the seat over.

There are small changes everywhere I look, from the oil filler (now nylon, was alloy), tool kit roll, the fork brace (rounded on the new, straight on the old) and the fuel filler cap which no longer locks. I'm sure there are plenty more.

Overall, fit and finish is excellent. I'm now looking forward to many miles and years of riding on the new bike :)

Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Richard230 on July 07, 2021, 02:34:28 pm
Nice!   :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Antipodean Andrew on July 07, 2021, 07:30:09 pm
Very pleased for you Relic. Great choice of colour.  ;)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Narada on July 07, 2021, 08:16:39 pm
Nice pair!  8)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Relic on July 08, 2021, 06:37:05 am
Very pleased for you Relic. Great choice of colour.  ;)
Somehow I thought you might say that! And yes very pleased with the colour (that's color to our US friends).

Currently avoiding the question at home of when the black 350 is going on the market...cant sell until my new pannier frames arrive. They are in Singapore en-route from India and, if the parcel delays are anything like the shipping container delays through there, it could be September before the frames arrive.

Which coincides with spring in NZ, a much better time to sell motorcycles than winter :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Mark1971 on July 11, 2021, 11:54:03 am
Fitted a hitchcocks silencer, some Dunlop K70 tyres and removed the front brake caliper as one of its pistons was seized up and causing severe drag. Quite surprised about the brake issue as the bikes only 8 months old and is washed regularly. Still it's great sitting fettling with the bike, certainly beats watching all thd rubbish on TV.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Guaire on July 13, 2021, 04:16:01 pm
Fitted a hitchcocks silencer, some Dunlop K70 tyres and removed the front brake caliper as one of its pistons was seized up and causing severe drag. Quite surprised about the brake issue as the bikes only 8 months old and is washed regularly. Still it's great sitting fettling with the bike, certainly beats watching all thd rubbish on TV.
The washing may have created the brake problem.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ergyd on July 13, 2021, 05:55:35 pm
Changed the rear tyre from the K70 to a Heidenau K34.
The wear on the Dunlop was incredible, after only a year, and it never quite felt comfortable...

Already, I'm much more confident with the Heidenau - took the bike for a 400mile camping and fly-fishing weekend trip, and she performed brilliantly.

A great excuse to also try out my new Merlin saddlebags - beautiful objects, loads of space.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Relic on July 14, 2021, 07:13:59 am
Great photos!

What size Heidenau K34 did you fit to the rear wheel? I've just bought a Heidenau K60 110/80/18 for the back of my bike and it looks a lot wider that the Ceat of the same size.

Really hoping it will fit inside the swingarm...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ergyd on July 14, 2021, 08:01:02 am
Great photos!

What size Heidenau K34 did you fit to the rear wheel?

Thanks Relic - these bikes are just so photogenic, impossible for them NOT to look good!


I fitted same as stock size - 3.50 - 19. Not 100% sure how that translates size-wise, but there's plenty of clearance there. I considered going up to a 4.00, but just seemed unnecessary...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: cupoftee on July 17, 2021, 07:55:30 am
Replaced the indicator and neutral lights with leds.
Perfect lumination in day light, well chuffed.
Added a ngk plug cap to get better spark.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: dickim on July 17, 2021, 10:53:18 am
Good move on the plug cap, did the same when mine failed to start, pulled the factory metal cap and it fell into pieces
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: JohnnieK on July 17, 2021, 03:05:10 pm
Fitted a new sprocket/drum and new chain. Had to fit the wheel twice after forgetting the one spacer. As I tightened the axle bolt the wheel stopped turning - so I looked around and saw the little spacer lying on the garage floor. ::)  Broke 2 teeth of the sprocket about 2 months ago. Started right up after sitting idle for more that 2 months. Seems to ride a bit better with the new chain and sprocket.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Guaire on July 17, 2021, 03:18:20 pm
Good move on the plug cap, did the same when mine failed to start, pulled the factory metal cap and it fell into pieces
  The stock caps are junk. Did you use the zero resistance NGK?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: dickim on July 17, 2021, 03:47:32 pm
  The stock caps are junk. Did you use the zero resistance NGK?
Sorry-Honestly can't remember, I canabalised one to get me going and went online for an angled (45'?) NGK as angled not available locally. Always go NGK for plugs & caps as never failed me.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Relic on July 18, 2021, 10:35:43 am
Took my new 500 for a 70km ride in the countryside today.

The engine is starting to loosen up nicely although I'm still being careful not to labor or extend the engine during the bedding in process. To that end I've been choosing roads with little traffic, and plenty of opportunity to vary the speeds without annoying other road users.

Compared to my '16 Classic 350:
I'm loving the rear disc brake and the significant increase in torque on the new bike. The OEM Ceat tires are pretty good too; they look to be the same as that fitted to the Bullet Trials model. The exhaust is also something I'm loving; it sounds like a helicopter is following me... :)
I'm missing the immediate throttle response of the carb'd engine and also the very smooth feel and ride of the old bike in general.

Once the 500 has a couple of thousand k's under it's tires I'm sure it will be a different bike; the vibrations are already much less than felt on the first few rides.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: symmo on July 18, 2021, 12:35:31 pm
Apart from the quirkiness of these C5s, they are great bikes and in my mind a great looking bike. It's a shame that Enfield have decided to drop this model, I think it would have gone on selling in big numbers. I have changed the tyres from the Avons that just did not suit the army style C5 to a Kenda 400x18 Catspaw and a 350x19 Mitas H02 and now it looks like a purposeful machine much more capable of tackling the odd back lane which is what I was doing on the Avons.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Richard230 on July 18, 2021, 01:45:17 pm
Took my new 500 for a 70km ride in the countryside today.

The engine is starting to loosen up nicely although I'm still being careful not to labor or extend the engine during the bedding in process. To that end I've been choosing roads with little traffic, and plenty of opportunity to vary the speeds without annoying other road users.


Do roads like that still exist?   ;) Around here roads are either crowded with heavy traffic, or if they have little traffic, are being used as a racetrack. Attached is a photo of a sign located on a mountain highway in the Santa Cruz Mountains.   :(
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Relic on July 19, 2021, 07:12:22 am
Do roads like that still exist?   ;) Around here roads are either crowded with heavy traffic, or if they have little traffic, are being used as a racetrack. Attached is a photo of a sign located on a mountain highway in the Santa Cruz Mountains.   :(
Yes, absolutely. One of the advantages of living on two main islands in the South Pacific with just 5 million people. When the current situation eventually subsides try to get down here for a riding holiday.

Peter Egan wrote about doing just that a few years back, in one of his columns.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: beagle on July 19, 2021, 09:04:01 am
Ive recently got another c5. I bought a new one instead of a used this time....The running in procedure seems to have gone out the window...It wont go under 70kph in top gear and idles along at 85kph.  So Ive had to negate the keep it under 55/60kph suggestion and flog the bejeezas out of it.  At 700Ks on the clock and one oil change, it cruises very smoothly up to 110kph and just sits on 90 to 95 kph without any vibes. I'm very pleased with this one and think it will be a keeper...unless it shits itself....lol...So today...I took it up the mountains and it went admirably. only giving it stick in top gear on the flats, but it does pull like a schoolboy up the hills..
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Richard230 on July 19, 2021, 02:26:26 pm
I rode my 2011 B5 up to the Sears Point Raceway on Saturday to see the Progressive motorcycle show that was held there this weekend. I was able to keep up with traffic traveling at 110 kph the entire way without any trouble.  However, my daughter who was also going to the show also, passed me in her Subaru station wagon at 130 kph (in a 90 kph speed zone) and I wasn't able to keep up with her.    :P
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Willie on July 24, 2021, 01:11:31 pm
Changed the rear tyre from the K70 to a Heidenau K34.
The wear on the Dunlop was incredible, after only a year, and it never quite felt comfortable...

Already, I'm much more confident with the Heidenau - took the bike for a 400mile camping and fly-fishing weekend trip, and she performed brilliantly.

A great excuse to also try out my new Merlin saddlebags - beautiful objects, loads of space.
Sorry for the late jump into this thread, but just out of curiosity can you estimate the weight of your camping load (plus you)?  I am seriously considering selling my Honda NC700X Dual Sport that I use for camping and road trips, and just paring down the load to go camping etc.  I like my Bullet so much better, but I am not sure it will "tote the load" here in the North GA Mountains.  I don't mind leaving a few pounds behind (especially on shorter trips) but some idea of what I can load would be appreciated.  I am not going off-road, so that won't be a consideration,  Plus I upgraded the rear shocks a while ago to Hagon customs.  A BIG improvement.  Thanks!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Richard230 on July 24, 2021, 02:02:56 pm
Sorry for the late jump into this thread, but just out of curiosity can you estimate the weight of your camping load (plus you)?  I am seriously considering selling my Honda NC700X Dual Sport that I use for camping and road trips, and just paring down the load to go camping etc.  I like my Bullet so much better, but I am not sure it will "tote the load" here in the North GA Mountains.  I don't mind leaving a few pounds behind (especially on shorter trips) but some idea of what I can load would be appreciated.  I am not going off-road, so that won't be a consideration,  Plus I upgraded the rear shocks a while ago to Hagon customs.  A BIG improvement.  Thanks!

Whatever the rider and camping equipment weighs, I am sure that it is a lot less than an entire Indian family riding on a 350cc Bullet, as is normal in India and on Honda Cub clones that are common in many Asian countries, where a motorcycle is their only motorized vehicle. Even with their cheap suspension and narrow tires, those families manage to make do with what comes out of the factory. And of course, the frame and shocks of the RE singles are much more robust than a cheap step-through. I am sure that your bike is up to the task of toting whatever load you can manage to strap on the bike, especially with your upgraded shocks.  :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ergyd on July 25, 2021, 07:55:56 am
Sorry for the late jump into this thread, but just out of curiosity can you estimate the weight of your camping load (plus you)?  I am seriously considering selling my Honda NC700X Dual Sport that I use for camping and road trips, and just paring down the load to go camping etc.  I like my Bullet so much better, but I am not sure it will "tote the load" here in the North GA Mountains.  I don't mind leaving a few pounds behind (especially on shorter trips) but some idea of what I can load would be appreciated.  I am not going off-road, so that won't be a consideration,  Plus I upgraded the rear shocks a while ago to Hagon customs.  A BIG improvement.  Thanks!

Hi Geezer,
I'm afraid I'm absolutely rubbish at estimating weight of things, and I can't get to all my stuff at the moment... But, as Richard230 days, these bikes are packhorses - I didn't even consider that the bike wouldn't be able to handle it.

I carried with me clothes for a week, 2-man tent, sleeping bag, liner and mat, cooking kit (3 pots, stove, gas), fly fishing gear (rod, reel, flyboxes etc)... On top of the usual stuff I have on the bike - tool kit, first aid kit, waterproofs, full riding gear etc. I also sneaked in a few beers, and some food.
I'm 80kgs.

The bike didn't even register carrying all of that. Made 0 discernible impact to handling or acceleration (though admittedly, I don't speed through the miles when I'm touring around Wales - too much to see!).

Sorry I can't be more precise!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Willie on July 26, 2021, 01:04:08 pm
Whatever the rider and camping equipment weighs, I am sure that it is a lot less than an entire Indian family riding on a 350cc Bullet, as is normal in India and on Honda Cub clones that are common in many Asian countries, where a motorcycle is their only motorized vehicle. Even with their cheap suspension and narrow tires, those families manage to make do with what comes out of the factory. And of course, the frame and shocks of the RE singles are much more robust than a cheap step-through. I am sure that your bike is up to the task of toting whatever load you can manage to strap on the bike, especially with your upgraded shocks.  :)
THANKS!  With 6 grandkids, 2 adult off-spring, a wife, and a 120 lb Anatolian Shepherd, I will probably pack lightly on adult beverages and my flat screen plasma TV, but it is reassuring to know that it can be done! ;D ;[/i][/i]
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Relic on July 28, 2021, 07:29:05 am
Today I took my (nearly) new Classic 500 in for the 500km / 300mile service.

My dealer has been in the same building since 1963 (although with a couple of owners), and it's like stepping back in time, especially with two rows of Royal Enfield's to walk through to get to the counter.

These guys are very old school in their approach. The boss came out and took me through the invoice, explaining that they had replaced the OEM spark plug with a better NGK item. Then one of his mechanics discussed the condition of the oil and strainer (first oil change) what chain lubricant I used and the tire pressures.

The invoice was reasonable and I rode home a happy customer  :)

Traditional values and traditional bikes seems to be a great combination.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Guaire on July 28, 2021, 02:18:07 pm
Today I took my (nearly) new Classic 500 in for the 500km / 300mile service.

My dealer has been in the same building since 1963 (although with a couple of owners), and it's like stepping back in time, especially with two rows of Royal Enfield's to walk through to get to the counter.

These guys are very old school in their approach. The boss came out and took me through the invoice, explaining that they had replaced the OEM spark plug with a better NGK item. Then one of his mechanics discussed the condition of the oil and strainer (first oil change) what chain lubricant I used and the tire pressures.

The invoice was reasonable and I rode home a happy customer  :)

Traditional values and traditional bikes seems to be a great combination.

Really. A smart customer is a good customer. The NGK cap is smart!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Carlsberg Wordsworth on August 01, 2021, 06:58:13 pm
Noticed that when parked on the main stand when the non standard bars are over to the left that there wasn't enough clearance between some cables and the tank which has left a small rub mark. Tilted them up a tad which of course warrants a test ride.

This seems to have the effect of keeping me closer to the tank and felt good to ride. After all this time I think I have found a better position by accident :D

This might affect the Meteor decision  :-\

A bit of gentlemanly pootling round the lanes though and some youthful exuberance WOT for when they opened up a bit gave room for some soul searching.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Narada on August 02, 2021, 07:05:56 pm
Pushed Bholenath very slowly about ½ mile up a pretty steep grade (about 20 feet at a time),  :P then about another ½ mile across level ground (much easier).   :)

My fuel light (with Koso TNT) quit working a while back. I put a new sending unit in, then ran out again. Last week I checked all my connections in the nacelle, ran out of time, so I moved on… This morning I knew I was really low, so I stopped at my usual gas station only to find signs on every pump; “No Gas”.  :o

I ran out before reaching the next station, lol!  :-[ Oddly, I feel kind of proud, like I’ve been through a classic bike “rite of passage”. I have now pushed my bike to the nearest station and made it to work without “Roadside Assistance” (which would have taken longer, and cost a lot more). I’ll have to keep on trying to figure out that light as I’m able. Meanwhile, I plan on filling up more often!  ;)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: AmBraCol on August 03, 2021, 02:03:17 pm
Pushed Bholenath very slowly about ½ mile up a pretty steep grade (about 20 feet at a time),  :P then about another ½ mile across level ground (much easier).   :)

My fuel light (with Koso TNT) quit working a while back. I put a new sending unit in, then ran out again. Last week I checked all my connections in the nacelle, ran out of time, so I moved on… This morning I knew I was really low, so I stopped at my usual gas station only to find signs on every pump; “No Gas”.  :o

I ran out before reaching the next station, lol!  :-[ Oddly, I feel kind of proud, like I’ve been through a classic bike “rite of passage”. I have now pushed my bike to the nearest station and made it to work without “Roadside Assistance” (which would have taken longer, and cost a lot more). I’ll have to keep on trying to figure out that light as I’m able. Meanwhile, I plan on filling up more often!  ;)

Ran out of gas on my first ever long trip on the Honda XL200 I used to have. It was an upgrade from the little Suzuki GN125H I'd been running before it.  Figured I'd fuel up at the same place as I did when traveling on the Suzuki.  And I did.  After pushing it a while.  That's an advantage of the Rumbler's gas gauge.  So far it's done a great job of letting me know when gas needs to be purchased.  The other thing is I keep a record in the "Simply Auto" app of my fuel purchases.  It tracks consumption and also is useful for checking on what the mileage was the last time I filled up.  With an average fuel consumption of 98 kmg and a five gallon tank, I figure I need to fill up around 400 km after the last fill, to keep my paranoia in check.  ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: AmBraCol on August 03, 2021, 02:09:23 pm
Yesterday I picked up a new battery. Kontrol brand. We don't have much to choose from here and this is what our local dealer has started stocking. Better than the stock lead/acid battery, I'm sure. The problem being, different connectors from the MotoBatt I've been running the last few years.  I charged it over night and checked it out this morning. Full charge and once I hooked it up and applied the multi-test it shows proper functioning of the system.  The poor old Rumbler's been mostly sitting for the past year and a half.  We had a nation wide forced lockdown to which my wife and I had an exemption for charity work.  It's hard to haul boxes of groceries on a Royal Enfield so she just sat there in the garage looking sad.  When charging the battery to get her going again the old MotoBatt started throwing "fault" codes on the charger. There was enough juice to run the fuel injection system and kick start, but that was it.  It's nice to have a functional battery again and with the restrictions lifted I should get some more riding in this year. Now to catch up here on the forum and see what everyone else has been up to.  8)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Guaire on August 03, 2021, 02:57:29 pm
AmBraCol - I had a C5 and the post location was too close to grounding. I got another AGM with the posts facing outboard.  To get the length of the power cables I extended them.
  I went to the auto parts store. I bought some automotive battery cable, (huge). And, I got some large end of cable, post connectors. I spliced them together and connected to the outboard side of the connectors. Would that help?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: AmBraCol on August 03, 2021, 03:18:24 pm
AmBraCol - I had a C5 and the post location was too close to grounding. I got another AGM with the posts facing outboard.  To get the length of the power cables I extended them.
  I went to the auto parts store. I bought some automotive battery cable, (huge). And, I got some large end of cable, post connectors. I spliced them together and connected to the outboard side of the connectors. Would that help?

Thanks!  There's no way I could connect anything from on top.  Too close, like you say.  But the Kontrol battery has the posts set up allow connections from the front.  This is different from the Motobatt, which had the connections on top, but recessed into the top.  I had to reshape the existing connectors, but am good to go. I did extend a cable used for my charger outlet, but the factory cables are still fine for the current battery.  I'll be watching them for signs of excessive vibration and breakage, but don't anticipate there being any issues. Thanks!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Guaire on August 03, 2021, 03:29:46 pm
Thanks!  There's no way I could connect anything from on top.  Too close, like you say.  But the Kontrol battery has the posts set up allow connections from the front.  This is different from the Motobatt, which had the connections on top, but recessed into the top.  I had to reshape the existing connectors, but am good to go. I did extend a cable used for my charger outlet, but the factory cables are still fine for the current battery.  I'll be watching them for signs of excessive vibration and breakage, but don't anticipate there being any issues. Thanks!

Good to know!
Here's some pix showing my mod. I used dielectric grease on the connection.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Narada on August 03, 2021, 07:12:28 pm
Will work on that fuel light soon AmBraCol! Meanwhile...

Blew my throttle body off the engine on my way home from work, by stalling with a backfire leaving parking lot!  :o

It had been running a bit badly for a while, like it had a vacuum leak, rough, with erratic idle, hard starting...  ???

Bike ran real funny for a few moments after explosion,  :P but then got better. I carefully proceeded the rest of the way home where I found the throttlebody just hanging by its cables in front of intake tube!!!  :o

Upon reinstallation, I noticed the tube clamp screw was loose, and the cause of my situation!  ::)

Bike is now "made like a gun" again! Idles great, snappy throttle response, and smooth!  8)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gremlin on August 11, 2021, 09:11:38 pm
added a farkle (extra seat) over the weekend.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gremlin on August 11, 2021, 09:14:39 pm

 8)

A bit of gentlemanly pootling round the lanes though and some youthful exuberance WOT for when they opened up a bit gave room for some soul searching.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Antipodean Andrew on August 13, 2021, 12:27:56 am
Today I completed my 3000km service. Everything went well except for the air filter. The filter was glued to the round metal plate! I was really struggling to get it off and was worried I would bend the plate, but found I could squeeze the old filter tearing it as I worked my way round. This left a ring of orange plastic stuck to the plate. After a lot of scraping and finally some sanding I had a smooth surface.

The old filter was surprisingly dirty considering I ride on paved road.

What was the thinking of the person who did this? It had to be glued at the factory or by the dealer at the first service. Maybe they thought it was a forever filter.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Richard230 on August 13, 2021, 01:05:36 am
Today I completed my 3000km service. Everything went well except for the air filter. The filter was glued to the round metal plate! I was really struggling to get it off and was worried I would bend the plate, but found I could squeeze the old filter tearing it as I worked my way round. This left a ring of orange plastic stuck to the plate. After a lot of scraping and finally some sanding I had a smooth surface.

The old filter was surprisingly dirty considering I ride on paved road.

What was the thinking of the person who did this? It had to be glued at the factory or by the dealer at the first service. Maybe they thought it was a forever filter.

I have found on my bike that a new filter is difficult to install in the airbox. It tends to fall out of position as I try to install the box cover. It is likely that either the dealer or the factory glued the filter on to the plate in order to make it easier to install the cover without the filter moving out of position.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Silverback on August 13, 2021, 01:42:28 am
I put a cheap windscreen on today. I won't get a chance to test it until tomorrow.   The universal windscreen that came on the bike blasted my face with wind.  We'll see
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: ozpacman on August 13, 2021, 04:38:57 am
I did a few jobs on the Bullet this week. Fitted the Hitchcock's silencer and was quite surprised how 'sporty' she sounds. I may have to consider fitting a small baffle in the end, but will run it as is for a little while first. It may be that I'm just used to the standard silencer being so quiet. I had to fab up a bracket for it though as the supplied one seemed to be more suited to a Classic 500. Pretty straight forward job though.

Also replaced four broken spokes in the rear wheel that I discovered last ride, and attended to a leaking fork seal in the front. Did the fork job on Tuesday whilst our area was in Covid-19 lockdown so I wasn't able to get fork oil. Had a big bottle of good old ATF on the shelf in the shed, so that's what she got. Rides nice though I must say.

Gave her a good bath this morning and she came up like new. All in all a very enjoyable week fettling the Bullet, as well as some jobs and maintenance on a couple of my other bikes.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Guaire on August 13, 2021, 02:29:26 pm
 "like it had a vacuum leak,"

That would make it run lean. As usual, one problem leads to another one.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Silverback on August 19, 2021, 03:09:20 am
I thought it would be cool to add a Brass heel toe shifter.   Dont its POS.  Broker first install.   Lol.... ordered from Hitchcock.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Silverback on August 19, 2021, 04:28:45 am
To be correct the brass one was from Ebay.  Order next one from Hitchcock.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Narada on August 20, 2021, 05:29:23 pm
Squirted CRC penetrant into front brake lever!  ::)

My front brake lever had been getting harder and harder to pull which I assumed (not having experienced this before) had to be the caliper hanging up.  ???

Eventually, I got to pulling the caliper for a service, which it was probably due for, but it wasn't too bad, and after a good cleaning and lubeing the problem was still there.  :P

I kept wondering if there was some mysterious thing that could be the cause, like a collapsed brake line, or master cylinder failure that was so rare no one but me had ever had it happen to them?  ::)

Finally, I walked out to Bholenath at lunch with the CRC can, hosed down the lever for few seconds and my brakes were just like new again!  :)

No more scrunching ratchety feeling, just nice smooth brakes. Once again demonstrating that the most simple and obvious thing is almost always the problem!  ;)  8)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Mad4Bullets on August 21, 2021, 06:23:13 pm
My 13 year old son and I pulled and inspected the sparkplug in the Classic 500.  More of a teaching opportunity than required maintenance. After a proper cleaning, gap check, installation and general education of what it does and how it works, he had the honor of firing it up on the first kick.  A satisfying day between father and son.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Silverback on August 24, 2021, 06:42:30 am
Installed 7 inch headlight, rock gaurd and heal toe shifter.

Oh that wind screen crap.  I am just going to ride without one.

I am still fiddling with tire inflation to alleviate front wobble.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ove on August 29, 2021, 11:26:54 pm
In 3,000 miles, I've never tried running my 500 'trials replica' flat out in top gear (stock gearing). Was on a long stretch today and gave it a go. 83mph indicated, so just short of 80mph real. Without too much vibration, which surprised me. Was sat upright, so not too bad. 70mph felt more relaxed afterwards  8)

Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Relic on September 01, 2021, 06:02:55 am
Today I took the 2016 Classic 350 for a short ride to keep the battery charged & to enable me to warm up the engine, check the oil & ensure all is well. The bike hasn't run for nearly two months and has now been sold, however due to New Zealand being back in lockdown the new owner (based in another city) cannot collect, and at this stage I'm not sure when this will be able to happen.

There is a post on this site about buyer's remorse; after today I suspect I'm suffering from seller's remorse. It is such a sweet bike to ride, so smooth and responsive. If the buyer changed their mind I wouldn't be upset to keep it.

I also took my 2021 Classic 500 out on the same road to compare the bikes. It has only covered 900kms since purchase and needs to settle in some more, but both bikes feel so different to ride.

Still very happy with the new machine, now fitted with the 350's old saddle, panniers and Hitchcocks flyscreen. Once mellowed with another few thousand kilometers and a few adventures under its tires I'm sure it will be a keeper. 
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ove on September 01, 2021, 08:46:36 am
The 500 looks fantastic. Like the saddle, suits it. Hitchcocks?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Relic on September 01, 2021, 09:10:58 am
The 500 looks fantastic. Like the saddle, suits it. Hitchcocks?
Thanks for the positive comment. The saddle was bought off eBay from a trader in India about 4 years ago.
Good quality, very comfortable and bolted straight on  :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Silverback on September 03, 2021, 06:11:35 am
Put Hitchcock engine bracket and nee speedo cable on.

 By the way, why couldn't they put a  metal fuel spicket instead of plastic.

Broke it by accident.   200.00 for a new fuel pump. 

Ugh expensive lesson.


Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Narada on September 03, 2021, 03:30:31 pm
There are very affordable replacement pumps out there Silverback, don't worry! I'm sure someone will chime in with a link for one soon.  ;)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Silverback on September 03, 2021, 04:17:27 pm
Already picked it up from the royal enfeild dealer.

But if anyone has a less expensive option.  I would like to know.

hanks
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: dickim on September 03, 2021, 04:53:47 pm
Sorry can't give you a link, but Google/ eBay and from memory same as Suzuki SV 650, and Kwaka.... I bought one for around $40 Aus and before anyone says cheap Chinese shit, yes made in China, but branded same as you buy from dealers...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Silverback on September 03, 2021, 05:21:16 pm
Oh wow!!!  Thanks
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Tommy_C on September 03, 2021, 07:43:25 pm
Turned a money-courier bag into a lockable, removable soft-case that clips to my luggage rack.

https://www.flickr.com/gp/58722103@N06/Dtk5Jc
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: dickim on September 04, 2021, 01:07:01 am
There's a thread a couple of years back with more details if anyone can point you towards it....pretty much a standard unit which comes with multiple fittings to suit different bikes👍
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Narada on September 04, 2021, 03:10:24 am
Fixed my flat tire, and it was so much fun, I did it again!   ::)

After patching big hole in tube, and mounting tire on wheel, it went flat again. Pulling tube once more, I found a few more small holes in the same area.  :o :P

One more re-mount and I was on the road again!!!  8)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Silverback on September 04, 2021, 03:19:08 am
This reminds me. I have to get a repair kit. Glad you got it.back on the road.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Guaire on September 04, 2021, 09:15:02 pm
I got my 2011 B5 down the GW Parkway as far south as Mount Vernon. On the way back I stopped for this photo on the Potomac River.
  This machine has the first ACE Motors Clubman Kit 2 cylinder head with our cams installed as well. The head has stainless steel valves, with the intake 1mm larger than stock. The Clubman Kit 1 has standard springs. This one has bee hive springs. This set up is not for all out race results. The regular tune, as you know, starts strong. Then, the motor just runs out of breath. The revs get higher but the power just doesn't climb. This cam and head breathe better than stock. The usual, off idle torque power, extends up to the rev limiter. When you are in the power band - anywhere...the power keeps coming on. This Bullet a real pleasure to drive. There's a progressive power band all the way to the top.

The stock steel valves have their heads friction welded to the stems. Under hard and hot driving the exhaust valves can drop their heads. These valves are one piece affairs.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: heloego on September 07, 2021, 05:40:47 pm
Key ON. No GO.r
All lights working, but no MIL CODE, no Fuel Pump, no Starter.
Determined no power to Power Relay. Checked power to RH Switch Module. No Power. Performed Wiggle Check of Harness and Switch wiring. No Power. Disconnected Module and checked wiring on Switch Side and Harness side. BINGO! Found Brown wire broken at the first bend in the Harness side. Repaired and had a very enjoyable ride through the Jemez Range the next day.
My bad. When I went through the Harness and upgraded all the shit splices from the factory I left the RH side at the front a touch too tight, thus the broken wire due to stress every time I made a tight LH turn.
Tip: If undoing the Harness for any reason, and after verifying all connections and function(s), turn the Casquette ALL the way to the opposite side before securing the Harness. This will ensure enough slack to avoid suddenly having to troubleshoot in the middle of nowhere.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Silverback on September 10, 2021, 06:30:06 pm
I finally installed the Hitchcock head stay as a precautionary measure
  It actually slightly reduced vibrations in handlebars. 

Ultimately,  I don't have to worry about it breaking.

Hitchcocks stay is super stout.

I have an extra one if someone wants it. I originally thought you needed two of them.

Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Silverback on September 11, 2021, 05:40:55 am
today i put visors on turn signals.  i like the looks.

tomorrow clean the chain and bike. then a nice ride.   really enjoying this bike more and more.  i was going to look at 535 upgrade.  The more i ride it the more I feel its good to go for now. I am just enjoying the ride.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Relic on September 11, 2021, 09:03:19 am
Today I took my final ride on the now sold Classic 350. Five years and 33,000kms of enjoyable commuting and camping trips have passed under its tires.

The new owner lives in another city so after one mountain range, two downpours and 90 minutes of strong head winds, I handed the bike over. One of my sons drove over as well to transport a number of spare parts specific to the 350 that were part of the sale, and to give me a lift home.

The bike's new custodian is enthusiastic about using it as much as possible, and messaged me only an hour after we left, having just returned from the first ride :)




Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Richard230 on September 11, 2021, 02:00:31 pm
Today (well actually yesterday) I replaced a slightly warped brake disc on my 2011 Bullet at 8K miles. Not an easy task as the six securing screws are a real bitch to remove.  Better have six new ones on hand before starting the job.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Silverback on September 16, 2021, 03:00:53 am
I was having trouble with proper foot placement and engaging heel portion of heel toe shifter.

I flipped it upside down and flattened out the bends.

Now I have ample room for my boots and easy reliable heel shifting.

Added bonus!  What was once heel pad know makes great front down shift pad.  I dont have to contort my foot to get proper down shift.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: AmBraCol on September 20, 2021, 10:10:33 pm
Drained the tank, pulled the fuel gauge float and fuel filter/pump unit out. Cleaned it all up and reinstalled.  Put on fresh fuel hose to the breathers (I THINK that's what those two down spouts in the middle of the tank are) and replaced the vacuum hose from the whatchamacallit to the fuel injector intake. Dumped the gasoline back in - then siphoned it out again.  Turns out it WASN'T a leaking gasket, apparently I've got a leak along the seam at the rear end of the tank on the left side. 

Called Royal Enfield dealer, no tanks available.  <sigh> Will need to strip it down, see where it's leaking from exactly and then have it soldered up - unless using silver solder would fix it.  I don't know how ethanol laced gasoline reacts to silver solder though...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Carlsberg Wordsworth on September 20, 2021, 10:42:15 pm
Drained the tank, pulled the fuel gauge float and fuel filter/pump unit out. Cleaned it all up and reinstalled.  Put on fresh fuel hose to the breathers (I THINK that's what those two down spouts in the middle of the tank are) and replaced the vacuum hose from the whatchamacallit to the fuel injector intake. Dumped the gasoline back in - then siphoned it out again.  Turns out it WASN'T a leaking gasket, apparently I've got a leak along the seam at the rear end of the tank on the left side. 

Called Royal Enfield dealer, no tanks available.  <sigh> Will need to strip it down, see where it's leaking from exactly and then have it soldered up - unless using silver solder would fix it.  I don't know how ethanol laced gasoline reacts to silver solder though...

There must be some kind of magic sealant that's resistant to petrol/ethanol? I wouldn't be surprised if a local DIY store or similar had a product that would suffice.

For me, I've parked it up, taken it off the road (not off roading lol). I've recently discovered the amount of anxiety my riding of a M/C causes and life's hard enough as it is so I don't need to add to their woes.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: AmBraCol on September 20, 2021, 11:08:02 pm
There must be some kind of magic sealant that's resistant to petrol/ethanol? I wouldn't be surprised if a local DIY store or similar had a product that would suffice.

For me, I've parked it up, taken it off the road (not off roading lol). I've recently discovered the amount of anxiety my riding of a M/C causes and life's hard enough as it is so I don't need to add to their woes.

I've never seen any of that here in Coffee Country.  Things are still pretty much "old school" when it comes to repairs.  I see the fancy stuff folks do up north, but trying to get the stuff here is not very easy, to say the least.  There used to be an epoxy or some such up there that folks would dump in and seal the inside of the tank with (and often mess up their fuel outlet in the process) Can't remember what it was called, but haven't found anything even remotely similar here. 

While cogitating on what to do to fix the issue I'm also thinking about what other tweaks to do while the bike is "down", without getting too wild.  My rear fender has started to split, presumably from being work hardened in the factory and then vibrated via RE's glorious British Single UCE engine.

Wow! Sorry to hear folks are so wound up about riding.  It is definitely a "wide awake" experience if you want to survive, you've gotta keep your eyes on all the other folks as they are sure not looking out for YOU.  I believe I've quite a few more years to ride before I won't trust my reflexes anymore.  Unless my glaucoma shuts me down for lack of ability to see clearly before that stage is reached. 
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: AmBraCol on September 20, 2021, 11:29:57 pm
There must be some kind of magic sealant that's resistant to petrol/ethanol? I wouldn't be surprised if a local DIY store or similar had a product that would suffice.


Well, well, well... there's an outfit that would bring it in.  POR 15 - never heard of it before.  Roughly $35 for a half pint of the stuff... don't know if that'd be enough to do the Rumbler's 5 gallon tank or not.  Must do more research.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Relic on September 21, 2021, 06:18:13 am
POR fuel tank sealer is a good product, and I understand it is resistant to the new Ethanol blended fuels.

This kit comes with a cleaner, an etching liquid and then the sealer. There is also a patch and brush for external application if required. Important to closely follow instructions, and the sealer takes 96 hours to cure.

There are a few videos on line with people going through the process.

Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Silverback on September 21, 2021, 06:42:36 am
i purchased the Royal Enfield 4 Trials Classic Enfield Large Aluminum Sump Guard to gain as much coverage as i

could.  i have a lot of roads with gravel and loose stones in the area.

i recently decided to put my engine guard back on and had to modify the sump guard to install again.

A little angle grinder cutting, Dremel and patience.   now its as easy to install and remove as it originally was.



Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Guaire on September 21, 2021, 02:40:00 pm
Well, well, well... there's an outfit that would bring it in.  POR 15 - never heard of it before.  Roughly $35 for a half pint of the stuff... don't know if that'd be enough to do the Rumbler's 5 gallon tank or not.  Must do more research.

Find an automotive radiator shop. They can clean and seal your fuel tank. Or, do it yourself, experimentally.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: AmBraCol on September 21, 2021, 03:15:05 pm
POR fuel tank sealer is a good product, and I understand it is resistant to the new Ethanol blended fuels.

This kit comes with a cleaner, an etching liquid and then the sealer. There is also a patch and brush for external application if required. Important to closely follow instructions, and the sealer takes 96 hours to cure.

There are a few videos on line with people going through the process.

Thanks, I spent a lot of time looking at various videos last night.  The folks that bring in the POR-15 only bring in the sealer itself, not the kit.  One can do the job with other products I'm sure, but I'd like to do it with products designed to work together.  Poking around I came across KBS tank sealer.  And that comes in a kit that they are importing (for twice the US cost).  I'm going to talk to my local RE dealer and see if they have any kind of fix in the system (ie: working with some tank sealer brand) which might give me a better deal, otherwise I'll pull the trigger on the kit I found last night.  Also am going to start a thread on this repair. It should prove interesting to folks who'd like to see other models (ones not imported to the US) and compare them with what y'all have up there.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Carlsberg Wordsworth on September 21, 2021, 09:03:31 pm

Wow! Sorry to hear folks are so wound up about riding.  It is definitely a "wide awake" experience if you want to survive, you've gotta keep your eyes on all the other folks as they are sure not looking out for YOU.  I believe I've quite a few more years to ride before I won't trust my reflexes anymore.  Unless my glaucoma shuts me down for lack of ability to see clearly before that stage is reached.

It's not my reflexes that are at issue :), it's the everyone else on the road issue  :-\

Ahh, POR-15, I've never used it but heard of it. I'm not sure where, either on here, or some vehicle restoration website/tv programme for the paint I think.

From the website https://www.frost.co.uk/por15-fuel-car-bike-motorcycle-tank-repair-sealer-236ml/ it can be used with fuels containing ethanol.

8oz should do you if you get this particular product I think.

3 sizes available:

– 8oz (236ml) will seal a 4-1/2 US Gallon tank (17 litres, 3-3/4 UK gallons)

– US Pint (473ml) will seal a 9 US Gallon tank (34 litres, 7-1/2 UK gallons)

– US Quart (946ml) will seal a 18 US Gallon tank (68 litres, 15 UK gallons)







Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: AmBraCol on September 21, 2021, 09:58:14 pm
It's not my reflexes that are at issue :), it's the everyone else on the road issue  :-\

Ahh, POR-15, I've never used it but heard of it. I'm not sure where, either on here, or some vehicle restoration website/tv programme for the paint I think.

From the website https://www.frost.co.uk/por15-fuel-car-bike-motorcycle-tank-repair-sealer-236ml/ it can be used with fuels containing ethanol.

8oz should do you if you get this particular product I think.

3 sizes available:

– 8oz (236ml) will seal a 4-1/2 US Gallon tank (17 litres, 3-3/4 UK gallons)

– US Pint (473ml) will seal a 9 US Gallon tank (34 litres, 7-1/2 UK gallons)

– US Quart (946ml) will seal a 18 US Gallon tank (68 litres, 15 UK gallons)

Thanks!  After doing more research and checking what options are available here, opted for the KBS tank seal kit as it comes complete.  No one I could locate down here brings in the POR kit with the chemicals they recommend for prep. The KBS kit does.  It runs about twice what retail is up in the US, but seems to be well thought of, at least on the pages/videos I found.

We've got bikes of all sizes on the road here, and at all speeds and they are predominant at certain times of day, so folks are used to seeing them, unlike many places where they are a "fair weather event" almost exclusively.  Even so, watching out for the other guy is DEFINITELY a major part of riding. My wife's been in two accidents so far on her bike, both minor for which I'm thankful.  Both were the other person's fault. 
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ove on September 21, 2021, 10:27:00 pm
I may be wrong, but I thought the tank sealant products are to line the tank and protect from ethanol and against further rusting, rather than seal splits. Something you'd use after you've dealt with the leak. I've not used them, so I could easily be wrong, but I'd check first.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: AmBraCol on September 21, 2021, 11:14:28 pm
I may be wrong, but I thought the tank sealant products are to line the tank and protect from ethanol and against further rusting, rather than seal splits. Something you'd use after you've dealt with the leak. I've not used them, so I could easily be wrong, but I'd check first.

Good point. They CLAIM they'll fill pinholes and such, but of course the best is to patch THEN seal... I'm just not sure if it's a rust out problem or if it's a bad welding job at the factory that finally gave up.  The inside of the tank doesn't look that bad so I suspect that it's a bad welding job that finally broke loose.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: johno on September 23, 2021, 06:17:49 pm
I have finally got the Bullet out from storage, she's in pretty good condition and just needed a clean and surface rust removal. I found out why the front brake sticks, the two slider pins are not parallel. I did a bit of fettling and managed to get the caliper to slide smoothly. All pivots and cables were oiled, chain cleaned then waxed and with the tyre pressures correct took her for the MOT test today. Rode the long way round to get the engine warm, apart from a slight tappet noise the bike is in fine fettle. The good news is that the bike passed the test with no advisories and is safe to ride for another year. As I have sold one of my other bikes, the Bullet will get a lot more miles under her wheels over the next 12 months.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: AmBraCol on September 25, 2021, 01:05:29 am
Things have been too busy around here, haven't had a chance to really work on the Rumbler.  So today I pulled the battery and put it to charge.  I'd already pulled the tank apart (removed pump/fuel filter, gas cap and fuel level sending unit) so tossed it into the car and drove up to the RE dealer.  They recommended a certain radiator shop, but gave bad directions. Didn't find it where they told me, but used my knowledge of that sector to drive up another street and there it was.  Wouldn't even look at it without the pump and sending unit, I'd figured they'd whap some rubber across it or something and test it.  I was wrong.  So tomorrow first thing it's back up there with the tank.  He did say they'd probably charge me about $12-13 US (depending on exchange rate) to solder it.  Once we get it gas tight I'll take it in for a repainting and some more TLC, she's about due for some, especially after having sat around the past couple of years with little to do. Am looking at the Meteor turn signals or maybe some black Classic turn signals to get rid of some of that chrome that bugs me.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Silverback on September 25, 2021, 09:04:07 am
i installed a cheapy radio on the bike.  no Bueno.  going back. 
i also install triangle petes fin.   it does give the bike a pep in its step.  not by much but you can feel it in the seat of your pants.
I took it out for a test run.  forgot to tighten the tank nuts and of course they rattled off.  Walk of shame!!!!   lol.

i also replaced the dash lights with the LED b9 bulbs nice.   i am going to replace the gauge back ight to green or blue to make it easier on the eyes at night.

Had a recommendation of a LED replacement. unfortunately it pressed p against the speedo.  I had already fixed stok light from doing that.

Man that light is nice.  i am going to keep it to install when i get the avon fairing.  Yes it will make the bike look goofy but i think it will make riding here in the Southwest desert winters pleasurable.   Plus when it gets up to 100 fahrenheit it will keep me from felling like i am being cooked during the summer.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: AzCal Retred on September 25, 2021, 06:03:58 pm
I rode from Needles California to Kingman Arizona in August, up in the AM about 9 and back about 3PM. Where my jacket rode up and my gloves ended I peeled off tow "wristlets" of skin...but I was a bit smarter and bought some gauntlet style gloves!  :o 8)

Fairings work great on the open road, in town they tend to bake you at stoplights. Their use depends largely on where your riding mostly takes place. Better Tucson that Phoenix!  ;)  Phoenix gets hot & stays hot, even at night.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: AmBraCol on September 25, 2021, 08:06:42 pm
While the Rumbler's tank was being soldered at the radiator repair shop I stopped by the local RE dealer and took a test ride on the Meteor 350.  It came in shortly before I traveled back in May and hadn't had a chance to stop by, helmet in hand, to ride after my return.  Took it for a good workout heading south out of town almost to the toll booth and then back, about 40 KM round trip, part two lane congested, part four lane divided with more traffic than usual, small part in town, reasonable traffic load.  So I got to put her through her paces. Won't be trading the Rumbler 500 in on one, but can definitely tell certain folks, "Give it a close look."  Pretty decent bike for what it is.  The dealer's sure they'll be coming out with a similar bike but sporting a 650 twin engine in the not too distant future.  Time will tell.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Silverback on September 27, 2021, 08:08:53 am
I rode from Needles California to Kingman Arizona in August, up in the AM about 9 and back about 3PM. Where my jacket rode up and my gloves ended I peeled off tow "wristlets" of skin...but I was a bit smarter and bought some gauntlet style gloves!  :o 8)

Fairings work great on the open road, in town they tend to bake you at stoplights. Their use depends largely on where your riding mostly takes place. Better Tucson that Phoenix!  ;)  Phoenix gets hot & stays hot, even at night.


i lived in  2 years in phoenix and Yuma 1 year.  Those are other worldly kinds of hot.
el paso not as bad as that.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Silverback on September 28, 2021, 04:46:01 am
i have been driving this classic for a couple of months learning as much can about the bike.  I am by no means super knowledgeable  as verified by some of my questions.

anyway the bike had a kind of a fast idle.   I figured that was the norm and really dnt pay attention to it.  i am from the the vintage BMW word where idle at 900 rpms is kind of standard.

Anyway i ran across and idle adjustment video on the YouTube and hey adjusted to the 900 to 1000 rpm range. 

Now i can get behind that.


I also put the engine guard back on .  when i got up to about 60 pmh i started to get wobble again.  i guess i will have to play with tire inflation to find sweet spot again.

i put the guard back on for two reasons.  one to have protection for bike and my legs just in case.  two ifi get the Avon fairing the the engine guard makes a nice attachment point for some make shift leg farings.

So i adjusted my idle down to what my ears told me was good.  I am sure i am close.

anyway its a whole new riding experience.   the engine doesn't seem to be working hard at all.  when i  down shift or engine brake  it is much smoother.

the engine seems to be running much cooler as well.

I don't know what the previous owners intentions were by jacking the idle up.  l the bike is much happier now.

I am glad i ran across that video.

tomorrow i will adjust the throttle position sensor just to be sure its in its correct position.

Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Richard230 on September 28, 2021, 02:18:45 pm
I have never touched the idle adjustment of my 2011 Bullet. According to the digital tachometer that I installed on my bike it idles at between 1100-1200 rpm when fully warm. BTW, I see 3900 rpm at an actual 60 mph.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: AzCal Retred on September 28, 2021, 03:29:47 pm
Silverback - I get a charge out of the slow idle possible from these long stroke, heavy flywheel engines too. In India it's apparently a badge of honor. As long as it's not stalling at stoplights you're all good. But that's what the "electric leg" is for, right?  ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ove on September 28, 2021, 05:14:24 pm
I have never touched the idle adjustment of my 2011 Bullet. According to the digital tachometer that I installed on my bike it idles at between 1100-1200 rpm when fully warm. BTW, I see 3900 rpm at an actual 60 mph.
That's useful, so about 5,500 at 70mph. I got mine up to over 80mph indicated, about 6500 to 7000rpm. That is a bit much for our single, I'd say. Which front / rear sprockets do you have?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Richard230 on September 28, 2021, 10:35:03 pm
That's useful, so about 5,500 at 70mph. I got mine up to over 80mph indicated, about 6500 to 7000rpm. That is a bit much for our single, I'd say. Which front / rear sprockets do you have?

If I counted correctly, I have a 38-tooth rear sprocket. So it would be whatever was installed at the factory, which should be a 17-tooth front sprocket. (Apparently, I am not very good at counting teeth on rear sprockets.  :-[  )
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ove on September 28, 2021, 10:37:30 pm
OK, thanks.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Richard230 on September 28, 2021, 10:40:34 pm
OK, thanks.

I think I made a mistake. I counted again and got 38 teeth. (That is my final teeth-counting correction.)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ove on September 28, 2021, 10:46:27 pm
Maybe you dropped one.  ;)

Stop counting before you need a shorter chain...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Richard230 on September 28, 2021, 10:58:17 pm
Maybe you dropped one.  ;)

Stop counting before you need a shorter chain...

You could be right. I am getting confused. Counting greasy sprocket teeth through the spokes is no fun.  :'(  Maybe I should try it one more time. OK, this time I counted three more times from the right side and dropped another tooth.  I now counted 38 teeth.  :-[ So that would give me a 17-tooth front sprocket if the owner's manual is correct.  I went back to my previous posts and corrected them.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Silverback on September 29, 2021, 01:08:58 am
I have never touched the idle adjustment of my 2011 Bullet. According to the digital tachometer that I installed on my bike it idles at between 1100-1200 rpm when fully warm. BTW, I see 3900 rpm at an actual 60 mph.

Checked Haynes manual and it references idle at 1050 plus or minus 200 rpm..  I just downloaded an app.  I will check and set it 950 t0  1000.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Silverback on October 03, 2021, 06:28:59 am
i switched my headlight bulb for an LED option.  I also straighten out the wiring in the headlight bucket.  Man it was a hedge podge mess the way they installed the wiring.
now each of the wiring bundles lies comfortability to each side and removal/install of headlight les encumbered.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ove on October 05, 2021, 11:24:25 pm
Short ride. Broken spoke on rear wheel  :( Right at the point it bends and enters the hub. No other damage obvious.

Don't know what might have caused it. I had to tighten a few of the front wheel spokes last check, about 200 miles ago, but the rear was all near enough (screwdriver as a tuning fork test). So not sure what caused it. 3,000 miles and 2 years still on original tyres. So the wheel hasn't been disturbed. No sign of an impact and it was a road I ride regularly and avoided all the potholes!

The hub hole looked smooth and the broken spoke was still straight on the nipple, so doesn't look like any damage that end, but I'll double check both ends when I find my reading glasses!
- Assume I just unscrew the broken spoke and the replacement just slots into the hub and tightens up into the nipple?
- No need to remove the inner tube? Ought I deflate it, so I have some wiggle room with the nipple without damaging the rim tape?

Goodness knows how long it will take to get a replacement spoke!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: AzCal Retred on October 06, 2021, 06:37:06 am
Hitchcocks has them, inner & outer, 2-4 pounds each. Order the ones you need and a few spares tomorrow and look for them in a week. Maybe de-burr the hole in the flange a bit, but there are a lot of reasons a spoke can let go. Since you have access to OEM parts, just swap it out & don't worry.

https://www.hitchcocksmotorcycles.com/partsbook-pages/2142

The hub has symmetrical flanges & is QD, so there's hope for installing a new spoke in place. Dropping most of the pressure out of the tube is a good thing to try. You'll need the rear wheel off & clean. Sometimes you need to move an adjacent spoke for access to insert the desired one. Look it over carefully & take your time. The replacement spokes are OEM, so excess length shouldn't be a concern.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ove on October 06, 2021, 09:08:42 am
Thanks. It's a  disc brake rear. To ensure it never happens again, a couple of spares of each (inner/outer) ordered, along with a service kit, to share the postage. I will check it over carefully and make sure all is smooth. I think I can do it without removing the wheel. Guess I'll find out shortly!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Richard230 on October 06, 2021, 02:39:21 pm
Hitchcocks has them, inner & outer, 2-4 pounds each. Order the ones you need and a few spares tomorrow and look for them in a week. Maybe de-burr the hole in the flange a bit, but there are a lot of reasons a spoke can let go. Since you have access to OEM parts, just swap it out & don't worry.

https://www.hitchcocksmotorcycles.com/partsbook-pages/2142

The hub has symmetrical flanges & is QD, so there's hope for installing a new spoke in place. Dropping most of the pressure out of the tube is a good thing to try. You'll need the rear wheel off & clean. Sometimes you need to move an adjacent spoke for access to insert the desired one. Look it over carefully & take your time. The replacement spokes are OEM, so excess length shouldn't be a concern.

Speaking of ordering items from Hitchcocks: I had a very good experience a month ago when I ordered a new brake disc and a set of pads for my 2011 Bullet from Hitchcocks. The items that I purchased were very reasonably priced. Shipping was fast (three days to California) and the shipping cost was reasonable.

Unfortunately, Hitchcocks did not have any disc retaining screws in stock which I needed to replace as I had to destroy the original screws to remove them. So I ended up ordering the 6 screws from the official RE importer in the UK. The price of the screws were about twice what I would have paid if I could have bought them from Hitchcocks. But I really got shafted by the shipping charge. The screws only weighed a few ounces, but I was charged 50% more (28 Pounds) to ship the screws to my home as I paid to have the brake disc and pads shipped by Hitchcocks a week earlier. And they used the same shipping service, FedEx Express!  >:( Needless to say, I will not be returning to that source for parts again. From now on it is only Hitchcocks for any parts that I can not source locally.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ove on October 06, 2021, 10:58:02 pm
Yes, I have similar experience with them. The only other failure I've had was the oil temp sensor. Was to be fixed under warranty. The UK importer couldn't get hold of any. After 6 weeks I gave up and ordered from Hitchcocks. It arrived after a couple of days

In fairness, when I went to collect my bike back from the dealer, they'd taken one off a showroom bike and fixed it. They didn't even want the Hitchcocks one off me, in case I needed a spare. That didn't inspire confidence, but it was a year or so ago and all seems fine since!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: retrolynn on October 07, 2021, 01:40:59 am
 :)After having a rear tire go flat,a month ago,I finally rode my b5 home from the dealer today. I had to order the tire ,a k70,from a dealer in Yakima Washington. Glad to have it back.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ove on October 10, 2021, 05:25:41 pm
Thanks. It's a  disc brake rear. To ensure it never happens again, a couple of spares of each (inner/outer) ordered, along with a service kit, to share the postage. I will check it over carefully and make sure all is smooth. I think I can do it without removing the wheel. Guess I'll find out shortly!
Well, AzCal is right. I will need to remove the wheel. It looks like I need to remove the brake disc too, so I can feed the new spoke in, as it doesn't look like there will be enough clearance to allow an angle for the spoke to clear the disc.

I can't find a torque setting for the 6 x m8 bolts that attach the brake disc to the hub. Does anyone know what the setting should be? The Cont GT is m6 bolts and 10Nm, but can't find any values for the C5's m8 bolts. Any tips / short-cuts on wheel and brake disc removal and re-installation?
- e.g. should I crack each of the disc bolts first, while the wheel is still on, so I can hold it steady on the brake, or not necessary?

Thanks.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Guaire on October 10, 2021, 11:34:35 pm
Get your specs ready. See if these people can help you.

https://www.buchananspokes.com
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: johno on October 11, 2021, 09:08:58 am
I have refitted the hard panniers for winter and took the B5 for a spin around the back lanes and B roads of Dorset. Lovely bright sunny day and a great ride with the sewing machine engine tacking away beneath me. ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ove on October 11, 2021, 02:20:50 pm
Get your specs ready. See if these people can help you.

https://www.buchananspokes.com
Thanks. I do have the correct spokes from Hitchcocks. However, I use the Haynes manual, which only shows the torque setting for the 535GT rear disc, which uses smaller m6 bolts @10Nm. The online RE workshop manual has no torque rating. So, I've just increased that from 10Nm to 15 and I'll check regularly there's no movement.  All else done.

So, to replace 1 rear spoke, requires wheel out (which requires the bottom shock bolt to be undone and pulled back enough to release the rear calliper hose) and then you need to take the disc off, to have clearance to thread in the new spoke. Then all spokes on that side of the wheel need to be loosened, to give enough room to manoeuvre the new spoke into the nipple without scratching the wheel. Not difficult,  just a bit more to it than I'd initially hoped. Just about to put the wheel back in.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: dickim on October 13, 2021, 10:54:19 am
Bought a Continental GT 650👍
Got the bike I REALLY wanted but couldn't justify 2yrs ago, so Sun sold the Spyder and today bought a 2020 GT in CHROME with 1,400km and 21mths warranty - Happy Days, alongside the "stored" 2014 C5 which accidentally needs a potter every now and again 👍😀
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Willie on October 14, 2021, 01:04:30 pm
Congrats on the new bike.  How about some pictures so the rest of us can live vicariously?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: dickim on October 15, 2021, 06:52:43 am
Will do - monies transferred and arrange to collect next week 👍
Should sit nicely with the MGA  and EVENTUALLY the Big Healey Era.... 
Loved building the trike, now gone, but looking forward to building the Tipo....
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: AmBraCol on October 16, 2021, 08:20:11 pm
Close, but no cigar. Didn't get to do anything to the Rumbler - but the tank sealer kit FINALLY made it through customs and then they sent it on a lame, blind, arthritic burro - but it arrived.  And I don't have time to play with it today.   :'( Or tomorrow.  :'( But we'll get 'er done as soon as we CAN get her done.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Silverback on October 18, 2021, 04:38:23 am
nice! congratulations.
can't wait to hear how you like it and how it compares to the chrome.


i am thinking the 650s 2
would provide a modern ride.

 i really enjoy the classic chrome ride.  its
 more relaxed.  i purchased a dynojet pc5 to get more performance.  i find that it changes the characteristic of the chrome.
it try's to turn it into a hotter bike.  it doesn't seem right for some reason.

i am taking it off to get the relaxed ride of the chrome back.  leaving well enough alone.

it suits me better.

Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: AzCal Retred on October 18, 2021, 09:37:38 am
Good for you, Silverback. The world is full of asphalt-shredding hotrods, but not many long stroke, heavy flywheel rides left out there.
There's something to be said for just chuffing along, enjoying the feel of the machinery working in it's slow cadence. A more human speed I think.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Guaire on October 18, 2021, 02:45:00 pm
nice! congratulations.
can't wait to hear how you like it and how it compares to the chrome.


i am thinking the 650s 2
would provide a modern ride.

 i really enjoy the classic chrome ride.  its
 more relaxed.  i purchased a dynojet pc5 to get more performance.  i find that it changes the characteristic of the chrome.
it try's to turn it into a hotter bike.  it doesn't seem right for some reason.

i am taking it off to get the relaxed ride of the chrome back.  leaving well enough alone.

it suits me better.

When you only run the PowerCommander V, your settings are only an approximate tune. Use the AutoTune 200 to get your settings on target for your bike. Ask me if you have questions.
https://www.dynojet.com/autotune-power-commander-v-single-channel-kit-at-200/
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Silverback on October 18, 2021, 04:09:21 pm
When you only run the PowerCommander V, your settings are only an approximate tune. Use the AutoTune 200 to get your settings on target for your bike. Ask me if you have questions.
https://www.dynojet.com/autotune-power-commander-v-single-channel-kit-at-200/


Thanks but spending another 300.00 with more headaches is more than I want to invest. Plus I just want my kick start option back and not interested in trying to make this bike into something it's not.  It's a better choice for me to have the original characteristics back in use.  If I want the crotch rocket feel or close to it then i will look at the 650.
Cant wait to get the bike back to its comfortable ride.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Dumbo on October 18, 2021, 05:39:56 pm
Took it on a trip to the Golan heights, to meet another brilliant and timeless british design piece.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: AmBraCol on October 18, 2021, 08:06:27 pm
Took it on a trip to the Golan heights, to meet another brilliant and timeless british design piece.


Welcome to the forum! That's a different area than most of us ride in. That second pic reminds me of an old fashioned scarecrow - "Hang 'em high as a warning to the rest!".  :o
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: AmBraCol on October 18, 2021, 08:15:49 pm
Saturday the KBS Tank Sealer kit arrived - and I'd NO time available to do anything with it other than open and make sure it was indeed what I'd ordered.  It took almost a month - but it got here.  So today being a holiday here I took part of the morning to seal off the sending unit and fuel pump holes, pour in the cleaner and give it a good shake down.  It wasn't too bad, I run an additive that seems to pick up the excess moisture and keeps things fairly clean inside.  After rocking and shaking it for quite a while, letting it sit at one angle or another (emphasis being on getting the area that was soldered well cleaned up) the cleaner fluid was dumped out, the tank rinsed, the directions consulted once more and the rust treatment dumped in after resealing everything.  More shaking, turning, propping, repeating until it had had plenty of time to etch the interior.  Pulled off the tape, dumped the contents into a tub then rinsed it well, and rinsed it again and then repeated the rinsing.  Once I got as much water out as possible I dropped a couple of rags in and shook them around to blot up as much water as possible. Then I broke out the heat gun and warmed it up inside and out for a while then tipped the tank over and watched through the fuel pump hole. Sure enough a bit of water ran down and I dropped a rag in to sop it up. More application of the heat gun until it was nice and warm to the touch and no hint of water anywhere inside.  It looks well etched and ready for the sealer - but it's a rainy day and they suggest NOT sealing during such weather.  So I'll probably heat it another time or two to make sure and drive all moisture out.  Hopefully we'll have better weather to seal it tomorrow.  Once we DO get it sealed it's at least four days before I can reassemble it and fuel her up again.  <sigh>  My one comfort is that we've had really lousy biking weather so at least I'm not wasting good riding weather by having her torn apart for the sealing job.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Dumbo on October 18, 2021, 10:06:34 pm

Welcome to the forum! That's a different area than most of us ride in. That second pic reminds me of an old fashioned scarecrow - "Hang 'em high as a warning to the rest!".  :o

Thanks mate!

This narrow country road is called the "Oil Road" underneath is a section of the Trans Arabian Pipeline, during the 1973 conflict this road saw some pertty horrffic fighting, thus the syrian jeep and the Israeli Centurion (as well of bunch of other littered armored vehicles left there surrounded by mine fields). The pipeline stopped transporting oil from Saudi Arabia to Lebanon in 1976 and Nowdays it is used to transport water from the Goaln Heights. 
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: AmBraCol on October 19, 2021, 11:36:02 pm
Yesterday cleaned and "rust blasted" the tank for the Rumbler 500. Then dried it well and thoroughly, but waited until today to apply the sealer.  Taped up the various orifices and dumped in the sealer after mixing it thoroughly. Then I sat at my desk doing things I didn't need my hands for (watching some videos from Royal Enfield's channel) while continually turning the tank in my hands. Front to back, top to bottom, side to side, etc, etc, etc, etc... After about an hour I took it downstairs and opened up the fuel pump hole which was the most likely to allow drainage.  But it didn't.  It would appear it's on a high point in the tank, go figure.  Now, before taping it up and dumping in the sealer and such, FIRST I rubbed it all over with paste wax and left it on there nice and thick, then wrapped it in plastic kitchen wrap. So before opening up the pump hole I first cut the wrap, taped it all nicely with masking tape and THEN opened it up, exposing only the hole itself.  I taped the small hole first and then taped over the base plate. So when opening I removed the base plate tape, filled in the bolt holes with past wax and THEN opened it. Since it wouldn't pour out I held it on its side and used the paint brush they'd included in the tin (a cheapo made in China brush it looked like) to dip the paint out and scraped it so it would drip into the sealer container.  I continued on until It appeared that I'd sopped up as much as possible and was not leaving TOO much to fill in where the brush had rubbed against the tank.  Then I carefully wiped the small hole and reapplied tape to seal it off and rolled the tank around some more, making sure to give the area where I'd used the brush to sop up the paint a chance to recoat itself.  From the looks of the container it takes about 1/3 of the amount they include to properly coat the inside of the Rumbler's 5 gallon gas tank.  I went back up to the office and placed a spare chair next to my office chair and set the tank on it, then changed the angle every now and then.  I did this for another hour or so until I figured it had probably set up well, then pulled the tape off of the sending unit hole and the pump hole, leaving the filler hole taped. Looking inside it looked well coated, including the area where I'd sopped up the sealer. I set the tank up so that any sealer still in liquid for would run to the top front of the tank where if it DOES develop any pin holes they are unlikely to cause an issue due to lack of frequent contact with the gasoline. Then I set a fan to blow across the holes and hopefully speed up the drying process a bit.  After lunch I removed the plastic wrap and the tape on the filler hole and polished the tank up good. Then set the rubber grommets in and set it on the bike to continue curing for the next several days.  They say at least four, it'll probably be six at least before I have time to mess with it again.

After getting the tank polished and temporarily placed back on the bike I grabbed a syringe and drained the brake fluid from the reservoirs, front and back, and refilled with fresh.  Didn't have a wrench down there to properly bleed the brakes, but it's at least got fresh fluid for now. Need to take a wrench down and finish the job.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: AmBraCol on October 23, 2021, 08:04:00 pm
Today was the day to start starting to finish the gas tank project.  So I grabbed the sending unit, inserted the bolts and snugged it into place.  Next was the fuel pump/filter unit.  Slapped it into place, used thumb pressure to seat the cap screws and as I tightened down the first one with a wrench it hit me - I had NOT checked for the presence of the o-ring seal.  It's been a month since I pulled it apart and couldn't remember for sure how it was set up, just that I'd not confirmed its presence.  Well, thankfully I DID think to look before installing and filling with fuel. It was notable by its absence once the cap screws came out.  Somehow it'd fallen off the shelf where I'd set everything to wait for the time to reinstall.  OK. Placed the o-ring into the gap set for it, THEN installed the pump/filter and THEN screwed down the cap screws and tightened them up. Then moved on to the decorative boss around the fill cap.  Polished it up with a bit of wax and then refitted it, tightening down the three screws that hold it in place.  Next up was to slip the drain hoses onto their nipples under the tank, reconnect the cables to the sending unit and fuel pump, reconnect the fuel line, tighten down the bolts that hold the tank on.  And there she sets, no gas and the tank lid still off.  They say to let it set four days at least, but since I don't have time to go out and ride today it'll sit there until Monday at least. So we'll let it set and finish curing if any curing needs to still be cured.

Before doing all the above, I grabbed the battery off the shelf where I'd set it after pulling the battery and the tank off the bike a month ago.  Popped on the leads to the charger and plugged it in then tapped the button to choose the 2 Amp charge rate.  In less than a minute it slipped into maintenance mode. That's good to know, didn't lose any charge for all intents and purposes.  I set it back on the shelf and it'll sit there until I'm ready to pour in the fuel and crank her over.

Also took time to rub down the tank and fenders with a bit of wax and she's looking half way decent in spite of the rest of the bike being a bit dusty.  Looking forward to getting a chance to head out and ride again.  It's been good to be able to do some errands on my wife's little Honda Wave 110 scooter, but ripping around town on that isn't quite the same (huge understatement) as riding the Rumbler 500.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: dickim on October 24, 2021, 10:49:11 am
Congrats on the new bike.  How about some pictures so the rest of us can live vicariously?

Posted on the 650 forum under 1st impressions, and nearly stacked it within 1km of picking up! Mothers, Pram's,  crossing against the lights and not looking.....
All good, clutch heavier than C5, and not as quick as I expected but at 1,400km probably still tight - but JEEZ the LOOKS...👍😀 came with lots of bits inc solo seat, reckon P.O bought whatever the dealer suggested🤔
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Silverback on October 24, 2021, 08:33:21 pm
Nice looking bike
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Silverback on October 24, 2021, 08:45:59 pm
I took off the dynojet pc5 and set things back to stock.  But found out that my heavy handed handling of the o2 sensor bung had stripped the threads. Ugh!!! When will I learn to be more gentle with my nuts!!!   Lol....
Anyway going to wield or just spot weld the o2 sensor in place.

The bike was running super nice in its old configuration.

I am not saying the dynojet didnt do a good job but I prefer the OEM setup.


Oh yeah!  I wanted to add tank pads to the marron chrome tank.

Unfortunately the tank decal is a bit to long and things didn't line up as I would like.

So I purchased just the word "royal Enfield " for tank sides.

I began using heat gun to remove old tank sticker.

Factory scratchd the chrome to get better adhesion.   That's the I only reason I could think they would scratch the chrome.

Scratches are in exact same pattern as tank sticker.

So now I ordered some mother chrome polish to see if I can remove some if the scratches.

If that doesn't work out I will order smaller tank sticker to cover them up.

Always something!

Changed the oil and installed cranberry plate. Didnt get to ride it enough to get an impression.   
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ove on October 24, 2021, 10:32:12 pm
Love the tank. Didn't know Royal Enfield did strimmers  ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: dickim on October 25, 2021, 12:52:40 am
 
Love the tank. Didn't know Royal Enfield did strimmers  ;D
;D  ;D Waiting for the Spyder's new owner to collect and make space in garage 👍 then pull C5 out of storage in sea container for an R.E. Pair👍
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: dickim on October 25, 2021, 01:09:25 am
Love the tank. Didn't know Royal Enfield did strimmers  ;D

Anyone else blown away by battery technology? 35yrs after buying 1st electric drill (B&D) torn shoulder muscles means reducing "Pull Start" gear, so tried battery and WOW! Chainsaw brilliant- after 45mins batts, chain and me ready for a refresh - built in timer👍😀
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Silverback on October 31, 2021, 12:04:33 am
took off the pc5 dynojet, welded the o2 sensor and put a passenger seat on.  my wife wants to ride.  well see how long that lasts. lol.....
cant wait for the new rims going to try those white walls.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: AzCal Retred on October 31, 2021, 12:40:04 am
Keep telling her that new gal at Home Depot likes your Enfield...that may get her up to 3 rides. Or, you'll get a shoprotunity to get a new 350 Meteor "for her".  ::)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Silverback on October 31, 2021, 01:10:37 am
Lol... she doesn't want to drive a motorcycle her self.  I already went down that road.  So I had to fork.out for pilloin seat and helmet for her.  I am just hoping it not a one time thing as it would frustrate me spending that money for one ride.....
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: dickim on October 31, 2021, 01:29:45 am
Lol... she doesn't want to drive a motorcycle her self.  I already went down that road.  So I had to fork.out for pilloin seat and helmet for her.  I am just hoping it not a one time thing as it would frustrate me spending that money for one ride.....

BEEN THERE & done that with an Ex! looking at a  New V Strom she insisted it was too high for her, not comfy etc..etc.. ended up with a used GSX 750F which she went on.....ONCE 😣😣😣😡
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Silverback on October 31, 2021, 01:34:22 am
Its silly as she doesn't understand motorcycle riding. she want to spend more time together but i don't see her enjoying it. i would be super surprised.
time will tell.

oh yeah i increased the rear shock adjustment for two up riding.  Wow the bike rides so much better.  the hagon shocks are going to be my next upgrade.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Antipodean Andrew on November 16, 2021, 01:54:04 am
Today I changed my oil and filter. Pleased to see nothing in the siphon screen and only a tiny smudge of material on the magnetic plugs. The bike now has 4500km (2800mi) and seems properly run in. I changed the oil frequently in the early days, but now I think every 1500km (620mi) will be fine.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ove on November 16, 2021, 08:24:27 am
600 miles seems a bit cautious. 3 times that would be fine, now it's run in.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Richard230 on November 16, 2021, 02:16:21 pm
I change the oil in my 2011 Bullet (which does not have the front oil drain plug) every 2000 miles and that has been working well for me.  :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: AmBraCol on November 17, 2021, 05:29:53 pm
Pulled the speedometer/tachometer cluster off the Rumbler 500 and left it at a shop that specializes in electronics.  The buttons for trip/clock functions and the hazzard light button have been inoperable for some time, as has the maintenance reset button.  Hopefully he'll be able to get it going, it's past my own skill set for sure. It was odd riding home sans speed and tach, although I don't use them that often in town.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Antipodean Andrew on November 18, 2021, 02:54:25 am
When the police officer pulls you over and says, "do you know how fast you going?", you'll be able to say, no officer I don't.  :)

Hope you get it all sorted soon.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: upintheair on November 27, 2021, 10:28:25 pm
Installed new 530 non-O-ring chain, waiting for the fuel tank to be repaired.  It had a leak at the right rear seam, just above the mount tab. I will probably use sloshing compound (tank sealant) in addition to the repair.  The crack was two inches long, right at the bend of the curved area and went out the rear of the tank.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Silverback on November 28, 2021, 04:59:43 am
Well i have done several things recently.  Finishing carb conversion purchased from Niche  cycle.  Had to purchase a couole of things from hitchcock but just about exact same setup for less.
Finished install and throttle cable setup. I also made sure all unused connectors were sealed and routed out of the way. Unfortunately the carb doent allow for right aide head stay. Looks like i will.need longer screws etc.
Had some fun figuring how to get front disc screws loose and off.
I figured out that 2 one inch boards are needed to get rear tire off while in center stand.  Ine board for rear tire and other for center stand. This made rear and middle of bike same height and put in center stand just as easy as usual. 

Now i can instal tirea on 30 spoke  aluminium rims.  Tubeless will set my mind at ease .  Fixing punture will be much less troublesome on the road if needed.

This weel i hope to have wheels and carb conversion completed and road tested.


Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Camreno on December 12, 2021, 03:41:41 am
Today was the day to start starting to finish the gas tank project.  So I grabbed the sending unit, inserted the bolts and snugged it into place.  Next was the fuel pump/filter unit.  Slapped it into place, used thumb pressure to seat the cap screws and as I tightened down the first one with a wrench it hit me - I had NOT checked for the presence of the o-ring seal.  It's been a month since I pulled it apart and couldn't remember for sure how it was set up, just that I'd not confirmed its presence.  Well, thankfully I DID think to look before installing and filling with fuel. It was notable by its absence once the cap screws came out.  Somehow it'd fallen off the shelf where I'd set everything to wait for the time to reinstall.  OK. Placed the o-ring into the gap set for it, THEN installed the pump/filter and THEN screwed down the cap screws and tightened them up. Then moved on to the decorative boss around the fill cap.  Polished it up with a bit of wax and then refitted it, tightening down the three screws that hold it in place.  Next up was to slip the drain hoses onto their nipples under the tank, reconnect the cables to the sending unit and fuel pump, reconnect the fuel line, tighten down the bolts that hold the tank on.  And there she sets, no gas and the tank lid still off.  They say to let it set four days at least, but since I don't have time to go out and ride today it'll sit there until Monday at least. So we'll let it set and finish curing if any curing needs to still be cured.

Before doing all the above, I grabbed the battery off the shelf where I'd set it after pulling the battery and the tank off the bike a month ago.  Popped on the leads to the charger and plugged it in then tapped the button to choose the 2 Amp charge rate.  In less than a minute it slipped into maintenance mode. That's good to know, didn't lose any charge for all intents and purposes.  I set it back on the shelf and it'll sit there until I'm ready to pour in the fuel and crank her over.

Also took time to rub down the tank and fenders with a bit of wax and she's looking half way decent in spite of the rest of the bike being a bit dusty.  Looking forward to getting a chance to head out and ride again.  It's been good to be able to do some errands on my wife's little Honda Wave 110 scooter, but ripping around town on that isn't quite the same (huge understatement) as riding the Rumbler 500.

What happens if you loose those rubber grommets from the fuel tank? Asking for a friend LOL. Cant seem to find them anywhere online..
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: AzCal Retred on December 12, 2021, 07:32:25 pm
These tank grommets?

https://www.hitchcocksmotorcycles.com/partsbook-pages/5888#page-5888-position-17
Product code: 594268 ; FRONT DAMPER, TANK (EACH) ; £3.50 exc. VAT
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: upintheair on December 13, 2021, 06:29:05 pm
I used the trick taught by singhg5 for cleaning the rims..WD40 works wonderfully to take off grime, chain lube and miscellaneous debris from the rims.  The job was quick and easy.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: ozpacman on December 16, 2021, 08:24:10 am
I used the trick taught by singhg5 for cleaning the rims..WD40 works wonderfully to take off grime, chain lube and miscellaneous debris from the rims.  The job was quick and easy.

+1 on the WD40 for the rims. Another added bonus is that it will put a light protective film over the chrome to help prevent surface rust forming.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: johno on December 17, 2021, 03:51:41 pm
Took the Bullet for a run out so I could get my Covid Booster Jab today. noticed the fueling does not seem right, the delay when opening the throttle at low speeds or from a stand still seems to be worse than I have noticed before, but saying that, I don't normally potter around at 30mph or less through towns, spending most of my riding on open roads, so may not have noticed before. Might be time to get the meter out and check the TPS etc
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Ove on December 17, 2021, 04:55:51 pm
Before E10 fuel was introduced, E5 was often ethanol free. Not now. I've found E5 affects the running for a couple of my bikes. More pronounced on/off. I've been able to adjust it out on my carbed bike. Bit more expensive when you have electronics in the mix. But, I'm sure it is possible.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: johno on December 17, 2021, 06:37:42 pm
I've been using shell E5 in all my vehicles, high octane and minimal if any Ethanol in it, the problem could be the fuel but on a 9 year old bike which hasn't had any adjustments done to it, it may be it just needs a little tweak.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: D.W. on December 29, 2021, 09:04:59 pm
Rerouted the breather hose, installed PCV and plugged the air box hole.

Recently bought a 2015 C5 with 3K miles. Maintenance was not done on the bike. Things I’ve done up until now. I have replaced all hoses, installed new tires (k70s), trued wheels. Had to replace rear wheel due to it being bent and untrueable. Clean, inspected and repacked wheel bearings. Installed 7 inch head light, replaced exhaust (slip on). Drained and cleaned brake system, installed new DOT4 fluid. Changed oil and filters. Checked brake system and torques on all major systems.

Things left to do… replace fork oil.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: AmBraCol on December 30, 2021, 02:02:06 am
Rerouted the breather hose, installed PCV and plugged the air box hole.

Recently bought a 2015 C5 with 3K miles. Maintenance was not done on the bike. Things I’ve done up until now. I have replaced all hoses, installed new tires (k70s), trued wheels. Had to replace rear wheel due to it being bent and untrueable. Clean, inspected and repacked wheel bearings. Installed 7 inch head light, replaced exhaust (slip on). Drained and cleaned brake system, installed new DOT4 fluid. Changed oil and filters. Checked brake system and torques on all major systems.

Things left to do… replace fork oil.


Sounds like you've got a good handle on it.  Welcome to the forum! 
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Guaire on December 30, 2021, 07:24:15 pm
"Rerouted the breather hose, installed PCV and plugged the air box hole."

I assume that's not a Power Commander V in there! It's a Duralast part from the AutoZone.
https://forum.classicmotorworks.com/index.php?topic=7829.msg269544#msg269544
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: D.W. on December 31, 2021, 03:52:23 am
Correct! Duralast part..

And thank you for the welcome!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Carl Fenn on December 31, 2021, 02:22:24 pm
I just fitted a gold star silencer and the heat shield arrived to day to l fitted that then checked nuts and torqued them down but it does sound lovely.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: AmBraCol on January 01, 2022, 03:19:12 pm
Actually, it was yesterday but haven't had time to sit at the PC and type.  Cleaned off the mirrors and gauges and took off on a "gotta do" run, then did a "wanna do" run on my way home.  It was a lovely day through the Central Range of the Andes, heading up the valley of the Risaralda river to the new tunnel and then back home.  About 100 - 130 km (forgot to check the odometer as I left) total.  Traffic was fairly heavy, but wasn't moving slow. There was plenty of space to pass as needed so was able to keep ahead of the flow a bit. I'd rather overtake than be overtaken.  The number of heavily laden motorcycles was amazing.  A LOT of folks on the road to somewhere to celebrate the last day of the year and looking like they'll be gone for several days - which is to be expected here where the main holiday season is December/January.  Also saw a number of bikes with the family canine squeezed in between rider and pillion BESIDES the heavy backpacks and such.  Overall, a nice winter day's ride with the temps in the low 70's, even down in the Cauca and Risaralda valleys. Got home and rinsed the bike off before putting it back in the garage. Need to change the oil soon and chase down an annoying leak, methinks it's one of the drain plugs but need to double check.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Carl Fenn on January 01, 2022, 06:09:59 pm
I was bored stiff today so l checked all cables abs brake hoses to check they were run correctly, l now the bike is more or less straight from the factory but you just never know, better to be safe rather than sorry.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Antipodean Andrew on January 04, 2022, 08:03:09 am
Having been cruelly separated from my C5 for two weeks by my wife insisting we have a Christmas holiday, I was finally reunited with my bike. I gave the chain a good clean and took the bike out for a long run.

Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: dickim on January 04, 2022, 09:41:11 am
Having been cruelly separated from my C5 for two weeks by my wife insisting we have a Christmas holiday, I was finally reunited with my bike. I gave the chain a good clean and took the bike out for a long run.
🤣🤣🤣
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: upintheair on January 17, 2022, 11:51:34 pm
Replaced the chain with a non-oring type, installed new seals on the valve cover bolts, polished at the alternator side cover, put a new pad on the rear brake pedal stop, installed a new tank from Hitchcock, somehow the charcoal canister fell off into my parts shelving, and cleaned up the forks.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: NickHonda400Four on January 29, 2022, 10:55:59 pm
I took lots of bits of my C5 apart today. I'm isolating as I'm positive for the dreaded Covid...Luckily I've got fairly mild symptoms. Presents a good opportunity for giving what has pretty much become my daily driver some love.

Some wear and play to the exhaust rocker in the block so I lightly sanded the top portion of the block on some 600 wet and dry on a flat steel surface to close up against the rocker shaft. Feels much better now but both rockers have sideways or lateral movement - considering thrust washers or shims to take some of it up. (open to suggestions!)

Cheapo valve spring compressor arrived and was useless. So carefully set the head up in my pillar drill and compressed the springs using that (I thought it would be nowhere near strong enough but it barely required any effort!)

 - Tiniest hint of play in the inlet valve - a noticeable amount of play in the exhaust. I've ordered a new set of valves and will see what the play is like with those before considering replacement guides. If I pop the inlet valve into the exhaust guide there is less play...so I'm really hoping there is more wear to the valve stems than the valve guides themselves.

 - Valve seats look good, no pitting - same for the valves.

535cc Cylinder and Piston is also due to arrive. I've removed the 500cc and inspected.

 - Quite a bit of carbon. I've been running quite rich, especially at Idle (Mikuni Carb). I've acquired a Gunson Colourtune so with a bit of luck I can get the lower end carb settings dialled in quite easily with this.

 - Weirdly the Gudgeon pin has a small amount of play in the piston but is perfect in the small end. (I always thought gudgeon pins were supposed to be a tight fit in the pistons?)

 - Some very minor scoring at the bottom of the cylinder bore in one area. Otherwise looks very clean.

 - Piston appeared to be snug in the bore but there are carbon deposits all the way down to the oil seal ring.

 - Big end appears like new.

Removed LH & RH covers for general inspection - no surprises which was nice!

- I've retarded the Inlet cam by one tooth. I've been watching a lot of Paul Henshaw's videos and he's done this on a number of UCE engines now...although they have had the Performance Cams fitted. I thought I'd see what difference it made to the standard cams as H's are still awiting stock.

- Adjusted backlash.

Taken the opportunity to give the covers a good polish. I've also thrown some paint at them. Don't know if I like it yet...what do you guys think?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Relic on February 05, 2022, 08:38:00 am
After an oil and filter change, today I fitted a sump guard, the same as that fitted to the Bullet Trials.

As well as  protecting the alloy sump from stones and rocks, this plate covers the rear brake cylinder and pipework. I have a 2 week roadtrip coming up, and this includes riding off-road for over a day across a large cattle station which will be a challenge for the rider as well as the bike.

Fitting the guard was simple enough, the rear mount was the only part that consumed more time than expected due to poor access.

When taking the bike for a short ride after installation I could hear a resonance that wasn't previously present, and I could still hear it when idling on the centre stand. When holding the front of the sump guard the noise went away, so I made some bushes out of rubber belt and inserted between the guard and the front brackets.

The subsequent road test confirmed the resonance was now gone. 

Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Carl Fenn on February 05, 2022, 11:17:48 am
Large tap washers work well for that l used to use them on the old Brits.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Carl Fenn on February 05, 2022, 11:24:19 am
Well l have been scratching out some designs for a tender and phone charger but still not happy with the results yet and that back to front battery l think back to the drawing board for another configuration.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: D.W. on February 05, 2022, 07:10:11 pm
Removed the jump so the light switch actually works.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Narada on February 07, 2022, 05:18:11 pm
Rode the Madras Missile in to work! I love the sound of one piston in the morning!!!  8)

Freezing temps with fog have been giving me some serious PMS lately! Things have cleared up a bit today, looking forward to slightly warmer weather....  ::)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: D.W. on February 07, 2022, 08:46:25 pm
Replaced the factory metal covered spark plug cap with a NGK.

When I took the old one off I’m not even sure how it was working so well! It didn’t appear to be screwed into the wire. As I was pulling back the rubber on the wire and cap the cap just fell off.

Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Guaire on February 08, 2022, 06:38:52 pm
Replaced the factory metal covered spark plug cap with a NGK.

When I took the old one off I’m not even sure how it was working so well! It didn’t appear to be screwed into the wire. As I was pulling back the rubber on the wire and cap the cap just fell off.

That’s not the first time that happened to a Bullet rider! NGK caps, yes!
I use a custom coil, a zero resistance cable to a zero resistance NGK cap. My plug is an iridium Nippon Denso. All the iridium plugs have resistance.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9fVUEaiB6I&t=51s
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: D.W. on February 08, 2022, 09:12:19 pm
That’s not the first time that happened to a Bullet rider! NGK caps, yes!
I use a custom coil, a zero resistance cable to a zero resistance NGK cap. My plug is an iridium Nippon Denso. All the iridium plugs have resistance.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9fVUEaiB6I&t=51s

I saw your video before and that’s what got me thinking about it. I would like to change out my coil and use the zero resistance wire and cap as you suggest once I learn more about this stuff!

You would have links or part number to that set up handy would you?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Guaire on February 10, 2022, 06:26:08 pm
I saw your video before and that’s what got me thinking about it. I would like to change out my coil and use the zero resistance wire and cap as you suggest once I learn more about this stuff!

You would have links or part number to that set up handy would you?

ACE Motors part # Ignition Kit.
The contact info is at the bottom of this URL.
https://www.acemotorsonline.com

Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: D.W. on February 14, 2022, 08:51:07 pm
When I bought my 2015 classic it was missing the exhaust heat shield and seemed hard to find and costly. So I went to ebay and bought a "NEW SILENCER GOLDSTAR TYPE SUITABLE FOR ROYAL ENFIELD CLASSIC UCE 350 500CC", $66.30 taxes and shipping and delivered in a week. It was hollow.

(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/RB0AAOSwMudbeq~I/s-l1600.jpg)

I then bought a baffler from Dennis Kirk "Baffle w/Fiberglass Wrap for 2.25 in. OD Exhaust - 1861-0914".

It has a very deep tone and is still about 85db idling.

I test road and would get some popping on deceleration when going down hills ect.

So today I moved the TPS down just a touch, no i did not measure voltage. Fired it up and went for a ride, no popping!

The baffle from Dennis Kirk is straight through as well, I found a sink strainer stainless at Lowes that will fit inside the baffle.

https://www.lowes.com/pd/Danco-1-5-in-Chrome-Stainless-Steel-Rust-Resistant-Strainer-Basket-with-Basket-Included/1000604431 (https://www.lowes.com/pd/Danco-1-5-in-Chrome-Stainless-Steel-Rust-Resistant-Strainer-Basket-with-Basket-Included/1000604431)

It changes the tone from a Bop Bop to a Fuss Fuss but Dbs measure about the same so it stays out for now.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: D.W. on February 15, 2022, 07:16:23 pm
It was just too load.. installed sink drain.

78db at idle.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: AmBraCol on February 15, 2022, 08:58:39 pm
Had to run some errands today. Got home, ran the bike into the garage and as I went to turn it off saw the Rumbler just rolled over to 24,000 km on the odometer.  It's sure taken long enough to get here. 2020-2021 really took a bite out of my riding.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: JohnnieK on February 19, 2022, 04:10:25 pm
Took the C5 out for the first time in probably 6 months. Fired right up and still puts a smile on my face.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: D.W. on February 21, 2022, 02:00:24 am
Took the C5 out for the first time in probably 6 months. Fired right up and still puts a smile on my face.

Great day!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Carl Fenn on February 21, 2022, 10:49:27 am
I don’t use it much in winter mainly a summer country lane bike, just charge the battery and run it once a month and flick through the box, ride my 650 as an every day bike but it’s started to take its toll with all the rain.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: AmBraCol on February 21, 2022, 01:37:42 pm
Pulled the battery, put the side cover back on. Charged the battery and set it on a shelf. Leaving tomorrow to attend to a family health issue up in the US, not sure when I'll get back to ride again. "later this year" is my best guess.  Oh, and topped the tires up with nitrogen (it doesn't leak down as fast as regular air) and replaced the valve innards on the front tube as there was a leak there due to a funky valve.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Narada on February 21, 2022, 03:52:24 pm
Good luck AmBraCol! I hope things go well for you in the US. Maybe you can pick up something affordable to ride while there?  ???

I recently tore Bholenaths rear brake apart. It wasn't stopping very well, and I thought I'd better have a look.

I cleaned and sanded the shoes, which still had plenty of friction material, and the drum, both of which were lightly glazed...

Wasn't sure what the problem was, until I spotted that little shiney nut shown in the picture. It looked loose, so I poked it with my finger and it fell off!!!  :o

Apparently the bolt inside had backed out, and must've been interfereing with the brake shoe actuation,  :P At least thet's my theory!   ;) put blue loctite on small bolt threads and cinched 'er down firmly. Brake is now working great again!!!  8)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Antipodean Andrew on February 26, 2022, 10:48:57 pm
Today I completed a 6000 km service on my C5. During the oil change, the siphon screen end cap fell off. I have been cleaning this screen with brake cleaner when doing services and wonder if this affected the bead of glue. Luckily this was one of the spares I bought from Hitchcocks when I first purchased the bike. From now on I will just wash the screen in warm soapy water.

The other problem I found was one of the rubber straps that secure the battery had broken. The other strap is also cracked and about to give way. Seeing as my bike is only one year old, I will approach the dealer about providing replacements under warranty. I don't think rubber parts are covered, but they might do the decent thing.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: D.W. on February 27, 2022, 03:03:18 am
Indian rubber is horrible. Go ahead and replace your rubber lines too.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: rattonshaw on February 27, 2022, 08:37:35 am
During the oil change, the siphon screen end cap fell off. I have been cleaning this screen with brake cleaner when doing services and wonder if this affected the bead of glue.
According to Wikipedia, 'Rubber and some types of plastics are decomposed by brake cleaners by removing binding components.'  I can confirm that from my own experience.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Antipodean Andrew on March 02, 2022, 09:35:51 pm
Decided it would be quicker to fix my broken battery strap than to get a new one. Using rubber from an old inner tube, I glued a strip on each side of the strap using rubber cement. This seems to have worked fine and the strap is back in place. Now I will repeat for the other strap that is about to give way.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: the possum on March 11, 2022, 04:40:10 am
A day on the tools - oil and filter change. Very little swarf on the magnets and nothing in the gauze screen, so happy with that.
Pulled the original Bosch spark plug, it looked in good order, but slipped in a new NGK BPR6ES.
Also fitted my new luggage system. Canvas panniers and top bag. See nazbags.com.au for a great range of canvas goodies - I'm a happy customer and have nothing further to do with the product.
Looking forward to a trip with my mate, kick off is Monday morning 14 March.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Carl Fenn on March 13, 2022, 02:03:45 pm
Well l just dragged mine out and gave it a start up, l was going to kick start it but used electric start in the end, the battery was still up and it purred into life with just one push of the button sounded just sweet as a nut, battery top up next month then some riding.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Relic on March 14, 2022, 04:42:53 am
An overdue oil change and clean was carried out today.

I'm just back from a 15 day, 5,100km (~3,200 mile) camping roadtrip to the southern end of New Zealand and back home. The bike performed so well throughout the ride and the engine and gearbox is now noticably sweeter. Preparations included fitting a booster plug and a Hitchcocks engine steady (I fitted the OEM part to the other side).

Vibrations can just be detected once over 100kph / 60mph, but certainly are not an issue. Much of the ride was on empty roads due to our boarders currently preventing tourists in, and the South Island is sparsely populated aside from a few reasonably sized cities.

There were minor repairs required en route - a captive nut welded to the exhaust came adrift resulting in a hole in the pipe.  This was welded up by a local garage who only charged me for 15 minutes of their time. A few springs on my ex Classic 350  lycette saddle broke, requiring some basic re-engineering at a camp site, but they got me home just fine.

Overall, I was very happy with the performance and comfort of the bike and it has mellowed quickly into a keeper.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Antipodean Andrew on March 14, 2022, 06:02:43 pm
Glad your new bike is going well Relic. That would have been a nice ride at this time of year.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Carl Fenn on March 16, 2022, 10:11:34 am
I know what l have to do just noticed they scratched the paint on the swinging arm when they delivered it, checked the bike but did not get down on my knees, l guess it’s out with the air brush or touch up brush with drop of cellulose to resolve this, thankfully not to much of an issue glad to say.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: the possum on March 20, 2022, 06:01:10 am
Just pushed it back into the shed and unloaded it after a big 8 day jolly around the country side. Just short of 2000 km's on a mix of country roads, country highways, freeway, and a bit of dirt thrown in. Mix of motels and camping.
Bike ran like a good thing most of the time and only two screws abandoned ship ( the screws that hold the end cap and cover strip for the starter motor ), replaced enroute and put some tape over them until I can get the Loctite applied.
Ran comfortably between 95 - 100 km/h where applicable, and the suspension got a good workout on some horror sections of road where the grain trucks have been running.
( Despite having a reasonably good rail network in New South Wales (Australia), the Grain Handling Authority moves a lot by road, which really annoys the locals and the shire councils that maintain the roads.)
Even picked up a trophy for the Longest Distance Single and another for Longest Distance Asian/Sub-Continent Machine with 1505 km's travelled to the site of the Ducati Owners Club of NSW, 40th Thunder Rally.
Another day on the tools coming for another oil change soon.
Tons of fun !
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: the possum on March 28, 2022, 08:45:33 am
Service day today.
Engine oil and oil filter replaced- gee it was black ! Not too much swarf on the magnets, mesh screen clean.
Serviced air filter - washed out UniFilter in mineral turpentine, wrung out, dried and re-oiled.
There was some water in the airbox from a careful wash FFS !
Adjusted the chain and rolled it back into the shed.

Wifey is away so there was no one to bring me a mug of tea and a slice of cake - life is tough
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: AmBraCol on March 28, 2022, 02:51:08 pm
Service day today.
Engine oil and oil filter replaced- gee it was black ! Not too much swarf on the magnets, mesh screen clean.
Serviced air filter - washed out UniFilter in mineral turpentine, wrung out, dried and re-oiled.
There was some water in the airbox from a careful wash FFS !
Adjusted the chain and rolled it back into the shed.

Wifey is away so there was no one to bring me a mug of tea and a slice of cake - life is tough


Oh, the humanity! 

 ;D


Batching it is tough.   :(


 8)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: AmBraCol on March 28, 2022, 02:56:40 pm
Got home from the family emergency trip about 10 days ago, but have been too busy to do anything with the Rumbler.  Last night I hooked up the battery to the charger and topped it off, only took a couple of minutes at 2A setting. Then I started to put the battery back in place and was having a tough time doing it.  Then it sank in that my shed mate (the same guy that messes with my tools and wears my clothes) hadn't put the bike on the center stand - THAT's why the battery kept trying to slip out.  Once I popped it up onto the center stand the battery stayed put while attaching the terminals and adjusting the bracket to hold it in place. Once that was done I turned the key, punched the starter and she came alive! 

So this morning I dusted her off, wheeled her out of the garage, cranked her up and road into town to take care of some necessary chores.  It was good to be on two wheels again.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Carl Fenn on March 28, 2022, 06:32:55 pm
Well l had to get the rpm down it was clonking in gear since l fitted free floe exhaust despite closing the throttle body screw closed it was still running fast after checking all hoses were ok l had to adjust the side screw on the butterfly which cured the issue after changing exhaust from standard the rpm went through the roof making the gearbox unruly.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Haggis on March 31, 2022, 11:34:56 pm
I hope not the one with the yellow paint on?
(https://i.ibb.co/SQ7kCLs/Bystarter.jpg) (https://ibb.co/CJsjGr1)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Carl Fenn on April 01, 2022, 02:42:41 am
Well l adjusted them both did l do wrong l tried the idle adjuster it did not make much difference even turned fully clockwise, so l adjusted that one as well, it’s still running a bit fast l feel though.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: rattonshaw on April 01, 2022, 09:43:16 am
Well l adjusted them both did l do wrong .....
:P You may well have done.  My understanding is that the stop screw (with the yellow paint) is set at the factory and should remain untouched. There may be some sort of a jig involved?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Haggis on April 01, 2022, 10:45:36 am
The butterfly is preset at, I think at 5°.
This angle of opening is matched to the voltage of the throttle position sensor of 0.60 volts.
If you have twiddle with the screw the butterfly will be at the wrong angle at tickover.
Also the TPS voltage will be wrong.
If your tickover was too high and turning the large brass air bypass screw in, did not slow it down? I would say you have an air leak on the inlet side somewhere.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Carl Fenn on April 01, 2022, 11:31:24 am
Well l checked all the hoses no splits or cracks unless the O ring is leaking on manifold so how do l reset that screw it runs ok but an Indian vid on you tube said you could adjust it, l may be able to align the paint marks up again l only turned it half a turn, l think l can get it back to setting.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Carl Fenn on April 02, 2022, 08:33:43 am
Well l was lucky with the screw there was still paint on it so l was able to set back to original factory setting, the large brass screw would not turn because of the angle of the throttle body being stopped by the abs cover bracket which the angle locked the screw, l bent this out a little this enabled adjustment with more clearance space l was able to turn body further to the right to get screwdriver at correct angle, my initial thought was the brass screw was at end of travel in clockwise direction but it was not, the tick over is set to right RPM now the bike runs perfect with no backfiring smooth throughout the rev range, l will check the TPS voltage later on a meter but now all seems fine, the high RPM was causing a bit of bother selecting 1st gear but now it just slips in.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Haggis on April 02, 2022, 04:57:15 pm
Excellent news.👍
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Carl Fenn on April 03, 2022, 11:36:03 am
Thanks for taking time to help me Haggis.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: xrbeast on April 09, 2022, 03:57:00 pm
I installed a longer side-stand, one from Yamaha RXZ 135.  Now it doesn't lean so much.
Will keep a close watch on the stand, not sure it will hold up against the weight of the classic350. In any case, i will still park my bike on its centre stand for prolonged parking.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: xrbeast on April 09, 2022, 04:02:24 pm
I've also installed a free-flow header pipe on my classic 350 uce BS4, paired with an indori silencer. A bit too loud for my liking. So i ordered a universal DB killer, with intent to install it  and hoping to bring down the decibels a tiny bit.

Also, waiting for my main and idle jets, so i can up size them a little, to match the exhaust mods. I have also installed a the round K&N filter that fits in the stock airbox.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Relic on April 22, 2022, 07:54:05 am
New rear tire day.

My back tire was toast after 8,600km (5,300 miles) and with the New Zealand winter approaching thought it timely to fit some new rubber.

The old tire was the OEM Ceat, same as fitted to the Bullet Trials. Grip was great but my recent ride around NZ's South Island chewed it up. The road chip is hard on relatively soft compound rubber.

I am fortunate to have a spare rear wheel with new Avon and disc etc already fitted so it was a simple matter of swapping the old wheel out and fitting the already shod replacement.

 
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Rad Rich on April 25, 2022, 04:26:57 pm
I rode the hell out of it on Saturday.  Ended up with a nice run for Schoops burgers for the wife and I.(http://)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: dickim on May 30, 2022, 10:32:22 am
Siblings together finally in the same garage👍 Finished enclosing carport to make space for the Healey Resto  - connection- Signed off on Healey paint combination this morning and close to the 2014 C5
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Relic on July 10, 2022, 03:37:30 am
Its my bike's birthday - 1 year old, and it also turned 10,000kms (6,200miles) this week so I gave the bike the once over, cleaned the chrome and took it for a ride.

The miles have passed with much enjoyment and minimal issues. The rear wheel was replaced under warranty at ~2,500kms due to what looked like a bad batch of spokes. Royal Enfield and my dealer were fantastic with the warranty claim. A captive nut on the exhaust came loose while away on a ride and was easily welded back on. The only other factory part to fail was one of the centre stand springs that snapped earlier this month and shot across my garage when lifting the bike up after a run.

I feel very fortunate to have secured one of the last of the Classic 500's. Recently I've had a good look at the new Classic 350's and yes, they are great looking, well finished and have received very positive reviews, but there is just something about the UCE powered classic. I love the kick start, the excellent torque of the 500, and the (admittedly mild on this bike) vibration that comes from a large single.

Something tells me this bike will stay for some time yet.





Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: xrbeast on July 30, 2022, 01:30:00 pm
i've reposition my needle clip upwards by 1 notch on my carb 350uce. Was bogging when full throttle and couldn't go pass 100km/h. With the new needle position, bogging is gone and now it goes up to 110km/h.

Main 117.5
idle jet 12.5
needle position topmost.

cone type air filter
original header
aftermarket indori exhaust with short baffle installed

top picture - plug check after needle position adjustment
bottom pic - before

Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Narada on July 31, 2022, 07:54:34 am
Beating the crap out if some one  else's Royal Enfield, slogging through Spiti Region of Himalayas, ha ha! Bullets rule the mountains! 8)  :o

Monsoon rain just closed the road behind us, we're pressing on!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: WnRn on September 01, 2022, 02:02:35 am
Was not today but a few days back put the old brit style seat back on that I had fitted before but, well I did not fit well enough. This time its fitted way better.  Also but a set of stainless replica Velocette handlebars on it. They came off my 56 Velocette Mac that I am doing work on so repurposed them for the time being.

Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Frog on September 01, 2022, 03:45:14 pm
Got home from the family emergency trip about 10 days ago, but have been too busy to do anything with the Rumbler.  Last night I hooked up the battery to the charger and topped it off, only took a couple of minutes at 2A setting. Then I started to put the battery back in place and was having a tough time doing it.  Then it sank in that my shed mate (the same guy that messes with my tools and wears my clothes) hadn't put the bike on the center stand - THAT's why the battery kept trying to slip out.  Once I popped it up onto the center stand the battery stayed put while attaching the terminals and adjusting the bracket to hold it in place. Once that was done I turned the key, punched the starter and she came alive! 

So this morning I dusted her off, wheeled her out of the garage, cranked her up and road into town to take care of some necessary chores.  It was good to be on two wheels again.

Me thinks I 'know' you from somewhere else......  :-)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: WnRn on September 04, 2022, 05:50:34 am
Dry sump UCE? Nah just made a fake oil tank out of a later model RE side cover. Just needs oil level decal.

Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: oldphart on September 15, 2022, 11:03:12 am
I bought it  ;D

Shameless bragging to come once I've got it home (hopefully tomorrow)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: johno on September 16, 2022, 09:43:16 pm
Took the Bullet for its annual MOT test (UK), passed with flying colours so did a celebration 60 miles in the sunshine around Dorset ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: WnRn on September 17, 2022, 11:15:59 pm
Fitted a set of replica BSA M20 handlebars. They come raw so just painted them in a clear top coat.
Trip Machine black leather grip wrap on top of the Biltwell grips. Helps top dampen the vibes down a bit.
Put a oil level sticker on the fake oil tank.
Put the high OEM muffler on. It was super loud and had a broken baffle inside that rattled around. Stuffed the inside of the muffler with stainless steel wool which has made it quitter and hold the loose baffle in place. Had to cut some length off the end of the muffler pipe to be able to get all the stainless wool in. Checked the spark plug after a ride and perfect colour of plug so jetting etc is spot on.



 
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: WnRn on September 21, 2022, 02:58:56 am
Replaced running lights and instrument lights with  BA9S BAYONET LED globes. Now I should be able see the neutral light in full sun light. And made the others brighter too.

Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: the possum on September 29, 2022, 08:39:00 am
I didn't do much today - raining.
However, I recently pulled the inner cable from my speedo drive and carefully cleaned it with WD-40, wiped it clean (again), then lightly greased (wheel bearing grease - all I had ) it before reinstalling.
The end result is that my speedo needle is now quite steady - instead of wagging about.

Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: LJB on October 06, 2022, 02:59:39 am
Rode it a bit faster than normal...
https://youtu.be/SKedsI0QWyc
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: WnRn on October 19, 2022, 12:25:06 am
In the pursuit of making DugDug look older that it is old new side boxes fitted to both sides. The black looks more old style to me.
 Shame the pinstriping and sticker are not in silver to match the decal on the tank.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Roadie on October 29, 2022, 12:29:44 pm
Cool looking bike Wn Rn. Very neat
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: WnRn on October 29, 2022, 09:13:54 pm
Cool looking bike Wn Rn. Very neat

Thank you. Still a few more things to do.  ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: WnRn on October 30, 2022, 06:47:48 am
Added thick wall alloy handlebars and rubber old style grips. Less vibes? Not really as it is a 500 single.  ;D
Made a sidestand foot from the top off an oil filter wrench and then an old round bar end mirror. 10mm hole drilled into the foot of the sidestand to hold it all together. Works ok in sand. Better than the standard sidestand.  :o
DugDug sticker.
Kriega saddlebags. 
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: oldphart on October 30, 2022, 07:52:21 am
Added thick wall alloy handlebars and rubber old style grips. Less vibes? Not really as it is a 500 single.  ;D
Made a sidestand foot from the top off an oil filter wrench and then an old round bar end mirror. 10mm hole drilled into the foot of the sidestand to hold it all together. Works ok in sand. Better than the standard sidestand.  :o
DugDug sticker.
Kriega saddlebags.
Nice.
Is that sidestand foot on a pivoting head so regardless of the angle of the ground, it sits flat?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: WnRn on October 30, 2022, 10:33:36 am
Nice.
Is that sidestand foot on a pivoting head so regardless of the angle of the ground, it sits flat?

Sits flat.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: tooseevee on October 30, 2022, 02:28:49 pm
Made a sidestand foot from the top off an oil filter wrench and then an old round bar end mirror. 10mm hole drilled into the foot of the sidestand to hold it all together. Works ok in sand. Better than the standard sidestand.  :o

       Your bike has the same crappy side stand as my '08 AVL. I'd have thought Enfield would have put a decent one on by now, but it all comes down to save a dollar per bike. And I can't blame them.

        Mine is "OK", but it's tinfoil compared to what I'm used to. Don't trust it on hot asphalt or medium & fine sand.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Crabsapper on October 31, 2022, 05:38:18 pm
Converted my Tribute to carburettor.  :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Haggis on October 31, 2022, 07:50:54 pm
Looks good.
I have an Amal conversion on one my efi 500.
Not seen a euro4 with the conversion before.
Does the cv carb have the throttle position sensor fitted?
What have you done to keep the mil off because of missing injector?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Crabsapper on October 31, 2022, 08:36:51 pm
Looks good.
I have an Amal conversion on one my efi 500.
Not seen a euro4 with the conversion before.
Does the cv carb have the throttle position sensor fitted?
What have you done to keep the mil off because of missing injector?

Thanks.
I've fitted a wiring loom from a 350 carb bike  complete with Ammeter and TCI unit, so no MIL to worry about. Also fitted stator and rotor from the same bike.
The CV carb does have a TPS sensor that plugs into the TCI.

The Euro 4 bike has a couple more sensors and ABS to worry about, but I've already deleted my ABS.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: trud on October 31, 2022, 08:40:57 pm
Converted my Tribute to carburettor.  :)

Converted, but what for?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Crabsapper on October 31, 2022, 08:57:45 pm
Converted, but what for?
I don't understand the question.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: WnRn on October 31, 2022, 09:16:44 pm
Converted, but what for?

I converted my C5 to Amal carb from EFI because the bike came with an after market muffler when I bough the bike. It would not run correctly. To fix it was either a Power Commander or Hitchcocks Amal conversion. Went Amal because it was cheaper than a Power Commander and dyno to set up the EFI to match the muffler. Plus I prefer jets and needles than electrons.

Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: oldphart on November 01, 2022, 05:13:14 am
I lifted the top of the bike cover to get rid of the rain that had pooled in it - yes, it's been that sort of weather.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: trud on November 01, 2022, 10:07:29 am
I don't understand the question.
Sorry, google translate. What is the reason for conversion?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: rattonshaw on November 01, 2022, 10:17:09 am
Sorry, google translate. What is the reason for conversion?
That's a big can of worms opened.  You might do best to search through the forum to avoid going off topic  :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Crabsapper on November 01, 2022, 10:23:39 am
Sorry, google translate. What is the reason for conversion?
As the man said, big can of worms. I did it purely for my own interest and my love of simplicity.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Crabsapper on November 01, 2022, 10:27:41 am
I converted my C5 to Amal carb from EFI because the bike came with an after market muffler when I bough the bike. It would not run correctly. To fix it was either a Power Commander or Hitchcocks Amal conversion. Went Amal because it was cheaper than a Power Commander and dyno to set up the EFI to match the muffler. Plus I prefer jets and needles than electrons.

Nice bike.  :)
I considered the Hitchcocks kits of course, and might have gone that way if I'd had a Euro 3 bike.
Our own richard211 suggested this approach and I watched Indian YouTube videos about it. Thought it was worth a shot.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: richard211 on November 03, 2022, 02:56:56 pm
Looks good.
I have an Amal conversion on one my efi 500.
Not seen a euro4 with the conversion before.
Does the cv carb have the throttle position sensor fitted?
What have you done to keep the mil off because of missing injector?

 This is a complete carburettor conversion,  with all the EFI components removed. The Carburettor is a genuine RE UCD 33 (33mm carb used on the Indian UCE bullet 500) with the Bullet 500 TCI unit.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Adrian II on November 03, 2022, 06:54:37 pm
How well do Bullets fitted with these perform?

A.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: richard211 on November 04, 2022, 09:16:44 am
 The TCI unit with the TPS is a really good upgrade, with the correct carburettor during kick starts it never kick backs. This TCI unit also support 2 ignition coils.
 
 Would be interesting to see this carburettor and TCI unit on an AVL 500.

 
 
 
 
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Crabsapper on November 04, 2022, 09:53:56 am
How well do Bullets fitted with these perform?

A.
In my opinion  regarding the UCAL carb only, and having actually done it, the performance is about the same in outright terms. Maybe a little freer at the top end...it certainly seems to pull harder up around 80mph, but without a dyno run, it's just feel.

In terms of general running, it's much better. Smoother, with a more gentle on/off throttle transition, zero glitches. And it runs cooler.
Fuel consumption is worse of course....I measured 75mpg on the first thankful. UK gallon that is, down from 85 with the FuelX Lite box add-on I fitted to the FI.
That's indirectly the objective; to get the mixture to a sensible non-emissions based number.
Attached is a before/after picture of the parts involved. You can't see the difference in weight between the two wiring looms, but it's significant.
I could also have included the ABS parts, EVAP and PAV parts!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: the possum on November 09, 2022, 10:42:32 am
What did I do on mine today -
A week or so ago, I wandered into a local bike shop ( more a bike wrecker and fixer of older machines) on speck, and there was a pile of freshly delivered tyres ! A quick scratch through the pile, and I was the proud owner of a Bridgestone BT46 for my Classic 500 !
Today, with help, I fitted the tyre. A check with records indicate the now dead Avon RoadRider had covered 13,806 km.  Getting the wheel out was not too big an issue, but getting the jolly thing back in place was a struggle.
I have now covered about 100 km on the new tyre, so could call it scrubbed in.
cheers....
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: the possum on November 21, 2022, 10:12:26 am
A peaceful morning in the shed - oil and filter change.
Speedo currently reads 19309 km, and the registration renewal has turned up - bugger, more $$$'s into the State coffers.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Mark1971 on November 22, 2022, 05:38:47 am
Rolled bike off centre stand and heard.......psssssss. Found a rusty piece of metal stuck in my now very flat rear tyre. At least it happened at home rather than out on the road. Put a new tube in thinking everything was good and then spotted a broken spoke...argh. Now waiting for the postman to deliver my Hitchcocks order containing a lovely new spoke, and some spares.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: oldphart on November 22, 2022, 05:42:42 am
I rode to work... and it rained while I was inside. Now my pristine fuel cap has THREE WATER SPOTS on the chrome  :(
Oh the pain, the pain  :D (name the tv show)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Haggis on November 22, 2022, 10:21:14 am
Oldphart,
Sounds like ,

Dr. Zachary Smith.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: oldphart on November 23, 2022, 07:58:27 am
Oldphart,
Sounds like ,

Dr. Zachary Smith.

Dat's the fella. I can't believe I used to like that show as a kid.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Richard230 on November 23, 2022, 01:57:14 pm
Dat's the fella. I can't believe I used to like that show as a kid.

Me too. My favorite character was the robot. "Warning Will Robinson".  ;D  Beware of the approaching Royal Enfield Bullet.  ;)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: WnRn on November 23, 2022, 08:51:14 pm
Dug Dug Changes. Seat. Headlight mesh. Coke bottle style grips. Seat came with the bike when I bought it. Was all brown. I dyed the back half and then sealed the dye.

Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Guaire on November 24, 2022, 01:49:22 pm
All in all, it looks quite functional.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: WnRn on November 24, 2022, 10:37:34 pm
Today was brown laneing.
Yesterday was water crossing.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: WnRn on November 29, 2022, 11:14:10 pm
Fitted RE crash bars. Had to modify the sump guard to get them to fit.  :P

Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: the possum on December 12, 2022, 11:09:51 am
Not mine, but a friend, has a 500 Trials Replica, and has had three flat (rear) tyres in short order. The first two times, he took it in to a shop and they threw a new tube in and sent him on his way. After the third episode, he called me (not that I am a guru, or even close, but I know people), so I made a phone call to a mate and we all met up at my mates place.
Wheel out, tyre off, INSPECT tyre carcass (no objects protruding - good ), INSPECT rim (fcuk ! what a mess), most of the way around the inside of the rim, there was a jagged edge where the steel had been folded to form the bead. That jagged edge chaffed the tube, each time, and caused the puncture ! Low pressure would have helped here I'm sure.
The jagged edge was filed smooth then dressed with a wire wheel on an angle grinder, a couple of protruding spokes were also filed down, painted the whole thing (inside) and fitted a new rim tape, tube and inflated to  a higher pressure than specified in the handbook, and we are good to go !  He is a big bugger, so needs more pressure than the book says - 35 psi for now.
The moral of this story - look for the cause, and not just the solution.

Aaah - Royal Enfield, making men into mechanics since 1901 !
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Richard230 on December 12, 2022, 02:15:39 pm
+1!   :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Guaire on December 12, 2022, 07:18:18 pm
"...fitted a new rim tape..."
That has to be the first thing back on the wheel. I've seen riders literally, use tape. Tube companies sell what I've heard called rim straps. They are a thicker rubber that fits in.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: WnRn on December 13, 2022, 07:25:01 am
Well not yet. Maybe I will fit this this weekend.
Shinko SR244 going on the back. That should give me some grip in the dirt.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: WnRn on January 06, 2023, 03:05:27 am
Got to fit a 4.10-18 Shinko SR244 "Golden Boy" trail tyre to DugDug today.
Step 1 - Buy a "Ballard's Off Road" Tyre changer. And some of their heavy duty tyres levers. This tyre changer has a fitting that helps to break the bead off the rim.
Step 2 - Remove rear wheel. So love that the sprocket and rear brake do not move. Thank you RE.
Step 3 - Take old tyre off rime with said heavy duty tyre levers.
Step 4- Wrestle new tyre on with said heavy duty levers making sure NOT to pinch the new heavy duty motocross inner tube that's also being fitted.
Step 5 - Pump up tyre to max pressure to get it to seat correctly while at times bouncing the whole wheel.
Step 6 - Put back wheel back in.
Step 7 - Adjust tyre pressure. Then come back 30 mins later to re-check cause I am so paranoid of pinching the inner tub.
Oh yeah, had to take muffler off to get wheel nut undone as it slopes up and covers the wheel nut.



Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: AzCal Retred on January 06, 2023, 11:50:23 pm
"Then come back 30 mins later to re-check cause I am so paranoid of pinching the inner tube."  ;D ;D ;D

Well done - "Trust but Verify!"
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: WnRn on January 07, 2023, 08:10:36 pm
"Then come back 30 mins later to re-check cause I am so paranoid of pinching the inner tube."  ;D ;D ;D

Well done - "Trust but Verify!"

Believe me I did not trust I had not pinched that tube  ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: ChrisR on January 13, 2023, 02:41:29 am
I fitted a "Lollipop" to my 500 C5 EFI. (Along with a *lot* of other mods)

Exhaust is a Hitchcock bottle type (straight through) stainless with freer flowing downpipe.
Looking to up the torque in the low to midrange. Maybe on a hiding to nowhere. But it's fun to experiment!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Relic on January 29, 2023, 04:04:25 am
With nearly 15,000km's on the front tyre I fitted an Anakee Adventure 100/90/19, having fitted the same to my previous Classic. While the rear Avon Roadmaster had only 8,500km on it I decided to fit a matching Michelin to the rear and kept the Avon on my spare wheel.

These Anakee Adventure's are a great 80/20 tyre that have good grip in the wet and can handle unpaved roads easily.

At the same time I also fitted a Goldstar glasswool silencer. The reasoning was to ensure traffic knew I was there, particularly when lane splitting.
Not too sure why they are called silencers because they sure don't silence much!
The bike now has a very deep but pleasant note at low throttle and at commuting / highway speeds until I wind on the power and then it gets a bit roudy. Likely to activate car alarms in underground carparks and wake up the neighbours.

A baffle has been ordered to tame the volume slighly. To cover the header to silencer join I've ordered a cover plate.

Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Guaire on January 30, 2023, 11:42:15 pm
Relic - That's a nice looking and functional Classic. I like the tires. Good combination street/dirt.
When are you going to pry off the rubber fin ringing dampers off your barrel and head?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: oldphart on January 31, 2023, 06:06:41 am
I suffered riding to work.
I suffered riding home.
Only three more days before I retire... not that I'm counting down or anything  ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gizzo on January 31, 2023, 08:58:14 am
I suffered riding to work.
I suffered riding home.
Only three more days before I retire... not that I'm counting down or anything  ;D
Woo! 8)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Relic on January 31, 2023, 09:24:13 am
Relic - That's a nice looking and functional Classic. I like the tires. Good combination street/dirt.
When are you going to pry off the rubber fin ringing dampers off your barrel and head?

Fair question - I've been waiting for them to drop off! I suspect they dont serve any purpose.

Any additional noise from the fins would be drowned out by the exhaust now  :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Richard230 on January 31, 2023, 02:20:01 pm
Fair question - I've been waiting for them to drop off! I suspect they dont serve any purpose.

Any additional noise from the fins would be drowned out by the exhaust now  :)

When I removed my rubber straps on my Bullet I didn't notice any increase in noise from the cylinder fins.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: oldphart on February 01, 2023, 05:36:47 am
Fair question - I've been waiting for them to drop off! I suspect they dont serve any purpose.

Any additional noise from the fins would be drowned out by the exhaust now  :)
My rubber strips seem to be making that decision for me. Don't love a bike with its own mind?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Antipodean Andrew on March 27, 2023, 02:57:03 am
Today I completed the 9000km (5600mi) service on my C500. The bike has been completely reliable so far with only a couple of small issues. The rubber battery straps cracked and I lost a couple of machine screws that hold the muffler heat shield in place. Easy fixes.

I know there have been complaints about poor quality chains and sprockets, bad batteries, etc., but mine have stood up well. The bike still has its original Ceat tyres, although the back one is fairly worn in the very centre. The bike was made in the last three months of production, so maybe there were improvements over time.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: AmBraCol on March 27, 2023, 05:13:29 pm
Haven't done anything today, but will do a quick update seeing how I'd misplaced my links to the site and couldn't find my way back for a while!

During the lockdown here in Coffee Country back in '20, the Rumbler 500 was parked and not used as the Suzuki Grand Vitara was better equipped to take care of obtaining and handing out groceries to folks in difficult situations.  This resulted in the battery going dead, being recharged then going dead again.  Not having a battery tender of some type lead to it dying completely so had to get a new one.  Woot! put up a Black and Decker charger which I managed to purchase and import and now the battery stays charged when parked for longer than I'd like it to be.

Once things normalized, I put the bike in the shop for a general maintenance and managed to get a few rides in, and then the headlight died.  Opened it up, the bulbs were good, assumed a wiring issue between the switch and the light and not being an electrician sent it to the shop to trace down the problem.  Note to self: Don't forget to check the fuses before paying someone good money to do that for you.  Duh! So this year I've finally been getting more riding done. The old Rumbler just rumbles along and gets me where I'm going in great fashion. 

It's good to be back. Now to try and catch up a bit on posts. I see there's a new forum for the Meteor series. They've really taken off here in Coffee Country. Glad I've got my UCE Rumbler 500 though.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: OneLung on April 09, 2023, 05:27:33 pm
Compounded a scratch out of the front mudguard after my bloody KLR bloody 650 bloody fell off its sidestand and bloody landed on it.

Then I went for a happy little trundle in the Easter sunshine. ;)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Mad4Bullets on April 11, 2023, 02:08:16 am
First ride of the 2023 season today. Pure bliss.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Mark1971 on April 29, 2023, 02:04:29 pm
Changed the oil and filters, changed the air filter, changed the spark plug, fitted a new chain and replaced the brake fluid. Then gave it a lovely wash. Now just need to find an effective way to clean those pesky engine cases, might go down the super fine wet and dry route then metal polish. I LOVE MY BIKE
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Relic on May 18, 2023, 08:58:33 am
Today I replaced the cush drive rubbers on my '21 Classic 500.

Over the past week riding the bike has felt different than normal. A slight harshness through the footpegs (and this bike is very smooth for a 500) had me checking the machine over.

Excessive backlash between the chain wheel and the hub led to me dropping the rear wheel out and fitting a new set of rubbers that I'd had in the spare parts draw since my 2016 Classic 350 days.

A test ride was a revalation in renewed smoothness and no backlash at the chain wheel.

While the bike is less than 2 years old it is nudging 18,000k's (11,200 miles) and I'm sure I swapped out a set on my 350 at a similar mileage.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Mark1971 on July 03, 2023, 05:57:51 pm
Today, whilst riding to Applecross in the North West of Scotland in heavy rain my headlight decided it didn't want to be attached to the bike anymore just 20 miles after my overnight camp spot. I noticed the headlight peak was missing, then saw the sealed unit swing out the right side, dangling by its headlight wiring. I couldn't stop as I had a lorry right behind me. Then it dropped off and in my mirror i watched it explode on the ground and go under the truck. I managed to pull over further up the road, turn around and see what I could find. Only items were the headlight peak and the rubber boot that goes over the back of the bulb. Decided not to continue the trip north, turn round and ride 240 miles back home without the light in the rain. Stopped at a car parts shop on route home and sealed up the gaping front of the bike with some heavy duty silver tape to try and stop too much water from getting at all the exposed wiring. Got home in one piece and gave £60 to Hitchcocks for some new bits..Happy days and memories.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Relic on July 13, 2023, 03:23:15 am
Today I gave my trusty steed a wash and lube.

The bike has recently been back to the dealership for it's 20,000km check / service which it came through with a clean bill of health. I wanted a final independent check over as the bike was coming out of it's warranty due to age (two years old) and distance travelled (a smidge under 20k)

Hard to believe it has been two years since I brought the new Reditch 500 into the garage as a replacement for my 2016 Classic 350, but in that time it has mellowed nicely into a machine that I can ride all day in comfort, have enough squirt to move past slow traffic, and look great while doing it (the bike, I add, not it's decrepit rider).

Best mods are the seat (ex the Classic 350), the Goldstar exhaust - unbaffled ( ;D) the booster plug and the air injection delete mod. The engine breathes much better and sounds fabulous with a meaty thump that winds up to a lovely cackle.

I took the new Super Meteor 650 out for a ride recently and, refined and beautifully finished bike that it is, I was more than happy to hand the keys back and ride the Classic 500 home. When the Classic 650 is released it may find a gap in my garage, but the Classic 500 will be staying for the long term.
 
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: AmBraCol on August 19, 2023, 10:14:12 pm
The turn signals decided to go on strike.  Pulled off the electronics cap on the left side of the bike (on the Rumbler it's a lozenge shaped metal cup hiding the fuse box and flasher relay).  Went to town, picked up a new relay. Came back, fitted it. STILL no turn signals.  Checked the new relay, definitely works.  The old one caused my jumper wire to heat up when checking it. Not sure what to do next, not exactly the worlds greatest bike electronics tech. So I gave the bike a quick sponge bath, searched for an appropriate screw to stop the vibrating of the muffler guard that came loose when the front screw went AWOL. Searched for Rumbler/Thunderbird wiring diagrams, came up empty.  Now contemplating other options.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: johno on August 25, 2023, 10:49:25 pm
Took my 2012 B5 out for a check over, needed a bit of air in the tyres and that's all, then off for the annual roadworthy test (MOT) passed with flying colours not bad for an 11 year old bike. The Mitas tyres are wearing well, still got 3mm tread on the rear and 5 mm tread on the front. Just need to find time to carry out a full service before winter sets in.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: the possum on September 19, 2023, 08:43:15 am
I gave my 2021 RE Classic 500 an oil & filter change last week, so I could go off for the weekend.
1,271 km's round trip to a BMW Rally in central New South Wales. The roads out that way are still being repaired after last years flooding, so there were a few big hits to test the suspension, and a close inspection of a wandering kangaroo ( missed him !). The bike ran like a good thing, and I even saw 110 km/h (indicated) while pulling UP a grade !
I noticed the speedo needle was wobbling about a bit, so at the camp site I pulled the speedo inner cable, cleaned it, and applied a smear of grease before reinstalling - no more wobbly needle.
I needed to top off the oil on the way back, but that was expected.
25,023 km on the clock and going like a good thing.

My mates bike ( 2021 Classic 500), has had a mystery electrical gremlin and refused to start at one point - cleaned off the grease from the contacts on the relays, still no joy, checked the fuses, and the blue one (15 amp) was blown. New fuse, and away we went. The next day it acted up again, and after putting it in gear and rocking it back and forth ( in first then second gears), the jolly thing fired up and behaved itself. The left hand indicators still don't work, but that is a problem for another day.

We were the only two RE Classics in the middle of a herd of BMW's, but there was another fellow there on a Himalayan.

Royal Enfield - providing a reason to drink for over 100 years !
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: AmBraCol on September 19, 2023, 01:43:21 pm
Sounds like a great time!  It's been a while since I had a chance to more than putter around town on my Rumbler.  Thanks for sharing that ride with us!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Relic on October 07, 2023, 01:47:17 am
Another oil change today. The last change was performed by my local dealer at the 2 year / 20,000 km service, at the end of the warranty period.

So you can understand my surprise to find the oil filter cover in two parts; one of the ears had been snapped off. Possibly the cover wasn't perfectly aligned during reassembly, who knows.

The upshot is a new cover ordered, and a makeshift repair with JB Weld. I am hopeful that the repair will cure and be sufficiently strong to allow use of the bike while the replacement part makes it's way to New Zealand.

As with my last Enfield, in future all servicing will be conducted in my own workshop.

Photos are of the cover joined and about to be clamped for the next 24hrs.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: WnRn on October 07, 2023, 09:26:14 am
Been sometime since I ..... ok fitted a 1960s Yamaha DS6 tank. I know die hard RE fans have just keeled over. My bike I do as I like to it. Solo saddle back on.

Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: tooseevee on October 07, 2023, 12:55:48 pm
Another oil change today. The last change was performed by my local dealer at the 2 year / 20,000 km service, at the end of the warranty period.

So you can understand my surprise to find the oil filter cover in two parts; one of the ears had been snapped off. Possibly the cover wasn't perfectly aligned during reassembly, who knows.


     That's an obvious case of misalignment of the shoulder before tightening the cap screws. At  100 dollars an hour, why can't they be more careful? Ya' know why? 'cuz it's not their bike.

       It didn't leak?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Richard230 on October 07, 2023, 02:34:02 pm
     That's an obvious case of misalignment of the shoulder before tightening the cap screws. At  100 dollars an hour, why can't they be more careful? Ya' know why? 'cuz it's not their bike.

       It didn't leak?

I bet the JB Weld will hold up until you get the new cover.  :)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: AmBraCol on October 07, 2023, 02:56:21 pm
Been sometime since I ..... ok fitted a 1960s Yamaha DS6 tank. I know die hard RE fans have just keeled over. My bike I do as I like to it. Solo saddle back on.

Looks nice.  Maybe not "original", but it's "period" and looks like it fits right in.  How does capacity match up with the original?  I've gotten spoiled with the 5 gallon tank on the Rumbler. I think it's the largest tank RE's put on any of their bikes. The Super Meteor even has a smaller tank. Anyway, yours looks nifty!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: AmBraCol on October 07, 2023, 02:59:57 pm
(https://forum.classicmotorworks.com/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=7829.0;attach=83950;image)

It's things like that that are very irritating.  One of the dealerships managed to strip one of the drain plug holes on my Rumbler 500.  They put it back in with teflon tape... had to have it bored out and fitted with a coil thread thingie (why can't I recall the proper term?)  So far, so good.  JB weld should keep you rolling until the new part arrives. Bummer you've got to appeal to such measures though.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: WnRn on October 07, 2023, 07:43:31 pm
Looks nice.  Maybe not "original", but it's "period" and looks like it fits right in.  How does capacity match up with the original?  I've gotten spoiled with the 5 gallon tank on the Rumbler. I think it's the largest tank RE's put on any of their bikes. The Super Meteor even has a smaller tank. Anyway, yours looks nifty!

The DS6 tank is 11 litres. So down 3 litres.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Richard230 on October 07, 2023, 10:15:35 pm
(https://forum.classicmotorworks.com/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=7829.0;attach=83950;image)

It's things like that that are very irritating.  One of the dealerships managed to strip one of the drain plug holes on my Rumbler 500.  They put it back in with teflon tape... had to have it bored out and fitted with a coil thread thingie (why can't I recall the proper term?)  So far, so good.  JB weld should keep you rolling until the new part arrives. Bummer you've got to appeal to such measures though.

Helicoil or Time Sert are two brands of thread repair systems.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: AmBraCol on October 08, 2023, 01:23:21 am
Helicoil... couldn't drag that up to save my hide. Thanks! 

As for what I did with my RE today, wiped the Rumbler down down, put it up on its centerstand and plugged in the battery tender as it's going to be a couple weeks at least 'til I can ride again. 
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: WnRn on October 15, 2023, 09:21:10 am
New front and rear tyres fitted today. Dunlop K70s. 400x18. The get front to fit had the raise the front guard with some new holes drilled and small extension brackets made. Bike is taller. When on centre stand both wheels touch the ground but not so it is unstable. Rode around town and they feel good. Looks like I may have pinched the front tube. Its loosing 1psi an hour at the moment. Easy fix just have to be very careful not to pinch the next tube as well.

You might notice I removed the tool boxes from both sides too. Have hidden all the electrics in the r/h side fake oil tank.

Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: majstevetrevor on October 16, 2023, 07:44:34 pm
Been sometime since I ..... ok fitted a 1960s Yamaha DS6 tank. I know die hard RE fans have just keeled over. My bike I do as I like to it. Solo saddle back on.

Is that the Lycett seat from Hitchcock’s?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: WnRn on October 16, 2023, 08:46:32 pm
Is that the Lycett seat from Hitchcock’s?

No it came off one of my other true vintage bikes.
Its too small to be comfortable for this bike so have removed it.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: majstevetrevor on October 16, 2023, 10:44:00 pm
No it came off one of my other true vintage bikes.
Its too small to be comfortable for this bike so have removed it.
Ah, too bad, looks good to me. What seat do you have on it now?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: WnRn on October 17, 2023, 08:35:16 am
Ah, too bad, looks good to me. What seat do you have on it now?

I put the seat back on that the original owner had fitted when i bought the bike. It was fully brown and i used leather dye to add the black. Its very comfy. I have done 500km days in this seat.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: majstevetrevor on October 17, 2023, 02:04:57 pm
I put the seat back on that the original owner had fitted when i bought the bike. It was fully brown and i used leather dye to add the black. Its very comfy. I have done 500km days in this seat.
👍
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Hans on October 19, 2023, 01:56:11 am
Made a new key
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: johno on October 19, 2023, 06:25:03 pm
Made a new key
I like that, great idea 8)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: BulletBrian on October 21, 2023, 05:25:40 am
Installed Duro HF307 tires on my battle green classic.  Front tire no big deal.  Rear tire....bloody hell, those are a B*?*#$! to remove!  Stupid slotted brake caliper mount/axle bushing/brake pads falling out/swingarm width no extra room, needed pry bar to get wheel back in..glad it's done.  Also had to pull and replace the rear tire on my BMW R1200RT due to yet another screw in the sidewall.  That rear wheel is super easy to R&R.   

So anyway, the Enfield looks really cool with the bigger Duro's and should ride better on the crappy roads we deal with here. 
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: BulletBrian on October 22, 2023, 06:04:58 pm
Additional to the above...the ride on the Duro 307's is really nice.  The bike does sit taller than the stock Avons.  So, this affects the center stand...the bike will rest on both tires AND the two touchdown points of the stand on smooth, level pavement.  It sits solidly, but the bike won't rock fore and aft on the stand.  This could pose some challenges to being able to rotate either tire for access to air valve and tire/wheel servicing.  I plan to bolt some larger diameter collars to the centerstand feet to get back the stock functionality of the stand.  I took the bike around my property on dirt and the paved neighborhood roads and the ride is sure-footed and plush.  Really like the Duro's so far.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: WnRn on November 04, 2023, 10:05:28 am
I have a thing for ratting bikes out and using old recycled bits on them, Soooo....

DugDug now has a very old Sportster seat fitted.

Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Hans on November 05, 2023, 03:37:20 am
Ace-Cafe, regarding your post on sprocket sizes, when I look at my Enfield 500 Workshop Manual2017-2020 500cc EFI Models,
it is stated on page 104 that the Classic has a 17 T sprocket. Now I seem to remember to have read somewhere that Enfield changed sometime ago from 18 T to 17 T. And off course I may be mistaken as well , being a complete novice and so. I am interested in this matter as I want to go to a bigger sprocket in the near future. Hoping for a more relaxed high speed experience and a bit less vibration..
Regards,
Hans
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Haggis on November 05, 2023, 09:58:23 am
In the UK the pre euro 4 bikes, ie no abs or rear disc brake, came with an 18 front sprocket.  When the euro 4 arrived they came with a 17. A 19 is a straight forward swap but I found it to be little over geared. Quite often having to drop from 5th to 4th to make an overtake or get back up to speed. The 18 is spot on for me. The same chain length (102) can be used for both.
Another consideration is that I use imperial size tyres so, a 4.00x18 rear, these have a higher sidewall than metric size tyres and have a larger rolling radius. Effectively raising the gearing a little more.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Richard230 on November 05, 2023, 01:40:57 pm
My 2011 Bullet has a 17-tooth front sprocket. Perhaps because it has 19" wheels.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Haggis on November 05, 2023, 04:08:06 pm
My 2011 Bullet has a 17-tooth front sprocket. Perhaps because it has 19" wheels.
Yes they do.
My reference was for the C5.
Although, as I said, I use imperial size tyres and the 4.00x18 is the same rolling radius as the metric 19.
This a picture of my 4.00x18 on the left compared to a spare 19" wheel I have.
(https://i.ibb.co/RSjdtyp/IMG-20210505-114542.jpg)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Relic on November 06, 2023, 04:07:07 am
About a month ago I posted that, during an oil change, I found the oil filter cap broken with one lug snapped off.
Today I fitted the replacement item that arrived from India last week.

The interim repair with JB Weld survived ~1,500km / 930 miles including a 4 day camping trip out of town. I habitually checked for an oil leak each time I got off the bike, and was always relieved to see a dry engine.

When I removed the repaired cap from the bike, the cap promptly broke at the join...
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: AmBraCol on November 06, 2023, 02:33:37 pm

When I removed the repaired cap from the bike, the cap promptly broke at the join...


It did its job!  Glad to hear it worked out for you and that the replacement arrived.  Thanks for the update!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: WnRn on November 09, 2023, 07:40:09 am
My logos added to the fuel tank. Vinyl stickers that have then been sealed with 2pac fuel proof clear.

What does WnRn stand for you might ask? That me and what I do. Wrench on bike then Ride them. So Wrenchin Ridin.

Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: allanfox on November 09, 2023, 11:14:00 am
My logos added to the fuel tank. Vinyl stickers that have then been sealed with 2pac fuel proof clear.

What does WnRn stand for you might ask? That me and what I do. Wrench on bike then Ride them. So Wrenchin Ridin.

Nice bike, I can't quite make out what you have done to the handlebar mount?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: rattonshaw on November 09, 2023, 12:44:18 pm
Nice bike, I can't quite make out what you have done to the handlebar mount?
Looks like Suzuki risers to me, possibly from a DR650.  Did you manage to keep the rubber mounts or are they bolted directly onto the Nacelle.  If so, is there sufficient meat in the nacelle to take the load?  Also, how much does that affect the position of your arms, appreciating that everyone's anatomy differs.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: WnRn on November 09, 2023, 07:46:20 pm
Looks like Suzuki risers to me, possibly from a DR650.  Did you manage to keep the rubber mounts or are they bolted directly onto the Nacelle.  If so, is there sufficient meat in the nacelle to take the load?  Also, how much does that affect the position of your arms, appreciating that everyone's anatomy differs.

They are generic rises from ebay. Bolted directly to the nacelle. Yes there is enough meat to take the load. I fitted them 9 months ago.

I did have to grind down some of the "flange" to allow them to fit as per photos below.


Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Hans on November 20, 2023, 04:47:58 am
I fitted an old model Lucas taillight. A 525 style ?
As the the original taillight left a big hole, I made a 5 mm thick ABS plate, modeled after the original form. I taped the plate with 3M VHB tape.
 I used the same tape ( 1 mm thick ) to wrap the handlebars under the clamp and the result for eliminating vibrations was better then anticipated.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Hans on November 20, 2023, 07:32:24 am
A picture at last..
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Haggis on November 20, 2023, 12:16:56 pm
Hitchcocks sells a plate without the big hole. This my Lucas 564 tail light.
(https://i.ibb.co/DGZ6PLx/IMG-20220702-145643.jpg)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Hans on November 20, 2023, 12:59:35 pm
Thank you Haggis, did not know that Hitchcock sells such a plate.
Then again, for 44 pound and also cost of shipping to Thailand, I spent 4 pound now for a piece of ABS, and one hour of fiddling.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Haggis on November 20, 2023, 02:21:48 pm
I originally had this light on, looks nice but it's a bit of form over function.
Even with led bulbs in it was not the brightest.
I just used the original, three light mounting bolts, to bolt a round sidestand puck onto the back of the plate.
Then drilled the plastic to suit the light.
(https://i.ibb.co/gmTn45F/DSC-0456.jpg)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Hans on November 22, 2023, 12:11:43 pm
Maybe not very bright, but a very nice tail light !
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Hans on December 12, 2023, 01:22:17 am
Just fitted a new indicator flash relay, it is not only adjustable, but it beeps also !
Although I fitted a warning light with a higher wattage I still had trouble sometimes in clear daylight to see it, so now I am warned with a sound signal as well.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Relic on January 04, 2024, 05:08:33 am
Happy New Year folks.

I have fitted a new silencer to replace the India sourced Goldstar item that was installed 10,000km (6,200 miles) ago. Despite the old silencer's end cap being removeable for repacking, the bike has become just too loud for comfortable rides unless earplugs are fitted.

Hitchcocks supplied the new silencer with removable baffle and the reduction in noise is considerable. Idle noise with the unbaffled new silencer is down an average of 4.6dB and full load is down an average of 7.5dB compared to the Goldstar. A 10dB difference is twice / half the original measure, so the new item actually "silences" quite well.

The bike remains a lot louder than the original OEM item that strangled the engine but it is very acceptable having a nice burble. I was pleased to note that the performance compared to the Goldstar is unchanged. The bike, a Euro 4 with 25,000k's (15,500 miles) on it, has a booster plug, DNA filter and the air injection delete kit fitted. The new silencer is a good match to the existing mods.



Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Handirifle on January 09, 2024, 02:40:24 am
I did the initial soldering for my handlebar mounted garage door openers.  I have an opener on my ouse garage and one o my workshop.  This setup will allow me to use my Craftsman door opener remotes, but wired to the bike's 12VDC power source.  I have a 2 button, handlebar mounted control box, with the electricals all hidden away.  No need to carry a loose remote.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: the possum on January 24, 2024, 08:13:35 am
Pulled the rear wheel, went to the tyre shop and came home with a new tyre. Refitted wheel, drank beer - very hot here today.
Replaced a Bridgestone BT46 with an Avon Road Rider Mk II.  10,311km  from the BT46 which was borderline legal.
I hope the Avon lasts longer!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Handirifle on January 24, 2024, 09:37:12 pm
Yesterday, I installed the new low fuel sensor.  Woo hoo, worky worky.  Had the front wheel off to replace the tire, a second time, and lowered the front end down so the forks sat on a 4" block of wood.  I THOUGHT that might be low enough to push all the fuel forward and not leak out much.  Wrong!  Caught almost 2L of fuel.  The rest of the 2L spilled on the shop floor and the engine.

Oh well, the deed was done.did not want to chance running out of fuel with the sensor being inop like it was.

I figured the old one would be destroyed.  Nope, looked like new. I think the float must be saturated, since putting an ohm meter on the contacts show that part worked perfectly.  Hopefully this is a one time job.

Just got notified my Ebay caliper is in my mailbox, so if it quits pouring rain outside I might be able to get it.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Relic on January 27, 2024, 06:15:49 am
I spent this morning in the workshop preparing my Classic 500 for an upcoming trip.

The plan is to catch up with the NZ Royal Enfield Register members in one of the most scenic parts of the South Island of New Zealand, and then tour for the following two weeks with a tent on the back of the bike. I did something similar a couple of years back and added 5,000km's to the odometer of my then near new bike over a few weeks.

First up today was to change the brake fluid. The rear calliper was easy, and I was able to get a firm pedal straight away, not so much the front calliper. I followed the usual procedure and for some reason couldn’t get the air out. I even disconnected the calliper and elevated it. Eventually with the assistance of one of my sons it all came good.

Next up was installing new brake pads. The old ones were well worn with ~26,000k's on them.

I had fitted my 50:50 knobbly to the spare rim a couple of weeks back and swapped this for the road tyre. To balance the wheel, I had made a simple jig from axle stands, g-clamps and a 500mm length of rod that fitted the bearings. I plan to include dirt, gravel & sand riding while away, and this tyre is a good compromise both on and off road.

Lastly, I bolted up the rear carrier made from timber and alloy off-cuts, and a large vinyl sticker.

It’s a great feeling hitting the road with no fixed plans aside from ferry bookings a couple of weeks apart. I just hope the weather plays ball again.

Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Handirifle on January 27, 2024, 07:11:21 am
What size is that rear tire?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Relic on January 27, 2024, 07:37:06 am
What size is that rear tire?

It's a Kenda 4.00 x 18
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Handirifle on January 27, 2024, 08:14:49 am
Thanks.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Monkee on January 27, 2024, 11:38:39 am
Fixed the sub harness for the rear lights. apparently it snagged the tire. Anybody have a better way to keep the sub harness away from the tire aside from those clips on the inside of the rear fender?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Monkee on January 28, 2024, 02:15:23 am
In my opinion  regarding the UCAL carb only, and having actually done it, the performance is about the same in outright terms. Maybe a little freer at the top end...it certainly seems to pull harder up around 80mph, but without a dyno run, it's just feel.

In terms of general running, it's much better. Smoother, with a more gentle on/off throttle transition, zero glitches. And it runs cooler.
Fuel consumption is worse of course....I measured 75mpg on the first thankful. UK gallon that is, down from 85 with the FuelX Lite box add-on I fitted to the FI.
That's indirectly the objective; to get the mixture to a sensible non-emissions based number.
Attached is a before/after picture of the parts involved. You can't see the difference in weight between the two wiring looms, but it's significant.
I could also have included the ABS parts, EVAP and PAV parts!

I plan on doing the same to my C5 later this year. Do you mind sending the part numbers you used? would greatly appriciate!
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Handirifle on January 28, 2024, 02:33:06 am
I finally put the final touch on getting mine roadworthy.  Installed the new tire, then the used caliper I bought, bleed the brakes, and off I went for a test run.  Sweet.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: om15 on February 02, 2024, 03:05:34 pm
Completed a few little jobs on it, fitted a lifting handle on the right hand side, wiped it over with a rag and went for a ride.

Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Handirifle on February 13, 2024, 02:35:26 am
Early birthday presents for me today.  My rear seat frame came, and my Vevo brand tubing bender.  I will use the bender to make frames for my panniers when they show up, sometime between now and March, lol.

I got the seat frame for a couple of reasons.  Previous owner had the seat sitting on the rear fender, and I want the seat frame to help support the new rear rack I will build for the top box, and to act as additional support for the pannier racks.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: tooseevee on February 13, 2024, 02:47:13 pm
Fixed the sub harness for the rear lights. apparently it snagged the tire. Anybody have a better way to keep the sub harness away from the tire aside from those clips on the inside of the rear fender?

      When I redid all the wiring on my '08 AVL I did just use the clips, but I also ran all the wires through a piece of Tygon tubing.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: dyl on February 15, 2024, 04:33:14 am
operation bling bling - stage one completed
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Haggis on February 15, 2024, 10:19:07 am
Just done mine as well. I had them re chromed first as there was small rust spot that was damaging the seals and causing a leak.
(https://i.ibb.co/7v4MwZK/PXL-20240130-120531514.jpg)
(https://i.ibb.co/jHWpZS9/PXL-20240130-161257742.jpg)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: dyl on February 16, 2024, 05:00:16 am
god I wish I could stand mine up like that!  ;D
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Haggis on February 16, 2024, 11:44:04 am
Na, you've got wonky bottoms. ;) ;)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Handirifle on February 18, 2024, 04:25:32 am
I re-installed the rear seat, this time with the factory style rear seat frame.  The old setup used a fender mounted rack, and the seat was bolted through the reck, using wingnuts to hold it on.

I had to cut those off, amd drilled the base and installed rivet nuts in the seat pan (not factory seat either).  I then bolts the seat to the new frame and the frame to the bike.

Next I will build a rear rack for the top box, and then mounting brackets for the panniers on order.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: BulletBrian on February 18, 2024, 08:04:05 pm
Installed Hitchcock's adjustable side stand on my classic 500.  Put bigger (taller) tires on your bike and be prepared to have it lean WWWAAAAAY over on the side stand.  Not good.  (Your center stand geometry will also need adjustment as well...two, 1" shaft collars works good). 

The adjustable stand was still too short for my likes, so added a threaded coupler and a short piece of M14 all-thread to add a couple more inches and it sits more upright to ease mounting/dismounting the bike. 
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: dyl on February 21, 2024, 01:25:10 am
Installed Hitchcock's adjustable side stand on my classic 500.  Put bigger (taller) tires on your bike and be prepared to have it lean WWWAAAAAY over on the side stand.  Not good.  (Your center stand geometry will also need adjustment as well...two, 1" shaft collars works good). 

The adjustable stand was still too short for my likes, so added a threaded coupler and a short piece of M14 all-thread to add a couple more inches and it sits more upright to ease mounting/dismounting the bike.

what size up did you make that fits easily?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: dyl on February 21, 2024, 01:26:32 am
I have a new appreciation for the term "polishing a turd".... still, I found a few shiny spots eventually
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Haggis on February 21, 2024, 11:29:08 am
Doing a bit top end work and just discovered where my long term rattle may be coming from?
It's had a strange rattle for over two years.
Only when on a very very light throttle.  Sounds like piston slap or a little end.
Nice and quiet when under load or on a closed throttle.
I tried a replacement barrel and piston a couple years ago but it made no difference.
This not axial, side to side, play but radial, up and down.
I'm not using a lot of force so it isn't the main bearings.
You'll need the volume up to hear it.
https://youtu.be/jqg-2jUSYQQ?feature=shared
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: rattonshaw on February 21, 2024, 11:54:41 am
New big end then.  A bit of a major job.  What's the mileage on the engine?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Haggis on February 21, 2024, 12:02:19 pm
New big end then.  A bit of a major job.  What's the mileage on the engine?
Just coming up for 20k.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: rattonshaw on February 21, 2024, 12:51:52 pm
Just coming up for 20k.
That's not very encouraging  :(
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: gizzo on February 21, 2024, 08:58:51 pm
Wow, and it's been running nicely like that.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Haggis on February 21, 2024, 09:23:10 pm
Wow, and it's been running nicely like that.
Yep, runs fine.
Makes good power all through the rev range. No serious noises that would make you think anything was wrong.
Only odd sound was the light rattle that sounded like piston slap or little end, on a very very light throttle.
Nothing heavy enough to suggest a big end.

Here is a video of the engine from   a couple of years ago.
https://youtu.be/w56E-dHDByA?si=WIz_iJghaTsL1Pir
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Haggis on February 22, 2024, 10:04:11 pm
Things are looking a bit weird in here.
Pulled the engine out to swap the crank.
When taking the sprag clutch off my hands turned red from something. Not the right colour for rust, ??
I had this sprag of about 16k miles ago in 2020.
It was clean and spotless then.
(https://i.ibb.co/F7vt9JT/PXL-20240222-144518660-MP.jpg)
(https://i.ibb.co/h8Hzqqz/PXL-20240222-144553504.jpg)
(https://i.ibb.co/PDhqQwj/PXL-20240222-144648034.jpg)
(https://i.ibb.co/g4WL4d3/PXL-20240222-150945577.jpg)
(https://i.ibb.co/DKj5mgp/PXL-20240222-163859010-MP.jpg)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: rattonshaw on February 23, 2024, 08:19:11 am
Did you apply grease to the splines on the crankshaft when you reassembled the sprocket/sprag clutch 16k miles ago?  The gunge reminds me of aged grease.  In which case, nothing to worry about.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Haggis on February 23, 2024, 04:15:57 pm
I just coated the splines with engine oil which happens to be Motul fully synthetic and, it's red.
There's no sign of this, whatever it is, anywhere else in the engine.
Putting it the x files folder for now.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: BulletBrian on February 26, 2024, 05:40:37 pm
Pulled the tank, removed all the craptastic evap cannister hoses and deposited into trash.  Routed new hose from tank vent back along frame spine to down around center stand area.  Installed FuelX Pro control module.  Bikes runs good, not sure I can feel anything different but until summer heat gets here, jury still out on effectiveness of the module.  Living at mile high elevation adds another bit of mystery to the fuel/air equation and relationship to the 10 maps available on the FuelX Pro.

The short ride I took around the neighborhood felt great and am very much looking forward to another riding season!

This is on a 2018, Classic 500 with K&N air filter, short bottle exhaust with glass wrapped cheese grater type insert.  Sounds really good, not too loud and a LOT lighter than the megaton factory torpedo.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Handirifle on March 01, 2024, 06:35:46 pm
Ok been mocking up my rear carrier rack with 1/2" emt conduit.  Have a good idea on build design, and my fabricating skills (or lack thereof) with my new tubing bender.

Emt is .700" OD so does not fit any of my dies as it should, but have been working it with the 3/4" dies, and its satisfactory.  A little flattening in the bends, but not real bad.  I have a bender designed for emt, but not as easy to use.

I just got off the phone with "local" steel supplier about a 40 mile one way drive.  They carry 5/8" .060" tubing, for $25 a stick, 20ft long.  No idea of conversions of those numbers for you folks on the other side of the pond(s).

The 5/8 is prob about 17mm, but thats a guess.  Anyway its a lot thicker than the emt, so that will be good.

My design is pretty much a copy of the RE one for the Himilayan.  Like this one.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Handirifle on March 01, 2024, 06:41:54 pm
Had minor back surgery yesterday, so will post a pic of the mock up when I get back on it.  Hopefully the next day or so.
I need to get that 5/8" tubing.

I want to get the rear rack done so I can use the top box again.  Its been off since I mounted the rear seat on the new rear seat frame.

Speaking of, using the recommended size bolt for the front mount, was not an option.  No one carries a metric bolt that size near me.   There seems to be up and down play, no matter how tight.  I had to use an SAE size, but now I forget.  Anyone ever put a shim piece of tubing in the front mount?
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Haggis on March 01, 2024, 07:52:03 pm
Do you mean the rear seat front mount?
There is a spacer tube welded onto the frame that the long bolt goes through. Is this tube not on your bike?
You can see it here, next to the pcv.
When the bolt is done up tight the seat mounts clamp this tube with no movement.
(https://i.ibb.co/vJFmXyL/IMG-20180207-171314.jpg)
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Handirifle on March 01, 2024, 08:57:25 pm
Yes that is the tube, and yes it is on my bike.  As I mentioned, a metric bolt that long, is not available around here.  Rural area and not a lot of demand for metrics, that long.  In a typical hardware store with 2 isles of bolts, screws, etc, there will be maybe 1/10 of them will be metric.

Its not sloppy, but when I press down on the rear rack I made, there is noticeable movement, to me anyway, because I was looking for flex in the mock rack, made from emt.  Instead I see the seat frame moving.  If the correct size bolt does not allow any movement, maybe I will try to source it online for the correct size.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Olbilford on March 01, 2024, 09:48:03 pm
Installed silly handlebars and grips!
Bilford
Oh and drank beer… :P
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Handirifle on March 05, 2024, 03:16:59 am
Did some work on my top box rack.  I have a pic of the mock up I did out of 1/2" conduit.  Too thin to use but served its purpose.  Let me iball my idea, and get practice with the new tubing bender. 

Then I started with the new 5/8" (16mm)x .060" tubing for the final build. 

I hit a bit of a snag yesterday.  I was using (actually abusing) my 18yr old cheapo 4" bench vice, and it finally got tired of it and broke.  I tried welding it, but of course cast iron did what cast iron does, and refused to stop cracking when getting welded. 

Sooo, off to Harbor freight for a new one, and an upgrade.  I got the 6" Doyle made from ductile iron, with a 60,000 psi rating.  This ought to last me the rest of my life.

Back to the bike, the changes still doming to the rack will be two 90* elbows from the front of the rack that will curve down towards the rear of the pillion seat frame.  I plan on using nut inserts to bolt the front of the 90*'s to the pillion frame.  This will give me a three point attachment.  Hopefully this will provide the strength I want to support the top box, especially if on bumpy dirt roads.
Title: Re: What did you do to your Royal Enfield today?
Post by: Handirifle on March 05, 2024, 03:18:43 am
The pics are out of order.  Top pic is the 5/8 tubing.