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Its also important to wear your hat the correct way

Placing a wrench in the chain to tighten things up is a nice tip. I'll remember this. 👍🏼

Get a good backpack guys. The saddle bag has been sold out forever here in the states. Get a good backpack and then it's fine.

Great video. I have a question. I had two used one to choice from and I am wondering is the higher number reading the better ?

Great Tutorial! I have a 2001 FZ! I need todo

K-speed offer spoked tubeless rims for this bike

I have this bike never hit the horn when using my indicators myself😊

Cheers mate.!

Perfect video! I like to keep spare links and a chain breaker tool in my kit. After I clean my chain with ISO and a toothbrush, I use a toothbrush and 10W-30 oil to re-lube it. It drinks about 3 wide caps full. If you change your chain, change both sprockets as well, as parts that wear together repair together. If you power wash your bike, avoid directly blasting the chain, and clean and lube it right away.

In what state should the back vents be, in order to let air go through - left or right?

When finally tightening the axle nut at 5:17 he said a tendency to pull back. If you fit spanner handle down, you pull forward. I've used 3 different methods for aligning the wheels over the past 60 years. On most bikes front tyre is thinner than rear. First learned the string method tying string to front wheel and with string touching front of rear wheel, then checking distance to rear part of tyre, both sides. Second method, described in many manuals. Use two long straight planks touching rear wheel, front and rear. Distances from plank to front wheel shall be equal. Third method. Use a 24 inch spirit laser level pushed against rear tyre. Small cardboard boxes on each side of front wheel. Sharpie mark on laser dot. My own idea when I could not find straight planks nor a string in the workshop. Fasted and easiest to do. All alignments done with bike vertical.

You’ve convinced me to stick with my shaft driven BMW’s & FJR1300.

@04:20 Not the only way. I struggled for a long time to get the wheel aligned having to adjust left and right until eventually I thought it was straight. Took ages. Then I started using a Vernier Caliper to measure the axle block gap to make sure it's 100% even rather than eyeballing the marks on the swingarm. Works every time and it's so much faster

If anyone has modded this with a lower exhaust so it could have twin panniers I'd be interested. It has same switchgear as CB500F, and I've hit the horn a few times unintentionally

Perfect explanation. Thank you!

Honestly... the 800 is uglier than the 650 ever was. I would never buy it. Plus the V-Twin was a better engine.

Wow! That is excellent guidance.

How often on average would you suggest it would be a good idea to changes the fork oil ? I got a 2007 Suzuki 650 bandit and the oil seals are fine, dust seals do look old and are cracking, so I guess it have been a while since it had some service (if ever ?) I bought it in 2019 and been riding 30K miles on it and I have`t done anything to it since, so the oil (and the rest) is atleast 5 years old and most likely much older, handling seems fine, tho a bit on the soft side (it do have adjustment and I have set it on the standart setting 5 rings)

Please please could you yous inches as well thank you

What’s your height?

I have a grizzly 660 rectifier it passed diode but one of the legs was .48 the others .515 it didn’t work could this be why it didn’t charge as I replaced with another reg and all was good ?

I drive an nc750x and the layout of the indicators and the horn are worse. The horn is just where your thumb naturally goes. I think they have solved it better now on the cl.

Firstly it's a privilege to see you and I hav been watching all your videos I need your help over choosing the between triumph tiger 850 and v-strom 800 de Since this both motorcycles appear to have similar spec on papers I need your help in deciding with respect to reliability , maintenance and resale value in the Indian market

Poor choice of tires by Suzuki

Gear indicator is my biggest gripe I guess. I have the 06 N, so I feel like I am in the middle of a storm at all times, kinda wish I had a fairing :)

Just brought a 1050DE and love it

I have a 2020 DL650 that I love. Smooth power delivery and plenty of torque. I added about 10% with an ECU tune and Arrow full system exhaust. Very noticeable. The Dyno shows 72hp. Torque gains also. The V-twin is very quiet on the road and I never get the numb hands from engine buzz. My friend has one too and we rode 430 km last weekend on the backroads of NE Thailand on pretty much a non-stop 7+ hour day and the only sore part of my body was my bum. The new DE looks great...I like it.

Excellent presentation. Now I just have to go through the jenke Triumph owners manual (they don't "trust us" with any sort of service manual), and find what the measurement should be.

So far I've been happy with mine. Chuck that windscreen and find an aftermarket solution. I went with National Cycle Midsize, but honestly I think Fullsize would eliminate even more wind. And it looks good so I highly recommend. Did two hours of riding last evening with some light gravel offroad and it seems easy to handle. I"m 6'3" and it has decent ergos for my size. May get a more comfortable seat, but riding without any stops last night, i cannot complain. Cheers!

what about display? Is it readable in bright weater?

Precision is not commonly associated with insanity.

Looking for a ground/wall anchor point to attach those change to, but every search is bringing up dodgy results. Can anyone recommend a product/search term?

Looking for a ground/wall anchor point to attach those change to, but every search is bringing up dodgy results. Can anyone recommend a product/search term?

Thank You

Excellent! My recitifier is shot! Thanks

In my opinion, this video is total nonsense. I have now ridden almost 5000 km with my CL-500, and not one point you have listed is significant or annoying. 👎

Excellent video, clear and to the point. Thank you 👍

Clear and concise with some good tips, particularly around pulling the wheel forward to take the slack up in the adjusters before tightening the wheel (now subscribed). Having had an off due to the chain snapping and locking up the back wheel on an RD400 back in the 70s, I'm still a bit paranoid about precise chain adjustment/maintenance. One thing I question though is omitting top rung slack - I have always presumed (perhaps wrongly) that you are meant to be measuring total, rather than just bottom rung chain slack. One reason I've made this assumption is that on at least some bikes which are adjusted on the side stand, the manufacturer stipulates putting the bike into neutral. This suggests to me that this is specifically allow the slack to be taken up in the top rung - being in gear would in fact prevent top rung slack being measured, so if you didn't want to measure top rung slack, having the bike in first gear would help prevent this. Am I perhaps missing something here? I also find it hard to get my head around the universal instruction to pull the chain down as well as up to measure slack. if the gearbox is in neutral, or wheel is off the ground when measuring slack, in my enfeebled brain tells me that all slack will be measured just pushing the chain upwards?

bro you have no idea how your video had helped me adjusting my chain....thank you!!

For truly "INSANE PRECISION" you MUST check/set the alignment and offset of the wheels, as well. Grade 1 page 2... 😋

why would you do a video installation guide and edit out the fiddly parts which will annoy people.

I love the side luggage! I did myself with a Blauer waterproof bag and I find it very cool and suitable😎

ZED is pronounced ZEE

I put a 30 litre bag on the seat and strap it. No worries whatsoever. Could be an issue with a very large overhanging bag I guess, but in what situation would you need say 60+ l with that bike. There are also good after market rear racks if you really need it.

Adjusting a chain for insane precision is insane.

I just followed your instructions. In my rectifier i have values around 470. Is that ok or it must be around 520?

Any opinion on this version vs the previous model which was changed after 2003. ?

Please show the how the directions on the display

Briliant job, Bro! Greate thanks!

Best list of problems I've ever heard. Basically nothing really wrong with this bike :)