Galfer brake lines and Givi wing rack turn signal lens

[Timothy Linke]

I have a complete wing rack ill sell ya....LOL


On Tue, May 6, 2014 at 12:28 PM, walkerjl at charter.net
<walkerjl at charter.net>wrote:

> So I recently bought all new Galfer lines for front and rear brakes and
> the clutch. The lines I replaced were OEM originals from 1996 and were
> starting to show cracks in the rubber. I rebuilt the rear master cylinder
> and bolted up the rear brake line...its perhaps an inch or two too long,
> but bolted up just fine. The clutch line was near perfect, but again maybe
> an inch too long and doesn't have the steel tube that conforms to the
> curves over the carbs and down the engine case, but its fine otherwise. But
> the front brake lines are definitely too long. Like maybe 6 inches or more
> too long! I had to snake them in an S bend in front of the frame head to
> the left side and back to the right. I also had to get some metal sleeve
> spacers of approximately the same width as the cylinder on the lines to
> where the single line from the front brake master cylinder splits into the
> two lines going down the forks to each brake. The Galfer kit has two lines
> both bolting to the front brake mast
>  er. I could have just bolted up the empty cylinder instead of using
> spacers, but the spacers are cleaner. The spacers (or empty cylinder) are
> also needed to keep the little plastic deflector the correct distance from
> the horn.
>
> I may have to do a little more bleeding, but the brakes definitely feel
> much more solid now! My break brake master was shot, so anything was an
> improvement, but I can definitely feel a huge improvement in the front, and
> the clutch is much easier to operate now too. (I also replaced my slightly
> bent levers).
>
> I'm wondering if the front brake lines can be shortened by an industrial
> shop specializing in hydraulic lines.
>
> So riding to work last week, after I got home on Thursday I noticed that
> one of my Wingrack turn signal lenses was missing. It seems to have cracked
> around the mounting screw and fell off. If I could have found the broken
> lens I could have glued it back together...but no such luck. So I searched
> around....Twisted Throttle, CA Sport Touring, eBay, nobody has a Givi Z231
> lens in stock. I also called Givi directly. Nobody in the US has one,
> backordered 2-3 weeks! I found some on eBay in the UK though...ordered
> them. They estimated delivery by May 19th, but we'll see. I'm not holding
> my breath. But at least they had it on hand.
>
> Anyway, the riding weather here in Eastern Washington is perfect now.
> Chilly in the mornings, very pleasant in the evenings and not too hot to
> wear my full leathers or one piece suit. The bike is running perfectly
> after I synched the carbs too!
>
> Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE DROID
> ______________________________________________________________________
> GENERAL GPZList MAILING LIST INFORMATION:
> This is from the GPZList mailing list. GPZList at micapeak.com
> http://micapeak.com/mailman/listinfo/gpzlist
> You subscribed to this mailing list. Therefore, you solicited all
> mail that you receive from this list. Therefore, ANY mail that you
> receive from this list is, by definition, NOT Spam, and if you report
> it as such, you are violating the micapeak.com terms of service.
>
> To unsubscribe, you may send email to gpzlist-unsubscribe at micapeak.com
> ______________________________________________________________________
> YOUR PERSONAL SUBSCRIBER OPTIONS:
> Unsubscribe or choose new options at
> http://micapeak.com/mailman/options/gpzlist/tcl1969%40gmail.com
> You are subscribed at the email address tcl1969 at gmail.com
> ______________________________________________________________________
>