Post by monty57 on Aug 21, 2007 17:32:30 GMT -5
Well here are of couple of pics of the final installation.
As I said in the other post I had to cut the factory trunk bracket in half and use only the back bolts to hold the plate. The bolts go into permanently mount threaded piece mounted in the cast grab bar so I think this will be plenty strong for the long hall.
After the initial installation there was a lot of back to front play in the trunk and it appeared to be the plastic locking plate attached to the steel base plate. I drilled two more holes in the steel plate and added two additional screws and nuts using two of the original square washers. This stopped the play and all is rock steady now.
I am playing a bit with placement of the upper pad to allow for opening the trunk and the most comfort for my wife.
I have about 650 miles on it now and changed the oil in the engine and final drive over the weekend. It has an internal oil filter as well as the usual screen on the bottom of the engine. I did not take any picture or write a "how to" since the Yamaha has a great manual and pretty much covers all the steps, oil types and measurements. To my surprise it used standard engine oil in the final drive. This was a point of great discussion when I changed the RR's drive and the manual said use 15-40 engine oil. The Yamaha recommended 10-30 SE oil. Evidently this is a more common practice than I thought. I used 10-30 Yamalube in both the engine and drive.
I am currently traveling in Kansas on business and brought the scoot on the back of the motorhome for transportation and some evening riding with one of my KC co-workers. The scoot traveled well on the rack I put together for the Roadrunner.
I have to travel about 10 miles on I-70 to get from the RV park to our KC office and the scoot handles it well. There is still some buffeting when around several semis at 70 MPH but it felt much more stable than the RR. It's not a Goldwing but for only about 450lbs, it ain't bad. I will be riding tonight with my KC friend who has a Yamaha Virago. I will see how well it does.
More later
As I said in the other post I had to cut the factory trunk bracket in half and use only the back bolts to hold the plate. The bolts go into permanently mount threaded piece mounted in the cast grab bar so I think this will be plenty strong for the long hall.
After the initial installation there was a lot of back to front play in the trunk and it appeared to be the plastic locking plate attached to the steel base plate. I drilled two more holes in the steel plate and added two additional screws and nuts using two of the original square washers. This stopped the play and all is rock steady now.
I am playing a bit with placement of the upper pad to allow for opening the trunk and the most comfort for my wife.
I have about 650 miles on it now and changed the oil in the engine and final drive over the weekend. It has an internal oil filter as well as the usual screen on the bottom of the engine. I did not take any picture or write a "how to" since the Yamaha has a great manual and pretty much covers all the steps, oil types and measurements. To my surprise it used standard engine oil in the final drive. This was a point of great discussion when I changed the RR's drive and the manual said use 15-40 engine oil. The Yamaha recommended 10-30 SE oil. Evidently this is a more common practice than I thought. I used 10-30 Yamalube in both the engine and drive.
I am currently traveling in Kansas on business and brought the scoot on the back of the motorhome for transportation and some evening riding with one of my KC co-workers. The scoot traveled well on the rack I put together for the Roadrunner.
I have to travel about 10 miles on I-70 to get from the RV park to our KC office and the scoot handles it well. There is still some buffeting when around several semis at 70 MPH but it felt much more stable than the RR. It's not a Goldwing but for only about 450lbs, it ain't bad. I will be riding tonight with my KC friend who has a Yamaha Virago. I will see how well it does.
More later
