Worst/most hated part of your bike to work on.

Friday
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Friday 9/29/2011 11:40am
9/29/2011 11:40am
Worst/most hated part of my bike to work on? Hmmmmm. Working on the mechanic to drop his prices.Tongue
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danman 9/29/2011 1:02pm
9/29/2011 1:02pm
Anything Carb related!!! Jetting sucks balls because there is no room to do anything.
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mxtech1 9/29/2011 1:08pm
9/29/2011 1:08pm
mxtech1 wrote:
Shock rebuilds are so easy! Don't let it scare you. If you can put in a set of fork seals, doing a shock is a breeze...
Shock rebuilds are so easy! Don't let it scare you. If you can put in a set of fork seals, doing a shock is a breeze. It's an easy learn and a good way to save yourself money because all you have to pay for is the fluid and nitrogen charge (probably $20 or less for both.)

Paul Thede from Race Tech does a really good step-by-step tutorial in his book they sell from Race Tech. It also goes really in-depth into forks and also setup and tuning. Probably the best $20 i've ever spent. The book will pay for itself the first time you service your own suspension and don't have to pay a shop to do it.
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Nice, i may give it a shot then. I learned to do twin chambers through my manual and the youtube videos from rocky mountainmc. Couldn't believe...
Nice, i may give it a shot then.
I learned to do twin chambers through my manual and the youtube videos from rocky mountainmc.
Couldn't believe how nasty the 6.6oz from the inner chamber was.

All the damn shims and finding a place to get it charged was my setback with the shock.
You can make your own nitrogen setup using a 1 gallon tank, a regulator, pressure gauge, and hose. All this can be had on Ebay for around $100. A nitrogen fill from the local gas company usually costs about $25.

Off that setup, I can do about 20-30 shocks at $10 a fill. It's an easy way for you to make a quick buck off local riders especially if there's a void in your local market for something like that.
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mxtech1 9/29/2011 1:14pm
9/29/2011 1:14pm
TX24 wrote:
Tire changing is a lot easier with Tu-bliss tube system. Makes pinching tubes a lot harder and they are lighter. I rotate three no-toil filters and...
Tire changing is a lot easier with Tu-bliss tube system. Makes pinching tubes a lot harder and they are lighter.

I rotate three no-toil filters and it's not too bad. Buy a box of cheap disposable gloves from Lowes.

I'll get flamed for this, you can use regular air with a bike pump and it won't hurt anything in your shock.
haha. At first i thought you were going to say a bike pump to air up tubes.

I'd like to see you get 140 pounds of pressure into a 3 inch shock bladder using a bike pump.

And i'm not going to comment on using air instead of nitrogen.

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NP301 9/29/2011 1:18pm
9/29/2011 1:18pm
Cleaning and taking apart the linkage is a pain!
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bigmaico 9/29/2011 2:43pm
9/29/2011 2:43pm Edited Date/Time 9/29/2011 5:12pm
mertensmx365 wrote:
Anything that involves taking the air boot off of a 2009-2012 CRF450 or a 2010-2012 CRF250. That air boot is the biggest pain in the ass...
Anything that involves taking the air boot off of a 2009-2012 CRF450 or a 2010-2012 CRF250. That air boot is the biggest pain in the ass to get back on. Even when you finally do get it on, you almost need x-ray vision to see if the thing is making a good seal around the throttle body. I love my Hondas, but for chrissakes the air boot is a bitch.
Try it on a CRF250-x, the biggest pain in the Ass! all those electrical wire's make it worse!

I also hate putting on piston cir-clips, I always seem to jam a dental tool or a cir-clip into my fingers & bleed all over the place!
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rmpilot 9/29/2011 2:57pm
9/29/2011 2:57pm
that damn cross bar pad is a the worst to mess with.
part-timer 9/29/2011 5:21pm
9/29/2011 5:21pm
The carb on my CRF250X is a no fun to access. Its a pain in the ass, actually. Luckily I have only jetted it once.
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mxb2 9/29/2011 6:53pm
9/29/2011 6:53pm
Tires for me, pinch tubes like a mofo, now i buy my buddy beer to change them, beer is cheaper than tubes LOL!

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