Project 300 "this is not sparta"

[hjacobmiller]

What size tires did you get? I can't seem to figure out the conversion charts.

[razor02097]

100/90 18 front
120/90 16 rear

[hjacobmiller]

100/90 18 front
120/90 16 rear

thanks i appreciate it!

[razor02097]

no problem. FYI the 120 tire in the rear comes really close to the chain guard. The 130 is an easier tire to find but I'm not sure if a 130 would actually fit without modification.

[hjacobmiller]

thanks! will probably be waiting a little while to get new tires, but i just wanted to start looking.

i need to get some brakes first...

[razor02097]

What sucks is the front shoes are expensive and nobody makes aftermarket shoes for the front.



riding to work this morning was uneventful but after work I got about a mile before it sputtered and died again &%$*!!!!!! Turning it to prime fixed the issue but reserve or on would go a mile and die.... wtf.... it worked fine this morning... well this morning was 70* this afternoon was 104* maybe that made the difference.


Well I feel stupid... in another thread I asked about if there was a difference in petcocks from different years and models well I think I found the problem and it wasn't the petcock.... Turns out the vacuum hose was pinched. I don't know if it being hotter out made the hose more malleable but none the less when I put the tank on it became pinched.


I took the spark plugs out and to a friend who told me they appeared to be forming a blister on the ceramic therefore were too hot for my bike so I am trying a set of D9EA... so the saga continues.... what will go wrong or break next? Anyone taking bets?

[hjacobmiller]

What sucks is the front shoes are expensive and nobody makes aftermarket shoes for the front.



riding to work this morning was uneventful but after work I got about a mile before it sputtered and died again &%$*!!!!!! Turning it to prime fixed the issue but reserve or on would go a mile and die.... wtf.... it worked fine this morning... well this morning was 70* this afternoon was 104* maybe that made the difference.


Well I feel stupid... in another thread I asked about if there was a difference in petcocks from different years and models well I think I found the problem and it wasn't the petcock.... Turns out the vacuum hose was pinched. I don't know if it being hotter out made the hose more malleable but none the less when I put the tank on it became pinched.


I took the spark plugs out and to a friend who told me they appeared to be forming a blister on the ceramic therefore were too hot for my bike so I am trying a set of D9EA... so the saga continues.... what will go wrong or break next? Anyone taking bets?

Have you had any problems with.......starter motor?

[razor02097]

Not yet. But I wouldn't put it past her

[pete]

Hey you still have your ignitor right?

[razor02097]

Yeah I really lucked out on that after my r/r packed up

[hjacobmiller]

yeah im thinking i got a false positive on mine which is what caused my ignitor to fry. i don't trust that bias test in the manual now.

i meant to ask you, did you do anything to seal up your airbox?

[razor02097]

I didn't do anything with the air box. I think the design on our 300 is different than the others. I don't think there is any sealing necessary.

[razor02097]

Well after realizing my stock horn isn't going to cut it I decided now is the time to upgrade.


Here is the horn in stock form. stockhorn.mp4

A visit to the auto parts store



Laid out all the parts. One horn is a high tone the other is a low tone.



Made an upper bracket the new horns mount to. Also made a lead to go from the battery + to the relay.



Here they are mounted on the bike



Here is said relay



Finally after some wiring here are the new horns. newhorns.mp4

[pete]

Mate, nicely done! That's something I keep forgetting I want to do... hate the "meep meep" that's on there now and definitely want something a little beefier...

[razor02097]

After yesterday I wanted to make sure people could hear me when they don't bother to see me... Now the horn is as loud as a standard car horn. They do draw a lot of power though compared to the OEM single horn...

Another nice thing is the mod is 100% reversible. Plus the wire I ran from the battery is rated at 15 amps so I can tie off of it to run other things if I want to.