My last point of paranoia (finding metal fuzz in the final drive fluid) has been taken care of. Repeated flushings of the fluid have cleared it out. I've been running cheap gear oil through it and changing it out every couple hundred miles (normally you do it every 6000). The last flush finally showed it clean. All the metal has been flushed out. After heading to the beach this weekend, I'll swap it out one more time with the good stuff and ignore it for 6k.
Last weekend's trip to WV was great. I got two things squared away that I had been hoping to do, but wasn't sure if I'd get to.
First was tuning the performance chip. Thanks to help from my dad, I managed to find baseline settings and get the chip programmed. From there it was just some test riding and one more adjustment until everything was just right. No more surging, no more backfiring. I could try to fine tune it to get the gas mileage optimal, but it's a major pain in the ass, and for not much payoff. I might be able to get 1 or 2 more miles per gallon out of it. I can save more gas than that by riding a little more conservatively on the first couple days.
Second up was more suspension tuning. I think I have things where I want them, now. everything is feeling great. Of course I'll have to adjust when the bike is loaded and under full weight, but that's easy enough.
The GS's to do list:
- Replace saddlebag seals
- Replace saddlebag frame bumper
- Final final drive oil change
- Final suspension adjustment
- Touch up peeling state lettering on the passenger seat plate
- Clean out oil cooler radiator fins
- Come up with a gobstopper holding/dispensing solution
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