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Thanks I hope it is that simple. I would of thought the gas stabilizer would of taken care of that. I will follow up when I pull the plugs.

I wintered my 04 50R(14700 miles) at a friends poll barn with the battery tender plugged in. Half a tank on gas :oops: with some fuel stabilizer in it. I started it with out fuss, it idled for 60 seconds and rode smooth for a couple miles <4k RPM. Stalled at the next light with low power at 3k. Got ...

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Thanks DJ for the story, great as always. I was in Australia for my honeymoon, 12/30-1/15. Thought about you when I saw oilhead's on the road from Melbourne to Sydney. That leg of the trip along the south east coast was a stunner. You are a lucky man and beautiful land

Very Nice Bike. good to have more 50R's in NE Ohio. See ya in the Cuyohoga Valley this summer!

No the tranny fluid contaminates the clutch fluid as I recall. which means the fluid as well as the slave cylinder will need to be replaced.
Do a search on clutch slave cylinder and the threads will bring you up to speed, including my experience with the local dealer on this issue.

Look out for a clutch slave cylinder that is on its way out or gone already! Once the seal between the tranny and the clutch cylinder leaks, down shifting gets difficult. My slave cylinder failed just two months after changing the clutch fluid. Cycle Rob wrote up a procedure for tipping the bike and...

Nice pics and report DJ. It seems looking at a map, that the Snowy Mts are quite a ride south of Sydney. How many kms did ya do each day?

Sharp bike Congrats!! Good call... that is alot of bike for the cash. Now the real fun begins, well not today -2F in Akron this morning.

2004 R 16,211 miles.... just a pup

+1 never had to loosen the muffler on my 2004 R1150R to get the rear wheel off. Any one think the clearance is different one year or model to the next?

Good to have another Silver 04 on board. Any farkles yet?

Step right up and enjoy.
If anything breaks.. it prolly has been discussed throughly here

They are Metzler 6 steel belted radials (front and back). I have been riding mostly over Northern California were the road conditions are good. Thanks for the info on your Metzlers. I have been running Michelin pilot roads and have had three flats (I work around steel processing plants) The pilot r...

Best looking blue R I have seen. Thanks for posting. We need a word to describe a preferred route, picking by the degree of squiggle in the road and low number small towns. Done it many times myself.

Welcome, what color?

Done, I'm a life timer
As Forrest Gump said, That's good... one less thing to worry about.

I use Marmot silk weight long underwear. This stuff wicks great, has the silver function which keeps it fresh for a couple days, and is actually cooler than with nothing. The new Bamboo carbon stuff that Columbia and Patagonia sell is also good.

Stay cool then warm

Nicely Done!!! I wonder if I would like my BMW high wind screen if it was at this more upright angle. Curious, what did you use as a template for the side curves, Coca Cola bottle or Carmen Electra's waist?

Tip overs are going to happen. I used a fat black sharpie and colored up my end weights after hitting it with 600 grit. Remember only you will "see" the scratches. Everyone else will still just say... "Wow, nice bike", fixed or not