Hi Mike,

I just can't stop riding her, it's like an affliction!

Regards

Replaced the rear brake shoes at 24,000+ miles. Turns out they were still descent, but the shaft through the backing plate had tightened up severely. Had to beat out the shaft, sand it and the backing plate bushing. Coated everything moving with anti seize, and put it back together with the new shoes. Now the brakes work better than new. They must have missed the greasing at the factory.

Yesterday I put on the Ricochet skid plate that I ordered. I got the anodized black one. I think it ties in with the bike a lot better. I also put on the Coleman ATV seat cover. I rode with it for the first time today so I am still weighing its benefits.

Id like to see a pic of that black skid plate.

had the day off with no rain so i broke out the tool took off the carb.took it completely apart. cleaned everything real nice. replaced jets to 127.5 and 42.5 and added the 3 turns out. wasnt to bad for my first attempt. im seeing im saving lots of money for more upgrade by doin this work myself, its great. and alot in part to the many post and pplz time into this site helped my much. thnx again. hopefully more parts in tomarrow, chain also came in but ill be waiting on the new bearings,spocket,tire,and brake to come in before i remove it all.

day off again has proven productive so far. stripped alot of the bike down today. took a wire wheel and bufed out most of the little rust spots on the frame.my freind is a welder and gave me some steel compound spray. to cover the spot to help rust portecion. also 6to boot it almos t perfectly matches the silver on the frame.took off passenger pegs and mounts and buffed them and repainted black.took a few pictures today. when i can figure out how ot post them on here i will so everyone can see the progress as it goes. little diappointed today only new grips came into. so now i will move on to cleaning the inside of the gas tank today. have fun all im haveing a blas t and cant wait till first of next week when all the parts r in so i can get this baby running again. ill def be takin the nex day off for a fulll day of riding lol

Changed out my front tube with the new Kenda tuff tube, wow what a difference, the kenda looks to be at least twice as thick, i was able to roll up the stock front tube and put in the spare tool bag spot, so now i can have it there as a spare.

The kenda tuff tubes are good stuff!! the kenda does weigh like 2 1/2 times as much tho.

Hi Guys n Gals,

I re-fitted my tank panniers, ready for the camping season coming along (OK not at the moment as it's been pouring down with rain but, on the couple of dry days that come along then I'll be ready!

Regards

well another few hours at the xt today. got all the greasing done(all 5 fittings). removed pegs as my weilder freind will be making me oversized peg tomarrow.was a great day for parts coming in. both new tires. bridgestone tw302 rear tire, kenda k760 front. new rear 45t spocket,new riding gloves, got myself a turtle top helmet for when i take some around town riding for the street. way to hot in fl for a full face all the time lol. and spark iridium spark plug. all i need not is for the back brakes to come in and i can dod both the ries and brakes. chain and new 16t front spocket(hasnt arrived yet).looks like ill be sears bound for a craftsmen bolt out tomarrow where i can finish z1 mod. thnx all hope u likin the updates

not to much for today. k&n oil filter intoday. got the coleman/stearn set cover from walmart. thinking about putting a memory foam pillow between the cover and seat. took off alot of the minor plastics today. i.e. chain guard,chain flap, and tail light assemblay and gave them all a fresh coat of paint to tidy them up a bit. also picked up some sea faom, and pb blaster(which hopefully and so far i havent needed. but i stillhave the z1 mod to finish but havin trouble gettin to sears for a bolt out.