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[bcredeur97]

17 hours ago, AlwaysFSX said:

Hopefully everything goes well with the tire. Salt Lake is way cooler so that'll be a nice change of scenery lmao.

And yeah, LOL, Albuquerque is terrible. It boomed because of the labs and the military but that's it. Place is a glorified gas station for people going in every direction but there. Homeless problem is massive too, I doubt they'll ever figure that out.

 

Iirc, there were massive plans to expand the city past the valley but OOPS, there's no water in the table. So a lot stagnated.

We’re in Monticello, UT right now. Quaint town at the base of a mountain pretty neat.

 

so yeah everything went good with the tire. $300 Bridgestone tire for a freaking accord lol. 
 

the new car big wheel tiny tire thing needs to stop that’s ridiculous.

 

On schedule to get to salt lake around 5:30 today. But other group from California is running behind so we’re killing time 

 

[Bitter]

A year late but I've got a beginner autocross class on the 5th, I'm both excited and apprehensive.

[AlwaysFSX]

1 hour ago, bcredeur97 said:

We’re in Monticello, UT right now. Quaint town at the base of a mountain pretty neat.

 

so yeah everything went good with the tire. $300 Bridgestone tire for a freaking accord lol. 
 

the new car big wheel tiny tire thing needs to stop that’s ridiculous.

 

On schedule to get to salt lake around 5:30 today. But other group from California is running behind so we’re killing time 

 

MONTICELLO IS SO COOL. Driving in to there is so pretty looking, I think I've still got some pictures from my last visit there..somewhere around here.

 

Oh jesus it should not cost that much, y'all got scalped.

 

Agreed, but where are you gonna put a full size spare, or even mostly full size spare in the vehicles nowadays? Oversized vehicle, no spare storage. Makes sense...

15 minutes ago, Bitter said:

A year late but I've got a beginner autocross class on the 5th, I'm both excited and apprehensive.

You're gonna have a lot of fun I bet.

[vetali]

1 hour ago, bcredeur97 said:

We’re in Monticello, UT right now. Quaint town at the base of a mountain pretty neat.

 

so yeah everything went good with the tire. $300 Bridgestone tire for a freaking accord lol. 
 

the new car big wheel tiny tire thing needs to stop that’s ridiculous.

 

On schedule to get to salt lake around 5:30 today. But other group from California is running behind so we’re killing time 

 

Newer accord with the 19s? Yeah they speeeendy tires. Gonna be like 1300 to replace all 4 tires on my passport. Can't stand these contis

[bcredeur97]

5 hours ago, vetali said:

Newer accord with the 19s? Yeah they speeeendy tires. Gonna be like 1300 to replace all 4 tires on my passport. Can't stand these contis

Yep! I told him he should put some base model wheels on that thing lol 

 

one bad enough pot hole and your toast and it’s an accord lol who cares 

[vetali]

3 hours ago, bcredeur97 said:

Yep! I told him he should put some base model wheels on that thing lol 

 

one bad enough pot hole and your toast and it’s an accord lol who cares 

Its gonna be louder with different wheels, the 19s have the air baffles in them to reduce noise. Same reason why I am keeping the 20s on my passport. They reduce road noise quite a bit.

[bcredeur97]

7 hours ago, vetali said:

Its gonna be louder with different wheels, the 19s have the air baffles in them to reduce noise. Same reason why I am keeping the 20s on my passport. They reduce road noise quite a bit.

Oh wow.. the car is super quiet even at 120 mph so that’s a good point 

[bcredeur97]

Salt Lake City is the cleanest highly populated city I’ve ever seen in my life. I’m super impressed. 

[AlwaysFSX]

1 hour ago, bcredeur97 said:

Salt Lake City is the cleanest highly populated city I’ve ever seen in my life. I’m super impressed. 

It's amazing. And people don't (typically) do 20 under on the highway.

[arnavvr]

On 5/23/2021 at 6:51 AM, bcredeur97 said:

Salt Lake City is the cleanest highly populated city I’ve ever seen in my life. I’m super impressed. 

Probably the nicest city in the West, When I went there, I noticed that the roads were really nice and mostly empty. 

[iDeFecZx]

car go vroom

[bcredeur97]

Not car related but a 5 hour hike with a view is so rewarding

 

[the gamer that is bad]

6 minutes ago, bcredeur97 said:

Not car related but a 5 hour hike with a view is so rewarding

 

Where is that?

[bcredeur97]

8 minutes ago, the gamer that is bad said:

Where is that?

Storm Castle Peak right in between Bozeman and Big Sky, Montana 

 

that’s the very tippy top, even climbed up the rocks there lol

[the gamer that is bad]

29 minutes ago, bcredeur97 said:

Storm Castle Peak right in between Bozeman and Big Sky, Montana 

 

that’s the very tippy top, even climbed up the rocks there lol

Damm nice view tough

[Bitter]

An uncle of mine used to live outside Bozeman and teach at the college, had a nice house up a valley with a back porch view of the Bridger Mountains.

[JoaoPRSousa]

 

F50 

 

[Bananasplit_00]

So, my GT550 has a slapping sound comming from what sounds like the primary chain or the secondary shaft. Basically, need to pull the engine, split the cases and see whats going on(or just ignore it and drive it like it is ) Its one hell of a strange noise though, there is no noise when turning it over with the starter and no noise when over 3000rpm but bellow 3k and at idle you can really hear it. Never heard of a sound like that that gets better with rpm If anyone has any idea what that would be please let me know. Location of the sound seems to be secondary shaft or gearbox rather than crank at from what i can tell at least.

 

anyway i think ill be pulling the engine and taking everything to pieces very soon, i was wondering if there is any point to replace things like crankshaft bearings and stuff while im in there anyways? Or should i just leave the ones in there if they look alright because they have worn together or something? Was thinking maybe id just parts cannon all the bearings and bushings if im in there, i do plan on keeping this bike for a long time.

[bcredeur97]

14 hours ago, Bitter said:

An uncle of mine used to live outside Bozeman and teach at the college, had a nice house up a valley with a back porch view of the Bridger Mountains.

Yeah... it’s so beautiful here 

 

idk if I’d want to live here though, cost of living is pretty high and a reasonable house is like half a million lol.

 

the place were staying at is like 1.5 million lol. It’s crazy compared to where I live, this would be like $300k where I am lol 

[Bitter]

7 hours ago, bcredeur97 said:

Yeah... it’s so beautiful here 

 

idk if I’d want to live here though, cost of living is pretty high and a reasonable house is like half a million lol.

 

the place were staying at is like 1.5 million lol. It’s crazy compared to where I live, this would be like $300k where I am lol 

They bought their house for like 250-300, did some remodeling over the years, sold it for 1.5 mil a few years back. I think they kept their ski house over in Big Sky though. I rarely see them anymore, like most of my extended family. Just not a people person lol.

 

I'll try to find the house, I'm sure there's pictures of it on some realty site somewhere.

 

OH Museum of the Rockies was pretty cool when I was kid!

[JokerProduction]

Been raining for a week straight it seems.  Took advantage of it and hit some backroads.

 

[TVwazhere]

12 hours ago, JokerProduction said:

Been raining for a week straight it seems.  Took advantage of it and hit some backroads.

 

That foot weld mud buildup though

[JoaoPRSousa]

22 hours ago, Bananasplit_00 said:

So, my GT550 has a slapping sound comming from what sounds like the primary chain or the secondary shaft. Basically, need to pull the engine, split the cases and see whats going on(or just ignore it and drive it like it is ) Its one hell of a strange noise though, there is no noise when turning it over with the starter and no noise when over 3000rpm but bellow 3k and at idle you can really hear it. Never heard of a sound like that that gets better with rpm If anyone has any idea what that would be please let me know. Location of the sound seems to be secondary shaft or gearbox rather than crank at from what i can tell at least.

 

anyway i think ill be pulling the engine and taking everything to pieces very soon, i was wondering if there is any point to replace things like crankshaft bearings and stuff while im in there anyways? Or should i just leave the ones in there if they look alright because they have worn together or something? Was thinking maybe id just parts cannon all the bearings and bushings if im in there, i do plan on keeping this bike for a long time.

 

If you're keeping it, definitely take a look at the bushings and bearings. Replace what needs replacing and some more, never a bad idea to refresh what's growing old.

[Bitter]

 

Doing my lazy on the ground not crawling under the car home oil change, thankfully Toyota put the filter up front hanging down so all I need to do is reach under the car with a disposable bowl and have the sucker tube in the bowl to remove the oil as the filter drains. Also since I've had a few decades to get to know myself I took out the starter relay before I took out the oil. The above abomination is a cheap cheap fluid extractor that has the dumbest pump, it won't hold but ONE stroke of vacuum so you have to pump it the whole time you're sucking the fluid out. It's highly annoying! I remembered that I bought this little 3.5CFM 5 pascal single stage vacuum pump a few years ago so I could leak test my work when I replaced my AC condenser at home. I cobbled some plumbing fittings and got it connected to the vacuum pump and it works most excellent. It sucks air out faster than air or fluid goes in and I can take the adapter off and put the useless hand pump back on should I need to and assuming I don't lose it at some point.

[bcredeur97]

Tire #2 lol