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#42 ·
Way to go! In case nobody else has said it yet, BE CAREFUL. That's a very big, very powerful motorcycle and not what most people would suggest as a first bike. It can get you into trouble before you know it.

Have fun! Just take it easy for the first, oh, I dunno...five years or so...
 
#43 ·
That depends on personality. My first bike was mbx80, then i had 6 year break from bikes ,and picked up vfr750 (and that is a lot of bike) took me mont to be brave enough to turn full throttle. Then again i know some fucktards who will get in trouble with scooter
 
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sugarkryptonite said:
Passed my exam! I'm able to drive with someone else who has had their full license for more than 2 years...thankfully my Uncle also passed his test so we can ride together.

Some pics of the first "shake down" ride today. Bike ran well.

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Awesom! well done mate .Were do ya live USA? I aint heard of that law before.
 
#47 ·
We have a similar law in VA. If you are on a Learner's Permit you can't ride alone. You have to ride with someone who has the "M" endorsement on their license, they are supposed to follow, and you can't ride after dark. :nuts: Land of the Free...

Nice job passing the test, SugarK. :rock:

When I went for mine I was on a SOHC CB that I fitted clubmans on and the reduced steering stops made it impossible to navigate the DMV course. I had to take a MSF course to cheat through the licensing process :D
 
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ROBBO said:
Awesom! well done mate .Were do ya live USA? I aint heard of that law before.
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shinyribs said:
We have a similar law in VA. If you are on a Learner's Permit you can't ride alone. You have to ride with someone who has the "M" endorsement on their license, they are supposed to follow, and you can't ride after dark. :nuts: Land of the Free...

Nice job passing the test, SugarK. :rock:

When I went for mine I was on a SOHC CB that I fitted clubmans on and the reduced steering stops made it impossible to navigate the DMV course. I had to take a MSF course to cheat through the licensing process :D
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:D:D:D Hahah I can imagine that being hard.

I'm actually from Quebec in Canada...laws here are pretty strict when it comes to motorcycling...the government of the province here hates motorcycles and does everything to try to reduce us driving.

An $850 motorcycle course is mandatory (34 hours of training), then doing a closed course test to receive a probationary license (which I have now, can't ride with passengers, must ride with someone who's had their license for 2+ years), then after 11 months I can do an on road test to get my full license and ride alone.

License plates/registration here for motorcycles start at $570/yr for a "sport touring" bike, and any sport bikes are around $1300/yr.

Topping all that, we're not allowed to ride between December 15th and March 15th due to winter tire laws. :fu: We pay full price for registration on the bike for one year, but can only technically ride for 9 months (and definitely less than that because it's too cold).

Another pic from yesterday. We did around 200km (+95km yesterday) and had no problems on both bikes. Out with a friends Husaberg and his minty GS500 with 6000 miles.

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Discussion starter · #50 ·
Not much in terms of updates...fitted in a used Audi fuel sender I had lying around because the old one was shot...gonna have to do some magic to get it working, though. I believe there's also something shot in my cluster so the fuel gauge always blinks empty.

Also greased up the shifter pivot points and changed to synthetic 0W-40 Rotella T6...NIGHT AND DAY DIFFERENCE IN SHIFTING. Before the shifter would stick and was really hard to upshift...now it's like butter. Finally got some new V65 stickers made today.

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#53 ·
I like how the shorter tail makes the bike quite a bit more aggressive looking. Looking good, keep it up...
 
Discussion starter · #56 ·
Started work on my custom fuel gauge (and maybe others) because mine is broken on my cluster for some reason...Started out with LED's, looked like real crap, so today I got an LCD display with backlight which is looking much better. Running it with an Arduino.

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#57 ·
The fuel gauge sensor for the V65 is in the auxiliary fuel tank. This video shows how to fix it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjREKxkUtU4

Didn't know if you were aware of this. I had the same problem with my V65. Since I wanted to do something different I install a fuel sight glass in the side of my tank.

Good luck. :rock:
 
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Androidthug said:
The fuel gauge sensor for the V65 is in the auxiliary fuel tank. This video shows how to fix it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjREKxkUtU4

Didn't know if you were aware of this. I had the same problem with my V65. Since I wanted to do something different I install a fuel sight glass in the side of my tank.

Good luck.
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Hey thanks buddy.

The Sabre is different from the Magna, though. The Sabre has an actual fuel sender like a car and the fuel level shows on the cluster... Not the simple fuel light like the Magna has.
 
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Little update...well I trashed the idea of going with the LCD display finally because the box needed for it was gonna be too big to mount on the bike. Decided to go with a bunch of LED's like I originally planned but this time I got them mounted into the actual cluster instead of a separate box.

This is run by an Arduino and it took me forever to get it working, but it's good now. Still might need to do some tweaking of the code to get it perfect.

Video of it turning on:

https://gfycat.com/TameDevotedGraysquirrel

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