Today's maintenance checklist

[jer0177]

Had to replace a worn out rear tire today, so figured I'd tackle some other maintenance items while I had it apart.

Asked a couple of auto shops nearby if they would dismount/mount the tire for me, but they wouldn't touch it - even though they have a rim clamp machine.  I understand - fear of anything different.  Didn't put up an argument, just took my money elsewhere. 

Stopped at a local indy shop to have them do the tire swap for me - no dice.  Too busy - wouldn't get to it for a few days. 

Went to the Honda dealer down the road, took it right in, but mounted the tire backwards.    Said (and I quote): "Must have come from the factory that way, because I just mounted it like it was on there before."  Don't know about the factory, but I know it was put on right at Wheelers in Robbinsville NC last time I had a new tire mounted last year.  Dealer fixed it and re-balanced it and I was on my way.

Pulled the rear pumpkin, checked all the splines, good to go.  Cleaned all the o-rings and everything else, regreased it and put it all back together.  Changed the final drive oil to a Mobil1 75-90 Synthetic.

Installed the rear tire, torqued everything down, axle bolt first, then 4 nuts for final drive, then moved on to other stuff.

Installed the iPod hookup that I built out of an Alpine iPod cable that I picked up on sale.  It's wired into the accessory plug, and hooked up to the aux in for the stereo, with an additional line in plug that I stuck to the top of the triple tree so that I can hook up other audio devices if I want to. 

Does everyone's "accessory" power supply only come on with the "Ign" position and not the "acc" position on their interstate? 

Checked the petcock while I had the tank off - flow in "on" and "res" without vacuum, so I pulled apart the vacuum side and found that the diaphragm had gotten crooked, so I straightened it out and the problem was solved.

Got the electrical finished up and changed the engine oil and filter. 

Once that was done, I threw the bags and covers back on (cursed at the bag supports for a while until I remembered I have to install the left one first or it won't line up), and went for a ride.   

tl;dr: No hydrolock, no worn splines, bike still rideable.

[PhredValk]

The Aux power doesn't work in either position on my bike. Using a needle-type circuit tester on every connector I could find, I found a connector that was hot when in Ign, one that was hot when in Acc, and one hot in both conditions (but Dead with no key).

Using these connectors I built a fuse panel under the seat with a relay triggered by the Both wire to power my Ipod, GPS and Cig lighter (and future projects like the cruise control and LED lighting). I plan on installing another fuse panel in the faring to run switches for future things mounted on the bars, faring and forks (like a volt meter, power amp and spot lights, and maybe change the power source for GPS and lighter) (I may need a bigger alternator...).

Electrical is fun, and it takes some intuition and exploration.
Enjoy, Fred.

[CISE]

Somewhere in the Tech board in 2001 there was a post about hooking into the under the seat radio control unit wiring to get a true ACC hookup.

I did on my previous I/S and it worked great. Couldn't remember how to do it on my current I/S and coudl not find the post.

(But then I am pretty unlucky when it comes to search engine results )

[FryeVRCCDS0067]

Had my tank off yesterday for air filter cleaning and oiling. Didn't think about checking the petcock till just now while reading your post.

[jer0177]

Forgot to post that while I had the wheel off, I cleaned, checked and re-lubed my bushings as well.  No issues found there either.

I was thinking about trying to tie into the radio harness to find an "Acc" feed, but didn't have a relay handy so this will have to work for now.  The iPod battery will outlast the bike battery if I decide to listen to it while the bike's not running anyways.