What'd you do to your Hyperstrada today?

toeslider said:

Well I took the plunge and ordered my 939 HysteriaCharger today. It'll come with the race seat of the HM SP already installed - one of the advantages of the bike being order-only in New Zealand (I guess) is that you can select which seat you require right at assembly time in the factory. The disadvantage is waiting for that slow boat shipping the bike to come from Italy. It'll be unloaded first in Sydney, then freighted to Wellington, which will take a further two weeks. So it'll probably be late July by the time I swing a leg over it. I'll then give it its first upgrade, which has to be the new rad, oil cooler, and engine guard set from Evotech. Too many loose stones on the cheap coarse-chip sealed roads down this way...

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kuksul08 said:

What did you do to your stock turn signal? Mine are sagging, yours look shortened?

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toeslider said:

Well I took the plunge and ordered my 939 HysteriaCharger today. It'll come with the race seat of the HM SP already installed - one of the advantages of the bike being order-only in New Zealand (I guess) is that you can select which seat you require right at assembly time in the factory. The disadvantage is waiting for that slow boat shipping the bike to come from Italy. It'll be unloaded first in Sydney, then freighted to Wellington, which will take a further two weeks. So it'll probably be late July by the time I swing a leg over it. I'll then give it its first upgrade, which has to be the new rad, oil cooler, and engine guard set from Evotech. Too many loose stones on the cheap coarse-chip sealed roads down this way...

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monocog007 said:

I know you're a handy guy, so it should be easy enough. I disassembled the fender assembly, to get to the rubber mounts that the turn signals sit on. In essence, you take the rubber mount off the signal and flip it around. The now "furthest out" groove is where it gets fit into the fender assembly. Trim off whatever excess rubber you need to to make it still fit inside. You'll also need a longer bolt to hold the newly positioned rubber mount to the turn signal. I used some red loctite to make sure it wouldnt back out of the turn signal, because I didnt want to over-tighten it. Then just reassemble. Moves them in a good 20mm on each side, and now there's hardly any flex.

I'd love to go back in and get some photos for you, but it's kinda a PITA to make it all fit right with the longer wiring of the Panigale turn signals. I will if you want me to.

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monocog007 said:

I know you're a handy guy, so it should be easy enough. I disassembled the fender assembly, to get to the rubber mounts that the turn signals sit on. In essence, you take the rubber mount off the signal and flip it around. The now "furthest out" groove is where it gets fit into the fender assembly. Trim off whatever excess rubber you need to to make it still fit inside. You'll also need a longer bolt to hold the newly positioned rubber mount to the turn signal. I used some red loctite to make sure it wouldnt back out of the turn signal, because I didnt want to over-tighten it. Then just reassemble. Moves them in a good 20mm on each side, and now there's hardly any flex.

I'd love to go back in and get some photos for you, but it's kinda a PITA to make it all fit right with the longer wiring of the Panigale turn signals. I will if you want me to.

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Sjoerd said:

And the pic.

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monocog007 said:

That's awesome! Is it bolt-on?

I'd love to get some part #s.

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zippy49 said:

I got wound up in my Velocette Club's annual ride, and when I got back I tried to order tix for the SBK races at Seca. However, there were no car passes left. My plan was to drive up with the wifey and take my brother who lives nearby on Saturday, as usual.



So, the Strada became Plan B. Wifey has been having knee problems so she was not willing to climb up on the back. So I called my young riding buddy, who was more than willing to follow me on his new Streetfighter. In fact, he has never ridden most of the incredible roads that we will take to get there. So he is super excited.



Then I checked my service records and decided that the Strada was overdue for an oil change. Not from miles, but it has been 2 years. But when I pushed it up the ramp onto my new air-lift bench, I left the sidestand down. Bad idea. It caught, and the bike fell over away from me. And I fell on top of it trying to save it.



I was hurt more than the bike, there were some paint marks on the front bodywork from hitting a tool chest (wouldn't even have shown if the bike was red). A small scrape on the rear rack, and the bars got turned on the rubber mounts. A bit of solvent, a good tug on the bars and it's fine.



I managed to strain my left hand and bash my right knee; those injuries are about halfway healed two days later. So, we will be off on An Adventure a week from today.



So now I'm bleeding the brakes. I have not seen this mentioned here, but once I removed the reservoir cap I realized that the reason the fluid had turned black was that Ducati left out the plate behind the window. Never seen that before, and it seems like another unfortunate cost cutting move. The fluid was clear, but the inside of the reservoir was black, so....



But I have the speed bleeders installed and the lever was a bit spongy, so I'll proceed with bleeding.



See you on Ducati Island!!! I'll be in my grey/black/yellow Z leathers. There will be a big blonde young fellow with me with a goofy grin.

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zippy49 said:

Got back from our trip in one piece. Unfortunately a few items fell off along the way, early in the ride. They were damaged when the bike tipped over, I just didn't notice.



The RF LED turn signal fell out, the rear reflector was hanging from one pin, and most of my home made rear splash guard disappeared. I used some KT tape (great stuff, belongs in every first aid kit) to hold the signal in, and the rest was no problem. I've ordered new signals, thanks Patrick (Kuksul08).



My buddy had never seen most of the roads we took, and his Streetfighter 848 has to be the most unlikely tourer ever. But he had a great time. The Strada carried all our gear and performed flawlessly. Passing a car took less than three seconds, love that midrange hit. However, many of the best roads were empty. I will list a few highway numbers for those of you who might get a chance to try them.



The real fun started when we turned west onto 138 from I-15. Bye bye to the "slab." Lone Pine Canyon Road to Wrightwood, then 2 to N4 down to Littlerock and 138. Through Palmdale, then Elizabeth Lake Road back to 138. Gorman Post Road to old Hwy 99 to Frasier Park, then Cuddy Valley Road to Hudson Ranch Road and down to 166. 166 to Santa Maria, a bit of 101 to Los Osos Valley Road into Morro Bay. Great chowder at Dorn's! From there it was up Hwy 1 to my brother's place in Santa Cruz. Managed to get up front at all three one-lane sections on 1, that was great.



On our return we took 101 to Paso Robles, then magnificent Hwy 58 to Taft. Lunch at Tina's in Maricopa, then returning up Hudson Ranch and back home along the San Andreas fault again, reverse from day 1.



Hypernoob, the speed bleeders are p/n SB6100-SS, M6 x 1.0. They made bleeding the front brake a snap; haven't done the rear yet.

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