Rescheduled! Official Hypercycles Maintenance Day & BBQ - March 10th

[Jae]

Where: BuyMoto
When: March 10th

--Wheel Removal Class @ 10 am
---Lunch at 12 pm
--Sprocket Service Class @ 12:30 pm
--Brake Service Class @ 1:30 pm

How this will work (for participants):
Step 1) Call BuyMoto - Pick a session. 858 536 2828.
Step 2) Tell us what tools you have.
Step 3) Purchase tools you do not have (Hypercycles members will get discounted prices).
Step 4) Show up, eat good (free) food, chill, play mechanic for a day.

Members and friends are also more than welcome to come and just observe the class sessions as well. Everyone can learn something valuable from these classes and we hope that you will be able to use your new found skills to save you guys some money and give you a better understanding of some of the simple mechanical aspects of your motorcycles.

This post will be modified to outline the tools required for each service. At minimum, expect that you will need a rear stand, metric sockets, and a torque wrench (for wheels and sprocket people). For the sake of moving things along there will be no sharing of tools except for the torque wrench. You will be assisted by the BuyMoto staff at all times and for everyone's safety we will only allow motorcycle owners to be near the bikes.

See you out there!

Due to circumstances surrounding personnel and timing, the maintenance day has been postponed until March 10th. This will give members further opportunity to sign up (there are still spots!). Please note that you do not have to work on your bike to attend the maintenance day. Although you may not have the best view in the house, it is still a good opportunity to meet other members and enjoy the day. We apologize for any inconvenience and hope to see you Saturday, March 10.

[Pathogen]

Where: BuyMoto
When: March 4th

Sprocket Service Class @ 10 am
Lunch at 12 pm
Wheel Removal Class @ 12:30 pm
Brake Service Class @ 1:30 pm

How this will work:


Not to step on any toes or such, but wouldn't it more pertinent to have the wheel removal class prior to the sprocket class. Just a thought, since you have to remove the rear to replace the rear sprocket.

-mark

[wanderer]

Not to step on any toes or such, but wouldn't it more pertinent to have the wheel removal class prior to the sprocket class. Just a thought, since you have to remove the rear to replace the rear sprocket.

-mark

so you mean all those years people told me they slid in there by osmosis were wrong?

:whistle:

[10roller]

sprocket service sounds like the countershaft sprocket to me. rear sprocket is pretty self explanatory once you get the rear wheel off.

i dont get off work till 230. anything gonna be goin on around then? i may stop by just to say hi.

[Arnold_R1]

Damn some of us will be at Buttonwillow. Have fun guys!

[GEEN]

This post will be modified to outline the tools required for each service. At minimum, expect that you will need a rear stand, metric sockets, and a torque wrench (for wheels and sprocket people).

My bike comes with a centerstand that lifts the rear wheel off the ground. Would I still need to get a separate rear stand?

[cbrsmurf]

My bike comes with a centerstand that lifts the rear wheel off the ground. Would I still need to get a separate rear stand?

nope, center stands are cool like that

[Jae]

My bike comes with a centerstand that lifts the rear wheel off the ground. Would I still need to get a separate rear stand?

Correct, you will not need a stand in this case. Lucky you!

[Bryant]

Not to step on any toes or such, but wouldn't it more pertinent to have the wheel removal class prior to the sprocket class. Just a thought, since you have to remove the rear to replace the rear sprocket.

-mark

Thanks for the feedback Pathogen-san. We modified the class schedule. However, one method to remove the front sprocket requires keeping the rear installed on the bike and on the ground.

I'm sure Jae will provide an itinerary for each class session on what we will be demonstrating for you guys.

[10roller]

other method: rear brake pedal pressure applied by foot/friend.

[wanderer]

Bryant, I'd come by to help but I'm working

[r1repr7]

I might stop by Bryant...would be good to see you guys.

[Bryant]

I might stop by Bryant...would be good to see you guys.

It'd be really cool to see you and the fellas too! Been too loong! I'm flying up to the Bay Area that weekend to pick 'something' up... I'm hoping to make it back down early enough to get to this event as well. I hope the roads are kind to me on the way down!!

[Lost]

It'd be really cool to see you and the fellas too! Been too loong! I'm flying up to the Bay Area that weekend to pick 'something' up... I'm hoping to make it back down early enough to get to this event as well. I hope the roads are kind to me on the way down!!


On no you didn't!!!



Congrats bro!! :)

[MotoFuzzle]

For all of you that are interested, you need to sign up by Wednesday so we can prepare and get all the tools you need. To sign up, email me at matt@buymoto.com.

[JDMDARK]

i don have any tools, but i'll come to observe/ learn.

maybe i'll make some sushi platters

[MotoFuzzle]

i don have any tools, but i'll come to observe/ learn.

maybe i'll make some sushi platters

That's the idea of the maintenance day. You get all the tools you need and we show you how to do your maintenance. That way you never have to borrow tools again or go through the usual learning experience where you start the project and have to make 5 trips to the store to find what you forgot to get the last time you were there.

JUst a reminder for everybody else, today's the last day for everybody to sign up. If you wanna participate give us a call at 858-536-2828 or email me at matt@buymoto.com and let me know which session you would like to participate in and what tools you have/don't have and we'll get you ready for Sunday.

[MotoFuzzle]

i don have any tools, but i'll come to observe/ learn.

maybe i'll make some sushi platters

That's the idea of the maintenance day. You get all the tools you need and we show you how to do your maintenance. That way you never have to borrow tools again or go through the usual learning experience where you start the project and have to make 5 trips to the store to find what you forgot to get the last time you were there.

JUst a reminder for everybody else, today's the last day for everybody to sign up. If you wanna participate give us a call at 858-536-2828 or email me at matt@buymoto.com and let me know which session you would like to participate in and what tools you have/don't have and we'll get you ready for Sunday.

[Jae]

Due to circumstances surrounding personnel and timing, the maintenance day has been postponed until March 10th. This will give members further opportunity to sign up (there are still spots!). Please note that you do not have to work on your bike to attend the maintenance day. Although you may not have the best view in the house, it is still a good opportunity to meet other members and enjoy the day. We apologize for any inconvenience and hope to see you Saturday, March 10.

[r1repr7]

Sorry Jae...having a MotoGP party that day. :(

[Pathogen]

Sorry Jae...having a MotoGP party that day. :(

I thought the GP race was televised on Sunday, Mar 11.

[GixxerDemon55]

I'll try to stop by in the afternoon.

[Lost]

i think i'll be able to make it!!

[casper13]

Now I cant make this one, gotta be uncle sams servent again. Someone wana take my bike and do my brakes for me. J/K I wanna learn myself.

[Jae]

Final day for sign-ups is Wednesday. Please be sure to get your name on the list so that we can get your parts/tools ready. Thank you!

[SpecialisTX]

soo we just bring in our bikes and thats it?

[Jae]

Please read the first post. You are more than welcome to join us for the BBQ and watch the demonstration, but you must bring your tools in advance or have ordered them from BuyMoto in order to work on your motorcycle.

[SpecialisTX]

hey jae, i think i was supposed to get an email from matt regarding what tools ill need for the classes. however i never got that email.

[Jae]

Come see me in the morning and we will get things straightened out.

[SpecialisTX]

k will do, thanks. how does 930am sound? or does it have to be any earlier?

[Jae]

9:45 is better hehe. See you there.

[hhakana]

Hey Jae thanks for the great food :) and i was there lol
cheers-

[sdtraviesosd]

woah!!!! awesome event guys. great food, chilli was awesome... and the help and knowledge i gained today was invaluable. thanks sooo much Jay!!!! you are awesome. and i so sho will go back and buy a pitbul fork lift stand soon. thx. guys........

[mieff]

nice event guys. thanks for all the great info jae...i learned some great stuff watching you teach those guys.

[Mack da Knife]

Appreciate the food, and lot learned a lot of stuff. look forward to riding with ya'll tomorrow.

[SpecialisTX]

hey jae thanks again for teaching. it was such a great turnout and it was really generous of you guys to host such an event. i dont know how much i can ever thank you and everyone else for providing such awesome support and knowledge for us. the food was friggin awesome. thanks again for the wonderful day. hopefully the wife will let you go tomorrow huh?

[SpecialisTX]

hmm which one of you guys are sydney anyway?? rides an 05 raven r6. think i can have a copy of those notes that you took down today?

[JDMDARK]

sup guys, its cidney. shout out to james and arthur for letting me observe during the lessons. hooti who to all the cool people i met today. before i came to jae's tire day i had SMALL, mincy, cheese balls. but now i am confident that i am on my way to being a bike guru like the rest of the hypercycles crew. sunday, during the ride if you see the r6 with the sidecar carrying my new GORILLA balls holla back at a brother. thanks again everyone

[MotoFuzzle]

Ha ha....thanks for the Sushi Cidney, it was awesome. The attention to detail made all the difference. Thank you to everybody that came...we hoped you all enjoyed it, and are looking forward to more frequent BBQs in the future. For those of you going on the ride tomorrow, we'll see you bright and early (remember to set your clocks ahead), and for those who aren't, have fun watching MotoGP. Don't ruin it for the rest of us who don't see it till tomorrow night. :o) Remember to use the ***SPOILER*** warnings.
Peace!

[Bryant]

It was great to see you all at our event! Big hand to Professor Jae and the crew for making this new event a big success! :clap:

Have a safe ride tomorrow you all!!!

[Jae]

Big thanks goes out to all the members who came out today. It was a pleasure to teach students with such a good attitude. Hopefully on the next maintenance day we can get to the brakes! :thumbsup:

Have fun on your group ride Sunday!

[skfcheng]

Awesome event, and super informative. Big thanks to Jae for being a great teacher!

[GPTECHMAN]

Stopped by and it looked awesome. From everyone that I spoke to it sounds like Jae did an awesome job. Kudos to you and all the staff!
Gotta love buymoto!

[sdtraviesosd]

hey Cidney you think you can pass on the info on the measurements for all the wheel removal stuff. Im buying tools right now and knowing wut sizes everything is would be very useful. thx. Jae maybe you can even tell me.

[Jae]

Here are the tools that should be in every (Japanese) bike owners kit:

Metric Sockets:
8, 10, 12, 14, 17, 19, 21, 22, 24, 27, 32, 36
(Single Sided Swingarm People will need bigger)

Metric Wrenches:
6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 17

Ratchets: 2 x Big and 1 x Medium.
One Socket Extension.

1 torque wrench (up to 120 ft/lbs)

Metric Hex Bit Sockets:

http://www.grainger.com/images/products/enlarged/XL-3R779.JPG
Breaker Bar or Impact Gun

Hex Axle Tool:

http://www.motionpro.com/images/items/08-0397.jpg

Other useful stuff:

RK Chain Breaker
http://www.ftmbiz.com/images/products/chainbreaker.gif

[sdtraviesosd]

thank you very much Jae!

[JDMDARK]

sorry aurthur, i just got on, jae's a quick draw!

[Lost]

Jae, i wish i could have made it!


I bought the RK chain kit for removing and riviting chains. Gotta say that this kit is the best!! Thats Jae for letting me buy the last one in stock. Guys, you gotta get one of these kits. I had the motion pro kit and now i am a proud owner of the RK kit. Its a much better kit!