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Welcome - Getting started & FAQs - Read Here First... => Introduce Yourself & Your Bike => Topic started by: JNAC on April 14, 2018, 08:29:14 PM
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G'day G'day.
Proud new owner of an 05 ST13 in beautiful blue. That said I may spray on a white plasti-dip "bra" to protect the front end (read get people out of the way) at some point soon.
The story of how I ended up here...
I have a heavily modified postie (enough fuel tank to ride Brisbane to the Cape without filling up) and a GSX650F. I also have a wonderful partner I'd like to spend more time on the road with, understandably she wasn't too happy bundled up on the back of the GSX so we only went out a few times a year. I was driving through the snowfields in southern NSW recently when I decided I would get something bigger, more comfortable and able to pull a trailer. The rationale behind this was I could get a van, car or camper but I would still end up stuck behind *insert your name for them here* doing 20km\h under the limit through the hills with no real overtaking zones to be be seen for what felt like hours. However, if I had a large displacement bike I'd be able to nip around any roadblock I encountered with ease.
My original idea was a Suzuki Boulevard or similar and remained that way for a good long while. While researching bike trailers I came across a picture of an ST13 with highway pegs, thinking that was a pretty good idea I Google image searched ST1300 highway pegs. Enter Diesel, there he was in all his glory, sitting on an ST13 with a yellow line showing the more simple folk where his legs were. I still don't know why but that picture drove me to visit the site, I then proceeded to read everything he had ever posted on his blog then watch all this YT videos. I spent the next day furiously researching large displacement Sport Touring bikes and settled on the ST13 being the bike for me (us).
As you can probably guess from my other bikes I lean towards the most reliable and all round bike I can find in the category I am interested in at the time so the ST13 was the obvious choice. Within a day of the ST popping on my radar I had arranged a test ride for my partner and I, she fell in love with it instantly. The comfort, the feeling of safety, the size, the windscreen were all selling points. Within 2 days I had arranged the purchase of a rather nice blue ST13 from Cairns, as stock as they come but had some other perks I liked the sound of, namely 18 months of dealer warranty from the last person that brought it and a GIVI top box.
Unfortunately work called me away and I had to spend the beginning of the week in Sydney so I arrange my return flights to take my to Cairns instead of Brisbane (somehow cheaper :S ). I arrived in Cairns late Wednesday night and checked into my Air B&B. Thursday morning I headed to Team Moto to meet one of the best seller I have ever come across and look at his bike. The bike he had already had the bike shop do a top to bottom check on as well as a roadworthy and taken to the lock smith to fix a problem with the locking glove box. I went for a lap around the block, not that I needed to and was happy as a pig in sand (children might be reading).
We headed to the near by bank, sorted out all the $ and that was that. I loaded all my luggage into Steph, pointed my nose south and set off. I made it as far as Bowen before what I will refer to as a falling ocean drove me into a motel. I was up bight and early the next morning to the sound of birds and the warm rays of sun on my face.... :rofl I woke up to the rain I fell asleep to :\ I put on my rain suit and off I went. First stop was Mackay to get some kind of cruise control or throttle lock, the ST is great but it's got a bloody heavy throttle, something I will look into sooner or later. From Mackay I had planned to stop at Rockhampton for the night, Rockhampton soon passed by and I didn't stop (other than roadworks and fuel) until Childers. Given it's around 4 hours from Childers to home I couldn't justify spending the night so I filled my tank with a lovely McDonalds wrap and made trails. I arrived home at 11:58pm on Friday night.
The bad bits... The dreaded FI code 26 stuck after about 8 hours of sustained 110km\h+, I sand (could still be kids) myself, stopped as soon as I could and jumped on google. Soon enough my mind was put at ease so I cleared the fault and was on my way. It reappeared a few times during the remainder of the trip so I put some tape over the FI light and took the reduced fuel economy on the chin. I will address that at some point soon or might take it to the shop and make use of the warranty.
The SS1600 doesn't feel like too much of a challenge anymore :blu13
Long story short or as the kids say TL:RD: Discovered ST1300's less than a week ago, flew to Cairns to buy one and rode it back to Brisbane in 2 days.
I will do a little photo shoot when I clean off the 13 kgs of bugs I collected on the way home.
If anyone knows where I can get Highway pegs I would be forever grateful. All the links I can find are to the motorcycle larry site but it's very clearly replacement parts and not the kit.
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Welcome to to the site. Your stars Definately aligned to lead you to a great bike and and a group of riders who can show how the fix anything, even the dreaded F1 light. The boss considered all of my previous bikes as " your b$&@&$ bike". But the ST has always been "our bike".
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Welcome to to the site. Your stars Definately aligned to lead you to a great bike and and a group of riders who can show how the fix anything, even the dreaded F1 light. The boss considered all of my previous bikes as " your b$&@&$ bike". But the ST has always been "our bike".
I might just take the community up on that offer, I've got $500 worth of "electrical" with the warranty and it would probably be better spent on the few dead bits of the LCD to the right of the speedo. Unless of course that's also an easy fix.
I'm getting the same thing, she even offered to pay for half :runyay
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Hi JNAC & a Warm Welcome from the Wild West :hatwave :runyay
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Hi JNAC & a Warm Welcome from the Wild West :hatwave :runyay
:grin :slvr13 :grin
Thanks mate,
Will venture across the desert some time! I've got family in Kings Canyon so what's another few thousand kms? :thumbsup
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Gday JNAC. welcome on in mate.. this must be the longest intro's but a great read at that. :thumbs
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Welcome On In JNAC :clap
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Gday JNAC. welcome on in mate.. this must be the longest intro's but a great read at that. :thumbs
Go hard or go home, am I right? :candystwheelie
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Welcome On In JNAC :clap
Thanks mate! :grin
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Welcome JNAC.
There's a link here about the cleaning fiveway map sensor under the air cleaner box. That fixed the FI light for me.
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Welcome JNAC to OzSTOC from Toowoomba :hatwave
Just up on the hill from you :grin
Enjoy your ST1300 :thumb Enjoy the Forum :runyay
:beer
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G'day from Adelaide, the backward capital of Australia (http://www.footballnews.com.au/forum/images/smilies/icon_razz.gif)
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Gday JNAC, the reading of your journey makes me think many of us came to the ST by some research and test ride. For me it was just sitting on one and falling in love. The only mistress I am allowed she says.
Welcome to the forum. Lots of info and friendship here. :Like:
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Hi JNAC from Melbourne Victoria :hatwave, great introduction :like
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Welcome JNAC, enjoy the bike and your riding :thumbsup
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Hi JNAC and another welcome to OzSTOC from SA. :hatwave I also purchased my ST from the Honda dealer in Cairns back in 2009. :thumb
You'll find list of farkles that members have installed here... http://ozstoc.com/index.php?topic=4592.0 (http://ozstoc.com/index.php?topic=4592.0) which might give you some inspiration.
Sadly Motorcycle Larry seems to have gone out of business, so their wonderful Highway Pegs are now as rare has hens teeth.
There is indeed a post about cleaning the "5 Way Connector" to clear the F1 Code. I can't find it, but no doubt someone will post the link for you.
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I found the 5-way connector cleaning thread.
Here it is:
http://www.ozstoc.com/index.php?topic=5870.msg66273.msg#66273
And this is my "how to" part of it.
Before starting, get JIS screwdrivers to remove the air trumpets in the air box.
http://www.ozstoc.com/index.php?topic=5870.msg76631.msg#76631
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Hi JNAC,
welcome from Peterborough SA.
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G'day JNAC from the Adelaide Hills.
Enjoy the bike & the forum, all questions answered, even the meaning of life (which may be bike related)
Cheers
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Great to find such an enthusiastic convert to the ST1300. You won't be disappointed. The FI light can be solved, as has been discussed. The fix for the tired right wrist is an MCC Cruise Control setting you back around $1100 but worth every cent. I've owned 4 bikes with it, having fitted two of them myself.
And yes, it's an Iron Butt bike, and has proven itself time and again to be reliable.
We'll see you in Mackay, if not before.
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G'day JNAC, welcome to the forum :hatwave
Congrats on the new bike and thanks for sharing the adventure that was getting it home :runyay
Hopefully you'll be able to make it to a RTE soon where you can have a chance to check out all the different mods that everyone has :thumbsup
The next QLD RTE is to the Goomeri Bakery on Saturday the 19th of May. RTE Saturday 19 May 2018 - Goomeri Bakery (With Scarlett Thunderbolt) (http://ozstoc.com/index.php?topic=12388.0)
Cheers
Shiney
( Queensland RTE (RideTo Eat) explained - Please read (http://ozstoc.com/index.php?topic=9678.0) )
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Hi JNAC and welcome to the asylum from central Oz. :hatwave :hatwave :hatwave
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Thanks everyone for the warmest welcome I've ever received and all the handy information. I certainly feel I've made the right choice in bike and community.
I put together a time lapse of my trip from Cairns to Brisbane for anyone interested. I left out the Bowen to Mackay stint as I was basically underwater the whole time.
If I can get back from Sydney with enough time to sort this FI issue I would love to join the RTE. IF not I will be around for the next one (hopefully)
:runyay
https://youtu.be/b5o2o0vd9MY
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What software did you use to speed up the video?
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What software did you use to speed up the video?
The GoPro 5 has a time lapse video mode. It takes a photo every .5, 1, 2, 5, 10, 30 or 60 seconds and it automatically makes it into a video for you. It doesn't give you a lot of room for editing but it's easy to tie the clips together into what you see on Youtube.
It also uses a lot less memory on the camera then a video.
FYI the first section of the video (till first night) was a image every 5 seconds,the second was an image every 2 seconds. I think next time I will stick with an image every 2 seconds then play it back at half speed in editing.
I use DaVinci Resolve for my editing.
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Hi
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Partial Quote from: StinkyPete on April 15, 2018, 09:54:50 AM (http://ozstoc.com/index.php?topic=12672.msg1235946#msg1235946) Hi JNAC and another welcome to OzSTOC from SA. :hatwave I also purchased my ST from the Honda dealer in Cairns back in 2009. :thumb
You'll find list of farkles that members have installed here... http://ozstoc.com/index.php?topic=4592.0 (http://ozstoc.com/index.php?topic=4592.0) which might give you some inspiration.
Sadly Motorcycle Larry seems to have gone out of business, so their wonderful Highway Pegs are now as rare has hens teeth.
I have a couple of possibilities to get some highway pegs made. Does anyone have a spare or a bent or broken sample I could get my hands on. Could anyone who would like to get a set let me know here or a PM s9 I have an idea of how much interest there is in this item.
Cheers
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Partial Quote from: StinkyPete on April 15, 2018, 09:54:50 AM ([url]http://ozstoc.com/index.php?topic=12672.msg1235946#msg1235946[/url]) Hi JNAC and another welcome to OzSTOC from SA. :hatwave I also purchased my ST from the Honda dealer in Cairns back in 2009. :thumb
You'll find list of farkles that members have installed here... [url]http://ozstoc.com/index.php?topic=4592.0[/url] ([url]http://ozstoc.com/index.php?topic=4592.0[/url]) which might give you some inspiration.
Sadly Motorcycle Larry seems to have gone out of business, so their wonderful Highway Pegs are now as rare has hens teeth.
I have a couple of possibilities to get some highway pegs made. Does anyone have a spare or a bent or broken sample I could get my hands on. Could anyone who would like to get a set let me know here or a PM s9 I have an idea of how much interest there is in this item.
Cheers
Hey mate,
Sounds great, I would be keen if it happens. I've been thinking it over for the last few days and have come up with what I think might work for a dual highway peg/light mount that wouldn't be too hard to put together but I need to get back to my bike and rough something out of dead trees.
My biggest issue at the moment is a lot of the resources people mention in old posts are now out of operation or have changed. Finding things that appear to have been common place a little while ago is now rather difficult. I'm sure the community will assist if asked and that's my next step but I like to give things a crack myself first.
If anyone is curious at this point in time I'm talking about things like Highway Pegs, Dash plates and all the other MUST HAVE Farkles that don't, at first glance, appear to be commonly available anymore.
I also might not be trying hard enough as my searching has been between interruptions on a work trip.
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hey JNAC... welcome to OzSTOC from Bakers Ck (just between 3.07 and 3.08 on your time lapse Cns - Bne footage)... if you can find the time in August and would like a good excuse to stretch your STeed's legs again, then come and join fellow OzSTOCers up here in Mackay for the NatRally2018 weekend... Mky - Bne is a two-up ride that we've done quite often... we prefer the inland route because of less traffic and better scenery than the Bruce Hwy... and we find Monto is a convenient stop-over, half-way... Cheers, John & Kate.
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hey JNAC... welcome to OzSTOC from Bakers Ck (just between 3.07 and 3.08 on your time lapse Cns - Bne footage)... if you can find the time in August and would like a good excuse to stretch your STeed's legs again, then come and join fellow OzSTOCers up here in Mackay for the NatRally2018 weekend... Mky - Bne is a two-up ride that we've done quite often... we prefer the inland route because of less traffic and better scenery than the Bruce Hwy... and we find Monto is a convenient stop-over, half-way... Cheers, John & Kate.
Thanks for the warm welcome, I would have loved to stop at a few places along the way but the ST got to me and I just couldn't bring myself to stop.
I was looking at the NatRally info today, I'd love to make it but given the nature of my work I won't know until a few weeks before if I can attend. When I get home (Friday night) I'll have a chat to my better 3/4's and ask her to take time off. If she can do that I will book us a spot and make it work.
A few years ago I did a road trip from Brisbane to Cairns and pulled into That Sapphire Place on my way out of mackay and fell in love with some of the lovely stuff in there. Told myself that when the time came I would return to find something nice to pop the big Q to my forever pillion. That day is getting closer and closer so I might be able to make the NatRally a multi purpose trip :thumbsup
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Welcome from Toowoomba, st13 will be very nice after the 650 (my last was a gsxf750). For long distance work many of us swear by our Russell day long seats, as I recon the stock seat is quite uncomfortable after an hour or two. Also worth doing some work on the forks (springs, oil, oil level, preload) if you weigh over 65kg. I am 85g and was using over 1/2 the fork travel just sitting on the bike!
St's are easy enough to work on once you have removed the plastics (see the Tupperware guide on the furum).
Have fun with your new beast :-)
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Thanks for the welcome and advice David,
I was having a look at that option but I dunno how (unless you have 2) you can go without your seat for that long. Do you know of anyone local to our little island that does it? I can't remember who it was but I had my GSX seat done a few years back at a little shop in Ipswich and it made a world of difference.
As for the forks, it's something I'm going to have to look at next time I'm in there, my pillion and I together are only 120kgs so hopefully it won't be too much issue for a little while.
I'm currently working my way through the forums making a list of things to check and work on. I've got some Heli risers on the way from the states :runyay
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I borrowed spare seat the wild rose (Leo) had. Took about a month all up.
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I borrowed spare seat the wild rose (Leo) had. Took about a month all up.
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Yes I have a spare seat available (Not 4 Sale) if you want to borrow it and I am only Up on the hill in Toowoomba
I used a Air Hawk cushion which I found good but now got a Sargent seat which I find Excellent
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I borrowed spare seat the wild rose (Leo) had. Took about a month all up.
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Yes I have a spare seat available (Not 4 Sale) if you want to borrow it and I am only Up on the hill in Toowoomba
I used a Air Hawk cushion which I found good but now got a Sargent seat which I find Excellent
Thanks for the offer mate. I am having a look at my options at the moment. Cruise control, to me sounds like a better way to spend a thousand dollars. Might have a chat to a few of the local seat builders and go from there.
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I borrowed spare seat the wild rose (Leo) had. Took about a month all up.
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Yes I have a spare seat available (Not 4 Sale) if you want to borrow it and I am only Up on the hill in Toowoomba
I used a Air Hawk cushion which I found good but now got a Sargent seat which I find Excellent
Thanks for the offer mate. I am having a look at my options at the moment. Cruise control, to me sounds like a better way to spend a thousand dollars. Might have a chat to a few of the local seat builders and go from there.
John Morehouse used to be in Brisbane and rebuilt bike seats someone might know if he is still doing it
http://ozstoc.com/index.php?topic=1935.0 (http://ozstoc.com/index.php?topic=1935.0)
Cruise Control is great especially on long trips I got mine second hand of the forum it came from Motorcycle Cruise Control in Victoria and had it fitted at Toowoomba Honda
Everything to make the ST1300 a better Bike :blk13 :like
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I borrowed spare seat the wild rose (Leo) had. Took about a month all up.
Sent from my SM-T710 using Tapatalk
Yes I have a spare seat available (Not 4 Sale) if you want to borrow it and I am only Up on the hill in Toowoomba
I used a Air Hawk cushion which I found good but now got a Sargent seat which I find Excellent
Thanks for the offer mate. I am having a look at my options at the moment. Cruise control, to me sounds like a better way to spend a thousand dollars. Might have a chat to a few of the local seat builders and go from there.
John Morehouse used to be in Brisbane and rebuilt bike seats someone might know if he is still doing it
[url]http://ozstoc.com/index.php?topic=1935.0[/url] ([url]http://ozstoc.com/index.php?topic=1935.0[/url])
Cruise Control is great especially on long trips I got mine second hand of the forum it came from Motorcycle Cruise Control in Victoria and had it fitted at Toowoomba Honda
Everything to make the ST1300 a better Bike :blk13 :like
You're a lucky man, it's a big investment. I've got a manual throttle lock for now that gives me the freedom I need to move my wrist from time to time but it's basically useless if there's any hills in the road.
John is at the top of my list, I will go see him when I get back to Brisbane if I can get in touch with him.
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John is at the top of my list, I will go see him when I get back to Brisbane if I can get in touch with him.
When I tried to get a seat mod for my ST1100 back in 2007 he was scaling down and his brother, Andrew over at Chapel hill did it for me.
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John is at the top of my list, I will go see him when I get back to Brisbane if I can get in touch with him.
When I tried to get a seat mod for my ST1100 back in 2007 he was scaling down and his brother, Andrew over at Chapel hill did it for me.
Thanks for the info, his website doesn't have a lot to go on but this FB page I found has pretty regular posts, maybe his brother has taken over the name. I will get in touch tomorrow and see what I can find out.
https://www.facebook.com/pg/johnmoorhouseergoseats/photos/?tab=album&album_id=437668533093652 (https://www.facebook.com/pg/johnmoorhouseergoseats/photos/?tab=album&album_id=437668533093652)
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Welcome aboard, JNAC
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Welcome aboard, JNAC
Thanks mate!
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JNAC
Welcome from Toowoomba
Rgds GB