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- Fri Jun 02, 2017 6:12 pm
- Forum: Forza Accessories
- Topic: Malossi rear shocks (twins!)
- Replies: 21
- Views: 6930
Re: Malossi rear shocks (twins!)
OK, I posted a query in another thread, but wanted to give a heads-up here. After only about a year of service, my Malossi shocks are weeping oil. I’ll try to post a couple of pictures in a little bit. To my mind, this is unacceptable. I do not want to put my stock shocks back on, and am hoping to h...
- Fri Jun 02, 2017 5:55 pm
- Forum: Forza Accessories
- Topic: Rear shock options
- Replies: 39
- Views: 24759
Re: Rear shock options
Well, the Malossi shocks were, as I said before, a great improvement over the stock shocks. However, today I noticed that after about a year of service, they are weeping oil. There is a good bit of dirty grease arounbd the bottoms of the things which transferred to my wands when I was checking tire ...
- Thu Apr 27, 2017 3:41 pm
- Forum: Forza Technical Help
- Topic: Workshop manual
- Replies: 11
- Views: 5057
Re: Workshop manual
Mine is for a 2014. The zipped folder amounts to 26.4 MB.
- Thu Apr 27, 2017 3:30 pm
- Forum: Forza General
- Topic: City grips vs. OEM dunlops
- Replies: 17
- Views: 2456
Re: City grips vs. OEM dunlops
At 4600 miles my stock rear Dunlop was practically bald, and I never liked the way it felt on a curve in the rain. With just over 1400 miles on the City Grip replacement, I'm liking it a whole lot more than the Dunny.
- Tue Mar 28, 2017 11:02 pm
- Forum: Forza General
- Topic: Forza Windscreen ..Best size/manufacturer
- Replies: 4
- Views: 739
Re: Forza Windscreen ..Best size/manufacturer
I went with the Givi adjustable. Around town, I generally keep it pushed all the way down, even in what passes for winter here in the Deep South. On those few occasions when I hit the interstate and kill my gas mileage, that's when I push the thing up. A word about the lower deflection: the wind sta...
- Thu Mar 16, 2017 8:43 pm
- Forum: Forza Technical Help
- Topic: Forza rear suspension
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1458
Re: Forza rear suspension
I gave up on the stock shocks and replaced them with Malossi rear shocks.
http://www.hondapcx.org/viewtopic.php?f=23&t=6183
http://www.hondapcx.org/viewtopic.php?f=23&t=6183
- Sun Mar 12, 2017 8:25 pm
- Forum: Forza General
- Topic: Snowing in Spuzzum
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1813
Re: Snowing in Spuzzum
Enjoy your relief, dave.davenowherejones wrote:Sorry, 5 cups of coffee, gotta go.
- Sun Feb 19, 2017 4:40 pm
- Forum: Forza General
- Topic: Forza weight to power
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1289
Re: Forza weight to power
Cross winds on the highway don't bother me too much, despite the big box I put on the back. I have a Givi adjustable screen that I keep all the way down in my normal, commuting driving and push all the way up before the rare times I get onto the highway. On the flatlands, I have passed big trucks th...
- Sun Feb 19, 2017 4:31 pm
- Forum: Forza General
- Topic: Rear brake/starter circuit switch
- Replies: 4
- Views: 610
Re: Rear brake/starter circuit switch
On the Goldwing, I had nearly every single microswitch changed under warranty. There was one (the half of the brake pedal switch that allowed the cruise to stay set) that died on the first day of a long trip. I diagnosed the failure on the side of the highway, pulled out my Swiss Army knife, cut the...
- Sun Feb 19, 2017 4:25 pm
- Forum: Forza General
- Topic: 2017 Model Forza, Will it exist in the USA ???
- Replies: 156
- Views: 17033
Re: 2017 Model Forza, Will it exist in the USA ???
Well, here in the US, the web site is still letting us customize and order 2016 Forza 300s and 2013 Silverwing 600 ABSs. Does this mean that they still have a lot of stock they haven't moved? It could be that Honda in the USA has decided not to bring in new stock because of our odd tax situations. S...
- Sun Feb 19, 2017 3:58 pm
- Forum: Forza Accessories
- Topic: Ambient Temperature gauge
- Replies: 20
- Views: 4709
Re: Ambient Temperature gauge
I think you guys are over thinking this. Go to a kitchen store and buy a large dial thermometer. 6 inch shaft. Zip tie to your handlebars. Done. I have three of these, one on each bike. Whenever I go by a bank sign with the temp, it always reads within a degree or two,,, $6 x3 = an $18 investment D...
- Sun Feb 19, 2017 3:46 pm
- Forum: Forza Accessories
- Topic: Honda High Windscreen too Tall
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2176
Re: Honda High Windscreen too Tall
Even with the dremel, take Johnny's advice and tape well the whole area on the screen where you will be working. Draw your line on the tape and go slow. Expect some stink from overheated tape and plastic.
Bonne chance!
Michael
Bonne chance!
Michael
- Tue Jan 31, 2017 8:30 pm
- Forum: Forza Technical Help
- Topic: Battery life on the 300? (or something else)
- Replies: 14
- Views: 2318
Re: Battery life on the 300? (or something else)
Evening, everyone. aguim, I will definitely do the loaded / unloaded voltage test this weekend when I have time, but the crucial symptom in my mind is the fact that when the bike started is just shut off after about a second and a half. The times that I've had both starter failure and random shutdow...
- Mon Jan 30, 2017 10:31 pm
- Forum: Forza Technical Help
- Topic: Battery life on the 300? (or something else)
- Replies: 14
- Views: 2318
Re: Battery life on the 300? (or something else)
I flipped the kickstand up, squeezed the brake lever, and pressed the started button. The bike said "click" and did nothing else. I kicked the stand back down, released both the button and the lever, and then started over. This time, the bike cranked & started, but only ran for about a...
- Mon Jan 30, 2017 8:27 pm
- Forum: Forza Technical Help
- Topic: Battery life on the 300? (or something else)
- Replies: 14
- Views: 2318
Battery life on the 300? (or something else)
What sort of battery life are people getting out of their NSS300s? I ask because mine did a thing today that I associate with impending battery death, but the thing only has 20 months / 5200 miles on it.
- Thu Dec 29, 2016 11:38 am
- Forum: Forza General
- Topic: Has anyone had their Forza seat fixed under warranty?
- Replies: 26
- Views: 4644
Re: Has anyone had their Forza seat fixed under warranty?
MBMyer...thanks...wonderful...works a treat..seat now stays up!! took me slightly longer than 5 mins as its fiddly...but easily done. Have a great 2017... I can't really take credit for the idea. I stole it from one of the other list members. My failing memory tells me that he is Greek or Cypriot, ...
- Fri Dec 23, 2016 4:50 pm
- Forum: Forza General
- Topic: Hearing Impaired & Scooters
- Replies: 27
- Views: 2152
Re: Hearing Impaired & Scooters
I'm a piano tuner here in Los Angeles and definitely notice the ringing in my ears when I get off my little Scarlet. I have good ear plugs in my tool bag for tuning extra LOUD pianos. Those plugs are going in my scooter and I'll be placing the cheap foam plugs in my tool bag tomorrow! My hearing is...
- Fri Dec 23, 2016 4:23 pm
- Forum: Forza General
- Topic: 1000 miles
- Replies: 31
- Views: 3644
Re: 1000 miles
That is crazy, very different from my results, but I do not have your types of bikes. Are they older bikes ? The most recent Wing was a 2003. The earlier Wing was an '83 Aspencade, but I wasn't quite as compulsive about data collection back in those days. The Viffer was a '93 model in pearl white i...
- Tue Dec 20, 2016 9:31 am
- Forum: Forza General
- Topic: 1000 miles
- Replies: 31
- Views: 3644
Re: 1000 miles
I have 10 Honda Motorcycles, and the Speedometers and mileage gauges on them are VERY ACCURATE. They are all accurate within 1 MPH according to my GPS at 60 MPH, both the newer digital gauges and older analogue guage as on my Honda SH150i Scooter. On the VFR and the Wing, the speedo and odo were bo...
- Mon Dec 19, 2016 1:05 pm
- Forum: Forza General
- Topic: 1000 miles
- Replies: 31
- Views: 3644
Re: 1000 miles
Nice tip on that bottle of wine, gn2. I've lost track of the number of ways I've conveyed beverages of various sorts on the Forza. Much depends on how secure I need it to be and how many more stops I have to make before I'm home. I've strapped cases of beer or wine onto the pillion when the next sto...