| date | miles | system | 34 records found |
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| 90 PC, "Blue Pacific" |
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| 2001-06-01 | 29340 | misc | Bought from Florida for $3000; PC was formerly known as "Freebie". Shipped cross-country to WA state by JC Motors and North American Van Lines for $700. Mirrors were knocked loose during transit and caused some scraping of the paint on the fairings; NAVL insurance paid for repairing damage. Came w... |
| 2001-07-01 | 29340 | body | Removed upper plastic panels and custom painted - new color is a blue/purple color-shifting paint (chromillusion/Harlequin type) from PPL called "Evening Sky". Lower panels remain silver. Added 3M non-slip rubber stair tread material to tops of front roll bar covers to serve as foot rests. |
| 2001-07-01 | 29340 | cool | Cleaned "green gunk" off of sides of coolant overflow tank by shaking the tank with a sand/water mix inside. Replaced engine coolant with Havoline Dex-Cool Extended Life Coolant. |
| 2001-07-01 | 29340 | elec | Added auxiliary fuse panel on left trunk bulkhead with 4 switched and 2 unswitched circuits. Added connector plug in left passenger footrest slot for directly connecting Battery Tender into new fuse panel. Added pair of Electical Connection driving lights. Added EC Volt/Amp Reduction Circuit for dr... |
| 2001-07-01 | 29340 | fron | Right fork seal was leaking - replaced it. Replaced front fork springs with Performance Works progressive springs. Replaced brake fluid. |
| 2001-07-01 | 29340 | rear | Lower bushing and rubber mount on left rear shock were badly worn. Replaced rear shocks with Hagon shocks purchased from Dan Quinn Motorcycles |
| 2001-07-01 | 29340 | fuel | Adjusted fuel tank float sensor. Calibrated fuel gauge to register ½-gallon at red mark; added marks onto gauge at each ½-gallon above that. Synchronized carburetors. Replaced fuel filter. |
| 2001-07-01 | 29340 | misc | Added R-A-M mount and GPS holder onto clutch reservoir cover. Replaced handgrips with large Suntour diameter gel grips. Replaced tall Hondaline windscreen with Clearview +5. Added personalized WA license plate: "BLUEPC". Renamed PC as "Blue Pacific". Removed "Pacific Coast" decals from trunk and re... |
| 2001-09-01 | 29960 | misc | Added new custom-made basketweave vinyl seats. Rick Mayer in Redding, CA fabricated and installed the new seats. |
| 2001-10-01 | 31600 | tire | Observed a low-speed wobble on 2001APCO when turning. Discovered pronounced "cupping" of tires' tread. Reshaped tires by shaving off excess rubber. Increased tire pressures to 38 front and 44 rear. Low-speed wobble disappeared. Removing rubber reduced life of tire, but greatly improved handling. |
| 2002-01-01 | 31920 | tire | Replaced Dunlop K555F front (date stamp 477) and Dunlop K177 rear (date stamp 057) tires with new Metzeler ME880 Marathons. Dunlops have about 16k miles on them, but they are not worn out; K555 has 0.060" tread remaining over wear bars, and K177 has 0.082" remaining. |
| 2002-02-01 | 32040 | elec | Yuasa YTX12-BS battery (original?) was failing to start engine. Replaced with Westco 12V12-B. New battery has 12 amp-hr capacity as opposed to original's 10 amp-hr. $59 US. |
| 2002-02-01 | 32040 | body | Trunk gas spring (damper assembly) was weak at holding up trunk with GiVi box mounted. Measured strut force at 37 pounds. Replaced with a new 60-pound strut (p/n 9416K173) from McMaster-Carr. $17 US. |
| 2002-02-01 | 32040 | misc | Replaced windscreen with Clearview +6. A shop mechanic cracked the previous CV+5 by installing the spacers incorrectly. |
| 2003-03-01 | 35578 | elec | Upgraded electrical system with 430-watt alternator stator and regulator-rectifier. Old ones were okay, just wanted more juice to power all the accessories. G08 stator cost $172, and RR30 cost $155 from Electrex. |
| 2003-04-01 | 35578 | cool | Replaced water pump. Old one was leaking a little bit around the seal, and the shop manual recommends replacing the entire pump in this situation rather than just the seal. New water pump cost $90 from Service Honda. Replaced associated gaskets and o-rings at the same time. |
| 2003-04-01 | 35578 | body | Repaired two broken tabs on lower side panels by plastic welding. |
| 2003-04-01 | 35578 | body | Replaced 3 bumper covers: L front; L rear; and, R Rear. Total cost ~ $110 from Service Honda. |
| 2003-04-01 | 35578 | fron | Added mud flap to front fender. |
| 2003-04-01 | 35578 | engi | Replaced oil with Mobil 1 15w-50 (red cap). Didn't really need to, except that the crankcase had to be drained in order to change the stator and water pump. |
| 2003-04-01 | 35578 | cool | Replaced engine coolant with Havoline Dex-Cool Extended Life Coolant (didn't really need to, except that coolant system had to be drained in order to change the water pump). |
| 2003-04-01 | 35578 | tran | Replaced clutch fluid with DOT 4. Thought that the clutch slave unit was leaking clutch fluid - turned out that it was really a few drops of coolant from the water pump. |
| 2003-04-01 | 35578 | fuel | Bike has the notorious "fuel smell". There is also an odd noise when the engine first starts turning over during starting - it sounds like a vibrating reed, or a child's party noismaker somewhere under the top cover. I can't identify exactly where its coming from, but my suspicion is somewhere in th... |
| 2003-08-01 | 36298 | fuel | Notorious "fuel smell" still present (so is the odd startup noise). People riding behind the bike smell gasoline for quite some distance. Fuel economy is only in the high 30's. Cleaned & refurbished carbs with new seals and new vacuum pistons (rubber diaphragms on both old pistons were discovered to... |
| 2003-08-01 | 36298 | elec | New voltage rectifier/regulator. Electerex supplied a new R/R after the first one they sent was discovered to be bad. The first one worked fine at low temperatures, but at high temps it wouldn't work (this intermittent problem made it extremely difficult to diagnose). New R/R is model RR58 which is ... |
| 2003-08-01 | 36298 | elec | Added new "chargeGuard" system. Display unit displays volts, amps, and air temperature. Device also has an internal battery charging unit that stays permanently mounted on the bike. Bike now has a removable electrical cord that connects a socket in the left passenger footrest hole to a 110 vac wall... |
| 2003-09-03 | 36529 | fuel | Still trying to eliminate "fuel smell" and odd startup noise. Replaced fuel petcock. $90 from Service Honda. |
| 2003-09-24 | 36632 | fuel | Fuel stink is still there! Adjusted carburetors' mixture. |
| 2004-04-18 | 37096 | engi | Added 1 qt. oil |
| 2004-05-27 | 37845 | igni | New spark plugs |
| 2004-08-28 | 39750 | elec | New battery |
| 2004-08-28 | 39750 | elec | New voltage rectifier/regulator (RR) |
| 2004-08-28 | 39750 | misc | Removed Hondaline radio and CD changer |
| 2005-01-01 | 41720 | body | Replaced steering head bearings with tapered roller bearings |
