Over the winter I changed the Master Cylinder, added dual piston calipers with EBC HH pads, cb900 cams and CBR Coils. I probably should have taken her out for a ride sooner or rode her around for atleast 2 seasons before making the upgrades because my memory is not so good and can't really provide a reliable seat-of-the-pants feel before and after. The bike revs effortlessly now and brake modulation feels very nice. The cb900 cams are in, but I can't remember how slow the bike was last year. She scares the heck out of me now in the 6-8k rpm range and I'm pretty sure I only hit that range once or twice in my local around town riding last year so not really much to compare and remember. It definitely feels different now though because it gets up to 5k rpm so much easier than last year. Unfortunately I'm noticing a new sound around 5.2k rpm, not sure if it's a baffle or something else is loose, but I can hear a rattle or vibration out of the exhaust when I rev it in the garage or driveway.
My recently acquired 2003 Honda Accord EX 4 cyl had a faulty door lock actuator in the front passenger side door. Here is a run down of what I did wrong in case you find yourself in a similiar situation. Shopping for door lock actuators - Prices go from around $10 to over $40. I mistakenly ordered a pair of door lock actuators ($20 for left and right) for a coupe and received 2 black actuators that were not sized correctly for my 4 door sedan which has smaller white actuators. I did not discover the problem until after I had the door panel off and the actuator removed from the door latch assembly. It was hot, the flies were landing on me and drinking my sweat and I just wanted to button the door back up and stay cool inside so I searched for the closest parts store that had the part in stock and went there to buy it for $45. (I did return the 2 wrong parts but did not get a full refund, but I'm ok with that...$16 back in my pocket is better than $0) Reassembling the door l...
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