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Lmfao. Oh. Haha. I see the flash lightyness of it now. Haha. That tank protector is exactly the style I'm looking for. Carbon fiber print and symmetrical. Lol. Any chance you remember where and what brand that is?

Fleabay, unknown seller. I bought two different ones and the first one I had to return because it was not what I wanted it was all decorated in skulls and demonic symbols and stuff. Be careful what you order from really look at their feedback.

Still waiting on my mechanical seals and the delivery date updated to Next Thursday now... May not get the testing done this weekend....

 

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For some reason whether I use chrome or the app I don't see feedback on the item in question but i see seller feedback instead. I've looked for item feedback on everything I try to buy because of obvious reasons and never can.

 

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Except for detailed cleaning everything is done, valves verified still good, new O-rings, other wheel with new tire, chain cleaned and lubed and adjusted. I am about to go crazy now waiting on the mechanical seals for the water pump🔧

 

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For some reason whether I use chrome or the app I don't see feedback on the item in question but i see seller feedback instead. I've looked for item feedback on everything I try to buy because of obvious reasons and never can.

I been having to click on the actual seller lately and then look for their feedback and of course week through the BS feedback too.

 

[yorkie]

For some reason whether I use chrome or the app I don't see feedback on the item in question but i see seller feedback instead. I've looked for item feedback on everything I try to buy because of obvious reasons and never can.

you won't it's not displayed on E-bay only the seller feed back is shown. try Amazon they do on individual items.

 

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BTW, on those tank protectors you have to fit properly, clean the tank and de-grease it, then warm up the area to fit the protector, place it in position (note you only get one shot at it) smooth out flat with roller.
if you do it correctly it will never come off. if you do it wrong it will start peeling at the edges as soon as the bike is left in the sun for while.

 

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Oh thank you for that tip. I'm usually quite methodical and a quality Nazi when it comes to doing things. So I'm glad i have somewhere to reference for a proper way of doing it one shot.
And i never used to use eBay. I always used Amazon until not too long ago. Just because it seemed like the range of things I needed and usability seemed better. But for the bike eBay has seemed easier to find stuff. Didn't realize they didn't do item feedback though and I like to research most stuff the best I can before just going for it.

 

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Maybe I am not understanding what feedback you are looking at. Seller feedback is ther just click on there profile and then there star rating and you get this page. This is of a person I bought from recently just pulled their info up quickly to snap this photo.

 

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When I was looking for tank protectors there would be a lot that would have multiple in stock but when you go to try and check for item feedback. I've never been able to see any feedback that was for the same item in question. I'll see feedback for all types of items they have sold before though.

 

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FlipFlop stupid request. Being I dont have my tank available. Could you measure that tank protector for me please? I'm seeing some pretty nice ones on Amazon but i don't want one any bigger than what you have there. And are the multiple piece ones just as resilient as the single piece ones when it comes to peeling?

 

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I have been fond of the one piece personally and would think they would stay on over all better but in theory should just as good being multiple pieces. I just feel like those gaps that make a multiple piece are not being protected.

I see what you were talking about on the feedback now. Yeah the feedback is for the user. And that to me has been the bigger problem and I find brand specific reviews via Google and have to sift through all the non-related info then.

Hard to see in the picture but it is about 7" wide X 8 1/2" Long (8" to the bottom on the Roundy section)

 

[yorkie]

pretty much a standard size. I measured the ones on my tanks there're more or less identical. while there is no need to get overly complicated ask yourself why you need one, if it's to protect your nice painted tank from scratches.
work out the area that would be scratched and by what.
usually this a press stud, belt buckle, or zipper, from your jacket or perhaps a tank or fanny bag.
get the protector that will actually protect the paint work not just one that looks nice. I bought a blue Moto GP one for the gen 1 looks great. but the bottom section is too narrow as a result the tank is scratched in the lower area.
so as a decorative piece looks great as a tank paint protector no so much.

 

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Mail came, no seals, all I can do today is clean and polish the bike then. Guess it could be worse, it is snowing and 17 deg F outside. I would not be riding anyway

 

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Well those are definitely valid points. The whole reason is to protect...and look good while protecting. So protector with no gaps. And again yours sits perfectly where I would like it to sit.
And definitely didn't consider just using Google to review some the eBay companies. We obvious as that is. Just never considered it being majority seems like knock off companies. But I found some progrip ones that were pretty appealing today. Yet again thank yous for some great info. And thanks for the measurements too.

 

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I went wild today. I could not delete my ad for the Muzzy system so had to make it as sold. Looks like someone removed thankfully.

Removed the Delkevic system and installed the Muzzy.

I did some trimming to the muffler. In the process one of my Rivnuts broke and had to do surgery on my upper fairing and had a royal PITA for 4 hours. Took me less time to polish the muzzy and cut it down and repack it

 

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That's beautiful man. I like the looks of it. I can't wait to get mine on but it's been bitter cold everyday i bring tools home to try and do it. Hopefully i like the delkivic sound. Ive never heard of the muzzy but it looks just like the delk i went with. Almost same size and carbon fiber as well. Absolutely beautiful work.

 

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Main reason I was going to sell the Muzzy, it was I had the 2 into 2 Dekevic and it was all stainless. When I was cleaning on the bike I was just not happy with the 2 into 2 closeness to the bits. I was bored and decided I would see if the Delkevic muffler would fit onto the 2 into 1 and it did then I realized, "hey you can take that stupid long muffler apart, and cut it down". That was the main reason I was not feeling the 2 into 1 system I had in my possession. I cut 8 inched off the length removed all the paint someone sprayed bombed on and all over the pipe. I am pretty happy with it, over all. I am at a toss up at this point though to sell the 2 into 2 Delkevic or to keep it. Decisions decisions. It is possible that this 2 into 1 is actually a Delkevic with a muzzy muffler. I have had Muzzy 2 into 1's before and none of them where stainless, who knows, I don't.

Now for the bad. The piece that goes across the back side of the lower where that label was about the space between the abs and the pipes, that keeps the back of the lower not flopping in the wind, I had to cut it off. The fiberglass lower would have the very same issue. Mine I did a bit more unconventional as I drilled into the lower frame on the right side and added a stainless Rivnut and a stud with a spacer and an acorn nut and put it through my lower on the side. It seems solid. In my past on my very first ex500 that I did a super custom on I drilled a hole and spacer and has a sheet motel screw in it with a spacer, that always bothered me. Using the sheet metal screw was smaller, but it was something I had to watch a lot as I had to retorque the screw a lot. Some may scorn the drilling into the frame but I have had zero issue doing it, it might bite you in the butt so, if you do something like that take head that drilling into the frame thins the metal so to speak and can weaken it. In my case on this bike it is a salvage bike anyway and I am crazy this way. If you do it, again just be advised.

I might suggest buying some aluminum flat stock 2" wide about a foot long. When you fit the lower with that part cut out make the flat stock something that can be bolted and unbolted to go over or under the exhaust with a nice bend in it to clear the exhaust. Fix this where it can be used to support the tail pieces. These difficulties is the reasons that these lowers where removed by the most part. !0 years ago you could find these lowers all over the place in new condition for 25.00 all over the place and today they have rash and broken to pieces for 150.00usd not eve included the shipping. I would say it will not be long these once found everywhere bikes will no longer be found nor any accessories like the Streamline Airtech parts. Keep your work clean and know what you got. If you have a clean title bike that is not salvaged with clean parts, keep the original parts and experiment on fleabay and aftermarket parts. Otherwise just know you may be killing a rarity.

Anyway more pictures to come once my water pump mechanical seals finally show up. Stupid shipping issues of 2020-2023..not buying it but hey who am I, just the guy waiting on their stuff...

 

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So much for my happy dance.

Wrong part again.

What is that saying? Shame on you once and shame on me for twice? Well went to Ron Ayers Going to be the 30th now... The metal part that presses into the aluminum assemble on the hard seal is less than an inch .943" the part that 2 different ebayer's sent me was 1.126" If it were not for having 2 seperate ex500 OEM water pump parts to compare I would be thinking I am ordering the wrong parts. This is maddening. If this is the wrong part when it shows my head may explode.

 

[yorkie]

ouch that must hurt, must admit I have changed the seals about 4 times now never had an issue. mind you we have a Kawasaki on line dealer with 24 hr postage. never sent me a wrong part.. ""(YET)""

 

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All I can do at this point is wait. I have only had to do water pump seals once previously and it was so uneventful. Wish Ron Ayers posted measurements then I would feel better about things. If this is wrong I will buy another plate that all the seals press into. Just weird that I have 2 plate from 2 different 500's and it literally looks like both sellers sent the wrong parts. The package I got today said EX500 1987-2009 and a bunch of Chinese or Japanese writing on it. Something that I did take note on the Ron Ayers site was very specific about US model or outside US. I do not recal this being a thing so, all I can do is wait and see and go crazy in the process.