Update
Links to all things:
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KN-131 Filter
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Speedometer Cable
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Tusk Truing Stand
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Tusk Spoke Wrench
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Spokes that will be here next week
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Magnetic Oil Drain Plug that will be here within the next decade
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Dirt cheap tire irons
I have received the speedometer cable, truing stand, spoke wrench, and a K&N oil filter. I proceeded to get my rear wheel off which involved precariously lifting my bike on a car jack with a contact of around 2 square inches which was nerve racking to say the least
. To get the tire off I needed some tire irons, so I contacted my local car shop who said for a 24" tire iron it would be $80. I laughed in his face, hung up the phone, and drove to harbor freight where I purchased 2 for $10.
I put the rim on the stand and loosened every spoke to the max, then sprayed everything down with wd40. After letting everything soak, I attempted to try truing the wheel. My method was to go every 3rd spoke as it says in Tusk's video, then skip one and go every 3rd, etc, etc, untill every spoke has been tightened. I spun the wheel and it was horrible looking, so I ignored the stand's tools and just did everything by how each spoke felt in the wrench. After doing this for some time, I spun the wheel and it was
very true to my suprise. I just had to do some minor adjustments here and there. The only spot that is not proper is where a spoke is missing, and even then it is a very small deviation.
After this I started on the front wheel, but noticed it is on there with a 12mm hex key bolt which I (nor any hardware store in my area) has. I went ahead and broke out the JB weld and got an old 1/2 inch socket. I then got a 1/4" bolt with a head size of 12mm, then got two half inch nuts that thread onto the 1/4" bolt and threaded them together so they lined up and were stuck together. I put these into the 1/2" socket and JB welded everything together so it will never come apart. The result, a 12mm hex key socket adapter
The speedometer cable was a perfect fit, and so was the oil filter. In some other threads I have read people have disagreed on whether certain filters fit or not. I can say without a doubt that on a 2013 XF200 with kick and electric start the KN-131 fits perfectly. Here are some pics of the filter:
