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So. it took way longer than I expected but I crested the 1k mile mark (actually at 1100). I attribute this to the hot weather and owning a car with air conditioning making me lazier than usual and driving to work most of the time - that and a fear of my bike being stolen again from my work makes me ride it less often.
In the process of what I like to call a "major service" where I take things apart, clean and grease, check spokes, adjust the valves. I managed to find a unicorn at a local hardware chain for the oil change - 15w-40 Rotella T6. The one downside to a vacuum based oil cooler setup is being able to flush the cooler easily. I have some leftover T4, so I think I will take the easy way out and drain as much oil oil as I can, fill it with T4, take it for a short ride, and then drain it again. Removing the oil cooler to drain it would be ideal, but that would be a ton of work.
I am thinking about rigging up some sort of block/contraption with a hose barb fitting on one end that leads to a tapped hole for the banjo bolt for future endeavors that I can hook up the line from a hand pump I have for gallon oil jugs.
In other news, the Brozz swing arm upgrade test fit should happen sometime tonight or tomorrow morning. From my measurements the shock mount hole is about 20mm higher than the original Hawk unit. I am curious to see how this translates to a change in ride height. I plan on measuring the change in shock length to maintain stock ride height.
Depending on what I find with this experimentation I may change to a different length shock. I have considered actually lowering the back of my bike a little bit. I never planned on raising it to begin with, and the result of which has angled the rear up enough that the seating position is a bit awkward on longer rides and contributes to back and shoulder pain. I have my eye on a couple of Fast Ace shocks, but they may be too short, so it will depend on what I find with my measuring.
Update to follow once I get a chance to goof around with it.
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