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Johnny J's Garage
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Motocamping, Gear Reviews, 2nd Gen Tacomas, and DIY in the Pacific Northwest. Low fidelity, sponsored by no one - honest always.
Tacoma 2.7 2TR-FE Head Gasket Sealant Location
This often overlooked step when doing a head gasket on the 2nd and 3rd gen Tacoma 2TR-FE can give you an oil leak and a major headache if you miss it during assembly. Be sure to add Toyota FIPG to your block/head gasket in the proper locations during re-assembly.
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DIY Toyota Tacoma 2.7 valve stem replacement w/out special tools.
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Walkthrough on how to replace valve stem seals using basic tools and cardboard. The vehicle is a 2010 Tacoma with a 2.7L 2TR-FE engine.
Feature Length: My 2024 Motocamping Gear
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Walkthrough and description of each piece of my 2024 Motocamping gear - plus a little bit about firearms and camp defense storytime. Watch or listen like a podcast while working on your own bike. Crack open a beer and enjoy.
Real Talk: 30 minute tube install using only my tool roll. No cuts or edits.
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This is an un-cut, 32 minute Mitas Enduro Trail (E07) tube and tire installation - stiff sidewall - front 21" tire using only my off road tool roll. The purpose is to accurately show the difficulty, but also the success, by remaining calm and focused.
Grease those axles and bearings.
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Quick thoughts on greasing axles and bearings.
My thoughts on Himalayan rear wheel adjustment.
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A bit of philosophy on how I personally approach aligning my rear wheel and tensioning my chain on the Himalayan 411.
How I Balance Himalayan tires.
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Balancing a new Mitas Enduro Trail (E07) on my 2022 Royal Enfield Himalayan.
Tusk Pilot Panniers on RE Himalayan - First impressions and discussion.
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In this video I explain my likes and dislikes of the Tusk Pilot Panniers as compared to a few other options. @DorkintheRoad did a great complete review of them - definitely check his video out - but this video pertains specifically to their use on the RE Himalayan. Will post a more thorough follow up after some miles this season in the Cascades! #royalenfieldhimalayan #tuskoffroad
Himalayan Exhaust Lowering Bracket for Soft Panniers (Tusk Pilot Panniers)
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In this video, we make a bracket to lower the Hinalayan exhaust so as to not burn the bottom of the Tusk Pilot Panniers. Credit to David L Thompson for the idea. #royalenfieldhimalayan
Himalayan Handguards Suck.
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Some thoughts on the factory handguards for the Hinalayan 411. Not good. Acerbis X-factor handguards installed. #royalenfieldhimalayan
Himalayan Fast Idle when Hot? Fix it!
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Set your Royal Enfield Himalayan's idle (which might not be correct from dealer setup) to stop the "high idle when hot" problem some Himalayan owners experience. #royalenfieldhimalayan
Himalayan Cyclops LED Headlight Install
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Let's install a Cyclops H4 LED bulb and fix the Royal Enfield Himalayan's horrid stock visibility at night. #royalenfieldhimalayan
Himalayan 411 Tec Cam Install Commentary
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My thoughts on this install - particularly on a few key parts of the process. This is NOT a step by step, bolt by bolt guide. Visit the Tec Bike Parts youtube channel for that - George makes an excellent video. Hopefully, however, this video demystifies a few parts of the process and gives you a good idea of what to expect, instills some confidence for people doing a job like this the first tim...
Hey mate. I watched your wheel balancing video last night and it slightly raised my eyebrows because I fitted new Motoz tyres to my 2021 Euro4 Himmy a couple of weeks ago. I too balance both wheels with an identical static balancer. In my case Definitely balance the wheel without the cushdrive/sprocket assy in place. I have the same fixed bearing in the cushdrive plus the typical two roller bearings separated by a tube spacer in the main wheel. I achieved a perfect balance with cushdrive assy removed.
Recogniced your channel today, good and informative videos, thanks!
Helpful! I will be doing this on my 2TR-FE sometime this fall
I’ve seen this tacitly debated in a bunch of Toyota HG videos(guy doing the repair debating with himself). Gasket Masters doesn’t do it with Felpro HGs. The Car Care Nut has done them without it too(and he always uses OEM HGs). I can’t see how it’d hurt so I’m going to do it on mine when it blows. Thanks.
True - everyone has to make their own call I suppose. It's in the factory service manual on page EM-69. Takes so little time so might as well. Cheers!
Just had my 3000 mile service done on my Scram 411 and the rear wheel is cocked a bit. Thanks to your video, I ordered the alignment tool and will be checking it when it gets here tomorrow.
Invaluable confidence building video. I've replaced and repaired many bicycle tubes and tyres, but never on a motorcycle. Your video has given me the confidence to attempt a tube repair, or tyre replacement on my Himalayan. Thank you 👍
Thank you for this. Love the no BS straightforward instruction (gives me the confidence that you know what you're doing). I've subscribed and look forward to following your other Himalayan footage.
Great video my friend. I just got done riding my Himalayan on the MABDR. I ran into some alignment issues after tightening the chain. I like the tool you're using. I think I'm going to get one. Question, when I set my chain to the 25 setting and drop the bike back off the service stand it feels so tight but I guess that's normal right?
Good video, well explained and good close ups showing exactly what is required. The problem I have is that after following this approach using rhe same chain alignment tool the adjustment marks are well off. The disc side is a full mark and a quarter furrher back than the chain side. Can the alignment marks really be that far out. Do I ignore the marks and trust rhe chain alignment tool?
I'd trust the tool if the marks are that far out. If this was a Japanese bike, I'd be dubious but the tool can't lie. If you wanted to REALLY be sure, you could get a laser alignment tool which is even better than the tool I use.
@@Johnnyjsgarage Thanks for the reply. I think you are right. I will double check my work and go with what the alignment tool is telling me. Keep the quality content coming. 👍
I have been considering these bags for my Himalayan but haven't put too much thought into it yet. Is it in your opinion that they will not work with leaving the exhaust in the factory location? Even with a heat Hope you ride your motorcycle shield.
Honestly, I'd only run them by dropping the exhaust a little bit with the bracket. Now, if you buy the optional quick disconnect plates which I do not use in the video, you might be able to position them high enough to not need it.
Thanks for that insightful tutorial and explanation to how you do it. Looked like your rear breaks was missing one of its cotter pins.
Rear should only have one cotter pin.
Great video! I’m running the same tyres, loving them 👍 E-07 enduro rear and an E-07 plus front combo …. The front feels a bit heavier/self centres but the payoff is confidence on the trails.
Hey brother - first of all... love your content! I have a 2023 RE Himalayan and I feel the same way as you about the bike - it's a great bike for moto-camping. That is exactly why I bought it. As a side note, I'm highly interested in your long-term take on the value of the TEC Cam for the cost and effort (for someone that is not mechanically inclined like me). I am currently seeking a good tank bag. Can you reply with a link to the one you bought? I've been eyeing an SW Motech Micro Pro Tank bag, but honestly (and this will sound superficial) I don't like the way it doesn't follow the contours of the tank. Not trying to do a plug, but here is my channel that I'm just getting ramped up - would welcome your advice - www.youtube.com/@ghostmoto1. Keep up the great work!
Nelson Rigg Trails End Lite is the tank bag. Longer term review of cam coming but preview: it's excellent.
Good advice, take your time don`t get mad. I agree with your technique. There is a device, a cable with a valve cap fixed one end, so you can pull the valve through the hole with the cable. I still prefer your method, as I would lose that tool in no time!
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Upper Desalle!
Could you tell me what size the tires are? Thanks
Front 90/90-21, Rear 120/90 -17
Very good info! I see lots of riders changing bearings at low mileages. Keep `em coming please, this is gold.
Appreciate it. Will do!
Excellent and very good sound advice, it's something I carry out as a matter of course on my Himalayan.
Thanks so much.
I don’t want to tell you how to suck eggs but if you leave the inner tube out before you put the tyre on you have 50% less chance of nipping the tyre keep up the good work
No debates there. Math wise - yep. Eggs are healthy on occasion.
I would also say, the tube isnt in any danger putting on the first bead because it is protected by the tire. Rubber is between it and the spoon. It is the second bead that directly exposes the tube, where one must be careful. The advantage, though, is the stem is already seated. Just another way of doing it and useful for riders who dont have the dexterity to get the stem lined up doing it the other way.
This is the same method Lyndon Poskitt, Dakar racer and trans-continental off road explorer uses.
That looks convincing, gonna get me a motion pro tool, I know they are a quality manufacturer. Thanks!
Just looked at a couple of your video's, all good and clear common sense and easy to follow your explanations. Very useful clear, simple and user friendly for any Home Mechanic wanting to work on his/her Motorcycle and save some cash. Good uncomplicated video's keep posting!
I appreciate that. I am, and likely always will be, a guy with a cell phone or other reasonably inexpensove camera - attempting to share a bit of what I picked up over the years as previous professional auto mechanic and current DIY enthusiast. High production really isn't my thing. :)
Good video! I run my chain a little slacker as i ride off-road a bit. I also adopted applying the rear brake whilst tightening up the axle nut to avoid it moving… bit difficult without an assistant but can just about manage with long spanner reaching over and a screwdriver on the other side 👍
Yea I thought about suggesting the rear brake, but I wanted to make it for folks who are probably solo. Thanks for the kind words!
Nice video - very comprehensively explained!
Thanks!
Patience Patience Patience, well done,not boring educational Thanks for taking the time to make this video
Thanks - if anything I do in my fiddlings with motorcycles helps someone else, it was worth it.
With the bracket installed the angle with the header pipe was still ok so it would seal? I have a problem with my pipe being too close to the stock RE panniers and when I tried to adjust it away from my pannier, the lower front corner of the header contacted the bolt next to it on the frame. I'm hoping this might help with my problem. The pannier got so hot it melted the plastic corner on the pannier, and it also rubbed a spot on the metal and pipe.
Terry - it will seal just fine. Just loosen the clamp, remove the upper bolt as I do in the video, and let it sag. Then install your bracket. The angle change at the clamp is tiny but the end result is big at the tailpipe.
@@Johnnyjsgarage yes, I understand about the change being small and big at the other end. That's the problem with my pipe to begin with, the bracket was welded on wrong, changing the angle slightly, and pointing the tip directly at my pannier. I'm in Mexico right now, so getting a warranty repair is impossible. ( trust me, I've tried) I am going to hit up a muffler shop here to see if I can just heat and bend the bracket, or, failing that, fab up a bracket extension like yours. Your solution came at just the right time. 👍
Glad it helped man. I wish you all the best getting back on the road!@@terrycavender
@@Johnnyjsgarage the bracket would not work, the tip of the exhaust was still pointing at the pannier, the bracket was too far off. I ended up taking a torch to the wide end of the bracket and bending it, it's fixed now. 👍
Interesting. Well at least it's finally sorted. Everything with these bikes is a little bit of tinkering. Happy riding! @@terrycavender
Jave-a nice day ❤
FYI, you are supposed to use the metal bar end weights, not the plastic spacers. The spacers are included only for the very early models that did not come with bar end weights.
Thank you for the video :)
I have the tec cam currently in a box in my garage. I take it out and look at it from time to time 🤩
My RE guards have saved my himi from a few drops but your new ones look nice! Do the acerbis ones interfere with the screen at all? I don’t want to move the screen from low as I’m happy with the aerodynamics
The handguards "touch" the windscreen at full lock...like they barely brush it. Not enough to crack it in a crash - it would flex.
I don't want to ruin your man cave time ... Let's start from basic energy cannot be created or destroyed it can only change state ..... The royal Enfield hand guards job is to protect hands without damaging your handlebar. The product you are showing 2 point contact 100 percent sure it's no movement in x axis and z axis impact force will transfer from hand guard to handlebar.... and handlebar will bend ...and I am sure it's 🎉 ride with bent handlebar..... Fii the same reason clutch lever has a v notch or pilot hole on it . On time of impact it will brake from notch and not functionally damaging it...
Thanks for the comment and discussion. No worries ! The only person who could ruin my man cave time is a guy showing up with a letter from the IRS. As for the physics lesson - no arguments: I agree a 2 point hanguard, in a crash with sufficient force, will indeed bend at the point of force transfer - in this case, where the second point of contact is. That may bend a handlebar, which might need to be bent back to make the bike rideable. I make absolutely no apologies for the stance that I want the bike to get damaged before me in the event of a crash. My bike is a tool, expendable in the pursuit of off-road camping. This is why if you examine Yamaha, KTM, BMW, and Honda adv bikes - their OEM handguards are all 2 points of contact - protect the rider. Handlebars can be replaced for a few hundred dollars. Significant hand injuries can require multiple surgeries just to get back to "normal." A friend of mine experienced this taking his dirtbike out the same day he bought it, but with no handguards at all. Would handguards have guaranteed his hand was saved? No one can tell for sure, but it's a numbers game and serious companies/off road adv enthusiasts all use 2 points of contact guards. In fact, I can't think of and brands of ADV/Off Road hand guard, made by aftermarket companies, that are single point contact. RE stands alone here, and it's worth noting went to 2 points of contact on the new 2024 Himalayan 450 OEM guards. If the handguards bending out of the way, to not damage the handlebars, is a "feature" of the Himalayan 411 - it is a feature I do not want. As I will state in all my videos - to each their own. Use your own bike as you wish, and I hope it brings you happiness. Cheers!
One point Handguards do NOT protect your hands in case of a fall. these are only for wind protection and Debrie from the front bike. 2point handusrds like Barkbusters , protect the levers in case of a crash, but not protection for hands. best option is not to fall.
Totally true....but not according to Royal Enfield. From the 2022 accessory catalogue, page 63: "Ride through any terrain with confidence robust injection molded handguard kit. It provides cover for the levers in case of a fall..." While they do not say hands, they say fall quite clearly. Imo it's dangerous to customers, especially new riders buying their first bike, to see this wording and order accessories. It is no surprise RE went to 2 point contact guards with the 450.
Well in India we add accessories from outside, in everything cars, bikes motorcycles.. Brand accessories are crappy in all kind of vehicles.. There's an economy for accessories alone here.. Getting it modified with speciality accessories(like barkbusters) is the right thing to do.. Oh and yes those brand original hand guards or usefull only in heavy traffic(for India) where u might crash into other vehicles sideways..
Yes you are right i had the same problem and adjusted that screw now its running great. Cheers 👍🏾
Much ado about nothing. Agreed they are pretty crappy - first time I dropped the bike he black plastic broke. But, meh, they came with my bike so I'll keep them until I can bothered to change them... or until I feel they're really just too crappy for what I expect from them. However, I applaud your choice of beer. And dog.
No disagreement - as long as one is aware. You seem to be. My thought comes for people who might actually think they're sufficient off road because they're part of a bike ostensibly designed that way. I'll agree they're better than nothing. Thx for the comment - beer and dog included. A man needs a garage dog!
Excellent video lots of useful information. Had mine in for 7000 miles and recently added a dna filter and cover. Tried with a free flowing exhaust but seemed better with the stock one apart from the weight ! Nice to see you use a bent feeler gauge to get the correct gap…. See lots of UA-camrs sliding the feeler gauge in at an angle so that has to give a bigger gap ? Ride safe
Thanks for the comment. Yea, been using bent feeler gauges since my time as a tech. Back then we were doing valve adjusts on civics and accords - exact same system except Honda had the good grace to use a screwdriver head vs the stupid little cube on motorcucles. If you don't hard bend the gauge, you need to hold the bend gently with your hands while doing it. More difficult, easy to get the wrong gap...and for what? To save your precious gauges? Never understood guys who didn't do it.
Lovely and clear info…. Mine runs fast when hot and it’s been something I’ve been meaning to do thank you ride safe
Thanks! They're great bikes, they just have a little personality!
I’m installing the non-ultra bulb In my Interceptor 650. Fortunately the headlight housing is huge and it already vented. Can’t go wrong with Cyclops.
I believe the manual suggests not removing the plug just until the head cover is loosened, makes sense, sorta. Did you see the 2 foot ribbon of silicone when George removed his cover? jeez thanks for those points mentioned, literally can`t wait to get my cam installed, I put the dna filter kit in, and you can immediately feel the improvement. I am also fitting hitchcocks quality valves for the full effect
Yea I loosened mine first. I think the idea is simply to not force it. On the reinstall I torqued my head cover down before popping it in with fresh RTV.
@@Johnnyjsgarage I see now why you used a zip tie - my string came loose and the chain slipped off the crankshaft sprocket! on the upside, I have ordered a new camchain as well as a rotor puller ;) ps - I am considering not using RTV so it will hopefully come off easy so I can find the `correct` TDC when checking the valves next time. What could possibly go wrong?
Mine idled at 1200 brand new., over the next 3000 miles it gradually increased as it bedded in. Adjusted it at 1500 when I did an oil change and tappet adjustment, reset it again at 3000 miles and adjusted it again. Haven't touched it since. About 1/2 turn total clockwise.
Not surprising. They all need a little run-in time. Glad you go yours sorted!
Excellent. I put mine in over two years ago and now have done 25,000km, never looking back. Great video with good tips. Thank you.
I appreciate it, Ken. Glad to hear yours is 25000km and trouble free. Did you do intake and a slip on as well?
Yeah Interestingly I had a lextec muffler and K&N filter and by brother’s big standard himmy dragged me off and he is 20 kg heavier!!! I’ve done some other mods to my air box to get clean cool air and minimise water ingress I put a post on the USA himmy page a couple of months ago with details if you’re keen
Great video. Clear, effective with good information. Much appreciated. Have subscribed…