Great details !  Thank you for sharing.

I tried to vacuum bleed my RSV. Never got what I felt was a good stream. So I would bleed with the vacuum set up, then make a few pumps with the pedal nice and slow and it seemed to always worked good.

We made it through the night with most of the damage staying north of us, I do have some chainsaw work to do though. We’ll ride the planned routes again soon as there will be some adjustments due to tornado and flood damage. Yesterday/last night was a humdinger. 
Couple of my friends didn’t get out as lucky. 

4 hours ago, XV1100SE said:

 

Looks good.  Just wondering.... the plates at the bottom of the legs don't look very long/wide.  Have you considered going bigger on those?

How tall are the legs?  Some jacks don't go as high as others.  Might be something for people to consider if they order it from you.  You should put it in the "for sale" area if you already haven't for those interested....if you plan on making/selling them.  

Also...how wide is the adapter?  The jack I had originally had pads that barely fit across the adapter that Larry made.  I went with a jack with much longer pads so I have about 2" extending beyond the adapter (makes less me less nervous when lifting the bike !)

 

 

The legs are 1.25. The bottom pads are 2x2, that gives 16 square inches of ground contact. 869lb/16 gives only a 54lb per inch ground pressure point. I didn’t feel the need to go bigger as it lets you move the jack to find center of gravity depending on contents of bags or maybe bags removed without hitting the jack. I can drop a tire/wheel, slide the jack off center to keep it level and jack it up to get the tire out. 
The width at the frame is the standard 11” for frame contact. Leg width is 20”. 
The legs are 12” so that shorter jacks work and gets tire’s approximately 5” off the ground. (My personal one has taller legs but the 12” is for a more universal fit for different jacks)

These aren’t box store tubing, they are constructed of ASTM A500 structural steel  

I went extra wide so I feel more comfortable really cranking on bolts without a chance of tipping. 
The only downside I see is that due to the wider size the shipping gets a little steep depending where it goes. The price includes shipping in the 48 and to Canada it is actual shipping minus $60. ($60ish is an average price I pay to UPS in the 48.)

They are listed under the 2nd Gen Parts and Accessories heading. 

Riding last week and noted that the brake needed to be depressed further than normal to engage so I thought maybe and adjustment was needed before new pads.  Got clear into the "spongy" feel a few days later.  

Yesterday while riding it lost all resistance.  Spring was the only thing giving it any tension.  

Hooked up a vacuum pump and ran fresh fluid through it.  Never got a consistent stream of fluid into the collection tank and hose had lots of bubbles but I could watch the fluid going down on the resevoir.  It is back to spongy resistance and is braking the bike, but it's not 5 by 5 yet.  

I cannot see any clear leaks but I replaced the clutch spring and friction discs so I need to recheck it today now that I've gotten all of the oil cleaned up and given it an opportunity to leak again.