what did you wrench on today??

[JEJ]

Chuck I thought my case covers had a pretty good shine, but I see I have a ways to go. Nice skunk

[harley10]

Chuck very nice bike !!!! Looks new

[StubbornDutchman]

WAAAAAAAAAHHOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!

I finally decided to listen to you all. After weeks. Went out into the cold and dipped the carbs for 24hrs each and rebuit them. Set the floats properly and synced them. Put it all together. And boom! A little convincing. And she fired right up! This is the bike I found under a pile of garbage in the back of a barn.

This is my first ever bike. And my first ever engine I got running that came to me dead.

That is one seriously great feeling!!

Now to finish the paint and sew a new seat cover. Get my license. And insurance. And I'm off.

[nejeff]

Been nice here last couple of days and got a pair of fenders from hjfisk so thought it was a good day to strip. Also stripping a tank. I am making myself another set of (not sure what to call them, tank, fender and all plastics) so I can swap out. Just for the fun of it. Wife picked the new color, oiled bronze

[GSX1000E]

Dinner!



First coat anyway.

[Sci85]

Finished up the SSPB installation today. No more fuse box problems for me ever again!

[cowboyup3371]

Sprayed disc brake quiet on the back of my rear pads, fixed a light bulb in the console, and verified the torque on my oil pan as it is leaking ever so slightly. Daughter has a performance this morning then back to her brakes and a ride later

[Gold01ca]

Finished up the SSPB installation today. No more fuse box problems for me ever again!

That's a nice, clean, install.
Well done!

[CartoonLifeStyle]

I replaced the intake manifolds as they were well passed their sell by date. Now I'm trying to set the pilot screws on the carbs to get a smooth tickover, Anyone know a trick on how to adjust the inner two carbs without having to remove the tank each time?

I screwed the all the way in and the out 2 1/2 turns but it revs way to high, about 3000 rpm.

[posplayr]

Finished up the SSPB installation today. No more fuse box problems for me ever again!

Good job .

[rapidray]

I replaced the intake manifolds as they were well passed their sell by date. Now I'm trying to set the pilot screws on the carbs to get a smooth tickover, Anyone know a trick on how to adjust the inner two carbs without having to remove the tank each time?

I screwed the all the way in and the out 2 1/2 turns but it revs way to high, about 3000 rpm.

If it revs up when you are adjusting them turn the idle back down before going to the next one. That is how you know you are doing it correctly. Ray.

[trevor]

No wrenching but AZR left his bike at my house Friday night after my little garage party. He still wasn't feeling up to picking it up yesterday so today I decided to give it a little bath. Great looking 78 1000!!

It looks good in my garage...maybe I'll keep her.






And while my wife was away in Seattle with our son for a few days she picked up this for my garage...Love Bill (Carl) Murray.

[GSX1000E]

I finally got the Yoshi 73mm pistons installed in the bored over '79 1000E cylinder today mounted into the '82 1100G bottom end.

[cowboyup3371]

I started in on the Jeep today putting its front end on jack stands and removing the hood. I stopped after draining the oil and confirming the head gasket, at least, is shot (green dots in the oil). I'll start removing engine bits later this week and hope the head itself isn't warped.

[storm 64]

I was able to get out and clean up the shop a bit...