what did you wrench on today??

[cowboyup3371]

Good that you found that. Seems like something that needs to be attented to.
But I am not understanding something about why it mattered which wrench you used.

I'm thinking whoever mounted the tires before might have used an air wrench and over-tightened the bolt past what was supposed to be done. I couldn't get it off with my standard ratchet but could when I had the leverage of the longer handled torque wrench.

New bolt is ordered from Iron Pony (they said I could get it maybe Tuesday but no later than Wednesday while local dealer said 5 days. I'm really hoping I'll see it by Thursday so I can spend Friday getting ready to leave.

[themess]

I hope your part comes in time. You've been planning this for a long time.

[Baatfam]

Getting ready to check the valves on the Trophy....Need to blow some dust off, before I open her up.

Here she is...undressed:

[Baatfam]

OK...That's it for today. Gettin' hot in the garage.

[dorkburger]

Replaced a dead power lock actuator on the family car (Honda Pilot). More fiddly then difficult. I watched a couple of YouTube videos last week and they made it seem much more difficult. ...The door panel removal video definitely sped things up.

[dorkburger]

Oil change. I also noticed that one of my front brake hoses had a bit of a twist / torque on it. It must have spun a bit while tightening it earlier this year. Fixed.
Bought new grips to finally replace the old ones. They are thin and several years ago the grip heaters melted a hole in one of them. Not installed yet.
Getting excited for the upcoming trip....

[Buffalo Bill]

Getting ready to check the valves on the Trophy....Need to blow some dust off, before I open her up.

Here she is...undressed:

Thanks for posting these interesting photos, because I've never seen a bike frame like that.

[Baatfam]

Thanks for posting these interesting photos, because I've never seen a bike frame like that.

Large diameter tube backbone, or some such thing. Just the engine and the backbone, no down tubes.
Triumph used this as a standard frame for most of their bikes in the '90s.

[Sandy]

Finally put finishing touches on the front gate for our spring fence project. Not bad if I say so myself for someone that nowhere near resembles a carpenter or wood worker.



by soates50, on Flickr

[dorkburger]

Nice work!

[cowboyup3371]

Very nice work Sandy

Picked up the new axle bolt from Iron Pony today and after asking Steve for help making a repair to the axle threads, Charmayne and I mounted both tires. I now just need to put the fairing back on tomorrow night then take a quick ride to scrub off the tires. My trip is now a go fortunately although it's looking like I'll need to wear my rain gear from home to the Illinois state line on Saturday.

[Baatfam]

Nice fence/gate ya got there....pretty.

Checked the valves on the Trophy yesterday and looks pretty good. Didn't have a metric feeler gauge, just a standard one, hence the odd metric readings.
Some of the exhausts are slightly wide, and two intakes are close to the too tight side, but I don't think it is worth taking the cams out for that.



Do need to order a new valve cover gasket. The old one has pretty much lost any flexibility.

[scratch]

Linkage issue on a 1950 Chevy Delux...



Never even sat it one before and I got to Drive it all over Rhode Island today...

[dorkburger]

Coolness...

[steve murdoch]

Beautiful!
I bet that front grill weighs more than my GS.

3 speed on the column?