what did you wrench on today??

[gustovh]

Soldered my RR connections and tidied up the wiring. pulled the G out of the shop and washed the floor.
Played with editing some GoPro footage.

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[Guest]

Pulled the GK out to synch the carbs & set the idle mixture, as a final spring maintenace step.

When I setup my tuning tank, I saw a gas dribbling down between the #3&4 carbs. It seems the fuel tube O-rings dried up over the winter.
Loews came to my rescue! They had a little package of #5 O-rings for $2.49 Those babies did the trick! I thanked Jesus for that bit of good luck!
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Unless the Lowes O-rigns are made of nitrile rubber, they will deteriorate when exposed to gas. Do yourself a favor and order replacements now. Nitrile, fluorocarbon rubber (most commonly seen trademark is Viton) and several others will work. On-line vendors tell what they are good for. Ace Hardware can probably do the same thing.

[cowboyup3371]

Can you get the o-rings from Robert Barr? He usually sends them out pretty quick

[Guest]

McMaster-Carr sells O-rings of all types, and delivers quickly to individuals.

[gustovh]

Believe it or not Harbor Freight nitrile O rings work well, and you get a bunch of em.

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[Grimly]

Fitted an AGM battery to the XS650 - since it has no starter motor, I reasoned a much smaller battery would be fine and since I fancied an AGM, I decided to try something out. I trial-fitted an alarm system battery of 7Ah, which might (or might not) live happily with the charging system of the bike. I wait to see how it pans out.

[BigD_83]

I kinda like that the garage smells like gear oil.

Better than the smell of Carb Dip...

[JTGS850GL]

My garage always smells like carb dip. Kind of like moth balls.

[gustovh]

Fixed the lawn tractor and split half cord of wood then stacked it.

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[Grimly]

Made new straps for the battery carriers on the GS and XS

1" wide strip of 19" inner tube and some galvanised 1/8" fence wire.

GS...




XS...

[Charlie G]

Made new straps for the battery carriers on the GS and XS

1" wide strip of 19" inner tube and some galvanised 1/8" fence wire.

GS...




XS...

Good idea. Never considered fabing one.

[8ball]

Installed Mojoblocks on my Harbor Freight tire changer. I keep saying that when this thing wears out or breaks, I'll buy a No-Mar but after 18 years and I don't know how many tire changes, this cheap piece of crap just won't wear out!!!

[Grimly]

Fitted the air filters, checked things over and fired up the Yamathing.

It feels small compared to what I've been used to, but goes well enough




Still got a few things to do, but now it's a rolling repair, and no longer a workshop queen.

[JEEPRUSTY]

Ireland is pretty in the spring

[Charlie G]

Ireland is pretty in the spring

It's always beautiful. Bike's looking good to Grimly!