what did you wrench on today??

[300kph]

Put my new rotor (NOS from the Netherlands) my new stator (OK, used but mint) my new flywheel cover and emblem (from Bike Bandit) on my '82 Katana and she fired up beautifully. took a 50K ride and all is well.

Near disaster averted. The bike had been sitting for a week with the oil drained and I was just ready to pour in the first quart when I thought: "Hmmm... did I tighten the oil drain plug?" Sure enough it was finger tight.

We're having a warm spell here in Winnipeg and loving the nice fall rides!

Wayne

 

[gordinho80]

Removed the luggage rack off the back end of the GS1100... Removed the handlebars... Ordered a set of Sportbike bars and bar end mirrors. Should have them in early next week.

 

[Grimly]

Finished the swivel base and made half the wall bracket for the 3G antenna mast, today.
Vaguely related to GSR, because without this, I'd be unable to share my wit and wisdom with you lot, and vice versa.

 

[smooth_358]

tore apart my pickups front diff. outer pinion bearing completely locked up. friend opted to drink cheap beer that day, the beast is not for me. got it back together now, feels like the clutches in the t-case might have suffered some injury from when this happened. wheels completely locked up at about 35-40 last winter.

 

[Flyboy]

Jennifer, fitted new clutch and brake levers, put the loaner gauges from a friend on to finally sync the carbs, to my surprise, found no sync required, my bench sync was pretty spot on, with only number one cylinder pulling very slightly more vacuum than the other three, so small that messing with the screw and lock nut would have thrown it further off, so set the mixture screws and called it done.
Will see how she runs on the ride to breakfast at the Classic Motorcycle Club, tomorrow.

 

[rustybronco]

Changed the front tyre on Nancy. Put a trailer hitch on the Edge. Just finished cutting the hole for it in the rear cover.

Stan kept me company while I was changing the tyre.

 

[dorkburger]

Work van. The blower motor stopped just in time for the cold. After removing the battery, battery tray, and removing the a/c reciever bolts to move it out of the way, I pulled the motor. To my surprise its a brush type motor. One brush was worn significantly more then the other, they wouldn't slide in the holder, and the armature was blackened. I cleaned up the armature, cleaned the brush holders and brushes so they slide, and reassembled. Imagine my disappointment when I plugged it in and it didn't work, then my excitement when I realized the battery wasnt in. Duh. It works with power.

 

[Sandy]

Had some time the last few days to get into the EFE a bit. Managed to get it stripped down to see what I actually have and it really looks pretty good once you past 30 thirty years of grime. The previous owner did keep it in good shape with proper maintenance however the parts that lived behind a full fairing for that length of time get pretty grungy. Even after using gunk and a pressure washer earlier on they still didn't look pretty. So today I managed to tackle the engine and few other parts with different cleaners and brushes and it will actually polish up pretty good when I'm done. The advantage of the engine being behind the fairing is that the paint other than having a lot of dirt baked on it is not all chipped up. It still even has the legible factory number tags on the spark plug wires.

Partially stripped bike.

Dirty side still to be cleaned.

Cleaned up a bit side.

 

[GSX1000E]

Sandy, she sure cleans up nice. :eagerness:

 

[chuck hahn]

Flushed the engine on the Goldwing and put in new anti freeze. Did the timing belts also. Then decided to recheck the carb sync and tweeked that just a tad better. Shes good to go now.

 

[gustovh]

Pulled apart a 16 valve 1100 engine.

V

 

[Jedz123]

Tearing the GR650 Apart for a detail clean, paint and polish. I'm also port matching the intake ports and boots with a topical port and polish. In touch with Dime city to see what I could use for VM slider carbs. Might get the tank and side covers sent out for a professional paint job. I want it too look phenomenal for Americade next year. Also plan on upgrading the rear shock with an R6 shock. Also rebuiling the whole front braking system...
FUN!!!

 

[jbird7262]

Amazing what a decent set of carb manifolds with the proper clamps verses standard hose clamps that have cut into my real good manifolds will do for quad carbs. Thanks to all members who part out quality bikes for almost extinct parts.

 

[Guest]

I worked on this Head today

 

[Guest]

And I did this one yesterday

 

[Guest]

Putting together a 750. How can you tell the wife is gone for the week?

 

[GSX1000E]

azr, with snow on the back deck, it is the law that you MUST work in the living room. Doesn't she know about these laws yet?

 

[Sandy]

Hey AZR, why is it when the wife is away 750 parts seems to migrate into the house? Man that red stuff stinks.

 

[Sandy]

Putting together a 750. How can you tell the wife is gone for the week?

I don't know. Maybe the beer bottles in the corner? Sorry, I need more clues.

 

[Guest]

ha,ha,ha,ha.....didn't realize the 'recycling' was in the photo Now you think bondo stinks, try boiling carbs on the stove with Realmon, now THAT stinks. I was in crap for days....

"azr, with snow on the back deck, it is the law that you MUST work in the living room. Doesn't she know about these laws yet?"

No snow on my deck, that's just the glare of the bright sun. And no...she doesn't seem to know about these, or maybe she does and she just doesn't play by them I'm almost tempted to keep them all here till she comes home on Saturday, actually maybe I could get the engine and wheels in by then.....