Replaced the entire headlight & turn signal assemblies on one side of my 99 Chevy truck from a run in with one of the government's goats. Chevy couldn't have made it any easier and not even expensive. Moved the fusebox on my son's Moto Guzzi custom. Put fork seals in a Virago, and picked up some nice GS550 parts from a buddy that are leftovers from a project. About all he wanted was the motor.
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what did you wrench on today??
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Got her legal... God the DMV is a nightmare.... They wanted to VIN check it today with an in state sale purchase on a 35 year old machine... WTF. Nearly 2 hours they made me wait. It's legal though.
A pain....but done. Congrats.
I'll be doing this tomorrow for my 850. Notarize title, transfer ownership to my name and register and get plates. Zoom zoom. Then test and tune just in time for the Indiana rally.
I'm really glad my state doesn't deal with titles on anything 15 years or older...A pain....but done. Congrats.
I'll be doing this tomorrow for my 850. Notarize title, transfer ownership to my name and register and get plates. Zoom zoom. Then test and tune just in time for the Indiana rally.
Good luck and ride safe!
Changed out the rear sprocket then realized I left the front one at the house but by then it was pretty late so I'll finish it off tomorrow.
Got her legal... God the DMV is a nightmare.... They wanted to VIN check it today with an in state sale purchase on a 35 year old machine... WTF. Nearly 2 hours they made me wait. It's legal though.
Vermont doesn't even make us do that when we license bikes from COLORADO!
I went home and rifled through the DMV pages to see what they said about VIN checks. The Clerk can perform or request a VIN check on any questionable process... Guess buying a 35 year old bike is questionable. When he handed me the slip and saying registration couldn't be processed until VIN was verified (all with a smug look on his face) I pointed to the parking lot and said, sir the bike is here and able to have its VIN verified. He got deep red and looked like he was about to pop. ****ing Jack Wagon .
The snail mai in registration is easy but lengthy... I've done that a couple of times and they just send the plate. For them it's no human contact so they will gladly take your money and send you a plate, No Q's asked... I might do that route next time.
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Nothing to do with motorcycles, but I bought a guitar amplifier (Kustom Defender) a couple days ago from a guy that smoked. Wife wouldn't let me bring it in the house because of the smell, so I took it all apart, cleaned it all out, repainted the inside of the cabinet and put it back together. No smell now. There was even nicotine stains on the circuit board! I hate cigerettes! No offense to smokers here.
None taken. As an ex-smoker, I hate the stink too. Honestly, I can't believe I, and everything I owned, used to smell like that all the time.
I completely understand!
Put in new rear brake pads, painted the brake arm, put new bolts on each side, the swing arm pivot bolt is actually oval shaped from repeated slamming.
Adjusted valves, carb sync, new oil/filter, did the once a year hi-temp paint on the pipe. Getting ready for first track day of the season on Monday. Will need new tires F/R after this event. Doing another one on the 5th. Hope the weather cooperates, might be a shower or two.
Adjusted valves, carb sync, new oil/filter, did the once a year hi-temp paint on the pipe. Getting ready for first track day of the season on Monday. Will need new tires F/R after this event. Doing another one on the 5th. Hope the weather cooperates, might be a shower or two.
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Previous owner of a house went into nicotine withdrawal while sleeping, had to get up for a smoke several times during the night. The back of the toilet tanks was a dark amber. I had to replace all the carpet, wash everything with ammonia - twice.
Chain and sprockets are changed out and now waiting for the new seals to arrive to change out the forks for the ones I received from Tkent02 this week.
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Well it's been 4.5 years and 50,000kms since I got the 450 done, so it was time for a big service this weekend. Did all the usual plus carb sync, swingarm bearing lube, caliper axle lube, fluid flush, etc. etc. Done some of those along the way of course but did it all again this time. Lubed the ignition rotor too as it was completely dry and not moving smoothly at all.
I've been fighting two oil weeps for a while now, one from under the sprocket cover that leaves a drop or two every time I park, and one around the base of the cylinder that started when I put the GS500 cams in. I've swapped the clutch pushrod seal to no avail and replaced the gear shifting shaft seal yesterday to see if that was it... alas I arrived back from the test ride and had a couple of drops of oil...
I re-torqued the head nuts as it looks like the other weep is the base gasket. Didn't get time to degrease the motor so will have to wait and see if that fixes it.
And the other little tidbit is I figured my Ikons didn't have damping adjustment only preload... but I had a look when I dropped the swingarm and I do have damping adjustment... turns out I'd just put the shocks on with them facing the frame rails... ooops!
I've been fighting two oil weeps for a while now, one from under the sprocket cover that leaves a drop or two every time I park, and one around the base of the cylinder that started when I put the GS500 cams in. I've swapped the clutch pushrod seal to no avail and replaced the gear shifting shaft seal yesterday to see if that was it... alas I arrived back from the test ride and had a couple of drops of oil...
I re-torqued the head nuts as it looks like the other weep is the base gasket. Didn't get time to degrease the motor so will have to wait and see if that fixes it.
And the other little tidbit is I figured my Ikons didn't have damping adjustment only preload... but I had a look when I dropped the swingarm and I do have damping adjustment... turns out I'd just put the shocks on with them facing the frame rails... ooops!
