Need to be the front wheel.
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what did you wrench on today??
- Thread starter chuck hahn
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Yeah, I got things backwards again…
Not bike related but got the lawn mower running again sadly (the only part of warmer weather I hate). It sucks that Sears closed their stores in my area but fortunately I found the parts I needed at Ace hardware now. I may have to consider tearing the motor apart next year to fix the burning oil issue I found
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To prevent my '82 GS850G from coming off the center stand, I used a turnbuckle and a chain passed through the front wheel and the center stand.
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My '82 GL doesn't have it either. I am under the impression that the L models never had it? Easy enough to put a chock in front of the front tire, pass a ratchet strap around it and the center stand. Not as easy as putting a phillips screwdriver through a hole in the centerstand though.
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I fear that the local hardware store is also going the way of sears (extinction). I make it a point to visit my local True Value or Ace as much as possible. They carry pretty much everything I could need besides lumber, and they often have nuts/bolts on hand that the big box stores don't.
I didn't polish anything. It's just that this camera making everything look way better than it actually does. Here's a selfie I took for my wife, see what I mean.
Now that's funny.
My bike looks way better in pictures then in real life....
No major job, but an important one- replaced my dead battery yesterday.
My bike looks way better in pictures then in real life....
No major job, but an important one- replaced my dead battery yesterday.
Will skip the boring details of what I did today.
But will say that last couple prior work sessions presented some frustrations.
Today was 40s & low 50 outside. But was comfortable working in garage. Had radio on. Got a few things done.
Was enjoyable, doing things without much of a schedule constraint.
But most of all, I was happy and thankful to be doing this on A TUESDAY AFTERNOON !
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But will say that last couple prior work sessions presented some frustrations.
Today was 40s & low 50 outside. But was comfortable working in garage. Had radio on. Got a few things done.
Was enjoyable, doing things without much of a schedule constraint.
But most of all, I was happy and thankful to be doing this on A TUESDAY AFTERNOON !
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Will skip the boring details of what I did today.
But will say that last couple prior work sessions presented some frustrations.
Today was 40s & low 50 outside. But was comfortable working in garage. Had radio on. Got a few things done.
Was enjoyable, doing things without much of a schedule constraint.
But most of all, I was happy and thankful to be doing this on A TUESDAY AFTERNOON !
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Knowing what challenges you've faced lately I'm glad to see you still using such words. Keep it up, Dave. It's inspirational!
BTW, my new springs came a few days ago and fork seals arrived today so I'm about to feel your, um, enthusiasm...
Yah, .... and maybe I should have said it more directly, like, ah, the bumper stickers say:
"Even a bad day working on bike in the garage , is better than a good day at work."
You see, this is all different, now that I dont have that bad habit of going to work most every day.
I found hanging the bike by its neck (still in place in pic) to be good for removing the forks. And still chock the rear wheel.
You will do good.
And, my camera doesnt seem to have that feature/function that yours does.
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Spent this afternoon sorting out a brand new battery that I'd just fitted a couple of weeks ago, and managed to leave the ignition on overnight. Luckily the kill switch was off, so the ignitor and coils weren't at risk. This happened because I'd been messing around with the lighting and fairing yesterday and had left a set of gloves on top of the idiot lights (never were they so appropriately named), walked away from the bike without seeing the lights were on.
Luckily, the battery recovered after kicking it back up a bit with a dumb iron charger and then let a smart charger take over.
After that, I set about converting one of the 7" spotlight units to take a hi/low H4 Hella headlamp insert and fitted it to the left side.
Initial impression is good, it giving a better spread of light than the 5.75" auxiliary it replaced. I'll do another one tomorrow.
Luckily, the battery recovered after kicking it back up a bit with a dumb iron charger and then let a smart charger take over.
After that, I set about converting one of the 7" spotlight units to take a hi/low H4 Hella headlamp insert and fitted it to the left side.
Initial impression is good, it giving a better spread of light than the 5.75" auxiliary it replaced. I'll do another one tomorrow.
That's better. No more Night Terrors. I'll be one....
Pair of Raydyot Fireballs that originally had 7" single-filament H1 spots, replaced with Hella 7" H4s, running some decent 20W braid-cooled LEDs that combine with the Hellas to produce a really nice beam pattern with no splash or dazzle. The headlight is now a Cibie H4 with the same treatment.
And all within the charging capacity of the wheezy old stator. Modern tech is wonderful. This is exactly the way I wanted it 25 years ago, but the electrics wouldn't have coped.
Pair of Raydyot Fireballs that originally had 7" single-filament H1 spots, replaced with Hella 7" H4s, running some decent 20W braid-cooled LEDs that combine with the Hellas to produce a really nice beam pattern with no splash or dazzle. The headlight is now a Cibie H4 with the same treatment.
And all within the charging capacity of the wheezy old stator. Modern tech is wonderful. This is exactly the way I wanted it 25 years ago, but the electrics wouldn't have coped.
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I seem to be going for full-on retro with this. Highway burner the way it should have been back in the day.
The marvellous thing is that a lot of the retro accessories that were worth having are now dirt cheap and with some modern internals are stone reliable.
Carbs came off my 550T to finally fix the number 3 mixture screw since it's been buggered up for a couple of years and i think helping to cause issues with my fuel mileage. I cut a slot deeper than I needed to but the screw is good now. Of course, I also chewed up the number 4 mixture screw but managed to get it out without cutting the slot in the carb itself then fixed the screw so it's fine as well. I guess I'll just re-dip the carbs for good measure since everything is apart; now to order o-rings from Robert and new bowl gaskets this week.
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Wrenching....?
A couple wrenches did not do it.
Had to go visit a friend's shop to use his bench vice, to get tensioner apart.
So could rebuild it, now that have all three seals (and gasket).
Got tensioner installed, and got cabs back in place.
Cold and rainy most all week, so not too annoyed that not back on the road.
Awaiting some other parts, so attending to some other details whilst fairing and lowers are off.
Yep, after in depth analysis and research, the exact quality needed for exhaust pipe chrome polishing is exactly the same as old crew socks.
A couple wrenches did not do it.
Had to go visit a friend's shop to use his bench vice, to get tensioner apart.
So could rebuild it, now that have all three seals (and gasket).
Got tensioner installed, and got cabs back in place.
Cold and rainy most all week, so not too annoyed that not back on the road.
Awaiting some other parts, so attending to some other details whilst fairing and lowers are off.
Yep, after in depth analysis and research, the exact quality needed for exhaust pipe chrome polishing is exactly the same as old crew socks.
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Sure, do my shoes next, ok Pops??
Yep, after in depth analysis and research, the exact quality needed for exhaust pipe chrome polishing is exactly the same as old crew socks.
Noticed last week the front tire on the GS was out of date...(embarrassingly out of date, in fact)
Anyway, got a new one.
Well it turns out I never converted the front wheel to tubeless.
So off to NAPA in the morning for me, to pick up some 8mm, motorcycle valve stems.
The counter bore bit will be here Thursday from Amazon.
Figured to take this next couple days to go over the old girl before BC.
Anyway, got a new one.
Well it turns out I never converted the front wheel to tubeless.
So off to NAPA in the morning for me, to pick up some 8mm, motorcycle valve stems.
The counter bore bit will be here Thursday from Amazon.
Figured to take this next couple days to go over the old girl before BC.
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