what did you wrench on today??

[Cipher]

Those coil connectors are a real pain. Not sure why they are so susceptible to breakage without ever being touched. Maybe vibration and tension on the fine filaments work hardens them till they break.

Had a an iffy bit of running years back and these were a huge part of the problem. mine at that point had never been removed but were holding on by a stand or two. The location of them almost directly exposed to road blat probably doesn't help.

 

[93Bandit]

I replaced my clutch springs yesterday. Unfortunately the pinch bolt for the clutch lever arm is stripped, so I couldn't take it for a test ride.

 

[Baatfam]

Back when I was a young mechanic, working at a dealership, I bought an outragously expensive Snap On 3/8" rachet, a model F713.
It fit my hand so well, and just worked like magic. Soon it became my go to rachet.
Over the past 46 years, I've used it constantly. It has taken much abuse, from hammers, and cheater pipes.
And it finally failed.... My other ratchets bring me no joy....

But, looking for a replacement F713, I found an OEM Snap On rebuild kit....Oh joy...

Arrived yesterday. Just finished. Happy again...

 

[allojohn]

Finally took the time to fix a leaky float valve, a sharp tap on the bowl became the constant temporary fix for the last year but today that ended. Soaked the valves, needles and floats in Berryman's for 24 hours and that's cured it. Today will be the first ride of the year, it's getting warmer on the northern plains and the wind isn't 25 MPH....

 

[Hayabuser]

New front tire day for Mr. Riffer.

 

[93Bandit]

I don't know why, but there's something so satisfying about making a repair and then riding my bike afterwards. It's so rewarding, even when it's something simple. Am I the only one that feels this way?

 

[steve murdoch]

Valve adjustment time.

 

[Rich82GS750TZ]

Steve, does that 6 cylinder beast have screw adjusters or shim in bucket?

 

[oldGSfan]

looks like easy access on that CBX, cool.

 

[oldGSfan]

I stripped the bodywork off the Multistrada for the 15K service, valve adjustment, belts, plugs. It's a lot of plastic. I had a guy do the work, he's an expert on Ducatis and has a home business, very happy with the result as it runs perfectly and I saved a few hundred bucks. To get the bike to him I modified my little trailer with tie down anchors and a wheel chock. Took only 2 days with the trailer set up to end up with the GS

Oh.. I used a 'seal mate' on the leaking right fork seal on the Ducati, and replaced front brake pads. The seal mate seems to have done the trick, fingers crossed it stays that way.

 

[Guest]

Today I started out by dropping my 82' Ktm495 down from my man cave, adjusted the clutch, changed the tranny fluid, cleaned the air filter and mixed up a fresh batch of fuel/bean oil/octane booster so I can take her out for a good ride tomorrow....then of course I found my way out the back door to my shop and picked away a little more on the 81 1100e such as reinstall headlight after cleaning, we sprockets and x ring chain, polished up chain guard went back on and the rebuilt calipers and masters got hooked up to the new Paragon ss lines and bled. Tomorrow is a new day!
https://imgur.com/gbnP9Dl
https://imgur.com/etlFFUY
https://imgur.com/xyVhJQb

 

[steve murdoch]

Steve, does that 6 cylinder beast have screw adjusters or shim in bucket?

24 shim and bucket to check.
Same as the carbs, you don't get good at it you just get better.

 

[RichDesmond]

Fixed a fuel leak on the V-Strom. There’s a short piece of fuel hose that connects the two injector bodies, down in the vee. Leaking there is a common problem, and I had “fixed” it a couple years back, with better hose and clamps. But it started leaking again, so had get in there and tighten the clamps. PITA to get to.
Much prefer working on race bikes, lot less crap in the way.

 

[Burque73]

There's something different about this 1100E. Maybe it's the red plug wires...

 

[oldGSfan]

Haha yes, they are very rare, made of red turbonium!

There's something different about this 1100E. Maybe it's the red plug wires...

 

[Redman]

Got started today.....

THe ol' Five Gallon bucket has become a very important tool for me in recent years.
Well, two of them, one on each side.

Probably Will start a thread, at some point. I can predict I Am gonna need some advise (advise at a minimum).

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[Buffalo Bill]

Both my CBR600 and GS1100G had carb issues, so I haven't been able to ride them…bummer.
Turned out the CBR600 was ok, I just used winter level choke and flooded it, thought so. After a week it started just fine with no choke.

The way the GS would start but run weak and not idle, seemed like one carb was bad.
Pulled them out today, and checked cleaned every carb jet. Number one had a small sludge deposit in the bowl, and the emulsion tube was up a bit, could not get the main jet to catch it. Maybe the jet got a bit loose, I dunno but the bike's idling well now.

Too friggin cold, wet and windy for a joy ride today, later this weekend will be warm and sunny.

 

[LAB3]

The following story is true, names have been omitted to protect the ignorant.

Answered an ad on the local Faecesbook "garage sale" page, someone was looking for a mechanic with a VOM to help diagnose a problem with their throttle position sensor. Figured what the heck, a reason to get out awhile.

"Sure, I can drop by, I'll base my fee upon how much of a pain in the butt you are to deal with. That said, If you have a can of cola on hand that'll be fine"

Found a web page that described checking it out with the pinouts for the connecting cable. The sensor checked OK and I started working my way back by hooking up to the pins in the cable to see if the problem was upstream from there. Sure enough, it was!

"OK, hop in the car, turn the key on but don't try to start it"

He does

"OK, slowly push down on the gas pedal"

"My gas pedal is stuck all the way down"

We unwadded the floor mat from around the pedal. Car started and ran fine.

"Well that would do it, how did you know to check the throttle position sensor?"

"I asked on an internet forum"

Oh well, it was worth the $20 he offered afterward but a can of cola would still have been good enough based on how many times this story will be retold, it's gonna get a lot of milage.

 

[93Bandit]

The following story is true, names have been omitted to protect the ignorant.

Answered an ad on the local Faecesbook "garage sale" page, someone was looking for a mechanic with a VOM to help diagnose a problem with their throttle position sensor. Figured what the heck, a reason to get out awhile.

"Sure, I can drop by, I'll base my fee upon how much of a pain in the butt you are to deal with. That said, If you have a can of cola on hand that'll be fine"

Found a web page that described checking it out with the pinouts for the connecting cable. The sensor checked OK and I started working my way back by hooking up to the pins in the cable to see if the problem was upstream from there. Sure enough, it was!

"OK, hop in the car, turn the key on but don't try to start it"

He does

"OK, slowly push down on the gas pedal"

"My gas pedal is stuck all the way down"

We unwadded the floor mat from around the pedal. Car started and ran fine.

"Well that would do it, how did you know to check the throttle position sensor?"

"I asked on an internet forum"

Oh well, it was worth the $20 he offered afterward but a can of cola would still have been good enough based on how many times this story will be retold, it's gonna get a lot of milage.

Sounds like this was a cable throttle? Sometimes the solution is the easiest one.

 

[LAB3]

There wasn't a cable that ran to the TPS, my guess is there's a potentiometer up under there somewhere that's sending the signal to the TPS. Couldn't quite get myself in to where I could see it but no matter, unwadding the floor mat did the trick.