what did you wrench on today??

[Nessism]

Cleaned and painted some more parts...

 

[jwhelan65]

Fabulous work Ed! soon you will have twins..

 

[Guest]

Started on a bit of a project . Before..... yesterday...

As we are today...

Engine top rebuild , a bit of soda blasting , swingarm/steering/wheel bearings , brake overhaul and a coupla beers to come in next month .

All it's bits ready for a bath .

Off to the cleaners then to see the doctor .

Tomorrow ..... ??

Cheers , Simon .:dancing:

 

[WesV]

Been working all weekend on the carbs off my 850G, cleaning and replacing the O-Rings and a LOT of screws. One of the PO's obviously had the carbs apart previously and several of the screw heads were pretty messed up. I am heading into Fastenal today to pickup some cap head screws for all of the rail mount screws, bowl screws and float cover screws. I will pickup up enough to do that on the 850L when I tear those carbs down next week (those are varnished up and have never been opened.)

I also started on my G model tail light LED conversion. I will post a thread on that once it is done.

Today I am gonna ball up, take my valve clearance measurements so while I have the cams off to replace the base gasket I can shim as need be, and pull the head and jugs. The foul weather outside is working for me because if I can't ride, I would rather not ride in crappy weather.

 

[chuck hahn]

Replaced a leaking stator cover gasket on my 77 750, then put the tender on the 78 750 battery so it will be nice and fresh for tomorrows road trip up to rustybroncos so we can figure out whats up with the charging system. gotta trailer it there. Oh and forgot to add that after my 65 mile ride saturday, i decide to pull the plugs today on my 77 and check them for color, soot, whatever. figured 65 miles would give me a indication if it had any rich or lean cylinders. they all looked to be very consistant and what i would consider close to perfect color.. TAN but not a silvery GREY.. i can live with them as they are. I was a bit concerned after seeing the Georges carb thread. Before i found the forum he did mine and i had never checked the plugs after wards. Seems he did me good..

 

[vista461]

Put the carbs back on the bike today, just waiting on the boot clamps and clutch cable to come in. They should be here Wed or so.

 

[DanTheMan]

Finished up on the carbs, but I need another #4 to complete the job satisfactorily. Both the mixture needle and the air jet are frozen in the carb body. No load in idle, the right side pops on decel.
Tomorrow I replace the tach drive seals, put on new front brake pads and change the oil. I also have to put my fairing and all that stuff back on.

 

[BassCliff]

Hi,

I started Jessie today!

I'm uploading a little video right now. I still have some tweaking and cleaning to do, but here are a couple of pictures. I'll give a full update in my "man cave" thread a little later.

My temporary tank made from an old gear oil bottle, my old IV stand, some fuel hose, and a connector...

And here is a mock-up shot with most everything back together...

I need to get some rust out of the gas tank before the final assembly. But I'm that much closer now. I think I'm going to like the sound of the "new" L exhaust. It's a little louder but has a nice growl.


Thank you for your indulgence,

BassCliff

 

[Dogma]

Lookin' good, Cliff. I may do blue instead of black if I ever get the bed liner off my 1000.

 

[koolaid_kid]

Congrats, Cliff. Looking good.

Not much going on in the koolaid garage yesterday. Put a one tooth larger countershaft sprocket in an attempt to lower highway revs. If I don''t like it, the smaller one is in the wings.
Finally got the airbox in from Babbitts last night. Last chance to do my generic relay mod while everything is out of the way.

 

[BassCliff]

Cleaned and painted some more parts...

Ed, you are an artiste. Your projects are the pinnacle of restorative efforts. It should really be something when you're done. Thanks for the pictures.


Thank you for your indulgence,

BassCliff

 

[tkent02]

Wrenched on my KLR 650 today. Not really wrenched on it, but I fixed it. It quit running, all the lights and everything turned off.
So I kicked it in the left side, on the frame just below the engine. Kicked it pretty hard, but not hard enough to hurt my foot, (with boots on). All the lights came on, and it started running again.

Does that count?



GS content: I would have been riding the GS but my granddaughter can't reach the rear pegs.

 

[vista461]

So I kicked it in the left side, on the frame just below the engine. Kicked it pretty hard, but not hard enough to hurt my foot, (with boots on). All the lights came on, and it started running again.

Does that count?

Are you any relation to "The Fonz"?

 

[Guest]

Worked on the forks today.

Frame, frame parts and wheels this past weekend. My sand blaster was acting up so I was only able to do the crutial parts. Hand sanded the rest.

 

[chuck hahn]

went up to rustybroncos and got schooled on charging system checking..still a bit confused but i kinda get the idea..i worked a side job till around 445 hanging overhead duct work in a basement..then went to Dales after that.

 

[koolaid_kid]

Had a lateral day today. I (almost) successfully implemented a generic multi-connection relay system. When complete, I will be able to connect to it for grip heaters, ignition, headlight, horn, etc. Up to 30A, of course, the limit of the relay.
I installed the new front airbox, and the rubber tubes are so soft it was easy to install the carbs. Unfortunately, I forgot to install the springs back in the CV carbs when I put the newly painted tops on, so it is all coming back off tomorrow. And I found out the fuse box only puts out 10V (now up to 11V) because the ignition switch is electrically challenged. The relay system I implemented won't work until it can see 12V through the switch.
Working on cleaning the switch per bwringer's instructions; I have gained a volt, hoping to make another volt soon.
I guess today I was the bug, I hope to be the windshield tomorrow.

 

[earlfor]

Reinstalled the exhausts on the RZ350 I picked up a month ago. I know it's not a Suzuki.

Today's couple of hours will be trying to find out why it charges at 17 volts.

Chris

The rectifier is burned out.

Earl

 

[rustybronco]

went up to rustybroncos and got schooled on charging system checking...still a bit confused but i kinda get the idea..

You're still confused after all that?

 

[chuck hahn]

just the stator..you checked it not running and then running..i really did pay attention Dale..really!! Electrical just sucks for me to understand..I will have to get a cheat sheet made up or something. i am trying to picture in my mind which wires you used when it wasnt running and when it was.. remember when you wrapped the wires around the probes and told me to start it?? Anyways i think i kinda got it...anyways i am toast and going to bed..I am gonna drive it around the area a bit tomorrow and see if the 1 piece unit you put in keeps the battery up and if James has a meter i will check it again at the batt to see what his says..

 

[Dogma]

Kind of a low excitement evening for me. The wife and I worked out the April budget, then I finally put the finishing touches on the carbs I rebuilt. I had been waiting on new pilot jet plugs. I got those installed, corrected the 3 floats that were set to the wrong step, and set the idle mix screws to 3 turns out. After that, I did a Steve's™ Optical bench sync. They're ready to bolt on and fire up, once i get the electrics put back together.