what did you wrench on today??

[chuck hahn]

Moved some stuff from the storage unit to my new shed at home..Now i was justb looking at houses for rent in the Killeen / Temple / Belton Texas area.. I think i am finally ready to sell my 35 acres and move on.. Too much to get into here, but lets just say that i have basically had enough of my little brother, the cold, and all the disfunctionality of my family. I just want to have peace, tranquility and good friends and people i can trust and love without having to be looking over my shoulder all the time to see whose stabbing me in the back.

 

[Greg B]

This was actually Sunday night.
Ray came over & helped me get my carbs synced in. Then I back ground some valves from a GSX-R head he's working on.

Should be good for a few more CFM.

 

[Redman]

snowthrower

snowthrower

5HP Techumseh on two stage snowthrower.

Replaced the muffler with new one I got last winter. Had been kinda loud at 6am. Now see that maybe all I needed was the gasket, but replaced the muffler too. I suppose after 23 years it can have a new one.

And my annaul check to verify that the augers are not rusted to the drive. If they are and then hit something, like chuck of ice or something, then the shearbolts dont break but the gear box does (do you think I am just guessing). Remove the shear bolts and check to see that the augers spin on the drive, maybe lubricate that if needed.

Found shear bolt deformed.


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[7981GS]

Just cleaning rust from a fuel tank today.

Daniel

 

[Guest]

Pulled the carbs on the 650. Got em lubed, ready to disassemble.
Sheesh what a dang PITA!

 

[cowboyup3371]

Not so much today but what I did the entire four days:

Repaired a plugged toilet in my boys' bathroom (found tweezers and a pencil stuck in the toilet itself)
Removed rear wheel
Removed rear shocks
Removed chain and sprockets
Cleaned sprocket and clutch covers; will get some aircraft stripper this week so I can paint them soon.
Put a new door back on a kitchen cabinet
Removed and put back on the fan blades on the kitchen light so the missus could clean them
Half repaired a wire in the fence surrounding one of my horse's stall (got too dark so will finish it probably tomorrow)

 

[koolaid_kid]

Prepared the work area (garage) for the winter's joys (repairing/updating bikes). One entire wall is pegboard with all the hooks n stuff. Reorganized the entire wall, using the 5 year rule - If I have not even thought of it for 5 years (or don't even know what the blazes it is) it went away. Grouped according to category - all electrical together, tapes together, garden together, etc. Completely revamped workbench. Bottom shelf totally reorganized so it can accomodate newly-acquired toaster oven, seldom-used power tools to the back, etc. Floor space reorganized to accomodate 2 active motorcycles, air compressor is now semi-permanent since I installed a ceiling-mounted retractable hose reel this weekend. Picked up another shop light (fluorescent 4 ft.) so the whole garage will have decent light. Picked up a Li-Ion cordless drill since my Craftsman "Professional" took a dump this week.

 

[Dave8338]

Not nearly as sexy as Gregs little venue (hey Greg...I have a set of valves from a 48 flat head Ford that need a little attention) however, the Escort recieved another hour or two, tonight.

 

[Guest]

Not nearly as sexy as Gregs little venue the Escort recieved another hour or two, tonight.

LOL, you're killing me with that Scort. Looks really good though.

I pulled the carbs, intake and airbox on the 650 today in prep to R&R the intake and fuel system.
Quite the little job..

 

[Dave8338]

LOL, you're killing me with that Scort. Looks really good though.

I pulled the carbs, intake and airbox on the 650 today in prep to R&R the intake and fuel system.
Quite the little job..

Thanks, man!!

Call it a labor of love.

And yeah, its' kill'n me too!!!

 

[81GS750]

Well, I got the carbs put back together on the Seca Turbo, pulled the turbo for a through cleaning, inspection, and disabled the waste gate. Also got the body panels removed and ready to haul the bike to the car wash for a good pressure washing.

 

[Dave8338]

Hope you put some brake lines on the front calipers first

OOOHHHH LA LA... Step back "L" haters, they be a new kid on the block! :clap:

 

[Dave8338]

Well, I got the carbs put back together on the Seca Turbo, pulled the turbo for a through cleaning, inspection, and disabled the waste gate. Also got the body panels removed and ready to haul the bike to the car wash for a good pressure washing.

Glad to hear that you are giving that bike its' due respect.

Few left in existance and YOU, just happen to have one... :-\\\

 

[bobthebiker88]

today was swap vetter fairings day. went from an older windjammer 3 over to a newer model in slightly rougher shape, but it'll clean up nice.

 

[posplayr]

On Saturday, a quick idle mixture adjust (Chef was here to instruct)

On Sunday, I finally got to do just some standard stuff................ Cleaned and adjusted my chain.

It was really not nice to have to pull the carbs for re jetting, or the header or the fairing or the..............................

 

[81GS750]

OOOHHHH LA LA... Step back "L" haters, they be a new kid on the block! :clap:

Hahaha you should see it now with the trunk mounted on the back rack. Good thing is, I may already have it sold! Bye Bye Honda!!!!!!!!

 

[81GS750]

Glad to hear that you are giving that bike its' due respect.

Few left in existance and YOU, just happen to have one... :-\\\

Thanks, I decided to keep it. Got VERY LUCKY and found a Canadian instrument cluster on the bay for cheaper than the US models. So now I don't have to stare at that 85mph speedo! I've got a few plans for upgrades. Mostly improve the ultra restrictive exhaust and intake system, do something about the brakes and forks. I think Yamaha engineers were smoking some funny stuff when they designed parts of this thing............ ok, like 95% of this thing! But, I won't do anything to it that can't be reversed easily.

Now, to just find a XN85 and a KZ750 Turbo!!!

 

[Dave8338]

GOOD LUCK!

Yamaha, like all others in that era, were looking at performance and economy. The two have little if anything to do with eachother.

Exhaust would be my first step, were I you, and take it from there. The turbos of that day were less than ideal and could also use an upgrade. As you mentioned, keeping it reversible is the key. With a good stand alone system (pm Kevin) you should be able to dial that bike into the sweet spot.

100+ hp "should" be an easy target. :-\\\

 

[81GS750]

100 hp should be fairly easy to reach, it's that no boost under 5k thing thats the problem. I've decided to ditch the reed valves and bov in the surge tank, along with the air filter box. I'll add an external wastegate and bov along with fitting a cone style filter to the turbo inlet pipe. Fab up a new collector that isn't FLAT. Good thing is, it's a carbureted engine and fairly simple to tune.

 

[Guest]

I got to here last night, crankcase halves finally together! :clap: