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Hoosier Daddy
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Woke up early so I did the last bit of the glueing the seat cover on my fiberglass pan. Once this section cures should be finished.
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what did you wrench on today??
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Woke up early so I did the last bit of the glueing the seat cover on my fiberglass pan. Once this section cures should be finished.
Good work! That's gonna look real nice once she's on the bike
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Hoosier Daddy
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Thanks Mate, installed pics should be on my build thread tonight. (That's in about 12 hours or so)Good work! That's gonna look real nice once she's on the bike
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Mindless
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That they are.
Actually I got them pretty cheap. The front wheel I found was pretty much brand new, complete with hubs and discs. Cost about $300 with shipping. The rear wheel and another front wheel I bought from a guy on Isle of Man, cost like $600 shipped for both.
I suppose some would say it's a fortune but I think it was a fair price since they aren't very common in 17"x3" (or 3.5") and 17"x5.5".
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7981GS
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Mindless, looking forward to another masterpiece from the Swedish motorcycle laboratory.
Daniel
Daniel
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7981GS
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Hoosier, it looks fantastic! I hope that it is as comfortable as it is handsome.
Daniel
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Changed the thermostat in my Mazda. It always took too long to reach operating temperature, and was getting worse. Thermostat housing is hidden underneath and behind the horizontally mounted distributor, so it was almost impossible to see what I was working on, and get my hands on it, at the same time. Thanks to Daniel for the tip of using RTV to stick the thermostat to the head, and the gasket to the housing, while I reassembled.
Before reassembly, I checked the old thermostat in a pot of water with a thermometer. It opened where it is supposed to. It was, however, missing the "jiggle pin".
But after hours of work, I wasn't going to not use a new thermostat.
Now the car reaches operating temperature in about 4 minutes, instead of 15' to 30'. I've replaced thermostats in almost every car I've owned, and this is the first time it's made a difference.
Before reassembly, I checked the old thermostat in a pot of water with a thermometer. It opened where it is supposed to. It was, however, missing the "jiggle pin".
But after hours of work, I wasn't going to not use a new thermostat.
Now the car reaches operating temperature in about 4 minutes, instead of 15' to 30'. I've replaced thermostats in almost every car I've owned, and this is the first time it's made a difference.
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jwhelan65
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Removed the swingarm and exhaust header, cleaned up a lot of parts and than cleaned my cave up best I could. 
Suppose I better have a Suki in the pic...
Suppose I better have a Suki in the pic...
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Not much here due to it being in the low 20s all day. Just mounted all three brake rotors after getting a new 3/8" torque wrench and tried to fix the front gate again. Found out one battery to the drill was dead and forgot the other up at the house. I'll work on it again once it warms up later this week (I hope
ray
as it's going to be in the teens and low 20s til close to the weekend.
ray as it's going to be in the teens and low 20s til close to the weekend.
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Motocrossx23
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I bought a torpedo heater for the garage, went from low 30's to 73 in less than 15 mins! Winter wrench time woo hoo!
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GS ace
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I started on the motor, fork lowers, covers, and triple tree of a '78 KZ650. Moving the motor around sucked until I went to Harbor Freight and picked up a small mover's dolly for 8 bucks.
I was bored so I stripped everything out from under the hood of my car to just the motor, just to see how to take it apart. then I put it back together, All these new cars have plastic intake manifolds now. Think I'm going to tear it down again soon and port match and polish the cylinder head and manifolds... anyone now if you can port match plastic intake manifolds?
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Motocrossx23
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Bondo'd my tail on the cafe build
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7981GS
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Installed my early Christmas gift from GSExpress onto the Suzuki Shed.
I'll try to get it plumbed tomorrow.
Daniel
I'll try to get it plumbed tomorrow.
Daniel
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Today I tightened my shifter on my GS1000 as it was loose, then I gave it a bath, then I went riding in this gorgeous 80 degree weather here.
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BassCliff
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Hi,
This past Saturday I gave Jessie Blue all new oils; crankcase oil and filter, secondary gear oil, and final drive unit oil changes.
She's purring like a kitten. These air-cooled bikes like the colder weather. It must be the thicker air.
Thank you for your indulgence,
BassCliff
This past Saturday I gave Jessie Blue all new oils; crankcase oil and filter, secondary gear oil, and final drive unit oil changes.
She's purring like a kitten. These air-cooled bikes like the colder weather. It must be the thicker air.
Thank you for your indulgence,
BassCliff
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7981GS
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Today I tightened my shifter on my GS1000 as it was loose, then I gave it a bath, then I went riding in this gorgeous 80 degree weather here.
BEAUTIFUL bike!!!
How few miles are on it?
Daniel
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LoopGaroo
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Wow, what a clean clean ride.
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Put my new pilots and mains in, pilots are now too big and she's too rich 
More ordered...
Then I got my safety certificate done and compliance plate done as it's been put back to dual seat so she's all ready to get registered :clap:
More ordered...Then I got my safety certificate done and compliance plate done as it's been put back to dual seat so she's all ready to get registered :clap:
