What did you do with your bike today?
Me and my lady went for a nice ride on the Street Glide to a nice restaurant in Evansville, Ind. It has been a beautiful day.
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You heel fast if you are only going to be down for a month. Takes me months to heel from a break.Unfortunately just looked at them sitting in the garage. I'm down for repair with a broken wrist until the end of the month.
Sorry to hear that, Vrat. How did you break your wrist?
Well, it was one hell of a bar fight....
Actually slipped while fixing the downspout on the gutter.
You heel fast if you are only going to be down for a month. Takes me months to heel from a break.
You heal fast when you have a titanium plate and 8 screws installed. It's amazing what that does for the bone setting and healing process. Three weeks in and started Physical therapy yesterday and start to work on strength at 4 week.
Let's just hope you work out better than my leg. I had 3 plates and over 30 screws. One plate kept the break too far apart and never healed the gap. Ended up with yet another surgery and a bone graft. They harvested marrow from the hip down the same leg. Made for one sore leg for awhile but it worked. So I certainly hope you don't have to go through that.
Put the RSTD up on the lift, removed the left lower and tightened the drain plug. Ran the bike until the fan came on. No leaks. Put it back together and went for a 100+ mile test ride. No more antifreeze puddles 
Not sure how the drain loosened up, has about 7k on it since the antifreeze was changed.
Not sure how the drain loosened up, has about 7k on it since the antifreeze was changed.
Antifreeze just loves finding places to leak from. It's hard to control the stuff.
I think she was just pissed because I hadn't ridden her since I got the Springer. I had gone for close to 180 ride and stopped a mile from the house for gas. That is when she threw up. It was still between the high and low marks on the reservoir.
Today
I made a stronger bracket for the steering damper where it attaches to Inder the side car. Then I filled the holes and dents from where it used to be.
Tomorrow I will pressure wash ( gently ) Yami and Laramie. Meanwhile I removed the wheels from Deep Purple the XS400. Will take them with me to Victoria next week when I put on new tyres for Yami.
I think the rear for DP will be okay but the front is sad.
Skyway6. I was in a bar on the strip in White Rock while the toy run was on. Bike was nearby. I did not know about it.
Vrat. I have two broken teeth. Good for making up stories about bar fights.
Getting them fixed this winter. Jim Dunn fell off his roof and was killed. He was an excellent road racer from the early 70s. Road at Westwood BC.
For everyone else. Us regular white folk are outnumbered in Surrey BC by East Indians and Chinese mostly. Local McDonalds it is about 10 to 1.
Naturally I screw up now and then, having learned my social graces on a rugby field. See above about the teeth.
Unkle Crusty*
I made a stronger bracket for the steering damper where it attaches to Inder the side car. Then I filled the holes and dents from where it used to be.
Tomorrow I will pressure wash ( gently ) Yami and Laramie. Meanwhile I removed the wheels from Deep Purple the XS400. Will take them with me to Victoria next week when I put on new tyres for Yami.
I think the rear for DP will be okay but the front is sad.
Skyway6. I was in a bar on the strip in White Rock while the toy run was on. Bike was nearby. I did not know about it.
Vrat. I have two broken teeth. Good for making up stories about bar fights.
Getting them fixed this winter. Jim Dunn fell off his roof and was killed. He was an excellent road racer from the early 70s. Road at Westwood BC.
For everyone else. Us regular white folk are outnumbered in Surrey BC by East Indians and Chinese mostly. Local McDonalds it is about 10 to 1.
Naturally I screw up now and then, having learned my social graces on a rugby field. See above about the teeth.
Unkle Crusty*
Today?
Well, we are quickly running out of good riding weather so I'm getting out there while I still can.
This afternoon I followed a bunch of scenic backroads the long way around ending up at the Chatterbox restaurant for Bike Night. Looks like the season has ended for most people. Not many bikes there at all. During the summer, there can be HUNDREDS of bikes up there. Tonight, maybe two dozen or so.
But it was still fun!
Well, we are quickly running out of good riding weather so I'm getting out there while I still can.
This afternoon I followed a bunch of scenic backroads the long way around ending up at the Chatterbox restaurant for Bike Night. Looks like the season has ended for most people. Not many bikes there at all. During the summer, there can be HUNDREDS of bikes up there. Tonight, maybe two dozen or so.
But it was still fun!
Got my helmet cam set up and ran some test footage on a short ride around the neighborhood. Never a bad idea to have a helmet cam!
Never a bad idea to have a helmet cam!
Helmet cam for all those wheelies?Got my helmet cam set up and ran some test footage on a short ride around the neighborhood.
Played hooky from work this morning to go for a little 100 mile ride. Lubed the chain and put her away for the weekend. Family's coming over for a visit and we're going to watch the Trans Am race in NOLA Motorsports, so the next ride will have to wait 'til next week.
Ordering parts like crazy
Well, I thought that it was time to finally fix the slow leak in the rear tire on the CB750. We pulled the entire tire off in case the tire itself had a small wire or something that was wearing out tubes. We found rust under the rim strip. Then Jeff told me I might as well get a new tire because the labor cost of mounting tires did not justify what life was left in the old one. Also the rear wheel bearings are shot. Also the rubber drive cushions are pretty bad after 36 years of use. Wire wheel, rust converter, and epoxy primer and all the parts need to be ordered. $$$$$:frown: I bought this bike for a dollar a cc and these are the only things needed so far, and that helps.
I also found an ideal parts house for honda owners. 4into1 has some of the best prices I have seen for many parts that I routinely need. I found 4 into 1 while searching for aftermarket wheel bearings.
Well, I thought that it was time to finally fix the slow leak in the rear tire on the CB750. We pulled the entire tire off in case the tire itself had a small wire or something that was wearing out tubes. We found rust under the rim strip. Then Jeff told me I might as well get a new tire because the labor cost of mounting tires did not justify what life was left in the old one. Also the rear wheel bearings are shot. Also the rubber drive cushions are pretty bad after 36 years of use. Wire wheel, rust converter, and epoxy primer and all the parts need to be ordered. $$$$$:frown: I bought this bike for a dollar a cc and these are the only things needed so far, and that helps.
I also found an ideal parts house for honda owners. 4into1 has some of the best prices I have seen for many parts that I routinely need. I found 4 into 1 while searching for aftermarket wheel bearings.
Made me think of the Motorcyclist video about buying a bike for $1K.I bought this bike for a dollar a cc and these are the only things needed so far, and that helps.
Haha of course! Poppin' 12 o'clocks like nobody's business.Helmet cam for all those wheelies?
TBH I probably couldn't do a wheelie to save my life... probably a good thing though
Did you say, "What did you do with your bike this week?" Well, I just got back from a short ride to and from Barber Vintage Festival. A little over 1,000 miles on the Bonnie. (I cheated a little on the way back and hitched a ride on a trailer as far south as Panama City, saving me 200 miles).
The festival was its usual fantastic self. At the Vintage Japanese Motorcycle Club bike show there were 107 bikes! And one of our members brought his collection of Honda Dreams, all black, ranging from 1953 to 1958—a show within a show!
Decided this year to become a museum member which gave me access to some cool stuff like the new glass floored walkway over the track at turn nine. Construction is well underway on the museum expansion which will be to the south. They expect it to be completed before next years festival.
I had installed heated grips just before i left and riding in the night through Florida I got to test them out. It was just sunrise when I entered Alabama. I bought Oxford Cruiser grips, as those are the only ones that fit 1" bars that the T100 has. The premium set, which I bought, has an intelligent controller with auto-off so I could wire it directly to the battery and not worry about draining it if I forgot to turn them off. Installation was pretty easy, except the throttle tube would not work on the Bonnie. I used the stock tube instead and all worked well. I added a blog entry on the installation at my website at http://www.roaddogpub.com (Click on "Road Dog Blog" on the menu bar.)
Tomorrow, it is off each day through Sunday to the AIMExpo in the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando to cover the event for the VJMC and to do some schmoozing with vendors about carrying the books and maybe doing reviews. I'll ride my CB350 up tomorrow and leave it in the Retro Affair bike show and ride my Bonnie back and forth during the week and Saturday, riding the 350 home Sunday night.
Cheers,
Mike
The festival was its usual fantastic self. At the Vintage Japanese Motorcycle Club bike show there were 107 bikes! And one of our members brought his collection of Honda Dreams, all black, ranging from 1953 to 1958—a show within a show!
Decided this year to become a museum member which gave me access to some cool stuff like the new glass floored walkway over the track at turn nine. Construction is well underway on the museum expansion which will be to the south. They expect it to be completed before next years festival.
I had installed heated grips just before i left and riding in the night through Florida I got to test them out. It was just sunrise when I entered Alabama. I bought Oxford Cruiser grips, as those are the only ones that fit 1" bars that the T100 has. The premium set, which I bought, has an intelligent controller with auto-off so I could wire it directly to the battery and not worry about draining it if I forgot to turn them off. Installation was pretty easy, except the throttle tube would not work on the Bonnie. I used the stock tube instead and all worked well. I added a blog entry on the installation at my website at http://www.roaddogpub.com (Click on "Road Dog Blog" on the menu bar.)
Tomorrow, it is off each day through Sunday to the AIMExpo in the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando to cover the event for the VJMC and to do some schmoozing with vendors about carrying the books and maybe doing reviews. I'll ride my CB350 up tomorrow and leave it in the Retro Affair bike show and ride my Bonnie back and forth during the week and Saturday, riding the 350 home Sunday night.
Cheers,
Mike
I have continued to fight with the '67 Honda Dream and mixture problems.
Saturday, while comparing a salvaged carb to the original, I discovered the salvaged carb had an O-ring on the mid-range mixture screw but the original didn't and there wasn't one in the overhaul kit that I used. I made up an O-ring, installed it, and took the bike for a ride - HUGE improvement! It was still lacking punch at high throttle but at least I was able to adjust the mixture for mid-range.
I changed the main needle setting (which is a huge PITA!) Monday but the weather was **** so I didn't get to test drive it until today. It had more high end torque but was still pretty anemic but just as I returned home, it perked right up and I realized it had been running on one cylinder! The plugs were badly fouled from running rich and one had quit altogether.
I put new plugs in and went for another test ride - WAY BETTER! It could probably stand to have the main needle leaned out one more notch but I will do that tomorrow.
Saturday, while comparing a salvaged carb to the original, I discovered the salvaged carb had an O-ring on the mid-range mixture screw but the original didn't and there wasn't one in the overhaul kit that I used. I made up an O-ring, installed it, and took the bike for a ride - HUGE improvement! It was still lacking punch at high throttle but at least I was able to adjust the mixture for mid-range.
I changed the main needle setting (which is a huge PITA!) Monday but the weather was **** so I didn't get to test drive it until today. It had more high end torque but was still pretty anemic but just as I returned home, it perked right up and I realized it had been running on one cylinder! The plugs were badly fouled from running rich and one had quit altogether.
I put new plugs in and went for another test ride - WAY BETTER! It could probably stand to have the main needle leaned out one more notch but I will do that tomorrow.
Took my new Bolt to the dealer for it's first service. Odometer was 600 miles on the nose. After that headed over to Cyclegear to puck up some Freezeout glove liners and a balaclava. Riding home was so much better...and warmer. Stopped at Hardees to pick up a 3 piece combo. Ma I miss Hardees.
got the new front wheelbrings in along with new fork seals, dust caps and fork oil. what a difficult task with the front fairing still attached.
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