Topic: What did you do to your non-SOHC4 motorcycle today?

[Alan F.]

Nope, no brake fluid leaks to be found from that master cylinder hanging upside down. Lots of rain may have helped that.

Finished swapping out the stock handlebars on my Royal Enfield Interceptor, had to re-route every cable, wire and hose but they fit and work with no surprises lock to lock.
Raised the headlight a little too. It rides like a bigger bike now.

First Pic is stock.

[Alan F.]

Added a booster plug, air filter ring to replace stock airbox intake snorkel, and AEW TE101 Mufflers.

[BenelliSEI]

Nope, no brake fluid leaks to be found from that master cylinder hanging upside down. Lots of rain may have helped that.

Finished swapping out the stock handlebars on my Royal Enfield Interceptor, had to re-route every cable, wire and hose but they fit and work with no surprises lock to lock.
Raised the headlight a little too. It rides like a bigger bike now.

First Pic is stock.

Alan….. That looks great!

[Alan F.]

Alan….. That looks great!

Thank you! I'm hoping to spend most of tomorrow riding, I should have more to say about all of these mods tomorrow night.

[grcamna2]

Alan….. That looks great!

Thank you! I'm hoping to spend most of tomorrow riding, I should have more to say about all of these mods tomorrow night.

How's your bike running Alan ? 

[BallAquatics]

Made a valve cover gasket for the XJ650LJ.....

[grcamna2]

The gasket came out good 

[Kelly E]

Today we replaced the o-rings on the two center head stud nuts of the 81' GS 1100E.

Then we finished up reinstalling the carbs on the 82' CB 900F after rejetting for the new exhaust system. We had to sort out a couple of fuel leaks before we tried it. It started right away, actually quicker than it used to. It ran good and didn't lean pop revving up. Have to wait for a dry day for a test ride to be sure.

[Alan F.]

Alan….. That looks great!

Thank you! I'm hoping to spend most of tomorrow riding, I should have more to say about all of these mods tomorrow night.

How's your bike running Alan ? 

It's running pretty well thanks, I took it out this afternoon and put an entry in the 23 rides thread.

I'm considering a 16 tooth front sprocket swap, I've already got one, just haven't committed yet.

[Alan F.]

Just finished up mounting some handguards:

[Gurp]

Just finished up mounting some handguards:

I bet those are nice for cold and or rainy days

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[Alan F.]

I'm hoping so, it's my first set. I'd like to have them a little higher but the clutch cable and brake line really limit placement. I got these on Temu (got these bars there too) for something like $25, the powder coat is terrible but they're exactly the same as Barkbusters otherwise.

[Gurp]

I'm hoping so, it's my first set. I'd like to have them a little higher but the clutch cable and brake line really limit placement. I got these on Temu (got these bars there too) for something like $25, the powder coat is terrible but they're exactly the same as Barkbusters otherwise.

Let us know how they do!!

Have you got much off there yet? I've been debating on looking at it.

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[Alan F.]

You mean Temu, yeah I've bought 4 or 5 times. They keep throwing coupons and deals so you'll wind up getting tons of stuff but spending only like $50 with free shipping.
They have lots of stuff I've never seen anywhere, and lots of stuff I have but priced much, much higher. Some are great quality, some lesser quality.

For instance I bought a helmet comm that I've seen on Amazon for $75, a Quad-lock knockoff phone mount with the vibration dampener, a vinyl/rubber phone case, coiled USB C cable, USB charging port and bracket for my bike all for about $50, it may not be top shelf gear but if it's 90% the quality of the name brand stuff that's probably made in the same factory I'm OK with the savings. I've watched the YouTube videos testing the phone mount and they're not bad.

There was that news report about the app stealing your social media data... Why would you link those accounts to a discount retail app anyway? Leave that crap blank.
I'm paying with PayPal on credit, so two more layers between me and them, I'm very OK with that.

[Alan F.]

I threw in a DNA air filter (washable gauze hi-flow like K&N) I found it mislabeled as a filter cleaning kit and grabbed it for at least an $85 savings. Also threw on the knockoff quad-lock phone mount.

Let us know how they do!!

As for the Handguards, ride #3 is in the 23 rides thread, it was 55F when I headed out at 3:30 wearing my summer gloves, when I got back around 6:30 it was maybe 50F but my hands weren't cold, this includes about 20 fast highway miles on the way back. So not too bad.

[Kelly E]

Handguards help a lot in keeping your hands warmer. On my 94' Concours the good size mirrors are mounted on the fairing in front of your hands, handguards with mirrors.

[grcamna2]

Handguards help a lot in keeping your hands warmer. On my 94' Concours the good size mirrors are mounted on the fairing in front of your hands, handguards with mirrors.

Kelly,I see the KL250 engine bolted to the engine stand in the background;did you find a new rubber intake manifold for it yet ?

[Gurp]

Rode Alley Cat to work
It was 80 today but busy with kiddo stuff so couldn't ride. .it's currently around 50 and expected to be the same in the morning when I clock out.

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[Stev-o]

Decided to take the mighty Z1 for a ride yesterday, the skies were cloudy with off and on rain, and I only got about a half mile before it started to rain again. So plan B, turned around and went back home and proceeded to make the bike shine!  [it needed a good cleaning]

[jas67]

Got my '74 Moto Guzzi Eldorado out for a nice fall ride on Sunday.  This was the maiden voyage after replacing the worn out Amal 930 carbs with new JRC "Power Jet" PWK30 carbs.
Wow, wish I'd done this sooner.  It runs SO much better!

[CycleRanger]

Installed the cam back in the CL350 engine. I replaced the tensioner roller and the timing chain, among other things.

[jas67]

I "upgraded" the charging system on my  '75 GL1000, by reducing the consumption of the lighting.

As we get into cooler weather, I'm starting to use my heated gear.   This usually means putting away most of the classic/vintage Hondas, due to lower power output from the alternators on them.
My '75 GL1000 and '76 CB400F both have dual-filament 1157 bulbs in the turn signals, and use one filament for the signal, one for for running lights, even with the headlight turned off.   I don't know if the original intent was to run the brighter, 25W filament for the running light and the 10W one for the signal, but, that is how the GL1000 is wired.   I seem to remember my CB400F being the other way around, but, I forget.  In any case, the regular incandescent bulbs were consuming a combined 50W.

The incandescent tail/stop bulb consumes 10W for the tail-light function.

I changed both out to LEDs, which are brighter, and "snappier" on the turn on, a great feature for the brake light.

I had also previously installed an H4 headlight reflector with an LED H4 replacement.

I do not recall if the GL1000 came with a 50/55W headlight, or a 35/35W one like the CB400F likely had, but, in any case, the LED replacement consumes about 12W

The LED 1157 replacements consume about 3W on the higher brightness, and 1W on the lower brightness.   I used color specific 1157 LEDs, red for the tail/stop, amber for the signal/running.

Although I bought amber 1156 LEDs for the rear signals, I didn't install them, because I forgot to order an LED compatible LED relay.   The rear incandescent ones put enough load on the stock one to make it work, so, they'll stay in for now.  As the signals only draw power when you use them, this wouldn't have been any useful power savings anyway, I just wanted the brighter, snappier signals.   Next time I place an order for LEDs, I'll get some TS relays too.

Previous power consumption:
Tail: 10W
Running lights: 50W
Headlight (assuming the brighter 55w): 55W
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Total: 115W

LED power consumption:
Tail: 1W
Running lights: 6W
Headlight: 12W
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Total: 19W

Savings, 96 Watts!
That's enough to run my heated gear on high, about 70W for the jacket, 20W for the gloves.

[Alan F.]

I put on almost 400 miles up to northern New Hampshire and back on my RE Interceptor, everything works great, next up will be seat-mod 2.0

[Kelly E]

Handguards help a lot in keeping your hands warmer. On my 94' Concours the good size mirrors are mounted on the fairing in front of your hands, handguards with mirrors.

Kelly,I see the KL250 engine bolted to the engine stand in the background;did you find a new rubber intake manifold for it yet ?

That's an old picture. The KL 250 is almost done, we had to use the stock intake rubber.

[BallAquatics]

I got to use that home-made valve cover gasket and did a valve adjust and installed the rebuilt carbs on the 82 XJ650LJ

I found genuine Yamaha shims that I needed on EBay for $5 each

Cleaned all the dust and dirt off while the fairing was removed

I didn't rebuilt the carbs that came on the bike as the PO gave me a receipt where he had paid a local shop almost a grand to do the job.  Receipt said they changed out all the brass, so I rebuilt an original set I had that still had the Yamaha brass. I think they turned out pretty good.  Stripped bare, cleared all ports with carb cleaner, several ultrasonic baths, and all new rubber parts except for the covers on the enrichment plungers.

Bench sync must have been pretty good as it fired right up and idled good.  Put the upper fairing parts back on and took it for about a 25 mile test ride.  Runs great, no oil leaks!

I'm undecided if I'm going to upgrade the fuel pump and regulator, and possibly the coils and wires.  Bike doesn't have very many miles on it, but it has been in a collection for 40 years.  Love the way it rides and would like to make it a daily rider.