Author Topic: Lets see your SOHC bike out on the road! (Read 1428750 times)

messeduptriple · « **Reply #2950 on:** July 27, 2012, 11:14:31 PM »

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brandEn · « **Reply #2951 on:** July 27, 2012, 11:20:52 PM »

That's a great picture!

dave500 · « **Reply #2952 on:** July 27, 2012, 11:54:17 PM »

yeah the sherriff is watching you watching him watching you,or some #$%*?

Mooshie · « **Reply #2953 on:** July 28, 2012, 08:45:53 AM »

Thank you Andy for catching my poor spelling. So far over 1000 miles and the bike is running great. On the road seriously again on Monday for the solo portion of my ride through Nevada, Utah, and back home to CA. I love this little 550

Mcwilliams570 · « **Reply #2954 on:** July 28, 2012, 09:39:40 AM »

Wife and I went for a ride up route 9 in Delware.

Matt

andy750 · « **Reply #2955 on:** July 28, 2012, 03:42:02 PM »

Quote from: Mooshie on July 28, 2012, 08:45:53 AM

Thank you Andy for catching my poor spelling. So far over 1000 miles and the bike is running great. On the road seriously again on Monday for the solo portion of my ride through Nevada, Utah, and back home to CA. I love this little 550

You`re the best Mooshie! Have a great ride and keep those photos coming especially route 50 in Nevada!

cheers
Andy

cabrala · « **Reply #2956 on:** July 28, 2012, 05:54:23 PM »

Mooshie, that looks like some great riding! I'll keep checking back to the blog...maybe you'll come out East on that 550?

Mooshie · « **Reply #2957 on:** July 28, 2012, 10:25:55 PM »

Would love to go coast to coast. If I do I'm stopping in Boston and taking Andy with me. You can join us.

andy750 · « **Reply #2958 on:** July 29, 2012, 07:32:27 AM »

Quote from: Mooshie on July 28, 2012, 10:25:55 PM

Would love to go coast to coast. If I do I'm stopping in Boston and taking Andy with me. You can join us.

Wooohoo! Oh Id join you for sure

bruzer59 · « **Reply #2959 on:** July 29, 2012, 07:46:33 AM »

stoped for a smoke break at the lake. this lake is the local fishing hole

dhall57 · « **Reply #2960 on:** July 29, 2012, 04:16:37 PM »

Out on a Sunday with the KO.

Ira · « **Reply #2961 on:** July 30, 2012, 05:44:29 PM »

I rode solo from Chicago to Flint to Port Sanilac and back on a 4-day weekend.

Here's my bike in Jackson, MI on a rest stop.

dhall57 · « **Reply #2962 on:** July 31, 2012, 02:25:23 AM »

How many miles was that Ira? How did your bike run, any problems?

Ira · « **Reply #2963 on:** July 31, 2012, 01:12:05 PM »

It was just shy of 800 miles. The bike ran excellent- I just got new Hagon shocks and it was great to feel the difference. I'm dealing with some chain slack issues, but other than that it was very reliable on both highways and back roads.

The bike uses oil too, but until I rebuild the top end this winter, i'm pretty much carrying a spare and quart topping it off every day. Minimal external seepage from the cam tower pucks, and I suspect the valve seals leak a bit. No heavy smoke in the exhaust, but the oil has to be going somewhere...?

mrbreeze · « **Reply #2964 on:** July 31, 2012, 09:50:31 PM »

Looks like my bike up on the center stand........16" wheel....low profile tire.....shorty shocks.....gotta mile between the tire and the ground. Some people here say they can't put it on the stand like that............cmon!!!!!! If ya can't do that .....can ya pick it up off the ground if it falls over?

?? If not .......maybe you should consider something lighter

the technological J · « **Reply #2965 on:** July 31, 2012, 10:18:58 PM »

Quote from: Ira on July 31, 2012, 01:12:05 PM

It was just shy of 800 miles. The bike ran excellent- I just got new Hagon shocks and it was great to feel the difference. I'm dealing with some chain slack issues, but other than that it was very reliable on both highways and back roads.

The bike uses oil too, but until I rebuild the top end this winter, i'm pretty much carrying a spare and quart topping it off every day. Minimal external seepage from the cam tower pucks, and I suspect the valve seals leak a bit. No heavy smoke in the exhaust, but the oil has to be going somewhere...?

nothing underneath odripping back one of the swingarms?

DJ_AX · « **Reply #2966 on:** August 01, 2012, 05:49:51 AM »

Quote from: mrbreeze on July 31, 2012, 09:50:31 PM

Looks like my bike up on the center stand........16" wheel....low profile tire.....shorty shocks.....gotta mile between the tire and the ground. Some people here say they can't put it on the stand like that............cmon!!!!!! If ya can't do that .....can ya pick it up off the ground if it falls over??? If not .......maybe you should consider something lighter

+1 ... and good point!

Ira · « **Reply #2967 on:** August 01, 2012, 08:29:20 AM »

Quote from: the technological J on July 31, 2012, 10:18:58 PM

Quote from: Ira on July 31, 2012, 01:12:05 PM
It was just shy of 800 miles. The bike ran excellent- I just got new Hagon shocks and it was great to feel the difference. I'm dealing with some chain slack issues, but other than that it was very reliable on both highways and back roads.

The bike uses oil too, but until I rebuild the top end this winter, i'm pretty much carrying a spare and quart topping it off every day. Minimal external seepage from the cam tower pucks, and I suspect the valve seals leak a bit. No heavy smoke in the exhaust, but the oil has to be going somewhere...?
nothing underneath odripping back one of the swingarms?

Not really- it's kind of strange. Nothing on the swingarm, and a thin film underneath, but no spotting under the bike when parked. Sometimes i'll get a drip off the fins in front, but that's the pucks...

Bob Wessner · « **Reply #2968 on:** August 01, 2012, 08:42:49 AM »

You say you 'carry a quart' to top it off each day. Just how much would you say you have to add each time you top it off?

Ira · « **Reply #2969 on:** August 01, 2012, 10:05:16 AM »

I think I add a quart every 300-400 miles? I went through 2 over the 800 mile trip. I check the oil every time I fuel, right after shutting the bike off, and top off if the level reads low. At worst, it may be 1/8 to 1/4 down. Sometime not at all.

I have an oil pressure gauge, which also reads predictably, about 10psi per 1k rpms at operating temp.

I'm planning to go through the top end this winter and replace all of the seals. Like I said, the engine isn't wet or blowing oil all over me, just a little seeping in the front below the pucks, and a thin film on the bottom. My exhaust will occasionally have a tiny puff of blue smoke at acceleration, but nothing else to suggest it's burning a bunch of oil.

It's somewhat of a mystery to me, but it seems predictable enough and the bike runs well, so I'm just babying it through this riding season.

Bob Wessner · « **Reply #2970 on:** August 01, 2012, 10:30:16 AM »

To me, that is a fair amount of oil loss. Like you said, it's a bit of mystery as to where the loss is occurring. One would think it would be detectable in some way. $:-\$

Ira · « **Reply #2971 on:** August 01, 2012, 10:47:00 AM »

By the way, I enjoyed your state last weekend. There are some nice roads once you get off the xway! I rode from Jackson to Fenton right after taking that picture.

thebearded1 · « **Reply #2972 on:** August 01, 2012, 01:34:20 PM »

Took the country roads on the way home from work.

cabrala · « **Reply #2973 on:** August 01, 2012, 01:51:39 PM »

Quote from: thebearded1 on August 01, 2012, 01:34:20 PM

Took the country roads on the way home from work.

That is a GREAT picture Beards! The color is popping. Throw that in the thread for the SOHC4 calendar.

thebearded1 · « **Reply #2974 on:** August 01, 2012, 02:19:04 PM »

Thanks photography is another hobby haha. Always fun to combine the hobbies!

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Author Topic: Lets see your SOHC bike out on the road! (Read 1428750 times)