Topic: What did you do to your bike today ?

[Terry in Australia]

Well I won an Ebay auction for 3 Henry Abe wheels, so now I'm the proud owner of 4 Henry Abe wheels, but sadly I've now got 3 rears and only 1 front, damn it!

[ekpent]

    A shout out and Thank-you to member Sean for helping an 'Old Timer' wrestle my K6 put back together engine into its frame Sunday. Worked a little more yesterday afternoon, finished mounting it up, cleaned out the gunky oil tank and lines,mounted up the coils and other little chores.  Poured a qt of oil down the top end and a couple more in the tank.  The good is the electric starter works though the button wants to stick a little and the oil light functions and I am running out of parts that were in boxes. The bad is I have no spark at the plugs,no headlight, neutral switch or tail lights    So next step is to start going through the wiring and see where I have power and where I don't. Headlight bucket is a mess as I found a Jammer pigtail stuffed in there and a couple of 'mystery' wires,one with an inline fuse-- Hmm.   Hopefully get the carbs officially done and mounted and work out the electrical gremlins and I can say " Fire in the Hole" 

[Terry in Australia]

Sold another one! Well not strictly true, a workmate is selling his late model car, so I asked him for a generous (to me) trade in on one of my VTR1000's, and so we're both happy. That's 3 bikes gone inside a week! Beat that Eric!

[Desert-SOHC]

Mounted my new hard bags.

[MoMo]

Sold another one! Well not strictly true, a workmate is selling his late model car, so I asked him for a generous (to me) trade in on one of my VTR1000's, and so we're both happy. That's 3 bikes gone inside a week! Beat that Eric!

He doesn't sell, how could he beat that?

[ekpent]

Sold another one! Well not strictly true, a workmate is selling his late model car, so I asked him for a generous (to me) trade in on one of my VTR1000's, and so we're both happy. That's 3 bikes gone inside a week! Beat that Eric!

He doesn't sell, how could he beat that?

  I sold 7 bikes this fall to clear out some space and have a some more planned for the spring. First winter I can remember in awhile that I have not bought even one yet.  My therapist and wife says I am doing real well   

[MoMo]

Sold another one! Well not strictly true, a workmate is selling his late model car, so I asked him for a generous (to me) trade in on one of my VTR1000's, and so we're both happy. That's 3 bikes gone inside a week! Beat that Eric!

He doesn't sell, how could he beat that?

  I sold 7 bikes this fall to clear out some space and have a some more planned for the spring. First winter I can remember in awhile that I have not bought even one yet.  My therapist and wife says I am doing real well   

I'm impressed, you must have an awesome therapist

[mj1176]

I got to spend an hour getting rained on while I diagnosed and then replaced the ignition switch on my 550. No intermittent failures, just worked fine until it didnt. Luckily it was just a quick hop up the road so walking it back wasn't terrible. Glad to have it back on the road, even with the rain it was a couple days of torture not being able to start the bike.

[Terry in Australia]

Sold another one! Well not strictly true, a workmate is selling his late model car, so I asked him for a generous (to me) trade in on one of my VTR1000's, and so we're both happy. That's 3 bikes gone inside a week! Beat that Eric!

He doesn't sell, how could he beat that?

  I sold 7 bikes this fall to clear out some space and have a some more planned for the spring. First winter I can remember in awhile that I have not bought even one yet.  My therapist and wife says I am doing real well   

Ha ha, well putting 6 of them into storage did it for me Eric, somehow it broke the spell and I realised that if I couldn't even look at them I didn't need them. I'm gonna get rid of a total of 11 this year, and just keep my 5 favourites...........

[maduncle]

When you are down to 5 Terry let me know - we can play kick to kick in the TARDIS.

[USMC5811]

Wife and therapist are plotting against you.


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[Terry in Australia]

Does everyone in the US have a therapist? I mean, I can understand why, but it almost seems like a "right of passage" to have one? Personally, I stay as far away from them as I can, it's a well known fact that they only studied mental health so they could understand why they are so screwy!

[joeyvans]

Does everyone in the US have a therapist?

Probably in LA and NYC. My therapy consists of wide open spaces for things that go fast and things that go bang.



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[Jerry Rxman Griffin aka MuthaF'er]

It's more of a popularity thing - if her GF has one then she has to also. Kinda like divorce.  The new normal. Probably why everyone is sooo fukd up?

[Desert-SOHC]

Does everyone in the US have a therapist? 

yup....here's mine....you'll never see a motorcycle in front of a shrinks office

[USMC5811]

Does everyone in the US have a therapist?

Probably in LA and NYC. My therapy consists of wide open spaces for things that go fast and things that go bang.



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...and curvy things that jiggle and bounce


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[USMC5811]

Does everyone in the US have a therapist? 

yup....here's mine....you'll never see a motorcycle in front of a shrinks office

Ironically, motorcycle parking is right outside the Behavioral Medicine wing at my VA hospital.
I think of that saying every time I throw down the kickstand.


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[ekpent]

 As they say some must die so others can live. Well I took the dremel cutting wheel to my #4 float pin after farking around with it for too long over the course of this K6 resurrection project. Tried all the tricks. The other 3 carbs were done and ready and this was the first brass pin that ever beat me. Cutting it was better than breaking a post. Off to the parts bin for another float and pin and clean this last sucker up.
  Posted recently I wasn't getting power to the coils and spark at the plug. Tracked that down to what must be the kill switch and have bypassed for now and have juice. Getting very close to it first start up in many moons,my favorite part of these project  All my boxes it came in are almost empty !!  Last pic is the before shot.

[cooley]

As they say some must die so others can live. Well I took the dremel cutting wheel to my #4 float pin after farking around with it for too long over the course of this K6 resurrection project. Tried all the tricks. The other 3 carbs were done and ready and this was the first brass pin that ever beat me. Cutting it was better than breaking a post. Off to the parts bin for another float and pin and clean this last sucker up.
  Posted recently I wasn't getting power to the coils and spark at the plug. Tracked that down to what must be the kill switch and have bypassed for now and have juice. Getting very close to it first start up in many moons,my favorite part of these project  All my boxes it came in are almost empty !!  Last pic is the before shot.

Nice work. Looks great.

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[ekpent]

As they say some must die so others can live. Well I took the dremel cutting wheel to my #4 float pin after farking around with it for too long over the course of this K6 resurrection project. Tried all the tricks. The other 3 carbs were done and ready and this was the first brass pin that ever beat me. Cutting it was better than breaking a post. Off to the parts bin for another float and pin and clean this last sucker up.
  Posted recently I wasn't getting power to the coils and spark at the plug. Tracked that down to what must be the kill switch and have bypassed for now and have juice. Getting very close to it first start up in many moons,my favorite part of these project  All my boxes it came in are almost empty !!  Last pic is the before shot.

Nice work. Looks great.

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Not done yet but will post an after

[MoMo]

As they say some must die so others can live. Well I took the dremel cutting wheel to my #4 float pin after farking around with it for too long over the course of this K6 resurrection project. Tried all the tricks. The other 3 carbs were done and ready and this was the first brass pin that ever beat me. Cutting it was better than breaking a post. Off to the parts bin for another float and pin and clean this last sucker up.
  Posted recently I wasn't getting power to the coils and spark at the plug. Tracked that down to what must be the kill switch and have bypassed for now and have juice. Getting very close to it first start up in many moons,my favorite part of these project  All my boxes it came in are almost empty !!  Last pic is the before shot.

Nice work. Looks great.

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Not done yet but will post an after

Really like the way you lacquered the carbs.  Is it a protective coating? 

[Terry in Australia]

Does everyone in the US have a therapist?

Probably in LA and NYC. My therapy consists of wide open spaces for things that go fast and things that go bang.

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Ha ha, well as long as whatever you're riding doesn't go bang, then that's ok..........

[Terry in Australia]

Does everyone in the US have a therapist? 

yup....here's mine....you'll never see a motorcycle in front of a shrinks office

Hmmnnn, well I know a shrink who rides a bike, so not sure if that's true, unless he parks it around the back.............

[ekpent]

Does everyone in the US have a therapist? 

yup....here's mine....you'll never see a motorcycle in front of a shrinks office

Hmmnnn, well I know a shrink who rides a bike, so not sure if that's true, unless he parks it around the back.............

Actually I do not have a therapist but for some reason my wife's tree hugging daughter actually thinks I have a problem. Always greets me with a "Did you buy any more" as she is shaking her head and has talked about it to Mom. Its ironic that her father,my wife,s ex, has a bike and we take a ride together occasionally 

[ekpent]

Actually I do not have a therapist but for some reason my wife's tree hugging daughter actually thinks I have a problem. Always greets me with a "Did you buy any more" as she is shaking her head and has talked about it to Mom. Its ironic that her father,my wife,s ex, has a bike and we take a ride together occasionally 

Sounds like you married the wrong partner in that deal...

Wife loves going with me buying a bike,always up for a road trip plus she gets a free lunch out of the deal