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Offline mrbreeze

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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #7025 on: July 27, 2011, 10:50:52 AM »
Just ordered petcock seals for my new tank so I can get rid of the fumes so I don't burn down the house!!!!!!
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #7026 on: July 27, 2011, 11:04:11 AM »
valve adjustment.
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #7027 on: July 27, 2011, 11:54:12 AM »
Quote from: TipperT on July 27, 2011, 09:42:37 AM
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Took a cup of coffee out to the garage this morning and stared at it longingly. 

Yanno, sometimes that makes for some great company!

Well, it never talks back to me.  ;)
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #7028 on: July 27, 2011, 12:22:26 PM »
Quote from: Roach Carver on July 26, 2011, 07:22:19 PM
rebuilt one fork.



What about the other one?
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #7029 on: July 27, 2011, 12:24:04 PM »
...prepared the K1 for longer trip.

 
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #7030 on: July 27, 2011, 12:39:09 PM »
Bought some Tarozzi rearsets for the 72 500.  Shoud go well with the full churchgate fairing set-up.  Can't wait.
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #7031 on: July 27, 2011, 01:09:29 PM »
re-glued the re-crack in my sidecover. Maybe I'll use a little less baking soda next time.
And of course ... rode it to work ..
what's that?  50% chance of what? ...
well..
A much better chance of a nice ride :)

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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #7032 on: July 27, 2011, 05:52:45 PM »
I decided to remove and clean the carbs on my 550 today.  I've never had them off since purchasing the bike a few years ago....it has always run reasonably well with the exception of pretty lack-luster fuel mileage.  They were worse than I expected.....can you tell which of the 4 have not been cleaned yet in this pic?  :o




The slow jets may have been clogged just a bit, but overall everything seemed clear and the floats moved freely even with the gunk.

Oddly, the float height appears to have been set WAY off last time these were opened up.  They are supposed to be 22mm and they look to be about half that (way too high).  Never had any fuel from the overflows, though.   ???  Hopefully setting the floats correctly will help correct my mileage issues and richness.
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #7033 on: July 27, 2011, 07:31:52 PM »
Were your plugs black and sooty with the float level off that much?
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #7034 on: July 27, 2011, 07:40:49 PM »
Finallt got my CB550k back from the shop. Carbs completely rebuilt, had to adjust the points. The Shop in Bayview, was very detailed and the owner took his time to explain everything that was completed. First time I drove her while running well.... Well, sorta... She doesn't want to stay running when coming to a stop.... At times, she will idle around 1k-1250 and stay running but other then that she will die... Sounds like she wants to stop running... But when she is driving, man, I understand all the postings of the enjoyment these bikes bring their owners.... Anyways, took off the horrible fairing and saddle bags. MOunted the rear and front turn signals, played around 4 hours to get the wiring correct and still no turn signals... SIGH... I will have to hit up Ace Hardware to pick up some rubber gaskets and modify the bucket Removed the handle bar extension also.... Now I am going to search the threads for the proper wiring diagram to get these lights functioning...




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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #7035 on: July 27, 2011, 07:43:54 PM »
rebuilt another fork.
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #7036 on: July 27, 2011, 07:59:02 PM »
Continued ripping apart my 1980 CB650...endless cleaning..examinations...

BTW I am new here..
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #7037 on: July 27, 2011, 08:12:57 PM »
Quote from: bjatwood on July 27, 2011, 07:31:52 PM
Were your plugs black and sooty with the float level off that much?

You know what....I must have been high on carb cleaner.   ;)  I went out to finish things up and as it turns out the float were not off as much as I thought.  Actually, they were very close and I just had to do minor adjustments.  The plugs typically are slightly sooty.  I've never synchronized the carbs on this bike so that's next.
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #7038 on: July 27, 2011, 08:13:32 PM »
Quote from: Bobdoliest on July 27, 2011, 07:59:02 PM
Continued ripping apart my 1980 CB650...endless cleaning..examinations...

BTW I am new here..

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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #7039 on: July 27, 2011, 08:33:13 PM »
Watched the odometer go past 11,111.1 miles. 76 F. It had 7,8xx when I got it. So after 35 years, 1/4 of the total miles were put on this year.
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #7040 on: July 27, 2011, 08:59:19 PM »
78K 750 Put Together ( I'm not callin' it a re-build  ;) )..... Put on the wire loom , solenoid, rectifier, diode, changed-out the ign. switch for one that has a key !, wired the r/h control, rigged a main fuse, connected the starter AND couldn't resist cranking it over.... woohoo.... no fuel/air set-up yet ( like tank and such to feed fuel to carbs... minor detail !! )...... drank a (few ) beers, posted here...
Oh... and my friggin' oil tank has a pinhole in the bottom of it ( feck it ), so posted in the 'wanted section'...........
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #7041 on: July 28, 2011, 04:34:05 AM »
Quote from: fire113 on July 27, 2011, 12:24:04 PM
...prepared the K1 for longer trip.

 



I like that seat.........can you tell me where you got it?

Jack
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #7042 on: July 28, 2011, 08:54:49 AM »
Rode my CB360 to the license exam station and took my riding skills test.  30 years after I started riding.  Getting my first ever speeding ticket on a bike was the thing that did it.  Watched a bunch of guys take the test.  I hate to say it but the big twin HD's had the best advantage because they could idle thru the whole test.  A guy about 70 on a little scooter high sided his bike doing the quick brake test, that's an instant fail.  The guy wasn't hurt, and we all felt bad that he crashed his ride.

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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #7043 on: July 28, 2011, 11:18:47 AM »
Quote from: budlite282 on July 28, 2011, 04:34:05 AM
Quote from: fire113 on July 27, 2011, 12:24:04 PM
...prepared the K1 for longer trip.

 



I like that seat.........can you tell me where you got it?

Jack

Hi Jack,

...the seat is self made.

Did the electric at my K0, no fuse smashed but I had big problems to get my starter running. Seems that the NEW wiring harness has a wrong cable color  :o  what ever the starter is working now  ;D
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #7044 on: July 28, 2011, 12:41:29 PM »
Today/Yesterday I wrapped my headers....



And took off my rockerbox, replaced the cam pucks, and installed a new valve cover gasket.

found 2 cam pucks to be leaking.  I am hoping this stops my oil leaks along the fins. Crossing my fingers but not holding my breath.

Now I just need to replace the shifter seal, and primary drive seal... How easy is this??
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You made me think about it after I cheered knowing someone else would like to know what these control freaks are up to.
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 What bothers them is they sat up late at night, their breast full of wonder and estrogen, unable to sleep, dreaming about their lovely darling and all her glory... and next thing you know someone else doesn't share their emotional deluge and their reaction is they must spread their mind museum as far as they possibly can, taking over as much of the real world as possible.

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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #7045 on: July 28, 2011, 12:54:30 PM »
Quote from: WarwickE36 on July 28, 2011, 12:41:29 PM
Today/Yesterday I wrapped my headers....



And took off my rockerbox, replaced the cam pucks, and installed a new valve cover gasket.

found 2 cam pucks to be leaking.  I am hoping this stops my oil leaks along the fins. Crossing my fingers but not holding my breath.

Now I just need to replace the shifter seal, and primary drive seal... How easy is this??


I really like your seat.. Did you make it or purchase? If you purchased it where and how much if you do not mind?
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #7046 on: July 28, 2011, 01:47:30 PM »
I made it :-D  had it upholstered by my buddy's dad.  Here's the build thread.

http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?topic=91256.msg1026307#msg1026307

Cost me under $100 for the whole job, parts + labor.  Without the buddy's discount prob right at $150.
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" Why does anyone get offended by what someone does to their own bike? I dont get it. "

You made me think about it after I cheered knowing someone else would like to know what these control freaks are up to.
 Every time any owner strips whatever precious Honda part the horrified purists parts go up in value. That's not the part that bothers them.
 What bothers them is they sat up late at night, their breast full of wonder and estrogen, unable to sleep, dreaming about their lovely darling and all her glory... and next thing you know someone else doesn't share their emotional deluge and their reaction is they must spread their mind museum as far as they possibly can, taking over as much of the real world as possible.

Drink fast, drive slow, but ride it like you stole it

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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #7047 on: July 28, 2011, 04:38:12 PM »
Rode the 72 500 to work since it's nice and sunny out.  The 72 just doesn't have the torque the 73 has.  It gets slugish at about 4500rpms and doesn't want to pull hard.  Still makes it from a to b though.
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #7048 on: July 28, 2011, 04:56:29 PM »
Its finally Done
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #7049 on: July 28, 2011, 04:59:22 PM »
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