Topic: What did you do to your bike today ?

[steam-powered man]

i bought a DID aluminum "shouldered" wheel on fleabay, and the spokes were toast.  ended up polishing the spokes/nipples from my 76k and using them.  polishing the spokes was mind-numbing, i'd do 4 or 5 in a session, then give it up.   

[Terry in Australia]

Yeah I know Fred, I am a whore, and I like bike parts too. Ooh and I like beer too Dave, but believe it or not, that was apple juice in that glass........

Anyways, I put the ol' girl back together again, and took it for a short ride. I would have gone further but I realised that I'd forgotten to tighten a couple of fairly unimportant things like the top triple and the fender stays, so I came home, tightened things up, washed it and came inside for a grandpa nap. I was gonna mow the lawn, but hell, that can wait!

Terry I like those mag wheels; who is the manufacturer & are they 18" or 17" ?
They add a lot to the custom look of your bike.

G'Day Mate, thanks for that, the wheels are Henry Abe's (Japanese 70's era aftermarket items) in standard 18"/19" sizes. I love them, no more loose rusty spokes or rusty rims, and much easier to set up the extra front caliper. I do have another set of wheels with rear disc, aluminum Borrani rims and stainless spokes, but I'll save them for another project. Cheers, Terry.

[wardenerd]

rode the 650 to work.  62* on December 7 is a mind blower.

[70CB750]

Temperature is ok up here too - but I may need a submarine - heavy, heavy rain since midnight.

[maduncle]

Was going to ride to work but got asked by the wife not too as she needs me home in time for drinks with friends and she doesn't tryst the bike to get me home!
 (Smart woman).

[70CB750]

My Honda tends to take always the longer way home.

[veloracermike]

Rearsets

[Stev-o]

Rearsets

Mike - looks good, what brand? I may need some.....

[Stev-o]

Took the "new" 550 for a spin...

[veloracermike]

Took the "new" 550 for a spin...

Looks like a beautiful day to go for a ride! Looking forward to doing the same on my bike!

[piute]

Well 1st had to make a spring compressor thing used some ole mower blades since el cheapo me ain't paying no 50 bucks for 2 Lil plates of still and some nuts and bolts,TODAY..Put all back together and got a good 2" drop in rear was able to put my front tubes back to normal height(was slipped up an inch).

[OldSchool_IsCool]

Spring Compressor?? Or a device used to coerce a confession??

[steam-powered man]

mounted the footpegs (sanded/painted last week), ordered the correct sized front tire (), mounted the pass grab bar/ relocated the rear blinks. 

[Trav-i]

Got my new to me tank today.  Spent the whole day staring at it.   I know I have issues, but right now I'm just happy to have a good solid F tank.  Now for the next big question... What color to paint it?

[strynboen]

Well 1st had to make a spring compressor thing used some ole mower blades since el cheapo me ain't paying no 50 bucks for 2 Lil plates of still and some nuts and bolts,TODAY..Put all back together and got a good 2" drop in rear was able to put my front tubes back to normal height(was slipped up an inch).

is he spanish...or danish...

[Frostyboy]

is he spanish...or danish...

[damagedduck]

Got my new to me tank today.  Spent the whole day staring at it.   I know I have issues, but right now I'm just happy to have a good solid F tank.  Now for the next big question... What color to paint it?

maybe the same color as the side covers??LOL!

[70CB750]

Rode to work, it was 25.  Tested new winter gloves. They work great.

[K5owner]

Snowed today, and its about 28deg out, so hooked up the battery charger for winter storage.

[WhyNot2]

Rode to work too, in below freezing weather.

Still use the old leather army gloves with the green wool inserts.

I've been retarded....uuuuuhhhh....retired from the army since 1995. And I wore these gloves back them.

[Tews19]

Received the petcock filter for my newly rebuilt petcock. Put it all together and now just waiting for the battery to charge to start her up.

[Kanticoy]

I was plagued with the infamous cracked and busted idiot light panel on my 400f.  Back during the Barber's festival, I saw a buddy had a 750 front end he was going to put in the swap meet area (we had a booth) that had a nice condition idiot light panel on it.  It's not the correct OEM black for the 400, but it bolts right up and to me looks great!  He kindly donated it for free! I put a little rubber restore on the gaskets, replaced the bulbs in it and the gauges, and installed a new 35w h4 bulb in my headlight since mine was 65w and would kill the battery (especially with the dyna ignition installed  )

Went for a 90 mile ride to celebrate. Feels like a new bike now!  This is a happy 400 owner (as usual!)

[Terry in Australia]

As I mentioned a few pages ago, I wasn't happy with the Tarozzi rearset gear shifter linkage setup, so I stuffed around for a couple of hours trying to make it right, but it wasn't gonna happen, so I ended up drilling a hole and it works perfectly now. The weather is hot, but overcast and threatening rain for the next few days, so I thought I best go for a ride before it gets worse.

The bike is running really nicely, and when the engine gets on the cam at around 6000 RPM, it rockets forward like a modern bike, but the wail coming out of the 30+ year old Yoshi pipe was pure 1970's race bike. There's a police blitz going on around Melbourne leading up to Christmas, so I had to find a nice quiet "private" road to wang it out to 120 MPH in 4th gear, before I ran out of road. (and balls) On the way home it started to miss and fart, I knew it was low on fuel, so I switched it to reserve, but, reserve wasn't working!

I managed to roll into my driveway before the engine cut out completely, so there must be some crap in the pet cock (he he....) so I'll try to get that sorted tomorrow before my "Hand Brake" drags me out of the garage and makes me mow the damn lawn. Cheers, Terry.

[mick7504]

As I mentioned a few pages ago, I wasn't happy with the Tarozzi rearset gear shifter linkage setup, so I stuffed around for a couple of hours trying to make it right, but it wasn't gonna happen, so I ended up drilling a hole and it works perfectly now. The weather is hot, but overcast and threatening rain for the next few days, so I thought I best go for a ride before it gets worse.

The bike is running really nicely, and when the engine gets on the cam at around 6000 RPM, it rockets forward like a modern bike, but the wail coming out of the 30+ year old Yoshi pipe was pure 1970's race bike. There's a police blitz going on around Melbourne leading up to Christmas, so I had to find a nice quiet "private" road to wang it out to 120 MPH in 4th gear, before I ran out of road. (and balls) On the way home it started to miss and fart, I knew it was low on fuel, so I switched it to reserve, but, reserve wasn't working!

I managed to roll into my driveway before the engine cut out completely, so there must be some crap in the pet cock (he he....) so I'll try to get that sorted tomorrow before my "Hand Brake" drags me out of the garage and makes me mow the damn lawn. Cheers, Terry.

She's lookin' dangerous mate. 

It took me nearly 8 hours to mow half of the block here last weekend and needs doing again already after the rain this week.
Me mate reckons that I should have a lawn sale and sell it for a dollar a foot. 

The bikes looking magic Terry and it sounds as if she's roarin' like a loco at full song.

Mick

[maduncle]

Rode up to Terry's before he took off to go rock sight seeing (they are real nice rocks there Terry, can't quite see them all for that rainbow bike in the way though).

Then rode down to the city to visit another mechanic friend and shot the breeze over bike stuff.

Then rode it home.