Author Topic: What did you do to your bike today ? (Read 3234573 times)

Tews19 · « **Reply #9550 on:** March 15, 2012, 06:26:35 PM »

Quote from: 72500john on March 15, 2012, 06:17:02 PM

rode out to the local hareware store to get more seeds for the garden. went up the mountain afterwords. planted the seeds and went out to lunch. got home to find the new motad exhaust deliver at the side door. went out for another ride just because the weather was nice.

HMMM planted seeds up the hill?

SOunds like you may be a distributor?

? Be careful!!!

72500john · « **Reply #9551 on:** March 15, 2012, 06:31:31 PM »

sorry not a hippie here, just alot of geens( no not that kind) and good home grown food. hell have you seen the prices in the local grocerie strore!
grow alot of green beans and carrots and such.hell its a hobby like having a sohc bike..fun!!!

Tews19 · « **Reply #9552 on:** March 15, 2012, 08:31:57 PM »

Quote from: 72500john on March 15, 2012, 06:31:31 PM

sorry not a hippie here, just alot of geens( no not that kind) and good home grown food. hell have you seen the prices in the local grocerie strore!
grow alot of green beans and carrots and such.hell its a hobby like having a sohc bike..fun!!!

Actually I can relate. Wife's family is from Laos and do lots of gardening. Plus we are gathering ideas for veggies to plant in ours this summer.

clark gable · « **Reply #9553 on:** March 15, 2012, 08:43:43 PM »

adjusted the float height in the #1 carb body, replaced the float needle, and most important of all....stopped it's leaking!

thrutheframe · « **Reply #9554 on:** March 15, 2012, 08:59:45 PM »

Quote from: MoMo on March 15, 2012, 12:27:01 AM

Quote from: thrutheframe on March 15, 2012, 12:17:51 AM
I rode her all over, city, country, interstate. Stopped at my buddies house and we took my headlight out and tried to sort out why my low beam doesn't work. The contact fo the low beam is intermittent where it goe into the light. Then on the way home my left mirror blew out of the ruuber mount. :-

That could be the connection inside the l/h switch. Try spraying either contact cleaner or WD/40 throught the opening of the t/s slide switch...Larry

Thanks Larry. It definitely at the headlight. I works great until I wiggle the plug or push it all the way into the bucket. That contact is pretty lean on solder and shows some iron oxide looking stain. I have a couple of extra headlights and headlight plugs laying around.

fire113 · « **Reply #9555 on:** March 16, 2012, 07:52:10 AM »

...took the K1 for a ride, blue sky and 20°C outside right now

CycleRanger · « **Reply #9556 on:** March 16, 2012, 03:07:17 PM »

Put new a new Barnett clutch in the XL250s.
The manual says you need the special clutch tool to remove the bolt.
All you really need is a coupon for a $15 HF impact wrench.

Now it's wheelie poppin' time!

I'd go ride the 750 but threatening clouds are threatening....

Stev-o · « **Reply #9557 on:** March 16, 2012, 03:22:18 PM »

Hey CR - why no pics of the XL250? We should ride @ my buddy's 600 acre ranch near Marble Falls. (I have a Suzi TS250)

CycleRanger · « **Reply #9558 on:** March 16, 2012, 03:36:36 PM »

Quote from: Stev-o on March 16, 2012, 03:22:18 PM

Hey CR - why no pics of the XL250? We should ride @ my buddy's 600 acre ranch near Marble Falls. (I have a Suzi TS250)

I posted a pix in the other bikes thread when I got it.
I'm about ready to shoot another now that's almost completed. (Gotta fix a carb leak.)
Yeah, I would be totally down with riding on 600 acres!
I've got a buddy at work who wants to go down and ride the national forest somewhere down near Houston.

heffay · « **Reply #9559 on:** March 16, 2012, 03:40:09 PM »

Finished up the banshee... Added the final touches like exhaust gaskets, fender brackets, new fuel. Kicked on it long enough to go into an asthma attack and finally just had Elizabeth pull start it with the truck. Just fouled plugs. Once it smoked off all the extra fuel/oil in the cylinders... SHEE RIPS!!!

theofam · « **Reply #9560 on:** March 16, 2012, 03:59:34 PM »

I had a $&@%ing fantastic day. I finished a six month build:

And cratered it five miles later with an oil-starved top end:

MCRider · « **Reply #9561 on:** March 16, 2012, 04:05:28 PM »

DANG! You've got to be kidding! (I know you aren't). My sympathies to you and yours.

silicone?

OneWheelDrive · « **Reply #9562 on:** March 16, 2012, 04:30:18 PM »

Quote from: theofam on March 16, 2012, 03:59:34 PM

I had a $&@%ing fantastic day. I finished a six month build:

And cratered it five miles later with an oil-starved top end:

Crazy! Why the golding of the head?

theofam · « **Reply #9563 on:** March 16, 2012, 04:37:07 PM »

OneWheelDrive, the golding of the head is due to taking the paint beyond its temperature threshold, as far as I can tell. It's engine paint, and it bubbled to give you a feel for the heat. You'll notice it happened on the cylinder, too, just not as bad. I figure that might be due to the cylinder having steel sleeves for bores. Maybe it didn't get as hot. Dunno. Just conjecture at this point.

ThomasD883 · « **Reply #9564 on:** March 16, 2012, 04:44:30 PM »

Good thing she didn't lock up on you, you can always fix the machine. Love the paint on it! Kinda reminds me of a skittles bag, not in a bad way.

Best of luck to you!

heffay · « **Reply #9565 on:** March 16, 2012, 04:46:02 PM »

theofam... go drink yourself silly... we'll be here to help when you're ready to re-tackle that beautiful build. don't give up on her.

dhall57 · « **Reply #9566 on:** March 16, 2012, 05:01:08 PM »

Just took the wife for a spin down the hwy on the K6. Only the 2ND time she has rode on it. Stopped and picked up a loto ticket. So when I win the 200 million I plan on buying a couple more sohc4's

heffay · « **Reply #9567 on:** March 16, 2012, 05:06:13 PM »

you mean a couple more SOHC4s for all of us.

theofam · « **Reply #9568 on:** March 16, 2012, 08:44:35 PM »

ThomasD, the paint definitely pops. I'm really proud of my Skittles!

Heffay, thanks for the offer to help me get Paddy up and running. I'll take your advice and not give up on him (plus it's good for my kids to see Dad keep chugging even when he gets his hat handed to him)!

Picasoo · « **Reply #9569 on:** March 17, 2012, 03:41:01 AM »

...finished!!

ThomasD883 · « **Reply #9570 on:** March 17, 2012, 07:59:49 AM »

Congratulations! Be gentle, you only want to do that once.

DJ_AX · « **Reply #9571 on:** March 17, 2012, 08:09:22 AM »

Wiped the wet fog off ...
after a great morning ride through it this morning ...

Ahhh so glad the riding season is back here in MI.

Terry in Australia · « **Reply #9572 on:** March 17, 2012, 02:17:11 PM »

Quote from: theofam on March 16, 2012, 04:37:07 PM

OneWheelDrive, the golding of the head is due to taking the paint beyond its temperature threshold, as far as I can tell. It's engine paint, and it bubbled to give you a feel for the heat. You'll notice it happened on the cylinder, too, just not as bad. I figure that might be due to the cylinder having steel sleeves for bores. Maybe it didn't get as hot. Dunno. Just conjecture at this point.

Yep, that was my guess mate, have you determined what caused the top end melt down yet? It's such a pity, that bike looks mint! Cheers, Terry.

theofam · « **Reply #9573 on:** March 17, 2012, 02:44:28 PM »

Terry,

I've not yet determined what caused my problem. Here's leftover media from blasting the engine parts I found moments ago in the oil filter housing. So, it could be a plugged orifice or two:

The oil filter oil looks like a 70's metal flake job - not optimistic at this point:

In the last 24 hours I've gone from this:

To this:

Hopefully, I can try to figure it out this week. If not, it'll be two weeks due to my kids' spring break.

Spanner 1 · « **Reply #9574 on:** March 17, 2012, 05:24:28 PM »

Total bummer on your head problem

... when I started-up my long sleeping K8, I unscrewed the tappet adjuster covers ( the intake ones ) and left them open. With the bike started and running a 'wall' of oil is visible over the rockers if your feeds are all o.k.

.... actually, did this on the 2nd. start, should have been the 1st. start

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Author Topic: What did you do to your bike today ? (Read 3234573 times)

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