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What's the worst/dumbest thing a PO did to your bike?
lash:
How to get your 6 yr old daughter to stick weld frame tubes….
newday777:
How to convert a K6 750 single feed gas line on left side petcock to K0-K4 double outlet right side petcock......
Plumbing 101.....
HondaMan:
--- Quote from: newday777 on April 05, 2024, 11:23:46 AM ---How to convert a K6 750 single feed gas line on left side petcock to K0-K4 double outlet right side petcock......
Plumbing 101.....
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Gasoline levitation 101?
:o
It reliably DOES stop overflowing bowls, though. I once got a "cafe'd" 750 to "fix it so it would run over 50 MPH again". The owner had done exactly that, because the "carbs were always overflowing. Moving the fuel lines underneath stopped it form doing that."
It just needed new float valves.
Terry in Australia:
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--- Quote from: Keith on August 08, 2017, 07:19:48 PM ---Not ground shattering...but could have caused an accident or worse. Checking the bike over before my first ride, I noticed there was a castle nut on the rear brake stabilizer bar, but no cotter pin, and at first, didn't see a hole for the pin in the bolt. Worse, the nut was loose! What had happened was the bolt had a "T" shaped head, and it wasn't seated properly, so the nut couldn't thread on far enough to expose the hole for the cotter pin. If that bar had dropped off when riding....
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Well I can't say anything bad about the PO of "Goldie", Ken did a fantastic job building the bike before he totaled it on it's maiden voyage, but as there wasn't any damage to the back of the bike, I'd never removed the rear wheel. I think the bike was just cursed, because on my maiden voyage after I rebuilt it, it tried to kill me too.
Terryswinterride14-6-101 by Terry Prendergast, on Flickr
I was on my way home after a great ride, and as I approached a "T" intersection I hit the rear brake, then there was a loud "BANG!" followed by the rear wheel locking up. I managed to hold it upright as I skidded to a halt, and when I finally came up to a halt, I realised that the brake stay arm bolt had let go, and while the arm had just dropped straight down, the brake plate had rotated several times with the wheel, the rod had snapped and wrapped itself around the rear axle, the brake pivot arm was bent to sh1t, and I was 50 miles from home.
Buggeredbrakes14-6-10 by Terry Prendergast, on Flickr
Luckily I was able to use my leatherman tool to "borrow" a length of fencing wire from a farm fence nearby to tie the brake arm away from the wheel, unlock the back brake, and I rode home with no other issues, just using the front brake.
I sold the bike a few months later to a guy in Sydney and apart from a post on a Cafe Racer forum that retro put me on to a few months later I've never seen it again, so I'm hoping the new buyer fared better than Ken and I, and wondering whether he had a pants filling experience too? Sometimes it's just bad luck........... ;D
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Well after many years “Goldie” resurfaced on FB. A new owner (probably not the guy I sold it to) was posting that finally, after 3 years of work, it was ready to go back on the road. I wondered why it took him 3 years, as apart from different handlebars, seat and wrapped exhaust it looked pretty much like it did when it left my place? He didn’t elaborate, but was obviously trying to claim all the work that Ken and I had done as his own. Made me laugh, future owners can be as bad as previous owners…. ;D
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