Topic: The SOHC4 Nugget Thread

[MasterChief750]

if your toilet has ss braided lines shouldnt your bike

[Gaucho]

Before you start spending money on powdercoating, cafe racer seats and aluminum gas tanks make sure it RUNS!
Gaucho

[seanbarney41]

Gaucho, that's damn straight.  My motto....If it works good, it looks good.

[bear]

Never attempt to put your bike back together after having several beers.

Stuth!

I'd never get my old girl to the track!
Where are you Scunny?
Help me sort this poor fella out.

Cheers,
Brian

[Rob M]

One of my favorites is lapping in old needle and seats with toothpaste.  Works wonders stopping leaky overflowing carbs.

[Coyote13]

^^ nice to know

[HAIRHEAD]

Don't kick-start your bike to impress onlookers unless you're positive you can start it by the third kick. 

and make sure your laces ( if you have them ) are not hangin out in the wind like a rip cord waiting to get caught on the shifter when you pull up to the busiest red light in town and you find......out ...in ....slow ... motion... that.... you ...only .... have .... one foot available to put down and you tip like a COW. gee how do i know this. Velcro good. laces BAD.

[MCRider]

Don't kick-start your bike to impress onlookers unless you're positive you can start it by the third kick. 

and make sure your laces ( if you have them ) are not hangin out in the wind like a rip cord waiting to get caught on the shifter when you pull up to the busiest red light in town and you find......out ...in ....slow ... motion... that.... you ...only .... have .... one foot available to put down and you tip like a COW. gee how do i know this. Velcro good. laces BAD.

Or too short bell bottoms that get hooked over the kick starter, right when you need to put your rt foot down.   

[Raef]

MC.  That sounds like experience

[MCRider]

MC.  That sounds like experience

Uh yeah, it happened to a friend of mine. 

[Brown Bomber]

I forgot about Bell Bottoms getting hooked on the kick starter.

[MCRider]

I forgot about Bell Bottoms getting hooked on the kick starter.

Glad i could remind you. Bell Bottoms are coming back you know.

[ferroussphinx]

oh #$%* what are bell bottoms   lol  you old guys are the best

[MCRider]

oh #$%* what are bell bottoms   lol  you old guys are the best

On the outside chance that you aren't just kidding, here's some education.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell-bottoms

[ferroussphinx]

lovely   the   sailors used to wear them hmm 







 just kidding i know what they are  or should i say argh me matey muah muah hhaa

[going4speed]

Flitz polish works wonders on brass.

Simple green mixed 50/50 with water in a new $2 gallon paint can is your friend.

[ferroussphinx]

dont throw the directions out with the receipt

[Soos]

dont throw the directions out with the receipt

Yeah, gotta keep the receipt!

 

l8r

[Soos]

ACTUALLY checking every nut and bolt for tightness EVERY riding season.

I'm still a bit surprised at how many come loose, or fall out in a riding season..
Mabey I really SHOULD have used the blue thread locker on the first re-build....

Oh yeah, thread locker is a GOOD thing MOST of the time.
And YES there is a reason to put it on the bolt, and NOT in the hole.
Just can't remember it right now though......




l8r

[going4speed]

I believe its supposed to  be loctite in the hole not the bolt.  At least that is what the loctite factory rep told me when I was an engineer for CAT.

ACTUALLY checking every nut and bolt for tightness EVERY riding season.

I'm still a bit surprised at how many come loose, or fall out in a riding season..
Mabey I really SHOULD have used the blue thread locker on the first re-build....

Oh yeah, thread locker is a GOOD thing MOST of the time.
And YES there is a reason to put it on the bolt, and NOT in the hole.
Just can't remember it right now though......




l8r

[Brown Bomber]

Here's a TDS from Loctite, Directions for use on the last page;
http://tds.loctite.com/tds5/docs/242-EN.pdf

[cookindaddy]

Thanks for the Loctite note. Interesting about the application methods and also about the preparation (clean and dry) and shake the bottle!

[going4speed]

Most of what we did was blind hole

Here's a TDS from Loctite, Directions for use on the last page;
http://tds.loctite.com/tds5/docs/242-EN.pdf

[boatsdickson]

The stock airbox performs great on the street. Aftermarket pods look great in the garage. Interchange the two.... and youll miss half the riding season.

[Coyote13]

The stock airbox performs great on the street. Aftermarket pods look great in the garage. Interchange the two.... and youll miss half the riding season.

Correction: if you DO plan on interchanging the two, do your homework FIRST or you'll miss half the riding season. Get to know jetting and carb tuning like the back of your hand. Figure out what has worked for other people, adjust for altitude and climate and go from there, it really isn't as hard as everyone says.