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It’s bad that I can’t see the name Brandon without immediately rolling my eyes and thinking it’s some dumb Trump poo poo. The maga folks really did ruin that name
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No. 6 posted:Gonna start a shoe company called Helmeti 
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Its the goofy little smile while looking me dead in the eyes to see if I 'get it.' Good one bro Edit - regarding maga not the hilarious pun Shuka fucked around with this message at 20:40 on Oct 26, 2023 |
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No. 6 posted:Gonna start a shoe company called Helmeti
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No. 6 posted:Gonna start a shoe company called Helmeti sounds like that business decision could go arai
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So, to remove the shock from an MTS1100 (and presumably, a bunch of other ducatis with SSSAs) you have to extract the 80ish millimeter bolt that attaches the bottom of the shock through a 100ish millimeter void in the swingarm. (As in, access is through two small holes in the swingarm - you stick an allen key through and gingerly pull the bolt out through the inside of the swingarm.) As you can imagine, there's some potential for error here. It doesn't take much for the bolt to fall off a long allen key, and part of the procedure involves the bolt just hanging out inside the swingarm with nothing really supporting it as you pull it through. The holes you're doing this through are barely wider than the diameter of the bolt. Anyway, last night I was remounting my shock after a rebuild and lost the bolt in the swingarm, and the end of my pickup tool that I sent in after it. Cue six hours of keyhole surgery involving a couple of rare earth magnets heat-shrunk to a zip tie (for a flexible fishing implement), a boroscope, a couple of bamboo bbq skewers, and the extremely slow accrual of knowledge about how to manipulate the lost pickup, and then the bolt, so they'd fit out of the tiny loving holes in the swingarm. Anyway, if anyone needs their appendix out I'm pretty confident I can do it now.
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Nov 1, 2023 01:02
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Ducati edition of Operation when?
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Nov 1, 2023 01:10
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Holy  Just put a drat guide tube in there Ducati
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prukinski posted:So, to remove the shock from an MTS1100 (and presumably, a bunch of other ducatis with SSSAs) you have to extract the 80ish millimeter bolt that attaches the bottom of the shock through a 100ish millimeter void in the swingarm. Lmao I've often wondered what happens if you gently caress up and let it fall in and now I know. Incredible.
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The amazing thing is that this absolutely sucked but by the end I could totally do it again, even given the absolutely hosed constraints of the situation. (I know this because I dropped the bolt again after getting it out, and it took 5 minutes to grab, turn around, and extract. Reminds me of something I vaguely remember hearing in the John Hinds road racing talk about how thoratic surgery isn't really any different from retrieving a bolt you've dropped into the engine case of a fireblade, it's just easier. People and motorcycles - it's all packaging problems.
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I'd argue humans are easier cause any accidental swarf you drop in there when cutting just gets absorbed
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Had some stupidity when taking off the bar end weights on the Suzuki: hadn't done anything like it in the years since I put newer heated grips on the old Bandit, so instead of just loosening the bolt a bit and getting it all connected, I kept turning and got half out, with the bottom bit still in the handlebar tube. I eventually got it out with some MacGyvering, but yeah lesson learned lol
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Slavvy posted:I'd argue humans are easier cause any accidental swarf you drop in there when cutting just gets absorbed 'That oughtta toughen up those hands' the ancient piece of granite hollered at me as a 16 penny splinter perforates my palm in multiple places
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Wow, I haven't posted in this thread since 2016. Lets see here: Helped sell a SV650. Sold the WR250. Bought a Concours 1000. I got the GS650 running as good as it ever has. Turns out the float valves were utterly shot. Of course a week later, I bought the Concours.
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Had today off and went to take the biek to the storage place and grab a beer & fried chicken and the pub across the street. Both are closed mondays lmao. I really should've just taken the drat thing in before my vacation a couple weeks ago.
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I ordered parts from NZ to get my old dirtbike some electronic ignition. Also, I found out the Yamaha-Enduro people are ... weird...
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I took a black touch-up pen to the VanVan's tank, which had one particularly deep scratch from a towing harness. Despite some preliminary swipes at the little practice card I really blobbed it on there, then used the card to flatten the paint like it was putty against the explicit instructions from ColorRite, then decided I hadn't applied enough and blobbed another bit on there. Pretty much the same as every time I pull out touch-up paint. It doesn't look too bad if you aren't looking right at it.
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Remy Marathe posted:
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That has been my exact experience with color rite. It’s always been a big mess.
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Slavvy posted:Thread title
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Yeah it's more of a touch-up marker. I have a pen for my car with a fine little metal tip that works more like a ball point pen, and while the struggle's the same, it's less extreme and every once in a while it manages to fill a chip nicely. I will say the Color Rite was a good paint match, had to take a lucky stab at the VanVan using the same black as the TU250X.
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Beve Stuscemi posted:That has been my exact experience with color rite. It’s always been a big mess. They supplied a brush-on clearcoat to go with the touch up paint I got for the Rex. Applying it smeared the paint around even after a solid day of curing. I figure it's likely I was an idiot about paint and you don't ever do that, but then, why sell the clear as anything but a spray?
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Nov 16, 2023 06:28
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Mmmh I noticed the wood slices right under the exhaust piping probably aren't the best for holding the bike up, especially since these motherfuckers won't have my wheel done until Monday. Corrected situation: 
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Why buy one 600cc bike when you could buy 12 50cc bikes instead. Spent a few hours triaging these for an acquaintance who hoards old Hondas. Apparently they are the leftovers from someone who bought a seacan full of Japanese rental Supercubs sight unseen at an auction. They are Honda C50's with 12 volt electrics, electronic ignition, and round headlights so maybe 1983? We actually had one running briefly on a bit of gas in the cylinder so off to a promising start. The upside is that the gas tanks we checked were not rusty just with a layer of tar from whatever was left in the tank. The downside is we could not check the other tanks as they have locking gas caps and no keys. Between 12 bikes there are four keys. Besides the missing keys the next challenge is most of them have stuck slides in the carbs so the tar appears to be there as well. Despite being a bit of a hoarder he has assured me he plans to sell all but two of these so it might be an interesting winter getting them back together.
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My bet is they all run
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They're Hondas. Put in a new battery and fresh gas, kick them over with the ignition off a few times, then flip the switch and ride away
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Beve Stuscemi posted:My bet is they all run That is what my bet as well. The owner was questioning if the bike we started on had any compression while kicking it over. Then it ran for 10 seconds on a teaspoon of gas in the plug hole. Sagebrush posted:They're Hondas. Put in a new battery and fresh gas, kick them over with the ignition off a few times, then flip the switch and ride away I think the hardest part will be getting past the locking gas caps and replacing 24 tires.
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Chances are half of them are keyed the same anyway. And yeah, 24 tires will suck
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Pulled This Old 950 down for cam chains and a new coolant pump seal. The early non keyed flywheel that is known for friction welding itself on came right off. Both cam chains went in without a hassle. Engine timing set up was a breeze Steaming right on a long. Drop the side cover on the bench to slip a new seal in and a pair of new bearings. The "hardened pump shaft" the po put in is completely spanked. Bullshit. More loving lies. Probably an original ktm part from when the loving Romans were around. gently caress. I might as well order the transmission and all the other bullshit the 05.5+ bikes got. Sling the reinforced CJ clutch basket in there while I'm at it before this one explodes and fucks up the cases. Was fully expecting the flywheel to be friction welded to the crank. No keyway till 2004.5.  Front chain deflection. There was a 12mm difference in preload on the tensioner between the old chain and new.  Deep grooves in the shaft. The pump seal was worn down. some manual says to replace the seal every 9500 miles(lolno). The uprated shaft pushes the seal interval to 30ishk. I've not opened this since I've owned the bike. It probably has 40-45k miles on it.  Prob should do a thread about this old piece of poo poo at this rate.
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I admire your dedication to keeping that POS in perfect working order, it reminds me of the sorts things audi people do You got pretty lucky with that flywheel I've gotta say
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Slavvy posted:I admire your dedication to keeping that POS in perfect working order, it reminds me of the sorts things audi people do Funny you mention Audi poo poo. A frame off restored first gen RS6 showed up shortly after I got started. The 4.2 with the rear mount chains and twin turbos. It was a friend of a friends customer's car that'd been shipped here for a full go through. I didn't have to do poo poo to it. Idk why I keep doing it. Self loathing most likely. I've been window shopping for another wr250r or a xr650r or someshit.
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cursedshitbox posted:Funny you mention Audi poo poo. A frame off restored first gen RS6 showed up shortly after I got started. The 4.2 with the rear mount chains and twin turbos. At least the first-gen RS6 has the timing chains that only go between the cams with the belt in the front, so changing the chains isn't an engine-out operation. EDIT: Don't get me wrong, still not a fun job, just not the triple chain that requires the engine to come out.
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helno posted:Confirmed. As an update to this it turns out that the seal was actually installed backwards by whoever overhauled it in the 80's. Despite the carnage the crank bearings spin pretty smoothly. Not sure if it will be possible to clean the crank well enough so I'll likely be buying a new one.  
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Fun stuff. All I did to my ride today was 45 miles
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All I've done lately is look longingly at the bike sitting dormant in the shed while it's properly cold and almost a foot of snow outside. I should probably pour that fuel stabilizer I bought for the purpose into the tank and slosh it around a bit and also bring the battery inside and give it a charge I guess. Around this time last year I was still riding but this winter has been very different so far.
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I reshuffled my garage, parked the bikes that won’t move for a couple months in the back and got the F11-250 up on the lift so I can start working on getting it road/trail worthy again.
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57 degrees F here even at 4:30am but it's raining pretty good. I think I'll still ride to work.
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I took the scooter to see a movie because it was like 60 degrees and barely drizzling here yesterday. I started it a couple weeks ago when I also pulled the Harley out and got it started (had to charge the battery a bit and it’s clearly not the best gas still in that tank) and yesterday it just immediately turned over. I’m used to having to kick it a few times for it to get enough gas moving to turn over but it was eager to go. I’ve considered putting the stock bars back on the Harley over the winter in case it makes it easier to sell come spring, but I don’t know that I want to open that can of worms.
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