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Handiklap
Aug 14, 2004

Mmmm no.
Check out this model I started.

I was designing a backrest/luggage rack to fabricate and figured I'd go ahead and do the rest of the bike too.

The backrest in question:

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Handiklap fucked around with this message at 00:46 on Mar 17, 2009

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Handiklap
Aug 14, 2004

Mmmm no.
Switched out a battery that became unchargeable after the third round of the headlight marathon game. Of course, then I had to change the oil. Then I had to clean my oil screen. This caused me to destroy the right side crankcase gasket, so I took a crash course in making your own with fiber sheet and a ball pein hammer, a very useful skill when you don't want to (a)pay 20x the cost of the material for a prefab, and (b)wait for it to post.

Handiklap
Aug 14, 2004

Mmmm no.
This summer ended up being way too hot for me to ride (GA, ATGATT), so after a long few months of neglect and lack of battery conditioning, I grabbed a new one for the Rebel and cranked it up for the fall/winter riding season. No dice. Full choke. Turned over and died. I was able to keep it alive with half throttle or more, so I took it for a spin and still after 5 minutes it would die anywhere south of 1/3 throttle. Ended up rebuilding a carb for the first time today. All of you probably suspected from the start, "this guy has a clogged slow jet," but it was a pretty sweet feeling putting it all back together, hitting the starter with no choke, and hearing the sweet sounds of 234cc of p-twin happiness. It's pissing gas from the fuel inlet but I don't give a gently caress, I'll fix it tomorrow.

e: being summer, I had completely forgotten to drain the carbs after i decided to wait out the heat. Summerizing :eng101:

Handiklap fucked around with this message at 22:45 on Sep 17, 2011

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