What did you do to your bike today?

[dbeardslee]

Rode a few miles, blow out the dust. Glad I didn't have to bungee net the saddlebag cover. Woo-hoo. Going to have to find new coils soon, any moisture and I loose two cylinders.

Might have some cracks in your high tension wires. If you get it running in a dark place you can mist some water on the wires and look for sparks arcing from the wires to the valve cover. If you see sparks you can graft new wires into the old coils to fix the problem. But they'll still be 15kv coils. Personally I like the 30kv Dynas. They make a HUGE difference.

[arkladave]

Rode a few miles, blow out the dust. Glad I didn't have to bungee net the saddlebag cover. Woo-hoo. Going to have to find new coils soon, any moisture and I loose two cylinders.

[Wildkat]

Hey Pat!
Glad to you're still riding! Last I saw, you were looking to sell.

[Pat Kelly]

Replaced the starter in the 78.
Still on 2 wheels when not on 18 wheels.
Drove my 1,000,000th mile in a big truck last week, 5 miles east of Winslow, AZ. Did it in under 10 years.

[motoman]

Glad no one was hurt to badly. I hope the bikes are repairable.

On to what I did to my bike, I took the left side front caliper apart on my XJ and put a new piston in and new seals with new brake pads. Tonight will be the right side and the rear brakes.

Check your PM's Ty.

[BA80]

Hmmm.. Didn't know you had that Windjammer...

That's the IV that was on it when I got it from John.

[trbig]

Hmmm.. Didn't know you had that Windjammer...

[BA80]

Been working on this one for the last 2 or 3 months. It'll be up for sale soon as I get all the cleaning, painting, and polishing done. (double click the pic)

[XJOK2PLAY]

Tod,
Thanks for the AMA headsup.

They just sent me an email saying next month is my automatic renewal for $50.

I'm still steamed at them for how they treated us in Colorado.

I was all set to cancel my policy when I got back, and before I even got home, John called and told me how fast they responded to him when his engine locked up on the Navy bike! So, I didn't cancel. I thought, "Well, we were in a bad place. Give 'em the benefit of the doubt." Now I hear they treated you like this...

It's crap like that... not telling you that they charge full price to tow if you're in an accident... and finding out the hard way!
I've never read that in any of the paperwork they've sent me.

That's even worse than them stalling me on hold for 2 hours, saying they didn't have anyone to send to get your bike while we were in the dark, @ 14,000' in the mountains, 32 degrees in rain that changed to snow.

Sorry to hear they screwed ya like that. Yikes!

Don't think I'll re-up.

[BA80]

I hit some diesel on the road once in Fort Worth that a firetruck dumped on a corner. It's like hitting ice.

The firemen saw me wreck and came back to make sure I was OK but when I asked what they spilled on the road they got quiet and said they had to go.

Probably could have sued but I was stupid.

I was on my old CX500 Honda.

[trbig]

Glad no one was hurt to badly. I hope the bikes are repairable.

My XJ is totalled.. bent the frame up at the triple trees among many other things, and probably Ivan's also, but waiting on adjusters to make it official. Podunk small town Oklahoma has a motorcycle adjuster that can come see it. Wichita Kansas... No motorcycle adjusters. lol. They are going to tow his to a Yamaha dealership and let them figure up the damage.

Sounds like they're going to go after the county for leaving this diesel/oil all over road after patching. It was a lot worse than what the pic shows. The truck at the far end with the backhoe was the one that pulled off the shoulder in front of us.





Oh, and just a word to the wise. Any of you that have American Motorcycle Association for their towing.... Don't ever say you've been in an accident. Just tell them something happened to the bike and you can't get it to roll, like the front brake is locked up or something. They'll only tow for "Break downs". That's $450 I'd like to have back. Because.... My Allstate insurance doesn't have towing either. That one tow was equal to 6 years' worth of insurance. There will be some future changes to my policy... possibly starting with a new company name at the top.

[tcoop]

Glad no one was hurt to badly. I hope the bikes are repairable.

On to what I did to my bike, I took the left side front caliper apart on my XJ and put a new piston in and new seals with new brake pads. Tonight will be the right side and the rear brakes.

[madmax-im]

FACK! I was hoping this was an April fools thing too...I'm really sorry to see this happen but happy you both survived to ride another day...

[tomcos67]

Must be sore today??? Better than the other option.!!!!

[BA80]

This motor has a lot of miles on it, but it doesn't seem to be hurt. I may just freshen it up with some new crank bearings and put it in the next one.

Sounds like a party at Tod's house.