What did you do to your bike today?

[ManitoulinLad]

Did the above as mentioned last night with 'red locktite" on the helicoil & the plug backed out this morning perfectly. Have anti-sieze on all plug threads now & took the bike to work today - Back on the road - feels good - Dan

[CA]

Fixed her internal Cancer

Well I was just going to do a simply fusebox replacement this weekend, but then realized that the backing was beginning to rust and my battery box it attaches to was completely rusted. I forgot to take before's of the rust but here is the pictures I have from the project.





And here is the after of the rusty battery box:



My next project is to soda blast the engine and paint it glossy black. My question is do i nee to use engine primer before i use the VHT black gloss? the VHT doesnt call for it, but would it help a good bit? I plan to soak it down in acetone to prep it before I paint it. Hopefully that will be done by this next weekend...

[jwhughes3]

A new sticker

Good to ride another year!

[tcoop]

Pulled the clutch cover to check for clanking. Found no problem there.

[XSokieSPECIAL]

Pulled the clutch cover to check for clanking. Found no problem there.

If your looking for some clanking Ivan can fix you right up.

[draketrumpet]

Went to the local bike shop here in Norman...

...and there was a 79 special with full pacifico touring gear parked outside. Hopefully that guy will get on here to learn a thing or two about his bike. He was looking at getting his timing chain replaced.

Also, picked up a Crampbuster on clearance for $5. Now I'm good for slabbin' it!

[tinman905]

I took the main fuse from the left side of my bike and installed it in the fuse block behind the right side cover.
I had my bike on the dyno a few days ago and solve a few minor problems dropped to a lower 124 main jet (Dyno Jet kit) and another 1/4 turn on my idle jet screws now at 4 1/4 turns out. It's running like a champ now so I can concentrate on how she looks now!

[exquized1]

Tried to get the new 80 standard running. Its been sitting for 24 years. She turns over fine just not firing.

[XSokieSPECIAL]

Tried to get the new 80 standard running. Its been sitting for 24 years. She turns over fine just not firing.

24 YEARS??? HOLY CRAP!

Compression, fuel, fire..........your missing one of them.

[cywelchjr]

Tried to get the new 80 standard running. Its been sitting for 24 years. She turns over fine just not firing.

Wow! I thought it was bad when my 400 sat for 13 years and I had to get it going again (ok, didn't have to, but I wanted to ). But I ran into the same kind of thing, but it was almost 3 years ago, and I don't remember what the problem was, but it was either fire or fuel that was missing from the equation. I think I had to clean the carbs something like 6 times, and that was with having drained all fuel from the system before it sat.

[CatatonicBug]

I had my front tire replaced at the local shop (took 3 hours, but it was free), and that seems to have solved my front-end bounce problem. Now I need to replace the missing radio knobs in the fairing that fell off because of the bouncing!

Also got a new B&N seat cover in the mail yesterday, and got that installed. It's purdy! Only thing is, the new cover has a bit more "tack" to it, and it holds onto my pants. It doesn't let me slide around like I used to. At least now I won't have to worry so much about water soaking into the foam through the splits in the original cover.

[Hideki]

My used 4-1 pipe came in the mail today, I sand blasted it, and painted it with vht header paint. Also, re-routed my oil cooler lines from in front of the frame to behind (looks 100 times better now) when the paint dries I'll probably install the exhaust today.

[cywelchjr]

Well, yesterday I sanded, prepped and painted the side covers. Tonight, I'll finish fixing the small dent in the tank (no big deal, but if I'm putting a nice paint job on it, the dent would detract from the job), and depending on how ambitious I'm feeling I might go ahead and paint the tank. Then again I might not, cause the first showing of Iron Man 2 is at midnight, and if SWMBO will allow it, I just may be at the movies tonight.

[Crazcnuk]

Fired up the '78E today, it was cranky, but once it fired up it ran nice.

Got the seat ready to put on, and now i can road test it.

It's blowing the usual 'I haven't run in a long time' blue, and I discovered one of thepetcocks is leaking badly.

[WMarshy]

Today, I set out to put new rear pads on my bike. Once I got the caliper off the cylinder wouldnt compress all the way to accomidate the beefy new pads. The old ones had about 0.050" left to them. Well, after I tried compressing it with no luck I knew what to expect when I removed the master cylinder cover. Yep, you guessed it, brown/rusty crap. So, I proceeded to drain the system and clean the MC. As some of you may know this isnt very complicated job, but I made the mistake of draining the MC, lines, and caliper without forcing the caliper piston with the fluid in it. I knew better but decided to try it anyways b/c the piston seemed to move freely. Unfortunately, the piston wouldnt come out, its always that last 1/4". So I sprayed out the caliper with some break cleaner and called it good. Cleaned, reassembled everything and now I have good rear breaks. BTW the sintered pad I put on didnt make a peep. I still have to bleed them just a little more as the pedal isnt as hard as I would like.

IS THERE ANY GOOD WAY TO FILL THE REAR MC WITH OUT OVER FILLING IT AND MAKING A MESS???