What did you do to your bike today?

[ManitoulinLad]

Hey Cywelchjr: That was funny! I guess my arm was calibrated too,(used to just tighten by hand) until last night. Probably due to the heat hehe - Dan

[Crazcnuk]

"No, it needs something that can be fastened/bolted to on both the top and bottom'

The 'factory' vetter ones look like the trunk bunkees here:

http://www.craigvetter.com/pages/Onl...ent_Parts.html

However, you can use solid rubber blocks with a hole drilled through, and just bolt from top with a nut on the bottom.

[CatatonicBug]

However, you can use solid rubber blocks with a hole drilled through, and just bolt from top with a nut on the bottom.

I wouldn't suggest it. The "bunkees" are isoloators that do not have a solid metal bolt through it. The two ends are separate, with rubber between them. The idea is to isolate the vibration the bike from the vibration of the trunk. If you use a single bolt through a piece of rubber, that does not isolate the two from each other.

[Crazcnuk]

It doesn't need to. The rubber blocks are just to absorb shock. Vibration is not really an issue unless you want to carry nitro glycerin, or 3L soda bottles!

If you do as I recommended, just be sure not to 'crush' the rubber too much. This is why you use nylock nuts, so they don't come loose.

[crazy steve]

If you're having a hard time finding those 'bunkees', try a Harley dealer or shop specializing in them. These are a common item on Harleys, used to mount the oil tanks and other bits. I think I paid $1.50 each the last time I picked some up.

'78E original owner

[CatatonicBug]

soda bottles

LOL! That's exactly what I carry in mine! I can pack at least 9 soda bottles in the trunk, and 3-4 in each saddlebag. That's about my weekly allotment of soda... I then carry them 2-3 at a time to work, a few times a week.

[exquized1]

Yesterday I changed my coils out. Battery is to weak and will not take a charge good thing cuz I sprung a gas leak while trying to start it. Took the plugs out (boy those need replaced) all matched except #3 its rich (black sooty right). Today going to get plugs and see about mounting my Xj tank.

[Poprock]

Week ago today, fired it up after swapping out intake valves for Oregon Motorcycle Parts polished stainless valves. Also installed a V-Max cam chain tensioner. WOW! Those valves make a difference. Way more power than it's ever had. Roll-on wheelie in low. Plenty of top end power too. Fuel economy up from 30-32 to 36-41. Got 35 running 2 up with a 210# passenger. Absolutely amazing.

[cywelchjr]

Well, Monday I put some of that transparent orange tape over the turn signal to keep from getting a fixit ticket until I can get a new lens and screws. In all this I realized that they don't have the gasket in them either (the one still there doesn't as well) so I need to get the gaskets. Question here, can I use the ones from the front on the back? I have found some and I figure that I could at least use them as additional taillights back there, and maybe even add as brakelights doing what psychoreefer did on his, of course I would then need to find read lenses, but I guess I'm asking of both front and back on a standard use the same lens?

Oh, and today I look at it as I hobbled out to my ride to work (stupid tendinitis (in my Achilles tendon)). It looks like I won't be riding for a while, and it really suck because my local stealer has a big event this weekend I was hoping to attend.

[cywelchjr]

Would something sort of like this work? http://www.grainger.com/Grainger/items/2MEV3?Pid=search

No, but I found an item that will with the search "vibration isolator" and cam up with this item

Now that I know there is a grainger near me, I have to find out what they carry, since they seem to have a lot of different ones available, maybe they carry one or more locally. Either way I think I can get them cheaper than from Craig Vetter and maybe even locally as soon as I can get over there.

[natemoen]

No, it needs something that can be fastened/bolted to on both the top and bottom. Their like a motor mount, so the trunk is completely isolated, with a totally rubber connection to the bike. Works real nice for reducing vibration for items in the trunk.

They have those too. A piece of rubber with a separate bolt running out the top and another running out the bottom.

[WMarshy]

Well, Monday I put some of that transparent orange tape over the turn signal to keep from getting a fixit ticket until I can get a new lens and screws. In all this I realized that they don't have the gasket in them either (the one still there doesn't as well) so I need to get the gaskets. Question here, can I use the ones from the front on the back? I have found some and I figure that I could at least use them as additional taillights back there, and maybe even add as brakelights doing what psychoreefer did on his, of course I would then need to find read lenses, but I guess I'm asking of both front and back on a standard use the same lens?

Oh, and today I look at it as I hobbled out to my ride to work (stupid tendinitis (in my Achilles tendon)). It looks like I won't be riding for a while, and it really suck because my local stealer has a big event this weekend I was hoping to attend.

Why not just buy a sheet of gasket material and cut out your own?

[mro]

gasket material

Will work if it's like the foam rubber of the OEM
paper type, screws will fall out from vibes or you may tighten too much and crack the lens.

mro
BTW
Walked past my XS project to night
Was sorta like hall sex with the ole lady
Said f&(% you as I passed by

[cywelchjr]

They have those too. A piece of rubber with a separate bolt running out the top and another running out the bottom.

Yep, I found them. Gotta go down to the local one here (found one about 10 miles away) and see if they stock any of those. It would be nice to be able to just go in and pick up 4, and they are cheaper and look like the same thing almost exactly.

[CatatonicBug]

I decided to try my hand and painting something visible. I have never been good at finishes, so I generally avoid painting stuff, especially if you can see it. I decided to paint the float bowls on my MNS, since the black paint was peeling off, and getting worse every time I touched them.

I bought a can of aircraft stripper, self-etching primer, and satin black caliper paint. The old paint came off with a little effort, then I cleaned and primed the bowls. About an hour later, I painted them (3 coats over 20 minutes or so). The can said to cure the paint by baking it in an oven at 200°f for an hour. So, after the paint was dry to the touch, I loaded them in the oven and waited. 45 minutes later, I checked on them, only to find the paint had bubbled! I guess I didn't wait long enough... So, at 11pm, I went back out to the garage and stripped the bubbled paint off, cleaned and re-primered the bowls. I painted them today at lunch, and will probably forego the baking, and just rely on the 7-day curing process instead.

BTW, one can of paint is enough to JUST do 4 bowls twice...