What did you do to your bike today?
- wyly
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Re: What did you do to your bike today?
I have these aluminum extenders to install on the carbs so that they'll reach the oem airbox. The supplier said I should use Loctite 620 but that's a permanent bond. Thinking ahead what if I want to sell on these carbs to someone who may want to install velocity stacks, I'd prefer a less permanent option. The supplier suggested a two component adhesive that would loosen with heat but he didn't suggest a product name.
Is anyone aware of another loctite product that will seal the extenders to the carbs, not shake loose from vibration and yet allow removal without a hacksaw?
Is anyone aware of another loctite product that will seal the extenders to the carbs, not shake loose from vibration and yet allow removal without a hacksaw?
CBX a work in progress, still improving...GS1150EFE completed and awaiting modifications.....RD350, remnants in boxes scattered throughout the garage
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Re: What did you do to your bike today?
This isn't an answer, but keep in mind that it'll also have to be stable in the presence of gasoline.
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Re: What did you do to your bike today?
yeah I've been checking the specs of various adhesives for that issue. My mechanic says he uses Loctite 620 on forks and it will release with a heat gun. I think 620 is extreme for the carbs, operating temps on the rear of the carb will come nowhere near 620's upper tolerance(230c), the supplier figures around 60c at most. I'm not enthused with the idea of heating the carbs to 230c + to remove the extenders.Syscrush wrote:This isn't an answer, but keep in mind that it'll also have to be stable in the presence of gasoline.
CBX a work in progress, still improving...GS1150EFE completed and awaiting modifications.....RD350, remnants in boxes scattered throughout the garage
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Re: What did you do to your bike today?
With no job to go to I finished my project for this winter, reduced weight by 35 lbs, forks rebuilt, fabricated a new tail cowl and back pad, new paint, polished tank, new Mikuni flatslide carbs, Hindle 4-2-1 headers, SS brake lines. A much faster, more torque, better handling GSX1150ef.
At least I'm done until next fall when tear it apart again and add some more power, porting and maybe a overbore, it's gonna be a brute
At least I'm done until next fall when tear it apart again and add some more power, porting and maybe a overbore, it's gonna be a brute
CBX a work in progress, still improving...GS1150EFE completed and awaiting modifications.....RD350, remnants in boxes scattered throughout the garage
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Re: What did you do to your bike today?
I put in a new battery last weekend and went for a nice ride with few friends on their ZRX’s. I didn’t have a whole lot of time to work on my bikes as I’m still working.
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Re: What did you do to your bike today?
Added Over Racing billet finned cam covers, motor mounts, and sliders.
from Webike Japan. June 21: added Tim's Alternator
from Webike Japan. June 21: added Tim's Alternator
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Re: What did you do to your bike today?
Going to put a 100 ish miles in the AM
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Re: What did you do to your bike today?
Put a recently powdercoated mini-luggage rack on it. After admiring it for a bit, I turned around and noticed I had acquired a new house pet that was a few feet from mine! Yikes!
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Re: What did you do to your bike today?
Great camo on that old boy.
Like the rack, Steve.
Subtle, fits the lines of the bike. imho.
Where did you purchase it?
Like the rack, Steve.
Subtle, fits the lines of the bike. imho.
Where did you purchase it?
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Re: What did you do to your bike today?
What Steve said, that is super tidy!
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Re: What did you do to your bike today?
He is just a baby! Was still slimy from his winter nap, too.
I like the way the rack fits too. It was a late night (hic!) eBay session where I stumbled across it. There are no brand markings on it, and it definitely is NOT for heavy-weight items. A cooler bag for day drinks, or a light duffle is about the limit.
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I like the way the rack fits too. It was a late night (hic!) eBay session where I stumbled across it. There are no brand markings on it, and it definitely is NOT for heavy-weight items. A cooler bag for day drinks, or a light duffle is about the limit.
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Re: What did you do to your bike today?
There not too happy when you help them along
I dragged a big one 25lbs plus across a paved road by the tail and he hissed and squirmed the whole way
I was saving his life afterwards I couldn’t get the smell off my hand no matter how many times I washed them for it seemed a week
I dragged a big one 25lbs plus across a paved road by the tail and he hissed and squirmed the whole way
I was saving his life afterwards I couldn’t get the smell off my hand no matter how many times I washed them for it seemed a week
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Re: What did you do to your bike today?
We were thick with those things where I lived in the town where SteveG and I both grew up. We had a great big swamp very nearby my house and one day the road was blocked and there was a police car stopped. The officer was out of the car and an enormous snapping turtle was in the middle of the (Farmingville, Steve) road, making ugly faces at him. The officer wisely went and fished a stout stick out of the nearby brush, waved it in the old boy's face and sure enough SNAP! He latched onto that thing HARD. And that is how he was dragged off of the road and to safety .
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Re: What did you do to your bike today?
Yeah - snapping turtles can move pretty quickly, too. Several years ago I came to a stop sign and saw a large snapper trying to cross the road -- his shell was at least 12 inches on the diagonal. I got out to try to help him across. My (ill conceived) plan was to approach him from the rear, pick him up by the shell, and carry him on across the road. As I bent over to do so, he spun around, hissed, and snapped at me faster than I could say "HOLY CRAP!!". I must've jumped, oh, three feet in the air. I looked back at my wife in the car, who was, of course, laughing hysterically. Needless to say, he had to find his own way across!
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Re: What did you do to your bike today?
Not exxagerating when I say the guy I saw dragged off the road was minimum 18-24 inches on the diagonal. A prehistoric beast.
Nils Menten
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