What did you do to your bike today?
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Re: What did you do to your bike today?
Been there!
Sasha
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Re: What did you do to your bike today?
there's no one here who hasn't done something wrong and done a palm head slap afterward ...mistakes are our best teacher, you rarely do them twice...okay I have but I don't want to go there ...Mouse wrote:Well. Got the carbs in and hooked up the Wyle way and ........wait for it.....
Today I get to undo my weekends work because I hooked up the thottle cables backwards.
stupid mouse
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Re: What did you do to your bike today?
Rumor has it, you're not the first.......
Rick Pope
Either garage is too small or we have too many bikes. Or Momma's car needs to go outside.
Either garage is too small or we have too many bikes. Or Momma's car needs to go outside.
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Haha, at least you'll get good at that new technique!Mouse wrote:Today I get to undo my weekends work because I hooked up the thottle cables backwards.
stupid mouse
Yesterday I had a big milestone - I moved the CBX 3 feet to the right to get it out of the way of the Ducati, which came out of storage. Then I left it sitting there while I got my jollies with the sessy Italian machine. I've gotta say: my heart belongs to the CBX, but the Monster is a sweet little peach of a bike!
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Re: What did you do to your bike today?
Not installed backwards but not completely seated when installed.Rick Pope wrote:Rumor has it, you're not the first.......
Even worse, i was selling the bike and had not started it to show the potential buyer how well it started from cold.
He drove 2 hours to see it and when i twisted the grip....shesa a no-go. Lost that sale. haha.
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The buyer probably regrets that now.steve murdoch icoa #5322 wrote:Not installed backwards but not completely seated when installed.Rick Pope wrote:Rumor has it, you're not the first.......
Even worse, i was selling the bike and had not started it to show the potential buyer how well it started from cold.
He drove 2 hours to see it and when i twisted the grip....shesa a no-go. Lost that sale. haha.
Steve
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Re: What did you do to your bike today?
Practice makes better.
1 hour to jack engine,undo bolts, tilt engine, pull carbs, unhook cables, rehook rear cable, test throttle, rehook front cable, test throttle, hook choke cable, reseat carbs, tilt engine, install bolts and remove jack.
I was quite impressed with myself until I saw that the cyl 1 and 2 carb to air plenum boots were not lined up quite right so ....
Now I have a new tool.
$7 - 6" small blade screw driver with 1/2" of blade end bent 90 degree's. That allowed me to slide the blade in between the boot and the carb mouth and then carefully slide it around the bottom of the carb mouth thus seating the boots properly.
1 hour to jack engine,undo bolts, tilt engine, pull carbs, unhook cables, rehook rear cable, test throttle, rehook front cable, test throttle, hook choke cable, reseat carbs, tilt engine, install bolts and remove jack.
I was quite impressed with myself until I saw that the cyl 1 and 2 carb to air plenum boots were not lined up quite right so ....
Now I have a new tool.
$7 - 6" small blade screw driver with 1/2" of blade end bent 90 degree's. That allowed me to slide the blade in between the boot and the carb mouth and then carefully slide it around the bottom of the carb mouth thus seating the boots properly.
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Re: What did you do to your bike today?
fuel issues with my GS, seems to be using way to much fuel! or maybe not ...went for a ride with a full tank seemingly ran out of gas after 50km switched to reserve and got home...
so today spent the afternoon checking the plugs,good...checked carbs for leaks,none...pulled the gas tank cleaned the petcock, sending unit, flushed the tank ...there was some scale cluttered around the base of the petcock and in the tank maybe the scale plugged the petcock screen which caused the "ran out of gas" situation.
sending unit never did indicate the true amount of gas in the tank so I took some emery cloth to the face and contact point to try correct the problem, if not it's okay i'll just keep track of the kms like on the cbx.
so today spent the afternoon checking the plugs,good...checked carbs for leaks,none...pulled the gas tank cleaned the petcock, sending unit, flushed the tank ...there was some scale cluttered around the base of the petcock and in the tank maybe the scale plugged the petcock screen which caused the "ran out of gas" situation.
sending unit never did indicate the true amount of gas in the tank so I took some emery cloth to the face and contact point to try correct the problem, if not it's okay i'll just keep track of the kms like on the cbx.
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?
Took my 79 for a lil 100+ mile ride on some nice empty two lanes in the Sierra foothills. Turned over 67,000 miles. Anyone else ride?
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Re: What did you do to your bike today?
Snugged up the rear tire and chain, changed the oil and filter, reinstalled the exhaust and put new gas in the tank. Double checked my previous work then gave it a try.
Fired right up.
For those who missed my last post, I've...
Removed the K&N air intake pods
Re-jeted the carbs back to stock jets
Installed the original air intake system
Replaced the Stainless Supertrapp 6 into 2 exhaust with a Stainless Moto GPwerks 6 into 1 exhaust.
It was a bit smokey to start with and I got a bit worried but once it got some heat into it that all cleared up. I must say the GPwerks exhaust sounds awesome but I do have a bit of after run crackle and a it will backfire so I think I need to lean it out a little. Have not ridden it yet because while I was reseting the rear tire tension I realized the chain now rubs the center stand so I have to come up with a way to fix that. I'm thinking of fab-ing a rod that bolts to the back of the rear foot peg mount and props the stand down to clear the chain
Fired right up.
For those who missed my last post, I've...
Removed the K&N air intake pods
Re-jeted the carbs back to stock jets
Installed the original air intake system
Replaced the Stainless Supertrapp 6 into 2 exhaust with a Stainless Moto GPwerks 6 into 1 exhaust.
It was a bit smokey to start with and I got a bit worried but once it got some heat into it that all cleared up. I must say the GPwerks exhaust sounds awesome but I do have a bit of after run crackle and a it will backfire so I think I need to lean it out a little. Have not ridden it yet because while I was reseting the rear tire tension I realized the chain now rubs the center stand so I have to come up with a way to fix that. I'm thinking of fab-ing a rod that bolts to the back of the rear foot peg mount and props the stand down to clear the chain
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Re: What did you do to your bike today?
I think your problem comes from the new exhaust not the chain tension...my center stand hits the chain too until I put the exhaust back on, there's a rubber stop on the exhaust that meets the center stand stop to prevent it from hitting the chain.Mouse wrote: Have not ridden it yet because while I was reseting the rear tire tension I realized the chain now rubs the center stand so I have to come up with a way to fix that. I'm thinking of fab-ing a rod that bolts to the back of the rear foot peg mount and props the stand down to clear the chain
CBX a work in progress, still improving...GS1150EFE completed and awaiting modifications.....RD350, remnants in boxes scattered throughout the garage
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Whoa! Did you post pics somewhere that I missed? Did you buy it new? I thought he wouldn't ship to Canada.Mouse wrote:Replaced the Stainless Supertrapp 6 into 2 exhaust with a Stainless Moto GPwerks 6 into 1 exhaust.
EDIT: I found the pics in the group buy thread. Along with the other drama and insanity for which this builder has made himself known over the years. They look beautiful, I hope that the fitment was good.
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Re: What did you do to your bike today?
Exhaust Fit was not bad. It did take a few tweaks with a rubber hammer. It will have to come back off as there is a leak at cyl 4/5. New crush gaskets on order as well as a tuning remote fuel bottle so that I can reset carb mixture settings and check sync while bike is running. Fab'd a rough and ready center stand prop for now and will have a welder friend make a nicer one soon. The only drama I had with the builder was the shipping quote which would of doubled the cost of the unit but he found a way to ship the set to me 2/3rd's cheaper (whew).
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Re: What did you do to your bike today?
Beautiful photos of a beautiful CBX !!
Best,
Phil
Best,
Phil
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