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  1. robertbarr

    Blue Ridge Parkway general questions

    I planned them well in advance, and I'm still debating (with myself) the wisdom of that, rather than seat - of - the - pants planning. I guess I'm just too comfort - dependent to risk having nowhere civilized to sleep.
  2. robertbarr

    Blue Ridge Parkway general questions

    From CowboyUp: I'll include my replies, and maybe others want to chime in with helpful or sarcastic comments: Robert, I was looking through the Blue Ridge Parkway trip pictures you took in 2014 and wanted to ask you about the trip. It looks like you did the entire trip in a week; how long...
  3. robertbarr

    Picked up a few bikes this week....

    The garage space alone makes me envious, let alone the machinery...
  4. robertbarr

    Did I do a bad thing?

    I don't know anyone who has taken the effort to remove the butterflies & bushings (or whatever you wish to call them) before a solvent dip. Long ago, I experienced the same thing after leaving a carb body in the stew for a full day. I gave it a little motor oil and let it sit for a day, and...
  5. robertbarr

    Good connection can make or break a bike

    Might be time for an ignition relay mod. Or a conference with Dr. Emmett Brown.
  6. robertbarr

    Who like's a front fairing?

    Me too, but no sense getting carried away. I mean, I just need a little something to keep the insects under control. .
  7. robertbarr

    Long Trip Plans

    If the tires, brakes, charging system and clutch cable are all good, just bring a good cell phone, a credit card and rain gear. If you're as comfortable with overkill as I am, you can buy a membership to a road service; I opted for Good Sam -- which I just noticed is having a sale on their Auto...
  8. robertbarr

    Volt reading at horn

    I would think that at 10v (more or less), you'd get at least a sickly warble out of the horn. Try jumping it directly just to make sure it beeps for ya. You should have power going to one side of the horn whenever the ignition is on. The button provides the return path to ground (provided the...
  9. robertbarr

    what to do?

    Carry earplugs, and pack your best hiking equipment. Really good walking shoes.
  10. robertbarr

    dare to bring this back

    Was this thing downwind from Mt. St. Helens? Too bad -- these were nice-looking little machines, and downright respectable motorcycles. At one time.
  11. robertbarr

    Is this a trustworthy business, Eastern Beaver? link

    EB sells high quality connectors and 'open barrel' components. Good seller. Kinda high shipping. For that particular harness section, check a few sources (including Dennis Kirk) to find the OEM Polaris for about $11 plus shipping. Same quality, much better price. I don't know or care what...
  12. robertbarr

    DIY 16 valve adjustment tool,...

    After using a Robertson once, I decided that my time & frustration is more expensive than the MotionPro tool. There's no reason you can't get the job done with the various Robertson 'tools', but that nice big comfortable knurled knob on the 'correct' tool just gives me more control over the...
  13. robertbarr

    82 GS750 Sudden charging woes

    For the stator to R/R wiring, some of us prefer to scrap the whole idea of 'terminals' altogether. What I trust are these guys, denoted 'B-49' at the very bottom of this page. Insulating the result is up to the user; I prefer a few wraps of 3M electrical tape beneath a layer of shrink tubing...
  14. robertbarr

    Thoughts for a half decent multimeter??

    Does it make you feel 15 again? I mean, I get nostalgic just looking at a 260, but a mirrored analog scale for a guy who's post-cataract & needs multiple readers just to see my own wristwatch, well, nice clean DIGITS became affordable just in time! Next stop: talking meters that understand...
  15. robertbarr

    Thoughts for a half decent multimeter??

    That's the way I decided to go. If you're going to shell out for an 87, I think it's worth a little extra to hold out for an 87v. Since these are flash-memory calibrated, and have no internal calibration pots, there should be no need for routine calibration -- ever -- except for commercial...
  16. robertbarr

    What determines redline in these motors?

    Excepting rider error, as in missing a shift or revving the fool things with no load on the engine, 'redline' takes place after these things have quit making torque anyhow, so you get more acceleration by just shifting before the tach-suggested redline.
  17. robertbarr

    The Dirty Old Pig lives.

    I love a good Phoenix story.
  18. robertbarr

    Have you ever seen a float post repair like this?!

    You can use a pair of miniature wire cutters between the pin head and the post. You're obviously not trying to cut the head or the pin; you're using the jaws as small wedges that pry evenly against the post. This keeps the force local; it won't apply any force to the opposite (wounded) post.
  19. robertbarr

    Not bike related, but boat stuff.

    The larger PVC is heavy enough to be a problem to transport, even. You'll see crews using at least a backhoe to install the stuff as culverts, for example. 2-foot outer diameter PVC is typically almost 60 pounds per foot of length, empty. Wall thickness of over an inch, closer to 1 1/4", so...
  20. robertbarr

    4 1/2 year quest may be ending tomorrow

    Wow, that's just an amazing amount of work on that 650. I went as far as R/R the cam chain tensioner spring, which held up fine for about 1,000 miles, and then the whole tensioner, which is still doing fine. What a PITA. Bleeding those little hydraulic followers is such an odd operation! I...
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