what did you wrench on today??

[azr]

aahhhhhhhhhhhhh.....the good ol' days. Good knowing you Bob

[chuck hahn]

Took off from work at 9:30 this morning. Alternator and water pump change on the Durango. Just about 3 hrs to do the total job. Cold, wet, and drizzling outside but at least it isnt January and colder than &^**% out!!!

[bobgroger]

aahhhhhhhhhhhhh.....the good ol' days. Good knowing you Bob

Least of my problems after 30 years of smoking and asbestos..... Only problem is you have to throw away your clothes after a session with the old B12, they stink forever.

[Redman]

Had some time in garage this evening.

Been Wanting to re-wire in the power harness for my electric gloves. So did that.
More in "electrical".


And,
Been noticing that the clutch switch has been getting more difficult to make, so worked on that.
More in "electrical"


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[dorkburger]

Quickie from Monday. Put the original fairing mounted mirrors on in hopes of a photo op that did not occur.
4 years ago on election day a local guy put up and old Reagan / Bush campaign sign in his front yard.
I was hoping he would again yesterday and stage an "old" photo of my bike. The mirrors are ugly, but I'll leave them on for the winter. The bar end ones are always in the way when the bike is parked for the winter so I take them off. Now if a warm ish day comes up and I go out, it's one less thing to do.2016-11-09 21.32.48.jpg

[BurntKittyForge]

Quickie from Monday. Put the original fairing mounted mirrors on in hopes of a photo op that did not occur.
4 years ago on election day a local guy put up and old Reagan / Bush campaign sign in his front yard.
I was hoping he would again yesterday and stage an "old" photo of my bike. The mirrors are ugly, but I'll leave them on for the winter. The bar end ones are always in the way when the bike is parked for the winter so I take them off. Now if a warm ish day comes up and I go out, it's one less thing to do.[ATTACH=CONFIG]48332[/ATTACH]

Thanksgiving is coming up, four day weekend!!! Mainanence time (Mine will be spent working on truck...
I was looking at same fairing as your model But couldn't tell size from pics. Looks awesome in that pic!
Still thinking of one for my GSX1100G , was surprised how similar looking different years Suzukis are while looking at fairing pics the other week. Funny idea to put up old election signs BTW.

Been mostly "wrenching" on new zipper in my leather coat lately. Came up with folding the new one in half, and sewing it right on top of the old zipper and close as possible with the leather seam.
Got so sick of sewing wanted to rivet it in with rivets and call it a day.
Might go over it with thicker needle (got few from walmart) and some thick hemp thread (for leather)...
Can't be on computer at same time lately.
Have a bad cut on one finger, working with.
Joann fabric was ONLY place that had right zipper, they warned me to use a machine only...
First try, sewd half backwards (couple hours)
Good thing though because figured out to double it over. When I cut some old zipper the thread just pulled out there, have to leave the old one underneath.

This leather coat is an old "Rothco" brand from a surplus store. weighs atleast about six pounds or more.
Has a liner w/ zipper too. Plain looking (Just what I wanted back then). Had it a long time and new one's similar cost too much...A repair/ shoe/ dry-cleaner wanted $60 for new zipper replacement, can see why now...

[dorkburger]

Nothing on an 1150es is svelte.....

[Buffalo Bill]

Thanksgiving is coming up, four day weekend!!! Mainanence time (Mine will be spent working on truck...
I was looking at same fairing as your model But couldn't tell size from pics. Looks awesome in that pic!
Still thinking of one for my GSX1100G , was surprised how similar looking different years Suzukis are while looking at fairing pics the other week. Funny idea to put up old election signs BTW.

Been mostly "wrenching" on new zipper in my leather coat lately. Came up with folding the new one in half, and sewing it right on top of the old zipper and close as possible with the leather seam.
Got so sick of sewing wanted to rivet it in with rivets and call it a day.
Might go over it with thicker needle (got few from walmart) and some thick hemp thread (for leather)...
Can't be on computer at same time lately.
Have a bad cut on one finger, working with.
Joann fabric was ONLY place that had right zipper, they warned me to use a machine only...
First try, sewd half backwards (couple hours)
Good thing though because figured out to double it over. When I cut some old zipper the thread just pulled out there, have to leave the old one underneath.

This leather coat is an old "Rothco" brand from a surplus store. weighs atleast about six pounds or more.
Has a liner w/ zipper too. Plain looking (Just what I wanted back then). Had it a long time and new one's similar cost too much...A repair/ shoe/ dry-cleaner wanted $60 for new zipper replacement, can see why now...

A few funny things in there:
Putting up old election signs; We have a few cracked pots running here every year, how 'bout this guy's name: “SI OSIRI”? Yeah he claims to be descended from the Egyptian sun god. HA!!!
I'm having problems with my leather riding jacket's zipper, the tab came off. I've been using wire to attach it.
Once many years ago, I considered playing acoustic in folk clubs. So I scouted some for a look see. No, I did not fit into that scene, wearing my biker jacket and playing rock with an acoustic guitar.

[azr]

Did some more maintenance to the DR600. It's got a manual adjusted balancer chain on it which I've never looked at, I'm pretty sure I could hear it making some noise and sure enough it was pretty loose, tightened things up and she's good for another 6000kms.

2016-11-20_08-19-56 by Rob Ert, on Flickr

The bikes always been a buger to kick over when cold regardless of all the work/adjusting I've done to the carb. Took it off again today and made sure the pilot circuit was spotless and readjusted the float as well as the mixture screw for the new "Mr Big" pipe I recently put on and she fired up on the 2nd kick. The real test will be tomorrow morning though, all in all a good reason to celebrate.

2016-11-20_08-20-25 by Rob Ert, on Flickr

[Jedz123]

Did some more maintenance to the DR600. It's got a manual adjusted balancer chain on it which I've never looked at, I'm pretty sure I could hear it making some noise and sure enough it was pretty loose, tightened things up and she's good for another 6000kms.

2016-11-20_08-19-56 by Rob Ert, on Flickr

The bikes always been a buger to kick over when cold regardless of all the work/adjusting I've done to the carb. Took it off again today and made sure the pilot circuit was spotless and readjusted the float as well as the mixture screw for the new "Mr Big" pipe I recently put on and she fired up on the 2nd kick. The real test will be tomorrow morning though, all in all a good reason to celebrate.

2016-11-20_08-20-25 by Rob Ert, on Flickr

Wow I'm jealous... Wish my Sunday looked like that!!! Half of my managers are on vacation and I had to come out of my office to cover operations... Which is great and nice to be on the front line with my team but I'd rather be wrenching and drinking a beer.

[uk gs nut]

Been doing some off season maintenance on my 1000. Had some issues this year with dropping on 2 cylinders, found that its a Dyna S failing so temporarily fitted old points system. Going to fit new Dyna and have just fitted honda cbr 3ohm coils with new leads. Checked valve clearances and a couple were at 1.5 thou so sorted them, some are at 4 thou and I'll leave them. Got nice big sparks now so should be great with new Dyna, also noticed on pictures on web the pick-up coils have changed. Is that to stop the Dyna fails I wonder ?.

[Deuce]

I'm in the process of painting my 900F. I used a Rustoleum aircraft remover for the paint on the tank. I'm amazed at how well this stuff works! Spray it on, and the old paint literally starts popping/dropping off! This is factory paint, too. It reminds me of hitting an old enameled pot with a hammer. It will soften the stripes, but it's good idea to use a blade scraper to get that off.

[wyly]

converted my cbx to twin pot brakes, completed the install yesterday... I solved a few issues that come with conversions but there are still fitment problems I'm not happy with... so today I'll take off all the calipers and disassemble them to try solve the issues.

[fastbysuzuki]

Checked the valve clearance, renewed the intake manifold orings cleaned oiled the air filter and whilst the air box was off I checked the breather it was partchally blocked when I blew down the tube that goes to the cam cover there was a fair resistance, I tried to scrape out the rust/grunge but ended up forcing a large kitchen knife down the slot from either side to clear the debris. That's a very narrow passage,it makes you wonder how many Gs are running around compleatly blocked.
Am I right/wrong to think suzuki changed the airbox from metal to plastic at some point?
naxt job is to remove exhaust and drop the sump and check the oil strainer.

[uk gs nut]

fastbysuzuki, I had the same problem with my GS1000 chain drive with steel airbox from a shaft drive. Gunk would gather in the pipe and cam cover breather box mesh filter bits. In the connecting pipe I fitted a T piece and a small filter, problem solved. It could be our damp weather .