Recent content by pyrocentric

First of all, I love that tank. Well worth the effort to build a bike around it. You could move the coil and mount it vertical under the triple tree, then grind the brackets off the bar that runs under the tank to clean it up visually. I wouldn't cut that bar off though. As for the...

Been riding this one for a few years now, it has never let me down. Well, other than that one time...

I've been running piston rings from a early 90's Honda Civic D-series motor for a few years now. I was on a tight budget and the honda rings cost $10 shipped for a set of 4(gotta love all those ricers on ebay). So far so good. If I can find the two sets I didn't use I'll try to photograph them.

I swear, those BMW riders seem to put all sorts of extra gear and features on their bikes.

I too ran Rotella 15W-40 conventional last winter with no problem, other than a little thick when cold. I may go back to that. I'm running a synth designed for turbo diesels, according to the bottle. Like I said, when it gets hot it's not so good. I'd like to get a synth to work well...

I've just been shooting my infrared thermometer down the oil filler hole. Oil temps were around 160F on a 70F day with an oil cooler.

^ Rotella did indeed reduce the zinc content last year. I've been adding extra ZDDP ever since. I've been running 20W-50 all summer with an oil cooler. I've been riding in 40F temperatures lately, and the oil pressure was shooting up to 60psi when cold, likely bypassing the filter. So I...

78 was a very good year. Good luck.

Here's another way to tap it. I get about 15psi at cold idle. Cruise is 5-10psi warm. Warm idle is 1psi. The middle brass line is my oil pressure gauge, just a cheap diagnostic gauge I got from Harbor Freight. I'll probably take it off soon, there's really not much to look at once you get...

I like it. Considered painting mine drab green, but went flat black instead for ease of touch up. I even have a rock guard on the headlight.

That's the craziest thing I've heard all week. I wish I had a spare set to send you.

Yup I'm running a $10 bicycle speedometer from walmart. I bought a tiny magnet at radio shack and put it on the thin edge of the brake rotor. It's strong enough to stick even without glue. I know it's good to about 90mph, good enough for me. No backlight though.

I just chopped a screwdriver with the grinder. You could also switch to allen screws like most new bikes have.

I think Pamcopete actually got better fuel economy when using the Ultimate coil, and I think the ultimate coil puts out more volts. Could be wrong. I don't much like substitutions myself either.