Recent content by Racerxnico

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Doing a bit of cleaning in garage and found an old replacement seat cover. I bought this off eBay many years ago for the first project bike I ever had (I knew next to nothing then). I didn’t end up using it as it appears to be for a more stepped seat like you would find on a special than the...

I did get one nibble when I was at "old bike night". Waiting to see if that develops. Going to bring it by a motorcycle swap meet on the 11th and then will probably list on Craig's list and Facebook Marketplace as well. When I was riding home that night, I learned the bulbs in the speedo are...

≈21k miles Helping a friend with the sale of this motorcycle. He inherited it from his dad (who I understand was the original owner) when he passed away a few years ago. While my friend has maintained the tabs and ridden it a few times since taking possession of it, he isn’t a motorcycle guy...

Had a nice little window of opportunity for a shake down run this afternoon. Almost shook the right turn signal off 😅. I think when I was in the headlight bucket, I must have rotated it just enough to loosen the nut and it was vibrating off. After I got back I tried to adjust the rear view...

Ok, extra ounce of oil in each fork, tach and headlight back on. No time tonight and it's supposed to rain all day tomorrow, but hopefully a window opens up Friday to go for a shake down run. The VME (Vintage Motorcycle Enthusiasts) have an "Old Bike Night" next Wednesday. Hoping to show it...

Good to know. Pressing one down after they were back together, i thought they felt a bit soft. I tried to get the 168cc / 5.7oz listed in the manual, but it's hard to be that precise so I tried to go a bit over and used a fork oil tool with a syringe to make sure they were each at the same...

Fork seals and dust boots arrived today so I've got her back on her feet. I was a little surprised that I needed to loosen the upper triple clamp, but the rubber bushing between the headlight ears and the upper triple was squished out of alignment so after a few failed attempts to get it...

For the second part of my un-crimp, i had a pair of needle nose pliers that i accidentally broke one tip off years ago. It ended up working perfectly to use the short end on the inside and it allowed the longer end to bear flat against the outside face of the hose clamp.

Just looked at what you did for your white cushion. Brilliant! I see you also mentioned sharpening the paint key.

After I finished, I realized you had something in there. I wrapped mine with multiple layers of electrical tape to cushion it and was careful not to tighten it too much. I also didn’t try to un-crimp on the side with the “bumps” and rotated the hose clamp as i worked my way around. One other...

Speedo was working fine when I had it out for test ride last week. I don’t think it was stored upside down ever.

I just looked at my last post and I guess the forum decided to re-order them. The numbers are in sequence for when they were taken so 4013 and 4014 are the re-crimp and obviously 4008 is the fork tool.

I picked up on the hose clamp too and got one today before I started. I've got it back together. The last two pics are the re-crimp and back in its housing - not perfect, but I'm still pretty pleased with the result. The problem was pretty self evident as there was a big blob of a sticky...

Great tip! Thanks