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I bought one of these from Hugh... works great, and believe me--the "blem" was nothing but a little thin paint on the handlebar clamp. https://www.hughshandbuilt.com/product/hhb-slimline-master-cylinder-blemished/

A suicide clutch or suicide shift was an "over center" design that was supposed to lock into the engaged position when pushed far enough, but didn't always... hence the "suicide" moniker. You'd be sitting there at a stop sign and the clutch might pop back out on you. The designs here are just...

After I rebuilt my front forks, I just looked around on my shelves to see what I had. I ended up using some Pennzoil power steering fluid I had sitting there. Works great.

Since I've owned my JIS drivers (4-pc set) I've noticed that the lower two sizes are where the difference really shines. The bigger sizes of screws (like near phillips #3) are way more forgiving. Working on small stuff (carbs, gauges, electrical parts, etc) is a very noticeable improvement with...

A good friend of mine just recently enlightened me about the JIS drivers. I must say--for a guy that has been around motorcycles all my life (dad had a small Honda repair shop) I'm surprised I had missed out on them all this time. I doubt they were widely available to "regular folks" in the...

This reminds me of an annual thing my brother and I did many years ago, along with other hearty souls that ventured out with us. We'd sit down with our cordless drill/drivers and install a small, hex-head sheet metal screw into each of the knobs on our dirt-bike tires. The next day (Christmas...

No surprise--I did a quick search for the DYE-620 and found prices to vary considerably. You can buy it brand new at Rock Auto for 27.95, and yet I saw someone selling it on ebay for $49. I love this forum! It's one thing to have folks fill us in with information like this, but to have all the...

Just a shot of the shop when it's actually not completely cluttered. I'm putting another coat of bomb can on the tank. I just got my new Honda coil yesterday, so I'll be able to get that mounted up this weekend. I'd like to finalize tuning the point of being able to ride it one of these days...

Is that why it's been taking me so long to build my bike? :smoke:

Hi all, I know lots of people bob their rear fenders--some barely, and some radically. Lots of people also talk about breaking license plate and/or license plate mounts from vibration. My question: Has anyone come up with a "sweet spot" as far as rear fender material removal? My 81 has the...

The plan for my bike was to take a section out of the fender somewhere up between the license plate mount bolts and fender mount holes, and put the rounded end back on (think hotrod top choppin'). Unfortunately, my fender has a crease in it that vibration cracked all the way through up from the...

It will work if you just re-query it. Type "crimping tool" in the search and select it that way.

Yup, I saw all that too. I dug around the site quite a bit and I couldn't find any of typical warning signs, so I figured what the hell. Although I routinely shop overseas, to me the unusual part was being a liquidator of US goods and being located elsewhere. Anyway, time will tell eh?

For those of you that might be thinking about a Hugh's Handbuilt fork brace, I found a deal on them at a discounter: https://www.itdtoutlet.xyz/hughs-handbuilt-yamaha-xs650-fork-brace-raw-7583-chopper-bobber-cafe-racer-p-5463.html No, I haven't done any business with itdtoutlet before, and who...

Boats.net has gennie Yama springs for only a few bucks...

I'm enjoying this thread and its related testimonials, but there's one thing I haven't heard a peep about (or if it was discussed I missed it): Color. What color are these LED strips putting out? Are they garish white, warm yellowish, nasty greenish, blueish... what's everyone's take on the...

H-pipes were pretty popular on early Mustangs for that same reason.

If you've got "chain gaps" like you've pictured you've probably got a worn chain and/or sprockets. A loose chain is certainly a slack chain between the sprockets, but should still fit tight over sprocket teeth. It might be chain or sprocket time...

I was always under the impression that chain breakage was the whole reason JB Weld was invented. The flying, broken chain always seeks out the most expensive item to contact and destroy: the engine case. There was a lot of that back in the old days of one-lunger small Honda's that we...

I used those drill bits quite a bit during my stint on the Boeing 747 assembly line in Everett... they do a fine job of drilling. Kind of like a drill bit and a reamer all in one!