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Well There's Yer Problem, Laddie Couple weeks ago old faithfull lost a cylinder on the way home. Limped 'er in and left it for a week or so. Pulled the tank off today and felt the left ht lead loose on the coil, then looked to the right side and saw this. I had used the threaded collars off a...

Changed my 122.5 main jets in my '77 to 127.5, pilots 2 turns out, no more popping on deceleration, plus smoother cruising at 80 to 90 km. (Adjusted pilots first, tested that and deceleration pop pretty much gone with that change, then upped the main jets this morning)

Windshield Added Giving in to the inner wimp.

Rear brake shoe and drum may be glazed, try cleaning both thoroughly with sand paper and rinse off with brake clean. Wear a mask unless you know it's asbestos free.

Wow

At least they are not buying bales of toilet paper!

First Tankful For Latest Rejuvenation A nice gent sold me this a few weeks ago, it was his daily till 2011, then stached away. Came from same seller as MaxPete's Big Sue. Needed tires and front brakes, plus a few items (seat, chain, carbs, bar switches) that I had in stock and all good. I intend...

Great thread, came for the brake stay discussion, stayed for the story. Retirement seems to nurture civility.

No Fooling 13C and a personal first for me - earliest lawn cutting ever on April 1!

Nice to see a green bike once in a while.

Not XS650 Found these items in a parts box that came with a fresh XS650 purchase. Does anyone know what they came from?

Spring Time in SW Ontario It's a couple degrees above freezing at 5:10. The forsythia are hardy and often get snowed on while in bloom. Likewise, the daffodils are not phased by a bit of snow. There was a couple inches on the ground this morning to shovel off the front walk so the place...

Roof also protected roadway from weathering.

Level 1 Tidy Complete The '78 Standard is whole lot cleaner after a couple days of varsol squirting followed by SOS pads. Next is to see if the harness that came with it is usable. Had to use Blaster on the point cover screws, but they came off.

2C and Looks Warmer Than It Is At least this morning's snow is gone. Supposed to go up to 10 C tomorrow afternoon.

-1C and Snow Overnight 9:30 Eastern DST and it snowed while an hour disappeared from my life. Crocuses are blooming and some daffodils are budding otherwise.

Insurance cost - compare it to how some folks have a golf or curling club membership -

The Cooperators office in Amherstburg carries vintage motorcycle insurance, ask for Zoe.

Didn't see any Kroll in my local stores, guess lots online. Actually ran out of PBBlaster and got some SeaFoam Deep Creep which seemed equally effective, but less odiferous. (not that there's anything wrong with being a bit smelly)

Yes retired, and on this one just cleaning threads and putting it together to see what's missing (that I don't already have). My wife complained of the smell of PB Blaster on me for a couple days.