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  1. gggGary

    WTF pictures

    Unsold Mavericks in salt mine! There's one full o ford trucks waiting for parts now.
  2. gggGary

    Interesting motorcycles, not XS650

    Ed"Ironman" Kretz, winner at the Laconia 200-mile TT race in 1938. It was at that race he got his nickname "Ironman", when he despite hardships won at the end. He fell off the bike, he lost one footplate, gravel in the carb and so on. He solved it all and won.
  3. gggGary

    Engine Oil

    REALLY like a 6 point 27mm impact socket, a breaker bar and a smack with a maul. If you can't find a helper a stack of wood blocks will keep the socket on while you make the smack.
  4. gggGary

    WTF pictures

    look closely The illusive honest used car dealer.
  5. gggGary

    Van Go

    Shag carpet, just say'n. :D
  6. gggGary

    1979 XS 650 idles fine , falls flat just off idle, carb is clean.

    The points cam affects how quickly the springs retract, so check that the cam is not in a position that is opening a point set while checking the advance springs. The timing light is your friend it should show smooth and proper timing changes while throttling up and down. The most common...
  7. gggGary

    Engine Oil

    Air cooled and old school, loose tolerance, manufacturing. Fat oil helps cushion the banging around. The original 1970 spec was; summer straight 40 winter 20W40 latest Toyota calls for 0W16 A back in the day Yamaha oil brochuere (not dated) Oil manufacturing/tech has changed a bit over the...
  8. gggGary

    A very accurate vid.

  9. gggGary

    A very accurate vid.

  10. gggGary

    A very accurate vid.

    I'm on day 4 of getting out a failed tank liner and derusting a CB900F gas tank, tell me again about my riches? o_O The good news is this crappy liner is dissolving in acetone so I've been schlepping acetone in and out of the tank all while trying really hard to not get any on the paint. Good...
  11. gggGary

    Fuel Petcock Screws

    Consider the application, the tank is thin sheet metal you are compressing a big oval o-ring seal, you could deform things by over tightening. PS I remove any remaining paint from the tank face before installing the petcock.
  12. gggGary

    Engine Oil

    :twocents: Rather than letting oil bottles sit in the funnel for a while to get "every last drop" You might be better served pouring till the stream ends, then put the bottle aside. Making a motor oil is a big industrial process, it's not always the cleanest thing in the world. a few times I've...
  13. gggGary

    Fuel Petcock Screws

    like they say just not soft enough. If the oem ever go extinct casting lead washers might be the hot tip. heck, cast em right on the screw.......... other possibilities: faucet washers are a hard yet deformable rubber. remove the metal/rubber washer from a polebarn metal screw. You might even...
  14. gggGary

    Just out of curiosity - Airplane Guys

    19 FLATTOPS AT BOSTON The US Navy's Atlantic Reserve Fleet at the South Boston Naval Annex, MA on July 25, 1953. The Essex class carrier in the foreground is the USS Leyte (CVA-32) being prepared for deactivation. However, the following month she would be reactivated as an anti-submarine carrier...
  15. gggGary

    A very accurate vid.

    Good advice there. When taking pics don't be like him, part way through, turn the bike around so you aren't shooting into the sun ;^)
  16. gggGary

    WTF pictures

    Does it come in Starrett? ;) A Tridge. Located in Michigan. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tridge_(Midland%2C_Michigan)
  17. gggGary

    Interesting motorcycles, not XS650

  18. gggGary

    Fuel Petcock Screws

    +1 on the OEM amalgram washers, failing that find doughty washers? :twocents:copper will not do that job.
  19. gggGary

    Finished video.

    Can't imagine the hours of enjoyment that brought you. Well done!
  20. gggGary

    XS650 Adventure Bike?

    https://www.xs650.com/threads/front-fork-leg-dismantling.50875/#post-530630
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