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What have you done to your XS today?
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hogtyed
Paul
Put just enough air in the tube to get it’s shape, not expand it. It works wonders. Also, make sure you coat the inside of the tire with talc.
hogtyed
Paul
Looks sharp!
We have friends who live in Billingstad near Oslo so I do speak a bit, but when I run out of words, I use Google Translate. I once gave about 2 minutes (in Norwegian) of a 20 minute technical talk at a conference in Trondheim. I wrote out what I wanted to say in English and my friend taught me how to pronounce it in Norwegian - and then I wrote it down phonetically so that I would make the correct sounds. After some practice with him coaching, I was told later that it was pretty accurate. Apparently, I have a Bergen accent (he is from there).
I finished the Norwegian portion of my talk by saying: “The remainder of my presentation will be given in English because I have now used all 136 Norwegian words that I know.”
It’s the only time I got a standing ovation before the main part of my talk even began.
I spent about 3 wks. in Gardermoen back in the 70's. Learned one phrase... En øl, takk. 
A buddy of mine says that you can survive for weeks in Germany if you can say:
“Zwei bier bitte und das rechnung nach mein freunde”.
...which means “Two beers please and my friend will pay”.
“Zwei bier bitte und das rechnung nach mein freunde”.
...which means “Two beers please and my friend will pay”.
Bike looks good TZ!
Off the bench and ready for the Ozark Rally.
Fresh oil, usual items checked, adjusted, new stickers, home before rain started, vroom.
What year is your bike lakeview? Do you have an older front end on it?
JAX71224
jax71224
Dropped off new Viton valve stem seals to the shop doing my head, almost ready but needs a little cut to make it flat. It had a low area between the cylinders near the cam chain tunnel. Nothing drastic but want to ensure leak-free so will get it done.
It's a 76 with a later Special exhaust.
I left work early today because it was 75!!! And the forecast rain got pushed back to 8:00. I dropped in on a buddy of mine, and his wife let him go on a ride! I took him on one of my favorite short trips down a picture perfect country road just outside of town, which he had never been on. He rode his Buell. My new shinko REALLY goes crazy on the rain grooves. I’m hoping it settles down as it wears a little more. My avon was already worn square from the 3300 miles I put on it last year. We’ll see how long this tire lasts at half the price.
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denisducati750
650 Custom Chop
I continued stuffing around with my exhaust - tack welded the bits you see here held with tape except for the merge inlets and got within a few mil of joining the headers with the underneath pipe section. Lots of twists and angles for a novice welder and fabricator but happy with the overall look I’m getting. Probly have enough pipe left over to do it all again!
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LiveSlowDieWhenever
probably broke down. Just call me greasy.
Swapped in a fresh clutch pushrod seal and shift shaft seal, resheathed and rerouted my alternator wires and wired in a new inline fuse holder and positive battery wire. Boring stuff, but progress just the same
If it prevents a breakdown somewhere in the cold dark night, it will have been worth it!
Pete
Pete
LiveSlowDieWhenever
probably broke down. Just call me greasy.
It certainly shortened the list of things that will inevitably leave me stranded on the side of the road at some point! One thing at a time
