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I have my grandfathers fly rod. I had I appraised. It looks brand spanking new. It’s a bamboo rod made in about 1921. He came to the...

The world needs more of you! Let’s ride!

Gotta strike while the iron is hot.

I was into Buck knives as a kid. I bought these in the early 70s. A 120, 110, and 301V. I bought the 301V after my great uncle told me...

I suppose that when I check out, my bikes will end up scrap, no matter their condition. That is, unless I check out today or tomorrow.

RES-ON-PRI. That’s the setup on the vacuum petcocks of the era. That’s not 100% of the bikes. My XS1100SG has manual petcocks and there...

My glass fuse box went into failure mode at about 30 years or so. I bought a reproduction. I’m running two reproduction fuse boxes. I...

I can help with the voltage regulator connector. I have all of the tooling. It might be January though.

I live in a haunted house. I keep seeing an old geezer in the mirrors.

90 years is a good run. I hope the years were good to her.

Stock mirrors and turn signals are available reproduction. yamahaxs650.com has best price on those. OE carburetors and air boxes...

You will need a starter relay (solenoid). Without it, start switch is going to have to carry a whole lot of amps. Also, all the starter...

And a whole lot of thrust!

Some of the kits contain an o’ring that has a cross section too small. The sealing face has to be polished and the o’ring has to make...

Funerals are good for us. That’s why we do it and have been doing it for thousands of years. I lost a younger brother in 2007. I took...

My biggest issue is mixing them up. Trained by vacuum petcock means walking away from the manual petcock with it left on.

My parents picked a place to retire far from where they lived for 60 years. Now, approaching 90, most, if not all of their friends are...

If you want a crowded funeral you need lots of friends and die before they do. If you’re the last one standing, who’s coming...

I have heard the rupture concern many times. I have never heard any evidence of a vacuum diaphragm rupture while in use. The fail mode...

It’s also a safety device. When the engine quits, the fuel shuts off.

What I suggested is two part epoxy. It doesn’t really slosh. The viscosity while warm is consistent with honey. If you allow it to get a...

Speaking for myself, I would trust that to a Caswell epoxy liner.