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Ok.... yeah.... thought i was done with.... old Brit's.... but this pop'd up in the middle of Cheesland (Wisconsin) .... 68' " bita's "...

Pic don't do it justice, a very unseasonable week of high temps has it like paradise around here. Beautiful to behold (and smell)...

In another life I owned 40 acres ridgetop overlooking the Gold Coast - tank water and generator power. Built my own house in the hills...

For intermittent duty (starter), 10ga wire will carry 70amps out to about 10ft. Since our starter draws about 45A, that's more than...

With Apologies to Our American Cousins Most of the River Road traces the Tecumseh Parkway which was a historic route of combatants in...

I think you might have scoped this one out, yourself.

A photo of the front end might be helpful to us, as well.

I suppose I could try. Not exactly a fan of that. All I know is it started after I changed the tire. I should probably check to see if...

Before you do all that aforementioned work, how about taking an on-the-road video so we can hear the whine. Maybe the noise is coming...

I had no idea, Ken! Wiki tells us: "According to one account, the hamlet was so named on account of the rowdy character of its first...

Well as it turns out there is also a Hamlet in southeastern NY by that same name: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sodom,_New_York Seems...

One more side note regarding the town of New Hope: New York State has a great historical marker program which towns can apply for and...

Now that is a cool looking old building. Love the water wheel!

Central New York has been spiked with glorious, summer-like weather these past two days. Yesterday got all the boys out to stretch their...

Meanwhile in Wisconsin. https://www.wormfarminstitute.org/ferm-fest-2022

Silage made from grass doesn't ferment or cause drunk cows. It cooks and goes a sort of golden green colour if the stack has been sealed...

About 40 mile ride today in the Victoria area.

Ground clamp coil mount. Don't remember who posted this originally but worked like a champ for me. TXA is hard to mount coils because...

I just want to eliminate as many problems to get this bike on the road ahead of time It's nothing better than take a bike out of the...

...which is why I routinely replace older coils. I consider it a solid investment. . .

One day I hope to pass all of this on to somebody else Thanks again time to check the other coil

Reading 1 with the leads not touching anything is normal. Primary should read about 3.9Ω Book says ± 20% (that's the brown to orange...

Chaos Manor

Just thought I’d share that Yamahaxs650.com is having a sale on exhaust systems. 1.5” chrome pipes for $99. 1.75” stainless for $120...

Or mine Damn nice bike !!

Great specimen of a '74 that you've created. Scott

I'm at the grocery store. The EZ off oven cleaner cautions against using on chrome. :-( Will try the razor blade but that scares...

In this sort of melted plastic-on-chrome situation, the only thing that has been effective is a new razor blade, very carefully and...

Yep, I shoot both sides of both base and head gaskets with 2 or 3 coats of Permatex Copper Spray-A-Gasket. It's great stuff, you can...