Limitied Slip It was mentioned earlier that the Chain Adjustment Pinch Bolt was Seized. If this was tightened WITHOUT a Torque Wrench, then it...
Food Truck? Arcata, California Town worker hits the gas from the light, and a loose BBQ flies off the back of the truck, bounces around like a...
Dangerous Liasons Just thought of something, in the middle of the night,,.. ("DANGER!, Will Robinson!,,..") My old Climbing Buddy, in Terrace,BC...
Pit Stop " Yep, I'll be up there hopefully before I know it! " Whoa,,. hold yer Horses there, Little Lady,,.. there is still lots of Winter here...
Motel Hell? I guess I'll have to pencil you in for more Trailer Accommodation in June. That thing seems to get more mileage in the backyard then...
Have to agree with C'-80s, too much metal to remove. You can live with it, or, swipe JB Weld over it, smear it in, and sand it down, then silver...
Cleanliness is next to,,.. Reliability " I loved taking it apart!" If you liked that, then I have a 3rd V4 1000cc engine to rebuild next summer....
Siezure Vibratite is the same as putting some Valve Grinding Compound on a driver tip, but more convenient. Another solution is to use Left...
Fender Mender Too bad all that nice clean/shiney is gonna get real dirty. So, I added a Rear Inner Fender Extension; [IMG] Its a black plastic...
Removing all 4 Spark Plugs will lessen the wear on the Starter Motor. I've also used a big Electric Drill on the Stator Magnet (17mm), saves on...
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It may not be the Rings. The motors I've worked on still have the Factory Hone marks on the cylinders, even at 90,000km, though they are getting...
The Rare Reverse Feature Good Deal,,.. gotta keep these Ol'Gen1 Battlestars breathing fire. The Cam Sprocket notches don't line up perfectly,...
What's in a Name,,.. Squinterceptor, InterBlaster & The Ol-BattleStar (interchangeable between all 3).
Yup, I missed that,,.. both topics (Carbs & Ignition) are jumbled together. I agree, the Cams may not be installed properly. The Official...
Try swapping the Coils Left to Right (easy) and see if the problem follows a Coil.
Screw'd Bummer about the Hang-up. Options above are good, here's a few more. First, have a new replacement screw ready, or you won't be riding...
Haiku(rant) That looks great, Nice Work! Woulda been good to actually see a problem, fix it and be done,,.. The Right Side can be...
That looks OK, seen a Lot worse that still worked. Still, worth a clean and relube. Might have a Connector Problem, reseating always worth it.
Grease; A little Dab will do ya,,.. The purpose of Dielectric Grease is to keep Oxygen off the metal. The Nitrogen in our air (78%) is not a...
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