A father leaves work a little late one night and, while on his way home, he remembers that he has not yet purchased a birthday gift for his young...
I made good use of my Saturday. I got the swing arm out. It went kind of slow because I do not have much experience with "modern" suspension...
You know you are getting old when you forget your pin number at the gas pump and then remember it while you are driving off.
Necessity is the mother of invention. I am far enough along to need supports for the engine and the frame. I built a short sawhorse to rest the...
Welcome aboard! The Sachs looks very cool. I had a Sachs 125 two stroke back in the 70s. It was in a Penton 6 Day. It went well but had a...
I have a drive, almost full up with bike pics. (I have a few of my kids on their bikes.)
The bike shows 32,000 miles on the clock. What is amazing is I started the bike and ran it for maybe a full minute in total. Granted I did not rev...
It's funny. I have never ridden the bike. I have heard it run badly but I am captivated by the thing. It has the biggest pistons I have ever seen....
No, it would be cost prohibitive to do an engine swap but tearing it down and replacing bad parts with good used ones (and the occasional new...
I have become rather obsessed with this project. I feel like I ought to be laughing hysterically and being a bit wide eyed. It has become a little...
I used to work in a BMW/Norton/Triumph dealership (I am dating myself) and my old boss was fond of saying "even BMW's break." Maybe we should add...
As it turns out, no matter how hard I wished it wasn't, it was a blown big end. I made a YouTube video showing the process of discovery....
That's the plan anyway. I was doing some Internet Googling and came across a few VTRs with the same issue and it was always the rear cylinder....
No, I would have to take a loss on it and it's such a pretty bike. It's only a rod after all and most of the problem with that is the huge amount...
In the past I have purchased many bikes that had problems. I rolled the dice and almost always got lucky and the problem was small or over blown....
It might be a broken valve spring? I'm just going to gut it and see what I can find.
I bought a cheap mechanics stethoscope. I started the engine and started poking around. I heard the sound best as a ticking in the rear head. I...
Can an exhaust leak be that loud and sound like a tap?
It does not make the sound when just turning the engine over. It has to be running.
The weather was the same here but I had to stay in and couldn't play. I had to get some billable hours since I spent yesterday (also a pretty day)...
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