Motorcycles

Got a couple bikes, often hard to choose what I want to ride. Honestly I struggle to find time to ride any of them since I also collect vintage cars and I'm often driving those.
'08 Harley CVO Spring
'08 Ducati Monster (with my older son riding it in the pic)
'76 BMW R90/6

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Speaking of tires, my new front is on. I went with the Dunlop Elite 4 which I've used before and liked. Also, my fork seals were blown and there was very little oil left. New seals, bushings and oil made a huge difference. 👍
 
I had a guy bring me a wheel. "It has a slow leak". It turned out to be a bad valve stem. He wanted me to fix the valve stem and said that he would get a new tire, later. Nope.

This is the inside of the tire - after running low too many times. Coming apart....

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Right after that, one showed up with a small issue.
Luckily, I had a small solution.

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I removed the right-rear footpeg assembly on a big Yamaha cruiser, in order to install floor boards - but not without a bit of drama.

A 6mm allen wrench twisted this one., and no amount of heat, Liquid Wrench, easy outs, or cussing would budge it.

A well place drill bit and a cleanup tap finally did the trick.

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PuffTheMagicDragon said:
I removed the right-rear footpeg assembly on a big Yamaha cruiser, in order to install floor boards - but not without a bit of drama.

A 6mm allen wrench twisted this one., and no amount of heat, Liquid Wrench, easy outs, or cussing would budge it.

A well place drill bit and a cleanup tap finally did the trick.

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Never fails...nice job getting the bolt out
 
PuffTheMagicDragon said:
I removed the right-rear footpeg assembly on a big Yamaha cruiser, in order to install floor boards - but not without a bit of drama.

A 6mm allen wrench twisted this one., and no amount of heat, Liquid Wrench, easy outs, or cussing would budge it.

A well place drill bit and a cleanup tap finally did the trick.

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Always one broken bolt away from a 5min job turning into a 5hr job.
 
PuffTheMagicDragon said:
Rescued a guy with a flat tire today. Found a used tire and changed it in the driveway, in order to get him on his way.
Do people not look at their tires ?

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I meant to comment on this before: If that is from actual mileage, I'd have bought him the new tire myself and said, "Well Done!". If that is (more likely) from beer-drinkin' burnouts... I'd have wished him luck and sent him on his way.
 
kann said:
I meant to comment on this before: If that is from actual mileage, I'd have bought him the new tire myself and said, "Well Done!". If that is (more likely) from beer-drinkin' burnouts... I'd have wished him luck and sent him on his way.
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It was Sunday, and the cycle shops were closed.

And yes, that was from mileage. It was sporting a Shinko 777 tire. Well known for being "sticky", and short lived. I regularly change those for a cheap-ass friend of mine, and he never brings the bike until at least two layers of cord is showing.
 
I'm running out of time to keep putting off getting my bike ready for the spring, too. It was new to me last summer so I did a basic once over when I got it, but need to at least do an oil change, brake bleed, and coolant. I would like to work on the forks (new valves and springs) but that is a low priority unfortunately.

Still trying to decide if I want to tackle checking the valves myself.
 
Ya sofar this year I did tires, brake pads, frame sliders, axle sliders and spark plugs. I still want to do a chain and switch to ice coolant. Next year I have to do a break bleed but might end up doing that this year as well.
 
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