RDawson

It's 15* here with a windchill of 2 and ice on the roads, but it will be riding weather next week in the 50s. Record setting weather here now, but we don't have to deal with it months at a time.

Hey Fool you need to synchronize the carbs on that thing, you overshot the target n hit the south.

Puc you mentioned shop class, mine was in an auto body class at vocational school during high school. Our town was built on the car business. We were known as the used car capital of the world for years. Part of that was buying wrecks and rebuilding, one hit in front- one hit in rear- cut em in half and weld the good parts together. This was before internet and car fax. The less scrupulous guys would then buy a car without a title and attach the vin plate from one of the wrecks and sell it. Won't mention where they got the untitled cars. Used cars, wrecked cars, 90,000 mile cars with odometer cut, chop shops, forged titles, you name it. Literally hundreds per week rolled thru here. Then the insurance companies got together and started branding the titles on the internet and a bunch of dealers went to jail. When it all went down the local guys were sitting on hundreds of nice rebuilt cars they couldn't sell, many abandoned at out of state auto auctions. Some of the best welders around learned on these cars, when finished an auto expert couldn't tell the difference between a rebuilt car and a new one. They were that good.

That is exactly how I learned to weld. Back in the day we would weld quarter panels in cars with a torch before migs came out.

If you look close there is a piano hinge above the tire. You remove two bolts in the ledger board and that door hinges up to get to the tire. They brought me their smaller trucks after this one to add that door, before that they had to remove the glass racks for tires. I built this one from cab n chassis.

Flux core is much more expensive to buy and gas welds are much smoother. CO2 makes a hotter weld but produces more spatter than 75/25. 75/25 is by far my choice unless I'm doing aluminum or stainless when I use straight argon. This is my favorite project I've done using my mig with a spool gun.

Check the electrical plugs on the tci and from the pick up coils.

Ya just keep that stuff up yonder where it belongs. We've got some weather in the 20s here just in time for deer season but season only lasts two weeks and I'll be ready to ride again. That big slug outta my .44 mag doesn't leave much reason for blood trailing so I don't need the white stuff to help show blood.

Congrats Fitz. Can't wait to see it back on the road.

I'm running the Nexen car tire on the rear of my 07 but I don't have any pics. I put it on this past spring and have 11,503 miles on it (just looked). I did a saddlesore 1000 (1100 miles) not long after the install, wife n I rode from west Ky to Canada Niagara Falls n back (2200 miles), I went to the WNY rally (1700), and a lot of local miles. I'm guessing I'll get another 8-10k out of it. Soon as it's worn out I'll put another one on it.

After reading the rules I deduced putt putt is the Yankee version of what we call mini golf down here in the real world. Guess it's sorta like y'all ordering sodas and pops instead of a Pepsi. Guess I'll have to practice some around here with a putter, haven't golfed in years. I quit playing a few years after I got married, can't remember why I quit but I'm sure it had to do with her taking away my balls. See ya in July (I'm bringing her with me-you don't have to tell her everything I say here).

Mine shows 19674. Funny part is I had log in issues once and Don signed in for me, after that his post totals added to mine so in less than 3 years it says I posted over 15,700 times. I couldn't type that fast if I had to.

28 last night. Bike out this afternoon 55*. Mid 60s coming this week: bike weather in November. I may have to drink my air in the summer but I don't have to put my bike to bed for months at a time.

Same here with the trees Zagger, a lot of still green. October has been hot and rainy. Yesterday I was jumping off the fire truck in a t shirt, Tonight will be the coldest Halloween since 1988. The bike is in the shop tonight-last Halloween we were riding. The big issue here though is Dairy Queen closes tonight. We still have one of the few walk up DQs and it still serves the old recipe ice cream. It's open March 1st-Oct 31 only, traditional around here for the lot to be full of bikes on the last day.

I would at least try to clean the tank. If it's flaking you're probably gonna stop up the petcock screen and fuel filter anyway. Remove tank and shake it with white vinegar in it, drain it and pour in some gas with 2 stroke oil in it to coat it. That's a cheap temp fix if not permanent and may keep you from being stuck on the road with a bad filter.

It ain't 98 no more. Oct 2 the high was 96-Halloween it's snowing and calling for a hard freeze. What happened to fall?

Had the 86 for 10 years and have never touched the petcock. The other Dawson

Congrats on the jobs Jeff. Feel free to keep that special WWW batch up yonder. Life has been in the way of riding lately, the wife and the bike are both biting at the bit to go somewhere.

Make it as comfortable as you can but just trying for miles isn't as fun as just enjoying the ride. I've done a few 800+ mile days and one 1100 miler just to say I've done a saddle sore run. When traveling with the wife it's usually not over 400 unless we have to be somewhere.

:sign yeah that:

Heck I'll make ya a better deal on an 86. Say only $7000? I'd even sell my daily rider 07 for that kind of money and smile all the way to the bank.

I can get away with it Puc. The school marm doesn't get on here n see what I post.

I installed headsets in both helmets and taught her how to use the intercom. Now the gear whine is the least annoying sound I hear.

No. Just plugged it in. Much better than OEM.

I used this one. Plug n play. https://www.superbrightleds.com/moreinfo/motorcycle-high-beam-and-low-beam-headlight-bulb/motorcycle-h4-led-fanless-headlight-conversion-kit-with-compact-heat-sink-2000-lumens/3930/8566/?make=105&model=3743&scc_id=1940&year=2009