s.tyler58

I just returned from a beautiful morning ride of an hour and a half. 65 degrees, Sunny with no wind to speak of. Rode out to my little spot on the river and had my coffee and came home. So my clutch master cylinder has decided that my left index finger needs to stay moist... Sent from my SM-G935V using Tapatalk

Were those drilled and threaded to replace the nut at the end of the handle bar? Aluminum? Sent from my SM-G935V using Tapatalk

It's just one of the crosses I bear for my girl. Sent from my SM-G935V using Tapatalk

I remember asking about turning it upside down and even hand drawn diagram but I remember the consensus being there wouldn't be room because of the engine case but I'm with you believing that it certainly could easily be turned upside down. I can't tell if I have to pull off my exhaust to get to it? Isn't it above the collector? Also where's the fuel filter? Sent from my SM-G935V using Tapatalk

Thanks in a big part to you Vid! I am loving her more almost every trip! I think that a good portion of the tire wear is because I do a lot of hard engine-braking because my brakes should be wrapped in crime scene tape! The leaking fork oil pretty much did them in. It will be nice to get to a point where I can just kick back relax and ride without worrying about why my gas mileage has dropped to 28 .72 from just over 32 MPG. Or that I really need to adjust that shift linkage under the middle of the bike where my lift gets in the way. I just don't want to tear the cover off of the clutch slave area again to get to it . Making it sometimes hard for 2nd gear to always engage or sometimes downshifting into first . I have that reversed shift pattern remember . However, I have changed my riding to never using fifth gear below 60 and most of my city streets cruising at about 3500 to 4000 RPM and shifting in the high fives to low 6s. Couple weeks ago someone said that should actually raise the gas mileage which seems counterintuitive, but he said it. After a 100 mile test drive with the backrest, I decided it was just too high and too far forward for me to be comfortable. It pushed my knees forward about 2 -3" which changes all my leg and feet positions and does not allow me to sit back into the bucket of the saddle. So this morning I did a little more customisation and am about to head down to Northwest Missouri to ride some blacktop roads with hills and curves for a while this afternoon. Looks like I might be racing/dodging storms on the way home which is always exciting. I'm adding a couple of pictures of the bike and how I was able to bend the backrest to a much more comfortable position and I'm going to have to do something to be able to put the cover back over the backside mounting area. Because I have the pad slid down as far as it will go and tightened below the slot that it's supposed to screw down into which would hold it about an inch and a half higher, the original cover for that area will no longer allow itself to be put back on. Using a large crescent wrench and a board to support where I wanted it to bend, I was able to bend it without cracking any Chrome and now it sit's down in the small of my back and allows me to recline in the fashion I'm accustomed to. Being able to recline just enough makes absorbing bumps transmitted through the more rigid backrest much more of a nodding head motion rather than a jarring up and down Spine and Neck bounce. Sent from my SM-G935V using Tapatalk

That makes the most sense to me. I've spent many miles trying to imagine what I could create to put across there to hold a small bag or Mount phones in addition to my tank bag... the head of a good size bolt would fit in there and a bar could be made to cross the span easy enough but how to screw it on from both ends without having a seam in the bar would be pretty much impossible. Unless it was preset and just wedged in tight as you pushed it down the slot. Maybe that would be just too dangerous anyway... Sent from my SM-G935V using Tapatalk

Gorgeous! Now I have a new goal for what my old gal could look like! Also makes me jealous that you get to enjoy routine maintenance while I'm always involved in emergency surgery! Sent from my SM-G935V using Tapatalk

It's more rigid than my sleeping bag was. I took a really large crescent wrench and custom bent back a little bit and have the back rest itself outside of the slot for height adjustment and lowered down as far as it will go. It's better but it still holds me about 2 inch closer to my handlebars than I'm used to. Which in itself is an amazing sequential timing! I've been trying to clean my fork seals and finally after the 4th time on right side I have all leaking stopped! So now I just happened to put the backrest on today and hose it down with the neighbors power washer and since my Forks have stopped leaking I can now drain them and pull the tops off and reposition my handlebars all at the same time! Now I need to address that stinkin' shift linkage under the center to get it dialed in and I'm going to be only time and money away from making it to one of the MDs! Did you ever think you'd hear me say those words about this 83? You guys are the best encouragement and source of wisdom and comedy and weirdness! Why is my back tire literally disappearing before my very eyes after every 50 mile or hundred mile trip? I mean it wasn't an expensive Tire, a Shinko tourmaster, but front barely shows any wear? Did I mention how fast it is? This morning though, straight road up hill last 3/4 mile, no wind, 75 degrees, she maxed at 110 MPH around 5,700? Wouldn't budge above that. Like a ceiling. You can kind of see how low I have it and it's back maybe an inch from where it was prior to my adjusting it Sent from my SM-G935V using Tapatalk

Pulling that bent crash bar on the right side back into place was no big deal Sent from my SM-G935V using Tapatalk

Yeah that, to getting the Caps back on. But I've cut my spacers down to I think an inch and a quarter, I'll have to look for sure, but it lessened the preload enough that at 160 pounds I can still get the thread started on the caps Okay so here's the real deal, when I was having issues with my anti Dives earlier this year and I had them apart and rebuilt and I replace the o rings and cleaned everything up, I refilled my Forks using 5 weight oil because I thought I read someone say that's what they always use. I believe that in part with dirt caused my seals to start leaking and I have been able to get one of them to stop but have cleaned 3 times on the other and it's still wants to leak. My goal is to drain the five weight and replace it with 10. I had achieved the best ride and handling with that 5 weight and 11 pounds of air pressure and barely pre-loading the progressives with the fork is fully extended. I simply want to get back to the 10 weight to see if that will help to get that left sealed to stop leaking once I clean it again. I can't believe at 60 years old that I don't have a roll of old film or picture somewhere with film stuck in it from earlier in my life but I'm going to have to just go buy a roll of film somewhere. I used a tool I cut from a milk carton which went down in between the seal in the fork just fine but seemed excessive thick compared to what film strip would be. So I want to clean that one side really good with the film strip put in 10 weight turn the key and start going somewhere. I have managed 4000 miles now in a year and a half of working on this 83 and just enough reward to know that there's no turning back now! The other night about midnight on an unimproved Road out in the country so I can see some Stars I watched it turn over 40,000 miles. Sent from my SM-G935V using Tapatalk

So if a guy wanted to put together the system to be able to suck the fork oil up into the fork, which I assume means without having to dismantle the tops of the fork, what would that guy need and where would he get it? Sent from my SM-G935V using Tapatalk

Last year I had one try to end me. I could have pulled hair out of its tail. Literally missed it by inches. I was going 60. A couple days ago I was cruising along when a raccoon decided to cross the road. I was extremely lucky that he turned to go straight up the road with me before my front wheel could hit him and I smacked him with and rolled him under my right foot board. Don't know if it killed him or not but it sure gave me a fright! Sent from my SM-G935V using Tapatalk

I started her up yesterday after letting her sit since the running out of gas incident. Started fine, ran great! My little dog decided that 4 a.m. was an appropriate time to start his day today. So to get even with him, I took off to ride through the sunrise and got a nice little 70-mile trip in. Sent from my SM-G935V using Tapatalk

Poppin like nobodies business. Sent from my SM-G935V using Tapatalk

It is 87 octanae w/ethanol. Was just purchased on Saturday. I put in 2 gallons Sent from my SM-G935V using Tapatalk

Recorded the video before I ran out of gas. Was half a mile from my buddies acreage so he ran over and took care of me in about 15 minutes or less. Then I had my second cup of coffee on their back deck and enjoyed more of my morning. Then the bike didn't want to start and I have a bad Miss. Made the 7 miles home with no issues but now I don't know. Everything was great right up until I ran out of gas. Sent from my SM-G935V using Tapatalk

The other day I cleaned the fork seals for the second time and both are now sealed. Today I started her just to hear her sweet voice before I mowed the lawn.. Sent from my SM-G935V using Tapatalk

Happy Independence Day! To celebrate, my clutch is Done! Replaced with the Barnett disks. Now I seem to have a fuel leak somewhere around the carb on the #2 Cyl.. but, until or unless I blow up or become asphyxiated, I'm gonna CTFW today. Amazing how a properly functioning clutch releases the BEAST within her! Crap! Remind me to put "Rear Tire" on the shopping list will you? Be safe ya'll!

These days... I bet you had your day though! ;-) Sent from my SM-G935V using Tapatalk

What a RIOT! And you have a name already! I took 6 weeks with my dog and ended up with Buddy! She looks eager and smart and ready to be spoiled and investigative! Time to Baby proof the house all over again! Sent from my SM-G935V using Tapatalk

Zoom in to see the skid mark on the bar that caused it to bend backwards. It's not loose, it gives. Sent from my SM-G935V using Tapatalk

Yes we had so much wind last night that everything in Nebraska is standing on its side today Sent from my SM-G935V using Tapatalk

Do you see any reason why I couldn't pry it forward from here? It does wiggle from there but I can't really tell whether the wiggle is in the bolts the mounting places or the ends of the bars. Sent from my SM-G935V using Tapatalk

The only adjustment seem to be laterally or side-to-side rather than front to back... Sent from my SM-G935V using Tapatalk

More help needed... Sent from my SM-G935V using Tapatalk