Jump to content

Marcarl

Life Member
 View Profile  See their activity

  • Posts

    11,499

  • Joined

  • Days Won

    178

 Content Type 

Everything posted by Marcarl

  1. Marcarl
    1972 now that's old, so must be good.
  2. Marcarl
    Boat????????there's a whole ship load here
  3. Marcarl

    last update

    Marcarl replied to hipshot's topic in Watering Hole

    Enjoy what you can of the time you still have together, and don't forget to spend some time in secret, with Jeanie as well, and He will hold you as no one else can.
  4. Marcarl
    Well I did it, I'll have to admit, didn't want to be left out,,,,got a lot of requests lately to be a friend,,,,, so I thought to join in,,,,,you know I like friends,,,, but the real advantage escapes me at this point,,,, as was mentioned, we are all friends. So maybe Don can enlighten us as to all the advantages of 'friends'????????
  5. Marcarl
    Makes good sense to me, thanks for the idea. Carl
  6. Marcarl
    Diddo
  7. Marcarl
    And now the link goes to a blank page
  8. Marcarl
    The hose you are talking about is a formed hose, so to replace it with a straight piece is asking for trouble. A straight hose in that short of distance is bound to kink and so not let any fluid through, there is no pressure there, so you need free flow. Mine would be parked if I lost it.
  9. Marcarl
    Think about the process: Factory paint and clear coat so that the color is covered, along comes a scratch and now we want to take some of that covered-over paint from under the clearcoat and color up the scratch?? Doesn't work in my mind. Somehow I could never understand how anything could 'fill in' a scratch. When you use an aggressive finish you actually remove some of the tarnished paint to reveal fresher paint underneath, and so this removed paint then fills in any scratches, only for short while though, until it is washed out or otherwise removed. I might be all wrong with my thoughts here, but that does happen from time to time and probably will continue for a time yet.
  10. Marcarl
    From what I've read here so far, it's the only way to go. I personally don't have the need, but for a lot of guys, it's the cat's meow.
  11. Marcarl
    glad to hear that you're ok and healing, God Bless you in the process. Carl
  12. Marcarl
    Two thoughts, ideal time to take the swing arm off is when the tire is off already, but then I'm not there so you know best, and yes just drill and tap for the grease zerks,,,,, or you could just drill a hole just small enough to tight fit a tube from a spray grease can and lube it that way,,,, that's what I did and it works great,,, too big a hole though and you will need to fit a zerk anyways.
  13. Marcarl
    Best thing to do, quickest and easiest, take it all down and rebuild it on the bench. Also add grease zerks so that you can keep them greased from time to time.
  14. Marcarl
    Really nice looking scooter. Hope it does well for you! ! ! ! !
  15. Marcarl
    So are you suggesting then, that he take all the paintable items off the bike, wax what is left, then remount the paintable items so that he can now paint them without having any stick to the chrome?? Hummmm now that sounds real good, saves on possible scratching while remounting and you can ride as soon as the paint is dry.
  16. Marcarl
    We are all anticpating!!!!!!!!!Are we there yet??????????:happy65:
  17. Marcarl
    That's awesome, and yes, of course we are interested,,, and also how you are doing. Thanks be to our Creator.
  18. Marcarl
    Awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  19. Marcarl
    So is it going to be Pink? Black? Red???? or what????
  20. Marcarl
    Lookin real good, she's a little shorter than you, but then I suppose that's ok.
  21. Marcarl
    Wow what a thread, guy posts a problem, needs some edumacation and gets it all free for the asking. You are a great bunch, what a discussion. One more point to add at this stage. Right now you just want to get rid of the color, and with that I would agree, but as stated before, once you have the new color on it will only be good for the first few days and then you're going to be saying to yourself,,,,,,,hummm self,,,, there are some runs here, and some rough spots there and man that orange peel doesn't look so good on the trunk. Sooooo, runs are caused by too much paint tooo fast, orange peel is caused by improper coat application (waiting too long to reapply) or too short a time frame, and usually the rough is caused by dust that you didn't think you had. I would second the thought to remove alllll the paintable parts, and stay out of the wood shop (maybe better use the kitchen LOL, mamma wants a new look anyways doesn't she?) unless it can be made dust free. You will also appreciate air circulation without raising any dust so pay attention to that issue. Spraying a small part in an inclosed area is nothing to what you are undertaking here. I have used a direct air compressor (no tank at all) for painting when I was young and in my prime, it worked, but I would rather have a tank and lots of air when I think I need it. As with any good paint job you should wait at least 1 year..one day before putting the parts back on and then be very careful, scratches will happen easily in the first week or two. After a day, if you can get some sun onto the parts that will really help. Once you get her back together, it's time to ride. Just don't pull any masking too soon, and that will vary depending on the drying \ curing process, which depends on temp and moisture in the air.
  22. Marcarl
    Well we went the other way so the wind would be warmer for you guys, and the rain mostly soaked up, I'm glad it worked. Yes the cross winds were something else, along with being somewhat cool, couple of times I had to retrieve my 'elmet from the ditch lol. Did Elora twice today, didn't like it too much the first time but it was much better the second go-round. Took a full 3 hrs to run this ride, will have to shorten it somewhere.
  23. Marcarl
    My first question would be, did you alter the coax at all, and the second thought goes to: Is the frame of you bike grounded properly. Find the ground strap that goes from the frame to the engine and clean the ends, if you can't find one, then make one. I put one between the grounding screw, right front side of the engine to the bolt that holds the cross member in place in front of the rad. That improved frame grounding noticeably.
  24. Marcarl
    If it don't run smooth it will not corner smooth, that's why some make can only go one way, they can't turn on a dime.
  25. Marcarl

    LED bulbs

    Marcarl replied to Cutty's topic in General Tech Talk

    Check out: http://www.superbrightleds.com/mini-wedge.html
×
×
  • Create New...