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  • Grease Monkey
    Grease Monkey
    3 years ago
    Good day out Obi
  • obisteve
    obisteve
    3 years ago
    Only lately PB. When I ended up homeless after my first divorce, still owning a 60 acre bush block at Obi but broke, I sold a Katana, gave away a couple of 60's W2 650 Kawa twins, gave away a plunger Indian Chief and sidecar frame that I'd pulled out a swamp in Maleny, kept only the Sportster and a Honda XL250 that I stashed in the bush with a camo tarp tied over it. Lived in a swag on the creek bank for a while. Let go of a 73 Triumph Adventurer too, oh yeah, passed on a K4 Honda 750 and sidecar that I'd inherited from a mate after he'd put it into a barbed wire fence at speed at the first bend past the Obi hall heading west.
    Remember this pic? Big air on a CBX at speed.

    Hope you find one. Don't get this one, it's probably got a bent frame.
  • 408
    408
    3 years ago
    Quoting Grease Monkey on 04 Nov 2022 04:04 AM

    Because she got me beer I cleaned her, doesn't happen often, now I remember why....

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    Quoting 408 on 04 Nov 2022 04:09 AM


    What were you doing with the sockets ?

    Quoting tussuck on 04 Nov 2022 05:15 AMedited: 04 Nov 2022 05:16 AM

    Guarantee that the 10mm socket is missing to by the looks of things!


    Here you go tussuck  
    I found this on the net today;  you can get yourself a jumper  :)

    "My grandson is now a member of the 'Where the hell is my 10mm' club
    He was installing new LED tail lights on his car and dropped two 10mm sockets down in the hole and can't get them out.
    I had the privilege of telling him about the curse of 10mm
    He just looked at me like I was nuts so I instructed him to do a search on stories.........now he understands.
    Think I'll get him a 12 pack of 10mm for Christmas"


  • tussuck
    tussuck
    3 years ago
    Love it!
    The ONLY difference with a Harley is that its the 1/2" socket that goes missing!
  • obisteve
    obisteve
    3 years ago
    Back on the old Sportster again today, cleaning up the details I walked past in my eagerness to give it a run. Cleaned out the CV carb, it was surprisingly clean inside. Spayed in cleaning solvent, ran fine nylon line through the jets and air passages, blew them out. Lightly brass wire brushed the needle on the end of pilot air screw, it had some hard black crud on it. Cleaned and oiled the K&N airfilter, did a rough check on points gap and full advanced ignition timing, took it out  warmed it up, and did some full throttle runs. No increase in power if I rolled the throttle slightly off, so main jet seemed adequate  so did a full throttle top gear run, WFO for a kilometre, cut the ignition pulled in the clutch, and coasted to a stop, pulled the plugs. Looked pretty good, hard to see in the pic but they had a slight touch of rosy tan on the ceramic. Running clean, not bad for a motor with this mileage that's had sand and gravel hosed out of one cylinder.
    I'll finesse the points gap and timing tomorrow, might even give the alloy a hit with a scouring pad and lanolin spray.

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    Not bad for a tired old motor.
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    Any other crazies on here?
  • paulybronco
    paulybronco
    3 years ago
    The old girl will love it.....bit of history in that bike Steve.
  • obisteve
    obisteve
    3 years ago
    Yeah, it's a labour of love alright.
    In a sick sort of way, that's partly why I don't mind running points ignition, OK it's more maintenance to keep it running spot on, but what's bad about working on the bike? Might have though differently the night I fitted a new condenser by torch light in a shopping centre basement carpark.
  • paulybronco
    paulybronco
    3 years ago
    Yes we've all had some sort of a drama with a bike that is "Character building" at the worst possible time.  
  • WideglidingNZ
    WideglidingNZ
    3 years ago
    just ordered a TPX 3 radar detector to be fitted on the FXLRS's 1st service in a couple of weeks, apparently the best for motobikes (anyone used this model), as the stupid NZ government is talking about lowering a lot of our speed limits on a lot of rural roads from 100k to 80k's, I think it should pay for itself pretty quick https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVUstQ7IK48
  • WideglidingNZ
    WideglidingNZ
    3 years ago
    Quoting obisteve on 22 Nov 2022 10:19 PM

    Yeah, it's a labour of love alright.

    In a sick sort of way, that's partly why I don't mind running points ignition, OK it's more maintenance to keep it running spot on, but what's bad about working on the bike? Might have though differently the night I fitted a new condenser by torch light in a shopping centre basement carpark.

    It brings back memories of my 1980 Triumph Bonny as I always carried a torch and tools no matter where I went and it did breakdown a couple of times
  • B0nes
    B0nes
    3 years ago
    Quoting WideglidingNZ on 22 Nov 2022 11:10 PMedited: 22 Nov 2022 11:22 PM

    just ordered a TPX 3 radar detector to be fitted on the FXLRS's 1st service in a couple of weeks, apparently the best for motobikes (anyone used this model), as the stupid NZ government is talking about lowering a lot of our speed limits on a lot of rural roads from 100k to 80k's, I think it should pay for itself pretty quick https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVUstQ7IK48

    Not legal over here in OZ. They want to stack the odds in their favor so they can drain more money from us. Not sure if it's true or not but have heard that they can detect if somebody's using one, could be just a scare campaign they put out to stop us using one and hiding it out of sight.
  • WideglidingNZ
    WideglidingNZ
    3 years ago
    Quoting WideglidingNZ on 22 Nov 2022 11:10 PMedited: 22 Nov 2022 11:22 PM

    just ordered a TPX 3 radar detector to be fitted on the FXLRS's 1st service in a couple of weeks, apparently the best for motobikes (anyone used this model), as the stupid NZ government is talking about lowering a lot of our speed limits on a lot of rural roads from 100k to 80k's, I think it should pay for itself pretty quick https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVUstQ7IK48

    Quoting B0nes on 23 Nov 2022 10:41 AM

    Not legal over here in OZ. They want to stack the odds in their favor so they can drain more money from us. Not sure if it's true or not but have heard that they can detect if somebody's using one, could be just a scare campaign they put out to stop us using one and hiding it out of sight.

    that sucks I've had one in my falcon for ages and it's saved me plenty of times, I'm surprised they allow it here, as Murphy's Law has it I got a speeding ticket on my bike yesterday, that radar can't come quick enough 
  • evo94
    evo94
    3 years ago
    Quoting WideglidingNZ on 22 Nov 2022 11:10 PMedited: 22 Nov 2022 11:22 PM

    just ordered a TPX 3 radar detector to be fitted on the FXLRS's 1st service in a couple of weeks, apparently the best for motobikes (anyone used this model), as the stupid NZ government is talking about lowering a lot of our speed limits on a lot of rural roads from 100k to 80k's, I think it should pay for itself pretty quick https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVUstQ7IK48

    Quoting B0nes on 23 Nov 2022 10:41 AM

    Not legal over here in OZ. They want to stack the odds in their favor so they can drain more money from us. Not sure if it's true or not but have heard that they can detect if somebody's using one, could be just a scare campaign they put out to stop us using one and hiding it out of sight.

    i am reading some are undetectable by RDD's?????
    "the only undetectable radar detectors available on the market are the Escort Redline 360c, the Radenso DS1, the Escort Redline EX, the Radenso RCM and the Escort Max Ci"
  • 408
    408
    3 years ago
    The Redline EX and Redline Max do not pick up the Gatso RT4 speed cameras used in Victoria, the Redline 360c does.
  • B0nes
    B0nes
    3 years ago
    Quoting 408 on 24 Nov 2022 07:38 AMedited: 24 Nov 2022 07:45 AM

    The Redline EX and Redline Max do not pick up the Gatso RT4 speed cameras used in Victoria, the Redline 360c does.

    Might have to look into the Redline 360c. Spotted this morning Qld's new toy for raising revenue. Sitting on the side of the road what looked like a mini excavator complete with rubber tracks. From the back, you'd swear it was a small excavator parked on the grass between the footpath and road. How that equates to road safety is beyond me as nobody was slowing down.
  • Daffy
    Daffy
    3 years ago
    Got my Saddlemen Explorer seat. Fitted beautifully. Went on a 500k ride yesterday and it has already settled in. Would recommend for sure
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  • paulybronco
    paulybronco
    3 years ago
    With my current Street Glide i went the cheap option and put on a ultra seat. Love it and have done more than 75k on it now. The std seat looks better but its like sitting on the frame rails compared to the ultra seat. 
  • obisteve
    obisteve
    3 years ago
    Back in the shed with the Sportster today. The fuel cap with the blocked breather vent is sitting in a jar of eucalyptus oil, I think it's off a late 30s Aerial, nickel plated, not chromed. I discovered that the one off the early 80s Honda XL250 fits the aftermarket 10 litre king Sportster tank that's been on the bike since 1992. Checked the free action of the auto advance unit and lubed it, Vulcan Engineering say it's a lifetime unit. Did an accurate job of setting the points gap and ignition timing. Didn't use the strobe, got a perspex timing hole plug but it's a pain to see through with all the oil flying around. Used a locking tool to hold the ignition cam at full advance, centred the front cylinder full advance timing mark in the inspection hole, put the shed radio off station, and slowly advanced the points backing plate until the radio detected the ignition spark. Took it out for a longer run today. 
    After about 50 kms, I found a shady isolated spot by the river and adjusted the idle mixture and speed. It had been pinging slightly accelerating from low revs, think it's mostly the 91 octane juice that was the only choice when I filled up the other day, but I played it safe and backed the timing off slightly. It ran better going home, still rattly and piston slapping, but enough to have me grinning ear to ear.

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  • Grease Monkey
    Grease Monkey
    3 years ago
    Rode it, got home and it pissed down with rain so that was great, missus got home a bit later and said she seen a lot of riders in t-shirts looking bedraggled :) got to love the tropics
  • paulybronco
    paulybronco
    3 years ago
    33 degrees and red hot here @ Sunny Coast....going to get your rain Monday onwards. Very dry here.
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