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. 

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

33 degrees and red hot here @ Sunny Coast....going to get your rain Monday onwards. Very dry here.

Ride around the Scenic Rim with a really good mate on his Vstrom 650, lunch at the Dugandan Hotel and then a well earned hydraulic sandwich at the Rathdowney pub before the boring bit to Beaudesert after a 33 degree day. Fuck it was hot.

About to jump on the bike...going to Lacey Creek via Dayboro. Will hit the dirt at the back of Beerwah and hopefully stay out of all the lunatic 4x4 crowds way. Thats the plan.

Hope it didn't rain......seen what happens when it's a bit damp in the dirt....

Cheers Hilly...had a few spots in the morning that helped with the dust. I don't need the rain to fall off in the dirt..LOL

Haha, touch wood I've managed to stay upright for a few years now, I really don't need any repeat lessons in pain an suffering, doesn't make me a better rider, just hurts more lol.

Took the battery out of the Sportster, put it in the Husqvarna, then rode around on the Husky for a few hours.

Haha, that's the go

Yeah, never have to put the battery on a charger, one of them always needs a run.

The clutch slip on the Sporty didn't improve over 800 km. I had been hoping that it was partly due to contamination with the engine oil that drained into the chain case during its years of sitting leaning over on the stand and that fresh oil rated OK for wet clutches would help. Didn't happen.

I feel like a dumbarse, the vacuum fitting is on the back of the carb, not the manifold. I couldn't find the vacuum caps, so took a galvanised clout,  cut the shaft down to about 10mm, lightly filed the shaft down until it was a tight fit in the vacuum fitting, coated it with metal filled epoxy and lightly tapped it into the vacuum fitting. Sealed!

Picked up a Dyna that wasn't running, and hasn't been for many years. Diagnosed the issue, did some preliminary checks, and got it fired up. Sounds very healthy. Just have to flush and do brake fluid and it'll get ready for a rego check, then I can start modifying. 

How many years since it ran John ?

What sort of mutts are they obisteve?

Depends on the story, 5 to 10 years . There was fuel in the tank, it just smelt rank. 

Those 2 are French bulldogs. Vet reckons their weights OK, they are both pretty stumpy.

Put in a new brake/tail light globe. That really challenged the tool using skills, think I'll spend $100 on a flash LED one so I never have to do it again. Should I post a pic of this operation?

Installed a Denali Soundbomb (the split one) on my 2021 Low Rider S today behind my Road Warrior fairing - heaps of room if you are looking to do it. Zip tied the horn component to the existing standard fairing bracket and used an L bracket to secure the compressor to the triple trees via the bottom mount of the existing fairing bracket - all super secure.