The definitely lose some air each time you measure. Are they losing the same amount each time?
So there was one "Gosh darn PO" thing on this bike. Someone at some point hooked up a set of air horns. They are zip tied to the frame and...
Up late tonight and figured I had nothing better going on so I'm undertaking some baseline maintenance. Some small issues, but nothing I believe...
Got my Vermont registration today. Now that I know one way or another it's going back on the road I pulled the trigger on my shopping list....
Thanks for encouraging me to attempt the repair. I picked up some fresh bits and started drilling. I wasn't able to extract the screw ultimately,...
That's the one. Unfortunately the head is already gone and what's left is about flush with the reservoir. Before I buy a new cover I'll probably...
I saw Vermont cashed my check on Saturday morning at 2:45 AM (weird), but I don't have my registration yet so I'm not buying parts. Just making...
I started cleaning the side covers, and it looks like what I took as severely scuffed to start might actually just be dirty. If that's the case...
That repair guide is brilliant. I'm going to study that and make use of it on my 1996 Goldwing too.
The side covers are largely all intact. The one has a crack that circles a portion of the clip portion. No posts are broken off. That crack can...
I legitimately got stuck behind a piece of farm equipment moving at 5 MPH, and passed a herd of cows sleeping in a field on my way to pick it up....
Yeah, I've got one on my shelf from a parts bike I tore down, I'm not sure what condition it's in because I was drinking in the garage when I took...
Yeah I was pretty happy with that number. From what the seller said this is a legitimate, found in a barn, barn find. I was expecting a mess in...
About 18,500 I haven't had time to pull them off to look yet for damage. They look scuffed so the jury is out on what they look like underneath....
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Just picked up a barn find. It's mostly original but with a handful of things to do on it. Front brakes are non-existent, still has an original...
I'll have to give that a go. I guess the aluminum is harder than the brass?
Bit of a break there while I took care of some stuff. [ATTACH] Mostly out riding because I just got a brand new toy. I'm a sucker for it. But...
Carbs are too shiny. Gonna have to soda blast the engine so it doesn't look weird.
Worth noting, Jetfixer (and I) had the opposite (ish) problem as you. Cold start just fine, hot start no good. On a cold start your oil is all...
I'm glad to hear that's not going to cause me drama. I'll probably try to get as much off as I can but I won't obsess over it. Tonight I took a...
I ended up basically jiggling free the jugs (sounds so simple when I put it that way...) and they are now off. Overall I think you are right...
Last night got all my valves pulled and parts carefully separated into 8 bins. I went with making a tool out of a chunk of PVC and a wood clamp....
This might be a bit more than surface rust. I pulled the head and got my first look at the jugs. Most of them look OK. #3 is super ugly. [ATTACH]...
Pulled the valve cover off tonight. These cams are beautiful. Absolutely no wear at all. Really showing the 14k miles on the engine. I'll probably...
I know the cylinder bore if it's true is 63 mm. I was looking at ball hones. Do I just go for 63mm on that?
Because holes only ever get deeper.... I hadn't planned to really do more than valves on the top end, but I decided to try and peep the cylinder...
Unless there is a compelling reason to, I don't see a ton of reason to replace the chains. If there's a compelling reason, I'm on board. I just...
After three days off (relaxing at Lake Chautauqua) I'm back to it. The peened Torx screws came out OK, and the rest of the process of removing the...
Got my stuck case bolt out after a 24 hour kroil soak. It definitely felt spongy coming out, and once it was out, I could see evidence of...
Making slow but steady progress. All case bolts on the bottom are out, and because I'm dumb and didn't read my Haynes manual carefully before I...
Got the rotor removed. Took some doing even with the motion pro removal tool (bolt). Managed to get it out without stripping out the threads of...
I'm waiting on my rotor removal tool. Just ordered the motion pro version off of Amazon. Should be here tomorrow. I'm the mean time I've pulled...
I don't need the money, so I may just hang on to them. This is why I'm practicing on the junk engine first. If it's garbage, I can still learn...
Engine is out of the donor bike. Now to print out Jetfixers thread and pictures and start pulling it apart
Started pulling stuff off, and this bike carcass shows some pretty significant signs of neglect. Mostly in the form of water intrusion. The wiring...
I haven't had time to do any work on the bike yet, but I may have a solid guess at where the water came from. The oil fill cap is not fully...
True enough. Don't know till I know. So far for the starter clutch replacement, I'm looking at getting the parts for the starter clutch I need,...
Now I'm just tossing back and forth on, do I shelve and keep the Carbs and TCI for spare, or do I try and sell them.
I just read through your thread. Your symptoms are identical to mine, so it reinforces what I have to do. I was discussing with my coworkers what...
Very brief background : My starter clutch is on the outs. I'm getting the olde marble in a can sound when trying to start warm, even after...
(problems continue below exposition) After I thought I had solved this, the problem resumed. Long story short, I'm not too proud to eat crow....
Not to resurrect a dead thread, but I'm OP so I'm doing it anyway. Just to follow up, I finally got around to test fitting the ebay ignition...
I can confirm that the stamped VIN on the frame and the VIN stamped on the clutch case match. It is 4H7-114782 in both locations.
Are those wiring diagrams and pictures particular to the 1981 model? From what I've been gathering, there was a different set up between 80-81 and...
I did see a weak spark at each plug, but compared to the sparks on say... My Vulcan, it was piddling. A spark is a spark though. Could just be a...
OK, so I got my new part and was about to commence surgery and I noticed something different than expected. This whole time I'd been doing my...
Since I was 95% sure of my issue, I engaged in a little bit of destructive testing. I stabbed my multimeter probe through the wire insulation of...
For the resistance measurement that came back as an open circuit, I had set the multimeter up all the way to 20Mohm. So it can't really be scaled...
I redid my resistance checks on the six pin connector, and this is odd. It looks like orange to black is actually checking out. About 640 Ohms....