Author Topic: What Did You Did To Your Motobrick Today ? (Read 2998872 times)

rbm · « **Reply #3150 on:** April 15, 2018, 08:50:14 PM »

You're right Blakey, but Martin did defend himself by saying in the last sentence that they have now been rotated into the correct position.

The Mighty Gryphon · « **Reply #3151 on:** April 15, 2018, 09:31:36 PM »

Isn't that southern hemisphere orientation?

blakey · « **Reply #3152 on:** April 15, 2018, 09:34:47 PM »

Oh, then I read it incorrectly!

Sorry Martin!

I should have known better... :nono

Martin · « **Reply #3153 on:** April 16, 2018, 12:18:45 AM »

:2thumbup:Apology accepted, although I might still rotate them on a biannual basis. :hehehe
Regards Martin.

Inge K. · « **Reply #3154 on:** April 16, 2018, 06:27:53 AM »

Corrected version....with ridges on top....for Blakey.

jj4hm · « **Reply #3155 on:** April 16, 2018, 03:15:47 PM »

Yesterday I moved my brick out of the way so I could access my snowblower to clear a path through the 15+ inches of snow we received over the past few days. The 2018 Minnesota BMW club mileage contest isn’t off to a good start.

blakey · « **Reply #3156 on:** April 16, 2018, 05:41:57 PM »

Thanks Inge! You are too kind!

...and I noticed the white zip tie. Cheap shot! :hehehe

rbm · « **Reply #3157 on:** April 16, 2018, 05:43:37 PM »

But Inge, now Blakey has Upside Down Forks and is obligated to fully "cafe" his K-bike. :nono

blakey · « **Reply #3158 on:** April 16, 2018, 05:49:48 PM »

Oh that will never happen!

TX brick · « **Reply #3159 on:** April 17, 2018, 04:05:06 PM »

91 75RT. Changed all fuel hoses. Went with OEM molded hose from tank to regulator and Gates BARRICADE for the other external hoses. Used OEM hose in the tank.

gofargogo · « **Reply #3160 on:** April 17, 2018, 04:57:01 PM »

I replaced the injectors with 4-hole ones from ebay. No significant change, but I've only ridden it around the block, I'm looking forward to seeing if there's any change in mpgs. I'm also working from back to front pulling everything that's plastic and cleaning it well and then giving it a wipe down with boiled linseed oil/paint thinner. Also fixing the broken wiring harness for the rear turn signals.

gone_ape · « **Reply #3161 on:** April 18, 2018, 05:54:29 PM »

Inspired by M Gryph, built a couple of jigs to support work on the tank and cowl for paint....

gone_ape · « **Reply #3162 on:** April 18, 2018, 06:07:33 PM »

Then built a ghetto paint booth and had a blast.....If you want to build one of these, it's super easy, not pricey, and set up and tear down/cleanup is a breeze. You can keep the PVC piping and fans for later and just purchase plastic sheeting and cheapo air filters for next time.

Search DYI paint booths on YouTube and you'll get the idea.

My dimensions were 9'6" long x 7"'6" wide x 7'6"tall. Not only did it fit in my garage, but using these dims allowed the use of (2) 10' x 25' 3 mil plastic sheeting....

One problem I had was a door. Then I found this Tarp Zipper and that completed the project...And it worked!! I did stack 2 filters deep on each exhaust port with bolt & wingnut so when the clogged, the outer of the two filters were easily swapped out.....

The Mighty Gryphon · « **Reply #3163 on:** April 18, 2018, 06:15:03 PM »

Nice job Mr. Ape!

I've been stalled waiting for a break in the friggin' snow. I was planning on having the parts painted two weeks ago. At this rate, I'll be lucky to get to them before Memorial day with all the other warm weather jobs that are beginning to pile up around here.

Filmcamera · « **Reply #3164 on:** April 18, 2018, 06:32:49 PM »

Nice job! I am going to have to try something like that one day. I have no garage and where I am it is pretty windy so every time I have tried to paint anything it gets messed up as it dries

Chaos · « **Reply #3165 on:** April 18, 2018, 07:49:00 PM »

Today I finally named my bmw "Homer".
And the Ural "Bender".
My favorite reality TV stars.

The Mighty Gryphon · « **Reply #3166 on:** April 19, 2018, 08:48:08 AM »

+1 on Bender. He gives me hope for the future of artificial intelligence.

lysy40 · « **Reply #3167 on:** April 23, 2018, 12:42:47 AM »

Zmieniam filtr powietrza

herseyb · « **Reply #3168 on:** April 27, 2018, 03:26:34 PM »

Well, after a year of no riding I've been working on my K75. I finished my rear break line replacement, everything's bled seems working well there. Replaced fork oil. Aired up tires and zipped off 60 miles round trip to Cross Plains, WI.

Sure feels nice! Gotta find out if my taint really can go dawn to dusk with this new saddle soon, sure beats the old low seat I had.

Hilltopper46 · « **Reply #3169 on:** April 28, 2018, 12:34:33 PM »

For the second time in a week, I put a new battery in it. Tuesday I rode about 20 miles to run an errand and stalled the bike when I had to pull over for for an emergency vehicle (I forgot to shift down). It wouldn't start. I knew the battery was not taking a charge but wasn't sure if it was the bike or the battery.

I was within walking distance of an Autozone where a very friendly and helpful counter person helped me find a battery that I could make fit, and I took the Odyssey back to Batteries Plus this morning. It tested bad, and Batteries Plus handed me a new battery no questions asked.

Autozone said I could bring the their battery back if the Odyssey was under warranty, so hopefully they'll stand by that.

It's a lot quicker and easier to put the battery that fits in when the bike is standing in your shop than when you are shoehorning a slightly oversized battery into the bike in a parking lot.

If you are wondering, the Autozone battery is #178908 ETX20L - it sat on top of the lip of the battery tray so I cut the box up to pad it up off the lip. It is a little wide for the battery tray, but fits between the hold-down screws - it is a little shorter than the Odyssey as well

gone_ape · « **Reply #3170 on:** May 07, 2018, 08:40:51 PM »

Finished the RT to Standard conversion.... Learned one heck of a lot about patience with the not-so-easy-to-determine-what-year parts books/ebay/MAX BMW and craigslist...It was more complicated than I originally envisioned - not exactly plug and play, which I found odd. The assemblage of all the little this and that parts from ebay etc was tedious and at times frustrating...But, I learned how to build a properly functional ghetto paint booth and dabble a bit with paint/clear/buffer polishing and develop some rudimentary fabrication skills.
Most of all I had fun...and winter projects should be just that.

My windscreen of choice is a Givi A660: (Revzilla etc) to me, it has just the right size and looks. I left the RT bars w/barbacks because they're comfortable for me. It gets hot here in TX and the full monte RT barn door was killing me. This should be a improvement to say the least. The bike feels MUCH lighter and frankly more fun to ride....I am now fiddling with screen height/angle to suit.

Nine80seven · « **Reply #3171 on:** May 08, 2018, 10:02:19 AM »

A lot cooler too. Nice work, great rider, much satisfaction. K-bikes equal you can fix'em. Huge in face of committe designed compliant cookie cut new bikes. Trees just budding out, smells and sights are amazing.

Chaos · « **Reply #3172 on:** May 08, 2018, 02:05:42 PM »

Nice transformation from an rt. Does that Weber Grill on the back cause snaking & wobble in crosswinds or you carry enough curds and knackwurst with you? :hehehe

gone_ape · « **Reply #3173 on:** May 08, 2018, 08:52:19 PM »

Weber Grill is a great description !!!! It's a SHAD box, on I dont know what brand of rack...definitely not OEM tail cowl rack...

I've had it up to 90 in this config and no problems at all. The RT setup was rock solid as expected. I too was wondering if lack of mass in front would equal weave and wobble (anybody see that vid Laitch posted ???!!!) I've adjusted my sag numbers thru fork spacers/shock preload...maybe that is helping along with adjusted steering bearings/good tires and rebuilt forks.....

Nine, as a side note, I had a great distaste for "Every time I wanted to adjust, inspect, remove stuff" from the engine bay half the damn bike would need disassembly to get at it....now that problem is no longer....

jaxon · « **Reply #3174 on:** May 16, 2018, 01:52:13 PM »

Grabbed my K75S by the monkey nuts and replaced them. Figured it was time to get to that rubber part. They didn't look to bad at all. Replaced them since I had them and already took the pieces parts off.

I saw that someone mentioned the "aftermarket" nuts they had were a little large. I got mine from euromotoelectrics.com, yes they were a tight fit, but a swift kick to the nuts corrected it.

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