What Did You Did To Your Motobrick Today ?

[mystic red]

Took the fire truck out for a spring checkout ride. 90 miler. Coming back, just north of Spirit Lake,ID I had to pull over for a sheriff suv. Just outside Spirit Lake, on a 45mph downhill sweeper, Looked like a Guzzi piled up in the ditch.
Bike ran great, BTW.

[frankenduck]

In my never-ending endeavor to make all of the hardware stainless on my bikes, I tracked down some stainless steel tranny filler plugs and put them on my bikes today. Still working on finding one for the final drive. :dunno

[Inge K.]

Still working on finding one for the final drive. :dunno

You`re at the wrong side of the pond.
Stainless jewelry.

Inge K.

[sh00ter]

New fork seals --

The old seal - what worked for me to get the ring out was to run a small screwdriver under the snap ring and above the seal just to wiggle the snap ring a bit.  Then I could wedge it away from the wall with the same small screwdriver no problem and 'walk' it up and out.  Before I did that I had just tried prying it out and it would not budge, after I ran the screwdriver around as I mentioned, it came out no problem. Perhaps a tight oil seal vapor lock??


Crud at the bottom of the slider


Picture of a new seal ( Try as I might when I was planning this, I could not find a good photo of what the seals look like )


I lightly scratched the inside of the tube getting the ring out


my "tool" patented for cleaning out the internal bottoms of the slider after I sprayed some grease remover down there.


nice 'n shiny!


clockwise from top left (again for anyone that might ever be looking for pictures of the bits before they start:  top bushing, bushing in slider (under seal), metal ring between seal and bushing, and the snap ring.

[frankenduck]

Still working on finding one for the final drive. :dunno

You`re at the wrong side of the pond.
Stainless jewelry.

Inge K.

Yeah, here in the US I can find lots of generic stainless metric stuff but unique stuff like filler plugs is quite a bit harder to find.  I was lucky to be able to find those tranny fill plugs and pay <$30 for six of them including shipping.

[Roy S.]

BabyBlue became a California Brick today 

[Niemand]

Don'tcha hate how your lenses get all foggy after cleaning them with a banana?  I've switched to citrus.

[sh00ter]

Drained the rear drive oil, but it only took about 260 / 270 ML (not the full 350)  any ideas why?  I filled it to the bottom of the threads, like the factory manual sez.  Sitting level on the center stand - Should I have jacked up the front a bit?

[Opie]

My fairing was getting jiggy, so I removed the blinker and tightened the very odd looking flat head screw behind it.    That screw looks like it belongs in a wood working project from 1982.     

The fairing no longer jiggles.  :giggles

-O

[Opie]

OH yeah... Claudia gets new pads for the rear.

[sh00ter]

Replaced fuel filter (6 years old) found some badly cracked line.  Replaced the 1 inch line with new and just cut about 3/4" off the longer line to the pump (couldn't get the hose clamp off the pump end, and rather than make a bad situation worse, left it) rest of the hose looked great.

Tank looked really clean except for one tiny bit of rust starting under the fuel float

[wmax351]

Replaced fuel filter (6 years old) found some badly cracked line.  Replaced the 1 inch line with new and just cut about 3/4" off the longer line to the pump (couldn't get the hose clamp off the pump end, and rather than make a bad situation worse, left it) rest of the hose looked great.

Tank looked really clean except for one tiny bit of rust starting under the fuel float

The rust is coming from the fuel float: the tank is aluminium.

[sh00ter]

Replaced fuel filter (6 years old) found some badly cracked line.  Replaced the 1 inch line with new and just cut about 3/4" off the longer line to the pump (couldn't get the hose clamp off the pump end, and rather than make a bad situation worse, left it) rest of the hose looked great.

Tank looked really clean except for one tiny bit of rust starting under the fuel float

The rust is coming from the fuel float: the tank is aluminium.

Funny; I was just re-looking at this picture thinking, does aluminum rust?     :laugh :laugh

[Chaos]

That could be corrosion. Early K tanks are notorious for corroding on the bottom middle seam, where water can collect at the lowest point.  Especially if they sat for a while.


Meanwhile, I finally broke down and bought an Odyssey battery for the beast.  I can state for a fact that a brand new Odyssey outperforms a 7 year old Westco. 

[mystic red]

I can state for a fact that a brand new Odyssey outperforms a 7 year old Westco. 

 :hehehe :hehehe :hehehe

[Opie]

Today, I checked the valve clearances on my 92  K75s.    The center exhaust valve was way out of spec at 0.08mm.   :eek2:

Spec is 0.25mm to 0.30mm.

SO... does anybody have a box of shims and the valve shim tools they'd like to loan out?     :dunno2:

[Duc750]

A Bit less furniture in there than on a 16V !  :giggles

[WayneDW]

SO... does anybody have a box of shims and the valve shim tools they'd like to loan out?   

I was able to find someone who loaned me the tool by contacting the local BMW owners club.  You might try the same in Boulder.  I bought the shim I needed at a dealer.  wasn't too much as I recall.

[sh00ter]

Added gaitors did seal in the left fork ...  The oring was a BEACH ended up taking to local shoppe, $10 spot and they pulled the oring, seal and set the new one!  Cheap! 

[BillyMac]

Fixin up my rusty old heat shield

[Opie]

Fixin up my rusty old heat shield

Looks good!     I'm going to try shining mine up with some steel wool.   It's looking pretty cruddy, too.

[healthy]

Hey Sh00ter,

i changed my final drive oil today too, and it is only supposed to take 260mL. (says so in my clymer manual and worked out that way when i changed it.)

so yeah, rest easy.

tomorrow i tackle trying to change tires for the first time.

[Chaos]

Decided to change my left bag lock to a hasp lock like I did on the tailpac and other saddlebag.  Those pot metal originals suk.  While I had the implements of destruction out I removed those baggage straps that have been stretched out and worthless since the 80's.  All they have done for the last 20 years is tangle up my extra bungee cords.  Why the hell didn't I think of that when Bush senior was in office :loco:?

[Snowy]

Put the OEM exhaust on for a change with new gaskets (until I get bored and the Remus will go back on), changed the fork oil, fitted Iridium plugs, new fuel filter, engine oil, transmission and final drive fluids. Will balance the throttle bodies in the morning and button the rest of the bike back up so that should do it for a while.

[sh00ter]

Hey Sh00ter,

i changed my final drive oil today too, and it is only supposed to take 260mL. (says so in my clymer manual and worked out that way when i changed it.)

so yeah, rest easy.

tomorrow i tackle trying to change tires for the first time.

cool thx !