Recent content by xcgates

Thanks for all the info folks, I'll grab some photos in a couple minutes when I head out to the garage to work on one of my project bikes. As for the "antique" look, sounds like people buying pre-torn jeans, I get my pants worn out quite well all by myself, thank you very much. No need to get...

Now THAT would be a tragedy, however I've got a small square of thick steel I use as a stabilizer for any drinks. :thumbup:

I was given an old beat-up wood table, which then got beat up even more by hanging out in and out of my garage. I'm looking to make this my kitchen table (currently don't have anything in my kitchen, I eat and do all my work on my computer table, or a folding plastic table.) However my...

Re: What did you do to your garage today? Discovered how easy it is to remove non-rusted exhaust components on my ST3. One spring, one bolt, a bit of wiggling, and off she comes! (This is good, as you need to take the right hand can off to get to the rear brake caliper.)

So, getting much beauty sleep these days?:)

Oh! I like that idea, and you just reminded me the part has been soaking for quite a while, better go get it out! Where do I get a replacement pin though?

Nope, grease didn't work, couldn't get a small enough screw, I'm just soaking it to remove all grease, going to file up the gears I can get at, pack in new wheel bearing grease, and see if it works. If not, my neighbor told me about a junkyard that has similar vintage bikes that could probably...

Will do, gotta do some eating first, but here is the explosion.

One thing to ponder if you use leads on the DC side of a tender is that I've read (don't take this as gospel, I can't tell you where I heard this) that long leads can play tricks with the electronics, as the added resistance *can* come into play. Seems much easier to keep one tender, one long...

Really? Two threads about a smilie? Is it not possible to just tune it out? I mean, what do you do with wives that won't stop talking? It is the same thing. :D

Looks utilitarian enough for my garage, but way to pretty to be seen in my garage, I don't know what some of these other guys have for standards, but they must be Martha Stewart fans!:lol: Love it Bull, I love my filing cabinet, and am now keeping an eye out for old, sturdy office type furniture.

Why I like my dealer to have "stuff." I go in to have them mount a new front tire, remember I lost a bolt for the rear rack, and the tech finds one in his box-o-stuff, puts it on, and tightens up one of the other bolts that was coming loose. Guy gets props in my book! (And not a few of my...

Maybe, I called it spring pin because on the parts explosion it is: "92043 41082-001 PIN,SPRING"

No drill press, hand drill only. Of course if I get to the point of buying a new one, I may do it by hand just because I have nothing to lose. Re: bike speedometer, the ones I've seen probably aren't very waterproof in thunderstorms, aren't nearly as easy to see at night, and are most of the...

Heads up, I'm self-taught by a nutjob who knows just enough to be dangerous, and has a limited grasp of the proper terms involved. You have been warned! I'm being a cheap <fill in the blank with your favorite word/saying> and trying to fix up my speedometer gear on my Kawi, because a...