Puppies! 🎯

 

I’m jealous of your finding that rear tire… been back ordered for months. I had to give up and buy the Storm X Avon 150 for now. I miss the old AM23’s ran 11.87 @112mph with the AM18 on my shovel. Gonna break this motor in and burn through this tire soon anyway lol

 

Swapped out the derby cover, ended up with a couple stripped bolts that had to be drilled out. After drilling them out and removing the cover, the remaining part of the bolt could be unscrewed by hand. When I changed out primary fluids several months ago, I just barely snugged the bolts down lol. Luckily it was a easy fix.

 

I went on the most poorly executed poker run I have ever participated in.........still, it was an enjoyable ride.

 

Worked on my girlfriends springer this weekend.
she is on the shorter side so we put on some new forward controls that were not as far stretched out. With this and a papers reach seat she should be just in the right place.
Installed some cool retro mirrors to augment the 70’s retro vibe along with some new chrome clutch and brake levers. The old ones had trigger cutouts that she did not like.
the rear break caliper seized up the other day and she drove it home with a rubbing break. Took the caliper apart for a thorough cleaning. Now it works great again but it toasted the break rotor. Talk about warped! The picture does not do it justice. It shaped more like a dinner plate now.
have some new polished rotors on order and the bike should be back together later this week.

 

I went to round mirrors as well.. Definitely a retro look . As for the rear brake, was the fluid cloudy? This Dot 5 silicon based fluid absorbs more moisture than 3 or 4. Sort of like Ethanol based fuels.. Any ways when that happens enough moisture can get into the fluid causing it to expand and apply brake pressure onto the rotor getting it hot.. Ask me how I know.. When that happens all you need to do is pop the bleeder to relieve the pressure just to get you home.. Then a full fluid flush and all is good again.. nice ride..

 

Nothing that mysterious. Just a very dirty gunked up rear caliper. My fault for not servicing it sooner. New seal kits are super cheap and it only takes a few hours of labor to rebuild them.

 

G'day Fellas.
After a 600Km ride a week ago I washed the old girl and put her to bed.
Yesterday a mate turned up with his 99 Fat boy for a service. Done, I pulled the cover off mine to go for a quick run around the block with him.
No ignition or idiot lights! WTF! Thinking water got in somewhere I checked the handle bar switch blocks, then the ignition switch. Bugga no power getting to them. Checked the main circuit breaker and starter relay, all good but not getting power up to them. After an hour or so scratching my head (I hate electricks) I found the culprit. The wire from the starter solenoid to circuit breaker was dead. Made a jumper from + battery to cb and it all worked. Lucky it didn't let go half way through the ride a week ago, most with no phone reception or traffic!
A quick ride and all is good.
Cheers

 

I cut 1.5" from the height of my 2022 Heritge windshield. Used a jig saw with a new, fine-tooth blade a new mill bastard file and 320-grit wet metal sand paper. Came out great. Now I'm not looking at the edge, but over the edge of the windshield.