Lord, someone stop me......

[nhmaf]

Gee-whiz !


One sure can tell we have a bunch of southerner bikers here - they seem to be spending what we up north would consider precious summer riding time taking their working bikes apart and putting them back together again !   Up north, we usually try to do these sorts of things in the 6 months of the year that it is too cold and/or snowy to ride !
 

[NC Steve]

Gee-whiz !


One sure can tell we have a bunch of southerner bikers here - they seem to be spending what we up north would consider precious summer riding time taking their working bikes apart and putting them back together again !   Up north, we usually try to do these sorts of things in the 6 months of the year that it is too cold and/or snowy to ride !
 

Mike, that was pretty much my thought too, but I sold Jonathan the bike, and he's a friend, so I didn't really want to bring the subject up myself.
I'd a strapped that turn signal on by whatever means necessary and ridden all summer long.  [smiley=thumbsup.gif]

At least in my mind, that's what winter is for....

[montmil]

Gee-whiz !


One sure can tell we have a bunch of southerner bikers here - they seem to be spending what we up north would consider precious summer riding time taking their working bikes apart and putting them back together again !   Up north, we usually try to do these sorts of things in the 6 months of the year that it is too cold and/or snowy to ride !
 

Mike, that was pretty much my thought too, but I sold Jonathan the bike, and he's a friend, so I didn't really want to bring the subject up myself.
I'd a strapped that turn signal on by whatever means necessary and ridden all summer long.  [smiley=thumbsup.gif]

At least in my mind, that's what winter is for....

Fellas, it's hotter n' hell's fires 'round these here parts this timea year so cut us Southern boys some slack. We ride in the winter when temps are in the 70's.  [smiley=thumbsup.gif]

[Bob_Roller]

Monte,

I couldn't agree more, I know Phoenix is the extreme example, but after the Memorial Day holiday the last week of May, a majority of bikers park their bikes until the end of September, when the daytime temps, are starting to average below 100 F.

Winter is the riding season here in the low deserts of Arizona.

[nhmaf]

Hehehe !
C'mon guys I hoped that you could tell I was razzing ya !

Of all the places in the south, I think that I'd still do at least some riding during the summer months Except for 2, or possibly 3 general areas:
1) Miami/south Florida - that is just too hot and sticky most of the time, and the roads aren't very interesting in such a flat state
2) Any where near El Centro, CA - now that place is ridiculously hot in the summer, and below sea level, which somehow makes it feel all the worse.
    I remember playing a game of golf, in August, and the temperature was around 118 - 120F (but it is a dry heat ! hahaha !) and we couldn't drink enough
    water to stay hydrated for 18 holes - I don't think that I have ever sweat that much before in my life, and I used to run 1/2 marathons !   One of our group
    passed out from dehydration even though we had a cooler of water in the cart. Playing on grass that was the consistency of pool-table felt didn't help my golf game, either, but that's another story...
3) Phoenix area - though perhaps if I lived away from the city and never got into stop and go traffic I might survive for short intervals before I melted into
    a puddle of salt water and then evaporated - BUT, riding year round near Flagstaff would be much easier (and more desirable, I think).

With some mesh jackets and enough evaporative cooling vests, one should at least be able to make a daily trip to the Kwikee-mart and back  

[J_Hirst]

In case the picture didn't show it, the bike resides in my carport, meaning that when it gets cold (and yes, it gets cold in Virginia) I won't be doing any mechanical repairs.

I uncrimped the ring and got inside.  I use the term "uncrimped" loosely, in much the same way you might say a chainsaw "unsealed" your shoulder.  Looks like it was gnawed off by weasels.

Looks like everything turns as required after a bit of greasing.  Needle much less bouncy.  Since the odometer was fairly accurate before,  I'll check it out with a stopwatch and powerdrill to see if it is close to calculated speed.  I think even the reset for the trip meter is working again.

Wish these were easier to open, 'cause I'd love to get the mositure out of the tach.  Perhaps an hour or so in the oven at say 150 degrees?  Anyone have any luck in this arena?

[nhmaf]

I have heard of people putting these in a low-temp oven for several hours to dry them out - I wouldn't go over 150 F in any case, but I
haven't actually done this myself.   If you live in a hot enough climate, maybe just putting it out on some aluminum foil in the sun for an afternoon
will do the trick ?

There are some folks in the US who are pretty good at repair and recal of speedometers and/or tachometers, though one is generally looking
at $150-$200 for their services - probably has something to do with getting the crimp rings off !!

[mikethebike]

To dry things out you could use some dessicating bags like those in packaging.  Put the item to be dried and some dessicating bags in one of those sealable poly bags and leave to dry out.

[J_Hirst]

in a former life as a laboratory manager, I'd have had access to desicating jars -- large airtight glass containers with a layer of desicant in the bottom.  Perfect for this need, but, alas, my career evolved....

[montmil]

To dry things out you could use some dessicating bags like those in packaging.

If you 'd like to keep your tools dry and less prone to rust -depending on where you live- make up some bags of the dessicating stuff and toss them in each tool drawer. I use my wife's panty hose -wait for it... after she throws them away.

The moisture absorbent material can be bought in large bags at Wally-World. It's a particular brand of kitty litter that has the same chemical makeup as the little bags in your iPod package. Lemme check the product name next time I'm at W•M... I've slept since I last bought some.

[Bob_Roller]

You could try putting a 100 w or higher light bulb in your oven, and just turn the light on, and it should get the temperature up to 120 F.

[montmil]

Hehehe! C'mon guys I hoped that you could tell I was razzing ya!...

...I remember playing a game of golf, in August, and the temperature was around 118 - 120F (but it is a dry heat ! hahaha !)...  

We done knowed you wuz jist razzin' us. Shoot, we likes razzin'... 'specially dem folk what come looking fur ol' J.R. and Miss Lucy round Dallas parts.

And my retired Delta driver buddy in Mesa AZ, when told, "But it's a dry heat" responds... "Yeah. And so is my oven".

[J_Hirst]

Well, Blue is coming together much more slowly than hoped.  Having a bit of a brain fart getting the ignition lock back the way it is supposed to set (one of the few things I didn't take notes on as I disassembled).  Anyone have an exploded view of this?  There's the lock itself, a spacer, a nut, the crash pad, the trim piece, and the finishing nut on top.  tried every config I can think of.

Other than that, I upgraded to steel brake line, and they forgot to send a banjo bolt.

I think the speedo will behave more or less now, but we'll see.

No bike for me for National Ride to Work Day today, and then a week of family vacation.  Maybe August.

[msbuck]

Does this help?



klicky on da picy

 :-/ Darn, couldn't get that clicky the picy thing to work...  :-/  Yea! I got it!

[Rob Valdez 79 R65]

Unfortunately RealOEM does not allow direct linking of their images.

But!  Since you included a link to the page, all the reader has to do is click on your image, and when the RealOEM page loads, reload it once, and everything should appear.

Now: the image is loaded into your PC's cache memory, and when you come back to the forum, you may be able to see the image in Aïda's post!



And Jonathan, if you moved the lower nut on the ignition switch, you may have to find the correct height adjustment, once you have it nearly back together.