What did you do in your garage today..?

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I unloaded the 1982 BMW R100RS I bought in January. I had left it on the trailer to keep it out of the path of mice and it did. I also overloaded the building with agricultural grade poison bait and traps back then and will continue the bait. It's single feeding bait, so as long as they can't carry it away and have to consume it at the station then they're headed to rodent infested heaven.

Turned on the fuel taps, closed the choke all the way hit the starter and......GLORIOUS ORDERLY TRACTOR-LIKE MUSIC! Which settled into a comforting, smooth idle. The fuel leak from the left carb is gone. I think the guy left the tap on, but I'm gonna drop the bike at a BMW specialist for a complete going over in early May before I go to Holland. I intend to use this as my daily rider so I want it in good nick. I have the shop manual and can do plenty of stuff myself but given how much I wanted one of these and howe long I waited - screw it. Take my money!

I checked the date on the tires, and while they look nearly new they were manufactured in May 2015 so off come the wheels for a new set of rubber.
 
I disassembled the full front fairings of my TMAX to get to the headlights area as a bulb blew out--4 1/2 hours on a good rainy day.

Now that I know where all the circuits and connectors are I might be opening the front part more often to add gizmos and stuff.
 
Fired up the drag wing for the first time. Once it wakes up it seems to go. The straight pipes arn't too obnoxious. I expected worse.
Other than the tailpiece and a few minor finishing touches it's done.

That smoke at the end doesn't worry me. I used grease to hold the exhaust gaskets in place and that is the first time the cheap BBQ paint on the headers has been warm.

 
timtune said:
Fired up the drag wing for the first time. Once it wakes up it seems to go. The straight pipes arn't too obnoxious. I expected worse.
Other than the tailpiece and a few minor finishing touches it's done.

That smoke at the end doesn't worry me. I used grease to hold the exhaust gaskets in place and that is the first time the cheap BBQ paint on the headers has been warm.

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Why am I more impressed that you can post a YouTube video then the work on the bike? :p :ROFLMAO:
Good work on both!
 
Changed belts on sled and Atv, piped and jetted my slug 550 Polaris sled for 8 hp.
 
Put the winter tires, snowblower, kids sleds and shovels to storage, to make room for summer activities.....bikes staring at me the entire time. Soon darling, soon!
Oh, and pulling the forks off the old KX250. Seals AGAIN....all OEM - they don't make em like they used to. I swear I got a handful of rides on it before they started leaking again, albeit a couple wet rides at Gopher.
 
Douma said:
Put the winter tires, snowblower, kids sleds and shovels to storage, to make room for summer activities.....bikes staring at me the entire time. Soon darling, soon!
Oh, and pulling the forks off the old KX250. Seals AGAIN....all OEM - they don't make em like they used to. I swear I got a handful of rides on it before they started leaking again, albeit a couple wet rides at Gopher.
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Any marks on tubes? Anything bent? May be worth trying some fork gaiters to keep the schmoo away.

On the garage front, wife couldn't get out of the garage this morning as door moved a bit and then stopped. Spring was broken. I lifted it for her. I'll try to get a spring later today.
 
Douma said:
Put the winter tires, snowblower, kids sleds and shovels to storage, to make room for summer activities.....bikes staring at me the entire time. Soon darling, soon!
Oh, and pulling the forks off the old KX250. Seals AGAIN....all OEM - they don't make em like they used to. I swear I got a handful of rides on it before they started leaking again, albeit a couple wet rides at Gopher.
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Maybe try the green SKF seals next time.
 
sburns said:
Why am I more impressed that you can post a YouTube video then the work on the bike? :p :ROFLMAO:
Good work on both!
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Don't worry my Squeeze has to program the remote for me.
 
Douma said:
Put the winter tires, snowblower, kids sleds and shovels to storage, to make room for summer activities.....bikes staring at me the entire time. Soon darling, soon!
Oh, and pulling the forks off the old KX250. Seals AGAIN....all OEM - they don't make em like they used to. I swear I got a handful of rides on it before they started leaking again, albeit a couple wet rides at Gopher.
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Last Spring we had a 1ft dumping of snow in late March-Early April so I won't be cleaning/lubing/coating the blower for a few more weeks. Did you try cleaning the seals out first?
 
Hardwrkr13 said:
Last Spring we had a 1ft dumping of snow in late March-Early April so I won't be cleaning/lubing/coating the blower for a few more weeks. Did you try cleaning the seals out first?
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Speaking of seals you recommended SSS Suspension (Joe) to me a while back for servicing/rebuilding the rear shock on my KTM 1090R.

THANK YOU!!

It was a GREAT recommendation. Joe did the work very quickly and at a very reasonable price.

Relating to the fork seal discussion: While chatting with Joe I asked him about the shocks on my 1982 BMW and if he thought they still were still any good based on their age. he told me they likely were, as the seals back then, "Were made to last, unlike the new stuff."
 
Relax said:
Maybe try the green SKF seals next time.
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Maybe I'll look into those this time. Thanks.
I've inspected them, no visible pitting or damage on the tubes. I've cleaned them with the Risk Racing tool, no luck.

Hardwrkr13 said:
Last Spring we had a 1ft dumping of snow in late March-Early April so I won't be cleaning/lubing/coating the blower for a few more weeks. Did you try cleaning the seals out first?
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I know I jumped the gun...Fingers crossed if we do get snow, its manageable by shovel, or melts the next day.
 
xrljoel said:
Speaking of seals you recommended SSS Suspension (Joe) to me a while back for servicing/rebuilding the rear shock on my KTM 1090R.

THANK YOU!!

It was a GREAT recommendation. Joe did the work very quickly and at a very reasonable price.

Relating to the fork seal discussion: While chatting with Joe I asked him about the shocks on my 1982 BMW and if he thought they still were still any good based on their age. he told me they likely were, as the seals back then, "Were made to last, unlike the new stuff."
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Happy to hear. My 300's about due to have the forks/shock refreshed so I'll be dropping them off to him next winter as well.
 
TwistedKestrel said:
Put the battery back into my 919 at the beginning of this week, put the battery back into the TL1000S today. Discovered a fuel tank bolt under the seat had rattled off (well, I discovered that when I parked it for the winter, then forgot to do anything about it). Also the rear brake pedal is soft? Will try bleeding it, but I have a feeling that's not gonna fix it
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Got lucky once again! Flushed out a bunch of black stuff from the caliper and it seems to be working now. I thought it had been flushed recently, but maybe that flush stirred up some ancient debris that settled into a blockage over last winter.

Will hold my breath for a week or two, but I really didn't want to tackle rebuilding the cylinder haha
 
Tried to install a tail bed dampener for the Maverick but turns out I have a T50 torx key which blows...and almost stripped the bolt.

Need to now find a T50 torqx Plus (?) and get this thing off.

Never a dull moment.
 
Last weeks brake service on the wife’s Odyssey showed the rears were low so today I changed the parts. Upgraded coated rotors and ceramic pads (I really do spoil that woman).
Cleaned the MAF sensor as well since it’s got 75k on it now. Bedded in the pads as well.
 

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Opened the garage doors.

Thought about spending some time in there reorganizing after the usual winter chaos that seems to always take over in there.

Wind came up. Stood in garage and realized it really wasn't that nice or warm and I wasn't going to enjoy spending time out there quite yet like I usually do.

Closed garage doors, went out for dinner with wife instead.
 
Since I know batteries and charging systems, I prefer to not leave my batteries on a battery charger/maintainer all the time, so I disconnected it and attached my Battery Tender Voltage Indicator with LCD Display to monitor battery voltage every week or two. Unless you have some accessory draining the battery which I do not have on my stock motorcycle, in 3 or 4 weeks of non-use, I might lose 0.2V, if that (12.9V to 12.7V). When it drops to that or 12.6V, I'll reconnect my battery charger/maintainer for a few hours.

A nifty little voltage monitor.
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