Found a puddle of fork oil under the KLR. Oh goodie changing a fork seal. Wonder if this the same side I replaced last time?
What did you do in your garage today..?
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Always take before and after pictures of your work.....
Only way I can remember wtf I did or didn't do across a handful of shitbox bikes in the garage
Sharpie is your friend. Throw dates on parts when they are installed (preferably in an inconspicuous but visible location).Always take before and after pictures of your work.....
Only way I can remember wtf I did or didn't do across a handful of shitbox bikes in the garage
Always take before and after pictures of your work.....
Only way I can remember wtf I did or didn't do across a handful of shitbox bikes in the garage
Doesn't anyone keep a spreadsheet on each bike?
I'm not that anal. I do the stuff it needs and the stuff manufacturer recommends. I sell things when they are pretty much worn out so well-documented service records don't affect the value much. I normally take a pic of oil and odo when changing but I don't consolidate those pics. I have to search for each one individually if I ever wanted them.
I keep the receipts for parts etc. and note the mileage when the work was done.
That would imply thoughtful, premeditated maintenance.
With shitbox bikes it's more like, "ok, just going to fix this one thing, I'll be back in 30 minutes..."
Then you find six more things to repair, replace, or remove altogether and come back inside the house six hours later at 11:30 at night to a cold dinner on the kitchen table and your woman already in bed.
At that point I'm not thinking about Microsoft Excel. I'm a starved dirty grease-animal trying to eat, shower, and get laid all before she falls asleep lol
matt365
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Changed the Rekluse clutch to a factory clutch in my te300.
Previous owner put the auto clutch in it. I've never been a fan..
$600 in parts... back to a manual clutch.
Crazy how much these Rekluse clutches cost. $1600... I get the appeal, if you have hand issues, or a disability.
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Previous owner put the auto clutch in it. I've never been a fan..
$600 in parts... back to a manual clutch.
Crazy how much these Rekluse clutches cost. $1600... I get the appeal, if you have hand issues, or a disability.
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What didn't you like about it also feel free to pm me if you want to sell it .Changed the Rekluse clutch to a factory clutch in my te300.
Previous owner put the auto clutch in it. I've never been a fan..
$600 in parts... back to a manual clutch.
Crazy how much these Rekluse clutches cost. $1600... I get the appeal, if you have hand issues, or a disability.
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matt365
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We do alot of hillclimbs. With the rekluse, the rear wheel will freewheel, and not lock up like a standard clutch. There's been a few times where the bike is sliding backwards down a hill, or I have to turn across the hill if I lose too much momentum.
Its great in tight single track. I can run 2nd with no clutch, or 3rd gear and clutch out of corners.
I'm just used to a standard clutch.
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Dirty Frank
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Not doing a link but if anyone is interested the garage journal has a thread in the general tool discussion of Canadian tool manufacturers and distributors.
I checked the notes I make in the back of the manual. Turns out they are failing in the correct order, left, right, left.Always take before and after pictures of your work.....
Only way I can remember wtf I did or didn't do across a handful of shitbox bikes in the garage
I have a bag of quicksorb in the garage. It gets used often. Much easier to sweep up some granules than deal with liquid.
Max527
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Good idea!
I have a plastic "rug" about 36x42" from Amazon that I put under any job that may be messy (brake job on the car or taking the rear of the dirtbike apart for example). It was around $15 and rolls up out of the way when not needed. Handy for putting under snowblower as well.
I think it's meant for under office chairs to help them roll. When done the job I just funnel any garbage into the trash for easy cleanup or give it a wipe.
I use some retired flat metal cookie baking pans. Place it under the work area and let whatever wants to drip off the bike, snowblower, car onto the pan.
I also have one of those rubber boot trays that you would have at the entrance of a house for winter boots. Its larger than the cookie pan but collect all liquid.
Installed a new shifter on the KLR. Splines were going on the old one and no amount of tightening (or opening of the slot) would tighten it. Cleaned the fork inards and reassembled as far as possible until the seals arrive.
On the Wing I readjusted the steering stop chains and got maybe another 5-7 degrees of bar movement per side. Also finished the final install of the rearsets. This thing is pretty much done except for glassing up the tailpiece and spooning on the new tire.
On the Wing I readjusted the steering stop chains and got maybe another 5-7 degrees of bar movement per side. Also finished the final install of the rearsets. This thing is pretty much done except for glassing up the tailpiece and spooning on the new tire.
I do just as we used aircraft logs.
But then I run 3 vehicles and another 4 that are in storage. I have a good memory, but it is not that good.
