Sorted my throttlelock and crampbuster with some silcone tape to prevent slipping. WIll find other uses.
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What did you do in your garage today..?
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I've got a weird one that started on the 2018 Volt.
2nd time this month now...the FL turn signal doesn't work when the car sits for an extended period in the sun. When it gets very warm the turn signal turns off.
Drive for a few minutes, and get air moving around the car, and the light works again....
I'm hoping that it's just a connector to the bulb / connection somewhere accessible that got loose.
2nd time this month now...the FL turn signal doesn't work when the car sits for an extended period in the sun. When it gets very warm the turn signal turns off.
Drive for a few minutes, and get air moving around the car, and the light works again....
I'm hoping that it's just a connector to the bulb / connection somewhere accessible that got loose.
Could also be a bit of moisture in a connector. If you take connectors apart, hit them with a blast of air.
Wasn't my garage. Hotel room actually in Dryden. Broke a little plastic bit off my new Klim krios helmet. I have a nervous condition in my left hand which means crazy glue is mandatory. Glued my finger to the plastic and to the adjacent finger of course. Beer me.
So you're the reason they made the glue weaker.
Finally had some time to work on the trailer…
Just need to button down the metal plate to the plywood and I’m golden.
Just need to button down the metal plate to the plywood and I’m golden.
wtf was that!?! Tried clipped in yesterday as I hate riding on the flats in running shoes (seat height wrong, too squishy, foot seems to slope towards outside, etc). Felt ok, less float than speedplay (and much stiffer, not the effortless rotation), more than spd. Then I tried to unclip my good leg. Uh oh. Doesn't want to come out. Now I'm f'd. Try harder. Still stuck firm, this isn't going well. Twist really hard and out I came. Not sure I like how hard they are to release. I definitely can't get my bad leg out without using my hand to twist my heel. Even worse than the days of the cages where you had to release the straps to get out. Maybe they'll break in a bit. They are adjustable but I think just harder, they come set at easiest setting from the factory.
Skis are coming. Neighbour gave wife a set so they needed a lot of work to get to a good place (not abused but only sharpened occasionally by a shop monkey). Six sets done. Only one more set of my wifes and the biggest and smallest skis left to do.
Mad Mike
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Wife had her first clipped in tip-over yesterday. Broken wrist.
Aww crap. Sorry to hear. I had a few tipovers using cages but never clipless. Yesterday was getting close to a situation. I was scoping out steep sideslopes where I could ride in and tip over without falling so far.
I assume she has spd? How did that happen? They normally release easily when you're falling.
Mad Mike
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She was in a bike lane in a small town (Perth) riding with her sisters. A car turned right into a supermarket parking lot in front of her so she mashed the brakes to avoid hitting the car then tipped. She said it happened really fast. She's pretty good -- has never happened to her before.
i fired up an old aprilia 50cc scooter that has been sitting for about 8 years. its loud AF so i'm thinking there is some sort of exhaust leak
i think its a 2 stroke as well and needs to be topped up with 2T oil but i'm not sure. any mechanics/garages i could take this to get freshed up at?
might be my daily driver doing 2L/100km with these gas prices Lol
i think its a 2 stroke as well and needs to be topped up with 2T oil but i'm not sure. any mechanics/garages i could take this to get freshed up at?
might be my daily driver doing 2L/100km with these gas prices Lol
it isn't too difficult, i purchased a one way bleeder valve from amazon (10-15$) and it lets you bleed the brakes by yourself , only takes a few minutes
seemed to work quite well
afici0nad0
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BigEvilDoer
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Yes… Dry sump would be the best way of putting it. Also has a 2-step oil fill process.
Put in 3L, start the bike and let it run for 20-30 seconds. Shut it off, fill another 600mL.
BigEvilDoer
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Installed 2 tire racks in the garage for the summer/winter tires for 2 smaller pickup trucks…
That’s about it for me.
That’s about it for me.
Over the last few days ...
In response to the engine making an ominous knocking noise, I pulled the engine out of my 2011 Honda CBR125R (which has just over 70,000 km on it, and has been apart before).
Took apart the top end. Valve cover off, timing chain tensioner off, cylinder head bolts off, camshaft/rocker assembly off, cylinder head off. (takes 15 minutes)
I found the main problem. There's play in the big-end of the connecting rod. Click-click-click when pulling and pushing the con-rod by hand very easily becomes knock-knock-knock with the engine running.
In this engine, the con-rod and big-end bearing (and main crank bearings) are all one pressed-together assembly and I don't see any readily apparent way of un-pressing what has been pressed together. Dangit.
A secondary problem is that the cylinder walls are pretty scuffed, although it didn't show in compression - the engine still had good compression before I took it apart.
I have not decided what I am going to do with the bike. I took the insurance coverage off just now, because at a minimum, it isn't going to be ridden for months.
In response to the engine making an ominous knocking noise, I pulled the engine out of my 2011 Honda CBR125R (which has just over 70,000 km on it, and has been apart before).
Took apart the top end. Valve cover off, timing chain tensioner off, cylinder head bolts off, camshaft/rocker assembly off, cylinder head off. (takes 15 minutes)
I found the main problem. There's play in the big-end of the connecting rod. Click-click-click when pulling and pushing the con-rod by hand very easily becomes knock-knock-knock with the engine running.
In this engine, the con-rod and big-end bearing (and main crank bearings) are all one pressed-together assembly and I don't see any readily apparent way of un-pressing what has been pressed together. Dangit.
A secondary problem is that the cylinder walls are pretty scuffed, although it didn't show in compression - the engine still had good compression before I took it apart.
I have not decided what I am going to do with the bike. I took the insurance coverage off just now, because at a minimum, it isn't going to be ridden for months.
(Newish) Dad life - Saturday I'm in the garage surrounded by fun motorized toys yet I'm using the air compressor to blow up giant rainbow inflatables for my eldest's 2nd bday party. Seeing her happy is still better than my best day any of those toys though.
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