OK I am temporarily stopping the carb work, the shock splitting, and the other weird ass crap I have done ... like side stand extending and other 1 off's.
Bars, guards etc etc etc are still getting made.
The main goal is to get the big things - bikes done and outta here. Cant do it if I am shipping stuff all the time.
All the ones I hvae committed to, and are on the way etc will get done.
I may still do shocks ... but just buy test and sell. That's quite fast, just no powder and paint circus.
Cool.
Buddha.
MBOoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo! Buddha Buddha loves you!!!! :icon_lol: :icon_lol: Well, since you're not busy come and adjust my valves lol
Quote from: average on May 09, 2009, 10:26:00 PM
MBOoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo! Buddha Buddha loves you!!!! :icon_lol: :icon_lol: Well, since you're not busy come and adjust my valves lol
Seriously kiddo ... bring it over with a shim assortment (maybe get that adjusting kit ... cos ... may need that tool as well) but I got the feeler guages and the rest of the tools and we'll do it.
Heck you were having carb issues too, both ... 1 hour ... you got K&N right ... crap, you need to have it cool for the valves, so you cant ride it over.
If you do ride it, how about we get carbs in 10 mins and after we get em back on the bike we can douse it with water if needed and then do the valves.
I'm serious. Weekends ... juet let me know, saturday afternoon/sunday all day is fine.
Cool.
Buddha.
Quote from: The Buddha on May 10, 2009, 06:29:27 AM
Quote from: average on May 09, 2009, 10:26:00 PM
MBOoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo! Buddha Buddha loves you!!!! :icon_lol: :icon_lol: Well, since you're not busy come and adjust my valves lol
Seriously kiddo ... bring it over with a shim assortment (maybe get that adjusting kit ... cos ... may need that tool as well) but I got the feeler guages and the rest of the tools and we'll do it.
Heck you were having carb issues too, both ... 1 hour ... you got K&N right ... crap, you need to have it cool for the valves, so you cant ride it over.
If you do ride it, how about we get carbs in 10 mins and after we get em back on the bike we can douse it with water if needed and then do the valves.
I'm serious. Weekends ... juet let me know, saturday afternoon/sunday all day is fine.
Cool.
Buddha.
hey you, get some shims together and lets start a new east coast kit (i have the shim tools) already. i know you've seen the threads about it missing, starting a new one/whatever. i can donate alot of stuff, but i have NO shims. c'mon.
Boy I sure am glad I beat the buzzer on that one.... looking forward to that powdered shock. :thumb:
I received my rear shock yesterday and it looks good. Thank you.
Aww man, I was seriously going to give up on my project bike's carbs and send them to you if I can't get it running right next time I try... Oh well, I guess I'll have to figure it out for myself...
maybe you just need to hire someone.. sounds like you're the only one doing good in this shitty economy :cheers:
Quote from: fred on May 12, 2009, 08:00:56 PM
Aww man, I was seriously going to give up on my project bike's carbs and send them to you if I can't get it running right next time I try... Oh well, I guess I'll have to figure it out for myself...
Fred - OK you managed 8888888 miles on the thing, you can figure it out.
If you still wanna send it, if you're not in a hurry, maybe end of this month should see some progress and I can think about other stuff.
I am just trying to get the race bike, the fried starter bike and the FE swap bike out, as well as the 4 I got dead, one sitting for years, one unknown, and 2 needing reassembly ... once they are all out, then I am in good shape.
This weekend should tell.
Cool.
Buddha.
Closed for summer huh? No problem. I'll have plenty of work for ya this winter!
Quote from: The Buddha on May 13, 2009, 06:03:59 AM
Quote from: fred on May 12, 2009, 08:00:56 PM
Aww man, I was seriously going to give up on my project bike's carbs and send them to you if I can't get it running right next time I try... Oh well, I guess I'll have to figure it out for myself...
Fred - OK you managed 8888888 miles on the thing, you can figure it out.
If you still wanna send it, if you're not in a hurry, maybe end of this month should see some progress and I can think about other stuff.
I am just trying to get the race bike, the fried starter bike and the FE swap bike out, as well as the 4 I got dead, one sitting for years, one unknown, and 2 needing reassembly ... once they are all out, then I am in good shape.
This weekend should tell.
Cool.
Buddha.
Aww, thanks Buddha. This is the project bike, it only has about 30,000 miles on it, mostly on account of its not running well at all, I'm sure. I'll try and figure it out. Right now the motor is apart in the shop at work because some PO tried to remove one of the buckets with what looks like vice grips. Once the mangled the bucket without being able to actually remove it, they just ground the corners off of a shim and stuck it in there. Once I get that whole mess back together, I'll try and make the carbs work again. I dropped a crush washer in the bottom half of the engine, so now I have a gasket kit for the whole bike, so I can do the gaskets myself...
Crush washer in the bottom ... ha ... the nightmare scenario for most newbies ... but its also in most cases very very innocous.
It should get in the pan, and never move from there. you could pull the pan in a few 100 miles and get it out. No biggie. I am pretty sure I've dropped my 10mm 1/4 drive socket in there.
I had to go in after it, cos that was my best socket.
Cool.
Buddha.
..and the universal sigh and "son of a Buddha Loves You!" follows almost immediately. I've got to make sure the kids aren't around when I work on *anything* because I'm always going to drop a screw or tool in some place I can't get it easy.
Quote from: The Buddha on May 15, 2009, 10:39:50 AM
Crush washer in the bottom ... ha ... the nightmare scenario for most newbies ... but its also in most cases very very innocous.
It should get in the pan, and never move from there. you could pull the pan in a few 100 miles and get it out. No biggie. I am pretty sure I've dropped my 10mm 1/4 drive socket in there.
I had to go in after it, cos that was my best socket.
Cool.
Buddha.
I got it out. The engine was already out of the frame and work has a boroscope and a grabber tool... I was able to get them to go in the oil pan, then drop the pan and get them out. It a few hours, and wasn't the most fun thing I've ever done, but it worked. When I do get the engine back together, I'll be confident it won't leak for a while, given that pretty much every gasket that can be replaced will have been... My gasket kit is supposed to be here Tuesday, I can't wait.
Hey Buddha. My struts in the mail. Looking at a yellow spring w/minimal bling, light starch on the collar, razor sharp creases,etc :cheers: :cookoo: (where's the huh smiley when you need it :icon_lol:)
Waaa ... average that didn't make sense ...
I have to powdercoat the struts ? What struts are these ?
Cool.
Buddha.
Its two months buddha......... I think thats long enough chance for you to save money by waiting.... Theres a point where it just ceases to be cost effective.
Quote from: Chanse on June 14, 2009, 07:51:54 PM
Its two months buddha......... I think thats long enough chance for you to save money by waiting.... Theres a point where it just ceases to be cost effective.
Refund for shock sent. The brace is going tommorow.
Its not just that. I also dont have the guy who's help I need available at the same time I got time. Its been a mess and so many things been held up.
Cool.
Buddha.
Is the fun store running again?
I want an exhaust flange. Do you know if it will fit a 3 bolt D&D?
and i want a wheel! lol
Psyber - I got the bearing out - the double seated one, and I have the tools made for seating them. I will have it all shipped by tommorow, I didn't want to put it in the PO "drop" box.
So I have to ship stuff weekends only cos I need to go to PO.
3 bolt flanges - sorry man, aint making a 1 off.
I made em, and I made ~35 of them cos dennis krrook had a $50 wileyco sale, and I bought some, liked em and thought the quality was good so I said I'll do this to get em working on a GS. I need numbers to make any thing worth while. I dont have any machinery really ... I jig and make these ... I get end caps cut at a laser shop, he wants 25 or so for anything, then I make mid ppipe @ a exhaust bender - they really drop their prices when they have the same thing over and over and I can wait for their slow time for them to finish. Then I jigged it @ my welder's place and let him weld when he could. Sorry that is just the economics of this operation.
There is no thinking on any one's part. The first one makes exact pieces, the bender - the exact same thing, the welder, same thing ... Nothing was off even by a mm or 2. The weird sheite was where I put the choker plate in ... Anyway 1 off's take a lot more time and a lot more $$$ per item. You can make one yourself cheaper.
Cool.
Buddha.
ok, cool.
Maybe I'll try the R6 slip-on hack. I need more power now that my girl has a fresh GS500 and she weighs like 50 lbs less...