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The Motorcycle Diary: July 2010
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If I wasn't doing this, what would I be doing? Monday, July 26, 2010. Looking back I have to wonder how I ever managed to take the engine out of that VW, rebuild it and get it all back together considering my lack of experience and limited tool box. Specifically I have to wonder how I ever got the pistons back into the cylinders without a ring compressor, but I know I did, which led me to try it again with the Honda. Not too good." I'd reply. With the tool I had the only way to do it would be; put the pi...
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The Motorcycle Diary: what is it?
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If I wasn't doing this, what would I be doing? Friday, September 10, 2010. I can't find this mystery piece on any of the drawings for the 1976 CB500T. What is it, and where is it supposed to mount? Labels: 1976 Honda CB500T. September 10, 2010 at 11:56 AM. What about the other end of that wire? Where is it connected? Is that connection on any of the drawings? September 11, 2010 at 4:41 AM. September 15, 2010 at 11:03 PM. It is the neutral saftey switch and it mounts by the coils (clymer book).
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The Motorcycle Diary: What now?
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If I wasn't doing this, what would I be doing? Tuesday, August 24, 2010. You know the old joke about the dog that's always chasing cars and then one day he catches one? Now what's he gonna do with it? That's me with this motorcycle. Now what? I don't know if I ever really expected I'd get her torn down, put back together, and running or not but here I am.and there it is. I let it die at the end because I noticed that it was starting to smoke. It's not real visible but if you watch carefully you can n...
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The Motorcycle Diary: June 2010
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If I wasn't doing this, what would I be doing? Tuesday, June 22, 2010. Yeah, I know, 3 weeks, 21 days. Long time, no activity. Mostly excuses, the only good reason was that I was out of town for a week of that time. The guy inside looks more like he belongs; t-shirt with the sleeves cut off, dew rag with skulls, leather vest, long goatee, and ear rings. You know. When he hears I might want the cylinders bored on a 34 year old Honda, he says, "You need to go see Rick C.". Used to know him pretty well" I s...
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The Motorcycle Diary: Random Wheels
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If I wasn't doing this, what would I be doing? Not sure who the happy guy with the snazzy bike is. (Pretty sure though that the woman on the porch is my greatgrandmother.). Somewhere along the Virginia Creeper Trail. Margaret (front) and Betty on their bikes circa 1940? Brothers line up. Note the dual headlights on that Western Flyer (and the argyle sox). One schwinn, two schwinns, red schwinn, blue schwinn. Philip on a "sand crab" at North Myrtle Beach. This was my very first bike. Time to move up a size.
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The Motorcycle Diary: As veiwed from the side-car of the Ural
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If I wasn't doing this, what would I be doing? Saturday, September 4, 2010. As veiwed from the side-car of the Ural. Sometimes a step backward is really a step in the right direction. Tony and I had been piddling around with the Honda some for a couple of days without a lot of success. To be honest it was kind of a half hearted piddle, until yesterday. In my mind I was thinking that it was the same old problem with the alternator/starter clutch. Fires right up and is idling smoothly at 1400 rpm! At the e...
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The Motorcycle Diary: The coming
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If I wasn't doing this, what would I be doing? Monday, August 23, 2010. The parts I orded came today. I am dying to get back to work on the bike but I may wait until this "hammie" is feeling just a bit better. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). There was an error in this gadget. A one putt day. Do it right the first time.or do it over. A part at last. Some blogs I enjoy perusing at times. Evan Fell Motorcycle Works. Exploring The Silver Spoon. Sunset Beach Vacation Blog. Subscribe To The Motorcycle Diary.
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The Motorcycle Diary: more baby steps
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If I wasn't doing this, what would I be doing? Wednesday, September 8, 2010. Still not wanting to start, and remember that when it did it seemed to not always fire on the right cylinder. More routine tests, this time the ignition coil. According to the book you short the wires from the coil and check resistance from shorted wires to the spark plug wires. you should get the same or very similar readings on both sides. I'm not getting any readings. [what, oh, wrong setting on the multimeter]. Some blogs I ...
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The Motorcycle Diary: May 2010
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If I wasn't doing this, what would I be doing? Thursday, May 27, 2010. Oops Hadn't counted on that. I decided to start using up some of those parts and having gotten things pretty well cleaned up decided to put the crankcase together this morning. Through all the moving around and jostling and whatever those gears all stayed put, somehow mystically defying gravity.until this morning. So, I bolt the crankcase together and as I'm straightening up and putting the tools away, there, between my feet is someth...
