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KeymasterHey buddy, sad day, but I’m glad the new owners will appreciate what she is.
Cheers to garage and driveway space!
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KeymasterDamn, forgot how good she looks!
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KeymasterHip hip hooray, fork seals have arrived from Norway, and they are ALMOST the same as OEM (despite being listed with an OEM part number). Counting my blessings here, def not whinning.
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KeymasterI agree, building more than one at a time will make it more profitable for you. 100 hours isn’t bad in my opinion for a custom built unit. The end result is killer bud, she’ll sell….my guess is closer to May 24 and after income tax returns have all come in.
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KeymasterLooks great buddy, and your timing is perfect as the improving weather has me thinking camping.
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KeymasterOh how I love uncapping day!
Today in The Shop, I also took the snow tires off the caravan, and put a set of sway bar end links into my buddies WRX. A fun day, nothing too difficult.
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KeymasterHey buddy that looks fantastic! Use your LC to take plenty of glamour shots, and that trailer will sell itself.
How heavy is that lid to swing open with thr RTT on the lid? Could your wife pop it open and retrieve something, or need assistance?
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KeymasterToday in The Lunch Room, I ordered a new OEM choke knob from a Suzuki dealership from our mates down unda’. The rest of the globe is without them, but My new best friend Mick said he’d get one to me asap.
I also bit the ebay bullet and ordered an exhaust seal for $25. In the mean time I’ll try to rig it was aluminum foil and ducting tape, because I’m not sure the new seal will solve my problems. The main problem is the clamping surface (oversized female which accepts some of the seal) has rusted away. Technically there ain’t much left to clamp onto, so I’ll have to figure that out as well.
Sure hope my fork seals show up soon, the weather is far too nice for my bike to be in this many pieces still.
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KeymasterWe were coming down a No Exit road, and apparently I found some sharp debris in a mud puddle, while negotiating a downhill off camber washout. (Finn, about 200m before the waterfall crossing) I still don’t know what exactly cut me, but I thought I had de-beaded my tire till I got out to look. Only had to drive forward 2 truck lengths till a nice flat spot, then James and I had it changed out and strapped to the roof in less than 10 mins.
Glad the full sized spare still had good air pressure, hadn’t checked it in 2 years haha.
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KeymasterOh hey there Duratrac, why aren’t you on Redee?
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KeymasterToday in The Shop, my DR600S barked to life!! Not without some fuel leakage problems, I think some tank debris got stuck in the float valve. Had to pull the carb bowl off again, but overall we’re lookin’ good now!
I think the carb might be a little lean cause it got pretty hot, and lots of crackling, but it may also be from the huge exhaust leak I have. Apparently I’m missoing a gasket between the header pipe and muffler, a silly $20 part that I should be able to get locally.Attachments:
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KeymasterThat elbow grease sure paid off, looks great! That seat sure looks comfy, inviting for a long haul.
What are Clubmans?toys-n-yotas
KeymasterGood ideas on disassembly. Once I can test and confirm the old tach works, I’ll proceed to remove the ebay tach and explore. The chrome trim ring on the front spins around pretty easy, could prolly pop it off and start disassembly through the face of the gauge.
My Plan is to test fire the motor on Sunday. Feeling a little anxious already, even though I heard it run very briefly in August before I started disassembly.
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KeymasterI have an ambitious plan (err, more like idea) to retrofit my OEM tach into the ebay cluster. Physically it should fit, all come down to whether my OEM tach still works, and if I can get the ebay tach taken apart without china plastic exploding everywhere.
Flasher relay, spoke skins and mirrors should be arriving in the mail today, just in time for another lockdown. At least I’ve got something to keep me occupied for a little while.
Stay tuned.
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