Day Two

Day two:

• No more gas leaking from carbs. Looks like the o-rings did indeed swell up and reseal.
• Still runs rough.
• Idles at around 300 RPM
• It will die if I leave it running unchoked.

I'm sure once the Techron runs thru that will help with the rough running. Looks like I need to up the idle speed as well.

And We Have RUMBLE!

Oh  yeah.

Lucas the Inventor

Lucas invented a storage system for cleaning up a cluttered desk, while still keeping everything within easy reach.

It consists of a tablecloth clip, a spring loaded key ring, a short length of lamp chain, and a small plastic container with a screw on lid.

His original plan was to have a locking container, but given that it's due tomorrow, we made a few design changes.

He also planned on using a pulley to support the container, but I convinced him to change that approach, as the key ring is a simpler design, combining the pulley and counterweight into one nice small package.

Overall, he did quite well.

No power in the verse...

So some guy has a plan to build a fully functional USS Enterprise.

I say screw that.

I want my own Firefly.

Besides, warp drive would kill us all. Damn Trekkers.

Flowery Gasoline

That's kind of what my hands smell like right now after draining the tank and washing my hands with the soap bottle in the kitchen.

There was more gas in there than I realized. Almost two gallons.

Will shine a light in there this weekend to see how bad it is. Hopefully not too bad.

Then a couple of gallons of premium gas, along with some Techron.

Almost....

Coolant Drain

Drained the coolant tonight. Flushed with filtered fridge water. Might flush with some distilled water before adding new coolant.

That's a 10mm socket, tightened to ~7 ft-lb.

Nothing left to drain except for the gas remnants in the tank.

Horn Bracket Mod

Had Roy at work add a notch to my horn brackets. They don't quite fit with the air horn mounting holes towards the front of the bike. Also repainted them. They mount with the exhaust hanger bolts.

K&N

After around 20k miles it still looks pretty damn good. But as long as the tank is off, I'm cleaning and oiling it.

 

And of course, the K&N cleaning instructions.