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Good video. Lots of very interesting projects. I’ve been riding in DGR since 2019 and this year was an excellent turn out here in Toronto. Just over 500 bikes of all shapes and sizes, for a very good cause. My ride this year was ‘81 GL500. Thanks for the video. Cheers, Dan. 👍🏍🇨🇦
Love that bike - i have the same one, but mine cant drive right now. Problems with my charging i think. New batteri but i show over 15,60 volt when its on, antæd over 16 when it runs. But it i cant drive very, then it dies again. Hmmmm 😭😪
@SrenLund-fi8rj if you have a service manual you can see how to check the field coil. Just work from that. If it's not charging the battery when you ride it's only a few possibilities
I think if you would have ridden with and without the wind jammer, you might have considered trying to keep it, or buying another big wind screen. I agree they are heavy and ugly, but the with vs without at highway speeds is amazing.
The vinegar works wonders I fill my tank full of vinegar and let it sit for a day or so, but first tossed some nuts and bolts in and shook it like the jailhouse rock. Poured out the vinegar and fill with water and baking soda, clean as new should have filmed it
I just sold my 74 cb750. Loved that bike. It was a dream until it wasnt. I was in no place to deal with the same things youre dealing with. Good on you though for having the knowledge and a shop to do it.
Vintage motorcycles suck? Well,I grew up in the seventies and knew a few people who owned Honda 750 and 500 fours,Kawasaki 900's and they seemed to enjoy them.
On carbs ,I dismantle everything (everything)from the beginning"in order" and ultrason them one by one ( it seems it does take longer but it doesn't in the end, in my opinion) Then I work on every single new parts. If needed changed/ upgraded them. But it's me. Cool, hope to have ride on country roads someday .👍 A grease monkey. 🇨🇵 Texting is not the same than "having a chat with drink around some bikes" but you have my respect as a motorcycle enthusiast. 👍🤝
I'm just getting ready to do an engine swap on my 2007 DL 650. On my first trip with it after buying it from a friend who died I ran it out of oil. Now if you wonder how this happened it was my dead friends fault. He put on a 17 tooth sprocket and a Chinese chain. I checked everything before heading out on a 3-day 600 mile trip. On the way home the chain has loosened so much that it jumped the sprocket and broke the clutch pushrod into three pieces. The last piece was inside the clutch pushrod seal and it sprayed oil out 5 inches until in less than 8 miles it had gone through 3 quarts of oil. I didn't know this because I thought I just broke a clutch cable and was contemplating riding 200 miles home without a clutch. I saw a red light then come on the dash but didn't know what the problem was until I saw the little oil symbol next to it. I felt the engine tug a couple of times, this was the rod bearing sizing. When I got it home and refilled it with oil it was knocking. The secondary pushrod is used on many Suzuki's and being located so close to the chain with a two tooth larger sprocket gave it only a quarter of an inch before hitting the push rod. If you feel your clutch go away, pull over!
Zeer handig/very handy tips, hail to the great Milly we're not worthy. My tip: keep two small locking/grip pliers in your riding tool roll, if you drop your bike and your clutch lever or gear shifter breaks off you can make a temporary one.
I really enjoyed this. But i keep thinking, there will be a fair few of your viewers who will in consequence very soon have there ears scorched by whoever is mistress/master of the kitchen. "I can't believe we're out of tin foil again. Where is the seran? I had this great baking sheet, the turkey is ready to go on the oven but there's nothing to put it on... " That's where you could find another good use for alu foil ... protective hat. Would eliminate all concerns the other half might have about missing kitchen equipment. 🤪
hahaha I have the same on and off leaky carb junction on my '81 CM400. Some days it's like a sieve, then as soon as I'm about ready to rip the carbs off it seals itself and is fine. Mischievous old machines...
Great tips! I am currently trying to get a rotor off a cx500 and have broken 2 strap wrenches and bashed my hand in the process. If I remember correctly you built a tool to keep the flywheel from moving. I am not a welder but can fabricate small things. Do you have any tips for holding that thing still? I am hesitant to try the washer in the gears trick that motofaction suggests as I don't want to damage anything. Also, when is the xs400 engine teardown happening? I know you're busy but I am on the edge of my seat lol!
Do you have the removal tool? That is a must. I show it in my starter clutch rebuild video pretty quickly. The xs400 engine is torn down as of today buy you won't see a video for a while longer. People were begging me for xs400 videos and then as soon as I posted them it seemed like they tanked in views and people were unsubscribing unfortunately. Due to this I am working on optimizing the xs400 content
I have no experience and/or training as a professional mechanic, but my suggestion is to pre-soak your plates in the tears of your enemies not common motor oil....😝
Best thing I have found is Gallon Ziplock bags for ultrasonic cleaner. Fill the cleaner with water, fill the bag with whatever your solution is and parts. Keeps the cleaner clean, and saves solution overall.
Big Lots has a set of 3 sizes of steel mesh bowl-shaped drain traps that are for tub & sink drains made of fine mesh for jets & other tiny parts in the ultra... -Dollar stores have catering-sized lightweight aluminum, like chafing pans with lids, that beat the steel baking sheets & loaf pans for being cheap & useful. -I use a bottle with a capped spout that gear oil came in which I gave a twine handle at the base to hang it upside down from, to use as a temporary fuel source when the tanks are off the bikes- hose fits nicely onto the little spout (like your ketchup bottle). -Kitchen baster, both the bulb on a tube-type and the giant-syringe type are very useful, too. -Add a number of hemostats to your dental pick set. -Rolls of non-slip (used under small rugs or as drawer liners) covering a work surface keep small parts & fasteners from vanishing. -I use egg carton bottoms to put small parts in order for easy retrieval.
I sometimes solder but when I show that I get a lot of push back from people. There is argument that the solder can make the connection brittle as it wicks under the insulation past the joint
@@BrickHouseBuilds I never have had an issue on my 1983 Moto Guzzi Cal ll. Bot it is always garage kept and hardly ever gets any moist, as I reside in Arizona😎
I know how you feel. When my Honda CB350 is running sweetly there’s nothing better. But when it randomly develops an issue I wonder why I continue to put up with old machinery. But then I fix it and away we go again.
