Where Shall we Meet for Coffee on Sunday?

[Kiwi_Roy]

Hey Guys

Don't Forget

Sunday mornings, 9:00AM at the "Wired Monk", 152nd and Hwy 10.

Nico, Ross and I will be there, perhaps John, might even have a new guy, Rod, a fellow Guzzi lover.

Ross & I will be able to tell you about our ride in the rain to look over a 72 Eldorado that's been
languishing in a shed for the last 20 odd years.


See you there

Roy

[Galactica]

Roy,

I called the new guy, Rob, and he said he will be there,

R

[fffCycles]

Ohhh that poor, poor bike.... makes my heart ache to see a machine abandoned like that when it could be nice and warm in somebodies shop being cared for. So, who is picking that one up?

Frank

[Kiwi_Roy]

Sorry Frank,
                 I have my dibs on her.
Actually provided the bearings are OK I should be able to get it running quite easily. It has the Nikasil bores I think (weak magnetic attraction) which Stan reckons are bulletproof.
Paintwork is reasonable but lots of rusty chrome and corrosion on the alloy, exhaust is shot.
It was pretty hard for Ross and I to get a good feel, it's surrounded by lots of junk and we were working by flashlight.

The owner also has an early Virago 1100 which I promised to get running for him, I could ask if he's willing to sell that.

Cheers
Roy

[Galactica]

I'll be at the Wired Monk Sunday morning, anyone else?  Stan, will you be there?  I was thinking I'd bring that swingarm.  May be we could go over to your place and remove those old roller bearing races.

Cheers,
Ross

[Jodea]

Yep. See you there  Ross

[MotoLobo]

Hi all,

I'm new to the club and feel the need to start participating in the chatter. Just thought I'd drop a line to say hi and encourage others to come out for a Sunday morning brew (coffee, that is).  I've been welcomed warmly to the couple of meetings I've attended so far, the guys I've met are all good eggs with open minded tastes and tolerances despite the varied bike styles owned. Excellent...life is too rich to get stuck thumbing your nose at others tastes that are different from your own. We all like older, mechanically oriented bikes to work on and ride, period. Some are meticulously restored Sunday bikes, some are year round riders with rich, well earned patina. There are so few of us around to begin that support is key, and should be enjoyed. The camaraderie of the riding/wrenching experience makes it that much more enjoyable, I think.

Anyway, enough philosophising. Posted (I hope I did this right) are a couple pics of last Sunday afternoon's 'tech' session. I've got a video clip of Stan licking to life Big Red but it's too big to post, sorry. She sure sounded good though , the cocophony of mechanical noises, awesome!

My particular distraction at the moment is mid 70's Italian standards, Guzzis no less. I'll post some pictures of my stalled project in the Member's Bikes section soon. I joined up in hopes of other's kicking my butt to get motivated to advance my progress. Looks like it's working!

Cheers, Rob

[MotoLobo]

Hi again,

Ah....in the pervious post that should be 'kicking to life'....sorry Stan. We all love our bikes but maybe not quite that much!

See you Sunday, Rob

[Galactica]

As Rob said, we had a great coffee meeting.  Rob, Stan, Nico, John, and I were there.  I brought along some show-and-tell stuff, a really cool stud extractor set, some soda blasted and polished bits, a front hub with broken off screw head, and a swing arm with stuck roller bearing races.

At our previous coffee I had mentioned that I had a swing arm with stuck roller bearing races that I couldn't get out.  Stan offered to put a bead of weld around the inside to shrink them and drift them out.  So at this meeting I brought the swing arm along.  After coffee we all headed out in a convoy to Stan's house.  You can see in one of Rob's photos, Stan is welding.  It worked like a charm. 

After that Stan tickled his '47 Indian to life for us.  Wonderful sounds and WAY too much fun!

That's what it's all about.  Friends, fun, and motorcycles.

See you on Sunday.  It's supposed to be pissing rain, but if Roy is up to it as well, and if I don't have any show-and-tell to bring, then I may even ride rather than drive!  If any of you have any show-and-tell, photos, parts etc., bring it along.

Cheers,
Ross

[Kiwi_Roy]

As I told Ross and Rob, I won't be able to make coffee this Sunday either, I have a hot date with a certain Italian lady in Sedro Woolley
I will be away in China for a couple of weeks.

[stanfromhell]

Will you be returning from there with a Chinese lady ??

[Galactica]

Roy picked up his latest Italian temptress today.  She could stand a bath and to loose some weight, but she's gorgeous non the less.

See you guys Sunday?  It's going to be cold, but I'll ride any way.  Question is, red bike or blue bike?

Ross

[Galactica]

I'll be ridin' to coffee on Sunday.  Can't stay long though, I have other commitments.

Ross

[bccap]

Ross, you said you had a really cool stud extractor set. What kind is it ? A friend of mine has 4 broken exhaust bolts courtesy of the previous owner, who also drilled partway into them. Looking for solutions. Is anyone welcome at the Sunday coffee meetings ?
Garth

[second chance]

Don't you just love that when someone trys and screws it up so it's much harder to do.