What did you do to your motorcyle today?

[1000J]

Actually with all respect,, i didnt know what make/model the bench was..

  Am not a car guy anyway,. Was just guessing..

 Went to see a guys gas pumps once, he was using his Corvette I think for an assembly table.....cool.

My benches are just a couple old Chryslers I've had for a long time....this old junk's only worth what someone's willing to pay for it

[fffCycles]

Got the new AMAL installed on the '72 Tiger 650 and insured it so I have something extra to ride while I am off and my friend Joe is here for a few days to ride cycle with me.

Frank

[jetta90]

Aired up the tires on the black 84 Suzuki GS750 in anticipation of a phone call announcing a collector plate has arrived for me.  I'm hoping that said plate will not only be approved.......... but might just arrive before the snow flies this year!  One can only hope......

[mervin]

i got the 77-T140 stripped down to the bone today. now i'm in for lots of cleaning stripping sand blasting and powder coating. good thing i got all winter. ken.

hey Dicken, do you still have that 400 Suzuki?

[rz5mark]

I'm fitting a hydraulic clutch to the tracker bike. Lame clutches in these bikes especially when you boost the power

[Aaron!]

Welded up the shredded left silencer for the Norton this morning after I got home from a 12 hour nightshift at the hospital. Damn I weld pretty good for a nurse!

[Cuff]

All I did was get my Police/Rat bike veeeeerrrrryyyyy dirty this morning coming home from work.  Let me tell ya, she doesn't like the wet much with no front fender.  A lot of bogging at 3/4 throttle on the highway and dirt everywhere.  One more graveyard shift and it's clean, clean, clean before the winter nap.

[allan]

Started to strip down both my bikes ,getting them ready for paint ,Honda is going to be silver with black stripe and my Kawasaki is going to be black with gold pinstriping.Going to pull the Kawasaki right down and paint the frame as well

[Doctor Virago]

I'm fitting a hydraulic clutch to the tracker bike. . . .

Where'd ya get that . . .
. . . Where'd ya get that . . .

will it work on my XV920 ? ? ?

[754]

Allan ..what kind of amps? I play a bit of vinyl my self..run big old Sansui amps..

[jetta90]

Have a couple of spare front and rear wheels for the 1984 Suzuki GS 750E.  Got them years ago from the then Westbank motorcycle breaker.  The darn tires on them were so old and weathered the rubber was hard as a rock.  Decided I'd pull the old rubber off and start cleaning and painting the wheels in preparation for the new rubber I'll be sporting for next year's riding season.  What a  *(&^678&&  picnic that was!

Tires are off and will now clean and paint the wheels and ready them with new rubber for the GS.  I also heard that my collector plate for the GS 750 has arrived and is ready to pick up (and there was much rejoicing!!!)

[allan]

I have my vintage Akai  set that i pound while i work on my bikes,love the old school stuff....

[1000J]

I have my vintage Akai  set that i pound while i work on my bikes,love the old school stuff....

Cool vintage gear Allan, thought that was my garage for a moment there, I have some old Akai stuff myself...old stereo equipment and old bikes...doesn't get any better than that

[allan]

nice!!!   i love the silver face stuff,great collection

[Runningdog]

I'm finally going back to my '78 XS400 to tidy up the things I skipped/short-cutted when I built the bike up 4 years ago.

The bike looks good, and I get lots of good comments on it's appearance. It runs well, and is easy to start on the kicker.

All this work described took place this week, rather than "today".

However, the starter never has worked, and I hate to leave things un-rectified. After spending a day checking connections, swapping in a starter I knew worked, swapping solenoids, checking the starter button, I slept on it. Next day, I looked at grounds, and found that there was no ground from the starter button and the handle switch through the handle bars (rubber mounted). Some previous work by a far in the past PO on the kill switch had left no ground for the starter button. I found a NOS switch on ebay, nice and new, shiny....well the rest of the bike will need spiffing to measure up.

 Next, the side-stand had always kinda flopped around when up. I discovered that the mounting bolt was a bit warn, and the frame hole had ovalled. I re-drilled the stand and frame mounting holes to a larger bolt, and drilled a new hole for the spring on the stand, giving a bit of tension. All good, now.

 Now, I need to find some better-looking exhaust pipes...the old ones are a bit dented and scratched up, beyond polishing out. The bike already has some Dunstall-copy reverse-cone mufflers that I'll keep. I'd like to stay with chrome, rather than blacking them. Hmmmmm, I'll find something, eventually.

 Of course, while changing starters, I had to pull the tank and carbs. That's when I discovered that the petcock-rebuild from 4 years ago was temporary......leaking.....found an OEM petcock on line, should have that in a couple of weeks.

Finally installed the braided front brake line, glad I have a collection of new copper washers, I'll re-anneal the old ones, and have more new ones.

Left main seal is still weeping, oh, well, I have a flywheel puller coming, and this seal is doable without yanking engine.