What did you do to your motorcyle today?

[Ward]

Put the tender on the 750 battery.

[jetta90]

The Concours is now in the basement for the winter along with the other rides and projects.

Spending a little time with the 93 Katana body parts for the ongoing paint project.  Way too much plastic on those things........way too much.

[jetta90]

Pulled the clutch cover on the 84 GS750 with the intention of switching out clutch springs.  Noticed the clutch slipped once in a while in 4th or 5th at the top of the rev range.  Both drive and driven plates are well within spec with no bluing on the metal plates.  The 4 springs are within the wear limits but I suspect the tension is not what it once was?  Will probably change these out.

An alarming issue that I've encountered before on other used bikes I've purchased.  The clutch sleeve hub nut was only finger tight and was being held in place only by the lock nut tab.  Should have anywhere between 38 and 50 ft lbs on it.  I'm glad it didn't decide to let go when running.  I'll look after this shortly.

At first thought, I wouldn't think that the improperly torqued clutch sleeve hub nut would not cause the once in a while clutch slippage I'm looking to correct.  Maybe it does?  What say you?

[Twisted_Twin]

I would imagine if there was a bit of play in the clutch basket from the nut being loose, it could cause some trouble but it does seem unlikely.

As for what I did to my motorcycle.

The Eurotrash is in the shed for her yearly maintenance.

Valves adjusted, camchain checked, coolant changed and new cap installed. Fresh oil and filter, changed the final drive oil and replaced my rear turn signals (finally).

Checked everything else over and found no problems.

Hosed the insides of the frame tubes down with some corrosion barrier.

Should have her back on the road for Sunday coffee if the weather isn't too awful.

Shawn

[Kiwi_Roy]

Put battery tender cables on each of my 3 running Guzzis.
I found some 2 foot Male/Female extension cords at Lordco, cut them in half to make 2 cables each.
One end of course has the wrong wire colours so I identified the polarity with heat-shrink.
The spare connector I crimped onto my heated gear extension so I won't have to transfer it from bike to bike just plug into the tender cable,
I have bump started the Guzzis enough to remember to unplug when I stop

[hardrockminer]

Yesterday was spent rebuilding the front calipers on my KZ LTD and re-installed the forks.  I also sanded and painted the helmet hooks for my Z1.  Today the hooks go back on, and I'm going to try to figure out how all the bits and pieces of the LTD batter box fit together.

[hardrockminer]

I stripped a bolt while replacing the helmet hooks.  Now I have to take things apart and inspect.  Meanwhile, I figured out the bits and pieces for my battery box on the KZ.  Note to self:  Whenever you take something apart be sure to have baggies handy to hold the parts and label it with some masking tape.

[trevor]

I stripped a bolt while replacing the helmet hooks.  Now I have to take things apart and inspect.  Meanwhile, I figured out the bits and pieces for my battery box on the KZ.  Note to self:  Whenever you take something apart be sure to have baggies handy to hold the parts and label it with some masking tape.

Lol...that and i take pics on my phone. 

[kilowop]

Pulled the battery and spray waxed the 900F.  Moved it into the car port, under two covers. Moved "old Blue", the 1980 GS-1000G into my workshop where I plan to do some major detailing over the winter.  The old girl has 190,000K on it, although the engine was 'refreshed' at 110k so it ONLY has about 80K.  Moving it around in parking lots, and putting it up onto the centre stand is hernia territory, but once underway, all is forgiven.
CHEERS

[Hayabuser]

Oil and filter change on the Duke. 

[kaw74]

Pulled the battery and spray waxed the 900F.  Moved it into the car port, under two covers. Moved "old Blue", the 1980 GS-1000G into my workshop where I plan to do some major detailing over the winter.  The old girl has 190,000K on it, although the engine was 'refreshed' at 110k so it ONLY has about 80K.  Moving it around in parking lots, and putting it up onto the centre stand is hernia territory, but once underway, all is forgiven.
CHEERS

I found that running the rear wheel up on a piece of 2x6 helps save your back putting it on the centre stand.

[Runningdog]

Seriously, even something as thin as 1/2" plywood may be enough...that's all I use for the porky 850.

[Twisted_Twin]

You could try gaining some weight.

I find that putting my bulk on the center stand peg and giving it a good heave is all I need.

[kilowop]

I've been using the rear wheel up on a plank for several years now.  I started it with the '81 CBX, which with gas and oil ran about 680 lbs.

[Runningdog]

Sure, Shawn, you can do the big boy tricks, but us little guys have to resort to subterfuge and cheating to get through life....